burning nations

Chapter 24 Befriending Zhu Wu and Entering the County

On the straight road to Xiangyang, in front is the frame of the women's family members. Zhang Cai and Zhu Wu followed behind the car side by side, without stopping their legs and talking.

".So that's the case. It seems that I underestimated the difficulties Zhu Gong encountered when he came to Jiangnan. These fat-headed things in Jiangnan are simply insulting the word noble! And those businessmen are too presumptuous. When will the empire come to an end? Merchants' empire? Zhu Gong is too soft-hearted, if he wants to let me deal with it, everyone will be sentenced to pieces!"

Zhu Wu said on the sidelines: "Brother Zhang, the empire is about the law, and its crimes are all heinous, so they can't be used to punish them indiscriminately. Otherwise, why should there be laws?"

Zhang Cai nodded in agreement: "I'm just talking out of anger, oh~ Mr. Zhu is such a good official, it's really sad to be slandered like this by these scumbags."

"My family mainly knows that there are still people in the world who respect him like Brother Zhang, so I think they will be happy to admit it." Zhu Wu sighed.

"It would be Zhang's fortune to get acquainted with a minister of the country like Zhu Gong." Zhang Caiyan said.

"By the way, Brother Zhu, I have often heard the term "Donglin Party" along the way, and I have been fortunate enough to have seen counties under the rule of the Donglin Party, but I don't understand what the Donglin Party is. Can you explain a little bit? "

Zhu Wumi smiled and said, "Donglin Party. In a word, they are a group of "delusional people."

"Delusionist?"

"I just go to bed and imagine in my mind that if I manage the empire by myself, how it will be smooth and the crops will be plentiful, how it will be stable at home, and how it will repel the golden and iron men. Well, I just care about pornography .”

Zhang Cai smiled after hearing this: "That's it? I'm afraid they are not obsessive, but they have high eyes and low hands!"

Zhang Cai recalled Yunzhou, recalled Jingzhou, recalled the [-] water bandits in Onozawa, and then compared Yangzhou, Jiangzhou, Ezhou, Yuezhou and other Jiangnan regions, and compared Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake, which are also [-] miles away, For a while, there was only contempt and contempt for the Donglin Party!
"I think the Donglin party members don't even have the ability to govern a county!"

Hearing what Zhang Cai said, Zhu Wu felt curious: "Hearing Brother Zhang's words, have you seen the scene of Donglin party members governing?"

Zhang Cai smiled and shook his head: "I didn't see it, because I only looked at it in the market. To be honest, Zhang is from the north. I have traveled all over the country. I have also been to the north of the empire. Yunzhou on Henan Road is Donglin The party members are governing, refugees are everywhere, thieves are everywhere, and the people are hungry and sell children and women, which is terrible."

"Yunzhou is like Jiangyue and Yuezhou. There is also a large lake named "Da Yeze" in the territory. The water lake with a radius of [-] miles is rich in fish and shrimp. Now there are [-] water bandits entrenched. They are all refugees who go to the water to find food."

Zhu Wu was trembling with anger: "These Donglin party members really deserve to be killed!"

"Brother Zhang was originally from the north, so it's no wonder that the accent is very different from people from the south of the Yangtze River. I am often trapped in a corner of Xiangzhou and don't know what the world is like. Can Brother Zhang tell me what the north is like?"

"The north is similar to the south in my opinion. It's just that the northerners are good at boats, the southerners are good at boats, the northerners eat bread, and the southerners eat rice cakes. In the south, there are Yangzhou, Runzhou, Jiangzhou, and Yuezhou. The county's economy is prosperous, and there are Bianzhou and Songzhou in the north, but they are not as good as Luozhou, which is really rich and prosperous."

Zhu Wu asked curiously, "Not as good as Luozhou?"

Zhang Cai nodded and said, "Luozhou is the biggest and richest city I have ever seen."

Then Zhang Cai began to talk about what he had seen and heard, from Songzhou to Bianzhou, and then to the torrential Yellow River.Seeing that Zhang Caijian's conversation was not interrupted, Zhu Wu patiently listened to her story and gradually became fascinated, thinking of going to the north to see it with his own eyes.

Then Zhu Wu told Zhang Cai about the scenery in Xiangzhou, such as Xianshan Garden, Shiliang Forest, Hanshui Fish School, Gucheng Waterfall, and the fried fish, fried shrimp, baked tofu, etc. Waiting for the snack, the greedy Zhang Cai swallowed, feeling endless hunger.

After coming and going, the relationship between the two is no longer strangers, they are still children, and since they have a temper with Zhang, they make Zhu Wu a friend.

During the conversation, Zhang Cai discovered that Zhu Wu had a lot of ink in his stomach. His ability was not the martial arts with two short knives on his back, but his military wit.Proficient in formations and strategies, especially formations, Zhang Cai couldn't even speak.

Zhu Wu knows what is a square formation, what is a circular formation, what is a conical formation, and what is a wild goose formation. What kind of formation is encouraged, and what formation is offset by what formation, Zhang Cai began to worship.

