Chapter 386: Crossbow

The Sun family has been a businessman for generations, and Master Sun is just a more prestigious businessman, but it is by virtue of his hard work in Liaodong that the generals of Liaodong respect him.

This is probably the reason why the Sun family has been stronger than the Zhao Qian family over the years, after all, it will be easier and more convenient for someone in the imperial court to be an official or a businessman.

However, the Sun family also gradually became stronger after Master Sun became the treasurer, although he was cold and did not want to be vassal, but after all, he still had prestige, and he was friendly with Li Chengliang and even the governor of Jiliao, and the lowly generals naturally respected him.

Steward Wu is probably the same, so when he talks about Master Sun, he shows a trace of respect from the bottom of his heart, but with a little helplessness, but it is not caused by the slightest distraction of Master Sun.

"The Jurchens are good at riding and shooting, and at first my Ming border army couldn't beat them...... Later, General Li thought about using firearms on the cavalry, but he killed the Jurchens and failed miserably......"

In the age of cold weapons, the rampaging cavalry was as powerful as the tanks of modern warfare. The Jurchen Mongols have been good at fighting immediately since ancient times, so they are stronger than the Ming border army.

In the early years, the reason why the Mongols were able to defeat the Ming army was because the cavalry of the border army was far from being comparable to that of the past, so it was difficult to resist the impact of the strong Mongolian horses.

Shen Wuyan was no stranger to this, he had thought like Xu Wei in the early years, how to deal with the strong Mongolian cavalry. Later, sure enough, Li Chengliang trained an invincible Liaodong iron horseman, and he swept Liaodong with this team over the years.

The key to the Liaodong iron cavalry was not the horse, but the cavalry was equipped with firearms, so they charged with firearms during the battle, which was combined with exquisite tactics, so even the Mongols could not resist.

The Jurchens were probably similar to the Mongols, so those in the tribe realized the reason for the defeat and hoped to create such a group of cavalry with firearms.

It's just that there will always be conservative people in the tribe, who always believe in the art of riding and archery left by their ancestors, so they are afraid of firearms, and more often they disdain to use them.

In addition, it was not easy for the Jurchens to obtain firearms, and it was difficult for them to contact Western merchants, because the Li Dynasty guarded the coast, and the Ming Dynasty's firearms were really difficult to purchase, so the cavalry was never equipped with firearms.

Although this is the case, the Jurchens have never broken this idea, and they have often looked for opportunities in recent years.

For the towns of Liaodong, the Sun family is probably the largest manufacturer and dealer of firearms, so the Jurchens have repeatedly contacted the Sun family, thinking that they can get it by giving enough prices, but what they didn't expect is that the Sun family master never eats this set.

In the past few years, whether it is the temptation of heavy money, or the temptation of high positions, and even repeated threats, but there has been no progress.

In fact, this one is not a big deal, after all, Master Sun experienced several assassinations like this last year, but in the end, he didn't hurt him in the slightest.

Listening to Steward Wu's introduction, Shen Wuyan understood why Master Sun looked at him so strangely at first in the room at that time, but he was afraid that he would drag him down.

Thinking of this, Shen Wuyan also laughed secretly in his heart, both of them were hidden but not leaked, but they were also not comparable to ordinary people. But I was still surprised by Master Sun's strain and that scheming.

Shen Wuyan paid for himself, if he was in that moment of crisis, but he didn't dare to rashly use himself as bait, if the arrow didn't hit the young man with the scimitar at that time, or the young man with the scimitar shot faster, he wouldn't have had time to shoot the arrow.

But things can't be calculated like this after all, Master Sun must have already calculated it in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have gambled with his own life.

Thinking like this, Shen Wuyan remembered another thing, and hurriedly asked, "Zhiyuan and Miss Liu...... How's it going? ”

Shen Wuyan thinks that Wu Zhiyuan and Liu Hanyan are very suitable, if they can be together, it will be a good thing after all, and they have also contributed to it before, and the two seem to be a little interesting, but how to develop and go further can only depend on the artificiality of the two.

Steward Wu seemed to have something on his mind, and seeing that Shen Wuyan did not chase after him, a trace of gratitude flashed in his eyebrows, and then he hurriedly said: "The two of them still get along like that, but Miss Liu is really amazing, and she runs that small teahouse so well...... Zhiyuan opened a private school in Liaoyang City, although they were all poor children, and they did not make much profit...... But he enjoyed it. ”

Speaking of Wu Zhiyuan, Steward Wu is still concerned. He worked in the Wu family in the early years, and later followed Wu Zhijie, Wu Zhiyuan also had a lot of feelings for him and trusted him very much.

Shen Wuyan understood the subtleties of the relationship between the two, so he asked like this, but gradually made Steward Wu's unnaturalness gradually fade: "Zhiyuan is an honest man...... With Miss Liu by her side, Steward Wu can also rest assured. ”

Steward Wu's face changed slightly, perhaps because he really felt it, so he sighed and said, "The master died on the battlefield, and the lady left early...... Zhiyuan has been brought up by me all these years, and he is already kind......"

