The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

Leaving in good spirits and returning in disappointment, this is the mood of Li Chengxian's mother and daughter at the moment.

After returning to Changping Marquis Mansion, as soon as he entered the gate, he saw the mother in his own yard running over in a hurry.

"Ma'am, miss, you are finally back."

Li Chengxian's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

The nanny ran to the front, met the anxious eyes of Li Chengxian's mother and daughter, was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "It's the annual ceremony of the palace! The convoy of the palace arrived not long after Madam and Miss went out today. I'm waiting in the flower hall to call you back."

"The New Year's ceremony is here!" Li Chengxian was overjoyed, lifted the hem of her skirt and walked quickly to the flower hall.

In the past, in Gyeonggi, when both Qianwang Mansion and Changpinghou Mansion were in the capital, they didn't think that if they wanted to go back to their mother's house, they could get there in less than half an hour in a carriage. It was as simple as visiting.

Nowadays, the distance between Changping Hou Mansion and Qian Wang Mansion is not to mention thousands of miles, at least a few hundred miles away. It is not easy to go back to her natal family, and she doesn't even know if she will have a chance to return to her natal family in this life.

In this era, how many women who marry far away are farewell when they get married, and they will never have the chance to step into their natal family's house until they die.

Cai Shiyi sensed her mother's eagerness, and quickly followed her. She was actually more curious about what kind of New Year's gift the palace sent over?
Jiankang City is not as prosperous as the capital city, and the city area is not as large as the capital city. The imperial court moved south, and the rich and wealthy merchants from the capital city flooded into Jiankang City at once. One can imagine how tight the housing is.

Most of the rich and powerful businessmen have their own courtyards in Jiankang, but the courtyards are not as good as the residences in the capital after all, no matter the size or the luxury of the construction, they are incomparable.

The Marquis of Changping is no exception. They have another courtyard in Jiankang City, but the size of the courtyard is only five tiers.

More than 100 masters and servants lived in the Changping Hou Mansion, and Wujin's house suddenly seemed cramped.

From the gate to the flower hall, Li Chengxian arrived in less than a quarter of an hour.

"The little one has seen the princess!"

"This old slave has seen Madam!"

The old butler of Changping Hou's Mansion was chatting with the steward of the Wang's Mansion. Seeing Li Chengxian coming in, the two immediately got up to salute.

"Free gift!"

Li Chengxian passed them and sat down on the main seat, and looked at the stewards of the palace with a smile, "Are the father and mother concubine in good health? Are the two elder brothers still used to being in Lingnan?"

The steward knew that the elder brother she was referring to was Li Chengshang, the elder brother of the first mother, and Li Chengzhan, the second father.

"The prince and concubine are all fine, the uncle and the second master are all going well in Lingnan, it's just..."

When he paused, Li Chengxian raised his heart, "Just what? Why do you slave like to say half and keep the other half, you are so anxious to death!"

Cai Shiyi handed her a cup of tea, and comforted her in a soft voice: "Mother, don't worry, listen to the manager speak slowly, drink some tea to moisten your throat first."

Li Chengxian also knew that her appearance was not dignified enough, so she took a sip of tea to calm herself down.

The steward met Li Chengxian's slightly annoyed eyes, and glanced at the butler of the Hou's mansion standing beside him.

How shrewd is the old man who can climb up to the position of housekeeper in Hou's mansion, he knows what he means with a small look in the steward's eyes, and said with a smile: "Ma'am, Chinese New Year is almost here, there are many things in the mansion, and there are many things waiting for the old man." I will make arrangements for you, you and the manager will talk in advance, and the old slave will leave now."

Li Chengxian nodded: "Go to the housekeeper."

When the steward left, she looked at the steward, "What happened to the palace, why don't you tell the truth!"

"Others are fine, but something happened to the uncle." The steward told the story of Li Chengshang's injury when he went into the mountains to suppress the bandits.

Li Chengxian heard that her elder brother had become a fool, she was so angry that her eyes turned black.

"Princess, are you alright?"

The nanny and the servant girl hurriedly supported her in fright, for fear that she would fall off the chair.

"Princess, don't worry, the uncle's life is not in danger now, although...but his life is saved, it is considered a blessing if he survives a catastrophe!" Seeing this, the steward was anxious and did not dare to help him, so he could only try his best to comfort him. she.

He was afraid that if she fell ill in a hurry, he was really afraid that he would not be able to get out of the Marquis of Changping.

Cai Shiyi rubbed her back to help her calm down, "We are two places away from uncle, so what's the use of worrying about it? Didn't the manager say something, uncle is fine now."

