Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 163
None of the four guys Cao Jun, Zhong Ning, Qin Mai, and Wang Rui is honest. A normal person would take a detour when they see such thorns, but the more Yang Menglong looks at them, the more pleasing they are to his eyes. Well, he himself is a thorn in the side, and the bastard looks at the mung beans, naturally the more he looks at them, the more pleasing to the eye.After buying so many crossbows, and recruiting four stunned youths who were very appetizing to him, Yang Menglong was in a good mood, waved his hand, and called: "Who is that, go and cut a few catties of meat..." After a look, he listened Xu Meng, who was drooling at the word "meat", changed his words decisively: "Go and cut ten catties of meat, and buy some vegetables. Let's have a good meal tonight!"

As soon as they heard that there was meat to eat, Cao Jun and his fellows immediately regained their spirits, but they were hesitant when they heard that they would cut ten catties. Zhong Ning kindly reminded Yang Menglong: "My lord, this meat is not cheap! And the vegetables , and it’s not cheap, so don’t buy so much, just get some wine and let’s have a few drinks.”

Cao Jun suggested: "Why don't we go to the territory of the Tartars and steal two sheep and bring them back, so we can have a good meal?"

Yang Menglong said: "Bullshit, I'm also the commander of a guard. Today's treat requires you to steal sheep. If you spread the word, you won't make people laugh? Stop talking nonsense and go buy meat!"

The soldier in charge of managing the money responded and went.Cao Jun took the initiative to follow and lead the way. He was familiar with the situation in the city.Yang Menglong looked at the sky, hey, it's getting late, it seems that the caravan can't reach Yulin County tonight, he asked Xue Siming: "It's getting late, and I haven't found a place to live, so I'll stay with you tonight .Where is your home?"

Xue Siming looked embarrassed: "This..."

Yang Menglong frowned: "Why, you are not welcome?"

Xue Siming waved his hands again and again: "No, no, no, my lord, it's not that I don't welcome it, but my family is too poor, dirty and messy, it's really not a place for people to stay!"

Zhong Ning explained: "Xue Sanlang, like us, grew up in Huodun. It's so bitter that even mice don't want to stay there..."

Huoludun is a kind of military fortress in the Ming Dynasty. There are ten to twenty soldiers stationed in each Huodun, and there is also a beacon tower. Once the enemy is found, the beacon will be lit and the police will call for help. Soldiers are also called piers.Of course, this kind of military facility is only available at the border, and it cannot be found in the interior, so it is useless.After the painful experience of entering many guards for inspection and being smoked so that his nose hurts for several days, Yang Menglong can fully imagine what the hell is like in Huodun, he was a little surprised: "Growing up in Huodun? Where's your home? Don't you go home?"

Wang Rui smiled bitterly: "Where is there a home? We have to fight the Tartars here every year. There are few men who can die of old age in the pit. Once the father dies, the old mother will naturally remarry. We will be left behind. Led by a few old soldiers in Huoludun, we grew up hungry and full, and Huoludun is our home."

Yang Menglong waved his hand and said, "Let's go and have a look!"

Zhong Ning said: "My lord, it's better not to go, save us some face."

Yang Menglong scolded: "No, don't I sleep on the street tonight? Stop talking nonsense and lead the way!"

Zhong Ning had no choice but to lead the way.

That fire road pier is in Yulin City... Isn't it a bit surprising?In fact, there is nothing surprising. After more than 200 years of ups and downs, the once powerful Ming Dynasty is showing signs of decline, and the original order is collapsing at an alarming rate, including the national defense system.Many of the pier soldiers in Huolu pier had already escaped. Zhong Ning’s pier soldiers were quite moral and did not escape, but they were unwilling to stay in the wilderness and eat sand, so they moved into the city with a very good personality. , seized a dilapidated academy, and lived there.Yulin County is not a rich place, but compared to staying in the wilderness to feed on wind and sand, and to be with wild wolves, it is already very good. As for leaving your post without authorization, your head will be beheaded, or you will not be paid... What made you two After leaving this ghost place, there is still the illusion that someone is in charge?Loyalty to duty means no pay, Zhong Ning and the others haven't seen money for eighteen months!Anyway, there is no food and salary, so the fool continues to stay in the wilderness and eat the northwest wind. It would be great to move into the city, it is very lively, and you can see beautiful little daughters-in-law and big girls when you are lucky. If you can steal a chicken and half a duck, you can improve your life.

