Chapter 103: Old Man Bai enters the city
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Unlike Xu Dingchen and others, who were suspicious, Yue Yang didn't have so many concerns. The reason why he wants to show his strength is because he thinks it is necessary to show his muscles.
Now Yueyang Zhan has reached a bottleneck period, and the army of more than 8,000 people is already the limit of what he can support at present. Although Yue Yang earned a large amount of silver by relying on salt obtained from modern times, it was not enough to raise an army, food, ordnance, a group of qualified low-ranking officers, and the necessary military production system, etc., these were all obstacles to Yueyang's further development.
Since you can't blindly expand the army, then you have to calm down and show it, and these take time, so it is necessary to show your strength to the surroundings, and it is also necessary, it is not advisable to blindly keep a low profile, which is also the main reason why Yue Yang asked Wei Tonghe for ordnance and military salaries just now. Only by letting Wei Tonghe and Xu Dingchen realize their strength and strength will Wei Tonghe not regard himself as a lamb to the slaughter, and Xu Dingchen will pay more attention to himself.
After returning home, it was already dark, and when Yue Yang entered the house, he saw Hai Lanzhu and the Linglong sisters sitting in the room, talking, laughing, and chatting happily, and the table next to them was full of food, Yue Yang knew at a glance that they must have been waiting for a long time.
Seeing this, Yue Yang couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt, he just got married yesterday when he was newly married Yan'er, but he kept his newlywed wife at home for almost a day, which was too unusual. Just wanted to say something, Hai Lanzhu stood up, Ying Ying walked up to him and said with a smile: "It turns out that the husband is back, and the meal has been prepared and is waiting for you." Come and dine! ”
Although Yue Yang had already eaten in the inner hall of the prefect's yamen just now, he still sat down with a smile and said, "Okay...... Let's all sit down and eat! Ling'er, Long'er. Let's sit down and eat! ”
Yueyang's family does not have such strict rules as many big families in this era, and what food is not said is nonsense to him, so during the meal, Yue Yang kept talking to Hai Lanzhu and the Linglong sisters about the parents and some small jokes, which made the three daughters extremely happy.
Looking at the three girls who were laughing and trembling, Yue Yang felt itchy in his heart, and he couldn't help but wonder if he should get the three girls into the room tonight to sleep together, but he thought about it. I just got married to Hai Lanzhu, and Hai Lanzhu and the Linglong sisters are not too familiar, if they do this, they will definitely not agree, and finally give up.
After eating, Yue Yang wrote a letter, and then called two guards to ask them to go out of the city overnight and rush to Wulizhai to send it to Shunbao and Wu Chengfeng, who were in charge of recruit training there, and then went back to the room with Hai Lanzhu to rest......
Yingzhou City is an ancient city with a long history. The scale is not very large, but his permanent population is quite large, reaching more than 10,000 households, and every 369 day, there will be peasants from ten miles and eight towns into the city to catch the market, and today is no exception.
Bai Laohan, who is in his fifties this year, is a farmer in Wangjiazhuang, more than ten miles away from Yingzhou City, and he can only play with crops on weekdays. Occasionally, I make some furniture such as tables and benches, and I pick them up and sell them in the city on market days, and today is no exception. However, these days, because Bai Laohan's old cold legs are offended, it is not convenient to walk, so he specially called his son to go to the market with him.
But when the old man Bai led his son to the east gate with more than twenty small benches made by himself, he was ready to enter the city. But the atmosphere here is completely different from the past. In the past, those lazy officers and soldiers guarding the gate stood at the gate of the city one by one, wearing helmets and armor, holding shiny swords and guns in their hands. One by one, they pretended to be majestic and stared ahead, trying to pretend to be majestic, but this appearance looked extremely funny to Bai Laohan, who was used to seeing the virtues of these people.
But what made Bai Laohan feel strange was that although the city gate was wide open, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate did not allow people outside the city to come in, but let them wait outside first, then Bai Laohan was a little puzzled, he gathered up to a leader of the officers and soldiers guarding the city and asked with a shy face, "Eh, this big brother, what day is it today, why don't you let us enter the city?" ”
The leader glanced at the old man Bai with slanted eyes, and shouted impatiently: "What do you care about so much, honestly wait outside, I will let you in later." ”
"That'...... How long will that be? ”
"How do I know this, let you wait for you, what nonsense?" The stubble-bearded leader pushed the old man to the side and motioned for him to hurry away.
