Chapter 2 A Noble Man from Kyoto
The street outside the liquor store has become clean under the cooperation of the military and civilians of Black Blind Town, and Xiao Wu feels that his deerskin boots with a little dust are very eye-catching when he goes out. The sky is blue and blue, the sun is no longer dazzling, but it is still early to go down the mountain, the days in the Far East are particularly long, and there are places where there is no night in the north of the drive, where there is half a year of day and half a night.
Li Hu'er, the current flag officer of the Heishui Governor's Mansion, is a native of the Empire, and he has been following Li Governor for three or five years. Seeing that the governor of his own house came out, he threw the leg of mutton in his hand to the tooth soldier and greeted him.
"Let the sons cheer up" Li Dudu commanded in a muffled voice, he was still thinking about the five thousand mercenaries of the Flowing Ghost Country, his Heishui Governor's Mansion has 30,000 regular soldiers, 15,000 Heishui border troops directly under the jurisdiction, and 15,000 Zhichong Mansion soldiers under his jurisdiction, counting the unity soldiers, the internal feudal soldiers within the jurisdiction can also pull out tens of thousands, but this full count is not more than 50,000, a Zhichong Mansion and 5,000 United Martial Arts Cavalry Regiment on Temple Street belong to the Heishui Governor's Mansion, and the Governor's Mansion is 8,000 on the books, but he doesn't know the quasi-number over there, But it's certainly more than that.
Three years ago, the third-ranked Heavenly Wolf Mercenary Regiment of the famous Empire can claim to have 30,000 warriors, although Hailan Pao suffered heavy losses in the battle, and it can even be said that the entire army was wiped out, it has been rebuilt in the past three years, and the empire has also given the establishment of a Zhechong Mansion, but it is not difficult to raise another ten Zhechong Mansions with the financial resources of Temple Street. What's more, the temple street controls the thirteen departments of the Far East, and can pull out 50,000 warrior tribal soldiers at any time, and this time even the Wandering Ghost Country across the Shaohai Sea is also involved, and there are 5,000 fierce Wandering Ghost mercenaries at once. Whether Temple Street is thinking about starting a war this year or raising these demon soldiers first, it gives me a headache when I think about it.
"Governor Li, in fact, the headache should be Dugu Daduhu, let's listen to Daduhu" Zhao Sima looked at the empty river to comfort his own governor.
"You don't understand, our Dadu Protector hopes to start a war in two years, but Zhang Tietou of Songmo shouted last year to fight Mohe, Mohe is the seat of his Songmo Governor's Mansion, although he has never asked those Turks to collect a penny of grain and grass" Li Dudu sighed, "Three years ago, after the biggest fiasco of the empire in the past ten years, the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate has been changed from top to bottom, and the Dadu Protector has also served as the Metropolitan Protector from Hebei Province, and the administrative office has also been moved from Pyongyang to Bohai, and the Governor of Songmo has been replaced by Zhang Tietou from the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, The Governor of Rao Le was transferred from the Sixteenth Guard, and the Governor of Bohai was from Fang Sihai from Goryeo, and I was the only one who stayed in that war. They don't know how powerful the Far Eastern Corps of the Turkic Khanate is, but I... Can you be careless? ”
"Not ready, not ready," Li Dudu paused, then shook his head.
The governor has the troubles of the governor, Xiao Wu also has a headache, Li Hu'er didn't dare to disturb his own governor, and kept noisy with him.
"Xiao Wu, I heard that there are a few little ladies who came this time, the little ladies in Kyoto are all fine-skinned and tender, all of them are fairy-like people, do you think we rough men will scare them, will the governor whip us if we scare them?"
"Li Zhangqi, you have also slept with the ladies in Kyoto, the Snowflake Lady in the city is the Snowflake Lady, besides, you have slept with the beauties of the Yaksha Country, what are you afraid of a few little ladies in Kyoto?"
