Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 243 I don't want to go back, I have a long way to go
It has not been a few days, but it also makes people feel that the sea has changed.

When I saw Qin Ming again today, he even found it difficult to stand upright.There is no obvious disability, but the after-effects are very serious. When Liu Qishan said that he led people to Ganoderma lucidum mountain, Qin Ming lay in the snow, hugging Zhao Cheng and Xiaohutou, who were like furry bears, in his arms.

Zhao Cheng and the little girl did not freeze to death, relying on Qin Ming's body temperature.

Later, there was no way to straighten Qin Ming's arm, and he "couldn't get it out". It was only after he came back that he thawed in the greenhouse for several hours before he freed the two people who were clamped.

Now Qin Ming's hands are not as sharp as before. He said that it feels wrong, but he can't tell exactly what is wrong. He also said that he has a severe headache when he drinks alcohol, and he doesn't know the reason.

This should be a neurological problem, and future generations may not be able to find out the reason.

"My lord, the last general will fail. I don't know if I will be able to experience battles in the future. I always feel that there is a problem with the control of my hands, and my head is a mess."

Qin Ming, who was very distressed, said this when he brought his fifth concubine to greet Zhao Cheng.

This almost moved Zhao Cheng. Fortunately, Zhao Cheng is generally a heartless person. He tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Fortunately, you are using a mace and not an embroidery needle. You don't have to be too delicate." . In addition, when your mind is clear, you may not be able to figure out the battlefield issues. Leave it to me, and I will do it for you in the future. I trust you. I didn't believe it before, but now I do."

Qin Ming's mood was still very low, and basically he didn't have the demeanor of a victorious general.Fortunately, he knew that when Zhao Cheng said that, he regarded him as one of his own.

Zhao Cheng said again, "I'm not here to thank you, but to come and see my old subordinates. There's no need to serve wine, so I'm leaving now."

"I @#￥"

Qin Ming was speechless, "My lord, I'd better stay here and have a drink and a meal before leaving." Then he turned around and gave the two concubines a slap on the back of the head, "What are you still doing, why don't you open the wine and meat."

It seems to be true, there is no such thing as wine and meat in Chizhou now.Anyway, the county government didn't have one, and Chen Meiniang couldn't buy it either.

There are gossip that Liu Qishan's grandson has a channel to buy beef.Tan Xiaolan clamored to eat meat, so Zhao Cheng went to Liu Qishan to get some beef.

Who knows that Zhao Cheng just mentioned it, and Liu Qishan immediately waved his hand, "No, I don't know where there is beef. The humble official enforces the law impartially. Basically, every cow in Guichi County is registered for birth, old age, sickness and death, and the humble official handles it personally." .

It is estimated that they were afraid of Zhao Cheng, thinking that Zhao Cheng was fishing to enforce the law, that Zhao Cheng was going to arrest people and chop off their heads, and that Zhao Cheng was implementing Chizhou's spring farming cattle.

I found a few waves of people to ask, and basically answered Zhao Cheng like this.

Zhao Cheng's face turned green with anger, you guys won't let me eat it, if I can't eat it, you really don't want to eat it.So Zhao Cheng really started to pretend to be aggressive, ordered strict investigations and crackdowns, and implemented them to households, resolutely not allowing anyone to dare to eat a bite of beef during this period.

Zhao Cheng said that it is necessary to ensure that every cow in Guichi County will not be harmed by bad people during special periods and after major disasters, and all cows must be able to effectively invest in spring plowing and reconstruction work.

After that, I heard from Gui Jiaoqi that the price of beef on the black market tripled.In this way, Zhao Cheng was relieved, and when the number was ten times higher, the main body of Chizhou's spring farming cattle would be preserved.

Thinking of this, Zhao Cheng was also very greedy, so he just waited to have dinner at Qin Ming's place.

After a while, it really smelled like meat, and Zhao Cheng was refreshed, so he got up and ran into the kitchen to check.

Looking around, there was only a large casserole stewed on the stove, which was basically as big as Qin Ming's head.

I used my sleeves to lift the lid and saw that it was just a pot of porridge.

"Where's the meat? Where did you hide the meat?"

Zhao Cheng was very surprised. After waiting for almost half an hour, no other dishes were prepared yet.

"Old Qin is slapping the pig's head with a swollen face. There is no meat in Chizhou now, and the butchers will not release it if they have it. Anyway, the weather is cold, and the slaughtered pigs will not spoil."

His concubine said awkwardly.

"But I can clearly smell the smell of meat?"

