Longtan Village received the blue banner, and the three parties formed a team and headed toward Huangya Village in the southeast.
Zhang Mingjian drove his horse to Qin Lingjun's side, glanced at Zhang Yangquan, and said with a smile: "Qin Village Master, you really have a good military advisor. I wonder whether you or Zhang Qian will have the final say in Longtan Village in the future.
Does the household have the final say?"
Qin Ling thought without squinting, as if he was not even in her eyes.
Qin Lingsi smiled and said: "Zhang Mingjian, doesn't your shoulder hurt when you were shot last time? How dare you come to provoke my sister?"
Zhang Mingjian laughed and said: "It is an honor for Mr. Zhang to be shot by the master of Qin Dazhai!"
Zhang Yangquan suddenly smiled and said: "Master Zhang, I admire you very much."
Zhang Mingjian knew that he would not have anything nice to say, so he narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh?"
Zhang Yangquan said with emotion: "If I had a mortal enemy like Zhao Junyong like the leader of the village, I would not be as comfortable talking and laughing as the leader of the village is now."
Sun Hong had been walking in front silently. When he heard Zhao Jun use three words, he suddenly slowed down, obviously wanting to hear what Zhang Yangquan said next.
Zhang Mingjian's expression changed slightly, and he forced a smile and said: "Commander Zhang is joking, I don't recognize Zhao Junyong."
Qin Lingsi chuckled and said, "I'm so ashamed. You and Zhao Jun used two troops to attack Jiangdu City together, and you dare to say that you don't recognize him?"
Zhang Mingjian was shocked: "How do they know that the Red Scarf Army is with me?" But his face remained calm and he hummed: "Don't talk nonsense, I have never attacked Jiangdu."
He slowed down his horse, obviously not wanting to discuss this matter with Zhang Yangquan and others.
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Huangyazhai Hall.
Huang Boyan was lying sideways on the tiger leather chair, leaning on the armrest with his big bald head, his feet raised high, and eating an orange in his hand.
A scholar in white clothes held a folding fan and trotted to the hall. He said with a smile: "Master of Dazhai, please come to report to me. People are coming soon!"
Huang Boyan sat up suddenly, and the gold earrings on his ears jingled.
"Haha, this thing actually happened. My good sir, I really love you to death!" After saying this, he hugged the scholar in white and kissed him.
The scholar's name was Lu Qing, who was originally a scholar. Because the imperial examination was canceled by the Yuan Dynasty, he went up the mountain to commit suicide and was rescued by Huang Boyan.
Huang Boyan admired scholars the most in his life, and treated Lu Qing with great courtesy. He would rather not eat meat himself than let people arrange meat meals for Lu Qing.
As time passed, Lu Qing came back to his heart.
Originally, Huang Boyan had been competing with Qingyi Village for the title of the No. 1 cottage, and the two sides often fought.
Later, Lu Qing suggested taking a rest and recuperation approach, showing weakness to Qingyi Village on the surface and building up strength secretly.
This method was indeed very effective. Qingyi Village was tricked by Miao Daheng and its strength was greatly reduced.
Just when Huang Boyan was about to defeat Qingyi Village in one fell swoop, Lu Qing stopped him again, saying that if Qingyi Village was destroyed, Huangya Village would become the target of public criticism, and it would be better to continue to develop his strength as a second child.
Later, Lu Qing came forward and persuaded the Cai family, the largest family in Jiangdu, with his sharp tongue, and the two parties began to communicate secretly. Huangyazhai helped the Cai family do many shady things.
When the Shen family came to Jiangdu, Lu Qing saw another opportunity. He persuaded the Cai family to let the king of Zhennan order Huangyazhai to be built. In this way, Huangyazhai could help the Cai family take control of the Shen family.
Lu Qing wiped the saliva on his face in disgust and said angrily: "Master of the village, if you are so rude in the future, Xiao Ke will have no choice but to leave the village!"
"Don't, don't, why am I wrong?" Huang Boyan made a begging gesture, and then said: "By the way, sir, how many people came to Qingyi Village and Longtan Village?"
Lu Qing said: "There are two thousand people in Qingyi Village and one thousand people in Longtan Village."
Huang Boyan snorted and said: "Both of them are dishonest. I heard that there are more than 5,000 people in Longtan Village and at least 2,000 strong men, but they only sent a thousand people! And Zhang Mingjian, I heard that there are already 3,000 people.
I actually hid a thousand!"