"It's not that I'm afraid, I'm afraid that something will scare them"
Xiao Wu despised the trembling veteran Li Hu'er, "This time it's General Yunlu who is the right guard of the Sixteen Guards of the Forbidden Army, although she is a female general, she is also a general who is higher than your governor."
"But I heard that it's the third princess of the empire," Li Hu'er shouted. "How is it a general? It's a general, that's also a general of the Women's Army? ”
"The three princesses of the empire are not the generals of the women's army, they are the generals of the sixteen guards" Zhao Sima also joked when he was idle, "The women's army is under the command of Princess Pingyang of the Niangzi, but the three princesses of the empire are under the command of the authentic forbidden army, and they are all rude men like you"
Li Hu'er smacked his lips, he was an authentic Far Eastern man, and he didn't understand how a group of men could let a little lady lead.
"This third princess is the first graduate of the Imperial Infantry Academy, an eight-stage kendo master, and a great knight of the empire, but she is not a delicate lady," Zhao Sima continued to nag Li Zhangqiguan.
"I heard that your little daughter-in-law is also here," Li Dudu also put aside his mind for the time being, and joked about Xiao Wulai.
"It's not, this time there is also the Zheng Da shopkeeper of Kyoto Zheng Ji Commercial Bank, Zheng Shangshu's daughter and her classmates from Datang College, as well as the right Wei Yu Lin Lang general Ximen Ying, the head of the Han Dynasty Shi Li Jing Taoist "Xiao Wu can't help but be a little warm, he is the Heishui shopkeeper of Zheng Ji Leather Goods Company, the big shopkeeper Zheng Shirt is the descendant of the Zheng family of the imperial family Xingyang Zheng, line thirteen, the imperial capital Zheng Ji Commercial House is the general treasurer, the chief shopkeeper Zheng Sleeve is the second brother of the Zheng shirt clan, and Zheng Yu, the current secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is their eldest brother in the clan. Zheng shirt shopkeeper in the early years of his intention to give his daughter Zheng Xiuer to him Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu since the age of six followed Zheng shopkeeper in the Far East Baishan Heishui to collect leather goods, practice a pair of fiery eyes, any birds and beasts fur through his eyes can immediately tell the source. Zheng Xiuer and he are also childhood sweethearts, although they are concubines, they are also Zheng Shan's only daughter, baby.
Saying this, a black line appeared on the river, and a gray fog appeared, and the joint team of the Three Princesses of Kyoto and the Zheng Ji merchant group from the Bohai Governor's Mansion arrived.
The tooth soldiers of the Heishui Governor's Mansion have already stood up for the guard of honor, all of them with their chests and hips raised in a majestic shape, holding a horse lance in their hands, and crossing their waists with one hand, these are all veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they are also awe-inspiring when they are serious.
In the blink of an eye, the vanguard of the convoy arrived, all the tall sled dogs of the Far East with white bellies and yellowish backs, these sled dogs who had traveled a long distance were also exhausted, and when they arrived at the destination, they were all sticking out their mouths and panting. Xiao Wu hurriedly led a dozen guys from Heishui Zheng Ji to feed them with food and water bags, and Xiao Wu came to the two largest sleds, which were pulled by sixteen dogs and climbed plows around the curtain, which could seat four or five people. Behind are mostly double sleds or pulling goods climbing plows, there are six dogs and eight dogs, there are actually as many as 100 drivers, seven or eight hundred sled dogs gathered, for a while the black blind dock dog sound boiling.
Xiao Wu whistled a few times, and for a moment many sled dogs quieted down, and the curtain on the plough opened, and a girl who was fifteen or sixteen years old jumped out, with a white brocade robe, a simple red pattern embroidered on the waist of the same color, a simple jade pendant hanging on the waist, wearing a snow-white snow fox brocade hat, and a pair of big eyes staring at Xiao Wu with a white melon seed face, it was Zheng Xiu'er's little lady who he Xiao Wu admired day and night. The two looked at each other like this, and with Xiao Wu's shrewdness, they even forgot to greet the two little ladies who came next.
