The collision of two huge waves in the sea caused red 'splashes' to splash everywhere.
Waves of green, yellow, purple, brown, black, and five colors collide on the dry yellow sea surface, creating the hottest blood in the world.
"Report——"
"Commander, General Li, the leader of the left army, is asking for reinforcements——"
"Report——"
"Commander, General Zhao of the former army has broken through Di Qi——"
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On a wooden platform three feet high, a Zhou army general with bright armor stood solemnly, holding a telescope to observe any changes on the battlefield.
The battle involving hundreds of thousands of people between the enemy and ourselves was covered by battlefields within a radius of dozens of miles. And there were three battlefields of this scale within a radius of 300 miles from the surrender city.
Shortly after entering winter, after the withered yellow color covered the grassland, the Hu and Di coalition forces, unable to support the long confrontation in the third winter, finally launched a full-scale attack on the Central Plains coalition forces——
"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, Di Qi's left-wing offensive has weakened..."
The flag was waving, and the general looked through his telescope to the left. Sure enough, the Zhongshan Army flag there was more serious than before. At least, it was no longer retreating slowly...
The front of the surrender city.
"Ho...ho...hey..."
The lively chants resounded outside the city, and towering "wooden towers" were pushed out of the gate of the Central Plains Allied Forces Village amidst the loud and neat chants.
Two-quarters of an hour later, dozens of wells, dozens of rush chariots, and hundreds of thunder chariots were neatly lined up in a square array of equipment under the surrender city. With them were 50,000 men.
Elite infantrymen wearing heavy armor and holding broadswords and spears, as well as thirty thousand guards with crossbows and heavy shields.
There were more than 50,000 cavalrymen on the left and right.
"Da da da... da da da..."
"Da da da... da da da..."
The cavalry of the Central Plains Allied Forces rushed out from the third camp in the southwest of the city. Tens of thousands of horses galloped like a dark cloud wrapped in rolling thunder, moving from the horizon to the front of the formation at a very fast speed.
This was just their first attempt to attack, and they had invested at least 130,000 elite troops.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
A low horn sound.
"Dong dong dong... dong dong..."
The sound of powerful war drums.
At the foot of the city, all over the mountains and fields, 130,000 horsemen marched according to drums, shouting and shouting at each other——
"Oh...oh...oh..."
"Oh...oh...oh..."
The sound was like thunder, and the momentum was like splitting mountains. The endless Central Plains Allied Forces formed an iron stream whose head could not be seen at a glance. They took neat steps, one step to the ground, one step to the sky, and they swept in like a tidal wave.
The word "shout the sky" can be used to describe their prestige.
The city of Shuijiang, which is twelve feet high, and the cities of Shujiang City that are dozens of miles around, are also huge monsters standing on the ground.
Comparing the two, the originally powerful and unstoppable Central Plains Allied Forces seemed to have lost their invincible momentum.
The battle at Shoujiang City began. The troops and horses left behind by the Yan State resisted the Goryeo army on one side. On the other hand, they also launched a fierce attack on the enemy's east. The order to counterattack with all their strength was also given to the Northern Han Dynasty and Zhao State, and most of the Zhongshan State's military forces rushed away.
Chen Di.
Zhu Biao didn't know how Zhao Jun would respond, and Zhu Biao didn't care how Hexi, Luozhou and other places responded. Only Hedong did not move any troops.
The Hedong Army, which is a powerful force, only has a strength of 100,000 people, and its combat effectiveness and training have seriously declined. Zhu Biao sent troops to Yan Ran to sweep away Wuweituo, but he did not intend to lead his people to seek death.
Moreover, it is difficult to find the Hu tribe in the north of Yinshan Mountain for thousands of miles. The army cannot get local supplies at all when it goes out. This means that the Hedong Army needs to bring enough food and grass when it sends troops. At least one month's food for a hundred thousand troops. How many vehicles are needed?
Horse transport?
Zhu Biao can't send out troops at all now. Unless he just plans to visit the grassland.
The vision in Hedong immediately attracted the attention of all concerned people. Of course, they did not think that Zhu Biao was afraid of the barbarians or that he did not send troops to protect his own strength, but they all thought that Zhu Biao was about to make a sudden move.
This rumor has been spreading since the Hedong Army began to brazenly expand its recruitment half a year ago.
But no one dared to discuss this matter openly.
Zhu Biao was the great general of the Northern Han Dynasty. What was he like with only 50,000 to 60,000 troops under his command? Many things can only be understood but not explained.
