Chapter 20 History Advances
"I'm ashamed to say that a certain riding skill is not good, so I made some gadgets as a support." Xie Chengbin was not sure whether Gan Ning was willing to stay, so he just made an excuse. In fact, Xie Chengbin used almost all his belongings to thirty boxes of gold bars to ask Gao Xu to go to Youzhou to buy war horses and iron from the governor Liu Yu. He bought a total of 1,500 war horses and 100,000 stone iron. Half of these irons were made of weapons and armor, and half were kept for arming the cavalry.
While speaking, the people in front of the horse stopped one after another, and Xie Chengbin and Gan Ning had to stop. Since Xie Chengbin and Gan Ning both rode horses, they could see someone standing in the middle of the road not far ahead, holding a big red lantern with a bamboo pole. Gan Ning was puzzled and asked Xie Chengbin again. "Why don't the people stop?"
"This is a red light! Because there are too many people in the city and disputes often occur at these intersections, someone ordered people to send one person to guard each intersection, and they would take turns to let him go every once in a while. It made Ning laugh, haha!" Xie Chengbin's smile was very awkward.
Not long after the team passed by the intersection, they passed by an open space. There were nine arenas in the open space, each with one hundred square meters, and there were five meters between the ring. There were people competing on each ring. Many people and even rich children gathered here to yell, and the atmosphere was very warm.
Anyone who is a man will be excited to see, and Gan Ning is no exception. When he sees this, Gan Ning's eyes are staring at the scene. Until he is about to pass by, Gan Ning has not turned around. Xie Chengbin raised his right arm upwards, and the entire team stopped. "This is one of the many martial arts stages. It is a place to recruit soldiers. People can place bets on one of them to win. Do you want to show off your skills?"
Xie Chengbin wanted to see how powerful the young Gan Ning was, so he led the crowd in. When the people saw Xie Chengbin coming, they bowed or clasped their fists and bowed, and the people on the stage also stopped. In order to make bets in the game, both sides of the competition must wear black and white cloth belts around their waists for easy identification. Of course, the competition does not have to be lived or killed, just clicked and weapons are not allowed.
For the sake of face, Xie Chengbin sent someone similar to Gan Ning to compete, that is Taishi Ci. As soon as both sides came on stage, they clasped their fists at each other. The referee walked between the two and stroked his right hand hard. "Start!"
The two rushed towards the opponent like lightning and punched. Gan Ning's move was like a storm, with one move faster than another, making it hard to defend! Taishi Ci used defense instead of attack, and made Gan Ning's attack safely! The competition between two powerful generals was different. The people in the audience were so excited that they cheered!
Suddenly, a county guard squeezed to Xie Chengbin and reported that the messenger had arrived, and was waiting for Xie Chengbin in the county government. Xie Chengbin looked at the battle of the two of them in the stands. After thinking about it, he still stopped calling them, and asked Dian Wei to stay, and the rest of them went home together.
When he returned to the county government and came to the lobby, he saw a man dressed in eunuch sitting aside drinking water. Xie Chengbin led the generals of various officials and envoys to kneel down. The eunuch was not in a hurry, and slowly wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and took out the imperial edict from his sleeve. "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor ordered that the emperor passed away, and His Highness Liu Bian succeeded to the throne, I admire this!"
Xie Chengbin took the imperial edict and ordered people to give it to the envoy, and then sent the envoy away. Seeing the envoy getting farther and farther away, Xie Chengbin began to have a headache. Originally, Xie Chengbin planned to change according to the cheaper history, but who knew that the Ling Emperor, who could survive until 189 in history, had his hair gone astray before the Yellow Turban power was eliminated, and now it became difficult! In Xie Chengbin's plan, in order to save food, he recruited not many soldiers, and now he only had 15,000 troops.
Since Emperor Ling died early, it means that anything may happen in advance now, and Xie Chengbin will not sit still and wait for death. What we need to consider is how to deal with the possible war. The battle is about to begin. There are many powerful generals on hand, but none of them have any strategists. Gao Xu has some talent, but he doesn't know if he can take charge.
Xie Chengbin knew that he was smart and was not good at giving advice. Besides, even if he was good, it was not enough for Xie Chengbin to be alone. So who should I invite as a military advisor? Among the people Xie Chengbin knew, Zhuge Liang was still drinking milk, denying; Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had been having a good relationship since childhood, denying; Xun Yu and Cao Cao were too friendly, denying; Sima Yi was too young, denying even if he was an adult; Pang Tong was only five years old, denying; Jia Xu, Tian Feng, Guo Tu, and Ju Su were under the command of others, denying; Li Ru was the most suitable, but I don’t know where he is now, denying; Guo Jia is fourteen years old now, and I don’t know if he is willing to help him, so I can only give it a try.
