Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 358

Zhang Sanqi crouched on the ground blushing and drew circles.

Compared with Zhang Zhe, it's okay if no one has a good brain, but now he lost to Lang Jun even in arm wrestling, which makes him feel so embarrassing.

Relying on the ability of nano-robots to regulate muscle fibers, Zhang Zhecai easily broke Zhang Sanqi's 20-year undefeated record of arm wrestling.

Zhang Sanqi left in anger, and Zhang Zhe read the letter from Zhaoyang alone in the study.

The letter was not written by my younger brother, but by Liu Chong.

Liu Chong is good at teaching and has his own set of methods of knowing people.Before leaving, Zhang Zhe only secretly entrusted him to write Zhaoyang's affairs to himself.

Liu Zhong mentioned three things in the letter.

The first thing is that the Zhaoyang Army will officially expand to 3000, and Xu Qian and Han Danian will each lead [-] men.As for the army's logistics and rations, Mei Helin insisted on Zhang Zhe's previous practice, and the palace would personally distribute them.This caused Han Danian to argue with Mei Helin several times.

The second thing mentioned in the letter is also related to him.

For the first time, King Zhaoyang refuted the face of Mei Helin and Dong Shifang, and rejected all the candidates recommended by the two. Instead, Wei Po, who was recommended by Zhang Zhe, became the head of the guard of the Lord of Wuling and took him under his wing. The 300 people who came out were expanded to 500 people in Xinhe, and they were stationed in Xinhe County.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhe couldn't help but think of Su Mingyan. He guessed in his heart that maybe the county king had consulted Su Mingyan's opinion before using Wei Po, whom he had recommended.

And the last thing Liu Zhong said in his heart was gossip!
Prince Wu has fallen!
The letter said that since Zhao Can, the crown prince of Wu Kingdom, saw Su Mingyan's face when he met the king of Zhaoyang County and his party in the suburbs, he stared blankly for a long time.His dazed appearance made all Wu people present feel ashamed.

Su Mingyan didn't like this person very much, and had rejected Zhao Can's invitation and meeting five times in a row.

Wu Guoren had already reached an agreement with the King of Zhaoyang County, and he had also received the promise from the Lord of Wuling County to Wu Tickets. It is said that he should return to Jinling immediately to revive his morale.But the prince of Wu Guo refused to leave even if he died!
Wu Guoren finally had to leave the prince and return to Jinling by himself.

But now, Zhao Can has been in Zhaoyang for more than two full months!
Just now, the good mood brought about by defeating Sanqi disappeared in an instant, and Zhang Zhe rubbed his brows worriedly.

He was not worried about the matter between Su Mingyan and Zhao Can, but worried about Liu Chong.

Liu Zhong's eyes are really sharp. There are three things mentioned in this letter, but the last piece of gossip uses half the space and word count. Obviously, Liu Chong discovered something from Su Mingyan's daily conversation. In fact, it is a test of oneself.

The incident between him and Su Mingyan is truly unexplainable!

Zhang Zhe was a little worried, how should he return this letter to Liu, so as to dispel his doubts?
"It's just a pity, Sister Su," Han Yueqin shook the rattle in her hand, coaxing Mi Jieer who was crawling all over the ground, while talking to Song Xiaowu, "The prince of Wu is 15 years older than her, and she is [-] years old. He is a well-known tyrannical person in the world, and he will have a hard time in the days to come!"

"Don't think about her," Song Xiaowu picked up Sister Mi, and made a face for the child, making Sister Mi laugh out loud, "In this world, things are the most impermanent. Look like this The yard belonged to my family a few years ago, but now it is Sister Wan'er who invites me to be a guest. I read a poem manuscript collected by Sister Wan'er the day before yesterday. 【To be happy in life, don't let the golden cup be empty to the moon】. Speaking of which, what's the matter with you?"

Song Xiaowu looked Han Yueqin up and down.

"As for me, it's because I have been in the building for a few days, and my reputation is not very good. Most people avoid me. Those who accept me are all for my face and my relationship with Sister Wan'er. But you What's the matter? After falling into the water last year, I got sick and even started to dress up. So many families came to beg you, but none of them looked down on you! In two years, you will be an old lady!"

Han Yueqin knew that Song Xiaowu was sincerely doing her best, but she couldn't express the things in her heart, but now Meng Xiaowan also invited her to come every time she had a banquet in the back house.How many people can't reach the gate of Zhang's mansion now, even the children of her father's colleagues in the county have begun to be sour on her.

Miss Luo San was also present, listening to Song Xiaowu and Han Yueqin's conversation, but greedily looking at seven or eight poem manuscripts.

These are the authentic works of Zhang Xinzhi collected by Meng Xiaowan.

