Chapter 121 Return journey
On the 25th day of the 12th lunar month of the third year of Chongzhen, Su Su accompanied Chen Qinglan Xiaozhan from the courtyard of his Feng Jian’s house.
Chen Qinglan and Xiaozhan have been temporarily living in Su Su's home these two days. Their master and servant should have set off yesterday to return, but because a carboniferous mine was suddenly discovered during the construction of the new site of Zhenshanying, Feng Jian said yesterday that he went to investigate and delayed his trip. Therefore, the return journey was postponed until today.
Finally, I can reunite with my father's family! After experiencing this hardship, Chen Qinglan wished she could put on her wings and fly back home, while the little hairpin was chirping like a bird, making Su who was accompanying her side smile from time to time.
The carriage at Feng Jian’s door was ready, with Cheng Yousheng, Fan Li and Bao Feng waiting by.
Seeing the three of them coming, they quickly stepped forward to catch Chen Lilan and Xiaozhang's personal belongings and sent them to the carriage. Cheng Yousheng thrust his waist and said that he was raising his waist.
He said to Chen, Lan, Su Su and the other two: "Please ask the three ladies to come in and hand over the luggage to the villain."
Chen Lilan thanked Cheng Yousheng and the other two casually. Chen Li Lan thanked her in person. Cheng Yousheng felt his heart beating faster. Even Fan Li and Bao Feng, who were standing aside, blushed a little. Miss Chen's smile made people excited. Cheng Yousheng didn't know how to reply, but just watched the three women Niao Niao walk into Feng Jian's courtyard.
Su Su smiled and said, "Sister Li Lan, since Feng Jian was escorting him personally, there will definitely be no accidents along the way. Let's go to Feng Jian's house for breakfast. Don't delay the trip because of us. I believe Aunt Feng has prepared the breakfast and waited."
Chen Qinglan nodded and joked: "This place will be Su'er's own home in the future. Xiaozhan and I will not treat ourselves as outsiders!"
Su Suyurong suddenly turned pink and grabbed Chen Lilan's sleeve and said, "We good sisters, Su'er's own home is also the home of Sister Lilan and Xiaozhan. Of course, there is no need to treat herself as an outsider."
Xiaozhan didn't hear anything in the words of the two of them, and said on the side: "Yes, yes, all three of us can be regarded as our own home. Xiaozhan likes to eat eggs, scallion pancakes cut by Aunt Feng, the most delicious and soft."
Chen Qinglan's face turned slightly red, she glanced at Xiao Hair, and said to Su Su: "Sister Su'er is smart! Let's get into the house as soon as possible!"
The three of them walked into the Feng family courtyard with laughter. Feng's mother immediately came out of the main hall to greet him: "Xiao Man'er is here, Lao Shi has prepared breakfast for you and served it for the table."
After two days of getting along, Feng's mother and Chen Qinglan's little hairpin were already familiar with each other. Local farmers called the unmarried girl Xiao Man'er, and Feng's mother naturally used this title.
Chen and Lan seemed to think this title was more intimate. As Su Su called Feng's mother as her aunt, the relationship between the two got along very well.
Chen Qinglan and Su Su Xiaopeng saluted Feng’s mother together. Feng’s mother smiled and complained: “Man’er doesn’t need to be too polite, come in and have breakfast!”
The three girls agreed to follow Feng's mother into the main hall, and Xiaozhang quickly walked to the table and said repeatedly: "Auntie is the best to cook. Xiaozhang is afraid that after eating it, you will never be able to eat it again."
Feng's mother shook her head and smiled, "Little Zan Man'er is really good at saying that Aunt has fried a lot of oil cakes. You can take some food on the way. Alas! You are leaving, Aunt is really reluctant to leave you."
After two days of getting along, Chen Qinglan and Xiaozhan felt the warmth of another family. The meal was simple but it made people happy. Feng’s mother was concerned about Han and her health, and she got along like Su Su’s sisters, and she had to be so busy that she could not see anyone all day long.
After leaving now, these will become memories, and a hint of melancholy arose in Chen Qinglan's heart.
Feng's mother called the three of them to eat more, handed Chen Qinglan a bowl of milk and said, "Chen Man'er drank more milk. Jian'er said that drinking milk will strengthen your body. You and Xiaozhan will probably not be able to drink such fresh milk after going down the mountain."
Chen Qinglan hurriedly thanked Feng's mother, then took the milk and drank in small sips. Seeing Su Su and Xiaozhan on the side also holding a bowl of milk, he not only smiled knowingly.
At first, she and Xiaozhan were not used to milking. When they saw Feng Jiansu Susu and others enjoying their milk, they tried to drink it a few times. Needless to say, every time they had to eat, they both had to check if there was milk on the table.
I heard from Feng Jian that this cow did not have such prolific cows in the Ming Dynasty. This cow was brought by the Thais from faraway places across the ocean. Therefore, even Emperor Chongzhen today could not enjoy delicious and nutritious milk.
Of course, this is all thanks to Feng Jian. He discovered and asked someone to raise dairy cows and made milk for people to drink. Chen Qinglan and Xiaozhang were amazed. It seemed that everyone in Huluyan had long been accustomed to amazing actions. It seemed that Feng Jian did something surprising even the most surprising thing!
On the dining table, Chen Qinglan and the other two were eating breakfast in small stutters. Feng’s mother sat on one side and looked at the three girls with kind faces, and advised the three to eat more from time to time!
At this time, Feng Jian hurried in from outside the hospital and saw him wearing a soap cloth square scarf, a leather jacket on his head, a knee-length armor on his face, and a pair of blue cloth cotton shoes on his feet. He dressed up neatly.
