"Master, I can go by myself, I'll carry the firewood!" How can there be a reason for the general to carry firewood. Hua An said that he was about to dismount.

"Shut up, I won't listen to my master so soon," Han Qian picked up Hua An, who was about to get off the horse, and reprimanded: "The wound on your body has formed a very thick scab, and it will fade in less than two days. ”

"But let the master lead the horse to carry firewood, but the apprentice rode a high-headed horse, which is always a little unpleasant."

"What's the trouble not to go, as long as you learn martial arts well, you will definitely have a great future in the future, and you can also give Lao Tzu a long face when the time comes." Han Qian glared at Hua An and burst into foul language.

Hua'an had no choice but to ride on the horse in a proper manner and not say much, for him who had only stayed on the back of a donkey, the feeling of riding on a horse could only be expressed by the word "cool".

Looking at the lush trees on both sides of the mountain road, Hua An imagined that if an army passed by here, as long as he set up an ambush on the mountains on both sides as the commander of the army, the enemy army would be unable to escape, and there would be no shortage of military merits, rewards, fame, and beauties.

"Hahaha" Thinking of the rise, Hua'an laughed unconsciously.

"Stinky boy, what are you laughing at?" Looking at Hua An's intoxicated expression, Han Qian frowned and reprimanded.

Hua An was stunned, and immediately sobered up from his fantasy, and explained calmly: "The apprentice is thinking that the mountain is high and the road is dangerous, and it is a good place to set up an ambush. ”

"Stinky boy, before he became a general, he was thinking about commanding the war." Han Qianhua'an patted lightly on the shoulder, looked at the mountain road that stretched for dozens of miles behind him, and said: "This road is the famous "Xiao Danyang Road" It is indeed a good place to set up an ambush, but this road is remote, not many people know about it, and the imperial court has not fortified here. ”

"If the enemy happens to march on this route, won't the capital be dangerous." Hua An couldn't help but worry.

"That's right, but the main enemy of my Great Jin is the Hu people in the north, and the main army is also deployed on the second line of the Jianghuai River, if the Hu people are allowed to cross the river and fight here, and lose the Jianghuai barrier, it will not be far from the death of the Great Jin Kingdom, and this road is so remote and precipitous, how can the Hu people know, even if the Hu people know about this road, they are bound to worry about the ambush in the mountains and dare not cross."

When Hua An heard this, he looked around carefully, the trees on the surrounding mountains looked like soldiers standing proudly from a distance, and there was a solemn murderous aura in the mountains and forests.

But if you encounter a bold general, as long as you lead the army through this small Danyang Road, you can directly come to the city, lose the natural barrier of Jiang Mountain, the capital will no longer be in danger to defend, and the enemy army suddenly appears, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and the defenders are difficult to hold the city under the defense.

At this time, Han Qian was also frowning, what he was worried about was not the Hu people, the Hu people were not used to water warfare, and it was difficult to cross the Yangtze River. But the Hua'an in front of him is not unreasonable, if there is discord within the court, the counties and towns of Texas will rebel, and if the rebels march from this road, the capital will be in danger.

As the so-called disaster caused Xiao Wall, the Wang Dun Rebellion a few years ago is the best proof of this.

Looking at the steep peaks on both sides of the mountain road, Han Qian sighed lightly and was silent for a long time.

Outside the east gate of the capital, there is an endless stream of pedestrians and cars in and out, from time to time there are some descendants of the family who look around at the city gate, there are still a hundred steps away from the city gate, and a few people who are not dressed in different clothes trotted towards Hua'an and they leaned over.

"How do you sell firewood!"

"I'll pay five cents"

"I'm out twice"

"Find the difference! Lao Tzu belongs to the Qi Palace, you dare to rob me. ”

"Lao Tzu is from Zhao Wangfu, are you afraid of you! I'm going to set this firewood today."

Several subordinates of the palace rolled up their sleeves as they spoke, glaring and baring their teeth to make a fighting posture.

"A bundle of firewood can be sold for ten yuan" Hua An couldn't help but be surprised, when he was in Yinjiating before, he could buy two or three bundles of firewood for a penny, and the woodcutter was often distressed that he couldn't sell firewood, at this time, someone was willing to pay ten yuan to buy such a small bundle of firewood, and the price actually increased twenty or thirty times.

It is no wonder that the population of such a large capital is at least hundreds of thousands, and both nobles and ordinary people have to eat, and they always have to burn firewood when they eat.

Ordinary people may be able to go out of the city to cut some by themselves, but how can the princes and nobles, the owners of inns and restaurants pull down this face, and hire special subordinates to go out of the city to cut firewood, and they must pay wages, and it is more convenient to buy firewood directly from the woodcutter for the same money.

Thinking of this, Hua An's eyes suddenly lit up, since firewood in the capital is so scarce, in the future, cut a few more bundles a day, sell one bundle can get ten yuan, and you can accumulate three thousand six hundred and fifty wen a year, if you sell two bundles, you can get seven thousand three hundred wen a year, although it is not a lot, but it is also a lot of income, you can buy some things you like, and improve the quality of life a little.