Just now she, Yuezhao and Xu Niangzi fought three against one, and had a hand-to-hand chat with Meng Xiaowan, as long as she lost the least, she could borrow one and copy it back.

She had already hesitated for a meal, but she couldn't bear to let go of the few sheets in her hand.

At this day's banquet, Mrs. Sun from the prefect's family also came, and she was sitting and talking with Meng Xiaowan on the left and right, while the other women were sitting far away at the bottom, smiling and watching the two of them talking.

Both Sun Yao and Zhang Zhe are from the fourth rank, but Mrs. Sun is only the sixth rank An Ren, two levels lower than Meng Xiaowan's Gong Ren.Therefore, Mrs. Sun, who was not very talkative in the past, had to help Meng Xiaowan warm up the situation from time to time. This is the unspoken rule among the officials.

Mrs. Sun just sighed.

"We don't stop here in the south, and we don't know what year and month it will be in the north, but it's a disaster year. My husband's hair has turned gray again in the past few days, and it makes people feel sad. I'd like to thank Mr. Zhang, Cultivate at home, don't care about things, just accompany you mother and daughter."

When Meng Xiaowan heard this, she hesitated slightly, because she thought of Zhang Zhe's judgment on this matter.

"It can be estimated that it will soon settle down!"

Meng Xiaowan's words really aroused Mrs. Sun's interest. Since the Southern Wu Qian disaster, who in the world does not know Zhang Xinzhi's ability?I'm afraid that these words came from the mouth of Mr. Zhang.

"I just listened to what he said casually. How can I, a woman, understand so much?"

Mrs. Sun and others left after the social gathering, only Song Xiaowu, Mrs. Shen, Miss Luo San and Han Yueqin were left behind, together with Yue Zhao and Mrs. Xu, a group of women got together and held a poetry meeting .

Among these people, only the Luo family is an imperial merchant, and they are the most sensitive to changes in the world's wars.Luo Luoqi endured it for a long time, and finally seized an opportunity to hold Yue Zhao back.

"Yue Zhao, but your lord said that the war in the north will stop?"

Yue Zhao put down the brush in his hand, thought about it carefully, and felt that there was no need to hide this matter too much.

"Mr. Lang did indeed say that we went to the south of the Yangtze River to have less rain in winter, and the northern grasslands also experienced a dry winter. This year's water and grass must be much different than before. Now it is the time when autumn is high and horses are fat. In order to prevent women and children in the tribe starve to death, the Hu people are afraid they will go south."

"Once they went south, wouldn't Dai, Chen and Wei be the first to be unlucky? In this way, they are going to withdraw their troops." Song Xiaowu also heard Yue Zhao's words, and smiled gloatingly at Three Kingdoms in the North.

Shen patted her chest: "It's also fortunate that our Dazheng doesn't border those barbarians, otherwise it would be annoying to come here once a year."

Luo Luoqi thought for a while, but refuted her sister-in-law's words.

"I'm afraid my sister-in-law has forgotten, we are also living with the barbarians!"

Han Yueqin reacted quickly: "Could it be that you are talking about the lonely Yunshang County in the northwest? I heard that the road is too far away, and few people come there."

"It's not just a long road?" Luo San remembered the customs of various places mentioned by the family stewards, including the content of Yunshang County, "We have only one ancient road leading to the northwest in Dazheng. The road is barren, with a lot of sand and little water. There are four or five tribes of barbarian nomads in the only place around the ancient road where there are aquatic plants. The imperial court and Daiguo can’t do anything to them, so going to Yunshang County is the hardest task.”

Generations of people actually know the habits of the Hu people, and they have been preparing to withdraw their troops for a long time.On September [-]th, all Dai Guo Jingqi withdrew from Qing County, and then gave up Keshan Pass without any regrets.

On September [-]th, the crown prince played a great victory!Generations of people have all been "driven out of Yanbei Road".In fact, Dai Guo mobilized all the expedition troops to return home quickly, and even the already crumbling Hengshan County couldn't care about it.

Hu people are really going south!
The people of Dai had horses who walked the fastest, and the people of Wei also walked with flying feet. Only because the army of Chen was blocked by Nangong on their way back, they retreated the slowest among the Three Kingdoms.

"This time, the Hu people's appetite is really not small~!" The first assistant Sun Gezheng handed a memorial to the second assistant Li Danian, "Yueshan County reported that even the third part of the Northwest Ancient Road Wasteland also showed us Alright, I express my willingness to bear the safety of the merchants and envoys going to the northwest. As long as I, Da Zheng, do not participate in the rest of the battle with the Dai Kingdom."

After reading the memorial, Li Danian remembered something.

"I didn't ask for many years, I almost forgot about the land in Yunshang County. It's amazing that there has been no prefect for more than 20 years! The appointed prefect either claimed to be sick, or died in the hands of these tribes . Otherwise, let's take this opportunity to send a prefect."

