Chapter 5 Happy New Year
"Hahaha...... Brother Zhang! Brother Zhang! We've won! Victory! Gutel was covered in blood, but he was in good spirits, and strode into his tent, his face full of joy.
"Oh? Won? That's great! That's great! When Zhang Cheng heard this, he was also happy.
Gutel took a big step back, knelt down on one knee, and arched his hand and said: "On behalf of Xue Yantuo, Gutel is grateful to the Divine Eagle for bringing the nobles to Xue Yantuo!" From now on, you will be the great benefactor of the Xue Yantuo Tribe! ”
"Hurry up! What is this for, Lord! Zhang Cheng helped him up, Gutel stood up, clapped his hands, and a guard came in outside the tent, holding the box containing two hundred and fifty taels of gold in his hand, Guterre took it, handed it back to Zhang Cheng and said, "Benefactor, this is your gold!" ”
Gutel held the box, he didn't have the slightest greed, and sent it to Zhang Cheng sincerely, Zhang Cheng smiled, he was now short of silver in his hand, and he accepted it calmly.
"This time, I raided Yumu's house, and found 1,000 taels of gold and 10,000 taels of silver! I've loaded half of it into the wagon! Gutel added.
"Yo! It's really a big deal! It seems that robbery is better than doing business to make money! I'll have to think about it later! Zhang Cheng said happily.
Hearing this, Gutel rolled his eyes, helpless!
After the war, after helping Zhang Cheng deal with a lot of things, Yang Wenzhao finally had time to meet his parents, wife and children. He strode into a tent!
Suddenly, a handsome person rushed in the tent, Yang Zhong and the others hadn't seen it clearly, but instinctively they hurriedly leaned together, leaning against a corner, their faces frightened!
"Father! Mother! Embroidery! God forbid! It's me! I'm Yang Wenzhao! Yang Wenzhao saw that the four of them were like seeing demons, he trembled with fright, he couldn't help but feel sour, and said softly.
After a while, the four of them came to their senses, and the person who came was actually Yang Wenzhao, Yang Tianyou rushed over first, threw himself into Yang Wenzhao's arms, and cried: "Daddy! You're finally back! You're finally back! Woooooo ”
Zhang Xiu'er's pretty face was already full of tears, and she slowly walked in front of Yang Wenzhao, Yang Wenzhao saw the whip marks on Zhang Xiu'er's face, and mourned in his heart, and hugged Zhang Xiu'er in his arms.
"Xiu'er, I've made you suffer! I'm sorry! Yang Wenzhao also counted his nose and choked up.
Yang Zhong and Yang Wu on the side also wiped tears from their eyes, miserable, Yang Wenzhao walked in front of Yang Zhong and the two, knelt down for the two of them, and said loudly: "Dad! Mother! Children are not filial! Let the second elder suffer! I'm sorry kids! ”
Yang Wu hugged Yang Wenzhao and cried bitterly, Yang Zhong hugged Yang Wu and Yang Wenzhao, with tears lying in his eyes, and reluctantly choked and said, "It's good to come back!" It's good to be back! ”
The next day, when Zhang Cheng was about to return to the Great Qian Empire with two carts with his personal guards, a shout suddenly came: "Benefactor stays!" ”
Zhang Cheng looked back and saw that there were more than a dozen people riding horses not far away, and there were thousands of war horses behind him! Black pressed a large piece!
Gutel and a sturdy man of twenty-three or fourteen years old dismounted, and the two of them shouted in unison, "Engong!" ”
"Who is this?"
"He's my eldest son, and he's lost in the wild! That's right! I know you want to build a horse farm, so I specially selected 2,000 war horses and gave them to you! There are a thousand stallions here, all of them of the best breeds! Gutel said.
Zhi Shiye arched his hand and said, "Engong! These are all good horse breeders in my Xue Yantuo Department, and they are all our henchmen! You can use it with confidence! ”
Looking at the war horse behind him, Zhang Cheng's eyes were full of stars! This is the source of wealth! Then he thought of such a big thing, if it leaked out, it would definitely be difficult to explain!
"Such a big thing, if it is known by the Great Khan of your steppe, you will be in danger!" Zhang Cheng said worriedly.
"Don't worry! For thousands of years, in this grassland, which tribe has not traded with the Daqian merchants? And during this time, there is an internal struggle in the grassland royal court, and the Great Khan will not care about it for a while, don't worry! Gutel said.
"That's good! Then I thank you so much! In the future, I may not come back to the grassland, and the future business of refined salt, grain, and tea will be handed over by Qi Tian and you. Also, in the future, you help me move around more among the tribes, and you will help me buy back all the people in my Daqian Empire, and if there is one, I will give you all money, and I will give you five taels of silver for a slave. These things, in the future, I hope that the leader will help me a lot! Zhang Cheng shook Guter's hands and said.
can have a relationship with the big Qianju Jia, and let himself be a middleman, the difference between the refined salt, grain and tea is huge, and he will make money in the future! A slave actually gave five taels of silver, this price is very fair. You must know that among the steppe tribes, there are many slaves in the Daqian Empire. Of course, Gutel understood the truth in his heart, and he was naturally grateful!
