Chapter 43: Zhong Youpeng's thoughts
Although this shooting training lasted only a few minutes from the beginning of the shooting to the end of the shooting, more than 100 people continued to shoot thousands of bullets, and such a hot scene was quite shocking for the Zhong family father and son, who had never seen a rifle shooting. So much so that after a long time after the shooting, the Zhong family father and son came back to their senses.
Zhong Shiwen put down his hands covering his ears, looked at the weapon in the hands of the soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Army" who he couldn't name at all, and said again and again: "Artifact, artifact, really an artifact." In the face of such artifacts, the so-called strong bows and crossbows that have been boasted by the warriors of the past generations are not worth mentioning at all. Whether it is the speed or power of the body, it is far from the same. ”
After speaking, he patted Wang Feng's shoulder and said, "No wonder my sister-in-law and my sister-in-law's brothers have such confidence in anti-Liao, it turns out that they have such an artifact in their hands." From the foolish brother's point of view, it is not impossible to say that you want to oppose Liao and return to Zhou, even if you want to dominate the world. ”
Hearing his son speak so unscrupulously, Zhong Youpeng couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart, and shouted softly: "In front of the public, Hugh is talking nonsense, arrogant and invisible, and he will not retreat to the side. ”
was reprimanded by his father twice, Zhong Shiwen realized that his behavior was too Meng Lang, and while admitting his mistake to his father, he carefully stepped aside, not daring to say more.
Seeing this, Wang Feng hurriedly stepped forward to relieve the siege and said, "Father-in-law, please calm your anger." The eldest brother was also happy because he saw the strength of the 'Flying Dragon Army' and knew that the brothers of the younger son-in-law and the younger son-in-law would succeed, and he was happy. ”
After speaking, while leading the Zhong family father and son to the direction of the convoy, he pointed to the officers and soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Army" of the company, who had been rearranged into a square formation and were commenting on the shooting training just now, and continued to feel relieved: "Father-in-law, just rest assured. The 'Wyvern Army' is a personal army trained by our brothers, and they are absolutely loyal to our brothers. 'Expelling the Khitan barbarians and recovering our Han family' has long become the belief of all the officers and soldiers of the 'Flying Dragon Army', and everyone is willing to sacrifice everything for it. Whatever they hear or see here, they will not say what outsiders know. ”
After listening to Wang Feng's persuasion, the anger in Zhong Youpeng's heart finally dissipated. He glared at his son, and then said to Wang Feng: "Today's view of 'Xianglong Castle' is really an eye-opener for the old man. The virtuous son-in-law said to the old man before that the strength of the 'Flying Dragon Army' was and how confident he was in the anti-Liao cause, the old man was still a little suspicious, afraid that the virtuous son-in-law deliberately exaggerated in order to invite the old man out of the mountain. Today, I saw that the virtuous son-in-law and the virtuous brothers-in-law were indeed capable people, not only to create such sharp weapons, but also to train such fierce and loyal soldiers. Now it seems that instead of exaggerating, the virtuous son-in-law is a little modest and conservative. However, the old man underestimated the ability of your brothers and became the frog at the bottom of the well. ”
Wang Feng waved his hand when he heard this, and said, "My father-in-law is serious. It was only because of the years of living abroad and learning some strange and ingenious knowledge and crafts that our brothers had reluctantly built these firearms after years and countless failures.
It's just that although the firearms are sharp and the soldiers are brave, as the son-in-law said a few days ago, no matter how strong the force of the 'Flying Dragon Army' is, no matter how brave the soldiers are, without the support and support of the gentry and people of Youyun, it will be difficult for our brothers to realize the great cause of opposing Liao and build their own foundation in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Needless to say, my father-in-law's knowledge and experience are not comparable to those of our brothers. Looking around the entire land of clouds, only my father-in-law can take on this important task and help our brothers do this thing of connecting the Quartet and winning the hearts of the people. ”
Although Zhong Youpeng has always been old-fashioned, calm and calm, he was still a little proud of being complimented by Wang Feng like this. In Zhong Youpeng's view, since his son-in-law and his brother will come to him for help and be the person who contacts the Quartet and wins the hearts of the people, then on the one hand, it shows that the other party thinks that he has this talent, and on the other hand, it also shows that his status in the other party's mind is higher than his brother-in-law Han Deyi.
Although everyone is a relative, the idea of "literati and people are light" since ancient times made Zhong Youpeng have a short and long mind with Han Deyi a long time ago. Previously, Zhong Youpeng was far inferior to Han Deyi in terms of both his official position and the smoothness of his official career. Especially after experiencing the "Fan Yang Lu Rebellion Case" concocted by Xiao Siwen, Zhong Youpeng not only lost his official position, but also had to change his name. For a scholar like Zhong Youpeng, who attaches great importance to the inheritance of the clan, it is definitely an insult to the ancestors and an extremely unfilial behavior. Although he didn't say it, since he changed his name, Zhong Youpeng always had a feeling of inferiority in his heart when he saw Han Deyi. ,
Although Wang Feng came to invite him this time, Zhong Youpeng knew very well that his son-in-law would never be able to be the master, and it must be his brothers who spoke well, especially his cousin Wang Kunjun. Although Zhong Youpeng didn't know the reason why Wang Kunjun, as Han Deyi's son-in-law, did not choose his father-in-law, but chose him, a relative who was separated by a layer - in terms of connections in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, Han Deyi was no worse than him Zhong Youpeng. However, this result still dissipated the depression that he had been holding in his chest a lot, which was one of the reasons why he agreed to see Wang Kunjun.
If it is said that when he left Fan Yang Zhong's house, Zhong Youpeng only had seven or eight points of willingness to be a lobbyist for the "Qingyuan" brothers, then after watching the drills of the "security team", especially the veterans of the "Flying Dragon Army", this willingness to be a lobbyist has become full. Now, Zhong Youpeng's mind is no longer thinking about whether to help the other party, but how to get the greatest benefit for himself, his family, and his daughter and son-in-law while doing this matter.
After leaving the "Flying Dragon Army" veteran training ground, Wang Feng, Zhong Youpeng and his party re-boarded the car and went on the road, leaving the "Xianglong Fort" and going straight to Liangyuan. Because of something in his heart, Zhong Youpeng even forgot to ask Wang Feng what kind of place the "village and town" with huge buildings that he saw from a distance before arriving at the "Xianglong Fort" was - although Zhong Shiwen had the heart to ask, but because he had just said the wrong thing, he was reprimanded by his father, and he was afraid that he would make his father unhappy again, so he didn't dare to ask, so he could only bury this question in his heart, and then ask his brother-in-law for advice when the time was right.
After leaving "Xianglong Fort", the convoy traveled westward. Since getting into the carriage, Zhong Youpeng has not said anything to his son, but has been thinking about the issue of fighting for "benefits". Although Zhong Shiwen felt that the atmosphere in the carriage was a little depressing, he didn't dare to disturb his frowning father at all, so he could only endure there depressedly, hoping that the carriage would go faster and arrive at the "Liangyuan" as soon as possible.
The carriage walked like this for an hour, and Zhong Youpeng was awakened from deep thought with the screeching braking sound of the handlebar pulling the brake brake of the four-wheeled carriage and the shaking of the car when it stopped. He stabilized his mind a little, tidied up his clothes, and then stepped out of the carriage amid Wang Feng's invitation.
When his feet stood in front of the fortress guarding the gate of the "Liangyuan", a way to win the greatest benefits for himself, his family, and his daughter and son-in-law had already formed in his mind, just waiting to talk to Wang Kunjun Haode, who was walking towards him with a smile on his face.