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

Chapter 577 Qi Hefengyun 10
After enough shopping, the queen finally reluctantly got into the four-wheeled carriage and returned to the Yang Mansion with the prince.

At this time, the news of Queen Fengjia's visit to Nanyang had already spread, and the whole Nanyang was shaken.I don't know how many celebrities and gentry rushed over upon hearing the news, all of them were very excited. It's really the first time in the two hundred years since the dynasty——Indeed, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was the first time The queen patronizes this small place in Nanyang, and she can't help being excited.Fang Yizhi even led all the officials of Nanyang to welcome him. The officials, gentry and gentry added up, probably hundreds of people. The scene can only be described as "magnificent".

As soon as the queen appeared, everyone bowed down and shouted, "Thousand Years Old".

The queen smiled, and said in a gentle voice: "My dear friends, all my fathers and folks, don't pay more respects. I just came to Nanyang on a whim to play and disturbed the place. I'm really sorry."

Fang Yizhi quickly said: "Your Majesty, please don't say that. Your Majesty, the phoenix is ​​coming to Nanyang, and the walls of Nanyang are shining brightly. All the people..."

Yang Menglong interrupted impatiently: "Oh, just say that the empress can come to Nanyang, and we are very happy. Are you tired?" He smiled and said to the queen: "Empress, you should have done it a long time ago." I’ve come to Nanyang for fun, there are countless delicacies and interesting places, I don’t know how much better it is than the boring palace life! I promise you will linger and forget to return!”

Fang Yizhi rolled his eyes.With this bastard around, they couldn't even have a proper word with the queen!
The Queen smiled and said: "Okay, Champion, I will spend the New Year in Nanyang to see if Nanyang is really as fun as you say."

Yang Menglong said: "It's definitely not bragging. If I tell half a lie, you can cut off my head... Madam, please come inside!" The monkey led the queen into Yang's mansion as if offering a treasure.

The Yang Mansion hasn't been remodeled much in the past two years, and it's still the same, which doesn't match Yang Menglong's current status.However, Yang Menglong didn't have high requirements for basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation, as long as he was happy, Cheng Qi wanted to use a sum of money to renovate Yang's mansion, but Xiao Yufang was pregnant and needed to be quiet, so the project had to be put on hold.

The first and most intuitive feeling Yang Fu gave the Queen was...warmth!It's as warm as spring.You have to wear cotton clothes outside, but you can run around in a single shirt inside. She couldn't help asking curiously: "Why is it so warm?"

Yang Menglong pointed to the pipes passing through the wall: "There is heating, so of course it will be warm." After his explanation, the queen found out that there was a place outside the Yang Mansion where anthracite coals were being used to burn the fire, and the boiling water passed through the channels. The heat flows into Yang's mansion, spreads over every corner, and then radiates the heat through some steel sheets, making every room warm like spring.It was a rather complicated project, and the queen couldn't understand it, but it didn't prevent her from making a correct judgment: it was a good thing.

One of the prince's companions said disdainfully: "It's a tricky and obscene thing!"

Yang Menglong said: "Those who despise strange skills and obscene things get out and blow the cold wind!"

The queen said to the gentleman: "Mr. Li's words are wrong. What kind of magical and ingenious thing is this? It is clearly a life-saving thing! Just imagine, if every household in the north can have heating supply, it will still be warm in winter." Is it cold to death?"

Yang Menglong muttered: "Can you still expect those elm heads to listen to this?"

From the very beginning, this guy didn't show any good looks to the group of great scholars, and it made the faces of the group of old scholars turn blue and pale, which was very embarrassing.Of course, they asked for it themselves, they obviously don't understand, and if they insist on putting on a superior face to point fingers, isn't that asking for it themselves?The words and deeds of this group of great Confucians strengthened the queen's determination to keep the prince in Nanyang. Her son must not learn from these narrow-minded and short-sighted old masters!

Fang Yizhi smiled and said: "The champion Hou started to organize people to study this heating system the year before last, and now it is finally successful. Someone proposed that the whole city should be centrally heated to keep the winter from being cold, and this proposal was passed unanimously." , The heating supply project will start next year, and it will be completed in a year at most. With it, we will no longer be afraid of the cold wind in winter.”

