Ever since Dalaifu asked Tang Cheng to be a long-term follower, no matter whether he was in Jinzhou, Daocheng or going to Chang'an, he always followed Tang Cheng. Speaking of which, the ten days or so now is the longest time the two have been apart. When he arrived in front of Tang Cheng, Lai Fu looked a little excited.

Tang Cheng was in a bad mood now, and he was not in the mood to gossip with him. After asking a few words about the hardship of the journey, he directly cut to the point.

"Back to the senior officials, I stayed in Zhoucheng for a few days, and then went to the place where Niu Zude worked before, and then went to the Tiancheng Army garrison. Now I am chasing all the way from Suoyang Pass to Longmen County. came."

"Well", Tang Cheng nodded after looking at Lai Fu with a dusty face, "The journey is so urgent, you must have found something useful, let me tell you."

"Although Niu Zude has eccentricities, his reputation as an official in the local area is not bad. No matter whether it is in Zhoucheng or Wende County and Yongxing County where he worked before, he has not found any bad deeds of corruption, but I have inquired. Niu Zude is doing business with merchants, and he is doing a great deal."

"Business and business matters!", Tang Cheng was disappointed when he heard this. Do this, let alone Niu Zude, who is the governor of Yizhou!But something is better than nothing, and Tang Cheng didn't want to discourage Laifu's enthusiasm too much, so he asked casually, "Let me explain in detail what's going on."

"Niu Zude is not only in control of the largest livestock and fur trade in Guizhou, but also all the transactions of silk, satin, porcelain, salt and iron exported from Guizhou to the Xiren tribe in the grassland. Eight out of ten of the caravan leaders are his distant relatives." After following Tang Cheng for a long time, Laifu also knew that the court had banned officials from doing business. Now Niu Zude is almost blatantly doing such a big business. Isn't it easy to catch?Because of thinking about this, Lai Fu was a little excited when he said this.

As the dividing line and intersection of the farming economy and the grassland animal husbandry economy in the Central Plains, it is self-evident that the Great Wall has the effect of exchanging what is needed, and Guizhou, whose jurisdiction is next to the Rao Le Xiren Grassland, has naturally become a bridgehead for this exchange. As a traveler with strong economic awareness and experience in a company, Tang Cheng understood how much profit mastering this resource means without thinking too much. After eight years, Tang Cheng was still unwilling to leave. Tang Cheng, who was still a little careless, was refreshed when he heard the news, "Is this news reliable?".

"The little one has verified it repeatedly." Seeing Tang Cheng's serious expression, Laifu nodded with an excited expression, "The little one spent a lot of money to befriend several caravan leaders, and in addition, he also paid a lot of money for the servants and several families in the governor's mansion. It has been verified at the big warehouse, and it is absolutely reliable."

"Well, well done", although Tang Cheng hasn't carefully thought about how to use this news, but he clearly knows that this news will be useful. For the first time in these days, there is a sincere expression on his face. With a smile, he patted Lai Fu on the shoulder and asked, "What other news?".

Lai Fu, who was full of dusty faces, smiled happily. After asking Zheng Qi for a skin bag filled with water, he raised his head and poured it heavily, and continued without wiping his mouth: "There is another news related to this, because Regarding the merchant trade, the relationship between Niu Zude and Jia Zixing, the captain of the Guangbian Army Zhechong stationed in Baiyang Town, was very tense."

"Guangbian Army?" Tang Cheng's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, "Suoyangguan is the one they are responsible for guarding, right?".

"Yes, Baiyang Town is located at the foot of the Great Wall not far to the west of Suoyang Pass, bounded by the borders of Hebei and Hedong. The Great Wall passes in Guizhou and Tanzhou, the main road, are under the control of the Guangbian Army, of which Suoyang Pass is the largest one. The Guangbian Army and the Zhenyuan Army in Tanzhou are both under the jurisdiction of the Governor’s Mansion of Youzhou, because they were inquired before. He had done enough work, and Laifu answered without hesitation, without hesitation. While speaking, he picked up a dead branch and drew a topographic map on the ground.

Tang Cheng looked down at the crude topographical map drawn by Laifu attentively, "Why did Niu Zude and Jia Zixing have a stalemate?".

