Hearing Qin Qiong say that he was not interested, Cheng Yanjin almost jumped up, and waved the double Xuanhua axe in his hand with his hand: "Cousin, how can you not be interested, what are you doing practicing martial arts every day, no wonder you are willing to be a little catcher for the rest of your life, didn't that storyteller say that he would seal it immediately...... What kind of monkey, strange, what kind of monkey is sealed? ”

Although Cheng Biting Jin is only fifteen years old, he is only a head taller than Qin Qiong, his skin is dark, and he is effortless to carry a Xuanhua axe weighing dozens of catties. ”

Cheng Yanjin said with a big grin: "No matter what Hou is, anyway, I heard that this Hou is much higher than the county order, you don't want to, I think, if I can seal Hou, not only will I not be hungry, but I will also have meat to eat, and my mother can also enjoy happiness, cousin, I beg you, you can take me there." ”

Cheng Biting Jin and Qin Qiong both lost their fathers when they were young, raised by their widowed mother, Qin Qiong's family background is better, his father used to be a general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and he left a little savings, but Cheng Bitingjin's family is poor, he has eaten a lot since he was a child, a person can eat more than a few young men in his prime, Cheng's mother can afford his food on her own, so Cheng Biting Jin was hungry when he was a child, since Qin Qiong's family moved over, he helped Cheng's mother from time to time, and Cheng Biting Jin knew that he went up the mountain to cut firewood and sell it when he was a little older, He can eat a full meal every day, but he is still very greedy for meat, and his biggest wish is to be able to eat meat every day.

Qin Qiong was born as the son of an official eunuch, and his father died in the war of Zhou and Qi. At that time, Qin Qiong was still young, and he had almost no memory, but he was warned by his mother from time to time, knowing that the officialdom was sinister, far from being as simple as Cheng Yanjin thought, although his father died when the Qi State was destroyed, it had nothing to do with the current Sui Dynasty. Qin Qiong works in the Yamen, and every day he is exposed to how powerful the words of the Great Sui are, coupled with his own martial arts, he will naturally have the intention of making meritorious contributions, and he subconsciously rejected his cousin's proposal just now, just influenced by his mother's usual teachings. Hearing Cheng biting Jindi's instigation, he couldn't help but move.

"Cousin, if we all go to join the army, what will happen to you and my mother?"

"Ahh Cheng Biting Jin patted his head in annoyance, although he has a rough temperament, he is a very filial mother, so he naturally doesn't worry about his mother being at home alone. It's just that he wants to give up joining the army, but he is very reluctant. Scratching his head, he said: "I have saved a lot of copper money by chopping wood in the past few years, and I can only leave this money to my mother, fortunately, my cousin-in-law is virtuous, it is better for the two families to get together, but I have to work hard for my cousin-in-law." ”

Qin Qiong has married his wife Jia, Jia's is indeed gentle and virtuous, she is a rare good wife, as long as she leaves enough money, it should not be a problem to support the two old people. Qin Qiong has been catching fast for more than ten years, and has always had little expenses, leaving more than 30 yuan of money, if it is used frugally, it is enough for the two families to use it for about five or six years. What's more, there are still a lot of valuable things left over from his father's previous official days. It's really not good, you can always get over after you buy it.

"Okay. However, I had to report this matter to my mother, and my mother agreed to join the army. ”

Cheng Yanjin suddenly smiled: "Of course, of course, I also need my mother's consent, cousin, you wait, I'll go back immediately." ”

After speaking, Cheng Biting Jin was afraid of delaying the time, so he carried two big axes and ran home, Qin Qiong shook his head with a smile, put away the golden mace in his hand, and walked towards his mother's room.

"What, you're going to join the army?" For Qin Qiong's words, Qin's mother was very shocked: "Have you forgotten how your father died?" ”

"Mother, the child has not forgotten, the general will inevitably die in battle, but the child has a temperament, the book says that the fame is taken immediately, the child does not want to live a life so mediocre, if there is really that day, mother, this is also the child's choice, but the mother can only forgive the child for being unfilial."

