Zhu Can, the future king of Jialouluo, is still just a county official after all, with relatively little knowledge and experience, and his ability and intelligence are still in the growth stage. Zhu Can soon regarded Ma Sanbao as a close friend after hearing unreliable nonsense, and also believed that Chen Yingliang's refusal to keep him was because he was preparing to entrust him with a greater responsibility.
Then in the early morning of the next day, Zhu Can, who had been instructed by an expert, followed Ma Sanbao to the county army camp, and taught his marksmanship and martial arts to the new army of Qiao County. Ma Sanbao, who had been instructed by Chen Yingliang, didn't need it either What Zhu Can taught was too clever marksmanship moves? He only asked Zhu Can to teach these soldiers some simple and practical moves, as long as they could be fast enough and ruthless-for ordinary soldiers, they only needed to be fast enough and ruthless on the battlefield. Putting on too much airs is not only useless, but it may actually harm these soldiers on the battlefield where efficiency and speed are pursued.
Not to mention, Zhu Can is more apologetic than anyone else in terms of morality and conscience, but he is very good at martial arts. On the same day, he taught Qiao County recruits two extremely practical marksmanship moves, and explained how to use force, How to close the gun and how to prevent the enemy from counterattacking after stabbing, Ma Sanbao was overjoyed but he was not greedy. He asked the Qiaojun soldiers to practice these two marksmanship with their hearts, and asked Zhu Can to give advice and correct mistakes at any time. Work hard, never leave the school grounds from morning to night, and teach and guide the new army in Qiaojun with all your heart. After a day, these new army soldiers have firmly memorized the two marksmanship moves.
Seeing this scene, Ma Sanbao was of course secretly happy in his heart, and was also greedy for Dasheng. When he saw Chen Yingliang after returning home at night, he asked Chen Yingliang to let Zhu Can stay in Yongcheng for a longer period of time, and let Zhu Can teach the soldiers of the new army some practical marksmanship .
The army is the lifeblood of Chen Yingliang. When Zhu Can taught the new army martial arts and marksmanship, Chen Yingliang of course went to the scene to watch and witnessed Zhu Can's hard work. After listening to Ma Sanbao's suggestion, he was naturally moved. Said: "Let him train our army for three days. Within three days, you can learn six marksmanship moves from him. It doesn't take much. One is that our soldiers can't remember it, and the other is to keep Zhu Can away. It's been too long, and if you want to drive him away, you won't be ashamed."
Although he didn't understand why Chen Yingliang was so disgusted with Zhu Can, who was so skilled in martial arts, Ma Sanbao didn't insist. Deng Zhexuan, the county magistrate of Chengfu, temporarily stayed in Yongcheng for two days under the pretext of not mentioning it.
Just like that, Zhu Can, who was fooled by Ma Sanbao and coveted Chen Yingliang's forage hanging in front of him that was visible and out of reach, and who didn't even know that he was on Chen Yingliang's blacklist, was like an old donkey pulling a mill. He trained hard for Chen Yingliang for two days, and on the third day, Chen Yingliang, who had squeezed out a lot of money from Zhu Can, finally plucked his hair for the next step, and ordered his servants to prepare a good banquet , prepared to entertain Zhu Can with a meal of wine and meat in the evening, reward some small money to win him over, and then send Zhu Can and Deng Zhexuan to leave together on the fourth day.
It was also a coincidence that just after noon, he ordered his servants to prepare a banquet. Not long after, Changsun Wuji returned to Yongcheng from Luoyang, the eastern capital, and brought Chen Yingliang an arsenal fleet full of weapons and armor. Chen Yingliang Hearing the news, he was overjoyed, and hurried to the pier to meet his future brother-in-law. Then he was even more pleasantly surprised to see that Changsun Wuji had brought back a total of fifteen tall official ships this time, and each ship had a very deep draft. Loaded with heavy cargo.
The heavy official boat had just landed under the pull of the tracker, and before the gangway was lowered, Changsun Wuji, who hadn't 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 armors and weapons the emperor gave us in Qiao County this time?"
"Little devil, how could I have guessed it?" Chen Yingliang scolded with a smile, and then complained: "You little brat, why didn't you send someone to deliver a letter first when you came back? It made me worry all these days, lest something happen to you on the road."
