Chapter 580: Qing Dynasty Transmigration Spirit Spring System (31)

Xie Yang nodded and said, "I couldn't be more serious! Uncle Shisi, I want to try it in Longxi! If we can successfully grow them, we won't have to make Grandfather transport them all the way from Jiangnan for us. The manpower and resources saved can be used to transport other things."

Shisi Ye scratched his head: "Your idea is good, but the key is, who is going to do the planting?"

They were here to fight a war! If they weren't fighting, they might as well go back to Peking University to live a comfortable life instead of farming!

"Aren't there many volunteer soldiers from the south in the Northwest Army? When there is no fighting, we can ask them to help with Planting, and when the harvest comes, we can give them a larger share as labor fees."

"……"

No wonder she came to discuss this with him; it turns out she had her eyes on the Northwest Army.

That's true! If the Nübing Ying could spare enough manpower, the niece wouldn't have come to discuss it with him at all, but would have taken her soldiers directly to reclaim wasteland.

"Uncle Shisi, if you agree, I will share a portion of any good food I get in the future with you."

"Deal!"

Shisi Ye wiped his mouth and agreed immediately.

Could he afford not to agree? He hadn't forgotten that his niece possessed the "As If I Am Present" jade tablet bestowed by the Emperor!

Thinking of this made his heart ache.

He was the Emperor's own son, yet such an important jade tablet was given to a granddaughter instead of him, his own son; wasn't that quite unreasonable! If the Emperor were right in front of him, he would definitely have asked. It wasn't fair to treat people like this!

Xie Yang did not know that her uncle's heart was as sour as if he had chewed a whole lemon. If she knew, cough, she would have let him chew two: the silver notes that Defei sent her were also more than what he, the son, received! Hey!

"Uncle Shisi, then it's settled. Next spring, we will leave a group of people in Longxi to plant Sweet Potato. I will raise the Sweet Potato seedlings in advance, and I will trouble you to arrange the manpower."

"Fine, leave it to your Uncle Shisi." Having eaten and drunk his fill, Shisi Ye was easy to talk to. "Then what about us? Should we continue to camp here or return to the base?"

"We are heading north."

"Heading north? But it's already snowing in the north!"

"It is precisely because winter is suitable for recuperation that we must catch them off guard. As for keeping warm, Uncle Shisi can rest assured; I have prepared everything. It just depends on whether you are willing to coordinate with me."

As Xie Yang spoke, she looked toward the nearest city in the north, Kobudo, her eyes as clear as Glass:

"In a year and a half, it will be the Emperor's!"

"!!!"

……

The third lunar month of the 52nd year of Kangxi.

At the grand and magnificent Thousand Elders Banquet, the princes and grandsons presented the birthday gifts they had racked their brains to prepare for Kangxi one by one.

For example, the Third Prince presented the "Complete Library of the Four Treasuries" which he had led a team to compile; the Fourth Prince presented the "Diamond Sutra" which he had hand-copied and recited Wanyi times; others presented paintings of the God of Longevity, jade ruyi, Shou Fo Yudiao, and calligraphy and paintings by Tang Yin……

Among them, the gift from Ba Ye was the most valuable and ingenious—

What made it valuable were the eight pieces of Ming Dynasty antique porcelain, including the Wanli kiln Eight Immortals bowl and the Xuan kiln brush washer; what made it ingenious was that on top of the eight priceless antique porcelains sat a piece of meteorite that had fallen from the sky, carved with the character "Longevity."

Bafujin sat among the other fujins with a proud expression; the idea of carving the "Longevity" character on the meteorite was her own!

A meteorite is a stone from beyond the heavens, and carving the "Longevity" character on it with extremely natural brushwork implied that the Emperor possessed heaven-sent blessings.

Now, the Emperor should finally confer a princedom upon her Ba Ye, right?

It wasn't that she particularly craved the title of prince, but before sitting on that throne, having a princely title was better than not having one.

A certain Prince sounded more imposing and competitive than a Beile!

"Lao Ba's gift……"

Kangxi played with the meteorite longevity carving presented by Yin Si with an amused smile, and just as he was about to say something, an Imperial Guard stepped forward quickly, saying that a victory report had arrived from the front line.

Kangxi was instantly overjoyed and immediately ordered the guard to bring the person in.

The person delivering the victory report was a heroic-looking female soldier, who knelt down to pay her respects with neither servility nor overbearingness, and then presented two scrolls.

One was the letter of submission handed over by the new princes of the tribe after the complete annihilation of Galdan's remnants and the pacification of the Dzungar tribe; the other was the armistice agreement signed by the Russian side after being forced to the north of Lebuxi.

"……This is a birthday gift presented to the Emperor by Haiyin Gege and the Great General who Pacifies the Far, wishing the Emperor a long and boundless life!"

"Good! Very good!"

Kangxi said the word "good" three times in a row, his voice trembling with excitement.

Galdan's remnants and the chaotic Dzungar tribe had always been a thorn in his side.

He never expected that Haiyin and Shisi, these two children, would actually do it!

And they even had it delivered by fast horse on his sixtieth birthday.

This was the most satisfying birthday gift he had received so far!

"Hahahaha! Heaven bless our Great Qing!"

"Heaven bless our Great Qing!"

Everyone knelt and repeated it.

Kangxi laughed heartily several times, and only after calming down did he ask about the Russian Army: "When did the Russian Army invade the borders of our Great Qing? Why did no one from the Northwest garrison report it?"

"Reporting to the Emperor, the Russian Army took advantage of the chaos created by Galdan's remnants and sent a force of three thousand men to invade the Dzungar territory under the banner of searching for Gold Ore. They were accidentally encountered by our Elite Camp. Under the leadership of Haiyin Gege, we used guerrilla tactics to defeat the superior force with a smaller one and wiped them out. Later, we coordinated with the elite troops led by Shisi Ye to force the covetous Russian Army back three hundred li north of Lebuxi. Now, Lebuxi is already a city of our Great Qing! Our Great Qing banners have been planted there!"

"!!!"

Everyone present felt their blood boil.

The ministers in the court and the princes and grandsons all looked at the Fourth Prince with envy.

Who could have imagined it!

Thirteen-year-old Haiyin Gege had formed a Women's Army that no one was optimistic about as if it were a game. In just six years, she had not only quelled the Mongol-Tibetan rebellions, wiped out Galdan's remnants, and pacified the Dzungar tribe, but also forced the Russian Army to retreat step by step, pushing the Great Qing's northern defense line further and further north! Now, they had even taken Lebuxi from the Russian side!

The concubines in the harem and the noblewomen cast looks of envy and jealousy at Defei.

The two people who had performed such great military feats were one, Defei's granddaughter, and the other, Defei's son. No matter whom the Emperor rewarded, it was a joyous occasion for Defei's family. Envy and jealousy could not express their feelings at this moment.

And the most jealous of all was Bafujin.

She was more than just jealous; she absolutely hated Haiyin and Shisi Ye!

What a lousy victory report! It didn't come early or late, but had to arrive right at the Thousand Elders Banquet, just before the birthday gift she and Ba Ye had painstakingly prepared could receive praise and rewards from Kangxi!

In an instant, she overshadowed both her and Ba Ye!

Detestable, detestable, simply too detestable!

Everyone else was busy offering congratulations; who cared about Bafujin's mood at this moment?

"May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years without end!"

"May our Great Qing endure for ten thousand generations!"

"Long live the Emperor, long live, long live!"

Looking at the sea of kneeling officials and royalty, Kangxi had a smile in his eyes: "Rise."