Destiny Only Han

Chapter 788 Liu Ying: The Great Expedition, But It's a Regiment for Middle-aged and Elderly...

Among the pear blossoms in the apricot rain, the assembled Guanzhong elite cavalry is ready to go.

They will take a large ship on the Jiaodong Peninsula and head east across the sea to punish Weiman and his rebels who disrupted the order of the empire.

On the side of the newly built Bashui Bridge, there were crowds of men, women, old and young who came to see them off, singing and dancing...

"Outside the long pavilion and beside the ancient road, there are green grass and green sky..."

"Four males, Kongfu, and six bridles in hand. Qilu is the middle, and Lili is the scorpion. The combination of the dragon and the shield, the scorpion is the scorpion. I think of the gentleman, and warm him in the city. What is the period? Huran I think... ..."

But amidst the harmony, there are also some discordant scenes.

For example, an old man in a black and white collar standing in a corner and muttering in a corner: "The side court is bleeding into sea water, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has no intention of opening the side... The brat's poems are so good, Why don’t you know how to reflect?”

Beside him, those knights who wore iron armor but also inadvertently exposed black and white collars laughed silently: "Master, after I leave, I will leave the trade union to you..."

The old man said seriously: "Don't worry, I have everything! Don't forget that I am the teacher of the current emperor. How did his Tingwei arrest and release me! Hmph, during that period, he still wants to eat Serve me with something delicious, don’t starve me to death!”

The knights nodded earnestly. Everyone has seen it last time. The cell where Mr. Pan lives is as luxurious as the most expensive guest house in Xinfeng City!

After all, Pan Gong and their Emperor His Majesty once served as teachers to each other!

So they turned around, led their horses, and hurried over to the large army that had already begun to move forward.

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Baqiao west bank.

Wearing his favorite set of old armor, Lu Wan held hands with Concubine Yu who came to see him off, looked at her teary eyes, and was speechless...

There were tears, but it was actually Fan Kuai who was speechless.

In the court hall, Liu Ying said that he was asked to be the Hu Zhonglang general who guards the East and commanded the North Route Army, so she parachuted a father for him...

Well, the name of Fan Kui's coach has not changed, but Lu Wan is the chief commander of the three Liao marches. He is not only the king of Yan, but also the Taiwei, and he is in charge of the military and political power of Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Liaonan...

Therefore, Fan Kui regrets it now. If he knew that when he was in Pei County, he should not have killed dogs and sold meat all day long. In his spare time, he would drink with Liu Bang and others. Instead, he hooked up with a prettier widow and gave birth to a bunch of girls Then marry Liu Ying all at once!
In this way, his father-in-law and uncle must be bigger than that shameless guy next to him, right?
"Marquis Wuyang, King Yan is getting old, you have to take good care of him along the way..."

Hearing Yu Ji's choked-up voice with orders, Fan Kui was even more tired and crooked, his eyes almost rolled to the sky.

On the other side, Liu Ying was also rolling her eyes.

Regret, in short, very regret... Liu Ying sighed silently, with a smile on her face:
"Mom, I've told you [-] times. The telegraph machine is true, but it will take a long time to train the staff. This time it will definitely not be used..."

"Really, I won't lie to you. I can't do it if I write to you every day? Three telegrams a day, each with no less than [-] words. Do you want to exhaust the telegraph operator to death?"

Lu Zhi wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, pointed his mouth flat and accused:

"Okay, now that your wings are hardened, you start talking to your mother in this tone... Is there anything wrong with a mother who misses her only son?"

"And your father, who ran away without saying a word, didn't I just say a few words to him, as for..."

"An old one and a young one are like this..."

Teammates, save me... Liu Ying put her hand on her forehead, and suddenly saw Liu Le leaning on Zhang Buyi's shoulder with a melon-eating expression on her face.

So, Liu Ying stretched out two hands silently.