"I wanted to give you a big surprise, so I deliberately didn't send someone to deliver the letter first." Changsun Wuji said with a smile: "Brother, you have to hold on. The weapons and armor that His Majesty the Emperor gave us this time are only infantry soldiers. There are 2,000 sets of iron armor (non-step armor)! There are also 200 sets of Mingguang armor, 600 handles of good bows, 30,000 sets of fine mace arrows, 100 handles of crossbows, 5,000 sets of crossbow arrows, and two military horizontal knives. A thousand handles, two thousand shields, and three hundred good horses from the Western Regions! Two hundred spears!"
"Give so much?" Chen Yingliang opened his mouth wide, and exclaimed: "How did you manage this mission to ask 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 could get a thousand sets of armor and three hundred bows this time, Chen Yingliang would be extremely satisfied.
"This little brother doesn't dare to be greedy for merit. The main reason is that His Majesty has placed high hopes on you, brother, and there are many important officials of the court who help you to speak up. That's why I can ask for so many weapons and armor back." Changsun Wuji smiled even more happily, and He said excitedly: "Brother, do you know how many important ministers in the court and central government who spoke for us this time...?"
"I'm one of them." A vaguely familiar voice suddenly came from the side, and said with a slippery smile: "Nephew Yingliang, this time the old uncle wanted to get these armors and weapons for you, but in the court with Uncle Xiao Guo He said a lot of things to him, and he offended the dignified uncle, this time I came to Yongcheng, you should thank me, this old uncle."
Chen Yingliang turned around in surprise, and saw that the person who said this was a bad old man in a gorgeous leather robe, and then Chen Yingliang's eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets, and he exclaimed again: "Yun Shaoqing, why are you here?" It turned out that this bad old man was none other than the thickest-skinned Yun Ding Xing Yun Da Shaoqing in the entire Sui Dynasty.
"I'm here to give you the decree, send you weapons, and do some other things." Yunda Shaoqing showed the bright yellow scroll in his hand, seeing Chen Yingliang Jishou saluting and preparing to receive the order immediately, Yunda Shaoqing hurriedly stopped him, saying: "Here we are Let’s talk about your Tongshou Mansion, don’t freeze your legs with such heavy snow.”
Chen Yingliang, who didn't want to kneel alone and suffer in the ice and snow, agreed. When he got up, another acquaintance appeared behind Yun Dingxing. Chen Yingliang said hello, "Chen Tongshou, congratulations on your promotion again, the villain congratulates you."
"Qian Fucheng, why are you here?" Chen Yingliang was taken aback, and asked strangely: "Aren't you the Fucheng of the Taifu? Why are you with the fleet of the Arsenal Department?"
"It's no longer Fucheng, because the last time the Wagang bandits robbed the ship, the young one has already been demoted to the people." Qian Xiangmin explained with a sad face, and then said with a sad face: "Chen Tongshou, I'm here this time." Those who defect to you, please remember that for the sake of past friendship, you must give me a bowl of rice."
Chen Yingliang was tongue-tied, and could only nod his head foolishly, and then Young Master Yun pulled Chen Yingliang to introduce his accompanying officials to Chen Yingliang. All the New Year's presents received in a while must be fed to the dogs, and most of them have to be taken out to get rid of Yun Da Shaoqing, a greedy and shameless old man.
No matter how much you complain, it's no use for a wise magistrate to neglect someone from the court. Forced to do so, Chen Yingliang can only pluck his hair out once again, and send someone home to report the letter, so that the servants in the family will be more prepared. The banquet was prepared to entertain this group of wolves and hungry tigers, and then quickly recruited civilians to unload the goods, and then introduced Xie Weiping, Dong You and others to Yunda Shaoqing and others, and continued to be extremely busy.
As the local emperor of Qiao County, Chen Yingliang certainly didn't need to personally supervise the unloading of ships and count weapons and armor in person. He entrusted these errands to Yuan Tiangang, Changsun Wuji, Dong You and others, and after calling in new troops to help, Chen Yingliang Then he led Yunda Shaoqing and others to set off back to the city, and they were on the way. Only then did Chen Yingliang learn from Yunda Shaoqing about the history of Emperor Sui Yang's gift of weapons this time.
It turned out that Pei Ju had delivered Chen Yingliang's request for weapons long before the Chinese New Year. At that time, it also sparked a debate in the court. Of course, some court officials headed by Uncle Xiao Guo objected to this matter, accusing Chen Yingliang expanded the number of township soldiers too much, and even insinuatedly questioned 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 from Uncle Xiao and others. Zhang Xutuo, a famous general with weapons and horses, tried his best to persuade Emperor Sui Yang to use the power of the court to help Chen Yingliang quickly build an army to form a fighting force, and then cultivate another Zhang Xutuo to relieve Emperor Sui Yang's worries. At the same time, because Pei Ju holds many powerful party members, this voice is much louder than that of Uncle Xiao's party.