Zhao Cheng continued to search in the kitchen but still couldn't find it.

"It's the leftover bacon from before, and it needs some oil and gas to entertain the adults, so I chopped it all up and stewed it with the porridge."

said the beautiful concubine.

Zhao Cheng really wanted to turn around and leave, but seeing the girl's embarrassed look and being too embarrassed to act too philistine, he could only maintain a stiff expression and praise, "Be careful, this is the style that Chizhou should promote at the moment."

"Your Excellency is really a good official who cares about the country and the people. It would be great if our old Qin could follow you all the time. I heard that Your Excellency will go to Beijing for further studies in a few days, and his future will be limitless. If you can bring my old Qin to Beijing, then The concubine's body will be able to follow suit, as the concubine is so tall, she has not been to Beijing yet."

This concubine, who was about the same age as Zhao Cheng, was talking endlessly.

"Of course that's no problem. Taking you with me will actually do a lot of good for me. I'll take the blame and send you to death."

Zhao Cheng has always maintained such an enlightened position, "Everyone takes what they need. I am not a really good official, and I can't say whether I am bad or bad. I just mean that under certain conditions, people generally do not conflict with their own interests. At that time, most people still want to do the things at hand well, and I am the same. Responsibility and a sense of mission are sometimes more important than the distinction between good and bad attributes.”

The little concubine was dumbfounded when she heard this, but her eyes were wide open, watching Zhao Cheng blink and blink.

"Give me a chestnut."

Zhao Cheng said again, "Zhang Shangying is definitely more like a good person than me, but he caused more innocent souls than me."

Now the concubine was no longer confused, and felt deeply that it was Master Zhao who saved the future of the old Qin family, but at Shiliting, Zhang Shangying ruined all Qin Ming's subordinates and many militiamen.

So, with great admiration, she secretly glanced at Zhao Cheng a few more times...

A pot of bacon porridge can be regarded as a good thing at the moment. When Zhao Cheng and the concubine carried a large pot of porridge into the main room together, Qin Ming had already fallen asleep waiting, snoring like thunder on the table.

The beauties in his room did not avoid suspicion, and sat down together eagerly, including Zhao Cheng, each carrying a big bowl and waiting for the "aunt" to distribute it.

One person covered it with a big spoonful, and the bowl was filled with the extremely thick porridge.

The rest was Qin Ming who carried the casserole by himself and ate nonsense for a while.

Zhao Cheng ate slowly and seriously, and the taste was just so-so.But this should be the last meal in Chizhou.

Now that walking is inevitable, Zhao Cheng plans to go on the road tomorrow.

If you continue to stay, other people don't want to see you, and you can't control more.

Just a few days ago, the "instruction" of the spring cattle farming incident was regarded as the first red-headed document in Guichi County since the beginning of the second year of Daguan, and Cai You was already anxious.

Because since the battle of Ganoderma lucidum, Zhao Cheng's prestige has been particularly great.The militia was not disbanded either.In this case, Cai You especially walked on eggshells, worried about accidents.

Zhao Cheng sometimes gets messy, Lao Cai knows this better than anyone else.

Cai You basically regarded Zhao Cheng as the default son-in-law, and did not directly mention it, but was just waiting for Cai Jing's final consideration.But Cai You is very accurate in politics, and he is especially wary of Zhao Cheng.

Because Zhao Cheng makes a mistake at this time, it is basically equivalent to the Cai family or Cai You making a mistake.And precisely because Zhao Cheng's prestige is now unrivaled, as long as the word can be spread out of the government, the militiamen who have returned from the battlefield at Lingzhi Mountain will not sell anyone's account, and will only listen to Zhao Cheng.

To put it simply, after the victory at Ganoderma lucidum Mountain, the militia team of the heroes of the national war, as well as the commander-in-chief Zhao Cheng, have become embarrassing and painful points for the traditional and powerful bureaucrats.

Including Bao Zheng and Bao Qingtian, there has never been anyone in Song Dynasty who can solve the cattle problem.But Zhao Cheng can, even if he has been suspended by Cai You, Zhao Cheng just went to the county government as a "commissioner" and said a word, and he was regarded as the number one red-headed document.

Afterwards, the militiamen and more than 1000 people's representatives wearing red sleeves really turned the blatant beef profit chain upside down. Liu Qishan, under pressure, personally led the team to arrest more than 40 people.The others were not caught, but they were all “shut down” and retracted.

Fan Zhongyan has done similar things before, so he is cold.The fly-by-night viewer changed places to be an official until he died of illness on the way.

