Daiyu's stepmother is not easy to be

Wen Jiao slept for an hour and a half, although he still didn't get enough sleep, his energy recovered a bit.

When she opened her eyes and saw that it was Lin Hai, she put her hands on the bed to sit up.When Lin Hai saw her, he quickly reached out to help her up and leaned against the pillow behind her.

Facing her husband who was going to be separated in half an hour and who had worked hard all night, Wen Jiao didn't say any sweet words, talk about love, and didn't hold hands to look at her tears. Instead, she opened her mouth and asked directly: "Didn't Da Lang say that there are at least 20 Donghu people, and I don't know if there are more."

"Suzhou's Ningyuan army and government soldiers add up to no more than [-]. Maybe they can defend the arrival of reinforcements? The defenders in each of the seven border cities are about the same. If Xiliang and Dingxi come to Oirat again, and fight on two fronts, how will the Xining garrison support them?" ?”

Lin Hai's face was haggard, but his eyes were bright. Hearing Wen Jiao's question, he said with a determined smile on his face, "Although there are only 3 horses, even if Donghu comes with 30 people, the Suzhou government can hold for a month."

Wen Jiao was stunned for a moment, and said slightly surprised: "Although it is easy to defend the city, it is difficult to attack the city, but there is a difference of nearly 10 times in troops, how can you be so sure that it will not be difficult to defend for a month?"

Lin Hai smiled, and whispered into Wen Jiao's ear, "Let's not talk about the food stored in the city enough for the common people and soldiers to eat for two years, but just say that the national treasury has been full in the past few years, and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War have been stepping up efforts to develop firearms and artillery."

"The first batch of finished artillery pieces that could be put into actual combat were all directly assigned to the Ningyuan Army, and they were equipped only half a year ago. Although they have not yet been used in actual combat, after testing, if they are fired accurately, one shell can kill at least dozens of people. Hundreds of people."

"If this thing is placed in the desert grassland, it will not be very useful for cavalry to chase, but if it is only used to defend the city, it is really no problem to fight ten against one hundred."

Wen Jiao murmured: "When the cannon fires, ten thousand taels of gold. Firearms really cannot be purchased unless the treasury has money."

Lin Hai had never heard this sentence before. After hearing it and pondering it again, he felt it made sense, and said with a soft smile: "What Yue Niang said is really good. The cost of this cannon shell is two to three hundred taels. If it wasn't for Now that the treasury has money, it really can’t afford it.”

Just now Wen Jiao lost his mouth and said what he hadn't said yet. While he was secretly regretting, seeing that Lin Hai didn't suspect anything, his heart relaxed, and he continued, "In this way, the cannon fired ten or twenty thousand times. Our family will become paupers."

She smiled and asked Lin Haidao: "I don't know how many shells are stored in Suzhou City, can the governor reveal a little bit to my concubine?"

Lin Hai coughed, turned his head to confirm that there were only the two of them in the bedroom, and then whispered in peace, "Yue Niang doesn't have to worry about my safety."

"In the seven border cities, there are [-] pieces in each city. Ganzhou Prefecture and Xining also saved [-] pieces each, which were shipped to the northwest in the first half of the year. If the funds are sufficient, the Ministry of Industry can produce [-] pieces in a year. Yes. Enough."

"Ganzhou is only two days away from Suzhou Kuaima, and even Xining is only two days away. It only takes three or four days to go back and forth, so the border towns can be kept safe."

Wen Jiao calculated in his mind subconsciously, and said in shock: "The cannonball alone costs nearly ten million silver?"

"Now that Ningyuan's army is expanding, plus there are millions of soldiers in the state capitals across the country, the annual military expenditure is at least tens of millions, and there are also military rations, uniforms, armor, bows, arrows, knives and guns. Half of the treasury's money is spent every year. On the army."

"Hey, if the border was peaceful earlier, it would be great if the 3000 to [-] million silver was spent on the common people every year."

Lin Hai stroked his beard and nodded, sighed: "If the world can be stable without fighting, who would want the soldiers to bleed and die?"

This topic is too heavy. After Lin Hai sighed this sentence, he changed the subject and said with a smile: "This is all thanks to my father, who is also wise. Otherwise, according to the treasury money 20 years ago, let alone can afford artillery, just Those soldiers who are afraid of the light will not be able to pay their rations."

Knowing that Lin Hai was not in too much danger, Wen Jiao relaxed and said with a smile, "This is also due to Ru Hai."

"We were in Yangzhou five years ago, how much money did you steal from the treasury? Do you think it was a million shells? We were in Beijing three or four years ago, how many houses did you copy, and how much money did you save for the emperor?" Salary."

"When Dayan dominates the world, your name will be included in the record of meritorious officials."

Lin Hai blushed at Wen Jiao's blunt flattery, and smiled helplessly: "Forget it, if Yueniang said it again, I would think that I was some kind of Wenqu star reincarnated, and I was able to do these things because of Yueniang." The family is run in an orderly manner, and I never worry about it, so I have some credit, and at least half of it is yours."

Wen Jiao's heart was sweet, and he fell on Lin Hai and smiled: "In my heart, Ru Hai is a fairy descending from the earth, and there is no one better than you."

There was another sentence that Wen Jiao didn't say.

Regardless of other things, with Lin Hai's good looks, if he plays the role of a male god in modern times, he will become the childhood male god of many girls in the boudoir.

Lin Hai's heart moved when he heard the words "God descends to earth".

He thought of the two medicine bottles that were still in his arms, and wanted to ask Yueniang where they came from, and he was afraid that this was a secret that should not be revealed, in case Yueniang soft-heartedly told him, Instead, he was condemned by God.

