Zhu Youcheng returned to Xizhen Fusi and played with the token given to him by Xu Guangqi - a wooden plaque. Xu Guangqi's hometown is in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, where potatoes and sweet potatoes are grown. He said that with this wooden plaque, he could take away all the potatoes and sweet potatoes in his family. But who should be sent?

Zhu Youcheng first thought of Wei Liangqing, the captain of the guard, but he had already been sent to the Jiangxi Political Envoy Department to find the great scientist Song Yingxing. The second candidate is himself, but he shoulders the position of the secretary of the two academies of the Daming School of Administration and the Daming Military Academy, and it is not suitable for him to leave Beijing for a long time, so he cannot go to pick it up in person. As for the thousands of households under his command, although it is reassuring, they all have important positions, responsible for managing and training soldiers, and they can't leave. Alas, it's really a person who hates less when he uses it.

As he sighed, he heard a knock on the door. The knock on the door was soft, and the person who came seemed a little hesitant. He put down the wooden sign and let people in.

The person who entered the door was not ordinary ugly, and there was always a flattering smile on his face, and Zhu Youcheng recognized that it was the one who was quite glamorous and blessed.

"My lord, I ...... I want to quit Jinyiwei. ”

"Oh, cowardly? I remember, every time you faced the galloping horse, you were able to stay calm and didn't run away, you should be a very bold person, why did you suddenly want to leave? And your son should be five years old now, what will he think if you quit Jinyiwei? ”

"My lord, after so many years of getting along, you also know that I am not a timid person to ask for the ball, otherwise I would not have knelt at the door of the adult for a day and a night, asking to join the Jinyi Guard. However, after training for so many years, my martial arts have not been able to improve, and every time I compete with others, I always lose. Originally, I wanted to add a toad to add two strengths. Although my martial arts skills are not as good as others, I can always help adults on the battlefield. However, in recent times, the content of Jinyiwei training is how soldiers cooperate with each other to fight. I am saddened to see that my skill is not as good as that of the enemy. Killing by the enemy is a small matter, but the defeat in this corner of mine may cause a rout of the entire team. So, I thought about it and decided to quit Jinyiwei. ”

Asking for the ball looks obscene, but the eyes at this time are sincere and determined. Zhu Youcheng watched it for a long time, and finally believed that his words came from the bottom of his heart.

"It's okay to quit Jinyiwei, but Jingxi Huangzhuang doesn't raise idlers, and your house in Huangzhuang has to be cleared. Also, without income, can you afford to raise a small family? ”

Qiu Qiu showed a hesitant look on his face, and said hesitantly: "I have hands, where can I find something to do." It's just that my wife and children are pitiful, and they want to accompany me to live a wandering life. ”

As he spoke, he pounded his head with his hand and said bitterly, "I hate myself so much. Why can't you learn martial arts? ”

Probably thinking of the bleak scene after leaving the Imperial Village, Qiu Qiu shed tears. He began to cry.

Zhu Youcheng stood up and paced back and forth a few steps, feeling a little admiration and sympathy for him in his heart. Qiu Qiu was originally a gangster, cheeky and selfish, after several years of study. In addition, after giving birth to a child, I have a sense of responsibility and gradually walk on the right path. Now he has a sense of the overall situation, and in order not to drag Jin Yiwei's hind legs, he would rather lose his job. Relive a life of displacement.

However, how should Qiu Qiu be placed, Zhu Youcheng couldn't make up his mind at once.

Suddenly, he thought that Qiu Qiu turned out to be a gangster, and he had long learned to talk to people, and he was most suitable for talking about business and being an undercover agent, and Jinyiwei really lacked such a talent.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youcheng asked, "Are you afraid of death?" ”

Qiu Qiu wiped a handful of tears and said, "I'm not afraid of death, do I dare to stand in front of the galloping horse without moving?" ”

"It's good not to be afraid of death. There are soldiers who go to the battlefield to fight in the brocade guard; There are also soldiers who pass through the wall to transfer ownership and visit the people; There are also soldiers who lurk in the enemy camp, deal with the enemy, and steal information. If you are really not afraid of death, but you have the idea of quitting because your skills are not as good as others, then I advise you not to quit Jinyiwei and consider joining other departments. However, this officer warns you that other departments are more dangerous than going to war, so you might as well think carefully and see if you want to join. ”

Qiu Qiu said without hesitation: "Lord Zhu, I am willing!" ”

"Once you enter the secret department, you will not be allowed to quit for the rest of your life. You may be spat on by others; may be misunderstood by loved ones; It is possible to see the sacrifice of brothers and siblings in front of your eyes; They are more likely to be tortured by the enemy...... But in any case, you can't mutiny, let alone confess to the enemy, can you do it? ”

Qiuqiu closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, opened his eyes, and said firmly: "Qiuqiu can do it." ”

"Okay, from today onwards, you can join the Jinyi Wei Intelligence Hundred Households. However, so far, you are the only one in this hundred households, under my direct leadership. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youcheng reached out to the neck of the begging ball, untied a bronze medal engraved with his name, and put it in a locked drawer.

Asking for the ball was in a hurry, and said, "Didn't Lord Zhu tell me not to quit Jinyiwei?" How did I take my name tag? ”

"You're going to wear this name tag to sue the enemy, hey, I'm a fine worker sent by the Jinyi Guard, you can quickly tell me all the secrets."

Qiu Qiu suddenly realized and smiled awkwardly.

