Chapter 174: Li Jie returns
Whether Mao Wenlong believes it or not, Chen Jisheng's marriage is finalized, he has waited for his mother for four years, and now he finally sees her nodding and agreeing to marry, and he can't push this marriage back because of a little rumor from the outside world. Fastest updates
Moreover, in order not to have an accident and cook the raw rice into mature rice, Chen Jisheng simply didn't even need to look at the days, and directly set to marry Chengniang three days later.
Although the three days to prepare for the wedding were a little rushed, Chen Jisheng felt that it was not a matter, and he didn't want to make the wedding too grand.
The wedding was also discussed with Cheng Zuo and Cheng Niang, and it was held in Chen's mansion as scheduled three days later.
There are no elders in the families of both parties, not even relatives, but Mao Wenlong and Chen Lan have become the families of both parties. Although they still had doubts about Chen Jisheng in their hearts, Mao Wenlong and Chen Lan still agreed to marry them.
Chen Jisheng's wedding didn't want to be high-profile, so there were not many guests at the banquet, except for Hong Chengchou, there were only a few old brothers in the army.
Three days later, the wedding was held as scheduled, and only ten tables of banquets were displayed in the front yard of the Chen Mansion, and Cheng Zuo personally received the guests outside the mansion.
In the early stage, it was true that only the people on the banquet list came, but then it began to be wrong, and the big and small leaders in the army came uninvited.
And all of them brought congratulatory gifts, happy events, people can't always drive people away with a black face when they come to congratulate. Therefore, Cheng Zuo could only ask the cook to add tables while receiving gifts, and only ten tables were originally prepared, but later a hundred tables were held.
The front yard and the backyard couldn't be put down, so they simply put it on the street outside the house, and a flowing water banquet was set up outside. Originally, there weren't many meals prepared by the cook, but suddenly there were nearly 100 more people, of course, they couldn't take care of it.
The flowing water banquet outside is still arranged by Mao Wenlong, and the wine pipe is enough, and the rest will be done.
Chen Jisheng took back the bride, and after visiting the church, he began to celebrate with wine, and then he realized that those uninvited men in the army actually came to find out whether he and Chengzuo were good with Longyang.
Dang almost made Chen Jisheng angry, but fortunately, he finally held back under the persuasion of Cheng Zuo. This didn't turn a happy event into a funeral!
The wedding came to an end in a commotion, and it wasn't until the time of the cave room, so the people who came with a purpose really believed that Chen Jisheng really didn't have a good relationship with Chengzuo.
Because just behind Chen Jisheng's cave room, there were actually more than 20 men guarding outside, listening to the movements inside the house.
Chen Jisheng was also angry, and at the same time, in order to clarify his innocence, he worked diligently all night that night, tossing Chengniang to death, and when it was almost dawn, there was no movement in the house.
Then, the people who stayed behind outside the house were all satisfied, and after they made sure that Chen Jisheng's sexual orientation was fine, they publicized it in the army, which cleared up the grievances that had been going on for many days.
After Mao Wenlong learned the truth, he felt a lot more relieved, at least Chen Jisheng and Chengzuo were still very optimistic, and they were not as worried as before.
It's just that after seeing Chen Jisheng's wedding, Mao Wenlong also wanted to get rid of his marriage with Hong Ziyan. Hong Chengchou, who was helpless, still didn't let go, and still asked Mao Wenlong to take Zi Yan as his wife.
Under Hong Chengchou's stalemate, Mao Wenlong had no choice but to give up in the end. The marriage could not be negotiated, so Mao Wenlong simply changed the topic and began to talk about the changes outside.
After the imperial court learned that Houjin entered the fortress for the second time, it was indeed as Mao Wenlong had expected, and Emperor Chongzhen transferred Cao Wenzhao to Datong to fight against Jin.
The rebel army, which had been besieged for half a month, then successfully broke through from Wang Pu, and then the rebel army began to flow everywhere in Henan like a headless fly.
When the imperial court learned of this, it immediately let the official army continue to encircle and suppress, however, the rebel army scattered and fled, and the official army could not take care of it at all, and in an instant, Henan fell into war.
Xuzhou was naturally not spared, Li Jie, who still stayed in Xuzhou to recruit talents, also had a few small fights with the rebel army who fled to Xuzhou.
Fortunately, in the end, the two sides reached a reconciliation, and the rebel army turned to Defu and abandoned Xuzhou.
This surprised Mao Wenlong, he didn't expect the rebel army to be so easy to discuss, saying that if he didn't fight, he wouldn't fight!
