I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 98 Have you heard of it?A scholar dies for a confidant
Zhiyao looked at the patriot in front of her, feeling very complicated in her heart.

From ancient times to the present, of course, there will be no shortage of patriots, but it will be very difficult to live in an environment where the family is bigger than the country, and often they will end in a very tragic end.

That is because everyone thinks about their own family first before thinking about the country. Seeing such a person who is out of place, I admire it in my heart. Once that person hinders me, I will eradicate it without any hesitation.

"Those who have done a great job in history, without exception, will base themselves on the persona, and often put on a layer of clothing for the country and the people. Playing the role for the rest of your life, if you fail in your career and fail, you will be exposed." Zhiyao looked at the eager Yu Rang, and considered whether to accept the job of such an assassin.

When he was in "Puyang", Ji Qin from the Fan family joined the Zhi family, and the object of allegiance was Zhi Bi, the head of the Zhi family.

Now, the person Yurang wants to serve is not the Zhi family, but the person who declares his allegiance is Zhiyao, the third generation of the old Zhi family.

It is said that Yu Rang killed Liang Ying's father under the obstruction of dozens of warriors from the state of Ju, and then made an arrogant move to leave.

Regardless of Yu Rang's force value, daring to do something while surrounded by Liang Ying's father's guards is enough to prove his courage.

Zhiyao planned her life positioning in detail. Before taking over the position of Patriarch, she must have made various "inventions", and then managed the interior of the old Zhijia. live.

Warriors of any era are not hard to come by, what is really rare is a talent of strategic value, such as Fan Li who went to Yue to perform various functions.

Zhiyao is willing to spend a lot of money, and dare not say that there are as many warriors as there are, the only doubt is how loyal the recruited warriors can be.

Why did Yu Rang come to work?Judging from the meaning expressed, the main reason is that after seeing what Zhiyao has done for the country, and hearing that Zhiyao is committed to restoring the hegemony of Jin, he thinks that the two have the same ideals, so he is willing to come and serve him.

"Get up." Zhiyao walked over to help her.

Standing up, Yu Rang was more than a head taller than Zhiyao. Although Zhiyao was not fully developed, it also proved that Yurang was really tall.

Yu Rang's height should be about 1.8 meters, and the clothes on his body are too thick to make people see his figure, but he can kill people with a sword, and he has a reputation for being brave, so his physical fitness is definitely not bad.

"From now on, you will eat my family's salary, and you will be rewarded for your meritorious service." Zhiyao was halfway through speaking, and after thinking for a while, he ordered Shi Yiguang, and said: "There is a sword on the case in the inner room, take it to me."

Soon, Shi Yiguang came back with a sword in his hand.

Yu Rang, who assassinated Liang Ying's father, suddenly became very famous in the state of Jin. Zhi Yao, who took Yu Rang as his retainer, must show something.

Giving away houses, beauties, and money are low-level behaviors in the operation, and the above-mentioned things plus a good weapon will appear more high-end in operation.

"Good sword!" The sword in Yurang's hand is made of carburized steel material that Lao Zhi's family has just researched. The length of the handle is about 72 centimeters, and the thickness of the blade is slightly increased. The total weight is about three catties .

I saw that the sword that had been pulled out of the scabbard was covered with a dark silver color, and it only looked very good. scabbard top.

This sword is about a catty heavier than ordinary swords, it is definitely not suitable for ordinary people, but warriors will be very happy to get it.

Zhiyao's gift must be to show the end, and she took Yu Rang to the outside to show the many advantages of the sword.

Hair blowing or something?Anyway, Lao Zhijia's skills can't reach that level for the time being, and it hasn't even changed the weakness of carburizing steel.

The sword sent to Zhiyao from the Taihang Mountain base is the best quality among many products.

This point can be reflected in the bronze sword breaking in response to the next two sword strikes.

Yu Rang looked at the slightly broken blade and his face twitched, not because he was surprised that the bronze sword broke due to the slash, but because he felt distressed that the sword in his hand had cracked.

"The sword is used to stab, the doctor must know it?" Zhi Yao was talking nonsense.

Now who knows how to use a sword, who would use a sword to slash at each other?

Zhiyao said again: "This sword is sharp, and I am afraid of blunt weapons. The doctor has to know."

Another nonsense, even a bronze sword is not suitable for fighting blunt weapons. It may not break, but it will bend.

Next, Yu Rang personally tried cutting straw mats, starting from one bundle of straw mats, until he could not completely cut off five bundles of straw mats, which proved the sharpness of the sword in his hand.

"This sword is not made of ordinary evil gold, there is no worry about rust, but it still needs to be handled well." Zhiyao gave a gift, and what should be explained must be explained.

Yu Rang was very happy, and returned the sword to Yu Zhiyao again, but he did not refuse to accept the gift.

Zhiyao took the sword.

Yu Rang knelt on one knee and lowered his head.

Waiting for Zhiyao to rest his sword on Yurang's shoulder and read the pledge of allegiance, the servant who had already prepared food, water and wine stepped forward.

Zhiyao brought a plate of undercooked meat to Yurang.