But Liu Le shook his head invisibly, so Liu Ying stretched out a finger again, Liu Le nodded contentedly, walked to Lu Zhi's side pretending to be careless, suddenly covered his whole body with an exaggerated expression, and immediately He covered his stomach and lowered his head.

Lu Zhi was taken aback. He didn't care about arguing with Liu Ying. He turned to pull Liu Le and asked, "What's wrong? I told you to stay at home, but you didn't listen...Quickly, go and call the doctor!"

Liu Le raised his head, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's okay, it's just that the baby kicked me..."

"Smelly girl, I'm so scared to death..." Lu Zhi raised his hand, wanting to fight but he couldn't give up. He just supported Liu Le and walked towards the convoy, whispering many words that had been repeated countless times.

After Lu Zhi left, Zhang Buji slowly approached Liu Ying, his fingers brushed in front of him for a long time, and whispered: "What does this mean? Why can't I understand?"

Liu Ying was silent for a while, and then asked back: "Do you know what it means to be dismounted?"

Zhang Buyi nodded:

"I know, it's that kind of fat, cute-looking little pony. Riding a fruit horse for spring outings is the first choice of ladies in Chang'an... It is said that the price has gone crazy now. A very ordinary-looking fruit horse It's worth a hundred thousand dollars!"

"With this money, you can buy a very good war horse!"

"You are making a random comparison." Liu Ying retorted, and then said: "The big horse is a tool, and the pony is a toy. Tools have a price, but toys are priceless. They cannot be measured by money."

Zhang Buyi was silent for a while, and then nodded in agreement: "It makes sense, but I still don't understand what this has to do with the comparison between you and Zhiyang?"

"Why doesn't it matter?" Liu Ying pouted and said, "I promised her before that when I came back from Liaonan this time, I would give her ten best horses as birthday gifts. After all, although we have breeding , but the best horses are still from southern Liaoning... Congratulations, your family can open a horse farm..."

"Three fingers, that's thirty horses?" Zhang Buyi was in disbelief.

"Yeah." Liu Ying nodded.

For a moment, Zhang Buyi was dazzled by happiness.

The value of [-] horses is so high, the important thing is that Liu Ying said the word racecourse.

Horses are only bred once a year, and it is equivalent to a lottery. The probability of appearing a superior horse is much lower than that of an ordinary horse.

Therefore, with the [-] good horses promised by Liu Ying, Zhang Buyi is equivalent to having an admission ticket to a door of wealth!
Marrying a princess is indeed the best thing in the world... Zhang Buyi's chest is full of happiness, and all the humiliation of being despised by Liu Bang in the past has disappeared.

But he immediately sighed, it's a pity that the cousins ​​are not allowed to get married now, otherwise he would have another princess come back to be his daughter-in-law...

"By the way, where is the Supreme Emperor?" Zhang Buyi looked around, but did not find Liu Bang, so he looked at Liu Ying and asked, "Is it true that, as Zhiyang said, the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress quarreled and then ran away from home?" ?”

"Yes or not." Liu Ying leaned over with a smile and whispered, "Do you still remember the previous exam?"

Zhang Buyi nodded.

Liu Ying touched her chin and continued:
"I asked those guys who failed the exam to go back and think about it behind closed doors. Their fathers didn't dare to look for me, so they tried to find ways to intercede with my father. My father was so annoyed that he pretended to be angry and ran away from home... At this time , I should have soaked in the hot springs in Luoyang..."

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"You want to drown Naigong?"

In Wentangchi, Liu Bang was full of anger, and opposite him was Liu Fei who was at a loss.

After all, this pool is not big, and there are many people including Liu Jiao, Liu Jia, Liu Bi, and Liu Ruyi in it. The water level is already much higher than before, and Liu Fei's addition to it makes the water level soar...

Liu Jiao smoothed things over with a smile: "It's not that you don't have a good name, third brother. You have to call it something fat? Well, now the child is really fat, so you can recognize it, third brother..."

