urge Zhao to marry

Chapter 346 Military Pay
Qin Mu was also surprised when he heard it, but he knew that his daughters were not arrogant and thoughtless idiots, and there must be a reason for their behavior.

Furthermore, Qin Mu also understood that now that Ai Yu wants to use him, he doesn't have to worry about tearing down the bridge before he crosses the river.

Moreover, they also discussed the identity of their family, and finally they all felt that they had to find a suitable time to tell this matter.

It's better for them to explode by themselves than to be exposed by the opponent as an attack on themselves later.

Thinking about it this way, Qin Mu calmed down instead, wondering if his daughter had been wronged in some way?Or is something wrong?

Ai Yu took a deep breath, swallowed the urge to curse, turned over on the bed by himself, motioned to the servant to dress himself, and then put on a thick fox fur before going out.

What can he do?
Can I just clean up the mess?
When they came to the front living room, Sheng and the others had already been waiting there, and of course they didn't delay their whispering.

The Sheng family was really anxious, and really wanted to kill Miss Qin, so she just said casually that her family was hurt so badly by her.

Fortunately, the mother-in-law said that the general is here, otherwise she would not know what to do.

To be a general, one must not only be able to lead troops to fight, but also be cunning and tricky.

Therefore, as soon as Ai Yu sat down, he readily admitted Qin Mu's identity, and said that he helped the Qin family, not only the Qin family had a great favor to them.

This kind of kindness is easy to talk about. It is said that the Holy Majesty had a problem with them a few years ago, and it was Qin Mu who helped the Ai family speak well in front of the Holy Majesty.

Another thing is that the Ai family does not recognize the new emperor who is neither filial nor fraternal, and will not favor each side, trying his best to keep the peace in the north...

It is said that the general will be outside, and the king's life will not be accepted.

The Ai family has been operating in the north for several generations. Even if there are conflicts, it cannot be denied that the Ai family's army has protected the peace of the north.

It can be said that the Ai family army is the local emperor in the north. The people may not be willing to listen to the policies of the imperial court in the capital, but they are willing to listen to General Ai's words.

Even though Ai Yu is still sick, he has been a general for several years and has his own prestige.

Anyway, after Ai Yu finished speaking, there was no voice of objection.

Some people may be dissatisfied, but they dare not say anything in person.

Ai Yu then said a few more words about the situation on the battlefield, then got up and left.

Most of the women's family members are family members of military generals, and most of their husbands or children and grandchildren are on the battlefield. Hearing the general say that the battle will not stop for a while, they are not in the mood to watch the excitement of the Qin family.

Anyway, the general is sure that Mr. Qin is the magistrate of the government office, so is it useless for them to object?

Besides, the capital city is too far away for them, even when the new emperor succeeds to the throne, they don't take advantage of the amnesty of the world.

Furthermore, at that time, men from various families said that the new emperor ascended to the throne by killing his brother and father.

He also colluded with the Tartars, causing his own relatives to fight outside because of the freezing weather and not being able to go home.

Therefore, I have no objection to the fact that the general values ​​Mr. Qin.

Seeing that the scene had stabilized, Ai Yu whispered a few words to the Sheng family beside him, and then got up to signal Qin Mu and himself to leave first.

Sheng's heart is very confused, she is also the eldest daughter of the Sheng family, and she comes from a wealthy family, so she is not ignorant.

Then why did her younger brother come? Even if Sheng Wu didn't say anything, she still knew something.

But she really likes her husband, so naturally she pretends not to know.

According to her opinion, the Ai family is maintaining the status quo now, and they can make a fortune silently if they don't help each other. Unfortunately, because of Qin Mu's family, her husband can only be forced to express his opinion.

That is falling out with the court.

I don't know what my mother's family will think when they know the news?
Even though she was unhappy in her heart, she still dealt with the female relatives' complaints about the fact that her husband was still fighting outside in this cold weather with a gentle face.

However, she also took the opportunity to whisper a few words to the maid beside her.

Because the husband said that he wanted to see the female relatives in Mr. Qin's house.

It can be seen from this that my husband also knows what my uncle is thinking, and wants to see Miss Qin's family.

When Mu Zhaozhao heard what the maid beside Sheng said, he got up and beckoned his two daughters to leave with the maid.

This time, they came to the courtyard next door, where Qin Mu and Ai Yu were sitting there without talking.

Ai Yu heard the voice, raised his head, and looked at them sharply.

Then, he stared at Qin Jiashu.

