Chapter Seventy-Four: Attack Sang Hong Sheep
The main reason for this is of course not that Huo Guang holds the tiger talisman, but because these period gate soldiers know that Huo Guang is only temporarily leading, as long as he finishes what Emperor Wu of Han has explained, he will hand over the military power, so Huo Guang will not have any interest entanglement with the period gate army.
There are interest groups everywhere, and even more so in the army, if Huo Guang really wants to take charge of this army in the future, it will definitely not be as easy as it is now, and the temporary command will make these period gate sergeants have no emotions.
The process of making paper was not as simple as imagined, and it was not until three days later that the first batch of pulp was finally beaten, and finally the step of swinging the material into the curtain began. This step is to pour the broken pulp into the sink, and use the bamboo curtain to swing the material in the water, the pulp becomes a thin layer attached to the bamboo curtain, and the rest of the water flows down from the bamboo curtain, and the prototype of the paper is formed on the bamboo curtain.
When this step is completed, it means that the paper has been completed in seven layers, and the rest is to wait for the wet paper to dry, and of course there is a faster way to build a kiln, where the wet paper is attached to the kiln wall to dry, but this method is not suitable now, because there is no time to build a kiln.
While waiting for the paper to dry, Huo Guang began to be busy compiling the skeleton of Kong Ming's lantern, which was very simple, and when Huo Guang made a sample, Sergeant Qimen quickly learned how to weave it. Huo Guang planned to make a total of 2,000 Kong Ming lanterns, and in the end, everyone only needed to make two, and the skeleton of 2,000 Kong Ming lanterns was made in half a day.
Huo Guang originally wanted to change the vines that originally bound the cloth ball into iron wire, but then after thinking about it, Huo Guang gave up this idea. Not to mention how much time it takes to build so many wires, more importantly, iron is still a very important strategic material in this era, and it is extremely precious, the flow of each iron is clearly recorded and a special agency is responsible, and in the end, Huo Guang still had to send a team of soldiers to collect suitable vines.
Now Huo Guang just waits for the paper to dry, and then he can paste the Kong Ming lantern. However, before this, Huo Guang planned to do another thing, something that had nothing to do with Emperor Wu of Han's arrangement.
"Someone, pass Sima to come to see me." Huo Guang instructed the guards outside the tent in the temporary tent, although he was only temporarily commanding this period gate army, but after all, the army had strict discipline, and the set up was still very complete. And this Sima is the Sima of the Period Gate Army, the deputy of the Period Gate Servant Shot, and the actual manager of the Thousand Period Gate Army.
It didn't take long for a military general wearing vermilion leather armor, a cloak and a sword to walk into the tent, and said to Huo Guang: "The last general has seen the adult, I don't know if the adult has orders?" ”
Until now, the Gate Army didn't know who Huo Guang would be, because he didn't say it himself, so no one asked.
"Zhu Sima, you go and order a hundred sergeants, and follow me to Chang'an County. By the way, remember to let the brothers wear armor and hold halberds, and the official is waiting for you at Yuanmen. "Sima is surnamed Zhu, Huo Guang didn't tell the reason for the matter, but just told Zhu Sima how to do it.
"No, the last general will arrange it!" Zhu Sima didn't hesitate to take the order and left, in his opinion, maybe this was also arranged by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Soon more than 100 cavalry soldiers returned to Chang'an City with Huo Guang, because the period gate army is different from the general army, both the military appearance and the use of equipment are much better, hundreds of people into Chang'an City still attracted a lot of attention, many people even recognized the origin of the period gate army, because they knew that this army can only be mobilized by the emperor, and it also caused many people to reverie.
"My lord, the last general knows that there are some things that should not be asked, but should the adults also tell the brothers what to do? What do you need the brothers to do when they took us to Chang'an County? Zhu Sima rode beside Huo Guang, and he didn't open his mouth all the way, but seeing that he was about to arrive at Chang'an County, he couldn't help but ask.
"Zhu Sima still doesn't know the identity of this official, right? In fact, I am Chang'an Ling, and the official asked you to do a big thing, but you don't need to do anything, just follow me later, you just go and scare people! Huo Guang said with a smile, but he didn't say anything specific.
"Oh, it turns out that the adult is the newly appointed Chang'an Ling!" Only then did Zhu Sima know Huo Guang's identity, it seems that this person has also heard of Huo Guang, and it is estimated that it is also because of Wei Qing's relationship, after revealing his identity, Zhu Sima has more respect for Huo Guang.
"You wait for me outside, and the official will come out in a moment." When he arrived at the county ya, Huo Guang asked the sergeant of the period gate to wait outside the yamen, although the county yamen was not small, but it would be crowded if hundreds of people poured in at once.
The arrival of the Qimen army had already attracted the attention of the two officials at the gate of the county ya, but when Huo Guang got off the horse and approached, the two of them saw clearly that it was the person brought by their own county order, and the two of them also hurriedly went up to greet Huo Guang.
"Go and call the county commander and the lieutenant to come to my room." Huo Guang walked towards the county government and said to the two officials.
"No." When the two heard this, they went to find Zhang Ji and Li Ling respectively.
