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"After Marshal Li Tianrun Li returns, there may be a small disturbance on the Hangzhou side."
Taking a sip of the tea in the cup, Lou Shuwan smiled gracefully. When she put the tea cup down, the silver bracelet on her wrist touched the porcelain cup lightly, making a crisp "ding" sound. .
"Liheng is teaching in the academy, so he may be a little more indifferent, but I have also heard that the reason why this Wenlie Academy can be maintained is that someone is supporting it. But this time it may spread more widely, I heard... Liheng I had said some things about Qian Lao in the academy before, but now the situation is sensitive and it may be brought up again, Liheng has to be more careful... But that's okay. Lou's family can now talk about something in Hangzhou. , although... for various reasons, Liheng may look down on him, but if there is something wrong, Liheng may let me know a few words, the little sister may be able to help, I hope Liheng doesn't have to grudge..."
Since the reunion at the Hundred Officials Banquet, this was Lou Shuwan's fifth visit. Although it was said that the previous public comments were not good, if she really wanted to give people a good impression, women like Lou Shuwan were not directly disgusting people. They were generous and decent, and they were quite measured. The second time I came to the door, I took the initiative to leave in less than a cup of tea, and the second time I came, it was also in a hurry. According to her, the Lou family also has some property here, and they used to come over to take care of it. In Hangzhou after the war, she actually lost a lot of people she knew. Now that she has met again, she has moved around a lot since then.
In this way, the third time he came to the door, it seemed a lot more natural. Lou Shuwan was not hypocritical, and directly sent some household necessities that everyone needed, as well as some ancient books or painting scrolls. These things were used in the past. Hangzhou is probably a precious collection.
"It's not very valuable now. During the first month or two of the war, it was burned and smashed, and people who knew the goods were killed. No matter how expensive these things are, they can't be worth a bowl of rice. Lou's family took the opportunity to search for a lot of them. , To be honest, I originally wanted to take it as a gift..." Lou Shuwan laughed when she said this, but she felt a little lonely, "However, even if there are a few scholars in the rebel army, they will not like this very much, you Sending him ten boxes of this is worse than sending a box of gold and silver, they know it's very valuable, but... I can't think of it."
When she said this, she laughed again: "A month ago, General Pan Wende Pan from Xiying robbed a large house and rebuilt it, saying that there was nothing in the house, so let me put some calligraphy, painting, antiques, etc. We hurriedly found a box of the most valuable and sent it. General Pan was very unhappy later, and said how the Lou family sent such a little thing. The walls of one room were not full, and they were all old. We hurriedly sent two boxes of gold and silver to the family to calm down. After a few days, there was also a general who wanted to calligraphy and painting antiques. We directly collected ten boxes. In fact, ten boxes are not worth a few taels of silver..."
"I thought about it later, anyway, people don't look down on it, so I don't have to put my hot face on my cold butt, and I won't give it away in the future. But these things are also hidden in our family's collection. Liheng is a person who knows goods, so he Take it to play, now these times are all trivial matters, Liheng should not shirk with his little sister..."
It's hard to guess how Lou Shuwan interacted with those scholars and talents in the past, but in this post-war siege where everyone was in danger, the Lou family was thriving and ascended to the sky in one step. However, he has shown the attitude of a real gentleman's friendship with people. If Ning Yi is really that kind of talent with no way out, he might have been convinced by the other party's style and mind, and even if he has a clear mind, in this kind of situation where more help is a help, Ning Yi Naturally, it will not completely reject the kindness of others.
The next two times everything became more natural. After knowing Ning Yi's story about Qian Xiwen in the academy from somewhere, Lou Shuwan also laughed at herself a few times that her power was nothing. In fact, this is not a fake. Even if she is not a talented woman, Lou Shuwan yearns for something like a literati, integrity, etc. If it wasn't for this, she would not always be in the circle of literati. contacts. But this time, it brought news that Li Tianrun was coming back. She was convinced by Ning Yi, but the investigation was not in-depth. If she could know the real reason for Ning Yi's arrest or the festival between Li Tianyou and Ning Yi, she probably wouldn't say these words at this time.
"Uh, how did you know?" When she said those words, Ning Yi was in the room filing two pieces of news sent by a guard of Ba Dao Battalion. He also knew the news that Li Tianrun was coming back. There are also speculations about what will happen, but these speculations came out of Lou Shuwan's mouth, which really surprised him.