Zhao Cheng is much more wretched than him, and has gained thicker political armor from the Cai family.But Cai Youlai actually pointed at his nose and gave him a stern warning, "You have been stopped. You are not allowed to interfere in anything or make any public remarks."

Yes, including those old subordinates who survived the battle with Zhao Cheng on Ganoderma lucidum Mountain, there is no clear statement on how to deal with them.

How to deal with it is not important at all, but Cai You forbids Zhao Cheng to contact them again, this is the red line.

For this reason, Zhao Cheng has been put under almost house arrest. Coming to see Qin Ming is the bottom line, and there is Cai Jiu, a "guard" sent by Cai You, guarding the outside of the yard.

Since this is the case, Zhao Cheng didn't force it anymore. It's better for everyone to leave early and stay out of sight and out of mind.

If Zhao Cheng can afford it and let it go, and be more free and easy, the post-war pension benefits of those militiamen will be higher, that's for sure.

The imperial court has no money, but Chizhou has it, because Cai You will lead the traditional dignitaries, and everyone will contribute some money in order to disband this group they are very afraid of as soon as possible.

In the Song Dynasty, the so-called rule of troops entering the city after a war was feared by everyone, and then large households pooled money to let the troops leave was true. The nature was a little different, but it could also be applied after the tacit understanding of the victory on Ganoderma Mountain.This is a rule that all local tyrants will accept.

It is impossible to stay in the army, not even in this life.

The army is the army of the scholar-bureaucrats, but the group of people who won the Lingzhi Mountain victory are the enemies of the scholar-bureaucrats, and they will not stay in the army if it does not change.

In essence, the overall situation has been decided, so Zhao Cheng didn't think about these issues anymore.

Bai Chenxiang's department was able to kill Wang Xiu because Zhang Shangying really had a quota in Zhao'an. There was no technical problem in giving the quota to Bai Chenxiang's department who had made meritorious service. Cai You had promised to do this.

But the condition is that Bai Chenxiang must accept the organizational arrangement. All the staff, including the underage children, will go to the northwest border and serve under Tao Jiefu's command at the Yongxing Army Road for at least three years before any other arrangements can be made.

At that time, Cai You asked, "Do you have any objection to this arrangement?"

At that time Zhao Cheng replied, "I have no objection. They are fighters. Of course it's okay to serve the country in the northwest."

You can't treat Bai Chenxiang's department lightly, don't be assigned to that cruel official Zhong Shidao, and allocate it to Tao Jiefu, who is more trusted by the Cai family, Zhao Cheng can accept it.Including Zhang Ji also vouched for Tao Jiefu's moral habits.

This was the final condition that Zhao Cheng fought for for Bai Chenxiang and the others.

Thinking about these things during this period, Zhao Cheng kept silent and ate very slowly.

Qin Ming, who had already eaten and drank enough, was happily describing the details of the battle at Ganoderma lucidum Mountain. When it came to excitement, he stood up and slapped the table happily like a storyteller.

A few beautiful concubines with eccentric expressions understand it, and Zhao Cheng also understands it. Lao Qin has been a general all his life, and he can show it off. There are almost no wars that can be called a real soldier. Mountain!

If you follow the right person, this is indeed a brilliant capital that a soldier can show off throughout his life.If you don't follow the right people and the politics are not correct, then you are nothing.

Deputy privy envoy and god of war Di Qing can be scared to death by a group of masters, so what kind of onion is he, Lao Qin?

Because of this, Lao Qin's family, who were about to be brought into Beijing by Zhao Cheng, were as happy as New Year's Eve, and they all exclaimed to heaven and earth, "It's a lifetime honor to be able to serve with your husband in the army."

"Okay, it's an honor for your family to follow me. Repeat this sentence for me three times. Don't say anything else, especially the details of Ganoderma lucidum mountain. I don't want to know, I don't want to hear!"

Zhao Cheng said, "The more I listen to it, the more I can't let it go. The more I listen, the more I feel that there is a group of people who are bullying and exploiting the people who raised them every day and every hour. The more I listen, the more I think of it. Qun was usually blackmailed by their various bullies, suppressed by various gangs, and exploited by various lords, with [-]% of the battle losses, the battle of Chizhou was decided."

"The more I talk about it, the more I think about it. This group of people usually accept things as they are. They don't complain when they are bullied, and they don't fight back when they are beaten and scolded. They feel inferior and awe when they encounter privileges. The bullies think that this group of people are cowardly and like leeks, but the rebels are sieging the city. At that time, the bullies were trembling, but these cowards crushed Wang Xiu to Mount Ganoderma lucidum in an environment of more than 20 degrees below zero."

