Three rounds of drinking.

Han Zhen suddenly asked: "We have known each other for a while, with Zhu Yuanwai's ability, being a businessman is really a bit humiliating, have you ever thought about getting an official and a half position?" ”

Zhu Ji's movements froze, and a hint of intention flashed in his eyes.

Does he want to be an official?

Naturally, I want to.

When he was young, Zhu Ji also studied hard for more than ten years, but the township test was frustrated one after another, which made him disheartened and deeply hit. In desperation, he had to rely on his brother-in-law Changzhi County's relationship to start business and subsidize his family.

To be honest, after getting along during this time, he admires Han Zhen's personality very much, pragmatic, decisive, and sharp, and he will never be soft when he should be ruthless.

He also greatly recognized and admired the methods and ideas under his rule.

Zhu Ji heard the implication of Han Zhen's words, but now he can't just think about himself and make a rash decision, which will not only affect his family, but also implicate his brother-in-law Chang Zhixian.

Forcibly suppressing the intention in his heart, he put down his chopsticks and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the county magistrate, but I can't do anything about this matter, and I still need to discuss it with Changzhi County." ”

"It's good!"

Han Zhen smiled slightly.

Zhu Ji's answer was expected.

This time, he just borrowed Zhu Ji's mouth to dial the abacus of Changzhi County.

It's time to decide whether to go or stay!

It is naturally an unexpected joy to be able to stay, after all, Changzhi County is still very talented.

gone, and there is nothing to lose.

Now, he has become a general trend, and the number of Xu officials under his command has exceeded 800, most of whom are scholars, waiting to open the lock hall again one by one.

Even if Chang Zhixian leaves now, he will be able to send someone to the top immediately, and it will be seamless.

Zhu Ji seemed a little absent-minded, and he sandwiched the wrong dish several times.

After eating, he left in a hurry, apparently to repair a book, and discussed it with Changzhi County.

After putting a hot towel on his face and dissipating the smell of alcohol, Han Zhen was slightly drunk in his eyes, and rode back to the palace.

As soon as I entered the lobby, I saw Nie Dong in military uniform, waiting in the lobby, obviously waiting for a while.

Han Zhen asked, "When did you come?" ”

"The last general has just arrived."

Nie Dong hugged his fists.

Hearing this, Han Zhen couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

Now as Han Zhen gradually gains momentum, this guy is no longer as upright as before, and he has begun to learn to play officialdom.

He didn't mind that.

After all, you have to give your subordinates a head start before they can willingly work for him.

Coming to the back of the hall and sitting down, Han Zhen asked unhurriedly, "What's the matter?" ”

"The errand ordered by the county magistrate yesterday, the last general and Shi Senjun have discussed it properly, and I have come to ask the county magistrate to decide."

Nie Dong said, taking out a fold from his arms and handing it over.

After taking it, Han Zhen just glanced at it casually and said, "Didn't you already say it yesterday, you can just look at this matter." ”

"The last will obey."

Nie Dong nodded, and then said: "Zhang He sent someone to send a message this morning, when he was escorting the war horse two days ago, he found that a large number of thieves crossed the Taishan Mountains from Dongping Mansion and entered Jinan Mansion. ”

Han Zhen Zhengse said: "How much is a large batch?" ”

"About seventy or eighty thousand." Nie Dong replied.

Hearing this, Han Zhen groaned: "The anti-thieves in Dongping Mansion should be the remnants of Zhang Di. ”

Nie Dong echoed: "The last general also thinks that it is the remnants of Zhang Di, and this time he crossed the border, it is estimated that he is defecting to the Black Mountain thieves." ”

Han Zhen smiled slightly: "For us, it's good news. The more anti-thieves there are in Jinan Prefecture, the more energy the Western Army will be involved. ”

If it were him, he would accept the remnants of Zhang Di, but he would not reorganize them, but would give money, food and ordnance, and place these thieves in Yucheng.

At that time, the western army will go south, and Yucheng will bear the brunt.

Just used Zhang Di's remnants to fight in the front, and by the way, explored the reality of the Western Army.

