Chapter 1091 Meeting
At the end of April, the weather gradually became hotter.
Shao Xun has been back for more than half a month and has been recuperating in the palace, urging the children to practice literature and martial arts.
On this day, he was fishing on a cruise ship in Tianyuan Pond, and the Zhongchang Shi Hou San came to report: The grandparents and grandchildren of the Shen family are here.
Pei Lingyan's face remained motionless, and she was carrying tea foam in the misty water vapor.
After hearing the news, the seventh daughter Mian Niang emerged from behind Pei, held her skirt, and walked to Shao Xun like a cheerful lark, and whispered, "Grandma! Grandma! Don't drive me away? I'll just hide."
Shao Xun touched her daughter's head docilely and said, "Okay, I'll follow you."
Mianniang smiled pursed her lips, and then looked at her mother timidly.
Pei nodded slightly as if he felt his daughter's gaze.
Mianniang was as if she was amnesty and went to the neighboring cabin with a smile.
Shao Xun put down his fishing rod and sat back in front of the desk.
Pei poured him a bowl of tea and said softly, "Actually, why should you do this? Jing Gao is also an old man, and his granddaughter is indeed a good match. Since you are interested in Jiangdong, how could I not know the general situation?"
"It was right to marry you." Shao Xun chuckled.
"Marry?" Pei Lingyan gave him a blank look.
Shao Xun smiled and said, "In my heart, I just married you."
"I'm fifty and I won't believe these nonsense anymore." Pei Lingyan said. "I was only over twenty years old when I first met you..." Shao Xun said, as if he was trapped in memories: "It's so beautiful." Pei Lingyan stopped taking this trick anymore, and said after hearing this, "It turns out that you were ill-hearted at that time."
"Yes." Shao Xun said shamelessly: "When Liu Qia falsely accused me of the young man in Yinjie, if you don't let you go, I will rob you. With my ability, after surrendering to Liu Yuan, King of Pingjin, Shizhong, and General Zhendong were just casually. By then, you will marry you as your wife, give birth to a few children, and then go to Hedong to see what the Pei family will say. "
"If you defect to Liu Yuan, it is hard to say what the world will happen, and it is hard to say what the Pei family will do..." Pei Lingyan sighed lightly and said, "Maybe Shi Le, Wang Mi, Cao Yi, and Zhao Gu will be suppressed by you. After Liu Yuan's death, Liu Cong was not Shi Le, but you. Even if he defected to Jin, he would not be truly trusted. In times of crisis, no one will come to save you."
"But that way, you can marry you as a wife, it's totally worth it." Shao Xun said, "If there is a next life, I'll give it a try, but you have to remember me."
Pei Lingyan was amused by him first, and then she felt an indescribable emotion.
This man always makes her angry first and then makes her soft-hearted.
In this life, I have experienced glory and wealth, felt displaced in troubled times, and finally returned to peace.
The man in front of him controls everything, no one can go against his will, their status has long been reversed, but the man still cares about her feelings and wants to tell some clumsy jokes to make her happy.
Perhaps, if there is a next life, he will really marry her.
Pei Lingyan picked up a plate of dessert and put it in front of Shao Xun.
Shao Xun picked it up and tasted it, and smiled and said, "The taste of honey."
"Your Madam Wang sent someone to the best honey in Dongmugen Mountain." Pei Lingyan said lightly.
Shao Xun leaned closer and chuckled, "There is only my Mrs. Pei here..."
Pei Lingyan finally had no choice but to do anything about him, and looked ahead and stopped talking.
After a moment, Shao Xun stood up and left, stepped on the pedal to go to another boat, picked up a new fishing rod, and continued to catch the fish.
Not long after, Shen Ling also came.
Shao Xun nodded and signaled him to sit on the stool next to him. "Can Jinggao know that there are people from the Shen clan who are aborted with Jingzhou?" Shao Xun asked.
