That night, Zhu Pingjin and his wife Luo Yuhong ate and slept in the rent collection house.

The prince of the world "has no one to look like". Eat, sleep and work with the craftsmen, talk until late at night, and sleep contentedly. And the craftsmen "are all excited, and all of them are vying for their lives." ”

Luo Yuhong went back to her old bedroom to sleep, and inexplicably jumped out of bed in the middle of the night, ran to the kitchen and smashed a large water tank full of water, making the kitchen stink for three days.

When they set off early the next morning, there were a few more two-wheeled carts behind them. The cart was loaded with seventeen modified bayonet arquebuses, all of which were of one caliber. In addition to the firecrackers, there were also five tiger squat cannons that had been simmered in the furnace for 4416 days.

Luo Yuhong lay on her side in the car, her head resting on Zhu Pingjin's lap, and she closed her eyes to make up for her sleepiness.

“…… As a leading cadre, we must not only be willing to mingle with the masses, but also be good at mingling with the masses......" Zhu Pingjin chattered endlessly in his wife's ear.

"Don't bother me!" Her hand swept.

"I want to sleep with you, but you won't let me. What do you think? Revisiting the old place, creating a psychological disorder, right? "Zhu Pingjin had a urinary seizure and did not give up.

Hiss! Zhu Pingjin felt a sharp pain in his waist. He looked down and saw that his wife was squinting her eyes and smiling, her five paws glinting.

……

Zhu Pingjin and his family drove lightly and secretly went to the rent collection courtyard. He Youyi and Yin Jialin also led more than 300 people, braving the blazing sun, walking step by step on the dusty avenue. These more than 300 people are a hodgepodge, and even passers-by on the side of the road can recognize it at a glance. There were brightly clad cavalry, and there were ragged infantry; There is a handsome son, and a young scholar who is wrapped all over his body. No one knows where this team came from, because there was no flag in the ranks; No one knew why these people were mixed together, because they were in such a hurry that they had no time to talk to passers-by.

Following He Youyi and Yin Jialin to Songlin Mountain can be roughly divided into two groups. One is the general staff and the secretary team of the prince led by He Youyi and Cheng Xiangfeng, as well as Tian Qian, a teacher who has recently joined the palace, and his thirty-five naughty students. Li Mingshi led a squad of cavalry to be responsible for the accompanying guards. The other wave was the left guard of the Shu Wangfu led by Yin Jialin, some of them were the honor guards of the original palace, and more than 100 infantry were soldiers of the farm.

He Youyi and Cheng Xiangfeng are all equipped with horses. Most of the royal guards were hereditary officers, and most of them rode horses. The cavalry walked fast and soon left the people on foot behind. Later, the shadow of the cavalry was no longer visible.

"How far are we going?" The little fat man Yuan Yangquen put his hands on the pergola and glanced at the bright sun in the sky. He licked his scorched lips, loosened the five or six wraps around his shoulders and waist, and used the wide sleeves as rags to wipe two handfuls on his sweaty forehead and face.

"I heard I'm going to go to the side of that mountain!" The tall man Zhang Sheng pointed to the southeast, where a stretch of mountains could be faintly seen. He had a long horn pinned to his waist, which was Yuan Yangqu's belongings.

"Isn't that going to get out of Shuangliu County?" Yuan Yang quenched and stuck out his tongue. Growing up so big, he has not been out of Chengdu and Huayang counties.

"I asked Brother Li, and he said that the place we were going to was a big pine forest! I heard that the forest is very big, if there is no one to lead the way, you will not be able to get out for three days and three nights! Zhang Sheng didn't care about the feelings of his classmates, and only cared about showing off the news he got from Li Mingshi. He Youyi thought that they were with the left guard cavalry, and there was no need to worry about safety, but these student dolls needed to be taken care of, so he left Li Mingshi's class behind.