Qin's mother was silent for a long time before sighing: "Okay, you are already over thirty years old, and your mother can't restrict you for a lifetime, since you want to go, go there." ”

Hearing her mother's consent, Qin Qiong was overjoyed and reluctant, her eyes turned red, she knocked her head on the ground a few times, and said in a choked voice: "Thank you mother, Xiuying, the responsibility of taking care of your mother will fall on you in the future, and don't forget to take care of your aunt." ”

Jia Xiuying supported her husband's defection to the army, and nodded heavily: "Lang Jun rest assured, the concubine will definitely take care of her mother and aunt at home, and will never drag Lang ......Jun down."

As she spoke, Jia Xiuying's eyes couldn't help but turn red, although her husband was strong in martial arts, no one was an opponent in Dong'e County, but the world was so big, I don't know how many heroes and heroes there were, there were no eyes on the battlefield, what if something happened?

After her mother and wife agreed, Qin Qiong stopped her mother-in-law and mother-in-law, and immediately went out to find out the Dong'e County Decree directly, and asked her to add her name to the edict of the court.

Dong'e is only a middle county, there are more than 600 registered government soldiers, and the amount of the imperial edict is 400 people, the proportion is high, after receiving the edict of the imperial court, the county order also has a headache to dispatch so many government soldiers at once, will there be people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, evading military service, I didn't expect that in less than half a day, the county government will reach more than 100 people, and others have also come one after another, according to this speed, at most three days, the task of conscripting the entire county government army can be completed.

Although there is no shortage of government soldiers, the county order still agreed to Qin Qiong's request, and immediately assigned the official to handle the registration of the government soldiers for Qin Qiong, and included Qin Qiong's name in the quota of this edict.

Three days later, the Dong'e County government soldiers completed the edict and began to set off, although the court allowed the government soldiers to set off alone, but most people still chose to go with familiar people, or three or five people, or more than ten people rode out of the city to the north.

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and four people who usually know each other form a team, Qi County is located in the plain, suitable for raising horses, basically every household has horses. Qin Qiong, as a servant, also has a horse of his own, only Cheng Biting Jin has no horse to ride, Qin Qiong had to grit his teeth, became a thing at home, and spent more than 20 times to buy a horse for Cheng Biting Jin to ride.

The six of them walked for half a day, and they were already fifty or sixty miles away from the city. When they got off their horses and took out their packages, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were both stunned, they each had a lot of coins in their packages, the copper coins were too heavy, and Qin Qiong's package also deliberately exchanged dozens of silver coins. The value reached nearly 20 yuan, and there were more than two copper coins in the Cheng biting gold package.

Qin Qiong originally only brought a little more money to go out, and it was estimated that as long as she arrived at the barracks, she would naturally have nothing to worry about, the money in the package was almost half of what Qin Qiong left for her family, and Cheng Biting Jin's two copper coins hollowed out the entire family, of course the two knew who put the money in, and their packages were finally handed over to them by their mothers.

Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin are just a microcosm of the soldiers of the prefecture in the northern counties. This happens in every county. After receiving the edict from the court, countless people were enthusiastic in their hearts, wanting to find their own merits on the battlefield for themselves or their families. Their families are looking forward to their safe return, and would rather tighten their teeth than let their relatives have a lot of money.

On the Yongji Canal, there was a scene of heavy traffic, and the wide canal was crowded with northbound boats, all of which had the deepest draft. The waves crashed against the hull of the ship, and the boat was loaded with weapons and food, and on the shore there were groups of cavalry rolling forward. There is no end in sight. There is no tail in sight.

When the canal was first built, both land and water transportation were considered. The standard width of the canal is 240 feet, and on both sides of the canal is a smooth royal road, the width of which can pass two carriages at the same time. The 300,000 troops, plus countless mules, horses, and livestock, relied on this canal for all their grain and grass, and I dare not imagine how many people would have been required to transport it day and night if this canal had not been built.

A 200 feet long, 60 feet wide, 45 feet high, a total of four layers of huge dragon boat is slowly moving forward, this dragon boat is the emperor's car, by the Ministry of Works, He Chou specially built for the emperor's supervision, carved beams and painted buildings, full of gorgeousness, the whole dragon boat can carry up to 600 people at the same time, second only to the five dragon warships sailing on the Yangtze River.

