Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 395
Chai Lin said: "You are talking nonsense, watch out for the officials to hear you."

The coachman said: "I'm hearing this too, so I can't take it seriously. Are you two going to Daxiangguo Temple to offer incense?"

"No, we are working as coolies. A friend opened a mutton restaurant and asked the two of me to come over and help tidy up. If we can't avoid it, let's play it and come around." Chai Meng said.

The coachman said: "The pressure of competition for mutton restaurants is huge. There are [-] mutton restaurants in Tokyo. The best food is the sheep from Liao. , the meat taste is also good. The local sheep is the worst, especially the sheep meat, which has a strong fishy smell."

This is all a marketing tactic of some restaurants. In fact, at this time, the land is as sparsely populated as the Song Dynasty, and they are all grazing sheep, which is different from the grassland.

There is a shop in the north of the road. The shop is not big, only more than [-] square meters, but the backyard is very spacious, covering an area of ​​more than one mu.

This is a base that Chai Lin prepared for Lei Zi.

Around Daxiangguo Temple is the busiest commercial street in Tokyo, where there are all kinds of people.High-ranking officials and dignitaries, down to traffickers and pawns, all love to come here to play.There are hundreds of snack bars and food stalls alone.

This mutton restaurant is mainly engaged in hot pot and barbecue. The big copper hot pot is filled with charcoal and boiled lamb.

Chai Meng took a copper hot pot, looked at it, and said, "Brother, people in the capital know if this mutton stew is recognized. It's not popular in Tokyo."

Shabu-shabu was not yet popular in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the stewed meat in the hot pot was boiled in a large pot.

Chai Lin made a simple mutton slicer, which cuts the mutton as thin as paper.Once rinsed in a copper pot, it will be cooked soon.Pair it with some vegetables and radishes, the taste should not be too good.

As for grilling, Tokyo City is very popular. All kinds of fish, meat, and vegetables can be grilled on the grill. Many scholars often say that the Kun is so big that it needs two grills.

"Boiled mutton and barbecue are absolutely popular. You can buy a house in a year. I worry that Leizi will forget his job if he makes too much money." Chailin said.

"No, Lei Zi is an ambitious person, and he won't covet such small profits." Chai Meng said.

In the afternoon, Lei Zi and five of his subordinates arrived.

It's a nice little hotel.

Lei Zi met Chai Lin and Chai Meng in the guest room.

These two people are unpredictable, they left first, others arrived first.

"Brother, everything has been settled in this restaurant." Lei Zi said.

"Well, it's all settled. With [-] guan start-up capital, you are ready to open the business yourself. Remember, the business must be booming. A branch will be opened in March, and the car will start driving in half a year." Chailin said.

Lei Zi said: "Just look at it. My childhood dream was to open a restaurant. I can eat and drink as much as I want."

Some people have money to do things well, and the manpower is brought from the reconnaissance camp. The cook, side dishes, small workers, and waiters are all complete.Lei Zi is the shopkeeper's part-time butcher.

Buy fresh sheep, fish, and various vegetables from the market, and prepare matching seasonings and so on.

Lei Zi was studying the iron drill in the backyard, when suddenly someone outside came to make trouble.

"Who is this who doesn't understand the rules? When you come to Daxiangguo Temple to open a shop, you don't burn incense first."

Lei Zi came out and saw a dozen or so rogues, the two at the head were wearing single clothes in the cold, and their muscles were muscular.

Lei Zi smiled and said, "Brothers, don't know how to address them?"

"People in the Jianghu are called Li Si, the green grass python. This is my brother Zhang San, the mountain leopard, and he is the apprentice of Lu Zhishen, the monk of Hua. What is the name of the boss?" said Li Si, the leader.

Lei Zi had read the profiles of these two people, and had learned martial arts from Lu Da for a few days, but he didn't expect them to be very hardworking. The tendons and flesh of this body can't be cultivated in a day or two.

"My surname is Lei. Everyone calls me Brother Lei Zi. The two brothers are welcome." Lei Zi smiled and invited the two into the backyard.

