After Zhou Tong woke up, he felt that the bones in his body were broken, and he stared at the roof for a while before he felt that his limbs seemed to be still there, and the nightmare of two days gave him a new understanding of the man lying next to him.

It may be ambiguous to say this, but there is no beauty in a large bunk full of naked men, and all kinds of strange snoring and all kinds of pungent smells make the whole house like hell on earth.

Twisting his neck, there was a crunching sound of bones rubbing against each other, which was very painful, but fortunately, I saw the general lying next to him and looking at the roof gloomily, and my mood was a little better.

"Lord, can our bitter plan really impress Bao Zheng and ask him not to get us to the capital? Actually, I don't think it's a bad thing to go to the capital, after all, it's closer to the Son of Heaven. ”

"I don't know, let it be fate, it is in the people to make things happen, we do what we should do, and the rest depends on God's arrangement, Bao Zheng is a pragmatic person who will not let other people's hard work be wasted, I am very confident in his character."

"But we really walked three hundred and fifty miles with armor and weapons on our backs!"

"Nonsense, is there anything that doesn't hurt in the bitter meat meter? Didn't Zhou Yu really fight Huang Gai back then? What we can do is to work hard to survive within the scope of our control, and strive to create a relaxed environment for ourselves, don't expect others, what we suffer today will benefit us immensely in the future.

Atong, don't think about going to the capital to be an official, and to be an idle official, for us to be such an official means that we are dead, if any of the brothers want to be an official, I will spare no effort to help him achieve his goal, Jiaziying will do things in the future, do big things, and we will not wait for those who can't keep up with the pace. ”

Zhou Tong turned to the side with difficulty and looked at Yun Zheng and said, "Actually, I don't understand your thoughts, in the past, we all wanted to learn to become a martial artist and sell it to the emperor's family. Relying on knowledge to complete the change of one's identity and status is enough to glorify the ancestors, you seem to be thinking further, with the Jiazi battalion to survive in the cracks, why do we have such a big burden on our backs? ”

Yun Zheng thought for a long time before saying to Zhou Tong: "I plan to change the future." Over the years, our Chinese people have always been a group of people who have the courage to explore, some of our ancestors have changed the law, some have rebelled, some have died in battle, and some have died on the battlefield, they have made great sacrifices, but do you think carefully about the fundamental changes in our ethnic group since the Qin and Han dynasties?

No, from the oldest Chinese riot to the Taizu Chen Qiao mutiny. Rulers are always changing, but what hasn't changed is our world, which always has to experience rise, prosperity, and mediocrity. In such a strange circle of decline, is there no way to make the prosperity of the dynasty continue?

It doesn't matter who he is the emperor, to put it mildly, I don't care who is sitting on the emperor's throne, the emperor has never been the root of this race, as long as this race does not indulge itself, there is no reason why it cannot prosper forever.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty was congenitally insufficient, and the sixteen states of Yanyun, an important pass to resist the northern barbarians, were dedicated to the Liao State by Emperor Shi Jingjiao, and the Great Song Dynasty could only maintain a stubborn posture militarily, and wanted to defend the iron cavalry of the people on the Great Plains, there was no other way except for the tactics of the sea of people.

The richer our Great Song is, the greater the attraction to those barbarians. There is a thousand days of anti-thief truth in this world, and one day you will find that the defense line composed of the box army and the forbidden army is not enough to resist the iron hooves of others, so I want to try the path of elite soldiers, supplemented by the way of equipment. Let's see if we can find a new way. ”

Zhou Tong smashed his mouth and said: "Your idea is very dangerous, this is a statement without a king and no father, and if you are heard by others, you will never have a chance to get ahead again in your life." ”

Yun Zheng laughed, but accidentally pulled his abdominal muscles, he kept coughing in pain, patted the bamboo mat with his hand and said to Zhou Tong: "Do you think I'm a dead-eyed person?" I'm just looking at the members of the imperial court, and how much patience the emperor has for me, and see where the bottom line is where they can accept, if my attempt is not approved by the whole Song Dynasty, I will immediately disband Jiaziying and return to my hometown of Doushaguan, farm and raise cattle, teach, and go to Yuanshan to bully the Tubo people for fun in my spare time, I don't have the idea of bowing to death and dying, to be honest, Jiaziying's attempt was just a whim I made, and I have long been tired of it, just struggling for my own reputation, If they feel threatened and think that I am a big problem, I have no intention of making enemies with the world, and as a person in the game, they don't support me, so why should I be forced. ”

"The way of a gentleman has always been consistent, Yun Changsheng, is this how you learned?"

This was not Zhou Tong's voice, Yun Zheng opened his eyes and saw Bao Zheng's dark face, and Zhang Fangping's angry face next to him.

"Duke Ming, the lower officials really can't stand up, and please forgive me, Duke Ming's peeping into people's privacy doesn't seem to be in line with the way of a gentleman."

