Zhao Zengjin left, and only Xu Changqing was left in the official hall.

Xu Changqing subconsciously wanted to go to the table to touch the cigarette box, lit a cigarette to soothe it.

But for a moment, Xu Changqing also came to his senses and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

At this time, tobacco had been introduced to the Ming Dynasty for a long time. Not only many people in the Ming Dynasty liked to smoke, but many people, including the Qing Dynasty, Mongolians, and Goryeo, fell in love with this imported product that came in under the name of "drug".

Unfortunately, the smell of these dry tobaccos is a bit too much now, and there are many indescribable odors, which makes Xu Changqing, who has been used to the exquisite cigarettes in later generations, really can't stand it...

There is no cigarette, but there is wine.

He poured a glass of wine and savored it in his mouth for a long time. Then Xu Changqing swallowed it. Seeing that a lot of fire had been extinguished outside, he habitually narrowed his eyes.

At this time, although the map work was done well, Xu Changqing's strength was limited. He only refined many things on the seaside and sea, including the Jinzhou front line, especially the future battlefields of the Daughter River, Rufeng Mountain, Songshanling, and Xiaoling River front line, there was no arrangement.

This has caused the strategic significance of this map to be much lower and the value is not enough.

However, it is enough to communicate with Hong Chengchou and the generals of various troops.

After all, the Ming army has so many nights but cannot let Xu Changqing do all this difficult work alone. So what else do you have to do?

As expected, after the main force of the Ming army arrived along Songshan, the Ming army would not be collected at night and would definitely go to survey more accurate maps.

To be honest, Xu Changqing is also happy to see this situation.

After all, it is impossible for him to change the overall situation with a flash of inspiration from Xu Changqing.

According to the principle of the "barrel effect", even if the Ming army in each department is not very strong, it must not be too outrageous.

Otherwise, once a certain part collapses first and triggers a chain reaction, the consequences will be disastrous.

At this time, Xu Changqing couldn't help but want to rush to the front line battlefield as soon as possible, see Hong Chengchou's troops and arrange the formation, and then quickly make corresponding plans.

Although the flowering bullets were made, the explosive pack was also on the way, these flowering bullets at this time were too heavy and were destined to be thrown too far. It seems that the simple version of the "cannonball" called the throwing cart seemed more appropriate.

In this way, if these powerful tools are effective, they must make careful plans.

"Dang, Dangdangdang."

While thinking, the bamboo door suddenly was knocked, and a slightly hoarse and magnetic woman's voice came: "General, have you rested..."

Xu Changqing was stunned and looked at the door. He saw a familiar slim figure, as if holding something, and was nervously waiting for the door to see the fragrance of delicious food coming in.

"Sister Mei?"

After a moment, Xu Changqing saw the person clearly, his eyebrows raised slightly, and after a moment he came back to his senses, he hurried over and opened the door, and scolded with some affection: "Sister Mei, it's so late, why are you here?"

The person who came was a young woman in her early twenties. She was not too beautiful, only about 80, but she was extremely charming. She had a pair of phoenix eyes, which was very cute, with very white skin and a very good figure, about 1.65 meters tall, full of the gracefulness and softness of oriental women.

It was one of the first women rescued by Xu Changqing from the Golden Cave on the beach at Hutu, named Mei Yan.

Before, Mei Yan made an important contribution to helping Xu Changqing do a lot of things and soothe people's hearts. She is also the leader among these women.

This is a very capable woman. Her family turned out to be a wealthy family in Guangning City, and Xu Changqing also admired her very much.

At this time, the plate Mei Yan was holding was a plate of "fried sea cucumber".

A few black sea cucumbers that were bigger than their fingers were carefully sliced, and they were fried with chopped green onion and shredded ginger. Although it was simple, the skills were obviously good.

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It should be noted that at this time, Hope Island, onions and ginger are all luxurious condiments.

"General, Nu, Nu is on the beach today. I happened to catch a few sea cucumbers. Today I saw the general come back and have not had a rest so late, so I went to make some late night snacks for the general..."

Mei Yan was already very nervous. Xu Changqing's tall figure blocked the door unintentionally and did not let her go into the house as soon as possible. It immediately brought her a mountain of pressure, shyness, panic, and embarrassment. She couldn't help but lower her head and dared not face Xu Changqing again.

Seeing Mei Yan's appearance, Xu Changqing also came to his senses and quickly patted his forehead and smiled: "Sister Mei, look at my brain, it's so funny. Don't stick at the door and talk in."

"Ai…?"

Mei Yan came back to her senses for a moment. She was invited by Xu Changqing to the house like a puppet, but she was holding this plate of fried sea cucumbers and didn't know how to deal with it. She was not standing or sitting.

Xu Changqing hurriedly asked Mei Yan to sit down with a smile, poured a cup of tea, put the plate of fried sea cucumbers on the table, and then said with a smile: "Sister Mei, thank you, you are kind. How about it? Will you still adapt after coming to Hope Island?"

Seeing Xu Changqing's gentle attitude, Mei Yan relaxed a little, but there was a little red cloud on her pretty face and said softly: "It's okay... General, how many days can you stay on the island when you come back this time? No, Nu, what Nu means is, General, although you are still young, you can't work too much, you must pay attention to your health."

As she said that, she mustered up the courage and looked at Xu Changqing's eyes with great sincerity.

Feeling this sincerity without any impurities, a warm current flowed through Xu Changqing's heart, and he felt that his heart was warm.

This poor woman really treats herself as a relative.

