Chapter 268 General Gan gave gifts
However, the officials had no intention of raising troops, so they did not pay much attention to the high morale of the soldiers.
On the contrary, the idea of disarmament came up.
When the acres of land are inventoried, the court will be able to obtain a large amount of land.
It is not difficult to find more than 200,000 acres of hidden farmland in one government, like in Kaifeng, but it would be easy to find more than 10,000,000 acres in the whole world.
When the time comes to streamline the troops and horses, there will be room for placement.
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When the official family received the news, Zhao Xing also received it.
This matter was originally what he advocated, and he has been sending people to keep an eye on it.
Zhao Xing did this because he also wanted to see how much the reward of the land would motivate the soldiers.
The results were surprisingly good.
When this incident spreads among the army, whenever there is a war in the future, the soldiers will definitely fight bravely to take the lead.
As the New Year approaches, things become less frequent, because each government office needs to finish what needs to be done before the end of the year before it can be sealed.
Zhao Xing took a rare nap.
Sleeping soundly, Zhao Xing woke up when he felt someone pushing him.
"Sanshui has something to do with His Highness," Yu Yanran said when she saw Zhao Xing waking up.
Zhao Xing rubbed his eyes when he heard this, lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
Seeing this, Yu Yanran quickly got up and helped Zhao Xing get dressed.
After Zhao Xing washed up, he called Sanshui in.
"Your Highness!" Sanshui saluted.
"What's the matter?" Zhao Xing asked, yawning.
"Old General Gan wants to see you." Sanshui said.
"Huh?" Zhao Xing was stunned and asked, "Why is he here?"
Old General Gan was old and came back with the British Duke this time.
Next, General Gan will either go to the Privy Council to take up a sinecure position, or go to the western suburbs to retire.
"Old General Gan brought a pair of twin girls here." Sanshui replied.
Zhao Xing: "..."
He had forgotten that this old general Gan liked to give concubines to others.
In the original play, Gu Tingye followed Zhao Zongquan to quell the rebellion and became a new noble in the court. General Gan gave Gu Tingye a concubine.
As far as he knew, General Gan had given many people away as concubines in recent years.
It was very common for colleagues to send concubines to each other. Even when distinguished guests came to the house, it was not a big deal to arrange their own concubines to serve them.
Old General Gan sent concubines around. Although many people were ashamed, no one talked about it.
"Yanran, you don't have to wait for me to eat by yourself." Zhao Xing said.
Twins are actually twins. In ancient times, giving birth to children was called going through the ghost gate, and twins were even more dangerous.
Fortunately, rich families can keep up with their nutrition and medical conditions, but it is difficult for ordinary people to give birth to twins safely.
Therefore twins are also considered unspecified.
When Zhao Xing came to this world, he had not seen the twins yet. He was just out of curiosity and wanted to see them, with no other intention.
"Yes." Yu Yanran nodded, and told Sanshui worriedly to remember to pass the meal to Zhao Xing when he was done, for fear that Zhao Xing would forget to eat when he was busy.
Zhao Xing came to the main hall and found that Sanshui did not explain the matter clearly.
It is true that they are twins, but these twins turned out to be women from the Western Region.
It is said that rare things are valuable, so why not in ancient times?
Twins are rare to see, but a pair of twins from the Western Regions who are very beautiful are even more rare.
These twins are difficult to obtain without thousands of taels of silver.
"Old minister, I pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince!" General Gan saluted.
Seeing Zhao Xing's gaze lingering on the twins as soon as he entered the palace, General Gan was secretly happy.
Zhao Xing withdrew his eyes from the two women, nodded slightly and said: "No courtesy."
After saying that, he came to sit down at the top position, asked someone to sit down for General Gan, and said with a smile : "I wonder why General Gan came to see me?"
"Back to Your Highness, the old minister has been worried to death for the old minister's eldest grandson these years. His highness graciously gave the old minister's grandson an errand. The old minister's grandson Since I came to the East Palace to serve, I have become a lot more sensible. I really don’t know how to repay His Highness’s kindness. I got two Western Region dancers and came here to present them to Your Highness.”
Hearing this, Zhao Xing smiled half-heartedly and said, "It's good that General Gan doesn't blame Gu!"
General Gan said that Gan Dalang has made progress, which is all nonsense.
During this period, Gan Dalang also beat up those playboys in Bianjing, but these were all ordered by Zhao Xing.
General Gan also knew this, so he didn’t even mention it.
But to say that Gan Dalang has made progress is not completely nonsense.
Gan Dalang works as an errand in the East Palace. Because of Zhao Xing’s instructions, no one treats him as a fool, so he naturally won’t have conflicts with others.
He usually has to be on duty, except for Zhao Xing who deliberately arranges for him to beat up people. He usually doesn’t have much free time, so naturally he doesn’t have time to go out and have conflicts with people.
"What did His Highness say? It's about eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor. Whatever His Highness asked him to do, it was His Highness's intention. How dare I blame him!" Old General Gan said.
"In this case, I will accept that person." Zhao Xing said.
"The old minister will resign!"
General Gan showed a hint of joy when he heard this and saluted.
"Sanshui, send Old General Gan off on behalf of Gu." Zhao Xing ordered.