One of these two is wearing a white and red fox fur coat, an agarwood-colored silk goose rank reed pattern placket, a white silk vertical collar, makeup eyebrows, a golden bee to catch chrysanthemum buttons, a one-foot-wide seahorse tide cloud sheepskin gold skirt with a line line, red satin and white silk flat boots, makeup knee pants, a blue and sapphire pendant, beaded embroidered brocade forehead, a round face and a phoenix eye smile to look left and right, the other is wearing a milky white satin jacket, a green silk shawl, a gauze green silk skirt, a beard on his head, a mink lying rabbit, bowing his head and smiling. The two of them are in the cardamom years of the thirteenth and fourteenth years, their faces are as moist as snow, and they are graceful.
Another climbed down the plough two middle-aged people, looking similar, but one white fat, the other black strong, both of them were light green round-necked narrow-sleeved brocade robes, green heads, eight-character horns and black beards, one was a black ribbon, and the other was a copper nine-ring belt. Hei Zhuang is the shopkeeper Zheng Shirt of the first leather goods store in the Far East of Hebei Province, Xiao Wu hurriedly condensed and saluted, "Xiao Wu has seen the shopkeeper, greet the late, forgive the sins"
"This is the Eagle Eye Xiaowu who has supported the Far East leather goods store in recent years?" The white and fat Zheng sleeve shopkeeper next to him asked with a smile.
"I've seen Zheng Da's shopkeeper, the kid is Wu Yingyan"
"You're welcome, Xiao Wu is really shrewd and capable, you have taken a lot of effort to look at this posture" The surrounding plows have begun to unload, and the people who come and go are waiting into two long lines, running back and forth in the left and right lanes, in an orderly manner, and the sled dogs are fed by a special person, and the people on the sled are guided ashore by a special person.
"Hawkeye? Wu Yingyan, interesting and interesting" The little lady with a big smile on the side opened her mouth and smiled, but Zheng Xiuer next to her didn't do it, and stretched out Bai Shengsheng's little hand to play with her.
While they were making a fuss, Li Dudu and Zhao Sima also came to the side and bowed their hands. The shopkeeper of Zheng Shirt and these two are also acquaintances, and they are not polite, "Bother the governor to pick it up in person, I don't want to go."
"Don't put gold on your own, it's not you who is the shopkeeper of Zheng Da" Li Dudu rolled his eyes.
"This is my second brother, these two are the Governor of Heishui Governor's Mansion Li Du and Zhao Sima" Zheng Shan didn't mind, and introduced himself to his second brother, "The four major governors of Anton, the iron head and the copper mouth, the four rivers sledgehammer, this is the copper mouth"
"I've seen Zheng Erlang, don't listen to this black-headed thirteen nonsense" Li Dudu gave a polite greeting to the treasurer of Zheng Sleeve, and as Zheng Sleeve's contemporary descendant disciple of the Zheng family in Xingyang or the treasurer of the Zheng family in the second and fourth empires in Kyoto, even the observation envoy of the fifteenth Dao had to be politely greeted.
"I have heard Li Heishui's extravagant righteousness for a long time, and when I saw it today, I saw it as expected," Zheng Sleeve's shopkeeper also returned the salute.
Li Dudu looked at the scene, "Why don't you see... ”
"In the back, two miles away" Zheng Shi knew what Li Dudu was asking.
"Then please ask the two and three little ladies to go ashore to rest, Xiao Wu has arranged it properly"
"I'm not in a hurry, I've been on the sled for a long time and it's just time to be active." Zheng Erlang said with a smile.
"Let Sui'er and them go ashore first, Xiao Wu, you can arrange it," Zheng Shisanlang looked into the distance and said.
"Okay, three little ladies, please come with me." Xiao Wu hurriedly turned sideways to lead the way.
