Chapter 268: Arriving in Linqing

The lion of Madu opened his mouth widely, and ridiculously asked for 5,000 stone of grain to replenish his little servant, and waited for Kong Xixue to sit on the ground and bargain. Who knew that he didn't even pay back the price, but only said that he would go home and discuss it with his father. When he came back, he actually said that they agreed, but Ma Du was shocked, and he thought that he had some conspiracy, or that he had been upgraded to a national uncle and had the spirit of a king?

Ma Du was self-righteous, but he didn't know that the Kong family father and son only regarded him as an eagle dog sent by Lao Zhu to beat them. When did the old Confucian family be treated like this by the emperor, even the alien regimes like Jin and Yuan also rewarded them greatly, and it was the first time that they were blackmailed by the emperor.

Five thousand stone grain is nothing to the thousand-year-old family, but his family has always been only in and out, and it is inevitable that the flesh hurts a lot. In addition, the father and son also made a decision, sent Ma Du, the plague god, and went south to meet Lao Zhu in the Yingtian Dynasty, and they didn't care whether they took a boat or a car. I'm afraid that this reckless emperor who doesn't understand the rules will do anything out of the ordinary to his family.

Madu left some rations, and all the rest were distributed to the displaced people outside the city gate, which was enough for these thousands of displaced people to cope with the spring famine. Ma Du rode on the war horse, and Kong Xixue stood on the side, "Dare to ask Your Excellency's name!" ”

Ma Du sneered, "Zhang Wuliu told him who Lao Tzu is!" lest his father and son not be able to find the way when they go to answer the heavenly complaint! ”

"Tell you that my lord is the firearms camp supervisor and the city boss...... City Ship Division...... What kind of official is my father-in-law? ”

"Stupid!" Lao Liu took a sip, "Tell you that my lord is the firearms supervisor, the city boss is the commander, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, the Jiangning County man, and the uncle of the Ming Ma country!" ”

Kong Xi learned to smile and said, "It turned out that Uncle Guo was in front of him, disrespectful and disrespectful, how to talk about the complaint, my father and son went to visit Ying Tianding!" ”

"That's not necessary, my lord was ordered to go to the front line to attack Dadu, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back for a year and a half!"

Kong Xixue's eyes widened, "You didn't come to Qufu specifically?" ”

Hearing what he said, Ma Du understood why the five thousand stone grain was so good, and he laughed and said: "You also think too highly of yourself, my Hongwu Emperor has the world in mind, how can I see the same knowledge as you." You don't want the title of the Holy Prince, you don't want anyone who wants it, and the bloodline of Kong Sheng is not only you! ”

Kong Xi Xue took a breath of cold air, and then remembered that there was another descendant of Confucius in Quzhou, who was also a relative of the bloodline, and his own Yan Shenggong was still let out by others, so he couldn't care about talking to Ma Du at this time, so he stumbled and rushed home.

Looking at his somewhat hasty back, Ma Du muttered: "Sure enough, there is no competition and no pressure!" Let's go!" With a wave of his whip, the horse galloped away, followed by five hundred horsemen.

Five hundred people galloped all the way, passing through Dongping County, Dong'e County, Dongchang Mansion, and then arrived in Linqing. When he arrived in Dong'e, Ma Du also bought a little authentic Ejiao, and spent some silver to ask the shopkeeper to send it to Yingtian to make up for Song Shuang's body.

At this time, there is also express delivery, to be exact, slow delivery, the time limit is a year and a half, although there is no single number to track, but things are generally not lost, unless the merchant dies on the road.

Linqing is located at the junction of Shandong and Hebei, and from here it is close to Hebei, the core ruling area of the Yuan court, and can be pointed directly to Dadu. Another aspect is that it is adjacent to the canal, and before the canal was frozen, Ying Tian transported a lot of grain here.

Xu Da's 20th army was assembled here, ready to deliver the deadliest blow to the Yuan court. The 200,000 people are naturally easy to find, not far from the canal. Don't be in a hurry to see Xu Da, Ma Du first looked for the station of the Shenji Battalion, which was easy to find, much neater than other camps.

The person in charge of guarding the door is not someone else, it is Tang He's son Tang Ding. Now Tang Ding is already a thousand households, and like the dogs, he is a battalion of musketeers. The soldier guarding the door saw Ma Du's waist card, and immediately found Tang Ding, he saw Ma Du and said in surprise: "Uncle Ma, how did you get here!" ”

"Of course I'm here to fight!" Ma Du proudly showed Tang Ding the letter of appointment, "Remember to call Shangguan in the future!" ”

"Yes!" Tang Ding snapped a military salute and sighed: "It's really unfair, I worked hard to get promoted to a thousand households, and you became a commander as soon as you came." ”

Ma Du raised his hand to return the salute and said with a smile: "I'm just temporary, and when Wenying's injury heals, the emperor will transfer me away." The power is not as great as yours, and you can command thousands of people to fight with you. Where is Moon Young and how is he hurting? Before leaving, I told him not to rush so fiercely, the Shenji Battalion is not suitable for charging at all. ”

Seeing Tang Ding's strange face, Ma Du couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, "What?" What's wrong with him? ”

Tang Ding smiled: "He wasn't injured in the charge at all. ”

According to Tang Ding, Mu Ying saw a hare on the way to the Qing Dynasty and made a bet with the dog with the best marksmanship to see who could hunt the rabbit on horseback.

The dog's marksmanship is good but his horsemanship is bad, Mu Ying's horsemanship is good but his marksmanship is bad, the two of them chased for a long time on horseback, and Mu Ying lost his horse in a shallow pit in the grass. He was crushed under the war horse, broke a leg bone, broke a rib, and although the dog was not injured, he was also beaten by Xu Da with a military stick.

Mu Ying, this guy is really good, the arquebus has a firing delay, and it is not a shotgun, it is okay to stand still and fight rabbits, but it is strange if you hit it on a horse. No wonder he asked Han Cheng how Muying was injured, Han Chengcheng didn't say it, it was indeed quite embarrassing, because this little thing almost lost a general, and it is estimated that Lao Zhu was also angry.

When I saw Mu Ying, this guy was lying on the bed, holding a big bowl and drinking mutton soup, and his cheeks and cheeks didn't look like they should have fought for half a year.

He was very excited to see Ma Du, and he asked after dropping his job, "Xuanzhong, why are you here!" He also pulled Madu to the side of the bed and slapped and beaten.

"You still have the face to ask me, if it weren't for the fact that you were injured in vain, I didn't even have time to participate in His Majesty's ascension ceremony, so I came in a hurry, eating and drinking wind and snow along the way, and even learned to ride a horse. If I see that your half-dead heart is still more comfortable, and I see that you are white and fat and are about to become a pig, I am so angry in my heart! Let me take a few punches! ”

Speaking of injury, Mu Ying also looked sneering, and probably felt ashamed, "Don't mention the injury!" I'm sorry for you, and when I heal my injuries, you can beat me up! Is the family okay, did you give birth to your son? ”

Ma Du shook his head, "It's not a son, it's a daughter, my freshly baked baby girl, who has been in her arms for only a few hours, was summoned by an urgent order from His Majesty!" ”

Zhu Wenying laughed: "Haha...... Good girl, good girl, you can be my daughter-in-law in the future! ”

"Then it depends on whether your son has the ability to do that!"