Chapter 39: Huo Yuanwai
Bai Anfu entered the guest room, and as soon as he sat down, he said to Chen Xian: "My family members have agreed to let Erlang recruit apprentices from the Bai family's tenants. ”
"The second housekeeper said, please second brother, you go to the Bai family's school tomorrow, and all the fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers in the Bai family will be at your disposal."
Listening to Bai Anfu's words, Chen Xian's face suddenly darkened, and he said in his heart: "I let the donkey kick my head, so I will go to the Bai family's military village." ”
In fact, Chen Xian came back from outside this time and never left his blacksmith shop.
He coughed and said, "How dare you bother the second housekeeper, Brother Anfu, you just have to bring people to the shop tomorrow, no matter whether you choose it or not, you can have a full meal." ”
The two said a few more polite words, Bai Anfu didn't seem to understand the meaning behind asking for car insurance to go to the Bai family's military village, seeing that Chen Xian was reluctant to go, and he didn't insist too much, so he promised to bring someone to the door tomorrow.
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Listening to the report of the second housekeeper that Chen Xian was unwilling to go to the Bai family's military village, Bai Xianwai didn't say much, nodded and agreed to let Bai Anfu send people to the Chen family's shop, he didn't expect this Chen Xian to be stupid to this point, just cuddling the grass and beating the rabbit, just give it a try by the way.
After waving off the second housekeeper, Bai Yuanwai snorted lightly, took a sip of the teacup, gently put down the teacup, and said in a low voice: "Someone!" ”
The voice was not loud, but the subordinates waiting outside the door reacted very keenly, and after a while, they pushed the door in, and stood solemnly with their hands down, waiting for orders.
Bai Yuanwai said: "Go, the second young master called." ”
The servant retreated, and a short time later, a young man with a handsome face and a tall figure walked in and said, "Meet my father." ”
This person's name is Bai Dunyi, the second son of Bai Yuanwai, and he has been in charge of the Bai family's caravan for several years.
Bai Yuanwai has a total of three sons, the eldest son Bai Dunren, who has been studying since he was a child, and was admitted to Xiucai at the age of eighteen, and was studying in Dongping Mansion at this time. The third son, Bai Dunli, is in charge of the family's land rent.
In addition to the eldest son concentrating on studying, Bai Yuan did not require the second son and the third son to study, but invited the two to teach the two in the army, not only taught the two guns and sticks, but also taught the two the ability to march and fight.
Among the three sons of Bai Yuanwai, the eldest son, Bai Dunren, is the most agreeable to him, and he is almost no worse than him in academics.
Although the second son Bai Dunyi was not good at studying, he practiced martial arts quite hard, practiced a good gun and stick, and was also skilled in arching and horses, in addition to managing the family's caravan, he was also the actual leader of the Bai family's horse team.
Although the third son is not a martial artist, he is also well-behaved and obedient, very filial, and manages the family's land rent, which is also reassuring.
Bai Yuanwai glanced at his son and couldn't help but snort coldly.
Bai Dunyi's clothes are very dry, and his face is very clean, but his forehead and sideburns are sweaty, and his face is flushed.
Looking at his son's appearance, he couldn't help but teach: "I know how to dance with guns and sticks all day long, how many times have I told you, no matter how good the guns and sticks are, they are only ten enemies or a hundred enemies, if you want to learn martial arts, you must learn the knowledge of thousands of enemies and ten thousand enemies." ”
Bai Dunyi didn't dare to refute, so he could only bow his head and remain silent.
Bai Yuanwai sighed slightly and said, "This time, you personally led the team and escorted the caravan to Laiwu County to meet your maternal uncle." ”
Speaking of this, he picked up a letter from the desk and handed it to his son, "Give this letter to Huo Yuanwai." ”
Bai Bingwen's wife is from the Haoqiang Huo family in Laiwu County, and is the sister of Huo Yi, the contemporary head of the Huo family.
