Chapter 35 Only interests are eternal

Chapter 034

Huang Zuxin took Cheng Shijie's victory document and glanced at it in a hurry. He subconsciously looked at the sky outside the window and murmured: "The sun hasn't set yet!"

Jin Yousheng also suspected that Cheng Shijie was too brave, right?

Can this kind of joke be made?

"Cheng Qianhu is really..."

Another commander, Shi Wenli, read the official document and said solemnly: "Master Commander, I am afraid that Cheng Qianhu suffered a huge defeat!"

Hearing this, Jin Yousheng's heart sank.

Yes, Shi Wenli's words are not unreasonable. After all, only when you have suffered a huge defeat will you ask for supplies and support from the commanding officer Si Yamen. Only then will you describe a huge defeat as a huge victory, and then you will make up the story.

Such a nonsense.

Once you have the supplies you want, as for killing the bandits, it's too easy.

Now that there are so many refugees, if you randomly send out an army to surround a group of refugees and insist that they are bandits from the Fifth Division of Qin, what can those refugees do?

No matter how you say the two words "official", they are all Cheng Shijie's principles.

Thinking of this, Jin Yousheng said: "Forget about this official document, the army has been assembled and we will set off tomorrow morning!"

After issuing this order, Jin Yousheng realized that this official document did not seem to be a false report of military exploits or confusing right and wrong, because the numbers of prisoners and beheadings were both zero and round.

More importantly, Cheng Shijie has stated in the official document that he captured the ruthless bandit Qin Wu. You must know that Qin Wu is not an unknown person. Whether it is Dengzhou Guard or Dengzhou Prefecture, there are too many people who know Qin Wu.

, it is easy to tell whether it is true or false.

"Could it be said that Cheng Shijie really won the battle?"

This thought stayed in Jin Yousheng's mind for a few breaths, and then he threw it out of his mind.

Zuo Qianhu Station should be the most corrupt among the eight Qianhu Stations of Dengzhou Guard. His predecessor, Zuo Qianhu Gaowang, was only thinking about making money and sold almost all the weapons and equipment in Zuo Qianhu Station. Of course,

Jin Yousheng also benefited from it, otherwise, Gao Wang would not be allowed to be so presumptuous.

What's more important is that the other thousands of households raise some or more servants, and at the end they will have hundreds of servants, but Gao Wang only has twenty-three servants. His servants are just better fed and equipped than ordinary military households.

There is nothing surprising, which means that Zuo Qianhusuo has almost no combat effectiveness.

Without real information, Jin Yousheng was also a little irritated, so he ate something casually, fell asleep, and recharged his energy to quickly reach Zuo Qianhu's place.

Dengzhou City, Shiqiao Lane, Cheng Shijie's mansion.

Since Cheng Shijie left Dengzhou, he never came back, leaving only Yang Yunniang and the seriously injured Chen Guodong. After more than a month of treatment, the seriously injured Chen Guodong came back to life.

Of course, due to his actions, more than a hundred brothers died, which made him a little depressed. After Chen Guodong gradually recovered, he took on the usual work of grocery shopping.

"Chen Da, morning!"

"Morning, Aunt Hu"

"You go buy groceries!"

"Well, let's buy groceries!"

At the intersection of Gulou Street in Chen Guodong, before I had time to buy groceries, I saw Yang Yunniang walking quickly from a distance. Her face turned pale and she was a little unsteady when walking.

Chen Guodong was a little surprised: "Yun Niang, what's wrong with you?"

"go home!"

Yang Yunniang hugged Xiao Jiaxin and walked quickly towards the house in Shiqiao Lane.

Chen Guodong placed the vegetable basket on the stone table, and then placed a handful of copper coins on the table: "What happened?"

"My boss is in danger!"

Yang Yuniang suddenly took out a handful of copper coins, including a few broken pieces of silver: "The fierce bandit Qin Wu led four to five thousand bandits to attack Zuo Qianhu's house. I'm afraid the boss will be in trouble. Chen Guodong, help me look after the child."

, if I can’t come back, you will raise Jiaxin as your daughter!”

Chen Guodong glanced at Yang Yuniang indifferently: "Okay, don't use provocation. I'll go. My boss, Chen Guodong, gave me this life. I know how to do it!"

"No, you can't do that!"

Yang Yunniang said anxiously: "No, I can see that you are very skilled. I am afraid that ten or eight people are no match for you..."

"Okay, don't say any more, I will definitely bring my boss back safely!"

Chen Guodong walked to the back room. Here were two long knives left by Cheng Shijie before he took office. One was a Tang straight sword and the other was a Qi family sword. The shape of the Qi family sword was very similar to that of the Japanese sword. It was the original Japanese sword of Qi Jiguang.

The comprehensive advantages of Yanling Knife and Miao Knife are the invented knives.

The biggest advantage of Qijiadao is that it is cheaper than Japanese knives, can be equipped in large quantities, and is easy to manufacture. Japanese knives have a steel-clad structure with a hard exterior and a soft interior, while Qijia knives have a steel-embedded structure with a soft body and a hard edge.

Of course, this Qi family knife is an imitation of the shape. It is made of high-carbon steel from later generations and processed by a quenching process. Knives produced by high-tech in later generations are almost never tempered, but are directly made from steel billets and lathes.