Yu Rang grabbed the meat and bit it directly, chewed it a few times before swallowing it, and then drank the wine that Zhiyao brought up in one gulp.

What are they doing?In fact, it is the ancient ceremony of accepting retainers.

The whole process looks a bit "Westernized", and this is exactly the set of etiquette in Zhu Xia and the aristocratic period.

As for why the Western-style allegiance etiquette is similar to that of Zhu Xia?Both the West and the East have mastered the smelting technology without any communication, and they both evolved from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age; another example is that it is common to build pyramids as mausoleums in Egypt, and the Huimeng Platform in Zhuxia is in the shape of a pyramid. The Mayans who did not enter the Bronze Age also built pyramids.

Therefore, there is consistency in the absence of communication in the world, but there are too many things happening. The similarity in etiquette is a coincidence, and it is that kind of law when it comes to creation based on scientific applications.

Zhiyao accepted Yurang as his retainer under the witness of Zhishen, and at the same time Taihu, Fuliao, Zigong, Zilu... and some other people also attended the ceremony.

After the ceremony was completed, Yu Rang, Taihu and Fu Liao were considered to be in the same group, and Zi Gong and Zi Lu were considered to eat the "big pot meal" of Lao Zhi's family together.

The fundamental reason why Yurang became a gang with Taihu and Fuliao was that they served Zhiyao exclusively.

Zilu, Zigong, and Zaiyu, the three disciples of Confucius, allegiance to Zhishi.In short, it is allegiance to the family, not to individuals.

The retainers of various families in the Spring and Autumn Period are also loyal to the family, and all the benefits they can get are related to the rise and fall of the family.Anyone who wants to damage the interests of the family is to be their enemy, and they will definitely see the retainers throwing their heads and blood for the family.

"Father, I don't know why you accepted Yurang, so I don't ask too much." Zhishen indeed hardly interfered with what Zhiyao wanted to do and what he was doing.

"If Mrs. Zhao reprimands you, tell me that you are accepting it for your father." Zhishen left after finishing speaking.

No matter how useless a father is, he always hopes to protect his wife and children from wind and rain!
Zhiyao never thought that Zhishen was a waste, on the contrary, she respected and loved her father very much.

Some people obviously can't do it and insist on showing off in various ways. Not only do they kill themselves, but their families also suffer.

The rare thing about Zhishen is that he knows that his ability is limited, and he will not do all kinds of things beyond his ability. He adheres to the two principles of "cautious" and "not too much".

Zhiyao, who was standing there, stared blankly at the father who was gradually going away, the softness in her heart was touched, and she took her eyes back for a while.

Will Mrs. Zhao settle accounts with Yu Rang?They did make rumors, but they didn't do anything to Yu Rang at all.

And everyone knew that Mrs. Zhao would only shout, and if Yu Rang stopped provoking Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Zhao would give Wei Mrs some face.This is also the reason why Yurang swaggered back to "Xintian".

Zhiyao would definitely not bring Yu Rang to the Zhao family to provoke, and there is no need to deliberately conceal the fact that Yu Rang was recruited as a retainer, anyway, just follow the normal process of recruiting retainers.

The season happened to be in winter, and no one would run around in the cold weather. After receiving the news that Zhi Shi accepted Yu Rang as a retainer, Mrs. Zhao had enough time to calm down.

Zhao didn't get angry at the first time, and if he wanted to attack later, he would lack such a thing as "prescription", and if he mentioned it again, it would become Zhao's act of provoking trouble on his own initiative.

"Now Mrs. Zhao has no spare time to trouble Yurang. What they really care about is to get more benefits." Zhiyao didn't treat Yurang specially after the ceremony, and focused on her own business again.

If there is no accident, the Zhi family will be able to peacefully take over the cities of the Zhongxing family next year, and Zhiyao is using limited information to understand what kind of city the city is receiving.

The population that the city belongs to, what is the annual grain production, how many natural resources are there in the area, etc., can be planned.

However, after the Zhi family received the inheritance of the Zhongxing family, it would not be handed over to Zhongxing Qi for management immediately. It was not to withhold it, but purely because of political troubles, it required a relatively long process.

There was one thing in last year's expedition that made Zhiyao taste the sweetness, and he plans to continue to implement it in the future.

whats the matter?In fact, it is to compile and train elite soldiers and form special elite troops.

The Wei family has been doing this for a long time, selecting young men with excellent physical fitness to train their family's heavy armored infantry.

If you go first, you don't necessarily win, and if you don't go, you will definitely stay where you are.

"Wei's heavy infantry seems to be only 800 people? After taking over the Zhongxing family, my family has become more prosperous. Maybe we can produce an elite team of 3000 people?" Zhiyao felt that the number of [-] people was not enough. Look big-hearted.

What kind of professional soldier?In fact, "soldiers" and "disciples" themselves are groups that live by fighting. Except that they don't usually train together, they have long been professional soldiers.

Wei's training of heavy infantry, in fact, less than two months out of a year to gather together for drills, the rest of the time is at home to train their own.

What Zhiyao is thinking is to gather "scholars" and "disciples" together in one place, and carry out organized team training for many years, so as to form a professional army in the true sense!

　It's New Year's Eve, eat well and drink well!

　　
　
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