Chapter 1441 Retreat

"Yes, my son will send someone to the fishing ground soon."

"As for the sheep and pigs raised on the farm, keep them for yourself."

In the past two years, many animals have been raised on the farm. Shuren likes to eat geese, so Changli asked someone to raise a lot of them. Thinking of the geese, he said, "Send someone to the farm to catch some geese. We haven't had roasted geese for a while. Let's make roasted goose today."

Chang Li wrote them down one by one and said, "Okay."

Zhulan calculated the number of people in her family. For each roasted goose meal, each family would have to have at least two. With a large family and a large business, expenses would be high. Fortunately, the manor had its own goose.

In the afternoon, Changli caught forty big geese in one go, and brought back a lot of goose eggs. He kept twenty for himself and gave five of the remaining twenty to the eldest daughter. Zhulan distributed the remaining fifteen to the Wang family, the Ran family, the Liu family, and the Hu family who lived alone, and gave each family a basket of goose eggs.

At the Wang family, Wang Ju came back in the evening and asked, "Did you buy a goose today?"

Even without asking about the family affairs, he knew that there were not many geese for sale in the market, and people rarely sold them even if they kept them at home. Geese could be used to guard the house.

Tao held up a goose leg and gave it to her husband. "I didn't buy it. My in-laws sent five geese and a basket of goose eggs. We cooked all five geese. One for my parents, one for us, one for Wang Wei and his wife, and the other two were given to the second and third wives."

Wang Ju seldom eats goose at home. She only orders it when she goes to a restaurant. After eating two bites, she found them delicious. "The second and third wives are complaining about it again."

"What are you complaining about? They are complaining about the fact that the eldest wife took two of them. Do they have the nerve to complain? These were sent by the Zhou family."

Wang Ju, "How do you divide the goose eggs?"

Mrs. Tao snorted, "I didn't give any to the second and third wives. If they like to eat, they can buy it themselves. Just tell me how much of the food sent by the Zhou family did they eat? How dare you find fault with it?"

Wang Ju comforted his wife, "It will be fine after the family is divided. After all, I have seen many families who love their daughters, but no family loves their daughters as much as the Zhou family."

Tao, "Yeah."

Wang Wei was eating the goose and said, "This goose is really well raised."

Yu Lu smiled and said, "If you like it, eat more."

"My dear, eat more too. You have worked hard taking care of the children."

Yu Lu narrowed her eyes at this concern, "I have my wife and maids to help me at home, so I'm not tired. On the contrary, you just joined the Ministry of Industry, and you've lost weight recently because of tiredness."

Wang Wei raised his arms and said, "I've become much stronger too. Look at my arms."

Yu Lu listened to her husband carefully and added a few words appropriately. The couple had a very happy dinner. In the end, Wang Wei ate a lot of goose, but Yu Lu didn't eat much.

Wang Wei looked at the bones in front of him. "This."

Yu Lu smiled, "My grandpa likes to eat geese. My father raised a lot of geese on the farm. I ate a lot of geese when I was at home."

Before she got married, the chef at home cooked goose in various ways, and she became picky about it. The goose cooked by the Wang family was not as delicious as the one cooked by her mother's family.

News of the war in the northeast continued to be transmitted back to the capital. One day, an urgent report came that a border fortress had been breached and King Liang was leading his troops in a continuous retreat.

When the urgent report reached the capital, the ministers who had been full of confidence were dumbfounded. It was the first time in so many years since the establishment of the dynasty that they were forced to retreat after being beaten.

The ministers in the court were talking about this matter. Some pointed the finger at King Liang, saying that it was all his fault that he was not a good commander.

The poor health of the King of Liang became a subject of criticism. Although this was not stated, it was assumed that the King of Liang was showing off.

Zhou Shuren rolled his eyes in his heart. The louder someone yells, the more they just talk big to gain attention.

Your Majesty, "Now is not the time to assign blame."

The court was quiet. Indeed, now was not the time to assign responsibility, but to stop the enemy from moving further south.

The King of Qi frowned. The King of Liang should not have been beaten back. Not to mention the power of the cannons, even with the support of 150,000 troops, he should not have lost his fortress. Did the King of Liang command improperly? Ha, he knew the Fourth Brother's ability better than anyone else.

Moreover, the fourth brother is a ruthless person. For the sake of Prince Liang's Mansion, the fourth brother will not be defeated so easily. If he is really forced into a corner, the fourth brother will perish along with his enemy.

Prince Qi looked at the Emperor. Only the Emperor could make Prince Liang obey.

The King of Chu pulled the sleeve of his second brother and whispered, "No, this is not the character of the fourth brother."

Prince Qi pretended not to hear and continued to look at the Emperor. The ministers in the court were discussing, but the Emperor had no expression on his face. Then he looked at the calm Prince and lowered his eyes.

The news of King Liang's retreat had a great impact, especially on the northeastern states. Too many people fled to the border, and the panic in the states intensified.

Zhoujia Village, Ming and Qing came to Jiang's house and saw several uncles from the Jiang family as soon as they entered the door.

Jiang Miao pressed his brows, "Chief, you are here."

Uncle Jiang was really anxious. "If you don't come with us, we will leave too. You heard that King Liang's army was defeated and retreated. No one knows how long he can hold out."

Jiang Miao, "Uncle, I have something else to do, you can go if you want."

Still, she would not leave unless it was absolutely necessary. If something unexpected really happened, she believed that her grandparents would send her a message.

Ming Qing watched the Jiang family uncles leave, sat down and asked, "You really don't want to leave?"

"You want me to leave?"

Ming Qing nodded, "I hope you can go back. If something happens to you, I will not be able to explain. However, if you don't leave, the Zhou family can continue to wait."

Jiang Miao asked, "There have been a lot of people coming to ask you questions recently."

"Yes, even the county magistrate asked me about it."

"Thanks for your hard work."

"It's not easy for you either. I've been asking you a lot more these days."

Jiang Miao drank tea to moisten her throat. She had spoken more in these days than she had in a year.

In the big tent where Prince Liang was, he looked at the secret report and curled his lips. If we talk about cruelty, the emperor is still the most cruel. He wanted to keep 30,000 soldiers from the Yi Banner Tribe and the troops from various pursuing tribes.

King Liang put down the secret report and asked, "How long will it take for the Yi Banner to arrive?"

General Qian said, "It will take two more days to get there. Oh, they are moving really fast."

King Liang curled his lips and said, "Pass the order down, it's time to get ready."

General Qian was excited. "Yes."

Another day passed, and the grassland tribes raided the border, but were defeated. What greeted them were traps and artillery fire. The cannon shells didn't cost silver, and the grassland tribes' soldiers couldn't even get to the city wall. The people in the Northwest Fortress City heard the sound of artillery fire all day.

An urgent report was sent to the capital to ease the worries of the Northeast Liang King about retreating.

Along with the urgent report, there was also news of chaos in several states. Zhou Shuren saw with his own ears the order issued by the emperor. After many days of tolerance, the reckoning was finally over, and the death squads had already gathered in several states.

Zhou Shuren returned home in a bad mood, Zhulan asked concernedly, "What's wrong? Any bad news?"

Zhou Shuren, "The Emperor ordered the liquidation of the states that were in chaos."

Zhulan understood that the reckoning would mean the death of many innocent people, and "the palace would no longer be peaceful."

"Um."