Moreover, when Zhu Biao got married in the summer, people from her hometown in Yanxi came to congratulate her. After that, only a dozen or twenty younger people were left in Hedong, and the rest all returned to their respective families. This is not
Is it time to start a rebellion? Zhu Biao values his tribe very much. This is clearly demonstrated by his actions over the years.
Therefore, rumors have always been rumors. It was not until now, when the Hedong Army stood still, that the rumors really started to spread.
"What does Zhu Biao want to do?"
Cai Jueshen's letter was delivered early, and Zhu Biao responded seriously, but Cai Jueshen obviously didn't believe it.
Because the Hedong Army remained stationary, even the Hexi Army and the Luozhou Army were affected accordingly.
"Sir, Zhu Biao seems to have a counter-intention. Why not use big words to lure him into raising troops and causing chaos in the north? In this way, the progress of the Zhao Kingdom will be greatly accelerated.
And if Qin and Zhao can join forces, annihilating Xixia will not be a problem.
By then Xia Ni will be attacked on the back, and the situation will be over. The imperial court will soon be able to bring peace to the northwest. If the imperial situation is shaken, the situation in the Central Plains will change."
"Why did Zhu Biao rebel at this time?" the person in the shadow asked.
His men immediately shut their mouths and were speechless. Zhu Biao really had no reason to rebel at this time. Six months ago, he spent all his money to fight against the barbarians!
"This matter has yet to be discussed, so we should not act rashly."
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"There is nothing wrong in the world and no one can disturb it! Mother, my child has been deeply favored by the late king. He was raised from humble beginnings and rose up in the army. I will never forget it throughout my life.
Live as a Han official and die as a Han ghost.
The conspiracy to rebel is completely unfounded and completely unfounded."
Putting his hand on his mother, Zhu Biao did not curse or swear, nor did he point fingers at heaven and earth, but the words he said in a calm tone made Zhu Biao's mother laugh immediately.
"Okay, I'm telling the truth. This will put my mother at ease." Zhu's mother has never been tainted by scandals. She is wholeheartedly grateful to the court. She suddenly heard the message outside and was frightened.
Jump, as soon as he returned home from the Taoist temple, he immediately summoned Zhu Biao for questioning.
With a wink to his wife, Zhu Biao sat aside and chatted with Zhu's mother for a while, then exited the room. Now he called Zhou Yunfei over. Unlike Dou Bing who had been with Zhu Biao all year round, Zhou Yunfei was now more of a
'Look' at the yard, I will pick up Uncle Hong's class in the future.
Today Zhu's mother went out to burn incense, and he was the leader of the escort.
"Don't worry, young master. I'm going to seal the Taoist temple right now -" Zhou Yunfei raised his eyebrows when he understood the beginning and the end. He promised Zhu Biao and went out angrily.
Zhu Biao rubbed his chin and muttered to himself: "I thought I was safe, but I thought there would still be fish that slipped through the net."
How could this news have reached my mother’s ears if I hadn’t been intentional?
Less than half an hour later, the results of Zhou Yunfei's trip to the Taoist temple came back. It was that Zhu's mother met a Taoist priest who had been waiting for a long time in the Taoist temple today, and accidentally 'heard' a few words. This Taoist priest had been waiting there for more than three months.
He has been closely monitored for a while, and the details have been checked, and no clues have been found. It can be said that he is a person who has been eliminated from danger.
But who would have thought he would hide so deeply?
When Zhou Yunfei took people to the Taoist temple again, the Taoist had already left without saying goodbye.
On the second day, an investigation swept across Hedong started silently. Someone actually touched Zhu Biao's side, which made Zhu Biao, who thought he was safe, had to cheer up.
Fortunately, this time the 'enemy' only wanted to report the news, but if he had evil intentions, the harm would be much more than that.
Zhu Biao previously only made the copper and cast iron business in his mansion airtight. But he ignored that there was also the outside. Not only Zhu's mother, but also Shan Yuping would occasionally take the child for a walk outside...
This incident was a wake-up call for him!
A large-scale investigation in Hedong failed to find any traces, but Zhu Biao thought it was from Beiping.
But the people at Liumen smelled some clues about another incident. Following the clues, they quickly dug out. The result was placed in front of Zhu Biao on the fifth day, that is, in early December.
"Gold dollars?"
Liu Zhengqing took out a pocket from his arms and handed it to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao took the bag, opened it and threw it on the table. A dozen shining gold coins fell on the table. He stretched out his hand to gather the gold coins together. Zhu Biao didn't find anything wrong, "
Second uncle, what is this?"
