Chapter 45: The Strange Circle (Part 3)

"Something that doesn't have eyes, damn it!" Without waiting for Chen Liang to refute, Haisen, the centurion of his own soldier who was temporarily transferred to serve as the leader of the guard, had already raised his horsewhip and whipped it with his head and face.

"Don't fight, don't fight. The old man doesn't blame him, he really doesn't blame him! Seeing this, Chen Liang, who joined the army, hurriedly spoke out to stop him.

However, it was fine that he didn't speak. As soon as they opened their mouths, the other family members of the Prime Minister's Mansion became more and more unbearable, and they all rushed forward, raised their horsewhips, and whipped their heads and faces at the hapless auxiliaries. While smoking, he also taught a loud lesson: "Things that don't have eyes, you don't blame you for joining the army." But Lao Tzu must clean you up. If you dare to roar at Chen Senjun, you are spitting on my prime minister. Lao Tzu didn't cripple you today, I'm sorry for the grace of my prime minister! ”

They scolded the shepherd auxiliaries, but Chen Liang, who joined the army, seemed to be scolded himself, and persuaded with a disgraced face, "Everyone, brothers, listen, listen to me!" Before the Prime Minister came, once, once"

His words were swallowed up in an arrogant shout, "Hit, kill him, kill this one who doesn't have long eyes!" ”

"Hit, hit hard."

"Oh, you fucking be careful. It's pumped on Lao Tzu's head!"

Although he was repeatedly told by the housekeeper to restrain before leaving, although the object of protection was a Han staff member who did not have much status in the Prime Minister's Mansion. But the ministers resolutely refused to continue to swallow their anger, and soon pulled the shepherd auxiliaries who could not even speak to them from their horses and rolled on the ground.

It is true that they are also other people's slaves, but their master is the prime minister of the dynasty. If you are not ordered not to swagger along the way before leaving, along the way, even the thousands and hundreds of households resident in those places have to take the initiative to go out for ten miles to greet each other, and before parting, they will send a rich enough Cheng Yi to show their respect for the prime minister of the dynasty. And this shepherd slave at his feet actually dared to make a rough voice to everyone, this is not that he wants to find death, what are he doing?!

"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo ——!" The other shepherd auxiliaries around suddenly saw their companions knocked to the ground from their horses by a group of strangers, and they galloped over to the rescue, and blew the horn in their hands with all their might.

"Blow you bird feathers, noise!" The family members scolded and scolded to meet each other and fought with each other.

In the blink of an eye, the entire west bank of the Weishui River was lively, and the continuous sound of horns resounded in the sky. Soon, behind the sound of the horn, there was a faint sound of wind and thunder, "boom, boom, boom", which shook the ground under his feet and trembled slightly.

"Baa, baa, baa——!" The sheep grazing with their heads bowed were frightened and fled like an avalanche. The dogs, who are in charge of the sheep, bark and run after them, "Woohoo, woooo

"Woo Woo, Woo Woo, Woo Woo" "Bah, Bah, Bah——! "Beat, beat him to death, he doesn't have long eyes." Mother's ——! In an instant, the barking of dogs and the shouts of people were mixed together, and the sound became one. Chen Liang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, turning in circles, not knowing how to end at all.

At this moment, not far away, three horns suddenly sounded. "Boom! Rumble! Rumble! One is closer than the other, and the other is louder than the other. Immediately after, from behind a cluster of trees that were not very wide, more than 3,000 iron horsemen circled. Running at the forefront was a peach-colored war horse, extremely tall and divine horse, and on the back of the horse, there was a general in silver helmet and silver armor, and the war knife was pointed at the tip of Chen Liang's nose, "Oh, where did the madman come from, he actually dared to go wild in front of the old man!" ”

"Get off the horse quickly and tie it up, my handsome Rao Er won't die!" As if they had practiced countless times in advance, the soldiers behind the Silver Armor General opened their throats and shouted in unison.

"General Xuexue, General Xuexue, don't get me wrong, it's me, Prime Minister Hama sent me over!" Chen Liang, who joined the army, saw this battle and knew that the main man he was looking for was coming. Hurriedly jumped off the mount and raised the token given by Hama high above his head, "Villain Chen Liang, meet General Xuexue!" ”

"The villain Haisen, Arudin, and Season Lahu" saw the army they had attracted, and they didn't dare to continue to make mistakes. Abandoning their respective abusive targets, they jumped off their mounts and fell to their knees.

"Huh?" The sound of horses' hooves was so loud that Xue Xue couldn't hear what was being said on the other side. But judging from the actions of Chen Liang and others, the comer may not be an enemy. So he was even more energetic, instigating the peach-colored sweaty BMW to rush hundreds of steps. Kankan had already stepped on the top of Chen Liang's head, and then he suddenly pulled the reins of his mount, "Phew——! ”

"Appeal ——!" Behind him, there was also an arrogant cheer. More than 200 people riding chestnut horses tightened the reins in unison, and lined up in a straight horizontal line in the emerald green wilderness.