That night, he discussed with the officials and generals in the conference hall about defending the city and properly arranging the people outside the city. There were many and complicated matters, and he didn't have time to think about these two medicine bottles.

On the way back from the discussion, these two medicine bottles were swaying on his chest, causing countless thoughts to pop up in his mind.

After knowing that Yueniang had such a magical medicine, and thinking back on the years when he and Yueniang were married, he thought of many details that he hadn't noticed before.

Daiyu's body was also taken care of by him since he was a child, but he didn't see much improvement. Although Jiang Yuan's medical skills are extremely high, it will not make Yu'er's body recover better in two or three years. Usually girls are much stronger.

In addition, the Lin family has been passed down for several generations, but after he and Wen Jiao got married, it was the first time that the family had three children in one generation.

Thinking about it, I heard that the Empress Empress was very weak when she was young, much weaker than Daiyu. Now the Empress Empress has been in the middle palace for ten years, working hard on palace affairs, admonishing concubines, and educating princes and daughters. She is busier than Wen Jiao. I haven't heard that the queen is weak and sick.

For more than ten years, the empress has three sons and one daughter, a total of four highnesses, and if a woman wants to conceive, she must be physically strong...

Also, although Yueniang is listed in the Su family tree, she is a well-known young lady of the Su family, but her own daughter is different from the daughter who came halfway. Yinglian Qing'er has been raised by the Lin family for five or six years. He thinks they are really similar to his daughter. .

However, Yueniang only got along with the Su family as a family member half a year before marriage, but she got along with her blood relatives. He used to think that the Su family was upright, and Yueniang could be a human being, and she really had a deep affection for the empress. Since his son-in-law is a second-rank official after all, he must have some weight.

Thinking about it now, I'm afraid that the father-in-law and mother-in-law already knew that Yueniang was pregnant, and that the empress's body was so strong, it was due to Yueniang's credit, that's why they treated Yueniang like this.

The Su family was not born as a lord, and their wealth was not as rich as that of the Lin family, but they were willing to give Yueniang a dowry of [-] to [-] silver.

Father-in-law and mother-in-law are not Yueniang's biological father and mother. Knowing that Yueniang is pregnant with a treasure, they did not do anything to Yueniang when she was still a maid and maid. Listening to what Yueniang said, she had never done anything before him. Tell anyone about it.

He is Yueniang's husband, and he is the one who will stay with her for the rest of his life. Naturally, he has to do better than his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Thinking of this, Lin Hai made up his mind that as long as Yueniang didn't take the initiative to speak, he wouldn't ask Yueniang a word.

The fact that Yueniang has a treasure in her body must never be known to a third person.

The medicine that Yueniang can produce to cure diseases and save people must be poisonous. She has never harmed anyone, so it doesn't mean that everyone in the world is as pure-hearted as Yueniang.

In order to pursue longevity, the emperor took cinnabar so that his temper became violent and irritable, and finally he had a stroke. The emperors of all dynasties wanted to live forever, so he must not let Yueniang be in danger.

In the arms of the lover who is about to leave, half an hour is but a blink of an eye.

The time has come, Wen Jiao heard Yumei's reminder outside, so he reluctantly raised his head from Lin Hai's arms, and was hugged by him, Wen Jiao raised his head, just to meet Lin Hai's trembling lips.

As the departure was imminent, Lin Hai had so much emotion in his heart that it could only be turned into a short kiss.

He held Wen Jiao in his arms, combed her hair and put on a cloak, carried her into the carriage waiting at the door, and got on the horse himself, and sent her and Daiyu Luqing to Suzhou At the gate of the city, seeing that their chariots and horses had traveled a long way, they just rode back to the camp. After a short rest for two hours, they got up and continued to prepare for the defense of the city.

Before midnight last night, several batches of messengers left the city of Suzhou to report to Ganzhou, Chang'an, Xining, the other six prefectures and Beijing.

It is three thousand miles from Suzhou to the capital, and it will take five or six days to get there even if the military situation is eight hundred miles and the rush is non-stop day and night.

Today, no one in Beijing, from the emperors and queens to the traffickers and pawns, knows that the Donghu army, which was supposed to have marched thousands of miles in the northeast Bohai area, invaded the northwest of Dayan.

October is almost halfway through, and winter has already entered central Beijing. The capital is farther north than Yinwei, Ganzhou, Suzhou, but it is closer to the sea. Spring comes earlier, but winter doesn’t come late.

There was a heavy snowfall in the capital a few days ago, and the glazed tiles that used to shine in the sun were all covered in snow. The entire palace became covered in silver, adding a little more peace and tranquility than spring, summer and autumn. .

The room in the palace fell silent, but the hearts of the people living in the palace boiled like a hot pot meeting cold water.

Today the emperor went to Xianfei Palace again.

The concubine Xian was summoned four times in September, and the concubine Xian was summoned twice in October.

It adds up to a month... six times.

In Yuxiu Palace, Concubine Zhuang Guifei counted the days day by day, unconsciously clenched the embroidered handkerchief, took a deep breath, closed her eyes and let it out again.

Ye Nvshi stood beside her and waited. Seeing the empress like this, she wanted to speak out to comfort her, but she didn't know how to persuade her.

The empress ranks higher than the concubine Xian - it is a rank higher, but the concubine's "xian" meaning is better than the concubine's "zhuang".

The empress gave birth to His Royal Highness the second prince, and the concubine Xian has not yet given birth - according to this momentum, maybe in a month or two, the imperial hospital will diagnose the concubine Xian's happy pulse.

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