Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 6 Where is the road
As the team leader, Zhang Zhong is naturally the one who "divides the dirt". A cart of white noodles weighs more than three catties, a cart of cured meat weighs almost three hundred catties, and a cart of porcelain bowls and silverware. The porcelain bowls can be worth more than 2000 yuan , the silverware is used by Wang Heihu for eating, and it is usually placed in the kitchen, there are dozens of taels, and the ones contributed by Xu Qing are almost 80 taels. It's too beautiful.And Xu Qing's clothes, which were ignored by Zhang Zhong intentionally or unintentionally.

Everyone sat together and made a calculation, saying that this time the things were shipped out and sold first, and then the money was divided. Everyone was brothers who were born and died, and they all shared equally. One person has nearly two pennies, enough to feed a family of four for half a year.

Early the next morning, I got up an hour later than usual. Liu Zan stood on it and spoke, and then the Master Sigong recited the head capture of each group, pioneer merit and so on.This can only be regarded as a small argument. The real argument is to wait for Liu Zan to return to Beijing to report on his work, and then the Ministry of War will calculate and confirm it.

After the meritorious deeds were completed, Liu Zan marched to Boxing County to receive condolences, and then he was relieved of his military power, and the troops were disbanded and returned to their respective homes, each looking for his own mother. This is the separation of soldiers and generals.

Xu Qing can't control these things anymore. Now he and Zhang Zhong have sold the three carts of goods, split the money, and sat on the street selling steamed cakes and soup cakes for snacks.

"The sixth day, you really don't plan to leave with me?" Zhang Zhong wiped his mouth: "Don't worry, I will treat you as my own son when you leave with me, and when the time comes, I will build you a new house and marry a wife, what do you do?" Can't figure it out?"

"Uncle Zhang, I want to travel around while I am young." Xu Qing said weakly.

"Forget it, the big man's ambition is everywhere, you can go out to gain knowledge, but if you have no way out in the future, come to me..." Zhang Zhong left after speaking, turning around every step to see that Xu Qing didn't keep him, Also left.

"Huh..." Xu Qing looked at Zhang Zhong's back, still feeling strangely uncomfortable.

"Are you Xu Chuliu?" While eating soup cakes, a soldier came to Xu Qing, sat down and asked.

"Oh? Hmm, I'm Xu Chuliu, what's the matter?"

"Captain Wang sees that you don't have a household registration, so he transfers you to Zhechong Mansion to find a meal..."

"It's good to dare." Xu Qing thought for a while, anyway, there is nowhere to go now, the power is weak, and the things in the future are too shocking, so you can't do it arbitrarily, it's better to settle down slowly first. "May I ask what position Captain Captain arranged for the boy?" Xu Qing took a sling of money from his bosom, about thirty cash, and handed it over quietly.

"Oh, you're welcome. A member of Zhechong's mansion is sick. I'm afraid it won't get better. Captain Wang asked you to try it." The soldier was obviously more enthusiastic: "Eight coins a month, three meals a day, two dry meals." Yixi, of course this is only on the surface. Let’s report it tomorrow.”

The soldier didn't say anything more, Xu Qing thanked him and turned to leave.

The doorman is the doorkeeper, and it is temporary anyway. Although the little monthly salary is insignificant, after all, Xu Qing still has two pieces of horseshoe silver and five or six taels of gold in his pocket. No worries about food, and a good life.

However, Xu Qing has no relatives or friends here, if he can take this opportunity to get acquainted with the captain, he can lie under the big tree to enjoy the shade.After making up my mind, I bought some gifts and went to visit the captain.

But Captain Wang asked the housekeeper to come out to have a look, accepted the gift, encouraged Xu Qing to work hard, and then disappeared.Xu Qing had no choice but to go back. After all, he was just an insignificant soldier, but he was a master of the fourth rank.

Back at the inn, it was already hard to see pedestrians on the road. Xu Qing couldn't help shaking his head when he remembered that there was still a curfew.This made him suddenly realize that he was in the Tang Dynasty, he came from time travel, without any cheats, without any background, and now he might be able to play with him by a small official.

Where is the road going in the future? Ordinarily, marry a wife and have children, buy land and collect rent, or face difficulties, and be like the male protagonists in time-travel novels, be a writer, a prophet, or a savior?

Xu Qing fell asleep after thinking about it, and woke up early the next day

After staying in the military camp for a month, the habit of going to bed late and getting up late has long since disappeared. After checking out of the room, Xu Qing casually ate some breakfast outside and went directly to Zhechong Mansion.

When I arrived at the gate of the mansion, I happened to meet the soldier who sent the letter yesterday, and after greeting him, I knew that he was called Wang Er, Xu Qing called "Brother Wang", and Wang Er told him about being a disciple, and so on and so on. so-so.

Menzi is a very easy job, as long as you take your weapon and stand in front of the door every morning, no one cares how you stand.

When it was time for meals, a servant brought them over and ate them on the spot. There were both meat and vegetables, which was much better than in the military camp.There is a house at the door, I live there at night, I bring my own bedding, but the weather is still relatively hot and I don’t need it, I can sleep directly.

In this way, Xu Qing worked here for more than 20 days, and at this time, Liu Zan had also returned to Chang'an.

Chang'an Tai Chi Hall:
"Xuan, General Mingwei Liu Zan has an audience!"

When Liu Zan returned to the court to report on his duties, he only fought a few battles against bandits. Originally, he only needed to hand over his seal to the Ministry of War. Unexpectedly, the emperor actually received him in person.

Liu Zan was beating his head, could it be that I did something wrong, or the emperor wants to use me again?Liu Zan went to court with mixed joys and sorrows, and when he arrived at the main hall, he only heard the emperor speak slowly.

"Liu Qing said in the memorial that there is a "method of making ice with saltpeter". Is it true that there are as many ices as ice in summer, which greatly boosts the morale of the army?" After Li Yuan finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

"Your Majesty, it's absurd that the summer turns into ice. Liu Zan deceived the emperor, and he should be punished for his crime." A censor couldn't wait to find out and "dispel the rumors".

"Senior, please expel Liu Zan..."

Li Yuan ignored them, coughed lightly, and the courtroom immediately fell silent.

"I don't dare to falsify, what I say is true." Liu Zan said while kneeling.

"I have prepared a document according to what you said in the memorial, do you dare to demonstrate it in class?"

After reading the memorial, Li Yuan did not believe that someone could bully him like this, and although the royal family has some ice storage, it consumes a lot, so the storage is not large, and it has long been gone, so he couldn't help being interested when he heard that there was such a simple method.

"Minister Zunzhi..." After Liu Zan finished speaking, he saw a few eunuchs coming over to the steel basin of saltpeter. Liu Zan took the raw materials and started to operate it skillfully. The copper basin was filled with water, and he operated it like Xu Qing. Reporting that he would wait for a while, Li Yuan asked others to play the role.

After coming down to court, Liu Zan swaggered out of the palace. It was as if the censors had eaten mosquitoes. All the ministers seemed to have discovered the New World. They hurriedly asked their servants to buy saltpeter and insisted on experimenting. Liu Zan was shocked. Chaotang effect.

Of course, Liu Zan did not forget Xu Qing. Soon, a reward order was issued from Chang'an and went straight to Boyang, Shandong.

(End of this chapter)