It was about a quarter past noon, that is, around 11:30 in the morning.
Xie Gui, the armor chief of Suifeng Dun, who had the official title of Hundred Households, shouted at the top of his voice, echoing from time to time in the huge fire road platform with an area of hundreds of square meters.
He turned the few servants he had under his command into a group of commanders.
"Ding Ping, hurry up and make a fire to cook. First, steam three large pots of white rice. We also cooked the remaining meat, vegetables, and eggs. We must feed all the adults and colleagues today~"
“With good food and good food, what can’t be without good wine?
Ma Ming, take your money, ride on my horse, go to the nearest Jingweitun, and buy me two large jars of wine as soon as possible.
Today is a rare opportunity. I must not get drunk with the two adults before returning home.
What kind of wine do you want to buy? What stupid thing are you asking? Of course it’s the best wine you can buy in Jingweitun. Don’t save money for me. I must let everyone eat and drink well at noon today~"
"Wu Ergou, where did you die?
I just asked you to boil water and make tea for the adults, why have you not finished it so slowly? Let me tell you in detail again, remember to use the tea leaves brought from my brother-in-law, Deputy Lin Qianhu.
That is the best Longjing, and my brother-in-law is reluctant to drink it~"
However, in the above Xie Gui's shouting, which is a bit artificial, anyone can tell that this guy's heart must be filled with indescribable joy at this moment.
Several of his servants seemed to have encountered something great, even if they were constantly urged by Xie Gui, they were so busy that they were so busy.
The smile on his face is still so obvious.
Only Sun Xing, whose fever has subsided and his wounds have improved a bit, is still far from recovering well. Now he is lying on the bed and listening to the noise coming from the window, with an extremely complicated expression on his face.
What is the reason for all the above?
About two-quarters of an hour ago, not only did Zhou Baihu receive 20 taels of silver from Xie Gui, but he also arrived as promised according to the agreement the two of them had made.
What's more important is that this time Zhou Baihu came over, there was another huge surprise for Xie Gui.
That is, the highest officer of Loess Fort, the conduct officer Wang Fuqianhu, actually came to the small Suifeng Dun together.
Even though Deputy Wang Qianhu brought a group of servants under him, the original intention of the patrol today was to inspect the preparations of the fire towers and military forts under the current critical situation. He just took a temporary rest here at noon.
It was still a matter of letting Xie Gui and Mr. Xie see the opportunity to make good use of it.
No! I heard that Hu Biao and other military households who were transferred to serve as the Dunjun were actually afraid of the Tatars, so they only came here for a few days, and then secretly escaped overnight.
In Xie Gui's eyes, Deputy Wang Qianhu, who was definitely a big shot, immediately became furious.
He said that after he returned this time, he would immediately send relevant official documents to thousands of surrounding households, military forts, and even the state capital, so that these shameful deserters must be captured and dealt with severely.
How to dispose of them? Of course, chop them all down until every last one is left.
Thinking that these lowly military households had dared to disobey his orders several times, and now they could not escape death after all, Xie Gui's heart was filled with indescribable joy.
As for Deputy Wang Qianhu, it is obvious that he is not the brother-in-law of Qianhu, and Deputy Lin Qianhu has a lot of face.
Although the two are not colleagues in the Qianhu Office, they always interact with each other.
Therefore, Deputy Wang Qianhu not only did not hold him jointly and severally responsible, but also said that after returning to Loess Fort, he would arrange for some new military households to come over as soon as possible to replenish the manpower of Suifeng Dun.
From now on, as long as he shows his merits and achievements, he will naturally be promoted and re-employed, etc.
It's a bit regretful that Deputy Wang Qianhu was so easy to talk to. The key was that Xie Gui gave him 30 taels of silver as a tribute as soon as they met.
When he came to Suifengdun to take office a few days ago, his sister secretly gave him one hundred taels of silver.
This is how much time, and now more than half of it has been used up.
Fortunately, as long as he got rid of Hu Biao and other annoying men and established a relationship with Deputy Wang Qianhu, Xie Gui thought it was quite worth it.
In the Ming Dynasty, as long as you have the power and have people under you, are you afraid that you won't be able to get a lot of money?
In addition, Xie Gui also had a little surprise, that is, he was wondering if Hu Biao and the others were too hasty when they escaped overnight last night.
