Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 348 Zhao Wen Goes to Beijing
"My lord, where can I sell these tricycles?" The middle-aged businessmen onlookers looked at the tricycles with fiery faces.

Zhao Wen said with a smile: "I specially made this tricycle for the purpose of providing convenience to the general public. This tricycle will be on the market in a few days."

"In that case, then we will wait for the tricycle from the lord." The middle-aged businessman looked at Zhao Wen's tricycle, longing for it in his heart.

"Now whoever wants to experience it, come and experience this tricycle by yourself."

Zhao Wen pointed to the tricycle full of bricks, and said to the onlookers.

As soon as Zhao Wen finished speaking, the surrounding people rushed towards the tricycle with excited faces.

Zhao Wen looked at the crowded people and asked Li Xiaosan to lead the guards to maintain order and avoid stampedes.

Zhao Wen looked at the people surrounding the tricycle, smiled, and then walked towards Li Xiaoying and the others.

It didn't take long for the whole Xuan Town to know about the tricycle. Those people who had never seen a tricycle with their own eyes were full of curiosity when they heard people talking about the tricycle.

As time passed, the day of Longevity Day came gradually.

Chongzhen's birthday was originally on February [-]th, but since Chongzhen ascended the throne, this Wanshou Festival has rarely been held.

But this time, in order to deal with Zhao Wen, Chongzhen deliberately put the Longevity Festival in July.

"Going to the capital this time is bound to be extremely dangerous, you must be more careful."

Li Xiaoying stood in the hall, looking at Zhao Wen who was dressed neatly, her face was full of worry.

"Haha, it's just a villain. I never took these things to heart, so don't worry about it." Zhao Wen said indifferently.

"I think what Xiaoying said is right, you'd better be careful." Hai Lanzhu also stood aside and said worriedly.

"Okay, don't say so much, I'm leaving."

Zhao Wen kissed his son and daughter one by one, and then walked outside with Li Xiaosan and Zhao Daniu.

Li Xiaoying and Hai Lanzhu hurriedly followed Zhao Wen and sent Zhao Wen out.

Zhao Wen stepped on the horse, turned around and waved at Li Xiaoying and Hai Lanzhu, and shouted: "I'm leaving, you don't have to worry, it's just a banquet."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he waved the whip in his hand and headed out of Xuanzhen City.

This time Zhao Wen led 56 guards, all of which carried [-] punches.

Li Xiaoying looked at the back of Zhao Wen leaving, her eyelids kept twitching.

"Why do I always feel that something is going to happen?" Li Xiaoying looked at Zhao Wen's leaving back, feeling uneasy.

"It must be Madam who is too worried. Mr. Zongbing is a god in the sky. Who can hurt him? The emperor also has to look at his eyes."

The nanny who was holding Zhao Mingyu comforted Li Xiaoying.

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Xuanzhen is not far from the capital, that is, a distance of more than 300 miles.

In later generations, if you drive on the highway, the distance is more than two hours. Now, riding a war horse along the official road can only take a day at the fastest.

It's midsummer now, and the heat waves are rushing towards Zhao Wen non-stop.

Zhao Wen was wearing armor, with sweat dripping from his body.

The guards following Zhao Wen were also wearing armor. Although it was extremely hot, they didn't complain.

The next morning, Zhao Wen rode a war horse and led the guards to stop outside the gate of the capital.

"Who are you?"

The soldiers guarding the city looked at Zhao Wen and others who were standing in front of the city gate, and rushed to meet them.

Zhao Wen took out his identity badge from his arms and handed it to Li Xiaosan.

Li Xiaosan took Zhao Wen's identity card, got off his horse, and stopped in front of the soldiers defending the city, "My lord is the general soldier of Xuan Town, and he was ordered by the emperor to participate in the Longevity Festival."

Li Xiaosan waved Zhao Wen's identity badge in front of the guards' eyes.

When the guarding soldiers heard that it was Zhao Wen, they didn't even look at the identity card in Li Xiaosan's hand, and directly saluted Zhao Wen, and then let Zhao Wen in.

If you offend anyone, don't offend Xuanzhen's chief soldier, even the emperor depends on him, who dares to neglect him?
Seeing that the guarding soldiers let the city gate out, Zhao Wen flicked the whip in his hand and ran towards the capital.

Not long after, Zhao Wen came to the gate of the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

According to the usual practice, all the generals who come to Beijing must first check in at the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and then the Yamen of the Ministry of War will arrange a residence.

After pointing Mao, the Ministry of War arranged Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses in the garrison of the Shenshu Camp in the Jingying Camp.

The Jingying was originally divided into three battalions: the Five Army Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion.

However, after the Tumu Fort, the strength of the Beijing camp was greatly reduced. Yu Qian, then Minister of the Ministry of War, changed the three major battalions of the Beijing camp to the ten regiment battalion.During the Chenghua period, two battalions were added, called the Twelve Regimental Battalions.

From Chenghua to Zhengde years, the basic establishment of the [-]th Regiment Battalion has continued. Although there have been changes, the changes have not been major.

