On this day, just after dawn, a galloping horse opened the city gate.
The people of Lingnan Fucheng heard the rapid sound of horse hooves on the street while they were sleeping. They waited to see what happened. The sound of horse hooves had faded away, but they were still wondering if something urgent had happened.
The concierge of Prince Qian's Mansion heard a rapid knock on the door early in the morning and frowned slightly. As soon as the door was opened a little, he was pushed and staggered.
Before he could see the person coming clearly, he heard a complaining and urgent voice, "I have lived a comfortable life for too long. It takes a long time to move around. It takes a long time to open a door. If this was a military camp, I would kill the first one."
Off your head!"
The porter had no time to pay attention to the man in front of him who was scolding him. His attention was attracted by the soldiers who had just passed by quickly.
"Is there something urgent that needs to be reported and you just rush to the front yard?"
"It seems that something happened while the uncle was out suppressing bandits."
The person standing inside the gate scolding the porter was the city gate guard. When it was dawn, he was asked to open the city gate. When asked, he said that something happened to the uncle. He was so frightened that he opened the city gate before he could confirm it. By the time he wanted to ask, he had already opened the city gate.
I saw a fast horse running towards the city.
In the end, he could only catch up with him on horseback to confirm whether he had come to the palace.
It was confirmed that he had come to the palace to report a message. Just now the city gate guard had helped knock on the door.
Hearing this, the concierge was so frightened that he took two steps back, widening his eyes and eager to confirm: "You said something happened to the uncle, what happened?"
The city gate guard stretched his neck and looked in, and said perfunctorily: "I don't know what's going on, either!"
forecourt.
King Qian did not rest in the backyard last night. Today he went to bed early to wash up and prepare to go to the training ground to exercise. However, before he could go out, he heard rapid footsteps heading towards the main house.
"Your Majesty, I have something urgent to report."
When King Qian heard Zeng Yan's voice, he looked at Anu who was accompanying him.
Anu immediately understood what he meant and opened the door. What surprised him was that Zeng Yan was followed by a veteran soldier.
As soon as the soldier entered the room, he knelt down to King Qian and said, "I have met the prince, and his subordinate is Feng Wu from the uncle's personal camp. The reason why I came here to deliver the message this time is because the uncle was injured by bandits when he was suppressing bandits in Luofu Mountain."
General Feng Wu told the people present about the assassination of Li Chengshang in detail.
Several people present were shocked. They led the troops to suppress the bandits well, and were able to successfully assassinate the bandits under heavy protection. How dangerous the scene was!
"How is your uncle's injury now?" King Qian was the first to stabilize his mood this time. He came back to his senses and asked, "What did the military doctor say?"
Feng Wu hurried on all night, with a haggard look on his face, but at this moment he tensed his heartstrings and answered King Qian's questions seriously, repeating the original words of the military doctor.
Knowing that Li Chengshang was not out of danger yet, several people present took a breath. This is such a difficult time!
"Zeng Yan, it seems that the boss's place is not suitable for moving. You can make arrangements and have the guards escort the government doctor to Luofu Mountain to treat the boss. After the boss has passed the critical period, we will arrange for someone to send him back to recuperate."
Although King Qian had many sons, he was really worried when Li Chengshang was injured. After all, he was his eldest son. The only thing he could do now was to arrange for a skilled doctor to treat him.
"Yes, I'll make the arrangements right now." Zeng Yan solemnly agreed, turned around and quickly left the main room to arrange the specific matters.
King Qian asked Feng Wu some other details and asked him to go down and rest.
Seeing that King Qian seemed very worried, Anu comforted him with a dull face, "Your Majesty, I have God's blessing for me. He will survive this disaster."
King Qian sighed and said nothing more. He knew the news early in the morning and was not in the mood to exercise, so he ordered him: "Go to the big room and tell the boss's wife and let her know what the boss's situation is now."
, as for her other requests, don’t agree.”
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When Dafang Hua heard the news, he felt like the sky was falling. His eyes turned dark and he fell back.
Fortunately, the maid who was waiting for her reacted quickly and caught her, preventing her from falling directly to the ground.
When the news arrived, Anu saw Hua fainted and the maids in the main house were busy. He shook his head like an outsider. How could he take on the important task of being the mistress of Prince Qian's palace with such a fragile ability?
He didn't care what would happen when Fahrenheit woke up, so he left when no one cared about him.
Hua helped him to lie down on the bed. After a while, he woke up under the efforts of the maids to save him.
When she woke up, her expression was a little dull. When she saw the red eyes of the maids, she remembered what had just happened.
