Occasionally, a few captains who went to the latrines were walking around in the yard. Others had gone to bed early to gather strength for the long journey that would start early in the morning.
Xiao Chen walked straight to his room, closed the door and prepared to rest.
The door creaked open, and Duan Tianming walked in with a mutton leg in his hand and a smile.
"Didn't you drink porridge at night? What are you doing?" Xiao Chen couldn't help asking as he stared at the leg of lamb in the other person's hand.
"I felt uncomfortable giving it to the prison guard with a cart full of vegetables. I asked Du Shaoqin to cook it immediately. When the meat was cooked, he brought back a leg of lamb." Duan Tianming smiled and placed the leg of lamb directly on the table.
on the table in the room.
He lowered his head again and searched the room for the wine jar Xiao Chen had hidden.
"You, you are so plucked. When you give something to someone, you still have to bring back a leg of lamb. Are you looking for wine? It's under the bed." After saying goodbye to Duan Tianming angrily, Xiao Chen walked over to
At the table, he tore off a piece of mutton and put it in his mouth.
"The cook in the prison is very good at cooking. This mutton is almost as good as our usual roasted leg of lamb."
"No. That's it, you still think I brought the leg of lamb back."
Muttering, Duan Tianming groped under the bed for a long time and finally took out a wine jar.
Put it on the table, pat it lightly with your palm, and the mud seal on it will fall apart.
A pure aroma of wine suddenly filled the whole room.
He turned around and got two more wine bowls, filled them with wine, then pulled up a chair and sat next to the table.
"Come, come, let's drink and eat meat." Duan Tianming greeted with a smile on his face.
"Drink." Xiao Chen picked up the wine bowl and drank it all.
"We are going to exterminate the Japanese pirates this time, but we need the strong cooperation of the local police station. I just checked the information and the Zhejiang Dusi is stationed in Hangzhou Prefecture."
Xiao Chen raised his head: "Zhejiang Dusi is originally located in Hangzhou. What do you want to say?"
"Last time, we went to Hangzhou to investigate the case of smuggling silk and silk. Including the prefect of Hangzhou, we arrested more than a hundred officials. Among them, there were also many military attachés under the Daning Dusi. You say, this Zhejiang
Du Si, will you hold a grudge against our Dongchang? When the time comes, you will deliberately cause trouble for us?" Duan Tianming said softly, holding a piece of mutton in his hand.
"Yes, why not." Xiao Chen tore off a piece of meat without caring and stuffed it into his mouth.
"How can we deal with it? Without local cooperation, with our people in Dongchang, once the Japanese pirates escape to the sea, there will be nothing we can do."
"Who dares to disobey the emperor's wishes? Whoever doesn't cooperate will be the one who cooperates. If we hadn't captured those more than a hundred corrupt officials, how could these positions be vacant? The officials in these positions should secretly thank us in their hearts.
Where is the factory? They should cooperate with Dongchang, and they will cooperate sincerely." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"Most of the ones we captured were local officials. In the army, there were only one thousand households and a few hundred households, just small flags. I'm still afraid that they will work against the will and not do their best." There was worry on his face.
, Duan Tianming looked at Xiao Chen with the wine bowl in hand.
It seems that the wine in this wine bowl is no longer fragrant at this moment.
Xiao Chen snorted coldly: "Japanese pirates are raging, and the lives of the people are in ruins. If anyone dares to go against the will and fail to do his job, thereby delaying the opportunity to exterminate the Japanese pirates, no matter how old he is, Dongchang will kill him on the spot."
As he spoke, Xiao Chen picked up the wine bowl, raised his head and poured it all into his mouth.
...
The sky was slightly bright, and three hundred Shenji military captains with guns on their waists, led by Xiao Chen and Duan Tianming, walked out of the gate of the Thirteenth Army and headed south.
Four or five hours later, the sun was shining brightly and everyone was sweating profusely.
The army horse under its crotch was also wet.
In the distance, the towering walls of Baoding City are already faintly visible.
Xiao Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead and threw it on the ground. He looked at Duan Tianming next to him and said, "Tell the brothers to work harder. Let's go to Daning Dusi stationed in Baoding City to rest."
Daning Dusi, Commander Wang Zheng, was lying on the couch at the entrance of the hall, feeling the hard-won breeze in this hot weather.