"Take one and look at it carefully." Liu Zhengqing looked bad. He had seen too much gold in the past two days, and he had a headache when he saw the shining golden light.
Zhu Biao was confused. The gold coins looked the same. He took one in his hand and tossed it twice. It was a normal gold coin.
Liu Zhengqing also took one in his hand. This thing was really made, and there was nothing special about it to the naked eye.
But there's something really wrong with it.
"What can you see?"
Zhu Biao was secretly shocked. If his second uncle was so entangled with gold coins again and again, then there must be something wrong with these gold coins.
Suddenly an idea came to him. He opened his palm and looked at it carefully. He walked outside the hall and looked at the sun. He found that the luster of the gold coin seemed a little dim. He was shocked in his heart. He raised his head and asked loudly: "Could this be...
Fake?"
Liu Zhengqing had a wry smile on his face, "How did you see that?"
"The luster, the luster is a bit dull. I took it in my hand and tossed it, but I didn't feel it was lighter. But if I look closely at the sun, something is wrong."
Liu Zhengqing said bitterly, "These gold coins are all fake."
"The New Year's Day is approaching, and the accounts in the warehouse are being counted. Everything is in order. It's just that when the gold coins are weighed, there is a slight deviation.
Taking Yongling County as the top priority, the number of coins is the same, but the weight difference is more than three kilograms. I led people to check the 13,000 gold coins collected in the head office's warehouse overnight, and found that more than 500 of them were counterfeit coins."
Speaking of this, Liu Zhengqing looked even more miserable. Hedong is the base camp of the Hedong Army. More than 500 counterfeit coins can be found out of 13,000 gold coins. The proportion is 4%, which is really serious.
"Where's the silver dollar?" Zhu Biao thought of the silver dollar.
4% of the relatively small gold coins in circulation are counterfeit in our base camp, while the silver coins have more than ten times greater circulation and scale...
Zhu Biao has to worry not only about the bank, but also about the county's tax treasury.
At the moment, even Liu's Bank didn't care anymore, and asked Liu Zhengqing to go back and take stock of the silver coins and even the copper coins. He wrote an article in handwriting and handed it to the governor's house, and then wrote a formal memorial to Beiping City.
The entire Hedong was caught up in checking the money bank for the next seven days. It took seven days. In the end, 7,435 fake gold coins were found. The weight was more than 30 kilograms lighter.
Copper must be added to counterfeit gold coins. Comparing the density of gold and copper, the weight of gold involved will reach as much as 70 kilograms, accounting for about 10% of the total weight of counterfeit gold coins.
The number of silver coins reached more than 35,000. Thinking that there were still counterfeit gold and silver coins circulating in the market that had not been found, Zhu Biao had to say that he had underestimated the 'acuity' of the 'ancients'.
Among the more than 7,400 counterfeit gold coins and more than 35,000 counterfeit silver coins found, the largest amount was from the treasury of Hedong County. The governor of Hedong was also shocked after receiving Zhu Biao's writings, and immediately
I started to investigate. I could look around and see where I could get the right answer.
Just like the money shortage in Hedong, the investigation in the end will most likely lead to nothing.
Although this amount of gold and silver coins is not a small amount, it is not worth mentioning to some well-established organizations. Even some big merchants can easily get hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver.
And there is no guarantee that these gold and silver coins were made by one person. It is too simple and easy to cast counterfeit coins, obtain molds and adulterate them. It does not require serious craftsmen to do it, just casual people.
As long as you have the will and the materials, you can do it.
Just these two 'points' have infinitely expanded the scope of the entire case.
Zhu Biao hoped that the man behind the scenes was just his own 'intention', that it was actually one or a few greedy and black-hearted businessmen. If it was really a group of enemies secretly targeting him, then it was true.
I have a headache.
Time flies by, and the Chinese New Year is gradually approaching. The entire city of Hedong County is bustling with traffic and bustling with people buying and selling New Year's goods. There is an endless flow of people.
The area of the General's Mansion is relatively quiet, but the hustle and bustle in the city every day can almost be heard in the atrium. Like ordinary people's homes, Zhu Biao's Mansion is also busy preparing supplies for the New Year. But the difference is that the ordinary people's homes are busy preparing supplies for the New Year.
You only need to prepare gifts for getting in the car. If you have a lot of things on the table, you are wealthy. But Zhu Biao's gift items will fill an entire warehouse.
