The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 275

After removing Da Mao, Er Gou said to Mrs. Yang: "Calculate the time, we should be able to return in these two days. Madam, there is no need to worry, Huzi is good at martial arts, and Liu Tang is a fine person. When we arrive in Bianliang There is also a master and an old man in the city to take care of him, so nothing can go wrong."

Speaking of Ergou's cheap nephew, he felt a little bit stupid. That kid was actually one of the future heroes of the Water Margin.

Ergou didn't pay much attention to this matter until Madam Yang took the ten-year-old Huzi back to her parents' home to visit relatives. She happened to meet an official from the Yang family in Hedong with their children. During the exchange with the children of the Yang family, , Huzi made a name for himself with his good martial arts, and was given a great name by the visiting Yang family officials, called Chen Da.

That’s right! It was the Tiaojianhu who was beaten up by Jiuwenlong Shijin among the three heroes of Shaohua Mountain in the future.

Speaking of the origin of the Yang family where Madam Yang was born, it is also quite extraordinary. Although it is not a branch of the Yang family in Shanxi, it is still somewhat related.

The Yang family’s ancestral home is Yingzhou, but it is not Yingzhou in Guangnan, but Hejian in Hebei. It is the same place as Zhang He, one of the five great generals during the Three Kingdoms period.

The most outstanding figure of this Yang family is called Yang Si, who was a fierce general in the early Northern Song Dynasty. Yang Si's family background is actually not related to the orthodox Yang family generals, but he is the best among the seven generals of the Yang family passed down from later generations. The prototype of Tiger Yang Qilang Yang Yansi.

The reason for this situation is that Yang Si's most glorious moment was when he partnered with Yang Yanzhao (Yang Liulang), and Yang Si's character traits are almost the same as Yang Qilang in the novel, but his fate is more unlucky than Yang Si's. Yang Qilang is a hundred times better.

Yang Si's brother Yang Xin was the confidant of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin when he started his career. Later, the two brothers gained the trust of Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi. They also had a less outstanding younger brother named Yang Zan.

During Zhenzong's reign, the Northern Liao army marched southward under the leadership of Empress Dowager Xiao. However, at the insistence of Prime Minister Kou Zhun of the Song Dynasty, Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty went on a personal expedition, eventually repelling the Liao army and signing the Chanyuan Alliance.

In this battle, the most important senior military generals of the Song Army were two people, Yang Yanzhao and Yang Si.

This battle not only fully demonstrated Yang Yanzhao's strategy and excellent strategic and military planning capabilities, but Yang Si, who was brave and good at fighting, was the courage of all the generals in the Song Dynasty, because he was the only one on the battlefield of Chanyuan who dared to lead his army out of the city to fight with the Liao army in the field. A general who can win.

Speaking of which, the prestige of brothers Yang Xin and Yang Si is not inferior to that of the Yang family generals at the same time. It is a pity that the achievements of their descendants are far inferior to those of the Shanxi Yang family, so they were absorbed by the Tianbo Yang family generals in folklore. .

But Mrs. Yang's ancestral branch is the descendant of Yang Si's younger brother Yang Zan.

Yang Zan was a scholar and did not have the courage of his two elder brothers. However, because of his brother, he was in charge of the imperial brigade. He accumulated seniority and became an officer in Puzhou.

After Yang Zan's death, his descendants took root in Puzhou, but the lives of the younger generations were not as good as the previous ones.

Yang Jingbao's grandfather, Yang Ao, was the only one among Yang Zan's grandchildren who had outstanding martial arts. Therefore, he became a capital in Linzhang County, and later moved to Linshan Town with his family.

The family members who stayed in Puzhou mostly focused on writing and did not inherit much martial arts. Who would have thought that among the younger generations there would be a boy who was good at martial arts and guns, and his qualifications were quite good. The Yang family in Puzhou was led by the elders. A boy named Yang Chun came to the mountain town to find Yang Jingbao to learn the martial arts passed down from his family.

