Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Song Zhi was very lenient when it came to dispatching Beijing officials to foreign posts.

As long as those who are not charged with heinous crimes or have to leave Beijing immediately due to special orders, even if they pack their bags deliberately, bid farewell to relatives and friends slowly, and take a scenic tour along the way, as long as the arrival date is not too late If it is too much, people will turn a blind eye and close one eye, and will not be held accountable.

Of course, Zhao Heng wanted to give such a special order to Lu Ci who "broke his heart", but he couldn't name the specific charges. In addition, the prince stopped him life and death, and he couldn't stop sending love letters for Liu E. In the end, he could only give up in resentment. .

To everyone's surprise, Lu Ciming knew that what was waiting for him was such a hard job, but he didn't have the slightest intention of continuing to stay in Beijing, imitating others and not leaving for a long time.

It was even the opposite—he even went to two or three send-off banquets organized by the few people with the best relationship.

Immediately afterwards, just like when I returned to my hometown, I only took the luggage that I had packed in advance, followed by an excited Di Qing and two servants who were accustomed to this, and set off in a cool and unrestrained way up.

Facing his friends' persistent persuasion and his puzzlement over his "urgent" starting attitude, Lu Ci replied with a smile: "Qinzhou is vast, and I can't wait to show my skills."

However, Di Qing knew that the real reason was that the grandfather was too kind and kind. He knew that General Cao, who had always wanted to go back to Beijing with his family but could not be accompanied by his parents, would be anxious. He wanted the veteran who had guarded the frontier for many years to come back earlier. set off.

From Bianjing to Qinzhou, it was all overland. Lu Ci didn't have much luggage, and he only rented four donkey carts, which seemed more than enough.

A cart of books, a cart of clothes, a cart of sundries, and a cart of people are enough.

Before leaving, Lu Ci deliberately took Di Qing to the market for a stroll, and finally bought a healthy, smooth, and young gray for Di Qing at a price of eighty guan. horse.

"The BMW matches the future General Di." After the money was settled, Lu Ci smiled and handed over the reins to the unsuspecting Di Qing, teasing: "As for the beauty, I can't do anything, I have to rely on you to grow up." After growing up, I slowly fought for it."

Di Qing was dumbfounded.

——When the grandfather was choosing horses, he was indeed asking for his opinion all the time.

But how could he have expected that this horse was chosen for him?

He only thought that the docile mare that Lu Ci had been riding for several years might not be able to cope with the hardships of the road, so he had to buy a new one.

Because of this, when giving advice, his pertinence and sincerity were all focused on being strong and robust, and he didn't even look at those ordinary cheap horses.

A total of eighty pennies, that was a huge sum of money that he didn't even dare to think about!

When he was in Fenzhou, his family worked hard in the fields and mountains for a year's food, and at most they saved more than 20 yuan, but in the eyes of the villagers, they were considered enviably rich.

What's more, Gongzu has just been demoted to Qinzhou after being demoted to Qinzhou. It is a time when money is short of money, so how can it be wasted on him!

"No!"

After Di Qing came back to his senses, he retreated suddenly as if a hot potato had been stuffed in his hand, backed up a few steps in panic, bumped into several passers-by, and said incoherently: "No, no!"

Little Lihua, who was yawning on his shoulder, almost fell off, and immediately meowed angrily.

Di Qing didn't care about it at all, and after apologizing to the bewildered passerby in a hurry, he found out dumbfoundingly that the rein of that tall, big gray horse had slipped into his hands again without anyone noticing it. .

And his grandfather, who is already several zhang away.

Di Qing had no choice but to hold the reins, and followed with the big gray horse that was unwilling to move for a long time while staring at him reluctantly.

However, the big gray horse can be sold at such a high price, not only because it looks good, but also because it has a proud temper.Seeing Di Qing's small size and young age, he was already very dissatisfied, and was dragged away just as he was evaluating the weight of this little brat, how could he be convinced?

Seeing Lu Ci walking farther and farther without looking back, as if he was really going to leave him behind, Di Qing was sweating profusely.

Although Gongzu promised to take him to Qinzhou with him, but he refused to obey just now, maybe he suddenly decided not to take him?

Thinking of this possibility, Di Qing suddenly felt the darkness in front of him.

Whether it's the nasty horse refusing to cooperate at all, impatiently pushing in the opposite direction, or the fluffy tail wrapped around his neck that keeps patting his little pear blossom, it's not helping ... all made Di Qing extremely anxious.

Under the circumstance that this big horse, which had just cost a huge sum of money to his father-in-law, could not be left behind, Di Qing thought about it, so he had to grit his teeth and quickly subdue it.

Just when Di Qing calmed down and concentrated on taming the big gray horse, he didn't know that the grandfather he was worried about losing was actually observing in a small alley not far away.

Not only did Lu Ci not go far, but he also sent the two servants closer to prevent Di Qing from being injured by the horse, or causing the horse to come off the rope and hurt passers-by.

But Di Qing's skill is very sharp, I don't know how he did it, Lu Ci is too far away and can't see clearly.

Seeing that he made three strikes, five cuts and two cuts, he managed to make the big gray horse, who didn't even bother to snort from its nostrils just now, lower its big head, allowing the new owner to turn over on its back neatly.