"This is a military camp, or a military camp controlled by the old man, you are just a soldier in the camp, how can you have privacy? The old man wants to cut off your head, it's just a matter of issuing a warrant, to ensure that no one says more, and he is used to being young and not like this, is there anyone who talks to the official like this? ! ”

Bao Zheng is a guest officer, Zhang Fangping is the chief officer, there is no need to pay attention to any ways and means to speak, the army is the most respectful and humble place, Yun Zheng had to work hard to get up and listen to Zhang Fangping's lecture.

Without waiting for Bao Zheng to ask, Yun Zheng said first: "Ming Gong, the Jiazi battalion is very small, there are only 1,000 people, even if the entire Wusheng army is added, it is only 10,000 people, and the Great Song Dynasty soldiers will be more than 2 million. Are you worried that I will rebel with these 10,000 people? If you think about it this way, what kind of army does the Great Song Dynasty need?

According to this idea, all the people can become criminals, all the officials want to be corrupt, all the princes want to seize power, and all the generals are ready to rebel at any time, can such a country still need to be attacked by others? It has long been divided, and it is appropriate to have a proper way of restraining it, but the imperial court is now tying up all the hands and feet of the army to prevent them from moving, and when it is time to fight, the army will have no combat power, and something big will happen. ”

Bao Zheng shook his head and said: "The old man saw that you were just entrusted by someone, Fu Bi entrusted me to bring the money to buy horses, you will be in big trouble if you don't have a war horse to hand over to others, as far as the old man knows, no one in the Great Song Dynasty dared to accept Fu Bi's money and not give people goods, moreover, Zeng Gongliang asked me to bring you a construction book from Beijing, he said that the last time I showed you is not very complete, this book is complete, but he has vacated the gunpowder part, waiting for you to fill in, write quickly, the old man will return to Beijing through Guangyuan the day after tomorrow." ”

Seeing that Lao Bao didn't talk about taking himself and Jiaziying back to Beijing, Yun Zheng naturally didn't talk much, frowned and said: "The merchants of Dousha County, the war horse that Fu Bi Xianggong wants, are already preparing, this year, the Tubo people behind the snow mountain are fighting endlessly, and the Tubo people plan to unify Tubo, the local tribes don't do it, both sides don't graze, and they have fought for a whole year, and it is estimated that they will continue to fight in the spring of next year, which is just a good time to do business, and the five hundred war horses he wants are easy to get together, and it is not difficult." ”

Bao Zheng shook his head with a smile and said: "A thousand horses, you teased people on Qin Fenglu, if you want to calm your anger, you have to sell them a thousand war horses, Fu Bi is not as easy to be fooled as you think." ”

"In fact, the life of Jiaoguo Luo is not easy, Xixia is now poor, in order to maintain the relationship with the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty did not dare to provoke lightly, so he aimed at the nearest Jiaoluo Luo, did not hide Pang also wanted to wash away the shame of the last defeat, and now he is stationed in the Yellow River again, there is a big business to do, war horses should not be on the list of untradable goods, the next batch of caravans to trade in Qingtang only need to trade war horses with them, it is estimated that it is not difficult to get five hundred war horses, next to his Qinfeng Road is Qinzhou, Why don't you trade it yourself? ”

Zhang Fangping laughed and interjected: "People don't sell horses to Fu Bi, he deceived Jiao Guluo very badly when he was serving in Qinzhou, and lost more than 300 miles of land, and Fu Bi is still very proud of mentioning it." ”

Yun Zheng knew that most of the high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty had the habit of deceiving the barbarians, and they regarded this kind of behavior as a clear proof that they were intellectually superior to the barbarians, and now the reason why those barbarians were becoming more and more difficult to deal with was that they were afraid of being deceived.

The honest gentleman of Chong Shiheng is no longer seen, so the barbarians in Hengshan are very nostalgic for the dead Chong Shiheng.

Yun Zheng didn't care about Fu Bi's requirements, a thousand war horses said more or less, said a lot less, whether it was the tribe behind the snow mountain, or the Qingtang Tubo people, their requirements for iron tools and food were almost endless, if they wanted to really make a suitable bow and arrow, they needed to import fish gelatin from the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, and they didn't have many choices.

As for Zeng Gongliang's head being kicked by a donkey, Yun Zheng didn't want to pay attention to it at all, the gunpowder formula was handed over to him, and within ten days, people all over the world would know about it, and Yun Zheng didn't plan to do this kind of thing for the benefit of the whole world at all.

The Great Song Dynasty only had gunpowder, a sharp weapon that could restrain the cavalry, if the consequences were known by those barbarians who were good at learning, the consequences would be too terrible, Yun Zheng didn't dare to imagine the terrifying appearance of the cavalry charging into battle with a scimitar in his hand and a simple grenade pinned to his waist.

"The gunpowder formula is not given, the Zeng Guild has made the whole world know, I have copied a copy to the secret spy department, which clearly indicates that it is not allowed to show Zeng Gong, one is already suspected of betraying the country, this kind of behavior of inserting the label and selling the head His head was kicked by a donkey, we must not do it anymore, there are not many good things in the Great Song Dynasty!"

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Chapter I