Da'an's best son-in-law

"Madam, please come back."

Outside the door of Wei Mansion's backyard, Ye Chen turned over and jumped on the horse, lifted the reins, and smiled casually at Wei Yanran outside the door.

Although Ye Chen's identity is not conspicuous in the Wei family, the former still pays more attention to it. After selecting at the horse farm, the two of them avoided the crowd and went directly to the backyard of the Wei family.

Afraid of being overcrowded and the matter being leaked, Ye Chen's departure was kept extremely secret. The only person who came to see Ye Chen off was Wei Yanran.

Wei Yanran walked down the steps slowly, stroking the rooster's shiny mane, staring into the rooster's eyes, gently holding the rooster's face and saying, "You must bring me back safely, do you understand? Rooster"

Rooster is currently the strongest and most patient horse in the Wei family. If he encounters danger, perhaps the former's ability can give Ye Chen a glimmer of hope.

The rooster seemed to understand what Wei Yanran had told him. He rarely lost his temper and just snorted lightly.

Seeing this, Wei Yanran also smiled softly, loosened her hands, and said with concern to Ye Chen on the horse: "This is a dangerous place, so be careful."

She knew in her heart that although she was protected by officers and soldiers, this trip was extremely dangerous. When the two parties really came to swords, Ye Chen might not be able to protect her own safety.

"gone"

Ye Chen nodded lightly and immediately stopped lingering. With a flick of the whip in his hand, the rooster flew away in Wei Yanran's eyes.

Wei Yanran gently pinched her sleeves and stared at Ye Chen's leaving figure. On the long street, only the long reflections of a person and a horse were stretched by the early sun.

"Ye Chen, come back safely"

Outside the courtyard of the Wei family, there was only a woman muttering to herself.

Although the wild nature of the rooster was tempered by Ye Chen, the unruly temperament inside was still there. Under the premise that Ye Chen deliberately controlled the speed, it was still like a whirlwind, blowing through the streets of Jizhou.

"What happened suddenly?!"

"It looks like a horse?"

"Nonsense, have you ever seen a horse that is so big that all the fruits I gave him flew away!"

At the morning market in Jizhou, the vendors were busy picking up the fruits that had been blown away by the strong wind, while cursing in the direction Ye Chen left.

Ye Chen rushed all the way outside the prefect's Yamen. Li Zheng had already led Ban An to wait for the former at the door of the Yamen early. In order not to attract attention, the two of them deliberately wore regular clothes instead of official clothes.

When Ye Chen left Li Mansion yesterday, he had agreed with Li Zheng that Chen Shi would follow his master to the barracks to order troops. Because of Gong Ji, he was already half an hour late.

"Master Li, Ye Chen is here"

Seeing a figure of a man and a horse running towards him, Ban An echoed beside Li Zheng.

Li Zheng nodded slightly, and when he saw Ye Chen dismounted and walked towards him, he slightly cupped his hands and said: Mr. Ye, we have been waiting for a long time again."

Ye Chen got off his horse and placed the rooster aside. He cupped his fists apologetically and said, "There are some matters in the family that need to be dealt with, so I was delayed for a while. I hope Mr. Li doesn't mind."

Li Zheng shook his head slightly, pointed to Ban Chao beside him and said: "This is my master from Jizhou Yamen, Ban Chao. This time, he will take you to the camp in Jizhou City to lead the troops."

"Ye Chen has met Master," Ye Chen said respectfully, cupping his fists.

This person is none other than Master Ban An of Jizhou whom Ye Chen met at the county government office a few days ago.

Ban Chao looked Ye Chen up and down, and waved his hand in a serious manner, "You are the Ye Chen who wrote "When Will the Bright Moon Come" at this Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival? When I meet you today, you are indeed a talented person... ..”

Immediately, Ban An looked at Ye Chen with burning eyes and said: "That poem has been studied by several people in Jizhou who have a good relationship with me. They all agreed that this is the pinnacle of many poetry conferences in Jizhou. It can be said that It’s highly rated.”

"Master is so complimentary"

"Oh, no, the inner meaning of your poem is..."

"Just admiring the moon"

"Oh, sharing the beauty of the moon across thousands of miles is simply..."

"It's just a literal meaning."

Everyone in Jizhou knows that Ban An loves poetry the most. Although his own level is not high, he usually makes friends with some well-known literati in Jizhou and often participates in poetry gatherings in Jizhou.

However, most of the works of this poetry enthusiast are of a standard such as "The beautiful scenery in the courtyard is so amazing, I feel so happy when I come to watch it"...

After all, Ye Chen came to find someone to do something for him. Regarding the various questions raised by the former, Ye Chen had no choice but to explain them one by one.

"If I had known it would come in handy, I would have stopped thinking about the appreciation of ancient poetry in class..."

"Okay, since you two already know each other, you can take him directly to the Yamen to lead the troops. I have already said hello to Qianhu in the barracks."

Seeing Ban An's questions coming up one after another, and his attitude of asking for more information, Li Zheng coughed twice and spoke helplessly to interrupt the conversation between the two.

Ye Chen gave the former a grateful look, and tentatively asked Ban An, who was still chattering, "Master, what about us?"

"Okay, okay, Mr. Ye, please come with me." After understanding what Li Zheng meant, Ban An quickly made an invitation gesture in the direction of the Yamen.

The An Dynasty's army was divided into two types, one was called the Forbidden Army and the other was called the Xiang Army.

The armies that Jizhou Yamen can control basically belong to the Xiang army.

Such an army cannot be relied upon to fight a war. Here An Taizu selected according to the standards. Those who were selected would go to the central government to serve as the imperial army, and those who were not selected would stay in the local areas and serve as the Xiang army. The Forbidden Army's combat effectiveness is still good, but the Xiang Army is simply a handyman in the local area.

In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, wars and chaos were frequent. Few young people in society were studying and many were serving as soldiers. At first they looked like they were young soldiers, but then they got old and couldn't rely on them to fight anymore, and they couldn't live in vain, so they went to work, and it became hard labor.

Having said that, Ye Chen followed Ban An and walked into the Xiang Army camp in Jizhou and found that the soldiers here were quite regular.

"Drink, kill!"

It was just after midnight, and the centurion and his soldiers had begun to drill on the training field. The dozens of big men in the field were powerful and their movements were uniform.

Seeing everyone practicing in an orderly manner, Ye Chen couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart. With this kind of combat effectiveness, fifty soldiers could be said to be a dimensionality-reducing blow against the gang of bandits.

Don’t they all say that the Xiang army’s combat effectiveness is not good? What is going on?

"Master Ye, this is the strongest group of soldiers in the Yamen. According to Master Li's instructions, they have been gathered on the training ground for you. You can choose fifty of them by yourself," Ban Chao explained at the side

It turned out to be Li Zheng's intention, and Ye Chen was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Mr. Li's promise to do things was not ambiguous at all, but he was not ambiguous at all.