"I heard it." Shen Ling said, "Wuxing Shen family selected five thousand elite reinforcements to Tao Shiheng. Halfway through Shanxia, he was transferred to Wuchang. However, the war had ended, so he was transferred to Baling County to settle down. Five thousand Shen family men, but I don't know when they will be able to return to Wuxing." "If you send you south to Jingzhou, would you like?" Shao Xun asked.
Shen Ling was a little surprised and said, "I am old, I am afraid that I will bear the heavy trust of Your Majesty."
"Le Hongxu will enter the court sooner or later, you can take over his position." Shao Xun said, "Of course, there is no hurry to do this. You have to wait until your children's marriage is finished."
Shen Ling was speechless.
I brought my granddaughter to Pei Guipin and talked about marriage. As the emperor had already made up his mind, you had to agree if you didn't agree.
"Your Majesty wants to recruit Shen?" Shen Ling asked. "There are dozens of wealthy families in Jiangnan, most of them cannot be pardoned." Shao Xun said, "But if all the families cannot escape, they have passed. With my ability, I can still pardon several families. Shen has become a Zheng family and cannot become an official, so he can only work hard. Since this is the case, why should I guard the border for the Sima family? If he can say that he surrenders, he will definitely have a good end in the future." Shen Ling was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is wise. At this point, there is no way for Shen to work hard for the Sima family anymore. Although I have been away from my hometown for more than 20 years, I am from the Shen family and I am unwilling to see my clan members have no end. Your Majesty is polite. What should I do if I don’t surrender? I am willing to join forces with you and say that I will surrender."
"This matter can be done secretly, don’t be anxious." Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "I was anxious when the Shen family raised an army in the previous period. Now if I raise the banner of righteousness, I can’t respond across the river, and I will definitely be wiped out by Zhuge Hui. Just let them calm down and take it slowly."
"Yes." Shen Ling bowed and responded. "Can the Shen family have the talents of a navy?" Shao Xun asked again. "Yes." Shen Ling recalled and said, "The Jiangnan tribes are more or less familiar with water warfare. In the past, Eastern Wu conquered all directions and often ordered all tribes to dispatch troops to think that they were water and land soldiers. If I expected it, there were people who were good at water warfare among the Shen private soldiers stationed in Baling at this moment." Shao Xun became interested when he heard this and immediately said, "You can lure a few people to Jiangling, which is of great use."
"As for orders." Shen Ling responded.
Shao Xun's face was obviously a little happy.
Of course, five thousand Shen's private soldiers could not surrender as a whole, at least not now, but it is not impossible to lure some people over.
In fact, in Zhuge Hui's eyes, this kind of thing is actually very normal: they are all sent to the scene, so it is normal to escape. During the Three Kingdoms, due to the cruel internal struggle, it was not uncommon for the generals of the Eastern Wu and even the royal family to lead troops north to surrender to the Wei and Jin dynasties. "I want to trade with Jingnan, then..." Shao Xun and Shen Ling talked for a long time until Hou San walked over quietly again.
"How?" Shao Xun didn't hide it and asked in person. "Pei Guipin was very satisfied and gave Miss Shen a few gifts." Hou San replied.
Shao Xun looked at Shen Ling happily and said, "Jing Gao, how about it?"
"This is a blessing for the family." Shen Ling could only respond with a smile. "You have no objection, this matter has been decided. I will let Taichang and Honglu join forces to handle it, the sooner the better." Shao Xun said with a smile.
...
The grandparents and grandchildren of the Shen family left quickly.
When I got ashore, Shao Xun glanced at the girl in the Shen family, wearing a red dress, lowered her head, and her face turned redder than her clothes, and she suddenly laughed.
Not long after, Mian Niang walked over with an excited look on her face and said, "Grandma! Grandma! Stop fishing, listen to me."
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
"What are the good girl going to say?" Shao Xun put down the fishing rod and asked with a smile. "Miss Shen is so beautiful. She speaks softly, no different from a lady from a family." Mian Niang said. "He is a lady from a family." Shao Xun said helplessly, "Don't you think that Wu people are all people who eat raw meat and drink blood, right? Shen Jinggao has been in the north for more than 20 years, and his talent is still very good."
