Chapter 41: Sailing

Xu Chen received the order of the Taishou, looked at Hao Zhutou and Wang Shuo in front of him, as well as the people behind him, and said in his heart: "This is everyone on this trip, not to mention, the battle is still quite big, regardless of whether it has a role or not, it is much more convenient to have such a few people." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, in Xia Xu Chen, I took over as the leader of this operation by chance, the kid is young and knowledgeable, this time I am only afraid of danger, and I have to rely on the help of your eldest brothers. After speaking, Xu Chen saluted everyone.

"The purpose of this trip must have been known to everyone, they are all people who have received orders, and I will not say anything to let everyone choose freely. Just one word, I, Xu Chen, am definitely the first to land on the island and the last to leave the island. "When humility is over, it's time to show determination.

Xu Chen knows very well that these people belong to different factions, and at present, it is only because of an official document that they are brought together, and there is still a long way to go if they want them to work together, and these are just laying a foundation at present.

Sure enough, after Xu Chen made his statement, everyone's faces were obviously better. Originally, they were all living a small life at home, but suddenly they were going to run to the bandits' den, and they didn't know how many sins they would have to suffer this time, but whether they could come back safely or not, it was strange that Xu Chen, who was the initiator, could have a good face.

Of course, most of the people who have this kind of mind are fast catchers, but the guards on Wang Shuo's side seem to be much more well-trained, and most of them stand there without saying a word.

"Xu Chen, it seems that he has played a stinky chess trick as a teacher!" Xu Chen has not yet been crowned, so he has no name, and Xu Fan can't think of any more intimate names, so he has to call him by his name.

Xu Fan's original plan was just to let Wang Xian send some guards, these Taiyuan Wang family's soldiers are still very good, especially these veterans around Wang Xian are all veterans who have retired from the battlefield, not to mention the high force, they will desperately complete Wang Xian's orders. With their protection, Xu Chen can get out of the way even if he is not good.

It's just that I didn't expect that this surnamed Wu suddenly became generous and increased his investment. But in this way, Xu Chen will be in trouble, although Xu Fan has never led soldiers, but he also knows that if there are such a few people in the group who are hiding their careful thoughts, when the matter comes, these people will be the most dangerous to save zĂ i, and it is good to collapse the army, and it is not impossible to fight back.

So now Xu Fan's worries about Xu Chen's travel have deepened, and now Xu Fan attaches great importance to Xu Chen, compared to what bandits and merits, this disciple must not be lost. But the matter has come to this point, Xu Fan can't say anything to stop it, so he has to advise: "Don't be reckless on this trip, once you can't do anything, come back immediately, saving your life is more important than anything else!"

Xu Chen looked at the teacher's concerned face, and was very moved, this was the first elder who purely cared about himself after he came to this world.

"Don't worry, teacher, I know in my heart, I don't have other skills, I still have some skills to escape. Xu Chen said wittily, trying to dilute some of the sadness of parting.

"Well, be careful!"

After Xu Chen said goodbye to his teacher, he led everyone to the wharf on the edge of the Ganshui River, and two big ships of the government had already docked on the wharf, which was also Wang Xian's order, after all, Xu Chen was traveling on behalf of the county, and some necessary honor guards still had to be had.

The boat is very large, with two floors, driven by two kinds of power, sail and pulp, and the bottom of the boat protrudes downward, not an ordinary flat-bottomed boat, I think it is specially designed to walk in the big rivers and lakes.

I specifically inquired about the boatmen where this boat was produced, and the boatmen also knew that this young man was the biggest official on the trip, so he naturally knew everything.

It turns out that this ship is made by Hongzhou Shipyard, the shipbuilding technology at this time has been very developed, and the sea ships produced by Hongzhou Shipyard are highly respected by the coastal maritime merchants, and the launch of each batch of sea ships will set off a rush to buy a storm.

Standing on the bow of the second floor of the big ship, looking at the slowly fading river and the crowds on both sides, as well as the famous building of the later generations, standing silently on the shore, Xu Chen's thoughts were also chaotic for a while.

Today, I have been busy all day, and I have played a lot of tricks, and although my goal has been achieved, how can there be bandits in this world who can recruit people by talking about it? Their leader is not Song Jiang......

If you want to win at the negotiation table, it is impossible without a military blow, and Su Qin and Zhang Yi don't rely on the military strength behind each country, and take advantage of Qin's lack of preparation to create a great reputation. When the first emperor whipped and the Qin State was in full swing, who would want to listen to this group of guys.

This time I went to Changshan Island, my brother's side was the main force, and these two big ships were at most supporting the scene and beating the side drums.

After Xu Chen determined his train of thought, he also calmed down, looked at the smoke from the fishing boats on the river, smelled the faint aroma of rice, and realized that his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, after all, he was busy all day today, and he hadn't eaten any decent food.

When I walked into the cabin, I found that the boatmen had already arranged the food and drinks, and everyone was waiting for them.

Since he is already a person who has received the order, this trip is of a military nature, and the most respectful and humble in the military camp are all people who have been in the world for a long time, knowing that the laws in the army are strict, and if you don't respect the commander's orders, you will have nowhere to reason if you are killed. No one wants to be the chicken in the hands of this little hairy child.

Xu Chen is very satisfied with this atmosphere, the Tang people are still martial, and these habits in the army are also known to the world, although the combat strength of the local government army during the Tianbao period is worrying, but the spirit of keeping the order handed down is still obeyed by most people.

