Reading guide: Zeng Guohuang was put in prison to wait for the decree to be issued, and Liu Mengrong persuaded him to return to Xiangyong to be saved.

In order to bring down the regimental exercise, Fuyuan instructed the green camp to occupy the playground and not be able to be discussed; Far away from the land of right and wrong, Ding Wei Shilang forcibly suppressed his anger and visited Mingxiang Temple.

In Mingxiang Temple, no one would have thought that Zeng Guofan would have another adventure.

Early the next morning, a holy edict was sent to the governor's yamen and the bureau of issuance and examination: according to Zeng Guofan: Taqibu was loyal and courageous, and practiced hard work; Zhudian Yuan is shrewd and honest, and courageous. Yang pleaded to break the rules. etc. Rewarding the Taqibu Sanpin, wearing the guerrilla department, raising the standard of the Chinese army; Reward the five products of the palace and wear the garrison. Now Hunan regimental training Fang Yin, the general and garrison do not need to be in office, and they still stay in the regimental camp to coach, so they don't live up to my expectations. Chin this.

Soon after receiving the order, Taqib and Zhudian Yuan all came to sign the house to thank Zeng Guo for his great kindness.

Zeng Guofan helped the two of them, and it was another encouragement.

Sending the tower and the two people away, Zeng Guofan asked his entourage to send the excerpt written last night to Pan Duo's title of the governor's yamen, and sent it to the capital by the governor's yamen's quick messenger.

Pan Duo had just had breakfast at this time, and was sitting on the kang drinking tea with the two masters in the signing room.

Hearing the news, the order will pass the excerpt in, and one person will unfold it to see.

After Pan Duo finished looking at it, he suddenly sneered and said: "This Zeng Disheng, he is getting better and better at being a man!" - Kill the minister of the Sanpin regiment, he cut first and then played; Kill his own brother, he will play first and then behead! ”

After saying that, he sneered twice, picked up the pen and named it below, and called the master to take the fold to the printing room to use the seal, and then fired the cannon to salute it.

As soon as he left, the lobby shouted the order. Pan Duo hurriedly changed his clothes and walked quickly into the lobby.

As soon as he saw the messenger, Pan Duo hurriedly knelt down and listened to the holy message.

The messenger glanced at Pan Duo, and slowly unfolded the holy decree and read: According to Zhang Liangji, the bandits besieged Changsha and won a victory; According to Zeng Guofan, the first battle of the regiment and battalion was the first to destroy the thief. I am pleased. The rebels have been in Wuchang for four months, and the people have suffered greatly. It is a blessing that Hunan can work together to suppress thieves! After Pan Duo arrived, he trained his troops well, as always. Zhang Liangji has been handed over to the Ministry of Excellence, and Zeng Guofan has another purpose. Chin this.

The messenger handed the decree to Pan Duo and said, "Lord Zhongcheng, please send Zeng Guofan to the governor's yamen to receive the decree." ”

Pan Duo hurriedly asked his soldiers to go to the Issuance and Examination Bureau to ask Zeng Guofan to come to the governor's yamen to receive the order.

Zeng Guofan soon came to the governor's yamen hall and knelt down to receive the order.

The herald unfolded a holy decree and read: According to Zhang Liangji, the governor of Huguang, the military department is the same group of the Hunan Gang

Zeng Guofan, the minister of Lian, returned to Huang Luyao, Hubei Water Transport Dao because of the third rank of Hengzhou Mansion, ignored the suffering of the people, and wantonly squandered the regimental fee. According to Zeng Guofan's recital: Huang Lu Yao harmed the public and private interests, and he had beheaded the civilians first. Huang Luyao, as the minister of regimental training, should be clean and self-loving, since he has broken the law, the squire should be the imperial court, and there is no reason to behead him without asking for an order! This squire is tantamount to flouting the law of the country, and it is really audacious. I remember that he was in the registration system, and he was eager to run a group, and he was light. He went to the rank of squire of the military department of Zeng Guo, and still helped the team to handle the regimental training in Hunan. Chin this.

Zeng Guofan took the holy decree with both hands and walked out of the governor's yamen silently.