Seeing that he handled it with ease, Lu Ci was also completely relieved.

Seeing that Di Qing hurriedly searched for his lost sense of direction, there was no excitement and joy on his face of getting a new good horse and taming a big horse, but only the fear of being left behind and the anxiety of looking for people everywhere, Lu Ci couldn't help sighing secretly, and immediately walked out from the alley where he was hiding, and was caught by Di Qing on the spot.

Di Qing's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly drove the horse over to Lu Ci's front and back, and rolled off the horse, wanting to return the reins to Lu Ci.

Lu Ci's face was pale, he folded his arms and did not pick it up.

Di Qing didn't dare to act impolitely by forcing him into his hands. After he was so anxious that he wanted to circle around him, he calmed down a little and said in a low voice: "Grandfather treated me very well, but this horse is too much." It's precious, and I can't take it."

Lu Ci smiled and said, "If you don't want a horse, how will you practice riding in Qinzhou?"

Di Qing said anxiously: "I can already ride, there is no need to—"

This is true.

Lu Ci raised his eyebrows: "Then you are also proficient in riding and archery? You don't need to practice more?"

Di Qing fell silent for a moment.

Give him a hundred more guts, but he won't be able to boast of such a big mouth.

Lu Ci said slowly: "I thought you were too young, and I didn't want you to ride a horse too early, but it wasn't because I was reluctant to ask you to ride a horse. Don't get me wrong. It's because I was afraid that you might not control yourself properly and hurt yourself if you didn't pay attention. But I asked General Qi Lang repeatedly yesterday, and he said that you are learning riding and archery at this age, which is a good time to lay the foundation, and seeing that you are extremely talented, you are no longer worried about it."

Seeing that Di Qing was still frowning, thinking about how to refuse, Lu Ci couldn't help laughing, and said casually: "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your weapon. If you really want to join the army, you will never be short of a good horse." Yes. If you really care about the money, then you might as well consider it as a loan from me, and when you become famous in the future and have a salary, you can slowly pay me back, wouldn't it be fine?"

Di Qing was slightly taken aback.

Seeing that he was moved, Lu Ci added with a smile: "Your brother Zhu was like you in the past. He loved to calculate everything clearly, so I let him do the same. Later, he became famous in one fell swoop, got a salary, and There are no family members to support, and those so-called "debts" have been completely paid off in the first few months. If you delay the good time to practice martial arts because you care too much about money, then the gain outweighs the gain, and I will not I promise you that."

Di Qing hesitated for a long time, but still blushed in embarrassment, and nodded slightly.

After all, this gray horse was handpicked out by him. Its tall and strong figure, as well as its radiant spirit, was everything he wanted, and it was what he needed most in martial arts. How could it be possible? Would you like it?

The only reason for not accepting it is that he does not want to spend the money of the grandfather.

After all, he now relies on his grandfather for food, clothing, housing and transportation, including his studies, and he is often taken care of by his friends. He even invited General Qi Lang to give him martial arts lessons.Just looking at these kindnesses, it is already heavy, and it can't be repaid simply with money.

Not to mention that although the father-in-law took over the dozen or so pieces he brought out, they were put into Lu's mother's bedding in Mizhou, and Yueyue gave him the usual so-called dividends as daily expenses in turn. , where is it really won by the grandfather?

Di Qing had to shamefully reflect that he had been treated so well by such a good father-in-law for a long time, and he seemed to have had... the bad problems of not itching when there are too many lice, and not worrying when there are too many debts.

Lu Ci smiled and asked, "Have you considered it?"

Di Qing shook his head nervously, thinking again.

What Gong Zu said was always the most reasonable, and he never lied to him.

If there is a precedent like Brother Zhu's, if he can be more competitive, pass the exam earlier, and get his salary as quickly as Brother Zhu did, he should be able to pay off his monetary debts very quickly.

Stared at by Lu Ci with a smile on his face, Di Qing blushed, but his mind was spinning like never before.

If you still refuse to accept it, it means that you still can't learn to ride and shoot, and you will waste your father's mind, maybe you will dislike him.With such a delay, it will be even later in the future, and it will drag down the father-in-law and owe more...

After a fierce weighing and ideological struggle, Di Qing finally blushed, lowered his head in shame, and said lightly like a mosquito: "Thank you, Gongzu."

On the contrary, anyway, if there are too many days to be counted, he will simply stay at the grandfather's house and work for and for the grandfather for the rest of his life.

"This is obedient."

Naturally, Lu Ci couldn't guess that Di Qing had already done the ultimate "if you don't pay the debt, you will pay off the debt with your own body", he rubbed his head in satisfaction, and couldn't help but pause in the next moment, marveling in his heart ——It hasn't been a few months since the last time I rubbed this head, why did it jump up again?

If it keeps growing at this rate, I'm afraid it will catch up to him in a year or so.

It seems that there are still benefits to eating.No, Di Qing grows at the same rate as spring wheat that has been watered, changing every day.

But he has worked hard for 20 years, and he is considered "superior" among literati. Di Qing will easily catch up with him?

Lu Ci squeezed Di Qing's ear slightly sourly. Although he felt the tentacles were hot, he didn't care too much.

——Starting today, he will add boiled sweetened goat milk to his daily menu as a regular dish.