Bai Laohan was in a hurry, if he couldn't go into the city to occupy a good seat, it would be difficult to do this business today, so in a hurry, he grabbed the bearded man's arm and begged bitterly: "But the sky is about to dawn later, and we have to go into the market to occupy a good seat, when will this have to wait?" This military master, if you are good, let's go in first! ”
"You old bastard, don't you be ashamed!" The beard who was grabbed by the arm was anxious, and as soon as his arm was forced, he pushed the old man Bai to his feet, and he was angry and angry, and he quickly stepped forward and raised his foot to give the old man a few blows.
Seeing that the old man Bai was about to be beaten, several people who were about to enter the city who were watching the excitement on the side hurriedly stepped forward to stop the bearded man.
A small trader who knew this bearded man said with a smile: "Fourth Master Ma, we are all villagers in the township, we don't look up on weekdays, and the old man is also anxious, don't go to your heart, go around him!" ”
"Yes, Master Jun, you see that this old man is so old, how can he afford your fists and kicks, you can raise your noble hand and let him go."
After being dissuaded by everyone, the bearded man stopped with a snort, and said angrily: "Folks, it's not that I, Ma Laosi, don't give everyone face and want to stop you from the door, but today is different from the past. I tell you, you know that the new Yue Ethics of Yingzhou City will be transferred to the school field for a drill today, and our prefect, the governor and all the old men will go to watch it. Now that Yue Xun's army has arrived outside the city, and it looks like it is about to enter the city, now that you are waiting here is to let the army enter the city, do you understand? ”
"What? Yue Conduct's army is going to conduct a drill on the school field today? This news calmed everyone, and they all wanted to be bearded to verify the truth of the matter.
"Well, I've said that, believe it or not. Now you all give me to wait outside honestly, otherwise if the army is delayed to enter the city, don't blame me Ma Laosi for not thinking about the feelings of the villagers. Ma Laosi was very impatient and drove everyone aside.
When Bai Laohan and the others were pushed to the corner, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the ground faintly began to tremble.
Ma Laosi's face changed a little when he saw this, and he hurriedly shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, the horse team of the army is coming, everyone hurry up and get out of the way, otherwise don't blame us if you are knocked down!" ”
While speaking, Ma Laosi hurriedly led more than a dozen officers and soldiers guarding the city gate to stand on both sides of the city gate against the wall.
Soon, the rumbling of horses' hooves got closer and louder, and then a long torrent of dust and smoke appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The people who had been driven to the city wall and stood up were a little stunned, and at this time they were greeted by a group of cavalry wearing silver-gray armor, and the armor of the Ming officers and soldiers they were used to seeing was that they were wearing a relatively rare full-body standard armor, even their faces were covered by masks, only a pair of eyes were exposed, which looked mysterious and a little hideous. After arriving at the city gate, these cavalry did not linger for a moment, but poured into the city gate without stopping.
The procession of the cavalry was very long, and it took half an hour for them to enter the city, and not a single one of them made a sound or stopped during the whole process, and no one around them could hear anything except the sound of horses' hooves.
It wasn't until the group of cavalry and cavalry had gone away that Ma Laosi ran out from the base of the wall and motioned for everyone to enter the city.
"Dad, this ...... Who are these people, and why do you think their posture is so scary? By the side of the old man Bai, his son couldn't help but ask his father with palpitations.
Bai Laohan glanced at his son helplessly, and shouted: "Why are you asking so much, didn't you see that your father just asked too much and was almost beaten, let's hurry into the city and sell the things, and then pull a few feet of cloth for your mother and your sister to make a new dress, what are the croppers doing with so many idle things?" Let's go, let's get into town! ”
After a while, Old Man Bai turned his head to look at his son and shouted impatiently, "Eh...... I said you little rabbit, you are deaf and didn't hear Lao Tzu's words? ”
The old man's son suddenly grabbed his hand with an excited face and said, "Dad...... Let's go to the school to see what kind of drills we have after we enter the city, this is a rare thing to encounter in eight lifetimes! ”
"What...... Watching drills? You don't want to sell stools. Bai Laohan couldn't help but be furious, and stretched out his hand to give his son a violent shock, but was dodged by his son, only to see him grasp Bai Laohan's hand and say.
"Dad, what do you think, isn't Lord Yue going to practice on the school field today? There is still a person in the market to buy something, so let's go to the school to buy something, it's going to be lively today, maybe it can be sold for a good price? ”
"...... Father...... Huh...... "Old man Bai just wanted to scold, but then he thought about it and felt that what he said made sense. Only then did he nod: "Well, your kid's words still make some sense, then Cheng, let's try our luck at the school today and ...... go."
After speaking, the two fathers and sons of the old man and the white man rushed towards the city with a bench, and behind them were a group of people with the same purpose as them......