The morning fog was thick, it seemed that a light rain had just fallen, and there were still residual raindrops hanging on the leaves on both sides of the road. Xu Chu, who was on the way to the county office, remembered the delicate appearance of Zhang Ying who was about to wake up when he was serving him to wash and dress, and the smile on his face rippled.

When they met acquaintances on the way, they all saluted him politely, and everyone looked at Xu Chu's smile, and they all said that they were really in good spirits at happy events.

and, in the bottom of his heart, he confirmed the rumored Xu Chu's slamming of the door. Weddings are all saved like this, and Xu County is really stingy...... Incorruptibility has reached a level.

Guo Jia drank thoroughly at Xu Chu's house last night, but he got up early and met Xu Chu at the gate of the county office.

When Xu Chu was busy marrying his wife, Guo Jia had already selected 200 soldiers in the county as candidates for the heavy infantry.

"It's not enough, maybe you can lower the bar a little bit and pick some more people." Two hundred people was too far from Xu Chu's expectations, and in his opinion, at least five hundred people had to be in size to show their might.

Guo Jia objected, and he said to Xu Chu: "Demoting and appointing is just an increase in the number of people." There is no one in Yanling County, you can send someone to a nearby place to find it, as long as the lord is willing to give up food, are you afraid that there will be no one? ”

Speaking of which, it is always a question of food. But Guo Jia's is not unreasonable, he is not willing to spend his blood, where did the brave people come from.

immediately found all the officials and discussed a specification, and let Guo Jia handle it. Of the 200 people who had been recruited, Xu Chu expanded a camp in the west of the city, and Dian Wei began to train.

After a few days, news suddenly came from Yangzhai, but it was Yin Xiu Xun Yu and others who were appointed as court officials and left for Luoyang.

"I'm afraid the days of the Son of Heaven are numbered." When Xu Chu said this, there were no outsiders around, only Xu Shu and Guo Jia.

Both of them were surprised by Xu Chu's words, Xu Shu was surprised because he couldn't keep up with Xu Chu's jumping thinking, and Guo Jia was surprised by Xu Chu's judgment itself.

"Why did the lord say this?" Guo Jia had long heard that the Son of Heaven was not in good health, but with Xu Chu's social circle, it was impossible to learn such a secret.

Before Xu Chu could answer, Xu Shu reacted and asked, "Could it be that this personnel transfer is related to the party struggle in the imperial court?" ”

A little bit is thorough.

Guo Jia looked at Xu Shu and sighed: "Yuan Zhi is extremely intelligent, and he can be called the best talent of the country. ”

The political tradition of the Eastern Han Dynasty supported the entire country with three main forces - relatives, eunuchs, and scholars. At present, in the Luoyang Dynasty, there are two factions: the eunuch group headed by the Ten Standing Servants and the foreign relatives and scholars headed by the general He Jin. Yin Xiu, Xun Yu, Zhong Xuan and others all belong to the latter, and they were transferred back to Luoyang at this time, it should be that He Jin felt that the time for a showdown with the eunuchs was coming. This timing is nothing more than the source of power for the eunuchs, the emperor, which is about to die.

"Fengxiao, who do you say will kill the deer in the end?" Xu Chu knew the result, but couldn't help but want to hear Guo Jia's opinion.

Guo Jia was not in the game, and he couldn't predict the future, so he said with a smile: "Since ancient times, the battle has been dangerous, and the victory or defeat is often not decided until the last moment, how does Jia know." ”

"However......" Guo Jia's words changed, "as long as the general does not make mistakes, once the Ten Standing Servants and others have no support, they will end up being just rats who are flies and dogs." ”

Yin Xiu, Xun Yu, Zhong Xuan and other high-ranking officials in the county were in a hurry, and the imperial court had not even had time to appoint a new Taishou. And Guo Tu, after hearing that he was exposed to Xu Chuyin that day, also took the initiative to resign, and he didn't know where he went.

However, these are not Xu Chu's concerns, he just needs to know that history is still on the original trajectory at least until now.