I have to say that Ai Yu's eyes are indeed a bit piercing.

Fortunately, Qin Jiashu was also courageous, saluting greetings was like flowing water, very elegant and dignified.

She had learned the rules from Nanny Wen since she was a child. For her, practicing martial arts is to protect herself, and learning the rules is to better integrate into the Daqing Dynasty.

Just like now, even Ai Yu feels that she is worthy of being the eldest lady of the Qin family, and her demeanor is really good.

However, he still looked at Qin Jiashu with a serious face: "Miss Qin, why did you expose your identity and family background?"

"General, then I have to ask the third lady in the mansion." Qin Jiashu can eat anything, but he doesn't like to suffer: "Besides, I thought the general made my father succeed the magistrate, and this matter would not be kept secret for long."

Qin Mu naturally wanted to help his daughter, so he also said, "The general has already taken Zhao Hong into custody, which already shows that he won't listen to the capital's orders."

After all, Zhao Hong is a Beijing official appointed by the Holy Majesty, even if he is corrupt and perverts the law, heinously heinous, the Ai family army can't take him into custody.

It can be said that since Ai Qing took Zhao Hong into custody, the Ai family army had actually betrayed the court and the new emperor.

Then there is no need to laugh at a hundred steps at fifty steps.

Ai Yu was rarely blocked and had nothing to say.

He couldn't say that he had been thinking about Zhao Hong for a long time, especially after the new emperor came to the throne, they really didn't intend to be loyal to the new emperor who killed his brother and father, but they didn't want to attract attention, so they didn't do it all the time.

Ai Yu could only sigh: "It's so cold, it's not easy to fight outside. What I'm worried about now is the military pay and food, and I can only last for another three months at most, and I'm afraid the war will become serious when the spring begins. Lord Qin, help me find a way."

He also told Qin Mu about the current situation and his embarrassment.

He also wanted to have a good year, but it had been a long time since he received the military pay from the household department. If this battle continued, where would the food and grass come from?

Make bricks without straw!

Qin Mu didn't expect that the Ai family's army was already in such a difficult situation, no wonder Ai Yu didn't dare to touch Zhao Hong before.

No wonder he dared to use himself and keep himself.

Of course, this is also Qin Mu's opportunity.

Qin Mu agreed straight away: "General, don't worry, I will suppress the bandits as soon as possible."

After that, Ai Yu asked people to lead the female relatives to leave first, and he and Qin Mu inquired about the affairs of the capital and the current situation.

This flower viewing banquet revealed a lot of news.

After the Qin family came back, Qin Mu also said what he was going to do.

Qin Yichen was so excited that he almost jumped up: "This is great, Dad, everyone said that father and son are going to battle, so you must take me with you when the time comes?"

Qin Jiashu frowned: "Isn't that too fussy? Dad is a civil servant, why should he be a general?"

"Then there must be no more powerful generals." Qin Qiluo asked cleverly, "Is the war at the border very important?"

Qin Mu smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's not bad that Ai Qing can withstand it now, so I can only do it here."

"And this is also a good thing. After all, there are not many bandits who are heinous, and I can take the opportunity to recruit many people."

Mu Zhaozhao's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Are they all allowing you to recruit troops?"

Qin Mu nodded: "Yes, half of the spoils of war must be handed over to Ai Jiajun."

"It's agreed that [-]% of the collection will be handed over to the army, and the remaining [-]% will belong to us. It is said that their military salaries and food will come from [-]%."

After Qin Mu finished speaking, he sighed again: "Most mountain bandits should be forced to become bandits. If we want to win them over, we have to frighten them out of their nerves the first time, and then we can obey them later."

Qin Jiashu laughed and praised his father: "Give both kindness and strength, this pair of fathers is a piece of cake, and they will definitely succeed immediately."

Qin Mu also laughed when he heard this: "Just talking about you, your father and I should pay more attention to it."

Then he said to the two daughters: "You should also think about it for father, how to use those bandits who surrendered, and how to settle them down."

After all, according to Ai Yu's guess, there must be at least nearly ten thousand people.

Even if the prefecture is not small, it is not easy to arrange it all at once.

And in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, it is not a small burden.

Afterwards, Qin Mu got busy, and he also began to select generals from among the yamen servants and dwarves—to learn from the short and the strong, and select some people for additional training.

It is impossible to train these people into martial arts masters in a short time, but it is possible to teach them some murderous moves.

In order to train his son, Qin Mu also took his son out together.

