Chapter 172: It's rotten
It was early afternoon, Chen Qiaoyi was not far from the north gate of the closed city, within walking distance, everyone had plans to go sightseeing, but it was delayed by Yang Sichang's visit, and it was not too late now, Li Chong naturally nodded and agreed, and only said: "Then go and go back quickly." β
Wu Wei said with a smile: "My lord, why be in such a hurry, how many days have everyone been on the boat, let them relax and relax." If it's late, just stay in the city. There is no need to worry about the place to live, I have already sent Zhao Wenzhuo to prepare to stop, it is much better than this Chen Qiaoyi. β
Li Chong hesitated slightly, Wu Wei was reasonable, this Chenqiao Post in front of him is a thoroughfare, there are a lot of people waiting for him, the post station is already nervous, and his own six-grade Zhizhou is not conspicuous in this place, it is far better to be thoughtful when he is in Hukou Station. Even if the right political sage came to worship Hou Yicheng's attitude was obviously much more courteous and respectful, after all, the conditions were limited, and the place where he lived was still a little cramped, and it was quite noisy.
If it was before, Master Li had just come down from a luxury cruise ship, the elegant rooms on the ship were clean, spacious and comfortable, and all kinds of settings were complete, it was really comfortable, and the living conditions like Chen Qiaoyi were really a little shabby all of a sudden.
In a blink of an eye, Li Chong caught a glimpse of Li Ruolin coming out with his wife at some point, looked at himself with blank eyes, and said with a smile: "It's okay, then it's just the meaning of the text." β
Everyone on the side was happy, and Xiao Lian cheered softly. If the big Kaifeng City in front of him, the world of flowers, who is tired of living in this dilapidated station, and everyone knows that Wu Wei has a big hand, since he said that the arrangement is stopped. You can't go wrong.
Except for a few personal guards who accompanied Wu Wei, Li Chong and others, the rest of the people Wu Wei also gave them a holiday, but they were required to keep a low profile and strictly abide by discipline. Wu Wei originally practiced semi-military management in Ansai, and there were rules and regulations for both military and civilian behavior, and the rules were extremely strict, so there was no need to worry about this.
Wu Wei and his party were numerous, mostly young men and women, except for some people who had not yet recovered from seasickness, the rest of them wanted to go to Kaifeng. Most people in this era have never left their homes fifty miles away in their lives. In their eyes, a big city like Kaifeng is no different from the ordinary villagers who look at New York in the United States.
And Ansai has a thriving economy. Everyone has a lot of money in their waists, and there is no place to spend this journey, just to go into the city to see what to eat and play, or bring some for the family. You can talk to someone when you go back! So everybody was elated.
Although it is very close to the lockdown. But Li Ruolin and Mrs. Li and other female dependents can't walk all the way. Be in the spotlight. Wu Wei was very considerate, and ordered someone to prepare a brand-new oil-walled car, while he, Li Chong and others accompanied him on horseback. Although Li Chong is a civil official. I can also ride a horse, and it is not possible to gallop, but it is not a big problem to walk slowly.
Walk not far away, then arrive at the north gate of Kaifeng, the city gate comes and goes pedestrians and livestock very much, very lively. From a distance, I saw several wooden cages hanging on the city wall, which were gray and black, and they were all filled with heads, and they were grinning one by one, which was shocking.
The rules of this era are about the same, after the bandits and murderers are subdued, the head is mostly hung at the city gate to show the public, and they are not taken off after many years, in order to set an example, and it is a symbol of the effective governance of the magistrate, Wu Wei has been through time for a long time, and he has seen too much, Ansai turned out to be like this, and he only showed Li Chong to cancel it after he came, after all, it looks disgusting, isn't it? Li Chong naturally didn't think it was different.
When Yang Sichang came to visit, he talked about organizing a regiment to train and suppress bandits, and it seems that these are the merits of Lord Yang, and it is impossible to say that they were all heroes from all walks of life with names and surnames before.
Got closer, only to see that the city walls on both sides of the city gate were densely plastered with wanted portraits, and their respective bounties were different, Wu Wei had also seen this thing, and the wanted portraits of the "two kings" were also pasted on the city wall of Ansai at that time, but Wu Wei had seen the appearance of the "two kings" with his own eyes, in his opinion, this level was really inappropriate, and he was deeply skeptical that he could catch people according to the portraits.
There was a petty officer with a dozen soldiers at the city gate who was setting up a check, and one of the guards rode over, dismounted and whispered a few words to the officer, and stuffed a piece of silver into it.
The little officer saw that the uniform color was just a small flag or something, and he had already noticed Wu Wei's side. Although Wu Wei and his entourage are micro-clothes, they have cars and horses, surrounded by guards, and at first glance they are either rich or expensive, and their identity is extraordinary. This kind of petty official who watches the city gate is the most observant, and he was ready to flash to the side early, and he didn't want someone to come over to talk, it turned out to be the newly appointed Zunhua Zhizhou and his family.
That's it, the person who came even stuffed a piece of silver, and the little officer pinched it with his hand, and it was no less than two or two! Suddenly overjoyed, he couldn't see his teeth, and hurriedly ran forward to kneel down and kowtow to Wu Wei and Li Chong, got up and loudly drove away the pedestrians and removed the obstacles, so that Wu Wei and his party could pass through the carriages and horses, and they were diligent and attentive, and their service attitude was extremely good.
In fact, Wu Weiben didn't need to order someone to come forward to do something, but he was just a newcomer, the situation was not familiar, and a few people still carried blades, so he just wanted to get into trouble less.
One of the guards at the end of the horse took out a string of copper coins from his bosom and said in a loud voice: "Your Excellency has a reward!" After saying that, he bit off the money rope and threw the copper coin on the ground, and suddenly more than a dozen gatekeepers stepped forward, pouting their butts and scrambling into a ball, and they still vaguely thanked him. Thank you! "My lord's blessings and longevity, the prince of Bandai!" Although the little officer had already received a piece of silver, he could not help but bend down and pick up the copper coin like the sergeants.
Several guards rode horses to escort the carriage on both sides, and they couldn't help but pout when they saw this, and one of the guards muttered: "What kind of soldiers are these, can you count on them when the thieves come?" Kaifeng is such a big city, does it rely on these unsuccessful guys to guard the city gate? The other laughed and said, "If we were thieves pretending, the city gate would have been lost by now!" The rest of the people also sneered and laughed, quite contemptuous.
The leading guard was Lao Huang, who had made a great contribution to capturing the "two kings", and when he heard this, he glared at him and shouted softly: "Put it carefully, protect the good lady and miss, what is the noise?" Seeing that everyone was awe-struck, they stopped talking.
In fact, he also thought a lot of what the guards said in his heart, these defenders are just child's play, if they encounter a thief like the "second king", the consequences are unimaginable! In his opinion, these soldiers were far worse than the bear soldiers of General Zhang Da in Ningxia Town.
Wu Wei also disagreed with the defenders just now, these people were in shabby clothes, yellow and thin, loose and tired, and had no spirit at all, just like a group of people called Huazi. If you want to put it in the future generations, it is enough to be a member of the joint defense team. According to his observations, most of the patrolling sergeants on the city walls were similar to him.
Compared with these people, the border troops of the towns on the three sides are really the best soldiers among the elite soldiers. The Central Plains has not practiced war for a long time, and the army has degenerated into this Cheng dΓΉ!
No wonder later broke through, dedicated to the big seat, Dieke Luoyang, Kaifeng and other heroic cities, and after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, they were so powerful! It doesn't seem to be necessarily how strong the fighting power of the thief Jianyu is, but in fact, he is rotten! (To be continued......)