Five hundred and ninetieth chapters game (thirteen)
On the Yangtze River pier in Jiangling County, teams of civilians shouted slogans and loaded the last batch of copper coins and grains in wooden boxes onto large ships. Two hundred large ships of 3,000 stone were ready.
Negotiations between the two sides lasted for more than a month, going back and forth. The issue of money and food was not a big deal. Twenty guan of money and ten shi of food were exchanged for a prisoner of war. The two sides reached an agreement in the first round.
The key is the big ships. The Western Army wants the five hundred 3,000-stone ships of Jiangling Prefecture. These were originally official ships transferred from various places to transport money and grain to Lin'an, but Liu Guangshi also knew the importance of these warships.
If there is no boat on the Yangtze River, it means there is no leg, so Liu Guangshi firmly refused to give him a boat and would rather give him more money and food.
However, the Western Army refused to give in. Without ships, the negotiations were broken down. Chen Qing finally decided that the ransom for each soldier would be 20 guan, plus ten shi of food, and the three thousand stone ships would be reduced to 200.
Liu Guangshi also agreed to this plan, and the two sides reached a compromise.
Looking at the ships moored on the river, Liu Guangshi said worriedly to his staff Yang Cui'an: "I'm worried that Chen Qing will go back on his promise and take away the money, food and ships, but he won't let go, but I can't do anything with him."
Yang Chuian smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, Xuanfu. Didn't Chen Qing also sign an additional agreement with us? I think he values trade very much. If he wants to trade with us and Jiangnan, then he will not go back on his word."
One sentence reminded Liu Guangshi that on the basis of redeeming prisoners of war, they also signed an additional agreement on trade and transit. Both parties agreed to fully liberalize trade. Liu Guangshi also promised that there would be no traffic jams on the Yangtze River.
, no interception, ships passing freely.
Yang Cui'an added: "On the other hand, Chen Qing should not worry about Xuanfu envoy emptying the ship. After all, the Western Army controls Yiling and can attack Jiangling at any time. This means that both sides have restrictions."
At this time, a cavalryman rushed over and stopped in front of Liu Guangshi. The cavalryman turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and reported, "Report to the Xuanfu Envoy, news came from Yiling, our 20,000 captured soldiers have appeared
In Yiling."
Liu Guangshi finally made up his mind and ordered: "The fleet sets off!"
Two hundred three-thousand-stone ships loaded with money and grain slowly set sail, pulled by trackers, and sailed toward Yiling.
The Western Army did not break its promise. Three days later, 20,000 prisoners of war arrived at Jiangling City.
In December, Guanzhong entered a freezing period. A blizzard swept the entire Shaanxi Road and Xihe Road from north to south, turning the entire Guanzhong into a snowy world.
In the yard, two maids were adding briquettes to the stove hole. The briquettes were burning vigorously, and above the stove hole was a fire pit in the room. This was also an important way for large families in the north to keep warm...
They do not put the charcoal basin and stove inside the house, which is prone to poisoning. Instead, they burn firewood or coal in the stove hole outside the house. There is also a flue to discharge the soot to the roof.
The heated kang burns very warmly and makes the room extra warm.
The heated kang is very spacious, one foot long and eight feet wide, and can accommodate seven or eight people. It is covered with thick mattresses. In the cold winter, people all stay on the heated kang.
At this time, Chen Qing's two-year-old son Chen Ji was lying in front of the glass window. Through the glass window, he enviously looked at the several maids making snowmen in the yard. The luxury of this royal palace could be seen from the details.
The windows are made of colorful glass.
Although Chen Ji is only two years old, he is very sensible and obedient. He understands everything his mother tells him.
Lu Xiu told him that it was not that he was not allowed to go out to play in the snow, but that he was still young and the cold could easily invade his lungs and make him seriously ill. Chen Ji obediently followed his mother's advice.
There was a small table against the wall, and Lu Xiu was holding her two-month-old daughter in her arms. Her daughter was weak, so Lu Xiu and her husband decided not to hire a wet nurse until the child was six months old, and Lu Xiu would take care of it himself.
Under the careful care of her mother, Xueer gained another four kilograms and reached ten kilograms. She is no different from a normal little lady. Her face is very rosy, she cries loudly, and her little hands and feet are chubby.
, in the words of Dr. Wang, if he is raised very well, he will definitely grow up healthily as long as nothing happens.