If something happens to the uncle, what should they do in the big room?
Thinking about the incident that happened to the natal family and was exiled, and now that something happened to the mainstay of the eldest family, will their eldest family still have a foothold in the palace?
Thinking of these things, Fahrenheit panicked a lot.
"If I hadn't come to Lingnan, these things wouldn't have happened, and nothing could have happened to the uncle. Speaking of which, everything now is the fault of the princess. A woman who doesn't want to stay in the backyard, what kind of Nanban is she proposing?"
"Lady"
The maid was shocked when she heard her complaint. No one knew such a thing would happen, so how could she blame the princess?
The eldest lady Hua raised her head and looked at the maid, and asked: "Does the Yiguiyuan know the news that something happened to the uncle?"
The maid shook her head, "Anu came directly to our main room. He probably hasn't had time to go to Yiguiyuan yet."
Hua's expression was solemn and he said to the maid: "You sent someone to keep an eye on Yiguiyuan. I would like to know how she would react when she learned that something happened to the uncle?"
Are you happy or sad, or is it irrelevant?
Fahrenheit must be happy.
If something happens to the uncle, then the fifth master will become the most competitive successor to the palace.
She thought too far for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, Hua Shi wanted to get up. She was going to ask the prince to let her take care of the injured uncle. How could she rest assured that those people outside were taking care of her!
Of course, Hua's request was stopped by Anu before it reached King Qian.
The prince has already explained that Dafang’s other requests will be rejected.
The eldest lady Fahrenheit was extremely dissatisfied with this, "It's really unreasonable. Now that something happened to the eldest brother, our eldest house has not yet fallen, but these servants in the mansion have already taken care of it! When the eldest house really declines, can all the servants be bullied?"
On us?"
The maid comforted her: "Madam, the prince cares about our uncle. The news I heard from the front yard is that the prince has sent a doctor to Luofu Mountain. Perhaps he thinks that following you will slow down the team. After all, the doctor is there to save people.
Sir, if there are women in the team, it will slow down the progress."
".Is that so?" Fahrenheit was doubtful.
The maid nodded heavily, fearing that if she were slower, the madam would get into trouble.
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When Yiguiyuan received the news, the doctor had already left under the escort of the guards.
"Something happened to the boss. Can something happen to him under heavy protection?"
Xia Jing was shocked when she heard the news. How unlucky must it be to encounter such a thing.
She really agreed with the saying that a useless scholar is a scholar. The boss is just an old-fashioned nerd. He went to suppress a bandit and was injured when thousands of people were chasing hundreds of them. She didn't know how to describe him.
"This news should be correct. The strict housekeeper of the front yard has arranged for escorts to escort the doctor out of the house." Hongmei nodded.
"This happened a bit suddenly and caught people off guard." Xia Jing shook her head and said nothing more.
Hongmei thought about it for a while and asked: "Princess, something happened in the main room, do we need to send some to express condolences?"
"That's it." Xia Jing was a little hesitant, "Normally we should go to express condolences to Dafang, but when no one else is going, if we are the first to go, the people in Dafang will definitely have crazy thoughts and think that I am going to gloat.
If we arrive late, they will think we are secretly celebrating their accident."
So it’s a bit difficult to control this degree. All in all, it’s hard for the stepmother!
Hongmei rolled her eyes and came up with an idea: "Then please pay attention to the movements in the other rooms. If the other rooms go to visit the eldest lady, then we will send a piece of medicinal materials to express our concern."
"Let's do what you say."
Xia Jing was very busy. She had already received the news from Xiao Wu. They had recruited the largest bandit force in Luofu Mountain and gained both men and money. The team should have been rushing back by now.
Before they come back, she will have people build more houses in the military camp outside the city, and she will also urge the iron workshop to forge more flintlocks and armor.
When the time comes, she will deploy as many musketeers as possible to increase the team's combat effectiveness.
In the afternoon, the streets suddenly became lively.
Xia Jing didn't know why, "What's going on?"
Ye Fei came back after completing the task assigned to him by Xia Jing. After asking some passers-by, he found out what was going on.
"Princess, I heard that the fleet from Nanyang has returned. These people are in a hurry to go to the beach to see what rare things the fleet has brought back."
"Oh." Knowing what was going on outside, Xia Jing lowered the curtain and let the carriage continue heading north of the city.
A few days later, the teams that went out to suppress the bandits returned to the city one after another.
The supplies that Li Chengmu and his soldiers seized this time were the envy of both the noble family and King Qian.
