Chapter 330 Ha!
This word "hum" is something that Chang Suining can immediately "see the words as if they were his face" without having to identify it by handwriting.
The writer was probably complaining that she had left and never returned to the capital, and was also complaining that in the end she still had to rely on him, her teacher, to take care of her... Although there was only one word in the letter, it was worth a thousand words.
Chang Suining walked slowly forward in the sunset, interpreting the text with great interest.
But after reading it to the end, there is only one answer that is the clearest, and that is... her teacher has changed.
In the past, the teacher did not agree with her idea of "keeping to the right path".
He blamed her for not living up to her expectations, despised her for being self-righteous, blamed her for being stubborn, and even hated her for not cherishing her life.
Before leaving for Beidi, she went to bid farewell to her teacher. He even said to her, "Just pretend that I have never taught you as a student," severing the teacher-student relationship.
Although she was thick-skinned and didn't respond to his words, the teacher never looked back at her until she bowed and left.
She can still remember the teacher's thin back, which looked disheartened, silent and depressed.
The teacher thought she was heartless, but in fact... What the teacher didn't know was that she was also extremely sad at that time.
When she was in Beidi, whenever she thought of her teacher, she only remembered his extremely disappointed back.
Although she was never disturbed by external things and never paid attention to the eyes and opinions of others, deep in her heart, she still longed for the recognition of her teacher.
now……
She was finally "approved" by the teacher.
The word “hum” means the teacher’s approval.
The teacher no longer blamed her for her "path". Even though she still looked disdainful on the surface, she was already planning and paving the way for her... hoping that she could walk on this path as easily and steadily as possible.
She knew that whether she was named General Ningyuan or became the Governor of Jiangdu as she wished, her teacher had always been there to defend her against the enemies in the court.
The teacher changed and became willing to "compromise" with her.
As the saying goes, people become more stubborn as they get older, and the teacher's stubbornness is incomparable to ordinary people. Even if the sky falls, the teacher's straight and stubborn back will not bend.
So, she thought that her death must have been a huge blow to the teacher, so huge that it was beyond her imagination.
She was like a child who was extremely willful. She used her own death to make her determination clear. She would rather die than regret it, but she forced her teacher to regret it.
Her death scared the teacher who was fearless and not afraid of death.
Chang Suining held the letter in his hand, feeling warm yet bitter and guilty in his heart.
She felt lucky and happy.
There is no student in the world who does not hope to be recognized by his or her teacher. Being recognized by a teacher is indeed something to be proud of.
The evening breeze was a little hot. Chang Suining took off the black gauze official hat on his head, revealing the slightly wet fluffy hair on his forehead. His dark eyebrows and eyes were reflected in the summer sunset, adding a bit of compelling free and unrestrained air.
She held her official hat in her hand and walked past a clump of green banana trees, her steps becoming lighter.
Yao Ran followed beside her and noticed that his governor was in a very good mood - was it because of... that word "humph"? When they reached a fork in the road, Xier was waiting in front, smiling and waving at Chang Suining: "Girl, here!"
Xier led the way, holding the official hat for her girl, talking about some affairs of the governor's office that she had just become familiar with, and asked the girl if she was tired.
"I'm tired." While Chang Suining was responding, he had already walked onto a stone bridge across a lotus pond. His sight passed over the "endless green lotus leaves reaching the sky" and he saw Liuhuo's family of three leisurely drinking water by the pond.
Guiqi drank the water from the lotus pond in big gulps. When he raised his head, he swung his horse's mouth and splashed his father's face. Liuhuo cursed and kicked his son on the butt.
Chang Suining watched the fire from the other side of the river and sighed, "What a great picture of a pomegranate fire educating a child."
"Ali!"
Adian's voice came from the end of the bridge. He was holding seven or eight pink and white lotus flowers and two large lotus leaves in his arms, and he couldn't wait to run towards Chang Suining.
This scene made Chang Suining sigh: "I am carrying a heavy burden ahead, but someone is here to make my life peaceful and comfortable for me."
Yao Ran pursed her lips and smiled.
Ah Dian came to Chang Suining with an armful of lotus flowers: "…These are all for you!"
Chang Suining nodded. At this moment, he just wanted to be a hands-off boss: "I'm tired, you hold it for me first."
"Okay!" Ah Dian nodded obediently, followed Chang Suining, and happily talked about what he had done today. At the end, he said: "...It's great here, I like it very much!"
Then he looked at Liuhuo and the others: "Lihuo likes it too!"
"That's good. Just stay here for now." Chang Suining said, "If we have a chance later, we can move to a bigger and better place."
Adian responded with joy, “Okay.”
At this moment, Chang Suining sniffed the fragrance of the lotus and felt all her fatigue disappear. The tranquility of this moment was the meaning of all she did.
This is peace for one place. If she can get peace for another state, or even peace for the whole country... that will be what she has been seeking all her life.
