Chapter 254: The Uncrowned King (I)
Two days passed quickly, and a cavalry team of 3,500 people outside Chang'an City, carrying 50,000 copper coins, slowly marched in the direction of Shuozhou.
Don't wonder why there are 500 more people, the gentlemen are so far away from home, and the adults in the family always have to prepare some manpower for them, which is reserved for them to save their lives, in case there is really a war in Shuozhou, these people can give the gentlemen more chances to escape.
Li Muyun sat in the carriage, he is now a 'fart people' and has the right to ride in the carriage, but the gentlemen are different, they have military positions in Su Lie's team, and their status as captains allows them to only ride horses.
As a general, Su Lie is naturally at the forefront, and Li Muyun, as a 'fart people', can enjoy happiness in the middle of the team.
Cheng Chumo followed Li Muyun's carriage, but his eyes kept staring at Gongsun Lan in front of him.
Li Muyun was bored lying on the car window, looked at Cheng Chumo and then at Gongsun Lan in front of him, and joked to him: "Okay, don't look at it, watch it again, be careful that people will pull your eyeballs out." ”
"Cut, what do you think of my Lao Cheng, I'm not afraid to tell you, I have a wife." Cheng Chumo retracted his gaze, glanced at Li Muyun with disdain, and then asked mysteriously: "I said Muyun, the one on that girl's back is really His Majesty the Emperor's sword?" ”
"Look at it!" Li Muyun glanced at Cheng Chumo with some dissatisfaction, and then pointed to the front: "Look at the decoration on the outside of that sword, you look at the bearing of that sword, the absolute royal sword." ”
"I heard that His Majesty's sword was broken three times because of his confrontation with Xue Ju when he was recruited, is this true?"
"I don't know, I was still peeing and mud at that time." Li Muyun shook his head, thought for a while and said, "If you're curious, won't you go over and ask?" Just let Gongsun Lan pull out her sword and see if it's okay. ”
Cheng Chumo shook his head: "That chick doesn't like my old Cheng, what if she cuts me with a sword?" You must know that the 'Sword of the Son of Heaven' stabbed the following gods to block and kill the gods, and the Buddha should kill the Buddha! I'm not really stupid, why should I feel uncomfortable. ”
"And that said? At the beginning, I remember that General Cheng didn't tell me that, he said that this thing was useless. Li Muyun glanced at Cheng Chumo with a critical gaze, and he looked down on him.
Cheng Chumo couldn't stand this contempt, and said with a bull's eye at the moment: "This is also a good way to divide people, my father was a person who almost bowed to His Majesty the Emperor at the beginning, of course he looked at the sword and was useless, but when you get to the place, holding this sword is equivalent to a resident Qincha." ”
"Really?!" Li Muyun frowned.
"What's really fake? Who can lie about this kind of thing. Cheng Chumo, who was questioned by Li Muyun, was obviously a little unhappy, and muttered angrily before saying again: "If you don't believe it, when you get to Shuozhou, you can drag that assassin out and cut it off!" ”
"If I want to try, I'll try you!" Seeing that Cheng Chumo was talking more and more outrageous, Li Muyun simply ignored him, shrank back into the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate.
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In this way, 3,500 cavalry Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and it took nearly half a month to finally arrive in Shuozhou.
After moving everything into the cell, Su Lie took him and stationed him outside the county seat.
Cheng Chumo, Chai Lingwu and others are used to staying in Chang'an, and they feel a little uncomfortable about everything in Shanyin County, first of all, there is no nightlife, and secondly, there is nothing to eat.
However, Shanyin County does have things that Chang'an does not have, such as the fact that you can kill a cow here at will to eat, which cannot be done in Chang'an, so the gentlemen are really full of appetite after arriving in Shanyin County.
And unlike the gentlemen, Li Muyun was busy with his feet on the ground immediately after returning to the county, and the first thing he did was to find Sun Liang and throw him a letter of appointment from the ministry: "Old Sun, from today onwards, you will be the county order!" In the future, if there is anything in the county, make your own decision, don't come to me. ”
Sun Liang originally had something to say after seeing Li Muyun, but before he could open his mouth, he was stunned by the news of his promotion, and it took a while to come back to his senses: "Master Hou, ...... are you?" ”
"I'm a grass farmer now, not a waiting master! Don't scream, or watch your head. Li Muyun waved his hand to interrupt Sun Liang, and without waiting for him to react, he continued to ask, "What are Xiaofang and Wang Jie busy with?" Also, how is the harvest contest held by the county? ”
"Uh......" Sun Liang looked at the appointment letter in his hand tangledly, and then looked at the 'fart people' Li Muyun who was sitting in the position of the county magistrate, and opened his mouth for a long time without saying a word. The heart said, what is this special thing called, what should I call this little ancestor.