Even if it is about to collapse at the first touch, so many prisoners of war will become a burden to the Western Army, dragging down the pace of the Western Army's advance, and consuming grain and grass.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen looked to the north from afar: "Winter is coming, the land of Hebei will only get colder and colder day by day, Gaotuo Mountain will not last long, and the only way to survive is to go south to meet the Black Mountain thieves." ”

"The more lively Jinan Mansion is, the better."

Nie Dong grinned, his eyes revealing a strong battle intent.

"County magistrate, county magistrate!"

Just then, there was a shouting from outside the lobby.

The next moment, I saw Yu Chaohuan happily trotting into the lobby.

Seeing this, Han Zhen asked, "What makes Commander Yu so happy?" ”

“……”

Yu Chaohuan was about to answer, when he suddenly found Nie Dong in the hall and immediately stopped talking.

Nie Dong said with interest: "The county magistrate has important matters, so the last general will retire first. ”

Han Zhen waved his hand: "It's okay." ”

Hearing this, Yu Chaohuan opened his mouth and said in an excited tone: "County magistrate, I have got a divine arm crossbow from my humble position!" ”

Divine Arm Crossbow!

Han Zhen and Nie Dong's eyes lit up together.

If Zhao Song has any black technology, it should be the Divine Arm Crossbow.

Compared with other ordinary strong crossbows, the Divine Arm Crossbow is simply a dimensionality reduction strike.

The extremely defensive, swords and arrows are difficult to hurt the Qizi armor, known as the pinnacle of the cold forging process, but even so, within fifty steps, it is like tofu in front of the divine arm crossbow.

For ordinary heavy armor, it is even more armor-piercing like cutting vegetables.

The main reason why Han Zhen attaches so much importance to the Western Army is that he is afraid of the Divine Arm Crossbow.

In the two battles of Xianrenguan and Monk Yuan, the Song soldiers won more with less, and defeated the strong with the weak. In these two battles, the divine arm crossbow showed its might, and shot the iron floating slaughter that the Jin people were proud of into a sieve, and the golden vulture cried and called his mother.

Although he has firearms, they are the most primitive black powder bombs, and they have to be thrown by manpower, and they cannot be suppressed remotely.

If there is no divine arm crossbow, his 5,000 heavy armored cavalry is likely to become a living target and repeat the tragedy of the Iron Floating Massacre.

Han Zhen stood up and hurriedly asked, "How many?" ”

"Eighty handles!"

Yu Chaohuan replied.

In order to get the Divine Arm Crossbow, he took great pains, and almost used all the connections that he and his father-in-law's family could use.

Han Zhen frowned slightly and said, "So much? ”

Without waiting for Yu Chaohuan to explain, Nie Dong on the side took the lead and said: "County magistrate, the divine arm crossbow is a forbidden weapon in the Zhao and Song Dynasty army, and the management is extremely strict, and it is very rare for Commander Yu to get eighty handles." ”

As a hundred battles in the Western Army for more than ten years, he is very familiar with the Divine Arm Crossbow.

On the battlefield, the crossbowman is about to be captured, and the crossbow machine will also be destroyed in advance.

The situation is like this on the battlefield, and you can imagine how strict the control of the Divine Arm Crossbow should be on weekdays.

Hearing Nie Dong help himself speak, Yu Chaohuan cast a grateful glance at him.

"I see."

After Han Zhen sat down again, he smiled: "It's me who is too impatient." Everything is difficult at the beginning, with the first time, there is a second time, and the little things add up! ”

Yu Chaohuan's face was slightly embarrassed: "County magistrate, the other party has a big appetite." ”

Han Zhen didn't ask who the other party was, and said directly: "How much money does he want?" ”

He is not afraid of the other party's big appetite, but what he is afraid of is that the other party will not sell.

"The other party doesn't want gold, silver and copper coins, just sugar, a pound of sugar, and a divine arm crossbow!" Yu Chaohuan replied.

Don't want money, you want sugar?

And this kind of good thing?

