Chapter 655 Only talk about family, not about state affairs
A few days later, news came from Kaizhou that Jiang Wan had returned to Zhenjiang Fort.
After learning that his great-uncle, the Duke, was coming in person, Jiang Wan personally sent a team of nearly two thousand cavalry to greet him, and sent the Xu brothers from Liaoyang to Zhenjiang Fort along the way.
Sun Chuanting wouldn't say it anymore. Even the two brothers of the Xu family had seen the world. Seeing these two thousand cavalry, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
These cavalrymen, not to mention the Liaodong war horses, are all wearing armor. Forget it, if you search around Jinzhou for such cavalry, you can find thousands of them.
However, each of these cavalrymen on tall horses had more than two short muskets, which were so casually inserted on the trousers on the horse's back, it was a sight to behold.
Xu Yongzhen quietly calculated in his mind that the equipment and horses on this cavalry could support at least ten soldiers of the Beijing Guard. According to the cavalry guerrilla who led the team, they were still just subordinates of the Zhenjiang Fort Military and Political Office.
Part of a cavalry battalion. According to this statement, wouldn't it mean that there are at least several thousand cavalrymen in Zhenjiang Fort?
Xu Yongzhen suddenly had an idea of the strength of Zhenjiang Fort's troops and horses.
What he was most concerned about, of course, was the recent battle with the Tartars. Even the emperor confirmed that the battle report was true. At this moment, Zhenjiang Fort's soldiers and horses were escorting him, so he naturally had to inquire about it.
However, the news he inquired about surprised him even more.
The cavalry officer who led him actually told Xu Yongzhen that he knew nothing about this battle.
He and the cavalry under his command did not participate in the battle of Gushan Fort at all. They were Jiang Wan's troops left behind at Zhenjiang Fort.
This time, it was Xu Yongzhen's turn to shed some light on the suspicion between Jiang Wan and the emperor.
Even in such a battle with the Tartars, since Jiang Wan left such an elite cavalry at Zhenjiang Fort instead of sending it to the battlefield, who was he guarding against?
The Tartars had already confronted his soldiers and horses at Gushan Fort. The only one who could threaten Zhenjiang Fort was obviously Sun Chuanting of Liaoyang. No matter what Jiang Wan's reasons were for this arrangement, in Xu Yongzhen's eyes,
I'm afraid 90% of this was to guard against Sun Chuanting's Ming army.
Jiang Wan was afraid that when he was dealing with the Tartars, Sun Chuanting would lead the Ming army and directly attack his retreat!
As for what it looks like?
With such sighs all the way, Xu Yongzhen entered Zhenjiang Fort. From the perspective of him who has lived in the capital for a long time, he naturally ignored the small prosperity in Zhenjiang Fort. He did not pay attention to these prosperity in Zhenjiang Fort.
However, he saw along the road that all the residents in Zhenjiang Fort were excited, and almost everyone was filled with a happy and proud atmosphere, but he felt it.
Even if it is a military fort on the border outside the pass, this military fort is full of vitality. This atmosphere makes him who has just come from Liaoyang, and he can't help but compare it with Liaoyang. There is a huge and obvious contrast.
The two brothers Xu Yongzhen and Xu Renzhi were welcomed into the main castle. Of course, in addition to their personal guards, those soldiers from Guangning Guards and the troops sent by Liaoyang to protect them were all placed outside the city. Guangning
The people in Wei were okay, but the people in Liaoyang did not go to the place assigned to them in Zhenjiang Fort after the Xu brothers arrived safely. They turned around and returned to Liaoyang.
"Master Sun Chuanting, you are still a bit arrogant..."
Jiang Wan poured tea for the Xu brothers and said with a smile: "Now it's time to call me Governor Sun. However, in Liaoyang, he owed me a favor. I think he was afraid of owing me a favor.
I asked him to ask for it, so he simply stopped seeing me!"
"Oh, Sun Chuanting still owes you a favor?"
Xu Yongzhen asked with a smile: "When I was in Liaoyang, I didn't hear him mention it. It seems that the favor owed must be quite big, otherwise, why would he not mention it..."
"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning..."
Jiang Wan smiled and said: "It's bitter cold outside the pass, and I just fought with the Tatars. After seeing life and death, what I want to see most is my family. Now that I see the two of you coming, no matter what you are here to do,
What do you think? Today we will only talk about family ties and not official business, do you agree?"
Xu Renzhi glanced at his eldest brother and saw Xu Yongzhen nodding with a smile: "Okay, we will only talk about family ties today. We will talk about other things after today!"
"Are Caining and Maomao okay?"
"Everything is fine, everything is fine, except that it is not good at all!" Xu Yongzhen smiled: "Look, you are still calling my nephew by his nickname. He is almost one year old, and it's time to give him a big name. Do you know, because Maomao doesn't have a baby name?"
Daimyo, the reward given to Mao Mao by the palace last time was difficult for the internal officials in the palace..."
"Hahaha!" Jiang Wan laughed.
"I've actually thought about this name for a long time, but I always thought it wasn't time yet!" He looked at his children's two uncles with a smile: "What do you think, just call me Jiang Polu?"
"Jiang Polu!"
Xu Yongzhen rejected the name and nodded fiercely: "Okay, this name is good, let's call it Jiang Polu. After you return to Beijing, you can decide on this name and tell your relatives and friends at the child's first birthday banquet!"
"Go back to the capital!" Jiang Wan glanced at Xu Yongzhen calmly: "Have you heard any news in the capital?"
"Call me eldest brother, don't call me Duke!" Xu Yongzhen shook his head: "You just said that we would only talk about family ties and we would talk about other things tomorrow. How come you forgot in the blink of an eye?"
"Yes, yes!" Jiang Wan nodded: "Then let's not talk about this!"
"By the way, Jiang Wan!" Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Xu Renzhi took the initiative to speak: "Where's that girl Yanran, have you heard any news recently? Didn't you say last time that you planned to ask him to send me to Guangning?
Did she come later?"
Jiang Wan blinked: "Well, this is a family matter, but I can tell you that the girl didn't come to Zhenjiang Fort in the end. Instead, she sent a boat over and asked me to borrow some manpower!"
"Looking to borrow manpower from you?" Even Xu Yongzhen was a little surprised at this moment: "Didn't she help Caining run the Sihai Trading Company in Haojing'ao? What manpower did he want to borrow from you?"
"Lend some people to teach the Japanese pirates a lesson!" Jiang Wan said with a smile: "I don't know the specifics. It seems that somewhere near the Japanese country, there is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty, which was bullied by the Japanese pirates.
That girl Yanran couldn't stand it, so she asked me to hire some people to help her!"
"So what's going on now? Have you faced off against the Japanese?" Xu Renzhi asked, his eyes full of curiosity.
Jiang Wan smiled and shook his head: "I'm fighting Tatars here, and I don't have the ability to clone myself. I don't know!"
Xu Yongzhen, who was on the side, glanced at the two of them thoughtfully, seeming to have thought of something: "How many people did the girl borrow from you?"
"Less than two thousand!" Jiang Wan waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "I don't know if I can fight him. It shouldn't embarrass our Ming Dynasty!"