The Rise of the Marquis

Chapter 5 The rain is coming
When Wang Jian gradually regained consciousness, the surroundings were dim, and the air was filled with the smell of herbs. He found himself lying on the bed in the house with a servant waiting beside him.

"I'll tell Lord Marquis!" A servant ran out excitedly.

One of the remaining two helped him sit up, and the other brought him a strong medicinal soup.

The pain in his body has not completely dissipated, Wang Jian felt a little sore in his hands and feet, and said directly: "Don't drink, change me to clean water."

The young maid is in a dilemma.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to my dad." She immediately followed suit and fetched water in a carved clay pot. Wang Jian drank three pots in succession before he felt thirsty, and he ate another big bowl, although it was not so bad. It was delicious, but he devoured the corn and ran to the toilet.

His clothes and bed were already soaked in sweat, and he was still being wiped by two maids, and now he was hungry and thirsty all over, and he wished he couldn't eat and stretch at the same time.

"How long did I sleep?" he asked after changing his clothes.

"Two days and one night." The two maids agreed cautiously.

Wang Jian moved his arms, thankful that he survived, and he also felt that the strengthening of the body was limited, but he was lucky to survive the reckless miscalculation, and he didn't want to expect too much.

This incident also reminded Wang Jian that in such a world he doesn't understand, he should be careful in everything.

When he walked out of his hut and came to the courtyard, the noise immediately filled his ears.

He found that today's Boulevard Castle is different from the past, with the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps, a large number of people and horses are going back and forth in the courtyard, and a few passing soldiers with swords and armor saw him circling from a distance. Opened a circle.

He saw his father Wang Lie's adviser, Sun Difang, the pen secretary with a goatee, built a shed in the school field on the south side of the courtyard, put tables, chairs, pens, ink and bamboo pieces, and was registering soldiers one by one.

"What is this for?" Wang Jianzheng was puzzled.

"Assemble your own soldiers." A cold voice came, and when Wang Jian turned around, it was his father, Wang Lie.

"Father" he called out with some reluctance, emotionally he was very unwilling, but rationally told Wang Jian that this father must be recognized, otherwise he would be in danger all the time in this world.

Among other things, slavery is now the official system of most countries in the world. If there is no such person, he will be arrested and used as a slave.

Wang Lie waved away the soldiers behind him, his face was very ugly: "What are you doing! Wu Yi said a few good things to you, I thought you had a good opinion, no matter how stupid a person is like you"

Wang Lie's face was very ugly. Indeed, in his opinion, his son was so stupid that he almost tormented himself to death. As a father, he could really be pissed off.

Wang Jian didn't bother to explain and argue. His actions were just a laughingstock to everyone, and it was useless to explain. He had already heard many people whispering in the distance after only a few steps out of the room. The stupid son almost drowned himself in the bath" and other words, the air is full of happy atmosphere.

He just quickly changed the subject: "Father, how many soldiers are there in our family?"

As soon as these words came out, it turned out to be counterproductive. Wang Lie's face became even uglier. After a long time, he sighed, "Eight hundred and four, come with me."

As he spoke, he walked towards the central tower.

Wang Jian closely followed his footsteps, climbed up the high spiral ladder, and overlooked the sunset of Cangshan Mountain, the dense peach forest at the foot of the mountain, and the undulating mountains in the distance. He suddenly felt refreshed and refreshed.

He casually found a mahogany chair and sat down by the window, only to find that the dark-faced old man hadn't sat down when he turned his head. The atmosphere was a bit awkward, the old man exhaled slowly, and finally started to speak without moving.

"Your mother passed away early, so you didn't practice martial arts, didn't cultivate morality, and didn't do anything young. In the past, your elder brother took care of many family affairs, and I didn't force you too much.

But now." There was a trace of sadness in the old father's eyes: "Your eldest brother is gone, as a member of the Wang family, you must take responsibility, our Wang family is not as flourishing as other families, so the burden on your shoulders is even heavier. "

Wang Jian understood what his father meant. The Wang family started out with military exploits, unlike other veteran nobles in Zhao State who were deeply rooted and flourishing. There were many family members and their roots were intertwined in Zhao State.

"Recently, you should be quiet and don't cause trouble for me. Learn more from Secretary Sun, Wu Tongbing, and Gong Tongbing. Zhao Guo will not be peaceful in the future, and now you have found traces of strangers." The old man looked into the distance There were dark clouds rolling in the sky, and the cold face couldn't hide worry: "It's going to rain."

"Did the Han Dynasty take action?" Wang Jian guessed.

Unexpectedly, when he said this, the old man was stunned for a moment, but soon recovered his expressionless face, "Why do you think so?"

