The Founding of the Red Chamber

In the past, Mr. He only thought that Lin Jing should come from a good background. After all, although etiquette can be trained, from Lin Jing's age to some subtle habits in his gestures, it must have been like this since he was a child, and he has formed habits over the years.

However, after talking together, Mr. He's opinion of Lin Jing has changed a lot.

It's not that he felt that Lin Jing was not good in the past, in fact, even in the past, Mr. He also thought that Lin Jing handled things safely, and he was so good at the set of human relationships in the officialdom. Going to the Governor's Mansion to salute, those who are prepared are a bit taller than other officials.It's not that the value is high, but that it suits the master's wishes.

However, those who can have this kind of means can do it with a little cunning.For example, the big stewards and internal leaders of various government offices are all good at it.

However, being able to simplify the complexities of the battle formation, and then assist a general who has not been in office for a long time to win two great victories against the Japanese, this is not something that a small ingenuity can do.

Mr. He evaluated Lin Jing directly from a young and clever scholar to a national scholar.

Mr. He's speculation about Lin Jing's background has also jumped from an ordinary son of an official family to that of a noble family.

However, Mr. He couldn't figure it out. If Lin Jing was born in a noble family, what kind of person would he be able to assist?But Lieutenant Lin (Tu Xiaosan), no matter how you look at it, is a low-level figure.

If you say that Lin Jing was born in a middle-lower official family, no, from Lin Jing's subtle behaviors to Lin Jing's knowledge of the military strategy at his age, this is by no means a character that can be raised by an ordinary family.

Mr. He originally only wanted to meet Lin Jing by himself, but after some conversation, he brought Lin Jing directly to Governor Zhang.Governor Zhang didn't know Mr. He's intentions, but Mr. He brought people in like this, which naturally had Mr. He's intentions.Governor Zhang also treats Lin Jing warmly. The main reason is that after talking with Tu Xiaosan just now, Governor Zhang believes that Tu Xiaosan is a down-to-earth person who does things step by step.From military training to military management, he has his own way. What is rare is that his words reveal truth, and he is a usable person.

Governor Zhang is always very kind to his subordinates who are practical and available.

Seeing Lin Jing, Governor Zhang said with a smile, "I've heard Ayou talk about Li Xiucai in the past, and he is indeed a refined and elegant figure." Considering that Deputy General Lin (Tu Xiaosan) is in his thirties, he is a steady person.Did this Li Xiu have a weak crown year? This thin-skinned and tender-skinned one is a little too small.It will give Governor Zhang this illusion. The main reason is that Tu Xiaosan is a poor child. Since he was a child, he has to worry about feeding and clothing the family. He has killed people, been a fugitive, worked in the underworld, and been a bandit. Of course, I have also been a high-ranking official... All these years of experience, the apprentice Xiaosan has experienced, and his face is extraordinarily mature, stable, and reliable.Lin Jing is different. Lin Jing was raised up from a young age. Although he also killed Jinshang's father and escaped from the capital, but later, as soon as Lin Jing arrived outside the customs, he quickly occupied his feet and became the emperor of the land in Hanzhou City. ...Furthermore, he is born with tender faces... So, Tu Xiaosan and Lin Jing, who are obviously not a few years apart, formed a relatively large age gap in appearance.

The governor praised him, and Lin Jing couldn't help saying a few words of humility.

Governor Zhang also asked Lin Jing to eat pears, pointed to the green pears on the fruit plate, and said, "This is a pear from the Western Regions, don't look at it, it's sweeter than our pears, just now I called you Vice-General Lin (Tu Xiaosan) ) to eat, he is very reserved, Li Xiucai has a taste."

Lin Jing thanked him first, took a pear, took a bite and praised, "It's really delicious. Not to mention those in the Western Regions, the fruits there are probably sweeter than those in our Middle Earth."

Governor Zhang was delighted to see that he liked it, and said with a smile, "Yes, the grapes and honeydew melons they have are delicious."

"That's right." Lin Jing looked like he had to meet a bosom friend. The main reason is that in this winter, of course, there are also fruits to eat in winter, such as melons, pears and peaches.However, Tao Linjing eats a lot of local melon and fruit pears. Pears from the Western Regions are not common. Besides, this pear is indeed sweet in the mouth, but not too sweet. Generally speaking, the sweetness is moderate, which is very suitable. Lin Jing's taste.Lin Jing praised all the fruits of the Western Regions, and said regretfully, "At present, few people from our place go to the Western Regions, and few people from the Western Regions come. Otherwise, the candied fruits and dried fruits made from their fruits would They are all delicious too. Not to mention the fruits from the Western Regions, even some rare fruits from the south are rare.”

