"Lord Deng, it's not that I admire this Master Zhao's craftsmanship, if you see the power of the real thing, I'm afraid I admire it even more than me, with his help, Zhangzhou City is definitely impregnable!" Wen Tianxiang rarely stretched his sad face today and showed a slight smile.

"Master Wen drinks tea and drinks tea, the road in Zhangzhou is not well repaired, and the weather is gloomy and I am afraid that there will be rain, this Master Zhao is afraid that he will have to delay a little longer, it will be very good to be able to arrive in the afternoon, let's come out too early!" Deng Huaiyuan had a lot of complaints in his heart about the prime minister of the imperial court welcoming a common man outside the city, and he was helpless to accompany him, and he had a bad impression of this Zhao Tianyou, who had never met.

"Lord Deng, it's worth waiting, if this person assists in the battle of Tingzhou, the city will not be broken and countless people will be killed and injured." As soon as Wen Tianxiang talked about Tingzhou, his mood fell into a heavy mood again, and his face became ugly.

Deng Huaiyuan is also a proud person, with outstanding ability and good governance, and the stability and richness of this Zhangzhou city management are deeply admired by the surrounding people. Treating Wen Tianxiang so respectfully because it is his official position and fame, Wen Tianxiang's conduct and integrity have become a model for the Song people, and he Deng Huaiyuan thinks that there is still a big gap.

But for a flat-headed commoner, just because he has a craft, he has to be treated so ceremoniously, Deng Huaiyuan is difficult to accept. In his view, the rules of the rank of the elder and the younger, the order, the rank and the lower rank, are the foundation of the development of all things, and cannot be broken by others.

In the era of Confucianism, most of the civil officials in the Southern Song Dynasty were far more loyal to the Song court than other dynasties, but at the same time, there was another data that was far superior to the previous dynasty, that is, the Song generals who surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty!

This is also related to the Song Dynasty from Emperor Taizu began to emphasize the ruling policy of literature and light military force, although the Song Dynasty was established by military generals, but the prevention of military generals is also rare in previous dynasties, military generals have a low status, and they have to be coerced by civilian officials when they go out to fight, although this policy of "emphasizing literature and light military force" is conducive to the stability of the country itself, and can effectively prevent internal troubles such as mutiny, but it has been very inefficient in resisting foreign enemies.

The emperor's distrust of the military generals was carried out throughout, Yue Fei was harmed by Qin Hui's speculation of the holy will, and then Yu Jue's death, and the military generals have always been despised and suppressed by the ministers. The ruling representatives of the imperial court were unreasonably suspicious of the loyalty of the military generals, and after the Southern Song Dynasty, they controlled the government and frantically attacked dissidents, which also contributed to the sharp increase in the number of generals.

Deng Huaiyuan, like Wen Tianxiang, was a civilian official who led the troops to fight, and his fame and prestige overshadowed his generals, and he also lost his due role as a military general. The core of the army's cohesion was transferred to the civilian officials, and it was also the special era of the Southern Song Dynasty, which emphasized civility and light military force, resulting in a peculiar way of fighting in which laymen led insiders.

The two adults waited until the sun was about to set in the west, and it was already late afternoon, when they saw a team of pack horses and donkey carts coming, and Zhao Tianyou rode a black mule and walked at the front of the team. All the guests came from afar, although it was unexpected, Du Hu and the eight hundred Gan soldiers who should have followed were nowhere to be seen, but he still greeted Deng Huaiyuan with resentment in his heart.

Most of the sailors and pirates had never played with the chariots, horses and livestock at all, and the things that were stuck in the mud, the axles were detached, and the horses were constantly commanding. In the absence of inflatable rubber tires, in the axle without ball bearings, the hardwood can be made into long-lasting wheels, Zhao Tianyou admires the wisdom and research and development ability of the ancients.

But the low efficiency makes him unbearable, and a lot of energy is lost in the gear ratio and pull conversion, and often the donkey is tired and half dead, but the speed is not fast at all, and the road is muddy This is not much faster than walking.

Although there are few people coming, things are precious, Zhao Tianyou will never pull some food, Wen Tianxiang can see from afar that this convoy must be full of firearms, not to mention the excitement in his heart.

Zhao Tianyou flew off the mule, took a few steps forward, hugged his fist at Wen Tianxiang who greeted him with his feelings, bowed down and said: "Lord Wen has worked hard, how can Zhao Tianyou let the two adults greet him, forgive his sins!" ”

"Master Zhao is a capable person in the world, he should be like this, and he should be like this!" Wen Tianxiang actually returned the salute to Zhao Tianyou, and Deng Huaiyuan behind him sighed in his heart.

No matter what, the Song court is still there, Wen Tianxiang is the prime minister of the dynasty, this Zhao Tianyou and Buyi saw the prime minister and did not pay a salute, and even let Wen Tianxiang return the salute, what did Deng Huaiyuan do behind him?

Although he forced himself to return the courtesy, he was very unwilling in his heart, if this Zhao Tianyou was not in front of Master Wen, he would definitely be punished for the crime of rudeness, and he would be punished with a rod or a heavy army. But if you don't return the courtesy, what do the surrounding officials and soldiers think, despise your boss or don't know etiquette?

Wen Tianxiang stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Tianyou's arm, and looked up and down carefully. I saw that Zhao Tianyou was in a majestic figure, carrying a longbow and arrow pot on his back, his face was handsome and heroic, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Zhao Tianyou was pleasing to the eye, and he was not humble or arrogant in the face of officials, and he liked it in his heart!

"Let's go! Master Zhao invited the old man into the city with him, and after a long journey, he had already prepared a banquet for Master Zhao to pick up the wind and wash the dust! ”

Because Zhao Tianyou was a civilian, the banquet was not suitable to be held in the state capital, so Wen Tianxiang proposed to charter a restaurant to entertain Zhao Tianyou and his subordinates. After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Wen Tianxiang drank a little up, and he had to order someone to take out two thunderbolts to test the power in the courtyard of the restaurant, so that the officials of Zhangzhou and Deng Huaiyuan could open their eyes, so as to strengthen their confidence in defending the city.

Zhao Tianyou's least favorite thing is to show off these firearms in front of people, and his opinion is that every thunderbolt should be used on the battlefield, not as a firework to watch in public. Wen Tianxiang has always been broad-minded, and he is not a person who competes for merit and profit, mainly because of the recent twists and turns along the way, first supporting Changzhou before it was slaughtered, and transferring Lin'an to negotiate with Boyan and be captured. finally escaped, presided over the battle of Tingzhou and broke through and fled, and the people of the city were slaughtered.

At that time, Du Hu was sent to take the last of his disciples to find Zhao Tianyou, that is, he had an inexplicable trust in Zhao Tianyou, and he was extremely impressed by the thunder he created, so after drinking today, Wen Tianxiang must earn a luster on his face with the strength of wine, and rush to the bad luck for many days.

He didn't know that his excessive enthusiasm for Zhao Tianyou had already given Deng Huaiyuan and some officials in Zhangzhou an opinion.

"What's that?"

"Boom thunder, it's really unashamed, just the name it gave should be convicted of treason!"

"Look at the excitement, this thing can scare the Yuan soldiers to death?"

"Hmph, chickens and dogs are just charlatans!"