Liu Jia also smiled and said, "That's right, you just need to sit up and sit down a bit more. Our old Liu's family gathered together today and it's so fun, why do you have to scold Fei again..."

"It's so bold, it's my fault to say so?" Liu Bang pretended to be very angry: "If I were still the emperor, I would appoint everyone to cut down the food town of one of your counties!"

"You didn't cut it, but Qilin'er of our family didn't let his uncles go..." Liu Jiao shook his head: "Although Chu State is big, it's too cruel to move 50 households all at once... ..."

Liu Jia nodded: "There are [-] households in Jing Country. After these people moved away, Jing Country went back to three years ago..."

Liu Bi, who came on behalf of Liu Xi, also nodded frequently, with a pained expression on his face.

There are few thalassemia in Dai country, and only [-] households are allocated quotas.

But the lack of these [-] households means at least a loss of several million yuan in poll taxes every year!
However, he did not have the other kings of the Liu family present, and more importantly, he was only the prince of Dai. Although he represented Liu Xi, he was not qualified to intervene when Liu Jiao, Liu Jia, and Liu Bang were talking.

Liu Fei on the other side looked like he was about to cry.

Although his country of Qi only allocated [-] households, the crux of the problem is that most of the million people in Jingdao Governor's Mansion and the million people in Liaodong and Liaoxi have moved out of Qi country in recent years...

So, he suffers from such a knife every year, he is used to it, really...

Liu Bang pouted with disdain:
"Looking at your anxious and pale faces, you still look like a king? Isn't it just the population of the migration point? Can't you think less about your personal interests and make more contributions to the interests of the country?"

"What's the matter, if there are so few people, you can't open the pot? If you really can't eat, I will take your family to live in Xinfeng City. I will provide three meals a day..."

Liu Jiao really wanted to pee in the water and splash him in the face, but after thinking about it, he held back, just like when Liu Ying told him the result of apportionment in an orderly tone, he also held back.

Now that Taigong Liu is gone, the invisible bond between Liu Bang and them has been severed. They are no longer close relatives like they used to be, but more of relatives.

Visiting each other during the New Year and holidays, sending New Year gifts to each other and saying hello to each other, other than that, there is no communication...

They are like this with Liu Bang, and so are Liu Ying, Liu Fei, Liu Ruyi, Liu Heng and others in the future. The latter are powerless to resist everything the former imposes on themselves.

Whether it was Thunder or Rain, they only had the option of thanking Lord Ron.

This may be the reason why those unwilling princes in the past dynasties wanted to compete.

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Lu country.

Lu Chan, who was wearing a bright red robe, stood on the left side of the road with a respectful expression.

As the current Crown Prince of Lu King, he is naturally responsible for all the reception of Liu Ying, especially when he heard that Liu Bang is also in the accompanying team.

The relationship between the Lu family and the Liu family is unusual. Liu Bang has treated him as his own son since he was a child, especially when it comes to fighting, it hurts more than Lu Ze...

So, he has been waiting here since before dawn.

It didn't take much time, when Yiqi flew to report the arrival of the former army, everyone suddenly felt a slight vibration from the ground, and those with sharp eyes could even find some gravel beating regularly.

Da da da, da da da...

There was a loud sound of hooves, and a huge red battle flag fluttered in the wind. Below the flag was a knight riding a white horse with a golden armor and a red cape, like a god descending from the sky.

Lu Chan blinked his eyes, hurriedly led the officials of Lu State behind him to meet him.

"His Majesty……"

"Get up."

Liu Ying picked up the whip, and said with a smile: "My brother, you can avoid some red tape if you can..."

With a flattered expression on Lu Chan's face, he just looked around and asked, "Where's the Supreme Emperor?"

"Peixian Sweet & Spicy Team has gone to..."