"Niu Zude made too much money, Jia Zixing was jealous and wanted to share some of the benefits. He asked for more, but Niu Zude didn't want to give more, so the two parties froze."

Upon hearing this, Tang Chengcheng understood that the establishment of Jiedu Envoys in the border towns in the Tang Dynasty only happened in the middle of the Kaiyuan period after Li Longji became emperor. The military system, the Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Hebei Province was to lead the army and be responsible for the security of the northeast border. It was not until the Kaiyuan Tianbao period that it was changed to Fan Yang Jiedu envoy, and the most famous of Fan Yang Jiedu envoys was the fat man An Lu Mountain.

Different from the military and political control of the later Jiedu envoys, the current Metropolitan Government is only responsible for the management of the military, and it is only responsible for the management of the frontier army, and has no right to intervene in local political affairs, and even the local town army is not under their jurisdiction. , but centralized in Hebei Road Marching Ambassador Yamen.Under this system of separation of the military and the government, although the Guangbian Army under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou controls the Great Wall gateway for the north-south traffic, due to the limitation of jurisdiction, it is unable to organize large-scale traders in the local area. Team, even if you can do some business, it is mostly a small business.And this is the root of the conflict between Jia Zixing and Niu Zude.

After going through the whole thing again and again, Tang Cheng's heartbeat became stronger and stronger. At the same time, an inexplicable anxiety arose in his heart. He knew that there was a good opportunity in front of him, but he couldn't take advantage of it. This feeling is really uncomfortable.

At this moment, Zheng Lingyi who didn't know when to get out of the car tugged on Tang Cheng's sleeve and said happily: "My husband, this is a great opportunity. Judging from my concubine's experience in Yangzhou Bosi, this kind of two-race The most profitable trade is the exchange of what is needed, and if the county's geographical advantages can be combined with the Tiancheng Army who controls the traffic pass, Longmen County will be able to quickly become prosperous in a short period of time, and Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River is the best example."

"Ling Yi, your idea is certainly good, but it won't work." This is the reason for Tang Cheng's anxiety. He turned around with his hands behind his back while talking, "After all, Longmen County is under the jurisdiction of Guizhou. Niu Zude completely turned his face and snatched this business, not to mention whether he would do it or not, just if he stretched out his hand to get stuck at Suoyang Pass, I can't do anything here. After all, all the goods in and out of my Longmen They all have to pass through his territory; moreover, the profits involved in this business are so huge that Niu Zude alone may not be able to eat them all, and there are probably people with bigger backgrounds behind him, so rushing to snatch them now is courting death; finally One point, even if the two don't have to worry about it, they can't cooperate with Tian Cheng's army. The dragon gate is too small, my official position is too low, and I have nothing to control them. Such a cooperation with such a huge disparity in strength between the two sides is impossible, Tian Cheng That guy from the army, Qiu Ba Neng, ate us alive."

Zheng Lingyi was also overly excited just now. Once Tang Cheng said this, she calmed down and realized that the proposal just now was not practical. It felt like looking at a big golden ingot on the ground but couldn't pick it up. Same, the kind of uncomfortable strength is really beyond mentioning.

Turning around and around, Tang Cheng finally could only sigh in vain, "Ling Yi, don't think about merchants and trade anymore, at least for now, not only can we not intervene, but we can't intervene at all."

When he said these words, Tang Cheng really hated and was not reconciled. Ever since he saw the location of Longmen County clearly from the geographical map of mountains and rivers of the East Army in Shannan Dongdao Yamen that day, during the three-thousand-mile journey he What he thinks about the most is to use the special geographical location of Longmen to develop merchant trade. This was originally the core of his planned governance. He started to build roads and spread trade, but today he heard such news from Lai Fu.Months of longing and thinking are destroyed in an instant, how can it not be hated and unwilling?

Without the road of merchant trade, even if the problem of Xi people is solved, where should such a barren Longmen County open up the situation?

"Senior official, my subordinates have found out some news." Naturally, it was Laifu who spoke.

Tang Cheng was so intoxicated by the news just now that he wanted to die, it was really difficult to calm down at this moment, and he said bitterly after hearing the words: "Say".

