Yan Yu took out her little seal and told Yan Laoer what her uncle had said to her with a smile.
Yan Laoer:......
He shut himself down in an instant.
At this moment, a Yamen servant came to convey a message that Mr. Xue Qi was here.
Yan Laoer ruthlessly rejected his daughter's request to follow him to observe.
After he left, Li Xuemei smiled and tapped her daughter's forehead with her finger.
"Gather the things you brought us. I'm afraid your father won't have time to cook at noon, so we and I will do it."
…
General Xue Qi did not come alone. He brought many border troops, many carriages, and large and small packages, as if they were about to move.
This is exactly the case.
He had made up his mind to set up camp near Xiaoan Village.
Yan Laoer rubbed his face vigorously as he approached the gate. When he stepped out of the yamen door, he was already smiling.
"Brother Xue, I'm looking forward to it, just waiting for you!"
He happily pulled Mr. Xue Qi into the yamen, and greeted the yamen around him: "Let our border army brothers find a place to rest. Pull the carriage to the side, and two people will help feed the horses."
General Xue Qi strode forward and smiled heartily: "Brother Yan, I feel relieved when I see you. You don't know that I am worried about you, for fear that you will get lost... Next time, I will definitely go to the same place from the beginning, and that will be you Xue
We can go wherever we want on my brother's territory, it's no better than suffering in the mountains. It's so cold in this cold weather, no matter how cold it is..."
Yan Laoer responded vaguely, saying in his heart that I would give you back your territory. You failed to defend your territory and let people cause such trouble! Besides, if the cattle and sheep passed under your nose, would they still fall into the hands of our Xiaoan Village?
"Brother Xue, please come this way."
Mr. Xue Qi paused and said in surprise: "The eldest master is not in the official room?"
He had been to the Huju Government Office many times and had already figured out everything.
"Teacher is busy with official duties, so he handed this matter over to my eldest brother. He has been away for a while, and there are a lot of official documents piled up. No, it is the account over the barn. Our Huju has a lot of money, but Ding Ke
Mao, don’t dare to make a mistake, haha, I volunteered to come out to pick someone up because of my friendship with Brother Xue, and my brother introduces Bai Ding, Brother Xue, don’t mind!"
Mr. Xue Qi is very close: "Our brothers don't talk about that. Yan Er, you are a heretic, aren't you? Are you, Brother Xue, that vain person..."
The two came to the house and were greeted by Yan Huaiwen.
He served tea and poured water with courtesy and courtesy, which gave Mr. Xue Qi a lot of face.
The smile on Mr. Xue Qi's face remained unchanged, but his heart was pounding.
Stop being polite. If you continue to be polite, he won't be able to laugh anymore.
Fortunately, the Yan brothers are not people who mince words.
After finishing the etiquette, we started to get straight to the topic.
Yan Huaiwen compiled the food brought back this time, the number of horses and the number of Beirong killed.
Yan Laoer also quickly reported the number of cattle and sheep brought back, and the thieves concealed the gains from demolishing houses in Xiao'an Village.
Yan Huaiwen suddenly asked him how the woman and child he rescued were doing?
Yan Lao Er felt very happy and said with a sad face: "They are so skinny that it seems difficult to live. I drank a lot of medicine. Alas, we will do our best under these conditions. Let's see their fate..."
Mr. Xue Qi secretly gritted his teeth. What didn't he understand? He understood it all too well. These were all tricks he had used.
"There's no need to bother the cattle and sheep here. I'm going to take people there to build the camp. When we finish packing, we won't bother the villagers. It's so close. We can just go and pull it ourselves."
"How much?" Yan Laoer asked.
"Half." Mr. Xue Qi said casually.
Yan Laoer scolded him hard in his heart and did not answer.
Yan Huaiwen's voice was as light as smoke: "Huju is in trouble, and it's time to recuperate. The frontier army is short of manpower, otherwise we really wouldn't want to take credit from them."
Yan Laoer said hurriedly: "That's right, our government office is too busy with so many things. Otherwise, how can we still use the people from Xiao'an Village? Who wouldn't be happy to stay at home in winter like this!"
Yan Huaiwen raised his eyebrows and said with a slight smile: "I haven't congratulated General Xue Qi yet, I'm afraid he will be reinstated in the near future... Hu Ju killed three thousand enemies, and counting the days, there should be a reward...
"
Mr. Xue Qi was about to say something, but he was choked up.
"Then our border troops will take away 30%. We can't take any less." General Xue Qi said with a straight face.
He murmured in his heart, Yan Huaiwen had already received the news, why didn't his eldest nephew send him a message?
After the merits were awarded, although everyone in the know knew what was going on, the imperial court did not know. The imperial court only read the report.
To be honest, they felt guilty about taking this reward, and they knew that most of it would be given away, but no matter what, since the nephew helped him get here, he had to fight for anything, whether he would be promoted back to the official position, brothers below
The pension money can be found here.
It is best not to cause unnecessary problems at this time.
If he takes a step back, just take a step back.
Yan Huaiwen: "I have great military merit in Guanzhou... plus the captured Beirong horses..."
Yan Laoer's expression was exaggerated: "Oh my, those are all good horses, thousands of miles of horses running freely on the grassland! You can get a lot of money from selling them to Long Xing Feng Ming, tsk tsk, when it comes to raising horses, I really have to admit it.
, those grandsons from Beirong are quite good at it.”
Mr. Xue Qi’s face turned dark.
"Twenty percent."
Yan Huaiwen said seriously: "The border army, the government, and the village warriors all work together as one, so there is no need to worry about being in trouble. The beginning of everything is the most difficult, and it is the cornerstone of the future. It must be carefully sorted out, and there will be no loss to each other. Only when everyone is satisfied can we get a good word."
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Yan Laoer said smartly: "It's not difficult. Let's just calculate how much it costs for the horses, cattle and sheep. I'll forget about the food that was snatched back. It was originally taken from us, so it's still...
It's not ours. We didn't defend Huju. Alas... we might as well give it all back to the people. No matter how short our government offices are, we won't be short of them. The remaining heads, military merits, etc., are all discounted, calculated together, and handed over to me.
That’s fine, I’ll definitely be able to sort it out.”
Yan Huaiwen seemed to have just thought of it, and added: "Speaking of military achievements, as long as the five small banners of Xiao'an Village make further contributions, the position of the general banner..."
The prince promised that as long as he has enough merit, he can raise the general flag!
Yan Laoer's eyes lit up.
He asked excitedly: "Brother Xue, have you got enough credit this time? There must be quite a few Beirongs numbering over 100, can they raise the general flag? Which of the few from our village do you think will win? Hu Da, Luo Er, Sun Er
Egg... If you think these three are not good, then take a look at the remaining two. Let me tell you, it is not easy for our village to pick these five. They are not fooling at all and they put their heart into it. These are all stupid with their mouths.
You know everything in your heart, Brother Xue, please take good care of it and make use of it."
Mr. Xue Qi: If you talk about others, forget it. If you talk about Sun Erdan... that guy can live in vain now more than you.
He has noticed that these Yan brothers are so picky that they don’t want to pluck out a single hair!
However, his eldest nephew had indeed promised this general banner.
To be honest, his nephew has had an idea since he was a child. If this matter were brought up to him, he might not know what the outcome would be.
"I'm a big boss, and my head hurts when it comes to settling accounts. So, you guys can figure out how much we should pull from the border troops."
Mr. Xue Qi was cautious this time and did not directly report the number again.
