Three hundred and eleventh town three mountains four
The mountains in the southeast of Suzhou, although there are no extremely majestic peaks, are still very charming. As the saying goes, the green mountains are hidden and the water is far away. Since the beginning of the previous dynasty, literati and poets have written about it. It is really not possible to describe its benefits in a few words.
The south of the Yangtze River in Dayao has many mountains, rivers and many talented people, among which Jiang and Suzhou are the most popular. For example, the mountains in the southeast of Suzhou are close at hand and can be called a spectacular place. During the spring equinox this year, there should be a large number of tourists.
Situation. However, the fifth son of the Zhao family in Liuxia County, Suzhou, went out with Mei Ji's servant to enjoy the sights. It was a good idea for a handsome young man to go on a beautiful trip. After leaving the city for more than thirty miles, he arrived at the foot of a mountain, and was swarmed by bandits who had been entrenched in the mountain for some time.
After being captured and taken away, a third-level martial artist hired by the Cao family had no chance of surviving. He was killed by an unknown Toutuo with a fine iron-milled Zen staff as thin as his forearm.
Although the fifth son of the Cao family in Liuxia County is not the eldest son, he is the only male in the Cao family who is known for his talents. Although he has no ambition to become an official, he has rare talents in poetry, music, and poetry, which is similar to that of Dayao.
Although the Southeastern scholar has no inbred relationship, he is still widely praised by the Suzhou literary circle for singing in harmony. He is a figure who can even enter and exit the Suzhou governor's private house at will. It is said that the governor once exchanged cups with the fifth son of the Cao family.
The latter asked with a smile how his second daughter was doing, and the implication was that he had great hopes of marrying his second daughter to the fifth son of the Cao family.
It was this fifth son of the Cao family who was supposed to have a bright future. When the head of the Cao family sent someone to send money to redeem his body, the daring men cut off half of his ear with a knife, although his life was not in danger.
, but from then on I hid in a corner of my house and didn’t want to see anyone, let alone recite poems and compose poems.
The Cao family is one of the most famous families in Liuxia County. When such an incident occurred in the county, even Mr. Cao, who was about to retire behind the scenes, was furious when he heard about it. After all, although the fifth son of the Cao family has never been an official, he can write poems like this.
The heretical path has become a smooth road, and it is reasonable for the Cao family to devote all their efforts to cultivating it.
The fifth son of the Zhao family, who was highly expected by Mr. Cao to become a phoenix talent of the Cao family one day, became a useless person. Not only was the Cao family's more than ten years of hard work in vain, but also in the eyes of the wealthy scholars in Liuxia County and even Suzhou, Cao family's incident became a
The joking after tea and dinner was really so polite.
What makes the Cao family most angry is that the money for redemption has been sent to the mountain a long time ago. According to the practice of the thieves, they will not attack the meat tickets. There are rules in each profession, and the banditry industry also has to talk about credibility, such as Liu Xia
How could a well-known family like the Cao family in the county care about hundreds or thousands of taels of silver to redeem themselves? However, the fifth son of the Cao family suffered such a shame and humiliation and returned. How could the Cao family in Liuxia County be so willing to give up? However, in Liuxia County
Is it the leading power in the family? It is easy to change the selection of the governor of Liuxia County, but it is difficult to mobilize the troops who can destroy the bandits who have given the Cao family such shame and humiliation.
However, relying on his not too thin blood relationship with the Suzhou general, Cao finally asked the exhausted Suzhou army to gather a hundred-man elite cavalry to suppress the bandits.
Mr. Cao, who had paid 30,000 taels of snowflake silver for this, already felt a little regretful. The fat man surnamed Tang, who was the Suzhou soldier Cao joined the army, was obviously not a very reliable character. He even dared to resort to the things that General Suzhou had personally told him.
The famous procrastinator is here to deal with it. No matter how hard Liuxia County sends letters to people to ask questions, the news they report back time and time again is that the equipment is not available and the manpower is insufficient. Is it possible?
Cheng Cao bought back a bunch of useless swords and armor for thirty thousand taels of silver?
For this reason, Mr. Cao, who was depressed and even suffered from a minor illness, is still lying in bed to rest and recuperate. Looking back on this period, he can't help but feel a lot of resentment. Fortunately, this Cao's Dinghai Divine Acupuncture is good at nourishing qi.
I have never expressed my thoughts in words.
"Tai Gong, Tai Gong."
The shouts were accompanied by the sound of clogs tapping from far away. The middle-aged scholar in a silk gown with wide sleeves ran panting into the retreat residence of Mr. Cao. Naturally, Mr. Cao would not show a good face to the junior who did such a reckless thing.
, then he said with a straight face and a serious tone:
"A calm mind means a calm voice. If you are not quiet, you will not be able to go far. Zhining, you are already married and have a career. How can you be so reckless when you act like this? How can you achieve great things? After your fifth brother suffered that disaster, he stayed behind closed doors all day.
Come on, you, my brother, are messing around all day long, how dare I leave the rise and fall of the Cao family in your hands."
"My grandpa taught me a lesson," the middle-aged scribe said with a guilty look on his face, "My grandson knows that he was wrong."
"What's worth making such a fuss about?" Mr. Cao frowned with his long white eyebrows. "Every time something trivial happens, you can't be calm. What should you do when something big happens?"
"The soldier cao named Tang who joined the army said that he was coming to plead guilty to the Grand Duke, and his words were quite sincere." Cao Zhining hesitated for a moment and then said, "Besides, the soldier cao of Tang also said that the elite cavalry he promised would arrive soon.
To Liuxia County..."
