36, Chapter 36 (1/2)

The reason why the prince planned to fight the barbarians now was because of his son's affairs. Another reason was military merit. His status was already high enough, so this military merit was not for himself, but for the people below.

The new emperor wanted to take back the military power after ascending the throne. Although he did not explicitly take back the military power of Yonghe Marquis's Mansion, the intention of sending people down was obvious. In this way, after the people sent by the new emperor arrived, it would be difficult for other soldiers to earn military merit. Because the new emperor's people need to be promoted, they need military merit to win people over. So this action also gave the original soldiers in the camp an opportunity to earn military merit.

The war in the military camp was about to break out.

Yang Haiyan asked Uncle Hong and Huang Huzi to go to the county town to buy two more horses. One of the horses was converted into a carriage, and the other horse was given to the private guard.

Embroidery room

Yang Haiyan embroidered a handkerchief with a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water. After embroidering, she put the handkerchief on the platform. As a result, she saw that the ancient embroidered handkerchief was so valuable. A handkerchief with mandarin ducks playing in the water was worth 800 platform coins. You should know that the pure silver on the platform is 5 platform coins per gram, and 800 platform coins can buy 160 grams, which is more than 3 taels of silver. But the cost of the thread and cloth is not even 1 tael of silver, so it is easier to make money.

Besides, she doesn’t need to buy pure silver now. If she buys 70% purity, 800 platform coins can buy more than 160 grams.

Besides, it doesn’t take her too long to embroider such a handkerchief. Even if she takes it slowly, a month is enough at the slowest speed. So now, Yang Haiyan plans to embroider the handkerchief slowly.

In a blink of an eye, it is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

According to the customs of Qiguo, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day to eat glutinous rice balls. Although the Qin family was bustling, Qin Fang had not come back yet, so Yang Haiyan couldn't help feeling a little lonely and missing him.

From the fourth day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Qin Fang had not come back, nor had he brought back any news. Not only Qin Fang, but also Han Zhen, Lu Baifu and others had not come back. Yang Haiyan knew that he was definitely not in the barracks. If he was in the barracks, he would definitely ask Kun Shi to send a message home. So he was not in the barracks, so there was no way to convey the message.

As soon as the fifteenth day passed, the Yongzhou military camp sounded the drums of attack against the barbarians. The war between Yongzhou and the barbarians began.

When there was movement in the military camp, the people of Yongzhou knew it immediately. Because of the war, the gates of the county town were closed. The county town is the second checkpoint of Yongzhou, and it will be closed every time there is a war. People outside cannot enter and people inside cannot leave.

The family housing is outside the county town. When the gates of the county town are closed, people from outside cannot enter the city. However, people in the family housing stock up on cabbage and radishes, so they rarely go into the county town.

Yang Haiyan has not been in the mood to embroider handkerchiefs for a few days because the war in the military camp makes her uneasy. According to the plot, Qin Fang will not get into trouble, and he can serve his military service here safely. However, she is still uneasy.

Nanny Lian broke a bowl of soup and entered the embroidery room: "Madam, the kitchen has just boiled white fungus soup, the taste is moderate, you come and try it."

Yang Haiyan: "Thank you." She took a sip, the white fungus was cooked soft and glutinous, and the sweetness was just right, but she was not in the mood to eat it. After drinking half a bowl, Yang Haiyan stood up, "Madam, is there much white fungus cooked at home?"

Nanny Lian: "There is still some, but not much." The kitchen only cooked the amount for the madam, so it was not much.

Yang Haiyan: "Go and serve the rest and put it in the lunch box. I'm going to Lu Baifu's house."

Madame Lian: "Yes."

Yang Haiyan went to Lu Baifu's house with the Tremella soup: "Is Sister Lu here?"