The rivers and lakes are not fighting and killing, the rivers and lakes are about the ways of the world.

The two of them slammed into the chair with a golden knife, which was full of style.

Li Si said: "If you want to open a store here, you have to be covered by someone, otherwise your store will not be able to open. The government will come to check your hygiene every three days, and you will get free food, even those who dig up excrement dare to throw it at your door." A carload of spices. Eight hundred cash per month, to keep you safe."

Lei Zi said with a smile: "The sound of birds near the mountains, the nature of fish near the water. I don't have any skills, so I dare not open a shop here."

Lei Zi and the five fellows all took off their shirts, showing their muscles, and held sharp knives for killing sheep.

Li Si and Zhang Sanna have also seen storms and learned a lot of martial arts from Lu Da.

Zhang San said: "I'm afraid it's not okay to play horizontal games. Your store is open every day. If I find a few people to fight at your door every day, you can't stand it."

Lei Zi said, "The two brothers have misunderstood."

Lei Zi beckoned, and a waiter brought up a tray covered with a red cloth.

Lei Zi lifted the tray, and underneath it was full of silver, 50 yuan for twelve pieces of silver.

Li Si swallowed his saliva when he saw it, and felt sorry for him as a rascal. Although he learned a lot from Lu Da, his ability to make money did not increase.

As soon as Lei Zi waved, the man took the money down again.

Li Si said: "I didn't see it, it turns out that Mr. Lei is a man."

Leizi said: "My father's family property is tens of thousands of acres, and I am the only seedling, but I have never followed the right path. I have done all kinds of bad things. My father said, let me start the business within half a year. If things get better, give me the family property when the time comes, otherwise he would rather give it to my sister."

Zhang San said: "Your father is old and foolish. If the daughter kisses again, it is an outsider. How can you give it to an outsider?"

"Who says no, but Dad is Dad after all, I have to work hard to walk the right path. I think you two are also straightforward guys. I give two pennies a month, and my brothers spend two to three hundred coins a month." Lei Zi said.

Li Si was very happy and said, "Okay, okay."

"Listen to what I have to say. I ask to be on call. If there is a trouble, I will deal with it in time. Don't let me take action, understand?" Lei Zi said.

"Understand, understand, as long as the money is in place, nothing else is a problem." The two said.

Lei Zi said: "Okay, it will open tomorrow. The two of you will bring your brothers over early tomorrow to pretend to be diners, and eat and drink for free. Just to have fun."

"Okay, we're the best at this."

The two left.

Lei Zi and the others prepared it in the store, and the mutton restaurant opened the next day with half-price rewards.

Good guy, there are so many people here.There are six tables in the room and twenty tables in the shed.

Zhangsan, Lisi and a dozen or so rogues originally came here to have a meal, but now they are well, changed their clothes and helped in the back kitchen.

Lamb slices as thin as cicada's wings, cleaned cabbage, rapeseed, cabbage core and so on.

The large copper pot is full of burning charcoal, and the guests eat mutton shabu-shabu, served with sesame paste, chili and other small ingredients on the table, and they are all addicted.

In addition, there are kebabs, grilled fish, grilled leeks, and grilled steamed buns.

The grill chef almost smashed his fans, and everyone was exhausted.

Closing down to close the stall, I found that the turnover was more than 50 yuan today, but I lost three yuan, mainly due to the opening of the business and the half-price business.

It will be open for three days at half price. This is a fixed marketing strategy, and it has to be continued.

Opening a restaurant is difficult but also easy.

Lei Zi's goal is not to actually open a restaurant, but to make it bigger.

Therefore, all the ingredients are genuine, not to mention top-quality goats, fresh river fish, and all kinds of vegetables, all of which are shipped from Dongping Prefecture.

Half price for three days, full for three days.

On the fourth day, the original price was restored, and the number of customers did not decrease, but increased.

Li Si, the green grass python, felt itchy in his heart. This business is too profitable.

Naturally, Chai Lin and Chai Meng didn't come to Tokyo City for a small base of intelligence outlets. The two of them came here for important matters.