She probably inherited the hard-working fate in the Li family's bloodline. Her own joys and sorrows had long been connected with the great rivers. She was like the wind and the grass. Only when the rivers in the world were thriving and alive could she thrive and expand.
Xier led the way and came to a very grand residence, which was where the governor lived.
The two guards guarding outside the courtyard saluted Chang Suining, one called him "Sir Governor" and the other called him "General", and then they stared at each other - how could there be no tacit understanding at all! Chang Suining entered the courtyard and felt the hot smell of fireworks blowing in his face.
The courtyard is planted with flowers and grass, banana trees and crabapples, rockery and strange stones, and the landscape is very elegant.
At this time, Chang Kuo was ordering Chu Xing, Chang Ren and others to move one small table after another to the yard and set them up. A Che and She Cai and several other ladies, wearing aprons and holding cold dishes in their hands, came over from the corridor, talking and laughing.
He Wuhu, Liuhu and Qihu were hanging lanterns under the command of Li Tong. When they heard "The governor is back", they all stopped what they were doing and looked at Chang Suining.
"The General is back!"
"grown ups!"
"Sister Chang, come quickly!"
“…”
Chang Suining heard one shout after another with laughter, and at that moment he truly felt like he had "settled down".
"Finally you're back!" Chang Kuo limped over, his face full of amiable smiles: "You must be tired after a whole day of meetings!"
"We're all busy." Chang Suining smiled and looked at the busy people.
"That's right!" Chang Kuo laughed loudly, "Now that we have a new nest, we have to clean it up properly!"
Chang Suining nodded with peace of mind. She knew from the way she came that although it was only a day's work, all the important places inside and outside the governor's mansion had been guarded by her own people.
"From now on, Ningning will be in charge of external affairs, and your father will take care of internal affairs for you!" Chang Kuo patted his chest and seemed to enjoy his current status as "the governor's father", which was far more than the title of Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.
Chang Suining nodded happily: "Okay, then it's settled."
At this time, Li Tong walked over quickly and said with a smile: "...it turned out that Commander Xiao and his men had come, and stayed for lunch and stayed for half a day. But they couldn't wait for Sister Chang to finish her work, so they had to go back first."
"I drove them away!" Chang Kuo said, "They said they were here to celebrate the new house... There were more than a hundred of them. For lunch, the soup alone was like stewed pig food. They cooked more than ten pots! If they stayed any longer, they would have emptied the granary! And they were making so much noise, as if they were competing with cicadas!"
"I thought that you had been at the front for a whole day, and your ears couldn't bear such pain. So I simply drove them all away and only kept some of our own people!"
Hearing Chang Kuo's words, Liu Hu couldn't hide his excitement and poked He Wuhu beside him: "Brother, did you hear that..."
The Marquis said they are his own people!
He Wuhu was holding a half-basin of water that he had just drawn. When he poked him, the water splashed out. He cursed, "You useless thing... I'm just telling the truth, what's the big deal!"
They were entrusted to the general by Grand Commander Cui himself, and they were the general's first personal soldiers besides Sister Shecai and the others! Of course they were his own people!
He Wuhu said this, but his fingers gripping the edge of the wooden basin turned white with such force that he almost crushed the basin.
He puffed his chest out even higher, and shouted, "General, I've got you some water! Wash your hands so we can eat!"
The voice was so loud and exciting that Liu Hu's ears were hurt. He rubbed his ears and glared at his eldest brother with a grin.
After Chang Suining washed his hands and changed out of his official robe, he came out to find more than ten small tables and mats already set out in the courtyard. There was one small table at the very top, and the others were on both sides at the bottom, all of which were covered with food.
Chang Suining was a new official who took up the post without hesitation and sat cross-legged at the top seat.
Everyone raised their glasses, Chang Suining drank tea, and the dinner was very lively.
After the meal, everyone returned to the accommodation they had already booked. Li Tong, who had drunk a lot of wine and was very excited, wanted to talk to Chang Suining, but thinking that Chang Suining was tired after a whole day, he did not disturb him.
Chang Kuo talked to his daughter alone for a while. The father and daughter stood under an osmanthus tree in the yard, laughing constantly.
Finally, Chang Kuocai said, "Yuan Xiang sent someone to deliver a letter today... I'll go over and take a look tomorrow!"
Fighting against the Japanese is a long-term task. Chang Suining immediately sent Yuan Xiang and others to implement the rectification of coastal defense, while keeping an eye on the whereabouts of the Japanese army, training the navy, and making emergency preparations for the battle. Yuan Xiang would send back letters every day to report the progress and problems encountered.
Chang Suining thought for a moment and nodded, "Then father, go and keep an eye on it first. I will take care of the affairs of the Governor's Mansion as soon as possible. When Commander Xiao sets aside the 80,000 troops, I will lead the army over immediately."
