In a blink of an eye, the official training of the Junzi Army has entered the tenth day. The training on the tenth day is very similar to the first nine days. In the morning, it is Wuqinxi, marching with weights, riding logs and practicing standing postures. In the afternoon, it is pull-ups.

Marching on foot, chopping with sabers, and finally riding logs, the process was excruciatingly boring, and the progress was so slow that it was frustrating.

After finally finishing the tenth day of training, Tao Ying ordered the army to disband. The exhausted soldiers of the Nine Hundred Gentlemen Army cheered and rushed to the kitchen. Tao Ying's only deputy who could barely handle it, his cousin Tao Ji,

He became more and more dejected, and walked listlessly to the kitchen with a riding whip, without even inviting his cousin Tao Yingtong, who was next to him, to have dinner. Seeing Tao Ji's appearance, Tao Ying first smiled, and then secretly said: "It's time to celebrate."

This guy has a bad rap, otherwise, not only will he want to leave more and more, but the morale of the Junzi Army will also be affected even more."

After thinking about this, Tao Ying took a few steps to catch up with Tao Ji, patted Tao Ji on the shoulder and said: "Third brother, don't be in a hurry to eat. Go with your second brother and take you to see something new."

"What's new?" Tao Ji, who was thinking about how to leave the Junzi Army, asked with all his strength. Tao Ying didn't answer, but just picked up Tao Ji and left. Tao Ji had no choice but to let Tao Ying pull him and rushed to the Junzi Army side by side.

The military construction site in the back camp of the military camp was closely guarded by the Danyang soldiers, who were direct descendants of Tao Qian.

Entering the construction site, the ten carpenters that Tao Ying borrowed from Cao Hong were having a meal. A large number of weird semi-finished products were piled next to the original lathe. Tao Ying was about to pick up a semi-finished product to show Tao Ji, but unexpectedly saw the work of his cheap dad Tao Qian.

The number one confidant Cao Hong was actually at the construction site, and was whispering something to a few Danyang soldiers. Tao Ying couldn't help but asked in surprise: "General Cao, why are you here?"

"Second Young Master? Third Young Master? Why are you here too?" Cao Hong turned around and saw brothers Tao Ying and Tao Ji. He hurriedly led a few Danyang soldiers to salute, "The general didn't know that the two young masters were coming, so he missed the welcome from afar.

Please forgive me, gentlemen."

"General Cao, you don't have to be polite. I'm bringing my third brother here to take a look." Tao Ying replied casually, and then asked: "General Cao, if you are not in the city to protect your father today, what are you doing here?"

Cao Hong hesitated a little, looked around, then pointed to the warehouse closely guarded by Danyang soldiers, and whispered: "Second Young Master, please come to the room to talk." Tao Ying knew that there must be a secret, so he nodded in agreement and pulled him up.

Tao Ji walked to the warehouse, where Cao Hong also led a Danyang soldier to follow him, and entered the warehouse with brother Tao Ying.

Nuo Da's warehouse was filled with newly made wooden utensils. Because it was getting late and the lamps were not lit, Tao Ji could not see clearly what the wooden utensils were for the time being. Cao Hong did not let the soldiers come in to light the lamps, but only brought the wooden utensils brought into the room.

Danyang soldiers pulled him in front of Tao Ying and whispered to Tao Ying: "Second Young Master, I originally wanted to find out the matter and report it to you. Since I happened to be caught by Young Master, I will report it first and ask Young Master to do it."

Be prepared."

"What's the matter? General Cao, please tell me quickly." Tao Ying smelled a dangerous smell.

"Someone is thinking about the young master's new harness." Cao Hong pointed to the Danyang soldier he led into the room and whispered: "This man's name is Zhang Hu, and he is a distant relative of the last general. Because he is cautious and loyal, the last general sent him

He came to the young master's camp to protect the carpentry worksite that the young master required to be kept strictly confidential. However, he was fond of gambling by nature and lost nine times out of ten, so he often had trouble with money. The day before yesterday, when he was on his shift, he became addicted to gambling, so he went to a casino in the city to play. As a result,

He was targeted by someone and tried to use his hand to steal samples of the young master's new harness."

"When did it happen? What was the specific process?" Tao Ying quickly asked.

"Sir, it happened yesterday afternoon." Zhang Hu, the Danyang soldier, cupped his hands and replied: "Yesterday afternoon, the villain took a break and went to the casino to play. He was not very lucky and lost everything quickly. When the villain was unwilling to give up, he

One person suddenly offered to lend the villain a thousand dollars to get back his capital. The villain didn't know it was a trick, so he went to the gambling table again. He didn't want to gamble and lose consecutively. He borrowed three thousand dollars from that person one after another and lost all. Then that person again

He took the initiative to invite the villain to drink, saying that he would rather not have the villain pay back the money. As long as the villain steals one of the new wooden tools that the young master secretly made and gives it to him, the debt will be written off in one go. He is also willing to give the villain another ten thousand yuan."

