Chapter 11 Zhang Rang
In fact, if you are going to buy an official and take the silver ticket directly, you can send Jia Xu and Zhu Yan to Luoyang, and Jia Xu thought so at first.
It's just that Bai Yang feels that he is rich now and wants to sigh. Besides, Bai Yang is also to buy people's hearts. Of course, there are also reasons such as the concept of fast work efficiency for future generations, and after considering it comprehensively, it is better to buy a few horses in the county town first.
War horses don't need to think about it for the time being, they belong to military supplies. The entire Han Dynasty is very short of war horses, not to mention that some people have the courage to buy and sell war horses. So the three of them walked around the market for a day, bought three horses that looked more powerful, and prepared some dry food before ending the day's trip.
The next morning, he bought a knife for Zhu Yan and a sword for Jia Xu.
Of course, the significance of Jia Xu's sword decoration is greater than the practical significance, so that the two of them are relatively safe on the way to the capital.
In the afternoon, a few people found a vacant place outside the city to practice riding for an afternoon, although the horse is better to ride than the war horse, but who let these three people have not ridden, I don't know what the essentials of course no one has taught, the three of them pondered for a day and finally can barely ride forward. After getting acquainted with each other for another day, Jia Xu and Zhu Yan set off, leaving Bai Yang alone to rest in the inn.
"Hissββ, ah-ah, ah" I only saw Bai Yang walking on two legs alone in the inn, how ugly it was.
Jia Xu and Zhu Yan are gone, if you see him in this situation, you can't laugh to death. Bai Yang sat on the edge of the bed and took off his pants, looking at the inside of his two thighs, and a whole layer of skin was peeled off.
He was also speechless, he couldn't ride the same, and he began to learn to ride a horse in the same way, why did Jia Xu and Zhu Yan have nothing to do, just he tossed like this, just as soon as the two of them left, he couldn't pretend anymore, and screamed in pain.
"Now I'm left with myself, take a good rest in the inn for a few days, heal my injuries first, and then go to a blacksmith shop to see if I can make a few weapons."
"Alas, speaking of which, I will have some short weapons, so what long weapons will I use on the battlefield in the future?"
In Bai Yang's mind, in the various romances of later generations, among the ten thousand armies, the head of the general, one person broke the thousand armies, and so on. No matter how powerful a person is, his energy is limited, think about the kind of protagonist in various martial arts novels in later generations whose martial arts are more powerful, and there are few who go against the imperial court, or swagger to assassinate the emperor.
To put it bluntly, it still depends on the overall strength, and there are many factors that make an army win a war, including the decision-making of the leader, the bravery of the generals, the hard training of the army, obedience, logistics preparation, and a series of other work, the most important of which is that an army must have its own soul or faith.
Of course, if some stragglers are brave, it may be that the other party's somewhat powerful generals can kill and wound twenty or thirty people, and they can scare the four or five hundred troops into the desert and flee.
In fact, there are several famous troops during the Three Kingdoms period: Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Trap Camp, Xiliang Iron Cavalry, White Horse Yicong, Xiandeng Dead Soldiers, White Ear Elite Soldiers, and so on.
Among them, there are cavalry and infantry, although Bai Yang has never seen these armies, or even the regular army of this period, but since he is so famous, it must have its merits, just like trapping the camp, which is famous for its strong execution and strict discipline.
"I don't know who is more powerful than the army of later generations, if the two don't have to go up to do anything, it must be exciting, haha...... "Bai Yang, who thought of the happy place, danced a little, and unexpectedly the wound that involved his thigh began to scream again.
Let's say that Jia Xu and Zhu Yan slept all the way, and it took four days to rush to Luoyang.
The journey went smoothly, and ordinary people saw that they were two people on horseback and with knives, so they had no other thoughts. Looking at the giant city in front of him that was seventy or eighty meters high, Zhu Yan was amazed alone for a long time, Jia Xu was okay, it was not the first time he had come to Luoyang.
The two found an inn to rest for a night, and the next day they did not go directly to the yamen of the official, but through inquiry, they found a residence of the great eunuch Zhang Rang in the imperial city of Luoyang. After waiting for another two days, the day when Zhang Rang left the palace, the two came to the gate of Zhang Rang's mansion non-stop with the worship post.
"What for? This is not the place you should be, get out of here. The two sergeants standing at the door shouted directly at the two.