Speaking of Mrs. Bai, it is one of the most proud things in Bai Bingwen's life.
Huo Jianai is the first strong man in Laiwu County, sitting on thousands of hectares of fertile land, four Zhuangzi, nearly 2,000 strong men, and more than 200 families.
Although the Bai family can also be regarded as a hero, at most they are a local tyrant in the countryside, and they can only be the king and hegemon in the township.
Therefore, Bai Bingwen can get the Huo family's lady, which is definitely a high climb.
When Bai Bingwen was studying in Dongping Mansion, the professor of the school was named Huo Qing, who was the younger brother of the then head of the Huo family and the uncle of Huo Yi, the current head of the family.
At that time, Huo Yi was only eighteen years old, and he was serving as "Pu Yuan Bo Jilie" in the Tianping Army of Dongping Mansion of the Jin State.
Pu Ran Bo Ji Lie, translated into Chinese, is about fifty people long, Bo Ji Lie in the Jurchen language is the meaning of officials, chiefs.
The official position of Pu Lun Bo Jilie is generally used as the deputy of Mou Ke Bo Jilie.
Moke is a hundred households, and it is a basic unit in the Jin army.
In the early days of the Jurchen uprising, the Jin army was mainly cavalry, but as the Jin kingdom grew larger, the proportion of infantry in the army began to increase significantly, and most of these infantry were composed of Han Chinese.
In the early days, the Han people were only low-level cannon fodder in the regular army of the Jurchens, but as the Jin State became peaceful for a long time, the Jurchens gradually became corrupted, and the status of the Han people in the Jin army improved.
Tianping Army is the town defense army of Jin State stationed in Dongping Mansion, which belongs to the regular army sequence of Jin State, like this kind of army, in the early days of Jin State, the backbone should be played by Jurchens, but now, in addition to officers, the proportion of ordinary Jurchens among ordinary soldiers is not high, and among the low-level officers, the proportion of Han people is also quite large.
Huo Yi, the son-in-law of the Huo family, likes to read military books and war books since he was a child, likes to talk about military debates, and when he became an adult, he forced his father to spend money to get him a very strong position in the Tianping Army.
Through Huo Qing, Bai Bingwen met Huo Yi, and the uncle and nephew of the Huo family admired Bai Bingwen very much, and he was able to get the Huo family's wife, and it was this uncle and nephew who matched him.
Huo Yi stayed in the Jin army for eight years, and even achieved the position of Meng Anbo Jilie, and after his father died of illness, he left the Jin army and returned to his hometown to run the family business.
Bai Dunyi took the envelope with both hands, looked at it with some curiosity, but didn't ask much, although Bai Bingwen was a literati, but the majesty of the family was extremely heavy, and what he didn't say, even his son didn't dare to ask more.
Seeing Bai Dunyi carefully put the envelope into his arms, Bai Bingwen explained his intention to write this letter.
Bai Yuanwai discussed with Zhao Qufei that day and came to the conclusion that in order to avoid the eyes and ears of the Yang family and quietly take down Chen Xian, it was best to ask foreign aid to help.
After thinking about it, Bai Bingwen decided not to ask for help from Xi Zhuangzi's clan, but to ask his in-laws, the Huo family, for help.
First, although the Bai family of East Zhuangzi and the Bai family of West Zhuangzi belong to the same clan, they have been separated for decades, and after four generations, the affection has long faded, but it is not as close as the relatives.
Tang knife is a plaything, when it is scarce, it can still be rare and expensive, if it is overflowing, I am afraid that it will not be worth much.
The cooperation with the Huo family is different, the Huo family, as a number of heroes in Tai'an Prefecture, has vast magical powers, and has a way in Dongping Mansion and even in Central Kyoto, which can be responsible for the sale of Tang knives, while the Bai family is located in a remote area, easy to keep secrets, and is just responsible for the production of Tang knives.