Emperor Chrysostom said a word, and Lao Zhu naturally counts when he speaks. He promised Ma Du two hundred veterans of the Shenji Battalion to be his guards, and Ma Du really received two hundred veterans from the Shenji Battalion.

But why are they all lame, blind, and broken arms, all of them are disabled and unable to go to the battlefield in the battle in Lanzhou, and none of them are complete.

The deflated head was shot blind in one eye, the wound was hideous and terrifying, the only remaining eye was teary at the moment, the throat seemed to be filled with a ball of cotton, and he choked for a long time before saying: "I knew that it was the Daohou Ye who would not come here, we are all waste people who can't help the Hou Ye, let alone become a burden to you, let's go!" ”

Ma Du reached out to grab the deflated hand, but only touched half of the empty sleeve, and smashed a fist on the deflated head's chest, "If you lose one eye and half an arm, you will be considered a waste, and the remaining arm will be used to support the bird when you pee!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the disabled veterans laughed, and the solemn atmosphere eased a lot.

Yuan Sheng also said cool words on the side, "You are the old department of Uncle Guo, where can you go if you don't come to him, Uncle Guo's family is rich and you don't have a bite to eat, and if you don't have an arm and a lame leg, who will want you." ”

Madu glared at him, "They have no arms, but there are still birds to support, who are you laughing at!" ”

There was a real laugh around him, and Yuan Sheng pinched his orchid finger and smacked, "Uncle Guo is really annoying!" ”

If a eunuch with fine skin and tender flesh and a sharp voice did this kind of action, Ma Du's psychology would be acceptable, but Yuansheng, a rough man with a black and thick voice like a broken gong, said such a thing, not anyone's nerves could afford it, and he almost didn't vomit all the overnight meal.

It's best to stay away from Yuansheng, and in the crowd of people in the aisle, Ma Du patted them on the shoulders one by one to see their injuries. Although they are veterans of the Shenji Battalion, they are only young people in their early twenties, and the oldest is only thirty, and they have long had no family and nowhere to go in the troubled times.

"If you are a dead eunuch, you are not useless wasters, in my eyes you are all treasures, and I will use you more in the future. When you are young, you want to eat and wait for death here, no way! Don't look at what kind of person Ben Hou is, the mud can be used to protect the city wall, and a bunch of big living people are afraid that they will be useless! ”

"What Master Hou said is that in the future, our life will be Master Hou, and we will do whatever you want us to do."

"Master Hou, what do you want me to do, hurry up!" A group of people rolled up their arms and sleeves, eager to find their own value.

Just kidding, arranging for the disabled to be re-employed in the future is also a big problem, how could Ma Du come up with the charter so quickly, he kicked his head to the side, "What are you anxious about, wait until you settle down, and hurry up to eat with Lao Liu." ”

When the veterans were gone, Yuan Sheng leaned over and said with a smile: "The emperor is right, Uncle Guo killed Yang Xian without mercy, but in his heart, he still couldn't see the poor people suffering, so he gave them a bite to eat, and took care of their faces." ”

"This is a bad statement, they ruined their bodies for the peace of the world, naturally they deserve my respect, and they can't let the heroes shed blood and tears." Ma Du looked at the carriage parked in the distance, "Is it a firearm given by the emperor?" You don't discount me. ”

Yuan Sheng said with a wry smile: "Uncle Guo, don't worry, two hundred firearms are a lot, and even the gunpowder projectiles are all equipped for you." ”

"I'm asking you about quality, not quantity!"

"Rest assured, they are all the best dragon guns! If Master Hou has nothing else to do, the slave and maid will leave first! ”

Ma Du grabbed him by the collar, "Come back, the Shenji Battalion is almost equipped with flintlock pistols, but give me a dragon gun, isn't it too much, no matter how bad it is, you have to use an arquebus." ”

The fire dragon spear was the kind used by Deng Yu's subordinates when Ma Du first arrived in Hongdu, but it was just a wooden stick tied to the iron barrel, which was extremely simple.