And it was such a coincidence that the three heroes of Shaohua Mountain basically gathered in Linzhang County.

Zhu Wu, the future divine machine strategist, works as a Taoist boy in Lingji Temple, Chen Da, the leaping tiger, is with Ergou, and Yang Chun, the white flower snake, is learning martial arts from Yang Jingbao in Linshan Town.

What's interesting is that I don't know whether the future Liangshan hero is really compatible or how. Since Liu Tang came to Xiangzhou with Ergou, he became a Taoist boy Zhu Wu and Ergou's nephew Chen Da. Good friends, and even became sworn brothers in private, and Chen Da and Yang Chun, the boy from Puzhou, also got along well with each other. When they made sworn vows, they even included Yang Chun, who could not be present.

In such a future Tiangang star, three earth evil spirits are mixed together. Ergou is quite curious about the difference between the Tiangang star and the earth evil star.

After a long period of observation and comparison, he discovered that the difference between Tiangang and Disha in terms of physical fitness was not very big. Only in terms of martial arts aptitude and understanding, Liu Tang was actually slightly better than Chen Da and Zhu Wu. Better than that.

It's not that Liu Tang is smarter, in fact Zhu Wu is the top academic in terms of brains.

The problem lies in the understanding of martial arts. Liu Tang can learn the same moves almost instantly and become perfect as soon as he practices them, while Zhu Wu and Chen Da have to practice them several times before they can form physical memory.

In Guo Bupo's words, Liu Tang is the seed of a top master (to the level of Lu Junyi in the future), while Zhu Wu and Chen Da have the highest ceiling (today's Xue Daoguang, future Weiwei Chi and Sunli, and Shengshui will be alone). Tinggui level), normal and almost top level (great monk level).

Ergou guessed that the so-called thirty-six stars of Tiangang should all be potential players qualified to become masters like Jade Qilin Lu Junyi, and the seventy-two stars of Disha also had the potential to be on par with Sun Li.

The reason why the strength of the one hundred and eight generals is ultimately uneven is related to the martial arts environment and resources they acquired.

Lu Junyi was able to realize his potential into strength, but it was because his family was the richest man in Daming Mansion, and he was a martial arts fanatic. He had no shortage of famous teachers, resources, and perseverance, but others were far behind in comparison.

The same is true for Earth Evil Star.

Now Liu Tang and Chen Da follow Ergou. They are also famous teachers and have abundant resources. They are also quite motivated. After several years of tempering, Liu Tang's martial arts has now achieved some success, and he can be regarded as a master. Chen Da is a tough player at the level of the Great Monk, and Chen Da is a little worse, but he is not far from the level of the Great Monk.

Lingji Guan's Zhu Wu and Ergou also treated them equally, and their conditions were not bad. However, they learned a bit from Lingji's old Taoism, and their martial arts skills were slightly inferior to Chen Dayi due to distraction.

The worst one is Yang Chun. He is followed by Yang Jingbao, who is not good enough (his martial arts skills are not up to the level of a great monk), and he does not have a rich enough supply of resources (meat, medicinal materials). His martial arts skills are really not good enough. The next time Chen Da went to play with him, he knocked Yang Chun over in just four or five rounds.

By the way, Yang Jingbao, who was a little angry at the time, also had a fight with his nephew Chen Da, and Chen Da did not lose.

To put it bluntly, the current strength of Liu Tang and Chen Da has basically reached the level of their peak years in another timeline. The only thing missing may be real combat experience.

Of course, for them in this time and space, their current strength is definitely not their end. They should have more brilliant prospects.

It was precisely for the purpose of training the two of them that Ergou sent them to Bianliang City with Chen Zongfu, the old village head of Chenjia Village some time ago.

The year after Ergou returned from Bianliang City, bad news came from the northwest battlefield. The son of Chen Tongyi, the Taiwei Mansion, and Chen Zongfu's brother, Chen Zongyan, died in the Hengshan battlefield.

