In the south of Chengzhou City, the newly recruited soldiers of the royal family are training, and Xiao C is one of them. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiao Bing was originally from Luoyi, relying on himself to be the third in the family, and he was still young and had a lot of strength, and he had nothing to do on weekdays, so he signed up for the royal recruitment this time. The royal family really kept their promises, and issued twenty dollars on the spot, and Xiao C naturally handed it over to his mother for safekeeping, saying that he would keep it for his daughter-in-law in the future, and said that he would pay fifty yuan a month, if it was true, there would be more than 1,000 yuan in two years, and it would be enough to marry a beautiful daughter-in-law, so Xiao C was full of longing for the future, and he was very hard at training.

The royal family has nothing to say about the recruits, and the military uniform is issued when they enlist, although the pants are not open, but they are used to it and find that it is much more comfortable than the open, especially when they sit on the ground casually during the break, they will no longer have an ice buttocks, fortunately, although this sitting posture is indecent, but everyone sits like this, and no one laughs at it. Although the jacket is only up to the knees, it is not as powerful as the robes worn by the veterans of Luoyi, but it is not in the way when running, so Xiao Bing cherishes it very much. Seeing the veteran's leather armor, Xiao C was also very envious, but I heard that it would take some time to make meritorious service before he could wear it, so Xiao Bing was also looking forward to it in his heart, when he could wait until he had the opportunity to make meritorious service, and he didn't know what the standard of the royal family's meritorious service was.

The captain of Xiao Bing's team is Zheng Ji, I heard that he was the king's personal guard, and he is tall and big, he is not smiling on weekdays, and he is meticulous in training new soldiers. After today's spear practice, everyone chatted together again, only to hear someone complain, this Captain Zheng is also a little stricter, training is just training, and he is not going to the battlefield, why do you have to work so hard.

Xiao Bing smiled and persuaded, "I heard from my fellow villagers that their pair of captains Zhou Zhan is the strictest, not to mention that they are stricter than us, and they don't even have as much rest time as we do. Saying that, Xiao Bing lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the king attaches great importance to Zhou Zhan, and said that he will reuse it in the future." As he spoke, he looked in the direction of his captain, as if he was afraid of being heard.

Another person also interjected, "I heard that the king has promulgated a new law, and if there is a military merit in the future, he will be rewarded, so it is not without benefit to train strictly, even if it is not for heavy reward, it can also be able to save a small life when he really goes to the battlefield in the future." ”

Another person said disdainfully, "What kind of battle can the royal family have, we are not recruited to support our face." ”

When a group of people were chatting, they suddenly heard a surprise shout, "Look, that's the king." Everyone looked in the direction of the man, and sure enough, there was a group of people surrounding the king in the distance, and they didn't notice it.

Listening to the veterans talk a lot, the king has become a legendary figure in his mouth, and he actually led troops to kill the enemy at a young age, which is really admirable. Everyone stopped chatting in their mouths, and looked in the direction of the king, only to see that the king was raising his sword with the other half of the young man to attack, the two sides attacked and defended each other, looking at the king's posture, his swordsmanship was actually higher than his own, and many recruits felt ashamed of this thought.

Strictly ask the recruits not to say, Zhou Bian is naturally training every day and does not relax, at the moment he is competing with Fan Yu for the sword, Zhou Bian is also deeply aware of this swordsmanship, so when it comes to attacking, even Fan Yu has to cheer up to deal with it, and he does not dare to bully the king at all. At the end of the game, the guards cheered loudly. Zhou Bian turned around and took the sweat towel from the little maid Liu Ruoshui, wiped the sweat, and asked Fan Yu, "How is this king's swordsmanship?" ”

"Congratulations to the king, the king's swordsmanship is becoming more and more advanced, if it weren't for the strength of a certain battle, it would be impossible to resist. But the king's sword is also very powerful. Saying that, Fan Yu stretched out his bronze sword in front of everyone, Zhou Bian and the guards looked at it intently, and saw that there were small openings on the bronze sword, although it was not deep, but it looked very dazzling.

Looking at the newly bought iron sword in Zhou Bian's hand, there is no gap in the sword. Everyone couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder Han Wei and other powerful countries have to configure iron tools, iron tools are so sharp, it's a pity that they are too expensive." ”

This sword was bought from the largest iron shop in Luoyang, and the owner of this iron shop was Guo Zong, a Zhao man in Bai Gui's mouth, and it seems that this person's iron business is big and has his own reasons. Zhou Bian said with a smile, "This sword is a fine product in their store, so it is also expensive, and ordinary iron tools are not so sharp." In fact, when Qin Shi Huang unified the world, the Qin soldiers used bronze instead of iron, which shows that iron could not replace bronze at this time.

After a pause, Zhou Bian said again, "In the future, when this king is free, he will also devote himself to research, and he will definitely make iron tools sharper than this, and give one to each of my royal soldiers, and he will definitely be ahead of the princes." ”

As he spoke, someone patted his ass, "The king can even make something as powerful as soju, let alone this iron tool?" "I am surrounded by people close to me, so there is no need to keep it secret that the soju was made by the king.

When everyone was talking about joy, they suddenly heard someone running towards here in the distance, and a guard stepped forward to stop them, and when they got closer, they recognized that they hadn't seen Dr. Wang Sunman for many days, so they immediately let him go and let him run straight in front of Zhou Bian.

As soon as he ran in front of the king, Doctor Man knelt down and kowtowed in a proper manner. "See my king, long live the king!"