The three little ladies all interlocked their fingers with their hands, put them on the left side of their waists, bent their legs and bowed to Li Dudu, and did not say a word, waiting for Li Dudu to arch his hands, bowed his head and walked towards the shore along Xiao Wu's side.
"What a polite little lady, worthy of everyone from Kyoto," Li Dudu continued to chat with Zheng Ji's two big shopkeepers.
"You have seen my little girl, the other one is my eldest brother and daughter, and the daughter of Dean Wang Yu of Datang Academy is the daughter of the dean of Datang Academy, both of whom are students of the academy, and this time they came to the frontier to sharpen."
"Hey, if you want to sharpen, you can go to those good places in Guannei and Guanzhong, what do you do when you come to a place like ours, the little lady should be expensive"
"You think they are noble girls who don't leave home, they are all top students of Datang Academy, and they have listened to the dean's lessons" Zheng Shisanyi paid and looked honored.
"Haha, it turned out to be the dean Gaozu, then rest assured, we will never let them be wronged when we get to Heishui" Li Dudu said as he walked, slowly leaving the dock where the goods were unloaded. Zheng Ji and the others also followed, while Zhao Sima stayed in place and watched the busy scene with a smile.
"Those three little ladies are really like fairies painted in the paintings, much better than the little ladies in Xuehualou," Li Hu'er leaned over and smiled.
"Shut your stinky mouth, that's the daughter of Shangshu, the dean of the Tang Academy, Gao Zu, how can she compare it with the little lady of the Qinglou?"
Not to mention the amazement of the rough man here, the three helmsmen also began to talk on the ice in the middle of the Utuli River.
"Thirteen Lang, we have also been friends for more than ten years, and we don't beat around the corner, can you tell me what the situation is this time?"
"Li Heishui, this time we Zheng Ji and the third princess walked together just by chance, our Zheng family has always pursued the family motto of left and right, doing things in a low-key manner, and not very involved in the major disputes between the DPRK and China." Zheng Shisan smiled bitterly.
"What is Governor Li's attitude towards the arrival of the nobles?" Zheng Erlang said suddenly on the side.
"A certain Li Heizi was brought to the position of governor by Dugu Dadu from a small soldier, and a certain naturally listened to Dadu's protection"
"Last year, General Anxi Xue was defeated in Kulan, and the Anbei Army was also attacking the bones, they all had an old relationship with His Royal Highness the King of Han, and some people couldn't sit still," Zheng Erlang is also a Shuangli person, and the truth was told in a few words, "You Anton must move this year"
"The two of them came from the Bohai Sea, and they can see that most of them are protected?"
"Since you have come to the Far East, why can't you visit Daduhu? Dadu Hu also gave me a famous thorn, let me wait until Temple Street is cheap" Zheng Erlang thought for a while, "I look at Dadu Hu, I'm afraid I have made up my mind, this battle in the Far East seems to have to be fought"
"Okay, thank you Erlang and Thirteen Lang for speaking out" Li Dudu is also the governor of a prefecture, listening to accurate information, letting go of his heart knots, and his voice is also heroic. "If you two have anything to do this time, you don't have to be polite."
"When did you be polite to you Li Heizi" Zheng Shisan rolled his eyes, and Zheng Erlang also laughed.
"Erlang, these three princesses are good-tempered?" Li Dudu said.
"The three princesses of the empire are rare women generals since the founding of the country, the leader of the infantry and riding academy, overwhelming thousands of Junyan to graduate with the first grade, His Majesty gave the word Jun Luan, the meaning of the Jun family Luan Feng, last year also in Bashan to suppress bandits and made military achievements, a year ago moved to the right Wei Wei to grant General Yunlu, commanding 30,000 forbidden troops, in Kyoto with few people, but he is knowledgeable, along the way also control his subordinates, and officials from all walks of life are also gentle words, quite praised" Zheng Erlang stopped, "There are also Wu Wang Mansion Governor Shi Li Jingdao, you are a magician"
"We still have a great magician in Heishui," Li Heishui disagreed.
