The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 745: Bingdi Lotus
Aunt Zhao, dressed neatly, had an early lunch and then came to Tanchun's yard.

He repeated what he had said yesterday, but unexpectedly, Tanchun, who had just recovered, was so scared that she kept shaking her head.

Aunt Zhao was angry that she didn't fight back, but she was also helpless.

Then he had to settle for the next best thing and found Xia Jingui.

Aunt Zhao has always been quite bold in this regard, and she didn't want to follow Mrs. Wang's advice, so she took a different approach. She hit it off with Xia Jingui and adopted her as her goddaughter.

One is willing to teach and the other is willing to learn, so they complement each other.

As the saying goes, three women make a play.

What’s more, there are dozens of people in the hot spring villa.

Zhang Yunyi doesn't care about this kind of healthy competition.

There was another reason why Zhang Yunyi moved to the hot spring villa, and that was that his recent work focus was outside the city.

Inside the Railway Guard Camp.

Zhang Yun逸 sat at the head of the tent, with his cousins ​​Zhang Song远 and Wang Hui sitting on his left and right.

Zhang Yunyi looked at Zhang Songyuan first and asked, "The last batch of soldiers should have gone out to sea, right?"

Zhang Songyuan quickly bowed and said, "My Lord, the team that was rotated out this time has been led by Yun Hai and will go out to sea ten days ago."

Although the Beijing-Tianjin Railway was opened, passenger traffic was almost non-existent. Apart from transporting supplies, it was also used to transport troops.

Zhang Yunyi nodded and said, "Recently, the red-haired people in the south have been roaming around the southeast coast. I'm afraid they are starting to target Daxia. We need to intensify our training."

The red-haired ships have been cruising in the open sea recently. Although the imperial court did not take it seriously, Zhang Yun逸 was very vigilant.

The emperor's illness gave him great autonomy. Since the opening of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway and the launching of a new batch of ironclad ships, he purposefully arranged the railway guards in batches to follow them into the sea.

On the one hand, there is a shortage of manpower. When a navy is formed in the future, the railway guard will also be needed to fill the gap. Rotational training can allow soldiers to adapt to naval warfare.

On the other hand, an army that has not experienced the baptism of war lacks some iron blood and resilience.

Only through actual combat can we train truly elite soldiers and generals.

As for the red-haired devils, he did not intend to alert them. Fortunately, there were no moral or psychological obstacles in practicing with the Japanese. It would also be good for the soldiers to see blood.

Zhang Songyuan hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "Should we send the ironclad ships south and practice naval warfare with the red-haired people? The soldiers always fire blanks into the sea. Although there are buoy tests, it is still a little boring."

Even if the Japanese had a few small boats going out to sea, it would not be very challenging. Most of the battles were fought on land, allowing the soldiers to become familiar with the blood and fire of the battlefield.

However, although most of the battles were land battles, there was not much difference in the use of muskets and artillery.

With the help of some auxiliary training such as sea buoy shooting, and with the sturdiness and power system of the ironclad ship, even if they are not as experienced as the Reds in naval battles, they can still defeat the Reds with force, so there is no need to worry about not being able to cope with it.

"Not for the time being. Japan has stopped paying tribute a long time ago, and we are not raising a flag, so we can fight if we want. The red-haired people still have business dealings with the Maritime Customs, and there are many merchant ships along the southeast coast. If we start a war rashly, it will cause criticism from the government and the public."

After all, Zhang Yun逸 was not a general in command of an army, and he had no excuse to disobey the orders of the emperor when he was away from the army.

However, if the Reds provoke a border attack, the people living along the southeast coast will inevitably suffer.

Therefore, the scale of the war must be controlled within a certain range.

He turned to Wang Hui and said, "We must make the best possible preparations. If we don't move, we will not move. If we move, we will fight to decide the outcome. If there is any change in the southeast, I will immediately arrange for the armored fleet to go south in the name of escorting the merchant ships of the Maritime Customs."