"Flat. Hehe, Dr. Man's envoy to the countries has worked hard, and the boat and car are tired, why don't you rest for a few days and come back to see this king? Zhou Bian smiled and helped him up.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been resting in Luoyang for a day yesterday, thinking about the king's life, so I will return to Chengzhou this morning. I couldn't serve the king for a long time, but fortunately, the king's face remained the same, and the heart of his subordinates was finally over. ”

"Hehe, as far as you can speak. This king remembers that Aiqing is the envoy of Han Wei and Song Luqi, can there be a report? Come, let's walk around and talk as we go. Zhou Bian asked anxiously, in fact, what he was most concerned about was Wei Hou's attitude, and as he spoke, the two walked towards the river, with the guards following behind.

"Back to the king, the attitude of the countries is average, and they don't value my royal family very much, only the Marquis of Qi asked a few more words about the first king, and paid a few tributes of silk, and then sent it. The rest of Han Hou, Song Hou and Lu Hou, the subordinates didn't even see each other, especially Lu Guonai was in power by Sanhuan, not to mention Lu Hou, even Sanhuan and his ministers didn't see either. As for the Marquis of Wei, he led his subordinates to inspect the country, and his intention was nothing more than to use the name of my royal family to show the righteousness of his Marquis Wei's throne. His subordinates also told the Marquis of Wei that the Son of Heaven was repeatedly bullied by the Marquis of Han, and hoped that the Marquis of Wei would preside over the righteousness, but the Marquis of Wei just hummed and ignored the subordinates. Afterwards, his subordinates visited the important minister of Wei State, Gongsun Acne, and learned that Wei Hou was almost destroyed by Han Zhao when he ascended the throne, only because of the design commission to seek perfection in Han Hou, which saved his life, so Wei Hou did not like others to mention Han Hou, this matter was not clear in advance, this is the fault of his subordinates. Wang Sunman said as he walked, and in the end, he bowed his hand and waited for Zhou Bian to punish him.

Zhou Bian naturally didn't blame him more, but he had to help him up, "It's okay, my royal family has been lonely for a long time, and this king won't blame Aiqing." However, in the future, this king will pay more attention to this aspect and pay more attention to the dynamics of the nations. Then why did Han Hou give up destroying the Wei State at that time, Aiqing knows? ”

"I don't know, I also stayed in Wei for a while, but their monarchs and ministers were silent about this. However, from their inadvertent words, the subordinates still detected that the Wei State had a deep hatred for Korea, and they must soon take revenge on Han. If this is the case, after a while, I hope that His Majesty the Great King will send another envoy to the Wei State. ”

"It's good that this king will draw attention to Wei and Han. By the way, a few days ago, South Korea and Chu fought for a while, and it seems that Qin and Wei also participated, but they suddenly withdrew their troops, do you know why? Zhou Bian suddenly remembered this, Jiang Ping didn't know the details, so he was always curious.

"Your Majesty has indeed heard of this. At that time, South Korea made an appointment with Wei, and Chu made an appointment with Qin, preparing for a big war, but Qin sent troops late, and Wei Hou heard that Qin Hou sent troops, so he waved his troops to the west and blocked the Qin soldiers to the west of Hangu Pass. When Han Hou saw that Wei Hou changed his marching plan without authorization, he was also furious, and he was afraid that Wei Hou would change his mind, so he also retreated to the north to defend Wei. These are what his subordinates heard on the way back from the Qi Kingdom, and their credibility is not very high. Wang Sunman was also sincere in his words.

"Well, maybe that's what happened. This king has already begun to change the law, first, divide the field to the household, second, the princes and doctors add money, and third, the new military merit system, what does the doctor think? Zhou Bian asked casually.

"Changing the law is not the master's strength, since they all agreed to it, there must be only benefits. In addition, I heard that Dawang set up a new distillery and handed over the newly made delicious soju to the Luoyang merchant Bai to sell it to Han and Wei, but is there such a thing? ”

"Because of this, my royal family is not in business, and under the pressure of Zhou Gong, he cannot develop in Luoyang, so he has to choose to cooperate with others. Since Dr. Man's departure, there have been many things that have happened between my royal family and Luoyang, and I will talk about Dr. Manchu when I have time. It's just that Dr. Man has an opinion on my royal family's cooperation with Bai Gui? Zhou Bian explained.

"No, a certain non has an opinion, but yesterday when I was dining in the Luoyang Natural Residence Hotel, I heard someone say that the Bai family's caravan was robbed in the ancient road south of Songshan, and only one young man escaped back, and this matter has been spread in Luoyang City." Wang Sunman said cautiously. "I heard that this caravan is transporting shochu."

"Yes, if there is such a thing, is the true rumor in Luoyang City boiling?"

Against Zhou Bian's puzzled gaze, Wang Sunman couldn't help lowering his head, as if he felt that the king's gaze suddenly sharpened, but remembering Bai Gui's repeated instructions and his assurances of patting his chest, he had to grit his teeth and say, "Exactly." ”

As soon as Zhou Bian beckoned, Jiang Ping trotted over, only to hear Zhou Bian command, "Jiang Ping, tell me all the news that circulated in Luoyang City yesterday." ”

"Yes, my lord. Yesterday, there were two noteworthy news in Luoyang City, one is that some businessmen said that South Korea has transferred troops to the north on a large scale, and the other is that Chen Mo, a big businessman of Qi State, bought a few buildings on Chengnan Street, presumably to open his business to Luoyang. There is nothing else, but it is just a trivial matter in the market, which is not worth mentioning. ”

"Is there any news from the Luoyang merchant Bai Clan?" Zhou Bian asked.

Jiang Ping shook his head affirmatively, "There are several people in Luoyang, and none of them have heard the news about the Bai family. ”

Waving his hand to let Jiang Ping retreat, Zhou Bian smiled at the stunned Wang Sunman on the side, "But I don't know where the news of Dr. Man came from?" ”