In the early morning of this day, in the early morning court in the palace, there were three quiet whips, the emperor ascended to the main hall and sat on the dragon chair, and the cultural relics and officials stood on both sides.

The eunuch said loudly: "Play early if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do."

Taiwei Gao Qiu came out of the squad and said: "Liang Zhongshu, the famous mansion, led an army of [-] and wiped out more than [-] Liao soldiers. Now all the Liao soldiers have been driven out of the territory."

The official Longyan was very happy, and said: "Congratulations, Liang Zhongshu is my minister of the humerus. The decree will be rewarded, and the reward will be [-] guan. The meritorious officers and men will be rewarded with affection."

Seeing that the officials were happy, the officials were all very excited. It had been many years since such a big victory had been achieved. Annihilating more than [-] Liao soldiers was a huge victory.

Gao Qiu changed the subject and said: "But at the critical moment when the whole country is fighting against the Liao Dynasty, the Cangzhou Township Corps trained Chai Lin, and did not want to serve the country, so they took the opportunity to seize the Hejian Mansion."

The official immediately pulled his face down, and said: "Every small township soldier regiment trainee, a military officer of the eighth rank, is so bold."

Su Taiwei came out of the squad and said: "No, the information I received was just the opposite. The Liao soldiers marched south, and the front of the troops passed by Hejian Prefecture, Jizhou Prefecture, and Shenzhou Prefecture. The troops of the three prefectures were defeated without a fight. The Army of Daming Prefecture and the Army of Zhending Prefecture were fearful of the enemy and marched slowly. Cangzhou Township soldiers with [-] people in Hejian Prefecture wiped out the [-] elite soldiers of Liao’s vanguard Aliqi. Then they defeated the Liao Army in Jizhou Prefecture. The cavalry of Kou Zhenyuan, deputy marshal of the army. Liang Zhongshu just picked up some leaks, and his battle report has at least [-]% of the water."

There was chaos in the court, and some said: "No way, everyone knows what a village soldier is. It's nothing more than a group of peasants with simple knives."

Some also said: "Liang Zhongshu's battle report is too loud. He annihilated [-] Liao troops, and only [-] came in total."

The Emperor Daojun lost his mind for a while, Gao Qiu was a favorite minister, and Su Taiwei was also a close minister.

"Enough is enough, there is so much noise in the hall, what a shame. I will find out the reason."

The official flung his sleeves and retreated.

Gao Qiu looked at Su Jingyuan and said, "Your Majesty Su, you are too ignorant. Liang Zhongshu's meritorious service is good to everyone in the world."

"I don't see anyone thinking they are smart and deceiving the officials." Su Taiwei snorted coldly and walked away.

In the imperial study room, Li Mu, the commander of the Imperial City Division, stood beside him with his head bowed, watching the officials draw.

The so-called Imperial City Division is quite a shrunken Jinyiwei, whose main duty is to listen to intelligence. They are only responsible to the emperor and are not bound by the three divisions.

The officials were obviously in a messy mood today, so they drew a picture of a lynx and a golden pheasant.

"Commander Li, do you know why I called you here?" the official said.

"I know the truth about His Majesty's desire to fight the Liao soldiers." Li Mu said.

"Then tell me, I believe you must know such a big thing." The official said.

Li Mu was speechless, it was really boring to have such an emperor at the booth.

"The humble official has already reported the detailed results to His Majesty half a month ago." Li Mu said.

The official frowned and said, "There are so many memorials, please tell me in detail."

Obviously, the officials didn't read a single word of such an important memorial.

"To be precise, the Liao soldiers retreated on their own this time. Their purpose was food and grass. There were three major battles. Chai Lin, a soldier from Cangzhou Township in Hejian Prefecture, led more than 200 people to wipe out more than [-] people from Alich's troops. The second battle was in Shenzhou, where the vanguard army of Daming Prefecture and the cavalry of the Liao army encountered each other. Both sides suffered losses. The third battle was when the Liao army sent [-] cavalry to cover the retreat, and fought against the [-] heavy cavalry of the Cangzhou Xiang army. In just one sprint, the Liao soldiers lost more than [-] people, and then the whole army retreated to the border." Li Mu said.