As he spoke, Steward Wu became more and more moved, his eyes were even a little red, and his words were even a little choked: "After my year, I am really afraid that he will have no one to take care of him......"

Shen Wuyan looked at it, and the other party didn't seem to be pretending, and he was really a little moved when he thought about it, so he smiled slightly, sighed lightly, and said, "With Miss Liu here, you don't need to care about this...... Besides, your bones are still a long time away. ”

Steward Wu nodded lightly, and then his face gradually became heavy, as if he had made a very important decision in an instant, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "The Jurchens and the Mongols have long colluded, and now they are already in ambush outside the city, waiting for you, Mr. Shen." ”

Shen Wuyan had expected this, so Steward Wu was not very surprised, but he was still a little helpless, and after all, he was sure that this time would not be an easy task.

However, although he could guess this, there were not many people who could know about it, after all, as Steward Wu, there were not many hidden secrets that he could know, so Shen Wuyan was stunned.

"How did Steward Wu know about this......

Listening to Shen Wuyan's question, Steward Wu's face changed slightly, and his words became more urgent, and he immediately said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shen, don't ask...... That's all I can say about this, so please be careful......"

After saying this, Steward Wu immediately got up, then hurriedly pushed the door out and ran downstairs.

Shen Wuyan hesitated slightly, but saw that there was an extra package on the chair, and his heart must have been dropped by Steward Wu, so he hurriedly picked up the package and was about to chase it out, but suddenly heard a burst of yin and yang weird laughter.

"Hmph, Mr. Shen is really amazing...... People who are about to die, and there are still people who dare to bribe......" But I saw Lord Yang slowly walking over from the side, blocking in front of Shen Wuyan, and snorted softly: "Come on, come on, take it out......"

Shen Wuyan was anxious in his heart, but he didn't want to entangle with Lord Yang, so he hurriedly stretched out his head to look, but he couldn't see Steward Wu's figure, so he had to give up.

Lord Yang thought that Shen Wuyan had deliberately asked for instructions like this to him, and he was immediately annoyed in his heart, and shouted lightly: "You dare to pretend when you are young, the old man can see with his own eyes that you have accepted the things of the officers and soldiers...... That's right, it's the package in your hand. ”

Shen Wuyan frowned and said in a deep voice, "This is that Wu ...... Wu Qianhu's ......"

"Okay, I'm still fighting with the old man for this sloppy eye, what hasn't the old man experienced?" Lord Yang looked at Shen Wuyan with disdain, and chuckled: "Since it was Wu Qianhu who fell, hand it over to this official for safekeeping...... Sending it to him tomorrow? ”

Shen Wuyan didn't want to entangle with Lord Yang too much, and it was already early, so he planned to throw the package to Lord Yang, but he was worried that Lord Yang would take it for himself, so his heart moved, and he hurriedly took out a locked box from the room.

He put the package into the box, then locked the lock again, and then handed it to Lord Yang, and said lightly: "The key is here, the box is for you...... After Wu Qianhu comes tomorrow, how about taking it out and handing it over to him? ”

Lord Yang was angry in his heart, and said in his heart that you are still brushing this slippery head, but since you blocked the other party's wealth once, you are already very happy in your heart, so you grabbed the box and left.

Shen Wuyan was relieved to see Lord Yang leave, and then closed the door and walked into the room.

As soon as he walked into the room, Shen Wuyan saw that there was a letter on the chair just now, and there was not the slightest word symbol on the envelope, but it was bulging, and it was obvious that there was content in it.

After a moment's hesitation, he realized that it was deliberately left by Steward Wu, so he hurriedly pulled out the object in the letter, but it was a folded piece of rice paper.

Unfolded, it seems to be a map on the paper, on which the mountains and rivers have already been marked, and there are some dangerous places, and even the villages and towns along the way are clearly marked.

On top of this map, there is a place where a cross is drawn with a red pen, which seems to be of other use. Although there are also characters on it, because it is not a Chinese character, the symbols are also very confusing, so Shen Wuyan cannot make out the recognition.

However, there are two places that Shen Wuyan can still identify, the starting point of Ningyuan City, and the end point of North Korea's Seoul.

Although it was impossible to discern the content of the red cross drawn, based on Steward Wu's intention today, Shen Wuyan could think that it would most likely be the dangerous place that Steward Wu was referring to.

After looking at the map a few more times, and after confirming that he remembered it, Shen Wuyan burned the map bit by bit.

Steward Wu can know in such detail, there must be his reasons, so leaving this map may become Steward Wu's culpability, it is better to leave it than to destroy it, anyway, he has already remembered.

After burning the map, Shen Wuyan was finally able to sleep.

In the early morning, before he woke up, he was woken up by the noise outside the door, and was secretly scolding that this inn was really doing good business, but he suddenly realized that it was the things sent by Master Sun, so he hurriedly dressed and walked out of the door.

In fact, it was still early, but seven carriages slowly drove into the backyard of the inn, and the reason why it was noisy was because of the innkeeper and the coachman who led the carriage.