Mr. Cao, who couldn't hide his surprise, immediately stood up from the couch. Upon seeing this, the middle-aged scribe stepped forward and took the spittoon from the maid's hand. The former spit out a mouthful of thick yellow phlegm with a loud thud.
He coughed twice and cleared his throat, and then said softly:
"Then where is Tang Bingcao? Why don't you quickly open the middle door and invite us in to serve tea."
"I'm here to ask for Mr. Cao's apology. Where can I have the face to drink Cao's tea again?" Tang Huaili, who has almost three Cao Zhinings around his waist, stepped into the room without waiting for the former to speak, and said apologetically: "This time
I came in a hurry, but I just prepared some small gifts. I couldn't wait to inform Brother Ning and followed him. Don't be surprised, old man."
"Tang Bing Cao is wearing armor, and he still wants to take time out of his busy schedule to come and visit. I'm so scared." Seeing that Tang Huai and Li were fully clothed, Mr. Cao couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Tang Bing Cao is going to go on an expedition?"
"General Suzhou's southeast bandit attaches great importance to the banditry. In addition to the elite cavalry of the hundred troops, he has also mobilized experts from the major camps of the state army. If the hundred elite cavalry make any mistakes, the thousands of people under my command can still make up for it.
One or two." Even though he had the largest armor in the treasury, Tang Huaili wiped the sweat from his shiny face and said with emotion, "I was lucky enough to set up a few armors not long ago when I was in the Jinzhou frontier army.
It’s a small feat, but now that the battle formation has been sparse for a long time, I still have some confidence in dealing with a few thieves born from peasant backgrounds.”
When Mr. Cao saw that Tang Huaili's expression did not appear to be hypocritical, he was deeply moved. Previously, he had only known that Tang Huaili was a glutton who had no taboos about receiving money, but he had never heard that this person had served in the Jinzhou border army.
There is no shortage of military attaches in Suzhou, but there are very few young and strong military attaches who have actually been in battle. The old military attaches who retired from the frontier army to Suzhou because of their old age, physical weakness, and lack of energy account for almost half of the military attaches in Suzhou.
Let’s go to those people with civil service backgrounds, like Tang Huai Li.
It is a first-class rarity.
As soon as Tang Huaili said this, the weight of this person in the heart of Mr. Cao suddenly increased a lot. There are many people who are good at speculation and profiteering in the officialdom of any state or county. They can not only speculate and profit, but also raise money.
He can be said to be a man of both civil and military skills. The Tang Bing Cao in front of him is one of the few people Mr. Cao has ever seen in Suzhou.
The Cao family of Liuxia County is not a wealthy family with a long and long lineage. It has only started to gain influence in the county since the beginning of this dynasty. Its foundation is still shallow and many official connections are not well connected. Otherwise, it would be necessary to provide money and favors for the suppression of bandits.
Not even half of the points were missing, so why did we hit a wall like this?
Quietly winking at Cao Zhining's not too stupid grandson, Mrs. Cao stood up from the couch with a rather depressed look:
"There is no harm in telling Tang Bingcao frankly. Originally, Lao Chan already had the idea of swallowing this humiliation silently. The previous two state army's suppression of bandits was in vain and many men were returned and lost. Lao Chan's clan is in the general's place.
I have probably used up all my favors, and almost all the Cao clan members in Suzhou's military attaché office who are in charge of affairs have been rejected. That is to say, Tang Bing Cao can still be welcomed into the house. I would like to thank Tang Bing Cao for sharing the same experience with Cao Cao that day.
Clan members treat each other with courtesy."
Seeing the trembling old lady Cao, he was about to stand up and salute. Tang Huaili did not dare to accept it like this. After the general, old lady Cao, was comforted and returned to the bed, he smiled bitterly and said:
"Old Lady Cao is the Dinghai Shenzhen of the Cao family in Liuxia County. She did this great gift to defeat her. She has only been in the position of Cao Shenjun for a few years. The Cao family in Liuxia County has heard about it for a long time, but she has never heard of it.
We have made connections through connections, and the Cao clan members came to visit me that day with generous gifts. It was a good thing that made people shine. Isn't it right to be treated with more courtesy?"
"Let's get down to business. I led the team in a hurry. I need to trouble Old Mrs. Cao to put more thought into the matter of food and wages."
"What's the point of being a landlord?"
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After a while of greetings, Tang Huai Li declined Cao Cao's invitation to stay at Cao Mansion on the grounds that his troops had not yet set up camp. The bandits in the southeastern mountains were very well-informed, so to be cautious, Tang Huai Li still kept all his troops there.
He camped thirty miles northwest of Liuxia County. He had to return to the camp before sunset to take charge of the overall situation, so he did not stay long.
After watching Tang Huaili come out of the house, Mr. Cao, who was still chatting happily about imitation porcelain, couldn't hide his tiredness. Even so, he wanted to signal Cao Zhining, who was standing by, to come near. After whispering to him for a long time, he took the food brought by the maid.
A bowl of old ginseng soup slightly replenished my energy and energy before I lay back on the bed.
After Cao Zhining and his maid left the house, the old man, who seemed exhausted and fell asleep, squinted his eyes again and looked at the beams on the house with a playful look.
After a hundred elite cavalry were followed by a thousand skilled soldiers from the state army. Although the thieves on the three mountains had become so powerful recently, there were only a thousand of them, but they were not worthy of such a mobilization. They clearly had other plans, but he saw through it but did not point it out. Tang Huai Li
This person also knows it well, which can be regarded as adding a bit more to the originally weak love.
Since there is no threat to the prosperity of the Cao family, it doesn't matter if he, Tang Huaili, shakes up Liuxia County.