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Chapter 8 Hit the Road 【Please recommend! ! ! 】

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and Chen Mu's training in the plowing field of the guard was very successful. Several people under his command were familiar with his formation and battle formation, and he spent more than half an hour every day practicing. Although the soldiers are always hungry, it is better to stand out in the queue than not to practice.Bai Yuanjie also took time to take a look, but didn't come up to say anything to Chen Mu, just watched them practice from a distance on the field row, and then went to other places.

Chen Mu knew it later, and was not sure what Bai Yuanjie meant.After a few days, a soldier of the Bai clan came over and sent him a message to prepare to leave, and asked him to take all the six bannermen under his flag with him.

The only brown rice left at home was eaten by Chen Mu long ago, and he got some rice back from the yamen of Baihusuo with a shy face, and handed it over to Shao Tingda's wife to hype up the army food for food on the road.The day before his departure, Chen Xiaoqi was dizzy and dizzy from hunger, but Zhu Ding under Zuojin's life was not easy, so he didn't think about them.I have not tasted meat for more than ten days since I came to this world, and my mouth is filled with body fluid, so I simply walked out of the guardhouse with a bird gun on my shoulders. I wanted to go out to hunt some game, but after walking two miles, I saw a rabbit and fired the gun empty Suddenly, the birds were frightened and flew away, the rabbits ran and the foxes ran and found nothing.

Fortunately, on the way back to the health center, I found a bunch of wild vegetables in the backyard of someone else’s house, and picked up a few berries, and went home to clean up the finely ground rice grains at the bottom of the tank, mixed with water and salt, and boiled two bowls of soup. After eating half full and with something in my stomach, I was able to sleep peacefully.

Chen Mu made a lot of money in his dream, and hired a cook to cook meat for him, one plate after another!At the end of the dream, an emperor suddenly appeared and wanted to implicate him in the nine clans, because——I am a military officer of the Ming Dynasty and I am not allowed to do business!

On the next day, Chen Mu, who was so frightened in cold sweat in the morning, washed his face under the service of Wei Balang, filled the water bag, and asked Xiao Balang to go to run errands to gather the bannermen to get all dressed neatly and bring the army rations to pack up. Bingjia, go to the avenue outside the guard to wait for Bai Yuanjie.

On the way, Chen Mu was still thinking, isn't this a fart in the dream? Who said that court officials can't do business anymore!
They were not the only ones waiting outside the guardhouse, there was already another small banner waiting outside.Compared with the crooked melons and dates under Chen Mu's banner, this small flag looks much better. Counting the eleven people in the small flag, there are two pack horses, and the mental state of the military households under the banner is much better. Also all good.

These military households didn't say anything when they saw Chen Mu and others. A guard looked down but didn't look up. Most of the military households had a relationship with each other, because the banner officer only made eye contact or nodded when he was present.On the contrary, when their little banner officer saw Chen Mu, he came forward with a smile and said, "You are Chen Xiaoqi, I always hear people talking about you practicing blunderbuss in the fields outside the city. I am Zhang Yongshou, the little banner under Wang Baihu." , seen!"

Zhang Yongshou seems to be about the same age as Chen Mu, but his clothes are not as shabby as Chen Xiaoqi's. Although he is wearing a red mandarin duck jacket, there is a jade pendant hanging around his waist, and he wears a pair of fine leather thin-soled fast boots. With red lips and white teeth, he looked like a nobleman, which made Chen Xiaoqi feel ashamed, but he had a good impression of him, nodded and smiled and said, "I met Zhang Xiaoqi, and Chen Mu is under Bai Baihu. Wang Baihu is also going to Guangzhou this time. House?"

Zhang Yongshou did not respond to Chen Mu's words, but smiled and looked at the six bannermen standing in a line behind Chen Mu, and said to Chen Mu: "Chen Xiaoqi has a good way of training soldiers. This time, we will support each other on the way to Guangzhou. You have to rely on Xiaoqi to take care of you."

