Ren Ning sat down at the table, first pulled up the wick, looked at the intact paint, and then opened the envelope.
The handwriting is elegant and graceful, and I wrote more than ten pages with eagerness and hope.
The first half is full of love words between husband and wife.
As he watched, Ren Ning smiled slightly.
In his two lifetimes, he has been in the army, which can be said to be a wandering life. It is a happy thing to have someone in the vast sea of people who cares about and misses me.
He looked down.
The second half of the letter was somewhat beyond Ren Ning's expectations.
"Ms. Gong, when I went to visit the eldest princess Yiguang at Zhenguo's mansion, she mentioned something inadvertently."
"The Queen Mother's birthday is approaching, and the surrounding neighboring countries have sent large teams to Beijing to celebrate her birthday. The five southern countries headed by Nanfeng are no exception."
"Your Majesty is a filial son. Seeing that the southern countries are so generous, he seems to have signed a non-aggression treaty out of joy."
"The eldest princess said that there will probably be no more trouble in the south in the near future."
Ren Ning was stunned.
No wonder Uncle Zhongyong’s Mansion or Duke Zhenguo’s Mansion did not hesitate to spend money and send people south. They probably knew that there would be no fighting here for the time being, so it was better to get rich first.
He continued to read.
"The eldest princess also mentioned another thing."
"The epidemic in Yunzhong County has not completely dissipated, and is even spreading to surrounding counties. Secret reports stated that small-scale epidemics have occurred in several nearby counties. However, the Queen Mother's birthday is approaching, so Your Majesty suppressed it."
Ren Ning was startled and looked up at the sky through the window.
The straight-line distance between Guangxin County and the three southwest counties is not too far, just separated by several high mountains.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for ordinary people to climb over the mountain directly.
But there are always exceptions.
Such as migratory birds.
He had seen such an example in his previous life. African swine fever broke out in Southeast Asia. Migratory birds migrated from south to north, and half of the country was infected.
For this reason, the country has established a migratory bird monitoring system to monitor the movements of the birds at any time, but there are still fish that slip through the net, making it difficult to guard against.
But this era does not have such conditions at all.
In addition, a few months ago happened to be the day when a large number of migratory birds went south for the winter. At that time, the epidemic was at its peak in Yunzhong County. Who knows whether the migratory birds brought the epidemic to Guangxin County in the south.
Thinking of this, Ren Ning couldn't sit still.
But no matter how hard he couldn't sit still, he could only stare at the unfounded information in the middle of the night, so he had no choice but to continue reading the letter.
"After the New Year, my eldest brother has almost completed his studies and is ready to go back to Xiliang."
The current situation of the Kailun tribe is very bad.
Not long after Yingpan's father passed away, internal strife broke out in the tribe.
Kailun had a big quarrel whether to continue to get close to Yun Chui, who was close at hand, or to fall to the royal court deep in the grassland.
The three patriarchs headed by Allen insisted on getting close to Yun Chui.
The other two clan leaders, the second clan leader, turned to the royal court; the big clan leader had a vague attitude and was more inclined to swallow up the Benlu tribe as soon as possible. We will talk about the rest later.
As a result, in less than a year, the leaderless Benlu tribe not only did not disperse, but Kailun lost nearly half of its population.
Youmeng and his Lanmang tribe of less than a hundred people saw something was wrong, so they simply moved north, far away from this land of right and wrong.
"Brother Alen wrote a letter, saying that Benlu is coming here every day to harass the remaining Kailun people. He asked me to go back and take charge of the overall situation, otherwise there will be no Kailun tribe on the grassland."
"Nine times out of ten, it was the Prairie Royal Court who took action," Ying Pan wrote.
Needless to say?
Who else but the Prairie Royal Court would help Running Deer!
Ren Ning shook his head, turned the letter paper back, and found that it was already the last page.
"By the way, there's one more thing." Seeing these words, Ren Ning seemed to see Yingpan sticking out her tongue playfully.
"I heard that the Grand Master's wife and the eldest princess Yiguang were close friends when they were young. Maybe this is why I, a country girl, can go to the Zhenguo Duke's mansion and visit the eldest princess Yiguang. Hehe, Mrs. Yongchang Hou is going to the town.
The Duke's Mansion posted several messages, but the eldest princess ignored her at all."
Ren Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter what the reason is, with the Duke of Zhenguo and the eldest princess Yiguang here, nothing should happen to the family.
The next day, Ren Ning read the contract signed by all parties and readily wrote out the methods and precautions for making the cooked rubber in detail.
After giving instructions to Xiao Yongrui, the people from Zhenguo Duke's Mansion and Guerrilla General's Mansion clumsily made the first piece of ripe rubber, and then they returned to Yingshan Camp with Lei Er Xiao Gang.
Several carriages left with them.
The carriage carried more than a thousand sets of rubber shoes and raincoats made in the past two months.
It rains a lot in Guangxin, and the soldiers have to go out for training every day, and their shoes and clothes are never dry. Dozens of people have rotten feet or backs, and the military doctors can't cure them.
After returning home, Ren Ning asked Lei Er and Xiao Gang to keep the rubber shoes and raincoat while he transferred to the forward's main account.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey.
A pleasant erhu sound came from the house.
Ever since he transferred to the Starfall Army and became Guan Luping's personal guard, Ren Ning had seen the Starfall forward general who was so frightening to his enemies playing the erhu several times in his spare time.
He waited silently outside the door, just listening to the music for free.
After all, the level of Erhu with flat pipes is still very good.
The guards around the main tent all knew Ren Ning, and after a few strange glances at the raincoat and shoes in his hand, they ignored him.
After a while, the erhu sound stopped.
The owner inside may not be completely happy, and from time to time he will babbling and holding hands. However, the tune is not in tune, and the tune is not in tune.
"General!" Ren Ning shouted.
"Ren Ning? Come in!" Guan Luping reluctantly put down his erhu.
He had learned to play the erhu from his father-in-law, but he was the leader of the army and had little time to learn new songs, so he could only play two simple songs so far.
He was always very unhappy after each session, but it was a pity and there was nothing he could do about it.
Although there are many subordinates, only a few of them can read, let alone play the erhu. If you want to learn from him, there is nowhere to learn.
"If you're not going to play on vacation, what are you doing here with some clothes and shoes?" Guan Luping frowned.
Ren Ning put down the things in his hands, but he didn't answer the question.
"I just heard the general playing a tune outside the door. It was so euphemistic and so sweet that it made me cry. Ren Ning felt itchy for a while and wanted to borrow the general's erhu to play."
Guan Luping perked up and asked, "Can you also play the erhu?"
After saying this, he reacted, "That's right. You came from the Taishi Mansion. Even if you are not good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, you are somewhat good at it."
He quickly handed over the erhu and even took the initiative to move a stool for Ren Ning.
"Hurry up and listen to the music. Let alone silk and bamboo, there are not even birds chirping around here. It's very boring when it's a holiday."
Ren Ning nodded, "The general is from Sulan County, right?"
"Yes!" Guan Luping nodded, "It's just that I haven't been back for a long time."
He was indeed from Sulan County. He was the top martial arts scholar when he was about the same age as Ren Ning. Later he became Xingluo's son-in-law and joined the Xingluo Legion.
Ren Ning nodded, "Sulan is a famous and prosperous place. I'll make it rain in Jiangnan."