Chapter 246: I don't want to go back, I have a long way to go
It didn't take a few days, but it also made people feel that it was a vicissitudes of life.
When he saw Qin Ming again today, he felt that it was difficult to even stand up straight. There is no obvious cripple, but the sequelae are very large, and when Liu Qishan said that when he led people to find Lingzhi Mountain, Qin Ming lay in the snow and held Zhao Cheng and Xiaohutou, who were like hairy bears, in his arms.
Zhao Cheng and the little girl did not freeze to death, relying on Qin Ming's body temperature.
Later, there was no way to straighten Qin Ming's arm, and the person "couldn't take it out", but after coming back, it took a few hours to thaw in the greenhouse before liberating the two people who were clamped.
Now Qin Ming's hand is not as sharp as before, saying that it doesn't feel right, but he can't say what is wrong, and he also said that he has a terrible headache when he drinks alcohol, and he doesn't know why.
This should be a neurological problem, and the future generations may not be able to find out the reason.
"My lord, the end will not be the end. I don't know if I can go through the battle formation in the future, I always feel that there is a problem with the control of my hands, and my head is a mess. ”
Qin Ming, who was very distressed, said this when he took the five-room concubine to Zhao Cheng as a gift.
This almost moved Zhao Cheng, but fortunately, Zhao Cheng is generally a heartless person, and thought about it for a while, "Fortunately, you are using a mace instead of an embroidery needle, so you don't need to be too delicate." In addition, when your mind is clear, you may not be able to figure out the battlefield problems and leave them to me, and I will think of you in the future, I trust you, I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it. ”
Qin Ming's mood was still very low, and he basically did not have the demeanor of a victorious general. Fortunately, he knew that Zhao Cheng was treating him as his own when he said this.
Zhao Cheng said again, "I'm not here to thank you, or to come and see the old subordinates, I don't need to set up a wine to entertain you, just leave." ”
"Me @#¥"
Qin Ming was speechless, "My lord, it's better to stay here and eat before leaving." He turned around and slapped the back of the head of the two concubines, "What are you still doing, don't open the wine and meat." ”
It's like it's true, how can there be any wine and meat in Chizhou now. Anyway, the county government doesn't have it, and Chen Meiniang can't buy it.
There is gossip that Liu Qishan's grandson has channels to buy beef. Tan Xiaolan was clamoring to eat meat, so Zhao Cheng went to Liu Qishan to get some beef to be refreshing.
Who Nima knew that Zhao Chengcai mentioned it, Liu Qishan immediately shook his hand, "Mu You, the lowly position never knows where there is beef, the lowly position comes to enforce the law impartially, basically every cow in Guichi County is registered for birth, old age, sickness and death, and it is handled by the lowly position himself."
It is estimated that they are afraid of Zhao Cheng, thinking that Zhao Cheng is fishing for law enforcement, thinking that Zhao Cheng is going to catch people and cut off their brains, and thinking that Zhao Cheng is implementing the spring ploughing cattle in Chizhou.
After a few waves of people asked, they basically answered Zhao Cheng like this.
Zhao Cheng's face turned green with anger, you won't let me eat it, and if I can't eat it, you really don't eat it. So Zhao Cheng really began to pretend to be forced, ordered a strict investigation and crackdown, and implemented it to the household, and resolutely did not allow anyone to dare to eat a bite of beef during this period.
Zhao Cheng said that it is necessary to ensure that in the special period and after the catastrophe, every cow in Guichi County will not be harmed by bad people, and all cattle must be effectively engaged in spring plowing and reconstruction work.
After that, I heard that the price of beef on the black market had tripled. In this way, Zhao Cheng was relieved, and when it doubled tenfold, the main body of spring ploughing cattle in Chizhou was saved.
Thinking of this, Zhao Cheng was also quite greedy, so he simply waited for Qin Ming to have dinner here.
After a while, there was really some smell of meat, Zhao Cheng was in good spirits, so he got up and ran into the kitchen to check.
Looking at it, only a large casserole was stewed on the stove, which was basically the same size as Qin Ming's head.
Use the sleeve pad to take the lid and see, it's just a pot of porridge.
"Where's the meat? Where did you hide the meat? ”
Zhao Cheng was very surprised, he had been waiting for almost half an hour, and he hadn't made any other dishes.
"Lao Qin is simply slapping the pig's head with a swollen face, there is no meat in Chizhou now, and the butcher gang will not release the goods if they have them, anyway, the weather is cold, and the pigs that are killed will not be bad."
His concubine said embarrassedly.
"But I can clearly smell the smell of meat?"