Zhu Wu also taught Zhang Caichan the names of the ten basic formations, which are the "Ten Empire Ten Formations" that generals must know, namely: one word long snake formation, two dragons out of water formation, three talents heaven and earth formation, four door pocket bottom formation, five Tiger flock formation, Liuding Liujia formation, Seven Star Big Dipper formation, Eight Gate Golden Lock formation, Nine Sons Chain formation, and Ten-sided Ambush formation.

Zhang Cai suddenly felt resentful, what did old man Qi teach?
After talking about the name of the formation, Zhu Wu said again: "The ten formations are born and evolved from each other. The Long Snake formation is just like its name. It is a long elongated stick, which often appears when soldiers and horses are marching. Attacking the Long Snake The head or the tail of the formation is turned around to form the formation of two dragons coming out of the water, that is, advancing side by side. The middle moves forward to form the formation of the three talents of heaven and earth. The two ends retreat to form a four-door pocket formation, interspersed with each other, and become a flock of five tigers. Formation. Then arrange it according to the Six Ding Liujia, that is, the Six Ding Liujia formation. Then half of it is drawn into a line, and the other half is like a four-door pocket bottom formation, which is the Big Dipper formation. Surround a circle, arrange the formation according to the eight trigrams, leaving eight exits, and become Square, that is, the eight-door golden lock formation. Arranged according to the nine palaces, the soldiers will be interspersed, and gradually become one, intersecting each other, that is, the nine-son chain formation. Using various hidden weapons and traps to exhaust the enemy is the ten-sided ambush formation."

Zhang Cai felt something was wrong after hearing this.

"Brother Zhu, is this a battle formation?" Zhang Cai asked, "During the war, the soldiers of the empire formed this kind of battle formation to meet the gold and iron men?"

Zhu Wu asked back: "Oh? Could it be that I made a mistake? Brother Zhang please advise."

"I don't dare to advise, I'm just curious"

Can Zhang Cai not be curious? There is an old man in the family, and I have never heard him talk about a long snake, two dragons playing with pearls, and three talents in the world. If you don't fight, you just slash from the front, it's not so troublesome.

The two were talking, when they suddenly saw a man running ahead, telling Zhang Cai and Zhu Wu that they would arrive at Nanzhang County under the jurisdiction of Xiangzhou in three miles, and his wife asked him if he wanted to stay in the county.

Zhu Wuwenyu looked at the sky and saw that the sun was westward, so he said that it was already late, and he was afraid that bad people would come and go at night, making it difficult to travel at night.

After a while, the two were still talking, and the convoy entered Nanzhang County.It didn't take much work for Zhu Wu to run by himself, and his own entourage took care of everything. Before night fell, he settled down at the inn and enjoyed a hot dinner.

Zhang Cai took advantage of Zhu's family and opened a first-class guest room for her alone. He ate strong duck leg and rice set dishes, drank delicious fish soup, and lay on a soft big bed. The fatigue from leaving Ezhou to now has all been eliminated.One word cool!
At night, the lights in Zhang Cai’s room had not been turned off, and she was staying up late reading the “Military Training Notes” she carried with her.

Just as he was watching, he suddenly heard slight footsteps coming from the corridor, followed by a light knock on the door, followed by a familiar voice coming into his ears.

"Brother Zhang, have you rested yet?"

Zhang Cai quickly hid the book, and quickly put on a disguise. With a hoarse voice, she tentatively asked softly, "Is it Brother Zhu? It's so late. Is there something wrong with Brother Zhu?"

Zhu Wu answered at the door: "I want to talk to Brother Zhang about something, and I really don't want to vomit."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Zhang Cai quickly made a disguise, and after confirming that it was correct in front of the bronze mirror, he opened the door.

"Come in, sit wherever you want."

"I'm sorry to disturb you so late."

Zhu Wu entered the room without saying a word, but carefully looked at Zhang Cai's disguised face. Being stared at by him, Zhang Cai's heart tightened.

"Brother Zhu, what are you doing staring at my face?"

Zhu Wu said slowly: "Brother Zhang, to be honest, I learned painting before I went to practice literature and martial arts, and I drew some pictures of women, so I have some experience, so..."

Zhang Cailiu raised her eyebrows: "So what are you trying to say when you come to my room so late? If only brother Zhu can paint, I already know. Is there anything else?"

Zhu Wu went on to say: "Brother Zhang is a girl, right? Apart from his characteristics, I also heard that Qi Gongrong returned to his hometown, but he took in a foster daughter who was also surnamed Zhang."

"Oh~ you're asking this? That's right, my name is Zhang Cai." Zhang Cai said calmly, "And then? Is there anything else?"

"I don't know why the girl is here. Zhu Wu will remember your life-saving grace, and I will never reveal the identity of the girl." Zhu Wudao, "I just hope that the girl can sit at home in Xiangzhou and give me some advice. Zhu Wu is very grateful."

Zhang Cai nodded: "You are one of the few who can confront my temper. Since we are friends, it doesn't hurt to be a guest for a few days."

"Thank you."

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The stories in the next few chapters were written with reference to Qian Daoshen's works.Forewarned, this is not plagiarism.

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