"I heard that in the past, there were recruiters from the rebels..." Lou Shuwan lowered her voice, "It's just Fang La... The rebels are getting bigger and bigger, especially after they conquered Hangzhou and declared themselves emperor, recruiting is naturally impossible. Among these people, some people change their minds and go down willingly, while others will not reveal their thoughts anymore. But the above has always been very embarrassed to these people. It’s just that the country has just been established and its foundation is unstable. It is impossible to clean up the top and bottom from now on, but for more than a month, the rumors of these things have been very tight, big and small incidents, because many people were killed. My brother said, Marshal Li Tianrun When I come back this time, I may have to get a bigger one, so I'm a little worried that Liheng, you will be affected..."
"Brother... Your second brother?"
"It's eldest brother, his name is Shuwang... Oh, Liheng, you've seen it once."
"… Oh."
At dusk, Lou Shuwan walked out of the small courtyard where Ning Yi was located on Xiliu Street, got on the carriage, people came and went, the carriage passed towards the adjacent street in the sunset, and then disappeared in the in the field of vision. In the yard, Xiaochan packed up the tea set and talked to Ning Yi under the porch of the courtyard. Ning Yi also smiled and replied a few words. Occasionally, Xiaochan was amused by waving her hand and drawing a few circles in the air. After a while, Ning Yi picked up a few documents, passed the medical hall from the side door of the courtyard, and walked all the way to the direction of the main hospital of Ba Dao Camp.
The classes at Wenlie Academy had already ended at noon, and there were no chattering children. In the splendid sky at dusk, everything seemed peaceful and leisurely. The road from here to the main courtyard passes through the courtyards, and it is already full of people, but at this time, most of the people here are women and children. Ning Yi knew him, so he waved to him, and some children saw him, came to salute, and chatted.
The children knew that he was Mr., but most of them still liked him. The main reason was that after Ning Yi came here, they also had many more stories to listen to. Some were spoken by Ning Yi himself when he had nothing to do, while others were spoken in class and passed on by word of mouth. In short, everyone knows that he is a man with a bunch of interesting stories in his stomach.
In the past, he managed many things, but he was not a frivolous and lively person. Of course he had to be humorous, but the direction of humor was mostly deep. It is unexpected that now, he will become a character loved by many children. He thinks that he is not a good teacher, but he is quite interested in the strange changes that occur to others after being influenced by him. According to some of what he had seen in the past, many people who exist as great devils have such a bad taste.
Sometimes I think about it, my current situation is quite bad, and I shouldn't have this illusion that it doesn't match my identity...
Every day I go to the main house of Ba Dao Camp, I am already familiar with it. After finishing the work, it was already dark, the lights in the courtyards were lit up, and the aroma of cooking vegetables came from every household, which reflected the clothes hanging in each courtyard, and the children running, which had the atmosphere of an ancient farmhouse. Many people set up tables in the yard, greet one or two friends, chat, eat and drink. Ning Yi is often invited, mostly by Liu Tiannan and others. After all, he is the big housekeeper of the Ba Dao Camp, and he has close communication with Ning Yi, and if some of the people around Liu Dabiao are familiar with Ning Yi, they will Also know that it is easy to get along with him.
"Li Shuai is coming back, and the city of Hangzhou may not be peaceful recently. Liheng, you know, try not to go out as much as possible. If something happens, you might as well tell Xiao Sha or Ah Chang, and arrange for more people to follow. Safety first."
He asked his daughter to inform Xiaochan that Ning Yi was not going home for dinner. When Liu Tiannan greeted Ning Yi to sit down, there were already five other people in the yard, including Du Sha and A Chang who "killed for life" beside Liu Dabiao, and others. Chen Fan had met An Xifu once or twice, and the other was Liu Tiannan's deputy, Liu Shuangmu. Ning Yi knew him, but he didn't know him well.
After nodding and saying hello to a few people, Ning Yi sat down with a smile, and took the wine glass handed over by Liu Tiannan: "I heard that Shuai Li is old-fashioned, so he won't do anything out of the ordinary for this little guy like me."
Liu Tiannan shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, I'm afraid that he will come with the general trend."
"If you come with the general trend, you won't do it in private, everyone will know in advance."
The two said these few words, and Liu Shuangmu frowned on the side: "What is the general trend?"
"The big purge that's going to happen recently."
"Mr. Ning... Didn't he always deal with foreign affairs..." That Liu Shuangmu asked suspiciously, "How do you know?"