While coaxing her daughter, Lu Xiu smiled and comforted her son: "It snows every year. When you are older, daddy will take you skating!"
Chen Ji's eyes lit up and he said with anticipation: "I want to go skating with my dad!"
"If it snows next year, daddy can take you there."
Chen Ji looked out the window, his eyes full of anticipation for skating.
Gu Hu
Lu Xiu shook his head, and his eyes fell on Zhao Qiaoyun next to him. Zhao Qiaoyun was concentrating on what he was writing without raising his head.
"Qiaoyun, what are you writing, and I haven't seen you stop writing?" Lu Xiu asked curiously.
Zhao Qiaoyun sat up straight, twisted his sore neck and said, "I am writing an open letter for the officials to send to all the soldiers in the New Year. I want to write it more powerfully, but I have written several letters but I am not satisfied with it."
Lu Xiu frowned, "Why do you need to write such a letter? Doesn't he have a record office and join the army?"
Zhao Qiaoyun blushed and whispered: "I took the initiative to recruit you. The officials were not satisfied with the letter written by the new reporter to join the army."
"You! Why bother?"
Lu Xiu understood Zhao Qiaoyun's thoughts very well. In terms of status, she was not as good as herself, and in terms of youth and beauty, she was not as good as the sisters of the Yu family. She could only work hard, but she also liked her husband. Wouldn't it be good to marry a general and be the head wife?
?
Lu Xiu suddenly remembered something that Yang Liu'er told him. There was a young general named Sun Jian who liked Zhao Qiaoyun very much. He went to Zheng Ping to inquire about Zhao Qiaoyun's identity. When he learned that Zhao Qiaoyun was the emperor's concubine, he was so frightened that he ran back to Bashu overnight.
The key is Zhao Qiaoyun's identity. Regardless of whether she wants it or not, she is the Emperor Ji. No one would dare to marry the Emperor Ji with this identity, let alone the Emperor Ji who was rescued from the Kingdom of Jin. I am afraid that only her husband can marry her.
Accept her.
While she was thinking wildly, the door curtain opened and Yu Lian walked in quickly. She was carrying a large red lacquered plate with two grapefruit-sized snowballs in it.
"Ji'er, come here to play snowballs!"
Chen Ji cheered and rushed over. He suddenly hesitated and looked at his mother pitifully.
Lu Xiu secretly praised Yu Lian for being smart, and nodded with a smile, "You can play, but don't throw it away. It's all water. Wash your hands clean when you turn around."
"Thank you Aunt Lian!"
Chen Ji happily took the plate, sat on the table and started making a small snowman.
In the welcoming pavilion outside the south city, Chen Qing brought a group of officials and Li Hui. Huang Guinian and others had been waiting for a long time. Chen Qing received news that Prime Minister Zhang Jun was about to arrive in Jingzhao City.
Zhang Jun's status was much higher than that of Li Hui. Zhang Jun was not only the left prime minister, but more importantly, he was Chen Qing's old boss and a former Sichuan-Shaanxi propaganda envoy. He was of great help to Chen Qing.
Privately, Chen Qing had to come outside the city to greet him in person.
"I'm coming!"
A soldier pointed in front of a high place and shouted: "It's the cavalry and the convoy."
Yellow dust is billowing in the distance, flags are waving, and a large carriage with about a thousand people escorting it is coming this way.
It was indeed Zhang Jun in the carriage. After a month of arduous journey, he finally arrived at Jingzhao City.
Zhang Jun briefly recaptured Jingzhao City before the Battle of Fuping, lived in Jingzhao City for a few days, and had a deep impression of Jingzhao City and Guanzhong.
Along the way here, Guanzhong has much more human atmosphere than back then. At that time, there were abandoned villages everywhere, but now, every village has smoke from cooking, which made him sigh with emotion.
In fact, Zhang Jun didn't know that this was not Chen Qing's credit. After the Battle of Fuping, the puppet Qi took over Guanzhong and migrated a large number of people from northern Shaanxi to Guanzhong, which quickly restored Guanzhong's vitality.
The Puppet Qi was good at the beginning, encouraging farming and industry and commerce, but within a few years it could no longer afford the huge oppression of military spending, and began to brutally squeeze the people.
At this time, a follower rode up on horseback and bowed to report: "Your Majesty! Chen Qing, the envoy of Xuanfu, led the crowd to greet you outside the city."