Zhao Cheng continued to look in the kitchen but still couldn't find it.
"That's the bacon left over from before, and it takes some oil and gas to entertain adults, so the concubine's body is all chopped up and stewed with porridge."
The beautiful concubine said.
Zhao Cheng really wanted to turn his head and leave, but looking at the girl's embarrassed look, he was embarrassed to behave, so he had to maintain a stiff expression and praise, "Exquisite, this is the style that Chizhou should advocate at the moment." ”
"My lord is really a good official who worries about the country and the people, it's good that our old Qin can always follow my lord. I heard that adults will go to Beijing for further study in the near future, and the future is limitless. If I can bring my old Qin into Beijing, then the concubine's body will be able to be stained with it, the concubine is so big, she has not entered Beijing yet. ”
The little concubine, who was about the same age as Zhao Cheng, gushed endlessly.
"Of course, that's fine, and taking you with you is actually good for me. I'll come with the black pot and send you to death. ”
Zhao Cheng has consistently maintained such an enlightened position, "Each takes what he needs." I'm not really a good official, and it's not good to say bad or bad. It's just that under certain conditions, as long as there is no major conflict with their own interests, most people still want to do what they are doing well, and I am the same. Responsibility and a sense of mission are sometimes more important than good and bad attributes. ”
The concubine looked confused when she heard this, but her eyes were very big, watching Zhao Cheng blink and blink.
"Take a chestnut."
Zhao Cheng said again, "Zhang Shangying is definitely more like a good person than me, but he has caused more innocent souls than me." ”
Now the concubine is not confused, and she feels deeply that the future of the old Qin family was saved by this Lord Zhao, but when he was in Shili Pavilion, Zhang Shangying cut off all of Qin Ming's subordinates and many militiamen.
So, with great admiration, she secretly glanced at Zhao Cheng a few more times......
A pot of bacon porridge can also be regarded as a good thing at the moment, when Zhao Cheng and the little concubine carried a large pot of porridge into the hall together, Qin Ming had already fallen asleep and threw himself on the table and snored like thunder.
The beauties in his room did not shy away from suspicion, and sat down together, including Zhao Cheng, each carrying a big bowl and waiting for the distribution of the "eldest lady".
One person covered it with a large spoonful, and the bowl was filled with viscous porridge.
The rest is Qin Ming carrying the casserole by himself, eating nonsense for a while.
Zhao Cheng ate very slowly and seriously, and the taste was only average. But it should be the last meal in Chizhou.
Since it is inevitable to go, Zhao Cheng plans to go on the road tomorrow.
If you continue to stay, the others will not be welcome, and you will not be able to care more.
Just a few days ago, the "instructions" spring ploughing cattle incident was the first red-headed document in Guichi County since the beginning of the second year of Daguan, and Cai You was already anxious.
Because since the Battle of Lingzhi Mountain, Zhao Cheng's prestige is particularly great. The militia was also not disbanded. In this case, Cai You is especially walking on thin ice, worried that something will happen.
Zhao Cheng sometimes makes mistakes, and Lao Cai knows this better than anyone else.
Cai You basically regarded Zhao Cheng as his default son-in-law, and he didn't directly pick it out, but he was just waiting for Cai Jing's final consideration. But politically, Cai You sees it very accurately, and he is especially wary of Zhao Cheng.
Because of the clothes with water, at this time, Zhao Cheng has a moth, which is basically equivalent to the Cai family or Cai You's moth. And it is precisely because Zhao Cheng's prestige is unsurpassed now, as long as the words can be spread out of the government, those militiamen who returned from the battlefield of Lingzhi Mountain will not sell anyone's account, only listen to Zhao Cheng.
To put it simply, after the victory of Lingzhi Mountain, those militia teams of national war heroes and the commander-in-chief Zhao Cheng have become the embarrassment and pain points of the traditional inherent magnates and bureaucrats.
Including Bao Zheng and Bao Qingtian, no one in the Great Song Dynasty has ever been able to solve the problem of cattle. But Zhao Cheng can, even if he has been suspended by Cai You, Zhao Cheng went to the county government as a "commissioner" to say a word, and it was regarded as the No. 1 red-headed document.
Next, as soon as the militia and more than 1,000 representatives of the people with red sleeves wandered around, they really made a blatant chain of beef interests, and Liu Qishan was forced to personally lead the team to arrest more than 40 people. The others were not caught, but they were really all "shut down" and retracted.
Fan Zhongyan had done something similar before, so he was cold. He changed places to be officials until he died of illness on the way.
