Chapter 5: How to save the people [Part 2]

The next day, early morning.

"Let's open the city gate!"

As the city gate guards shouted, the city gate slowly opened, and then the guards moved the roadblocks away, and people inside and outside the city began to pass. However, when entering the city, they needed to undergo investigation and only after confirming that they were not wanted criminals can they enter the city.

In addition to civilians, merchants also need to pay a certain fee to enter the city, so the team entering the city is very slow. However, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Chong and Zhang Cheng and his group are not in the queue, but jumped over the team and entered the city directly with military tokens. This is not that Zhang Yuan and others disrupt the order, but that there is no need to queue. If they still need to queue with military tokens, this military token is equivalent to waste.

After Zhang Yuan, Zhang Chong and Zhang Cheng entered the city, they headed straight to the city lord's mansion. On the way, Zhang Yuan found that Qingquan City was even more lively than he thought. The street was full of rich tourists from the rivers and lakes, of course, there were a large number of patrol soldiers and countless victims!

A moment later, the group came to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. The guards of the City Lord's Mansion were all children of the Zhang clan. These people knew Zhang Chong and Zhang Yuan. When they saw the two of them coming, they immediately opened the door and sent someone to notify the people in the mansion. In a blink of an eye, Zhang Liang, Zhang Ren, and the female relatives in the backyard knew that Zhang Yuan, Zhang Chong and Zhang Cheng were here.

It was early morning, and it was still early, and Zhang Liang and Zhang Ren had not gone out yet. After Zhang Yuan, Zhang Chong and Zhang Cheng entered the mansion, they first went to the main hall to pay homage to Zhang Liang, and greeted him for a while. Then Zhang Ren went to the backyard to pay homage to the elders of the women...

At noon, Zhang Liang set up a banquet in the backyard to welcome Zhang Cheng, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Chong, of course, mainly to welcome Zhang Cheng. Zhang Yuan and Zhang Chong are Zhang Liang's sons, so Zhang Liang, the father, needs to welcome them. So from a distorted principle, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Chong have benefited from Zhang Cheng.

During the reception banquet, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Chong did not mention the matter of demon pill to Zhang Liang. After all, Zhang Cheng, a "outsider", was present, and some things were inconvenient to say, so the whole banquet was chatting and saying some polite words.

After the reception banquet, Zhang Liang, Zhang Ren, Zhang Cheng, Zhang Chong and Zhang Yuan went to Zhang Liang's study and began to talk about the important matters. Of course, Zhang Cheng reported to Zhang Liang about Zhang Jiao's military appointment, which was also Zhang Cheng's purpose of coming to Qingquan City.

"Uncle, my father asked me to inform you that you will be prepared for the failure of the Liujue Master's competition. In addition, my father has dispatched two battalions of cavalry, and in a few days, he will be transferred to Qingquan City to wait for Uncle's order. If Master Liujue is defeated, my father hopes that Uncle will give up Qingquan City and take the initiative to attack with the troops of the four battalions of Qingquan City to capture Luoheng City in the northeast. Luoheng City is on the edge of the Yangtze River. As long as you capture Luoheng City, you can connect with my uncle's Songjia Fort upstream, echo each other, and form a line of defense in the eastern part of Tizhou." Zhang Cheng said.

"Not good! If you give up Qingquan City, the eastern part of Tizhou will be flat and the central area of ​​Tizhou will be empty. How can you resist the Kangzhou army? If so, Tizhou will be in danger!" Zhang Chong said.

"My father also considered this danger, so the two battalions of soldiers sent were all cavalry. My father's intention was to belong to the name of the cousin. I think the talent of the cousin can definitely be used to circulate in the eastern part of Tizhou with the two battalions of cavalry. Although it cannot completely resist the troops in Kangzhou, it can act as a deterrent so that it will not attack with all its strength..." Zhang Cheng said this, paused for a moment, then looked at Zhang Liang and Zhang Ren, and said, "Uncle, cousin, what do you think?"

Zhang Liang didn't say anything, and Zhang Ren said: "The two battalions of cavalry are... too far-fetched."

"What my father said is the truth. My father also thought of this, but there is no extra armor on Anmincheng. However, the cousin can recruit soldiers on his own in the eastern part of Tizhou. As long as it can block the soldiers in Kangzhou, everything can be decided by the cousin. Weapons and horses in Anmincheng are also short of weapons and horses, and they can't make any moves. However, there is still surplus of food and is constantly buying. Anmincheng will continue to send food and grass to the cousin. The cousin can recruit soldiers without any scruples!" Zhang Cheng explained.

"There are not necessarily benefits to recruit more soldiers. If there are no horses and weapons, the combat effectiveness cannot be improved. Facing the elite soldiers in Kangzhou, it is easy to cause defeat. The more soldiers we have, the greater the panic caused by the defeat. Brother, you must be cautious." Zhang Chong reminded.

"Thank you, my second brother, from our province." Zhang Ren said.

As the few people were talking, Zhang Yuan was silent, but he was thinking about the matter in his heart. Qingquan City lacked weapons, armor and horses. Zhang Yuan suddenly remembered the cheap equipment that was exposed in the copy of the Horse Thieves Plain.

