MTL - Fight the Giants-Chapter 814 The troops

   "Then I have to ask your good brother." Mu Yan didn't even look at Mu Xi.

   He only left Qian Guogong next to him, and then looked at the people in the hall.

"I didn't expect anything to be cut out of that stone. At first it fell apart, and it was just a waste rock. But then it was cut up again... Those who lived frugally in the capital a few years ago didn't have the right to receive it. After receiving it, the food and clothing expenses in the mansion are supported by my biological mother's dowry. After returning, the Duke of the State made up for my money, and I was grateful in my heart, thinking about how to show my filial piety..."

   Duke Qian couldn't help being moved, and looked at Mu Yan with a smile.

  Mu Zhan was gritting his teeth.

   What did you say that you cut down on food and clothing, because you didn’t send a share to the capital, but how poor are you, to the point of cutting down on food and clothing? Those private soldiers raised on Zhuangzi have been eating chaff and swallowing vegetables all these years?

  I didn't expect Mu Yan to say such a thing, which surprised him.

I heard Mu Yan say again: "I really didn't expect to see the emperor green. I have never been filial to the Duke in these years. I thought that he liked to read in the early years, and I wanted to carve a mountain of literature and poetry. I gave it to him as a gift, I never thought that my elder brother would make the decision for me. This is also good, it saves me from looking around for the gift of the longevity gift. Here, I would like to express my thanks to my elder brother."

  Cowed to Mu Zhan.

Well…

  Everyone in the hall blinked and fell silent.

  Mu Zhan felt like he was being tricked by Mu Yan again.

  He wants to give that piece of imperial green to his father as a present? The dogs outside didn't believe it. But father... Seeing his father staring at him, did he believe his nonsense? Mu Zhan's heart skipped a beat.

   To suffer.

   Mu Xi was dumbfounded. This son is actually better at talking nonsense than him?

  Returning to his senses, seeing his eldest brother's expression was uneasy, he wanted to refute Mu Yan, but when he saw the old father glaring at him fiercely, he was startled and swallowed his words back.

   Mu Ang is really going to be mad at this stupid son.

   Originally let his two young sons come to the council hall to listen to affairs, but just wanted them to follow the experience, and he was counting on the three adult sons. Unexpectedly, the two children, Mu Zuo and Muyou, have performed well these days, but the eldest son is getting more and more stupid.

  Why didn't you think he was so stupid? So stupid he wanted to throw him out.

   All the subordinate officials and Mu Liao in the hall, who can't tell that the eldest son is playing the role of the eldest son?

   Regarding the actions of the eldest son, he secretly made another note. But the son suffered such a big loss, and he didn't know how to deal with the eldest son.

  Looking at the capable son, I feel happy for myself and the people of Yunnan. The son is the best successor.

  But seeing these two brothers, looking like they are going to fight against the wall, I feel uneasy again. Who doesn't want to live peacefully and peacefully?

  Gong Qian swept his two sons back and forth, and suddenly said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, this year, the son will work hard in the guards in various places."

  Uh...everyone in the hall looked at Duke Qian, and at the same time went to see the eldest son.

   Sure enough, the eldest son had a look of disbelief.

   "Father, didn't I go to work in the army in previous years?" Mu Zhan was a little impatient.

   Lao Jun has a lot to do with it. If he can't go in person this year, it will directly affect his position in the army. I can't help being a little anxious.

  Before Mu Yan came back, he had thought that Mu Yan might go to the army this year, but in previous years, the cousins ​​of Sanfang would also go with him. He thought that even if his father let Mu Yan go, he would not be missing.

  He has worked in the army every year, and the soldiers in the army are more familiar with him than Mu Yan. If everyone only listens to his orders and not Mu Yan, it will be the picture he wants to see.

  But my father only let Mu Yan go alone this year!

   "You have other arrangements." Qian Guogong said lightly.

"Father!"

   "This matter is settled."

   "Yes. Mu Yan would like to respect the order of the Duke of the country." Mu Yan cupped his hands to the Duke of Qian, and said softly. He was neither happy nor worried, making it impossible to see what he was thinking in his heart.