The children of Chenjiacun who followed Chen Zongyan to the northwest battlefield as a personal soldier were also dispersed and incorporated into the Western Army because they lost their leader. Their whereabouts are unknown since then, including Ergou's father and brother.

In this era, if the whereabouts of a large number of soldiers guarding the border are unknown, they can basically be judged dead. Therefore, when the bad news came back, there was not much joy in Chenjiacun, although every household wore sackcloth and mourning.

This is also the fundamental reason why Mrs. Yang dares to live with Ergou and give birth to two boys without any objection. Even if it were not for the engagement with Mrs. Qingzhao, Mrs. Yang would definitely want to continue to do it. Ergou’s wife is a doctor.

Therefore, after Chen Zongyan of Taiwei Mansion died, his son Chen Congshan had to worry about it for three years. This year happened to be the expiration of the filial piety period, but he had to complete the marriage contract set by his father.

Chen Zongfu, Chen Da and others were going to attend Chen Congshan's wedding. Liu Tang and Chen Da also wanted to visit Old Man Chen on behalf of Ergou. But Ergou and Mrs. Yang talked some more and teased the younger children for a while, then walked out of the house and went straight to the exchange in the town.

The exchange was a three-story brick and wood structure pavilion. The first and second floors were used for serious trading companies, but the third floor was Ergou's official office, which would be the office and headquarters for later generations.

All news and intelligence sent by regional agents in Xiangzhou will be summarized on the third floor of the exchange and then handed over to Ergou for review.

The person in charge of this place was Miss Yang, the swordswoman who was the first to be captured by Ergou.

Mrs. Yang, whose nickname is Yue'e, is from the Yang family in Tianbo Mansion, and she is considered a cousin-niece to Mrs. Yang. Not only is she highly skilled in martial arts, she is also thoughtful, well-informed, and quite talented in espionage.

Thanks to the wisdom of Miss Yue'e, otherwise the Six Swords Princess who came to Xiangzhou with Xiao Shi would not be able to escape and would be made pregnant by the two dogs.

Ergou entered the exchange and went up to the third floor, where he saw two young men with strong bodies but green faces talking to Mrs. Yang.

Ergou laughed in surprise and said, "Liu Tang! Hu Zi! When did you come back?"

When the three of them heard the words, they all looked back at Ergou. Liu Tang stepped forward to pay homage happily: "I have just come into the city to have a few words with my sister-in-law, and I am going to pay my respects to my brother later!" "

But Chen Da said a little coyly: "Second...Second uncle! I just came back, is my mother-in-law okay?!"

Chen Da, who is already thirteen years old, feels a little embarrassed because his own mother and his second uncle are getting together. Fortunately, Chen Da has one advantage: he is very filial to Mrs. Yang.

Ergou smiled and said, "Everything is fine, your mother. She just misses you a lot. Just now she asked me when you would be coming back!"

When Chen Da heard this, he couldn't stand it any longer. He picked up a big baggage next to him and said, "Little aunt! If you have any questions, you can ask Brother Liu Tang. I'll go back and see my mother-in-law first."

Madam Yang waved her hand and said: "Go! There is nothing important about the left and right, just Liu Tang is enough."

Chen Da bowed, turned around and bowed to Ergou again: "Second uncle, I'm going!"

After saying that, he carried the big baggage and went downstairs.

Ergou asked Liu Tang and Miss Yang, "What's the situation in the capital? Has anything big happened?"

Miss Yang glanced at Liu Tang and then said: "My lord, Prime Minister Zeng Bu continues to criticize Han Zhongyan. It is said that he will be demoted from Daming Mansion to Cizhou as deputy envoy for regiment training. Will our next step be to attack Daming Mansion?"

Ergou shook his head and said: "No! Now the imperial court has not lost its justice and the people's support. We must first stabilize our hand. Is there anything else?"

