When Jia Ke returned to Kaiping Town, he was no longer in such a hurry. He took a leisurely tour of the mountains and rivers along the way. He had walked this road several times, but every time he came and went in a hurry, this time he was able to see the nearby scenery.
After walking all over, it took three or four days and seven or eight days to get back to Kaiping Town.
Jia Ke returned to Kaiping Town and went to his house first to rest for a day. Traveling is also very tiring.
The next day, after practicing martial arts and washing up, Liu Yu was asked to pass an order. Officers with more than 100 households in the army must meet in the lobby of Qianhu Mansion at 3:30 a.m. (8:30 in the morning). He told Liu Yu that he had important matters.
To announce.
During this period of time, Jia Ke had a sumptuous breakfast served by three maids. Lan Xiang was born in a wealthy family. Although the food and clothing were not as elegant as Jia's family, compared to Jia Ke, a rustic,
Much stronger.
Although Jia Ke was nominally the eldest son of the Jia family, his status was not high at first. Later, he practiced martial arts in Xiacaozhuang and did not have any high-level enjoyment.
Occasionally I go back to Jia's house for a few days, and my food and clothing expenses follow Aunt Zhou's, and Aunt Zhou is used to saving. Meals are all ordered from the big kitchen, without any special tricks.
When he arrived at Kaiping Town (it will be called Kaiping Town from now on), in addition to being restricted by the chief administrator for a period of time at the beginning, he later took charge of the power, took charge of the army and governed the people, and almost became a local emperor. In addition, Lancao deliberately
As a result, Jia Ke's living standard has skyrocketed. Although he is not as good as the first-class master in Jia's family, he is becoming more and more like an official.
Take this breakfast as an example. There are four or five staple foods and seven or eight dishes of side dishes. This meal alone is already half a month's living expenses for an ordinary family in ancient times.
The newly arrived Chuncao and Qiaolian were stunned. Although they were maids of the Jia family, they had always been at the bottom. Although they had seen some things in the world, they had only heard of Jia Ke being so luxurious every day.
Mother and Jia Zheng are among the few people who have such treatment.
Lan Xiang has now become Jia Ke's big housekeeper, and even Liu Yu wants to give her three points. And after her parents and family were redeemed, they are now in charge of Jia Ke's newly bought shop in Kaiping Town, which can be considered a breakaway.
sea of bitterness.
Seeing Lan Xiang's behavior, Chun Cao and Qiao Lian united to camp in front of Jia Ke, and then gained some power, and finally joined forces to confront Lan Xiang.
After Jia Ke finished breakfast, he wandered around the courtyard a few times.
Jia Ke saw that the time was almost up and everyone should have arrived, so he headed to the lobby. Of course, the commander-in-chief should not wait for the subordinates below in the lobby, he must be reserved.
When they arrived at the lobby, all the officers had already arrived. Everyone was discussing the purpose of calling everyone here this time, but everyone had a general opinion that this time it was probably to reward the troops for repelling the Tatars.
Everyone was discussing what kind of promotion they would get based on their merits. While the discussion was heated, the soldiers guarding outside suddenly shouted: "Sir Qianhu, here we are."
When all the generals heard this shout, they immediately fell silent and stood in silence, without squinting their eyes.
Jia Ke walked in seriously from the outside and sat on the big chair in the center.
Jia Ke saw the people below with expectant eyes, smiled slightly and said: "I think many people have guessed the purpose of calling everyone here this time. This time we fought bloody battles, and the emperor and the court saw it.
Naturally, we cannot let our achievements go to waste."
When I heard this, there was nothing I didn’t understand. Someone cheered immediately. Kaipingwei has been the vanguard against the Tatars over the years. There have been frequent wars. All those with a little connections have been transferred and stayed.
All of them had no connections. They had fought bravely as ordinary soldiers, but when they reached the level of 100 households, it was the end. Those who could survive, no matter how great their military exploits were, were never promoted again.
It was because of Jia Ke's arrival that Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng were promoted to Deputy Qianhu.
