Qi Ning smiled and said: "Uncle, you're welcome." Seeing that Gu Qinghan was still angry, he stepped forward to salute Mrs. Gu, and then said to Gu Qinghan: "Sanniang, it's been a hard journey for the old lady, please take the old lady into the house to rest first. , I’ll make the arrangements here.”
Seeing that Mrs. Gu was very tired, Gu Qinghan also knew that people were already here and that it would be useless to talk any more. He glared at Gu Wenwen fiercely, then supported Mrs. Gu and led Gu Wenwen's other wives and family members back to the house first.
After Gu Qinghan and others left, Gu Wenwen breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Qining: "Little Marquis, you are so prosperous, and we poor relatives come to join you, won't you be unhappy?"
"What are you talking about, uncle? We are a family. To say so is to be foreign." Qining smiled and said: "I also know about uncle's last letter, but I didn't expect that uncle would arrive so soon."
Gu Wenwen said with a bitter face: "Little Marquis, let me tell you the truth. In fact, I have long wanted to make a career in the capital. You have also seen it. Uncle, I have a handsome appearance and can be both literary and military. As long as I have a chance, I will definitely be able to do it." It is a pity that your father never gave me a chance when he was here." He sighed, his eyes brightened slightly, and he lowered his voice and asked: "Little Marquis, you inherited the title of Marquis, did the court reward you with a high official? "
Qi Ning shook his head and said with a smile: "I am still young and have little experience. The imperial court has not given any high-ranking officials. It just allows me to rebuild the Black Scale Camp for the time being!"
"Black Scale Camp?" Gu Wenwen was startled and asked in surprise: "The imperial court wants to rebuild Black Scale Camp?"
Qi Ning nodded slightly, and Gu Wenwen actually showed excitement and said: "This is a great good thing, hahaha, little marquis, to rebuild the Black Scale Camp, do you need to recruit troops?"
Qi Ning said: "We are still making preparations for now, Duan Canghai and the others are recruiting soldiers."
Gu Wenwen clapped his hands and said: "No wonder my left eye kept twitching along the way. I knew something good was coming. In this way, it is right for me to enter Beijing early." He took a step back, patted his chest and said : "Little Marquis, look at me, what do you think?"
How could Qi Ning not know what Gu Wenwen was thinking, he said with a smile: "My uncle is both civil and military, so he is naturally majestic."
"Hahaha, I know you kid... No, I know you have good taste, little Marquis." Gu Wenwen laughed and said, "Don't worry, since my uncle is here, if you have anything to do, my uncle will help you." Pointing to the outside of the hospital, he said: "I brought a lot of people to Beijing this time. You saw them last time. Many of them were brought out by my uncle myself. One of them is worth ten. For the sake of my relatives, I Make them available to you."
"Uncle has just arrived, don't worry about these things now, we will talk about it later." Qi Ning smiled and said: "Let's drink tea in the room first." He asked Han Shou beside him: "Manager Han, do you have any arrangements for the third lady?"
Han Shou said hurriedly: "There are many houses in the backyard, but my uncle arrived early, so he hasn't cleaned them up yet. He can only clean them up now and live in the backyard temporarily."
Gu Wenwen said: "Manager Han, don't bother me too much. I have already bought a house in the capital, and I am currently decorating it. It will only take ten days and a half to move there, so I can just make do here. "
Gu Wenwen came with his family from Jiangling, and he did bring a lot of things. In addition to the young men he brought, the Hou Mansion also sent some people to help, and people were sent to clean up the backyard of the Hou Mansion. Fortunately, they will move out in a while. , so most of the things are only temporarily placed in the Hou Mansion and do not need to be opened.
Even so, the busy work from morning to evening was only completed.
Although Gu Qinghan was very dissatisfied with Gu Wenwen's coming to Beijing, since he had brought his family with him, it was hard for Gu Qinghan to keep a straight face. After all, he was his elder brother, so he arranged a banquet in the evening to wash away the dust.
The warmth in the Nuan Pavilion was as warm as spring, but there were only four people sitting in the room. Apart from Qi Ning and Gu Qinghan, there were only Mrs. Gu and Gu Wenwen's mother and son.
It was a small square table, with four people sitting on each side, and the dishes were quite exquisite.
Gu Qinghan didn't talk much to Gu Wenwen at the table, but just took care of Mrs. Gu. After a few glasses of wine, Gu Wenwen smiled and said: "Little Marquis, it's no wonder so many people are willing to go to the capital. The capital is very special." Out of the ordinary.”
"Now that uncle is here, he will have plenty of time to visit the capital." Qining said with a smile.
"That's not possible." Gu Wenwen shook his head and said: "Actually, I came to the capital to do some small business, but now that the Black Scale Camp is rebuilt, I can't spare any time to do business." Looking at Qi Ning, he said seriously : "Little Marquis, don't worry, with my help, I will definitely be able to help you train elite soldiers and generals."
Gu Qinghan was talking to Mrs. Gu in a low voice. After hearing what Gu Wenwen said, she immediately said, "What does the Black Scale Camp have to do with you? I want you to talk too much here."
"Sister, what you said is wrong." Gu Wenwen said sternly: "The Black Scale Camp was founded by the general. It is the business of the Qi family. Our Gu family and the Qi family are one family. Now the young Marquis has something to do. , the Gu family will naturally help."
