"Good news!"
"Great victory!"
"General Shi personally led 5,000 cavalrymen to intercept the Northern Barbarians' advance troops that had sneaked into Qingmen Gorge. They captured nearly a thousand prisoners of war. The Northern Barbarians have announced their withdrawal!"
Different from the panic a few days ago when the city was investigating spies, today the streets and alleys are filled with a festive atmosphere.
Many shops on the city's busy streets offered snacks and gifts to celebrate this inspiring victory.
The entrance of the general's mansion, which had been deserted for a long time, was filled with gifts such as eggs, fruits and so on, sent by the people of the city early in the morning. There were even several pairs of majestic and proud roosters!
The housekeeper of the mansion came out to stop the people several times, but failed to stop their enthusiasm. In the end, he had no choice but to take these gifts back into the mansion.
When the news came back, Wei Yunlan was counting the profits of Yunluozhai in recent days.
Being sought after by the ladies of North City, the number of customers at Yunluozhai these days is far less than the first few days of opening, but the silver earned is a little more. After all, most of the items sold are not ordinary goods worth five cents of silver, but fine products worth five taels of silver or even more.
After opening for half a month, nearly 70% of the two batches of hand warmers shipped from Lihezhuang have been sold.
The defective silk bought from Mr. Luo was almost consumed.
Wei Yunlan was not in a hurry to sell out the remaining 30% of the goods. In addition to selling these silk products, she asked Jiang Wu to set up another counter in Yunluozhai, which was filled with bamboo toys from Hanjia Village.
Next to the toys, there are rows of scaled-down bamboo hangers.
There are many small clothes of different styles hanging on it.
These things are neither edible nor wearable, but they are extremely exquisite and cute. Most people who come to buy hand warmers will ask about them after seeing them, and after learning the price, many people will buy a few.
After all, a piece of bamboo weaving costs only a few to dozens of copper coins, and those cute and small clothes that are the size of a palm usually cost no more than ten copper coins each.
Since they can afford to buy a hand warmer, they can naturally come up with this amount of money.
"Miss, good news!"
"General Shi won the battle, and the Northern Barbarians have retreated!"
Wei Yunlan put down the account book in his hand and stood up in surprise, "Really?"
Tingxue nodded vigorously, "Really!"
"The Northern Army has captured nearly a thousand prisoners of war. I heard that the Northern Barbarians want to redeem the prisoners of war and will have to pay a lot of horses and gold and silver to our Dayong!"
Wei Yunlan was overjoyed when he heard this.
This is simply the greatest joy I have ever heard since my rebirth!
It is also the biggest change from the previous life, apart from one's own destiny.
Although she was not sure when General Shi was injured in the previous life, she was certain that in the previous life, natural disasters occurred frequently and in the years before the Northern Barbarians invaded Dayong, Dayong had never tasted the sweetness of the war with the Northern Barbarians.
Otherwise, Emperor Xiaoming would not have sent his second daughter to marry the Northern Barbarians.
This victory was undoubtedly a major turning point that reversed the tragedy of the previous life.
It is also the hope that is rising in Wei Yunlan's heart.
Perhaps, what can be changed in this life is not just one's own destiny.
There is also the national destiny of Dayong and the fate of tens of thousands of Dayong people!
…
The good news came into the country from the border.
This rare good news seemed to dispel the haze that had been lingering over the states and the capital due to the disaster.
Emperor Xiaoming, sitting on the dragon throne, said "good" three times in a row, his hands shaking with excitement.
"General Shi is still strong despite his age, brave and resourceful!"
If all the court officials were as capable as General Shi, who in the world would dare to say that Dayong under his governance was not as good as his father's?
Emperor Xiaoming has never been a man who can hide his thoughts.
The expression in his eyes was obvious. The court officials who were being stared at lowered their heads and looked at the shiny black bricks in the Golden Throne Hall.
If he is really like General Shi, it would not be a good thing.
He had kept his head on the waistline of his trousers all his life, and shed his blood for justice, but in the end he was still alone, with only his elderly mother left. He was kept in the capital like a hostage, thousands of miles away from his mother, and he didn't even know if he could see her before he died.
They don't want to be such "capable" people.
Emperor Xiao Ming was naturally unaware of the criticisms of his courtiers and was still immersed in the joy of winning the battle.
How long has it been since the Great Yong Dynasty won a battle on the front lines in the north and west?
At the beginning of his reign, those enemy countries that had been frightened by his father were obedient at first, but later began to constantly test and harass the border of Dayong.
After that, there were constant wars. If he hadn't sent Changning to marry, the Northern Barbarians would have probably already broken through the pass.
But after pacifying the Northern Barbarians, Xiliang attacked again with great force.
Since then, there has been no more news of victory in the border war.
Everyone said that he was not as good as his father and could not govern the country. But now, didn't Beiguan win the battle?
It's not that he doesn't know how to do it, it's clearly the court officials and generals below who are bullying him because he is not as ruthless as his father and doesn't work hard enough!
"Pass on my decree. Shi Zhiheng, the general of the Northern Pass, is loyal, brave and skilled in fighting. He is specially conferred the title of first-class marquis and given the title of Loyal and Brave!"
Knowing that apart from General Shi, the old lady was the only one left in the Shi family, and that there was no need for General Shi to ask for a title, Emperor Xiaoming issued an edict to confer the title of "Lady Qingguo" on the old lady Shi.
In addition, a large number of rewards, along with two imperial edicts and a plaque with the words "Loyal and Brave Marquis' Mansion", were sent to the Shi family in the capital.
Old Lady Shi, who was over 70 years old, accepted the reward with the help of her maidservant. She watched with her own eyes as the Jinwu envoy sent by the palace personally replaced the plaque of "Loyalty and Bravery Marquis' Mansion" for the Shi family.
He returned to the house and unfolded the family letter that was sent to the capital along with the battle report.
The letter was written by her son who was illiterate and only knew how to fight. The handwriting was crooked, but every stroke was written with great care.
The content is the same as usual, mostly just telling people that everything is fine recently and not to worry.
But the careful Old Lady Shi still discovered a slight difference.
His son, who didn't believe in gods and Buddhas and didn't respect immortals and ghosts, actually reminded him in the letter to add some incense to the temple at home...
Lady Shi looked at the attendant who came to deliver the letter and asked, "Has anything happened to your general recently?"
"Before the general set out on this expedition, he received advice from the descendants of the Heavenly Master Gao from the Heavenly Master's Mansion and avoided many dangers."
After the attendant answered, he looked at the old lady with a bit of admiration in his eyes, "The general said that this is all thanks to you, the old lady, who worships the gods every day and prays for him!"
Old Lady Shi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook her head.
This was not her credit at all. Regardless of whether it was the divine intervention of Master Gao or the calculations of Master Gao's descendants, the credit should belong to the other party.
“Grinding.”
"I am writing a letter to your general."
…
Earlier than in Beijing.
Tongling Town, Chongzhou, has received the good news from Beiguan.
At the same time, another piece of news came back.
"Master, I found it."
"There really is something wrong with the two people you suspected."
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