"When I was going to Baiyang Town, I heard a news that the family members of many soldiers in the Guangbian Army were struggling to survive in Guanzhong, and they were far away from their relatives, so they intend to move to Guizhou. Jia Zixing has already made two trips to the Governor's Mansion for this matter , so far it seems that there is no progress."

"Huh?" After hearing Lai Fu's words, Tang Cheng, who was anxious, gradually stopped, and asked doubtfully, "Is this so?".

The family members of the Guangbian Army want to move to Guizhou, a border land!This news is really unbelievable at first, and because of this, Laifu paid special attention to everything related to it after hearing the news that day, and now it can be regarded as useful, "When I first heard it, I thought it was impossible. , because I inquired carefully about the reasons. In fact, not only this dynasty, but the most serious border troubles in the previous dynasty was in the Northeast."

The smoke and dust of the Han family is in the northeast, and the Han will resign from the family to destroy the broken thieves.A man's self-esteem is rampant, and the emperor bestows color on him.This is the opening sentence of the masterpiece "Yan Ge Xing" by Gao Shi, a master of frontier poetry in the Tang Dynasty.People in the Tang Dynasty liked to write poems based on the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. Although the poems talked about Han, they were actually talking about the current affairs of the Tang Dynasty.And "the smoke and dust of the Han family in the northeast" pointed out the current situation of border defense in the Tang Dynasty. Because there are most ethnic minorities in the northeast border and there is no unified political power, the northeast border is the most prone to chaos. Listen to the teacher.

Seeing Tang Cheng nodded, Laifu continued to speak: "Because of the many and serious diseases in the Northeast, the frontier troops stationed here since the early years of the Kingdom have selected the most elite troops. Almost all of these people's hometowns are In Guanzhong".

Guanzhong refers to the Guanzhong Plain where Chang'an is located, and it is the most fertile land. After Li Tang conquered the country, he implemented the government military system. Among them, when he granted the land to the elite divisions who made the most meritorious service, they were allotted to this place. Tang Cheng knew that , It’s just that he couldn’t understand even more, “Guanzhong is rich, how could the families of those sergeants be willing to move here?”.

"Guanzhong is a good place, but there are too few fields there." Since he followed Tang Cheng, Laifu rarely saw Tang Cheng bewildered and confused. At this moment, he finally saw this scene. Still tensed, I couldn't help laughing out loud, "From the reign of Grandpa Taizong to the present, Guanzhong is the place with the fastest population growth and the fewest land grants in the world. I heard from the soldiers in Baiyang Town that, If Guanzhong catches up with the disaster year, even the emperor will have to go east to take advantage of it."

This new word that came out of Laifu's mouth was seen in the history books by later generations of Tang Cheng, and there is another way of saying it is "eating". Speaking of it, Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty is a bit similar to Beijing and Shanghai in later generations. Great, so it is very easy to concentrate a large number of people in a small area, and the agricultural production and transportation capacity at this time are far from comparable to those of later generations. As a result, after a famine, the food supply in the small Guanzhong area will be reduced At this time, the emperor took his palace and ministers to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to take advantage of food. This happened from the Gaozong Dynasty, not to mention the previous dynasty. The reason why Empress Tianwu wanted to move the capital several times Luoyang, in addition to personal preferences, a very important reason is to ensure the food security of the capital.

At this point, Tang Cheng had suddenly realized that the reason why the families of these sergeants wanted to move to Guizhou was the same as many people in Longmen County.

"It's not just for this." Lai Fu added while nodding: "After 60 percent, these frontier soldiers from military households will start serving until they are [-] years old. During this period, every three years For two years, they were either in the frontier fortress or on the way to and from the frontier fortress. The family members really couldn't stand the pain of being separated. Since it was difficult to live in Guanzhong, it would be better to move here and reunite with another family. These middle-aged frontier soldiers are actually all The pillar of the family, living closer can also provide a care for the family."

Well, this has the same nature as the army of later generations. After understanding it thoroughly, Tang Cheng felt a little uncomfortable when he looked at Fu's excited face, "Why didn't you tell such important news earlier?".

