Chapter 121: Fortune and Misfortune
After all, Zhu Can, the future Garuda King, is still just a minor official in a county. He has little knowledge and experience, and his ability and intelligence are still in the growth stage. He was pulled to the restaurant by the wise and well-informed Ma Sanbao and fucked a lot of wine, and deceived a lot of reliable or unreliable nonsense. Zhu Can quickly regarded Ma Sanbao as a close friend, and believed that Chen Yingliang was unwilling to keep him, and was preparing to entrust him with greater responsibilities.
Then in the morning of the next day, Zhu Can, who had received guidance from experts, ran to the county barracks and taught his guns and martial arts to the new army of Qiao County. Ma Sanbao, who had received guidance from Chen Yingliang, did not need Zhu Can to teach any too clever shooting skills. He only asked Zhu Can to teach these soldiers some simple and practical tricks, and could do it quickly and ruthlessly enough. For ordinary soldiers, they only need to do it quickly and ruthlessly enough on the battlefield. Learning too many tricks is not only useless, but may harm these soldiers on the battlefield where efficiency and speed are pursued.
Not to mention, Zhu Can is more sorry for anyone in terms of morality and conscience, but he has a few tricks in martial arts. On the same day, he carefully taught the two extremely practical gun techniques to the new recruits in Qiao County, and explained how to use force, how to collect the gun, and how to prevent the enemy's counterattack after stabbing the air. Ma Sanbao was very happy but was not greedy. He asked the soldiers of Qiao County to practice these two gun techniques carefully, and asked Zhu Can to give instructions and correct mistakes at any time. Zhu Can worked hard and never left the school ground from morning to night, and taught and guided the new army in Qiao County. After a day, these new soldiers remembered the two gun techniques.
Seeing this scene, Ma Sanbao was of course secretly happy and was also greedy for Dasheng. When he returned home in the evening, he asked Chen Yingliang to leave Zhu Can in Yongcheng for a while and asked Zhu Can to teach the new soldiers some practical marksmanship skills.
The army is Chen Yingliang's lifeblood. When Zhu Can teaches the new army's martial arts and gun skills, Chen Yingliang of course came to the scene to watch and witnessed Zhu Can's hard work. After listening to Ma Sanbao's suggestions, he was naturally a little moved. After thinking for a long time, Chen Yingliang said: "Let him train our army for three days. Within three days, you can just draw six gun skills from him. There is no need to do much. First, if there is too much, our soldiers can't remember it, and second, if you keep Zhu Can for too long, you can't bear to death if you want to drive him away."
Although he didn't understand why Chen Yingliang was so disgusted with Zhu Can, who was so skilled in martial arts, Ma Sanbao did not insist. He obediently accepted the order, and went to Zhu Can to get in touch with him and coaxed him to teach the soldiers for another two days. Chen Yingliang made an excuse to keep Deng Zhexuan, the magistrate of Chengfu County, temporarily stayed in Yongcheng for two days without mentioning it.
In this way, under the trick of Ma Sanbao, he was greedy for the fodder that Chen Yingliang could hang in front and could not reach. Zhu Can, who had no idea that he had been on Chen Yingliang's blacklist, was like an old donkey pulling a mill, and he trained Chen Yingliang for two days. On the third day, Chen Yingliang, who had already squeezed a lot of oil and water from Zhu Can, finally plucked his feathers for the next plan, ordered his servants to prepare a table of good wine and banquets, prepare to treat Zhu Can well in the evening, and give some money to win over it. Then, he sent Zhu Can and Deng Zhexuan to get out on the fourth day.
It was also a coincidence that at noon, he ordered his servants to prepare a banquet. Before the time had passed, Changsun Wuji returned to Yongcheng from the eastern capital Luoyang and brought Chen Yingliang a fleet of arsenal office loaded with weapons and armor. Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard the news and hurried to the dock to welcome his future brother-in-law. Then he was even more surprised to see that Changsun Wuji brought back fifteen tall official ships this time, and each ship was extremely drenched, and it was obviously full of heavy cargo.
The heavy official ship was docked under the pull of the boatman. Before the springboard was put down, Changsun Wuji, who had not seen him for almost a month, jumped off the boat, rushed to Chen Yingliang to salute, and said with a smile: "Brother, guess how many armor and weapons did the emperor give us Qiao County this time?"
"Little guy, how can I guess?" Chen Yingliang smiled and complained, "You little guy, why don't you send someone to send a letter first when you come back? I've been worried these days, afraid that something will happen to you on the road.
