Chapter 1138 The Steps of War (Part 1)
The battle to conquer Shu was in full swing, and political activities inside and outside Luoyang also reached a climax.
Some of them were personnel adjustments for officials, some were planning to divide the spoils after the war, and some were purely speculative.
Just as Chen Shi returned from a foreign drama, he heard a cry of yelling: "Take it!"
Before he could react, several servants, like wolves and tigers, stepped forward, twisted Chen's hands back, and knelt down under the corridor.
"Grandma..." Chen Shi was a little confused.
He didn't lose money today and won hundreds of thousands of dollars. Why did he suddenly have to deal with him?
Privy Councilor Chen Yougen snorted coldly with his hands on his back, saying, "Have you gone to play again?"
Chen Wei didn't know how to answer, so he stared at his father blankly for a while, and finally squeezed out a few smiles and said, "Grandma, you're idle, just..."
"Bang!" Chen Yougen kicked his son hard, hitting his son's chest.
Chen Zhi's face turned pale and he screamed in pain.
Seeing that he still dared to scream, Chen Yougen kicked him out again, but his foot stopped when he was about to touch Chen's body.
After a long time, he sighed, waved his hand in vain, and said, "Forget it, you are such an incompetent thing, destined from the womb."
Chen wanted to argue, but was afraid of being beaten, so he could only kneel down there with dejected expression.
"Today, pack your bags and go to Xiangyang." Chen Yougen sat back and said with a heavy face: "Cai Zhouyuan's duties were originally led by Mr. Yu. After he returned to Yingchuan to mourn, the emperor still kept them for him and did not send anyone to replace him. If it weren't for giving up his old face for his father, Cai Zhouyuan would still be Yu Bin. You are the eldest son and have already started a family, and it's time to start a career."
When Chen Zhi heard this, he secretly thought that his father had actually bought him a seventh-grade garden order for him.
He didn't want to go at first, but when he thought about it, he suddenly asked, "Grandpa, does Princess Jingfu still live in Caizhou?"
"I think you want to die!" Chen Yougen was furious and stood up again, kicked his son on the shoulder, kicking him to the ground.
Chen Qi stood up while crying out the pain, kneeled down properly, and said, "Grandpa, can't I go?"
Chen Yougen suddenly felt a little regretful. He looked at his son for a long time and said, "This is your last chance. If you fail, you will no longer care about you in the future. This family business has nothing to do with you. After I die, your third brother will inherit the title of the Duke of Dongguan County."
After hearing this, Chen Shi was shocked and finally realized something was wrong.
What's going on? After my eldest brother passed away, shouldn’t my second son inherit the family business? How could the county duke still be promoted by his younger brother?
He blinked and looked at his father.
Chen Yougen looked at him expressionlessly.
Chen Da felt scared. In the past, I occasionally heard my parents quarrel, and my mother said that my father was stupid when he ate human flesh...
It was also at this time that he finally realized that his father's generation was very difficult, and he was also very cruel and could really do anything.
He secretly adjusted his kneeling posture and said honestly, "Grandma, I will do my best if I go to Caizhou."
Chen Yougen did not respond for a long time.
Just as Chen Da knelt sore and his legs were sore, his father's voice finally rang in his ears: "Get up."
Chen Yu got up quickly, but he just stood there and didn't dare to go into the house and sit down.
Chen Yougen pondered for a while and asked, "Do you know why I took you to Caizhouyuan?"
"I've already started a family, so it's time to become an official," said Chen.
"Stupid." Chen Yougen was too lazy to scold his son hard, and asked back, "If you want to become an official, where can you go? Do you have to go to Xiangyang?"
"Then..." Chen Shi was thinking hard, but couldn't understand it.
Chen Yougen didn't want to take the exam for his son anymore, because it was useless, so he could only make himself feel upset, so he said, "Don't you accumulate military merits for you? Although the emperor has mobilized so much food and grass, it is not necessarily enough to fight. The Shaofu collected more than 4.3 million beans a year, and the garden households, officials, banquets and rewards cost more than 3.6 million yuan, and there was still a surplus of 700,000 yuan. The garden forests in various places also raised more than one million miscellaneous animals. In addition to the expenses, the surplus was more than half. There were also profits such as bamboo, wood, cloth, fruits and vegetables. A garden forest was far more than what you saw."
"Shaofu Supervisor Cai Cheng has ordered the investigation of the surplus of the nine major gardens, and then allocate grain, jerky, cheese, and dried fruits to the front to serve as military food. Caizhouyuan is originally cooked land, and it has been almost two years since it was handed over. There are more than 2,100 households in the park, and the products are quite abundant. After you go, you will do your best, strive to expand some farmland, raise more livestock, and do things beautifully. It is a credit."
After saying that, he sighed quietly and said, "If you were like this before, you would be embarrassed to say hello to your father. If you hadn't seen this scene so big and the collapse of the country was about to be destroyed, how could you consume the relationship with the emperor? Alas, can you understand the painstaking efforts of being a father?"
"I understand." Chen Zhi nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, but he just didn't know if he really listened to it or if he had forgotten it.
"Cai Zhouyuan's surplus grain and meat were transferred from Huan Wen, the commander of the Xiangyang branch. You--" Chen Yougen pointed at his son and said, "You should do it yourself."
Chen Qi lowered his head helplessly and said, "Okay."
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In fact, it’s not just Chen Yougen’s family who put their children in? All the battle to destroy the war has been launched, and anyone knows that there are not many opportunities to gain military achievements, so they all operate and show their magical powers.