"Ah!", Lai Fu choked when he heard the words, you were talking to your wife just now, can I just interrupt?Smacking his lips, Lai Fu, who is familiar with the temperament of high officials, finally said nothing, and quickly put away the joyful expression as if he changed his face.

"Yes, this errand was indeed done well, I credit you for it." After standing quietly for a while and reviewing the news brought by Future Fortune, Tang Cheng raised his head again and felt that the sky was even brighter than before. The sky has brightened a lot, and the dull lead cloud that has been pressing in his heart these days has quietly revealed a ray of light. After letting out a long breath of suffocation that he had held for a long time, he turned around and walked towards the carriage, "Ling Yi, Get in the car, let's go."

"Where are you going?"

"Meet Jia Zixing at Suoyangguan", Tang Cheng, who was walking steadily and powerfully, gritted his teeth and said, "In any case, the family members of the Guangbian sergeant will be settled in this county, and none of them will run away!".

Chapter 224 Captain Jia, let's make a bet

The news brought back by Laifu changed Tang Cheng's itinerary. After being anxious for a long time and finally saw a glimmer of light, Tang Cheng quickly turned to Suoyang Pass like a shark smelling blood.

Compared with the steady speed when it came, the horse-drawn carriage heading towards Suoyang Pass is almost galloping. At this time, the horse-drawn carriage does not have a shock absorber, so one can imagine how bumpy it is after running on the rugged mountain road .Sitting in the carriage and holding Tang Cheng's arm tightly, Zheng Lingyi felt that all the bones in his body were shaken apart. When a stone bounced violently from the high-speed carriage, Zheng Lingyi, who had never experienced such an experience, would never I couldn't help but exclaimed.

The turbulence made Tang Cheng's face turn pale. He has never been dizzy in his later life, and now he only feels his chest twitching upwards with nausea. Without shock absorption, he can't do it. Once this damn carriage runs faster, it will be faster than before. Riding on a tractor is still fun.

Zheng Lingyi's exclamation made Tang Cheng couldn't bear it any longer. He stepped heavily on the pedal in the carriage, and the coachman's "wow" sound of controlling the horse immediately sounded. After the carriage gradually stopped, Tang Cheng held Zheng Lingyi's hand tightly. Tight, "The road conditions are too bad, I will go on horseback first, and you will follow slowly in a carriage."

After Tang Cheng finished speaking, he patted Zheng Lingyi's shoulder reassuringly, thinking that he couldn't afford to waste time, he got out of the carriage and put on Zheng Wu's healthy horse, and then galloped towards Suo Yangguang with Laifu.

If it wasn't necessary to take time to stop and rest to build up horsepower along the way, Lai Fu looked at Tang Cheng's posture and wished that he would be on the road non-stop for twelve hours a day. No matter how exhausted he was, he could only grit his teeth and endure.

The north wind blows the ground and the white grass breaks, and Hu Tian is snowing in August.Longmen at the beginning of November is chilly, and during this galloping gallop, the north wind blows up like thousands of small knives, and Tang Cheng's black cloak is like a banner being held up by the north wind and fluttering. .

His face was already numb from the blowing of the wind, and a few strands of neat hair under Jinde's crown also fell out and fluttered messily on his forehead. The legs were also rigidly maintained in the same position as if they were screwed.Tang Cheng couldn't feel all of this. Although his face was eroded by the strong wind and severe cold, his eyes were terribly bright, staring straight at the road ahead. He had no other choice but to hurry up and go faster. idea.

The oncoming cold wind is like a basin of ice water in a scorching summer day. While cooling his body, it also extinguishes Tang Cheng's depression and anxiety that has been suppressed for many days, as well as the unspeakable shame—— ——The humiliation of forcing Hu Lianghai to be the person who lifted the tank that day, although he clearly knew that what he did that day was the most realistic, what he was ashamed of was not even the coercive methods used against Hu Lianghai, but the kind of powerlessness that he had to escape Feel.

Whether it is the sense of powerlessness or the escape itself, he hates it deeply, even if this escape itself has 1 reasons that can be excused by itself.