Mrs. Yang continued: "Chen Congshan from Taiwei Chen's family is now the secretary of Tiger Wing Camp. His wife Zhang is the daughter of Zhang Daizhao under the Jinliang Bridge in Tokyo. She is called Ruchun, and she is a beautiful woman. Absolutely beautiful woman.”

At this point, Miss Yang rolled her eyes, but then said:

"Also, the imperial court may hold the Enke Military Examination this autumn, and Chen Congshan is expected to participate."

Ergou nodded and said: "I hope that Chen Congshan can be named on the gold medal list! Forget it, leave him alone! Is my master and wife okay?"

"Master, everything is fine, and the young lady is also very lively. It's just that brother's wife is a little bit dissatisfied, complaining that her brother is forcing the Han family too much." It was Liu Tang who answered Ergou.

Ergou smiled and said: "Senior brother's family doesn't know the heart of a good person. I wonder if she will ever thank me for forcing her to the Han family in the future! By the way, is there any news about Xianggong Li?"

Next to her, Mrs. Yang coughed and said, "Ms. Li, who is thinking about your family, just say so. What can I say about Mr. Li?!"

Ergou didn't respond to Mrs. Yang's provocation and only glanced at Liu Tang.

Liu Tang said: "Brother, something is not right with Xianggong Li now. It is said that the officials are preparing to replace Xianggong Li's right servant with Cai Jing. I don't know what the emperor is thinking?!"

Ergou sneered and said: "I see, it seems that the officials today don't take us demon suppressors seriously! Maybe I should go out for a walk soon."

Mrs. Yang said displeasedly: "My husband is talking nonsense. How can I live without you in such a big stall at home?"

Ergou shook his head and said with a smile: "I have already divided the rights and responsibilities for this matter. Everyone can do their own duties. Why do you still need me to keep watching? If you don't let go, they may not be able to hold on for a day." Stand up. By the way, how's your research on Lian Nu going?"

However, Miss Yang took out a two-foot-long multi-barrel crossbow from the cabinet next to her with difficulty, handed it to Ergou, and said: "Hey! Twelve-shot repeating crossbow, effective range of twenty meters, maximum The range is fifty meters, but the power is really unsatisfactory. My dear, the power of this thing is too small. I feel that building such a sophisticated thing is not worth the gain."

Ergou smiled and said: "That's because you don't know what the arrows fired by this thing look like. Small extended-range thunder crossbow arrows. I believe it should be quite effective when combined with this repeating crossbow."

The so-called small extended-range thunder crossbow arrow is actually a special kind of crossbow arrow. The arrow part does not rely on a sharp blade to kill the enemy. Instead, a certain amount of thunder and fire secret medicine is loaded on the arrowhead to act as an explosive arrow, and then the crossbow body. It is hollow and needs to be filled with some simple propellant as the power fuel for the crossbow arrow. Finally, it is the tail fin that keeps the crossbow arrow balanced.

This kind of crossbow arrow can also be called a explosive arrow, and this repeating crossbow can also be called a explosive arrow crossbow.

If it were aimed at normal people, the power of the Bolt Crossbow would undoubtedly be excessive. However, Ergou's purpose of finding someone to develop this weapon was aimed at non-human beings, such as demons in subspace, from the very beginning.

And exploring subspace is the third major thing Ergou has been doing in the past four years.

Of course, to be more precise, what Ergou has been exploring in the past four years is the remains of civilization floating in subspace, such as those seemingly empty ships.

The reason why Ergou is interested in exploring these things is because he has harvested many precious things from them, such as a unique light metal whose hardness, toughness, and compressive strength are definitely several times that of steel, but its weight is It is only one-tenth of steel. According to a certain ship elf, this material is called plastic steel.

This material is very valuable. Ergou picked up some fragments from the subspace and brought them back. He slightly modified them to make a shield. It was as light as a paper shell in your hand. If it was even made into armor, it would be even more indescribable. Its preciousness.

It's very troublesome to process this thing, at least traditional metal processing is useless. Ergou's only way is to use his own psychic power to rub it by hand.

(End of this chapter)