Zhao Cheng was much more obscene than him, and obtained thicker political armor from the Cai family. But he was really pointed at his nose by Cai Youlai and sternly warned, "You have been stopped, you are not allowed to meddle in anything, and you are not allowed to speak in any public."
Yes, including those old subordinates who survived with Zhao Cheng in the battle against Lingzhi Mountain, there is no clear statement on how to settle and deal with it.
It doesn't matter how you deal with it, but Cai You doesn't allow Zhao Cheng to contact them again, this is a red line.
For this reason, Zhao Cheng has been almost under house arrest, and it is the bottom line to come to see Qin Ming, and there is Cai Jiu, a "guard" sent by Cai You, outside the courtyard.
Since this is the case, Zhao Cheng will not force it, it is out of sight and out of mind, and it is good for everyone to leave early.
If Zhao Cheng can afford to let it go and be more free, the post-war pension treatment of those militiamen will be higher, this is certain.
The imperial court has no money, but Chizhou does, because Cai You will lead the traditional magnates, and everyone will contribute some money in order to dissolve this group they are very afraid of as soon as possible.
In the Great Song Dynasty, after the so-called war, the army entered the city, everyone was afraid, and then the big households pooled money to let the army leave, this kind of rule is really there, the nature is a little different, but the tacit understanding can also be applied after the victory on Lingzhi Mountain. This is a rule that all local tyrants will accept.
It is impossible to stay in the army, not in this life.
The army is the army of scholars, but the group of people who won the great victory of Lingzhi Mountain are the enemies of scholars, and they will not stay in the army if they do not change the sky.
In essence, the overall situation has been decided, and Zhao Cheng is not thinking about these issues.
The white agarwood ministry can, because Zhang Shangying really has a Zhao'an quota in his hand, and Wang Xiu was killed, and there is no technical problem with the quota given to the meritorious white agarwood department, and Cai You has promised to do this.
But the condition is that Bai Agarwood must accept the organizational arrangement, and all the staff, including the minor children, will go to the northwest border and be assigned to the Yongxing Army Road Tao Jiefu to serve for at least three years before there can be other arrangements.
At that time, Cai You asked, "Do you have any opinion on this arrangement?" ”
At that time, Zhao Cheng replied, "No opinion, they are warriors, and of course there is no problem in the northwest for the country." ”
Zhao Cheng can accept that he can't treat the Bai Agarwood Department lightly, and not be included in the cool official of the Seed Master Dao, but allocate it to Tao Jiefu, who is more trusted by the Cai family. Including Zhang Ji?? It also protects Tao Jiefu's moral habits.
This is the condition that Zhao Cheng finally gave to Bai Agarwood and them.
During the period, thinking about these things, Zhao Cheng never spoke, and ate very slowly.
Qin Ming, who had already eaten and drunk enough, was talking about the details of the battle in Lingzhi Mountain with his eyebrows fluttering, and when it came to excitement, he was like a storyteller, getting up and slapping the table.
A few beautiful concubines with strange looks understand, Zhao Cheng also understands, Lao Qin has been a general all his life, and he can show off, and there are almost no wars that can be called real soldiers, and the only time is to follow Zhao Cheng out of Lingzhi Mountain!
If you follow the right person, this is indeed a brilliant capital that a soldier can show off in his life. If you don't follow the right people, if you don't have the right politics, then it's nothing.
Di Qing, the privy deputy envoy and the god of war, can be scared to death by a group of masters, which onion is he Lao Qin?
Because of this, the old Qin family, who was about to be brought into Beijing by Zhao Cheng, was as happy as the New Year, and they were shocked to say, "It is an honor to be able to follow Xianggong and serve in a lifetime."
"Okay, it's an honor for your family to follow me, repeat this sentence to me three times. As for the rest, don't talk about it, especially the details of Lingzhi Mountain, if you are not in its position, you don't want to know, I don't want to hear it! ”
Zhao Cheng patted the case and said, "The more I listen, the more I can't let go." The more I listened, the more I felt that there was a group of people, every day and every hour, bullying and exploiting the people who raised them. The more I listened, the more I remembered that it was this group of people who were usually blackmailed by their various bullies, suppressed by various gangs, and exploited by various lords, who were determined to win the Battle of Chizhou with seventy percent of the battle losses. ”
"The more I say it, the more I think about it. This group of people is obedient on weekdays, they don't sue when they are bullied, and they don't fight back when they are beaten and scolded. When encountering privilege, I feel inferior and awe-inspired. The bullies felt that this group of people was cowardly, but when the rebels besieged the city, the bullies trembled, and this group of cowards crushed Wang Xiu to Lingzhi Mountain in an environment of more than 20 degrees below zero. ”
"Who instigated me not to comment, I call this courage to fight in public and cowardice in private fights. The Qin people relied on this atmosphere to achieve the same track as the book and the car, but they retired after they were crippled, and continued to look at the faces of the group of cowards who seemed to be brave. ”
Zhao Cheng babbled on and on this.