"What's the matter? Thirteen thousand dollars to buy a new wooden utensil?" Tao Ji was a little surprised. He picked up a new wooden utensil piled in the warehouse and found that it was a semicircular wooden circle. If he looked closely, it was a semi-arc.

There is a flat wooden board in the lower rafter of the wooden circle half the size of a palm. Apart from being quite strong, there is nothing strange about it. Tao Ji couldn't help but be even more surprised and asked: "How can a broken wooden circle be worth so much?"

How much money? And second brother, why did you build such a broken wooden circle?"

"Third brother, don't interrupt. I'll tell you later." Tao Ying waved his hand and turned to Zhang Hu and asked, "Zhang Hu, how did you answer that man? Did it look like he described my harness?"

"

"Back to the young master, although I have seen the two new harnesses secretly made by the second young master, General Cao has repeatedly warned me that these two new harnesses are the second young master's hard work and must not leak any information, so the villain

He didn't tell the truth." Zhang Hu took the opportunity to demonstrate his merits and said: "The villain deliberately lied to that person, saying that the second young master wanted to make a very big wooden tool that could not be stolen. It has not been completed yet, so the villain

I still don’t know what kind of wooden utensil the second young master is making. Then the man gave the villain another three thousand yuan and asked the villain to secretly draw a sketch of the young master’s wooden utensil and give it to him. After the completion of the project, he thanked the villain for another ten thousand yuan.

money."

"Zhang Hu is a smart man." Cao Hong took over and explained: "As soon as he returned to the camp, he immediately secretly reported the matter to the general. The general did not dare to neglect and hurried over to investigate the matter. At the same time, the general

For the sake of caution, the general wore plain clothes and came to this construction site secretly, so as not to alert others, and he didn't want to happen to meet you, young master."

"Have you found out where the craftsman is from?" Tao Ying quickly asked again.

"The incident happened suddenly, and I haven't had time to start the investigation yet." Cao Hong replied: "But I have already asked Zhang Hu carefully. Zhang Hu can be sure that the detailed work is a native of Xuzhou, because what he said is authentic.

His Xuzhou accent doesn’t seem to be fake.”

"Sir, I can be sure that that person is from Xuzhou." Zhang Hu echoed: "Sir, you also know that our Xuzhou accent is very different from Cao's Yanzhou accent. At first, I also suspected that that person was Cao's Xizuo.

, I paid close attention to his accent, and found that his Xuzhou dialect was very authentic and fluent, not like a foreigner pretending to be."

"An authentic Xuzhou accent?" Tao Ying raised his eyebrows, and the shadow of a pair of brothers immediately flashed in his mind. After thinking for a moment, Tao Ying patted Zhang Hu on the shoulder and said: "Very good, you have made great contributions to Xuzhou.

I should reward you heavily. Let's do this. It's not convenient to promote you to an official position now. I will personally reward you with 10,000 yuan first. When you help General Cao catch the spy, I will report it to my father and ask him to promote you.

"

"Thank you, Master." Zhang Hu was overjoyed and quickly saluted and thanked Tao Ying again: "Now you go out first. I have something to say to General Cao and the three generals alone. Also, by the way, let the brothers outside give us a gift."

Come in with a lantern." Zhang Hu agreed and exited the door honestly. Then another Danyang soldier brought in a candle lantern, and then bowed and retreated, leaving only Tao Ying, Cao Hong and Tao Ji in the room.

commune.

It was only with the candle lamp that Tao Ji discovered that the warehouse was densely packed with semi-circular wooden circles. Just as Tao Ji was about to ask, Cao Hong rushed to Tao Ying and asked: "Second Young Master, the last general."

In fact, I have been wanting to ask you again, why do you want military craftsmen to make so many weird harnesses? What are these harnesses used for? Also, why do you want this harness to be so secretive? This*

The tool is actually very simple, it’s just a half-round wooden circle with a wooden board attached to it, so why is there any need to keep it secret?”

"It's because the craftsmanship is too simple, so it needs to be kept strictly confidential." Tao Ying sighed first, and then said: "Now that things have happened, it's time for me to tell you the purpose of the new harness, so that you can have a clear understanding.

That’s what’s so important about these new harnesses.”

"Please give me some advice, Master." Cao Hong replied. Tao Ji also pricked up his ears and his eyes were full of curiosity.

"Before I explain the purpose of this weapon, I have to ask you a question first." Tao Ying asked, "General Cao, third brother, you are all generals with outstanding martial arts skills.

Proficient, but there is one thing I wonder if you can do it - can you ride on a horse, draw a bow and fire an arrow?"

