Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 102 Suppression of bandits (2)

When the rooster crowed in the morning, and the sound of soldiers practicing on the school grounds, Xu Qing got up quietly, put on his armor, and walked to the barracks.Arriving at the barracks in the inner city first, Niu Chicao is integrating the [-] new soldiers.Xu Qing was covered in armor, although his face was young, he looked very heroic.

Seeing Xu Qing coming, Niu Checao made a gesture of ending, and 200 people on the school field immediately lined up and stood in line, waiting for the lecture.Niu Chicao invited Xu Qing to the high platform, walked down by himself, stood in front of the two hundred soldiers, knelt down to Xu Qingqing, and shouted: "See Lord Inspector." They also knelt down on one knee and shouted in unison:
"See Lord Inspector!"
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The full title of Xu Qing's official title is "Cangzhou Inspector of Cangzhou Military Commissioners", and the abbreviation is "Inspector of Cangzhou".The full name of "Envoys in charge of Cangzhou's various military forces" is not false, that is to say, all local soldiers in Cangzhou, including state soldiers, post station soldiers, miscellaneous soldiers, and warehouse management soldiers, Xu Qing has complete command and management rights over them.But for the government soldiers stationed in Cangzhou, there is no power to mobilize them, and they only have jurisdiction over them in name.If more than ten people are mobilized, it will take three years.

Looking at the hundreds of people kneeling in front of him, Xu Qing was deliberately dull for three seconds, and said, "Get up..."

"Shua..." Hundreds of people stood up and took the opportunity to stretch their heads to see what the governor standing on the high platform looked like.

"In three days, there will be an army contest, and ten days later, there will be another combat exercise, everyone, let's start preparing!" Xu Qing looked at the numb expression below, patted his head, and added: "All army contests, people People will participate, ten warriors will be selected, added to the team, and thirty captains will be elected. The whole army will conduct exercises, and the battalion commander will be selected... Do you understand?"

"..." After Xu Qing finished speaking, there were many discussions in the school field:
"What? I've never heard of the selection of the martial arts team..."

"That governor looks like he's not very old?"

"Look at his age, whether he's old or not, he's a governor, he's all stars!"

"And what about the battalion commander, who was also elected?"
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Niu Checao understood Xu Qing's thoughts, and shouted behind him: "Why are you arguing, hurry up and train, it's not good to choose a team in three days!"
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Standing on the stage, Xu Qing rubbed his nose, thinking: Shouldn't they have shouted "Understood", why such a reaction, TV dramas are all deceitful, military instructors are all deceitful... Xu Qing shook his head, Xu Qing stepped down from the high platform and said, "Brothers, what else do you not understand?"

With a cry of brother, the school field became lively again, everyone whispered to each other, and finally someone began to ask: "At this time, my lord, I, Zhang San, am from Zhangjia Village. I want to ask what this martial arts competition is about?" After Zhang San finished speaking, the people next to him Patting him on the shoulder, they all nodded and looked at Xu Qing, hoping that he would answer.

"The martial arts competition is divided into two categories, fighting and archery. The rules of fighting are: stand on the stage to accept the challenge, and the person who wins the most will be the leader of the team. Archery is shooting the target. A group of ten people will choose the best." Xu Qing continued Looking at the crowd, there is still a numb expression: "Well, ten people who are good at fighting and accurate at archery can be the leader of the team."

After saying this, everyone will understand that those who are good at fighting and archery can be the leader of the team. Many people grinned: "This is good, this is good..."

"Then where is the original team?" someone asked in the team.

"The original team is continuing to be the team leader, unchanged!" Xu Qing replied, and immediately many people relaxed and supported the contest.

Afterwards, Xu Qing wandered around the other two school grounds, and also conveyed the order for martial arts competitions and exercises, and discussed the specific operations with Qitai Wangshan.Cangzhou gangsters have 8000 private soldiers, while Xu Qing only has more than 1000 soldiers in his hands. If he wants to suppress the bandits, this force is far from enough.If ten teams are selected, an army of 3000 people can be assembled, one to two, and they will be defeated one by one. In this way, the battle will be sure.

In the afternoon, I was naturally invited to attend the reception.The place is not far away, just inside Cangxian county government office in Cangzhou city. Shao Deng worshiped another [-] tables and invited people from all walks of life to participate. Anyone with a reputation in Cangzhou would come.

The welcome meeting, of course, is bragging, flattering each other, and tearing each other down.After tearing it apart, people from Cangzhou had their own views on the new Xu Qing:

Young and promising, the city is deep, the background is quite big...

Some people who originally wanted to suppress Xu Qing's prestige also felt that the new governor was really a small thorn in his body. I am afraid that they cannot be suppressed. It is very tricky.

On the surface, the guests and hosts at the wind-reception party enjoyed themselves, but in fact, each has their own ghosts, and undercurrents are surging.After the banquet is over, it is time for the eight immortals of each family to cross the sea and show their abilities.First of all, the three major families all came to send big gifts, which are much better than the ones sent by the stewards before.But Huang Shimei didn't come, and the Huang family came with an old man.The old man asked: "There is a young girl at home, I wonder if I can serve Lord Inspector?"