Han Zhen was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yu Chaohuan, and said with a smile: "Does the other party want sugar, or do you want it?" ”

Yu Chaohuan was shocked, and hurriedly explained: "The county magistrate is wronged, he has ten dares to give his humble position, and he doesn't dare to do anything like sitting on the ground." ”

"It was better to do so."

After some beating, Han Zhen said: "A pound of white sugar is a pound of sugar, when will it be delivered?" ”

Yu Chaohuan was overjoyed, and replied truthfully: "It is estimated that it will take ten days, and the divine arm crossbow is a heavy weapon in the army, and the whole crossbow needs to be completely disassembled into pieces and shipped out in batches, so that it can be concealed from the sky and the sea." ”

"Hmm!"

Han Zhen nodded and continued to ask, "Can the three-bow bed crossbow have eyebrows?" ”

Yu Chaohuan smiled bitterly: "County magistrate, the three-bow bed crossbow is not as strict as the divine arm crossbow, but the problem is that the three-bow bed crossbow is too big, even if it is disassembled into pieces, it will be recognized at a glance, and it can't be done to hide people's eyes." ”

Han Zhen instructed: "You do your best, if you really can't do it, forget it." ”

The three-bow bed crossbow was called the eight-ox crossbow in the pre-Tang Dynasty, and as the name suggests, it needed eight oxen to pull the winding.

By the time of the Song Dynasty, after being improved by skilled craftsmen, only a few soldiers were needed to wind it.

The technical content is there, but it is far from being as high as the divine arm crossbow, and if it is really impossible to get it, Han Zhen instructed the craftsmen of the Academy of Engineering to study it on their own.

……

……

"Hey!"

Chang Zhixian put down the letter in his hand and sighed.

Seeing this, Fu Bo, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but ask, "Ah Lang, why are you sad?" ”

Chang Zhixian smiled bitterly: "Han Zhen came to urge me to express my position through Yuanchen's mouth." ”

"This ......"

Fauber's face froze, not knowing what to say.

This is not a trivial matter, but it is about the lives of the whole family, how dare he talk more.

"This Han Zhen has a hand in winning people's hearts, and since he went to Yidu, Yuanchen has changed. Although this letter did not express its attitude, there was a faint intention to defect between the lines. ”

Chang Zhixian sighed again, his tone helpless.

Fortunately, his friend and brother-in-law still knew what was important, and he didn't make his own decisions, but repaired a letter to ask for his opinion.

Fu Bo reminded: "Ah Lang should indeed make a decision early, and when the Western Army arrives, Han Erlang will definitely raise the anti-flag." ”

As long as Han Zhen didn't blatantly flip the table and rebel, Changzhi County would be fine.

Even if Changzhi County just left on the front foot, Han Zhen rebelled on the back foot, and the court would reprimand him a few words at most, and he would not even ask for the guilt.

But if Han Zhen completely rebelled, even if Changzhi County had ten mouths at that time, it would not be clear to explain.

"My province, my province."

Chang Zhixian waved his hand and muttered to himself.

After reading books for so many years and being an official for so many years, deep in his heart, he has a little loyalty and patriotism.

But I have to admit that working under Han Zhen is extremely comfortable and has no constraints.

It's like before, there is a mother-in-law at the top, and an aunt and sister-in-law at the bottom, and he, the magistrate, deserves to be like an angry daughter-in-law, wronged.

Besides, where is he willing to earn seventy or eighty thousand yuan a month.

If you leave Han Zhen, I am afraid that I will have to live a hard life again in the future.

The window of the study is facing the backyard.

The leafy locust tree was now bare, leaving only some yellow leaves, still crumbling in the cold wind, as if it would fall at any moment.

Chang Zhixian looked out the window, and his heart was full of thoughts.

Today's Great Song Dynasty is like this locust tree.

However, the flowers have a reblooming day, and the dead wood can be spring, but does the Great Song still have a chance?

"No more!"

Chang Zhixian shook his head.

has been an official for so many years, allowing him to see more and more thoroughly.

