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Chapter 22 Generous Tears - 4

Mr. Pan asked politely: "I think Mr. Zhao has enough strength to use two stone bows to make a move. I wonder how many stones can he drive at most?"

Zhao Xingde did not expect him to have him and replied casually: "You can barely use the three stone bow."

As soon as this statement was spoken, Pan Shaowei and Fu Zhiren looked at each other and saw a look of surprise in each other's eyes. Even in the Xia army, there were very few people who had three stone bows. Zhao Xingde was nothing, just because everyone in the Taixue did not take it seriously. Many people even secretly said, "There is great strength, but it can win a tattoo." It seems that in the Xia country, if you can recite the Four Books and Five Classics like a stream, your neighbors would at most praise: "This child is well remembered."

Pan Shao smiled slightly and said, "It turns out that Mr. Zhao is really not showing his appearance." He turned to Fu Zhiren and said, "The strongest bow in the inspector's office is only two stones. I'll ask someone to borrow the bow from the Iron Bones Army. Today, Mr. Zhao will definitely open my eyes."

Fu Zhiren was slightly stunned, hesitated for a moment, and nodded in agreement. So Pan Shaowei asked someone to go to the Iron Bones Army to borrow the three stone bows and personally accompanied Zhao Xingde back to the main hall. In addition to the three priests just now, there were four or five more people with Guandong accents in the hall, and they warmly greeted the new villagers.

"Oh, you are also a fellow villager in Jinzhou. When will you come here? My hometown is okay."

"You are going to the river? It's too far. It's not a year or two before you can get there, let alone the stone mountain and small sea. Then you have to have the life to collect the fields."

"The man in Zhou Da Guiren is hiring people to control food and accommodation, and there is still a net profit of twenty yuan a year." A man said to Guo Hong mysteriously, "Don't tell others, there will be no chance if you are too late."

Seeing that several Guandong refugees were already a little moved, Fu Zhiren sighed and said nothing. Pan Shaowei smiled coldly and said to Zhao Xingde in a low voice: "Meetings meet fellow villagers, shoot them in the back." Zhao Xingde nodded, gently held Li Ruoxue's hand, and let her stay away from those idle people.

"The law of the Zhuguo Mansion, in order to eliminate ill-gotten fraud, if it is not for the secrets, the yamen will open their affairs and cannot help but the people will come and go in and out. Even when the governor of the state is going to the hall to discuss matters." Fu Zhiren explained to Zhao Xingde that sometimes the Xihe inspectors' yamen also have a headache about these flies and mosquitoes, but the law is a law. If these refugees were recruited by the Guanzhong workshop here, they would earn less wages, but they would save the resettlement offices to arrange their long journeys.

After waiting for a while, the book that went out to borrow the Three Stone Bows came back. Ma Rui, the centurion of the Iron Bones Army's cavalry camp, came with him. As soon as he saw Fu Zhiren, he shouted loudly: "Old Fu, I heard that someone can drive the Three Stone Bows, so I will see it with my own eyes." The Three Stone Bows are the limit of the hard bows used in the army. Ma Rui is behind the general's door, and he is already outstanding in being able to drive two stones and five dou bows.

Pan Shaowei gave up Zhao Xingde and smiled and said, "It's Mr. Zhao from Guandong, both civil and military."

Zhao Xingde also bowed to Ma Rui, and the four of them came to the archery range again. Zhao Xingde tried to pull the bow. Fortunately, it was not much different from the Sanshi Bow commonly used in the Imperial Academy. Just when he used his strength and pulled the Sanshi Bow like a full moon, Ma Rui and the other three opened their mouths in surprise. Then, Zhao Xingde shot ten arrows like he had just now, still hitting the bull's eye, because the trajectory of the arrow shot by the Sanshi Bow was more like a straight line, and the arrows were only concentrated in the center of the red heart, and there was a jagged red punch around.

"Brother of the Warrior!" When Zhao Xingde put down his bow, Ma Rui couldn't wait to grab his arm and squeeze it, "How did he practice it?" He was the second son of the Houmen family, and after he came out to join the army, he still couldn't change his temper of making jokes.

Zhao Xingde was amused and cried, and turned to look at Fu Zhiren and Pan Shaowei.

Pan Shaowei's face was slightly dark, and he said to Fu Zhiren: "Use three stone bows and ten shots to hit the 10th shot. Fu Xunjie, please forgive me for worrying. Without the accompanying soldiers, Mr. Zhao cannot go on the road alone. I will not give him a road guide."