Yang Yong issued an edict from the eighth day of the first month of March, and the tenth day of the first month was to hold a temple to pay tribute, and on the twelfth day he set off with the army, and left and right servants to shoot, Niu Hong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Yang Shangxi, the Ministry of Works, Yun Dingxing, the Twelve Guards General Yuanzhou, Yang Yichen, Du Yan and others stayed behind; Shangshu Youcheng Liu Shu, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wei Yi, the Ministry of War Shangshu He Ruobi, the secretary Cheng Lu Mulin, the general Yuan, Wei Wensheng, Li Hun, Han Hong, Yuan Wei, Shi Wansui and nearly half of the civil and military officials in the court, all followed the emperor on the expedition.

Because the imperial expedition must be rushed to Liaodong as soon as possible, along the way the emperor has issued an edict strictly forbidden to meet local officials, only at night when the boat is docked, local officials can board the boat to meet, the dragon boat with a daily speed of 60 to 80 miles, only took more than ten days, has passed Luoyang, into the canal that has just been completed for several months. Now it is the middle of April, and in just over a month, the emperor's car has traveled to the middle of the Yongji Canal, nearly 2,000 miles away from Daxing City, which is more than three times faster than the speed of the emperor's daily journey of only twenty or thirty miles when he went out on patrol by land.

At this time, it is the spring flowers blooming, the willows on both sides of the river are green, the spring color is the people, the boatmen shout one after another, the boat pulp falls into the water neatly, Yang Yong stands on the fourth layer of the highest place of the dragon boat with a hundred officials, the surrounding scenery is in full view, the mountains in the distance are undulating, after seeing a scene, it is a scene after ten miles, such a scenery is indeed more pleasing to the eye than staying in the palace every day to the same scenery.

On the shore, a ranger riding a white horse with a flag on his neck representing the transmission of emergency military intelligence came against the flow of people in the direction of the dragon boat land, and when he approached the dragon boat, the knight hurriedly jumped off the horse, and as soon as he jumped off the horse, the knight quickly took off the flag inserted in his neck and waved it vigorously in the middle of the canal.

A golden-winged warship guarding the side of the dragon boat saw the situation, and hurriedly leaned the boat towards the shore, the emperor had to receive all kinds of information from the capital and the front every day, and the dragon boat basically did not stop during the day, and could only rely on smaller warships to transmit information.

As soon as the warship docked, it had not yet stopped, and the knights on the shore had jumped on the ship impatiently: "Hurry up, the lower official has urgent information to present to the emperor." ”

Without the knight's urging, the golden-winged warship had already started, chasing the dragon boat in front, the knight wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve, and just wanted to take the opportunity to rest, a person walked above the golden-winged warship, saw the knight's face, and asked with a smile: "Pushan Gong, but what happened on the grassland?" ”

The knight looked up at the person who spoke, and said in surprise: "Brother Xuanling, why are you on the boat?" ”

The knight who sent the letter was named Li Mi, his father Li Kuan was awarded the title of Pushan County Duke during the Kaihuang period, after Li Kuan's death, Li Mi inherited his father's title early, so the people who knew each other were commensurate with the Duke of Pushan, in fact, Li Mi's own position is very low now, just a sergeant in the forbidden army,

Fang Xuanling, who can be called Xuanling's brother by Li Mi, is naturally famous in later generations, although Fang Xuanling does not have any title at the moment, and his official position is much higher than Li Mi, he is still a member of the Inner History House, a well-known Zhengliupin, and can walk in front of the emperor, plus a father who is still a scholar of the Criminal Department, there is no doubt that he has a great future, although Li Mi knows that the other party is not coming to greet him, he still has a feeling of flattery.

Fang Xuanling smiled: "It's too boring to be around the emperor, so I asked myself to take this errand, by the way, Pushan Gong, you haven't told me if something big has happened on the grassland, if there is a change in the grassland, I won't accompany you to meet the emperor, so as not to cause trouble to the pond fish." ”

Li Mi was envious and envious of Fang Xuanling's treatment, he knew that his father died early, although he inherited his father's title, he could not compare with Fang Xuanling in his career for the time being, and he would rely on Fang Xuanling to speak for himself in the future, and hurriedly lowered his voice: "A good thing, it is a great thing, if the emperor hears it, he will definitely be very happy." ”

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