"Who persuaded me not to comment? I call this called being brave in public fights and timid in private fights. The people of Qin used this kind of ethos to achieve the same track with books and cars, but they retired after they were disabled, and continued to look at the group of seemingly brave people. foolish face."

Zhao Cheng said this in a rambling manner.

At the end, I couldn't finish a bowl of porridge.Qin Ming didn't quite understand, he just licked his lips and stared at Zhao Cheng's unfinished bacon porridge.

Well, Zhao Cheng thought it was enough, so he simply pushed the porridge to him.

Anyway, as Zhao Cheng said himself, this guy couldn't figure out the problem even when his brain had no sequelae, and now he is basically even more of a fool.

There are benefits to being stupid too.

"Uh, it's getting cold."

Qin Ming lowered his head and ate loudly.

Rescuing young people who have stumbled needs to be done slowly, and Zhao Cheng doesn't expect it to be fast.

So he said something he could understand, and asked hesitantly, "Old Qin, how much money do you have?"

puff--

Qin Ming spit out the porridge in a hurry, and hurriedly shook his hand, "There is nothing, there is really nothing to accumulate in the end."

"Stop rambling, I don't mean to spy. I have no money myself and need to raise funds. We have a year to go to Beijing. I have an idea in my head to select a few projects to hype them up, to extract some money from the rich men in the capital, and then Take it to Putian to invest, and support Bai Chenxiang in the Northwest by the way, these are our first pot of gold, and also the first pot of gold of Song Dynasty."

"Say it like this."

Qin Ming touched his chin, now looking like he had some wealth.

The main reason is that he knows that Zhao Cheng is filthy and has many evil ideas, so the chance of his investment going to waste is low.

In this way, on the morning of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, there was heavy fog in Chizhou.

Zhao Cheng took the little tiger's hand with a simple and shabby salute and his family members, Cai Jiu and Qin Ming accompanied him with two cars, and left Chizhou.

During this period, it was the sound of the horn blowing for the Chizhou Militia Battalion to gather for daily training.

This is a melody that everyone in Chizhou is familiar with. During the days when the rebels besieged the city, this sound was heard almost every day.

Sitting in the car, Zhao Cheng, whose body was still recovering, felt very strange.I didn't even have the chance and courage to go to the military camp to say goodbye to them for the last time. How can I say I am familiar with them?
Pulling the curtain of the car, Zhao Cheng looked back for a long time in the car, the fog was too heavy, and he couldn't see the city clearly.

I have mixed feelings in my heart. I wonder when I will come back in my lifetime?Maybe, maybe not.Who knows.

But Zhao Cheng's character and way of thinking determine that he can only look forward, not backward.

Chizhou is neither the world nor the end, but just the beginning.

Every step forward is a battle. After winning all the political and military battles, you will naturally stand at the top and truly pacify the world.

In Chizhou itself, you will never win the battle at the root of Chizhou.Only one place can win the battle of Chizhou: the imperial court.

What happened in Chizhou touched people a lot, but it seems insignificant in terms of the mass of all living beings and the total amount of the world.

This is Zhao Cheng's trade-off and path: just at the beginning, there is a long way to go...

(End of the book)

Afterword:

The ending was a bit unexpected. If any book friends didn’t understand the idea, Xiaobao could only accept it and apologize.

After the failure of the previous book "The Demon Girl", this book was published at Xiaobao's lowest point, and he was basically eager to come up with something to make up the numbers, and he didn't listen to the editor Huya's suggestion.

There is no good in haste.As a result, this book was a failure, with too many pitfalls, and Xiaobao himself felt horrible in his normal state.

In addition to the system, there are too many nondescript places, so I won't count them in detail.

I thought about ending it early, and the editor suggested cutting it off a long time ago.

But Xiaobao didn't want to and couldn't declare the eunuch directly. It was in the middle of writing the battle of Chizhou, and he thought that he must finish writing the battle, at least to an end.It is an explanation to myself and everyone.

But things backfired. The more I had this mentality, the more I couldn't write anything, and the later writing was messy and procrastinated.By the time of the decisive battle, I didn't even have any emotion to describe the details, I could only write it from the side.

Sighing is not sighing, it will calm down for a short period of time, sum up some lessons, try to complete the preparation of the next new book as much as possible, and then stand up and start reading again.

The only thing is that I feel more guilty for the old friends who have been following and supporting me, and I apologize and bow to you.

New book in June, see you soon~
(End of this chapter)