Just as he was talking, there was the sound of horseshoes on the road in the direction of the guardhouse. Chen Mu turned his head and saw Bai Yuanjie galloping on a strong horse, followed by four of the Bai family's soldiers who also rode horses. The two servants were driving a carriage together, and it seemed quite impressive to come together.

Seeing Zhang Yongshou's small flag made Chen Mu suddenly have some hope for the disappointed Ming Dynasty. It seems that this kind of staff reduction in his small flag should be just an exception. Shouldn't be too bad.Otherwise, if every Xiaoqi is like him, there are only six out of ten people, wouldn't there be only three thousand old, weak, sick and disabled in the 600 people in the guard?

But Bai Yuanjie dispelled Chen Mu's thoughts as soon as he came over, "Have you two met? Yongshou, this is the Chen Mu and Chen Erlang that my brother told you about. There are many rumors in the institute that the young man who likes to handle firearms in the fields is not doing his job properly." The flag is him."

After introducing Chen Mu to Zhang Yongshou, Bai Yuanjie turned his head and said to Chen Mu: "This is Zhang Xiaoqi. His ancestor was the commander of our Qingyuan guard, and the commander's guard on West Fenghuang Street in Qingyuan Town God's Temple was built by his ancestor. Wait for us After returning from Guangzhou, he may be promoted to the general banner, and we will take care of each other on the way."

Hearing Bai Yuanjie's words, Zhang Yongshou smiled reservedly, and said: "The things about our ancestors have been decades ago, and almost no one remembers them. Please trouble Brother Jingchen to remember. Brother Chen, don't worry too much. I'm going to Guangzhou Mansion now." It takes seven or eight days to travel, so let's go on the road?"

Everyone set off, but Zhang Yongshou brought a horse from his bannerman to give Chen Mu a ride. Several people rode slowly, and a dozen bannermen guarded the carriage and horses and embarked on the road to Guangzhou.

Although there is no need to worry too much, how can Chen Mu not worry too much?I thought everyone was Bai Yuanjie's bodyguard, but Zhang Yongshou's clan had an old relationship with Mo Chaoyu, the general of military strategy, and this time it was Bai Yuanjie who brought Zhang Yongshou to condolences, but he was the only bodyguard... This is a bit Embarrassed.

If not to say that sometimes people with a lot of thoughts are unhappy in their lives, a big ha like Shao Tingda would not be troubled by Chen Mu at all, not to mention how happy he is to lead the way along the way, knowing that the journey of two hundred miles is still like a spring outing His relaxed mind is also really enviable.

But fortunately, Zhang Yongshou has a very good personality, he is talkative and not arrogant, and the conversation along the way was pleasant, allowing Chen Mu to roughly figure out his family background during his half-day conversation with Bai Yuanjie.Zhang Lin, the ancestor of Zhang Yongshou, was Xu Da's military counselor, and went to Zhanggui to worship the commander of the Qingyuan Guard. However, Zhang's family fell, some of his clan went to other places, and some tried to study and become civil servants, but they never appeared again. A third-rank official like Qingyuanwei Commander.

This time Zhang Yongshou went to Guangzhou Mansion, one is to mourn General Mo Chaoyu, and the other is to visit relatives in Guangzhou Mansion.

In fact, it is to run for an official position.

As for Bai Yuanjie wanting to bring Chen Mu by his side, there are two meanings, one is to let Chen Mu's Xiaoqi practice, if there is a chance to make meritorious service in the future, there are people available at hand, and the other is to let Chen Mu, who is more trusted, be more Seeing the world, it's not a problem to stay in the guard all the time.

It was extremely easy to walk along the way, and traveling thirty or forty miles a day was not too strenuous, not to mention that Bai Yuanjie's carriage also asked the accompanying flags to put food and water bags and other things, so the road was not difficult.But when they got to Hei Ling area, which was still [-] miles away from Guangzhou Mansion, Bai Yuanjie became nervous and urged them to pass through as soon as possible.

"Recently, a Daotu business traveler in Heiling was robbed. The Guangzhou government sent troops many times but never found the thief. Chen Erlang, let all the bannermen take their weapons and go on their way carefully."

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