"I want to give you a big surprise, so I deliberately didn't send someone to send a letter first." Changsun Wuji said with a smile: "Brother, you have to hold on next. The weapons and armor that His Majesty the Emperor rewarded us this time, there are 2,000 sets of Mingguang armor, 600 good bows, 30,000 wolf-tooth arrows, 5,000 crossbows, 2,000 crossbows, 2,000 crossbows, 2,000 military horizontal swords, 2,000 shields, 2,000 shields, and 3000 shields, 2,000 shields, and 300000000 shields, 2,000 shields, and 300000000000000 military horizontal swords, 2,000 shields, and 300000000000 shields, and 2,000 shields, and 3000000000 Western Regions Good Horses and Spikes."
"Give so much?" Chen Yingliang opened his mouth wide and exclaimed: "What did you do this mission? He actually asked His Majesty the Emperor to reward us with so many weapons and equipment?" - You know, in Chen Yingliang's prediction, as long as Changsun Wuji can get a thousand sets of iron armor and three hundred bows this time, Chen Yingliang will be extremely satisfied.
"This little brother dares not be greedy for merit. The main reason is that His Majesty the Emperor has high hopes for you, and there are many important officials of the court to help you speak, so I can only ask for so many weapons and armor back." Changsun Wuji smiled even happier and said with great excitement: "Brother, do you know, how many important officials in the court who helped us speak this time...?"
"I am one of them." A vaguely familiar voice suddenly came from the side, and a slick smiled: "Nephew Yingliang, this time, in order to ask for these armor and weapons for you, my uncle said a lot to Xiao Guojiu in the court, and offended all the great uncle. This time, I came to Yongcheng, so you should thank me, my uncle."
Chen Yingliang turned his head to look in surprise, and saw that the person who said this was a bad old man wearing a gorgeous leather robe. Then Chen Yingliang's eyes almost popped out of his eyes, and shouted again: "Yun Shaoqing, why are you here too?" It turned out that this bad old man was nothing but someone else, just the thickest face of Yun Dingxing Yun Da Shaoqing in the entire Sui Dynasty.
"I'll give you weapons and do some other things." Yun Da Shaoqing showed off the bright yellow scroll in his hand. Seeing that Chen Yingliang bowed his head and was about to receive the order immediately, Yun Da Shaoqing quickly stopped him and said, "Let's talk about it when you arrive at your Tongshou Mansion. With such heavy snow, don't freeze your legs."
Chen Yingliang, who didn't want to kneel alone in the snow and ice, agreed. When he was getting up, another acquaintance flashed behind Yun Dingxing, but Qian Xiangmin, who was forced to push the tank several times, greeted Chen Yingliang with a very reluctant smile, "Chen Tongshou, congratulations on your promotion again, villain congratulates you."
"Chen Fucheng, why are you here too?" Chen Yingliang was stunned and asked strangely: "Aren't you the Taifucheng? How could you be with the fleet of the Arsenal Bureau?"
"I am no longer the head of the government, because the last time the thief who robbed the ship in Wagang was that the young man had been demoted to serve as the people." Qian Xiangmin explained frowningly, and said with a sad face: "Chen Tongshou, I am here to join you this time. Please remember that you will give me a bowl of rice in the past friendship."
Chen Yingliang was speechless and could only nodded foolishly. Then Yun Da Shaoqing pulled Chen Yingliang to introduce his accompanying officials to Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang hurriedly treated him politely, busy and secretly complained in his heart, knowing that all the New Year gifts he had received during this period must be fed to the dog, and most of them had to be taken out to dispense Yun Da Shaoqing, the greedy and shameless old man.
No matter how much you complain, it is useless. Neglecting the people from the court is not something that a wise local official does. In a helpless manner, Chen Yingliang could only pluck his feathers again, send someone home to report the news, ask the subordinates at home to prepare more banquets and prepare to entertain the group of jackals and hungry tigers, and then quickly recruit the villagers to come and unload the goods. Then he introduced Xie Weiping and Dong You to Yun Da Shaoqing and others, and continued to be very busy.
As the local emperor of Qiao County, Chen Yingliang certainly did not need to personally supervise the unloading of ships and count the weapons and armors himself. He handed over these errands to Yuan Tiangang, Changsun Wuji, Dong You and others, and transferred the new army to help, Chen Yingliang led Yun Da Shaoqing and others to set off back to the city. On the way, Chen Yingliang learned from Yun Da Shaoqing that the past of Emperor Yang of Sui's reward of weapons this time.
It turned out that Pei Ju had already handed over the memorial to ask for weapons for Chen Yingliang before the Chinese New Year. At that time, a dispute was also triggered in the court. Some court officials, led by Xiao Guojiu, certainly opposed this matter, accusing Chen Yingliang of the excessive number of soldiers who expanded the village, and also insinuatedly questioning Chen Yingliang's purpose of expanding the army.