It was more uncomfortable when he was depressed and anxious before, but now the fire in his heart is burning hotter. Tang Cheng's rushing so desperately in the severe cold is not just in a hurry, he is still competing with himself. Where does the shame come from? How can he go back? Only in this way can he let go of the sulking breath that day. Before that, he had no choice but to find no hope, so he could only hold back.Now that he has seen the light, even if it is only a glimmer of hope, Tang Cheng is not afraid to put in [-]% effort.

Even if he suffers more for it, he is willing to do so.

We must meet Jia Zixing before he reaches an agreement with Niu Zude, and we must not let this glimmer of hope slip away in vain.

It took less than two days for the carriage to travel in front of it for five days, and finally, Suoyang Pass arrived.

When Lai Fu climbed down from the horse with difficulty, his face was as pale and frightening as Tang Cheng's, his lips were covered with cracks, and he almost lost his human shape.

After the skin on the inside of his thigh was worn out, every step he took off the horse was painful. Lai Fu walked in front of the sergeant on duty with a special crab gait.

Not long after, he came back again, and said to Tang Cheng, who was tied to the horse with a bitter expression, "Jia Zixing is not here."

"Get on the horse", Tang Cheng's waist was so stiff that he couldn't bend anymore, which made him look very tall and straight on the horse, "Go to Baiyang Town!".

Hearing this, Lai Fu was stunned for a moment, and then he reached out and grabbed Tang Cheng's rein, "Once you pass Suoyang Pass, you will be out of the Longmen County boundary."

The Tang Dynasty was different from the later generations. As a land official, he was not allowed to leave the jurisdiction without a specific time and summoned by the superior, otherwise it would be a serious mistake of dereliction of duty, and such a mistake is simply fatal for the three-year official examination of.It was precisely for this reason that Laifu blocked him. It was obvious that Niu Zude was not interested in high officials, so he had to be cautious at this time.

Unexpectedly, in Laifu's eyes, Tang Cheng, who had always been calm, was not moved at all. He raised his hand and used the horsewhip to push his hand away, and then galloped forward first.

Is Jia Zixing really that important?After muttering something in his mouth, Laifu had no choice but to climb on the horseback and follow closely.

It's really hard to have such a master who wants to die when he goes crazy!

Traveling hundreds of miles and half ninety miles, this last part of the journey really cost Laifu his life. Counting down, he has never experienced such hardship since he was a child. That is to say, after walking this journey, Laifu is very important to Tang Cheng. With a new understanding.

In terms of enjoyment, this master is no worse than anyone else.Who would have thought that a person like him who enjoys happiness would have such a cruel side to himself!

Hurrying and hurrying finally arrived at Baiyang Town before it was completely dark. When Tang Cheng heard that Laifu, who was inquiring about the news, reported that Jia Zixing was in the camp of the Guangbian Army, he was tense in the cold wind for two days. Finally relaxed.

Picking up the best inn in the town to stay in, Tang Cheng, who was pale, didn't eat dinner, and he didn't even refuse the two bathing women that Laifu had found.

After taking off his clothes and stepping into the waist-high Lu Feng, Tang Cheng couldn't help groaning in pain when he soaked in the hot water. After moaning, his bones all over his body were like countless ants crawling. Extremely comfortable.After the fierce force passed, a deep sleepiness in the warm water vapor uncontrollably rose from all parts of his body. Tang Cheng, who was severely exhausted, soaked in the water and fell into a deep sleep under the rubbing of his four white and tender hands. go.

His performance like this only disappointed the two bath maids.In this Baiyang Town full of big guns, it's hard to meet a good-looking guest like Tang Cheng.

When he woke up the next morning, Tang Cheng endured the aches and pains in his body and got up. After washing and washing, he went to Zhechong Duwei's Mansion in the center of the town without any delay.

It was already dark yesterday, and the scene in the town could not be seen at all. At this time, looking around, the whole Baiyang Town is just a large barracks. Almost all the people coming and going in the clumsy town are sergeants wearing old burlap cotton jackets , the dialect of the Guanzhong dialect is commonly used on the northernmost ground of the Hebei Road.

"Jia Zixing has no background, he is a leading general who has risen step by step. He has not moved in the position of Lieutenant Zhechong in Baiyang Town for six years, but he treats his sergeants really well, and the Guangbian Army also respects him. ", while leading the way, Laifu whispered some basic information about Jia Zixing.