Walking into the place where these guys lived, Yang Menglong found that the place was not as dirty as he imagined. It must be very messy, but it was not as much rubbish as other guards, probably because this place was too poor, even the rubbish Not much.It's just that the windows have been broken into disrepair, and the walls and roof are full of holes. The larger ones are stuffed with hay, and the smaller ones can't be helped. Let's stand up.There is no room in the academy, and these guys spread four tattered straw mats in a relatively clean corner, even if they are beds, the four quilts are thin and old, full of patches and cracks, and there are still leaks. It's a bad luck, the devil knows how long it hasn't been washed... It can't be washed, it will become cotton wool after washing.

The only furniture that looked decent was the rice bucket. This one was not broken, but it was empty inside. There was a thin layer of brown rice grains on the bottom, and there was more sand mixed in the rice than rice.There was a hole in the mouth of a small pottery jar, and it was tightly pressed with a wooden board. When I opened it, there were some pickles inside. Zhong Ning said like a monkey offering a treasure: "We exchanged these pickles with a sheepskin from the neighbor's house." , have eaten for half a month."

Your uncle's!

Yang Menglong felt nauseous for a while, he still kept the pickles after eating for half a month, isn't he afraid of eating you to death?

All in all, this place is similar to the sub-helm of the beggar gang, and there is no decent thing to be found at all... Uh, it’s not that there is no decent thing. The spear and simple knife on the weapon rack are well maintained, with a little rust None of them, it is far different from those spears in the guard that were almost eaten by mice.A bow arm is thick and long. This is Zhong Ning's weapon. Obviously, he is also a sharpshooter. He also has two strong crossbows, which are carefully maintained. Every arrow is wiped clean and the arrowheads are shiny. , although the number is not many, but Yang Menglong has no doubt that with the seriousness of maintenance of these guys, the bowstring will definitely fall in response to the tremor, and one arrow kills one!This is probably the epitome of the Yulin frontier youth's home. Other things can be vague, but the weapons must be well maintained, and they may fight the Mongols at any time. This is a life-saving guy, so don't be vague.Yang Menglong habitually picked up the crossbows to study them again. Seeing that the two crossbows were compact, strong and well-made, he couldn't help admiring: "Good stuff! Really good stuff!"

Zhong Ning said: "Returning to your lord, we asked Liu Zongqi from Jiangying to do it for us, and we even gave him a fine horse for this!"

Yang Menglong asked in surprise: "Horse? Where did you get the horse?"

Wang Rui said, "Of course it was stolen from the Mongols!"

Stealing things can be so straightforward, Yang Menglong is completely speechless about these living treasures.

Qin Mai said: "General Manager Liu is one of the best crossbow makers here. The crossbows he made are so powerful that even a buffalo will lie down when hit by an arrow, let alone a human being! It's just that the heart is too dark. Just these two crossbows Strong Crossbow wanted a horse from us, and crossbow bolts are ridiculously expensive, if you want to get a bag of arrows from him, at least you have to give him a sheep!"

Zhong Ning sighed: "There are not many crossbow arrows left, it seems that I have to find a way to steal sheep from the Mongols again, and exchange crossbow arrows with him!"

Yang Menglong asked curiously: "Who is General Liu?"

Zhong Ning said: "It's the general flag of our Yulin Guards Camp. He is skillful in his hands. He can make eighteen kinds of weapons, and all of them are excellent. It's just that his heart is a little dark!"

Yang Menglong secretly remembered this name, and he must dig up this general flag later!
Although Xue Siming was mentally prepared for the mess in the lair, he still felt a little ashamed, and said bitterly, "Zhong Ning, what did you do to make the lair look like a beggar's lair!"

Zhong Ning said: "We've always been like this, what's so strange?"

Xue Siming called: "Clean up quickly, what a mess it looks like!"

