Chapter 626: Husband and Wife's Separation
After the discussion, Fan Yang and others left one after another.
"Master, it's getting late." The steward came to remind him that during the meeting, people from the mistress's courtyard had come over several times.
Xie Zhan thought about it and decided to go to Qingfeng Courtyard in the backyard.
As soon as Xie Zhan arrived at Qingfeng Courtyard, Zhao Yutan came out to greet him, "Are you done? The old duck soup simmering in the kitchen is just right—"
Xie Zhan ignored her and walked straight to the hall, completely ignoring his wife's attentive greetings.
The smile on Zhao Yutan's face disappeared.
After Xie Zhan sat down at the main seat in the hall, he said to his attendants, "All of you, please go down."
After Xie Zhan spoke, all the maids serving in the room retreated at once.
Zhao Yutan had already sensed the coming storm, so she stood aside with her hands hanging down.
Xie Zhan asked directly, "Aren't you going to explain what happened with Zhao Song?"
He knew? Zhao Yutan glanced at him quickly. "I don't have anything to say."
Xie Zhan asked her, "Do you know that you are slapping me in the face by doing this?"
He had seen the Zhao family's financial shortage, and he knew his wife was doing this for their son's benefit. But could they be more patient? Not so impatient!
Zhao Yutan didn't say anything.
Xie Zhan understood. It seemed that she knew, but didn't care. Or rather, the interests of her and the Zhao family were more important than him as her husband.
"One last question. You and the Zhao family, taking this gamble, have you ever considered the consequences of losing? Five hundred thousand taels of silver, Xiaodi, would be wiped out."
After Xie Zhan finished speaking, he stood up and walked out with a cold face, without even needing her answer.
Looking at his tall back, Zhao Yutan smiled at this time, his eyes misted over, and the four words "husband and wife are separated" came to his mind.
He never got angry from the beginning to the end, maybe because he didn't love her? Or maybe he didn't have any expectations of her.
Zhao Yutan's guess was correct. Xie Zhan had low expectations of her, so he would not be very disappointed if she did such a thing.
After coming out of the main courtyard, Xie Zhan went straight back to the study in the front yard and went to sleep.
On the way, Xie Nan asked him, "Master, do you want to dismiss Zhao Minglou?"
"No need." Xie Zhan had already made a decision. As for Zhao Minglou, it would depend on whether Zhuozhou could be kept. If not, he would settle all the accounts with them.
It's good that Zhuozhou was saved. If it wasn't, someone would definitely be held responsible. Originally, this wasn't going to happen. Zhao Minglou, as the governor of Zhuozhou, had fought to protect it. Even if he hadn't made any contributions, he'd still have worked hard. Even if Zhuozhou had been lost, he would have been able to protect him. Now, haha.
Pingzhou
After the Juyang peace talks concluded, Dali's blockade of Pingzhou was lifted, allowing Pingzhou merchants to freely travel to Dali to trade. The Cao Gang, as a shipping company, could penetrate Dali's inland rivers, and the Yang Wei Escort Agency also operated there...
Qin Heng realized that this was a good time to go deep into Dali and map the terrain of Dali.
This idea coincides with Lu Songli's.
Qin Heng thought they could select a group of smart soldiers from the army and send them over to serve as sailors and escorts...
Lu Songli agreed to this plan.
This plan is confidential and of course we cannot tell anyone about it.
Also, as I've said before, Pingzhou now has a population of four to five million, so the presence of spies is inevitable. Some have already been discovered, and there are certainly more that haven't been discovered.
So they found an excuse that Pingzhou wanted to form a navy and wanted to transfer some soldiers from various military regions. These soldiers first went to Jintai Village for selection.
In fact, this is not just an excuse. Pingzhou’s navy is still too small and really needs to be expanded by recruiting soldiers.
Pingzhou now has seven military regions. The four Qin brothers, as well as Sun Ming, Yue Shu, and Le Guicai each lead an army and are stationed in Pingzhou's border and coastal defense areas.
After the order was issued to the other six military regions, they began to take action.
The generals of the six major military regions all made it clear that they would dispatch their most elite soldiers to Jintai Village.
In fact, the soldiers were not very enthusiastic about switching to the navy.
Obviously, future battles would be fought more on land than at sea. In other words, there were more opportunities for meritorious service on land than at sea, and since some people were seasick, the competition for spots wasn't fierce.
The same is true for Sun's army.
After the Sun family army moved to Pingzhou, Lu Songli arranged for them to rest in Songzhou, Youbeiping County.
When they learned that the soldiers they had selected would first arrive at Jintai Village, there were five or six young generals in the Sun family army, and only Sun Congyi actively fought for it.
Sun Ming looked at his youngest son, beaming with joy at having secured a spot, with a subtle expression. The secret mission of forming a navy was known only to the generals of the seven major military regions. He hadn't even revealed it to his own son, but he hadn't expected his youngest son to have stumbled upon the spot.