Back at the Issuance and Examination Bureau, Zeng Guofan took off his official uniform and took off his top, asked Wang Jingqi to wrap it, and changed into his former civilian clothes.

That night, Liu Rong, who had left Changsha for four months and had not been seen, walked into the signing room.

When Zeng Guofan saw it, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He jumped off the kang, took Liu Rong's hand and said, "Meng Rong, why have you been away for so long, and you don't have a letter?" Disheng thought you had long hair! Come on, let the dining room bring in the next bowl of shredded chicken noodles! ”

Liu Rong said: "Disheng, I heard that the imperial court has reinstated you and asked you to sign the military department squire - how are you still dressed like this?" Regarding the resumption of your words, dare to be transmitted from the outside? ”

Zeng Guofan said: "I just removed the title in the morning. Isn't it better to help the minister who handles the regimental training, and he is light without an official! Meng Rong, if you go out this time, will you gain anything? ”

Liu Rong sat down and took a breath and said, "I'll pull all the donations for you outside the province!" It's worth the trip! Tomorrow it will be able to reach 500,000 taels first, and there will be a fraction of 100,000 taels in the future. ”

Zeng Guofan was overjoyed and said: "Meng Rong, it's hard for you - Luo Shangang recruited another thousand brave soldiers." Jiang Minqiao left 600 Chu Yong in the provincial capital, and I have transferred them to Hengzhou to practice with Liu Zimo. Just now I was thinking, if you don't come back in a few days, my regimental training minister won't be able to do it! Xu Youren is going to the signing house to ask for debts - this Pan Mujun, as soon as he arrived in Hunan, he gave me a dismissal. In the past, it was rumored how he was willing to do things, but now that I think about it, it may not be true. He is in Hunan, and he is constrained everywhere, and the group training is not easy to do! ”

Liu Rong said: "Disheng, if he wants him, you just won't give it." If you're in a hurry, you ask him to find Zhang Zhijun to go! This regiment and battalion have been trained, but they are not guarding Changsha for him? Pan Mujun is a person, we don't know him. But I've heard that he can't really do anything other than look at people's faces. Ignore him! ”

At this time, the soldiers came in with a cook from the dining room and brought in a bowl of steaming noodles.

Zeng Guofan hurriedly asked Liu Rong to eat it while it was hot. Liu Rong was not polite, took the bowl and ate it.

Zeng Guofan looked at Liu Rong's gobbling up, and couldn't help but say to himself: "The people who run the group training must be able to have Meng Rong's strength, why worry about not being able to train a strong team!" - Ahem! ”

After Zeng Guofan finished speaking, he suddenly remembered his younger brother in custody, and couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Luo Zenan, Wang Ju, and Taqibu returned from the exercise at this time and came to sign the detention room to ask Zeng Guofan for peace.

As soon as he saw Liu Rong here, Luo Zenan shouted: "Okay, you Xiaoliang, I haven't seen you for a few months, but you used to hide here and eat noodles secretly!" When did you come back? ”

Zeng Guofan hurriedly introduced Taqibu to Liu Rong, and called his soldiers to sit and set tea for a few people.

Liu Rong put down the bowl and suddenly said, "Luo Shan, why didn't you see Chenghou?" ”

Luo Zenan shook his head silently and was speechless.

Wang Zhu quietly looked at Zeng Guofan, who had a serious face, and whispered: "Let the adults be put in prison, just wait for the holy decree to arrive!" Liu Xianggong, you have to talk about this love all the time! ”

Liu Rong hurriedly said: "Disheng! As soon as the regimental battalion was created like this, you took your own brother under the knife! How much of a crime did Cheng Hou commit that deserves to put him in prison? Spread it out, don't you eat people's jokes? ”

Zeng Guofan waved his hand impatiently and said, "After the holy decree arrives, you will know." Meng Rong, you still talk about your hard work in fundraising! Guo Hanlin worked hard to persuade him to come over 100,000 taels, and set off again the next day. I don't know if there has been any progress in the past few days - it is difficult to run a group practice, and it is even more difficult to persuade donations for group practice! ”

Liu Rong said: "Disheng, I heard in Jiangxi that Tuan Yong won a great victory. In the first battle, he killed countless longhairs and killed a bandit leader - what kind of situation is it? ”

As soon as he heard this, Zeng Guofan's face suddenly became gloomy.