Anyway, there was a lot of good rice and noodles in the room, as well as dozens of kilograms of meat and vegetables, and a lot of chickens were not taken away.
It just happened that at noon today, I borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha to entertain Wang Fu Qianhu and Zhou Baihu, and they were accompanied by a team of servants totaling seventy or eighty people.
These 70 or 80 servants are treated similarly to his subordinates Ma Ming and others. On weekdays, they only have sorghum and millet to fill their stomachs.
Seeing so much rice, noodles, meat, vegetables, eggs and other delicacies, I even had to buy wine to entertain them.
For a moment, these people thanked him one after another. Mr. Xie was all smiling and praised him for his openness in doing things. Mr. Xie will do this in the future.
In short, Xie Gui's heart is now indescribably high-spirited.
I really feel that thanks to your lord, he can now travel freely around Zuowei Loess Fort in Datong Town. He is still feeling depressed a few days ago when Hu Biao and other military households ignored him.
It's a pity that all the above-mentioned beautiful things did not last long in Mr. Xie's body before they were completely shattered...
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Speaking of which! Just when Xie Gui was feeling happy, he was still thinking about how to persuade him to drink when he was having a meal and a drink later?
We must let the adults in the Qianhu household drink a few more drinks, eat well, and drink well.
Suddenly, he heard loud noises outside the pier; it should have come from the mouths of the two adults and the servants who were looking after the horses outside the pier.
At first he thought it was the Tatars coming again, but he was not very nervous.
After all, the two adults went on a patrol with seventy or eighty servants. Although their combat effectiveness was inferior to that of the Tatars, it could be said that everyone wore armor, and everyone had horses and bows.
No matter how arrogant those Tatars are, only 9 people would not dare to come here to cause trouble.
He rushed out quickly and took a look, and immediately felt a chill in his heart.
One or two hundred steps away, Hu Biao and his group were slowly approaching Suifeng Dun, riding tall horses that seemed more majestic than Wang Fu Qianhu and others.
On the left and right sides of their saddles were hanging bloody human heads.
Judging from the ugly money-rat tail hair style of these heads, they turned out to be Tatar heads.
Behind Hu Biao and others, there were some military households who did not seem to know how to ride horses, leading more than a dozen war horses, as well as many mules, horses, cattle, sheep and other large livestock.
On top of those large animals, there were a lot of Tatar-like armors, weapons, and sundries carried on their backs. There were also several wounded people and the corpses of several soldiers who had died in battle, which were also carried back on camels.
There was even a haggard woman sitting on the back of a barking donkey.
Immediately, Xie Gui reacted in horror: "No! These guys are so brave. Instead of escaping last night, they went to attack the Tatars at night.
What's even more terrible is that these people actually came back with a great victory; it seemed that the group of Tatars was defeated by them.
This time the Tatars entered the customs, let alone the Loess Fort. I am afraid that the entire left guard of Datong Town has never heard of someone achieving such a dazzling military exploit.
It is said that the emperor and the princes in the court are furious about the Tatars entering the country and looting.
It's just that the officers and soldiers of Datong Town were huddled against the city wall, and no one dared to go out of the city to fight. The military merits reported occasionally were basically for killing good people and feigning merit.
These heads can be found with just a little inspection.
After all, the hair on the head can be temporarily shaved into a Tatar style, but with this newly shaved hair, people can tell the difference at a glance.
In short, with military exploits like Hu Biao’s in hand, how can I deal with them?”
It has to be said that although Mr. Xie Gui of the Trial Hundred Households does not have a high official position, due to his hard work, he is quite familiar with the twists and turns of the Ming Dynasty officialdom.
This is also true. In the previous period, Zhou Baihu and even Wang and Deputy Qianhu were still chatting and laughing with him.
After hearing the news and coming out of Suifeng Dun, I just took one look at it, and I don't know how many thoughts changed in my mind.
Then, after the two of them looked at each other, they pushed Xie Gui, who was standing in front of them, away like a piece of trash.
As he hurried forward to greet him, he said loudly as if he were seeing a relative:
"How magnificent, how magnificent. Welcome all the heroes to return victoriously..."
PS: On this day, we will not add any more updates, but will continue to update with 10,000 words tomorrow.