Sun Congyi would never tell his father that he thought it was very fun to go on the expedition with Qin Liuye.
Then Sun Congyi strode forward with two thousand selected soldiers.
Xie Yangui was quite perceptive and he vaguely sensed some differences, but he was a cautious person and only thought about it in his mind without rashly trying to find out anything.
As soon as Sun Congyi set off, he also said goodbye with a smile.
Sun Ming looked at his back with deep meaning in his eyes.
Jintaizhuang Military Region
As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. When these elite teams gather together, it is natural that no one will submit to the other.
Qin Sheng's approach was also very simple. He directly held a practical exercise with seven teams fighting in a melee to see which team would be eliminated first and which team would win the championship.
Before starting, Qin Sheng and the young players who led the team revealed the secret mission that brought them here.
Upon hearing this, all the young players were very excited. When they heard that their ranking in the exercise would determine the order in which they would appear, they looked at each other with eyes full of fighting spirit.
During the exercise, Qin Sheng did not leave the field, but let his young players lead the team to participate.
During lunch, Qin Sheng wanted to be quiet for a while, so he got his food and went back to his room to eat. Qin Zhao followed him.
Qin Sheng was speechless. He just wanted to have a quiet meal.
After the two brothers sat down, Qin Zhao unceremoniously snatched a donkey meat hot pot from Qin Sheng. "Xiao Liu, do you miss your wife? Unfortunately, I heard that your sister-in-law is very busy recently. It's useless for you to miss her."
"Third brother, third sister-in-law must be very busy recently. She also has to take care of Yu'er and the others. She can't spare any time for you at all, right?" Qin Sheng smiled. Come on, let's hurt each other.
Third brother, all the time Lili spends with me except when she's working. Third sister-in-law is busy with work and taking care of the children, so you can't spare much time for her. You're much more pitiful than me.
Qin Zhao understood what he said, and didn't want to pay any attention to him anymore.
But Qin Zhao's words just now aroused Qin Sheng's damn desire to win.
Qin Zhao ignored him, but Qin Sheng came over and said, "Third brother, is the donkey meat hot pot delicious?"
Qin Zhao chewed his words and said expressionlessly, "It's just so-so."
"You normally eat three of them in one sitting? Is it that hard to admit they're delicious?"
Qin Zhao chewed, chewed, chewed.
"I think you're jealous of me. You still have to rely on me so you can eat donkey meat hot pot from time to time."
Qin Zhao couldn't stand his smug look, so he swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "It's just an excuse, you don't take it seriously, do you?"
Qin Sheng paused.
Then, Qin Zhao said maliciously, "When we close the net in Zhuozhou, what if Sixth Brother's wife uses the excuse of falling in love with someone else to close the net? How will you deal with it?"
Qin Sheng felt very bad. He couldn't stand to hear the words "falling in love with someone else".
Qin Zhao saw the smile on Qin Sheng's face gradually disappear, and thought, would he bully me to the point of crying?
"What's going on?" A female voice with a smile sounded.
Qin Sheng widened his eyes when he heard the voice:!!!
Qin Sheng slowly turned his head and found that the person coming was really his wife!
Qin Zhao saw that Qin Sheng's brows, which had just been drooping, suddenly lifted up.
"Lili, why are you here?" Qin Sheng suddenly jumped to Lu Songli's side.
Qin Zhao: It’s too shameful to watch.
"Come to see you."
"Really?"
"It's genuine." She's already here.
Lu Songli took the time to greet Qin Zhao, "Third brother."
"Sixth brother's wife."
Qin Sheng pulled her aside and asked, "Lili, have you had lunch?"
"I've eaten. Stop busying yourself and sit down." Lu Songli pulled him to sit down, "I have something to tell you."
Qin Sheng sat down next to her and asked, "What's the matter?" This must be urgent.
Qin Zhao also realized this.
Lu Songli didn't keep the secret and said bluntly, "I plan to go to Qingzhou by water."
When Qin Zhao heard that they were actually going out of town, he asked, "Going to Qingzhou? Why? Is it really necessary?"
Lu Songli told Zhang Zhongxian that she was planning to invite him in person.
When Qin Zhao heard that Pingzhou was going to legislate, he thought it was a very important matter.
Recently, his elder brother planned to revise the military rules and regulations. He had been drafted by his elder brother. The new military rules and regulations were innovative, but after careful consideration, they were indeed more advanced.
After knowing that she had to go to Qingzhou, Qin Zhao said seriously, "Sixth brother's wife, take Xiaoliu with you and let him protect you to Qingzhou."
Qin Sheng also said solemnly, "Lili, I'll go and recruit the troops." He would go in person, and the people he brought with him must be good fighters.
"Okay, husband, our safety is in your hands."
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