The Northern Territory won a great victory over Chu Huaibei and was summoned back to the capital.
Chapter 55: Great victory in the north, Chu Huaibei is summoned back to the capital
When the Mongols attacked earlier, they had sent an urgent report over 800 miles to Fengjing. The court was probably buzzing with discussion. Now that this victory report had reached the emperor, I imagine everyone in the court was relieved.
It was a shame that her defensive weapons had been exposed so early. She could only hold her nose and send the blueprints to the emperor's desk. Tsk, I wonder how long this mineral matter can be covered up. The emperor is no fool; the iron used in these weapons can't just appear out of thin air.
The blueprint had to be sent over as soon as possible, lest someone submit a memorial to accuse her of privately casting weapons. Don't think she didn't notice the actions of those generals. The secret letter was transmitted very quickly.
She didn't want to be accused of privately casting weapons. First, she didn't make swords in large quantities. Second, she didn't make a large number of commonly used feather arrows and bows. Third, she didn't make a piece of armor. Fourth, she didn't make anything related to horses, whether it was a saddle or horseshoes.
At most, she was developing a new weapon. Let her see how many people were jumping around and talking nonsense, and make sure they had a taste of her iron fist of justice.
After finishing the affairs in the military camp, she can finally go home. She hasn't been back to the palace for more than two months. She wonders if Hengheng gets up every morning to practice, if her mother has lost another two kilograms out of worry, and if Huzhi misses her...
On the way back to the city, Chu Huaibei sped along at lightning speed. The bleak autumn scenery along the way quickly passed by his eyes. The slightly sad atmosphere was dispelled by the joy of returning home. Jin Jiu, Eleven and Twelve, who followed him back to the palace, also looked obviously happy.
After entering the palace gate, he first led Shuangshuang to her private stables before entering the main courtyard. The deputy general hadn't come back with them today, and Shuangshuang wouldn't recognize anyone else. The palace guards couldn't get close enough to lead her to the stables, so Chu Huaibei had to make the trip himself.
She first went to her mother's yard to report her safety, showing off her robust body. Aside from a minor injury, she was unscathed from the fight. Aunt Wen looked her over carefully, nodded to the concubine, and finally put her heart at ease.
The concubine was very afraid of experiencing what happened two years ago again. After Shenzhi escaped danger that year, she took a whole month to recuperate before her body recovered.
He also explained that the grain that had been previously ordered from several companies has now all been transported to the Wangfu farm and can be used at any time.
Chu Huaibei sat beside his mother and told her the plan he had made earlier: "Mother, I want your caravan to trade with several small tribes in the northwest after October. We can sell them some food and use their jewelry in exchange. Their cattle and sheep should have been taken away by the Mongolian army. You can also bring some charcoal. They used to use cow dung to survive the winter, but now they don't even have any cattle, so where will they get the dung?"
"Okay, but why does Shenzhi want to save these small tribes?"
"Oh, there's no other reason. We just want the wild horses from the grasslands. If they really don't have any jewelry, we can allow them to buy on credit, using wild horses or next year's cattle and sheep as collateral. I think they'll be happy to accept this. The wild horses we receive will be sent directly to the palace's horse farm. I hope we can continue to improve the horse breed. Mongolian horses are really tempting!"
When the concubine saw Chu Huaibei's face full of longing when he mentioned Mongolian horses, she probably thought that there was something related to horses on the battlefield that made her remember it in her mind.
"Okay, it's not difficult. Mother will arrange it."
"Thank you, mother~" Chu Huaibei reached out and hugged the concubine, rubbing his head against her neck. The concubine's hand gently patted her son's back a few times. It was a rare and heartwarming moment.
After leaving the imperial concubine's courtyard, Chu Huaibei walked briskly towards his own courtyard. Entering the main hall, Jin Jiu and the other two were still reporting back. Hu Zhi waved them off. Chu Huaibei didn't feel like he was interrupting Hu Zhi's business; his priority was to whisper to her! He could deal with other matters later, once she returned to the barracks.
Ahem, this was not her wishful thinking. The corners of Hu Zhi's mouth had not drooped since he saw her. His enthusiasm was like that of a hungry puppy who was given a big meat bone. After it had finished chewing the meat, it wanted to bite the bone into pieces and swallow it into its stomach.
Jin Jiu and the other two disappeared in a second after their master signaled. They didn't want to bother the prince, and they also missed the food in the palace. They had been staying in the military camp for a while, and the meals were simple during the war. Even the prince ate bread. They shouldn't have complained, but it was easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it was difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. After being used to the delicious food in the palace, eating dry bread suddenly was like torture.
At night, Chu Huaibei held Hu Zhi in his arms. After thinking for a while, he decided to ask directly: "Hu Zhi, is Jin Hongye related to you? I saw Twelve protecting him."
When Sun Mingsi sent Twelve to Jin Hongye, he thought of what Huaibei would ask: "Yes, he is a distant relative of our family. His mother came to me and asked me to take care of him. His family can't afford to die on the battlefield."
"Yeah, I understand. This kid has good kung fu. He performed very well against the enemy this time and has won praise from some of the officers and soldiers. His performance is better than those generals when they first arrived. But he's still not very good at handling military affairs. His handwriting is so bad that if he submits a memorial to the emperor one day, I'm sure the emperor will be able to pinch a fly to death with his eyebrows. Hahahahaha, saying it's like a dog paddle is a compliment. This is the first time I've seen a child from an aristocratic family write so badly."
Sun Mingsi was surprised to see Chu Huaibei's high opinion of Jin Hongye. It seemed that his aunt had really put a lot of effort into Jin Hongye's martial arts training. The report she submitted at twelve o'clock in the afternoon also praised Jin Hongye's kung fu, saying that he was a little too reckless.
