Kong Minxing pondered for a moment and said, "Oh, this is a good way, but it will make you suffer. ┞┢═┝┟.{."

"It doesn't matter..." Zhang Han smiled and said, "Anyway, this bandit must be suppressed. I originally wanted to keep them for the New Year, but now I'm telling them not to celebrate the New Year."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

...

The next morning, the army began to mobilize pre-warly, but the departments and bureaus did not determine whether they could receive the mission, nor did they know the allocation of troops. The main reason was that the military meeting before the war had not been held, which made everyone a little confused.

"Brother Han, I think it's a good thing to suppress the bandits this time." Chang Wei sat opposite Zhang Han and said with a smile: "The bandits have been in a rampant manner recently. I think they have robbed a lot of silver. With their old background, we can flood these mice out of the hole and raise a lot of 'grain'."

Zhang Han glanced at him and said, "Military operations only consider military affairs, so how can you consider seizure beforehand?"

After saying a word, I remembered that Zeng Guofan finally broke Nanjing in the late Qing Dynasty. The Qing court waited for him to hand over the seizure in advance, because Nanjing was the "Tianjing" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He had been tyrants for many years and had plundered countless wealth. There were countless pseudo kings in "Tianjing". The wealth was quite considerable, and Hong Xiuquan was good at accumulating, and he thought there was a lot of wealth in his treasury.

Of course, this idea is very naive. The Hunan Army worked hard to break the city, and I don’t know how many casualties were killed or injured. Of course, it was a plundering of soldiers. This was also a basic rule for leading troops at that time. It was not asked to loot the lower-level officers and soldiers. What did they use to honor the upper-level members and how could they raise morale to fight?

Of course, Zhang Han's soldiers would not encourage morale like this. The military rules were very strict, so there was no need to worry that someone would intercept the traffic and get full like the Hunan Army. Chang Wei's words seemed to be a good idea.

At this point, Zhang Han had a vague idea. Since the war level was expensive and Li Dongxue and others dared not support the army in fighting, so what about "fighting to support the war"?

If there are many confiscations in each battle, not only will it not be compensated, but it will even have a slight surplus. I think no one will object.

Some bandits are kept, keep the momentum, and they will be killed if they are stubborn, and they can also take their nests. Just like simmering a voles' nest in the fields, they may have a pretty good harvest. ??.

"You boy!"

Zhang Han slapped Chang Wei's shoulder heavily and cursed with a smile: "There are so many bad ideas!"

While the two were talking, Jiang Yi was in the heretic: "Sir, someone has been sent to Xinpingbao Mansion."

"Who?"

"This time, Zhang Chun came here in person."

“Huh?”

Zhang Han was not surprised that Zhang Chun was really well-trained. Except that he was a little less courageous than Chang Wei, he had nothing to be criticized in other aspects. He was smart and capable, and the young man was energetic. In Xinpingbao, in addition to assisting Chang in his family affairs, he also took charge of the shop affairs with Zhou Fengji and Liang Hong. He was usually very busy. This time he came here in person, probably something big happened at home.

"Zhang Chun comes in quickly!"

Zhang Han quickly asked Zhang Chun to come in. After Zhang Chun came in, he gave a bow, and his face was quite calm.

"What's going on at home?"

"Nothing happened." Zhang Chun deserves to be the closest master and servant of Zhang Han, and said anxiously: "The whole family is safe and sound, and the new house is ready, so I will move there after the New Year."

"Very good." Zhang Han breathed a sigh of relief and cursed with a smile: "You came so hard that I was shocked."

"I know." Zhang Chun also smiled and said, "So quickly pick up the important ones."

"How is the new house?"

"It's very good... On the eleventh entrance, there are seven entrances from the main courtyard from the gatehouse to the back garden. There are two side courtyards next to each other, and there are about ninety rooms. There are dozens of people in our mansion now. The three entrance courtyard before was too small and too crowded. w(ww."

"Well, that's good. I'll ask someone to bring some money back again. I'll use all the utensils and ornaments, so don't save money." Zhang Han showed a look of satisfaction on his face. Of course, making money is for the sake of his family's life better. He himself is not very particular in the military camp, but since he has this condition, of course he has to ask his mother to live the best life of this era.

Zhang Chun smiled and said, "When I came, the mistress told me that I would never bring the money back. There was still a small 10,000 taels there, and everything I did was enough. I heard that there was also a shortage of money here, so the mistress was a little worried."

"You told my mother that I have everything, and she can live a good life with peace of mind." Zhang Han was quite helpless. He was indeed short of money now. Before the New Year, he planned to spend another 100,000 to three manufacturing bureaus in the end, whether it was weapons, carriages, or folk products, he wanted to make a large amount of money. He was going to bet on this last one.

If you lose, of course you won't go bankrupt. However, next year's stocking will be greatly affected, and the ending may be a very bad chain reaction... But Zhang Han thinks it won't be bad, at least he doesn't think Bu Shitu will allow another large-scale business war, and the Mongols are still shameless.

"Okay, then I'll talk about the serious business..." Zhang Chun smiled and said in a low voice: "This time, it's the mistress who came here, and I asked you when did you go back and make the marriage?"

"Ah?" Zhang Han's face turned red, his forehead began to swell and sweat, and his back was itchy.

