"Young Master, the Young Madam has already taken the women to the inner courtyard to choose a room. The Young Madam asked Xiao Song to ask the Young Master if there is anything special he needs to say."
Liu Song hurriedly ran out of the inner courtyard of the Governor's Mansion, just as Young Master Liu and Zhang Kuang and the others had just stepped into the gate of the mansion. Liu Song nodded to the Zhang Kuang and the others and started to report.
Liu Mingzhi pondered for a moment: "Tell Yun'er to set aside a room with better lighting and quieter space for me to use as a study, and let her make arrangements for the rest."
"Yes, Master, Xiaosong resigned!"
"Master Hou, please leave!"
Liu Song trotted away, Zhang Kuang looked at Liu Song's back with interest and turned to look at Young Master Liu.
"You little book boy have been with you for a long time, haven't you?"
"Roughly speaking, it should be twenty-five years, maybe two more years. Even though he is a book boy, he has already been treated as a family member in his heart."
"His father, Liu Yuan, has served the old man all his life. It's Xiaosong's turn to spend the rest of his life with me. He was a master and servant in his previous life."
He chuckled arrogantly and clearly: "This kid looks careless, but in fact he is all-rounded. When facing me, he seems a bit neither humble nor arrogant. It can be seen that he will be a great person in the future, but now he is a bit inferior to his talents!"
"If Xiaosong knew that his uncle looked at him so highly, he would definitely be very excited. Let's talk about the future. If he wants to go out and have some adventures, I will naturally not force him to stay."
Zhang Kuang chuckled indifferently, raised his head and looked at the Governor's Mansion in front of him.
"Oh... Your Majesty is really very kind to you. Since when have the mansions of the governors of the two provinces been comparable to the size of the Duke's mansion? You can no longer call it a mansion, and you can't even call it a garden. Pass."
After hearing this, Liu Mingzhi also scanned the appearance of the Governor's Mansion, his eyes also filled with surprise.
There was nothing eye-catching in front of the Governor's Mansion just now. It was just like an ordinary official mansion, with two stone lions to suppress evil, a vermilion door, and an animal-head door knocker.
But after entering the door, there is a completely different world. The three- to five-foot screen wall was built by Dali Temple, with various rare birds and animals carved on it.
Liu Mingzhi is still unclear about what is behind the screen wall.
Zhang Kuang walked towards the back with curiosity, stepped behind the screen wall and glanced at Young Master Liu with a look of surprise on his face.
"No wonder the officials from the Ministry of Works are doing a lot of construction work. It turns out that they really expanded the courtyard for you according to the scale of the Duke's Mansion. The foundation is six feet high, the main entrance has three rooms, and the opening door is one."
"It is said to be the Governor's Mansion, but yours is definitely the residence of Duke Dingguo. It is not a bit more majestic than my Duke's Mansion, but why did Your Majesty build the residence in Yingzhou City?"
Liu Mingzhi withdrew his gaze: "Uncle, don't think too much about these things. You can live in whatever house your Majesty rewards you with building it. It doesn't matter what the mansion is like, or the garden. Life is just about sleeping seven feet at night."
"You have an open mind. Go to the martial arts arena and let me open my eyes to appreciate the singers and dancers that His Majesty has given you."
"Speaking of which, a hundred Jiangnan singers and a hundred enchanting dancers from the Western Regions are all in perfect shape. Why do I think that Your Majesty did not ask you to manage the mutual market outside Yingzhou City, but to take care of yourself?"
"I don't know if I will receive such treatment after resigning and going into seclusion!"
"If uncle is envious, then you can make more military exploits. Maybe when you are granted the title of Duke, His Majesty's rewards will be even greater. By then, your life will really be better than that of a god."
"I'm getting old, and I no longer have the energy I had when I was young. Let alone reward these two hundred singers and dancers, even if I reward you with 11,000 yuan, I can only watch."
"In about half a year, the war horses you brought back from the Western Regions will be able to train 300,000 cavalry in half a year. As long as these 300,000 cavalry are integrated into the Northern Xinjiang, there will be a big battle with the Turks and the Jin Kingdom to determine the ownership of the world. decisive battle."
"With 300,000 strong cavalry soldiers and six northern Xinjiang guards, a battle that will be recorded in history and will be indelible is about to begin."
