Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1050
What is Yang Menglong doing now?

Play with the kids at home.

This navy marshal is definitely the most idle person in the entire empire. The Ming and Qing decisive battles used up his three years of hard work, so in the past two years, when everyone was busy trying to revive the Ming Dynasty, this guy was justifiably stupid. Playing with children and coaxing wives in Nanyang, I can't come out to do something serious.Emperor Longwu used both soft and hard tactics a year ago, and finally coaxed him to Beijing to try to let him share his work. It turned out that this guy was deliberately making trouble, and let him manage government affairs. He can sign thousands of executions or Exile the documents of those who opposed the new land policy, let him grasp the army building, he organized three raids against Japan in one go, and left the coastal areas of Japan deserted, let him grasp the work of the Hami Dudufu, and he immediately sent 1 Twelve thousand cavalrymen of the Ming Association Army rampaged in Huijiang... In short, no matter what he was asked to do, he could make big news, and it was earth-shattering, which caused the cabinet to complain, and Emperor Longwu had to criticize him again Long vacation, wait until he has had enough fun.

Now our Admiral of the Navy is having a picnic on a piece of wasteland by the river, making his face, hands, and pitch black.He lay facelessly on the ground and blew hard into the fire pit. The firewood in the fire pit was very disrespectful to him. The blow made thick smoke billowing, but it failed to blow. It choked him and coughed repeatedly, with tears and runny nose coming out... I don't know how the soldiers of the Ming army who admired him extremely, who regarded him as the God of War, thought of his present appearance?You will definitely cry uncontrollably, right?Xiao Yufang and her two children stood upwind to avoid the billowing smoke. She watched him struggling with a smile, and her thoughts flew back to ten years ago - when he was so hungry that he fainted on the roadside and was saved by her. He came back and volunteered to help in the kitchen the next day, but he couldn't even light a fire... After so many years, in the eyes of others, he has become a very popular minister, one person is inferior to ten thousand people, but in her opinion He still hasn't changed anything, not even lighting a fire!

Yang Kaixuan stared at a pair of big black and white eyes, and whispered to his mother: "Father is so stupid!"

Yang Xiaojun shouted: "Haha, I heard my sister speak ill of my father!"

Yang Kaixuan glared: "I said it, how about it? He is just stupid, he can't even start a fire!"

Xiao Yufang gently pinched her daughter's face, and smiled: "Your father has never put his heart into these things, so naturally he won't be able to learn. Look after my brother, I'll help, otherwise we won't be able to eat until midnight " Patted his son on the head again, then walked over, smiled and said to Yang Menglong: "Let me do it."

Yang Menglong was so smoked that tears flowed down his face, but his ambition remained undiminished: "That won't work, I said I would cook a delicious meal for you all by myself, how can I let you do it? My wife, you can just watch from the sidelines." Yes, I can handle it!"

Liu Ziyan sighed: "I can handle it... You have said this sentence thirty times, when will you be able to handle it?"

Cheng Qi raised her pretty face from behind a thick ledger, and shouted with dissatisfaction: "Do you dare to move slower? Look at the meat on the side, it's all turned into smoky meat!" I'm hungry, I want to eat!"

Yang Menglong said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I understand, I will get it done as soon as possible, you just have to be patient... Fourth Madam, come and help me."

The red lady who was chatting happily with Catherine pointed to the tip of her nose: "Didn't you say that you can handle it yourself, why do you want me to help?"

Yang Menglong said confidently: "Because you are the best at fighting!"

Within the time of these two sentences, the flames burst into flames under Xiao Yufang's teasing.Yang Menglong was dumbfounded, and Xiao Yufang flicked his forehead, dumbfounded: "Lighting a fire also requires skill, you see a little flame and keep putting firewood there, the whole firepit is tightly packed, and only when it can be burned will you be able to burn it." Call hell!"

Yang Menglong said: "Actually, I have thought of this a long time ago..."

Xiao Yufang pushed him aside: "You're still talking hard! You're not good at cooking, so go and watch the child and let me do it."