In Lu Chan's bewilderment, Liu Ying explained with a smile:

"My father and uncle climbed Mount Tai to watch the sun and went out together..."

"Well, have you prepared the tents and food you have prepared? Especially the fodder, have you prepared enough?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'm making preparations according to the standard of 2 people." Lu Chan said confidently, "I'm afraid they won't be able to eat and use up, and I'm definitely not afraid of not having enough!"

Liu Ying nodded lightly: "Sure enough, I have grown a lot compared to before... Where is Lu Tai? Why don't you see anyone else?"

Lu Chan sighed softly: "Ever since the incident happened, my eldest brother has ignored worldly affairs, and now he is traveling around the world with a few foreign scholars who don't know where they came from, saying that it is something to see one's mind and save all sentient beings... I also agree. I don’t understand, anyway, brother, if you want to play, just go and play, as long as you are happy..."

Purdue sentient beings?The monks are developing faster than I imagined... Liu Ying smiled and stopped talking, just followed Lu Chan into the city.

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Southern Liaoning Peninsula.

In the early morning, a rapid barking sound woke up this quiet small village.

The sleepy-eyed man had just put on his clothes and was about to go out to check, when there was a knock, and the door was kicked open.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen extremely ferocious and terrifying soldiers rushed in with their faces blackened with cold.

"Say, where is the food hidden?"

Looking at the sharp blade hung around his neck, the man could only point to the place where debris and firewood were piled up in the corner.

At this moment, he only hoped that the other party would let him go, his wife and children.

But soon, he fell into another kind of despair.

The soldiers who broke into his house didn't even look at his wife. They just rummaged through boxes and cabinets, dug the ground three feet, and robbed every grain of his house, every five baht coin of the Han Dynasty, and even The clothes on their bodies and the bedding on the bed were not spared!

It's better to just kill him with one knife!
The climate in the northern part of the Liaonan Peninsula is extremely harsh. In many places, people only wear one piece of clothing, but there is still snow on the hills here, and only the valleys are slightly warmer.

But, only a little bit.

Before the sun rises, if you don't have clothes, bedding and enough fuel to keep out the cold, you will really freeze to death!

The important thing is that their farming method here is to plant in spring and harvest in autumn. Now the food planted in the field has just sprouted, and the food stored at home has also been robbed!

How will life be in the next few months...

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Wang Dangerous City.

Soldiers in the city kept coming and going, and small carts loaded with surplus grain looted from the homes of the people outside the city were continuously sent to the temporarily built grain depots in the city.

Surrounded by more than a hundred guards, Wei Man patrolled the city along the streets, nodding frequently and full of praise.

With the collection of surplus grain during this period, he has saved enough grain to feed 20 people for a year!

If God can give him another two months, he can expand this number to three years!

With enough food for three years, plus this city made of cement, he thought to himself that even if it was as strong as the Han army, it would still be defeated!

After all, winter here comes early but quickly, as long as General Winter launches an attack, everything will be fine...

Therefore, as a half-local, when Wei Man ordered the collection of food, he also specially asked to collect clothes, bedding, furs and other things to keep out the cold.

As for the civilian husband, it is not necessary.

Wangxian City is not big and cannot accommodate too many people, and the more people there are, the greater the food pressure, and the combat effectiveness of the civilians is far lower than their professional soldiers here.

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Nanhai County, Panyu County, Wharf.

The slightly salty and slightly humid sea breeze blows, mixed with the scorching sun, which darkens the complexions of all the people walking here.

Well, some people are born with it.

For example, a few foreign businessmen on a broken boat, even if they were thrown into the coal pile, they were extremely conspicuous.

They, blacker than coal...

It's just different from their unruly attitude in their hometown. Now they have a very humble attitude when facing the fighting food officials who issue passes.

"Since you have passed the Chinese test, you are qualified to enter the outer city, but I still have to warn you about two things..."