Originally, Feng Jian said that he often wears it casually, but now he looks like he has great expectations for his trip.
He walked to the dining table to salute his mother, then greeted the three girls, sat down and started to have breakfast. It was not the first time he had a meal with Feng Jian, so Chen Qinglan and Xiaozhan did not show much restraint and uneasiness.
However, compared with Feng Jian swallowing and drinking milk in big mouthfuls, the three girls' dining style is pecking at the chickens, and they eat thin and slow!
Feng Jian swallowed a mouthful of scallion pancake and said to Su Su: "Su'er will set out with the team later, so as to accompany Miss Chen and the other party along the way."
Su Su was surprised at first, and immediately reacted and agreed obediently, "I am sad and I am about to part with Sister Li Lan." As she said that, she faced Chen Linlan and said, "It's great! Sister Li Lan and our sisters can be with us all the way."
After all, he and Xiaozhang are young unmarried women. Feng Jian asked Su Su to accompany him all the way to avoid gossiping outsiders!
Chen Qinglan blinked his beautiful eyes and looked at Feng Jian, saying, "I am very happy too. I won't be lonely if my sister Su'er and I accompany me along the way!"
Xiaozhan also said softly: "That's great, Sister Su Su, when we arrive in Pingdu City, the three of us can still get together in the prefecture, and we will pick you up when Brother Feng is about to leave."
After saying that, he said to Chen Qinglan: "Miss, is Xiao Zhang right?"
Chen Qinglan glanced at Feng Jian intentionally or unintentionally, nodded and said, "Xiaozhan is right. If Sister Su'er wants to, I will stay in the prefectural office with my sister for a while. We sisters can get along with each other for a longer time."
Su Su turned his eyes to Feng Jian waiting for his decision. Feng Jian smiled and asked Su Su to follow Chen Qinglan to live in the prefectural office. What was Feng Jian's wish? In this way, if Feng Jian and his party could not solve the problem in Pingdu City, they could contact the people from the prefectural office through Su Su, which was also prepared for any incidents!
Therefore, Feng Jian naturally agreed to Chen Qinglan's proposal and asked Su Su to temporarily live in the Chen Mansion, and to take Su Su back when Huluyan and his party were about to leave!
In fact, this is also one of the purposes of Feng Jian asking Su Su to accompany Chen Lilan and his master and servant to return. He was to prevent Chen Lilan from sending him back, Chen Zhizhou would leave his group aside and ignore him, so that he could use the excuse to come to Su Su.
Feng Jian was very good at making a plan. Maybe these methods were not used, but preparing more back-ups was Feng Jian’s habit!
Perhaps Chen Zhizhou, who heard Chen Qinglan's reposts, said that he, the leader of the refugee and bandit in Daze Mountain, was preparing to surrender to the government, would welcome him very enthusiastically, and avoiding him would not happen.
Of course, as the parents of hundreds of thousands of local people, it is possible to deal with or rectify yourself when facing these bandits who gathered together to cause trouble.
In this regard, Feng Jian was also prepared. As long as Chen Zhizhou did not do anything to hurt everyone's lives, Feng Jian planned to accept some other party's request!
This time, Feng Jian ordered Xu Yannian to draw 108 soldiers from the First Department of Zhenshan Camp, and Zhou Lu'er led him to escort his group down the mountain. After escorting him to the newly built garrison of Zhenshan Camp, Zhou Lu'er led most of the soldiers in Zhenshan Camp to garrison the new camp of Zhenshan Camp, waiting for Feng Jian and his group to return from Pingdu City.
Because the new camp in Zhenshanying is outside the plain terrain, the official road entering and leaving Pingdu is also built not far away, and the sudden appearance of more than 100 soldiers in Zhenshanying will inevitably cause panic among the people at the foot of the mountain, so they have to stay at the camp in Zhenshanying.
Just as the Zhenshan Camp station just discovered a carbonite mine, which is more beneficial than disadvantages to Feng Jian. Carbonite is coal. After mining, the Zhenshan Camp Military Research Institute will not worry about the lack of fuel. More than 10,000 holes in Huluyan can also suffer less from the cold this winter.
The construction location of Zhenshan Camp can be moved some distance elsewhere. The only disadvantage is that it will take another step forward to the completion of Zhenshan Camp.
In addition, this time, Feng Jian led the crowd to Pingdu City, which was definitely not just for escorting Chen Qinglan to return. He bought grain and iron materials for the copycat, and looked for craftsmen who could make bird guns. Therefore, gold and silver, which are not very useful in copycats, became a must when they arrived outside the mountain. Feng Jian planned to bring more silver.
The Huluyan itself contains the robbery Shijia and several peaks around it, and there are currently 50,000 taels of gold and silver. The silver seized from the Shijia alone has 20,000 taels, and then the gold is converted into silver. The Shijia family provides nearly 40,000 taels of silver for Huluyan. In addition to the seizure of the other peaks, there are currently 10,000 taels of gold and silver inventories, and the leading silver bill that is right is more than 40,000 taels of gold and silver.
Feng Jian ordered all the cash and more than 3,000 taels of silver to Su Su to keep all the money for Pingdu City to purchase.
Huluyan is now in short supply of grain, so Feng Jian brought these silver taels with him, intending to exchange for the grain, iron and other necessities that Huluyan is in urgent need of grain, iron and other necessities.
You must be prepared for anything. Feng Jian has traveled with so much silver at one time, of course he still has other plans in his mind!
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