Guarding one's own one-third of an acre of land is the most important.

Then there are mines, where the first iron tools have been made. Ordering someone to get a new set of equipment, Xu Chu sighed: "These weapons are not enough to arm the Tiger Guard Battalion. "The Tiger Guard Camp is the name given by Xu Chu to his heavy armor.

First of all, it is unrealistic to use a ring knife against cavalry, only long weapons can be effective against cavalry onslaught.

"Jia has a way to make the Tiger Guard Battalion effective in restraining the cavalry." Guo Jia said suddenly.

Xu Chu and Xu Shu listened to it, but saw Guo Jiayan say, "The ring knife is still used as the main weapon, but the javelin must be added." The reason why the cavalry is so powerful is that in its impact force, it is thrown with an iron spear to block its momentum, and supplemented by a heavy armor ring knife, so it should be fearless. ”

Xu Shu also nodded, agreeing with Guo Jia's point of view. That's right, but what Xu Chu wants is not to draw with the cavalry, but to make the cavalry of the world have to flee when they encounter his tiger guard battalion.

Throughout Chinese history, Xu Chu's most well-known weapon against cavalry is none other than Modao.

The handle of the Mo knife is about half a meter long, the blade is between one meter and two meters, and its weight is about thirty catties, which is incomparably sharp. Lux holds it, and the waist and abdomen are rotated to block all the powder, which shows its power.

But Xu Chu didn't know what the real Mo knife looked like, so he drew a sketch and showed it to Xu Shu Guo Jia.

The two of them saw the doorway at a glance, and they both said: "The lord is talented." ”

But when it comes to implementation, it's not that simple. Xu Chu entrusted the matter of supervising the smelting to Gong Yan, Gong Yan got the sketch and asked the craftsman to try to build, because of the problem of craftsmanship, the two-meter-long knife body is very easy to break, and the cost is very high, a Mo knife made of materials, can forge more than a dozen ring knives.

When the mine was first mined, the good condition was that a part of the iron ore would be handed over to Li Zheng, Zhao Yuan and others to dispose of by themselves, but now it seems that just the resources in Xu Chu's hands can be forged by the end of the year to forge 500 Mo knives with a blade of one meter and five long, not to mention heavy armor and iron guns.

Guo Jia said: "If you lose faith in others, the gains outweigh the losses, but you can buy from them." ”

Buy? Where does the money come from? Xu Chu looked at Xu Shu, Xu Shu shook his head with a bitter face, the meaning is obvious, we can't afford it.

"You can ask for help from a wealthy family with a good relationship, and if you don't have enough, you can ......" Guo Jia paused and looked at Xu Shu with a smile. Xu Shu came to his senses and said, "Borrow!" ”

Xu Chu was extremely depressed, the wealthy family with a good relationship was not the Zhang family, so he had to ask his wife Zhang Ying for help. The dignity of a county, an IOU, and soft rice......

When I returned home that day, it was already evening. Xu Chu saw that Zhang Ying was cleaning the courtyard, and said guiltily: "Qing is tired." ”

Since marrying Xu Chu, Zhang Ying's life is indeed not as leisurely as when she was in her parents' house before, and she often has to help with housework by herself. Xu Chu intended to find a few subordinates to do chores, but Zhang Ying insisted on refusing, saying that since there was no one before, there was no need to spend money and food to hire another one, and the two maids who came with the marriage were enough.

Besides, Xu Chu has never bought furniture for himself so far, this mansion is not big, and there are few things, Zhang Ying feels even more unnecessary to invite more people.

In her words to Xu Chu, it is that the husband has governed Yanling well, and the entire county belongs to the husband, so he should be more frugal.

is so reasonable, Xu Chu feels more and more that Zhang Ying is worthy of being the daughter of a famous family.

After dinner, the two of them warmed up for a while, and Xu Chu was hesitant, and finally begged Zhang Ying to deliver a message to his mother's family.

Zhang Ying sneered, "It turns out that heroes are like husbands, and there are times of embarrassment. ”

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