The imperial edict clearly stated that she would be allocated 80,000 troops to fight against the Japanese invaders, and it was only yesterday that emergency preparations were being made everywhere.
The Japanese army is coming with great force this time, and 80,000 are not enough, and not many of them are good at naval warfare. Fortunately, the remaining navies in the coastal states after the Xu bandit rebellion can still be integrated, and the number of available navies is now being counted.
Even so, the upcoming war against the Japanese pirates was by no means optimistic. Those Japanese soldiers were all cunning men who were proficient in naval warfare and could move freely on the sea as if they were walking on flat ground. Since the founding of the Dasheng Dynasty, the Dasheng Dynasty had been often invaded by the Japanese. The coastal prefectures were very troubled by this and reported to the court that these Japanese pirates and soldiers "came and went like the wind and could not be suppressed."
Everyone knows that this battle will be difficult.
But in Chang Suining's opinion, if the fight was easy, it would not be her turn to use it to exchange for the position of Jiangdu Governor.
At this moment, Chang Kuo lowered his voice, but his momentum was not weak at all, and he said: "...I think Your Highness was able to beat them to their knees and beg for mercy more than ten years ago, and now I will make sure that they will not be able to return!"
"I can't say whether we can come back or not. We are just a bunch of shrimp soldiers and crab generals now." Chang Suining raised his chin slightly and said confidently: "But it is not difficult to prevent these water turtles from crawling onto the shore."
Chang Kuo laughed heartily: "That's right, Your Highness has always had a secret skill to cure turtles!"
After chatting and joking, Chang Suining told Chang Kuo about some matters that he should have replied to Yuanxiang, so that he didn't have to write another letter.
Finally, Chang Kuo said: "Oh, there is one more thing..."
Chang Suining looked at him and motioned to him to speak.
"Come to think of it, the two boxes have been brought here...shouldn't we open them and take a look?" Chang Kuo laughed, "It's a gift from the Emperor. Father is just curious."
Chang Suining suddenly realized, it was those two boxes.
After receiving the imperial edict yesterday, she wanted to open it on the spot, but she was dragged away by She Cai and the others to take a bath and change clothes. In the busyness, she forgot about the matter.
Seeing her expression, Chang Kuo had an idea in his mind. He originally thought that His Highness was unwilling to open up and was angry with the saint because of a knot in his heart... Now it seems that he was worrying too much. It seems that His Highness treats that person without any emotions and just treats the other party as a saint.
But the mother and daughter have come to this point, and His Highness's state of mind along the way...
Chang Kuo still sighed in his heart.
But Chang Suining turned around and said, "Let's go and see what's inside."
Chang Kuo followed with a smile.
In the side room, the two large boxes were placed together with a pile of things that had not yet been put in order.
Without letting the third person follow, Chang Kuo opened the boxes himself. When he opened the first box, he was stunned by what was inside. He opened the second box, and found the same thing.
Each box contains four wine jars, for a total of eight jars.
Chang Kuo stood up and pointed his finger over there: "Your Highness, this is..."
Chang Suining: "It is the wind that knows the brewing."
She knew it as soon as she smelled it when the box was opened.
Chang Kuo said "Oh" in understanding, so... this saint is now trying to please His Highness?
However, His Highness no longer drinks.
Chang Kuo sighed in his heart... This feeling came too late.
There were some things he couldn't comment on, so he could only ask, "Then should this wine... be sealed again?"
"Just seal two of the jars." Chang Suining said, "I will take the other six jars to the camp in a few days and use them when I send General Xiao and other soldiers back to the capital."
Chang Kuo agreed, and then asked, "What are those two jars..."
"Leave it to Wu Jue." Chang Suining said, "He has been craving this taste for a long time."
As she said this, she walked out: "I've been busy all day and haven't had time to write him a letter."
Chang Kuo's eyes lit up when he heard this - Wu Jue was coming too? That would be great, he had also been craving the mutton soup cooked by the bald man for a long time! The reunion of the whole family, young and old, could be just around the corner!
Chang Suining immediately went to the study to write a letter to Wu Jue, gave it to A Che, and asked him to deliver it early the next morning.
After thinking for a while, he spread out the paper, picked up the pen, and started another letter.
She wrote a big word on the letter paper in a neat and tidy manner - [Ha]! After writing it, she looked at it for a while, but was afraid that it would be too annoying, so she thought about it and then carefully drew a little man kowtowing and thanking in the blank space.
After finishing the painting, Chang Suining dropped his pen, picked up the letter and took a look at it. Only then did he finally nod with satisfaction.
…
The next morning, as soon as the door of the governor's mansion was opened, people came one after another.
A Che was about to take people to post a notice to recruit talents, but when he saw the newcomers, he was quite surprised: "Xiao Duan, Xiao Wu? Why are you here?"
As he spoke, he looked at the long line of carriages and horses behind them.
;-)Good night (end of this chapter)
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