Governor Zhang smiled, "Ah Qing, you have a lot of experience in eating."

"Don't dare, people depend on food."

Governor Zhang laughed loudly, and said, "My cook is also good, but I have never cooked food outside the customs. I heard that you came from outside the customs. Just tell me what you want to eat, and let them try to cook it. "

Lin Jing hurriedly said, "The place outside the pass is far from Hangzhou, which is a paradise. In the past, there was no way to make a living outside the pass. Later, I felt that I could make a living, so I followed my elder brother to Hangzhou. I I really like the dishes in Hangzhou, the last time my eldest brother came to Hangzhou, he brought several bamboo shoots with him, and they were very tender and delicious."

Governor Zhang was just being polite, he had never seen anyone who dared to order food in front of him, and Governor Zhang's own grandson didn't have the guts either.Governor Zhang smiled, "Okay, tell them to add a fresh bamboo shoot. What does Vice General Lin like to eat?" He asked Tu Xiaosan again.

Tu Xiaosan said, "I'm not a picky eater."

"My elder brother loves meat, as long as it is meat, there is nothing he doesn't like." Lin Jing added.

Governor Zhang has probably never seen Lin Jing being so rude, and it is rare that he is not polite and annoying, so he can't help but have fun again.In fact, the main reason is that Governor Zhang is 60 years old, and his parents, Sun, are several years older than Lin Jing. Therefore, when seeing young and promising young people, they always like them twice more.What's more, although Lin Jing is a low-ranking official, Lin Jing's overall demeanor really caught the eye of Governor Hezhang.Governor Zhang smiled and said, "I see that both of you have the same abilities. Not to mention the remote places outside the pass, even in the prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River, you don't see many of them. Besides, you are not from outside the pass. How could you Go outside to discuss life?"

After Lin Jing finished eating one pear, he took another one, took a bite and said, "Your Excellency is not an outsider. To tell you the truth, I ran away from home. Now I have completely severed my relationship with my family, and I will never communicate with you again."

Tu Xiaosan felt that Lin Jing was going to talk nonsense, so he couldn't help but glance at him.Governor Zhang really wanted to gossip, so he said, "You young people, you are young and energetic. When you reach my age, think about it, in your life, you only have this family and this pair of parents. Like Ah Qing You, if you come out like this, can the family not worry about it?" Governor Zhang, who was born as a civil servant, did not quite agree with Lin Jing's statement that he had made a clean break with the family.

"Hey, my parents passed away a long time ago. I lived with my elder brother. Speaking of which, my elder brother treated me well, but we have different temperaments. One year, I killed a man. I hid outside the customs. Later, I came back to the customs when I was enthroned today, and the world gave me amnesty. However, my family is no longer in contact with each other." Lin Jing said clearly that it was Governor Zhang and Mr. He who claimed to be well-informed , was also dumbfounded, especially when Lin Jing gnawed the sweet pear from Xili, and said "I killed a man" in an understatement, that kind of tone seemed to say "I ate a pear", straight Make people stupid.

Tu Xiaosan hurriedly said, "That matter, that matter is really no fault of Ah Qing!" He hesitated to speak, Lin Jing was completely avenging Miss Xia's family.That kind of humiliation, not to mention Lin Jing, even if he left his apprentice Xiaosan, he would have to kill the emperor's father!It's just that it's not easy to tell outsiders about this matter, Lin Jing is a lot of face-saving people.Therefore, Tu Xiaosan looked very worried.

Governor Zhang originally thought that if it wasn't a big conflict, he would help to reconcile one or two, but in the end, he didn't expect that Li Xiucai (Lin Jing), who is so gentle and handsome, is really not a weak scholar. faction.

Governor Zhang is worthy of being the governor. Although he was a little surprised when he heard this, he took a breath and said, "I think Ah Qing's character is not a random person. Don't mention it for now, you Fortunately, you were born as an errand in the south of the Yangtze River. I think you are very talented and character. Are you afraid that you will not have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds? When you become famous, no one will mention those past events."

Lin Jing said sternly, "My heart for fame and fame has faded away, I only wish to do something real, and this life will not be in vain."

Mr. He smiled, "Ah Qing, you are like a wild crane."

"Sir, you praise me so much that my face is going to blush."

