Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 226 Youshu Wanyan 1
  On this day, Jia Cong was extremely bored. Rong Liu, You Jiaxi, Yu Hong and others took care of all the daily affairs in the Wei Dynasty. He only served as a hands-off shopkeeper. In addition to practicing every day, he listened to Fan Ming talk about history books. The story is very boring.

I can't help but recall the days when I went to Yangzhou and rubbed my hair with Daiyu. Sure enough, the story has to be told by the beauty to be interesting.

Although Fan Ming had racked his brains to tell the story vividly, Jia Cong still rolled his eyes and waved his hand to shut up.

Fan Ming wiped his sweat and said in a low voice: "My lord, please forgive me. I am in a humble position and have little talent and little knowledge. I cannot say that well."

Jia Cong said: "No, you said it very well. It can be seen that you are a real talent and have solid basic skills. Therefore, if you keep failing, it is probably because you are not smart enough.

On the same topic, I only know how to follow the rules and don't know how to find another way, so I lose everyone. "

Fan Ming smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty has hit the mark. I have been dull since I was a child. I only know how to study and study. Although I became a scholar early, I have no ability to succeed."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Don't you understand that we have the same destination through different paths? You took the imperial examination to become an official, and now you are an official. As long as you do your job well, you may not be weaker than the two Jinshi in the future."

"Thank you for the compliment, sir. I dare not serve you even if I hold such a humble position." Fan Ming said excitedly.

Jia Cong nodded and leaned on the recliner with his eyes closed and fell asleep. The little girl next to him held a fan and gently drove away the mosquitoes.

"Sir, you are bored and want to have some fun?" Fan Ming observed the words and said boldly.

Jia Cong didn't even raise his eyelids and hummed softly.

"An ancient saying goes, search in spring, seedlings in summer, hunting in autumn, and hunting in winter. Your Excellency is brave and has many warriors under his command, so why not go hunting out of the city?" Fan Ming said.

Jia Cong's eyes lit up. This was a good idea. There was nothing to do in the city anyway, so he ordered his soldiers to go get people and pack their bags.

Half an hour later, Jia Cong led Lei Tai, Xie Hui, and dozens of soldiers and sergeants to the outside of the city.

After exiting the east gate, go all the way east, along the official road, and after 30 miles, you will reach Guangshun Pass guarded by Su Can.

Nowadays, Liaodong has regained its former vitality. Many border residents gathered in Guancheng to go to the market, buy and sell goods, and some people carried burdens and left the customs.

Seeing Jia Cong coming, Su Can hurriedly ran out with a happy face and said, "Sir, you have so many things to do, how can you have time to visit the general?" He also said hello to Lei Tai, Jie Hui and others.

Jia Cong said with a smile: "I want to go hunting. There are no good hunting grounds in the pass, so I want to go out for fun. Do you want to go?"

"Such a good thing, of course, I am indispensable. Come here, bring me my bow and arrows." Su Can greeted, and was immediately ready to go. Behind him were dozens of bodyguards, all with strong bodies, sharp eyes, and fierce temperaments.

Jia Cong nodded and said with a smile: "Your soldiers are good."

Su Can smiled and said: "They are all your lord's soldiers, selected by the general for your lord."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Don't use some elites to show off. The military competition is for the whole army to participate. You must know that a flower blooming alone is not spring."

Su Can cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, sir. I have never slacked off in my humble duty. It's just that the army is a little short of food and grass. The main reason is that there is no meat to eat, and the soldiers don't have much energy to train."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Now the garrison mansion has sufficient financial resources. If there is any shortage, I can ask Fatty You for it. All I want is elite soldiers."

Su Can was overjoyed and said, "My lord, if you can no longer train elite soldiers, you will be dismissed from your post and return to Guangzhou to raise birds."

"It's a deal, come on!" Jia Cong was the first to leave.

Everyone hurriedly followed.

Seeing many sellers carrying burdens and pushing carts loaded with goods, Jia Cong wondered: "Why are these border residents carrying goods out of the customs?"

Su Can said: "They are all cloth, salt, grain and other items. I can exchange them with the nearby mature women for some furs, mountain products, etc., and sell them back. I can make some profit."

"Are there many barbarians around here?" Jia Cong asked.

Su Can guarded the dangerous pass, so he naturally did some homework and nodded: "The barbarians near Liaodong, except for the most powerful Tatars, are the Jurchen, Fuyu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Woju tribes.

Among them, the Jurchens are the most brave and powerful, occupying not only vast grasslands, but also large areas of white mountains and black waters. Although each tribe has a small number of people, it has a large territory. If anyone dares to invade, they will be shot immediately.

The other tribes did not dare to compete with it. There is even a saying that Jurchens are invincible if they are not equal to ten thousand. "

Jia Cong frowned and said, "It will definitely become a problem after such a long time."

