Wu Xiang was ready to spend 30,000 taels of silver to buy two hundred and seventy heads with Chen Xin, he was well-informed, and knew that Chen Xin's heads were never fake, as long as it was two hundred and fifty true Yi, it would be enough to be a big victory in the first two years, and the battle of Ningyuan was only two hundred and sixty-nine heads, and he bought it with a big victory compared to Ning Yuan, just one more, so that the imperial court would have no excuse to shirk.

But as soon as Chen Xin went to the study and sat down, a guard came in, he whispered to Chen Xin, Chen Xin showed a very strict look on his face, he stood up and said to Wu Xiang: "General Wu, this official has some urgent matters here, and this is really not to be delayed." ”

Wu Xiang hurriedly got up and arched his hand and said: "It's okay that night, adults, please go and do things first, the villain has nothing to do in Dengzhou, just wait." ”

Chen Xin shook his hand resolutely and said: "This official and General Wu hit it off at first sight, and if you wait for a few days, you shouldn't let General Wu wait for a long time, in this way, I will find two henchmen to talk to the general, they are all people who can be the master, and General Wu can rest assured." ”

Wu Xiang didn't want to say anything, and after a while, two officers came in outside, and Chen Xin said politely to Wu Xiang: "General Wu, these two are the people from my Dengzhou Town Baggage Battalion, and they are in charge of checking the affairs of the first level, and they can call the shots about General Wu's affairs." ”

Chen Xin then introduced two people, one named Huang Side and Dong Yu. Wu Xiang felt that it was not good, these two people were wearing military uniforms, but they did not have the temperament of the Dengzhou Army. Who knows if they will talk about business, he suspects that it was Chen Xin who arranged two accounting rooms to clean himself up. However, Chen Xin has already arranged it, and he is always embarrassed to say that he is unwilling to talk to these two people, which will offend the two of them to his grandmother's house.

After Chen Xin finished speaking, he left, Wu Xiang and the two sat down separately, and when they were about to make a polite exchange, Huang Side spoke first: "General Wu is a villain who has been admired for a long time, and the general's situation is also clear. We don't talk darkly, but General Wu is here to buy some heads? ”

Seeing him like this, Wu Xiang got straight to the point, anyway, he was thick-skinned enough, so he didn't beat around the bush at the moment, and nodded, but changed his words, "Xiaguan is going to exchange some things with Lord Chen, that is to say." To exchange a war horse for a human head, it takes two hundred and seventy levels. ”

"Three thousand horses and twenty thousand taels of silver."

Sure enough, Huang Side almost let Wu Xiang fall into a heel fight, three thousand war horses plus 20,000 taels of silver, and three thousand horses are worth 60,000 taels of silver, adding up to a total of 80,000 taels. There are more than 300 taels of heads, of course Wu Xiang can't be this wronged leader, he immediately said that it was inappropriate.

The officer named Dong Yu next to him took out an abacus and slowly calculated with him, "More than two hundred heads can be reimbursed to the imperial court for 13,500 taels, Lord Wu, you can be reinstated, and you can get a battalion of military salaries every year." Lord Wu turned out to be the chief soldier of the Liaozhen regiment, leading a battalion of regular soldiers, with 3,500 people and 500 families. The monthly salary is 224 yuan, which is 1,200 taels in January, and the battalion soldiers are 125 yuan, a total of 4,500 taels in a month. 68,400 taels a year, and five fights a month for each soldier. There are eight months of horse forage every year, and the imperial court is equipped with swords, guns, bows, arrows, firearms, horses and other armor, which are worth at least tens of thousands of dollars every year, and sometimes more than 100,000 taels. ”

Wu Xiang naturally can't be counted like this, the armor should be given by the imperial court, and now it has become Chen Xin's bargaining chip, Wu Xiang is also a eloquent person, and he took the abacus and began to calculate, of course, his algorithm is different, he said while calculating: "The reimbursement of 13,500 taels is not false, but it is necessary to honor the seven or eight thousand of each department, and only half of the military salary is left, and the remaining true colors, the official never drinks the blood of the soldiers, that is to say, the official will not get much in hand." ”