As for handling military affairs, he probably learned to recognize all the characters because he was forced to learn. Now that he has to deal with official documents directly, it would be strange if he is not overwhelmed. He wondered if the Great Victory Emperor would transfer Jin Hongye back to Fengjing or elsewhere. If he continued to be stationed in the northern border, then he would have the Jin family send an assistant and he would not interfere in the matter.
He did remember one thing.
"Huaibei, I heard that Jin Hongye often follows you around, and he treats everything you say as an imperial decree."
"Hmm? Is that true? But there are quite a few people following me, Qin Feng, Xue Zhan, as generals, isn't it your duty to obey the commander-in-chief's orders?"
This was the third person Chu Huaibei heard about Jin Hongye respecting her life for the first time. The first two were Qin Feng and Xue Zhan, but they were rather harsh in their words. What was flattery? Jin Hongye didn't give her any gold, silver or jewelry.
Seeing that she had no intention of agreeing with him, Sun Mingsi was still seriously thinking about what was wrong with a general obeying the commander's orders. Okay, he was overthinking it. He had just asked this question on impulse when he heard Twelve say that Jin Hongye was very handsome and his eyes looked very similar to his master's.
"No problem. Generals must obey the Marshal's orders." Sun Mingsi made the final decision, so as to prevent Huaibei from thinking about other things. If something really happened instead of nothing, he would probably get angry and send his cousin away...
If Chu Huaibei knew what Sun Mingsi was thinking, she would definitely cry out in injustice. She also didn't like strong men like bears at all! Even if this man had a handsome face, she only liked people like Hu Zhi. Heaven and earth are conscience!
The next morning, Chu Huaibei was very satisfied to see Hengheng show up at the training ground on time. She deliberately did not call him because she wanted to see if the child had developed the habit of getting up at the hour of Mao.
As soon as Hengheng arrived at the training ground, he saw his father waiting for him seriously. He immediately got into position to warm up, ran ten laps around the training ground, performed a set of boxing techniques, and practiced the Chu family spear technique again. He stood there waiting for his father's evaluation.
After watching the whole process, Chu Huaibei nodded secretly. Hengheng's character was indeed tenacious. Without anyone's supervision, he could still practice on his own. No wonder he could become the villain boss in the book. Thinking about what he was doing when he was more than five years old in his previous life, cough cough, playing with mud and making mud balls...
But you still have to keep a straight face and not let your child get too proud.
"Well, it's not bad. The boxing is okay, but the Chu family spear training is only about form without meaning, and there are two mistakes in the form. Practice it a few more times with dad today, and don't make mistakes again in the future."
"Yes! Dad! Hengheng will definitely remember this." Hengheng knew he had done well when he saw his father's good tone and attitude. He felt a little excited inside.
After training with the child for the better part of an hour, they arrived at the dining hall promptly for breakfast. Seeing the harmonious atmosphere between father and son, everyone felt relieved for Hengheng, as it seemed he was performing well. Although Hengheng had been punctually attending the training grounds for martial arts training every day for over two months, they didn't understand the subject and couldn't offer any useful guidance. The current situation made everyone sigh with emotion. This child not only had a natural talent for martial arts, but also for studying. It wasn't an exaggeration to call him a complete genius in both literature and martial arts!
Du Jiping intuitively felt that his last disciple would have extraordinary luck in the future. He was so happy that he ate half a bowl of rice more.
After breakfast, Chu Huaibei returned to the military camp and began to plan and prepare for this year's major patrol. Although the war had just ended, he still could not take it lightly.
Then she thought of something else and summoned Chen Sinong, instructing him to not repair the broken farm tools but to melt them down directly, pack the melted iron into sacks, and send them to her tent. Chen Sinong didn't understand, but that didn't stop him from strictly following Chu Huaibei's orders. That afternoon, he delivered the melted iron to Chu Huaibei.
Chu Huaibei asked Xue Zhan to find a place to hide the iron block for a while and wait for her instructions to take it out and use it.
Ten days after the report of victory was sent, Chu Huaibei received the emperor's edict. The first part mentioned various rewards for meritorious people, and the last part ordered Chu Huaibei to go to Beijing to receive the title, and to bring three defensive weapons with him.
Tsk, the emperor's mind is really weird. The three weapons were just a gift along with the title. I'm afraid the Ministry of Works couldn't understand or produce them, so this is the reason. This is the first time the emperor has summoned her to the capital.
After receiving the imperial edict, Chu Huaibei returned to the palace to prepare. He asked Aunt Wen to find and iron his court robes, which hadn't been worn for eight hundred years. He had to give the emperor some respect. He also checked with his mother to see if he could go to his grandfather's house. His mother replied in the affirmative. This time when he went to Fengjing, he would definitely go to his grandfather's house to get to know him. After all, half of the books in her study were given by her grandfather.
The next morning, Chu Huaibei followed the angel who came to the northern border to announce the decree and set off for Fengjing. Since the angel came on a fast horse, the return journey could not be delayed for too long. Originally, Chu Huaibei planned to bring some local specialties to his grandfather's house, but was stopped by the concubine who knew the details. She asked her to travel light and just follow the speed of the angel, and she would arrange the rest.
Seeing that his mother had her own arrangements, Chu Huaibei no longer insisted. He took a few sets of clothes and some common medicines, carried a large backpack, and brought twenty personal soldiers. He originally only wanted to bring ten people, but after Hu Zhi's emotional and logical persuasion, he brought ten more people, and also replaced eleven people in the middle.
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