But Li Muyun obviously didn't mean this, and seeing that Sun Liang was speechless for a long time, he couldn't help urging: "Talk, dumb?!" ”
"Uh, that ......" Sun Liang squeaked for a long time, and finally simply went to call it, and said directly: "Mr. Fang is busy dealing with the affairs of the mine right now, and I heard that Dieshumu is going to bring all his clansmen over, Mr. Fang has been very hesitant. ”
"Wang Jie has been practicing pig iron over there, because you haven't come back, so although the open-hearth stove has been done, it has not started, and the big guy is waiting for you to come back."
"As for the harvesting competition, this time it was a great success, and the grain in the county was basically harvested in two and a half days, and the first one was a middle-aged man from Yunzhou, whose name was ......."
Listening to Sun Liang's description like a running account, Li Zhenyun waved his hand and criticized him: "Okay, just finish the grain harvest, let's continue to talk about this matter when we have time in the future, you tell me how about that big thing first?" Crazy? ”
"Generous!" Sun Liang kindly reminded Li Muyun, and then said with a sad face: "That guy has half a life left now, I think he may not survive this winter." ”
"Then take him out, find a doctor to show him, and then find a place to lock him up alone, and provide good food and drink for ten days, but there is one thing, you must not let him rest, that is, you must not let him sleep." Li Muyun lowered his head and thought about it, and decided that it would be better to put another insurance on his plan.
After all, if a normal person does not sleep for three days and three nights, his spirit will be in a state of collapse, and not sleeping for seven days is basically the limit of a person, if he does not sleep for ten days, whether it is the body's self-protection mechanism or the reflex nerve, it will basically be destroyed, and even if a person can live, it is basically no different from a fool.
Sun Liang secretly set up a moment of silence for that magnanimity in his heart, poor guy, it's not good to offend anyone, but he wants to offend such a small ancestor, and he doesn't look at what kind of behavior this guy is.
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After arranging Sun Liang's affairs, Li Muyun had nothing to do for the time being, so he planned to go to the ironworks to have a look.
And at this time, those gentlemen had enough of it outside, and they walked back from the outside with their shoulders hooked.
"Hey, Mu Yun, are you going out?" Chai Lingwu was also familiar with Li Muyun along the way, and when he saw him walking out with Gongsun Lan, he greeted him from afar.
"I'm going to go to the ironworks and get something ready for a few days' deals." Li Muyun glanced at the drunken and hazy eyes, and said with a smile.
"Let's go together, I heard that you have a big steel mill in Chang'an, and I have long wanted to see it." Yu Chi Baoqi said innocently.
Chai Lingwu is a spiritual leader-like figure among the four people, and he usually does it when he has a bad idea, but at this time, seeing that Wei Chi provoked the conversation, he took a stubble and said: "That's right, this is all in your land, and you won't take us to visit, Mu Yun, you are not interesting enough." ”
Li Muyun's request for a few gentlemen is naturally indispensable, anyway, they are all here, and they don't know how long they want to stay here, it is definitely not possible to hide from them, so it is better to be generous and take them over to have a look.
And according to the personalities of these sons and brothers, it is estimated that they can still have some interest in going into battle, and some other people's livelihood or something, even if they watch it, they will not remember anything.
Thinking of this, Li Muyun simply nodded: "Okay, anyway, the ironworks are not far from the city, so let's go over together." ”
"Hey, that's interesting!" Chai Lingwu saw that Li Muyun agreed, and immediately smiled.
In the past, when he was in Chang'an, the eldest grandson Chong's family was engaged in the salt and iron business, but that kid had a lot of thoughts and never took the gentlemen to his own property, although the gentlemen wanted to go over and see it several times, but he found a reason to refuse.
Therefore, they are very curious about ironmaking, and always want to know how this thing is made, such as how the horizontal knife is made? How are arrows made? And how is that armor made?
It's like a child who sees someone else with a toy that they don't have, and always wants to borrow it and look at it.
So when Li Muyun agreed to take them to the ironworks without any hesitation, these guys were very excited.
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There was nothing to say all the way, and everyone rushed out of the city to the ironworks.
It took about half an hour before the gentlemen in the distance saw the billowing smoke rising in the distance.
"Mu Yun, it can't be your steel mill over there, right?" Chai Lingwu stretched his neck and looked at it for a long time, and asked Li Muyun beside him.
"That's it!" Li Muyun nodded, rode on his horse and looked into the distance, but saw a horse coming from afar, as the figure got closer and closer to everyone, a voice came: "Li Muyun, you still know that your uncle is coming back, you might as well die outside!" ”
In an instant, the atmosphere became extremely weird, and the four gentlemen stayed away one after another, their eyes full of disdain for your taste!
(End of chapter)