Chapter 1754: Set off again
Chapter 1754: Set off again
Chapter 1754: Set off again
Chapter 1754 Starting again
General Liang also said excitedly: "Mrs. Gao's plan is very good. Please ask Ban Shilang to facilitate the migration. The northwest cannot be empty anymore. There must be people, otherwise there will be no troops in a few years!"
Member Ban nodded: "Don't worry, General Liang. I will write the memorial tonight and send it to the capital as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow!"
He stopped eating and took Magistrate Hao and General Liang with them to ask them in detail about the relocation of the people in the northwest, the lack of people, and the abandonment of land.
You need to ask clearly before you can write a memorial.
General Liang and the others could only explain the situation to the Ban Shilang on an empty stomach, and they talked for a full hour.
For fear of forgetting, Ban Shilang wrote down everything they said. After finishing, he said: "I will go back to the house to sort these things out first, so as not to delay the delivery of the memorial tomorrow. Please use it as you please."
After saying this, he left in a hurry.
Magistrate Hao and the others were very hungry for a long time, so they hurriedly started eating after hearing this.
But the food on the table had long been cold, and it was all vegetarian. There was nothing delicious. After filling their stomachs, everyone dispersed.
By the time Qin Sanlang returned to the Lei Family Courtyard, washed himself and went to bed, Gu Jinli had already finished his sleep and got up.
Smelling the fragrance of soapwood after his bath, he smiled and said: "What good food have you eaten? This feast for the reception of the wind will last longer than the feast for washing the dust a few days ago. Could it be that there is another beauty waiting on you?"
Qin Sanlang hugged her tightly and kissed her on the mouth that she was chattering about: "I will be vegetarian tonight, no wine, no meat, no beauty."
He doesnt want a beautiful woman.
Gu Jinli smiled: "I'm just teasing you. Not long after you left, the patrolling yamen officer banged the gong to inform everyone that a ceremony would be held tomorrow to pay homage to the dead soldiers. I guess you must be vegetarian, after all, there is a minister of etiquette here. "
The Ministry of Rites attaches great importance to rules.
He then asked: "Will Mr. Ban stay in the northwest forever? How is he like a person? Is he as kind as he showed during the day?"
If a high-ranking official of the third rank is going to stay in the northwest for a long time, he'd better be a good one, otherwise everyone will suffer.
Qin Sanlang told what happened at the Jie Feng Banquet and what happened at Ban Shilang's family: "Xiaoyu, don't worry, Ban Shilang has a humble background. He is a man who has endured hardship and truly read the books of sages. He stays in the northwest and is good to everyone." There are benefits.
Gu Jinli was relieved: "That's good."
Thinking that the Yamen would hold a ceremony tomorrow, he said: "Go to sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow."
Qin Sanlang nodded and said "Hello", leaned over and kissed her, and put his arms around her waist. But feeling that it was not enough, he touched her silk clothes and caressed her back.
Gu Jinli's back felt numb, he twisted his body and pinched his waist in dissatisfaction: "Don't make trouble, go to sleep!"
Tomorrow is the sacrifice ceremony. Qin Sanlang won't make trouble with her, but he can't help it when his palm touches her... His arm is still across her waist, but his palm is closed into a fist. After enduring for a moment, he finally calms down. Look Looking at Gu Jinli who had closed his eyes, he smiled and said, "Good night, Xiaoyu."
After saying that, he loosened his fist, grabbed her waist, and pulled her closer to him.
Gu Jinli moved his body, but did not get angry. He lay in his arms and slept.
Qin Sanlang smiled: "Xiaoyu is so good."
The voice was as soft as the night wind, lingering around her, causing Gu Jinli's face to turn red, and he said angrily: "You talk a lot, go to bed quickly, otherwise you will be disrespectful if you get up late tomorrow."
After hearing this, Qin Sanlang stopped making trouble and hugged her to sleep.
Dong dong dong!
As soon as mao o'clock arrived the next day, there was an orderly sound of drum beating in the government office.
Then, the sound of drums also sounded from the towers on all sides, boom-boom-boom, dull and solemn. Everyone who heard the sound of the drums got up. The men of the house went to prepare things for the road sacrifice, and the women of the house took out white cloths and hung them on the doors.
Poor people who cannot afford white cloth will hang burlap by their door.