"Although there is no curfew around the outer city of Fangshi, when you go out, you'd better be accompanied by a Han Chinese, otherwise we will not be responsible if you are caught and sold as slaves..."

"Also, after seeing the signboard that says this place does not accept foreign businessmen, turn your head and leave immediately, otherwise you will be beaten to death, we don't care..."

When the Fanbang businessman nodded and bowed, expressed his gratitude in broken Chinese, and stuffed a golden bean into the hand of the little official, a huge warship broke through the waves on the sea level in the distance.

After a while, a young man with curly hair and dark complexion stepped off the boat and couldn't help but staggered. Fortunately, the guards around him reacted in time and pulled him up.

"Rajesh, thank you."

"Prince, this is what I should do..."

When the two of them thanked each other, a round-faced boy behind them was full of impatience.

The round-faced boy is Dou Yifang's younger brother, Dou Guangguo.

After Wu She witnessed the drastic changes in the body poison, and succeeded in overthrowing the Maurya Dynasty and establishing the Sunga Dynasty, Dou Guangguo was left to deal with the aftermath.

Well, in fact, they waited for the arrival of the warships escorting the caravan, and then brought Pusa Mitraro’s eldest son Agni Mitraro to Han to sign an alliance, to be precise, a trade treaty, agreeing on tariffs on goods.

After all, the Sunga Dynasty was a comprador government. The more imports were made from Han, the more income the ruling class would earn.

But after waiting for a while, seeing the two people still dawdling there, Dou Guangguo couldn't help urging: "Hurry up, the flowers I've been waiting for are all gone..."

Well, sailing is extremely boring, so they spend most of their time playing cards.

So, after hearing this urging words, Agni Midoro turned his head to look at Dou Guangguo who was full of impatience, put his hands together and bent down to salute: "I'm really sorry."

Although he doesn't know what sorry is, it doesn't matter, the important thing is to just apologize...

Dou Guangguo was full of helplessness, and he stretched out his hand and gestured repeatedly: "Go, go there, don't get in the way..."

Agni Mitraro froze for a moment, then became more humble: "I'm really sorry..."

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In the hall with the word Customs written on it, the civil servant incarnated as a ruthless stamping machine froze for a moment, then raised his head in astonishment, the first thing that caught his eyes was a Nanyang barbarian who was full of humility and smiled kindly when he saw everyone, and A round-faced teenager who was furious.

"Ah, is that you?"

The civil servant recognized the round-faced boy. After all, when Wu She led the fleet to Nanyang to make an envoy to a foreign country, the scale was unprecedentedly large, and many officials and people came to watch.

Dou Guangguo nodded, and handed over a stack of paperwork that he had prepared long ago, saying concisely: "Do tax."

On the other side, Agni Midoro, who was walking with the palms together, was full of curiosity. He turned his head and looked at the interpreter who was behind him: "Taxation? Is this what the man said about tariffs?"

Without waiting for Dou Guangguo to answer, the tax official raised his head:

"Of course, all commodities entering the Han Kingdom need to come here for registration and tax declaration, otherwise they will be held accountable, and the end will be very miserable... You must know that there are not only thousands of tax collectors in the hands of fortune tellers, but also officials like us. , In addition, there is a 2-strong Tiqi, well, you can understand it as a warrior, but these people can only cooperate with tax collectors to check taxes, and cannot be used for other purposes!"

Agni Mitraro opened his eyes wide in surprise: "You can speak our words?"

"I understand a little, I understand a little..." The civil servant nodded very humbly: "At first I wanted to apply for the second officer of the Dianke Mansion. After all, the work there is easy, and I am busy for one month every year. Money doesn’t work... As a result, there were too many people who applied for the exam, and I was rejected in the second round of written exams..."

"Hey, what do I tell you about this, anyway, you don't understand..."

Dou Guangguo frowned under Agni Mitralo's blank expression, and suddenly felt that he was a foreigner...

(End of this chapter)