Sister Lu was at home with her two children. The children were studying, and Sister Lu was learning to read and making clothes. She had never thought of learning to read with the children before. No, Yang Haiyan lived next door to them at that time, and she was also infected and realized that it was good for women to know a few more words. After a while, she heard Yang Haiyan's voice, and she said in a hoarse voice: "Yes, yes, Haiyan is here." As she said that, she quickly put down her things and went out.

Yang Haiyan came alone. It was not appropriate to bring Madame Lian to Sister Lu's house, which would make Sister Lu feel distant. "I'm here to see my sister-in-law."

Sister-in-law Lu: "Come in and sit down. It's sunny today, so it's not cold."

Yang Haiyan: "That's right. I cooked some Tremella soup at home and brought it to the children to try."

Sister-in-law Lu smiled and said, "Why are you being so polite? It's useless to give it to the two little guys. They don't eat such good food there."

Yang Haiyan also smiled when she heard it.

Sister-in-law Lu poured out the Tremella soup for the children to drink, and washed the lunch box. Then the two of them basked in the sun in the yard, "Haiyan, why did you come here today?"

Yang Haiyan expressed her worries: "Sister-in-law, when there was a war in the military camp in the past, didn't they often not come?"

Sister-in-law Lu understood what she meant when she heard it: "Are you worried about Lord Qin? Don't worry, this is your first time encountering a war. In fact, there have been no wars in the past two years. In the past, there would be a war every month throughout the year, so we have long been accustomed to it."

Yang Haiyan was puzzled: "Why do they fight every month?"

Sister-in-law Lu said: "Let's test each other. My man said that the barbarians want to test our situation, and we also want to test the barbarian's situation. However, the battle two years ago was extremely fierce, and the damage to the military camp and the barbarians was extremely large, so The war only started in the past two years. Speaking of which, Lord Qin and Han Baifu were promoted to centurions after that battle. In that battle, the original centurions died. "

Sacrifice is a normal thing for soldiers. Even if it is sad, they accept it quickly. But in Yang Haiyan's heart, she felt sad. In modern times, few soldiers have died unless something special happened. This was different in ancient times, and human lives in ancient times were particularly worthless.

After chatting with Sister-in-law Lu for a while, Yang Haiyan felt better. When people are uneasy, they especially want someone to talk to them. There are no detailed descriptions of these situations in the book, because they all follow Yang Dahua. Now listening to Sister-in-law Lu, Yang Haiyan has a deeper understanding of these situations.

In the blink of an eye, it was early January, and the two-month winter disaster had passed. People began to fill the town, and shops opened one after another. All kinds of meat and vegetables began to be sold. .

Yang Haiyan's dim sum shop also opened. As soon as the dim sum shop opened, Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong went there.

"Madam." One of the private guards came to Yang Haiyan that day. The private guard's name was Meng Ping. "Madam, I want to take a leave of absence and go home. I have been serving in the military for five years and I have never been home. "

Yang Haiyan said: "Of course it's okay. How many days do you want to take leave?"

Meng Ping calculated: "About half a month."

Yang Haiyan said: "Pay attention to safety on the road."

Meng Ping: "Mrs. Xie."

military camp

"Your Majesty, those barbarians have been repulsed, and the captains are preparing to bring their men. The military doctors have counted the number of injured, and it is better than we expected." Guard Chief Cheng said, "This is a really good beating. Very happy." After fighting for more than twenty days, the barbarians were pushed back hundreds of miles. If the prince had not said that they could not be driven to death, he would have wanted to continue the fight.

After hearing this, the Crown Prince couldn't help but smile: "We grasped the timing of this war well and made preparations in advance. General Ao and his men raided Manzi's lair behind. Can they not be impatient?"

As a general, the prince sits in the rear. In fact, he also wants to go to the battlefield. After all, waiting for news in the military camp is not as satisfying as fighting on the battlefield.

Guard Chief Cheng: "It would be great if we could directly capture Manzi's tribe."