Those guys started to clean up, Yang Menglong hurriedly stopped, and said: "Don't, don't, we have to clean up tomorrow. Now it's almost time to eat, and it will be even worse if the smog is made."

Coincidentally, before he finished speaking, Cao Jun brought back the soldier who was ordered to buy vegetables. He bought more than ten catties of beef, a large basket of vegetables, dozens of catties of rice noodles and a large jar. liquor.Zhong Ning and the others were salivating, and they were very busy with their hands and feet. Those who lit the fire lit the fire, those who washed the rice washed the rice, and those who washed the vegetables washed the vegetables. They were extremely busy.Not long after, the food was ready, the beef was cooked deliciously, the green vegetables were fried oily, three tables were set up, Zhong Ning and the others were at the same table with Yang Menglong, staring at the dishes on the table and gulping their mouths, obviously it had been a long time I have never eaten such a good dish.Yang Menglong uncovered the mud on the wine jars, each poured a large bowl of wine, picked up the large porcelain bowl, and said loudly: "You guys are quite to my liking, I won't say anything unnecessary, do it! Do it!" This bowl of wine will be brothers in the future, if I have a bowl of rice, I will definitely have half a bowl of you!"

Xue Siming shouted: "I am willing to die for you!"

Yang Menglong kicked her over: "I'll kill you sister! I finally settled down, can you say something auspicious so that I can have a happy meal?"

Zhong Ning and the others laughed loudly, raised the bowl together and touched it, and then drank it with their heads held high. After a while, there was not a single bit of wine left in the bowl.Yang Menglong couldn't learn this skill. He only drank a few sips and it was not enough for him to breathe. He put down the sea bowl and saw other people drinking like donkeys drinking water. drink!"

Cao Jun said sheepishly: "We all drink like this."

Qin Mai said: "The main reason is that the wine bought by the adults is good. We can drink up a jar of such good wine in one go!"

Yang Menglong said: "What a fart, it's too light to die, at least it's mixed with [-]% water! I'll go to that unscrupulous wine shop owner tomorrow to settle the score. Now, eat! If you don't eat it, you won't even get a piece of meat." !"

It was only then that everyone noticed that Xu Meng didn't say a word, he just buried his head in eating vigorously, at least one or two pieces of meat would be picked up with a chopstick, stuffed into his mouth and chewed until his mouth was full of oil!Everyone looked at each other in dismay, wanting to grab it, but afraid of leaving a bad impression on Yang Menglong, if you don't grab it, you won't even be able to eat any meat, what should you do?Just as he was struggling, Yang Menglong had already picked up the chopsticks and shouted, "What are you still doing in a daze? Hurry up and grab it!" He forked down a chopstick and took away a large piece.Not to be outdone, Xue Siming pushed Xu Meng's chopsticks away with one hand, moved the plate to his side and squeezed it violently.The poor four brothers finally came to their senses, yelled "Grab!" Must be red in the face!As for the wine, it is served bowl after bowl, just like drinking water. When a young man touches one, of course he will have a painful fight.
After two bowls of wine, Yang Menglong's face turned red up to his neck, and he couldn't stand it anymore.Xue Siming called: "My lord is drunk, don't force him."

Yang Menglong yelled with his tongue out, "Let... let go of your mother's stinky fart, I'm not drunk! I can put down three scumbags like you! Come again, come again... again... fill me up...full again!" ..." Before he finished speaking, his head tilted on the table, and he fell unconscious.

Zhong Ning couldn't help laughing: "Sure enough, he's a good drinker, just pour two bowls!" He helped Yang Menglong to the newly made bed, covered him with a quilt, and then returned to the wine table to continue drinking.Without Yang Menglong, everyone was less restrained. They drank in big bowls, ate meat in large pieces, and ordered them to drink.They are all warm-blooded men with warm hearts and licking blood at the edge of a knife. They can be said to be like-minded. After a few glasses of wine, Yang Menglong's personal guards and Zhong Ning, the descendants of the frontier army, became as close as brothers.Halfway through the drink, the meat and vegetables were all eaten, but he was still not satisfied. Zhong Ning simply took out the pickles, held them in his palm and cut them open with a knife, and distributed them to everyone. A few wounds, hands full of blood...

(End of this chapter)