"This time the Turks will not even have the chance to escape to the desert north of the Yinshan Mountains, and the Jin Kingdom's opportunity to move northward and hope for a comeback will be strangled in the cradle."
"My great dragon cavalry has endured the burden for twenty years. If I don't move, I will stop. If I move, the mountains will collapse and the earth will split. The sun and moon will lose their light, and the flag will be hidden in the sky."
"If we don't fight, we will be done. If we fight, we will spill blood on the battlefield. We will eradicate the barbarians to eliminate future troubles and lay the foundation for eternal peace for our descendants."
"I have been a soldier all my life, and I have been waiting for this day for too long."
"Ten years of drinking water can't cool the hot blood. I can finally drink a glass of wine in the near future to comfort the countless dragon men who died in hatred on the battlefield, and the tens of thousands of brothers who died in the Longwu Guard and were shrouded in horse leather."
"We, the great dragon, have finally washed away a hundred years of humiliation and stand under the red sun in the east."
"In my lifetime, I can once again leap on my horse and whip my whip north to drive out the enemy, gallop on the battlefield, and drive away the barbarians for three thousand miles. Even if I die, I will die without regrets. I will die without regrets!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at his eyes full of scarlet, spoke loudly, and sighed silently with an indignant expression.
"Half a year, half a year."
"The righteousness of our family and country, the love between our children, our righteousness on one side, and our wife on the other, where should Liu Mingzhi go?"
Liu Mingzhi's mind reflected on the time spent with the queen and the little cutie, with all the joys, sorrows, and joys.
The touch that the Queen brought to me and the joy that the little cutie brought to me were all so clear in every scene.
"Yue'er, you are daddy's daughter. Are you sure you want to give daddy a fair negotiation?"
"But Yue'er is also a princess of the Kingdom of Jin."
"Yes, Yue'er, you are not only my father's daughter, but also the princess of the Kingdom of Jin. How do you ask my father to deal with the coming days?"
"A decisive battle to determine the ownership of the world, a decisive battle, there is no way to achieve peaceful unification? We Han people, Jin people, and Turks are all descendants of Yan and Huang, is there really no way to have the best of both worlds... ..."
"Little Liu."
"Boy Liu!"
The arrogant and slightly dissatisfied voice woke Liu Mingzhi out of his daze.
"Uncle, what's wrong?"
"Why are you so distracted? I want to ask you, after the training of 300,000 cavalry is completed, and the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang can be regarded as a million-strong army, who will your Majesty command to go out to conquer the Turks and sweep across the Jin Dynasty? country, create this unparalleled achievement."
"Don't you dare talk nonsense, whoever takes charge will be determined by God!"
"You kid, when did you become so cautious? But as the saying goes, disaster comes from the mouth. It's better for us to talk less. Just like my adoptive father Jin Yi...forget it. , don’t say these depressing words, go enjoy the singing and dancing, I don’t know if there will be a chance to come back in the future.”
Liu Mingzhi nodded silently: "Du Yu, go and ask Liu Song to arrange a banquet. Let the singers and dancers clean up their rooms and put on their dance clothes to gather at the martial arts arena."
"Yes, sir!"
In the blink of an eye, several tables filled with wine and meat were placed in the martial arts arena, except for a pot of tea in front of Zhang Kuang.
Liu Mingzhi knew Zhang Kuang's long-cherished wish and did not force him to drink alcohol.
"My little daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu Qiyun."
"My little daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu's Li Yan."
"My little daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu's Yu Qinglian."
"My little daughter-in-law, Liu Shi Qiya."
"My little daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu Lingwei."
"...."
"I've met uncle!"
"No gifts, no gifts, no gifts. Don't be so polite."
"Otherwise, if Mr. Liu, because you feel sorry for me, you go to the line with me and suppress me as a prince because of my status as a prince, wouldn't I have to pay tribute to all the princes and their wives?"
"Especially you, Qi Yun, and Her Royal Highness the Princess. One of you is the First-Rank Protector of the Country, and the other is Princess Anping with the same title. I am only a Second-Rank Marquis. I don't dare to put on airs in front of you. Please sit down. .”
"Thank you uncle!"