The prince shook his head: "No. The Manzi tribe is a nomadic tribe and has no fixed territory. But in the past few decades, they have lived next door to Yongzhou. Unlike our Qi State, our Qi State's territory is here. There is no If they are forced, they will leave. They have no feelings for the territory outside Yongzhou. They attack Yongzhou again and again, just because they want Qi Guo's supplies. Yes, they left the village, then broke into pieces, retaliated against us, and came to the county seat hiding their identities, then Yongzhou would suffer.

‌This is also the reason why my Ni family has been guarding here for decades, but has never really gone on a killing spree with the Manzi tribe. The barbarian's repeated temptations are nothing more than to cause us trouble and make us compromise and hand over half of Yongzhou's rights to them. "

Guard Chief Cheng said coldly: "It's just idiotic talk. They want half of Yongzhou and the territory of my country. Barbarians don't understand ethics and have no idea what territory means to us." Handing over the territory would be a shame for the court and the emperor.

The prince nodded: "Originally, we could get along in a friendly way, and Yongzhou could be opened to the outside world, as long as they pay appropriate taxes, but they don't agree. They think paying taxes is cheating."

Guard Chief Cheng: "They are indeed barbarians. One day they will regret it."

Family room

Uncle Hong shouted angrily at the door of the room: "Your Excellency is here... Your Excellency is back..." That voice spread throughout the house.

Yang Haiyan also heard Uncle Hong's voice. She hurriedly ran out of the main courtyard. Aunt Lian followed her, not forgetting to joke: "Uncle Hong's voice is really loud." Uncle Hong's son is already ten months old. He arrived last year. It has been three months since the Qin family arrived. In three months, his body has been well nourished. A bowl of goat's milk every day has made the little baby gain weight. Since he recovered, he no longer follows Aunt Hong at the dim sum shop. He stays at Qian Fu's house and is taken care of by Uncle Hong. If Uncle Hong wants to go out to cut the grass, he will send the child there.

Yang Haiyan: "No, Uncle Hong's leg is almost healed. The doctor said it is recovering well and he will be fully recovered in another two months." However, he still cannot go to the fields to do too tiring work. The couple worked for three months in total. They paid back 200 cash each month and received 200 cash per month. They usually didn't buy anything except clothes for their children. They were very frugal.

Qin Fang gave the horse to Uncle Hong and went to the main courtyard, where he met Yang Haiyan on the road.

Yang Haiyan was shocked when she saw Qin Fang. His face was dirty and messy, with a little beard sprouting out. The clothes on his body were also torn, and more seriously, the color of the clothes seemed to be stained by water.

However, Yang Haiyan knew that water stains would not stay on this kind of clothes, because once the water dries, there will be no traces. Besides, men go to the battlefield, so... it can only be blood stains. She quickly asked: "Are you bleeding? Or are you injured somewhere? Aunt Lian, go and call the doctor quickly."

Aunt Lian: "Yes."

Qin Fang grabbed Yang Haiyan: "Don't worry, I'm fine. Any minor injuries or blood belong to others."

Aunt Lian looked at Yang Haiyan.

Yang Haiyan said: "Go and ask Dr. Wang to check your body whether you are injured or not."

Aunt Lian: "Yes."

As soon as Aunt Lian left, Yang Haiyan pulled him to the main courtyard and asked uneasily: "Are they really just minor injuries? These blood stains are not yours? Take off your clothes and let me see." It's been a month since the man left, and she feels uneasy every day. After all, he is just a passerby and something could happen at any time. Although in the plot, the male protagonist is still alive when he is old, but now it is different from the previous plot. Who knows...

Qin Fang comforted her: "Really, I swear, I'm really fine. These are just minor injuries, and the blood stains are barbaric. I'll take a shower first, and I'll show you later."

Yang Haiyan saw that although he was tired, his face was not pale, so she thought maybe he was telling the truth: "Then when you take a shower, be careful not to touch the wound with soapy water. Just wipe it with warm water." Although Alkalinity can eliminate some toxins, eliminate bacteria, etc., and sometimes also has a stimulating effect. And the wound was not healed, so I couldn’t take a shower.