Holding a cooked chicken leg in his hand, he closed his eyes and slowly took a bite.
Next to him, there was a recliner with a commanding officer from Daning Dusi lying on it.
Although he was also lying down, he didn't dare to lie down as smoothly as Wang Zheng.
Straighten your legs and cross your hands on your abdomen, which should not look too comfortable.
"Isn't this boiled chicken leg very delicious? Why did Brother Xiao say that this is his favorite food?" Wang Zheng couldn't help but wonder as the muscles in his mouth became less and less flavorful the more he chewed them.
"It depends on personal taste." The commanding officer next to him hurriedly responded.
"In terms of deliciousness, the roasted squab is the best. Even His Highness the Crown Prince praised it after eating it once."
"Master Ziyi has been back to the capital for several days. You can take the opportunity to come to the capital to see him and send some roasted pigeons to His Highness the Crown Prince." The commanding officer hurriedly suggested.
Wang Zheng waved his hand: "Brother Xiao has just come back. There should be a lot of things to deal with. After a while, I will go to Beijing to see him. I haven't seen him for such a long time. To be honest, I really miss him."
The commander turned around and looked at Wang Zheng with interest: "My lord, you said that Master Ziyi not only contributed to disaster relief this time, but also solved the major case of Dingxi Hou's rebellion. What reward will the emperor give him?"
"Reward?" Wang Zheng grinned relentlessly and threw the chicken drumstick in his hand, which was like chewing wax, on the ground. "The unicorn purple clothes on his body are the highest reward in the entire Ming Dynasty. What more reward is there?"
"Doesn't that mean that a trip to Gongchang Mansion will make Lord Ziyi's work all in vain?" said the commanding officer, a little disappointed.
"What does it mean to work in vain? Look at how aware you are." Wang Zheng seemed a little dissatisfied with the other party's words, and Wang Zheng glared at him fiercely.
Looking up and looking at the willow branches swaying in the wind in the yard, the commanding officer said softly: "Master Ziyi's current official position is only that of a thousand households. The subordinates are thinking, what will happen to the emperor after he has made such a great contribution this time.
We also need to get him a commander, Dangdang."
Holding the handle of the reclining chair, Wang Zheng sat up with a "snap".
He looked at the conductor next to him with contempt on his face and waved his hand: "I asked you to lie down with me to enjoy the cool air. Why are you so ignorant? Get up and move the recliner aside."
Being scolded by the other party, the conductor couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
He stood up and moved the recliner to the side.
I thought I would never be embarrassed to lie down again, but who knew that he actually held on to the wall and slowly lay down.
"This promotion must be done step by step. From Qianhu to the commanding officer, the commanding officer will be promoted slowly."
One sentence almost made Wang Zheng almost angry to death.
"The highest official of Dongchang is the Duke of Dongchang. He is a eunuch. Do you want Brother Xiao to become a eunuch?"
"Of course that can't be done," the commander-in-chief said with a serious face, "The subordinate wishes that the emperor can be particularly merciful and set up another commander under the factory boss."
"Hey, your suggestion is really good." Wang Zheng touched his head and rolled his eyes a few times, "Dongchang is an organization directly under the emperor, and it is not impossible to upgrade the official positions of all personnel to a higher level.
If this is true, when you see him in the future, you are not allowed to call him Commander? Hahaha."
Holding his stomach, Wang Zheng burst into laughter.
Under the sun outside the door, a soldier hurried over.
"Sir, Lord Ziyi from Dongchang has arrived."
"What, Brother Xiao is here?" Wang Zheng stood up in a hurry, "Quickly, let him in quickly."
"He is not alone," the soldier whispered.
"Not one person, how many people?"
"It looks like there should be three to four hundred people."
"So many? Is he going to go out to handle the case again?" Wang Zheng walked out of the hall and put his right hand on his forehead. He glanced at the sun in the sky and said, "On such a hot day, how can we let the brothers from Dongchang wait outside?
?Let’s go, I’ll pick them up.”
After walking a few steps, Wang Zheng turned back and looked at the commanding officer standing at the door of the hall: "What are you doing standing there? Why don't you make tea? Use the best tea leaves from my Daning Dusi."