Yuan Sheng said with a bitter face: "Uncle Guo, you can be content, you don't look at so many noble and military ministers, whose personal guards are equipped with firearms." Don't look at General Mu as the commander of the Shenji Battalion, but his own soldiers will never dare to take firearms out of the Shenji Battalion, and you are the only one who has such a grace. You don't rebel, what do you want such a good firearm for? ”

"Huh...... That's right. ”

Yuansheng would never dare to say such a thing, it was definitely Lao Zhu who asked him to use it to generalize Ma Du's army. Ma Du loosened the collar of Yuansheng's clothes, "Father-in-law Yuansheng, the emperors of the Xia Kingdom have all been sent over, why hasn't the army come back yet?" There was no news from Moon Young. ”

"It seems that the army is fighting with the Tartars of Yunnan on the border of Bashu!"

"How could it be so fast, just after the Xia Kingdom was conquered, and the expedition to Yunnan began?"

Although Dayuan died, there were still two large separatist forces, one was Nahachu, who had more than 200,000 troops in Liaodong, and the other was the Liang King and the Tu Chieftain Duan in Yunnan.

Although the remnants of Yunnan are not as good as Liaodong, but the terrain is complex and the climate is changeable and there is a lot of miasma, and the difficulty is much greater, until the Ming Dynasty was founded more than ten years ago, and only sent 300,000 troops to conquer Yunnan, and now it is so long in advance, is it that the butterfly effect has broken out?

"Uncle Guo asked the wrong person, the slave maid is just a tea and water pourer next to the emperor, where does he understand military affairs. I knew that the flintlock pistols assembled by the Firearms Bureau were constantly being shipped to Shuzhong. ”

Ma Du slapped his head and sighed: "It shouldn't be that Mu Ying is doing something again." ”

Yuan Sheng said with a smile: "The slave doesn't know, if Uncle Guo is worried about General Mu, he can go to the palace to find the emperor and ask for details." ”

"Then I'll go back to the palace with my father-in-law!" Ma Du asked Zhang Wuliu to get into the carriage and rush to the palace with Yuansheng.

Yuan Sheng patted the soft cushion, "Uncle Guo's carriage looks inconspicuous, but it is very comfortable to sit up." ”

"If Father-in-law Yuansheng likes it, I can sell you a cheaper one."

"What does a slave and a eunuch want to do in the carriage, but there is one thing to ask for, and I ask the Hou Ye to be accommodating." Yuan Sheng arched his hand and said it seriously.

Ma Du smiled, "I knew that what I said when I met you for the first time wasn't a joke, I was just curious why you didn't go to ask the emperor." ”

"This kind of thing is embarrassing to say, and the slaves and maids are afraid of polluting the emperor's ears."

"Ben Hou is a decent person, and I won't do dirty things that violate the law and discipline."

"Uncle Guo is relieved that he is not breaking the law or disorder, and it is not a difficult thing, but it is just a matter for you to move your mouth."

Ma Du said: "Since this is the case, then what is not good to say, my father-in-law just said." ”

"The slave maid has a son and nephew, who is thirteen or fourteen years old, and wants to send him to the academy to study. But now the academy is all merit-based admissions, and the kid is stupid and afraid that he doesn't have the ability, so he asks Uncle Guo to be accommodating, and only this time will not dare to trouble Uncle Guo in the future. ”

Ma Du quipped: "My father-in-law is dedicated now, it shouldn't be your own son." ”

"It's good that Master Hou knows it in his heart, why bother to say it and embarrass the slave."

Belch...... Ma Du just said it casually, but he didn't expect to be guessed correctly by him.

Yuan Sheng sighed and said: "Not long after the emperor left the imperial temple, the temple was hit by a military disaster, and the slave and maid rescued the concubine of the lower uncle when they fled for their lives, and they only cared about running for their lives and being separated from everyone......

Madu interrupted him suddenly, "Wait, you mean the abbot's concubine?" Does a monk have a wife? And a little wife? ”

Yuan Sheng smiled and said, "It's an ordinary thing! ”

Thinking of the prostitute monks who had done all kinds of evil around Timur, Madu suddenly felt that the image of this abbot was immediately much more noble.

Madu asked, "What happened later?" ”

"Do you still use me to say it later, hehe......"

I didn't expect that Yuansheng was also a flower monk, and he deserved to be Lao Zhu's senior brother.

"No, I remember the first time I saw you, you still had short hair, haven't you been vulgar for so many years?"

"Huh! It is convenient to be a monk to beg for food, and people give a lot! ”