Jia Ke ignored the commotion below. You did a good job today and there is no need to be so strict. The crowd was lively for a while and then gradually quieted down. They all looked at Jia Ke in the center again.
"It's all said and done. Since you haven't finished yet, I'll just say a few words." Jia Ke was not angry, but instead joked with them.
"The first thing I want to tell you is that from today on, our Kaiping Guard will be changed from a guard station to a garrison, and it will be called Kaiping Town from now on. I also have the emperor's favor to be specially named Kaiping Town Garrison."
Just as Jia Ke finished speaking, there was another sensation below. People thought it was a reward of silver, and at most one or two people would be promoted. Unexpectedly, the entire Kaiping Guard was upgraded. In that case, there would be a lot of missing people, and everyone would have a share.
"Okay, stop making trouble. Listen to me and you can go down and make trouble again." Jia Ke spoke up to stop them this time.
The people below became quiet when they heard Jia Ke speak.
"The second thing is that everyone has made contributions in this war, but there is no money from the superiors, and I don't have the money to pay bonuses to everyone, so please don't be offended."
Jia Ke's words did not cause any uproar among the people below. Everyone knew that this time the big deal was promotion, who cared about money.
This time, Jia Ke saw no booing from below and said with satisfaction: "The following is what you most want to hear."
Upon hearing this, all the generals held their breath and stared at Jia Ke.
"This time, your Majesty, Jiedushi, has shown mercy. Our Kaipingwei has been promoted to Kaiping Town, and eight thousand horses have been transferred to supplement us. Therefore, we need some thousand households and deputy thousand households, and these people will be selected from among you."
"First of all, let me tell you a few candidates. Huang Baifeng is our old deputy Qianhu, and he has been promoted to the rank of fifth-rank imperial guard Qianhu."
As soon as Jia Ke finished saying these words, Huang Baifeng went out of work and knelt on the ground, saying with a choked voice: "Your Excellency has given me such a great kindness, and I will never be able to repay it even if I die, so I won't say anything else.
Just say one thing, from now on I will be the dog around you. I will bite whoever you ask me to bite."
Although Jia Ke was satisfied in his heart, he still complained about him in his tone: "What bastard words did you say? You still don't have the dignity of a general in the imperial court. If you don't get up and stand aside, you will embarrass me."
Not only was Huang Baifeng not angry, but he felt that Jia Ke was getting close to him by saying so, so he stood up happily and returned to the class.
"Everyone, you should have guessed who I am going to talk about next. Feng Mo, can you come out?"
When Feng Mo heard Jia Ke calling his name, he immediately went out to salute Jia Ke.
"Feng Mo, this time, in the battle against the Tatars, he followed me through life and death, entered the barren state, and made great contributions in chasing the Tatars. Now he has been promoted to the fifth rank of guarding thousands of households."
Feng Mo didn't say any other words of gratitude, but with red eyes, clenched teeth, bowed his hands to Jia Ke, and then returned to the class.
Jia Ke went on to say: "Zheng Kai is a member of the cavalry family, but he also made great contributions in this battle. He frightened Xiao Xiao in Kaiping Town and sent troops with me to fight. Therefore, I made an exception and promoted him to the position of Imperial Guard Qian.
household."
Zheng Kai always thought that Jia Ke was loyal, but he never expected that Jia Ke would promote him like this. In fact, he knew in his heart that his merits were not enough to hold this position. This was an exceptional promotion for him by Jacket.
.Now he has an idea in his mind, how to work for Jia Ke in the future will be worthwhile.
Jia Ke looked down and said: "Now that there are three imperial guard Qianhu, let's divide the work. From now on, Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng will be in charge of ten square formations, and Zheng Kai will be in charge of two thousand crossbowmen, and then we will form
I will personally command the three thousand cavalry."
The generals below clasped their fists together and said, "I will obey your orders."
Jia Ke added: "The remaining Qianhu and deputy Qianhu will be recommended by the imperial guard Qianhu. Come to me to summarize them and report them to the Jiedu envoy."
Jia Ke specifically gave these three henchmen the power to win over their hearts and control the situation.