He let out a long sigh and said, "Rumors! Where did you kill so many long hairs? It's nothing more than scaring away! We've been devastated. If you don't have a big victory like this, you won't have it in the future. It's forced to be helpless! ”

"This is also the rarest," Tazi said. Even if it's one-on-one, it may not be able to scare away tens of thousands of long hairs. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "I always say, civil officials don't love money, military attaches don't spare their lives, and the world is not difficult to peace!" Now the military attache does not hesitate to kill this one, and we can do it from top to bottom of the regiment and battalion, and this former one, the kung fu is not at home! Meng Rong has been running all the way, so let's rest early today. Tomorrow is the day I will watch the myself, and I have to get up early! ”

Liu Rong smiled: "As long as I can make this regimental battalion decent, what is it if I am tired?" ”

Zeng Guofan said: "I have been invincible for many days, and my hands are itching - after Luo Shan and them left, how about the two of us fighting it for three rounds?" ”

Liu Rong said: "I'm afraid of you!" Hurry up and let people play chess, and Luo Shan is just watching the formation. Look at Ben Shuai today, how to kill you and defeat you! ”

Zeng Guofan saw that Liu Rong was quite interested, so he had to let Wang Jingqi turn over the chess pieces, and the two of them fought in black and white in the signing room.

Before the end of the game, Tazib was already yawning sleepily, and he said as he walked: "I can't stand it anymore." Who thinks, watching chess is more tiring than watching exercises. I'll go back to camp first. ”

When Wang Ju saw it, he also hurriedly stood up, and said, "Let me be your companion." "Go out too.

Liu Rong suddenly whispered: "Disheng, where did you get this treasure from?" I don't think this Tazib is like the other full people! ”

Luo Zenan said: "Meng Rong, this Taqibu is a character. Not only do you look at the seriously, but you also suffer hard! Disheng can invite him into the regimental camp as a teacher, which is the blessing of our regimental camp! ”

Liu Rong said: "Disheng, since this is the case, you should think of a way to leave him in the regimental camp, wouldn't it be better?" ”

Zeng Guofan picked up a chess piece, looked at the chessboard with his eyes and said: "Zhiting, it turned out to be in the Bid Promotion, and I borrowed it with a lot of twists and turns. Now even though he has been transferred to Fubiao, it is impossible to keep him. Pan Duo doesn't let it go, and it is also a little inconsistent with my style of the Qing Dynasty. He is now my third-grade general in the Qing Dynasty! - I can only look for an opportunity to slowly protect him. When Ta Zhiting becomes a martial artist above the deputy general, if there is no one who is difficult for us, he will be able to speak for us! Tazhiting's future is limitless! As he spoke, he quietly dropped a chess piece.

Liu Rong suddenly exclaimed: "Disheng, you are very high in this move. I can't figure it out! I haven't seen you for a few days, but your chess skills have improved! ”

Zeng Guofan said with a smile: "This Go and being a man are the same thing, when you advance, you have to think about regression, and when you retreat, you have to find a way to advance." Our regimental battalion is not only facing long hair all the way, but also Pan Duo, Xu Youren, and Bao Qibao, and we also have to guard against the minister Qi Shan-Ji Gao went with Zhang Caichen to recover Wuchang, and we have no one in the governor's yamen. My regimental battalion wants to gain a firm foothold in Changsha, how difficult it is! ”

Luo Zenan said at this time: "Disheng, will we return the 150,000 taels of silver we owe to the governor's yamen?" ”

Zeng Guofan said: "Of course it must be returned!" When Meng Rong's money arrives tomorrow, I will personally send it to Pan Mujun - I don't believe it, if he loses his 150,000 taels of silver, we won't be able to practice bravery? Let Bao Qibao guard Changsha for him. ”

Luo Zenan said: "Disheng, according to me, we won't give it to him, let him take care of Zhang Caichen!" It was the governor's yamen who promised to give the silver, and it was he who asked for the silver again. Even if this matter goes to the emperor, he will not take care of it. By the way, have the newly recruited battalion officers of the two battalions ever been confirmed? These 1,000 people can't be led by no one. Once the matter is urgent, how to get it? ”

