On the wedding night, the villain husband cried and his eyes turned red

When the winter solstice arrives, every household eats dumplings.

The military camp of Guan Jiajun in Hezhou was a lively and peaceful scene.

The cook rounded her arms and kept chopping the meat. In the wooden basin next to it, there is Chinese cabbage that has been cut long ago. The dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage are enough to eat today.

General Guan is getting older, and the border has been quiet in the past few years, so he no longer goes into battle in person. But for the tens of thousands of people in the military camp, they feel at ease every day Guan Yi is in Hezhou.

"Huaiyuan, did the emperor send someone to deliver the money?"

Guan Yi asked habitually, without any hope in his heart.

"Go back to General, no one is coming."

Cheng Huaiyuan answered honestly, with some bitterness on his face. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Not to mention sending some silver coins home to the soldiers, even eating dumplings requires adding more cabbage to the meat filling.

To build Prince Jin's palace and build a summer resort, the court's money was spent like water, but when it came to them, even the most basic military pay could not be guaranteed.

Some time ago, General Guan said that he would secretly sell the cattle and sheep they raised to the imperial merchant Wen family, but Cheng Huaiyuan even tried to stop him. You must know that in Wanhua Kingdom, private trading is a serious crime.

But Old General Guan's words made him shut up.

"What crime is not guilty? They call me general, I can't let them starve!"

It's funny to say that this group of people came to the military camp with the dream of protecting their homeland and country, and it can be said that they suffered a lot. After finally repelling the neighboring countries, they found that hard times were ahead.

The nearly 100,000 soldiers guarding Hezhou scared neighboring countries into not taking any rash action. However, those in high positions in Yong'an City felt that since there was no war, the nearly 100,000 people in Hezhou were just eating idle food.

However, the soldiers of Hezhou all followed General Guan through life and death. The court did not allocate money, so they opened up wasteland in Hezhou, raised cattle and sheep, and tried to be self-sufficient.

The weather in Hezhou is cold, there are very few local people, and there are even no merchants. Because of this, the Wen family, an imperial merchant, came over several times, saying that Hezhou cattle and sheep had a unique flavor, and if they could be sold to Yong'an City, they would definitely make a fortune.

But General Guan never agreed to do business with the Wen family. As the saying goes, there is no businessman without a traitor. He couldn't believe the Wen family's attentive attitude.

However, this time, General Guan readily agreed to do business with the Wen family. Cheng Huaiyuan had to admit that if the court's money was not in place, Hezhou's soldiers might not be able to bear it.

After hearing Cheng Huaiyuan's reply, Guan Yi showed no worry at all on his face. Instead, he was secretly glad in his heart that he listened to Xu Shihuan's words.

Someone from the Wen family came to buy cattle and sheep before, and although the price offered was not low, it was by no means high. This was the main reason why he did not agree. For such a small amount of money, he couldn't afford to take such a big risk.

But this time, the Wen family promised to pay 50% of the selling price. You know, the cattle and sheep taken back by the Wen family are not sold directly as raw meat, but as dishes.

The profit from one cow and one sheep is enough to feed ordinary people for several years. Guan Jiajun raised tens of thousands of cattle and sheep in Hezhou. If this was converted into silver, it would be an astonishing amount just thinking about it.

According to Xu Shihuan's letter and the news from people in the Guan family's old residence, General Guan knew that his granddaughter and the eldest son of the Wen family might have some friendship.

In front of the servants of the Guan Mansion, Mr. Wen already looked like Xu Shihuan's bedfellow. However, according to Grandma Wang's observation, the two of them were just showing off to the people in the house, and actually did not go beyond the bounds.

When it comes to men and women, Guan Yi does not have those rigid ideas. He didn't want Xu Shihuan to marry a well-matched man like the eldest lady in Yong'an City and be trapped in the back house for the rest of his life.

He also hopes that Xu Shihuan can rely on his own ability to go outside and find someone he likes. Regardless of his status, as long as he respects her and does not restrict her.

It's too early to say this now, and Wen Yidi may not be Xu Shihuan's final choice.

However, since the Wen family has shown enough sincerity, Guan Yi is not stingy. If the Wen family is able to obtain Guan's army in the future, he will be obliged to do so as long as it does not violate his principles.

The soldiers under their command didn't think so much. It got cold early this winter, and they thought it would be difficult. A while ago they couldn't even feed their people, let alone the cattle and sheep.

Now that General Guan has spoken, the Wen family of the imperial merchants has taken away most of the cattle and sheep, and there is finally money in the military camp. On the day of the winter solstice, brothers can get together and have a lively meal of dumplings, which brings hope to this day.

"Ma Laosan! You've eaten almost a hundred fucking dumplings, and you still keep showing them off in your mouth?"

The soldier who was called Ma Laosan swallowed the dumplings in his mouth, and then shouted at the top of his lungs:

"The general has spoken, let us eat freely! How much should I eat to make your butt hurt?"

"That's right, that's right, we brothers have abandoned our families and careers and stayed here in Hezhou for more than ten years. Some of us are almost thirty years old and have never even tasted what it's like to be a woman. What's wrong with eating some dumplings? "

Cheng Huaiyuan felt uncomfortable when he heard what the soldiers below said. When he came to Hezhou, there were not many wars on the border, and the days in this military camp were getting worse day by day.

This group of people can stay here not because of the emperor, but because of General Guan's face. But Guan Yi is now in his sixties and suffered many injuries on the battlefield when he was young. How long can he persist?

Nowadays, the Wanhua Kingdom values ​​civility over martial arts, and even good young people who are good at martial arts will be tempted to take the imperial examination. Even when his father, Mr. Cheng, asked him to go home last time, he said he was going to spend some money to get him a position in the Ministry of War.

If this is the case, Hezhou will be in chaos within a few years. General Guan probably took this into consideration before and decided to let him marry Xu Shihuan.

As long as he marries Xu Shihuan, it is equivalent to inheriting the legacy of General Guan. Even if Guan Yi is gone one day, the soldiers under his command will persevere because of their past friendship.

Hezhou can maintain a stable life for at least thirty years.

Just as he was thinking about it, bursts of cheers suddenly came from the military camp. Cheng Huaiyuan quickly got up and ran over, finding large numbers of carriages parked in front of the military camp.

Could it be that the emperor suddenly remembered the winter supplies given to them by Guan Jiajun?