"That's it! I'm leaving! Go back too! Zhang Cheng turned over and got on his horse and shouted to the five hundred cadres behind him: "Folks, get on the horse." Let's go! ”
Ten days later, Zhang Cheng and more than 500 others finally returned to Zhenxiong Pass, but the 2,000 war horses were gone.
Before leaving Zhenxiong Pass, Zhang Cheng greeted Pan Shixun and asked Pan Shixun to help build a horse farm, but he didn't expect to go for about a month, and when he came back, the horse farm had been built, and ten stone houses had been built. The two thousand war horses had a place to stay, and after settling the horses, Zhang Cheng returned to Zhenxiong Pass!
When the 500 people stood at the foot of Zhenxiong Pass, they all burst into tears, hugging each other and crying bitterly, and muttering: "Homeland! Fatherland! We're finally back! ”
For a few days, everyone came to Xiyang City, Xiyang County. I haven't seen it for more than a month, Xiyang City has changed a lot, the broken wood and stones on the streets have disappeared, and a few broken houses have been repaired one after another, everywhere is clean, and the whole city has been completely renewed!
As soon as Zhang Cheng entered the city, the guards on duty rushed over non-stop, and the person who was the leader, Zhang Cheng, knew that it was Liang Shan, who was paralyzed at the gate of the first division, and now he is no longer an ordinary soldier, but a captain of a regiment!
Seeing two armies in silver armor striding towards them, the five hundred ordinary people behind Zhang Cheng were all stunned, and some even instinctively retreated. Fortunately, Yang Wenzhao appeased them, and everyone was relieved to learn that it was their own army.
Seeing that Liang Shan was wearing a brand-new thick cotton dress under his bright armor, Zhang Cheng knew that Li Hao and Yao Han had already done everything.
Liang Shan stood in front of Zhang Cheng and stopped, then knelt on one knee, and the two hundred soldiers behind him also knelt down, their movements were still uniform, like an elite image.
"Humble Liangshan, I've seen the general!" The veterans are still used to being called General Zhang Cheng, but they are not used to calling adults, and Zhang Cheng has no choice, and it seems that his official addiction cannot fall on these big soldiers.
"Get up, hurry up! I've said it 800 times, I'm going to call my lord! This official is now the Northland County Guard, but he is not a general! Come on, come on, I'll introduce you! This is our new accomplice! Zhang Cheng first helped Liang Shan up, and then turned sideways to introduce him to the five hundred people behind him.
"In Xialiang Mountain, the captain of the second battalion and the third regiment of General Zhang, the first division under the jurisdiction of the first military town of the Jizhou Army, welcome your arrival!" When Liang Shan heard this, he gave them a military salute! Then he smiled: "Hehe, we will be a family in the future, take care of each other!" I've been running out of food lately, so if you have more, remember to lend me some! I promise, I will change it! ”
This time, 500 villagers were completely covered, is this a regular army? How do you feel like a bunch of bandits! There is no place to live, there is no food, and people are starting to worry about it!
Zhang Cheng smiled and said to Yang Wenzhao: "Mr. Yang, you arrange the villagers first." According to the old rules, give them houses, grain, and fields! Just state the simple rules of Northland. Qi Tian, everyone has worked hard for more than a month, take the brothers home. Liangshan, let's go, go back and have a look! How's it going on the dog's side? ”
"After you leave, ......" Liang Shan led the team to report the situation to Zhang Cheng as he walked. Li Hao took two hundred soldiers and went to Linyang County with five hundred taels of gold given by Zhang Cheng, and then according to Zhang Cheng's explanation, he bought bedding, clothes, pots and pans, farm tools, etc., and also bought back two thousand stones of coarse salt! I was back 10 days ago!
On the other hand, at Qin Chao's suggestion, Boss Zhang and Tie Zhu led everyone to tidy up Xiyang City, which took several days of effort!
When he returned to the county guard's mansion, he glanced at Zhang Cheng at the gate of the county guard's mansion, and couldn't help but smile and strode in. The yamen of the county guard mansion has been cleaned, and the plaque of "county guard mansion" is also hanging majestically above the yamen, and there are two guards standing at the door, which really looks like a county guard's house!
Back to his East Cross Courtyard, this place has also changed, the snow has been swept away, and there are two plates of immortal pine dishes in the courtyard, which adds a lot of life to the lifeless courtyard! Zhang Cheng walked into his bedroom and saw that all kinds of daily utensils had been placed inside! Bedding, bedspreads and other utensils were all available, and the house was cleaned so clean that it didn't look like a place where no one lived for more than a month.
"These big bosses are quite good at picking up! Not bad! Not bad! With that, Zhang Cheng lay on the bed and enjoyed the comfort of getting up from the soft pillow of the high bed!