Wang Jian didn't want to be tricky either. He had already guessed during the search before, and he wanted to verify it: "The Han Empire was established with the military merit system. Countless people are looking forward to military merit to change their appearance and be promoted. The whole country will definitely maintain a high degree of war. Fanaticism will never stop the war. Even if the enemy is lost, it will definitely find a new enemy.

I don’t know how those strangers came to Zhao country, but since they have all gone to Zhao country, could it be because they have gradually been unable to fight against the Han Dynasty in the north, so they can only start to avoid the frontal battlefield and look for some side breakthroughs .

If the powerful enemy in the north is lost, and there are many tiger and wolf divisions in the country who are eager to advance in military exploits, the Han Dynasty Jianfeng East Pointing is the most reasonable result. "

These words directly made the old general Wang Lie unable to hold back, and his originally expressionless face could no longer conceal his surprise.

"These words! Who taught you!" The old man even stood up seriously, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"I speculated, I was thinking about it when I saw those two strangers."

Wang Jian speculated based on the history of his original world. The Han Dynasty in history was a typical militaristic empire that inherited the military merit system of the Qin Dynasty. Military merit has become the only guaranteed path for the bottom to climb up.

So the Han Dynasty was very special, and the whole country maintained a high degree of war fanaticism until its demise.

However, in the biography of Su Wu, there is a description of "Southern Yue killed the Han envoy, and he was slaughtered into nine counties; Wan Wang killed the Han envoy, and Touxian Beique; North Korea killed the Han envoy, and immediately exterminated them", all of which are about some things in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It seems as if the Han Dynasty was a legitimate self-defense counterattack every time.

In fact, it is not at all. For example, the Han envoys sent by the Han Dynasty to South Vietnam had an affair with the Queen Mother of South Vietnam when they were young.North Korea killed the Han envoy because the Han envoy cut off the North Korean deputy king who escorted him first, and reported to the court that the general who killed North Korea pretended to be a military exploit, etc. In short, they were all looking for a reason to go to war.

For an empire built on military merits, the emperor needs war, the people need war, and only some people don't want war.

Therefore, Wang Jian judged from the overall historical development trend, and soon came to a conclusion in his heart.

At this time, the father finally recovered from the shock, and looked at the familiar and unfamiliar son in front of him like a monster, with relief in his eyes: "Nizi! Did you hide your clumsiness before, or did you pretend to be stupid?
No, it’s still saying that I don’t care much about you brothers, and I don’t know your details.”

Wang Lie's expression changed, sometimes he was happy and sometimes worried, but he quickly recovered his expressionless face: "You just need to understand this matter in your heart, no matter what, don't tell outsiders.

Now that you have guessed it all, let me ask you, tell the truth, do you think Zhao Guo can stop the Han army? "

Wang Jian shook his head, "No."

The fighting power of the army in the feudal era and the army in the imperial era are not at the same level. This is also a historical lesson. Maybe the eastern countries can win some battles, but they will never win the war because it is against the current.

It was another unexpected answer, but Wang Lie was already numb, and nodded slowly out of habit: "I think so too, so I made a compromise. The magician Liu Yu who accompanied you that day looked like a guest at home, but he was actually from the Han Dynasty. special envoy."

The old man's face is still expressionless, but his eyes are full of hesitation and melancholy, "But I don't want to be a person who is not loyal to the king, the glory and wealth of the Wang family, high officials and rich salary are all bestowed by the king.

It is the duty of a vassal to be loyal to the festival of death, go to the country in disaster, and die in the country. I have tried my best to mediate in the past few years, but in the end, the rain is about to come, and I am powerless to stop it
As a father, I feel more and more premonition that the situation is approaching the point of no return, if that day really comes."

The old man didn't continue talking, as if he was suddenly in great pain, he was able to stand still by leaning on the corner of the table, he waved his hand and said, "Go down, don't just hang around, make friends with disciples, learn from the secretary and the commander.

There is also the special envoy of the Han Dynasty, no matter whether you are an image of her, remember, you must please her!This is an order! "

After getting off the tower, the soldiers below had already finished their efforts, and he had nothing to blame for his father's instructions.

Then in the morning school field, Uncle Gong, the orthodox soldier, and Wu Yi, the deputy commander, began to arrange garrison. The purpose of gathering the family's private soldiers was to arrange defense in advance to prevent accidents.

Afterwards, the soldiers who received the order began to leave the school field one after another, and rushed to garrison at various important locations around the Boulevard Castle.
Many people were watching from a distance, and there were moving figures on both sides of the street. Many people had apprehension written on their faces.

The Boulevard hadn't had such a massing of troops for many years, so it was no wonder it was disturbing.

(End of this chapter)