The official gasped. Although he was not the emperor on horseback and had never fought a war, he knew that it would be quite difficult for 8000 people to wipe out [-] cavalry.

"What tactics did the Cangzhou soldiers use to completely wipe out Alich's troops?"

"Cannons and muskets are similar to firearms in the Imperial Army." Li Mu said.

The official asked again: "Who is this Cangzhou township commander, Chai Lin, who has such abilities? It's a pity to be a small township commander."

"This Chailin is a businessman. The mirrors, hand-pressed wells, soap, and carriages used in the palace are all produced by Chaijiazhuang. They are descendants of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and they have always been used by a rich man." Li Mu said.

The official nodded and said, "Go down and find out how many soldiers there are in Cangzhou Township, and report back as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Li Mu left the imperial city and came to the inconspicuous small yamen next to the imperial city. After a while, five spies on fast horses came out.

In a small building hundreds of meters away, a pair of eyes with binoculars were staring at it. When they saw someone coming out, they immediately said, "Report immediately, the snake has come out of its hole."

"Yes." A servant came out immediately.

The boy wrote four words, and the snake came out of the hole and was tied to the pigeon's leg.The pigeon swished into the sky.

The next day, the imperial court made a big publicity that Hebei was a great victory, and the Daming army had won a huge victory against the Liao soldiers, annihilating [-] enemies and capturing countless.

Hundreds of Liao Bing flags were pulled out for display, and the streets of Tokyo were filled with a sea of ​​joy.

On Dongmen Street, in a restaurant in the reconnaissance camp.

Chai Meng said: "This official is really stupid. He actually believed everything that Liang Zhongshu reported to be true, and even publicized it."

Chai Lin smiled and said: "You really think he can only write lyrics and draw pictures. The officials know everything, but he can't help it. The court needs a victory to inspire the hearts of the people and the army. So this victory can only be placed on Liang Zhongshu's head , there is no one more suitable than him."

That night, the folks held a grand fireworks show to celebrate the victory in the Liao war.

The common people took to the streets one by one, shouting slogans, Liang Zhongshu, Li Cheng, and Wen Da were the great heroes of the resistance against the Liao Dynasty. It was they who led the army to fight day and night and wiped out [-] enemies.

Seeing the people cheering for joy, Chai Meng shook his head and said, "I finally understand what my brother said about using troops like herding sheep. People are always confused. What they hear and see may not be true."

"Hehe, what are you feeling? Your task is to keep an eye on the movements of the imperial army at all times. Don't let people touch the door of your house and not know." Chai Lin said.

Chai Meng said: "Brother, don't worry, let alone the transfer of soldiers and horses, I know what they eat every day."

After Chai Meng finished speaking, there is still a lot of work to be busy with such a large intelligence system.

In the afternoon, a fat man who looked like an outsider came to look for Chai Lin, and he said, "It's done, it's near Chenqiao Station, only forty miles away from Tokyo City."

"Okay, it's done well, let's go and have a look now."

Chai Lin took only a few soldiers, boarded the carriage, and rushed to Chenqiao.

Chenqiao, that is the land of Longxing in the Song Dynasty. It turns out that the post station has been protected as a cultural relic.History is like this, there is no right or wrong, only success or failure.If it succeeds, it will be a great lord, if it fails, it will be the rebellious officials and thieves who will destroy the nine clans.

When we arrived, the sun was already setting, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the golden land. Although it looked very bright, the day was almost over.

"It's right in front." Yuanwai pointed to the huge manor in front of him and said.

This garden is not as big as usual, at least a hundred mu, but the house is dilapidated, obviously it has been around for a long time.

"This was originally the residence of a wealthy businessman. Later, the wealthy businessman offended Cai Jing, and the family fell into poverty. Now the son of the rich businessman can't support himself, so he has to sell the garden. The price is a bit expensive, but the location here is very suitable. The underground here is full of clay, no In the distance is our brick factory." The foreigner said.

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(End of this chapter)