Chapter 24 Night March
?Yuchi Chifan was commanding the servants to arrange the mansion in the yard. When he arrived in Anlu yesterday, he was exhausted and didn't care much. Today, as the hostess, he naturally had to redesign something.
Her husband Yuwen Wen went to the headmaster's residence to visit her father-in-law early in the morning. I don't know what was so anxious. As a woman, she could only take care of the housework so that her husband could have a comfortable home to rest after a day of hard work.
Yuwen Liang had arranged a house for his two sons to live in. The two courtyards were adjacent to each other. Yu Wenming accompanied more servants, while Yu Wenwen and his younger couple brought a lot fewer servants.
The two maids were the close maids that Yuchi Chifan had when he got married, one of them was Cuiyun, who had an attempted marriage to her family. Next was the little eunuch Li Sanjiu, and the four newly recruited boys by her husband, including Zhang Dingfa and his wife.
As for her husband's "confidant servant" Yuwen Shiwu, she followed the man to go out this morning.
In addition to the yard, Yuwen Liang also prepared servants for his two sons. Li Sanjiu, who is now promoted to steward, directed his servants to do things according to Yuchi Chifan's request. He has been a eunuch in the palace since he was a child, and has a low status as an eunuch. After being called back and forth all day long, he can finally turn over and become a boss.
But Li Sanjiu was still a little immature. Fortunately, among the servants equipped this time, there were old servants specially sent by the General Administration to help him. After a while of training, he would naturally be able to handle it.
The maid Cuiyun is still responsible for serving the husband and wife, while the other maid Caixia is responsible for the kitchen. After all, the man came to Anlu in the south from Guanzhong, and it will take some time to adapt to eating habits and other things.
Lin Youdi and several servants carefully unpacked and placed the strange things of Yuwen Wen. Now he is responsible for the follow-up experiment of the "Elephant's powerful two-year trial pneumatic continuous bead gun".
In fact, it is to invigorate gas tanks of various specifications according to Yuwen Wen's requirements, record the maximum number of gas injections and the shooting power after being connected to the continuous gun. In this era when there is no air pressure gauge, it can only use this stupid method to collect data, which is just suitable for Lin Youdi's responsible and stubborn personality.
Lin Youdi was still very happy without mixing charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur to make that horrible thing.
As the leader of the guard, Zhang Dingfa arranged for the family generals to patrol around. Yuwen Wen had told Yuchi Chifan about him being the "former boss of the horse bandit". Since her husband said, "Don't doubt the employer, no doubt the person," she also asked Zhang Dingfa to manage the family generals who went south to accompany this time. Fu Youcai, one of the abacus beads, was his deputy.
In the side courtyard, Mrs. Zhang Liu Caiyun looked at the jars in front of her and was stunned: "That's how those glass beads were made?" Zhang Yiman and Hu Sanzi beside him nodded when they heard this.
The sand collected by the river was heated at a high temperature, dissolved and made "glass beads" through molds, which made the tall and majestic image of the glazed beads in Liu Caiyun's heart land.
Yuwen Wen told her the secret and asked Zhang Yiman and Hu Sanzi, two experienced players who made "glass beads" to help with "income generation", after all, the money is not too much.
Although Anlu is far from being as good as a first-class city like Chang'an, it is still the best capital of the surrounding states, and has some consumption capacity. How to dig out money from various major households depends on Liu Caiyun's ability.
It was busy all morning and Yuwen Wen didn't come back until the afternoon. He and his wife called Li Sanjiu, Lin Youdi, Zhang Dingfa and Liu Caiyun to the study.
"I will go out for several days starting today. All affairs in the palace will be presided over by the wife, and the affairs in each person will be carried out according to the previous arrangements of this man."
"Yes." Everyone replied in unison.
"No matter what happens in the past few days, there is no need to panic. If the prince presides over the overall situation, there is no need to think too much about it."
The prince, namely the prince of Qi, Yu Wenming, and Yu Wenwen's brother.
After hearing this, the other three except Lin Youdi showed doubts but still agreed. Yuwen Wen has always been determined and then moved without asking questions.
"Captain Zhang, if any abnormal movements happen to the servants in the mansion, you must obtain the consent of the wife."
"Yes." Zhang Dingfa was unambiguous. He had noticed from a few words that something big would happen in the next few days. Yuwen Wen could hand over the important task of protecting the mansion to him and explain that 'No doubt about hiring people.'
I was once the leader of the Ma Bandits. Although I had already washed my hands, I didn’t dare to use it any family. Caiyun really has good eyesight!
After everyone else left, Yuwen Wen held his wife's hand and said, "I have been dependent on Sanniang for the family these days."
Yuchi Chifan looked at her husband calmly: "I'll wait for you to come back..."
"No matter what happens in the past few days, you must relax. If you have any questions, you can discuss with your sister-in-law. There is also a brother who can make the decision." Yuwen Wen nodded, kissed his wife's forehead gently and walked out the door.
"Promise me, take care of me!" Yuchi Chifan suddenly hugged her husband from behind. Yuwen Wen's body stopped and then turned around. The couple hugged each other tightly for a long time before they separated.
"Wait for me to come back."
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At night, Yuezhou bordering the east of Anzhou, outside Xiaochang City, the prefecture is under the jurisdiction of the capital.
More than ten cavalry came to the west of Xiaochang City to call the gate. Now it was already night. The city gate was locked. If there were no special circumstances, the soldiers guarding the city would not open the gate. However, after they talked with the generals guarding the city for a while, the city gate slowly opened, and the dozen people all entered the back city gate and closed again.
"You must be careful to patrol the city tonight!" A young man in the lead said, then led his entourage to gallop away. After a while, he came to the official residence of the state yamen. The young man threw a whip and dismounted, shouting to open the door and turned around in the backyard to a room and knocked in.