"Don't sell, get out of the way" Han Qian glared and drank, disrupting Hua'an's dream of wealth, and several quarrelsome palace servants were stunned, and couldn't help but take a few steps back, muttering in their mouths, "A woodcutter chopping wood, what is it." ”

Hua An looked sideways, Han Qian's face was full of anger, and he stared at the few people in front of him with a murderous expression, I don't know if he hates these arrogant subordinates, or if he feels faceless when he is regarded as a woodcutter, or if he is in a bad mood when he thinks of major events in the court, in short, the master is very angry now.

And those who wanted to buy firewood, although they were very arrogant before, and they were still muttering in their mouths, but their eyes were dodgy, obviously the "woodcutter" in their eyes in front of them looked too strong, they knew that they were not opponents, shook their heads and slowly got out of the way.

Hua An rode on a horse and passed from them, turned around and glanced at them casually, but saw these dog minions grinning with their teeth, looking at their master with disdain, and snorting lightly in their mouths, they couldn't help but get angry in their hearts, and shouted at a few subordinates: "My master is the general of Pingbei in the current dynasty, you really don't know Mount Tai, mistake the hero for a woodcutter, and dare to be presumptuous." ”

At this moment, Hua'an and a few dog minions were within five steps of each other, as soon as Hua'an said this, Han Qian immediately paused, and several dog minions were so frightened that they trembled, and hurriedly clenched their fists with both hands, bent over, and said with a flattering sycophancy: "The small one has seen the general, the small one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, the small one should be damned, the small one should be damned." ”

Han Qian didn't look back, led the horse across the moat, and a gray-haired scholar behind him looked at Han Qian's back, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said sourly: "General, the general is no longer fighting in front of him, he ran to the mountains to chop wood, no wonder I can't beat the little Hu people in the Great Jin Kingdom, hey!" The general is a woodcutter, and the woodcutter is a general, our Great Jin Kingdom is really hopeless. ”

When a few dog minions heard this, they couldn't help but applaud repeatedly, glanced at Han Qian, who had already walked a long way, and echoed loudly: "Mr. is really a good vision, our Great Jin Kingdom is full of them, there are no unscrupulous generals in the country of 'General Carrying Firewood' and 'General Leading Horses', and even the woodcutter who carries firewood can be a general." ”

As soon as these words came out, passers-by smiled and pointed at Hua'an, and there was a sound of ridicule behind them from time to time. The scholar frowned and sighed, shook his head again and again, and made a gesture of worrying about the country and the people.

Hua An felt embarrassed, and wanted to vent his anger for the master, but he made the master even more angry, and his heart was angry. couldn't help but say angrily: "This crazy old man, at first glance, is a useless waste, he must be so scared that he pees his pants on the battlefield, pretending to worry about the country and the people." ”

At this time, Han Qian's brows frowned slightly, looking at the front without saying a word, the words of the sour Xiucai just now deeply stung him, there are no unscrupulous generals in the country, what he said is not bad at all, the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" has lost too many elite soldiers and fierce generals, and since then, the Great Jin Kingdom has withered and there are few famous generals.

General Zu Di independently supported half of the rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty, and since the death of General Zu Di, no one in the Great Jin Kingdom can be called a famous general.

Although he has studied the art of war for many years and trained his soldiers diligently, he is not only a big difference compared with General Zudi back then, and the Northern Expeditionary Army has also lost its former demeanor, and the number of soldiers has been sharply reduced to less than 50,000.

If the imperial court issued an edict for the Northern Expedition, would it be possible to recover the Central Plains with the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army alone? Since the outcome is unpredictable, is it right for me to insist on the Northern Expedition? What should happen if he fails, Han Qian suddenly fell into deep contemplation.

Outside the gate of Situ Mansion, the four guards looked at Han Qian, who was carrying firewood and leading the horse, and was about to drive away, when suddenly a sharp-eyed subordinate recognized Han Qian, walked over with a smile, and said with a smile: "Isn't this General Han?" I heard the people on duty at night say that yesterday the second son ran to the door many times to wait for the general to come back, and after the curfew late at night, he saw that the general would not come for a long time, so he went back to the room to rest, why did General Han carry firewood on his back? And this little boy is ......"

"Something was delayed yesterday, but I don't want to worry the second son," Han Qian took down the firewood, hugged Hua'an from his horse, and said with a smile: "This is the future general of the Great Jin Kingdom." ”

After Han Qian finished speaking, he took Hua An's hand and entered from the gate of Situ Mansion, Hua An stepped over the threshold of the gate, glanced back at a few subordinates, and a smile flashed at the corner of his mouth.

When I first came to Situ Mansion the day before yesterday, these dog minions didn't even look at themselves, and expelled their family of three like driving livestock, but at this time, they nodded and smiled, and called the little boy with their mouths closed, and it felt really good to be respected! It's no wonder that everyone wants to get ahead and make a difference.

At this time, Hua'an was triumphant, but the needle girl in the backyard of Situ Mansion was in tears, to say that Hua'an did not return all night, for others, it was just a trivial matter, even if it was eaten by a wolf, it couldn't make any big waves.

But for the biological mother's needle mother, Hua'an is her heart, is the whole of her life, seeing that her son did not return overnight, the needle girl waited anxiously in the yard all night.