The other courtyards of the Lei family were also busy. Gao Lei sent white cloth to each courtyard and asked everyone to cut it and tie the white cloth around his waist.
Qin Sanlang and the hundreds of households who were going to participate in the ceremony took a bath, changed into linen clothes, **** with white cloth, drank a bowl of cold water, and then gathered in the front yard to prepare and go to the main city gate.
"Four golds, five golds, six golds, follow your father, don't run around. If you see your father kneeling, kneel down with him. Cry if you can. If you really can't cry, you can't laugh. Whoever dares to laugh will be beaten!" Mr. Kuang told the Jin people who were going to attend the ceremony.
Other soldiers and their relatives are also telling their children to follow Qin Sanlang and the others and not to run around or laugh!
Mom, dont worry, Mrs. Gao taught us yesterday. We understand. We can only cry but not laugh. A group of little guys assured us, patting their hearts.
Mrs. Gao said that many of the soldiers who died in the battle were poor people whose sons were not in the northwest or were not yet married. As the sons of soldiers, they should share the sorrow and go to pay tribute to those soldiers who died in the battle for a day. Filial piety is to comfort the heroic spirit and to protect the feelings of fellow soldiers.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
Zhang Tu knocked the gong and shouted: "Everyone, please get in line quickly, we are about to set off."
Lin Erying was young. She touched her belly and said aggrievedly, "I'm so hungry. Can I have breakfast before going?"
"No, today is a sacrifice ceremony. Before the ceremony is over, you can only drink water, and you can only eat cold food after the ceremony." Zhang Tu coaxed a group of little guys: "You guys, be patient for now, and I will give you sweets and meat in three days. "
Ah, it will be sent out in three days. Cant it be sent out tomorrow?
After two snaps, the person who asked the question was hit twice on the head by his father, and he cursed: "Why are you so greedy? Hurry up and queue up. If you keep chattering, don't talk about eating sweets and meat in three days. I'm going to do it now." Lets eat rattan fried meat!
The little guy was beaten until he cried, and his father said: "Hey, that's it, keep crying."
Wow, the little guy felt that his father was laughing at him, so he cried even harder.
With this cry, the other younger ones also started to cry. When Qin Sanlang took the big guys out, there was a lot of crying in the team, which was in line with the sadness of today's ceremony.
Today's ceremony was very solemn. In addition to the soldiers bringing their sons to participate, men from every household in the city **** in white cloth and came to the main city gate. Together with the Minister of Rites, they paid homage to the dead soldiers.
Dong dong dong!
The big drums in the city kept beating until after midnight, when they stopped.
Perhaps God was also sad for the soldiers who died in the battle. It rained heavily that night and it rained all night long before it stopped at dawn.
The people were very happy when they saw it raining. There was less rain in the northwest, so one more rain would reduce the drought.
For the next three days, the whole city went on a vegetarian diet.
Three days later, Ban Shilang and others were preparing to leave and rushed to Long'an Mansion.
General Liang was very depressed. The cartload of money was not distributed to them, and they had to be taken to Long'an Mansion!
But he did not dare to complain. He had to appease his soldiers and told them to wait a little longer. General Xu would not forget them and would definitely send back the share of military pay they deserved.
The soldiers of Xing'an Prefecture were wilting. Fortunately, the garrison camp of Xing'an Prefecture received thirty carts of supplies, including armor, swords, crossbows, food, meat, vegetables, and medicinal materials. The depression in their hearts was finally reduced.
Imperial Physician Shi and Imperial Physician Xiao Liu have been busy working in the medicine warehouse yard these days. If it were not for the emperor's orders, they would not want to leave.
However, each of them got a pharmacology booklet, three packets of the magical anti-worm medicine, and the research notes of old doctors Xu and old doctors Fang during this period, which can be considered comfort.
Dr. Xiao Liu made an agreement with the two old doctors: "We will correspond every half a month and exchange research and development results... If the two old doctors have any new progress in the anti-parasitic medicine, I would like to send a letter to inform them immediately. I will be grateful." All."
After saying that, he gave a solemn salute to the two old doctors Xu Fang, which made old doctor Xu feel more dignified.
At noon the next day, Ban Shilang and the others set off to leave. Magistrate Hao took all the officials from the government office to see them off.
Qin Sanlang and others also went to see him off. After all, there were people from the Ministry of War in the team. They led the troops ten miles away before riding back to the city.