At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 463
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, there is heavy snow, and there are three days until New Year's Eve, and the 11 years of the great cause are coming.In the house of Cui Hu in Miyun County, Anle County, the fire in the hall was burning vigorously, dispelling the severe cold a little.

Gao Bufan and Cui Hu sat across the table, drinking warm rice wine, eating steaming antique soup, and chatting leisurely, which was very pleasant.

Just ten days ago, Gao Bufan received Yang Guang's imperial decree. He was appointed as the general governor of Yuyang County, to control the two counties of Anle and Yuyang, and continued to serve as the general of Yingyang Lang in Zhuojun County.

In this way, Gao Bufan took over the two counties of Anle and Yuyang justifiably.Anle County has only two counties and is very poor, but Yuyang County is much larger and relatively rich, because Yuyang County includes the current Jizhou District of Tianjin and other places, and also has an outlet on the Bohai Sea.

It is said that Yuchi Jingde has been stationed in Yuyang County since the end of the eradication of the remnants of the Xi people who escaped into Yuyang County, and Wei Zheng took the opportunity to continue recruiting troops there. Now the strength of Yingyang Mansion has exceeded 8000 people, which is enough to bring An Le The county and Yuyang county are firmly in the hands.

However, Wei Zheng is obviously not satisfied with this. After all, his boss is now the general guard of Yuyang County, the fourth rank, and it is not too much to command an army of 10,000 people under his command. Stopped.

As the saying goes, soldiers are more expensive than more expensive. In just a few months, Yingyang Mansion's military strength has rapidly expanded by six or seven times. The development is too fast. It must be stopped and digested for a while, so as not to lose its tail. After all, no matter how big it is , if it is puffiness, the combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly reduced.

Gao Bufan needed an elite soldier who would come when he was called, who could fight and win when he came, not an army that looked scary but was actually a mob.

In addition, raising an army is extremely costly. The imperial court does not have any spare money to pay the Yingyang Mansion. It still allocates funds according to the standard 1000 people, so the extra 7000 people must be raised by Gao Bufan. , if all these rations were to be paid by the God of Wealth Xia, Lao Xia would probably go crazy and hang himself. Fortunately, although the imperial court could not allocate the rations, it also recognized the legal status of these "temporary soldiers", so Yuyang and Anle counties financial income to support.

As the saying goes, wool comes from sheep, and Gao Bufan didn't want the people under his rule to be too burdened, so naturally he wanted to limit the number of troops, so he decisively stopped the recruitment of soldiers, and the training of soldiers was the top priority.

Gao Bufan has entrusted Yuchi Jingde with full power to train troops, especially the two thousand light cavalry, which must be turned into the trump card of the Yingyang army, while the Youyan iron cavalry under Xu Shiji's command is the trump card, which is equivalent to the trump card in modern warfare. The heavy mechanizer, the final word depends on it.

The wind whimpered outside, and the snow fell harder and harder, beating on the windows.Gao Bufan picked up a half-cooked mutton belly and threw it on the ground, two white young eagles immediately jumped up and bit them vigorously.

These two young eagles are naturally the two that Gao Bufan rescued from Yunmeng Mountain. After being raised by Cui Shirou for more than two months, they have grown feathers and can barely fly.

Due to sufficient nutrition, these two young eagles grew up very strong, with pointed claws, mouths like iron hooks, sharp eyes, and they were easy to mess with at a glance. Moreover, the feathers of these two young eagles were pure white Yes, very rare.

In the blink of an eye, two young eagles tore up a piece of mutton belly and flew up to Gao Bufan's shoulders with fluttering wings. One left and one right, the eagle eyes stared straight into the pot, looking eager to try.

Gao Bufan laughed and said: "If you don't want to become a roast chicken, you'd better not mess around."

The two young hawks uttered a low cry, and they stood there obediently, not daring to move. It can be seen that Cui Shirou trained these two little guys to be very sensible.

By the way, Cui Shiruan also named these two eagles. The one on the left is called Fuyao, and the one on the right is called Wanli. Together they are "Fuyao Wanli", a very powerful and domineering name.

Cui Hu smiled and said: "Changqing really picked up a treasure this time. I have asked someone specifically to ask. These two are the famous falcons - gyrfalcons, and they are also the best among gyrfalcons. Their feathers are pure white. So Nicknamed Jade Claw."

The gyrfalcon is Haidongqing, also known as the falcon eagle. It is small and strong. It can fly very high, has enough stamina, and its eyesight is frighteningly strong. Even if it flies at an altitude of several hundred meters, it can clearly see the fields The voles that live here are one of the most outstanding falcons, and Haidongqing is divided into Qiuhuang, Bohuang, Sannianlong, and Jade Claw. Among them, the pure white Jade Claw is the most precious. Those oil dogs in the Middle East in later generations The big family likes to play eagles the most, and the price of a jade claw is even comparable to a luxury car, which is shockingly expensive.

Gao Bufan took another piece of mutton and threw it on the ground, and the two Haidongqing immediately jumped down and bit them fiercely. Birds of prey are birds of prey. Even though they were raised by humans, they are still very ferocious. Like the dumb goose and green parrot Can't play anywhere at all.