Su Can said: "What you are saying is true, but judging from the general situation, there is no danger in the short term. Now that the Tatars are powerful, they cannot go south to attack Liaodong, so they turn to bully the barbarians. Now the Jurchens, Wuhuan and other tribes are dealing with the Tatars." We are all exhausted, how can we have any energy left to invade the south? In the future, we may be able to win over them with gentleness, drive away wolves and swallow tigers, and make them fight to the death, consuming the strength of the barbarians."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "This plan is a good one. Is there any way out?"

Su Can said: "From time to time, in the Guangshun Pass of the last general, there are mature tribesmen who come to trade with each other. They may be able to comfort them with kind words, give them kindness, show them a warning, and recruit them to be safe and restrained."

Lei Tai asked: "What are mature women really like? How are they different from raw girls?"

Su Can said: "As far as I know, the Jurchens have long been divided into two groups. One group admires the clothes of the Han people and does not want to live a life of wearing hair and drinking blood. They gradually go out of the mountains to communicate with the Han people. Many of them can speak some Chinese, which is called Real mature women.

The other part is content to be a savage in the mountains and refuses to be treated as a king. They are like ferocious beasts and are cruel and savage. If any mature Jurchen or Han people stray into their territory, they will be killed immediately and there is no way to deal with them. This is called Jurchen Zhen. . "

Jia Cong nodded: "Which one is stronger and which one is weaker?"

Su Can shook his head and said: "I don't know that the general has never dealt with Jurchens."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Where is the real territory of mature women? Let's go hunting. If we bump into each other, we can have a chat."

Su Can pointed to the mountains ahead and said: "The mountains and forests in front of us are the true territory of the mature woman, but the mountains are very big. Without a guide to lead the way, I don't know if we can encounter them."

"Then let's go. Let's hunt and relax mainly, and do official business as a supplement." Jia Cong laughed and rushed into the mountains.

"Sir, be careful! Let a few people explore the road ahead, be careful of the traps set by the Jurchens!" Jie Hui shouted hurriedly. He is a god-level expert when it comes to hunting.

Jia Cong hurriedly reined in his horse, and a hail of bullets and arrows came at him. It would be an injustice if he fell into the Jurchen's trap.

At that moment, Jie Hui rode on horseback and led a few cavalry soldiers to explore the way ahead, followed by Jia Cong and others.

We did encounter several Jurchen traps along the way. The traps were quite rough, but Jie Hui easily saw through them and avoided them.

After walking a few miles into the mountain, we entered a gentle red pine forest. The trees were densely shaded, blocking out the sun. Dead branches and leaves piled up on the ground, making a crunching sound when the horses' hooves stepped on them.

"Look!" Jie Hui suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the left.

Everyone hurriedly kept silent and looked together.

More than ten feet ahead, an adult tiger with striking eyes and a white forehead had just killed a red deer and was chewing with its head lowered. Suddenly its ears moved and it looked towards Jia Cong and the others. It suddenly had a fierce look in its eyes, bared its teeth, and shouted "Tiger" to the sky. Howling, the rustling of the wind stirs the mountains and forests.

Everyone sat down on their horses and were frightened by the fierce aura of the Jungle King. They all took a few steps back. Only Jia Cong's Thousand Miles of Light and Su Can's Mo Qilin stood proudly in front, not taking a step back.

"What a beast!" Jia Cong laughed, stretched his bow and shot an arrow.

His arrow was well aimed, pointing right at the tiger's belly, but the Siberian tiger was extremely smart and dodged with a slight jump.

Jia Cong hurriedly shot.

Seeing that there were so many people, the tiger did not dare to act violently. It jumped left and right among the trees, dodged the arrows, and fled deep into the forest. Jia Cong's wild shots completely frightened the tiger.

"Oops! Chase him quickly, don't let him run away." Jia Cong shouted and chased after him first.

Jie Hui was very familiar with the way of hunting. He rushed out of the formation and chased after him with his horse. He fired arrows repeatedly and forced the tiger to escape. In a moment, he ran abreast with it, with a gap of seven or eight feet between them.

The tiger didn't care and just ran for his life.

Suddenly the bowstring sounded, and the tiger fell down, rolled several times on the ground, and became motionless.

Everyone hurriedly rushed to take a look and saw that the tiger was nearly ten feet long, with thick limbs and weighed five to six hundred kilograms. Its brown-yellow fur was embedded with many narrow black stripes, and the word "王" on its forehead was very majestic.

A sharp arrow passed from his right ear to his left ear, penetrated his mind, and killed him.

"What a big bug! What a good archery!" Everyone was amazed.

It is not easy to shoot a tiger. When shooting, you can also consider keeping the integrity of the fur. It is really amazing to shoot like this.

(End of this chapter)