Li Chengxian finally slowed down, she shook her head, she only had two direct elder brothers in the palace, and the second elder brother was incomprehensible. Who is willing to support her?
Cai Shiyi saw that her mother's face was turning pale, and she turned to ask the steward, "Where's the annual gift list you sent? Hurry up and show it to your mother, it will also make her happy."

The steward carefully pulled out a gift list from his sleeve pocket, "The other gift list was sent to the Marquis, and this one is a copy that I copied down."

Cai Shiyi took the gift list and handed it in front of Li Chengxian, "Mother, please take a look at what gift grandpa has prepared for you this year?"

Speaking of King Qian, Li Chengxian had a smile on his face, without even looking at the gift list, he said confidently: "My father will always love me the most, and the gift he chooses must be the most suitable for me."

This sentence also appeared in the study.

"Your father-in-law will always love your daughter-in-law the most. After decades of marriage, Prince Qian's Mansion prepares carefully for the farewell ceremony every year."

With that said, Changping Hou Caishen handed the gift list to his son Cai Xinghui.

Cai Xinghui flipped through the long gift list, and said with emotion while reading: "Father-in-law loves Xian'er, and it can be seen from the gift list that the gifts are selected with great care."

Chang Pinghou pointed to the gift list and asked, "What else do you see from it?"

The eldest son Cai Xinghui flipped through the gift list, and asked with an inexplicable face: "What else can a gift list explain? Isn't this how the palace prepares annual gifts every year?"

Marquis Changping frowned slightly, "Can previous years compare with this year?"

"In the past, everyone was in the capital, but this year they are just separated by two places. What does that mean?" Cai Xinghui still didn't understand what Chang Pinghou wanted to express.

Marquis Changping tapped the gift list on the table, "You also said that you were in the capital in previous years, but this year everyone fled to the south. You said that the palace can prepare such a generous annual gift. What does that mean?"

Cai Xinghui followed his words and asked, "What do you mean?"

Marquis Changping: "."

Ouch!

That gas!

The only son didn't inherit his bright mind!

"What can this explain? It can explain a lot. Do you know what year it is?"

Seeing his son shaking his head, Marquis Changping really wanted to go over and knock his head open to see how much water was inside.

"Drought and white disasters, successive years of disasters, and now the most scarce thing in various places is supplies, but King Qian can still send such a generous annual gift in such a disaster year, do you know what this means?"

As soon as this question was asked, Marquis Changping regretted it, and it was useless to ask this question.

Unexpectedly, Cai Guanghui reacted quickly this time, and replied: "It means that my father-in-law is not short of supplies!"

"." Changping Hou pursed his lips: "It means that there is no shortage of supplies in Lingnan, and it can also be said that your father-in-law is not short of supplies."

Looking at the current situation, Marquis Changping regretted that he did not go to Lingnan with the palace.

I tried my best to go back by boat, but ended up living in fear in Jiankang City with the new emperor. I don’t know if Beidi or the rebels will break through the border defense line and rush into Jiankang City to burn, kill, and plunder. A glimmer of hope for survival?

Cai Guanghui was suspicious, and couldn't help asking: "Isn't Lingnan a wild place? You said that there are enough supplies there, and my son doesn't believe it."

In fact, he believed that these annual gifts were collected by King Qian from all over the world.

"Believe it or not, the facts are right in front of you." Marquis Chang Ping sighed, "At this moment, this Marquis is a little skeptical. Was it right or wrong to insist on coming to Jiankang? Did we follow Lingnan back then? Don't you have to worry about it now?"

Cai Xinghui's thoughts were not as complicated as those of Marquis Changping, "Since my father thinks Lingnan is good, I will find a time to move there. The only difficulty is probably the rush."

Because the journey is very hard, the wind and rain are really not a life for people.

After hearing what he said, Marquis Changping said angrily: "Do you think it's as simple as visiting the house when you move your family? The things involved here are gone!"

Cai Xinghui curled his lips and didn't care. Parents always like to think things are too complicated. In fact, sometimes simple things are easy to do, and there may be unexpected results.

Marquis Changping lost the thought of discussing with his son, "The New Year gift we gave to the palace this year is too light, after you discuss it with your wife, prepare two gifts for the stewards of the palace to take back. Chosen for the prince and princess."

"Understood." Cai Guanghui scratched his eyebrows and agreed to the matter.

Many times, the development of some things is always unexpected.

Ten days after the steward of the Wangfu left Jiankang, that is, on the day of Xiaonian, the rebels occupying the three states suddenly led troops to attack Yangzhou despite the rain and snow.