"Father." The boy saluted the middle-aged man sitting behind the desk reading with a lamp.
"Shao'er is back." The middle-aged man put down the book and let the young man sit down. He is Xu Faguang, the current governor of Yuezhou, and the young man is his son.
Xu Faguang and his father, Xu Hong, and his son, served as governors of Yuezhou. The young man was named Xu Shao and his son. He whispered to his father: "On the way he came just now, he saw a large number of cavalry coming towards Xiaochang, but I don't know..."
Xu Faguang looked at his son for a moment before speaking: "If you meet the army at night in the future, don't go in front of you!"
"Yes, my child knows." Xu Shao nodded. Most of the troops were mobilized at night to avoid the eyes and ears. If the generals he met had an ulterior motive, he would probably have to silence them all the way.
Xu Faguang looked at his son who was reluctant to speak but stopped and said, "The city defense reported that it seemed that a group of cavalry was heading around the city to the northeast. Their target was not Xiaochang."
"Northeast direction? There are two forks in the northeast of Xiaochang. Where will they go?"
"Where you go is not your business. Don't go around these days, just stay in Xiaochang." Xu Faguang said without doubt, "Now the court is in trouble!"
Northeast of Xiaochang City.
The wilderness around was silent, and the black cavalry galloped on the official road in the moonlight. Apart from the sound of horse hooves, the cavalry were silent. Although their vision was not good, they still maintained the shape of the team. No one fell behind. From a distance, they looked into a long line and didn't know the specific number of people.
More than ten riders leading the way came to the fork and turned right. The large army followed him and turned around and galloped southeast along the official road.
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The next afternoon, the Huangzhou General Administration Office was in Huangcheng.
In the Huangzhou General Administration, several generals pressed one of them to the ground. The man was blocked and could only speak out "Woooo". Although he couldn't help but struggle, he was still tied up by Wuhua.
"The Duke of Shu is now in contact with each other, and it seems that he is ready to raise an army."
Yuan Jingshan, the chief supervisor of Huangzhou, looked at the man who was taken out and sneered, then turned around and said to the middle-aged man beside him: "Public assistant, we are going to start preparing too."
The middle-aged man nodded. He was the governor of Huangzhou Yuwen Bi, whose courtesy name was Gongfu. At noon today, the two received a secret letter from the general manager of Xiangzhou. The Duke of Shu, Yuchi Jiong, sent someone to the letter. In the letter, Lieutenant Chi Jiong denounced the Duke of Sui Yang Jian's autocracy and had unfair intentions towards the Great Zhou, hoping that he/she would rectify the troops and prepare to rebel against Yang for the country to eliminate traitors.
To eliminate traitors for the country? For which country?
It goes without saying that the Great Zhou under Emperor Wu’s rule is willing to cut through the thorns for my emperor; the Great Zhou under the rule of the previous emperor can only accept it with a pinch of his nose. What’s the matter with the Great Zhou under the rule of this young emperor?
Yuan Jingshan, the chief supervisor of Huangzhou, fought under the command of Duke Yun of Wei Xiaokuan for many years. He could guess what the old Duke was thinking now. Yuwen Bi, he was knowledgeable in the battles between the south and the north. The last emperor was incompetent and incompetent, had long lost the hearts of the aristocratic family. Who would like to support the Yuwen family?
The two had a good relationship, but as soon as they met, they decided to escort the messenger and secret letter to Chang'an and hand it over to the left prime minister, Yang Jian, Duke of Sui, to express his feelings.
"Along the way, the messenger, the one from Anzhou, probably received the letter yesterday at the latest, and he must have trapped the beasts to fight." Yuwen Bi is not a clan of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He has no good feelings for the evil emperor Yuwen Yun, and has no feelings for the young emperor now. "The military affairs will be rectified tomorrow, and after the Prime Minister's order, he will advance westward to quell the rebellion."
The Anzhou General Manager Yuwen Liang is a member of the royal family and will inevitably respond to Yuchi Jiong's rebellion. Therefore, the Huangzhou General Manager, which borders it in the southeast of the Anzhou General Manager, will definitely be the first to bear the brunt.
Huangzhou and its several prefectures were originally under the jurisdiction of Nanchen. Last year, in November of the first year of the Elephant, Yuwen Liang, the general manager of Anzhou, was ordered to attack Nanchen and seize the current Huangzhou Prefecture Huangcheng. Then the Great Zhou Dynasty occupied the current Huangzhou prefecture's prefecture's prefecture.
Yuan Jingshan, the former general manager of Haozhou, served as general manager of Huangzhou, and Yu Wenbi, the governor of Qingzhou, was transferred to the governor of Huangzhou. Now they decided to stand on the side of the left prime minister Yang Jian, so sooner or later they would meet Yu Wen Liang. The public security in Anzhou is more than 200 miles away from Huangcheng. The army will arrive after more than three days. Be careful.
After discussing for a moment, Yu Wenbi left and walked out of the gate of the chief executive's mansion and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on him.
At the same time, the north gate of Huangcheng.
More than ten followers followed a carriage to the city gate. The city gate official collected the city tax and checked the carriage and let it go without any problem. The carriage slowly drove into the city.
Seeing the team moving slowly, the city gate official shouted impatiently: "Hurry, hurry up, the city gate is going to be closed!"
As soon as Jane fell, his head flew up and flew into the air and fell to the ground several times. Before he could come back to his senses, the soldiers on both sides were killed by the sudden stalkers. The dozing sentry at the city gate heard the movement below and was about to move, but found that the whistleman beside him staring blankly outside the city.
Chapter completed!