Chapter 54: The Power of the Cavalry Sword
The boy was thinner than his peers, with patches on his washed and white clothes, and firewood that had just been fetched beside him, and it was evident that he had just returned from collecting firewood, and smoke was wafting from the grass hut next to him.
"Child, is this Yue Fei's family?" Chao Gai asked through the fence door.
"I'm Yue Fei, who are you." Xiao Yue Fei asked.
Chao Gai said: "In Chao Gai in Xia Yun City, look for your lord." ”
Yue Fei shouted into the grass hut: "Mother, mother, someone is looking for you." ”
Soon a woman came out of the grass shed, but she was only twenty-six or seventeen years old, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and had an apron tied around her waist, Chao Gai didn't expect Yue Fei's mother to be so young, and she was relieved to think about it, it was too common for girls to get married and have children at the age of seventeen or eighteen in the Great Song Dynasty.
"Who are you? Find me something, I'm Yue Fei's mother, Yao. Yao said that apparently this woman was a woman who had read books and was polite.
"In the Xia Yuncheng regiment practice Chao Gai, I heard that Xiao Yue Fei loves to learn, and you are unable to provide for it, today I passed by here to send three ploughing cattle, you raise it well, and you can provide Xiao Yue Fei with school in the future." Chao Gai told Yao in detail about the cow on credit and the return of three calves.
The cow was left at the door, three adult cows, one of whom had a large belly and was apparently about to give birth. Yue Fei's family has less than 20 acres of land in this village, and the quality is very inferior, and cattle ploughing is a necessary process to increase the yield of land preparation in the years when there is no chemical fertilizer. Every year, Yao's hands are blistered, and now suddenly someone says that they want to sell three cows to themselves on credit, and they don't have to pay back, they only need to pay back nine calves in the next five years.
Yao said: "Chao Tuanlian, I heard this matter from the businessman in the village, and it is only in Yuncheng. Aren't you afraid that we won't pay it back, after all, Yuncheng is hundreds of miles away from here. ”
Chao Gai said with a smile: "The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth and should keep his promises, I believe in the people of your mother and son." ”
Xiao Yue Fei next to him said: "I will definitely pay it back, there is no untrustworthy person in the Yue family." ”
Immediately, the Yao family asked Chao Gai to set up two notes, each of them drew a pledge, and each of them left a copy, so that Yue Fei's family had three cows.
Chao Gai and the others declined the invitation of Yao and the others to stay for dinner, and went back to continue their journey.
Yao and Yue Fei didn't care about eating, building a cowshed, cutting grass and feeding the cattle. After so many years of suffering, Yao suddenly felt that it was finally over, with the cattle in their own land, they would have a bumper yield, and the cattle could also pull carts for people's ploughland, more or less some inputs, and they had to pay off the calves after three or five years, and the calves that were born in the future would be their own. Xiao Yue Fei was even more happy and lively, and he didn't know how to express it.
However, there are also some bad rumors, some long-tongued women in the village chewed their tongues and said that the Yao family hooked up with wild men, which was exchanged for three cows. These Yao families naturally don't care about it, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, let them go.
Along the way, everyone praised Chao Gai for helping Xiao Yue Fei's family, only Jiao Ting Shi Jin was a little puzzled, Shi Jin said: "Since my brother wants to help this child, why don't you just give him the cow or give them the money, wouldn't that be better." ”
"Shi Jin, you were born in a rich family, and you don't understand the suffering of poor families. If the cattle are given to them directly, they will become medium-sized people in the village, and they will not want to make progress mentally and psychologically, which will harm them. As the saying goes, born in sorrow and dying in peace. Chao Gai said.
Next to him, Li Kui shouted: "Shi Jin Jiaoting, you don't know, there are many people who need help." Although my brother has a lot of wealth, he is also limited, and if he sits and eats, the mountains can be empty. ”
"That's called sitting and eating the mountain." Hua Lei Dao.
"If you take care of it, you just sit and eat, and the mountains will be empty. Since so many people need help, my brother needs more wealth, and if you give them the cow on credit, they will raise it well, and when the calf is weaned, it will be returned, so that the brother can use the calf to help more people, you see. Li Kui explained.
Jiao Ting and Shi Jin understood, and they were impressed by Chao Gai's practice. The heroes on the rivers and lakes do a good deed either to show off everywhere, or to record it in a diary, now it seems that it is not worth mentioning compared to Chao Gai, through the sale of horses, cattle, donkeys, goose seedlings, etc., will drive the productivity of a place, so that thousands of peasants will become rich.
Two days later, Chao Gai and the others returned to Yuncheng, which had been away for almost a month, and everything was still the same, except that Shuibo Liangshan was full of geese swimming in the water.
In the camp of the infantry guards, Wu Yong greeted Chao Gai at the door, with a happy face.
"Brother, is it going well for more than a month and a half." Wu Yongdao.
"It went well, it went well. It's okay for you and Wang Jin to come back, but what about Wang Jin? Chao Gai asked.
Wu Yong made a detailed introduction, it turned out that Wang Jin and Wu Yong got on the boat that day, Ruan Xiaoer ordered to return immediately, and it didn't take much effort to arrive at the dock of Luhua Village along the way, and then transferred to the escort barracks by carriage. Wang Jin was distressed in his old age, so Wu Yong arranged for the Chaojia Village Medical Center to prescribe medicine for treatment, and then arranged a separate courtyard from the newly built village, next to Li Kui's mother and Niu Gao's mother, so that Wang Jin's mother would not be lonely.
As soon as Wang Jin entered the camp, he saw that Liu Tang was leading fifty light cavalry to practice.
