Chapter 1755 Set Off Again

General Liang also said excitedly: "Mrs. Gao's plan is very good. Please ask Ban Shilang to facilitate the migration. The northwest cannot be empty anymore. There must be people, otherwise there will be no troops in a few years!"

Ban Shilang nodded: "Don't worry, General Liang. I will write the memorial tonight and send it to the capital as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow!"

He stopped eating, and took Magistrate Hao and General Liang with them to ask them in detail about the relocation of the people in the northwest, the lack of people, and the abandonment of land.

You have to ask clearly before you can write a memorial.

General Liang and the others could only explain the situation to the assistant minister on an empty stomach, and they talked for a full hour.

For fear of forgetting, Ban Shilang wrote down everything they said. After finishing, he said: "I will go back to the house to sort these out first, so as not to delay the delivery of the memorial tomorrow. Please use it with ease."

After saying that, he hurried away.

Magistrate Hao and the others were very hungry for a long time, so they hurriedly started eating after hearing this.

But the food on the table had long been cold, and it was all vegetarian. There was nothing delicious. After filling their stomachs, everyone dispersed.

…

By the time Qin Sanlang returned to Lei's courtyard, washed himself and went to bed, Gu Jinli had already finished his sleep and got up.

Smelling the scent of soapwood after his bath, she smiled and said, "What good food have you eaten? This feast to welcome the wind will take longer than the feast to cleanse the dust a few days ago. Could it be that there is another beauty waiting on you?"

Qin Sanlang hugged her tightly and kissed her chattering mouth: "I will be vegetarian tonight, no wine, no meat, no beauty."

He doesn't want any beauty.

Gu Jinli smiled: "I'm just teasing you. Not long after you left, the patrolling yamen officer banged the gong to inform everyone that there would be a sacrifice ceremony tomorrow to pay homage to the dead soldiers. I guess you must be vegetarian, after all, there is a minister of etiquette here. "

The Ministry of Etiquette attaches great importance to rules.

Then he asked: "Will Mr. Ban stay in the northwest forever? How is he like a person? Is he as kind as he showed during the day?"

If a high-ranking official from the third rank will stay in the northwest for a long time, he had better be a good one, otherwise everyone will suffer.

Qin Sanlang told what happened at the Jie Feng Banquet and what happened at Ban Shilang's family: "Xiaoyu, don't worry, Ban Shilang has an obscure background. He is a man who has endured hardship and truly read the books of sages. He stays in the northwest and is good to everyone." There are benefits.”

Gu Jinli felt relieved: "That's good."

Thinking that the Yamen will hold a ceremony tomorrow, he said: "Go to sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow."

Qin Sanlang nodded, said "good", leaned over and kissed her, his arms hugged her waist, but feeling it was not enough, he touched her silk clothes and caressed her back.

Gu Jinli felt a numbness in his back, twisted his body, and pinched his waist in dissatisfaction: "Don't make trouble, go to sleep!"

Tomorrow is the sacrifice ceremony. Qin Sanlang won't make trouble with her, but he can't help it when his palm touches her... His arm is still across her waist, but his palm is closed into a fist. After enduring for a moment, he finally calmed down. Looking at Gu Jinli who had closed his eyes, he smiled and said, "Good night, Xiaoyu."

After saying that, he unclenched his fist, clasped her waist, and pulled her closer to him.

Gu Jinli moved but didn't get angry and fell asleep in his arms.

Qin Sanlang smiled: "Xiaoyu is so good."

The voice was as soft as the night wind, lingering around her, causing Gu Jinli's face to turn red, and he said angrily: "You talk a lot, go to bed quickly, otherwise you will be disrespectful if you get up late tomorrow."

After hearing this, Qin Sanlang stopped making trouble and hugged her to sleep.

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Boom, boom, boom!

As soon as Mao o'clock arrived the next day, there was an orderly sound of drum beating in the government office.

Then, the sound of drums also sounded from the towers on all sides. It was dull and solemn.

Everyone who heard the drums got up. The man in charge went to prepare things for the road festival, while the woman in charge took out a white cloth and hung it on the door.

Poor families who couldn't afford white cloth would hang burlap by their door.

The Lei Family Courtyard also became busy. Gao Lei sent white cloth to each courtyard and asked everyone to cut it and tie the white cloth around his waist.