There is no need to look far away, just the style of these two hundred pro-soldiers made Chen Liang admire him so much. "Bah, Bah, Bah" He knocked his head on the grass three times, and then raised the token high above his head again. "The villain Chen Liang, who joined the army in the Prime Minister's Mansion, came to visit the general today on the order of the Prime Minister!"

"You are?" Xue Xue was slightly stunned, and her gaze quickly followed the token downward, "Haha, I remembered, you are the pen of the eldest brother!" I said, who dares to hit Lao Tzu's head, it turns out to be the eldest brother's minions! This matter is troublesome, Lao Tzu has no place to reason when he suffers a loss! (Note 1) "The villain has no way to control it, please punish General Xuexue!" Centurion Haisen was afraid that he would be left behind, so he quickly climbed a few steps forward and apologized side by side with Chen Liang.

"You, Redbeard? Big brother actually sent you too? Xue Xue's gaze quickly swept over his face, and he was slightly stunned. In my memory, this pro-soldier leader from the Far West has won the trust of his brother, and he will inevitably follow him when he goes out. This time, in order to protect a small scribe, he was also sent over.

"It's a villain, it's a villain!" The captain of the pro-soldier Haisen didn't expect Xue Xue to remember himself, and happily continued to crawl forward, "What an honor it is for the villain to be able to see you again, the general." Villain's house"

"Alright, don't be a sycophant." Around Xuexue, there has never been a shortage of people who are good at flattery, how can they listen to the rough flattery of a "barbarian". Frowning, he interrupted with a whiplash.

"Yes! Villains, villains are not sycophants. The villain is just happy, happy. Hey, hey, hey! The captain of the pro-soldiers, Hazen, knelt up straight and smiled.

"Get up, you two!" Xue Xue waved her whip lightly and frowned. Immediately, he commanded a man wearing a thousand-year-old brocade robe behind him, "Baoyin, go and see if those shepherd slaves have been killed?" If not, let them get up and gather the flock. A bunch of waste snacks, all the shame on Lao Tzu! ”

"Obey!" The Qianfu, who looked to be about the same age as Xue Xue, replied loudly, then turned around and picked up a few cronies, and together they instigated their mounts and galloped towards the auxiliary soldiers who had been beaten under the horses by the Prime Minister's family members before.

"The villain, the villain didn't know they were his own minions. The villain "joined the army, Chen Liang saw this, and he had to make amends. However, Xue Xue waved her whip again and interrupted nonchalantly: "Just beat it, this kind of idiot, from the outside of the plug, you can buy a nest with a penny, there is no need to take it too seriously!" ”

"Yes, thank you for your magnanimity!" When Chen Liang heard this, his heart was relieved, he arched his hand, and thanked him in a low voice again.

"You're also verbose!" Xue Xue didn't have the time to get all this red tape with him, so she frowned and scolded in a low voice. "Don't mother-in-law, mother-in-law, what about the letter, quickly take it out and show it to me!"

"General Qiyu, it's a message!" Chen Liang shuddered for no reason, looked around, and reminded very vigilantly.

"Message? The eldest brother is really idle and has nothing to do, so much fanfare, but just to send a message! When Xue Xue heard this, her brows furrowed slightly, and she complained in a low voice.

"General Xuexue" saw that the other party's reaction was so stupid, Chen Liang couldn't help but remind in a low voice, "What the Prime Minister means is that his words can only be passed on to you alone!" ”

"By you? A Han man with a pen and a Qi? Xue Xue glanced down at him, her brows furrowed even tighter. Who knows if you turned it or not? ”

This is a very reasonable question. For a while, Chen Liang was speechless. Verbal information is indeed a guarantee that the handle will not fall into the hands of a fourth person. But if the communicator is not trusted by both parties, how can he guarantee the authenticity of the message?

was in a hurry to burn the fire, but saw Xue Xue slap the silver helmet on his head inlaid with various colors of ice and emerald, and laughed and said, "Haha, I'm really stupid." Big brother, why did he send Hai Sen to protect you, didn't he just want to tell me, you are better than Hai Sen, you can be trusted like Hai Sen? Get on the horse, get on the horse. You go back to the barracks with me, and the two of us will talk slowly behind closed doors! ”

"Obedience!" Chen Liang, who joined the army, finally breathed a sigh of relief and bowed. Then fly and jump on your mount. Surrounded by the two hundred pro-corps under Xue Xue's command, he relaxed to the end of the wilderness.

Along the way, there are still few people to see. As far as the eye can see, there are large patches of pastures. In some places, thousands of sheep are grazing, while in others, grass is left to grow. Bands of ragged auxiliaries or herdsmen swung their sickles and cut down knee-high grass, then skillfully broke them into rolls more than a man high and piled them up in the open air to dry. From a distance, the neat rows of grass rolls are like pavilions in the blue sea, flickering and flickering with the ups and downs of the grass waves, which is magnificent.