Zeng Guofan said: "I want Li Fuchao to lead a battalion." Fu Chao was born in a list, has a strategic mind, and can tolerate people, which is a good material. The other one, I have already planned it, but I haven't seen this person yet, and I don't know if he has already left Changsha. I miss him. ”

Liu Rong said: "This person is with me and Luo Shan?" If this person is not there, in my opinion, it will work to let Xiao Fusi be the camp officer! ”

Zeng Guofan shook his head and said: "Fu Si is a good material for joining the army, but it is still a short experience, and the heat is still lacking. When the fire comes, I won't bury him. The person I'm going to talk about, neither of you knows. That was when I came to Hunan to investigate the case, and I saw him. At that time, he was still on an errand in the Chinese army. If this person is brave, he will definitely be able to bring out a strong team! It's a pity—"

Luo Zenan said: "You have been talking for a long time, is this person accurate?" It won't be stronger than Ta Ji Ting, right? ”

Zeng Guofan said with a smile: "Ta Zhiting, both wisdom and bravery, is very comparable. The person I'm talking about is a martial artist. Infinite strength, bold nature; Don't love money, don't spare your life, and fight for righteousness; is loyal to people and the country, but there is less strategy - his surname is Bao Mingchao Chunting, and he is a native of Fengjie, Sichuan. When I came to Changsha, I started looking for him, but I just didn't see him. ”

Liu Rong said: "Okay, okay, let's rest today." As long as there is fate, there will always be a day. ”

The next day, after having dinner early, Zeng Guofan took a sedan chair and took Xiao Fusi's pro-military camp to the big playground outside the city.

The regiments and battalions were assembling at this time.

Luo Zenan brought one battalion, Wang Ju brought one battalion, and Taqib alone brought two new battalions. More than 2,000 people stood in four directions to fill the large playground.

Zeng Guofan ascended to the eight-high point platform, and Xiao Fusi took ten personal soldiers to the left and right.

Zeng Guofan sat down and watched with joy the performance of the team he had created.

In front of the regimental camp led by Luo Zenan, there was a flag embroidered with flying eagles on a red background, and a golden bucket was embroidered on it; In front of Wang Ju's camp, a flag embroidered with a red background was erected, and a large character was embroidered in the center. There were no embroidered numbers on the flags in front of the two battalions of the Tazib Belt.

These flags and numbers were all made by Luo Zenan, in order to facilitate their deployment.

After a while, Liu Rong also took a sedan chair and rushed over to sit with Zeng Guofan.

Liu Rong said while watching the exercise: "Disheng, the Hunan regimental training has only been built for a few days, and there is this scene, you and Luo Shan have really made great contributions!" ”

Zeng Guofan said with a smile: "Meng Rong, if you want to talk about merit, you and Yunxian should be the first." ”

Liu Rong admired while watching, and Zeng Guofan was also in high spirits.

Today, because it was Commander Xiangyong who personally watched the exercise, the brave soldiers also worked very hard in the drills.

Liu Rong suddenly said: "Disheng, there is something I want to discuss with you - I also want to bring a camp, how about it?" ”

Zeng Guofan shook his head and said, "There is a time when you lead the camp, but not yet." You have to raise money for the Xiangyong Battalion! Without silver, don't say that this courage can't be done, even I, the minister of the regiment, can't be the minister! There are priorities. The most urgent task now is to raise more money and really train this regiment and battalion well. When the time comes, I will not only let you lead the bravery, but also protect you as a governor! ”

Liu Rong laughed and said: "Disheng, when will you tell such an inconsequential joke!" If you can promote me as a governor, I'm afraid you will have to be a marquis at worst! ”

Zeng Guofan also smiled: "What about the marquis, I'm about to become a monkey now!" By the way,, the two of us just walked around here to see if there was anything else in the area that could be. I look at this playground, it's a little insufficient. ”

Liu Rong was stunned and said, "Isn't it very good here?" It's quite big, why do you have to change venues? ”