It was General Yuwenshu who made the final decision. Because he received Chen Yingliang's generous New Year gift, General Yuwen, who has a good reputation in handling practical things after collecting money, also stood up to support Pei Ju, pointing out that he would help Chen Yingliang quickly build an army and form a fighting force. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages, so I begged Emperor Sui Yang to follow Zhang Xutuo's example and give direct help to Chen Yingliang, who also performed well in the counter-insurgency battlefield.
Pei Ju was the number one celebrity in front of Emperor Sui Yang, and Yu Wenshu was the number one favorite in front of Emperor Sui Yang. They all stood by Chen Yingliang's side. Of course, the grassroots represented by Yun Da Shaoqing knew how to choose, and they all stood by Chen Yingliang. While arguing with Uncle Xiao Guo, with the help of Fan Laojian, Yang Zhiji and others. In the end, Emperor Yang of Sui waved his hand and sent Chen Yingliang weapons and equipment that exceeded expectations. He also said that I could trust Chen Aiqing. Support the imperial army! She also had high hopes for Chen Yingliang, but she didn't know that little Chen Shimei and Chen Yingliang had already ruined his innocent daughter, and she was full of worms, and never thought of really working for him.
As for arranging for Young Master Yun to deliver the decree and deliver weapons, it was because Chen Yingliang's ten volumes of Fan Huazong's poems printed in moveable type caused trouble. As Chen Yingliang expected, the face-saving Fan Lao stubborn really couldn't put it down, and because of this Due to the high cost of woodblock printing in the era, for the sake of his own life, he had to pay for the printing fee even though he received a gift. As a result, Zhang Sun Wuji was forced to talk about the low cost of letterpress printing, and roughly introduced the speed of letterpress printing. It was cheap, and Fan Zigai quickly reported the matter to Emperor Sui Yang. It happened that Emperor Sui Yang was also very interested in poetry and anthology. How could he let go of such a good thing? It also arranged for Yunda Shaoqing, a famous skilled craftsman, to come to Yongcheng to study.
After introducing these, Yun Da Shaoqing also sneakily said to Chen Yingliang: "Nephew, in fact, the Holy Majesty originally planned to order you to contribute a set of letterpress. It was my old uncle who asked you to do something, so I volunteered to come to Yongchang." By the way, I will learn from you about letterpress printing."
"Uncle, what do you need from me? Just send someone to tell me if you have something to do, do you need to come to this remote area of Yongcheng in person?" Chen Yingliang asked pretending to be surprised, but cursed in his heart, "I'm so shameless, just say so when I take the opportunity to blackmail you." , what are you pretending to do?"
"You must come in person." Young Master Yun's answer surprised Chen Yingliang, and he whispered into Chen Yingliang's ear: "I will tell you my nephew, uncle, because I work hard in the Shaofu, all the imperial weapons I made are sages." Satisfied, Yuwen Zhuguo also said some good things for me in front of the Holy One, so the Holy One intends to let me also lead the General Zuo Yuwei, uncle, I also plan to perform well in the military position, and share more worries for the Holy One, my nephew, are you We are the people who know how to train soldiers best in the Sui Dynasty, do you think the old uncle can come to ask you for help? This time I will stay in your Yongcheng for a few more days, so you have to give me some advice."
Chen Yingliang looked at Young Master Yun in disbelief, and seeing Young Young Master Yun smiling with joy and wrinkles, he realized that Young Young Master Yun was not joking, and murmured in his heart, no wonder the Sui Army's fighting power became more and more powerful later on. After the mission, he hurriedly bowed his hands to Yunda Shaoqing to express his congratulations, and even said that he would help to the end. Yunda Shaoqing smiled even more happily, and patted Chen Yingliang on the shoulder and said, "Nephew, don't worry, I will never forget your kindness after my uncle officially takes office. I was originally the supervisor of the Shaofu, and I was in charge of weapon manufacturing , and also held that position, do you think weapons and armor are not just a matter of words?"
Young Master Yun's words reminded Chen Yingliang, considering that Young Master Yun's character was despicable, but he was a genius in weapon manufacturing, and he would be able to help him more after holding the real power of Zuo Yuwei. Qing's attitude was naturally more affectionate and respectful, and he even helped Young Master Yun off his horse in a humble manner, and took him into his home to entertain him. He was so respectful that he almost helped Young Master Yun to the altar to burn incense and worship .