Qin Fang: "Well, I will pay attention."

In fact, Qin Fang didn't pay attention at all. He hadn't showered in a month, and his body was already smelly. He wanted to rub his whole body with soap to prevent the stench from affecting his wife. However, as her wife said, when the soapy water touches the wound, it really hurts, a biting pain.

When Qin Fang came out of the bath, Yang Haiyan frowned: "Why didn't your face look better after taking a bath? Could it be that your face was dirty just now and I didn't see your face clearly?" It was obvious that your face was not pale just now.

Qin Fang: "..." His heart was pounding, worried about being scolded. His face was pale, stung by the soapy water. Although he was not seriously injured, there were many minor injuries on his body.

Yang Haiyan pulled him: "Sit down, take off your clothes and let me take a look. There must be a big wound on your body. Did it get involved when you took a shower?"

Qin Fang quickly shook his head. ‌A feeling of being doomed.

Yang Haiyan moved her nose: "Did you use soap?" She smelled delicious, so what could it be if it wasn't soap? Suddenly, she narrowed her eyes, "Didn't I say not to use soap? The soapy water will irritate the wound."

Qin Fang looked at her innocently: "I forgot."

If it hadn't been for what he just said, he would have promised to pay attention to it, and she really believed him. ‌It was this innocent look that made Yang Haiyan feel pitiful and cute.

At this moment, Aunt Lian's voice sounded in the yard: "Madam, Doctor Wang is here."

Yang Haiyan: "Take Doctor Wang to the study room."

Aunt Lian: "Yes."

There is a long wooden couch in the study room for Qin Fang to rest. When Doctor Wang came in, Yang Haiyan said enthusiastically: "I'm really sorry that Doctor Wang is here. I'd like you to take a trip."

Doctor Wang hurriedly said: "No, my wife is too polite." He is just a commoner, how dare he let the wife of a seventh-grade master be so polite. ‌Yes, he felt comfortable because Mrs. Qin was very polite every time they met. "Madam, sir, I will check it for you."

Qin Fang: "I'm tired."

Doctor Wang first felt Qin Fang's pulse, and then asked Qin Fang to take off his clothes and check his wounds. In fact, Qin Fang's body was confirmed during the pulse check. Apart from being a little tired, there was no other problem. He just needed a good rest. After a while, I looked at his wounds again, and found that there were indeed no major wounds on his body, but several small wounds.

Yang Haiyan: "Doctor, is his wound inflammatory? It looks a little red."

Doctor Wang: "No, the wound is not inflammatory. Your wound is red, probably because he bathed too hard. I will prepare some medicine for you, and my wife will apply it on you for a few days."

Yang Haiyan: "Thank you, doctor. Aunt Lian, please send someone to go with Doctor Wang to get the medicine."

Qin Fang nodded, feeling puzzled. It turned out that the pain in his wound was not due to the soapy water, but because he was bathing too hard. But...he has to clean himself up, right?

Aunt Lian: "Yes."

There were only Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan in the study. He immediately got up from the long wooden couch: "Well... I'm a little hungry." Taking a bath too hard and hurting the wound is really not a glorious thing.

Yang Haiyan also wanted to laugh at him, but thinking that he had worked so hard for not coming back for a month, she had no choice but to say: "You rest, I'll go look for food."

Qin Fang: "Yeah." Go and let him calm down.

When Aunt Fan went to the dessert shop, there was no one in the kitchen, so Yang Haiyan had to do it herself. When Aunt Lian came back, she saw that Yang Haiyan was not in the main courtyard, and went to the kitchen again. Seeing that she was busy, Aunt Lian hurriedly said: "Madam, come here."

Yang Haiyan: "No, maybe I haven't made food for him for a long time. I'll do it myself."

After hearing this, Aunt Lian went to light a fire.