"Do you think the sorcerer is a big-headed soldier, don't mention that pervert in Temple Street" Zheng Shisanlang expressed his contempt, "There are only five great magicians in the whole empire, and the demon wolf Dugu Tianxing in Temple Street is the fourth on the Junyan list of the five major academies in Kyoto, and there are many more people in the whole empire who know the Great Warlock of Tianxing than you, Li Dudu."
"Hehe, that's that, but no matter how famous he is, it's also under my rule" Li Dudu's face was dark and thick-skinned, and he was not ashamed.
"That's right, but can you call him?" Zheng Heitou's face was full of contempt.
As he spoke, he went around to the shore, and Xiao Wu also finished arranging trivial matters, and there was a lot of strength in the crowd, and the goods on the hundreds of plows had all been landed.
At this time, another line of sleds came in the distance, and it was the third princess and her party.
The sleigh was getting closer and closer, and Xiao Wu arranged for someone to move the empty sleigh downstream of the river and vacate the dock to welcome the nobles of the imperial capital.
There are more than 10 climbing plows in this line, and the passengers on them are not sitting, all of them are wearing helmets and armor, scarlet cloaks, pulling the sled dog's rope with one hand, holding the saber on the waist with one hand, a bright yellow bright light armor, under the sunset, the light is dazzling, everyone on the plow is chest and abdomen, and the appearance of the instrument is Xuanang, which is the right guard of the elite forbidden army of the empire. Li Hu'er, the flag officer of the Heishui Governor's Mansion, looked at his swarthy iron armor and muttered, which was nothing more than nonsense about people's bright armor and his own dull shame. Xiao Wu squinted at the two female generals in front of him.
On the first two climbing plows are the protagonists of this welcome party, the third princess and her Yulin Lang general Ximen Ying, the same Mingguang armor is just a red scarf around her neck, the third princess is taller than most men, but she is as straight as a horse, her eyebrows are like swords, her face is thin, her nose is straight and her eyes are bright, and she is a heroic woman.
The Ximen Ying in the back is taller than ordinary men, more than seven feet, with thick eyebrows and a high nose and a pout, and a five-foot sword on his back, full of heroism.
The plough behind the two sleds is an old man and a young man, the old one with black hair and a long beard, wearing a crown, holding the young man's shoulder with one hand, and a red sandalwood staff in the other, the staff is one head taller than a person, and the top is carved with a fiery red rosefinch, and the two rubies in the eyes of the finch are shining and shining straight to the heart. This is none other than the Kyoto magician, Shi Li Li Li and Li Jingdao, the governor of the Han Dynasty.
Thirteen sleds came to the shore and stopped in turn, the three princesses were in front, Ximen Ying and Li Jingdao were behind, and the last ten cars were lined up, which could actually form a horizontal line, as straight as the rehearsal. Xiao Wu smiled and watched the third princess get out of the car, and also went to Li Jingdao's car to support the old magician, and then Ximen Ying and the back ten guards jumped down from the left side in turn, one has not yet landed and the next one continues to jump, the action is uniform, the person who landed immediately ran over the sled dog to Li Shushi climbed the plow and stood still on the ice surface, when the first person stood behind the person just got off the sled, the first person in front of the knife left hand to support a small part of the cloak, the back of the people in turn, in the blink of an eye, ten people in the plough behind the wall of people, And Master Li has just gotten out of the car and stood steady, and it is the people who are like dragons and pines, which has a great visual impact. Li Hu'er, who had never seen Hebei Province, was stunned.
Li Dudu hurriedly led everyone forward to salute, the third princess Yan Qiong Yan Junluan put her right hand into a fist on her chest and replied, "Li Dudu is hard", a pair of wind eyes stayed on the six people in turn for a moment, Li Heishui, Zhao Sima, Zheng Ji The two shopkeepers, Xiao Wu and Li Hu'er hugged their fists in response.
