Chapter 17: The Divine Fire Hallow
On May 1, 184, Guo Sheng came to the sour jujube from Luoyang, Beijing, again.
In just one month, Zhang Feng was promoted to two official positions in a row, and was officially named the general of the army, with 3,000 men in charge.
People are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, after the decree is announced, Zhang Feng naturally wants to praise Guo Sheng for a while, and Guo Sheng, who is happy, smiles.
"General Zhonglang, this holy decree has also been announced, but what do I have to say to your majesty!"
Zhang Feng felt a cluster in his heart, this dead eunuch was addicted to bribery, and he didn't give a little bit, I was afraid that he would have to wear his own small shoes in the future.
"Forgive me, father-in-law, I'll order someone to get it."
Zhang Feng immediately whispered to Huo Lei, and after a while, Huo Lei came up with a tray of gold, which was five hundred taels.
Zhang Feng smiled and said: "It's a little meaning, it's not a respect, and I hope my father-in-law will laugh at it." ”
Guo Sheng glanced at the gold in the tray in disappointment, and sighed: "Zhonglang misunderstood the adult, although our family does not have thousands of furniture, but this mere five hundred taels of gold still does not look at it." ”
"Thief's, too little, isn't it?"
Zhang Feng scolded in his heart, but his face showed a look of grievance, and he replied: "My father-in-law doesn't know, sour jujube is a small county town, and the number of displaced people has been growing day by day recently, and the government's expenses have been struggling, and I hope that my father-in-law will be compassionate." ”
Guo Sheng replied: "I'm afraid that Zhonglang will misunderstand the meaning of our family, our family eats and drinks with His Majesty's care, and this money has long been out of sight." ”
"I wonder if there is still a divine fire in the hands of General Zhonglang?"
Facing Guo Sheng's inquiry, Zhang Feng looked surprised, Shenhuo? What the hell is this?
Guo Sheng said with a smile: "It's the one that the general gave me last time, and it can burst out with a little fire." ”
Lighter?
Zhang Feng almost burst into laughter, never expecting that a lighter would be regarded as a "divine fire" by Guo Sheng.
Zhang Feng hurriedly replied: "Forgive me, father-in-law, this "divine fire" is gone, but I have another thing in my hand dedicated to my father-in-law, this thing is even more magical than "divine fire". ”
"Oh?"
Guo Sheng said impatiently: "Quick, take it out." ”
Zhang Feng mysteriously welcomed Guo Sheng into the inner room, carefully took out the flashlight, pressed the switch button, and the flashlight instantly released a bright light.
Looking at the light emitted by the flashlight, Guo Sheng was stunned and shouted, "This, what is this?" ”
Zhang Feng said with a serious face: "This is a holy weapon invented by an ancient civilization and an ancient country, and this holy light can drive away all evil demons and demons. ”
Guo Shengru took the flashlight from Zhibao, raised his hand and shot there, and the beam of light followed to illuminate where it was, and his jaw almost dislocated.
"If it's really a holy artifact, good, good ......"
"If my father-in-law doesn't dislike it, I will give up my love and give it to my father-in-law."
Guo Shengle said: "Don't dislike, don't dislike, our family has taken the general's holy weapon, and we should keep it in mind, you can talk about it, but you need our family to say a few kind words for you in front of Your Majesty!" ”
"Being appreciated by my father-in-law is already a blessing in the future, and I don't dare to have delusions."
Guo Sheng learned from Zhang Feng to turn on the flashlight, turned off the light, carefully put it in his long sleeves, and said with a self-righteous face: "This time, Your Majesty sent you to work with Dong Zhuo, the Taishou of Hedong, to exterminate the Yellow Turban thieves, as long as the matter is completed, our family can protect you as a party Taishou." ”
As soon as he heard Dong Zhuo, Zhang Feng was one head and two big, this guy is not a good stubble, he was simply a second-rate person in the early stage, causing trouble everywhere, and in the later stage, with the assistance of the poisoner Li Ru, he turned over and became the boss, and he was ruthless.
"Father-in-law, Lord Lu has taken over the thieves in Jizhou, how could he be removed from his position for no reason?"
Regarding this matter, Zhang Feng felt very puzzled, is it really as Lao Luo said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, because Lu Zhi did not bribe the eunuch Zuo Feng?
But it's only May now, more than a month earlier than Lao Luo's time of writing, could it be that his butterfly has already had an effect?
