The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

When the dozen or so knights entered, everyone was shocked. It turned out that there were several palace guards among the knights who came over.

A servant came up from behind and rushed to Zuo Wuwei and the other generals and asked, "Who is General Qin Rong Qin?"

Qin Rong took a step forward, cupped his fists and saluted, "The last general is Qin Rong."

The servant hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, along with Prince Xuan, Prince Zhongshun, Prince Beijing, Prince Zhongjing, and Commander Niu, are here to enjoy the Zuo Wuwei Grand Competition, and ask if all your troops are ready?"

Qin Rong: "All the soldiers of our Zuowu Guard are waiting for His Majesty's review at any time."

"very good!"

The chamberlain responded, then turned his horse's head and led the guards to run back.

Qin Rong turned his head and told the generals: "Your Majesty personally inspected the training results of our Zuo Wuwei. Everyone, give me some energy and don't make any mistakes."

"Yes."

All the generals agreed in unison, they all straightened their chests, the wind was blowing on their faces, and they didn't feel any pain at this time.

Among the crowd, Ding Yuannan was particularly excited. When Lin Yun left, he handed over the fourth battalion to him to command. If he could show his face in front of the emperor today, then his life would be in vain.

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Not long after, Emperor Zhide, surrounded by Prince Xuan, Prince Zhongshun, Prince Beijing, Zhongjing Hou, Niu Jizong and others, rode to the gate of the camp.

Qin Rong led the generals to kneel down on one knee and shouted loudly: "The last general Qin Rong led the generals and commanders of Zuowuwei to pay homage to Your Majesty."

Emperor Zhide got off his horse, stepped forward to help Qin Rong up, and said with a smile, "General Qin has worked hard."

Qin Rong said hurriedly: "Your Majesty spared no effort to come to the military camp to inspect. How dare you speak of your hardships?"

Emperor Zhide nodded in satisfaction, and then shouted at the generals: "All generals, please be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After all the generals stood up, Emperor Zhide glanced at the crowd, but did not see Lin Yun.

He asked Qin Rong: "General Qin, why isn't General Lin Shen under your command here?"

Qin Rong said in embarrassment: "Report to Your Majesty, General Lin Shen has gone back to the city to take a rest."

"what?"

Emperor Zhide's face darkened immediately when he heard the words, and Prince Xuan said from the side: "General Qin, doesn't General Lin know that there will be a competition today?"

Qin Rong: "Understood, but General Qin said that it's meaningless to participate in such a competition. It's better to go home and take a rest."

Prince Zhongshun said coldly at the side: "To be so arrogant at such a young age is really ignorant."

Ning Heng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, even if our general is not here, I believe our fourth battalion can get the first place."

Emperor Zhide said in surprise: "Ning Heng, why are you here?"

Prince Xuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister saw that General Lin Shen was well trained, so he sent Heng'er under his command to increase his knowledge."

Emperor Zhide smiled at Ning Heng and said, "I will see your training results later."

Ning Heng puffed up her chest and said, "The general will never disappoint His Majesty."

Emperor Zhide asked again: "General Lin Shen is not here, who is directing his trilogy now?"

Ding Yuannan took a step forward, cupped his fists and saluted, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Fourth Battalion will be temporarily commanded by the last general."

Qin Rong introduced at the side: "Your Majesty, his name is Ding Yuannan. He was originally a scholar from Yichen Academy. He signed up to participate in the Shenji Battalion's expedition to Siam last year. He returned to the capital not long ago, and later joined Zuo Wuwei. The fourth battalion served as guerrillas.”

When Emperor Zhide heard that Ding Yuannan came out of Yichen Academy, he immediately liked Ding Yuannan greatly. He encouraged Ding Yuannan, "Train hard, try to go to the battlefield again, and serve the court."

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Ding Yuannan said excitedly: "The last general respects his decree."

Next, Emperor Zhide asked Qin Rong to introduce the generals of Zuo Wuwei one by one.

Afterwards, everyone gathered around Emperor Zhide and rushed to the training ground for the competition.

On the way to the training ground, Prince Xuan called Ning Heng to his side, and asked him: "Heng'er, you are training in the military camp, did Kid Yun take special care of you?"

Ning Heng stretched out his hands and said, "Ancestor, look, my hands are calloused."

Prince Xuan smiled with satisfaction and said, "It's good to grind out the cocoons, which proves that you are training very seriously."

After a pause, the old prince asked again: "What official position do you hold in the fourth battalion?"

Ning Heng: "At first, I was a soldier. After passing the special training, Brother Lin appointed me as the hundred households of the firearms battalion, commanding [-] flintlock soldiers."

Prince Xuan said in surprise: "Three hundred fusiliers are under your command and training?"

Ning Heng nodded and said: "Exactly. The training plan is drawn up by Brother Lin himself, and I will just conduct special training for the soldiers according to the plan."

Prince Xuan twirled his beard with his hands and fell into deep thought. He was most worried that Lin Yun would fall into it after he got the taste of military power.Now it seems that his worry is a bit unnecessary, that kid is probably already ready to hand over the trilogy at any time.

"Heng'er, learn the art of military training from Mr. Yun."

"Grandson understands."

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Everyone came to the general ordering stage in the playground. Emperor Zhide looked up at the martial arts field and saw three large and small square formations arrayed in the distance.There is also a cavalry formation next to it.

Qin Rong rushed forward to Emperor De and asked, "Which team does Your Majesty want to inspect first?"

Emperor Zhide: "In order, let's review them one by one."