Until the Jiajing period, the [-]th Regiment Battalion was changed to the [-]rd Battalion again, and the [-] Battalion was changed to the Shenshu Battalion.

Although it is called Jingying, the situation of empty pay and desertion is still very serious.

There are about 7 troops on the roster of the Shenshu Camp, but now, they are secretly happy to make up 4.

Moreover, the remaining soldiers are basically old, weak, sick and disabled. The officers at all levels in the army are all noble children in the capital. Not even a human figure could be seen.

When Zhao Wen arrived at the camp of Shenshu Camp, it was already noon, and there were no other people in the camp except for a few soldiers passing by.

This time period was the hottest time of the day, and the soldiers in the Beijing camp basically hid in the big camp to cool off, or had fun outside the camp.

"This is the Beijing Camp?" Zhao Daniu rode on the horse and looked at the Shenshu Camp with a look of contempt on his face.

Zhao Wen shook his head and sighed, "It's really strange that such a Beijing camp can win a battle."

"Okay, let's get off the horse. First look for the barracks assigned to us by the Ministry of War, and then tidy up."

Zhao Wen jumped off his horse and shouted to the guards behind him.

Under Zhao Wen's command, more than 500 guards jumped off their horses.

In a barracks not far from here, a young man squatted in front of the gate of the barracks, looked at Zhao Wen and the others, and asked curiously, "Where did this group of soldiers come from? Why are they so tough?" ?”

"Idiot, what are you looking at?" A man lying on the bed asked after hearing the voice of the idiot.

Er Lengzi squatted at the door of the barracks, and shouted inside: "San Wazi, just come out and see for yourself."

Sanwazi stood up from the bed, and squatted in front of the barracks door like a fool, looking at Zhao Wen and the others.

"Hey, where are these soldiers and horses? Why are they so rich? Look at them, almost everyone has armor, and it looks like the armor is made of refined iron."

Sanwazi looked at the armor on Zhao Wen and the others, then at the armor hanging on the shelf in the barracks, and finally shook his head involuntarily.

The armor hanging on the shelf in the barracks looks like fine armor from the outside, with bright nail leaves.

But Sanwazi knew in his heart that these armors were used for some activities on weekdays, and they were specially used to support the scene.

It looks like the same thing on the outside, but it's just the outside, and the inside is basically rotten.

"Let's not talk about their armor. Look at their war horses. My dear, these war horses are fat and strong. They are first-class war horses. A war horse like this is probably worth a lot of money in the market." Sanwazi looked at Zhao Wen's war horse with green eyes and drooling.

When the second fool heard this, he remembered something. He poked the third child next to him, "I remember that Mr. Baihu lost a lot of money playing with others a while ago. You said that we should discuss it with Baihu. They want a few war horses to sell, what do you think?"

"How? Not so? Although I don't know where these people are, I seem to know that this group of people is not easy to mess with. I advise you to give up this thought."

Although San Wazi is greedy, he also knows how powerful he is. Such a well-equipped man and horse must not be easy to provoke.

Er Lengzi's eyes widened, "What are you talking about? This is the Beijing camp, the Shenshu camp, and our territory. What are you afraid of?"

Er Lengzi stood up after speaking, and walked outside.

Zhao Wen didn't know what happened in this barracks, and even if Zhao Wen knew, Zhao Wen wouldn't take it to heart.

"My lord, the barracks assigned to us are from A[-] to A[-]!" Zhao Daniu led a few soldiers from the barracks next to him and ran towards Zhao Wen, shouting loudly as he ran.

Zhao Wen nodded, and then looked at the guards, "Come out 100 people, and put all the horses into the stables. Remember, there must be manpower in the stables. As for the rest, let's clean the barracks first."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he led the rest of the troops towards the barracks under the leadership of Zhao Daniu.

The barracks from A[-] to A[-] are the best barracks in Shenshu Camp.

Although it was the best barracks in Shenshu Camp, in the eyes of these soldiers in Xuan Town, it was just like a barn.

Although the barracks were built with bricks and tiles, I don't know how many years they have been built, and they are dilapidated and dilapidated.

Fortunately, it is sunny now. If it is cloudy and rainy, it is estimated that you can take a bath inside.

Looking at these barracks, Zhao Wen didn't say anything although they felt dilapidated. After all, they couldn't live here for a few days.

"Okay, this barracks looks like this, let's clean it up first." After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he led the guards and began to clean up.

At this moment, Er Lengzi ran out of the barracks and went to a street not far from the barracks.

Because this street is close to the military camp, it is also quite prosperous on weekdays. Most of it is full of prostitutes, casinos and taverns.

The second fool ran into a casino with ease, and it didn't take long for him to find the Baihu he just mentioned in the casino.

These hundred households are called Zhu Tianshou, who are collateral descendants of Cheng Guogong.

"Lord Baihu, a group of soldiers and horses has come to our camp." The second fool stood next to Zhu Tianshou who was playing dice, leaned into his ear and shouted.

"What soldiers and horses? Just come here." Zhu Tianshou responded casually, and then shouted excitedly at the dealer: "Big Da Da, I'll crush Da Da!"

With that said, Zhu Tianshou put all the silver on his body on it.

(End of this chapter)