Qin Sanlang and other hundreds of households who were going to participate in the ceremony took a bath, changed into linen clothes, tied themselves with white cloth, drank a bowl of cold water, and then gathered in the front yard to prepare their equipment and go to the main city gate.

"Four golds, five golds, six golds, follow your dad, don't run around. If you see your dad kneeling, kneel down with him. Cry if you can. If you really can't cry, you can't laugh either. Anyone who dares to laugh will be beaten!" Mr. Kuang told the Jin people who were going to attend the ceremony.

The relatives of other soldiers were also telling their children to follow Qin Sanlang and the others, not to run around and not to laugh!

"Mom, don't worry. Madam Gao taught us yesterday. We understand. We can only cry but not laugh." A group of little guys assured us, patting their hearts.

Mrs. Gao said that many of the soldiers who died in the battle were poor people whose sons were not in the northwest, or who were not yet married. As the sons of soldiers, they should share their sorrow and go to pay tribute to those soldiers who died in the battle for a day. Filial piety is to comfort the heroic spirit and to protect the feelings of fellow soldiers.

Dang, Dang, Dang!

Zhang Tu knocked on the gong and shouted: "Everyone, please get in line quickly, we are about to set off."

Lin Erying was young. She touched her belly and said aggrievedly: "I'm so hungry. Can I have breakfast before going?"

"No, today is a sacrifice ceremony. Before the ceremony is over, you can only drink water, and you can only eat cold food after the ceremony." Zhang Tu coaxed a group of little guys: "You guys, please be patient for now, and I will give you sweets and meat in three days. "

"Ah, it will be sent out in three days. Can't it be sent out tomorrow?"

After two snaps, the person who asked the question was hit twice on the head by his father, and he cursed: "Why are you so greedy? Hurry up and queue up. If you keep chattering, don't talk about eating sweets and meat in three days. I'm going to do it now." Let’s eat rattan fried meat!”

The little guy was beaten until he cried, and his father said: "Hey, that's it, keep crying."

Wow, the little guy felt that his father was laughing at him, so he cried even harder.

This cry caused other younger ones to cry too. When Qin Sanlang took the big guys out, there was a lot of crying in the team, which matched the sadness of today's ceremony.

Today's ceremony was very solemn. In addition to the soldiers bringing their sons to participate, men from every household in the city tied up in white cloth and came to the main city gate. Together with the Minister of Rites, they paid homage to the dead soldiers.

Boom, boom, boom!

The big drums in the city kept beating until after midnight.

Perhaps God was also sad for those soldiers who died in the battle. It started raining heavily that night and it rained all night and didn't stop until dawn.

The people were very happy when they saw it raining. There was less rain in the northwest, so one more rain would reduce the drought.

For the next three days, the whole city became vegetarian.

Three days later, Ban Shilang and the others were ready to leave and rushed to Long'an Mansion.

General Liang was very depressed. The cartload of money was not distributed to them, and they had to be taken to Long'an Mansion!

But he didn't dare to complain. He had to appease his soldiers and told them to wait a little longer. General Xu would not forget them and would definitely send back the share of military pay they deserved.

The soldiers of Xing'an Prefecture were wilting. Fortunately, the garrison camp of Xing'an Prefecture received thirty carts of supplies, including armor, swords, crossbows, food, meat, vegetables, and medicinal materials. The depression in their hearts was finally reduced.

Imperial Physician Shi and Imperial Physician Xiao Liu have been busy working in the medicine warehouse yard these days. If it weren't for the emperor's orders, they wouldn't want to leave.

However, each of them got a pharmacology booklet, three packs of the magical anti-worm medicine, and the research notes of Old Doctor Xu and Old Doctor Fang during this period, which was considered comfort.

Dr. Xiao Liu made an agreement with the two old doctors: "We will correspond every half month and exchange research and development results... If the two old doctors have any new progress in the anti-parasitic medicine, I would like to send a letter to inform them immediately. I will be grateful." Not enough."

After saying this, he gave a solemn salute to the two old doctors Xu Fang, which made old doctor Xu feel more honored.

At noon the next day, Ban Shilang and the others set off to leave, and Magistrate Hao took all the officials from the government office to see them off.

Qin Sanlang and others also went to see him off. After all, there were people from the Ministry of War in the team. They led the troops ten miles away before riding back to the city.