Huang Side interrupted: "If your Excellency wants to calculate it like this, I will say it directly, the two hundred and seventy level Zhenyi head, not only your lord, you are reinstated, just look at Ning Yuan's victory, you can deduce." There are many generals in Liaozhen and Shanhaiguan who can be promoted to another level, including those generals who escaped from the Battle of Changshan, this is not a battalion leader. ”

"You can't go up that much." Wu Xiang denied, "A few years ago, it may have been possible, but Lord Chen has the advantage of Fuzhou, if Guan Ning is promoted too much, what will the imperial court use to reward Dengzhou Town?" This is also because Dengzhou Town's combat power is too strong, and thousands of beheadings have been decapitated in the past few years, and the market price is now low. If there are more goods, they will not be as valuable as they should be, and this is the reason everywhere. ”

Dong Yu continued: "Once the regulations of the imperial court are there, there will not be too many differences, otherwise there will be inconsistencies, how to convince the public." In order to kill more than 200 slaves in Dengzhou Town, Lord Chen was hit by two arrows, and thousands of soldiers were killed and wounded, and more than 5,000 family members were to be compensated, and the court's bereavement pension has always been none, and 80,000 taels of silver were spread out, and these family members were only about a dozen taels, not counting the damaged armor and equipment, and three hundred taels was not expensive. Yesterday, an officer from the Xuanfu came and offered the first four hundred taels per person. ”

Wu Xiangcai didn't believe his nonsense, but Jiannu was a seller's market, he was always in a weak position, and Huang Side talked about business directly as soon as he came, and he didn't give him a chance to have a personal relationship at all. Eyes rolled and I began to look for other reasons......

Wu Xiang fought hard with the two for an afternoon, and bargained for 2,500 horses and 10,000 taels of silver, that is, 60,000 taels. Although he cut it down a little, he still felt that it was too expensive, but his psychological price had been raised a lot by the two of them.

When the three of them were exhausted, the door opened and Chen Xin returned. After reading Huang Side's offer, he was furious, slapped the table and yelled at Huang Side and Dong Yu: "What did I tell you when the official left, General Wu is a friend of the official, how can you ask for such a price, just look at some silver all day long, and don't want the friendship between friendly soldiers?" Both of you have deducted your monthly salary this year! Do some soul-searching. ”

Huang Side bowed his head and said, "We gave it according to the offer to Xuanfu, and they don't ...... Are they allies too? ”

"It's a friendly army on the Xuanfu side, but it's not Lord Wu." Chen Xin threw down a sentence and ended the performance.

He turned to Wu Xiang and said: "Lord Wu, this official is really embarrassed, these subordinates are too ignorant, but there are more than two hundred heads, Lord Wu can just take them, you and my brother will come to Japan for a long time, as for the silver, it should be earned in business, not in people's heads." ”

Wu Xiang started running the rivers and lakes when he was a teenager, and he knew at a glance that Chen Xin was acting, but he also knew Chen Xin's price, of course, it was impossible not to give it according to what Chen Xin said, if he really didn't give it, Chen Xin didn't know how to hate him behind his back. It won't be easy to deal with in the future. At the same time, he didn't want to owe Chen Xin a favor, he immediately said: "Don't blame the two brothers, my lord, the two of them are very polite to the villain, and they have just negotiated the terms of exchange." This matter is a matter of double benefit for the two towns, Lord Chen is also the chief soldier, those ways in the court are clear, and the villain does not hide from Lord Chen, Guan Ning has been in a difficult situation in the past two years, and he urgently needs a big victory to be exciting. And Lord Chen lacks war horses, so in such an exchange, Liaozhen can make a big difference, and Dengzhou is stronger, and a little silver is nothing. The adult's head was not picked up, but it was exchanged for his life, and the villain should show some affection to those family members no matter what. ”

Chen Xin sighed lightly, "Lord Wu, what are these words, my brother has made you a friend, and these things will be handled by himself, and he will not treat those family members badly." ”

Wu Xiang knelt down and choked up: "My lord, Gao Yi." But the villain just heard that even the adults were hit by two arrows on the battlefield, how dare the villain accept it in vain, and the adult's mind and the villain understood it. But please accept the villain's wishes, the two of them have already negotiated with the villain, two thousand five hundred war horses and ten thousand taels of silver. ”

