Chapter 947: The Shence Army can only become the Chu Family Army
"It's only natural for General Han Qing to come to see me. Why should I give him a gift?"
Chu Qianqiu couldn't help but laugh when he saw Dou Hanqing walking in carrying an jade gift box.
When he first became the general, all the senior officials in Beijing, from the Minister of Rites to the Minister of Punishments, gave them valuable gifts. Unexpectedly, Dou Hanqing, the commander of the Shence Army, would also come to give him gifts.
It seems that the Dou family is not as domineering as the legend says.
"General, you're welcome."
"These are all local specialties from Fengzhou. They are not worth a penny. They are not worth a penny."
"My lord comes and goes in a hurry, and will soon leave for Yuzhou. I will have nothing to give you in the end."
"Please forgive me, General."
Dou Hanqing pushed the gift box very politely. Chu Qianqiu smiled, shook his head and refused:
"General Han Qing, please don't bully my youth. This is Fengzhou's warm jade."
Chu Qianqiu didn't need to open the box, he could also find out what was inside through his soul perception.
Nuan jade is also one of Fengzhou's specialties and is one of the natural and earthly treasures.
It is quite similar to the spirit stone, except that it does not have energy itself, but it can store the true energy, so that the true energy can be retained for a long time.
Many martial arts masters will use it to make thumb rings. Wearing it on their body is equivalent to having an extra Dantian. In battles before the late stage of Xiantian, they can often take advantage and outlast their opponents.
Therefore, this kind of warm jade is not only jewelry, but also a rare item, which sells for an extremely high price.
Nuan jade in the world, even if it is of poor quality, can easily be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver, not to mention that the jade that Dou Hanqing took out is already an heirloom of the Dou family.
"As the saying goes, a jade matches a gentleman."
"The general is a rough man and has no use for such fine jade."
"Please forgive me, sir."
Dou Hanqing smiled flatteringly and quickly handed the box over, while Chu Qianqiu shook his head and said:
"General Han Qing, I came to Jiahe City to take over the responsibilities of the general after being entrusted by the Queen Mother and Her Majesty the Queen."
"It's not just to covet these gems and gems."
"If you have anything to say, General Han Qing, just say it directly."
Dou Hanqing breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly:
"General, this is what happened."
"Aren't you recruiting personal guards?"
"Many children of the Dou family want to serve you. I wonder if we can give you more places?"
With the strength of the Dou family, there is no need to serve as personal guards. Dou Hanqing's approach is also for the long-term consideration of the family, so he wants to add a few more people.
"Of course there's no problem with that, so why give a gift?"
Chu Qianqiu said a little strangely.
The purpose of his establishment and recruitment of personal guards this time was to break up the Shence Army's current community of interests and use a greater interest to cover the former Dou family's interest network.
After all, there are still many unsuccessful soldiers in the Shence Army, and there are many talented people.
As long as we win them over, we won't have to worry about the Dou family playing tricks.
So the Dou family was willing to send their children over, and it was too late for Chu Qianqiu to be happy.
"Really?"
"The Dou family still has five hundred disciples who are willing to follow the general."
Dou Hanqing was overjoyed and said quickly.
What?
Just five hundred of your Dou family members are too many.
How many ambitious young people from the Dou family are hiding in Jiahe City?
However, all the children of the Dou family are guarding the gate. The number of children of the Dou family is already quite large, and they can be found in various military camps.
Chu Qianqiu immediately shook his head and objected:
"This is too much. Chu's bodyguard cannot become the Dou Family Army."
Chu Qianqiu released the personal guard establishment because he wanted to win over the military officer families from all sides and let them have more manpower.
As the saying goes, everyone benefits.
This will help build an officer corps with Chu Qianqiu as the core in the Shence Army.
In the past, General Long reconstructed the entire Lingzhou ecosystem and established an officer corps with himself as the core.
Now Chu Qianqiu is using the establishment to win over various military officer families under his command.
When it is updated in the future, the Dou Family Army will become the Chu Family Army.
Of course, the masters of the Dou family are not fools, and they can naturally see the sinister intentions of Chu Qianqiu's actions.
The problem is that this is an outright conspiracy, and Chu Qianqiu uses his capital to convince everyone.
Based on the cost of raising soldiers of the Chu family, these thousand soldiers will consume more than 3 million taels of silver every year. If the results are produced in ten years, it will be more than 30 million taels of snowflake silver.
This does not take into account the expenses for equipment, supplies, training resources, etc.
The Dou family is not without money, but their children have to spend money. Like Chu Qianqiu, who spares no expense, the possibility of spending it on outsiders is too low.
So when Dou Hanqing was thinking about the future, he naturally came up with a good idea to put as many of his own children into General Chu's personal guard camp as possible.
The more things are blocked, the more power the Dou family will be able to retain in the future.
"General, this is for the sake of the Queen Mother."
"The Dou family is really willing to serve the general."
Dou Hanqing no longer had the original idea of rejecting the other party.
"No, maximum fifty."
Chu Qianqiu smiled and said that he did not hope that after many years of service, the Shence Army was still the Dou Family Army, and he should become the Chu Family Army.
So if there were a thousand personal guards, he originally thought that the Dou family would not participate.
Unexpectedly, I still underestimated this kind of aristocratic family. Their political sense is equally sensitive.
"General, this is too little."
"How about four hundred?"
"The Dou family is full of loyal people in the Shence Army. The rising stars are like the crucian carp crossing the river. They will definitely satisfy the general."
Dou Hanqing began to praise the quality of the Dou family's children.
After all, the Dou family is a descendant of a general, with high levels of fighting and martial arts skills. Among the best, there are many talented people. For example, Dou Liangru has a mid-level innate cultivation level at the age of nineteen, and he is a person with a promising future.
As for the disciples of generals in their twenties, they can be found everywhere.
"It's still fifty."
"Chu pays attention to sharing interests and keeping the door open, and cannot favor one over the other."
Chu Qianqiu pondered for a moment, but still did not agree to Dou Hanqing's request. However, in order to appease the Dou family's emotions, Chu Qianqiu also promised:
"General Han Qing, I would rather expand my personal guards to some middle and lower-level officers this time. It is very likely that there will be danger in Yuzhou this time."
"What's more, the Dou family already has many positions in the Shence Army. It's not enough to go too far."
"When Mr. Chu wants to add new personal guards in the future, he will choose more from the Dou family. How about that?"
"Thank you, General, for your kindness."
"If there are fifty places, the Dou family would be satisfied."
Dou Hanqing had no choice. Since Chu Qianqiu had already said this, he could only take a step back.
"That's good."
"You should take this thing back first."
Chu Qianqiu pointed at the gift box that was delivered. Naturally, he did not agree to the other party's conditions, so he would not accept the warm jade.
"Don't worry, General. I have one more thing to ask of you, General."
"Then tell me."
"I will have a niece at the end of my life. I call her Xiuying. She always likes to dance with guns and sticks, but doesn't like to be a popular girl."
"This niece was deeply favored by her father and became a little lawless. She even established a small female army in the Shence Army, which ruined the atmosphere of the Shence Army."
"Now that she heard that the general is going to Yuzhou to suppress bandits, she also wants to join him as a personal guard."
"I wonder if your lord can agree?"
Dou Hanqing said with some shame, which made Chu Qianqiu cough twice uncontrollably.
"Chu has always been willing to help others, why does this little thing matter?"