Zeng Guofan said: "In the future, the Fubiao Battalion and the Raising Battalion will perform exercises together here. Pan Zhongcheng said that the Green Battalion's drills in the city were not in line with the system. Here, we have to get out. ”

Liu Rong asked angrily: "This Pan Mujun, isn't this clearly squeezing us?" ”

Zeng Guofan smiled bitterly and said: "What kind of run is not run, the group training was originally a concubine." Pan Zhongcheng is now thinking about relying on the green camp to protect Hunan. I Xiangyong four battalions, he can't be disbanded overnight. We can't fight him now, we can only hide. ”

After that, Zeng Guofan and Liu Rong got on a sedan chair, took Xiao Fusi's pro-military camp, and slowly walked around outside Changsha City.

The Guandi Temple was originally occupied by the Hubei Governor's Mansion, and after Qi Shan left, there were still people from the Hubei Governor's Mansion guarding it. It is obviously a grain and grass transfer, but it is actually a back road left for himself.

Zeng Guofan knew that there was a Mingxiang Temple about ten miles away from the Guandi Temple, and there should be a large area of empty space there.

Zeng Guofan and Liu Rong decided to go to Mingxiang Temple to have a look.

Mingxiang Temple is far away from the city pass fifty miles away, is the building in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. At the end of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the incense here was still relatively vigorous. When Zeng Guofan was studying at Yue Jian Academy, he often came here to post posts, and on several occasions he even stayed overnight.

Zeng Guofan had the impression that there seemed to be a few hectares of empty space outside the temple of Mingxiang Temple, and it was said that Li Zicheng had come here to practice the formation.

Mingxiang Temple is hidden in a large area of jujube trees. The walls are in disrepair, mostly mottled and incomplete.

Zeng Guofan and Liu Rong got off the sedan chair in front of the temple gate.

The two of them pushed open the large wooden door one after the other and walked inside.

The long stone path leading to the temple is covered with the leaves of the jujube tree, and the feet creak when they step on it. Obviously, no one has come to the incense for a long time.

Zeng Guofan said to Liu Rong as he walked: "Meng Rong, Changmao has been sawing at the sand several times, thinking that this should be an empty temple. ”

Liu Rong said: "I heard that the statues of the gods in the Guandi Temple were all toppled by long hair. It is the golden body of Guan Ye who has been reshaped after Qi Shan's arrival. I'm afraid that the idol here will not be able to be saved. Long Hair doesn't believe in anything except God Hong! ”

While the two men were talking, they had already arrived at the inner gate of the temple.

Xiao Fusi led people to push open the door and walk in first, afraid that there were bandits hidden inside; Zeng Guofan and Liu Rong waited for Xiao Fusi to come out before they both walked in.

As soon as he entered the main hall, Zeng Guofan was stunned: the oncoming statue of Liu Bowen had been pushed into an inclined shape, and if he looked closely, there was still an arm missing. The statue is no longer golden, revealing the stone fetus inside, which has obviously not been painted for a long time. Around the statue, there are dense cobwebs, and the webs are covered with all kinds of flies.

Zeng Guofan knocked on the statue with his hand, knowing that it was carved from pure stone, so he said: "The long hair is messy, and the old man suffers!" ”

Liu Rong said: "This long hair is really weird, if you want to kill the Manchurians, just kill, why do you have to go against these ancients?" I don't believe that his surname is Hong, and he has never read a sage book! ”

Zeng Guofan circled around Liu Bowen's statue, and called Xiao Fusi over and said, "Fusi, you call a few people to straighten out the old minister." It is a sin to blaspheme the sages. ”

Xiao Fusi called all the soldiers who accompanied him over, and everyone began to slowly support the statue.

Zeng Guofan and Liu Rong stood together, shouting trumpets while commanding. Little by little, the statue began to straighten up.

Liu Rong waved her hand and said, "Fu Si, let's push it again, it's fine." ”

When everyone got this order, they all pouted their buttocks and arched their waists and pushed hard, but they heard a boom, and the stone statues broke at waist length. The people who pushed the statue did not guard against this move, and they couldn't hold their feet, and they all fell to the ground.

The soldiers got up and were immediately stunned when they saw the statue broken in two. Liu Rong also opened her big mouth and didn't know what to say.