Li Dudu was also busy saying to Master Li, "Li Changshi is hard", and the old magician said, "Old and old, the climate in the Far East is really terrifying, and the cold kills, Li Dudu doesn't have to be polite, let's invite the princess ashore first." As for Ximenying, he looked at the sky with his eyes, like a god standing beside him. Hearing Zhao Sima's hard words, General Ximen only nodded.
After the salute, the third princess asked Master Li to go forward and take all the guards to follow to the shore in turn, and the six people followed, and Xiao Wu did not forget to ask his men to arrange a place for the sled dogs to eat.
After a while, everyone came to the black blind town wine shop, Xiao Wu arranged the guy hurriedly brought hot water to ask everyone to clean their hands, and when Xiao Wu stepped into the wine shop again, everyone had already sat down, eight guards sat at two tables, and the remaining two were accompanied by Zhao Sima and Zheng Shisan's shopkeeper at a table, Li Shushi sat on the main seat, the third princess and Zheng Erlang accompanied each other on both sides, Li Dudu accompanied the last seat, Ximen Ying and Li Shushi Tong Li Play stood behind, and Li Dudu invited the two to sit and did not care. Xiao Wu arranged for the wine shop to serve wine and food.
"Wait for the wine, just serve some hot dishes first," the third princess ordered.
So the price of all kinds of vegetables in the Northeast was brought to the table, which was nothing more than the Northeast stew, white meat and blood sausage, pot wrapped meat, slippery meat section, three fresh, pork stewed vermicelli, chicken stewed hazel mushrooms, grilled bear paws, pulled sweet potatoes, sauce skeletons, pig killing vegetables, and then a large bowl of hot rice.
"This is good," Master Li said with a rice bowl that was no smaller than his face, and smelled it intoxicated, "Fragrant, I haven't smelled rice for a month."
"Master Li is satisfied," Li Dudu said with a smile, "I'll have some more drinks later." ”
"Don't be in a hurry, eat first, and then talk when your stomach is full" Master Li poured the hot soup and started to move, and the third princess also signaled everyone to feel free and began to take a big bite of rice. As a result, several tables rang out with the sound of chewing on large mouthfuls of rice.
Li Hu'er led his soldiers to stand outside the wine shop, pouted, and winked at Xiao Wu who passed by, Xiao Wu knew that he had finally found something in common with his counterparts in Kyoto: eating is like a war, you must rush to come, and those who are fast are hungry and those who are slow are hungry!
Xiao Wu went out and ordered his subordinates to leave a carriage and a dozen horses, and arrange a convoy to deliver goods to the city. Wandering back to the store, the two tables of guards had already put down their chopsticks, but Master Li and Zheng Erlang and Li Dudu drank wine. Ximen Ying and the boy Li Yu also held the sea bowl and ate it on the table next to it. So they slipped into the backyard, where the three little ladies were gossiping in a warm room with a brazier.
Xiao Wu hurriedly greeted the three little ladies if they had eaten well, Zheng Sui'er and her classmate Wang Jiangnan smiled and said nothing, while Zheng Xiu'er complained that he left people here and ignored them. Xiao Wu hurriedly confessed, the three girls laughed and spared, Zheng Xiuer said that there was nothing to eat here, and let Xiao Wu arrange a big meal at night and punish the two crimes if he was not satisfied. After some laughter, Xiao Wu also retired and came to the lobby of the wine shop.
Master Li seemed to be very interested in this unique burning knife in the Northeast, so he asked Xiao Wu to take out the two altars with him, and the group of people got up and rushed to the city after a short rest.
Three carriages, one for the old magician and his boy, one for the three little ladies, and the remaining one for the third princess to sit but not to follow, bluntly said that he was used to riding a horse, so Zheng Erlang had one alone, Zheng Shisan and Xiao Wu followed the group on the horse, and drove towards Bolizhou City, the residence of the Heishui Governor's Mansion.