Chapter 685: Ambition
To be a son-in-law, or to be a son-in-law of a cave barbarian, Zhang Heli's future should be over, and he can only regard himself as a cave barbarian in the future, honestly teaching his wife and children (son-in-law, the status of the family is actually similar to that of a slave).
Not to mention continuing to participate in the imperial examination, others may not regard him as a Han man.
However, Zhang Heli is not endless, or rather, he is very ambitious.
As a showman, although he doesn't have much ink in his stomach, it's not much of a problem to fool an ignorant girl.
So, not long after joining the family, Zhang Heli's wife obeyed him, which also gave him, a Han son-in-law, a little right to speak in Si'en Cave.
The turning point occurred two years ago, when Si'en Cave clashed with other nearby Mandong, and this conflict was frequent, because of the water source, the fields, the hunting grounds, and sometimes for the sake of grabbing relatives or hatred from a long time ago, similar conflicts often broke out between the Mandong and the Mandong.
In this conflict, Zhang Heli fooled the brute soldiers of Si'en Cave and used the trick he heard in the book to deal with his enemy - if this strategy was used on the real battlefield, it would probably make the enemy laugh to death, but between the barbarian holes where nine out of ten are illiterate and have zero war experience (the dispute between the barbarian holes is more like a brawl), it actually worked wonders!
Si'en Cave has won an unprecedented brilliant victory, and its strength and territory have been greatly expanded, and Zhang Heli, who brought this victory, has naturally become a big hero of Si'en Cave.
Therefore, Zhang Heli has a great say in Si'en Cave, and Zhang Heli resolutely opposes rebellion against the invasion of Jiaozhi thieves - not because he has any loyalty, but purely because he does not think that Jiaozhi thieves can occupy Yongzhou for a long time.
What is a cochin thief? Maybe it's a behemoth for the Mandong, but compared to the Han regime, it's basically a monkey messing around with a tiger.
There is indeed a war going on in the north, but regardless of the victory of Huaxia or the victory of the Great Zhou, this tiger will definitely slap the monkey to death in the future and recover Yongzhou, Qinzhou and Lianzhou.
If Si'enzhou is rebellious, even if he doesn't die with the Jiaozhi thief, he will not be able to speak in the face of the new Han officials.
To tell the truth, at the beginning, Zhang Heli suppressed the opinions of other big people in the cave, and resolutely did not mix with the invasion of the Jiaozhi people, and took a lot of risk and pressure - because in the early stage of the Jiaozhi invasion, they were indeed overwhelming, and the rebellious cave barbarians around them all got a lot of people and treasures, which made the people of Sien Cave very red.
However, since he is a hero, although he is a very low-level hero, Zhang Heli meets the requirements in terms of stubbornness, and since he bets that Jiaozhi people will not succeed, then he must gamble to the end.
The final result, we all know that Zhang Heli won the bet.
Yongzhou held out for 80 days, and the Jiaozhi thieves used the rebellious holes in front as cannon fodder, and each hole lost a lot of valuable dingkou.
After that, Feng Sanhu galloped thousands of miles to help, and defeated the entire army of Jiaozhi thieves in one fell swoop under Yongzhou City, and even half of the people who returned home from the rebellious holes did not even lose their pants.
After the war, Zhang Heli realized the opportunity and immediately asked the nobles in the cave to have the money to contribute a powerful force to redeem the Han population plundered by other caves as much as possible - for those cave barbarians, these Han people have become a hot potato, since Si'en Cave wants it, then pack it all up to him.
Siendong also reached the point of obedience to Zhang Heli at this time, and actually really scraped together a large amount of money and food, and ransomed almost 200 Han people back.
Zhang Heli said that these two hundred Han people are not only a guarantee for the continued survival of Siendong, but even more benefits from the new imperial court!
He wasn't wrong about that.
"Sure enough, even if it's a son-in-law, it's still a Han person who knows loyalty."
After listening to Zhang Heli's explanation, Su Mian probably understood his plans and ideas, and believed most of the so-called ransom of the two hundred Han people - it's okay if it's fake, as long as you bring the Han people back, you can see if it's true or not, if it's fake, it's not a hassle to ask Feng Sanhu to kill Si'en Cave at all.
If it is true, then Si'en Cave really deserves to be rewarded.
"You return the person first, and the official will report your affairs for you." Su Mian said: "If the matter is indeed as you said, then the imperial court will not hesitate to reward you." ”
"The villain's redemption of Hermes-Epitek is for the friendship of compatriots, not for reward!" Zhang Heli said cheaply with a shy face: "The villain is not a son-in-law anymore, the old cave master has promised the villain to restore his surname, the villain is Zhang Heli, a Han man, but he married a cave woman." ”
"Well, that's fine, the son-in-law can't be examined, you restore your original surname, and the official can allow you to continue to ...... when the time comes"
Before he finished speaking, Su Mian suddenly remembered that there was no imperial examination in Huaxia at all.
"The old cave master is deeply grateful to the villain, he can't look at things now, the villain supervises the mundane affairs in the cave, and he can't just leave the old cave master's foundation."
Zhang Heli said solemnly: "Please see it clearly, if you must be rewarded, please allow Si'en Cave to follow when the court quells Jiaozhi!" ”
"The Jiaozhi thieves burned and looted in the Han land, looking at it in the eyes, anxious in the heart, but unfortunately the Si'en Cave soldiers were outnumbered, and they could only protect themselves before, and now the division of the imperial court system has arrived, and they will also contribute to the peace of the thieves!"
War is the best chance to make a fortune, and the premise is to hug the thighs.
Those wild holes that suffered heavy losses and faced extinction were because they hugged the thigh of the cross-toed monkey by mistake.
And if you want to follow Huaxia, a tiger, to fight the autumn wind, how can you also divide a piece of monkey meat?
That's enough for an ant-sized Si'en Cave to eat a fat brain!
"If what you say is true, this official will inform General Feng of your request."
Su Mian actually knew Zhang Heli's thoughts - this was not difficult to guess.
It's just that if the hundreds of exploits of the living Han people are true, then it is really not too much for him to ask for this small reward.
"Thank you, Master Chengful!" Zhang Heli happily bowed to the end.
There are some things that are certainly not suitable for a traditional scholar like Su Mian.
People like Zhang Heli naturally don't think about Si'en Cave wholeheartedly, and he actually doesn't have much gratitude to the old cave master.
It's just that the two Hun families of the old cave master gave birth to a son to him.
Previously, the eldest son born to the eldest wife of the cave master was very powerful in the cave and was the first heir of the old cave master.
And the second son born to the little wife is very young and underage, and his mother, who is also Zhang Heli's mother-in-law, in order to support her son, secretly communicates with Zhang Heli, and the mother and daughter serve a husband together (as long as the old cave master is dead, this matter is not unruly in the cave, so Zhang Heli's Hun family knew about it but did not object, and even participated in it personally).
Zhang Heli plans to support the second son of the old cave master to become the cave master, and he will be the "prison country" behind his back for a few years to control the things in the cave.
In the future, find another opportunity to use the power of the imperial court, or replace him as a real cave master, or simply go elsewhere to establish a completely own foundation.
He believes that this is what a hero should do.