Zeng Guofan said: "How did it become like this? Stone carving, could it be that the long hair has made hands and feet? ”

After Zeng Guofan finished speaking, he approached and watched carefully in disbelief. The stones of the statues are so hard that they will not be weathered for hundreds of years.

Zeng Guofan walked around to the back of the stone statue, looked at it fixedly, couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then said: "No wonder, it turned out to be a hollow one!" Ben Ha bent down and touched the upper and lower halves of Liu Bowen's statue with his hands, and unexpectedly took out an oilcloth square bag from the lower half of his body.

Liu Rong hurriedly took a step forward and said, "Disheng, open it up and take a look, don't it be some document hidden here by Long Hair, right?" ”

Zeng Guofan didn't say anything, and slowly opened the oil packet, but what appeared in front of him was a few volumes of raw-edged books with a strong musty smell. There are four big characters written on the book: "Hundred Battles and Strange Strategies", and next to it is a line of small characters "written by Liu Bowen of the Ming Dynasty, copied by Liu Huai".

Liu Rong was overjoyed and said: "Disheng, this is strange! The history books record that Liu Bowen did write a military book of "A Hundred Battles", and no one has really seen this book now! If you dare, you're hiding here! ”

Zeng Guofan said while flipping through the book: "Meng Rong, I see that you are getting more and more confused!" - This is clearly written by Liu Huai, and it is obviously a copy. I don't know if it's true or fake? Shi Shuyun; Liu Xiang was dying and passed the book to his son Liu Lian. Later, Emperor Hongwu got the news and wanted to read this book. It's just that I want to see if there are any sentences in it that hinder the royal family - I ordered someone to go to Liu's Mansion to get this book, and then there was no follow-up. This story is no different from the history of the barnyard scripture, and it is not credible. ”

Zeng Guofan spoke, handed the book to Xiao Fusi beside him and said, "Fusi, you take it first." When I go back to the Issuance Examination Bureau, I want to take a good look. Liu Bowen is a military master! ”

At this time, Liu Rong folded her hands and said to the broken statue of Liu Bowen: "Xiangye, when the long hair is extinguished, I will let Liu Mengrong reshape the golden body for you." This time, you can complain about the sin, and it should be counted on the account of Long Hair. ”

Xiao Fusi said at this time: "Old Prime Minister Liu, I am a messenger, you can't blame me!" ”

Zeng Guofan had walked out of the temple and turned to the back of the courtyard. When Liu Rong and Xiao Fusi saw it, they didn't care about the noise, and hurriedly led people to follow.

There is indeed a large compound behind the temple, which is square and has more than a dozen tilts, and there are not many old trees and wild grasses growing in it.

Zeng Guofan was full of joy when he saw it, and turned back to Liu Rong and said, "It's finally the immortal group practice!" In between exercises, you can also go to the temple to rest! I'll be here tomorrow! Although it is far away from Changsha, it saves Pan Zhongcheng from worrying! In the evening, go back to the city camp to rest! ”

Liu Rong asked, "Disheng, what should I do when I eat?" You can't go back to the city, can you? ”

Zeng Guofan pointed to the temple and said: "Let someone clean up the temple, why not bury the pot here!" Qi Shan can live in Guandi Temple, and our regimental camp will be able to exercise in Mingxiang Temple! Unexpectedly, Hunan's regimental training has become neighbors with Hubei's Qi Junmen. This Qing Dynasty is really getting more and more incomprehensible! Meng Rong, if you will compile history and revise your chronicles in the future, don't forget to write this paragraph! ”

Liu Rong said with a smile: "I even thought about the title of this section, which is called: Liu Bowen hates the long-haired true love gift of the soldier, and Zeng Disheng performed the Mingxiang Temple to save the country." What do you think? Good article, right? ”

Zeng Guofan laughed a few times without words.