"Will there be squirrels?" Huang Zhibi, who was very bright, immediately became interested, "Can you let Luo Jingyun slip out and take us to catch a few?" ”

"I don't know. It seems that the military discipline of the caravan is quite strict! Zhang Sheng shook his head and looked at Li Mingshi, "Look at Brother Li, they practice, no one dares to laugh if they are not allowed to speak, they are not allowed to move, and they don't even dare to go to Gongfang!" ”

"If only there was a horse to ride!" Yuan Yangqu was not interested in any of this, and continued to cry with a sad face. The package on his shoulder made him feel painful, and his family was afraid that he would go hungry when he went out, so they filled him with ten steamed buns alone.

"You can ride a horse?" Ma Fengqi, who had big tiger teeth, heard them talk lively, and couldn't help but come up and talk, "If you fall off the horse, it will hurt your muscles and bones." It takes at least three months to practice horseback riding before you dare to run on the road. Brother Li said that they practiced riding in the palace competition after they got off duty, but the prince still said that they couldn't see people in riding! ”

"Don't you have a horse at home?" Zhang Sheng asked Ma Fengqi, "Why don't you ride out?" ”

"That's a mule, not a horse!" When Ma Fengqi talked about his family, there was a ruthlessness in his words.

"Lao Tzu was raised by a little mother, you don't know! How could they let me ride out? When I left home to say goodbye to my father, he didn't look at me squarely! But my mother...... I can't cry. ”

Speaking of his mother, the friends were silent. When they think of their mother, they think of their home again.

"It's the mules, it's the horses, they're all pulled out and yo-yo! We're men, not old ladies! The skinny Shi Yunxiao walked in front of them, turned his head back and said loudly, "The prince must have deliberately tested us by letting us walk over!" If we lose our ugly on the first trip, maybe the prince has a reason to send us home! Brother Yun said that the caravan walked from Chengdu to Yazhou in the first month, and then from Yazhou to Tianquan, and later walked back to Renshou and Jiangkou from Tianquan, and was afraid that there would be a thousand miles back and forth! We walked all the flat roads, but they walked on the mountain roads; We had a few packages on us, and they were wearing iron armor and carrying knives and guns in their hands! ”

"Yoon-hyo said it well!" Li Mingshi rode up on horseback, jumped off the horse, and tied the little gentlemen's packages to his horse.

"Shizi once said that the strength of an army is determined by the speed at which he advances. The faster you move forward, the more powerful you are! ”

Yuan Yangqu quickly took off the package, approached Li Mingshi and asked, "What does this mean?" In the "Liutao" taught by Mr., there is no such sentence? ”

"Throw a stone out, the faster you hit someone, the more painful it hurts! You don't understand that! Ma Feng roared.

"Where is a man, a stone? You throw it out and show me? The tall man Zhang Sheng saw that his good friend was suffering from words, and immediately jumped out and stuck a knife in both ribs.

"The meaning of the son of the world is the meaning of the speed of the soldiers! You don't understand this? Shi Yongxiao said.

The students in front of him are always noisy, and Tian Qian is not surprised when he sees it. He smiled, shook the goose feather fan in his hand, and followed the procession.

"Mr. Tian, you are all Wenqu stars, what are you doing here to mess with us!" Han Dashu, the general flag of the left guard on the side, said happily to Tian Qian. He was a veteran in his forties, with dark skin, a face covered with furrows, and a smile full of folds. He was followed by three young offspring, all of whom were his sons. They carried bows and arrows and broadswords, and carried a spear.

"Those who defend the country seek it by their kings and their ministers, and those who eat meat; Those who protect the world are cheap and responsible (Note 1). ”

"I don't understand." Lao Han shook his head and said, "I only know that when I am the master's personal soldier, I will follow the master in everything." When the prince asked me to carry a knife to fight, I fought hard; The prince told me to go down to the field and plough the land, and I will plow the land. This is called following closely and not suffering! ”

"Old Han, you are so calculating!" Tian Qian praised Han Dashu.