In Huo Guang's room, Du Yannian was still dealing with paperwork, and when he saw Huo Guang coming back, he hurriedly got up to greet him. "My lord of the county, where have you been these days?" Du Yannian hadn't seen Huo Guang for four days, and there was still a little bit of complaint in his words, because Huo Guang came to the county government on the first day he took office, and then he started to be the shopkeeper, and it was normal for Du Yannian to have some opinions in his heart.
"Hehe, it's been hard work these days. However, this matter is confidential, and I can't disclose the specific situation, and I'm afraid that there are still five or six days to prolong my brother. Huo Guang said apologetically, but he wished that no one knew about this matter, so naturally he wouldn't tell Du Yannian what he was going to do.
Du Yannian is also a person who understands the general situation, and he knows that Huo Guang has not appeared in the past few days since he entered Weiyang Palace, that is to say, what Huo Guang did was instructed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, since Huo Guang does not talk about Du Yannian, even if he is curious, he will not be stupid enough to investigate.
"Today, I'm going to do this Chang'an order, hasn't the money order been bothering the county government? Let's go and get started today and get this done! Huo Guang said with a wicked smile, he suddenly pulled on the money order, which made Du Yannian a little overwhelmed.
"Do you really want to settle the money? Not sure where to start? Du Yannian was stunned for a moment, although Huo Guang's expression was not serious, but Du Yannian could feel that Huo Guang was not joking, so he asked the most critical question.
"How can this be fake? It's enough for us to liquidate one, starting with the hardest bone to gnaw! Huo Guang said with a smile.
Huo Guang's statement is also reasonable, because the status of merchants in this era is still not high, although it is better than the kind of merchants in the Warring States period who are not as good as prostitutes, but they still have no status, as long as they can solve the most difficult Chang'an rich businessmen, the rest of the merchants can only accept liquidation.
Just when Huo Guang and Du Yannian were talking, Zhang Ji, the county magistrate, and Li Ling, the governor of the county, also arrived one after the other. The two also heard the conversation between Huo Guang and Du Yannian outside the house, and Li Ling didn't react yet, but Zhang Ji looked a little surprised.
"Zhang Xiancheng, you came just in time, this official decided to do a rectification of the liquidation matters that have been delayed today, Zhang Ji, which one in Chang'an City is the most difficult to liquidate?" Huo Guang directly asked Zhang Ji that he transferred a hundred men into the city to settle the money, and Huo Guang didn't want to drag on too long.
"Uh...... The Sang family is the richest in Chang'an City, as long as the Sang family takes the lead in liquidation, presumably other merchants will not resist. It's just ......," Zhang Ji said with some hesitation.
"The Sang family? But the Sang family in the service? Huo Guang didn't wait for Zhang Ji to finish speaking, and then interrupted Zhang Ji's later words. In fact, Huo Guang has long known that the Sang Hongyang family is the most difficult to enforce the money order.
"Sang Hongyang's wife is my cousin......" Zhang Ji didn't speak, and Li Ling, who was on the side, said with some embarrassment.
Huo Guang glanced at Li Ling with some surprise, he only knew that Sang Hongyang had some relationship with Prime Minister Li Cai, but he didn't know that Sang Hongyang's wife was Li Cai's daughter.
"Then Captain Li will be on duty at the county office!" Huo Guang paused for a moment and said, he took someone to Sang Hongyang's house to forcibly liquidate, if Li Ling was present, it was indeed a little embarrassing.
"My lord doesn't have to be like this, as the governor of Chang'an, it is my duty to carry out the decrees of the imperial court, so let me go with my lord." Li Ling said unexpectedly, as if he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him taking people there.
"That's okay, let's go to Sang's house together, shall we? Zhang Ji, you go and gather the officials, and we will wait for you outside the yamen. Huo Guang saw that Li Ling was so insistent and didn't say anything anymore, so he told Zhang Ji to summon the officials, liquidating the property was not a simple matter, so he naturally had to bring the county officials.
"My lord, how many servants do you think you need to bring? Do you want to gather them all? Huo Guang took two steps, and Li Ling's voice came from behind him.
"You can just go with you, and the officials will let them do whatever they want! I've already prepared some manpower. Huo Guang said as he walked, and his words confused a few people behind him.
But soon Du Yannian, Li Ling and others understood what Huo Guang meant, and when a few people walked to the yamen, they saw hundreds of men standing in a neat line outside the yamen, and these soldiers were obviously waiting for their people.
"The Men Army...... What a good handiwork! Du Yannian followed Huo Guang and whispered, he is the son of an official eunuch, so he naturally knows what the period gate army is doing, not to mention mobilizing hundreds of people, except for the emperor and Wei Qing in the entire Chang'an City, no one can mobilize one of them, and at present, the hundred phase gate army is obviously obeying Huo Guang's orders.
Li Ling finally understood, why Huo Guang didn't need to bring a single officer, and what kind of officer did the gate army bring with these periods?
Hundreds of people rode horses, although there was no banner hunting, but there was also some mighty momentum. Du Yannian and the others also rode behind Huo Guang, at this time Du Yannian had an illusion, this formation was going to liquidate, but it was more like going to raid the house!