In this way, only the female relatives are left in the family, but they will not be deserted.

Because at the previous flower viewing banquet, General Ai Yu personally admitted that Qin Mu was the magistrate he invited, so many female relatives came to visit.

There are also many female relatives who invite them to be guests.

Soon, Qin Mu and the others became acquainted with some of the female relatives in Fucheng.

Afterwards, good news came from Qin Mu's side, and he quickly found out the location of a bandit, and took advantage of the unpreparedness, and took him away.

It was bound to be bloody.

However, there was a lot of harvest, a lot of food, but not much gold and silver. Naturally, Qin Mu and Ai Yu divided them up immediately according to the agreement they had previously agreed.

Most of the bandits surrendered.

In fact, the bandits faced the officers and soldiers like a mouse meeting a cat, even if it was a sick cat, but the mouse was still guilty.

Now seeing the officers and soldiers almost falling from the sky and tying them up, I'm afraid they will be frightened.

And in this winter, when they were starved for two days, when they were cold and hungry, Qin Mu asked people to use a soft policy first, and after persuading them, he promised them a good "future", and those bandits were very grateful.

Who wants to be a bandit when they can be officers and soldiers?

Afterwards, it was Qin Mu who used these bandits as vanguards to attack other bandits, so as to reduce the casualties of their own people.

And he also arranged for some people to protect the Meng family to go outside to collect medicinal materials and buy grain, and by the way, quietly transport in the harvest from their other secret farms.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed, and it was almost the end of the twelfth lunar month.

Qin Mu and Qin Qiluo were also busy preparing for the New Year ceremony.

This is not only to prepare their own annual gifts, but also to record the annual gifts sent by others, which is also very particular.

After the new year, Ai Qing, who hadn't appeared for a long time, finally came to the door.

Perhaps because he had been on the battlefield before, Ai Qing still exuded a bloodthirsty aura.

If you are a timid person, you may be scared to cry when you see it.

When Qin Jiashu saw him, his heart skipped a beat, but he still greeted him naturally: "Why is the little general here?"

What a coincidence, today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the grandson of Liu Tongpan's family has been invited for a hundred days, and their whole family has been invited.

She was going to go too, but yesterday she came and felt unwell, so she simply stayed.

Therefore, she was the one who came to receive Ai Qing.

After thinking about it, I still asked a few words of concern: "When did you come back? Are you not injured?"

Their family just went to the general's mansion to pay New Year's greetings. At that time, Ai Qing hadn't come back yet?

At that time, she felt very puzzled, how could this war last until the Chinese New Year?

Didn't they all say that everyone attaches great importance to the Chinese New Year?
"I just got home yesterday." Ai Qing also knew that he was full of murderous aura now. It was because he had killed too many people on the battlefield, and he couldn't restrain himself for a while. Even the maids in the mansion turned pale with fright when they saw him.

Originally, he was worried about scaring his sweetheart, but he didn't expect Qin Jiashu to be not afraid at all. Instead, he was a little surprised and more joyful: "Auspicious new year, I brought you a present."

He handed her the mahogany box: "Open it and see if you like it?"

When Qin Jiashu saw the box, she thought it was jewelry in her heart. When she opened the box, a cold and stern aura rushed over her face. Her eyes were slightly focused, and her eyes fell on the palm-sized dagger in the box.

The appearance of the dagger was pure black, and the combined blade and handle were only a little bigger than her palm.

She tilted her weight, and the dagger came out of her body, only to find that the dagger was like a gleam of cold light, her heart skipped a beat, and she said in shock: "This is black gold and iron!"

She was only lucky enough to see it in the palace, knowing that this thing is really rare, and it was rewarded to the crown prince by the Holy Majesty.

Ai Qing didn't expect her to have such insight, and finally smiled: "Yes, this is my trophy. I thought you should like it, and I gave it to you for self-defense."

In fact, he himself likes these weapons very much, and has collected a few extremely precious ones, but those are not as delicate and precious as this dagger.

Qin Jiashu originally thought that this man was sick, and when it was Chinese New Year, he gave him a dagger as a gift.

But now that he found out that the dagger was so precious, he was delighted to see Lie Xin, but he was still polite: "It's too expensive, why don't you keep it for self-defense?"

"This is easy to carry, it will protect you!" He looked at her without blinking: "It's very suitable for you, besides, I don't lack this."

Hearing this, Qin Jiashu couldn't help but smiled at him: "Thank you very much, I like it very much."

(End of this chapter)