After Sanshui and General Gan went out, Zhao Xing looked at the two women who were a little hesitant and nervous and said, "What are your names?"
"Back to His Royal Highness, the slave's name is Dashuang (Xiaoshuang). . ”
The voices of the two were clear and melodious, and their words were clear and round. Just by listening to their voices without looking at their appearance, I would have thought they were Han Chinese. The etiquette is also very standardized, and it seems that he has been trained since he was a child.
This is also normal. Since the Han Dynasty established the Protectorate in the Western Regions, the beauties of the Western Regions have been very popular among the Han nobles.
If there is a market, there will naturally be no shortage of people with vision.
At that time, there were people who specially trained women from the Western Regions to sell them to China to make money.
"What do you know?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Go back to your highness, the slaves in the Western Regions can play musical instruments, songs and dances." The two said in unison.
Not only do the two look very similar, making it hard to tell them apart, but their voices are almost the same.
I don’t know if he has received special training, but his voice and speed are consistent when speaking, as if one person is talking.
"Then you perform a dance for me so that I can appreciate it." Zhao Xing said with great interest.
"Your Highness, this slave needs to change his clothes." The two said.
“Did you bring your clothes?”
“Yes.”
Western dance requires special clothes, only in this way can it be better displayed.
When General Gan brought the two of them over, he naturally also brought their clothes.
However, they are all handed over to the chamberlain of the East Palace. These clothes need to be carefully inspected and will not be sent to the two people's residence until they stay.
"Take them to change clothes." Zhao Xing said to the maid on the side.
“Yes!”
The palace maid responded and led the two of them out.
At this time Sanshui came back, and Zhao Xing asked him to notify the meal.
When the meal was served, after Zhao Xing finished eating, the elder pair and the younger pair put on their Western Dancer costumes and walked into the hall.
Zhao Xing's eyes lit up when he saw their clothes.
Both of them were dressed in red, with only a corset on their upper bodies, exposing their lower abdomens.
Wearing a pair of very loose gauze pants and a gauze jacket underneath, her graceful figure is looming.
There are many jewelry on the head and two arms, which jingle like music when walking.
"There is no need for musicians. You can dance as you like." Zhao Xing said.
“Yes!”
The two looked at each other and started dancing in unison.
Zhao Xing showed admiration. It was not like he had never seen a dancer from the Western Regions dance before, but when the big pair and the small pair danced, he didn't know if it was because of his inner feelings, but he always found it more pleasing to the eye.
The two have very solid dance skills. Even if there is no music, there is no mistake.
After a long time, the dance ended and the two of them bowed.
"Okay, very good." Zhao Xing clapped his hands and smiled and said: "Sanshui, take them down and let grandma teach them the rules, and let them be Gu's personal maids in the future."
"Yes!" Sanshui responded, walked forward and said, "You two girls, come with me."
The two of them thanked Zhao Xingfu and followed Sanshui to retreat.
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Old General Gan seemed to have made a good start by giving gifts, and people came to give gifts to Zhao Xing every day.
Zhao Xing will not refuse all kinds of rare treasures.
Some people even imitated General Gan and sent women to Zhao Xing, but Zhao Xing did not accept them.
He has no shortage of women. Old General Gan has a lot of new ideas. He can't just imitate cats and give gifts.
I really don’t know how these people climbed to where they are today.
While Zhao Xing was busy receiving gifts, Minglan was talking to Li Yunchu in Xia Ge.
Xia Ge is the name Li Yunchu gave to his yard.
After hearing Rulan say that their courtyards all had names, Li Yunchu missed Xixia, so he named them after the country name of Xixia.
The reason why Minglan came here alone was because although Li Yunchu had a good relationship with Rulan and Yu Yanran, they didn't talk about everything.
But Li Yunchu trusted her very much for some reason.
Normally when Ru Lan and Yu Yanran are there, Minglan makes excuses to ask about some Xixia things. Although Li Yunchu can talk about it, he is unwilling to say more because it involves some secrets.
It has been more than a month since Li Yunchu entered the East Palace. Minglan wanted to chat with her alone to see if she could find out some secrets.
Minglan originally just had the attitude of giving it a try, but unexpectedly it went surprisingly smoothly.
Li Yunchu even told Minglan some palace secrets.
"Ugh..."
As he said this, Li Yunchu suddenly felt a little nauseous.
"Sister Li, are you okay?" Minglan asked with concern: "If you feel uncomfortable somewhere, I'll ask the imperial doctor to take a look at you."
"It's okay." Li Yunchu Smiled and said: "I just don't know why I suddenly felt... vomiting..."
Before Li Yunchu finished speaking, he felt nauseous again and started retching.
Minglan quickly stood up and came behind Li Yunchu to help her with her back. Just when she was about to speak, she suddenly thought of something and said in a daze: "Sister Li, are you pregnant?"< br>
“What’s there?” Li Yunchu looked at Minglan blankly.
“We have a baby.” Minglan said: “Sister Shulan told me before that she always felt nauseous for a while when she was first pregnant.”
“Yes. Have a child?" Li Yunchu was stunned when he heard this.
"You will know if you let the imperial doctor take a look." Minglan turned around and said: "Quickly, go and ask the imperial doctor to come over."
(End of this chapter)