After Hong Chengchou listened to Mao Wenlong's story, he sneered: "The rebel army is now being chased and beaten by officers and soldiers, if he dares to fight you in Xuzhou, it will be a strange thing." ”
Hearing this, Mao Wenlong also came over suddenly. Indeed, now the rebel army in Henan is like a rat crossing the street, being climbed and fled everywhere by the big cat of the imperial court.
It is true that they can no longer fight on two fronts, otherwise they will find themselves in an even more disadvantageous situation.
But this cannot guarantee that Xuzhou will be able to sit back and relax in the future, as long as the imperial court does not increase the pursuit of the rebels. Then, as long as the rebels can breathe a little, they will inevitably resurge.
And at this moment, Houjin is in the jam again, and if the imperial court wants to fight on two fronts, it will definitely be very difficult. Out of consideration that the danger of the Houjin soldiers was greater, Mao Wenlong felt that Chongzhen was likely to focus on the anti-Jin incident and ignore the rebel army in Henan.
"Do you think the imperial court can resist the attack of the Houjin army this time?" Mao Wenlong pondered for a long time before asking Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou was slightly stunned when asked, then shook his head and said: "It's hard to say this now, but if I guess, as long as the Houjin Army does not invade the territory, there is no problem for the imperial court to block it." Lu Xiangsheng is the governor of Lu, as long as the emperor can send him to fight against Jin, there is no problem at all. ”
Mao Wenlong nodded and agreed with Hong Chengchou's guess, according to the trend of history, Lu Xiangsheng has indeed made great contributions to the anti-gold incident.
However, the rotten and stinky imperial court mechanism was irretrievable, and was eventually trampled on the land of China by foreign iron horses. Since then, the Han people have been enslaved for three or four hundred years, and when Mao Wenlong came, he would definitely not let such a regret happen again.
But to reverse the trajectory of history, it is not difficult to say that it is easy to say that it is not easy, everything depends on ability.
Fortunately, the development of Mao Wenlong's power is not bad today, the only thing lacking is time, so I don't know if God will give Mao Wenlong this time and opportunity.
It was late at night, and Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou went home to sleep after they separated. As Mao Wenlong's power grew, he also felt that the burden on his body was getting heavier and heavier.
In a daze, Mao Wenlong felt that someone was shaking his body, he opened his eyes in fright, and saw Chen Lan shouting with a smile: "Xianggong, it's time to get up." ”
Mao Wenlong turned over and sat up, then looked out the window, and found that the sky was already bright, and he asked in a daze, "What time is it?" ”
I didn't fall asleep until dawn last night, and I will be woken up, Mao Wenlong doesn't know when?
Chen Lan covered his mouth and smiled: "It's noon, I know you slept late last night, and I didn't come to wake you up in the morning." But it's not okay if I don't wake you up now, Li Jie has already sent a letter, saying that he will be able to arrive in Ye County in the afternoon. ”
Mao Wenlong hummed lightly, then got up and began to wash under Chen Lan's service. After being busy for a while, he walked towards the cafeteria with Chen Lan.
Hong Chengchou had already arrived first, and was sitting in the dining room at the moment looking at Mao Wenlong, who was belated.
"Do I have flowers on my face?" Mao Wenlong sat down beside Hong Chengchou, and then pointed to his face and asked.
"Nope!" Hong Chengchou shook his head with a smile.
"No, then why do you keep staring at me?" The old guy's expression today was a little weird, and Mao Wenlong was also confused.
"Nothing, just looking." Hong Chengchou's eyes were always fixed on Mao Wenlong's face, but his mouth was light.
Mao Wenlong glanced back at him suspiciously, and then stopped caring about him. I overslept, and I got to the barracks to check the talents brought back by Li Jie later, but I didn't have the time to play dumb riddles with Hong Chengchou here.
And Hong Chengchou saw that Mao Wenlong no longer paid attention to himself, and it seemed that he also felt bored, so he didn't stare at Mao Wenlong anymore, and the two ate in a sullen voice.
Mao Wenlong was in a hurry to go to the barracks, but he just picked up two bowls of rice casually and left in a hurry. Hong Chengchou seemed to want to shout Mao Wenlong, but in the end he didn't speak.
When he arrived at the barracks, Li Jie had not arrived, and the barracks were still silent, and it was afternoon when the whole army was resting. Mao Wenlong didn't want to bother anyone, he hid in the handsome tent, and prepared to sleep while Li Jie had not yet arrived.
However, before he could squint when he lay down, Hao Da rushed in and said, "Chief soldier, Li Jie has already arrived outside the camp. ”
Da's good mood was suddenly disturbed, and Mao Wenlong didn't bother to move around, so he directly ordered Haoda: "Let Li Jie come to the big tent to see me." ”
"Yes!" Hao Da responded, then turned to leave.
