Chapter 7: The Ambition of Wealth
If you don't have a dream, what's the difference between being a person and a salted fish?
Fugui's life goal is to be able to eat enough, and his dream is to be able to eat meat every day, and now the opportunity to realize his life dream is in front of him, so he agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I'll do it with you." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Poof" Wang Mai squirted out two meters away from a sip of tea, hating that iron is not steel, so angry that he kicked Fugui's legs.
"Brother Wheat, what are you kicking me for?" Fugui scratched his head.
"You think that marching and fighting is a child's house, and people want to die." And what Wang Mai didn't say was that the Wagang Army, which is now sweeping the entire Central Plains, is doomed to failure in the end. Of course, this reason can't be said in front of Qin Qiong.
"Yes, above the battle array, death and life are unpredictable. That's why I arranged for my rich little brother to give my brother Cheng Biting Gold. You don't know, my brother has a nickname 'Cheng Fox' in the Wagang Army, and he is a master who only takes advantage and does not suffer. Every time the army is paid, there may be a shortage in other battalions, but his battalion is always paid, but he loves soldiers like sons and never loses his subordinates, so the soldiers in their battalion are also treated the best. And when marching and fighting, he is shrewd and changeable, and is often able to save the day. The rich little brother looks stupid and wise, and he has a bit of the style of my brother Cheng Jin. ”
"Oh?" This statement is the first time Wang Mai has heard of it, and it turns out that the real Cheng Biting Jin in history is actually an old fox, which really does not match the rough and simple image in the romance novel. However, it seems to be said in the novel that he lived to be more than a hundred years old, although I don't know if it's true or not, but he was able to die well in the brutal political struggle of the feudal dynasty, which shows that he is definitely not a simple character. Forget it, it's still a long time anyway, so let's slowly persuade Fugui to change his mind.
Six days later, the fleet finally arrived at the destination of the trip, Heyang, and now the person guarding Heyang is Xu Shiyun, the general of the Wagang Army. Xu Shiyun was the first group of generals to follow the Wagang uprising, and he was also the prototype of Xu Maogong, the military advisor of Wagang in the romance novel. Wang Mai wanted to meet this legendary resourceful figure, but Qin Qiong didn't mean to introduce him at all, and after arranging the things on the dock, a sergeant brought the horses.
"It's still forty miles to Kim Yong City, and you can get there before sunset." After Qin Qiong finished speaking, he got on the horse.
Wang Mai had never ridden a horse once in his two lives combined, and the left and right three laps were about to turn the horse into a daze, but he still didn't step on it. The horse seemed impatient too, and kept scraping the ground with his front hooves, as if urging him to hurry up and not waste Lao Tzu's time.
"Brother Wheat can't ride a horse?" Qin Qiong waited for a while, but didn't see him get on the horse, and turned back in surprise and asked.
"Yes." You can't lose if you lose, Leo is dead to save face. Wang Mai gritted his teeth, stepped on the stirrup in Qin Qiong's posture, and turned over on the horse. I didn't think that the reins of the horse in my hand were too tight, and as soon as the horse was stimulated, he neighed and pouted his front hooves, and Wang Mai, who had just sat on the horse's back, was lifted off like this, and he fell into a dog and ate.
"Brother Wheat......" and "Brother Wheat......" Seeing him fall off the horse, Fugui and Qin Qiong let out an exclamation at the same time.
"Hey......" Wang Mai fell hard this time, and he was caught off guard, but half of his face hit the ground first, fortunately, he was not high from the ground, otherwise he could go directly to South Korea for plastic surgery. But Rao is like this, and the left side of his face is also hot and painful.
"Brother Mai, are you okay?" Fugui hurriedly dismounted and lifted him up from the ground.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay......" Wang Mai said with a twitching face.
Qin Qiong also dismounted from the front at this time and walked over: "Brother Wheat is not good at riding, don't be in a hurry......" Then he talked about a bunch of horse control skills, and then helped Wang Mai onto the horse again.
With the first lesson, Wang Mai finally became much more cautious this time, and stumbled and slowly trotted on the road.
"Rich and ......"
"What's wrong, Brother Wheat?"
"When did you learn to ride a horse?"
"Just now, I watched Brother Qin's posture once, and I learned it."
"You're just going to watch and learn it once?"
"yes, it's not that difficult." Fugui said honestly.
"......" This makes people more damned than people, and goods should be thrown away. Some people, if you put in the same effort as him, others will achieve more than you, which is the most depressing thing.
"Brother Wheat, why don't you speak?"
"Ignore me, annoying!"
"Brother Wheat, why are you bothered?"
"...... Oops...... "One was not careful, and almost fell off the horse."
Soon after Emperor Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, in order to consolidate his territorial rule, he ordered the construction of Luoyang, Tokyo. Kim Yong Castle is thirty miles east of Luoyang and is one of the acropolises of Luoyang. However, the town has now been occupied by Li Mi's Wagang army as a temporary administrative and military garrison.
Walking through the various camps, the number of garrisons is innumerable. Kim Yong Castle was much smaller than expected, and when you looked up, you could see the end of the city walls. However, although Jin Yong City is small, it is a high pond between the city, and the rammed earth city wall is bathed in the golden light of the setting sun, and the vicissitudes of life are solemn.
The three of them came to the courtyard of a large mansion in the city, and Wang Mai fixed his eyes to see that the plaque above the gate had four big characters written on it: "Wei State Mansion".
