Chapter Eighty-Three: A New Official Takes Office
The news that Meihuawei will be transferred to Chuzhou made the two of them a little disappointed, but Wujin's last sentence made the two of them overjoyed, and Zheng Yannian couldn't believe it. General Huangfu, it's unlikely! We have also just been promoted to the rank of Captain of Guoyi, how can we be promoted to Captain again, this is a bit unruly. ”
"The rules are made by man."
Wu Jin smiled slightly: "There are no absolute things in the world, if there is no interest relationship, everyone will act according to the rules, but when it comes to interests, the rules are a piece of waste paper, just like me, am I rising step by step?" ”
The two nodded together, General Huangfu was right, it was a matter of the interests of the Liang Wang family, of course, it would not be promoted according to the rules, since this Huangfu general could ascend to heaven in one step, it was completely okay to promote the two of them to be lieutenants, the two of them were excited again, and they couldn't wait to leave Chuzhou tomorrow.
"Alright, now I'm going to meet with my men, gather the army at once, and I'm going to give a lecture."
........ In a few moments, the 1,000 officers and men of the Third Army and the First Prefecture who were conducting archery training were immediately summoned, and the Daning military system inherited from Wu Zhou, with the prefecture as the basic unit, the establishment of one prefecture as 1,000 people, one prefecture and five battalions, 200 people as a battalion, 50 people as a team, and 10 people as a team.
The ratio of the Daning army is three to one, three soldiers with a horse, but the embroidered guard and the plum blossom guard are both internal guards, so each soldier is equipped with a war horse, the war horse is in the back of the horse storage pen, usually do not use, when there is a task to ride a horse, and put on a red background embroidered white plum blossom brocade robe, the soldier is renamed Ti Cai.
The Plum Blossom Guard soldiers were well-trained, and at the sound of an order, a thousand soldiers quickly assembled on the east side of the training ground, neatly arranged into twenty teams, each of whom was dressed in armor and majestic.
In front of the team, a high platform has been simply built with a wooden box, and Zhang Long and Zheng Yannian are standing under the high platform with their hands in hand, and one person is standing on one side.
The soldiers had already received the news that their new lieutenant had arrived, and everyone's eyes were full of anticipation of what kind of person their new commander really was.
Wu Jin is different from the soldiers, he wears a standard plum blossom guard uniform, a white plum blossom brocade robe embroidered on a red background, and a gold belt around his waist.
Although the robes and uniforms are the same, but the belts are different, the general and above are jade belts, the captains are gold belts, the Guoyi captains are inlaid with gold and silver belts, the captains are silver belts, the team is a copper belt, the team is all black silk belts, and the embroidered clothes and guards are the same.
Wu Jin hurriedly boarded the wooden box, he slowly glanced at everyone, and then raised his voice and said slowly: "My name is Huangfu Wujin, the Duke of Liangguo, from today on, I will be the captain of the Third Army of the Plum Blossom Guard, that is, your commander, I am a very good talker, and I can also be sympathetic to the soldiers, but there is a premise, give me everything seriously, everything is easy to say, if I do things sloppily, irresponsible, and disobey orders, then I will not be able to speak, I will be severely punished......"
A thousand soldiers and officers were silent, while soldiers from other military offices were surrounded by them, who listened curiously to the inaugural speeches of the new lieutenants of the three armed forces and one government, and whispered incessantly.
Many people have heard of the name Huangfu Wujin, not that he was named the Duke of Liangguo, but that he is invincible in the world in shooting crossbows, and everyone wants to see his crossbow shooting skills with their own eyes.
Wu Jin also knows this in his heart, he is only eighteen years old this year, he stands on the wooden platform and talks eloquently, although the voice is majestic, but the soldiers may not obey him, if you want to convince people in the army, you must either rank seniority, or be brave, and you will not get real respect just by talking about it.
After Wu Jin finished speaking, he made a move to Zhang Long, Zhang Long immediately offered a box crossbow with both hands, Wu Jin held the crossbow in his hand, he immediately felt that all the soldiers were in good spirits, and everyone's eyes widened.
Wujin couldn't help but sigh secretly, he knew that the royal family of the Daning Dynasty had a rule, all the children of the royal family were eighteen years old, and they had to enlist in the army for three years, and they generally served as captains, just like the emperor was handsome, but the children of the royal family did not have a good reputation in the army, and they were almost equal to the children of the royal family.
It is estimated that when he told everyone that he was surnamed Huangfu, I am afraid that ninety percent of the soldiers were thinking that there was another gentleman, and if he wanted to get rid of this bad impression, he had to show his unique skills to convince everyone.
Wu Jin quickly checked the arrows in the box, there were twenty in total, he lifted the crossbow and looked around, at this time his eyes fell on the large flagpole of the Second Army, the flagpole was about the thickness of the mouth of the bowl, exactly a hundred steps away from him.
Wu Jin pointed to the flagpole, he suddenly raised his crossbow, with a lightning speed to fire, the arrows are faster than the other, only a cup of tea time, twenty crossbow arrows like a storm of shooting, attracting bursts of joy and thunder from the soldiers, applause into a piece, after he finished shooting, the cheers of thousands of people on the training ground were deafening.
