Chapter 143: Unreasonable

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Liang and others beside Jiang Feng also noticed this problem, to say that although a thousand households were already as full as when the country was founded, there were seven or eight hundred people, maybe take a step back and speak, this is not a border pass, and there is no invasion of Japanese robbers now. Xiangma Bailian did not make a mess, now is the year of peace, the vacant amount can be eaten a little more, and the amount of five or six hundred people to be inspected must always be there.

But now these houses are completely empty, Jiang Feng and his party walked in them, and it turned out that one person did not see the completely empty houses, the so-called dark under the lamp is like this, everyone just didn't think of this problem at all, there was no one in the barracks of a thousand households.

When Chen Qianhu heard this question, his face suddenly became embarrassed, and he was silent for a long time before replying:

"In recent years, most of the institutes have been recruited, these barracks are empty, there is a water source on the mountain, and here is the leeward side, you can grow some crops, although there are many people in your clan, Lord Jiang, this place is also ......more than enough."

Obviously, Chen Qianhu was not successful in reversing the topic, and Jiang Feng continued to ask coldly:

"What about the recruits?"

"This ..... this ....."

Chen Qianhu saw a slight sweat on his forehead, looking at the expressions of several people in front of him, and the few people behind Jiang Feng obviously put their hands on the handle of the weapon, so they had to lead the people out with a dry smile, and pointed to the opposite house in the courtyard and said:

"Recruits are all ....... there"

Jiang Feng had already seen that area just now, like a small dock fort, it looked very solid from the outside, and the gate was closed, Jiang Feng didn't think too much about it, and thought it was the fortress of the Thousand Households, because he had not touched the scene of the guard post below.

The four battalions of the Imperial Horse Prison in Beijing and the twelve regiments and battalions outside the city could not see similar formats, but he did not dare to draw conclusions, and thought that the local town guards were all like this.

When they were still pondering, they heard a rumbling sound, and several of them could hear it clearly, it was the sound of the horse team going up the mountain, Tie Ding and Zhang Liang were shocked, but fortunately, the horses were not far away, and they hurriedly ran to get on the horse. At this time, smoke and dust were seen in the other direction.

On the side of the barracks there were many cavalrymen, knights to be precise, because they had no armor on them, but they wore the clothes of the guards soldiers.

Originally, a few people who looked like guards suddenly appeared on the small dock fort opposite the desert, and shouted a few words at the cavalry coming below:

"Master Dong, how is today's harvest?"

Those cavalry had already rushed to the school field, the saddles on the horses were quite simple, only the first big man was complete, a big knife hung obliquely on the side, and there was a bulging burden on the other side, which seemed to be the appearance of the leader, and sure enough, he answered the questions of the soldiers guarding the city above:

"There's a good fucking harvest, some poor devils who sell dried fruit, open the door quickly."

Although it was quite dusty, the sun was just setting in the west at this time, and it was still clear to see things. The knights behind them all had their burdens hanging on them, large or small, and there were some stains on the baggage near them, which were deep brown stains. The current Chen Qianhu was standing outside the barracks, and the knights below were wearing the clothes of the soldiers of the guard, obviously the soldiers of this Qianhu, but their commander Chen Qianhu stood there, and no one paid attention to it.

Chen Qianhu's face was pale and uncertain, knowing that such an incredible scene in front of him must have been seen by Jiang Feng and his party, and the big man called "Dong Ye" at the head glanced at Chen Qianhu, without stopping too much, and he would not even be contemptuous.

However, this person's gaze saw Jiang Feng and his subordinates behind him, more than a dozen people parked their horses in front of him, and looked at the side of the dock fort vigilantly, what they were holding in their hands could not be seen clearly, but it was definitely a weapon. There is a sinister aura all over his body.

This is quite a stark contrast to Chen Qianhu, who stood on the edge of the school field and didn't know how to deal with himself, although the leader known as Dong Ye noticed it, but he didn't pay attention to it, and the horses galloped into the dock fort that had opened the gate, and about a hundred knights flocked in.

Then the gate of the dock fort was tightly closed, and no one paid attention to Chen Qianhu and several of his personal soldiers, or family members, who were standing there from beginning to end.

The dock fort on the opposite side suddenly became noisy, and it was full of men laughing and yelling rudely, and occasionally a few women's screams.

"Lord Chen, are you sure that this is not a cottage of the people of the Green Forest, but a thousand households of the imperial court?"

"Of course it's Grandpa Cheng's town guarding a thousand households, so what's wrong!?"

