Chapter 585: The Emperor's Bet with the Eunuch
"Father, I heard that the imperial court is going to carry out a large-scale crackdown on bandits, so it's better to send your sons!"
Soon after the next dynasty, Zhao Xu, the third prince, heard the news that Zhang Lingyang was aiming to suppress bandits nationwide, and hurriedly ran over to ask Zhang Lingyang for a request.
"You?" Glancing at the small body of the third son, Zhang Lingyang said, "How old are you?" In two years, when you are an adult, ask me for a task! ”
"Father, Erchen is not young anymore" Zhao Xu patted his chest and said, "Erchen is fifteen years old this year, and he will be an adult next year." ”
"Isn't that still an adult?" Zhang Lingyang said.
"Isn't it coming!" Zhao Xu said, "And these days, Erchen has been asking Feng Xi to teach Erchen to ride and shoot, and now Erchen can do a hundred steps through Yang." ”
"Just you? Still a hundred steps through Yang? Zhang Lingyang obviously didn't believe it, and asked, "I ask you, can you use a musket?" ”
"Of course!" Zhao Xu replied, "Erchen has been practicing shooting skills for half a year. ”
"What about climbing the mountain?" Zhang Lingyang asked again.
"Climbing a mountain?" Zhao Xu was obviously stunned and asked, "What does bandit suppression have to do with climbing mountains?" ”
"Of course it does!" Zhang Lingyang pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "What kind of bandit is the bandit?" It's a bandit!
Bandits live in the mountains all year round, you can't climb the mountains, you can't even catch up with the bandits, how do you suppress the bandits?
Could it be that those bandits are stupidly standing there and not moving? ”
"No problem!" Zhao Xu said stiffly. "Erchen runs very fast, ordinary people can't catch up with Erchen at all, and climbing the mountain is not a problem at all."
"That's good!" Seeing Zhao Xu say this, Zhang Lingyang spoke: "I will assign you a task now, if you can complete it, then I will allow you to participate in the suppression of bandits." ”
"Although my father commanded me, my son promised to complete the task."
"If you can't complete the task, I will be punished!" Zhang Lingyang smiled narrowly.
"The son is willing to make a military order!" Zhao Xu swore solemnly.
"That's good!" Seeing Zhao Xu say this, Zhang Lingyang nodded and said: "From now on, I will give you an hour, and in this hour, you start from here and walk to Cuiyunfeng Mountain, the main peak of Pishan Mountain in the northern suburbs.
There is a cypress on Cuiyun Peak, which grows very strongly, so you can just take a cypress branch from it and come back.
During this period, you are not allowed to ride a horse, you are not allowed to catch the power of others, and you are not allowed to opportunistically take advantage of the cypress branch from another disaster area, and I will send someone to watch you behind.
If you can do it, I'll allow you to participate in the bandits.
But if you can't complete the task, hehe......"
Hearing Zhang Lingyang's sneer, Zhao Xu felt that his scalp was a little numb, but he still said stiffly: "Although my father can rest assured, my son will guarantee that he can complete the task." ”
"Let's get started!" Glancing at the clock in the hall, Zhang Lingyang said lightly.
"The minister will come back to see his father in an hour!"
After speaking, Zhao Xu turned around and ran out.
After Zhao Xu left, Zhang Lingyang asked Xiaofuzi, "The third prince is running fast?" ”
"It's really fast!" Xiao Fuzi nodded and smiled, "The slave once saw the soldiers of the Third Prince and Long Xiangwei competing and running, and the Third Prince won the third place.
This time, I'm afraid that you will lose! ”
"Not necessarily!" Zhang Lingyang smiled faintly and said: "The third prince runs fast, which can only prove that his explosiveness is good, but it does not mean that his staying power is very good."
From the palace to the foot of the mountain, it is nearly twenty miles away.
Moreover, although the main peak of Bishan Cuiyun Peak is not high, you can run more than 20 miles and then climb the mountain, I am afraid that the physical strength of the three princes will not be able to keep up! ”
Zhang Lingyang calculated very well.
In his previous life, Zhang Lingyang once calculated that if an adult walks, he will walk more than ten miles in an hour at most, and he is afraid that he will not exceed fifteen miles at most.
In this way, an hour is two hours, that is, an adult can walk a maximum of thirty miles in an hour.
And that's not even counting the physical exertion in between.
And from the palace to the foot of the mountain, it takes more than forty miles to go back and forth.
If you trot all the way, an hour sounds like plenty of time.
But the third prince Zhao Xu is just a minor, does he have enough physical strength and stamina?
This is a question.
And running from the palace to the foot of the mountain, the three princes can run again, but they are afraid that most of their physical strength will be consumed.
And next, you have to face a Cuiyun Peak of more than 300 meters.
Climbing a mountain is more physically demanding and time-consuming than running.
If you add the more than 20 miles to return, Zhang Lingyang can be sure that the third prince Zhao Xu will definitely not be able to complete the task he has assigned.
"Little Fuzi, why don't I make a bet with you?" Zhang Lingyang said with a smile.
"The minion wants to make a bet with the Lord Banzai!" Xiao Fuzi smiled bitterly, "But everything from the slave is given by the Long Live Lord, how can the slave have any objects that you can look at?" ”
"It's just fun!" Zhang Lingyang said with a smile, "If you lose, I don't want anything from you, you just give me ten taels of silver."
But if you win, I can give you whatever you want! ”
"Really?" Xiaofuzi asked.
"You have no jokes!" Zhang Lingyang said seriously.
Seeing Zhang Lingyang say this, Xiao Fuzi smiled and said: "Then Long Live Lord, you will lose, the slave has already looked at the Wanyu map that you have collected."
If the minion is lucky enough to win, the minion begs the Banzai Lord to reward the minion with the Banzai Lord! ”
"Have a vision, little Fuzi!" After listening to Xiaofuzi's words, Zhang Lingyang said with a smile, "That picture of Wanyu was obtained from Zhenguo Gong with great difficulty, but I didn't expect you to come up with the idea of this painting." ”
"Hey, hey!" Xiao Fuzi smiled innocently, touched his head and said, "Then why don't you change it?" ”
"No!" Zhang Lingyang waved his hand and said, "Just that Wanyu map, if you win, I will reward you with that Wanyu map immediately!" ”
"Slave thank you long live the master!" Seeing this, Xiao Fuzi hurriedly knelt down to thank him.
"Don't rush Xie Zhen yet!" Zhang Lingyang waved his hand and said, "We're making a bet, you haven't won yet, what kind of favor do you want to thank in a hurry?" ”
"Not necessarily!" Xiao Fuzi said with a smile, "Long Xiangwei is the Son of Heaven's own army, although he has not seen a specific battle, but all kinds of training are also unremitting all year round.
The three princes were able to win most of the Longxiang guards in running and won the third place, which shows that the three princes are very good at running.
As for whether the last three princes can complete the task arranged by you in the end, it's really hard to say.
But the minions have confidence in the three princes! ”
"Really?" Zhang Lingyang wondered.
"It's true, otherwise the minions wouldn't have made a bet with you, wouldn't they?" Xiaofuzi said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang felt very comfortable.
Others have confidence in their son, and praise them to the fullest, even if this person is just a slave, but as a father, Zhang Lingyang is naturally very happy when he hears this......