It was already afternoon when he came out of the palace, which meant that Shen Yi could stay in Jiankang for another half day before he left for Huai'an to take charge of the overall situation.
Fortunately, Mr. Shen is in Jiankang now and has nothing else to do. He originally wanted to see Zhao Changping, but when he met with Zhao Changping, he had nothing special to say. At most, he could just report on the recent battle situation.
As one of the Great Nine Lords, Zhao Changping knew most of the battle reports from the front lines.
Therefore, Shen Yi did not go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to see him.
After walking out of the Imperial City, you are faced with the wide Xuanwu Street.
Shen Yi walked on this street with his hands behind his back.
At this time, Jiankang City did not seem to be affected by the war at all, and the streets were still very busy with people coming and going.
It is worth mentioning that Shen Yi has seen many glass products on the street.
They are all made of transparent glass, and most of them are placed at the entrance of the store to attract business. Because they are still rare things, many people gathered around the store, looking at the pure transparent glass products in the store, and they were very curious.
Also curious, Shen Yi was only curious about the price of this thing, so he stepped forward and asked about the price.
Prices are still high.
A transparent glass cup costs dozens of taels when opened. The price is simply unacceptable to Shen Yi.
But this also shows one thing. Xu Fu Liulichang's business is doing very well in Jiankang, and it seems that this business should not only be done in Jiankang, but has probably spread to other state capitals near Jiankang.
After wandering around the street, Shen Yi had nothing else to do and went home to be with his wife and children.
At this moment, his child was only about three months away from being born, and he would be born in about the first month of the twelfth year.
It's rare to take a half-day "off", so Shen Yi naturally wants to spend time with his family.
Soon, it was evening and before the Shen family started eating, Jiang Sheng hurried over to report that Zhao Shangshu had arrived at the door.
After hearing the news, Shen Yi quickly took his family to the front yard to greet him. He saw Zhao Changping, the Minister of Household Affairs, just getting out of the sedan chair and walking towards him.
Shen Yi stepped forward quickly, raised his hands and saluted: "I have met my uncle."
After being helped up by Zhao Changping, Shen Yi lowered his head with some embarrassment and said, "I was supposed to go to see my uncle this afternoon, but my nephew will only be back for one day. In addition, His Majesty summoned me secretly, so I didn't dare to disturb my uncle."
Zhao Changping smiled at Shen Yi and said, "It doesn't matter, you shouldn't see me now."
"Originally, I didn't know you had returned to Jiankang."
"I heard from people below that I saw you in the imperial city, so I came to your house to take a look after getting off work."
Having said this, Zhao Changping looked at the Shen family mansion and chuckled softly: "Why don't you invite me, my uncle, to come in and sit down?"
Zhao Changping was not only Shen Yi's elder, but also Lu Ruoxi's "maternal family", so he was naturally invited to sit at the table of Shen's house, and Shen Yi accompanied him to talk to him.
After both of them sat down, Zhao Changping lowered his head and took a sip of tea, glanced at Shen Yi, and said quietly: "It's naturally not wrong for you not to see me today. You are fighting a war and don't want to treat me like this." The old man was implicated in the war."
At this point, Zhao Changping paused. He looked up at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "You don't go to see me, but I come to see you. Does Ziheng know what it means?"
"Know."
Shen Yi sighed slightly and said, "Master uncle wants to tell everyone in Jiankang your attitude towards this war."
"good."
Zhao Changping nodded silently and said with a smile: "There is nothing to hide. Needless to say, you and I have a master-disciple relationship, even if we are strangers, I am also coming for this trip today. .”
At this time, although the sky was not completely dark, lanterns had been hung in the lobby of Shen's family. With the light of the lanterns, Shen Yi glanced at the great Chen God of Wealth in front of him.
Uncle Zhao, who was very young at the time, seems not to be too young now.
There are a lot of white hairs on the head.
What's rare is that after becoming famous, this Dajiu Qing did not change his original intention.
I am still willing and dare to raise my head and look to the north.
Although his attitude is not as extreme as Shen Yi's Lao Taishan Lu Anshi, as a top figure in the imperial court, he is willing to express his stance like this at this time.
Very rare.
Shen Yi picked up the teacup, offered a toast to Zhao Changping, and said, "Uncle, my nephew is using tea instead of wine. I would like to propose a toast to you."