At the end, I couldn't finish a bowl of porridge. Qin Ming didn't understand much, he just licked his lips and stared at Zhao Cheng's unfinished bacon porridge.
Well, Zhao Cheng felt that it was enough, so he simply pushed the porridge to him.
Anyway, as Zhao Cheng himself said, he couldn't figure out what the problem was when there were no sequelae in the braincase, and now he was basically a fool.
Being silly also has the benefit of being silly.
"Well, it's cold."
Qin Ming lowered his head and was taken aback.
It takes time to save the runaway youth, and Zhao Cheng doesn't expect it to be fast.
So he said something he could understand, and asked hesitantly, "How much net worth do you have, Lao Qin?" ”
Poof-
Qin Ming squirted out a mouthful of porridge in a hurry, and hurriedly shook his hand, "There is wood and wood, and the last general really has no accumulation." ”
"Don't be verbose, I'm not trying to peep. I don't have any money myself, so I need to raise money. After entering Beijing, we have a year, I have the idea of selecting a few projects to speculate, take some money from the rich people in the capital, and then bring it to Putian to invest, by the way to support the Northwest white agarwood, these are our first pot of gold, but also the first pot of gold in the Great Song Dynasty. ”
"That's what I said."
Qin Ming touched his chin, and now he looked a little wealthy.
The main reason is that he knows that Zhao Cheng is obscene, and he has a lot of ghost ideas, so the chance of investing in the water should not be great.
In this way, in the early morning of the thirtieth day of the first lunar month, there was a heavy fog in Chizhou.
Zhao Cheng took a simple and cold salute and his family, held the hand of the little tiger's head, and Cai Jiu and Qin Ming accompanied the guards, and left Chizhou in a group of two cars.
During this period, it was the horn of the Chizhou militia battalion that gathered for daily training.
This is a melody that everyone in Chizhou is familiar with, and there is this sound almost every day during the days when the rebels are besieging the city.
Zhao Cheng, who was sitting in the car and still hadn't recovered, felt very strange. I didn't even have the opportunity and courage to go to the barracks to say goodbye to them for the last time, how can I say that I am familiar?
Pulling the curtain of the car, Zhao Cheng looked back at the car for a long time, the fog was too big, and he couldn't see the state city clearly.
I have a complicated feeling in my heart, and I don't know when I will be able to come back in my lifetime? Maybe, maybe not. Who knows.
But Zhao Cheng's personality and thinking determined that he could only look forward, not back.
Chizhou is not the world, nor is it the end, it is just the beginning.
Every step in the future is a war, and when we win all political and military battles, we will naturally stand at the pinnacle and truly calm the world.
In Chizhou itself, you can never win the battle on the root of Chizhou. There is only one place where the Battle of Chizhou can be won: the Imperial Court.
The events in Chizhou have touched people a lot, but they are insignificant in terms of the total number of living beings and the world.
This is Zhao Cheng's trade-off and road: it has just begun, and there is a long way to go......
(End of book)
Something:
The end is a bit unexpected, if there are book friends who don't understand their thoughts, Xiaobao can only accept and apologize.
After experiencing the failure of the last "Demon Girl", this book was opened at the lowest ebb of Xiaobao, and he was basically in a hurry to come up with something to make up the number, and he didn't listen to the advice of the editor Huya.
It's no good to be in a hurry. As a result, this book is a failure, there are too many slots, and Xiaobao feels miserable in his normal state.
In addition to the system, there are too many nondescript places to count.
Thinking that it should be ended early, the editor also suggested cutting it a long time ago.
But helplessly, Xiaobao didn't want to and couldn't directly announce the eunuch, just in the middle of writing the Battle of Chizhou, thinking, how to finish this battle, at least to an end. It's an explanation to myself and everyone.
But it backfired, the more such a mentality, the more unable to write something, and the later writing was a mess and more procrastinating. By the time of the decisive battle, there was no emotion to describe the details, and could only be brushed over from the side.
Sighing will not sigh, will calm down for a short time, summarize some lessons, try to prepare the next new book as well as possible, and then stand up and masturbate.
The only thing is that I feel guilty about my old friends who have been chasing and supporting, and I apologize and bow to you.
New book in June, see you soon~
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