Of course he was not shy, but he didn't know how to deal with this matter now.

In front of me was the gentle figure of Chang Ning, the hug in the dark night, the kiss with Yang Liu, and the arrow Yu Niang blocked him on the grassland.

My mind was in a mess at once and I didn't know how to deal with it.

Yang Liu is easy to deal with, she won’t expect to be too late, but Yu Niang’s side... is indeed a bit difficult.

"My mistress said, "You are almost twenty years old, although not very big, but you are the age of a man getting married. If you drag it on, people like us will be gossiped about. The important thing is that the second uncle said that the eldest uncle has nothing to do in Lizhuang, and Miss Cousin cannot live like this. If you are not sure, you have to take it back. There will be a kiss to Miss Cousin..."

"Who is the damn dare?" Zhang Han was naturally furious when it came to his future wife.

Chang Wei listened with a smile on the side, and then said with a serious expression: "Zhang Chun, go back and say, no matter what the people in Yuci say, you don't have to pay attention to it."

Zhang Han said: "Who made this trick?"

"Yuci is not a single piece of solid matter. It is probably because of Han Qi's affairs. Some people are short-sighted and want to separate themselves from Xinpingbao." Chang Wei said distressedly: "My uncle doesn't care about foreign affairs, and my father doesn't have much to say about this matter. The important thing is that my uncle is soft-eared and can't help but talk about it."

Zhang Han said: "I will send a team of soldiers back to Xinpingbao. If you come again, you will be able to fight back."

Chang Wei said unsupportively: "It's good, they will know it's amazing when they hit it back, and I agree with it with both hands."

Zhang Chun also smiled with his lips pursed, and he said, "Yuci is easy to deal with, but how should I reply to the mistress's words?"

Chang Wei was just laughing while on the side. Zhang Han looked bitter at first, and then he started laughing.

It is said to be trouble, but it is actually a good thing... Whether it is Chang Ning or Yu Niang, they are all good girls from all over the world. What else can I say about this blessing? In the later generations, these girls have a 100% chance of looking back on the street, and there is no need to mention their personalities. Zhang Han felt that they were not bad for a while.

"Tell my mother," Zhang Han smiled for a while and said solemnly: "I want to lead troops into the mountains to suppress bandits. Recently, He Yusheng's convoy and local areas have been attacked repeatedly. If you ignore me, the new governor is trying to find me. This is giving me a ready-made excuse to others. We can't be so stupid, so don't say that we can't do it before the New Year, and we can't go back. There is no way to do it after the New Year. This fight against bandits will take time."

"Yes, then I'll go back like this." Zhang Chun agreed first, then smiled and said, "How long does it take to delay?"

"At most, at least half a year." The new year, the first year of the Tianqi, is coming. Of course, Zhang Han has a lot of plans, and he didn't even take Han Qi's threats seriously. Although Han Qi was dancing happily, in Zhang Han's opinion, there was no use for birds... Of course, he had his own ideas and practices, but he wouldn't tell anyone yet.

"I want to say this to my mistress, too." Zhang Chun said seriously: "The whole mansion is actually very enthusiastic about this matter. If you have this, it is considered to be content with everyone."

"Do it whatever you want." Looking at Zhang Chun with a sincere look, Zhang Han remembered the past when the master and servant came to the store to do things and returned home together when he had just traveled. Those situations seemed to be vivid in his mind, and the young Chang Sui of that day has become a person in charge now. Although he is less than twenty years old, Zhang Chun and Chang Wei's ability is at least in Zhang Han's opinion. Zhu Qingyu, who is the magistrate of Lingqiu, is far from being the two Jinshi.

"Jiang Yi." Zhang Han ordered outside the window: "Ask the chief officers of each department, the chief officer, the chief officer, and the chief officer of the bureau to discuss the plan to suppress the bandits!"

...

Time flies and ten days have passed, and there are only two days before the New Year. Tiancheng Acropolis is full of New Year scenes. People have almost prepared New Year’s goods. More families are busy steaming buns, fried meatballs, pickled fish, bacon, and some are busy collecting debts. In the evening, most of the people walking on the road with lanterns are going to merchants everywhere to ask for debts. The bathhouse has the best business these two days. No matter how poor or rich, they will choose to take a bath to wash away the dirt on their bodies. No matter what, they must be clean and celebrate the New Year.

Take a bath, clean the face, shaving... Of course, it is not about cutting the head, but about making some modifications, shaving the scattered heads at the edges and corners, then washing the head and wrapping it again. After this set, you will be refreshed. Even if you are still wearing old clothes, you will be thin, but you will have a little New Year atmosphere.

Walking on the street, all households are cleaning except for cooking. Housewives, both old and young, directed the little girls and kids to take action. Feather dusters and brooms are the main forces in cleaning. There are no transparent windows these days. Each household first wipes the windows, then replaces them with new window paper, then wipes the table and sweeps the floor, and cleans the old spider webs. After a while, no matter whether they are poor or rich, the family is much cleaner and neat.

I don’t know whether this set of customs was gradually formed in the Tang Dynasty or Song Dynasty. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was no big difference from later generations. Even if people traveled here hundreds of years later, around the situation during the Chinese New Year, the so-called "New Year atmosphere" is the best medicine to relieve homesickness.

I missed yesterday, I will make up for this chapter today
Chapter completed!