Han’s Son is Not a Slave: Chapter 316 General\'s Mansion

When Tayinbu died in Lutouhe, the whole city of Guangzhou was full of lanterns and beams of joy. Today is the 50th birthday of Bai Jiashi, the wife of General Ha Muzheng of Jingnan. 【Ferry Search Classics | Classics | Novels Free Download Novels】

Bai Jia's family was unwell because he had just arrived in Guangdong, so he didn't want to organize this birthday party. Haha Mu also had no intention of organizing this birthday party because the Taiping army had harassed Guangzhou and the place was unstable. Which sister-in-law can live as long as the general's wife? Therefore, this birthday banquet must be managed, and it has to be held in a big way. In this way, every family in the whole city can also take advantage of the general's wife's birthday, and by the way, they can wash away the exhaustion of the journey south, and let adults and children Can be happy once. (Author's Note: The life expectancy of Manchu women is very short, most of them are less than forty.)

The families of the subordinates are in a lot of trouble, Haha Mu think about it too, it is rare for my wife to live her 50th birthday, and I don’t know if she can live to her 60th. His husband and wife are also in love, so Haha Mu called the house to show up. The number of congratulations received is secondary, and the main thing is to celebrate it. After all, the big guy has traveled thousands of miles from the capital to Guangzhou to guard the court, and there is no one who is not wronged. , take this opportunity to appease them a little.

To this end, Haha Mu specially allocated 30,000 silver to distribute it to his subordinates, and he also gave him food and wine during his birthday banquet. Of course, the money spent was not the private house of his general Jingnan, but was supplied by the government in the outer city of Guangdong.

General Jingnan invites guests. This list of guests is naturally particular. Except for the leaders in the Niu Lu of the Eight Banners in the whole city and the old people over 60 in the banners, those civil and military officials in the outer city who are above the fifth rank should be invited regardless of whether they are in the flag or not. .

The most important person in the outer city is, of course, the King of Pingnan, the monk Kexi, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Li Suotai. These three people are all from the Han army flag, and they are also the vassal king and the governor. Officially, they are bigger than Hahamu, the Jingnan general, so the three invitations were written by Hahamu himself, and the rest were written by the master. .

All officials from the Ping and Jing feudal lords who participated in the leadership and above were also invited. Those who can come will definitely come, and those who can't come must also prepare a generous gift and send it to a special person. Zhaoqing commander Xu Erxian and Chaozhou commander Wu Liuqi couldn't come, but the gifts they sent were confusing to Hahamu's wife Bai Jiashi. It's really dazzling, and the tricks don't come out. Extraordinarily precious.

After receiving the invitation from Hahamu, Shang Kexi didn't say anything, so he prepared a generous gift and went to Mancheng just before the banquet. However, Geng Jimao said a few strange words, nothing more than this, Haha Mu was using the name of longevity to save money. In the final analysis, he didn't take any of the things that should be prepared, and he deliberately asked his own descendant Fujin to prepare gifts. They are all first-class items. A single take out can be worth thousands of taels of silver.

However, Li Shutai was very dissatisfied. First, he was asked to raise the money distributed by Hahamu to his banner. Second, during the war, the soldiers of the Manchu and Han troops were fighting against the Taiping bandits, but there was a big birthday celebration in the city. Banquet, how would you feel if you tell the front-line soldiers to know?

But like Geng Jimao, dissatisfaction turned into dissatisfaction, and Li Suotai prepared a generous gift. General Ha Mu of Jingnan was not able to offend him, but there was no need to offend him. After all, people are real Manchu, and he is fake Manchu (Han army). Besides, the battle to encircle and suppress the Taiping army also required the cooperation of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, so this face must be given. Have to give big.

For this reason, Li Suotai specially invited his wife to attend Bai Jia's birthday banquet. His wife is the daughter of Taizu Nurhaci's younger brother Shuerhaqi. Although Shuerhaqi was killed by Taizu for committing a crime, his daughter is still a woman of the Aixinjueluo family, an authentic royal family, otherwise people outside Wouldn't call him a concubine.

In terms of seniority, the current emperor has to call Li Suotai's wife an aunt, and call him Li Suotai's uncle. Now the emperor's aunt is here to congratulate the wife of General Jingnan's family. This face is too big to go to the sea. Hahamu and Bai Jiashi were also very happy when they found out about this. Feel special.

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There are many guests invited, and it is the wife of General Jingnan who is celebrating her birthday. The pomp and pomp must be big, and it is estimated that there will be no more than 100 tables for rough steps. In addition to the wine and food in the flag and the red envelopes for the servants, the number is very large.

The Jingnan General's Mansion has just moved from Jiangning. The mansion and cost are in urgent need. The manpower is easy to handle. It is enough to select some shrewd women from various families in the flag to help the mansion, but the cost is There is no way to tune it from the flag.

Just when Bai Jia's family was worried about this, Zhu Guorong, the prefect of Guangzhou, came forward to contact the Han merchants in the outer city and asked them to provide all the expenses for the birthday banquet in the General's Mansion for free. As a result, when the Han merchants in the outer city heard that they could have a relationship with the Jingnan General's Mansion, they sent the good things from their stores to the Mancheng General's Mansion without any money.

After learning about this, Haha Mu also praised Zhu Guorong and rewrote Zhu Guorong's invitation with his own hands.