Baiyang Town is not big, so while talking and walking, he arrived at Zhechong Duwei's Mansion in a short while.

Taking advantage of Laifu to hand over famous assassins, Tang Cheng took a closer look at Jia Zixing's residence in front of him. To be honest, this courtyard house in front of him really didn't look like the residence that a fifth-rank military general should live in. Strictly speaking, it couldn't be called a residence at all. "Mansion", at best, is the housing level of a rural rich man.

A fifth-rank military general, the leader of the first army, has stayed in Baiyang Town for six or seven years, why does Jia Zixing still live in such a simple place!No money?Seeing him viciously looking for Niu Zude to pay dividends, it really doesn't look like it; or he doesn't care about it at all?

A lot of things about a person can be seen from many external things. When Tang Cheng was speculating, Laifu came back, and a gray-haired veteran with a lame leg came with him.

The lame veteran walked up to Tang Cheng, looked him up and down carefully without saying a word, and then came back from foot to head again. Concealed disdain.

From his movements to the expression on his face, his behavior is really very rude, not to mention Tang Cheng, Laifu is very angry, isn't he just a cripple who has no way to deal with it, you are the second uncle , It's just that the high official didn't speak, no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only endure it.

He rushed here in such a hurry, but at least he was a magistrate of a county but was so despised by a disabled veteran. It would be a lie to say that Tang Cheng was not annoyed, but the more annoyed he was, the more he reminded himself to calm down. Abnormal.This has too much to do with it, and before he figured out why this old guy behaved like this, with Tang Cheng's current experience, he would not be so impulsive as to argue with a disabled old man in the street.

The lame veteran looked at Tang Cheng rudely, but Tang Cheng didn't even look at him after one glance, thinking to himself, as if there was a cloud of air in front of him, and there was no such person at all, Lai Fu saw this, Intentionally or unintentionally let out a very loud hey sneer, you are so old, you want to compete with my senior officials with your head, shame on you!

Anyway, Lai Fu heard the instructions that were heard inside just now clearly, and he was afraid that the lame old man would not be able to do something wrong.Seeing that his face suddenly turned ugly, Lai Fu, who was greatly relieved, intentionally let out two louder hey sneers.

"Looking for death", this lame old man was very hot, after being laughed unbearably, he turned around and grabbed Laifu's clothes on the chest. His one-handed foot lifted off the ground.

Tang Cheng still didn't understand why this old man was going crazy. He had never been in contact with Tian Cheng's army before, and naturally it was even more impossible to offend them. Where did this old guy feel bad about him?Although he couldn't understand this, what Tang Cheng knew was that as a disciple, this old man would never dare to be so presumptuous if he hadn't received a signal from his master. Ranked first.

Since Tang Cheng came here in such a hurry, he definitely didn't come here to make trouble.It's just that everything in front of me is too unexpected. When things come to this point, the original plan can only be changed in response to the situation. In a sense, these border towns and townsmen in the Tang Dynasty are all scumbags. When he is hard, you The more polite you are, the more he looks down on you.

I have encountered such a situation out of nowhere, it would be pointless to endure it now, and it would be useless to endure it if the matter is not resolved. If it is impossible, I can think of another way, the living can still be suffocated to death by urinating.

"Why, this is the way Tian Chengjun and Jia Duwei treat guests?" Tang Cheng glanced at the lame door and smiled coldly, and said with a viper-like tongue: "playing tricks on the guests who come at the door of your own house. They are quite aggressive, but the Tiancheng army is indeed brave! Laifu don't move, let him fight."

At this point, Laifu stopped his movements immediately, but his mouth was not forgiving, and he said loudly: "Fight, you are a coward if you can't beat me to death, and you are even more coward if you kill me! Playing aggressively at Lao Tzu at the door, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, the Tiancheng Army has a ball and is brave."

After following Tang Cheng for a long time, there is a tacit understanding between the two of them. As soon as Lai Fu opened his mouth, he clasped the word "Tian Chengjun" tightly, and he was afraid that his voice would not be loud. Looking over, the old cripple's face was even more red and purple. He couldn't hit him for a while, and he was unwilling to let him go.

