Returning to the back hall, he huddled in the barrel with a cloth on his head. Chu Qing's legs were trembling a little.
He found that the design of the bathing barrel was too anti-human.
Sit down, the water can cover half of your face, and you will easily choke.
Just stand, it's making a noise.
Then you can only squat, and you have to squat on tiptoes. The more you squat, the more tired you become.
Tao Ruolin was sweating profusely.
"Harder, harder!"
This sentence was not said by Tao Ruolin, but by Chu Qing. Tao Ruolin was rubbing his back.
Tao Ruolin was very unhappy: "I asked Bihua to rub it for you."
"Sister, please don't make trouble. She can wipe Guanghuai Road for me in one go. Besides, I'm going to marry my third brother. You can't make such a joke casually."
Tao Ruolin chuckled, rolled up her sleeves and rubbed them carefully: "It's easy for me, Third Brother."
"I'm very particular about fairness. I'll rub it for you later."
Tao Ruolin lowered her head and glanced at the layer of ash floating on the barrel, her head shaking like a rattle.
This must be Chu Qing. If it had been anyone else, she would have been disgusted for a year just by looking at him.
There was nothing I could do about it, so I kept rushing for half a month, and every one of them was as dirty as a civilized person.
"When you came back just now, I saw you frowning. What's wrong?"
"It's okay." Chu Qing blew air like tea leaves: "Old Si, I don't know what else I'm going through. I've asked people to go to Guocheng and tell the Mohists that they can't survive if they continue to build ships. What they're building is the Hanhai.
A type of ship specialized in transporting supplies and troops.”
"Fourth brother still wants to fight?"
"I don't know." Chu Qing shook his head: "It's unnecessary. The geographical location of Erwang City is a place to be beaten. It's useless to occupy it. It can't be defended."
"Then why fight?"
"How do I know? Let's just fight blindly."
"No." Tao Ruolin patted the back of Chu Qing's head hard and chuckled: "Let the third brother rub it for you next time."
With a "wow" sound, Chu Qing stood up from the bucket, hammered his thigh, and smiled, still thinking about the war in Goguryeo.
Tao Ruolin couldn't do strenuous work, and she felt sleepy when she did it. She ran two steps quickly and threw herself on the bed, sprawled out, ready to sleep.
After riding a horse for half a month, Chu Qing could now walk with a slightly splayed figure. Without any thought, he wiped his body and went to bed.
Holding Tao Ruolin in his arms, Chu Qing was also extremely exhausted, but couldn't sleep with his eyes closed.
"Why, why why."
Chu Qing scratched his chin, as if he was possessed by a demon.
Tao Ruolin couldn't bear it anymore and said angrily: "Oh, go to bed now, what else can you do? Chang Chengyou wants to trick Goguryeo."
"Huh? What does that mean?"
"Who did you hear to say that the soldiers of the Kingdom of the Sun will withdraw their troops in the autumn?"
"That's what they said. The fourth son and the Supreme Emperor said the same thing in Goguryeo, and Donghai also said the same thing, and the court knew about it, so Goguryeo..."
Halfway through the sentence, Chu Qing's expression suddenly changed: "Wait a minute, are you saying that the soldiers of the Kingdom of the Sun are going to withdraw their troops? This is true?"
Tao Ruolin pointed at the door: "Whether you want to sleep or not? If you don't want to go out, I'm so annoyed."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Is your head just a decoration?" Tao Ruolin turned around and left Chu Qing with the back of her head.
Chu Qing rubbed his hands: "You've been riding in a carriage recently, so you're exhausted. Could you please give me a massage on your legs?"
"My chest hurts."
Chu Qing suddenly sat up and smiled: "You old driver, isn't this a coincidence? Isn't it? Isn't it the best for husband... No, the best for breast massage."
Tao Ruolin couldn't stop laughing, and the two of them had a rough time.
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The news that Chu Qing returned to the East China Sea spread like wildfire.