The momentum was huge, claiming to be 30 soldiers and horses. The soldiers were divided into three groups, starting from Tongshan County, Shan County and Wangjiang County, and raided Yangzhou.

The first to fall was the county town on the border with Yuzhou and Yanzhou.

The rebel army was coming so fast that all the soldiers who stood firm in the border counties were unable to react in time.

Can only be beaten passively, and fled in a hurry.

Anyway, it wasn't the first time they had run away from battle, this time was too much, and this time was not too much, the most important thing was to save their lives.

It doesn't matter if the frontline soldiers escaped, but it frightened the court officials at all levels in the rear and the new emperor in the palace.

The road was blocked due to heavy snow in advance, and everyone subconsciously believed that the rebels would not lead their troops south until the snow melted in spring next year.

It's just that the development of things is too unexpected.

The terrified courtiers asked to send soldiers and horses from the Gyeonggi barracks to fight. They must not give Jiankang to the rebels when Gyeonggi was abandoned to Beidi.

If such embarrassing things happen again, the new emperor and several senior officials of the court will probably be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and cannot be removed.

Can the Gyeonggi Battalion fight against the rebels and stop the rebels' advance?

It's taken for granted.

Except for the 20 rebels who stayed behind this time, the remaining 30 rebels fought with their backs. They wanted to capture Jiankang City before the food and grass ran out, so that the new emperor could move his position.

If the leader ascended to the throne, the soldiers who followed Qin Lang would basically be rewarded, and some of them might be conferred titles, wives and sons, and enjoy the glory and wealth for the rest of their lives.

The rebel army's 30 soldiers and horses went all the way south, advancing without hindrance, and finally pointed directly at the southern capital of Jiankang.

Jiankang is in a hurry!
The soldiers and horses of the Gyeonggi Battalion were also powerless to stop Risheng's soldiers, and finally Jiankang City was besieged.

The new emperor also learned from the former emperor Huiyuan, and issued several decrees a day, calling on the soldiers and horses of the world to rush to help.

It's just that when Jiankang City is besieged, whether these orders will be issued or not is open to discussion.

Zhu Chong, the commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi Battalion, stood at the top of the city, looking out of the city.

The vanguard cavalry of the rebel army arrived outside the city first, followed by a team slowly following up. As time passed, the rebel army outside the city became denser and denser.

It can be seen that the number of rebels coming this time is really quite a lot.

It is said to be 30, and it will be halved directly. There should be 15 soldiers and horses.

The Commander of the Army and Horses of the Five Cities made Mr. Chen climb up to the top of the city, "What's the situation outside the city now?"

Zhu Chong raised his chin solemnly, "Look for yourself, there are endless soldiers and horses, I don't know if I can escape this time?"

How long can Guozuo of the Dayu Dynasty last?

There are soldiers and horses gathering outside the city continuously. If the siege continues, can Jiankang City really wait for reinforcements?
When the rebel army outside the city was successfully assembled, Qin Lang looked at the tall and majestic city wall ahead, and said to the staff around him: "Jiankang City deserves to be the capital city among the hundreds of cities in the south, and its strength is still very strong. This is completely a fortified city. City, sir, do you have a good plan for this?"

The staff looked at the city wall and frowned slightly, "This subordinate believes that we will gather 30 soldiers and horses here to show our military power, and the soldiers and horses in the city will not take the initiative to fight. I will not take the initiative to go out of the city to fight."

If the enemy does not fight, then the next war will be meaningless. How can we win if everyone is hiding?

You must know that the first thing to be solved when the army goes out is food, and the rebel army is almost out of food now.

In this case, everyone will do whatever is convenient for them.You can come here casually, but if you can get supplies and solve the logistical problems in the barracks, this is the business.

Dayu officers and soldiers at the top of the city are not fools either, they certainly know that food and grass should be the most lacking in the team that came from a long distance.

You must know that for an army of hundreds of thousands, the food and grass consumed every day are measured with stones.

"When the team gathers every day, their food and grass must be consumed faster than ours. As long as we insist on getting through together, there will always be times when they can't persist." Zhu Chong took it for granted.

Master Chen: "That's not necessarily the case. What if their luck breaks out on the way and someone takes the initiative to send them food?"

Although hiding in the city does not need to be exposed to the wind and the sun, but each meal is limited.

Now that Jiankang City is under siege, several 'Humerus Ministers' discussed the result for a long time.

The food in the city is under centralized management, and everyone has a limited supply for each meal every day. During the siege of Jiankang, everyone's food was allocated by the government.

Use this to adjust the consumption of food in the city, and try to make the same amount of food last for a longer period of time.

Zhu Chong looked at him: "Could it be that the rebels still have allies here?"