In addition to the Huang family, there are dozens of small and medium-sized families, and there are many "little daughters", "adopted daughters", "nieces" and the like for no reason. There is also an old man in his 80s who swears that he has A fourteen-year-old biological daughter, Xu Qing only said that you are in good health, and you can still "work in the fields" at the age of 70.

However, Xu Qing refused to enter, and all marriage requests were rejected. These people were bored for a while, but a small anecdote began to spread in Cangzhou-the new governor, Mr. Fear!Why is he afraid of guilt? I don’t know, anyway, he doesn’t even dare to marry a concubine, besides his wife is not allowed, there are other possibilities?That's not fear of internal affairs... Polygamy was strictly prohibited in the Tang Dynasty, but there was no restriction on multiple concubines, but there were also moral constraints, that is, certain conditions must be met for taking a concubine, such as the nod of a big woman... Therefore, in general families, unless the big A woman cannot bear children, and it is absolutely impossible for her to marry a concubine.
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When Xu Qing heard the rumors, he was in a good mood. Fortunately, it wasn't rumors that I have the goodness of Long Yang and the addiction of broken backs.If you are afraid of yourself, be afraid of your own...

There are few mountains in Hebei, but there are many forests, and the bandits are stationed in each dense forest.There is a wild boar forest outside the city of Cangzhou, and there is a wild boar gang in the wild boar forest. There are more than two hundred people.One day, Xia Hao sent someone to the Wild Boar Gang, gave him a large amount of money, and discussed a plan for Xu Qing.

The thing is like this, Xu Qing got into a fight with Xia Hao when he first arrived, although he didn't dare to take any action after learning that Xu Qing was the governor, but he still held a grudge.Xia Hao's father, Xia Chu, was going to serve as the governor of Tengzhou, Shandong. Before he left, he told his family to settle down there, and after the arrangements were made, they would take the Xia family over.

This was originally a well-regulated plan, but Xia Hao was unwilling.He thought he was the number one talented person in Hebei, and he thought that he would not be the number one talented person if he went to Shandong. After struggling, he decided to get rid of Xu Qing secretly, at least to scare him so much that he dare not stay in Cangzhou, and then With the power of the Xia family, Xia Chu can be transferred back to Cangzhou and continue to be his number one talent.In addition, Xu Qing is younger and more promising than him, Xu Qing doesn't give him face, Xu Qing is taller than him, due to various factors, Xia Hao has a sense of incompatibility with Xu Qing.

Vanity is like the wind, jealousy is like fire, the wind fuels the fire, Xia Hao's heart ignited a raging fire:
"We must get rid of Xu Qing. What kind of thing is he, and he can be stronger than me, Xia Hao?"

"And the little girl from the Huang family, I failed to catch you last time, but this time I will even get you!"

"It's all mine, Huang's, Cangzhou, Hebei!"
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Xia Chu walked forward, and Xia Hao searched for the Wild Boar Gang on the back, planning to get rid of Xu Qing.This kind of thing has been done a lot, and the price of the routine does not need to be elaborated... A few days later, a team of more than 50 people sneaked into the edge of Cangzhou City, waiting for an opportunity.It's just that they didn't know that just as they set off, there was a black shadow running through the forest at the gate of the wild boar gang's village, and it disappeared in an instant.

In a school field near Xuzhou City, ten arenas were temporarily set up, and on the other side, thirty targets were made, and 200 people gathered here, eager to fight in full swing.
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Under Xu Qing's order, 200 people rushed to the ring, and none of them seemed willing to compete with that archery.After a while, someone stood up on the ring and accepted the challenge.But no one is twitchy, all positive ones can't do it.How can we not be active, Duizheng, he is an official of the ninth rank, and has been promoted to a higher level since then.This is a great temptation for the soldiers born in Zhuang Jiahan. From then on, they don't need to say hello when they meet Li Zheng!

It was the original team leader who was responsible for recording the results, and Xu Qing wandered around the rings to supervise.In addition to supervision, Xu Qing who came from later generations knew that good generals are found among soldiers, and Xu Qing wanted to find a character like Xue Rengui.

It's a pity that Xu Qing didn't find Xue Rengui. Those who challenged on the stage were defeated in one round, and some persisted in two or three rounds, and no one was found to be more powerful.Many people who failed in despair turned their heads and ran to the archery competition venue. It seemed that archery was only their second choice.The archery competition is relatively easy. First, fifty steps are selected, and then the best is selected, and then the best is selected after adding fifty steps each time, until the last ten are selected.

After a few rounds of inspection, Xu Qing sat high on the stage, fanned the cattail fan, and waited for the result.The sunshine in late spring was pretty good. After half a day in the sun, Xu Qing was sweating a lot on his back. On the ring, the last pair of men had finished their fight, and there was no one shooting arrows in the shooting range.The team was discussing with the three of Qi Tai, sorted out the results, and decided on the final candidate.

(End of this chapter)