"General Qin." The sergeant at the door saw that the leader was Qin Qiong, and clasped his hands into fists and saluted.
"Duke Wei can be in the mansion?" Qin Qiong asked.
"General Hui, Duke Wei is not here."
"So," Qin Qiong lowered her head and thought for a moment, "Do you know where Duke Wei has gone?" When will I be able to return? ”
"I don't know what I do."
"Then I'll come back tomorrow." Qin Qiong thanked the sergeant, and then led the two to a camp outside the city to rest. As soon as he stopped his feet, he heard someone outside the camp shouting Qin Qiong's name.
When Qin Qiong heard this, a smile appeared on her face: "I will introduce you to me, and my brother who bites gold knows me." With that, he opened the tent and went out.
"Uncle Bao, Uncle Qin......" Before anyone heard his voice, Cheng Jin's voice was indeed loud enough.
"I miss my brother," Cheng Biting Jin hugged Qin Qiong, "I haven't seen you for many days, let my brother check if there's anything missing on my body, don't let any little lady steal it......" As he spoke, he pretended to touch it.
"you." Qin Qiong pushed him away, "You guy, you haven't been a father yet, I have two brothers to introduce you to each other." ”
"Yo." Cheng Yanjin saw the two people behind Qin Qiong at this time, and hurriedly hugged his fists, "Two, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." My old Cheng is a rough man, and he said hello three ways as he spoke, don't mind. ”
"General Cheng is informal, and he has been in the gods for a long time." Wang Mai also cupped his fists and saluted. This Cheng Biting Jin looks like he is in his thirties, and his appearance is not as rough as the legend, except that his complexion is a little dark, he can even be called a beautiful eyebrow, if he changes into the clothes of a literati, it is more than enough to pretend to be a romantic talent.
"Brother Wheat, this is what I told you about Cheng Biting Jin," Qin Qiong introduced on the side, "Biting Jin, this is Brother Wang Mai, I went home to worship my ancestors this time, and I am from Licheng." Brother Wheat is different from you and me, they are serious readers, we are all fellow villagers of Qi County, and we will take care of each other in the army in the future. ”
"In the next king wheat king Jikai, I have heard the name of General Cheng for a long time, and when I see it today, I am fortunate to have three lives. General Qin is really burly and majestic, and his appearance is dignified...... "Bang" took another brain meltdown in the back of his head, and Wang Mai's prepared self-introduction was interrupted by Qin Qiong.
"Say you're fat and panting," Qin Qiong said with a smile, "It's all my own brothers, what you said made my back molars sour." Be good at words, don't chew words here. ”
Someone said a very vulgar word to describe love, when you can fart unscrupulously in front of each other, it shows that the two of you are really in love. In the same way, when you can be unscrupulous and drunk in front of your friends, it shows that you treat the other person as a friend from the bottom of your heart. Since Wang Mai drank with Qin Qiong on the boat that time, the relationship between the two has indeed become a lot closer, the most obvious example is that Qin Qiong likes to play him from time to time. I don't know who this old boy learned from, it hurts to play crisply, but there is no way, Wang Mai and Fugui are not Qin Qiong's opponents alone. People are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, so I can only endure it.
"This is Wang Fugui's little brother, and he is also a fellow villager." Fugui smiled at Cheng Biting Jin.
"Oh", Cheng Yanjin glanced at Fugui, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "What a big man, I'm afraid this rich little brother is not very old, right?" ”
"Yes, Fugui is only thirteen years old this year." Qin Qiong replied on the side.
"Huh......" Cheng Biting Kington was taken aback, and looked at Fugui carefully, "Although the rich brother seems to be thin, he has slender limbs and a big skeleton, if he can be in the army, he will be another fierce general with 10,000 enemies in two years." ”
"That's right," Qin Qiong said on the side, "Fugui is born with divine power, and he has three eclipse fights, and I brought him here this time, and I also have a heart of love." In this way, let's stop standing and let's talk about it first. ”
"What's the point of talking about getting into the account." Cheng Yanjin called the entourage around him, "Who is that, you go and call General Luo Shixin, and then go into the city to buy a few jars of good wine, and a few of our fellow Qi County villagers will talk while drinking." It's a pity that the second brother is not ......"
"Oh, is General Shan also a fellow of our Qi County?" Wang Mai asked curiously.
"That's not it," Cheng Yanjin said, "but although they are not in different counties, I am close to my second brother's hometown, and I have known each other for a long time. ”
"By the way, where is Second Brother Shan?" Qin Qiong asked.
"I heard that I entered Luoyang with the grandfather of the Pei family with Duke Wei."
As they spoke, a sergeant entered the account and spread a straw mat on the ground. These days, what makes Wang Mai the most unbearable is not coarse tea and light rice, nor linen straw shoes, but the furniture of this era. In an ordinary farmer's house, it is remarkable to have a few shoddy low tables and low benches, and the most terrible thing is to sit on the table when eating. The old lady was a scholar, and she was very strict with etiquette, and she knelt and sat on the standard when she ate. Fortunately, Wang Mai's foot was injured, so the old lady allowed him to sit cross-legged on one leg, otherwise his good feet would also suffer.
However, there are not so many rules in the barracks, several people sat on the seats with a big grin, and Cheng Yanjin even took off his shirt and threw it aside, just shirtless, with one leg stretched out.