Before getting on the sedan chair, Liu Rong suddenly whispered: "Disheng, the more I think about this, the more strange it becomes." Changmao passed by Mingxiang Temple several times, why didn't he see this "Hundred Battles"? As soon as you arrived, you just wanted to put the position of Liu Xiangye's statue right, and you knocked it down! Looks like this long hair should be lost in your hands! This is providential. The sky is defeated by long hair, and long hair can still be undefeated? This bravery, we not only have to practice, but also have to practice! Destiny cannot be violated. ”

Zeng Guofan smiled and said: "You Liu Jinliang, you have read too much wild history - don't you make up anything again: Mingxiang Temple receives three volumes of military books, and the Qi Army Gate will practice in Hunan, right?" Today's incident, tell the people in the pro-barracks, and no one is allowed to say it. It's terrible to overthrow the gods! ”

Liu Rong knew that Zeng Guofan was making fun of him as soon as he came back with "Returning Dao Village to Three Heavenly Books, Song Gongming Met the Nine Heavens Xuannu" in "Dangkou Zhi", so he had no choice but to smile and sit back in his sedan chair, but he was still thinking nonsense in his heart about "Hundred Battles".

At noon the next day, the 500,000 taels of silver raised by Liu Rong were sent to the Issuance Examination Bureau.

Zeng Guofan asked Tang Xuan and Yang Zaifu to personally go through the warehouse, and he separately took 150,000 taels and handed them over to Yang Zaifu for safekeeping, and sent them to the governor's yamen after lunch.

After a busy morning, Zeng Guofan saw that it was still early to leave the meal, so he returned to the signing room, asked Wang Jingqi to make a pot of tea, and poured himself a drink. This is the most relaxed tea tasting since Zeng Guofan's arrival.

Luo Zenan and Liu Rong went to Mingxiang Temple to supervise the temple and prepare to use it as a dining room for the regimental camp; Taqib, Wang Zhu, Li Xubin, Li Xuyi, and Li Fuchao took four regiments and battalions to the field to practice muskets and artillery but did not return.

After dinner yesterday, Zeng Guofan entered the bedroom very early and watched "A Hundred Battles" alone under the lamp in the middle of the night.

It is impossible to test whether Liu Huai is a descendant of Liu Bowen, but the paper is indeed a product of the middle of the Ming Dynasty. There are several places that have been damaged, as well as water stains and wormholes.

When Zeng Guofan first looked at it, he felt that this "Hundred Battles Strategy" and Kong Ming's "General Garden" had many similarities, and when he looked at it, he found the difference: "Jiang Yuan" focused on the word general, while "Hundred Battles Strategy" worked the words "Battle and Strategy". Zeng Guofan only watched a rough idea of "Hundred Battles" that night.

Today, Zeng Guofan wants to take advantage of this free time to flip through this "Hundred Battles" again. Zeng Guofan believes that no matter whether it is true or not, and whether it is written by Liu Xiang or not, this is something left by the ancestors after all. There are many inkblots of the ancestors that are worthy of careful attention by future generations. Zhuge Liang, Wei Zheng, and Liu Bowen are all outstanding people and sages. Their things should be slowly participated in and slowly understood.

He remembered that the book was still in the bedroom, so he put down his teacup and stood up, wanting to go and get it himself.

At this time, a pro-soldier ran in panting and said, "My lord, it's not good! Xiao Guandao and the people fought outside the gate! ”

Zeng Guofan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "How did the fight start?" You can go into more detail! ”

The soldier said: "A group of people with purple beards and black skins, keep saying that they want to find adults. The soldiers guarding the gate heard that his voice was loud and fierce, and they did not let him in. He knocked his soldiers over with a single punch and forced them inside. Xiao Guan took people out to shout at him, but not only did he not listen, but he competed with Xiao Guan alone outside the gate. I don't know what it's like now! Go check it out! ”

Zeng Guofan hurriedly walked out of the gate with his own soldiers, and saw Xiao Fusi hunched over, walking with a short and thick black man like a Jianghu person, and then you punched and I kicked each other to fight, until they were out of breath with each other, so they let go suddenly, and then began to walk the field again. More than 40 pro-soldiers all held shotguns in their hands, surrounding the two of them, not knowing whether they were watching the enemy in formation, or looking at the opportunity to attack the short and rough man.

Zeng Guofan took a step forward and shouted: "Fu Si, let go quickly!" Don't come nonsense! How do you fight indiscriminately? (End of chapter)