Lu Qing slapped his palms with a folding fan and said calmly: "They are all very smart. They know that the General Manager's Office is begging us now, so they dare to hide their strength blatantly."
"Then should we also hide some people?"
"That's natural." Lu Qing said with a smile: "Just take 1,500 people and leave 2,000 people to guard the village."
Huang Boyan touched his bald head and said, "Isn't one thousand five hundred people too few? How about doing the same as Zhang Mingjian and bringing two thousand?"
Lu Qing raised his eyes and said: "I have told you a long time ago that if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. Let Zhang Mingjian do it if he is the first to do it. Why bother with those false reputations!"
Huang Boyan chuckled and said: "That's right, let Zhang Mingjian take the lead, and we hide behind and keep an eye on him!"
Lu Qing's face suddenly became condensed and he said: "Zhang Mingjian is nothing to worry about, but Longtan Village is becoming more and more difficult for me to see through. They seem to have not done business for several months!"
"How is that possible? They now have more than five thousand mouths!" Huang Boyan said in shock.
Lu Qing shook his head and said: "I am puzzled by this! Because of this, we must be extra careful about them!"
Huang Boyan nodded and said: "Okay, when we get to Jiangdu, we will know whether they are mules or horses!"
Near the end of the day, Zhang Yangquan, Sun Hong and Zhang Mingjian arrived at the foot of Huangyazhai Mountain. Huang Boyan and Lu Qing were already waiting at the foot of the mountain.
Sun Hong went up and exchanged a few words with each other, and then everyone headed towards the east gate.
When we arrived at the east gate of Jiangdu, it was almost dusk.
Under the setting sun, I saw Miao Daheng waiting outside the city gate with more than 2,000 defenders. These Yuan soldiers were all riding tall horses, with bright armor, dazzling swords and guns, and were quite powerful.
It turned out that it was Miao Daheng who advised Polo Buhua, saying that if these bandits could not be suppressed, the city would be in chaos. Polo Buhua felt that this was justified, so he took out all the wealth of the General Manager's Mansion and equipped Miao Daheng's garrison. Sure enough, the bandits in Qingyi Village and Huangya Village were all frightened when they saw the power of Yuan Bing. Only the soldiers in Longtan Village had had too many interactions with Yuan Bing and were not affected.
At this time, Polo Buhua, surrounded by several officials, had appeared on the city wall and waved to Miao Daheng below.
Miao Daheng rode his horse out, pointed his spear, and said: "Let's start the imperial edict now. The people and horses of the three villages will stand according to the banners. Longtan Village is on the left, Qingyi Village is in the middle, and Huangya Village is on the right!"
Three pennants have been planted outside the city. The blue flag is on the left, the green flag is in the middle, and the yellow flag is on the right.
Zhang Yangquan and the Qin sisters led the men and horses of Longtan Village towards the flag pole on the left. Everyone marched neatly and lined up in five rows. The first forty rows were all cavalry, and the back were all infantry.
After the three parties separated, the differences became apparent.
The soldiers of Longtan Village were lined up neatly and were the first to take their positions. Huangya Village was not as neat as Longtan Village, but everyone moved very quickly.
On the contrary, Qingyi Village in the middle, which was originally the shortest distance, finally stood up. After everyone stood up, they were all swaying and whispering to each other.
Zhang Mingjian lost his temper and roared several times at his own team before everyone calmed down.
The next step is to confer official positions and award gold medals to thousands of households.
Kang Lian was responsible for reading out the golden book of canonization, and the three of them were named the Three Wings of the Thousand Households Guarding the City.
Zhang Yangquan sealed a thousand households at the north gate, guarded the north gate, and was responsible for public security in the north of the city. Zhang Mingjian sealed a thousand households at the west gate, guarded the west gate, and was responsible for public security in the west of the city. Huang Boyan sealed a thousand households at the south gate, guarded the south gate, and was responsible for public security in the south of the city.
Miao Daheng originally guarded the city's Qianhusuo Qianhu, but this time he was granted the title of Daru Huachi and was responsible for guarding the east gate.
Daruhuachi was a unique official of the Yuan Dynasty, known as the person of the palm seal. Polo Buhua served as both the Daruhuachi and the general manager of the general administration.
Generally, Daruhuachi is held by Mongolians, but with the chaos in the world, various places no longer adhere to the rules.
Polo Buhua appointed Miao Daheng as Daruhuachi and gave him the right to command Zhang Yangquan and the other three.