Datang Longya

Chapter 87
"Ok?"

Li Jing followed the prestige, and saw a ragged, skinny old man coming out from the outermost part of the crowd, his raised hand did not drop after all.

Zhang Wen sneered at the side: "Old man, you are also a fish on the chopping board now, and you are slaughtered. Why should you trade the lives of these people?"

The old man raised his head and said proudly: "Just rely on the eight-ox crossbow!"

Li Jing then withdrew his hand and asked, "Did you make the eight-ox crossbow on the gate of the village?"

"Of course! I'm the master craftsman of the old Sui military weapons supervisor, Huangfu Yueming!"

"Huangfu Yueming?" Zhang Wen seemed to remember something, and asked in surprise, "Huangfu Hao?"

Huangfu Hao nodded: "It's the old man!"

Zhang Wen hurriedly grabbed Li Jing's arm: "This man can't be killed! He is a master craftsman of the old Sui army supervisor, and he has been working for more than 40 years!"

Li Jing was also surprised, he knew how important an old guy who had been a master craftsman for 40 years was.

"Master Yueming, tell me, how to change it!"

Huangfu Hao stretched out his scarred arm and pointed to the bloody stockade, saying: "The bandits in the stockade are all dead, and these women were all taken captive. As for the children, are you able to do so? If you Dare to touch them today." Huangfu Hao pointed to the crowd: "I'll bite my tongue and kill myself!"

Li Jing nodded: "Your life is worth the price! Good! I promise you! Let them come over!"

After finishing speaking, Li Jing reached out and gave Huangfu Hao three high-fives!

After the high-five was completed, Li Jing dashed into the crowd and chopped off a fat old man's head with one strike. Taking advantage of everyone's astonishment, Li Jing made several more strikes, killing five old men and two young men in total!

After the eight people died, Huangfu Hao finally lost his breath and sat down on the ground. The women also hugged the children and cried loudly.

Zhang Wen was very puzzled by Li Jing's behavior, and couldn't help asking: "Didn't you promise the old man not to kill people? Why?"

Li Jing flicked the sword, shaking off the blood on the sword, and didn't want to talk to him.

Huangfu Hao, who had had enough breath, struggled to stand up and explained: "It was because Marshal Li and I played a crossword puzzle and a secret code. I showed the whip wound on my arm earlier, which means that my status is not high. I said let it go." Women, young children, but did not mention the elderly, young people, and finally point to these eight people to provide targets."

Li Jing said: "The six old men among the eight people are probably the elders of the bandit leader who died in battle, and the two young men are the younger generations. It would be wrong not to kill them!"

Zhang Wen rubbed his head: "You are all smart people, I, a rough man, can't understand those twists and turns! Old man Huangfu, tell me, why did you come here?"

"The old man was originally..."

"Originally, the old man was working in Chang'an. It coincided with the great chaos in Chang'an. The old Sui Guangsha was about to collapse. The old man was afraid that the new dynasty would not be able to accommodate the officials of the old dynasty, so he fled Chang'an with his family. I am not afraid of your jokes when I say it. I made a lot of money. I originally wanted to find a hidden place to die, but who would have thought...

Forced to do nothing, the old man had no choice but to make an eight-ox crossbow for them, otherwise, the lives of the family members would be lost! ..."

In Lengfu, Huangfu Hao burst into tears.

Leng Feng didn't expect that just as he wanted to ask Li Shimin for some good horses, Li Shimin sent him a giant elephant!As far as this person's qualifications are concerned, Yan Liben can only bow his head and listen to the training in front of him.

"Old man, according to court practice, officials of the old Sui Dynasty, as long as they did not commit any crimes, can continue their previous occupations in the new dynasty, and the position will be given according to the size of the official position. But...you have been charged with 'aiding the evil' after all, if you return to your post Even the soldiers returning to Beijing this time will not agree."

Huangfu Hao nodded, it was already a great kindness for the imperial court to save him from the sea of ​​suffering, and he never thought about returning to his post.

"As for your punishment..."

Leng Feng's words made Huangfu Hao's heart twitch immediately, after all, Ba Niu Nu shot and killed the marshal's personal guard, so he was going to bear the blame.

"20 years of hard labor, this is the court's decision."

Huangfu Hao asked eagerly: "Is it just me or my grandson?"

"Of course it's just you."

Huangfu Hao breathed a sigh of relief, now that he was over sixty years old, even if he died, it would not be considered premature.His wife, daughter and daughter-in-law all left him one by one, leaving only one grandson.As long as the little grandson is fine, 20 years of hard labor is nothing!Even in 30 years, he can do it in 50 years!
Since he was already a hard laborer, he could not talk to the host family like a guest, so Huangfu Hao stood up and waited for Leng Feng's order.

"Mr. Huangfu is a great craftsman of the old Sui Dynasty. He has amazing accomplishments in organs and ordnance. It would be a waste for such a talent to do hard labor."

Leng Feng took out a piece of paper and handed it to Huangfu Hao: "This is a contract. Within 20 years, you will work in the military branch of Tianxia Martial Arts Academy, and your salary will be half that of others, and it will last for 20 years."

Huangfu Hao asked puzzled, "What's the salary?"

"...It's wages!"

He has worked in the military branch of Tianxia Wuyuan for 20 years. Although the salary is only half of that of his peers, it is much better than hard labor.

Huangfu Hao immediately agreed, signed the contract document, and pressed his fingerprint.

After Li Jing came back, he only made one suggestion to the Tianxia Martial Arts Academy, that is, to establish a military branch.He has seen the leap in performance of Ba Niu Crossbow after installing the pulley block.Since the eight-ox crossbow can be improved, is there no room for ordnance such as ladders, battering rams, and catapults?

Among the many generals in the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing was a very enlightened person, unlike Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong, who stubbornly believed that the bravery of soldiers is the way to defeat the enemy.

The Turkic soldiers were scattered all over the Tang Dynasty. As long as they were dispersed, these brave men on the grassland would have no threat.A hundred years later, who will remember what the grassland looked like?

The land of China is like a huge melting pot, no matter how many foreign nations come in, they will all become part of it.

Doesn't Li Shimin also have Xianbei blood?But so what?Didn't Datang still inherit the culture of the Qin and Han Dynasties, instead of herding sheep all over the country.

People in the world say that Li Shimin is lustful, and even his sister-in-law and daughter-in-law are stuffed in the harem, but this is an interpretation based on Han culture. In Xianbei blood, it is a tradition for a brother to marry a sister-in-law, and it is not a shame. thing.

The thousand surrendered soldiers that Leng Feng asked Li Jing for were sent to the cement workshop.Now the effect of cement is recognized by many people. Even Li Yuan complains that the wooden house needs no money to light a fire in winter, and reprimands Li Shimin for being unfilial. Why don't you build a cement house for yourself before it's too late!
After Pei Ji's incident, the relationship between Li Yuan and Li Shimin eased a lot, and the Turks were defeated. On the night when the emperor held a banquet, Li Yuan, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, also attended.Li Shimin was dancing off the court, and Li Yuan was beating the drum on the throne, and the scene was harmonious.

In this world, the relationship between father and son is the most delicate. If the son does something wrong, no matter how angry and disappointed the father is, he will eventually forgive him.

But now this one is a bit unlucky, he did something wrong, was beaten and kicked by his father, and was driven back to Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)