Of course, if Pei Ju dared to submit this memorial for Chen Yingliang, he would naturally not be afraid of the accusations and doubts of Xiao Guojiu and others. He also brought a group of his fellow comrades to the request of Chen Yingliang, and took out the precedent that Emperor Yang of Sui once assigned to the famous general Zhang Xutuo to quell the rebellion, and tried his best to persuade Emperor Yang of Sui to use the power of the court to help Chen Yingliang quickly build an army and form combat power, and then train Zhang Xutuo to share the worries of Emperor Yang of Sui. At the same time, because Pei Ju held many powerful gangs, this call was much louder than the opposition of Xiao Guojiu's party.
The final result was General Yuwen Shu, Yuwen. Because he received Chen Yingliang's generous New Year gift, General Yuwen, who had a good reputation in doing practical things after receiving the money, also stood up to help Pei Ju, pointing out that helping Chen Yingliang quickly build an army and forming a combat power far outweighed the disadvantages. He begged Emperor Yang of Sui to imitate Zhang Xutuo and also give direct help to Chen Yingliang, who also performed well in the battlefield of counter-rebellion.
Pei Ju was the number one celebrity in front of Emperor Yang of Sui, and Yuwen Shu was the number one favorite minister in front of Emperor Yang of Sui. They all stood on Chen Yingliang's side. The fence-bearer represented by Yun Da Shaoqing knew how to choose. They all stood on Chen Yingliang's side and argued with Xiao Guojiu. In addition, Fan Lao Wanguo and Yang Zhiji and others helped. In the end, Emperor Yang of Sui waved his hand and sent Chen Yingliang more weapons and equipment than expected. He also said that I could trust Chen Aiqing. If Chen Aiqing was not too young, I would have wanted him to protect his son, and he would have really put high hopes on Chen Yingliang, but he had no idea that Chen Shimei had ruined his innocent daughter, and was full of worms and bad water. He never thought of really working for him.
As for arranging Yun Da Shaoqing to send his weapons, it was because Chen Yingliang's ten collections of Fan Huazong's poems printed in movable type. As Chen Yingliang expected, Fan Lao, who was stubborn, really couldn't put down his poetry books. Because of the expensive cost of woodblock printing in this era, he had to pay for the printing costs for his lifetime, although he accepted gifts for his reputation. As a result, Changsun Wuji was forced to tell the low cost of printing and roughly introduced the fast and cheapness of printing. Then Fan Zigai quickly exposed this matter to Emperor Yang of Sui. He happened to be very interested in collections of poetry and books. How could he let go of such a good thing? He arranged for the famous craftsman Yun Da Shaoqing to study in Yongcheng.
After introducing these, Yun Da Shaoqing said sneakily to Chen Yingliang: "Nephew, in fact, the emperor originally planned to issue an order to give you a set of letterpresses. It was uncle who asked you for something, so he volunteered to come to Yongcheng to pass the orders and learn from you about letterpress printing."
"Uncle, do you have something to ask me for? Just send someone to give me an order. Do you need to come to this remote Yongcheng town in person?" Chen Yingliang asked in surprise, and cursed in his heart, "I'm shameless, I'll just take the opportunity to quarrel and say clearly, "What are you pretending to be?"
"You must come in person." Yun Da Shaoqing's answer surprised Chen Yingliang, and he also attached it to Chen Yingliang's ear and whispered: "I'm not hiding it. Uncle, I'm diligent in my job in the Shao Mansion. All the emperors of the imperial equipment I made were satisfied. Yuwen Zhuguo also said something good for me in front of the saint, so the emperor planned to let me lead the general of the left imperial guard. Uncle, I also planned to perform well in my military position and share my worries for the saint. Nephew, you are the one who knows how to train soldiers in the Sui Dynasty. Do you think that uncle can't come and ask you for help? This time I will live in your Yongcheng for a few more days, so you have to give me some advice."
Chen Yingliang looked at Yun Da Shaoqing in disbelief. Seeing that Yun Da Shaoqing was full of joy and even smiled with wrinkles, he realized that Yun Da Shaoqing was not joking. He muttered in his heart that the combat effectiveness of the Sui army became worse and worse, and quickly bowed to Yun Da Shaoqing to congratulate him, saying that he would definitely help the end. Yun Da Shaoqing laughed even happier and patted Chen Yingliang on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, when the uncle officially takes office, he will never forget your favor. Uncle, I am the Shaofu Supervisor, who is in charge of weapons and has an office. Isn't it just a matter of weapons and armor?"