"Old Mo, let them come here", following the shout of the captain on duty at the gate of the mansion, the old cripple gritted his teeth and let go, and said viciously: "You can't enter the captain's mansion just by showing off with a few words of tongue."

"People must humiliate themselves, and future generations will humiliate them. If Captain Jia is as rude as you, no one will enter the Duwei's mansion even if they are greeted with drums and gongs. Laifu, it seems that we are not polite to care about him. Let's go," said Tang Cheng, who had already stepped forward.

If you come here, I will give you a courtesy, and upon hearing that, Laifu shook his clothes that were wrinkled by the old cripple, laughing and striding to follow.

There are eight sergeants in full body armor on duty at the gate of the Captain's Mansion, four on the left and four on the right. Still somewhat level.

When Tang Cheng stepped on the last step, there was no one to speak or lead, the captain just stood aside coldly and raised his hand to point to the gate, motioning Tang Cheng to go in.

Just when Tang Cheng walked between the first pair of sergeants, he heard a "shua" sound, and the standard single-hook spears in the hands of the eight sergeants of the four teams were raised together, and they crossed two by two to form a spear array.These Qiu Ba deliberately lowered the spears, and the shining hook point bent backwards on the spears was no more than a little finger away from the top of Tang Cheng's head.

In this era, in any strange mansion, as long as the owner calls in, there is no reason for no one to guide him. The captain’s behavior just now was really abnormal. Tang Chengcheng had already thought about it. He couldn't help laughing at the vulgar drama he watched in the TV dramas of later generations.With Jia Zixing's courage, he didn't dare to put the county magistrate of Longmen appointed by the imperial court in front of the gate of the mansion in broad daylight. With this confidence, the arrangement in front of him, which was clearly intended to make Tang Cheng look ugly, not only didn't frighten him, Instead, it became a farce that made people laugh.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, I actually experienced the extremely vulgar scenes seen in later historical dramas.

"Did you learn this trick from the barbarians? I heard that they often use this trick with our court envoys. The Tiancheng Army is really easy to learn." Tang Cheng turned around in the spear formation and looked at the captain after finishing this sentence After speaking, without waiting for him to answer, he turned around laughing and continued to move forward.

In the end, he barely stopped under the last pair of single-hooked spears, and without looking at the captain who looked like a dead relative, Gu Zilang said, "I won't see Jia Zixing again within half a stick of incense. When military families move to Longmen County, don’t blame the county for not taking good care of them.”

When he said this abruptly, the captain and eight sergeants immediately changed their expressions. Although he was not sure why Tang Cheng was so sure that the family members of the Tiancheng Army who wanted to join the army would be arranged in Longmen County, his words were really serious hit their weakness.

After Tang Cheng finished speaking, he neither spoke nor walked forward, but stood under the single-hooked spear a step away from the threshold of the main entrance and waited leisurely.

This situation was far beyond the captain's expectation, first there was suspicion on his face, and then hesitation, after hesitating for a moment, the guy finally couldn't help but ran in quickly from the side door on one side.

Poor Laifu has ever been in such a situation?He didn't watch the TV dramas of later generations like Tang Cheng, and he understood that all such things were bluffs. If he really wanted to kill someone, he would just raise a knife and click, so why use such flashy things?When the spear array suddenly lit up just now, Laifu felt his legs go limp, and he almost collapsed on the ground. Who the hell passed through this for a person who grew up in peacetime?

Even if he followed Tang Cheng into the spear battle after all, Lai Funa was still holding on, just like now, although his face was gritted tightly, but only he knew how much the legs in the trousers under the coat were shaking. At such a moment, he didn't even dare to raise his head to look at the spear point in front of him. He just stared at Tang Cheng's back with his eyes level. At this moment, Tang Cheng was not only his master, but also his spiritual support and support.

The waiting time was not too long. When Tang Cheng saw a tall man in chain mail following the captain just now, he deliberately turned his head left and right to look at the sergeants on both sides, and then smiled and said, "You two hold hands." Take it easy, Captain Jia’s military order is only to scare me, if you miss, killing an official ordered by the court is a serious crime that will punish the nine clans.”