Mr. He, the governor of Zhang, was thinking that the one Lin Jing killed was not an ordinary person. Otherwise, seeing that Lin Jing was born and talented, he must be a child that the family focused on training. Go outside.Of course, there may also be family reasons.All in all, there may be a lot of things going on here, but even Lin Jing bluntly said that he had killed someone, no matter how many things there were, Rao Yizhang's gossip would not be easy to inquire about.

Lin Jing's self-disclosure of his life experience was exactly the trick he used against Vice General Xu, but it still applies to Governor Zhang.When Governor Zhang stays with the two of them for dinner, anyone who has heard the news will understand that this person surnamed Lin (Tu Xiaosan) is likely to be reused by the Governor.

Tu Xiaosan and Lin Jing returned home, and Tu Xiaosan said to Lin Jing, "You talk, even if you tell a little about your life experience, it can make the governor feel at ease. Just make up a random one, why bother talking about those old things."

Lin Jing said, "Only in this way can there be false in the truth, and truth in the false, so that we can fool the past. Besides, the matter is over as it is, I don't care, so don't talk too much. Bring me another pear."

Tu Xiaosan handed him a sweet pear and said, "Is this pear so delicious?" The governor asked him to eat it, but he didn't eat it.

Lin Jing said, "Third brother, you are too reserved. Since the governor gave it to you, you can eat it. You should try it too, it's really delicious." When Lin Jing and the others were leaving, the governor generously gave Lin Jing A basket of pears, the pears are not filled in an ordinary big basket, but a small basket with a square foot. The basket is finely woven, and the top is covered with a piece of light yellow satin. It can be seen that it is not an ordinary pear from the Western Regions, it must be a gift from the palace. .Considering that the capital is thousands of miles away from the south of the Yangtze River, the pears are even more precious.

However, Lin Jing didn't think this thing was too precious. He loved to eat fruit since he was a child, and this kind of pear from the Western Regions was available every year.Later, when I left the capital, I couldn't eat it.Lin Jing ordered someone to wash the dishes, and he ate half of the basket that night, fearing that his stomach would not be able to bear it, Tu Xiaosan took the half basket away by force, so Lin Jing stopped eating.Tu Xiaosan said, "I'll eat the rest tomorrow, there's no way to eat such a delicious thing." Then he said, "If you ate meat like fruit, your body would have been healed a long time ago. "

Lin Jing said, "I am also physically strong now."

Tu Xiaosan snorted, "Well, those who are strong, hurry up, wash up and go to sleep."

Unable to fall asleep even when lying down, Tu Xiaosan and Lin Jing said, "According to what the governor wants, it seems that he wants us to recruit more recruits."

Lin Jing said, "According to the system, the full number of troops under the lieutenant general's command is [-] soldiers. If we can recruit enough troops, our combat power will definitely be greatly improved. Since this is the case here, it seems that many barracks that are not full will have to recruit troops."

Tu Xiaosan said, "We are the first batch." Recruiting troops is easy to say, but to do it, you need money first.Soldiers and soldiers demand money for everything.Therefore, it is impossible to immediately recruit all the generals who are short of staff at the same time, and they must come in batches.Tu Xiaosan said that Haiyan was the first batch. Lin Jing bent his lips, put his head on his arms, looked at Tu Xiaosan sideways, and said, "Governor Zhang still wants to do something."

"It's natural." Tu Xiaosan said, "I think, I'll say goodbye to the governor tomorrow, let's go back to Haiyan, and quickly recruit troops. Otherwise, all the good soldiers will be recruited away."

Lin Jing said, "You can also recruit good soldiers in Hangzhou. How many people do we have in Haiyan."

Tu Xiaosan was also quite moved, speaking, because of frequent wars in Haiyan, the population is not very prosperous.In contrast, Hangzhou is so prosperous that anyone with long eyes can see it.However, Tu Xiaosan thought for a while and said, "This is not good. Although there are many people in Hangzhou, there are General Ji, Leader Xu Xie, and Brother Zhuo in this city. If we recruit troops from here, it will be very conspicuous." gone."

Lin Jingyuan didn't put this group of people in his eyes, only then did he say what he said earlier, Tu Xiaosan said, Lin Jing said, "What you said is true, I didn't think about it. Then let's go back and recruit troops, but I think Xu Xieling and Lao Zhuo have a complete staff. You want to recruit people, but how many people can be recruited in Haiyan, you have to recruit people outside. In this way, before this matter goes away, I will ask Mr. He what he means. At that time, we will also resign from General Ji and the others, and we must say hello to them. It is not easy to recruit people directly from Hangzhou, but we must allow us to send people to promote one or two."

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The two discussed the matter of recruiting soldiers and buying horses, and Fang fell asleep.