Chapter 998: Territory 1
Although a round down. Zhao Hu's only one or two runs remained, and half of the 10 stone rice was sold. But the reputation is spreading at the bottom of Ling Wucheng, and being hospitable and generous is Zhao Hu's current reputation.
Don't underestimate the reputation at the bottom, now Zhao Hu is a samurai house that returns to the city from the castle in the middle of the night. It was also easy, and the guards guarding the door would definitely sneak open a crack in the door to let him in and out.
What is there to do, a shout, immediately hula la to a large number of people. These are the connections, these are the foundations.
Of course, people who know Zhao Hu's consumption secretly ridicule him as a loser, and if he has the money, he doesn't want to buy the hearts of the people at the bottom, it's just upside down!
And this thing is not ready to live? 10 stone of rice and 10 yuan are a lot of money! This product has almost used the annual salary in less than a month, and it is still more than half a year. How will you get by? Just rely on the poor land of 100 stones?
Of course, these people don't know, Zhao Hu with a golden finger. You can guarantee that you have 100 more stone of rice for plain time, which is much more awesome than the production of your own knowledge. And if the rice is sold before the autumn harvest, it will make even more money.
Don't underestimate Zhao Hu's spending of this money on these low-level people. Although it is impossible to be loyal to him or anything, the wide range of people and information is enough to compensate for the consumption. Now that the Ling family has something going on, Zhao Hu can also get the news in a very short time.
For example, this time, the head of the Ling family led most of the warriors and soldiers in his family to stay in Yanshi Township for a month, in order to appease and suppress the first-class local tyrants in the village head of Yanshi Township, because if these local snakes were not appeased and suppressed properly, even if they nominally occupied Yanshi Township, they would not want to get any benefits from Yanshi Township.
Others don't know, anyway, Zhao Hu knew from the wine table that the Ling family master's pacification and suppression this time was not very smooth, because of the terrain of Yanshi Township, many local tyrants built fortresses in the steep mountains, and the more remote the guys, the less they recognized the Ling family's rule.
Even if he surrendered nominally, he was not happy, and the head of the Ling family had to send Lord Tian Kuo, a big killing weapon, and grain and copper coins at the same time, and it took more than a month to get Yanshi Township.
This is also the reason why Zhao Hu has been in Lingwu City for more than a month, and he eats, drinks, and has fun all day long, because he can't receive the slightest task at all, and no one leads him to take over the territory, and the operation of the whole family is tilted towards Yanshi Township, where can he take care of him as a little warrior.
Zhao Hu didn't want to take advantage of this time to go to the Taoist Temple to practice his power, but Zhao Hu, who ran in a hurry, inquired about the price, the cheapest, the easiest to learn, about the "exciting" power of the leader, actually had to be worshiped a hundred times.
As for the cheapest power in the samurai combat system, it is the "One Sword Slash", which can make your own samurai * sword form a three-meter sword qi, and how much 200 kin is required.
Hearing this price, Zhao Hu directly donated a few copper plates and then turned around and ran. It's not that he didn't think of working in the Taoist temple to see if there is an opportunity to steal learning, but the Taoist temple said that there is no need for extra manpower when there are enough people.
So to mess around, Zhao Hu had no choice but to treat himself to a lot of hospitality, and what he used on himself was to buy a set of replacement samurai uniforms, and the cheapest kind also needed consistent money, as for the daily necessities of pots and pans and chopsticks, it would be done for a few hundred yuan.
Zhao Hu didn't think of recruiting servants, but the servants from the castle town had a high price, and they didn't dare to guarantee loyalty, and if they wanted cheap prices and loyalty, there were only farmers on their own Zhixing, but Zhao Hu didn't take over Zhixing, so there was not a single servant at home, and when guests came, they had to serve tea and pour water by themselves, which made Zhao Hu depressed.
On this day, an attendant from the Administration Hall hurriedly came to look for Zhao Hu: "Lord Zhao Hu, Lord Shoufu asked you to report the family crest, the lord is about to return, and you need to let the lord confirm this." ”
"The lord is coming back? Yanshi Township is done? Zhao Hu asked excitedly.
"That's it." This attendant has also drunk with Zhao Hu several times, so he naturally understands some of Zhao Hu's words that are beyond the times.
"Okay, I'll let my brother take the family crest back." Zhao Hu naturally didn't say a word, took out a dragon pattern that had been prepared a long time ago and handed it over.
"Wow, Lord Zhao Hu, this pattern is very beautifully designed, which master painted it?" The attendant looked at the pattern with admiration.
"Hey, I don't know which master it is, it's just a guest I met in the tavern who drank too much and didn't ask for the other person's name." Zhao Hu said with a smile that he is now a turtle and can't show his cultural roots.
However, Zhao Hu has already thought about it, and when he has money, he will take the opportunity to learn culture when he goes to the Taoist temple to learn power, otherwise he will not be able to show off his skills in the future.
