Chapter 30: Miserable
The eunuch beside Zhu Youjian could only feel a whimper, and the slightly tired Emperor had already rushed to the commander's side.
Shaking his shoulders, he asked loudly, "What did you say? You say it again?"
The poor soldier was so scared that he was speechless and said in his heart that he was so embarrassed that I was clearly reporting good news, what are you doing?
"Back...back...Your Majesty, Suzhou, Suzhou City was recovered."
Zhu Youjian sighed, stood up, and said, "I have always looked down on King Lu, but I didn't expect that he had the courage and means to cross the river to fight the Qing army. Unfortunately, I want to lead the army to fight in person... Alas, it's better not to say it. Since Suzhou has been recovered, then Hangzhou has also been liberated, right? Hey, this is a good thing. After all, it's my Ming Dynasty that has regained his hometown, so it's better to be occupied by the great country."
The soldier was stunned for a moment and said with a wooden expression: "Your Majesty, it is the one who recovered Suzhou, Jiading Hou Xuanyan. He has sent someone to contact us and vowed to be loyal to His Majesty."
This time, Zhu Youjian was stunned when he was still there, staring straight at the front, and muttered: "Can you recover Suzhou by one person?"
He was still stunned. The Jiading remnants behind him were already cheering, and Huang Ying'er and his two maids were even more excited and burst into tears.
Miao'er's eyes were even more tearful, and she laughed and cried. "I knew that a great hero like Mr. Hou would be famous in history in a grand manner."
The huge cheers brought Zhu Youjian, who was wandering around in the sky, back to reality, and he immediately realized how important this was.
"The Ministry of Personnel was sent to the Ministry of Personnel, and rewarded the remnants of Jiading, and granted officials according to their military merits. Then, the Grand Secretary and civil and military officials were summoned to the palace to discuss matters."
This is a huge opportunity. A force of his own appeared to the north of King Lu. In this way, the small regime of King Lu was already surrounded by itself. Moreover, the restoration of Suzhou is by no means a gain or loss of a city and a place. Suzhou is the center of Jiangnan, and around it, there are Songjiang Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture... The prosperous prefecture of Jiangnan is within the scope of capture.
In Suzhou City, Hou Xuanyan had no idea that the entire Nanming was in a quarrel over the regaining of Suzhou.
At this moment, he was lying on the elaborate yellow rosewood bed, his limbs spread out into a "big" character, and he was sleeping soundly.
Gu Ling'er leaned her body, rested her little head on his shoulder, and put a small "big" character on the bed.
It was noon and the two of them were still sleeping.
Xiaoxiao came in and saw this scene, covered her mouth and chuckled, and said, "Get up and have dinner."
The two of them made an appointment and raised their heads at the same time, rubbed their eyes, and said sleepyly: "Have you eaten?"
God Synchronization...
After two maids were serving the two to wash up, Hou Xuanyan took Gu Linger to the courtyard. There were stones, water, flowers, trees and sunshine outside the door. The beautiful scenery in front of him made people feel appetite. Especially when he thought that this house had become his own property, Hou Xuanyan smiled even more. He picked up a side dish with casual hands, well, good. The side dishes were all made of good color and fragrance. Although it was a light breakfast, it was also very exciting.
After all, Gu Ling'er is the daughter of a wealthy family. Although she is young, she is very ladylike when eating. Two maids serve each other, pick up food and serve the soup, and serve them diligently. Hou Xuanyan picked up the chopsticks and ate them on the table. The chopsticks were flying, and the wind blew away the scent of them.
The little loli and the two royal sisters were stunned, staring at him as if they had discovered a monster.
Hou Xuanyan stood up and patted his belly. How different is the image?
"Haha, I'm full, you can continue." Walking to Gu Ling'er, touching her little head, and saying, "Wife, my husband is going out to work, you are obedient at home."
Gu Ling'er finally realized, pouted her mouth and started crying.
"Food...nothing is gone!"
Hou Xuanyan felt guilty and quickly accelerated and slipped out.
When they arrived at the outer courtyard, they saw Xu Yuanbao and Hong Yizhuo, with a group of slaughtered servants in green clothes and small hats waiting there. Seeing him come out, the two of them stood up and walked over.
"What's going on?"
Xu Yuanbao glanced at him and said, "Young Master Hou, this is the old man from Gu's mansion... the servant sent by Mr. Gu."
"Don't call him Master Hou, Mr. Hou, just call him Brother in the future." Hou Xuanyan felt that these titles were too unfamiliar. Everyone had a life-long friendship, so it was time to change it.
"Hehe, OK brother."
Hou Xuanyan pointed at Hong Yizhuo and said, "You are the same as him."
Hong Yizhuo nodded, which was considered a default.
"Let's go to the yamen."
In the Suzhou Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture, the landlords gathered together again. This was the first time they stood up to participate in a coup. To be honest, they used to be behind the scenes, and whoever wins and whoever loses, they all rely on them in Suzhou. Now it’s different. If the aliens invade, they will die if they lose.
So these surprisingly lazy men came here early in the morning and waited for Hou Xuanyan for a long time.
"Haha, it's so early for you guys?"
The landlord looked at the sun hanging high outside the house and the sunshine all over the ground, and refused to speak with his lips pursed.
Fortunately, Hou Xuanyan was thick-skinned, so he coughed lightly and decided to go straight to the point.
Sure enough, as soon as the main things were talked about, the landlords and men became active. The key point was that they were not active. Hou Xuanyan didn't say secret words and started asking for money.
"Everyone knows that I, Hou Xuan, came to Suzhou, only brought a piece of courage, a piece of loyalty, and a breeze with both sleeves." After that, he patted his chest to make himself more imposing.
Gu Youde couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Xuanyan, what do you want to say, just say it."
"You are all wealthy gentry from Suzhou. You have food reserves at home. I hope you can take out a part of it. We recruit people, train new troops, and guard the city. And there are so many refugees coming in, so we also need food to provide disaster relief."
When it comes to refugees, someone immediately came out to complain: "These refugees flocked to Suzhou. I think it's time to take charge. More and more northern refugees are entering the city, and Suzhou is almost unable to hold them."
Some people were afraid of bleeding too much, so they asked, "I heard that you spent money like soil in Wu Zhikui's army and had a lot of money. I think the Hou family is also a big family in Jiading, so Xuan Yan still has a lot of money?"
Hou Xuanyan pulled a chair, sat in the middle of the person, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, moistening his throat.
Crying with me as poor as poor? I have watched more reality shows than you combined. What can I compare with me?
"Hey! Jiading City, it's so miserable. Tens of thousands of villagers died tragically, and the women in the city were insulted. Li Chengdong used 300 ships to carry property that was dissatisfied with robbery." When everyone heard him talking about Jiading, they couldn't bear to interrupt again.
Hou Xuanyan changed his tone and said, "Everyone doesn't want Suzhou to become that hell. Please don't be stingy with this little bit of food. For you, it's just a drop in the bucket. If we lose, we'll be in vain."
As for saying that I still have good fortune, that's even more nonsense. We ran all the way, eating bark and weeds, and drinking winds from southeast, west and northeast."
Hou Xuanyan pointed to his three of them and said tragically: "Look at how hungry we three are all."
Everyone's faces were strange. Hou Xuanyan realized that he had pointed at the fat man Xu Yuanbao. A mistake...
Fortunately, he adapted to the situation and shook his fingers and said, "Look at him, he is hungry and swollen!"
Chapter completed!