Liu Ziyan handed her infant daughter to the maid, and ran to the carriage to get an apron and tie it on: "It should have been like this a long time ago, I really shouldn't have any hope for his cooking skills!"

Cheng Qi also handed the ledger to the maid, and ran to the carriage to pick up the guy: "If we let us come, we could have eaten it long ago!"

Catherine called: "I'll help too! I'll help too!" She took a piece of beef and fiddled with it, preparing to cook black pepper fried steak for everyone, while the red lady made a chicken and put it on the fire to roast. Soon the smell of food wafted from the river.Yang Menglong was quite frustrated. Everyone has hands, why is there such a big gap?I really can't figure it out!It seemed that there was nothing he could do to help, so he had no choice but to look at the child aside and give instructions:
"Catherine, it's enough to fry the steak to half-rare, it's not good if it's too raw or too cooked!"

"Cheng Qi, what are you doing? That's not what Tang did!"

"Zi Yan, the shredded radish should be thinner, it's better."

"Hey, the chicken is going to catch fire! It doesn't matter if the chicken burns, but don't burn out the rapier that pierces the chicken, it's Catherine's treasure!"

Both Catherine and Hong Niang were shocked. The former hurriedly checked her chicken, while the latter ran over in three steps at a time. Sure enough, she saw that her rapier was wearing a chicken across the fire... She wanted to cry Wulei: "My stabbing sword...how can I use it after this method!"

The red lady laughed dryly: "Just now... I couldn't find anything suitable just now. I saw that your sword is very useful, so I took it and used it... It doesn't matter. It won't break if you bake it."

Yang Menglong said: "It doesn't matter if it's roasted, you never know how to use a sword anyway."

Catherine glared at him: "Go away! Your wife broke my ancestral sword, you have to pay me a cannon!"

Yang Menglong called: "A broken sword for a cannon? You have a good idea!"

Catherine said: "Then you can pay me for the same sword. I can tell you that this sword is the sword of Pepin the dwarf. It is priceless, and you can't afford it if you sell it!"

Yang Menglong is not easy to bully: "Are you blackmailing me? It's just a sword. Even if it was used by Jesus, it's still a sword, and it's priceless!"

Catherine was so angry: "You miser, a hairless iron cock!"

Well, the two hit it off again.Xiao Yufang and the others have gotten used to it, talking and laughing and continuing to work on their own, and by the way, watching these two speculate with great interest.This is already a family repertoire. For the past two years, Catherine has been staying in Yang's mansion in order to obtain a powerful rear-loading rifled gun. She has used all kinds of tricks, except for the beauty trick, but Yang Menglong just doesn't let go. It made her so angry that it became a common thing for the two enemies to quarrel.

On the other side, An Ning was sitting on the grass with her bare feet and hair disheveled, holding a copy of "Arabian Nights" and reading it with gusto. However, the quarrel between Yang Menglong and Catherine obviously affected her elegance. She raised her head and looked at the book. The two of them shook their heads and sighed: "We are quarreling again. The civil war will not subside for at least half an hour...it's so distressing! Why do they like to quarrel so much?"

Sitting next to her, Jun Xiao said: "These two must have clashed, and there is never a day without arguing!" He conjured up a box of tempting chocolates and handed them over: "Are you hungry? Have some chocolates. "

An Ning smiled and said thank you, picked up a piece and was about to put it in his mouth, when a bright red apple was handed over: "Eating this stuff makes you fat, let's eat fruit." It's Zhu Cihong, this kid always loves apples. Against Xiaojun.

An Ning was surprised: "That's right, it's easy to get fat if you eat this stuff, you can't eat it!" Putting down the chocolate, took the apple, and smiled sweetly: "Thank you!" Yang Xiaojun played.The wind blows, and her long hair flies up like an ink cloud. She is only 14 years old this year, but she has already bloomed with amazing beauty.

