Chapter 206: Foothold
"Let's go slowly!"
As soon as Heifu asked the coachman to drive out of the city gate, a figure stopped in front of him, looked up, and said in surprise: "It's really five hundred masters!" ”
This voice sounded familiar, and Heifu looked at it, wasn't the person in front of him the Nanjun Baijun who had fought together in the Chu State?
At that time, there were a total of four hundred generals in the city of Kuiyang, Xu Yang lost his mind in fear, suddenly rebelled, and imprisoned Zhai Chong and Tu Si, or this full of cleverness, at that time the void and the snake, and when the Gongao sword stabbed Xu Yang, the man jumped out and counterattacked, and saved Gongao's life by the way.
At this time, Man Ye had already determined that the person who came was Heifu, and he couldn't help but shout happily, and six or seven people who had been waiting at the north gate of Yingxian County for a long time surrounded them, and they turned out to be soldiers and officials of Nanjun who had experienced the first battle of Kuiyang. If Heifu remembers correctly, including Man, they are all natives of Yingxian and Jiangling.
In the first battle of Liyang, Heifu not only led the township party of Anlu County to make meritorious contributions, but also the hundreds of soldiers of Nanjun who survived the battle were also knighted. Although Heifu gave the main credit to Li You, these Nanjun soldiers all remembered Heifu's "kindness".
They remembered that it was Heifu who risked his life to enter the enemy camp and surrender, which made the Chu army relax its vigilance; They also remember that it was Heifu who stood on the stall in the market, burned the grain, and had no way to retreat, and raised his arms to the crowd and shouted, "I'll take you home!" ”
He did what he said, and everyone gathered around Heifu, fearlessly attacking the position of the Chu army, which was a sudden explosion after a long time of grievance, and everyone could not forget the feeling at that moment, it seemed that just following Heifu recklessly, the Chu army was really crushed, it was like a dream.
When they really got home, the most grateful person in everyone's hearts was none other than Heifu.
At this moment, when they saw Heifu again, everyone was quite excited, so they followed the full and bowed to Heifu to the ground!
This was something that Heifu did not expect in advance, he hurriedly got out of the car to help everyone up, and said movingly:
"Second and third sons, hurry up! After more than a month, such as every three autumns, I never thought that I could meet again here! ”
Man said with a smile: "I am serving in the county governor's mansion, and I heard that the five hundred lords will serve in Yingxian County, and I calculate that the time can arrive today, and I have been waiting here for a long time with us since I got up in the morning!" ”
Everyone staged a comrade-in-arms meeting here, but there was a carriage behind the king, who impatiently whipped the whip, and it turned out that it was the black man who blocked the way.
The soldiers were about to have a seizure, but the blackman stopped them, and let the coachman move with everyone to the left side of the road, and let the way for the chariots and pedestrians behind to enter the city.
One of the Shangzao was quite dissatisfied at the beginning and said: "I heard that the five hundred generals said that the five hundred lords came this time to be the left soldier Cao Shi, this is an official with a rank of four hundred stones, what are you afraid of them doing?" ”
But when he saw the posture of the convoy behind him, he couldn't help but gasp.
As he entered the city, Heifu had noticed that behind him was a convoy of wagons in front and behind, both with two horses and a horse in the middle.
The car is open-topped, and the car that Heifu bought for 20,000 yuan is the car, although it can travel, but it cannot block the wind and rain.
The car has a closed compartment, which can block the wind and rain, and the body is also large, and its facilities are laid out, which can be bed, lived, and ridden, and is more comfortable. In short, it is the same as the No. 1 and No. 2 car shapes unearthed from the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
An chariot is obviously more expensive than a chariot, and together with the horses, the price of one is more than 100,000 yuan, and it is impossible for non-wealthy and noble families to own it.
Not to mention that the carriage is painted black and pulled by four zebras, which means that only those with the title of "Five Doctors" and their children can ride.
In addition to the chariots, there were two wagons carrying goods in the back, and around the convoy were scattered more than a dozen samurai retinues who were either on horseback with spears or on foot with swords. Four or five other men dressed as maidservants followed the car, all of them arrogant and dismissive of the people on the side of the road.
Heifu and the others took the initiative to let Yu Dao left, and the convoy of people and horses neighed by, during which the curtain of the car was lifted, and a young man with a face like a crown of jade in it bowed slightly towards Heifu.