In the prison, even if Xie Chengbin sent people to clean every day, the air was still unsatisfactory and exuded an unpleasant smell. Many prisoners were imprisoned here, especially after Xie Chengbin took office, it was crowded here. Many prison cells that were originally imprisoned had to be imprisoned for more than a dozen people, or even more. Prisoners could only eat one meal a day, and there were always fighting over food, but the government never cared about it.
Some families were willing to pay two dollars, hoping that their relatives could have a single cell, but they were all rejected. Under such a tight condition in the prison, there was still another person locked up in a cell! And it was the largest presidential room! That person was Ding Jie and Ding Yongyan. During this period, Xie Chengbin visited Ding Jie several times. According to the jailer's confession, since Ding Jie was locked up here, he had never said a word, and sat in the corner all day in a daze.
All the prisoners were so hungry that they didn't want to talk. Suddenly, knocking on the door came, which was particularly loud in this quiet prison. The seemingly dying prisoners quickly squeezed in front of the wooden railing to see if their relatives were delivering food to them. Some of these prisoners were rich disciples, and steamed buns that they had never looked at once, were the most delicious food at this time. The jailer who was dozing off lazily stretched and reluctantly went up to open the door. In order to prevent the prisoners from escaping from jail, the door inside and outside of the prison were locked.
When the prison guard opened the door, he saw that the visitor was Xie Chengbin. He was so scared that he was trembling all over and bowed. When the prisoners heard that Xie Chengbin was coming, they were so scared that they all turned pale and quickly lay down on the spot to pretend to be asleep, hoping that they would not offend Xie Chengbin. The reason why the prisoners were so afraid of Xie Chengbin was because of what happened some time ago.
At that time, a ** who often disturbs the people was caught. The ** was greeted by Xie Chengbin's mother all day long in the cell. When Xie Chengbin happened to see Ding Jie, he heard it and ordered someone to arrest the prisoner and prepare to teach this ignorant guy a lesson. He didn't know what was going on, but he just kicked the other person's chest and the ** was finished.
So, Xie Chengbin kicked the prison to death and spread it in the prison, and the more he spread it, the more he spread it, the more versions it spread. Some people said that Xie Chengbin kicked the prisoner to death with one leg; some people said that he kicked him to the death with blood in his orifices with one leg; the most exaggerated version actually said that Xie Chengbin had not kicked it, and the prisoner had been kicked to death (Foshan Shadowless Foot?)!
Xie Chengbin walked to Ding Jie's cell door and looked at Ding Jie through the wooden railing. He saw Ding Jie still sitting in the corner in the same position, with a lot of mosquitoes, but Ding Jie still did not move. "Yongyan, I know your difficulties. The law is in place. I have to arrest you. Don't make things difficult for me so hard."
I don’t know if Ding Jie heard it, except for occasionally blinking and breathing, there was no extra movement. From a great young man to being so bald, Xie Chengbin couldn’t help but sigh and express his purpose for this time. “This time I came here to give you a chance to make up for your merits and make a fortune. It’s no problem to get promoted and make money.”
Ding Jie was still unmoved, just like an old monk entering into meditation. Xie Chengbin was thrown cold water and still insisted on it. "Do you plan to sit here for the rest of your life? What face do you have to meet the Lord of the Heaven? What face do you have to meet the ancestors? Nothing is more than the kings, princes, generals and ministers, and is famous in history. Is there any kind of kings, princes, generals and ministers?"
This time Ding Jie's eyebrows frowned, and then disappeared without a word, and he remained silent. Well, he said everything he should say. Since he didn't appreciate it, he could only forget it. Xie Chengbin sighed again, turned around and left, and after walking a few steps, Ding Jie's voice came from behind. "Stop by me!"
There are many bays in the backyard of the county government. The largest one is where Xie Chengbin takes a bath. Many servants run up and down and go in and out, which is very lively. Some walk out with wooden barrels, while others come in with things, including new clothes, armor and eighteen weapons. There is a bathtub behind the screen, and a man is bathing.
After the man finished bathing, he took the clothes handed over by his servant. After a while, he finished putting on the clothes and walked to the dressing table. Someone helped Ding Jie comb his long hair. After finishing the combed, he looked completely refreshed. When he walked out of the screen, he was Ding Jie! The three appearance sets of armor with different styles were presented in front of Ding Jie, one of which was common armor in the Han Dynasty, and the other two were made by Xie Chengbin ordered people to use the armor of the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty.
Ding Jie put on the Tang Dynasty armor and looked at the eighteen weapons. These weapons were built for a while and were brand new. Ding Jie looked at it, and finally his eyes were on the two and a half meters long silver spear. The tassels were smooth and reflective - the bright silver spear. In fact, this was what Xie Chengbin planned to reserve for Zhao Yun. If Ding Jie liked it, he could only ask someone to rebuild one.
Chapter completed!