New Shun 1730

"elder brother!"

"Third Master!"

Steamed Bun and Bell jumped up at the same time, calling for the people they cared about, and rushed to the door.

In the yard, Du Feng had just jumped off his horse, and Liu Yu was still arranging his clothes on horseback. Hun Chengxunwei had not had the opportunity to wear the brocade uniforms and embroidered spring sword that he had gotten a few times, so he quickly changed into them after returning from no man's land.

"Hey, the food here is good. Steamed buns, you have gained weight."

Mantou walked to Liu Yu's side, smiled happily, helped Liu Yu get off the horse and said: "The third master has become darker and thinner."

The meeting between master and servant is full of excitement, but when it comes to true love, it is far inferior to the reunion of brother and sister next to him.

Du Ling was like a bird returning to its nest, circling around Du Feng several times.

We haven’t seen each other for more than half a year, and I have been holding back so many words, but I can’t say a word at this time. In the end, it just turned into a cry, a word that contained countless longings.

"elder brother!"

"Okay, okay, don't cry. I'm back now, right? I'm missing my arms and legs. Where's dad?"

Reaching out and patting her sister's head, Du Ling stretched out the back of her hand to wipe the tears that had reached her chin. Knowing that her brother had something serious to do, she said, "I'll call him."

After saying that, his unbound feet took a step forward and reached Du Feng's horse in two steps.

With a shake of his head, the black and straight braids were wrapped in front of him. He bit it with his teeth, stepped on the stirrup, and like a flying swallow, he took advantage of the opportunity to sit sideways on the horse's back.

Without letting the horse turn around at all, he kicked the horse hard in the belly, ran two steps in the yard, directly jumped over the low fence of the yard wall, and turned into an afterimage towards the north.

It is said that after serving in the army for three years, when I see a cracked peach, I can think of it and feel like it is hard. Liu Yu also followed a group of rough guys for a year. Now that he saw a girl, his heart skipped a beat.

Then he turned his head, thinking that he had no control over his own marriage, and he didn't know who his cheap father wanted to marry him to.

I just hope that my future wife will not have bound feet, and it is best to have a common language, and that will be a blessing.

After a while, Du Qian, who was lame in his legs, hurried back on horseback from outside.

The man, who was in his forties, was very dexterous on the horse. When he got off the ground, he took off a pair of crutches from beside the saddle.

He limped up to the two of them on crutches, squeezed his son's shoulders, nodded, and then looked at Liu Yu.

"Father, let me introduce you. This is Lord Liu Yu, the honorary guard in front of the palace and the current Duke of Yi Kingdom."

"Master Liu, this is my father. He is currently the captain of Zhechong Mansion in Handuoli."

The nominal official positions of the two people are about the same. Du Qian was cut from the northeast to the northwest, while Liu Yu had a good father. Although Xunwei was of the same fifth rank, Du Qian still saluted Liu Yu first. After Liu Yu returned the salute, he stretched out his hand and helped Du Qian into the house with Du Feng.

There was no one else in the room, so Liu Yu gave a rough overview of the whole process.

He didn't beat around the bush, he just got straight to the point after telling what happened.

"Mr. Du, I don't speak secretly. At the beginning, I wanted to borrow Du Feng's strength. He was young and was frightened by me when he said something about substituting merit for crime. I knew that Mr. Du would Such a single person, I guess he is willing to fight with me for the sake of his son."

"First of all, I have such an idea, and secondly, after we have been together for a long time, he and I have become compatible. This is not only for me, but also to find a way out for him."

Du Qian took out his tobacco bag, holding a wooden thorn in his hand and gently picking up the smoke oil inside. After Liu Yu finished speaking, he put down his pipe, tilted his head and glanced at Liu Yu, and said with a smile: "Master Liu is very calculating. I only heard of sons who cheated on their fathers, but rarely cheated fathers. My hometown is in Yuncheng, Liu Your Excellency is very skillful in making money."

After listening to Liu Yu's explanation, Du Qian finally understood why the emperor had given such a strange decree to a small official as big as a sesame seed and a mung bean.

Everyone in the circle knew about the robbery of the caravan at Handori Acropolis. However, they didn't kill good people and take credit for their merits. None of them thought it was a big deal. The soldiers and bandits had a simple idea: I'm guarding the border here, so what's wrong with robbing you of some money?

The reason why the people's armies of later generations have three major disciplines and eight points of attention is also very simple - because it is the normal practice of the old army to reverse all three disciplines and eight points of attention.

The only two "wonders" are the Yue Family Army, and the other is the group of people who helped defend the city during the Warring States Period. At least it was clearly stated that those who defended the city and demolished the houses had to be compensated at the original price, and the rice and grain borrowed had to be registered clearly. Compliance account.

Everyone knows this normality.

The minister understood, and the emperor also understood that if Grandpa Yue dared to take out the account book when he was checking the accounts, he would be so moved that the auditors would cry, thinking that something was wrong with him.

However, since ancient times, the DPRK has always relied on the standard of "saint" to require people, and then the emperor's selective enforcement of laws is regarded as a holy grace.

Everyone knew about the robbery of the caravan, but no one dared to openly say that it was not a crime.

This matter could be big or small. When Du Qian received the strange imperial edict, he understood that this matter was no longer a big deal, at least it was history.

This can be regarded as an honor. As a fifth-rank official, I was able to receive the imperial edict. In addition to the awl that pierced Sun Zhixian's grandma, my family finally had another family heirloom.

Seeing that Liu Yu said straight to the point, Du Qian stopped speaking in official terms and asked directly: "Master Liu still has this intention, that's because His Majesty did not directly issue an order telling you not to do it. Your Excellency came to me specifically, I guess. If you think you can persuade me, I might as well listen."