Although Zhang Yun逸 was not a commanding general, he had already found an excuse to join the war. Under the pretext of escorting maritime trade, he dispatched ironclad ships to escort merchant ships, which was completely justified.

Once the red-haired people launched a border attack, the ironclad ships escorting the merchant caravan would encounter the red-haired people and join in the battle. Not only would there be no risk of reckless fighting, but it would also be a natural thing to do.

As long as the battle is successful, even if there are criticisms from the court and the public, the emperor will be alert, but given the emperor's current physical condition, there will be no complications. And with the thousands of railway guards outside the city and the ironclad ships at sea, he has the confidence to attack and defend.

This was also one of the reasons why he built military warehouses in Tianjin and the southeast coast in advance and stored a large amount of war supplies.

Of course, people’s hearts are hidden, and now is not the time to tell the two of them the inside story.

Even if things really came to that, Zhang Yunyi did not pin all his hopes on Zhang Songyuan's compliance, and only regarded the other party as icing on the cake.

Even if Zhang Songyuan and Wang Hui do not agree with him, he still has other preparations.

After discussing with Wang Hui and Zhang Songyuan for a while about the transportation of supplies and troop training, Zhang Yun逸 left Wang Hui and got on the carriage alone.

Neither Wang Hui nor Zhang Songyuan are fools, and they may have doubts about his arrangements.

The two were cousins, and even if Zhang Yunyi wanted to, he could not stop them from discussing privately.

It would be better to pretend and act as if you have a clear conscience.

The days are short in the twelfth lunar month. When we returned to the hot spring villa, it was already dark even though it was just the hour of You.

After finishing dinner and playing with the children, he walked out of the house, looked at the courtyard of the main house in Rongguo Mansion, and then looked at the courtyard of Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin.

After a slight hesitation, he went straight to the courtyard where Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Mei were.

It is said that women are fickle animals, but aren't men also fickle animals?
Yesterday evening, he held Mrs. Mei and Mrs. Xue on his lap, face to face.

I was surprised to find that not only were the two of them similar in height, weight, and body shape, but even the charm in their eyebrows and eyes was somewhat similar.

They look like a pair of young lotus flowers growing together.

Although I had similar feelings with Liu Wuer and Fang Guan, there was a difference in their status after all.

If he hadn't had another important task last night, he would have been unable to control himself.

However, although I was unable to spare the time, I silently raised the priority of the two of them in my heart.

Originally, she was worried that she had overworked last night, so she planned to use Lady Xing and Wang Xifeng, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were both overconfident and incompetent, as a buffer.

Or, take care of Xue Baoqin who has been neglected for a long time.

But in the end, she couldn't escape the evil nature of men who crave for new things.

When they saw Zhang Yun逸 coming, Mrs. Mei and Mrs. Xue were overjoyed.

I don't know how they got along during this day and night, but the strangeness of yesterday disappeared at all, and they were even warmer.

As if they were afraid that Zhang Yunyi would run away, they hurriedly held his arms, one on each side, and walked towards the bed, while each taking out a marriage certificate.

After they sat side by side on the edge of the bed, Fang handed it to Zhang Yunyi and showed it to him, "My master left in a hurry yesterday, so we agreed yesterday. Now it's just right for me to show you the marriage certificate in front of you..."

Before he uttered the word "return", Zhang Yunyi grasped his hands as he was about to exchange them.

"Don't be in a hurry to pay it back! I've always treated everyone equally. I'm just offering you a place, but you have to be willing to do so. Don't say I'm forcing anyone."

Upon hearing this, the two of them shook their heads like rattles and said hurriedly, "How could that be? We are willing to do this."

Zhang Yunyi stood up, turned around, and pushed the two of them down on the bed.

While he could not wait to turn the two of them over, and made them lie down like dogs facing the inside of the bed, he said righteously: "Words are not enough, let me test you first to see if you are really as you said, and there is no longer any barrier between you."

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(End of this chapter)