Among the many merchants, the newly opened Dadong Rice Shop in Nancheng also provided a batch of Chamcheng fragrant rice newly arrived in the store to the Jingnan General Mansion for free.

According to the Eight Banners system, Mancheng and Seoul did not communicate with each other, and Han people, except officials and gentry, were not allowed to enter Manchu without any reason. Therefore, when Song Ying drove a carriage full of fragrant rice to the gate of Manzhou in the name of Dadong Rice Shop, he was stopped by the Manchu soldiers guarding the gate.

"What are you doing?"

The Manchu soldiers who guarded the gate saw that the carriage was loaded with rice, and knew that it was sent to the residence of General Jingnan, so he did not deliberately interrogate it, but just asked casually.

Song Ying replied with a smile: "Back to the words of the Manchu military lord, I am a man from the Dadong Rice Shop, and I came here to deliver fragrant rice to the general's residence on the order of the shopkeeper."

The leading Manchu soldiers glanced up and down at Song Ying, then gestured, "Show me the sign?"

"brand?"

Song Ying was stunned: what brand?

The Manchu soldier saw that Song Ying had no sign, his face sank, and he scolded: "The general's mansion is buying outside, why not give a sign? If you don't have a sign, and two are not accompanied by the general's mansion, you will not be able to enter the city. , let's go!"

After listening to this Manchu military talk, Song Ying finally realized that when Manchu officials went to the outer city to buy things, either they were accompanied by people from the mansion, or there were signs on the mansion to prove their identities. People in Manchuria accompanied them, let alone officials and gentry. How could the Manchu soldiers guarding the city let them pass.

Along with the Manchu soldiers guarding the city, there are also some officers sent by the Guangzhou government. They are responsible for maintaining the order of the city gate. They have no status here, and they have no power. Hate the Manchurian soldiers. Seeing Song Ying's embarrassed face, the Manchu soldiers were about to get angry again, the battalion headed hurriedly waved to Song Ying, and whispered, "Let's go, stop standing, the imperial court's iron , the non-banners in Manchu city are not allowed to enter for no reason, but it is not because the Manchu army is embarrassing you. Hurry up, don't linger, if you are slow, be careful of Manchurians robbing your things. Your shopkeeper is also really, trying to curry favor with Jing General Nanfu, you have to find someone to find a way first, where is the reason for sending things like this?"

"Yes, yes, I almost said that it was my shopkeeper who was careless."

Song Ying nodded and pretended to leave, but she was anxious. If she couldn't enter Mancheng, how could he investigate the defense situation in Mancheng.

I was panicking, but saw several carriages coming from behind, and a young man dressed as a banner was sitting on the front carriage. Seeing Song Ying and the carriage with fragrant rice in front, and looking at the appearance of the Manchu soldiers, the young man couldn't help laughing, knowing that this must be another business that wanted to please the General's Mansion but had no way to get a brand.

The young man stood on the carriage and asked Song Ying, "What's in the carriage?"

Song Ying didn't know who he was, but seeing that the guys were very respectful to him, he thought that this person might be a servant of the General's Mansion, so he said: "The batch of fragrant rice that just arrived in Zhancheng, I want to send it to the General's Mansion. , but the Manchu military lord didn't let me in."

"The fragrant rice in Zhancheng?" The young man's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he jumped out of the carriage and walked over, reached out and grabbed a handful of fragrant rice from the carriage, sniffed it, nodded, and said to the few Manchurian soldiers: "Mrs. General likes fragrant rice the most, you can let him in, I will guarantee him."

"This..."

The few Manchu soldiers looked at each other. They knew the young man and knew that he was a servant of the general's mansion, so they stepped aside and motioned for Song Ying to drive the carriage into the city.

"Thank you a few Manchu military lords!"

Song Ying was relieved, and hurriedly drove the carriage into the city behind the young man. After a while, the young man stopped suddenly, turned around and said to Song Ying with a smile: "I helped you, how can you thank me?"

Song Ying didn't know what he meant, so she quickly took out two silver ingots from her arms and handed them over: "I have some thoughts, please accept them!"

"Hehe~www.mtlnovel.com~ You are someone who will come to you." The young man laughed, "My name is Qin Yi, and my father is the steward of the General's Mansion. In the future, if you have anything to do with Dadongmihang, you can find me. Just fine."

Song Ying was delighted when she heard that this young man belonged to the Jingnan General's Mansion, and said with a full smile, "After that, Young Master Qin will have to take care of the shop."

In the General's Mansion, Qin Yi was only the son of a servant who was clothed in clothing, but now he was called Young Master Qin, which made him very happy. He nodded and said, "I am sure of taking care of me, but it depends on whether you can be a human being."

"Young master, don't worry, the little one is good at being a man, and my shopkeeper is even more good at being a person. If I can get through the way of the General's Mansion, my shopkeeper will definitely thank Qin Gongzi!"

"That's it, I will send Xiangmi to the house in person, and I will tell my father to let him do a few good words for you, Dadongmi, and your wife will benefit from your family. Let's go, you follow me. After that, don't go astray, without me to lead the way, this city is not something you can walk around blindly, so be careful to lose your head."

Qin Yi went back and got into the carriage, motioning the driver to drive. Song Ying followed casually, sitting in the car and seemed not to dare to do anything, but out of the corner of her eyes, she looked and looked at the streets she passed by, keeping it in mind. (To be continued.)