"General Wu, hurry up, this. How good is this, then the official will be reluctant to make it difficult. However, the 10,000 taels of silver the official doesn't want it, just 2,000 war horses, and the official pays another 1,000 horses for silver, and Lord Wu doesn't want to add it, and if you add it, you will look down on your brother. ”

Wu Xiang wiped his tears at this time, "This time the villain also brought two hundred horses, and it took a lot of time to gather a total of two thousand horses. ”

"Why bother, this official can trust General Wu, and he will give it to Qi in June next year, and he is not in a hurry." Chen Xin smiled kindly, "The official said that it will be a long time to come to Japan with Brother Wu." ”

After the business of several people is done, they are all happy on the surface, Wu Xiang and Chen Xin do not hurt face, it seems that the friendship between the two has deepened, in fact, they also take what they need, Wu Xiang paid a total of 40,000 taels, but after all, the first level is in hand, Chen Xin has both favor and income, he is not afraid of Guan Ning's real rise to the head of Guan Ning, after all, the system of large and small warlords is there, and he does not believe that the imperial court will give him all the Liao salary, Guan Ning's military control chokes the mountain customs, and their silver imperial court does not dare to reduce it too much. Wu Xiang's value lies in the trade routes to Liaoxi and Karaqin, Khalkha and Korqin Mongolia, and by the way, he also privately eased relations with the Guanning army, the Guanning warlord has become a force, and in the future it is a separate force in Liaohai, and it is also what he needs to fight for, at least not suitable to stand on the opposite side.

Wu Xiang was very tired at this time, but he still needed to accompany Chen Xin and inspect people's heads at the sea delivery point, so as not to leak the news from the people in Dengzhou. Chen Xin arranged a room for him to rest, and he hurriedly went to the civil department.

Wu Xiang stared at Chen Xin's back and shook his head gently, "With such a cheek, such a means, and so capable of fighting, it's no wonder that Young Master Zu is not his opponent." ”……

Dengzhou wharf is crowded with people, colorful flags are flying on the city wall of Shuicheng, and many people are also waiting inside and outside the Zhenyang Gate to see thousands of Tartar heads.

A No. 2 fortune boat slowly stopped at the dock, the drums on the shore sounded, Chen Xin saw Wang Tingqian and Lu Zhidu personally come to greet the army at the bow of the boat, hurriedly stepped off the gangplank, and knelt down to salute the two.

"The last general met with Wang Duye and Lord Lu, and the last general was ordered by the two adults to lead the Dengzhou Town Zheng Barracks, Zuo Xie, and Qibing battalions to attack Fuzhou, and acted in accordance with the strategy set by the two adults, and beheaded more than 900 Zhenyi heads, and 400 traitors who coerced them, including one person with a white flag Jia Lae Zhen, one person from Baya Lajia La, three people from Niu Lu and one person from Niu Lu Zhen with a blue flag, and some Jiannu died in Fuzhou City, and failed to cut off the head, and Jiannu lost more than 2,000 people. In addition, one large flag inlaid with white flags, five large flags of Niulu, and five flags of Niulu have been seized, and the departments of the white flag, the blue flag, and the black flag of Wuzhen Chaoha have been recreated. ”

Wang Tingqian laughed, if he beheaded a thousand, it was normal for Jiannu to be killed or injured by two or three thousand, and it was no problem to write so in the Tang newspaper, he happily helped Chen Xin, "In July, General Chen went out on the expedition as if he was still in front of him, but now he has returned with a great victory, and the beheading of Zhenyi in one town is nine hundred levels, which is really a great achievement that has not been achieved in ten years. ”

Lu Zhi can not hide his joy, now the Shanxi thieves are raging, Guanning is difficult to control, can bring good news to the emperor, only Denglai, it is said that Kong Youde and others rebelled, the prison army is also responsible, the eunuch is not better than the minister, and the three divisions can be tried to convict, that is just the emperor can kill the head with a word, thanks to Chen Xin's timely arrival, Lu Zhi instead got a great merit of restoring Dengzhou. With this bargaining chip, some officials in the court who wanted to deal with the eunuchs could only watch dryly, and several impeachment notes were left behind, and the cabinet did not say anything.