They all suspected that Li Chengmu was a person favored by God. Otherwise, how could he be so lucky?
Every time I go out to suppress bandits, I gain something, and the most important thing is that every time I come back safe and sound.
Are you jealous or not?
On the next day, a military order suddenly came from the front yard. Except for the injured big house, four thousand people from each house were dispatched from the other houses to cooperate with the commander-in-chief Xiang Rongrang and go to the border of Annan to wipe out the enemy troops invading Lingnan and give Annan a chance.
Warning, if you still don't know what to do, Prince Qian's Mansion won't mind going to war.
In the military camp outside the city, the soldiers of Prince Qian's Mansion were not far from each other. Before setting off, the other families discovered that Li Chengmu's military camp had expanded again, and most importantly, his team had expanded.
From the original 5,000 people to the current several-fold increase, other houses feel that they are standing still, waiting for others to surpass them if they are not making progress.
It's just that they also want to make progress, but military pay is the biggest obstacle to their expansion, which really makes them helpless.
The team met, and Li Chengzhan and others came forward to greet them. Driven by curiosity, they asked about the situation.
"Xiao Wu, I remember that before you set out to suppress the bandits, your team only had more than 6,000 people. How come it increased so much after more than a month after being out? How many people are there now?"
"There are only 20,000 people at the moment." Li Chengmu smiled.
After hearing what he said, several people took a breath. With this crazy expansion speed, will his team be able to double again next year?
They knew that Li Chengmu had recruited Sima Lu's troops in Luofu Mountain, but this was too jealous.
Li Chengzhan asked: "Xiaowu, are all the people under Sima Lu sincerely loyal to you? Don't let them fool you about some things."
After hearing these words to sow discord, Li Chengmu looked at him in surprise, raised his hand towards the city, and said: "My mother and concubine once taught me not to doubt people but not to trust them. Since Sima Lu sincerely submits to me, I
Why should I doubt them? Besides, I have my mother and concubine to help me check this matter, so there will be no mistakes!"
His confident and proud expression is hard to look at, it makes people jealous!
Li Chengzhan asked again, unwilling to give up: "This time we will lead a team to fight, and the remaining fifteen or six thousand people will be placed on the outskirts of the city. Don't you worry if there is no one to restrain them?"
After listening to his words this time, Li Chengmu couldn't help laughing: "Second brother, you are worrying too much. Which general have you seen leading troops who would worry about the soldiers at home? I am not in the other military camps in Fucheng.
The general restrains them, if they put me first in everything, then I will die from exhaustion!"
Li Chengzhan's face turned red from the laughter, and he said a little embarrassedly: "Since Xiao Wu is prepared, let's just pretend that the second brother didn't say this."
Li Chengmu smiled and said nothing. Although he only brought 4,000 people for this expedition, these 4,000 people were all reorganized teams and were elites. If they were brought out, it would not be said that they would be one against ten, but at least they would be able to ensure that they
His safety will not lead to someone plotting against him like Li Chengyi.
The team is a mix of old and new veterans, and leading the team on an expedition will also speed up their integration process.
Li Chengli noticed that the weapons of several hundred people in Li Chengmu's team were different from theirs, a bit like the matchlock guns of the Western Yi people.
This surprised him. He had seen the matchlock guns of the Westerners, but he was surprised when hundreds of them were used to arm the soldiers at a time.
Out of curiosity, he asked: "Xiao Wu, the weapons in the hands of the five hundred people in your team are not matchlock guns, are they?"
Li Chengmu didn't even need to look back to know that he was asking about the 500 Fusiliers, "I guess."
The enhanced version is still considered a matchlock gun, and there's nothing wrong with that.
These words surprised the other rooms.
"Xiaowu, where did you get the matchlock guns? And there are so many of them?" Li Chengyi, who had been standing by silently at this moment, couldn't help it anymore and had to find out where the gun came from.
We are all brothers. We live in the palace without looking up or down. If there is any movement, the other rooms will know it soon. Therefore, Li Chengmu never thought of hiding it from them.
Now when he heard them ask, he answered: "This is an upgraded version of the matchlock gun. It's called a flintlock gun. It was made by my mother-in-law's iron workshop. Since the quantity is not large at the moment, she distributed it to me this time."
Five hundred."
Li Chengyi and others: "." My teeth feel a little sore.
Li Chengmu raised his chin proudly, "Don't underestimate these five hundred, they will play a decisive role on the battlefield."
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In the previous chapter, the names of the prince's uncle Li Chengshang and the fourth master Li Chengyi were confused. They have been changed now. Sorry~