The Romance of the Famous Marshals of the Early Tang Dynasty Li Jichuan

Chapter 62: Captain Zhao takes office

Xu Rat said with a smile: "Brother Mu Jiu, if someone asks you: What are you doing in Xu Gongzi's room today?" You just say that with the Xu Mouse brothers, all the brothers in the backyard barracks are added together, and the martial arts Xu Mouse in the fight is the highest. ”

Mu Jiu said with a smile: "Brother Xu Rat, the vice captain of the guarding team, is the internal competition of the team, and the winner is the vice captain. Qianzhai gate, Zhongzhai front door, Zhongzhai back door, back gate a total of four Zhai gates, each gate has three teams, a total of twelve teams, plus a substitute team, two archery teams, a total of fifteen squads, the deputy captain of these fifteen squads, are selected by the competition, although I only have the kung fu of the three-legged cat, but in the first squad of the Qianzhai competition, I am always the first, so I am the vice captain of the first squad. ”

Xu Rat smiled and asked, "Brother Mu Jiu, then I, Xu Rat can get a deputy captain of the team when I go to the village guard team competition."

Mu Jiu said with a smile: "Brother Xu Rat, no one in the brothers guarding the village will compete with you, they know that they are too far behind your martial arts, this time Wagangzhai competed with the Condor Dart Bureau, and you caught a total dart head, and now no one dares to compare with you."

Xu Rat smiled and said, "Brother Mu Jiu, I didn't expect my fame to get bigger and bigger."

Mu Jiu said with a smile: "Brother Xu Rat, this time Wagangzhai competes with the Condor Dart Bureau, you are famous."

Mu Jiu then asked, "Second master, I heard that Captain Zhao of our first squad is going to be the chief captain?"

Shan Xiongxin replied: "Brother Mu Jiu, three months ago, the big boss asked me, among the fifteen squad leaders guarding the village, which one can be promoted to the chief captain?" Let me recommend one, I see these fifteen squad leaders, there is no ability to be particularly outstanding, which one to choose as the captain, there is no way to convince the other fourteen squad leaders, I said, or choose one of the three squad leaders in Qianzhai, at least the captain of the Qianzhai team has more experience, this time Wagangzhai and the Condor Dart Bureau competition, Captain Zhao ordered Ming Jin to withdraw the troops, the decision of the big boss, let Captain Zhao serve as the captain. ”

Xu Rat said: "The second master, you and the big boss entered the circle surrounded by the eighteen Shaolin monks, and the young master of my family said, let Mingjin withdraw the troops, and Captain Zhao is just passing the word."

Shan Xiongxin said: "Brother Xu Rat, in fact, the big boss is just looking for an excuse, he knows that it was Brother Xu who asked Mingjin to withdraw the troops, but he didn't use this as an excuse to let Captain Zhao serve as the chief captain, and the other fourteen squad leaders were not convinced."

Xu Rat said: "The second is in charge, then Captain Zhao is picking up a big bargain this time."

Shan Xiongxin said: "Brother Xu Rat, it was Captain Zhao who was stained with Brother Xu's light, this time Wagangzhai competed with the Condor Dart Bureau, and there was another person who was also stained with Brother Xu's light, Brother Xu proposed to find a good Langzhong in advance and prepare knife wound medicine, and the barracks steward He Youwei had an additional position as a military doctor."

Mu Jiu then asked: "The second is in charge, Captain Zhao is going to be the chief captain, and his authority has become greater."

Shan Xiongxin replied: "Brother Mu Jiu, before the election of the captain, the big boss said that he just wanted to find someone to pass the word, it turned out that it was mainly Mr. Jia Xiong who passed the word, but now there are many things, and Mr. Jia Xiong is too busy to do it alone." The various squads guarding the village still have to listen to the big bosses, but after letting Captain Zhao serve as the chief captain, they may have more military salaries. ”

After eating, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Just after the next day (9 a.m. to 11 a.m.), Xu Maogong (Li Ji) was reading the military book in the study, and Shan Xiongxin rushed to Xu Maogong (Li Ji) and said happily: "Brother Xu, I have found someone with good water character in Zheng County."

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) asked, "Brother Shan, where did you find it?"

Shan Xiongxin replied with a smile: "Found in the soldiers guarding the small mountain in the back village, he is a native of Zheng County, originally a fisherman, fishing for a living, two years ago, his father was seriously ill, asked Lang Zhong for treatment, three months later did not cure, died, asked Lang Zhong to treat the disease, and his father's funeral cost a total of nearly twenty taels of silver, which was borrowed from the rich man Zhang of the same village. After that, he didn't pay the money, and the rich man Zhang asked him to marry his daughter as his wife, but he didn't marry, and there was no way, so he fled to Wagangzhai last year. ”

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said: "Brother Shan, you bring him to me in the afternoon, and I will tell him that if he agrees to go to Zhengjun to lurk, he owes Zhang the rich man twenty taels of silver, and I will pay the bill for him, and I will explain some things to him, and tomorrow you will send him to Zhengjun Canal to fish and lurk."

Shan Xiongxin said: "Brother Xu, the twenty taels of silver, I said to the big boss: let him out."

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said: "Brother Shan Xiongxin, don't tell the big boss about the twenty taels of silver, if he knows, and then he sends someone to understand the situation, then the news that this brother went to Zheng County to lurk may leak, and the fewer people who know, the better."

Now you go to the big boss, and then tell him privately, don't let others hear, let him take the money to buy a fishing boat, and now let the people of Zheng County use this boat to fish and lurk, and then we will intercept the official ship and rob the official ship's goods, so that we can use this fishing boat to transport. ”

Shan Xiongxin said: "Brother Xu, let's go to the big boss together."

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said: "Brother Shan, I am a guest, I always go to the big boss to be too conspicuous, it is easy to attract people's attention, and I am afraid that the latent news will not be kept secret, so I will try not to show up in the future."

The single brothers should be sent out one by one, and they must not send five or six people to the canal to fish in one day, because it is easy to arouse the suspicion of the local government.

Tomorrow, I will send out this fisherman from Zheng County first, and in ten days, the big boss will meet you at the Yuelai Restaurant in Zheng County, let him go tomorrow, and quickly lurk down, and find out the situation of the official ships on the canal in time. ”

Shan Xiongxin said: "Brother Xu, I'll go to the big boss and talk about buying a boat, after speaking, Shan Xiongxin went out of the house to find Zhai Rang."

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) and Xu Rat had just had lunch, and Shan Xiongxin led a tall red-faced young man to see Xu Maogong (Li Ji).

Shan Xiongxin pointed to the red-faced young man and said, "Brother Xu, this is Qian Shuisheng from Zheng County."

Shan Xiongxin pointed at Xu Maogong (Li Ji) and said, "This is my brother-in-law Xu Maogong (Li Ji)."

Shan Xiongxin pointed at Xu Mouse and said, "This is my brother-in-law Xu Maogong's (Li Ji)'s scholar's name is Xu Rat."

The red-faced young man (Qian Shuisheng) hugged his fists and asked: "The second master, our Captain Zhai's father said: Wagangzhai competes with the Condor Dart Bureau, and the righteous brother of the second master breaks the formation surrounded by eighteen Shaolin Temple monks, but this Xu Gongzi?"

Shan Xiongxin returned the salute with a fist, and replied with a smile: "Brother Qian Shuisheng, it is this Brother Xu who broke the formation formed by eighteen Shaolin Temple monks."