Not long after, he arrived with the dusty Li Jie, Mao Wenlong looked him up and down, and then spoke: "In the last document, you said that there had been a few small frictions with the rebel army, do you know who is under your command?" ”
Li Jie didn't dare to slack off, and honestly replied: "General soldiers, all the subordinates encountered were small peasant armies, and they didn't dare to show their banners at all. Friction with our army was done without knowing it, and as soon as we raised our banner, they consciously retreated. ”
After hearing this, Mao Wenlong began to think carefully, but there was only such a little clue, and he couldn't think of it at all. After a few moments, he gave up on pursuing the identity of the small peasant army.
In short, the imperial court is still careful to fight the peasant army, and if there is no major change in a short period of time, the peasant army will still not be able to pose a threat to Yexian or Xuzhou. In this way, Mao Wenlong doesn't have to worry too much.
The worries in his heart were put aside, and Mao Wenlong began to care about the matter of finding talents, which was Li Jie's task this time.
Speaking of talents, Li Jie has no bottom in his heart, because he is never sure what kind of talent Mao Wenlong meant when he said at that time? At this moment, when Mao Wenlong asked, he suddenly hesitated.
When Mao Wenlong saw him spitting and spitting, he thought that the matter had not been done, so he immediately stretched his face and asked, "What?" You didn't do it? ”
Li Jie was forced to be anxious, so he simply let go of the worries in his heart and said frankly to Mao Wenlong: "Chief soldier, because my subordinates didn't know what kind of talent you wanted at that time, my subordinates made their own decisions and found those who had a skill. ”
Li Jie, who was apprehensive, looked at Mao Wenlong nervously, he didn't want to make Mao Wenlong angry because of such a trivial matter, after all, it was not worth it.
Fortunately, after he finished speaking, Mao Wenlong did not get angry, but said with a smile: "This is very good, but I don't know how many such people you have brought back?" ”
Li Jie breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly replied: "Since as long as you have a skill, you have to come over, so there are a lot of people brought back this time, more than 4,000 people." ”
"More than 4,000 people ......." Mao Wenlong was very surprised!
Li Jie was very helpless, in fact, he didn't want to do this, but unfortunately he really didn't understand what kind of talent Mao Wenlong wanted. Therefore, I can only cast a wide net, and I would rather be wrong than let go.
"Chief soldiers, these people include almost any industry, traders, farming, farming, and some family heirlooms, it can be said that they all have them. The only thing that is not there is a scholar, and the current scholar in the Central Plains has been looted by the imperial court. Speaking of this, Li Jie stared at Mao Wenlong nervously again.
Mao Wenlong became happier the more he listened, and in the end, he couldn't wait, and got up directly and said to Li Jieyan: "Let's go, take me to meet these 'talents' now." ”
Li Jie didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately led the way in front and took Mao Wenlong to the school field in the barracks.
This place is already overcrowded at the moment, and more than 4,000 'talents' are all concentrated on the school field, and the periphery is the Dongjiang Army standing guard.
The school field, which could accommodate more than 10,000 people, was overcrowded at the moment, Mao Wenlong frowned and pointed to the school and asked Li Jie loudly: "These are the 'talents' you are talking about?" ”
I saw that the people on the school field were all dragging their families, and the old, middle and young were all together!
Li Jie understood what Mao Wenlong meant, and he explained with a wry smile: "The general soldier doesn't know, these people agreed to come to Ye County, but their condition is that they must bring their families. If their families are not allowed to follow, they will not want to come to Ye County! ”
Mao Wenlong suddenly realized, but it was obvious that there should be too many family members here. Mao Wenlong paused for a moment, and then asked, "How many family members are there, have you counted them?" ”
"Back to the general army, after statistics, almost 9,000 people are family members."
"So many ......." Mao Wenlong's face immediately sank.
Li Jie was very helpless, and said: "Of course, there must be some fishing in troubled waters, and they were in a hurry to come back before, and there was no serious verification." After the incident, the subordinates will check it well, and then weed out those who fish in troubled waters. ”
Mao Wenlong thought about it and finally sighed lightly: "Forget it, there are not many more people anyway, arrange them first, and after the academy is built, I will personally screen useful people." ”
"Yes, Commander!" Li Jie respectfully received the order.
Mao Wenlong shook his head, left Li Jie and continued to run errands, he took Hao Da Hao Xiao back to his big tent to sleep for a night's sleep.
Last night's serious lack of sleep, this will make people feel light and fluttering when they walk, and Mao Wenlong, who is dizzy, is no longer more important than sleeping.
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