Heifu also returned the salute from afar, and after the convoy was far away along Tu Road, he reprimanded the impulsive soldier:
"I'm afraid you're not blind, looking at the posture of this convoy, not only the royal is richly dressed, but the knights and servants who follow behind are with long swords, and several maids are also dressed in silk, the little gentleman sitting in the carriage must be an ordinary person......"
Man is right, these people did not go straight and galloped past, and opened the window to thank them, they are already very educated, Heifu has just arrived, and he has not yet visited Li You, for a little thing, what are you doing to conflict with nobles on the road?
The plot of bumping into each other on the street and clashing with the gentleman is unlikely to appear in the Qin State. Because of the strict laws of Qin, Shang Ying directly used the prince of Qin who galloped on the street to punish everyone, and more than 100 years have passed, except for the heirs who passed on the emergency military information, no nobleman's children dared to act so recklessly, galloping horses on the street, let alone clashes with the mouth, it can be regarded as a private fight......
The rich are more familiar with the law and more cautious than the poor.
However, this little episode once again reminded Heifu that although he can be dominant in Anlu, after coming to the county town, this knighthood is nothing.
After this episode, everyone reminisced on the side of the road for a while. Man said that he is now serving as a lieutenant in the county governor's mansion, and the other six or seven people also reported their current positions, either as the tun chief in the army, or the pavilion chief, and even one of them has become a lidian.
"What's wrong with Ridian?"
The man had the lowest position among the people, and he was a little faceless, and shouted: "I am in charge of dozens of families, which is much better than just a small public before the war!" ”
When Heifu heard this, he couldn't help but be a little moved, everyone had their own positions, but today they gathered together to greet him, which is enough to show their gratitude and admiration for Heifu, Heifu was also very pleased in his heart, and the efforts at that time finally reaped a rich reward.
"Although most of these people are currently just Shengdou officials, they are the cornerstone of my foothold in Yingxian County!"
This is only Yingxian County, I heard that there are more than ten people on the Jiangling side, and by extension, hundreds of soldiers who followed Heifu to break through and fight that day have now been promoted, all over the eighteen counties of Nanjun.
"Perhaps, this will be my first political qualification!"
Thinking about it like this, after saying goodbye to Lixian, Ji Ying, Dongmen Leopard and other subordinates of the township party, the feeling of coming to a different place alone is gone, and Heifu only has a pride in his heart.
"With these Nanjun soldiers as a basis, where can I go to the eighteen counties of Nanjun?"
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After this incident, Heifu has more confidence in serving in Bingcao and helping Li You train his soldiers.
Everyone took temporary leave to come out to greet Heifu, and Heifu also had to report to the county governor's mansion before the sun went down. So they said yes, and the brothers of Paoze in Gangneung City were invited to get together to wash the dust of Heifu, and then they said goodbye to each other and hurried back to their respective posts.
Only Man rode in front, guiding Heifu to the county governor's mansion.
"I didn't expect that Captain Li would come to Nanjun to take up his post."
Man Le smiled and said: "After I came, the Captain transferred me to be the Captain, and today it was the Captain who instructed me to welcome the five hundred masters...... Doctor's. ”
is full of faint guesses, the "deal" made by Heifu and Li You, but he is a smart person, he can't see through it, and with Li You coming to Nanjun, everyone who followed him to break through and return to the country at that time has become a descendant, like Man, Li You can still remember his name, and he was immediately promoted.
This is the "long-term benefit" that Heifu calculated when he made the work, not only one person benefited, but everyone could benefit.
After a short time, the two of them had arrived at the county guard's mansion, but they saw that the courtyard here was deep, and the walls were carved in Junyu, which was very spacious and gorgeously decorated.
"The small family and small courtyard of our county lieutenant's office in Anlu County can't be compared to it at all." Heifu lamented that the provincial and department-level organs are different.
Full of locals, he has long been used to it, he laughed and said: "Yingxian was originally the palace city of the king of Chu, and later changed to the county seat, every official office here used to be the palace of the king of Chu before, how can it not be luxurious?" In the center of the city, there are several larger palace terraces, which are still empty. Because it was too overstepping, no county guard dared to live in it, so he could only keep it as the king's palace, although the king had never come to live in it so far......"
"Will come......" Heifu thought to himself, Qin Shi Huang was a person who couldn't sit still, and spent half of his time patrolling the world after becoming emperor.
At this time, Heifu also noticed that at the stable crowded with carriages and horses at the gate of the county guard's mansion, the Anche they met by the city gate was impressively lined up, after all, there were four horse-drawn carriages at the same time, and they had not seen Heifu on the way, so they would not be wrong.
