Chapter 50: One in a Million
Jiang Chen's kindness was not appreciated by the other party.
After struggling and resisting for a while, Jiang Chen still forcibly grabbed the ankle of the stubborn eldest lady and applied the bottle of potion he was carrying with him very roughly.
"This is my own brewed medicinal wine, it has a miraculous effect on bruises, and it will be almost fine if I go back to recuperate for three days."
Jiang Chen didn't care whether people listened carefully or not, and after telling himself, he was ready to get up and leave.
"Huh! Where are you going now? ”
"It's okay here, I'll go about my own business next, do you still have something to say?"
Miss Qianjin hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't think that if you do this, I will thank you, and if you meet me again next time, I will definitely teach you what it means to understand etiquette!" ”
"Hey! I'm not done yet! ”
Jiang Chen didn't bother to pay attention to her, but the miraculous thing was that just as he left, the very weak white horse and the newborn cub also staggered to prop up their bodies and followed closely behind him.
This scene looks very strange, and it seems that a relationship of trust between one man and two beasts has been established far deeper than between humans.
When Jiang Chen returned to the Water Horse Station, not long after that, Luo Tiancheng also came back with the original six lost post horses, and after he heard about the white horse, he was speechless in surprise.
"So that's probably the case, it's not convenient for me to take care of them for the time being, can I keep them at the post station?"
Jiang Chen proposed to Luo Tiancheng the idea of letting the White Horse mother and son stay at the post station to recuperate, and immediately received Luo Tiancheng's full support.
"Of course no problem!"
"Brother Chen, you have heard that there is also a special existence among the horses, they are the best horses in a million, which can be met but not sought. Now I think that this white horse and the child it gave birth to are such a divine horse! ”
"The neighing of this white horse is a very good proof that it can directly attract the horses of the post station to come closer to it at all costs, and to surrender to the herd headed by it!"
Luo Tiancheng said very excitedly.
"Well, maybe, the matter of the horses will be left to you, and then we should hurry up and go to Ziyang."
Of course, Jiang Chen knew that these two horses were by no means ordinary horses, and when the white horse neighed, it could easily startle the six horses to scatter and flee, which was enough to show its outstanding status among its kind.
But this matter is not easy to publicize, so as not to attract some people with ulterior motives to covet it.
Under the cover of Luo Tiancheng, Jiang Chen finally successfully entered Ziyang City this time, a big city located in the hinterland of the southern border of Daqian, like a paradise in isolation.
The bustling street market here winds for hundreds of metres with no end in sight, and is lined with shops and stalls, which promote a thriving trade here.
Jiang Chen said to Luo Tiancheng: "I don't know, I still think that Da Qian's singing and dancing are leveling now!" But I still remember that just a hundred meters outside the city, hundreds of homeless people were still starving and waiting to die at this time! ”
"Brother Chen, I'm in the same mood as you, but I'm afraid that the peaceful days here are coming to an end."
"Huh? Did something happen? ”
Jiang Chen cast a concerned gaze, and Luo Tiancheng immediately told him that the city was currently recruiting soldiers, and many people had already been taken away.
coincided with the tense war in the north, and recruiting troops was a very natural operation, but Luo Tiancheng used the word "take away", so it is worth asking at the bottom of the question.
"There is no such thing as voluntary, but all young strong men of the right age will be forcibly taken away, and it is not surprising that all those who need strong labor in the city have disappeared without a trace."
"I heard that some people's three sons were all taken away, saying that they would be able to come back by this time next year, but who knows that it will not be bad news when the time comes?"
Luo Tiancheng sighed as he spoke, while Jiang Chen wanted to know who came up with this stupid way of recruiting.
"It seems to be an order from the military department of the imperial court, because the war continues to expand, and the military department has more and more voice in the court, after all, if this battle is to continue, it is necessary to rely on the military department to coordinate military affairs and reorganize the army."
While they were talking, the two happened to witness a living case happening in front of their eyes.
A pair of soldiers dragged two young men into the street and pulled them into a line of about 20 people, the latter of whom were strong men who had been forcibly arrested, and when they put on their uniforms when they returned to their hair, they also turned into big soldiers.
"Master Jun, Master Jun, please be merciful to your subordinates, my grandson is only twelve years old this year, where can he be a soldier?"
A blind old man crawled out with a rolling belt, tugging at his grandson's sleeve with both hands, desperately refusing to let go.
When the official in charge of recruiting soldiers heard the news, he was wearing a dark green official uniform, carrying a bird cage in his hand, and when he came, he did not forget to purse his lips and tease the birds in the cage, looking like a sven scum.
"Who is making a noise here? Fighting for the country is a national plan, do you dare to resist it? ”
The blind old man's face was full of tears, and he cried: "My lord, my two sons served in the army earlier, and now it has been five years, and life and death are uncertain!" Now there is such a single seedling left in the family, is this going to make us cut off our children and grandchildren? ”
The official said unmoved: "It is the duty of the people of the great cadres to protect the family and defend the country, but your grandson is a great cadre?" ”
"It's... Yes, he is a great man. ”
"Isn't that enough, if he doesn't fight bloodily for the big cadres and kill himself, is he going to be a traitor?"
This official is very skillful, and he is even more skillful in fabricating charges, and he blocked the old man's words in a few words.
The situation of the other family is not much better, the young couple has only been married for two days, and now the husband is about to be forcibly taken away, and it is difficult to say whether he can come back this time.
With the brutality of the war in the north, and the fact that these people are not properly trained, there is a high probability that they will die worthless on the battlefield.
Although the surrounding people were gloomy, they were helpless, because they knew that it was useless to resist, and the only thing they could do was to go along with it.
"What are you yelling about, don't you know that this son is in the city? If this spreads out, and you think that I am not in good governance, do you want me to be so misunderstood by the world? ”
A somewhat familiar voice came from a distance, and when this guy approached, Jiang Chen realized that this was not the boy who had some quarrels with him outside Ziyang City that day?
At that time, he was still disrespectful to Wu Yue.
Jiang Chen asked, "Who is this person, and why is there such a big shelf?" ”
Luo Tiancheng replied: "He is the son of the official eunuch mentioned last time, and it seems that he is the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the middle of the court." ”