Yun Da Shaoqing's words reminded Chen Yingliang that considering that although Yun Da Shaoqing's character is inferior, he is a genius in weapon manufacturing, he can help him better after holding the left imperial guards' real power. Chen Yingliang's attitude towards Yun Da Shaoqing was naturally more intimate and respectful. He also humbled Yan Nu and personally helped Yun Da Shaoqing dismount and took him into his home to entertain him. He respected Zhou Zhide almost helped Yun Da Shaoqing to the altar to burn incense and worship.
The next sentence was of course the edict was issued, all of whom were their own people. Of course, Yun Da Shaoqing did not make things difficult for Chen Yingliang. He quickly finished reading the imperial edict of Emperor Yang of Sui and then asked Chen Yingliang to get up. The content was almost nonsense. In addition to a lot of unknown classical Chinese, it explained the number of rewarded weapons and equipment, and it was also required that Chen Yingliang take care of himself and fight all his strength to suppress the thieves. Never let the great wise and generous Emperor Yang of Sui be disappointed. In addition, there was another sentence that Chen Yingliang could understand, which was to praise Chen Yingliang's preparations for preventing Du Fuwei's thieves from spreading to Huainan.
Preparing for the future, Du Fuwei's thief chaos spread to Huainan. This was the excuse that Changsun Wuji came up with for Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang did not give much hope for this, but the result was much more than he needed. Of course, Chen Yingliang was extremely happy and quickly bowed his head and thanked him. Then, with the help of Yun Da Shaoqing, he quickly sent someone to send Yun Da Shaoqing with a gift. Yun Da Shaoqing did come here to ask Chen Yingliang this time, and he sincerely refused to accept it for the first time. Chen Yingliang firmly wanted to give it away, and he pushed it with Yun Da Shaoqing, but it had no result for a long time.
"Report—"
Just as he was pushing, the old neighbor Sangouzi suddenly rushed into the lobby quickly and shouted at the report from a distance. Chen Yingliang got angry this time and rushed to Sangouzi and shouted: "Don't have eyes? Why are you shouting? If you didn't see Yun Shaoqing here, what should you do if you were shocked?"
"Damn it, villain." Sangouzi quickly apologized, and then said nervously: "But Lord Tongshou is really an urgent matter. The magistrate of Fuli County, Pengcheng County, which borders us, sent an in-house guard to send an expedition document. The document was covered with chicken feathers, and the in-house guard was still wearing a red flag on his back. The in-house guard had heard that this was an urgent military situation, so he rushed in to report it."
"Where is the expedited document?" Chen Yingliang asked in shock.
Sangouzi quickly submitted the official document in his hand, and there were three chicken feathers that were very anxious on the official document. Chen Yingliang quickly took the official document and opened it. When he looked at the content of the official document carefully, Chen Yingliang was stunned and was stunned on the spot. Yun Da Shaoqing saw something was wrong and asked, "Nephew, what happened?
"The magistrate of Fuli County urgently reported that after the rioter Du Fuwei fled to Xiapi County, he and Miao Haichao gathered together with the rioter Miao Haichao in Xiapi." Chen Yingliang replied in a daze: "Then he rushed west to Pengcheng County and invaded Fuli County. The magistrate of Fuli County asked me for help and warned me that the rioters were wandering towards Yongcheng, and it seemed that there was an attempt to invade Qiao County. The number of rioters had exceeded 30,000."
"So that's how it is." Yun Da Shaoqing nodded casually, but when he was halfway through, Yun Da Shaoqing immediately came to his senses and immediately screamed like a pig slaughtering: "What? More than 30,000 rioters are coming towards Yongcheng? Close the city gate and close all the city gates in Yongcheng for me."
Screaming, Yun Da Shaoqing Yu Qian jumped up again and again, screaming and just urging Sangouzi to send an order to close the city gate. Chen Yingliang hurriedly comforted: "Uncle, don't be afraid, the thieves will not be able to reach Yongcheng for a while, Fu Li is two hundred miles away from Yongcheng. The thieves will be all infantry. In less than two or three days, they will not be able to reach Yongcheng."
"So it's still so far." Yun Da Shaoqing, who almost pissed his pants, breathed a sigh of relief. After coming back to his senses, Yun Da Shaoqing, who was a little friendly with Chen Yingliang, turned pale again, and hurriedly reminded: "Nephew Yingliang, be careful. The emperor just praised you for your preparations for the rioter Du Fuwei in the imperial edict. Now Du Fuwei is coming to Yongcheng immediately. If you can't stop him and let him kill into Qiao County, or even wander to Huainan, then you will not be so easy to explain in front of the holy."
Chapter completed!