Gu Chiu didn't read the memorial, and went to sue for mercy for all the court officials.

"Master Li is looking for someone who is not pleasing to the eye, and you want to put him in that place? Please be merciful, sir."

Sun Gezheng knew it was Gu Chiu joking, so he didn't care.

"Anyway, it's a position of the fourth rank. If you don't have enough ability, you will die, but if you have enough ability, you will be refrigerated. Let's discuss it again!"

Li Danian suddenly picked up a memorial and said: "Nowadays there are still people complaining about Zhang Xinzhi's grievances. His fellow countrymen in the same year are bolder than the other. The person who wrote this letter is in the Jianghu, but he has the airs of a leader in the same year."

"Then simply transfer Zhang Xinzhi to Yunshang County and let him rest there for a while. This official position can be regarded as an explanation to the government and the opposition."

Sun Ge was nodding his head, but Gu Chiu didn't speak, so Li Danian opened a small notebook and recorded the matter in it.

Zhang Zhe's three-month vacation has finally expired, but he still wants to continue to take sick leave.

Before the leaves were written, the documents from the imperial court arrived.

"Move Zhang Zhe to be the prefect of Yunshang County~! I will take office before the tenth day of October next year." Zhang Zhe who received the paperwork was a little puzzled, why did he get him back?
Until he checked the information about Yunshang County.

dead!

The so-called Yunshang County is just one county and two counties.

This Yunshang County was 180 years ago. During the civil strife in the grassland, a large number of people from the Central Plains who were taken captive to the grassland escaped from the grassland one after another.Some people in the Central Plains were about to retreat to the Central Plains from the ancient northwest road, but they were blocked by the four tribes of the wilderness and could not return to the northwest of the ancient road.

This Yunshang County is the territory of Dazheng recognized by all countries, but the prefects do not come to office often. Several prefects stayed at home after sickness and died of old age, without ever stepping an inch on the ancient road.

Obviously, this was to appease some people's objections, so Zhang Zhe was given a deadly position.From the fourth grade, he is still the chief officer of the border county, and he is in charge of the army and the people. As long as such a position does not go to Yunshang, it is a good job.

"Before October next year? It's still early," Zhang Zhe rubbed his chin and began to think.

Within a few days, Zhang Zhe took Zhang Sanqi and Geng Liang to the place where Lao Leitou fed the horses.The sixteen mares have all entered the waiting period. Zhang Zhe is looking forward to what kind of foals the local mares, modern Yili horses and Mongolian horses will produce.
First a piebald white horse started, with five or six grooms helping it.Zhang Zhe and others waited for half an hour, and the first horse finally landed.

"Haha, it's a stallion!" Zhang Zhe didn't know how to talk about horses, so he could only point to the foal's underside to find topics.But Geng Liang and Xie Lun were both from the army, so they could tell at a glance that this colt was a brand-new breed of horse, definitely different from its mother, not a riding horse!
Another day later, the second was born a red horse, also a "little boy", and then the third, and the fourth, and a total of fifteen foals were born in the seven days beginning in October, Only one foal died within a few days because of a disease in the womb.

Zhang Zhe observed carefully for several days, and he found that the foals born of Yili horses and local riding horses were healthy and lively, with a near-perfect body shape; while the foals born of Mongolian horses and local riding horses were extremely quiet.

"Lang Jun wants to ride them, he has to wait for a year or two," said the old Lei head, who almost regarded these horses as his own children.

"No hurry," Zhang Zhe shook his head, "These male horses will continue to be used as stallions. After we arrive in the northwest, you can go to the eldest lady to collect money and buy more mares. Sir, I want to make a big one." racecourse!"

"Go to the northwest? Really!" Zhang Sanqi pushed Zhang Zhe with his shoulder, "The prefect of Yunshang County, don't they all hide at home to recuperate?"

"Others regard Yunshang County as a place of suffering and death, but I think there is a lot to do here!" Zhang Zhe looked extremely optimistic, and he also greeted Geng Liang and the others, "After the New Year, we will leave Go to the northwest. You don’t need to worry about the supplies along the way, you take advantage of the time to fill up the [-]-member squad. Remember, I only want people from this county! It’s best to be from Orion.”

Turning around, Zhang Zhe found Zhang Wuliu again.

"Uncle Fifth and Sixth, in a few days, you will secretly send someone to send Taolin and Xiushan's own potatoes and sweet potatoes to the northwest. It was hard work for you a year ago, and you will go to the northwest to find a place to store everything together. Bring more people. And the official ticket, you must pay attention to safety along the way."

Zhang Wuliu smiled: "Lang Jun, just rest assured!"

(End of this chapter)