Of course, the next step is to issue the decree, all of them are his own people. Of course, Young Master Yun did not make things difficult for Chen Yingliang. He quickly finished reading the imperial decree of Emperor Sui Yang and then asked Chen Yingliang to get up. The content was almost all nonsense, except for a lot of unknown In addition to the classical Chinese, it explained the number of weapons and equipment rewarded, and asked Chen Yingliang to put his heart into his errands and do his best to suppress the thieves, so that he must not disappoint the great, wise and generous Emperor Sui Yang. In addition, there is another sentence that Chen Yingliang can understand, which is to praise Chen Yingliang for taking precautions against the spread of Du Fuwei's thieves to Huainan.
Taking precautions to prevent Du Fuwei's thieves from spreading to Huainan, this is an excuse that Changsun Wuji came up with for Chen Yingliang to ask for weapons. Chen Yingliang didn't give much hope to this, but the result was much more than what he needed. Of course, Chen Yingliang was very happy , hurriedly bowed his head to thank Chen Yingliang, and then stood up with Yun Da Shaoqing's personal support, and hurriedly sent someone to send Yun Da Shaoqing away, and Yun Da Shaoqing really came this time to ask for Chen Yingliang, and for the first time, he sincerely refused. He refused to accept it once, but Chen Yingliang was determined to send it away, and he pushed back and forth with Young Master Yun, but for a long time there was no result.
"Report!"
When he was pushing back, the old neighbor San Gouzi suddenly rushed into the lobby and yelled to report from a distance. Chen Yingliang was a little angry this time and rushed to shout at San Gouzi: "No eyes? What are you shouting for? I didn't see Yun Shaoqing here, what should I do if I was surprised?"
"The villain deserves to die." Sangouzi hurriedly pleaded guilty, and then said nervously: "But Mr. Tongshou, it's really urgent. The county magistrate of Fuli County, Pengcheng County, which borders us, sent a postman to send a caravan." Urgent documents, with chicken feathers on them, and red flags on the postmen’s backs, the villain has heard that this is an urgent military situation, so he hurried in to report.”
"Where is the urgent document?" Chen Yingliang asked in shock.
San Gouzi hurriedly presented the official document in his hand. There were actually three chicken feathers attached to the official document, which represented urgency. Chen Yingliang quickly took the official document and opened it. When he took a closer look at the content of the official document, Chen Yingliang was dumbfounded and stunned. on the spot. Young Master Yun saw something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Nephew, what happened?"
"The magistrate of Fuli made an urgent report that after the rebellious Du Fuwei fled to Xiapi County, he merged with the Xiapi rebellious thief Miao Haichao." Chen Yingliang replied in despair: "Then he fled westward to Pengcheng County and invaded Fuli County. At the county level, magistrate Fuli asked me for help, and warned me that the rebels are fleeing in the direction of Yongcheng, and there seems to be an attempt to invade Qiao County, and the number of rebels has already exceeded 30,000."
"So that's how it is." Yun Da Shaoqing nodded casually, but halfway through, Yun Da Shaoqing immediately came back to his senses, and immediately screamed like a pig: "What? More than 30,000 thieves, Killing in the direction of Yongcheng?! Close the city gate! Close the city gate quickly! Close all the gates of Yongcheng!"
Screaming, Yunda Shaoqing just jumped up and down again, yelling and urging San Gouzi to send an order to close the city gate, Chen Yingliang hurriedly comforted: "Old man, don't be afraid, the thieves will come back soon." We can't reach Yongcheng yet, Fuli is two hundred miles away from Yongcheng, and the rebels are all infantry, so we won't be able to reach Yongcheng in two or three days."
"So it's still so far away." Yun Da Shaoqing, who almost peed his pants, was relieved, but after recovering, Yun Da Shaoqing, who had a small friendship with Chen Yingliang, turned pale again, and hurriedly reminded Said: "Nephew Yingliang, be careful, the Holy Majesty has just praised you in the imperial decree for taking precautions against the rogue Du Fuwei, and now Du Fuwei is coming to Yongcheng soon, if you can't stop him, let him kill you!" Entering Qiao County, or even fleeing to Huainan, then you will not be so easy to explain in front of the Holy One."
"Thank you for your pointers, old man. That's why I'm so worried." Chen Yingliang nodded sadly, and then cursed in his heart: "Brother-in-law, you crow mouth, you really mean something, now it's over, Du If Fu Wei really came to Qiao County, I would have to fight him head-on. Damn, my army has just been formed, and the weapons and armor are not fully in place yet. How can we fight this battle? "