The queen said: "This is an act of benefiting all people, and the merits are immeasurable. I just don't know how much such a project will cost?"

Yang Menglong said: "15 or even 20 taels of silver is unstoppable...a rather complicated project."

The queen gasped: "20 taels of silver!" If she remembered correctly, when Chongzhen was at his poorest, all the property in the entire palace could not collect 20 taels of silver!Is Nanyang really rich to this point?Rich people are willful!

In addition to the heating, the tap water also aroused the Queen's interest. Turning the tap, the water will flow out, which is really convenient.Those elm heads looked disdainful, but they secretly muttered in their hearts, should they also find a way to install tap water, it's convenient!
A bunch of duplicity guys!

After visiting the Yang Mansion, it's time to get down to business.When the group returned to the hall, the queen said to Yang Menglong and Lu Xiangsheng solemnly: "The two lovers have planned strategies and have exhausted their strategies. The two new armies of Tianxiong and Heluo fought bravely and wiped out nearly 50 rogues in the first battle. When the night falls, the emperor is very happy and overjoyed!"

Yang Menglong said cheerfully: "It should, it should!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's all the duty of a minister!"

The queen smiled and said: "The two lovers have made great achievements in pacifying the bandits. The hundreds of millions of people are very grateful, but they have also created a big problem for the emperor. Both of them have become princes and have just become the great masters of the border. Officials, you have made such extraordinary achievements. There is no reward and no promotion. The emperor really has a headache. The original intention of the emperor is to reward the two more treasures and soaps, so the officials will not be promoted. The two lovers Forgive me, the emperor also has his difficulties."

Yang Menglong and Lu Xiangsheng expressed their understanding.One of them is a commoner, and the other is a daimyo prefect. In just a few years, they have accumulated military merits and become governors of several provinces and marquises of the empire.If you get promoted again, you can only enter the cabinet. It's no wonder that those gangsters in the cabinet didn't demolish the Forbidden City.Fang Yizhi and the others also understood that the queen came to appease the two, and did not come to Nanyang to play on a whim.

The queen said: "The two love ministers are outstanding people with lofty aspirations. Naturally, mere property will not be taken seriously. However, the emperor can't do anything about it. The only things that can be sold..." took out two imperial decrees , Passed one to Cheng Qi and one to Liu Ziyan, said with a smile: "I heard that you are going to get married to Champion Hou soon, the emperor made a decree to make you an exception and confer on you as second-rank wives, equal wives, The three of you, big or small, will be good sisters for life."

Cheng Qi and Liu Ziyan said excitedly: "Thank you, Lord!" They have a very good relationship with Xiao Yufang. Of course they don't care who is the wife and the concubine, but the concubine is born shorter than the wife, which doesn't sound good. No one would refuse to be a flat wife.

Yang Menglong shouted: "Your Majesty is so wise!" Seeing how excited he was, if Chongzhen was here, maybe he would rush over, hug him and gnaw on him.

The queen took out the third imperial edict and handed it to Xiao Yufang and said: "I heard that my sister is pregnant. The emperor specially ordered the imperial doctor to select a batch of precious medicinal materials from the pharmacy to nourish my sister's body. At the same time, he also decreed that if the baby is born, The baby boy will be the guardian of thousands of households, and the world will not be replaced."

This reward is quite important, and many ministers' children are just enshrined in a hundred households of Jinyiwei.But Xiao Yufang's first reaction after receiving the imperial decree was to cast a sidelong glance at Yang Menglong... She has not forgotten what an ugly name this strange flower gave her future son.Yang Mianmian, such a weird name, it's no wonder it doesn't make people die of laughter.She secretly prayed that this edict would not come in handy.

In addition, there are a large number of rare treasures such as pearls, jades, and emeralds, which are dazzling and dizzying. Although this award does not match the great achievements of Yang Menglong, it is not too thin. At least Yang Menglong himself is very satisfied. of.