Yang Haiyan mixed the noodles, cut the pickled cabbage and bacon, and fried two eggs. Half an hour later, the noodles were ready. She went to the study with her face in hand and saw Qin Fang sitting and dozing off. There was a bottle of medicinal solution on the desk beside him.

Qin Fang said: "Doctor Wang's medicine has been delivered."

Yang Haiyan put her face down: "Take off your clothes and I'll apply it on you."

Qin Fang: "Yeah." He took off his upper body clothes and enjoyed his wife's care while eating. It felt so good.

Yang Haiyan applied the liquid medicine to him, sat beside him and asked curiously: "How was the battle last time?"

Qin Fang: "It went very smoothly. We were well prepared, so there were few casualties. We taught the barbarians a lesson this time. I believe they will not be tempted again in the short term. However, due to the young master's matter, the guards in and out of the county will be more strict."

Yang Haiyan: "It's better to be stricter. Anyway, it has nothing to do with us."

Qin Fang thought so. It was convenient for them to enter and exit the county with their identities.

Yang Haiyan looked at his profile. When he ate, his mouth bulged. She thought about it and asked, "Husband, do you like the military camp? Do you like being a general?"

Qin Fang didn't know what she meant by asking this, thinking it was just a small talk, and said frankly, "I didn't like it when I first came to serve in the military. I thought about my family every day, and even felt that the military service ruined us. In fact, it's not just me. I think most people don't like military service. After five years of military service, many people are determined to go there without hesitation." So when he left home, he talked to his second brother for a whole night.

Yang Haiyan: "What happened later?"

Qin Fang recalled every detail of the past five years, and then chuckled: "Later, I found it quite interesting. If I hadn't come to serve in the military, I would probably have been farming or hunting in that village. But after I came, my thoughts gradually changed, especially after I went to the battlefield, I seemed to have grown up and become sensible all of a sudden."

Yang Haiyan: "I understand." So now, he likes to join the army. Yang Haiyan had thought about it for a few days, why don't he just stop joining the army, wait for the five-year military service to be completed, and then they will go back to Qin Fang's hometown. It's still simple for the two of them to live a stable life in Qin Fang's hometown. They have money, and they are not brainless people. They don't seek wealth and honor, but only health and happiness.

However, listening to him say this now, she couldn't say that. Because everyone has the right to pursue power, she can't let him give up his pursuit because of herself.

Yang Haiyan breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Fang sensitively noticed that she was a little disappointed: "What's wrong with you? But what did I say wrong?"

Yang Haiyan smiled and shook her head: "No..." After a pause, she said, "I'm just afraid that you are in danger, I'm very worried."

Qin Fang listened, put down his chopsticks, and then held her hand: "Don't worry, no matter what the situation is, I will keep my safety in mind, and I will have a baby with you."

Yang Haiyan heard this, really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. A man, did he remember to have children?

Qin Fang came back this time and rested at home for several days, and then he went to the military camp again. Until the end of February, his five-year military service was over, which brought a month of vacation.

Yang Haiyan was in the house at this time, looking at the boxes of things that had been sorted, and asked Lian Ma to open them again: "Lian Ma, take a look again, is there anything missing?"

Lian Ma said: "You are just too concerned, and the things are all in order. One box is fur, one box is cloth, one box is your things, and one box is adults' things. If you need other things, you can take the Qin family to the county town to buy them after you get there." After all, no one has seen them, and many things are not easy to buy.

Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "Before, I thought that an ugly daughter-in-law would have to meet her parents-in-law. What's the point? But now that the time has come, I am really nervous."

Mrs. Lian also laughed: "Looking at your calm appearance, I always forget that you are only seventeen years old. Now you look like a seventeen-year-old girl."

Yang Haiyan also let her joke: "Next time you go back, I won't bring any servants with me. The house will be handed over to you. If the family members of the private guard come, they will be arranged in the newly built servant suite over there. Then, you can help me observe them."

Mrs. Lian: "Don't worry, I understand and I promise I won't let you down."