Chen Qianhu subconsciously asked in the face of Jiang Feng's ridicule behind him, and only came back to his senses as soon as the words came out, and he turned around and explained:

"The people of Shandong are fierce, and the recruits are disobedient to discipline, but this is also good, we don't have to worry about saving fatigue as commanders......"

"What about the food and salary sent by the imperial court?"

"They will receive it themselves, and they will send it down when the time comes, and there will definitely be no deductions, and the prefect of Dengzhou Mansion will not dare."

Jiang Feng stopped talking, and beckoned Zhang Liang to go down the mountain. Looking at the other party's performance, Chen Qianhu suddenly became anxious, Jiang Feng was already sitting on the horse, Chen Qianhu ran over and grabbed his breeches, his face was already full of panic, and his voice was already crying:

"Master Jiang, my brother still has an eighty-year-old mother at home, and a son who is less than one year old, and it is really impossible not to go back after leaving his hometown for so many years. You can also live in Fucheng and not use it here......"

The answer to him was that the horsewhip of "brush" was drawn from above, so frightened that Chen Qianhu flashed back, more than a dozen horses flew away, Chen Qianhu lowered his head dejectedly, and said dejectedly:

"You have to suffer here."

Jiang Feng, who galloped down the mountain on a fast horse, didn't think so much, he just felt that he was a dozen people and horses, no matter how well-equipped, if there were people in the dock fort opposite, he would not be able to resist it at that time. Zhang Liang and Tie Ding also thought the same way, everyone had already loaded the fire gun, and the fire medium was already within easy reach.

When I went down the mountain, I found that the road up and down the mountain was quite suitable for horses galloping, although it looked old, but there must be people who often rested.

When he was about to reach the flat ground, Jiang Feng suddenly reined in his horse, and Zhang Liang behind him hurriedly followed, and before he could say anything, he heard Jiang Feng say to himself:

"The brown color on the baggage must be dried blood, right!?"

Three days after returning to Fucheng, Zhao Xiucai began to lead a few people to directly visit the money and grain master of the Yamen of Dengzhou Governor's Prefecture, although there were other people who provided the food and salary of thousands of households, but the county officials were not as good as some of the current management in it, and now it is also to avoid trouble.

Although it is said that there is a difference between civil and military, and the status of civil officials is far higher than that of military attachés, but a master has no grade, it is not difficult to speak, especially after Zhao Xiucai's silver is handed over, although the future official affairs are involved. Everyone made it clear in a few words.

When the master was about to say goodbye, Zhao Xiucai warmly invited the other party to go to the restaurant in the city to sit down. The two sides made a picture of knowing each other for a long time and went to the restaurant, and when the wine and food were the place to drink freely, Zhao Xiucai suddenly said that he had a relative who recently wanted to do business in Shandong, and he didn't know what to pay attention to. For example, what about the tax at the checkpoint? Are there any robbers on the road, whether it is peaceful or not?

At this time, the master, who was already drinking and red-faced, pretended to be mysterious and said:

"Brother, listen to my brother's advice, or don't come to Shandong to do business, the road to Shandong from the north, most of them pass through our Dengzhou Mansion, there are a lot of headless public cases in recent years, and the caravans that come and go are often killed.

Next, under Zhao Xiucai's deliberate flattery, the two sides almost called each other brothers.

That night, Jiang Feng found the owner of the inn and bought the inn at a high price, although the inn was not as advanced and magnificent as those big shops in Beijing, but fortunately, it was able to accommodate thirty-four families. The next day, Tieding and Orion's family, with young women and small children, were all staying in the inn, about twenty or so families, and the rest began to pack their luggage and equipment.

Chen Qianhu, who was already disappointed, burst into tears when he saw Jiang Feng come to the door to handle the handover procedures, and he saw that posture as if he knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Feng. However, as long as Jiang Feng asked about the matter of the Thousand Households, he kept silent.

The handover document should have been an inventory of military funds, the number of soldiers, the integrity of the official preparations and the rest of the procedures of the local government, and then the two sides could sign and stamp on the handover documents, and Jiang Feng could be regarded as officially taking office at this time.

However, the current Chen Qianhu is not even willing to go to Yantai Mountain, where the procedures can be completed step by step, but what makes this Chen Qianhu happy is that Jiang Feng just signed and drew a pledge on it, and he didn't want to say anything superfluous, so Chen Qianhu naturally couldn't ask for it.

"Yantai Mountain Town guards thousands of households, with a fixed quota of 1,125 people and an actual quota of 745 people."

Jiang Feng just glanced at the document of this number and signed his name on it without saying a word, and stamped it with a small copper seal.