"Could it be that the jade-faced gentleman also came to the county governor's mansion?"
Without much thought, Man stepped forward and explained his intention to the armorer holding the halberd by the gate of the mansion, and Heifu also submitted his test, biography, and brief letter of conquest again.
The hundred generals on duty at the door looked surprised, the seriousness and old-fashioned on their faces disappeared in an instant, and they said with a smile: "It turns out that Jun is the new left soldier Cao Yan!" Look up for a long time, look up for a long time! Please wait, and I'll go and report now. ”
Watching him bow and leave, Heifu was a little inexplicable, he had just arrived, why did he "look up for a long time"?
He looked at Man, "What did you say to them?"
Man smiled and said, "Why should I say it? The heroic deeds of the five hundred lords have long been spread throughout Nanjun. What's more, the person personally recommended by Li Duwei was seen by everyone in the county governor's mansion, how could he be disrespectful? ”
Through Man's dictation, Heifu learned that three days after taking office, Li You found an excuse to transfer Cao Shi, a left-hand soldier with no background, to the thief Cao, and personally recommended Heifu to the county guard and Gong Cao......
Recommending in person is also a way for Qin to be appointed as an official, but this is a huge risk. Because Qin Law stipulates that if the recommended person commits a crime and dereliction of duty before being promoted, the sponsor will also be held accountable. At that time, Du Xian took a fancy to Heifu and asked him to be an official, but he didn't dare to recommend him personally, but recruited him by asking the county order around the bush.
Li You did this, as if he regarded Heifu as his first cronie, so the officials of the county governor's mansion had long been curious to guess what kind of character Heifu was......
"Therefore, although the five hundred masters have not yet arrived, they have already filled half the city." Man said.
"Now I'm really on the Li family's thief ship."
Heifu was helpless, at this moment, Li You became his master, and the two were tied to death, one was prosperous and the other was lost, but wasn't this what he was looking forward to? It's cool under the big tree.
Sure enough, after a short time, the hundred generals who guarded the door returned and invited Heifu in.
This county governor's mansion is worthy of being a corner of the palace of the king of Chu in the past, the scene is very large, the white wall is Zhuhu, the roof is blue bricks and tiles, and there are leafy banyan trees, verdant and upright green bamboo plantains. When I walked inside, I saw that the house was divided, and each entry was separated by a moon gate, and every courtyard should be a small office courtyard. Follow the corridor inward, along the way the layers of terraces, winding water pavilions, trees shady.
If there is no one to guide him, Heifu is afraid that he will be dizzy, and at the same time secretly sigh that the kings of Chu State have painstakingly searched for people's fat and ointment to build a luxurious palace, but in the end they made wedding dresses for the Qin officials, why bother?
After going around a long circle, he finally came to a tall building, looked up at the cornices, and looked up, and more than a dozen halberd guards stood opposite each other in front of the open gate, looking at Heifu curiously.
When Heifu straightened his clothes and took off his shoes at the door, he found that there was already a pair of pointy shoes with beautiful jade inlaid on them, which showed that it was extraordinary.
He didn't think much about it, he walked up the stairs, and after entering the hall, he saw Li You sitting in the middle at a glance. Li You, who was wearing a dark robe and a high crown, was talking to a young man in a white dark coat and a swallowtail crown, and when he saw Heifu entering, he stopped talking, got up with laughter, and pointed at Heifu.
"Heifu, Heifu, you're here!"
Heifu immediately bowed down and said: "How can the subordinate He De, let the county lieutenant personally recommend it, I am really scared, but I am a little late, and I hope that the county lieutenant will forgive me!" ”
"As soon as the letter arrives, you set out, what is the sin?"
While speaking, Li You helped Heifu up and introduced him: "Ziyang, this is the Heifu who helped me break through the siege of Liyang and traverse three hundred miles of Chudi, and it is also my left soldier Cao Shi!" ”
The young man with the crown jade smiled and said: "I happened to meet Cao Shi at the city gate, but I never thought that we were on the same road, and we knew that we would walk together." ”
How dare Heifu be busy.
"Oh? You've seen it, it's a coincidence. ”
Li You also pointed to the young man and introduced: "Heifu, this is the son of the five doctors who do not choose the king, Feng Jing, although he has just become an adult, he is smart and studious, and he came to Nanjun to be my clerk and pawn history, and after you wait, you will be a colleague!" ”