"Yes."

Qin Rong asked the guards to play flags, and Zhao Yong immediately led the first battalion of soldiers to move forward to accept the review of the emperor and the big bosses.

The soldiers waited on the playground for more than half an hour, and their noses and faces were swollen from the cold. Fortunately, the emperor personally inspected them. Everyone mustered up their energy and showed their mighty side to the emperor.

It's a pity that they were a little far away from Dianjiangtai, the emperor could only see the whole queue, but couldn't see everyone's face clearly.

Even so, Emperor Zhide was quite satisfied. In the cold weather, Zuo Wuwei was able to keep his army in good order, which could be regarded as Qin Rong's good command of the army.

Since it was the emperor's review, the soldiers were not allowed to hold firearms, and could only carry waist knives and spears.

When the fourth battalion came out, Emperor Zhide immediately felt his eyes light up, and he saw that the formation in front of him was extremely strict, and the footsteps of the soldiers seemed to be vigorous.

When the team reached the front of the general's platform, a group of soldiers suddenly held the spears in their hands flat on their chests, and shouted, "Kill!"

Dai Quan, who was standing next to Emperor Zhide, shouted in panic: "Guard him!"

Prince Zhongshun and Marquis Zhongjing immediately stood up and stood in front of Emperor Zhide. The guards on both sides also drew their swords and looked around.

But then, everyone was embarrassed. Those soldiers kept walking forward without even turning their heads this way.

Emperor Zhide glared at Dai Quan and scolded: "You are making such a fuss. Are my own soldiers still planning to assassinate me?"

Old Dai Quan blushed, lowered his head in shame, but scolded Lin Yun several times in his heart, "This brat, if he's not here, I'll be scolded by His Majesty."

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After reviewing the formation, Qin Rong quickly asked Emperor Zhide to go to the military tent to rest. However, Emperor Zhide was still satisfied and asked Qin Rong to order one hundred Buqu under Ning Heng to be transferred from the fourth battalion to join Qin Rong's one hundred relatives. Soldiers compete in battle, and the winning soldier is rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.

Although the rewards were not much, the soldiers on both sides still fought like black-eyed chickens.

In an instant, Dian Jiang flew his fists and feet across the stage, shouting and shouting.

At the beginning, it was still impossible to tell the winner, but after about a stick of incense, someone fell to the ground amidst the screams and quit the competition.

The more Qin Rong looked at him, the darker his face became. Eighty percent of those who fell on the ground were his personal guards. These were veterans who had been with him for many years, but they were actually lost to a group of new recruits.

However, Prince Xuan was very happy to watch, he is a veteran in the battlefield, he can tell at a glance that the two sides are fighting for real, and his grandson can show the limelight in front of the emperor, which is happier than him winning a battle.

After Qin Rong's bodyguards all fell, Ning Heng limped up to Emperor Zhide and said happily: "The general is fortunate enough to have lived up to his command. Please comment, Your Majesty."

Emperor Zhide said cheerfully: "Reward!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

A group of soldiers knelt down to thank them.Even those soldiers who fell to the ground also lay down on the ground to thank them.

Prince Xuan rushed to Emperor De and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, General Qin should be rewarded for his skill in running the army."

Emperor Zhide nodded and said: "What Uncle Wang said is true. Pass the decree, and add Qin Rong as General Zhaoyong."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qin Rong hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

Zhong Jinghou: "Your Majesty, general Lin Shen is good at training troops, should he also be rewarded?"

Emperor Zhide said with a dark face: "Lin Shen will escape before the battle. If I don't punish him, I will be merciful. What else does he want to be rewarded for?"

After a pause, Emperor Zhide said again: "Ding Yuannan is loyal to his duties and manages the army well. He is promoted to the rank of participating general and the deputy general of the Fourth Battalion of Zuowuwei."

Ding Yuannan hurriedly ran forward, kowtowed and said, "General, I thank you, Your Majesty."

Ning Heng was stupefied, he led people to win the fight, why is Ding Yuannan rewarded by His Majesty, this is too unfair.

He was about to argue with Emperor Zhide, but when he saw his ancestor shaking his head at him, he quickly swallowed back the words that were on his lips.

Chapter 242: A Guest Comes From Afar

When Emperor De was reviewing the training results of the new army at Zuowuwei, Lin Yun was at the dock outside the city to greet Liu Ruoxu and his party who were coming to Beijing.

In a luxuriously decorated carriage at Dongcheng Pier, Xiang Ling reached out to lift the curtains of the carriage from time to time and looked out eagerly.

After a while, she turned her head to Lin Yun who was sitting next to her in disappointment and asked, "Third Master, when will they arrive?"

Lin Yun held an iron tong in his right hand and was turning soybeans in the small hand stove.

Hearing Xiang Ling's inquiry, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Why are you so anxious? Xiao Mo will notify us when the ship arrives."

"My mother and I have been separated for more than half a year. I want to see her sooner."

"Eat a few soybeans first and keep eating. Your mother-in-law will be here soon."

When Xiangling heard him say "mother-in-law", her face immediately turned red with embarrassment.

Lin Yun picked up a burnt soybean and said to Xiangling, "This is burnt, how about you to pay for the taste?"

Seeing Xiang Ling reaching out to pick it up, Lin Yun quickly reminded, "Hands are hot! Use a handkerchief to pick it up."

"It will get dirty,"

"If it gets dirty, just buy it again."

Xiangling took out a blue silk handkerchief from her arms, held it in her hand, and went to catch the soybeans.