A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 996: Wu's Thirteenth Adopted Son
"I'm back,"

In Yacheng, Guangzhou, at the Observer’s Office, a tall and strong young man with a thick skin and a beautiful beard shouted loudly,

The sound was like a loud bell, which attracted the tooth soldier officer on duty at the concierge to come out quickly.

The person on duty today is Pang Yanzhang, the general manager of the left camp of the Ya Army. This is the son of the Lingnan barbarian chief and was born as a Ya general. He is also a strong and burly man.
He also wanted to come out and scold him for making noise at the gate of the ambassador's residence.

As a result, when I looked up, I saw the young man with a double chin and a very handsome beard.

"Give me a national surname?"

"Sworn brother, it's me, please do it carefully."

"Are you Thirteenth Brother Keyong?"

Pang Yanzhang was a little unsure.
"Hahaha, it's me, Old Thirteen."

Several carriages stopped at the door. Chen Runniang and Zheng Liwan got off the carriage, and a young man jumped off the horse.

A young Fanhu boy, who was released from office at the age of eighteen, entered the officialdom. His starting point was directly the end point that many people would never reach in their lifetime.

But few people know that these eight major businessmen are actually Wu Huaiyu's white gloves. Wu Huaiyu is the boss behind the huge industrial and commercial industries they hold.

Chen Runniang was very surprised.
On the other hand, Wu Chengzhi, who was only ten years old, did not react much.
Everyone entered the house,

Pang Yanzhang took a deep breath when he heard this. He knew that the Duke of Yin had gone through several emperors in the Sui and Tang dynasties. He could not bear the oppression of Goguryeo, so he followed his brother to the Sui Dynasty and moved to western Liaoning. He was able to lead several tribesmen to break through. Goguryeo was heavily encircled and intercepted, and moved all the way west to Yingzhou.
During the chaotic times of the late Sui Dynasty, he even led the Mohe tribe's cavalry and participated in many wars in the Central Plains, with few opponents. Later, he returned to the Tang Dynasty and helped pacify Hebei and resist the Turks.

"Master, are you in good health?"

"It's not hard, but it's a bit boring following my grandma and the others,"

They were all young men from the tribes of the Hu tribes that were attached to Wu Huaiyu when he was guarding the frontiers, or they were the children of the tribal chiefs who surrendered to the tribes during the conquest of the barbarians.
Pang Yanzhang ranked ninth and Li Keyong ranked 13th.

These young men were adopted by Wu Huaiyu as adopted sons, which can be regarded as good fortune. For example, Yuwen Chengdu and An Lushan were both shepherd boys, Shi Shouxin was a Mai Ke, Pang Yanzhang was the son of the Lingnan barbarian chief governor, and Heluo Falcon was the son of Tuli Khan. Wu Sigong, Li Keyong and others are also the children of tribal chiefs, but after becoming Wu Huaiyu's adopted son, they all received greater opportunities.

"I had a serious illness two years ago and almost died. Fortunately, I asked my adoptive father for medicine and I nursed back to health for two years. Now I am fine. This year, I have hunted thirty-one eye-catching white-fronted giant insects in Yanshan."

The eight major merchants are known among the people as extremely wealthy. Each of them has great power in the market. They can mobilize countless material wealth and even control the market in a certain place.

Many servants in the mansion came out to greet Wu Chengzhi, and they all called him "Little Marquis", which made Wu Chengzhi a little confused.

He was appointed as a guerrilla general and transferred to the right to defend Foshan, Zhechong Prefecture Guoyi Duwei, and was granted the title of Marquis of Wuyuan County.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he was able to surrender to the Tang Dynasty in time.
Even when King Li Yuan and others rebelled in Youzhou, the governor of Yanzhou, who was right next to Youzhou and had elite tribal cavalry, was not incited by them at all and had no involvement.

The most remarkable thing about Tu Di Ji is not that he is good at riding and shooting, but that this barbarian is very discerning and can always stand on the right team at critical moments. When the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo fought, he took the initiative to return to the Sui Dynasty to avoid being used as cannon fodder by the Goguryeo people. Consumption in Liaodong,

But when Wu Huaiyu arrived in Youzhou, this man took the initiative to get closer to Wu Huaiyu and even sent his two sons, one older and one younger, to Wu Huaiyu.

Just like Li Keyong,
This Duke of Yanzhou, the governor of Yanzhou, is the youngest son of Tudiji, the leader of Mohe. He is only eighteen years old this year, but he has broken the convention that the children of high-ranking officials should be selected into the three guards after turning twenty-one. At the age of eighteen, He was elected to the Lang General's Mansion in Youwu Wei Yi Mansion, and directly obtained the post of Colonel of Yi Mansion due to his special status as Tu Dijizi and Wu Huaiyu's adopted son.