The officials and lieutenants and lieutenants who had been promoted quickly rode towards Taizhou on horseback. Many of them who had already arrived went directly to the Zhizhou Mansion.
You don’t want to see Chu Qing, you can meet anyone.
The friends didn't pay much attention to this, squatting at the door of the main hall, watching the fun like blind people.
The person representing Chu Qing now was Fatty Tao, who was dealing with it with a forced smile, while Tao Qi stood aside and watched happily.
Originally, Fatty Tao was not willing to do this, but Tao Qi wanted to cut him.
The Tao family is considered to be the largest family in Shangyun Dao. Tao Weiran welcomed Chu Qing on behalf of Chu Qing, which can be regarded as a connection for the Tao family.
Tao Qi asked Chu Qing on the road if Tao Weiran could be the magistrate of Guocheng if there were no more wars in the future. Chu Qing said yes, he could be the Taoist Priest of the Three Roads of the East China Sea.
Ever since Chu Qing swung his machete back and forth, the entire East China Sea had been completely shuffled.
Merchants replaced many aristocratic families in another form.
The aristocratic families that could survive began to grit their teeth and transform.
The biggest shock was in the officialdom. Civil servants and military officers were replaced by seventy-seven or eighty-eight.
Regardless of whether you are a businessman or a wealthy family, it is completely impossible not to deal with local officials. It is not that there is collusion between officials and businessmen, but that you must deal with them.
Solving the problems of people getting to work, taxation, local investment, building workshops, etc. all require negotiation and a win-win solution needs to be found.
Or it could be said that those who play with fists are different from those who play with brains.
Also in a hurry, Chu Qing was as tired as a dog. Now he only had the energy left for massage, and he could last for fifteen minutes at most.
Tao Weiran was already fat, and now he was forced to socialize by his sister, making him hopeless.
Cuttlefish was also very tired, so he went into the house and fell asleep.
Liao Wenzhi looks like a scholar, but he actually practiced swordplay since he was a child.
Not to mention Dajun brother Ayi and the others, they are full of energy.
A group of people were squatting at the door of the government office, looking from bottom to top. The people coming and going were so nervous that they almost walked with difficulty.
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Brother Dajun scratched the back of his head and looked at Wen Ya next to him: "Sixth, tell me, if you command the army, can you defend the Second King's City in Goguryeo?"
"It's difficult, it's as difficult as climbing to the sky, it's as difficult as a little beast like Bai Biao ranking first in the scientific examination."
Wen Ya shook her head and said: "Even if there are enough gunpowder crossbows and fire oil, there is no guarantee. The south of the Second King's City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, while the north is easy to attack and difficult to defend."
A Yi asked in confusion: "Then why did my cousin take us to Goguryeo? To fight but not to fight, and to fight but not to be able to defend it."
Lin Kui, who was squatting on the ground writing a letter, raised his head: "Let's fight again. If we can't hold it, we won't hold it. We will destroy the ruined city. Lao Liu, how do you write admiration?"
"Shan Liren has one egg plus one egg, but there are no two eggs." Wen Ya was happy: "That's right, destroy the ruined city. If you can't defend it, don't let Goguryeo get it."
"Why do you sound like a eunuch? What about the admiring Mu?"
"The grass is a little bigger."
Lin Kuai scratched the back of his head: "These two words are too obscene."
Zhao Baodan wiped his sword and said lazily: "The old Taoist doesn't understand battle formations, but if you ask me, lead thousands of Hu female brothers and enter the mountains and forests at night, and fight as they did on Daying Island.
The method is to burn down all the official roads in the mountains and forests, at least not to allow the armies of Baekje and Silla to gather."
Cao Hu said cheerfully: "What are you trying to do? Just go around and attack Baekje and Silla first."
After the words fell, it became completely quiet.
Brother Dajun and others looked extremely strange.
Fu Yongkang suddenly looked at Fu Baobao: "That's it!"
Fu Baobao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "No wonder it's the emperor, he's such a loser!"