There is a series of things that may be caused by Li Tianrun's return to the city. Obviously, Liu Shuangmu also understands that what he is puzzled is obviously not what happened, but why Ning Yi knows. Liu Tiannan patted him on the shoulder, and Ning Yi also looked at it. He glanced at him: "Recently, several businesses and relationships in the village have changed. People like Xiao Jinjian and Guo Yan used to be recruiters, and the news of Li Shuai's return was not strictly sealed. It's not hard to think... After all, numbers can't be faked."
Chen Fan drank a glass of wine and shrugged: "Don't think about it, since this guy is involved, he can't hide the matter. Either you have this mental preparation, or Shuangmu, how about you kill him?"
Ning Yi laughed: "Why hasn't the above decree been issued to hang all the homeless people to death?" Since the removal of his status as the boss of the city management, Chen Fan is basically no different from the homeless.
An Xifu listened for a while and asked, "How does Mr. Ning feel about the war in the north?"
The two didn't interact much, but basically they had already played against each other once in Huzhou. Ning Yi glanced at him: "I can't guess much. Speaking of which, Jiaxing will definitely not be able to fight, right?"
This is an understatement, but Liu Tiannan has no grudges and nodded: "Well, Tong Guan led the troops, and the city siege has been resolved."
"I'm afraid Fang Qifo doesn't want to come back. There is a bumper harvest in July and August. From Hangzhou to Jiaxing, it has always been a land of fish and rice. The so-called three armies have not moved their food and grass first. Everyone can harvest what they can and can't be harvested. Naturally, they are burned. Tong Guan There are a lot of troops, and the logistical needs of the troops are also strong. Here... Probably planning to fight against the city. Is that the case?"
No one answered this time, Ning Yi smiled: "I just received the food, and the city of Hangzhou can last a long time without breaking it. Uprising, proclaiming emperor, and having a name, there are always people who are looking forward to it, even if The siege of Hangzhou cannot be solved. As long as this side holds up, the pressure on the court from the outside will increase. In addition, the two countries in the north, Jinliao and Liaoning, have already started war. , under this situation, it may... bring down the imperial court. That's all I can guess."
Ning Yi thought for a while: "Before the Yongle Dynasty was first established, it was impossible to kill a group of people's heads immediately, which made people panic, but since it is necessary to strengthen the walls and clear the fields and prepare to defend the city, whether the city can be twisted into a rope becomes the most important thing. I heard that Li Shuai is stable. He led his troops back and cleaned up a group, which would also be able to stabilize the situation in Hangzhou better. Political struggles are probably like this."
What Ning Yi is currently dealing with in the Ba Dao Camp is all about internal matters, and those related to some core secrets or the Northland war have basically been filtered out. This is why Liu Shuangmu expressed surprise to him. After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent. Chen Fan was probably the one who knew Fang Qifo's thoughts the most, he frowned and asked, "Is it possible?" Naturally, this was the purpose of bringing down the imperial court.
Ning Yi laughed: "Everyone is talking about soldiers on paper and speculating. I'm very good at it. If you take this matter seriously... then I don't know. Things in the world can never be achieved. There is a saying that builds walls high. , Accumulate grain, delay to become king, but here, you are in a hurry to become emperor, of course you have your own ideas, whether it can be achieved, it is always something that can be successful after specific operations..."
Everyone, look at me, I'll look at you. After a while, Liu Tiannan said: "Building walls high, storing grain widely, and being king slowly. This sentence is quite reasonable. I don't know who said it..."
Ning Yi said, "Han Xin told Liu Bang."
He was talking to Chen Fan about a poetry party he was going to attend the next day. In fact, Ning Yi and the spy chief named Wen Ren Buer, who was sent by Lao Qin, had already had a second meeting a few days ago. This was the agreed third meeting place, so they first met Liu Tiannan and the others. In front of me, I said that it was Lou Shuwan who asked her to go there—in fact, it was Ning Yi who mentioned the poetry meeting today, and Lou Shuwan happened to say that he also had invitations—for a while, he didn’t pay much attention to the simple historical question. , until a group of people started talking about "Han Xin originally said this...", did he seriously think about it.
"Uh... it seems... maybe... yeah..."
After a long time, the famous saying "Build walls high, store grain widely, and be king slowly" spread through many peculiar ways. Most people think that it is the words of Ning Yi himself or his staff. As for what he keeps saying is Han Xin. That said, after many years, there is still no way to test...
At this time, Ning Yi naturally didn't know this. In the casual chat and laughter with everyone, he was just thinking about the poetry meeting tomorrow. In such a chat and laughter between guests and friends, the night is getting darker.
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