The two battles of Jinzhou and Fuzhou not only restored Denglai's good impression in the emperor's heart, but also greatly strengthened the status of Lushun. Lü Zhi also got a conclusion from the emperor that he knew the soldiers, and recommended his Cao Huachun to be promoted to the governor of Jingying Rongzheng this year, and there was also the factor that he recommended Lü Zhi, a side talent. Now Fuzhou has won a great victory and beheaded 900 Zhenyi, and more than 400 heads of Baoyi and traitor army, this number does not need to be injected with the slightest water, it is a great achievement. As soon as he thought of how happy the emperor and Old Man Cao were, his heart was excited.

Lu Zhi approached Chen Xin and said with a smile: "This time Denglai attacked Liaodong and Liaonan, and Dongjiang Town beheaded Zhenyi for a total of 297 levels, and General Chen's combined, the number of heads and Zunyong Victory is only slightly less, but Zunyong's Victory is the result of my nine-sided elite gathering, but this Liaonan Victory is only for me Denglai Town, which is high." ”

Wang Ting tried to smile, he is the boss of Denglai, although Lu Zhi said this, although he offended other military towns, he was very useful. Wang Tingqian learned the lesson of Sun Yuanhua, he and Lu Zhi are now more balanced in the distribution of power, water battalion, arsenal, true colors, pacesetter middle battalion, he basically does not talk much, and Lu Zhi does not come to fight for military salaries again. Dengzhou's power system is now relatively stable, and when military merits are divided, the three of them will also compromise with each other.

Even Chen Xin knew that he couldn't eat these 900 military exploits alone, and among the 300 heads in Dongjiang Town, there must be more than half of the coated heads, and Wang Tingqian and Lu Zhi would fight for some for their subordinates as a means to win people's hearts.

Wu Xiang bought Chen Xin's head, Wang Tingtry and they will know sooner or later, because Wu Xiang will eventually report to the military department and the imperial court, he will naturally say that he attacked the expeditionary Jiannu near Karaqin or Jinzhou, and the time is not far from the Battle of Fuzhou, Wang Tingtry These old birds can guess, but everyone knows it.

The three foxes were smiling, Wang Tingqian and Lu Zhi saw the wounded on the same boat who came back with the army, comforted them, and gave each of them five taels of silver, making a show, wanting to buy people's hearts, although Chen Xin was reluctant, he could only watch them perform.

Many of these wounded soldiers were missing arms and legs, and many of these wounded could not return to the camp, but Chen Xin still regarded them as treasures, they had valuable battlefield experience, and they were victorious battles. By arranging for these people to enter the tunpu, the school, and the civil department, they can not only impart combat experience to the tunhu and students, but also bring with them a spirit of invigoration and daring to fight.

If it is a veteran like Guan Ningjun, he has a lot of battlefield experience, but he loses every time, and the result is a large group of veteran oil. Even if there are soldiers who dare to fight, they will not be able to play their due role in such a group.

After the wounded soldiers were received, some people carried them out of the city, after walking out of the water city, there were more people near Dengzhou, the wounded soldiers aroused the warm cheers of the people, the voice of the heroes was endless, some teenagers rushed into the field, some of the wounded who were not seriously injured were lifted high, and the teenagers shouted "kill the Tartars" to the surrounding people excitedly, causing hundreds of people in the field to applaud and cheer.

Wu Xiang was also wearing a small soldier's clothes, he had already collected the head, and Chen Xin sent two ships to Juehua Island, and he made a special trip back to ask Liu Min about the interest.

At this time, Wu Xiang followed out of the city in the guards on Chen Xin's boat, and there were a lot of people outside. Looking at the lively scene on the shore Wu Xiang was secretly frightened, Denglai had suffered a mess, he thought it would be worse than Beizhili, but he didn't expect the popularity of the people to be so high, the people in front of him cheered "kill the Tartars" The sound was like a tide, and that kind of enthusiasm was something he had never seen in the soldiers and people of Liaozhen.

"No wonder the Dengzhou soldiers are so capable of fighting, just look at these people, but how did Chen Xin do it?" Wu Xiang felt strange in his heart.

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