The problem of redundancy has reached its peak, and the people have been squeezed to the limit, the poor will always be poor, and the rich will always be rich.

Although today's official family is mediocre, all this was not caused by him, and the root cause was planted as early as the beginning of the founding of the country.

Today's Great Song Dynasty is already terminally ill and has no medicine to treat.

Even if the Western Army quelled the domestic rebellion, it would only be a last-minute breath.

Thinking of this, Chang Zhixian looked struggling, and his hands hidden in the big sleeves of his wide robe kept changing his posture.

Fu Bo leaned on the bookshelf, feeling the heat wave from the coal stove on the side, and the whole person only felt warm, and he took a nap unconsciously.

When people get old, they are prone to sleepiness.

I don't know how long it took, Chang Zhixian's gnashing voice suddenly sounded in the study: "Fu Bo, grind!" ”

Fauber was suddenly excited, and after relieving himself, he walked to the desk and began to grind.

After a while, Fauber said, "Ah Lang, it's done." ”

"Hmm!"

Chang Zhixian hummed, took out a piece of letter paper, dipped the pen in ink, and wrote a line of words on the letter paper.

In normal times, when Fu Bo writes letters in Changzhi County, he will deliberately avoid it.

But because of the previous conversation, he couldn't help but glance at it.

[My wife sees the words like a meeting:

Since I am far away from Linzi, I have not seen the fragrance for several years. Although flying in the air, the sound and appearance are all over the place, and I miss it!

Recalling the past years of Jiangcheng, Qing Ruoxiu bamboo helped the wind, at first sight, only a finger has reached the number of six or six, and both of us have frost on our temples. At the time, Wu Ya is a good rhetoric, copying the meaning of "The Evil", the book is primitive, and the makeup is a few Yingqing. Fortunately, he was cherished by Qing, and he migrated several times and did not disperse.

The book is not exhaustive, selling fields and shops on the same day, collecting floating wealth and bringing the old and young with the family, day and night, rushing to Yidu. Don't ask, don't guess, don't be delusional!

Handwritten by Fu Boqiong, October 26, 26th year of the Lunar New Year. 】

In an instant, a letter written by a plum blossom was completed.

Chang Zhixian gently dried the ink, folded it carefully, and after making a word envelope, it was stuffed into the envelope.

"Fauber, send the letter back to your hometown."

After receiving the letter, Fu Bo reminded with a hesitant face: "Ah Lang, you must be cautious in this matter!" ”

Chang Zhixian looked resolute, waved his hand and said: "Don't say more, I have made up my mind, go and rest!" ”

Seeing this, Fauber didn't say anything more, and hurried out of the study with the letter.

After Fu Bo left, Chang Zhixian ordered: "Come here, please ask County Lieutenant Liu to come to the study." ”

After a while, Liu Yong walked into the study unhurriedly.

"I don't know what Changzhi County has called the officials to discuss?"

At this time, Liu Yong has gradually adapted to the change of identity, and between his words and deeds, he is really a little powerful.

Changzhi County instructed: "This official will leave for Yidu tomorrow, and all the affairs of Linzi County will be handed over to County Lieutenant Liu for the time being." ”

Liu Yong was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned embarrassed: "Changzhi County, I'm afraid that the lower officials can't do it." ”

He, the county lieutenant, is in charge of public security in the county, and is in charge of the three classes of soap officials, and he is very idle on weekdays.

Now that he was suddenly asked to temporarily take charge of the county and take charge of all the big and small things in the county, Liu Yong had no bottom in his heart.

Changzhi County comforted: "There are no major things in the county now, and there are six Cao Xu officials to do small things, so you don't need to bother." ”

"That'...... Then give it a try. ”

When it came to this, Liu Yong had to nod his head.

"Don't worry, the official will come back in a few days, if you encounter something tricky, you can let the post station quickly inform the official."

After explaining the matter again, Changzhi County sent Liu Yong away.

Turning his head to look at the locust tree outside the window, he couldn't help but sigh.

Han Er, don't let me down!

(End of chapter)