"How's it going, the old man has cleaned up this place well, right?" Xue Xue is less than thirty years old, but she also calls herself an old man, "The old man dares to say that even the Huangzhuang next to Dadu is not as good as the old man." ”

"This?" Chen Liang, who joined the army, couldn't understand the scaly bales, in addition to raising sheep, what other advanced uses there were. After a moment's hesitation, he lowered his voice in response. "The general forgives the sin, the humble position is the Han people, and he does not understand the affairs of animal husbandry. But the general was able to raise so many sheep on the battlefield, and it must have taken a lot of effort! ”

"Of course, this sheep is a good breed specially bought from Liaodong by the old man!" Xue Xue didn't know how to be modest at all, and immediately raised her head high. "The original sheep in this place did not produce any wool at all. Liaodong sheep, on the other hand, can be sheared twice a year. It is said that on the side of the big cannibal, there is also a kind of fine-haired sheep, which is specially born for wool. It can be cut four times a year, adding up to twelve or thirteen pounds. The old man has already placed an order for the maritime merchants and asked them for a lot of money. When the breeding sheep are transported back and raised for a few more years, the old man will let Yidu go to the Weizhou area, and all of them will become pastures. ”

"Ranch? General, you raise so many sheep just for shearing?! Joining the army, Chen Liang was dizzy when he heard this, and couldn't help frowning and asking.

"Of course, don't you know what the price of wool is going to now?" Xue Xue stiffened her waist suddenly, looking at Chen Liang like a hillbilly and asked.

"This?" Although Chen Liang is not a nerd, as the pen of the Prime Minister's house, he usually has no time to pay attention to the specific price of wool. looked at Xue Xue in a daze, not knowing how to answer.

"Oh, I forgot, you Han people pay attention to the noble life of scholars, and don't worry about cheap work!" Xue Xue didn't embarrass him, quickly shook the silver helmet covered with ice emerald, and said with a smile. "Blame the old man, blame the old man. Hey, let's tell you the truth, this sheep raising is more profitable than farming. Look at the group of soldiers behind me, each with a full body of plate armor. If you look at the brothers behind them, each of them can at least guarantee to protect the front half of his body with iron armor. How much do you see in such a loser's outfit elsewhere? ”

"General Qiyu, even the forbidden army will not dress up like this now, so neatly!" Chen Liang arched his hand and told the truth. In the past two years, the court has spent very sparingly, and rarely added any new equipment to the forbidden army in the capital. And the full-body plate armor and half-body cuirass produced in Huaiyang, because of the high price, will only be purchased by the generals themselves, and the imperial court will never be unable to come up with such a large sum of money, and there are thousands of sets to buy.

"These are all the results of the old man and the generals in the army leading the auxiliary troops to reclaim the wasteland and graze." Xue Xue is a standard second ancestor, and she has long regarded Chen Liang as her own person in her heart, so she doesn't hide it from him and shows off proudly. "Where the war has just begun, the people have long since run out, and how can they afford to raise the brothers under the old man's command if they are expected to dig food in the soil? Therefore, it is better to directly enclose the land and specialize in raising sheep. Then whether it is sold to the merchants who come from Dadu, or to the merchants who come to Huaiyang, the price is very good. ”

"This?" When Chen Liang, who joined the army, heard this, he couldn't help but stir up his heart and fought several cold wars one after another. It is no wonder that after passing Yidu, there are fewer and fewer villages along the way, and the people are becoming more and more sparse. It turned out that Xue Xue and others were determined to turn this area into pasture. And the so-called people ran out, I'm afraid it's just a rhetoric. As long as the Mongolian soldiers instigated their war horses to gallop back and forth in front of other people's houses, who would dare to stay and continue to farm?

"You are near Dadu, you can't see such a big ranch at all!" Seeing that Chen Liang joined the army, his eyes straightened when he was shocked by the spectacular scene in front of him, and Xue Xue became more and more complacent. "Let's tell you the truth, not only is the old man raising sheep, but from Zhending Mansion to the south, wherever there is water, there is no land to idle. Otherwise, do you think that so many looms on both sides of the Sangganshui are used to spin cotton? In these years, spinning and weaving, how can there be fast money for spinning wool fabrics? You are here early, and when spring blooms next year, the old man can at least send someone to circle 500,000 acres of grassland. If you can buy enough large-scale and fine-wool sheep, it won't take five years for all the soldiers under the old man's command to wear cuirasses! At that time, the old man wants to see if he dares to chew our brother's tongue in front of the emperor again! ”

Note 1: Pen and Qi, ancient Mongolian, writer. "Yuan Shi Yu Interpretation" volume eight official doors: "The pen is all together, and the writer is also." ”。 The Manchu word for Bakshi, the pen paste style, is also derived from this word.

Note 2: From Chapter 28 onwards, the chapters are in the correct order, but are incorrectly numbered. I found it out today and revised it again. I would like to explain to you.

Note 3: In the strange circle, the seven Confucian students who were executed were, Liu Chen. Bo Yan Shouzhong, Zheng Yu, Wang Han, Yao Run, Wang Mo, Li Qi. The previous text wrote Li Qi as Wang Feng, which is hereby corrected.