Xiao Jun watched her go away with a smile, then changed his face within a second, stared at Zhu Cihong, and lowered his voice, "Stinky boy, you must fight against me, right?"

Zhu Cihong was a little complacent: "Who is against you? It's because your stuff is bad, she doesn't like it!"

Xiaojun said: "Nonsense, she likes to eat chocolate, and she would have accepted it if you didn't make trouble! After all, you are going to fight against me!"

Zhu Cixiang snorted: "What do you mean by going against you? I just like to be with her, can you care?"

Xiao Jun put her hands on her hips: "Boy, do you understand what it means to come first, first come first? Obviously I got to know her first!"

Zhu Cihong also put his hands on his hips: "Can this kind of thing be prioritized? If you really want to prioritize, have you heard of the word called latecomers?"

The two little roosters stared at each other viciously, grinding their teeth vigorously, wishing to bite each other.

Yang Menglong booed over there: "Why do you grind for so long? Let's have a fight first!"

The two little roosters immediately rolled up their sleeves and prepared to start filming.They all like An Ning, and whenever they see which one is good for An Ning, they feel very unhappy. The chocolate that Xiao Jun carefully prepared just now failed to compete with Zhu Cixiang's apples. You want to win the fruits of victory, right?Stay with me!
"Pick a place and let's compare notes!" Xiao Jun gritted his teeth.

Zhu Cihong's momentum was not weaker than him in the slightest: "You choose it, and I will accompany you to the end!"

An Ning yelled, "Don't fight!"

The two little cocks said in unison: "This is a man's business, don't worry about it!"

Yang Menglong was overjoyed and laughed out loud.Xiao Yufang also couldn't help laughing: "You two little brats, who have no hair on their mouths, keep saying that it's about men? Stop staring at each other, come over and help!"

The elder sister has orders, Xiao Jun dare not not listen, he glared at Zhu Cihong again: "Next time you dare to pester An Ning, I will beat you!"

Zhu Cihong snorted: "I still don't know who is beating whom!"

After a lot of work, the dishes were finally ready. A dozen simple and delicious dishes filled the tablecloth. Everyone sat in a circle and began to enjoy the delicious food.However, at this moment, a fast horse came galloping. It was Wu Yong. Although this dead eunuch was no longer a military supervisor, he still often traveled to Nanyang to act as an imperial envoy. He went to preach the decree, and the effect was not bad.He jumped off his horse and rushed over like a gust of wind, calling: "Marshal, there is an imperial order!"

Yang Menglong stood up slowly, pulled him over and pushed him to the ground: "You rode directly from Beijing to Nanyang again, right? It's hard work. Are you thirsty? An Ning, pour you a glass of water for Grandpa Wu!"

An Ning poured a glass of boiling water and handed it over, and said crisply, "Grandpa Wu, drink water!"

Wu Yong took it and drank it dry, wiped his mouth and was about to take out the imperial decree: "Marshal, this time our family..."

Yang Menglong said: "Preach the decree, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry! Cilang, I'll give you a bowl of rice for Grandpa Wu, Xiaojun, bring a pair of chopsticks here! Cheng Qi, is Maojian Tofu ready? Old Wu just wants this one!"

Wu Yong looked stupidly at the family busy serving him meals, and said in a broken voice, "Marshal, this is an imperial decree... Can you give me a little nervousness and a distracted reaction?"

Yang Menglong curled his lips: "Imperial decree? I don't know how many times I have received it, and there is nothing new about it for a long time! Let's save this set by following the emperor's decree. Don’t you want to drag me back to Beijing to help him work?”

That's why he dared to call Emperor Longwu a slacker. Wu Yong had reminded him several times that he would call him the same way. There was really nothing he could do about it.Wu Yong reluctantly picked up the chopsticks, tasted a piece of maojian tofu, and said in a casual tone: "No, the emperor said that he was short of money and spent it. He wants you to lead troops out to grab some back."

Yang Menglong chuckled: "I love this job, who is he going to snatch?"

Wu Yong said, "Tianzhu."

(End of this chapter)