"Ah? Oh!" Mian Niang's excitement was slightly reduced, but she was still very happy. She walked around Shao Xun and chattered non-stop: "Three brother is still in Yecheng, Grandpa, please let him come back."
When she spoke, she was on the left side of Shao Xun, behind, and on the right side, without any silence.
Shao Xun smiled and continued to hold up the empty fishing rod. Listening to his daughter's "noisy", his heart was quite peaceful.
This is what it means to be with his family, and he enjoys it very much.
Mianniang talked for a long time, and saw that Shao Xun was only caring for fishing, and she was in a state of interest. She stopped talking, but only asked the palace servants to bring a stool and sit next to her and watch. "Why don't your good girl talk?" Shao Xun asked. "Grandma, do you want your third brother to go to Jiangnan?" Mian Niang asked suddenly.
"Why do you say that?" Shao Xun was a little surprised. "The third brother married Wu Nu, aren't he going to Jiangnan?" "Nothing is there." Shao Xun said, then asked again, "Who told you?" "Daughter guessed by himself." Mian Niang blinked her eyes and said.
Shao Xun muttered and said, "Grandpa doesn't have this idea now. Have your third brother ever written to you?"
When talking about this, Mian Niang was a little embarrassed and said, "I wrote it, but I couldn't recognize all the words, so I was scolded by my mother."
Shao Xun couldn't help laughing and said, "You have to work hard in the future."
This is the difference between a son and a daughter.
Mianniang was eleven years old and could not recognize the words on her, so Shao Xun just encouraged her to work hard in the future. But if any son was like this, the horse whip had already been whipped up, he would definitely know why the flowers were so red. "What did Nian Liu say to you?" Shao Xun asked.
"The third brother has said too much, and I can't remember it for a moment." Mian Niang said embarrassedly, "I only remember that he met a few Sogdian Hu merchants, talked with them in Sogdian language, and was still writing a book "Selected Literature of the Western Regions". I heard that the manuscript is about to be completed."
"Oh?" Shao Xun was a little surprised.
Sanlang read Liu to learn Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Jie, and later learned Sogdian. This spirit made Shao Xun appreciated it very much.
In addition, Shao Xun also heard about his contact with Hu merchants in the Western Regions.
If you don’t talk about anything else, this matter is in line with the major policies and guidelines of the State and Shao Xun’s wishes.
Thinking of his wife whom he had never met before, Shao Xun felt a little guilty. "Grandpa, my third brother has hired some Weaver Girls in Sangziyuan and weaved a lot of beautiful brocades. Hu Shang praised him and was willing to buy them at a high price." Mian Niang said again, "And, and there is—"
"What else?" Seeing Mian Niang frowning and thinking about her cute appearance, Shao Xun couldn't help but smile. "Hu Shang specially brought several wool-spinning looms from the Western Regions." Mian Niang said, "The third brother said that the people of the Central Plains do not spin wool very much. They can polish stones from other mountains, and they can get the Western Regions looms. After they are consulted with each other, they can improve them so that they can spin wool cloth in the future." Shao Xun was stunned. This was really attentive.
Mian Niang continued, "The third brother also said that if he weaves high-quality wool cloth, he will be sent to the capital immediately. The grandfather fought all day long and often went to a bitter and cold place, so he could not be without this thing. He also prepared it for the eldest brother, the second brother, the fourth brother, the fifth brother, and the sixth brother, and everyone has it."
"Everyone has it?" Shao Xun couldn't help asking. "Yes." Mian Niang nodded.
Shao Xun muttered again, and then laughed, "Mianniang, you talk for Nianliu like this, he will really spoil you well in the future."
Mianniang laughed and said, "Grandma, you spoil me the most."
Shao Xun was overjoyed and didn't even notice that the fishing rod was dragged to the center of the pond. He smiled and said, "Good girl is so good, so grandma can't help but not favor her."
After saying that, he stopped fishing.
After thinking for a while, I found that Nian Liu had not been able to go to Sangziyuan for a long time, and it was time to call him back to Luoyang. If it is really good, you can entrust important tasks after getting married.
(This chapter ends)