After Xu Chen sat down on the main seat, he said to everyone: "Sit down!"

The people in this cabin, except for Wang Shuo and Hao Zhutou, were some of the heads of the two parties, and the rest of the ordinary guards and the catchers were on the boat behind them, and the two teenagers brought by Xu Chen were drinking together.

"Brother Wang Shuo?" Xu Chen asked Wang Shuo, in fact, although Xu Chen had only heard it once, he still remembered a name, and this question was just to find a reason to start a conversation.

"Back to the words of the adult, it is exactly below. Wang Shuo said respectfully, he really deserves to be a person from a thousand-year-old family, no matter what he thinks in his heart, the politeness on the surface still seems to be innate.

"Brother Wang is polite, don't mention the word adult in the future, it's just a temporary dispatch, you don't deserve to be called Brother Wang. If Brother Meng does not give up, he will call the younger brother by his name. Xu Chen refused.

"This ...... Okay, what will Brother Xu send in the future, but please be blunt, when I came down, Lord Taishou had already ordered me to obey Brother Xu's orders when I came down. Wang Shuo didn't dwell on these knots, and hurriedly expressed his attitude.

Therefore, sometimes some polite words that seem meaningless are still very necessary to be said, which not only shows the other party that he will not oppress others with his attitude, but also obtains due convenience for himself.

Although Wang Shuo and they were ordered to come, they couldn't make a contribution when they worked, and how much effort they made was up to them, if Xu Chen got carried away now and forced them as the chief officer, this group of guards would not be able to count on it.

"I don't dare to send it, but this time I'm afraid I will have to rely on the help of Brother Wang and Hao Zhutou. Saying that, Xu Chen bowed to the two of them.

At the same time, the topic naturally led to Hao Zhutou.

"Hao Zhutou, we met again, the last time we had to be in love, and the offense was still Wanghaihan. Xu Chen first apologized for the last incident, and at the same time pointed out that he knew him.

Greet Wang Shuo first, firstly, because Wang Shuo's official position is higher than Hao Zhutou, as a guard of the Taishou, Wang Shuo also has a military position, and Hao Zhutou is just a Xu official in the yamen, and it is also because Wang Shuo's role is greater than Hao Zhutou's in this trip.

This order of courtesy in the officialdom must be observed, you don't care, it's hard to guarantee that others don't care, in case Wang Shuo thinks that he is deliberately snubbing him because he got the order wrong, so he is dissatisfied, then it is really a big loss.

And when greeting Hao Zhutou, he first pointed out that the two had known each other before and brought the relationship closer, although Hao Zhutou also accepted Xu Chen's approach, but it could bring the relationship closer and show a trace of intimacy, which could also make him feel a lot better.

"The adult's words are serious, it was the villain who had eyes and didn't know Mount Tai at the beginning, and collided with the adult, and the villain apologized to the adult here!"

Hao Zhutou also straightened up and bowed his hand, Hao Zhutou naturally recognized Xu Chen a long time ago, but he didn't expect that a simple young man more than ten days ago turned into his own commander, although it was just a temporary mission, but if this trip was successful, with Xu Chen's merits, it was expected to really become his own superior, and even if he didn't care about this, his doctoral teacher alone was not something that he could ignore as a headcatcher, Hao Zhutou is now very glad that he didn't embarrass Xu Chen.

Just a few simple clicks made Wang Shuo and Hao Zhutou think a lot more highly of this young man.

Xu Chen's sophisticated style of acting also brought some confidence to everyone, after all, a mature chief officer will always make people feel more reliable.

After saying hello, everyone knew each other, and Xu Chen took the wine jar to toast everyone one by one.

They are all men who use knives, and the most admired is their bold character, seeing that Xu Chen is so heroic, they applauded one after another, and they were not to be outdone, and they all picked up the wine jar and drank it.

Xu Chen is a person who has drunk soju, and these low-alcohol rice wines are no different from white water in his eyes, and he naturally drinks them heroically.

After a while, the cabin was full of messes, all of them were men, when they drank high, where would they care about these, one by one, those who showed their breasts, and those who danced when they were interested, and all the big men twisted their butts and shook them around, looking at Xu Chen...... I'm about to throw up.

Xu Chen had no choice but to hold the wine jar in one hand and come to Hao Zhutou and Wang Shuo's side, the two of them have profound skills, and it doesn't matter if they drink so much wine.

Holding Hao Zhutou's neck with one hand, Xu Chen asked: "I don't know what Brother Hao's name is, it's always Brother Hao and Brother Hao's calling, and if you don't understand, you still think it's saying that you are so fierce?"

Xu Chen pretended to be a little drunk, and it was good to talk when he was drunk! No matter what he said wrongly, he could push it all away when he woke up.

"Heh, actually, brother, I also have a tuba, but it's really unbearable to say it......" Hao Zhutou twisted.

"Eh, Brother Hao, this is wrong, the name was given by the parents, how can a child be disliked?" Wang Shuo also helped.

"Alas...... That's it, I'll tell the two of you today, a family's big number is called Hao Dazhi, and my father and mother wanted me to be productive when I grew up when I was young, so I gave it such a name. Hao Zhutou sighed.

"What a big mole?" Xu Chen laughed out loud pretending to be drunk.

"Brother Hao's name is really ...... Domineering!" Wang Shuo finally held back a laugh......