Pang Yanzhang looked at this thirteenth brother.
Wu Huaiyu had some adopted sons, thirteen in total, most of whom were Hu children, such as Shuofangji Huan Lushan, Zahu Yuwen Chengdu, Shi Shouxin, a descendant of the Xiongnu, Pang Yanzhang, a Lingnan barbarian, Heluo Falcon from the Turks, Wu Sigong from Fuyu, Li Kuge and Li Guicheng of Khitan, Li Pidian of Xi clan, and Li Keyong of Mohe,

This time he went south to Lingnan because he was transferred to Lingnan.

Pang Yanzhang explained to Chen Runniang and Wu Chengzhi, "Your Majesty sent an angel to convey the decree, to promote Luzon County to Luzon Prefecture and change it to Guangfu, to confer Sanlang as the governor of Luzon Prefecture, and to make Luzon County Marquis."

"Brother Iron Gun," the young man greeted Pang Yanzhang with a smile.
Pang Yanzhang also came up to greet his adoptive father's two concubines, and clenched his fist and knocked on Wu Chengzhi's shoulder, "Have you had a hard journey along the way?"

The second son Jinyan, whose real name was Wu Ji, was born to his mother, a concubine of Goguryeo, with crippled calves. When he was a child, he fell into a fire pit and burned half of his face. Jinyan is now different from his proud brother Jinyan, who works behind the scenes, but has great energy. , he is one of the eight major businessmen under Wu Huaiyu.

"How is your adoptive father?" Li Keyong asked.

"The foster father and Shitou have gone to the military camp. I have sent someone to report."

"Brother Iron Spear, are you planning on gesticulating?" Li Keyong said with a smile, "When I was in Hebei, I learned the Gao family's marksmanship from Gao Jishi, and I have long wanted to compete with Brother Ninth."

The Gao family behind the mountain has a white horse and a silver spear.

Gao Wei, the iron kite, was once a hero behind the mountains. His daughter Gao Twelve married Wu Huaiyu as his concubine, his son Gao Rong, and his nephew Gao Ning. They were the two silver spears that the younger generation of the Gao family must show off. Now they are both Under the command of Lingnan Wu Huaiyu, they also achieved the rank of guard envoy and Zhechong captain.

"When Aye comes back, let's compete and let Aye give guidance." Pang Yanzhang looked at young Li Keyong and felt a sense of fighting spirit.

Wu Huaiyu inspected troops and horses in the Ya Army Camp. He also opened an officer training camp in the Ya Army. Officers from various military towns and camps in Lingnan were selected in batches for training and further education. He served as a teacher when he was free.

This will greatly improve the officers of Lingnan, and can quickly strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Lingnan army. It will also be conducive to the connection and tacit understanding of the military and town systems in Lingnan.
Of course Wu Huaiyu also has some selfish motives.

He was also building a direct line from Lingnan through several officer training courses at high, middle and low levels. Several training courses were set up on Huangpu Island outside the city. Wu Huaiyu had no plans to support himself with troops or separatist regimes to rebel. He never thought about it. After all, it was Zhenguan now. The Tang Dynasty ruled the world. Zhenguan entered the rule of the world. It was such a good and prosperous era.
Anyone who wants to rebel has lost his mind.
Not many people will support and follow you.
But this does not prevent Wu Huaiyu from cultivating some direct descendants and confidants in Lingnan.
The heights are so cold,
At this point, there is no room for retreat. If you don't have enough power, you will be swarmed by others and nothing will be left.

Wu Huaiyu came back from Huangpu Island,

Liu Shenli also followed.

"Please go and pay homage to your adoptive father,"

"I have grown taller and stronger, and my beard has grown so long. Did you actively request this trip to Lingnan, or did the Ministry of War transfer you?" Wu Huaiyu was also a little surprised to see Li Keyong. This guy He is only eighteen, but with his tall and muscular figure and his well-groomed beard, he looks like he is twenty-eight years old.
A standard handsome guy with a beautiful beard.

"Thank you for escorting us all the way."

"Father, I, Aye, sent a lot of insect bones and skins from Yanbei before. I brought them all here to honor my foster father."

"I heard in Lingnan that you, Aye, are in the north of the mountain. This year, you have hunted thirty-one big insects, and he shot them all himself. Lord Pai is really going strong."

"Is your brother's condition getting better?"

Tudiji has many sons,
At the beginning of Zhenguan, he not only sent his second son and youngest son to serve under Wu Huaiyu, but also took the initiative to send his eldest son to Chang'an.