"How can you help?" Gu Qinghan said angrily: "Since you want to do business, just hang around in the capital for a few days. If it doesn't work, go back to Jiangling as soon as possible. The foundation of the Gu family is in Jiangling. If my father was still alive, he would never let you Run to the capital."
Gu Wenwen frowned and said, "I'm not talking about dad. Back then, I persuaded him to come to the capital to do business, but he only guarded the three-acre land in Jiangling. If he had listened to me earlier, the Gu family would not be like this."
"What now?" Gu Qinghan sneered: "Is the family fortune left to you still small?"
Gu Wenwen shook his head and said: "How can a man only care about gold, silver and wealth, and have his ambitions in all directions?" At this point, he said with dissatisfaction: "If I had been allowed to join the army, I would not have accomplished anything now."
Gu Qinghan snorted coldly and said nothing.
Mrs. Gu advised: "You all should stop saying a few words. The young Marquis is here and I am not afraid of the young Marquis's jokes." She smiled and said to Qining: "They have been fighting like this since they were children. I'm afraid it's the grudge they formed in their previous lives. "
"If there is hatred, we will not be able to become brothers and sisters in this life." Qining smiled and said: "Sanniang has a gentle temper. If uncle were not Sanniang's brother, Sanniang would not say these things."
Gu Wenwen laughed and said: "Little Marquis is right, sister, you are talking about me like this just because you want me to protect the family business. My brother understands very well. But women's families don't understand men's ambitions. I went to Beijing I came here to honor my ancestors and to make contributions with my own fists." He looked at Qining and asked, "Little Marquis, has the military camp been built? How about I accompany you to take a look tomorrow?"
"Not yet, we can't rush this kind of thing." Qi Ning said with a smile: "The Ministry of Industry has sent people to repair it, it should take some time, plus all the equipment and materials are still being prepared, if we really need troops to enter the camp, It won’t be until spring at the earliest.”
Gu Wenwen said: "Little Marquis, this military training is unusual. As the saying goes, if a soldier is raging, a general will be raging. If you are a coward in leading the army, you will not be able to train good soldiers...!"
Qi Ning knew that Gu Wenwen was outspoken and even sometimes spoke unabashedly. Although there were some ambiguities in what he said, Qi Ning didn't care. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt a kick on his calf. He was startled and thought it was Someone accidentally bumped into him and smiled calmly at Gu Wenwen: "What my uncle said is that last time I was in Jiangling, I saw that all the people under my uncle were like dragons and tigers."
"That's right." Gu Wenwen said proudly: "I dare not say anything else. When it comes to military training, I think I am somewhat qualified. Young Lord Marquis, do you think those people under my command compare with the officers and soldiers in the capital?"
Qi Ning was about to speak when he suddenly felt another kick on his calf. He was confused and glanced around quietly, only to see Gu Qinghan's beautiful eyes staring coldly at Gu Wenwen, but Gu Wenwen was only talking to him. , not caring, Qi Ning changed her mind and deliberately knocked down the chopsticks with her elbow. Seeing this, Gu Qinghan asked someone to send a new pair of chopsticks. Qin Ning smiled and said: "No, just wipe it." Bend down. While he was picking up the chopsticks, he glanced sideways at the bottom of the table and saw one of Gu Qinghan's legs stretched forward, not far from his calf. As soon as his eyes rolled, he immediately understood the whole story.
Gu Wenwen sat on the left side of Qi Ning, while Gu Qinghan sat on the right side. The two siblings were facing each other. His right leg was on the edge of the chair, but his left leg was stretched out, which would have blocked Gu Wenwen's leg. Just now, his left leg was kicked twice. It was naturally Gu Qinghan who kicked him, but the person Gu Qinghan wanted to kick was obviously not him.
Gu Qinghan has always been cautious in doing things. Although Gu Wenwen and Gu Qinghan are brothers and sisters, they have completely different temperaments and speak openly. Gu Qinghan obviously feels that Gu Wenwen is talking nonsense here, but it is difficult to speak directly on the table, so under the table He stepped in and reminded Gu Wenwen not to talk nonsense.
But Gu Qinghan didn't expect that Qining's leg was blocking him, and he kicked Qining's calf twice in a row.
Qi Ning sat up, wiped his chopsticks, and then smiled and said, "Besides leading troops, does uncle have any other hobbies?"
"My biggest hobby in my life is to lead troops to fight." Gu Wenwen was very interested in talking and turned towards Qining, "Little Marquis, I know that the Black Scale Battalion is not an ordinary army. If I ask you for an official position like this, you are in the way. You might give it to me out of favor, but I don’t have the face to protect articles. Let’s do this. When your soldiers and horses enter the barracks, I will take my group of brothers over to fight in the ring, and then let everyone take a look at mine. As for my ability, if they are convinced, you don’t have to be embarrassed, and no one will say that I, Gu Wenwen, got into the barracks because of nepotism, what do you think?"
Gu Qinghan kicked him twice. Seeing that Gu Wenwen didn't respond and ignored him, and the more he talked, he became more and more embarrassed. He frowned and kicked him again, but this time he didn't kick it, but he felt that his foot His wrist seemed to be hooked by something, and he was surprised to find that his long, strong legs were hooked towards Qining.