"Do you want to get a batch of equipment for your father and elder brother..."

"You can't always think about being out of the matter..."

"Although equipment and weapons are much lighter than supplies, with my current strength, a bag can be filled with 100 weapons or armor, one hundred pieces at a time, and one thousand pieces ten times. You can equip a battalion in one or two days..."

While Zhang Yuan was thinking, the conversation in the study was over. Then Zhang Liang ordered Zhang Ren to prepare a guest room for Zhang Cheng, Zhang Chong and Zhang Yuan. Zhang Cheng was an "outsider" and came to Qingquan City as a guest. It was natural to sleep in the guest room. However, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Chong...

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Chong, both of their names have been crossed out from the family tree of the Zhang clan. Strictly speaking, they are already considered "outsiders", so there is no small house for two people in the lord's mansion in Qingquan City, and they also have to sleep in the guest room. This makes Zhang Yuan and Zhang Chong feel uncomfortable, but neither of them shows it.

Zhang Yuan walked into his guest room, and a maid brought him tea, pastries and fruits, as well as happy clothes and toiletries, which were completely treated as guests. However, this treatment made Zhang Yuan even more uncomfortable.

"You all go down, I will call you if I have something to do." Zhang Yuan said to the maid and servant at the door.

"Yes, the Fourth Master." The maids and servants said respectfully.

After seeing all the maids and servants leaving, Zhang Yuan smiled bitterly and muttered: "I didn't think there was any difference when I came out of my home before, but now I can see that it's completely different."

Zhang Yuan had just finished muttering, but Zhang Ren and Zhang Chong appeared outside the door. As soon as Zhang Chong entered the door, he greeted Zhang Yuan, "Fourth brother, let's go, let's see my father."

"Okay." Zhang Yuan said and walked towards the door. Then Zhang Ren, Zhang Chong and Zhang Yuan walked through the courtyard and returned to Zhang Liang's study again...

A moment later, Zhang Liang, Zhang Ren, Zhang Chong and Zhang Yuan gathered in Zhang Liang's study again. There were no outsiders present now, so we could finally talk about the important matter.

Zhang Ren, Zhang Chong and Zhang Yuan had just found a seat to sit down, and Zhang Liang said, "Yuan'er, if you don't concentrate on your cultivation in Anmin City, why do you come here to join in the fun? You have a great opportunity, don't mess up your practice."

Zhang Yuan was about to speak, but Zhang Chong said first: "My father misunderstood. This is the child's idea. Father, the two masters are fighting against each other, which is a big deal. However, Master Liujue was obviously at a disadvantage, but the winner and loss of Master Liujue was related to the rise and fall of the Zhang clan. The child was very worried, so he found the fourth brother and asked for help from the fourth brother. Unexpectedly, the fourth brother really thought of a method that could make Master Liujue win..."

"Bastard!" Zhang Liang suddenly became furious, slapped the table, and said, "Zhong'er! It's okay for you to do whatever you want! How could I let you do it at this time? How did I tell you at the beginning? Your fourth brother can have a fairy fate, that's a great blessing! Immortals have never participated in mundane affairs, but you pulled your brother into the water! Isn't this disturbing your brother's fairy fate! It's broken your brother's flying blessing!"

"This..." Zhang Chong's face turned pale. He had thought about it before, but he didn't take it seriously. After thinking about it, he suddenly felt that he was such a big mistake and was in a state of great turmoil for a moment.

"A bastard!" Zhang Liang scolded again.

"Father, don't blame me for my second brother. This is not as serious as my father imagined. I am just cultivating immortals now, and I am not a person in the immortal world. Moreover, I have not yet broken my worldly relationship. I can still interfere in some mundane things." Zhang Yuan hurriedly made up a lie and said.

"Yuan'er, don't lose the big things because of small things. You said at the beginning that your master is an earth immortal and never interferes in worldly affairs. If you think of an immortal like your master, you will definitely not want your disciples to interfere in worldly affairs. You can see the big things from small things. You can see the nature of your mind from small things! You must remember in the future, don't violate the taboos of immortals. The fate of immortals is hard to come by, don't just want to get nothing." Zhang Liangyu gave a serious instruction.

"Yes, father, I've saved it." Zhang Yuan was a little moved. He could see that Zhang's face was sincere in his mind, which made the alienation he had developed because of his guest room disappear.

"Just save it." Zhang Liang nodded, then remembered something, and then continued: "You should not participate in the two great masters' gambling battles. Moreover, there are many people in Qingquan City now, and there are many people from all walks of life and the world of the world. Don't go out these days, just stay in the mansion. When the two great masters compete, you can pass by with your father and go to observe. After the matter is over, you two will return to Anmin City immediately!"

Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Father, the two masters' bets are related to the rise and fall of the Zhang family. Otherwise, let the child help..."

"Stop talking." Zhang Liang interrupted Zhang Yuan and then continued: "This gambling battle between the two masters is related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty. This is not a trivial matter. Maybe there will be immortals paying attention to this matter. If you change the outcome of the gambling battle because you participate in it, you may cause trouble and ruin your immortal fate. You will not be able to do anything!"
Chapter completed!