Although Fu Zhiren was so enthusiastic about Pan Shaowei and wanted to see Zhao De use the three stone bow, he still couldn't help but blurt out: "Why?" Ma Rui also fell silent and stared at Pan Shaowei. Zhao Xingde didn't understand why.

Pan Shaowei's face remained unchanged and said slowly: "Three stone bows and arrows can penetrate the heavy armor, and ten shots can hit ten shots a hundred steps away. If you assassinate, you will be unable to defend yourself. Mr. Zhao is from Guandong. If he asked him to communicate with his own country, I would be dereliction of duty." After he said that, he bowed to Zhao Xingde and said, "Mr. Zhao should not blame him for his duties."

Fu Zhiren's face changed slightly. Whether it was a horse thief or an extreme sect, they were keen on ambushing and assassination. The people of Kanto were peaceful in nature, and they were obsessed with etiquette and a dignified formation, but they could not deny that Pan Shaowei had sufficient reasons. He pondered for a moment, nodded and smiled: "Brother Zhao, then please stay in the Xihe Passing Office for a while. When a lieutenant rotates to the Dunhuang Guardian Mansion to discuss matters, you will also save a lot of trouble."

Zhao Xingde was silent. As the saying goes, every man is innocent and he is guilty of possessing a treasure. However, he secretly helped Han Shizhong shoot the leader of the Kelie tribe not long ago, which is enough to prove that Pan Shaowei's concerns are not unreasonable.

Fu Zhiren was a warm-hearted man. He felt that if he had asked Zhao De to show off his skills with Pan Shaowei for not being curious, Zhao De might have been on his way to Dunhuang. In order to express his apology, he specially invited Zhao De and his wife to live in his home. Shortly after Fu Zhiren's wife Xiang and Li Ruoxue met, he talked about the popular clothing in Chang'an, Bianjing and Luoyang. Ma Rui often came to talk to Zhao Xingde, asking him for advice on how to practice his strength, and also talked about Zhao Xingde's follower to Dunhuang.

The Guardian Mansion of Xia Kingdom was composed of more than 400 lieutenants to discuss military and national affairs. The lieutenants took turns to Dunhuang to discuss matters. Ma Rui's immediate superior and lieutenant Qiu Shiliang will also rush to Dunhuang in September and will not return next September.

The lieutenant is the only way to be promoted to a general. When Qiu Shiliang was in Dunhuang, he never missed various lectures at the General's Mansion. Unfortunately, there have been no major battles in Guanzhong for decades. Every time he promoted a general, the lieutenants of the Guanzhong army suffered a lot of losses. In the past ten years, foreign generals have been leading the army in Guanzhong, and there are not many lieutenants of the military lieutenants in Guanzhong have been promoted to general. The five armies directly under the General's Mansion have the opportunity to rush to assist other battlefields, and the five armies belonging to the Andong Army have almost no great military achievements. If it weren't for the Bai Yu Army, the imperial guards, who supported the storefront during the patrol and school review, they would probably be looked down upon by other legions. Now the Andong Army has a great opinion, either sighing or gritting their teeth. However, military merit is the first consideration for promotion to a general, and no one can say anything wrong.

During Qiu Shiliang's absence, the affairs in the camp were signed by the oldest centurion Linghu Du. However, Linghu Du's power was limited to Xiao Gui and Cao Sui's daily affairs. Major matters were still reported to Qiu Shiliang with military pigeons. If urgent matters were asked, the four marching Simas could handle the matter properly. When Qiu Shiliang was discussing affairs in Dunhuang, he often used the Geyi to exchange opinions with Ma Rui and others, and even notified retired soldiers to discuss together to ensure that the opinions of all the soldiers under the camp were understood by the Huguo Mansion. The Huguo Mansion decided on every major national policy, which was often the result of repeated discussions between the captains and sergeants in various places, and repeated debates and modifications in the mansion.

Only in this way can one achieve a situation where the whole country is united. For example, the arm and the fingers mobilize millions of people in Guanzhong to build canals and roads, promote things such as replacing firewood with carbon, replacing excellent wheat seeds, and trialing the no-till method to maintain water and soil. During the discussion and decision-making process, the soldiers were able to know all the policies of the Prime Minister's Office. For example, in order to encourage the rotation of grain and grass to maintain the ground force, the Prime Minister's Office distributed fifty coins per mu of the Prime Minister's Office, and the soldiers applied to the county government and sent them to the subordinate Yinhu. The rule of the Xia State's law and orders became more and more complicated. Without the guidance of the soldiers, many Yinhu could not understand it at all.
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