"The food at home will be ready soon. Anyway, you can stay with us for a meal today, and we can have a few drinks."
Zhao Changping is a very rational person.
It is precisely because of his character that he does very well in the household errands.
But also because of this character, this Zhao Shangshu rarely drinks alcohol.
To be precise, since he became the Minister of Household Affairs, he has almost stopped drinking.
Of course, before taking the post of Minister of Household Affairs, some social activities were sometimes unavoidable because of the need to hang out in the officialdom.
But today, the Dajiu Qing readily agreed and said with a smile: "Okay."
He looked at Lu Ruoxi beside him, smiled and spoke.
"Today, I will have a meal at Xiao Qingque's house."
Lu Ruoxi was overjoyed and nodded: "I will go to the kitchen now and cook two dishes for you, uncle."
"Can't."
Zhao Shangshu shook his head slightly and said, "You are still pregnant with the child. If you are injured somewhere, if Ziheng doesn't come to trouble me, I won't be able to explain it to your father."
Shen Yi answered with a smile.
"I'm afraid this is the only thing that made my father-in-law come to Jiankang."
Everyone looked at each other with smiles on their faces.
That night, Zhao Changping had his first meal at Shen's house, and he didn't leave until late at night.
After Zhao Changping left, several thick envelopes were also delivered to Shen Yi's desk.
It was sent by the Di newspaper department.
It details everything that happened in the court over the past few months.
In addition to the Di News Department, there was also a letter sent to Shen Yi by Zheng Ling, a member of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. He mainly wrote about the big and small things that had happened in the Ministry of War in the past few months, especially the affairs of the Military Selection Department.
After spending half an hour reading these documents, the night was already deep.
Mr. Shen sat on the chair in the study, put away the paperwork on the table, and stretched out.
He glanced at the direction of the imperial city to the north and whispered.
"This is the direction of the court."
Having said this, Mr. Shen blew out the candles on the table and sighed quietly in the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers.
"It seems to have changed."
………………
Early the next morning, Shen Yi said goodbye to his family, mounted a fast horse, and left Jiankang.
Although it will take some time for Northern Qi's reinforcements to arrive at the Huaihe River, and there will be no particularly serious fighting on the Huaihe defense line in a short period of time, the enemy's situation is already clear. At this time, Shen Yi naturally has to rush back and deploy defenses in advance.
For a distance of four hundred miles, Shen Yi and his party traveled almost day and night, and rushed back to Huai'an Fucheng in the early morning of the next day.
When everyone entered the city, the sky was slowly getting brighter. Mr. Shen did not even go back to the imperial envoy's camp to catch up on his sleep immediately, but went straight to the Huai'an magistrate's office.
Before the prefect's Yamen opened for business, Shen Yi knocked on the door.
A moment later, Shen Yi arrived in the backyard of the Yamen, where he was washing his hands.
Shen Yi found a stone pillar in the backyard and sat down. He looked at Zhang Jian who was washing his face and asked, "Senior brother, has nothing happened in the past few days?"
"No big deal."
Zhang Jian put the towel aside, glanced at Shen Yi, and said with a helpless tone: "Little things keep happening."
"The east front of the Huaihe River has been quite quiet these days. However, the Northern Qi Dynasty launched a large-scale attack on the Hongze Lake area. Even the Huaihe Navy led us in Huai'an to fight together. General Ling suffered a small loss."
Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi and sighed.
"Yesterday, more than 200 wounded soldiers were sent back to Huai'an to recuperate."
"I didn't let them enter the city for fear of causing panic among the people."
Zhang Fuzun said quietly: "I asked people to conscript a village outside the city and arrange all the doctors there. From now on, it will be regarded as a wounded barracks. Those sent back from the front line will be sent in for treatment and recuperation."
Shen Yi nodded silently and said, "Senior brother, this arrangement is good. We are recruiting soldiers now, so the people really cannot panic."
"And you?"
He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Have you gained anything from this trip back to Jiankang?"
Shen Yi exhaled a breath and looked at Zhang Jian.
"The Northern Qi Dynasty increased its troops to the Huaihe River on a large scale. According to rumors..."
Mr. Shen rubbed his temples and said, "A man named Zhao was sent down to supervise the battle. He has a good posture."
"It's coming with force."
Zhang Fuzun was a little surprised and asked: "Hu Qi's prince?"
Master Shen nodded.
"Mostly."