"What kind of calculation is this? It's our duty! Lao Han was happy in his heart, but he disagreed, "The Weili people are afraid of being soldiers, because they are afraid that they will become poorer and poorer, and they are afraid that they will not even have land to plant after becoming soldiers." They are afraid, but I am not afraid. I have many sons, bring out three here, and leave one in the house, and guard the five acres of land in the house with the yellow-faced woman in my house. When I was a soldier, I was pinching both ends! ”

Old Han smiled even more as he spoke.

Tian Qian glanced at his three skinny sons, and nodded at Lao Han with a fan: "Old Han, you bring your son out, don't be afraid that you will go to the battlefield in the future......"

"What are you afraid of, it's their fate!" Lao Han sneered heavily, "The yellow-faced woman gave birth to seven sons and three daughters for me, but only four sons and one daughter were supported, just half of them were left!" So as the old saying goes, life and death are fate, and wealth is in the sky! My ancestors did not earn fame for their children, so they should be poor for all generations. Now I can see clearly, in this troubled world, if everyone in the family guards the few acres of land at home to eat, sooner or later the whole family will starve to death! The son of the world is benevolent and righteous, and when he comes out to be a soldier, he will have silver and food to distribute. I saved four mouths, and I made money and food, I think this business can be done! Feng Qianhu's family in the village, the three brothers Tiger, Leopard, and Biao all came out this time. People are well-informed about being officials, and people will come out if there is no benefit? ”

Old Han's outright realism calmed down Tian Qian, who was full of achievements.

Yes, these are troubled times. In troubled times, people don't think about making achievements, but about how to feed themselves and their families and survive.

Tian Qian calmed down and began to worry about his future again. It was originally a beautiful talk to look at the thatched house, and the people in the forest might look at themselves differently. Unfortunately, before this good story could be circulated, it was dispelled by the panic of the people of the city about the plague. He and his students were placed under house arrest by the palace in disguise for a few days, sleeping in a chase shop, eating pickles, and the long-prepared monarch and ministers played for a long time and became Zheng Changshi's ceremonial visit. Zheng Changshi proposed that he continue to be a teacher in the Wangfu Children's School, which was clearly the idea of the prince. I refused at that time, will I go against the dragon scales and cause trouble?

Tian Qian's thoughtfulness was noticed by Han Dashu. He still smiled and said: "Mr. Tian, the old man is just talking nonsense, don't take it to heart!" ”

Tian Qian hurriedly said that he would not care. Lao Han said with a smile: "You scholars have a lot of thoughts, and your thoughts are in your stomach. Unlike our bankers, who are simple-minded, a intestine leads to the butthole! Marrying a wife, having a son, being able to eat and sleep without getting sick, that's the best thing in the world! I heard the Feng family brothers say, the son of the world is the most important thing for you to read. It turned out that Mr. Shu, Mr. Li, and Mr. He, who didn't like to talk, usually called them Mr. by the prince, and they were also entrusted with important tasks, and the remuneration was also very generous. So, no matter how chaotic the world is, you readers are still popular. It's a pity that my old Han family hasn't had a scholar in three hundred years......"

The old Han chattered about it, but it made this arduous journey no longer so boring. Tian Qian fanned a few hot air into his neck and looked at his students in front of him. They have reduced their baggage and seem to have re-energized. The deputy platoon commander Li was surrounded by the students, and he was dancing and continuing to brag about his legendary experience, and the students he taught single-handedly all showed admiration and envy.

"The prince attaches equal importance to civil and military affairs, and employs people in an eclectic manner. Light words, heavy deeds......"

The words in Luo Jingyun's letter resurfaced in Tian Qian's mind.

"Light on words, heavy on deeds. Then I'll show you! Tian Qian gritted his teeth in his heart.

"Brother Hantai!" A Shaanxi dialect and a few strings of horse bells made Tian Qian stop.

A carriage galloped from the rear and overtook Tian Qian, only then was the horse pulled by the emperor. A middle-aged man jumped down from the carriage, took out the copper from his arms and paid the bill to the coachman, and then handed over to Tian Qian:

"Brother Hantai, the younger brother has thought about it again and again, and he still decides to go this way!"

Note 1: From Gu Yanwu's "Daily Knowledge".