I saw twenty crossbow arrows from the top of the flagpole to the bottom, neatly lined up, the spacing of each crossbow arrow was exactly the same, even the thousand soldiers under Wu Jin couldn't help but cheer, Wu Jin showed his hand in front of thousands of people, so that each of them felt a big face, this is their captain's ability, at this time, each of them looked different from just now, just a plain gaze, and now, everyone's eyes were full of excitement and admiration, they saw the world's most brilliant crossbow.
Wu Jin handed the box crossbow to Zhang Long, he waved his hand, a thousand soldiers quieted down again, he smiled, and announced loudly to everyone: "Today is the first time I have met with the brothers, and I will pay for dinner tonight, and each person will be rewarded with ten catties of meat and a bottle of wine." ”
As soon as his words fell, the cheers immediately resounded in the sky, the soldiers raised their arms and cheered, and the soldiers next to them were full of envy, they had been in the army for so long, as if no one had invited them to eat meat and drink wine so generously, at this time, the horn of the assembly sounded, and everyone turned around and left with a lonely expression.
Wu Jin returned to the room, Zheng Yannian immediately gave a thumbs up and praised: "The general is really good, first he shoots a crossbow and is powerful, and then he treats guests to buy people's hearts, every soldier is full of praise for the general, how clever he is!" ”
Zhang Long was a little worried: "General, 10,000 catties of meat and 1,000 bottles of wine, this will cost at least five or six hundred taels of silver, this expenditure is not small!" ”
Wu Jin had silver on him, he casually took out a thousand taels of silver ticket and handed it to Zhang Long, and said with a slight smile: "You can help me do this matter, and then tell the officers that at noon I will have a treat at the Baifu Restaurant in Nanshi, and all the officers above the team must be honored to attend." ”
........ Half an hour later, a large group of Meihuawei officers appeared at the door of the Baifu Restaurant, the Baifu Restaurant is one of the three major restaurants in the capital, the grade is very high, each person has to spend at least five taels of silver for a meal, at least half of the officers are the first time to come, someone calculated, twenty team members, ten captains and lieutenants, six Cao joined the army, Sima, two Guoyi lieutenants, plus the lieutenant himself, a total of exactly forty people, this meal will cost at least two hundred taels of silver.
Everyone was secretly speechless, first rewarding the whole army, and then inviting guests to dinner, their captain was really rich, so I don't know if there will be more oil and water with him in the future?
The division of labor within the Meihua Guard is different, such as patrolling, maintaining order, and catching thieves, etc., are all the affairs of the first army, the second army is responsible for the emperor's honor guard, escorting the emperor or the prince out on patrol, the third army is stationed abroad, the second government is responsible for Yongzhou, and the third government is responsible for Yuzhou.
The three armies and one government are the elite of the entire Meihuawei, they are responsible for all kinds of special tasks with extremely high dangers, such as going to the border to collect intelligence, arresting enemy spies, etc., there is no oil and water in peacetime, and most of the officers are relatively poor.
Today, Wu Jin invited them to come to the Baifu Restaurant to drink, it is an extremely rare thing for them, everyone's face is very excited, it is said that the Baifu Restaurant can drink the authentic wine of the Western Regions, which makes their hearts full of expectations.
Forty five big and three thick plum blossom guard officers came to the restaurant, which really made the Baifu Restaurant chaotic for a while, and the big shopkeeper personally greeted him, he knew Wu Jin, and hurriedly laughed and said: "It turns out that the grandfather of the country is here, rare guest!" Rare guests! ”
Although he was polite, he glanced at the large group of officers who were pressed by the black, and he couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, there had never been so many officers in his restaurant, and he was also an officer of the Plum Blossom Guard, so don't make trouble.
The big shopkeeper remembered that last time Wu Jin made trouble in the restaurant and destroyed a private room, if these forty people made trouble together, they had to demolish their restaurant?
Wu Jin arched his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, shopkeeper, we are all Sven people, and we won't make trouble." ”
He turned back to everyone and smiled and asked, "Did everyone say that?" ”
"Sven! Polite! ”
All the officers laughed and poured into the Baifu Restaurant together.
They went up to the second floor, and the guys in the restaurant removed the partitions of the two private rooms to form a large room, and set up four tables of banquets, one table of ten people.
The officers sat down in a noisy, and Wu Jin sat at a table with Liu Cao and Wang Sima, as well as two lieutenants, Zhang Long and Zheng Yannian.
Liucao joined the army and Sima are both civilian officers, Sima surnamed Wang, more than 30 years old, from Liang County, Yuzhou, his family is poor, he is born in the Ming Jing class, he is very shrewd and capable, he has stayed in Meihuawei for five years, and the weakness of his body has long been washed away, he is a civilian assistant of Wujin, and he is responsible for all kinds of cumbersome affairs of the military government.
In the noise, several musicians sat down against the wall, ready to sing, and soon a team of beautiful wine ladies came in with a wine plate, and put a pot of good wine in front of the officers, and seven or eight men came in with food boxes to guess, beautiful wine, exquisite dishes, and the atmosphere in the room was warm and abnormal.
"Everyone, please be quiet! Be quiet, please! ”
Wu Jin clapped his hands, the officers gradually quieted down, Wu Jin raised a glass of wine and smiled at everyone: "Today there is the best dish, the best wine, the best song, and the beautiful wine lady to accompany the wine, everyone eat, drink, and enjoy, but there is one point, I have a word first, not allowed to get drunk, whoever drinks, he will not have his share next time he drinks." ”
Everyone agreed, began to push the cup and change the lamp, and ate and drank.
(To be continued)