Zhu Youcheng picked up the wooden card on the table, handed it to Qiuqiu, and said, "Now, I will give you the first task." You take this wooden plaque, go to Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, find the old house of Lord Xu Guangqi Xu, and pack all the potatoes and sweet potatoes in his house and bring them back to Jingxi Huangzhuang. Well, maybe he called it differently at home, calling potatoes potatoes and sweet potatoes sweet potatoes. No matter what they call it, those things are amazing treasures anyway, and you have to bring them all back. ”

Then they discussed the route. Qiuqiu was originally running the rivers and lakes, familiar with the path, and proposed to take the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Take No. 6 from Songjiang Mansion to Wuxi, then take a boat from Wuxi to Tongzhou, and then transfer No. 6 to Jingxi Huangzhuang. This is not only fast, but also safe, after all, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is a passage for transportation, guarded by officers and soldiers, and will not encounter bandits and bandits.

Zhu Youcheng readily agreed, and asked him to go to Wang Chengen to pay one hundred silver yuan and go out immediately.

Time is in a hurry, Zhu Youcheng calculated, and he should come back in the next few days.

Early that morning, King Xin hurried out, saying that he would see if Mr. Song had come. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Youcheng was ready to convene a meeting of thousands of households to study where to go for actual combat, after all, the combat power of the army that had not been tempered by iron and blood. It won't be much stronger than the militia.

The thousand households didn't come yet, so Qiu Qiu came first, but he didn't come back with the carriage that transported the two major disaster-fighting artifacts, potatoes and sweet potatoes, but escaped with a wounded wolf bèi.

"What about potatoes and sweet potatoes?"

"...... Kidnapped by bandits. ”

Zhu Youcheng was furious and said angrily: "What." I can't even do this little thing, so what's the use of me keeping you? ”

Qiu Qiu pleaded again and again, telling what had happened.

It turned out that on the way there, I didn't encounter any trouble asking for the ball. He took the potatoes and sweet potatoes from Xujiazhuang, and he did not encounter any obstacles. But when he got lucky, the Cangzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Shandong was gone, and the boat he was on had an accident.

That night, when Qiu Qiu was guarding ten boxes of sweet potatoes and five boxes of potatoes to sleep, he suddenly heard the sound of killing outside the cabin. Someone shouted, "The Woko are coming."

Qiu Qiu wanted to fight to the death, but looking out from the crack in the door, the opponent was outnumbered, and he thought that instead of relying on momentary courage and making senseless sacrifices, it was better to leave a useful body. Investigate the robbers' information for Lord Zhu. Or maybe the box is just some inconspicuous agricultural products, and they won't waste their energy to move them. So. When the widows retreat, they may be able to bring these treasures in the eyes of Lord Zhu back to Jingxi Huangzhuang.

Ask for the ball to open the porthole and roll over and jump into the water.

Seeking the ball is a northerner. Northerners are not good at water, but they have been poor since they were young, and they like to gamble, so they jump into the water and run away if they lose the bet. came and went, and actually practiced a good body of water kung fu. Ask for the ball next to the boat, all the way to the water. But these gangsters were even alert, and they didn't even open the boxes on the ship and count the belongings. Instead, move all the boxes.

Zhu Youcheng slapped the table vigorously and said: "The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is not open to the sea, and it is guarded by Caoyun soldiers. ”

"Lord Zhu is really a genius, and his guess is not bad at all. The small one lost the goods, how could he give up, followed all the way, and was almost seen by them several times. Fortunately, God willing, the little one was lucky, and finally followed them into the mountains without danger and found their nest. ”

It turned out that although this gang of bandits appeared in Cangzhou, Shandong, they were not locals. It's right to think about it, Wei Zhongxian is a native of Cangzhou, how can he let the magistrates of Cangzhou be expropriated and extorted. Therefore, although the year is not good, the price of Cangzhou is stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Qiu Qiu listened carefully to the conversation of those people, and his words were mixed with a thick northwest accent. He immediately judged that these people were wandering to commit crimes, and probably saw the boats shuttling back and forth on the canal, and the business was prosperous, so he had evil intentions, and took advantage of the unpreparedness of the officers and soldiers of the canal, pretending to be a Japanese and a thief to cause chaos.

"The little one stayed in the bandits' den for two days, and I heard that the names they received were very strange, and I didn't know what they meant. ”

"Don't get muddy," Zhu Youcheng was shocked, and said in his heart, "That's one of the famous anti-kings in the late Ming Dynasty." But the time and place are not right, he started in the first year of Chongzhen, that is, two years later, and according to his memory, he has never hit Shandong in his life. Why did he jump out impatiently in the fifth year of the apocalypse, and he still appeared in the relatively rich Shandong region? Originally, he thought that the civil unrest in Shaanxi would not arise again, because in its own time and space, although Shaanxi has been in drought for five consecutive years, the coal mines and road construction teams have absorbed a large number of surplus rural labor, so the people have not suffered much crime, and it is unlikely to repeat the situation of the people's poor livelihood in the late Ming Dynasty. Now that the foundation of the popular uprising is gone, it is time for the leaders of the rebellion to wash and sleep, why are they still engaged in tandem now? ”

Zhu Youcheng stood up, paced back and forth a few steps, and said, "Asking for a ball, although you are not effective in escorting goods, finding the bandits' lair is also a great achievement." This time, if the merits and demerits are offset, you will no longer be punished. ”

"Hmph," Zhu Youcheng sneered in his heart, "If you want to fight, I will fight." Since you provoked me, then I will definitely not let you go. Besides, your so-called non-mud is still a factor of social instability, and it is a great merit to exterminate you. (To be continued!)

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