"Understood, I'll send it back to the Executive Office." The attendant nodded and put away the paper, he knew that Zhao Hu would invite guests to drink as long as he looked at the other party, and he had a slight reputation in the castle town, and it was normal to ask a passing wind painter to help.
Zhao Hu, who stayed alone in the cold home, didn't care about the environment at all, and lay directly against a bundle of rice, thinking about Erlang's legs: "I thought that after the head of the Ling family was attracted to Yanshi Township, those small forces behind the ass would definitely take the opportunity to swarm and attack the Ling family, but I didn't expect it to be calm for more than a month." ”
"I'm looking forward to something like this so that I can participate in the fight to drive out the invasion."
"Now it seems that there is still some ignorance of the state of the world, who would have thought that when there is still a month or two before the autumn harvest, everyone will actually stop fighting and concentrate on waiting for the farmland. But there is no hurry, when the autumn harvest is over, the grain is abundant, the peasants and soldiers have nothing to do, and a series of major battles will definitely come, and when the time comes, there will be a chance to earn land and make some money. ”
The next day, Zhao Hu continued to be chic, but soon learned that the lord had arrived not far outside the city, and the samurai with authority such as Shoufu naturally came out to greet him, and Zhao Hu, these little deflated threes, did not even have a chance to greet them.
As the brigade returned to Lingwu City, the lord held a council, half of the soldiers unloaded their armor and went home, and half of the soldiers continued to serve on duty, and Ling Wucheng, who was originally a little uneasy, immediately settled down.
This made Zhao Hu, who was very sensitive to changes in the atmosphere, couldn't help but sigh, the head of the family was not at home, and the feeling was completely different.
As for the soldiers who will be unarmored and go home, this is normal, they are not really a standing army, they are just leading a meager salary, equipping these semi-peasant soldiers who are under the responsibility of the master's family. When nothing happened, the lord's family was eager to disband all the soldiers, because the lord's family was in charge of the food when the soldiers were on duty, and it was better to drive them home and eat themselves.
Besides, although the soldiers did not have to be conceited and armed, and they also had a meager income, they were slightly better off than ordinary peasants, and if they really wanted their families to have food, they still had to participate in the farm work at home.
Not to mention these soldiers, the low-ranking samurai were all responsible for the farming work, and the mid-level samurai would personally supervise the farming and harvesting work. So don't look at the fact that there are still many warriors and soldiers gathered in Lingwu City, once it is time for the autumn harvest, the city will definitely be empty of seventy or eighty percent of people, and all of these people have gone to work in the fields.
Zhao Hu didn't have to be dashing for long, and the next day he was summoned to the castle and received the land canonization documents, the warrior identity confirmation documents, and the family emblem confirmation documents from the Ling family master. Carrying the stack of things out, the people sent by the Administration Department to make sure he knew what to do also came.
It is impossible for someone to do this kind of thing with an identity, and without an identity is naturally a drinking friend of Zhao Hu, so the group first went to get a few flags with a dragon pattern painted on them, and then applied for a flag of the Ling family, because there are drinking friends everywhere, and they don't know how good it is to do these things.
Then in order to thank these drinking friends for their own magnificent scene, Zhao Hu naturally led everyone to eat and drink, and the last group of people swaggered and carried the banner and hugged Zhao Hu on the rural road.
Zhao Hu's party went to Tianlan Township, Linhe Village, where Zhao Hu Zhixing was located, so slowly.
"Hey, it's a pity that there aren't many horses at home, otherwise if we borrow a few, we can also rush to Lord Zhao Hu's territory that day." An attendant from the Executive Hall said with some emotion.
"Haha, even if we have, we can't borrow it, and even if we borrow it, we won't ride it." The other squire laughed.
"By the way, didn't you say that you can go to the horse farm to work and take the opportunity to practice horseback riding?" Zhao Hu asked curiously.
"Lord Zhao Hu, don't listen to those people's nonsense, people have their own horsemen in the horse farm, so they won't take the horse to the samurai who works to practice, and if it is ridden by the samurai, it is not a claim, it is not a claim, there is a lot of trouble."
"That's right, but you can really practice riding horses in the horse farm, but you have to pay for it, it is said that you have to pay 10 grains and grass for a month to study, and you will be killed!"
Zhao Hu raised his eyebrows, this is also a good way, when you have money, you naturally have to learn to ride a horse, although you don't need it, but there must be a reason, right? Without this reason, how can you explain that a guy from a peasant soldier can actually ride a horse?
"By the way, Lord Zhao Hu, didn't the warrior from your place of birth send you a few maids? How did you get them back? It's embarrassing that you don't have a servant in that house. A low-level samurai who had nothing to do and ran out to join in the fun asked curiously.
There was not much difference between a low-ranking samurai and a clerical attendant who received a lukou. That's why everyone can get together, but once the samurai gets the power or the level is promoted to the black iron, he doesn't like to deal with these low-level characters, which is why everyone desperately wants to get the samurai qualification.