Zhao Jingting smiled bitterly and said: "I have been used to it for fifteen years in the southwest. Why would I want to go to other places? Let them do whatever they want."
"Go to the northwest." Lu Zhishan suddenly said.
Zhao Jingting was startled: "Northwest?"
"Dali and Beidi have been repairing each other for many years. The northwest border is stable but inaccessible. It is a good place for military training." Lu Zhishan closed the tea lid and said softly to Zhao Jingting, "Jingting, you are so talented. We can’t bury it, General Cullen’s seat is still vacant, it’s just right for you to go.”
Zhao Jingting looked surprised: "Yong Zhan, you mean, you finally figured out what to do..."
Lu Zhishan said with a smile: "Jing Gu is talking, the tea has gone cold. This is the top quality Huoshan Huangya. If you don't take a sip, you will really be wasting your natural resources."
"Hey, hey, hey! I'll drink, I'll drink!" Zhao Jingting was so busy that he picked up the tea bowl and drank most of it in one go. He said with a wide smile, "Yong Zhan, you are right, this is really good tea! I have never tasted anything better than this." Even better tea!”
Lu Zhishan refilled the hot tea for him with his own hands, and said: "You are going to the northwest, and you don't have a capable helper around you. Xie Lun, you are familiar with me. I asked him to follow you. There are many things that are inconvenient for you to do." You can leave everything to him, and Xie Lun has been responsible for all my dealings with Beidi these years. It is most suitable to have him follow you. "
Zhao Jingting was extremely grateful: "Yong Zhan, you are the only one who has really planned for me in these years."
Lu Zhishan patted his hand and said: "The Zhuangzi court under Prince Ning's Mansion has records and cannot be tampered with. However, in the past three years, I have asked Du Heng to place more than ten Zhuangzi outside, and several more. This tea garden bank or something is about to start making a profit. From now on, I will allocate 200,000 taels to you every year. Half of it will be used as a pension for the soldiers who died in the southwest, and the other half will be used to run the army. I am quite wealthy, so you can use it too. Don’t always think about saving me money.”
"General, you have secretly given one hundred thousand taels as military pension in the past three years. This is what the court should have paid, but now the general has to bear it all. Although the general has always felt wronged for the general, there is really nothing he can do. If you refuse, since the general trusts the general, he will definitely not insult the general's love." Zhao Jingting was so excited that his eyes filled with tears. He held up the tea bowl in front of him with both hands as a toast to Lu Zhishan, "Thousands of words can be said in this cup of tea. ”
"Jingting, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the capital for a few years, so I have to rely on you for everything. I should give you this cup."
Lu Zhishan also raised his tea cup, and they both drank it in one gulp.
When Mu Nanzhi came to Xihuai Villa, he happened to be having lunch. The servants in the courtyard had already prepared lunch. Instead of placing it in the dining room, they placed it in the greenhouse in the backyard.
Mu Nanzhi was led into the backyard. Along the way, he looked at the various plum blossoms in the courtyard. Here were winter plums, there were cinnabar plums, and behind them were beauty plums. After walking into the backyard and entering the Nuan Pavilion, she looked out the window at the large patchwork of jade stamens and sandalwood plum blossoms. She couldn't move her eyes away. She usually liked flowers the most, and plum blossoms were her favorite. She was naturally happy to see them again. The steaming copper hotpot placed on the soft table made him even more happy. He asked Du Heng happily: "Where is your county prince?"
Du Heng said with a smile: "The county prince is still in the study. When he knew that the county lord was coming, he asked his subordinates to reply and said he would come right away."