Liu Yu laughed and said directly: "If there is no benefit, I can't afford to be early. Let's talk about the benefits first."

"First, my father is the Duke of Yi, and my uncle is the Duke of Xiang. If brother Xiao Du really enters the Wude Palace in the future, I will protect him in the capital."

Du Qian nodded, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I'd like to thank you first."

After just mentioning this benefit, Du Qian's mind started to move.

There are people in the court who are good at becoming officials. Even if his son can be admitted to Wude Palace, if there is no connection, it will be difficult for him to get along. Although Liu Yu is not the eldest son of Duke Yi Guo, His Majesty can choose him as an honorary guard, and his future is obviously unlimited. Not to mention the relationship in the capital.

If you move around a little, even if you get close to someone, someone will take a good look at you.

It is said that he, the Zhechong Captain, is also of the fifth rank, neither big nor small, but in fact, every one of the Zhechong Captains in the Songhua River area has no backing. Anyone with a bit of backstage would never be in a place like this.

The government soldiers are not the elite of the fifth battalion, they do not receive military pay, and they are not paid. As an officer in the army, he doesn't care about military pay, and his farts don't make any noise at all.

Speaking of which, it may not be as good as the horse herder who checks whether the horses are qualified every year during the military recruitment: at least he is a person who can make the soldiers go bankrupt to exchange horses with just one word.

As Captain Zhechong, he didn't care about the land or the money. The only thing he could manage was the distribution of the fields and horse pastures of the soldiers. With such a small power, everyone could still be polite. If he doesn't lead people to rob the caravan to find some money for these soldiers, these wild soldiers will not obey him.

With such connections, even if His Majesty pardons Du Feng's crime of robbing the caravan and is really admitted to the Wude Palace, under normal circumstances, if it doesn't matter, he might be thrown into that corner and become a minor official for the rest of his life.

Of course, if you can be admitted to the Shangshe and rated as Shangshang, which is equivalent to the roll call outside Donghua Gate, that is another matter. However, this is not realistic and falls into the category of having everything in dreams.

Seeing that Liu Yu was about to continue talking about other benefits, Du Qian waved his hand and said: "Master Liu, if there are benefits, that one is enough. But the order from above is for me to be on strict guard. If something goes wrong, my His head is gone, and Quanzi may be implicated as well. "

"I just want to know, what are you going to do? To put it bluntly, I have been in the frontier army for so many years. I can still see whether your method can be used. If it can be used, I will naturally be willing to follow suit. Gong, strive for a good future for the dog.”

"But if it doesn't work... don't blame me, sir. I can't afford to gamble."

Liu Yu was happy to see that Du Qian was also a cheerful person. It was much easier to talk to such a person, as long as he stated his interests clearly.

"It's actually easy to say."

"Sun Wuzi said: lure them with profit, take them with chaos, prepare them with actual strength, avoid them with strength, anger them with anger, humble them with arrogance, neglect them with labor, get close to them and separate them, attack them when they are unprepared. Unexpected.”

"The key is to lure people with profit and take them with chaos."

"Li Mu of Zhao was engaged in large-scale livestock herding, and the fields were filled with people. The Xiongnu invaded in a small way, and they pretended to be invincible. Thousands of people were entrusted with it. Shanyu was overjoyed when he heard about it, and led the crowd to arrive. The herdsmen formed a strange formation, and they attacked from both sides, and they were defeated. Kill more than 100,000 Huns."

"Everything in the world is prosperous. The Huns are good at horses. Li Mu has been on the border for a long time, so he naturally knows it. Mr. Du has also been dealing with the Rakshasa Cossacks for a long time. Doesn't Mr. Du know what the Cossacks like?"

"It is difficult to defend the fortress without people. If the Cossacks leave the fortress, it is not difficult to defeat it. A fortress with five hundred people cannot be captured by a thousand people without cannons; but if it is a fortress with more than a hundred people, is it really impossible to capture it? ?”

"Attack the fort, attack the fort. If the people are gone, the fort will naturally fall."

The cigarette bag in Du Qian's hand shook, but he forgot to wrap it up. Although Liu Yu dropped a few words from his book bag, Du Qian had still heard Li Mu's story.

"You mean... using property to lure the Rakshasa people out of the city to plunder, so that we can ambush and attack? As long as we kill people... the fortress will naturally not be able to be defended?"

Liu Yu nodded and said: "I captured several Rakshasa people. I heard from them that in the Rakshasa hinterland, those Cossacks robbed Rakshasa's official ship a while ago. The captured Cossacks were hanged on crosses, along the Floating down the Don River , warn those people. Although Mr. Du often robs caravans, he still doesn't have the courage to rob official ships, right? The Cossacks even dare to rob Rakshasa official ships. If they find a caravan in trouble, they will be how?"

"That day I went to the Rakshasa Castle, and the Cossacks were rogues, so they snatched my hat. But at that time, everyone was armed with guns, and there were more than a hundred people. They didn't dare to take action when they got close to the castle."

"But if there is a 'caravan' of dozens of people, fully loaded with goods, the ship sank in Heilongjiang, and it is difficult to move. All we can do is wait for rescue, build ships, raise bonfires and smoke, and lure Cossack scouts to check …Are those Cossacks indifferent to the fat they got?”

"Catching birds in winter, throwing a handful of rice and fastening a basket is better than climbing a tree to find bird nests; catching badgers in summer, throwing a piece of smelly meat and tying a rope is better than risking being bitten by a badger The danger of digging holes in trees.”

"Lord Du often robs merchant ships, but he doesn't have the courage to rob official ships like the Cossacks. If Lord Du were the leader of the Cossacks and dared to rob even official ships, would you do such a business? Rob or rob?"