"Take it away." Following Jia Zixing's order, the eight single-hooked spears were retracted in an instant, and then the two sergeants on Tang Cheng's left and right were breathing heavily and uncontrollably.

"You're so courageous, no wonder you're capable of betraying your master for glory." Jia Zixing waved his hand, and the eight sergeants immediately retreated to both sides. It's really not worth mentioning, haha."

This is a scar in Tang Cheng's heart. He couldn't help but change his expression after being calm under the single-hooked spear just now, "Lieutenant Jia Du is good at writing, he doesn't look like a general in charge of the army! It's just that when someone is in the city of Chang'an When trying to get rid of Wei Ni regardless of life and death, I don't know what Jia Duwei did again?" At this point, Tang Cheng stared at Jia Zixing and sneered: "The clear is self-cleaning, and the turbid is turbid. If it is credited to the court In the world, what qualifications do you have to comment on the merits and demerits of a certain person, Jia Duwei, who is standing on the sidelines?".

As the number one army in the world, Wanqi's every move naturally attracted the attention of all armies, not to mention the fact that Wanqi chased Tang Cheng all over the city on the night of the palace change. Strange, and this is also the root cause of Tang Cheng's disrespectful and cold reception today. As a general, Jia Zixing has a heartfelt disgust for what he heard about Tang Cheng's actions in the Ten Thousand Cavalry Army.

Jia Zixing already hated these greedy civil servants in Guizhou, not to mention Tang Cheng, who had a brilliant and bad record, came to him on his own initiative.He tidied him up, how did the unknown anger caused by Niu Zude vent out?

But everything he knew was what he had heard after all, and the details of what happened in the Wanqi Army in Chang'an City were not clear, so Tang Cheng was choked and speechless as soon as he said this, and he laughed aloud after a pause Said: "What a big tone! No wonder a small county magistrate dares to arrange the relocation of my family members of the Wanqi Army."

"It's not that he speaks loudly, it's just that Lieutenant Jia has a brain and doesn't know how to use it." Tang Cheng laughed mockingly, "Tiancheng Army alone has 8000 people, one person is counted as four family members, this is not a lot! That is 3 people, even if not all of the family members are with the army, there are 6000 people in half. Jia Duwei thinks that there is no other county in Guizhou that has so much vacant land besides Longmen to house these 6000 people. [-] people?".

Data is always the most convincing. So far, the smile on Jia Zixing's face can no longer be maintained.

He didn't smile, but Tang Cheng smiled brightly, "Of course, these 6000 people can also be placed in different places, and it may not be impossible to disperse them in various places. It's just that this is not in line with the original intention of the soldiers, and they will travel thousands of miles. The vagrants ran more than 2000 miles to a completely unfamiliar place, and they were all old and weak, women and children, so everyone lived together to be taken care of, Jia Duwei, am I talking about human nature?"

"It's a pity, it's a pity, if I remember correctly, the family members of the frontier soldiers who are military households don't have to pay taxes, but so many old and weak women and children who don't pay taxes to the local government come to grab the land, and they will definitely return the land." If you want a good land, let alone how the local people react, Jia Duwei thinks that there is a local official who will accept it willingly? The local official is not feeling well, how can the life of the Guangbian army's family members be easier?".

At this point, Jia Zixing's expression finally sank completely, "Magistrate Tang may have forgotten his identity, you are not capable enough to cover the sky with one hand."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng's expression didn't change at all, and he suddenly changed a topic that seemed irrelevant, "Lieutenant Jia Du was stumped and was not at all curious about why thousands of thousands of horsemen were there on the night when the imperial capital changed." Even the army can’t find me alone?” After a pause, he said in a deliberately slow voice: “The reason is very simple, so and so stayed in the hidden residence of the current Holy Majesty that night.”

"Maybe he doesn't have the ability to make things happen, but he doesn't dare to underestimate his ability to make things happen, such as the relocation of the family members of the Tiancheng army to the Wenbing and the two households?" Looking at Jia Zixing who was shaking suddenly, Tang Cheng smiled. He said softly: "If Captain Jia doesn't believe that I have this ability, how about we make this bet?".

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