  Back to Cuihuang Courtyard, Mu Yan mentioned this matter to Huo Xi.

   "Laojun? Are you going to work in various states and counties?" Huo Xi was stunned.

  Since there is an army, labor has become a tradition. Or the emperor came in person, or sent generals or cronies to the barracks to appease the army.

  It is to consolidate the imperial power, to comfort, to reward, and to exhort. The morale of the army is related to combat capability, but also to the stability of the throne, and to the future generations.

   There are various forms of condolences, and the time is not fixed, either before or after the war, or at any time in peacetime. Before the war, it was to boost morale, and after the war, it was mostly rewards. In normal times, when working in the army, most of them are reviewing the results of military training.

  For the army guarding the border, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and it is impossible for the emperor to come to the army in person. Most of them are guarded by the generals. Like the army in Yunnan, every year before the Spring Festival, the Mu family is in charge of the family, or the family members appoint the children of the Mu family to go to the military camp for rewards and condolences.

  In the past, it was either the Duke of Qian, the third master Mu Ang, or the sons of Mu Zhan and Mu Jun.

   "Are you going alone this year?"

   "I will take Mu Jun with me."

   "But it's not long until the Spring Festival, can you come back?"

   "I can come back. I will choose a few important guards first. The rest will go later in the next year. Moreover, I just took this opportunity to go to the guards to pick my personal guards."

   "Didn't you ask Li Yikan Er to do this?"

   "I'll pick it myself, and it will win people's hearts even more. Don't worry, I will rush back to accompany you for the New Year."

   This year is Xi'er's first year away from the capital, from her relatives, from her son, and spends the New Year in Yunnan. He will definitely come back to accompany her, and won't make her feel lonely.

  He stretched out his arms and hugged Huo Xi tightly.

   "I have to leave in the afternoon. You wait for me obediently in the mansion. I will be back soon. Remember to bring more people with you when you go out."

   "Okay. You should also be careful." "Well, I will."

  Mu Yan left and went to work in various guards. Huo Xi was a little bored.

   Mrs. Che got orders from Mrs. Duan to often bring Mu Lin to see her. Or accompany her to various banquets.

  Huo Xi, the eldest wife, has arrived in Yunnan, and many people want to make friends with her. From time to time, the wife and lady of the Sansi Mansion handed over invitations. There are other officials and family members, as well as the wives and ladies of the Tusi mansions, as well as the wives and ladies of other big families in the city.

  Huo Xi will also select some people and invite them into the mansion to talk. Or take Che Shi and Mu Zhong's wife Niu Shi outside to attend some banquets.

  Wu Shi rarely went with them.

   "She doesn't like Han people's reciting poems against each other, playing and singing Douqu, etc. She prefers archery and horse racing with the wives and ladies of the chieftain family." Che explained to Huo Xi.

Huo Xi smiled and said: "I don't like these either. Last time, the lady who announced the political envoy's family forced me to write a winter poem, and I finally managed to scrape together a poem. Then Miss Du wants me to play the piano again... My head is as big as a bucket. If you ask me to show how to make a plan, I can fly, and I can also show her a two-handed operation at the same time, showing her an afterimage, so that she can open her eyes."

"Hahaha…"

  Che Shi and Niu Shi covered their mouths with handkerchiefs, laughing wildly.

   "I didn't expect the second sister-in-law to be so funny." It's so funny.

  Niu and Huo Xi didn't have much contact. Her man, Mu Zhong, is not the eldest son, nor is he the eldest son, and his aunt is not favored now, and the two husband and wife live like invisible people in the mansion.

   Seeing that Huo Xi didn't have the slightest airs, Niu was also relaxed.

   smiled: "I don't like playing lyrics and composing music. Although I read a few books when I was young, I really can't draw pictures and write poems. I usually go there less often."

  Thinking that they don't have much savings in this house, they pursed their lips and looked at Huo Xi hesitantly: "Second sister-in-law, can you teach me how to manage the shop?"

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