Today these two little guys bullied the dumb goose again, and even pulled out one of the green parrot's tail feathers, which made the green parrot swear all morning, in order to prevent these two little villains from doing bad things again, Cui Shirou drove them to the front yard , As a result, these two little guys have sharp noses, smelling the smell of hot pot, and immediately ran around to eat.

Cui Hu also threw a piece of raw mutton on the ground, and then said in a low voice: "The day before yesterday, Imperial Censor Pei Yun went to the iron mine and checked the account book of the mine."

Gao Bufan's eyes flashed: "No problem was found, right?"

It is said that the imperial edict received by Gao Bufan ten days ago was read out by the imperial historian Pei Yun, and after passing the imperial edict, Pei Yun did not return to the Eastern Capital immediately, but stayed in Miyun County and wandered east and west. Great Wall also went to the barracks to watch the training of the Yingyang Mansion Army, and by the way, he had a few banquets with the local county magistrate, and now he even went to the iron mine to check the accounts, which is obviously unusual.

Cui Hu shook his head with lingering fear and said: "Fortunately, I have made two sets of ledgers, one is bright and the other is dark, and the clear ledgers are all evened out. The daily output and whereabouts of iron materials in the mine can be checked. Otherwise it's going to be bad."

Gao Bufan's heart trembled a little. It seemed that Yang Guang didn't trust him even though he rewarded him generously on the surface. No wonder he transferred Luo Yi to the post of general guard in Beiping County. This was obviously to contain and guard against him.

"How many sets of the [-] sets of armor that Shiji wanted have been made?" Gao Bufan asked in a deep voice.

"Fifty sets." Cui Hu said happily: "Fortunately, I was cautious and didn't rush to make it, otherwise it would be difficult to balance the accounts, and something will happen as soon as it is checked."

Gao Bufan broke into a cold sweat when he heard the words, and said, "Take your time with Gu Jia, don't rush it, Yang Guang probably has already started to suspect me."

Cui Hu nodded and said: "It is said that the emperor is very suspicious now. By the way, Pei Yun didn't know whether it was intentional or not, he brought up Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu. These two people were impeached because of their ineffectiveness in suppressing thieves. Now the emperor has sent them The dismissal has been investigated and dealt with, and it is estimated that there are more dangers than good luck, Pei Yun deliberately mentioned this matter in front of this humble one, probably to warn you, Changqing."

Gao Bufan couldn't help frowning. Although Yu Juluo had a stubborn and unruly personality, he was obviously loyal to Yang Guang. He had warned him at the beginning, but Yang Guang suspected him. This was undoubtedly self-destructing the Great Wall.

When Gao Bufan came out of Cui Hu's house, the snow was still falling, but it was much smaller.Gao Bufan put on his cloak and bamboo hat, and led a few soldiers back to the camp in the snow.

"Go and call Mr. Wei." Gao Bufan ordered.

Soon, Wei Zheng lifted the tent and entered, his nose was red from the cold, he stamped his feet to shake off the snow on his body, bowed and saluted, "I don't know why the general summoned you?"

Gao Bufan was informal at first, and he usually got along with his subordinates very casually, but with the improvement of his status, Lao Wei couldn't see it anymore. He advised Gao Bufan a few times, but Gao Bufan didn't take it seriously, and usually still hooked up with his subordinates. With his shoulders on his shoulders, Old Wei became angry, and blatantly lashed out at Gao Bufan, scolding Gao Bufan for being too conniving to his subordinates, disregarding superiority and inferiority, disrespectful, without rules and etiquette, it is impossible to make a big deal!
Gao Bufan was sprayed face to face by Wei Zheng for half a stick of incense, and couldn't help but blushed. He finally tasted the power of the old Wei's "mirror", so he had to admit his mistake quickly. From then on, the soldiers under his command never dared to be casual in front of Gao Bufan again. Especially when Wei Zheng was present, everyone was polite.

Gao Bufan smiled and said, "Mr. Wei, who is working in the freezing weather, I'm really sorry."

Wei Zheng frowned and said, "Eating the king's salary and sharing the worries for the king, this is my job, why do I apologize, if the general is fine, then I will go back."

Gao Bufan was sweating, he stopped talking nonsense, and said with a smile: "It's like this, the eldest grandson is already full of filial piety, the general plans to get married soon, and bring Wugou back, so please trouble Mr. Wei to find out."

Then Wei Zheng laughed and said, "It should have been like this a long time ago. Does the general have the woman's marriage letter? I have to find a fortune teller to combine the horoscopes and choose a betrothal gift for auspicious days."

"Yes!" Gao Bufan took out the marriage letter that Gao Shilian had given him back then, and the Geng post from his eldest grandson Wugou and handed it to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng took the beard and said with a smile: "It's time for the general to start a family, um, and wait for the good news from me." After finishing speaking, he left calmly.

Gao Bufan is only this year, and his eldest grandson Wugou is only 15 years old. He was not in a hurry to get married, but Yang Guang's suspicion made Gao Bufan feel dangerous. Naturally, he was worried that Wugou's family would continue to stay in Luoyang. The idea of ​​getting married as soon as possible, and bringing Wugou from Dongdu to Zhuojun, so as not to become a target for Yang Guang to manipulate himself in the future.

Gao Bufan walked to the window and looked at the snowflakes flying outside, he couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart, I hope everything goes well and there will be no monster moths.

(End of this chapter)