He hurriedly smiled and said, "It's okay. The army is about to go on a war, so I can only stand up first. After driving the Tartars away, we can really change places, have a good rest, and rest."

"Big, is the army going to go on a war?"

Mei Yan was stunned for a moment, and her pretty face, which was slightly calmed down, was gloomy for a moment.

As a native of Guangning, after years of disagreement, no one knows the horror of those hateful Tartars better than her.

If it weren't for Xu Changqing, she would have probably become a humble and slutty bone and dust.

"I'm sorry, General, I'm a little confused. Are you going to go to war too?" Mei Yan also realized her excellence at this time, and she was busy and calm down and looked at Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing smiled, took the wine pot, poured a glass of wine for Mei Yan, and then poured himself a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Sister Mei, this matter is a long story. Let's talk while eating. I have never tasted Sister Mei's skills."

Seeing Xu Changqing's gentle and relaxed without being angry, Sister Mei relaxed a little again and hurriedly served Xu Changqing to eat.

I have to say that Mei Yan’s craftsmanship is quite good. Although a plate of fried sea cucumbers has no condiments, it successfully suppressed the fishy smell of sea cucumbers, and it stimulated the fresh fragrance very purely, quite good, and it is definitely at the level of a chef.

Xu Changqing briefly talked to her about the army's expedition to Jinzhou, but she no longer talked about such a heavy topic, but instead turned to the question of why she made sea cucumbers.

Mei Yan smiled bitterly and said, "General, our Mei family has always been doing some sea goods business. Back then, on Changsheng Island, our Mei family was barely considered one of the imperial merchants. We specially configured the unique sea cucumbers of Changsheng Island in the palace. There are several recipes for cooking sea cucumbers at home. I also discovered a few days ago that Hope Island actually produces sea cucumbers. However, compared with the sea cucumbers on Changsheng Island, it is still a bit worse..."

With Mei Yan's statement, Xu Changqing also understood some of her past and couldn't stop sighing for a moment.

If there were no barbarian neighbors like the Qing Tartars, even though the Ming Dynasty was outdated, the whole direction would start

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The code is still correct.

If it can develop smoothly, maybe...

Unfortunately, history never has any if...

After the two of them talked for a while, the atmosphere began to become a little solemn and they stopped talking.

Mei Yan couldn't help but appear shyly red clouds again on her pretty face. She was as thin as the fallen leaves in the autumn wind, and she was about to fall down when the wind blew.

The reason why she came here today was that she was indeed worried about Xu Changqing's health. After all, Xu Changqing's work intensity was really too high.

Furthermore, there are... things that are difficult to describe in words.

That kind of thing has grown and grown madly since she was rescued by Xu Changqing from Hutu.

Before, Xu Changqing redeemed the little girls Shaoyao and the others, and also quickly exploded and teared her a sense of crisis.

Just as she had encouraged herself before: "Whether it succeeds or not, you must try it. Even if you fail, you will die without regrets!"

"General, I..."

At this time, Mei Yan finally plucked up the courage, drank the glass of wine in one breath, and looked at Xu Changqing's eyes, but Xu Changqing came back to her senses when she heard her words, and turned to her. The courage she had accumulated with all her strength was like leaves falling in the wind, and she was instantly in a mess...

Even though she has been working hard all these days, to some extent, she is the one who Xu Changqing trusts and relies heavily on, but... after all, she is a broken flower and a willow...

How can you expect something that is simply out of reach if you have lost flowers and willows?

That will definitely bring shame to the heroic man in front of you!

Thinking of this, Mei Yan's psychological defense line had collapsed, and tears were like gushing out, desperately surging.

I just regret that 'I have not been born, I am old when you are born'...

"Sister Mei, what's wrong with you? Is it okay?"

Xu Changqing was thinking about the future war, but he really didn't notice the fluctuations on Mei Yan's side. He recovered and looked at Mei Yan's appearance, Xu Changqing was speechless for a moment.

The thing he hates the most and fears most is women crying.

Moreover, as a veteran, Xu Changqing could naturally feel the indescribable affection in Mei Yan's eyes.

"General, I, I'm fine. You, please rest first, I won't bother you..."

As he said that, Mei Yan forced herself to touch her tears and turned around and was about to leave.

Looking at his graceful waist curve, his haggard and sad look, Xu Changqing was also a little angry for a moment.

What's this for him!

Isn't this woman just not able to speak well?

The key is that Xu Changqing has had a lot of evil fire in these days, and coupled with the great replenishment of sea cucumbers tonight, he is really uncontrollable.

"Sister Mei, I~~, I will go to war tomorrow!"

Seeing Mei Yan going out, Xu Changqing suddenly spoke.

"Ai?"

Mei Yan was stunned, as if she was struck by lightning, and hurriedly turned around and said, "General, this is so fast?"

"hehe."

Xu Changqing smiled with a little self-deprecating smile, "Sister Mei, the Tartars are powerful, and time is not waiting for anyone! Perhaps, this time we go to the expedition..."

Xu Changqing deliberately raised Mei Yan's appetite and sighed: "Sister Mei, don't worry, tomorrow morning, I will arrange everything and leave a way out for everyone, so that everyone can live a good life in the pass."

"General..."

"No, not..."

"General, this..."

Even though Mei Yan has experienced a lot and has good family conditions since childhood, she is also literate and wise, how could she be the opponent of Xu Changqing, a veteran?

It was a mess in an instant, and there was no time to take care of myself. All my thoughts were gathered on Xu Changqing.
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