Han Peng, Xue Siming, Zhong Ning, Cao Jun, Zu Dale and others also had their own rewards.Yang Menglong and Lu Xiangsheng have no rewards, but these few are still far from this level. Chongzhen made a big deal, and everyone is very satisfied.Seeing the heroic faces of Han Peng, Xue Siming and other generals, the queen was also very pleased, and said happily: "The Heluo new army is really full of generals and talents!"

After awarding the Heluo New Army, it was the Tianxiong Army's turn.The queen stared at Lu Xiangsheng and smiled: "Suyi Hou's meritorious service in building the country really posed a big problem for the emperor!"

Lu Xiangsheng said cautiously: "It's because of the emperor's trust and good command that the humble officials can compete for all merits in one battle. This is the emperor's merit, and the humble officials dare not take credit for it!"

The queen smiled and shook her head and said: "Compared with the champion, Lu Aiqing is less outspoken and quick-tongued after all." After clapping her palms three times, the sound of the ring ding-dong sounded, the two graceful and charming women The young woman moved lightly with lotus steps, meandering over and saluted the queen.Yang Menglong grinned, holy shit, aren't these the two ridiculously beautiful dancers he saw in the ancestral mansion in Jinzhou City! ?He winked at Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng's face turned slightly red, looking a little embarrassed and at a loss.

The Queen said: "I heard that Marquis Suyi fell in love with two dancers in Jinzhouli and Zufu at first sight, but due to the barrier of Guanshan, they were never able to get married. The emperor specially summoned these two dancers to Beijing, gave them the surname Zhu, and made them princesses. , grant you a marriage... Lu Aiqing shouldn’t refuse the emperor’s kind offer, right?”

Yang Menglong started grinning again, summoned the two dancers to Beijing from thousands of miles away, gave them the surname Zhu, made them princesses, and the queen personally bestowed marriages on them. In order to win over Lu Xiangsheng, Chongzhen had paid a lot of money!

Zu Dale clapped his hands and said with a smile: "The two princesses are beautiful, talented and good-natured, and my brother has long intended to match them with Marquis Su Yi, but the chance has not come until today, and now Empress Chitose personally bestows the marriage , Su Yihou, you have no reason to refuse, right?"

Zu Dabi also nodded repeatedly.This pair of dancing girls are coveted by many people, but after the Battle of Daling River, no one dared to challenge them. Zu Dashou even recognized them as adopted daughters, and he would chop down anyone who dared to stretch out his claws. , didn’t I just want to win over the Tianxiong Army by investing such a huge amount of money? Now it’s okay, there is hope for this matter!
In the eyes of all the people, Lu Xiangsheng bowed down: "My minister, thank you Lord Long En!"

In just six words, the dancers' tears fell like broken pearls.

They had been waiting for this day for four years!

Yang Menglong rejoiced: "That's right, it's because you are affectionate and I have intentions, what's the point of writing letters across Ten Thousand Passes, they should be a family..."

Xiao Yufang suddenly let out a cry of pain, which caught his attention.He quickly stopped talking and asked nervously: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Yufang clutched her raised abdomen, her complexion turned pale: "It hurts..." she said a word, and then groaned again.

Cheng Qi and Liu Ziyan came over to support her. Liu Ziyan had learned medical skills, took her pulse and said, "I'm afraid she's going to give birth."

Yang Menglong was puzzled: "Is it time to give birth?" Counting with his fingers, ouch, it's been eight months and it's time to give birth.Obviously, Xiao Yufang is not pregnant with Nezha, so there is no need to wait for three years... He was spared from even suing the queen, and helped Xiao Yufang walk to the inner hall, in a hurry, commanding on the battlefield He was thrown to his grandma's house for his brave and fearless general demeanor.The queen was still in a daze, when she heard the kid roar: "Zaji, Tianbao, go and tie me the best midwife and gynecologist in the whole city, my wife is about to give birth, hurry up!"

This loud roar made everyone tremble in fright, secretly praying for Xiao Yufang, I hope she didn't have a miscarriage due to the fright!
(End of this chapter)