In the blink of an eye, many years have passed. Tu Diji's eldest son has been in Chang'an, and now he has risen to the rank of General You Xiaowei and Duke of Fuyu County. This son of Chief Hu, who originally went to Chang'an to serve as a servant and hostage, performed well in Chang'an and gained the emperor's trust and appreciation. , all officials have reached the third rank,
"I saw my brother before I left Beijing. He took the medicine prescribed by his adoptive father and has recovered from his illness. He is very grateful to his adoptive father."

"Some trivial things are not worth mentioning."

Although Wu Huaiyu, a member of Tudiji's family, has not been in Youyan for a long time, he has always kept in contact and the relationship is still very good. Two years ago Tudiji was ordered to move the Mohe tribe from Youzhou to the north of Lulongsai and to the west of Dushan. The imperial court controlled the Puhe River Basin of the right bank tributary of the lower reaches of the Luanhe River.

Zezhou was newly established, with Kuancheng and Pingquan counties under it. Tudi Ji paid homage to the governor of Zezhou. This Zezhou was different from Yanzhou where the overseas Chinese settled in Youzhou. It was Zhengzhou developed by the imperial court.

Under his rule were not only the Mohe tribe, but also the Turks, Xi, Khitan, Goguryeo, Tiele and other tribes who had surrendered to the imperial court, as well as many Han people who had moved to the border.

Zezhou is pretty good, sitting in the waterfall river basin, with Lulongsai in the south, Madu Mountain in the east, and Mayu Mountain in the west. Three mountains are sandwiched by a river.

This is a sharp blade placed by the emperor beside Xi Ren's bed. If Xi Ren of Raole Dudu's Mansion dares to have any half-hearted intention, Tu Diji, the Siberian Tiger in Zezhou, will stab him in the weak side.

Of course, moving Tudiji and his tribe here was actually using Xi and Qi to check and balance him, especially moving them from the Youzhou Plain to Yanbei.

It can greatly reduce the threat of these Fanhu to Youzhou, the important military town in Hebei.

If Xi Qi was dishonest, he would use Zezhou Mohe to stab them. If Zezhou Tudiji dared to be dishonest, he would use Xi Qi to kill them.

As for Wu Huaiyu,
The location where Tudiji and his friends are now moving north is an important trade route with Xiqi.
Thirty-one tigers were shot and killed in half a year, and he did it himself. This Tudiji is truly worthy of being the Tiger of Liaodong.

Li Keyong requested to compete with Pang Yanzhang, and Wu Huaiyu naturally agreed.

So there were two adopted sons under his command, a Liaodong Mohehu and a Lingnan Barbarian Leopard.

Silver gun versus iron gun,
On the martial arts school field, the two of them were going back and forth. They were both young and vigorous, and when they met their opponents, they would meet good talents.

"it is good,"

"It's really wonderful,"

Wu Huaiyu declared that the two of them were equal, and each was given a black horse spear.

Liu Shenli was watching with excitement. He had long heard that Duke Wu's two adopted sons from the Yamen were outstanding in martial arts, but he had never seen them when he first came here. He only thought that they were very young, and thought that they could be the general managers of the two battalions of the Ya Army. , more because of Wu Huaiyu Yi'er's identity.

But at this time, I saw Pang Yanzhang, the ninth among Wu Huaiyu's thirteen adopted sons, and Li Keyong, the thirteenth, competing in marksmanship.

He had to admit that the marksmanship of these two men was far superior to his.

Their ability is indeed enough to serve as the general manager of the first battalion of the tooth army.

The thirteenth adopted son Li Keyong, the son of Chief Mohe, was actually only eighteen years old. He had previously heard that this man had come to Lingnan to serve as Captain Guoyi of Zhechong Prefecture, with the rank of guerrilla general, and even a I was very unconvinced by the title of Marquis of Wuyuan County.
He, Aye, has been fighting in the army for many years and has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. Now he is just a Pengcheng County Duke. This young man just has a father-in-law from the Mohe Emirate, and he has the fate to join Wu Huaiyu as his adopted son.

But a competition has greatly changed his original idea.
Liu Shenli was a little curious. It was said that Li Keyong was adopted by Duke Wu as his adopted son when he was less than ten years old. Duke Wu's thirteen adopted children were all adopted when they were very young, but now these thirteen adopted children , but there is no idle person.

Is Duke Wu really able to recognize people with his sharp eyes?

He remembered another thing. In addition to these thirteen adopted sons, Wu Huaiyu also had eighteen formally accepted students.

These eighteen students of Wu Huaiyu are all majoring in literature, and each one has a very famous name.
Crown Prince Cheng Qian, as well as Li Yifu, Shangguan Yi, Wei Shuyu, Pei Xingjian, Xu Ang, Hao Chujun, Xu Yushi, etc., more than half of them have passed the Jinshi and Mingjing examinations.

The more Liu Shenli thought about it, the more shocked he became. Duke Wu was truly a god.

(End of this chapter)