It is directly processed into shape, and the surface is polished by digital machine tools.

Chen Guodong pinned the Tang straight knife and the imitation Qijia knife to his waist, wrapped a bag of flour cakes in a cloth from the kitchen, took a gourd of wine, and left Shiqiao Alley just like that.

When Cheng Shijie returned with the prisoners, everyone cheered like thunder. When they saw the bandits attacking in large numbers, the military households in Zuo Qianhu Station were frightened to death. If it were in the past, everyone would die, and they would not

Fear.

But the problem is that since Cheng Shijie took charge of Qianhu, he has used the work-for-relief method to ask all military households to repair city walls, warehouses, and military camps. He even smoothed the roads in Qianhu's residence and dredged the culverts in the city. Military households

Through his own hands, in less than two months, he had accumulated two or three stones of food for his family.

Thanks to Cheng Shijie's foresight, he repaired the city wall in advance. Although it was protected by a thick wall, he was still frightened and didn't know if he could hold on. When the bandits attacked the city, the military households resisted desperately. On the one hand, it was for Cheng Shijie's sake.

On the other hand, the heavy reward is also for themselves.

Well now, Cheng Shijie rode on horseback and wiped out all the bandits in one battle. The big stone in everyone's heart was finally put down!

Cheng Shijie returned to Qianhuzhai. Although he did not fight this time, he had traveled more than five hundred miles back and forth. Although he was riding in a carriage, he was still very tired.

Cheng Shijie had just drank a cup of hot tea when Song Kangnian came over.

"Lord Qianhu, what are your plans?"

"What's the plan?"

"Master Qianhu annihilated more than 4,000 men from the Qin Fifth Division in one battle. This kind of achievement is nothing compared to the frontier army, but it is very dazzling when compared to the Dengzhou Guards!"

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "Cheng also knows these things. Last year, the Dengzhou Guards encircled and suppressed Qin Wu and suffered a disastrous defeat. More than a thousand people were killed, and almost the entire Dengzhou Guards was defeated. Now that they have achieved this feat, they must want to

Share the merits of the war!"

"If Mr. Qianhu agrees, and they get a share of the war effort, everyone will be happy; if Mr. Qianhu doesn't agree, you will be their enemy, and they will do their best to hold you back from now on."

Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly and said: "If the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them!"

"Master Qianhu is now the towering tree of Dengzhou Guard. If you can't let them get close to you, they will definitely uproot you by any means possible!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Then let's share a share of the battle merits. However, this battle merits cannot be given away in vain. Thousands of households need horses, equipment, and money!"

"These things are not a problem, I'm afraid Master Qianhu doesn't want them!"

Cheng Shijie knows one thing very well: a thousand birds in the forest is worse than a bird in the hand.

The Wuqiao Mutiny that was about to break out would tear apart the veil of false prosperity in Shandong and also reveal the weakness of the Ming Dynasty. Under such circumstances, Cheng Shijie actually did not want to be promoted.

What position can he be promoted to?

Just like when he was promoted to Zhou Yandong and became the deputy Qianhu of Zuo Qianhu, he would go a step further and serve as the commander of the Dengzhou Guard, which is a fourth-grade military position.

Although the official position of the commander-in-chief is higher than that of the Qianhu official, the real power he manages in terms of real power, such as guarding the fields, training, patrolling, and weapons, is not even as good as that of a Qianhu official.

Especially when there are three mothers-in-law above me, doing things under their eyes is actually not a pleasant feeling.

Giving up part of the military power in exchange for some benefits will maximize benefits.

Cheng Shijie's current wealth is really too small. In total, he only has more than 200 high-quality military knives, 600 horizontal knives, six bowl-mouth blunderbuss, three old-fashioned artillery, forty-seven fire blunderbuss, and twenty-two guns.

There are also quite a few captured swords and weapons among them. These things are all in pieces and cannot be used directly.

Cheng Shijie had no choice but to recruit craftsmen from Qianhu Institute to collect the seized weapons, recast those that needed to be recast, and repair those that needed to be repaired. In addition to the weapons, Cheng Shijie set up a complete quilt factory in Qianhu Institute to specialize in the production of cotton-padded clothes, military uniforms, and shoes.

and socks, mainly to meet domestic demand.

The number of servants increased to more than 500, with two divisions, plus a military law team, a guard team, and a medical team.

So far, the medical team only has two doctors with average medical skills.

Cheng Shijie even sent out his two protégés, making Cheng Shi the captain of the Military Law Corps and Cheng Hu the captain of his own bodyguards.

It took three days to distribute the rewards to the servants and military households. Cheng Shijie's one-time expenditure was more than 6,700 shi of grain, plus more than 4,900 taels of silver.

The military households and servants who received the rewards were very happy.

On the fourth day, August 21st of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Cheng Hu reported to Cheng Shijie: "Father, someone from the Dengzhou Guard is here!"

"How many people came?"

"There are four to five thousand people, and the team stretches for more than ten miles!"

Cheng Shijie asked: "How far is it from our Qianhu City? It's less than thirty miles. According to their marching speed, they should be able to reach Qianhu City before sunset in the afternoon!"

"Very good, then let's start preparing!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Put the heads into the car, escort the prisoners, and let's go to Dengzhou City!"
Chapter completed!