On the fifteenth day of the winter month, the younger brother of Mi Zhi, the left Changzhi Guard General Mi Zhi, who had been at home to manage his property, also moved for a while. Taking advantage of the opportunity that Sima, the commander under Huan Wen, died of an acute illness in Jingling, he got the job. He packed his luggage on the spot, took more than a dozen troops south, and took office immediately.
He did not walk alone, but set out with a group of "young buddies" in Luoyang.
Everyone brought more than ten or dozens of guards, servants, and guests. For a time, there were many people and powerful people, so many people could not help but ask: They are all small officials of the seventh and eighth rank, and they have to support a group of people under their jurisdiction. Don’t you feel like you are panicking?
No one paid attention to him.
Is it because I am going to be an official, is it because I am attracted by the salary that is not enough to be intertwined? For money, we should manage the industry at home instead of risking death from a disease and going south to Jingzhou. At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the group rushed to Xiangyang one after another.
There are no more troops here, but there are really many people.
Ding Zhuang, who was wrapped in felt blankets, was so tired that he took a quick break.
On the coast of Mianshui in the east, there are dense ships, almost filling the river. The smoke from the cooking stove rose from the deck, and the rotten vegetables and leaves floated everywhere. The laborers were unloading truck after truck of supplies and loading them into the cabin.
At the foot of the mountain to the south, the flock of sheep from somewhere had almost chewed the dead grass on the ground.
The city walls to the north were hung with heads after heads, which were the servants who were caught after they were unable to bear the pain of fortune and were caught after escaping.
This is war...
The young men in Luoyang sighed and scattered.
Mi Qu and Chen Zhi walked together and arrived at the bank of Mian River. After waiting for a long time, they waited until a small wooden boat that could only accommodate two or three people. After struggling to pass through the gaps of the big boat, they arrived on Caizhou Island.
Huan Wen's mouth bubbled up, and his voice was hoarse. After seeing Mi Qu, he took the official uniform and asked him to change it on the spot, saying, "You are here just right. Follow me to Jiangling. There is a person who can write calculations there."
Mi Qu was free and easy-going, and he heard this and bowed, "As for your order."
After saying that, he asked the boatman to quickly return to the west bank and fill his luggage and entourage.
Chen Zhi greeted Cai Zhouyuan officials and were slightly disappointed when he learned that Princess Jingfu had moved to Huan Mansion in Xiangyang City and returned the Cai family's old house.
However, just when he was stunned, Cai Zhouyuan's officials said goodbye and left, leaving only a lower-level recorder to accompany him.
"This is..." Chen Zhi was a little confused.
"There are 15,000 hu of rice in Caizhou Garden to be sent to Jiangling. Now only three boats have been found, and two are still missing. Yuan Cheng went to borrow a boat from the Kuai family, and some people went to find a mule cart. If it really doesn't work, they would take the land route. The garden was full of chaos and was really busy." The record reminded.
"Huh?" Seeing that he was speaking in a organized manner, Chen Zhi couldn't help but look at him more.
"I came to Caizhouyuan last year and was a student of Wu from Bianliang." The recorder bowed and said.
"Oh." Chen Qi said no wonder, and asked again: "Yuan Zhong--"
"If an official has time, why not go to the Captain Xia Huan to see if he can squeeze out two boats and carry 6,000 hu of rice to the south." The recorder said: "The loss of time is quite serious and Caizhouyuan can't afford it. The young minister of the Shaofu Gong will count cattle and sheep in Guangchengyuan. If he comes to Caizhou soon, the official..."
"Think about other solutions first." Chen Shi subconsciously rejected the idea of going to Huan Wen for help, because he couldn't squeeze out the canal ship.
After thinking about it, he asked, "Is King Zhao in Xiangyang?"
"Here is here." The recorder said: "The King of Zhao ordered merchants in the market to donate, and they are planning to send a batch of grain and silk to Jiangling today to meet military supplies. If the officials can persuade the King of Zhao, it will naturally be a great thing."
Chen Yu nodded, but his feet did not move, obviously hesitating.
He has a good relationship with King Zhao Shaoxu. It is possible to succeed if he asks him for help, but is it worth consuming favors in this matter? He hesitated slightly.
The recorder observed his expression and sighed, and said, "If Yu Ling was still here, he would definitely be able to persuade Captain Huan and King Zhao, alas."
After hearing this, Chen Bi felt a little uncomfortable and snorted coldly: "Why do you need Yu Bin to come forward? I'll go to see King Zhao now."
After saying that, before he had time to change his official uniform, he rushed straight to the river bank and searched for ferries everywhere.
The recorder followed him, helping to find a raft while laughing secretly.
Chen Zhi glanced at him and snorted coldly again.
He is not a fool, so how could he not know the tricks of this martial arts student? But when he caught up with this, he had to run for a while.
Furthermore, if you don’t use any means to let the people below see his connections and skills, how can you convince them in the future? How to use these people?
The raft slowly floated, carried the two of them up and headed towards the west bank.
Looking down from the air, there were probably tens of thousands of people gathered in the entire Xiangyang. They shed sweat, sorted various items such as arrows, swords and guns, grains and beans, felt blankets, cloths, medicinal materials, and clay pots, and wholesale them to the south in batches.
The ship cuts the waves and goes down the river.
The ox carts lined up in a long queue, walking around in a row.
Mules and horses hung bells and crossed one ridge after another.
Suddenly, a large herd of horses rushed directly through the fields, gradually disappearing on the distant horizon amid the loud shouts of the shepherd.
Another group of Hu people with braided hair arrived. They carried horn bows and led the horses without stopping, and walked forward silently.
The pace of war is so urgent.
(This chapter ends)