Chapter 48
"The crimson cracked iced tea cup that you love most recently was sent to the eldest lady by the Lu family during the New Year's Eve last year." Madam Zhang reminded.

The princess rushed to question Lu Fenghe and stopped, "Is that Lu's?"

"Yes, the Lu family delivered it and placed it in the front yard. When you came back from the outside, you just let someone pick it up, and only let the old slave and the eldest lady talk about it."

Nanny Zhang unceremoniously exposed the princess.

"Isn't that a gift to the mansion?"

Nanny Zhang shook her head, "No, the Lu family sends two copies every time, two lists, the mansion is the mansion, and the big lady's is another."

Mrs. Chen immediately turned her head and walked back, "Let's go, let's go, what will the people in Bailuyuan see that I'm going to Fushantang to collect things?"

If it wasn't for the master walking in front, Nanny Zhang would really die of laughter.

Anyone who is a little more normal will feel ashamed. After taking so many things from his daughter-in-law, why should he leave quickly when he gets to the princess? Don't let anyone see him, think of it and get back what he took away.

In the next few days, Mrs. Chen still did not go out of Shanfutang, but she did not avoid seeing others when they visited her.

Outsiders only thought she was really frightened and didn't want to move.

Only Nanny Zhang knew that the princess was afraid that Bai Luyuan would think of it and come to fetch things.

As for Lin Qian, Mrs. Chen didn't go out by herself, how could she stand up for Lin Qian and let her out?That must be impossible.

On May [-]th, Lu Balang finally arrived.

The first thing Mrs. Zhao said when she saw Lu Balang was, "Why are you so late, luckily there is no food on board."

Faced with his mother's accusation, Lu Balang's expression was calm, "There are too many boats, and I can't walk."

Sure enough, he brought a lot of things, the boy from Lu's shop and the boy from Dingxi County Prince's Mansion went back and forth many times before transporting all the things to Dingxi County Prince's Mansion.

At first, they were ready to rent a house to live in, so they brought a lot of household items, which are not very useful now when they live in the county prince's mansion.

Second Lady Shen directly opened a guest courtyard to store the things brought by the Lu family.

Usually, Wang Hao and Lin Qian would come to the front yard to join in the fun. If they saw something, they would be picked up directly.

It's strange today, neither of them came, and the people who registered the goods felt much cleaner.

During this period of time when the Lu family was in the mansion, the county prince still acted like a master.

Even if he went out to meet friends during the day, he would definitely return home at night, and sometimes he would call the Lord of the Lu family to Wosongju to accompany him for dinner.

Today when Lu Balang arrived, the county prince naturally called the gentlemen to go to Lying Songju.

During the meeting, it was said that Lu Balang had worked hard all the way.

Lu Balang waved his hands again and again, "I don't dare to do it. It's not hard work. It's because there are fewer people going on boats in the open sea, and most people go on the inland river instead."

"There are only so many goods to be transported, but there are too many ships, so it doesn't matter if you can't get on, and there are too many disputes between the various shipping companies. This time, I just encountered two shipping companies fighting at the pier, refusing to give in to each other, and was delayed for a day. .”

Lu Sanlang was in the capital recently, and the news outside was somewhat unclear.

"what happened?"

"Taimao and Hengtong had a quarrel before for the goods of the same tea shop. This time, it seemed that Hengtong's boat scratched Taimao's boat when it entered the port, and the two sides quarreled. One side said it was intentional, and the other side said it was wrong. Inattentive."

"Hengtong isn't going overseas anymore?" Lu Erlang asked.

Lu Balang spat, "Wherever you go overseas, the pirates are almost settling down outside the port. Let alone fighting, they will be looted without even having a chance to fight."

Shen Nanxun was shocked, "The pirates are so rampant?"

"Hmph, I don't believe that there is no collusion between the government and businessmen." It seems that Lu Balang has accumulated a lot of anger on the road.

"The royal salary is quite a lot, so why take such a big risk." Lu Silang was the most pedantic among them.

"You, you, who would think that the money is too small? Besides, the salary is more because there are more officials, and there are not many sergeants."

"But, if no one goes to sea, it's useless for them to collude." Lu Silang still didn't understand.

Lu Balang heard more gossip on the boat these days,
"I heard that the envoy of Quanzhou is about to leave his post. He has a big bag in his pocket. It doesn't matter whether the people behind him live or die."

"Besides, I heard that the pirates are already robbing the fishermen going out to sea." Lu Balang worried Zhong Zhong.

It is said that relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on seas to eat seas.

Liangzhe Road also has a section of sea area, and the children of the Lu family still have some understanding of the lives of fishermen.

Fisherman's life is not easy, and the risk is extremely high. When a storm hits, life and death are unpredictable.

For a moment, the atmosphere on the table froze.

Shen Nanxun thought about it and said, "Since the envoy is about to retire, he will definitely send a new envoy. Maybe the situation will improve."

Obviously, these words did not cheer up the gentlemen of the Lu family.

"Dalang, you know better than us what is going on with generals now, you are determined not to be a general if you can, and you are determined not to go if you can not take martial arts."

Lu Sanlang also said: "Now generals are not as good as soldiers, and scholars don't know generals."

Lu Silang nodded, "Except for the Shen family army who stayed after the founding of the country, the other generals who really have soldiers in their hands, generals who are flowing water, and sergeants who are hard-working."

The prince of the county yelled, "Okay, okay, what are you doing worrying about so many court affairs, come, come, have another drink."

Several lords had a few drinks with the county prince, and the banquet was fine.

Shen Nanxun was quite heavy after listening to the words of several gentlemen of the Lu family.

The current emperor counts as one, and they are all working to weaken the military power of the generals.

In order to prevent the generals from having large-scale personal soldiers, generals above the governor level were transferred very frequently. In the period of the first emperor, there was a precedent of changing every three months. Let alone training, the situation may not be fully understood yet, and they will be transferred soon. other places.

It's a little better now, but it's not much better. There are very few generals who have been capable for three years.

Some generals can even walk all 24 routes in their lifetime.

The general has no personal soldiers anymore, but so many armies have no combat capability, and even in the army, the governor's voice is not as good as that of a little Wu Yilang.

Shen Nanxun knew the current situation in the army, but he didn't know it was so serious.

Although the Shen family army is in great difficulty, the area around Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Army Road is the fiefdom of Dingxi County King. After a hundred years, the Shen family army has been formed long ago, but it has not been clearly stated.

Their biggest problem is the lack of money.

Just imagine, if he was asked to change teams frequently, he might really not have so much time and energy to find ways to fill the gap in salary.

If things go on like this, it's not just a question of not having personal soldiers.

I'm afraid that the general will not only have no majesty in front of the sergeant, maybe he won't even be respected.

As for the training of soldiers, that is really a fantasy. There are many generals who want to train soldiers, but there are no generals who have the opportunity to train soldiers.

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