Guo Sheng said triumphantly: "Let's tell you the truth, Lu Zhi, an old guy, doesn't understand secular etiquette and offended Zuo Gong, so he fell into this fate, which is self-inflicted." ”
After Zhang Feng heard this, he was enlightened like thunder, this group of dead eunuchs is really bad to the bone marrow, and they use their personal interests to plot against the country, and the decline of the Han Dynasty is unstoppable.
"Hedong Taishou Dong Zhuoshu has a bad record, I don't know how His Majesty will temporarily use this person?"
Guo Sheng said arrogantly: "With Dong Zhuo's deeds, it would have been difficult to serve as the general of Beizhonglang, but ten days ago, Li Ru, a staff member of Dong Zhuo's house, came to Luoyang, not only gave Zhang Gong a heavy gift, but also bought a family business for Zhang Gong's clan in Hedong, so ......"
The Zhang Gong in Guo Sheng's mouth naturally refers to Zhang Rang, the leader of the Ten Standing Servants.
Is it good? Or is it bad? Zhang Feng didn't dare to draw conclusions in advance, but Dong Zhuojie took the lead in grabbing the Beizhong Lang general, and he would definitely start the situation of the heroes in advance.
Although Zhang Feng was also named the general of the Dianjun Army, the position of the general of the Han Dynasty depended on how many troops he commanded, and he could only manage 3,000 soldiers as the general of the Dianjun Army, while Dong Zhuo, the general of the Beizhonglang, was in charge of the entire five schools in the north, with 15,000 people.
The next day, Guo Sheng set off to return to Luoyang, and before leaving, he repeatedly warned Zhang Feng that he must lead his troops north as soon as possible and cooperate with Dong Zhuo to exterminate the Yellow Turban thieves.
Zhang Feng didn't want to have anything to do with Dong Zhuo earlier, but the matter had come to this point, so he could only push the boat down the river.
However, Zhang Feng remembered that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Dong Zhuo went to replace Lu Zhi, he was defeated and almost wiped out by the Yellow Turban Army.
Therefore, on this trip north to Jizhou, Zhang Feng will not be the first bird, and he will develop his strength safely and steadily, which is the right thing.
"Young master, the master has replied."
Just when Zhang Feng was melancholy, Huo Lei came over with a letter from home, Zhang Feng glanced at ten lines, and after reading it, his face was cloudy.
Huo Lei asked in a deep voice, "Young Master, what's wrong?" ”
Zhang Feng took the letter back into his arms and said with a serious face: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, in addition, my father has already promised me and Xiuning's marriage." ”
"Congratulations to the young master, congratulations to the young master."
Zhang Feng continued to speak: "We will go north to Jizhou in the near future, you go down first to prepare, remember, bring more herbs, in addition, gather all the Langzhong in the city, and prepare to go north with the army." ”
Horay didn't bother to ask more, so he hurriedly went down to do something.
Zhang Feng withdrew and returned to the county government, walked quickly to Li Xiuning's room, and handed the family letter to Li Xiuning.
"Xiuning, my father has agreed to our marriage, and I will be your relative in the future, and there are some things that I need you to help me prepare in advance."
Li Xiuning read the family letter, and said with a blushing face: "Although the husband commands, it is." ”
"On this trip to Jizhou, everything is unknown, so I want to take away all the 1,500 officers and soldiers of the sour dates, and I also need to transfer 1,000 people from the righteous army you trained, so you need to send people to step up the training of the 1,000 surrendered Yellow Turban wrestlers, assimilate them as soon as possible, and use them for us."
Li Xiuning nodded.
Zhang Feng said: "Now that the land in the city is limited, you can organize the people to go outside the city to open up the wasteland, and strive to plant the last wave of autumn grain, otherwise in winter, there will be a famine in this sour date city." ”
"Also, gather all the craftsmen and craftsmen in the city, and open a craft training hall, not to be proficient, but to know the basic techniques, and the more blacksmiths and carpenters, the better."
Li Xiuning said softly: "Planning is in the sky, the Han family is exhausted, the world will be chaotic sooner or later, the disputes of the princes are indispensable, and it is indeed prescient for the husband to prepare as soon as possible." ”
"Hmm!"
Zhang Feng said carefully: "You and I can see through it, and those people can also break it, so we have to prepare as soon as possible, and it will hurt you in the future." ”
Li Xiuning hurriedly replied: "I have no regrets in this life!" ”