"It's too simple." Cao Hong and Tao Ji both laughed, and Tao Ji said proudly: "Second brother, I'm not bragging. Even if I'm riding on a horse, I can hit the seven of hearts with ten arrows within a hundred steps.

Eight Arrows.”

"Brother Xian is very skilled in martial arts. Brother Fool naturally knows this." Tao Ying smiled and asked: "Brother Xian, and General Cao, you may be galloping on the back of the horse and pulling on the horse at the same time.

Bow and arrow?"

"Of course you can." Tao Ji replied easily: "Clamp the horse tightly with your legs, and you can free your hands to draw the bow and shoot arrows. However, this is too tiring and dangerous, and your riding skills are a little bit inferior.

If you are not careful, you will fall off your horse."

"The last general can do it." Cao Hong was also a little proud and said with a smile: "Second Young Master, have you forgotten? The reason why the lord appointed the last general as the captain in front of the tent is because when the last general was performing martial arts in the school field, he was running.

The war horse drew his bow and fired an arrow, and three arrows hit the red heart in succession. The lord was overjoyed and rewarded the last general heavily."

"Yes, the third brother and General Cao are superb in martial arts. They can draw their bows and fire arrows while galloping, so they will definitely not be able to stop you." Tao Ying smiled again, then suddenly stopped smiling and asked: "Then third brother, General Cao,

Can you gallop on your horse and at the same time turn around and shoot arrows? And not just one or two arrows, but two or three arrows, but you must gallop on your horse and at the same time turn around and shoot forty or fifty arrows?"

"Second brother, do you want my younger brother's life?" Tao Ji asked dissatisfiedly: "While galloping on the horse, you turned around and shot forty or fifty arrows. Do you think my younger brother is a god? If you fight like this, the people on the horse are gods.

You have to fall off your horse too!"

"Second Young Master, are you joking?" Cao Hong also said doubtfully: "I have heard that there are strong generals with high martial arts skills who can turn around and shoot arrows on the back of a galloping horse, but at most they can only shoot one or two arrows, and they can't even shoot one or two arrows at most.

I'm afraid that even the best general in the world, Marquis Lu Bulu Wen, can't shoot forty or fifty arrows, right?"

"You can do it." Tao Ying raised the rough stirrup in his hand and said with a smile: "Third brother, General Cao, if you are equipped with these stirrups and the high bridge saddles piled in the next room, you can

The galloping war horse turns back and fires arrows, shooting arrows to kill the enemy, and it will never fall off the horse!"

"How is this broken wooden circle so magical?" Tao Ji became interested.

"Of course!" Tao Ying nodded vigorously and said seriously: "If the equipment is equipped with stirrups and a high bridge saddle, don't say you can do it. The officers and soldiers of the Junzi Army that I have created with my own hands can be done by everyone!"

"Real or fake?" Tao Ji became more interested and hurriedly asked: "Second brother, how do you use this tool? Can you let me try it first?"

"Of course I can let you try it, but not now." Tao responded: "When all the war horses of our Gentleman Army are fully equipped, we will try it together. Then I will teach you how to use these harnesses."

Tao Ji was overjoyed and agreed quickly, but Cao Hong next to him was still a little doubtful. Then Cao Hong asked: "Sir, does someone know the magic of these stirrups, so they bribed my soldiers and wanted to steal the samples and copy them?"

?”

"Of course not. Apart from me, no one else in the world knows the magic of stirrups." Tao Ying shook his head and said in a deep voice: "General Cao, have you paid attention? Just now Zhang Hu said that he deceived the craftsman.

It was said that our army was making a large wooden tool that could not be stolen. The craftsman immediately believed it. This was enough to prove that our enemy hiding in the dark did not know what new wooden tool we were making.

I don’t know what our new wooden tools are for.”

"Young master, what you said makes sense. If the enemy knows a little bit about our new harness, Zhang Hu won't be able to deceive them." Cao Hong nodded and said happily: "This proves that the enemy did not spy on us before Zhang Hu."

If there is any information about the new harness, Zhang Hu is just their first target."

"I think so too." Tao Ying also analyzed this result, and then Tao Ying smiled and asked Cao Hong: "General Cao, you are my father's confidant, and you are in charge of intelligence information for my father. In your opinion, the man who controls Xuzhou

Who is the most likely person behind the accent creation?"

Cao Hong blinked his triangular eyes, which were not much bigger than mung beans. He looked at Tao Ying first, and then lowered his voice and said, "Master, do you really want to know the answer? Master, aren't you afraid...?"

"It seems that General Cao and I want to get together." Tao Ying smiled and said: "Since we all want to be together, there is no need to say anything to General Cao, lest my hot-tempered third brother lose his temper and become bad.

It’s a big deal about my father and General Cao.”
To be continued...