It ranges from those presented to the palace to those given to the personal guards, servants in the palace, and the neighbors. We are not prepared to give hundreds of copies in varying amounts. There is not enough to use, not to mention the return gifts.
Zhu Biao saw the pattern that had been picked out in advance. It was a complete set of about ten large and small colorful glass dishes and tableware. This was the main item in the New Year gift he planned to give to Ji Yun. Although it was only a simple set of ten
There are many bowls and plates, but in order to make such a set of uniformly sized, colorful but not gaudy glazeware, the glazeware workshop affiliated to the mansion has been busy for more than two months. It was not possible to choose just the firing.
There are as many as seven or eight sets of glazed tea cups, bowls and plates, not to mention discarded ones.
In a word, the technology is still not good enough!
"Hey, this style is quite fresh!" Zhu Biao didn't worry about choosing items. After getting married, Shan Yuping took care of them.
At this time, Song Yingzhu said softly: "Sister, you have really good taste! This style is novel, but it is still festive." Shan Yuping is not a domineering person. She has decided to accept Song Yingzhu, so she really accepts it, no matter how unhappy she was at the beginning.
Comfortable.
"Wanshou Vine. Euphemistic and colorful, everlasting. It is both festive and a blessing to the palace!" The pattern chosen by Shan Yuping is the common lotus in Zhu Biao's previous life, also known as Wanshou Vine, which Zhu Biao had given her before.
He mentioned it. He forgot about it in the blink of an eye, but he didn't expect that his wife would always remember it.
At first glance, they are not the same, which makes the glass bowl even more precious.
This thing is inherently valuable in this time and space. The glaze lamps that were fired in the workshop under the General's Mansion in two or three months are of excellent quality, and the designs are novel. It means happiness during the New Year, and the Wanshou vine means "endless life".
It's just a background, so outsiders can't criticize anything.
Rumors are still lingering as the New Year approaches, and Zhu Biao will not add any more trouble at this time.
Taking a few steps closer, Zhu Biao glanced back and forth at the long table filled with samples. There was really nothing new and eye-catching.
He casually grabbed a few golden melon seeds from a plate. This thing was also his original idea. In previous TV series, especially in the braid drama, golden melon seeds appeared from time to time.
Gold and silver melon seeds, as well as gold and silver pendants shaped like steamed buns, of various sizes, the small ones cost a penny, the large ones cost one tael.
"Mr. Sir, I see these melon seeds every year, how about changing the pattern this year?" The hall was filled with gifts. Shan Yuping was busy counting the accounts and it took a long time before he raised his head.
"Let's change the pattern, what kind of pattern?" Zhu Biao came close to the cradle and followed Song Yingzhu to amuse his son. The child giggled happily.
Zhu Chun, who is now one year old, takes supplements and takes medicinal baths every day. He is in very good health and is even bigger than a two-year-old child from other families.
"Aren't cinnamon seeds, sweet peaches, watermelons, red dates, apricots, and pomegranates all acceptable?"
"It's up to you."
Anyway, the Zhu family is not short of money right now. Although the military expansion has been rapid in the past six months, the military supplies can still sustain it.
He touched his son's nose with his forehead, eliciting a series of crisp laughs.
Song Yingzhu's eyes showed endless love. She had not been able to see her son for a long time, and she poured all her maternal love into this little guy.
"By the way, when making gadgets, I also made some small gold and silver ingots, along with melons and fruits. Let's make three hundred of each..."
For ordinary people in the surrounding area, gold and silver naked seeds or fruits are not as exciting as gold ingots, and silver ingots are more exciting.
A few words made all the five hundred gold and silver melon seeds made in the house go to waste. Shan Yuping rolled his eyes at Zhu Biao in annoyance, but quickly ordered to go ahead and make them. Anyway, these gadgets are all cast in molds.
It's very fast, just polish it carefully after coming out.
After explaining this matter, Shan Yuping once again immersed himself in the piles of account books. Taking stock of various gifts, it was not until the time of lighting the lamp that night that he finally collected all the gifts for Peking. He also called the carpenter.
According to the selected gift style, the color of the gift box was specially made. When giving a gift to Peking, everything should be exquisite and expensive. The carvings and lacquer colors of the box, as well as the lining fabrics, were all carefully warned.
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It's already mid-day, and it's time to set off...
"My lord, won't you come to the capital to pay your respects this year?"
"I won't go. How can I have a comfortable home during the Chinese New Year..."