Zhu Yan became angry all of a sudden, and he clenched his fists and was about to go up to theorize. Fortunately, Jia Xu quickly grabbed him, gave him a look, and then stepped forward and said with a smile: "This military master, who has heard of Master Zhang's name for a long time, took the liberty to come to visit today, and I bothered the military master to report it." β
Jia Xu said that he took a hundred taels of silver tickets in the prayer post and handed it to the guard sergeant, who took the post and glanced at it and said: "Wait, I'll give you a report, there are a lot of people who want to see Lord Zhang every day, and it depends on your luck whether you can see you or not." Without waiting for Jia Xu to speak, he walked slowly and leisurely towards the inside.
"Yes, yes, it's troublesome." Jia Xu didn't care if the other party could hear it, and laughed again and again.
After about a quarter of an hour of entering, the sergeant returned to the gate with a figure-eight step.
"If you're lucky, Master Zhang is just interested, so let's go in. After a while, someone will lead you to the reception place, and don't look around when you go in, and you won't be able to complain about others if you lose your head. β
"Yes, thank you for the reminder." After Jia Xu finished speaking, he arched his hand towards the sergeant, and walked in from the side door with a disgruntled Zhu Yan.
After walking along the road for about 20 meters, a maid showed them the way, and took them all the way to the reception place before leaving, and the two waited for about ten minutes before they heard footsteps.
The two of them turned their heads and saw a white-faced bearded man walking in, about forty years old, with a little wisdom in his eyes, and at first glance he saw that it was really a dignified, talented, and housekeeper-like person.
Who would have thought that such a kind-hearted person would be a ruthless character in reality, playing with the court and applause, if people who don't know the details can probably have a good impression of him. But on the other hand, if he didn't have some skills, the royal family wouldn't trust him.
"I want to meet Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang has every opportunity and works hard for the country, and I feel fortunate to be able to meet Mr. Zhang in his busy schedule." Jia Xu hurriedly bowed his hand.
"Yan meets Master Zhang." Zhu Yan also bowed his hand, although he didn't like it, he couldn't spoil Brother Yang's big thing, he should bow his head or bow his head at this time, he still understands this truth.
"You're welcome, please take a seat." Zhang Rang smiled, waved his hand at the two of them, and sat down on the top seat.
Jia Xu and Zhu Yan didn't even dare to say it, and Zhang Rang didn't care whether the two of them sat or not, maybe he himself was just talking. continued to say to the two: "I don't know what the two of you are looking for our family, as long as it is for the country and the people, our family is duty-bound." β
"Lord Zhang's determination to serve the country and the people can be learned from heaven and earth. Xu visited Lord Zhang this time, first, I heard that Lord Zhang has a great Han Sheji, and he is a model for my generation, and the old man Baiyang has a meager family property to respect Lord Zhang, and I hope that Lord Zhang will take care of his body. Saying that, Jia Xu handed four silver tickets worth 100,000 taels to the housekeeper.
"Your lord Baiyang has a heart, hehe. It is our family's duty to serve the Han community. You just said one thing, what is the second thing, what can I do to help Hongu do my best. Zhang Rang glanced at the silver ticket and said to the two with a smile.
"The second thing is a trivial matter, my lord and I passed through the territory of Changshan in Yizhou, and saw that its people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and my lord was very moved. I want to settle down in his place to serve the country and the people, so I want to find an official position in the local area and show what I have learned. β
"Haha, good, good, good. If you have talent, you should do your best for the country, your lord is very good, it's called Baiyang. Well, so be it. Zhang Rang said a few words and left.
But the person who looked like a housekeeper didn't leave, and stood there and said to Jia Xu: "Go to the yamen of the Ministry of Officials tomorrow to go through the formalities, remember to bring all the money, 800,000 taels." After that, he left.
The two didn't say anything when they saw that they were fine, and they returned to the inn without stopping.
"Mr. Jia, what does Zhang Rang mean by that eunuch, he took so much silver and left without saying anything."
"Wen Zhong, it's done. The lord took 1,400,000 taels, and it seems that there are 200,000 taels left. β
"What kind of official position can there be? If the official position is too small, then it is not worth spending so much money. β
"Since he didn't ask, we also told him in Changshan County, if I guess well, I should be able to get the position of a Taishou, and in the future, the lord in Changshan County will have the final say, haha." Jia Xu said and touched his beard and smiled happily.
Jia Xu should indeed be happy, the first time he came out to do things for the lord, he messed up after that, this time not only saved a lot of money, but also successfully won the most ideal position set by Bai Yang at that time, God is helping himself.