These fifty cavalrymen were not many, but they were strong. Everyone wore helmets and simple iron armor, with four iron plates in front and four iron plates in the back, which were tied with cowhide and lined with cloth, and the protection was stronger than that of fish scale armor. The weapon is a long spear per person, the barrel is two meters long, and the head of the gun is thirty centimeters long, this is the main station weapon, and it is also equipped with a saber, which is a six-five type cavalry knife imitated by Chao Gai Rang Tanglong.
Wang Jin's eyes were vicious, and he quickly noticed the saber with a gauntlet, and asked Wu Yong: "Mr. Wu, can you let me see this saber?" ”
Wu Yong said: "Of course you can." ”
"Liu Tang, come here." Wu Yong called Liu Tang over, "This is the head of the sect that my brother invited from called Wang Jun, and the head of the sect Wang wants to see your saber." ”
Liu Tang didn't dare to hold it up, he knew that Chao Gai had worked hard to invite this sect leader, so he immediately turned over and dismounted, and saluted: "Hello Wang Jiaotou, I am Liu Tang, the head of the light cavalry." ”
Wang Jin was still very curious about this kind of military salute of sticking his right hand to his head, of course, it was not easy to ask out of etiquette, so he had to return the salute with his fists.
"Liu Dutou is good."
Liu Tang untied the saber and handed it to Wang Jiaotou, Wang Jin took a look at this knife and Chao Gai gave his Tang knife a grade, made of high-quality steel, the blade is narrow and long, there is a blood groove on it, the weight is no more than two catties, the handle has a gauntlet, and the cowhide scabbard is only a little more than three catties.
"Good knives." Wang Jin couldn't help but sigh, "Liu Dutou's cavalry is equipped with swords of this quality? ”
Liu Tang said: "The system is exactly the same, they are all made of stainless steel, and the sharpness is not much different. It's just that the knives of the generals are all cast by Tang Long, a famous knife caster, and the ordinary soldiers are made by Tang Long, so there is a difference. ”
Wang Jin waved it twice, feeling very good, and proposed: "Can you find me a horse, I will try the actual combat ability of this knife." ”
"My brother has already made arrangements, and the horses are asked to be chosen by the head of the king." Wu Yongdao.
Wu Yong accompanied the king into the stable, and there were more than 100 spare military horses here, mainly Mongolian horses, and a small number of Guanzhong horses. Wang Jin chose a chestnut Guanzhong horse, tall, with thick legs, a first-class war horse, equipped with a saddle, and gave Wang Jin a cavalry knife, a soldier handed over a stainless steel reed leaf gun, weighing forty catties, trembling in his hand, the one-foot-long spear head was shiny, and the deep blood groove on it exuded cold.
"Good gun." Wang Jin sighed deeply that only a few generals in Tokyo could afford to use this kind of gun, and as for the standard equipped spears, not to mention it, the quartermaster in charge of procurement and supervision did not know how many kickbacks he had taken, and it was strange that the weapons he made could be good.
When Wang Jin crossed the horse and came to the school again, the whole person was completely new.
Liu Tang was also secretly surprised, it seemed that there were really two hits.
Wang Jin held the spear in his left hand, drew his saber in his right hand to speed up the horse, and rushed forward, where there was a row of six scarecrows, each ten meters apart. When Wang Jin rushed over, with a wave of the saber in his hand, the head of the scarecrow flew away, and the head of the six scarecrows fell off in six strokes.
"Okay." Liu Tang and the light cavalry roared with joy.
The cheers here alarmed Niu Gao, who was leading his troops to practice riding and archery not far away, and this guy came over on a big black horse with a double hammer.
From afar, he asked: "Brother Liu Tang, what are you playing with, so happy." ”
Liu Tang said: "The new sect leader invited by my brother is demonstrating martial arts. ”
"What does this head teach?" Niu Gao asked.
Liu Tang shook his head and said he didn't know, and Niu Gao asked Wu Yong again: "Mr. Wu, what does this sect leader teach?" ”
Wu Yong said: "Chao Tuanlian means to teach the heads of the sects, not to teach ordinary soldiers. ”
Niu Gao frowned: "This Wang Sect Leader is more powerful than Brother Chao Gai?" No, I have to compete with him, and only if I win can he teach me. ”
Wu Yonggang wanted to stop Niu Gao when this guy Pegasus passed, Niu Gao came to Wang Jin opposite and said: "The new Wang Jiao Leader, I am Niu Gao, riding and shooting the Sect Leader." I heard that Brother Chao Gai is going to arrange for you to teach us skills. ”
Wang Jin said: "That's right. ”
"I'm not convinced, do you have the guts to fight with me, and I'll convince you if you win." Niu Gao said.
Wang Jin secretly thought, this Chao Gai's subordinates are all a bunch of fierce men, this big black man who makes double skills is extraordinary, if he can't win him, how can he be a good leader, thinking of this, he said: "You have a lot of strength, but you still don't have the right time." ”
Niu Gao's mouth was turned to the side, and the two of them immediately moved.
Niu Gao used a pair of double maces, and Wang Jin skimmed the cavalry knife with a spear. The horses were staggered, and the battle was in one place.
Wu Yong shouted: "The two of you are here, don't be hurt and angry." ”
The war drummer next to him beat a huge war drum, and the sound of knock knock was inspiring.
Wang Jin was also taken aback when he fought, this Niu Gao's kung fu could at least reach the second-rate level, his strength was large and heavy, and he occasionally slammed the reed leaf gun and the bell rang, obviously he often learned martial arts with masters, and it was not easy to win him.