The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

When Xue Pan woke up again, it was already broad daylight.Just now he stretched comfortably, when Jin Bao, who was guarding the door, heard the sound and came in, he said with a soft smile: "Master is up."

Xue Pan scratched his head, walked off the bed with his shoes on, and asked, "Have they all started training?"

"Ten kilometers of heavy-duty cross-country, I have been running since the uncle ordered me to run, I am afraid I will be back by now." Jin Bao said while helping Xue Pan to wash and change clothes.

After washing, Xue Pan listened to the deafening yelling outside, and asked casually, "Can you order from the cafeteria?"

"According to the uncle's order, the first thirty people who ran back ate the big tonic meal prepared by the master chef of Fuyuan Pavilion, the rest ate the normal breakfast of the military camp, and the last ten people who came back had nothing to eat. "Jin Bao asked while talking: "Master, do you want breakfast, I'll bring it to the cafeteria?"

Xue Pan shook his head, and ordered casually: "You can't always avoid meeting each other. Since it's time for breakfast, why don't we go to the cafeteria together, so we can officially meet everyone."

Jin Bao nodded, and immediately brought over a beautiful cloak and put it on carefully for Xue Panzai.Then he followed Xue Pan to the barracks.

Xue Pan was already handsome and exquisite, and his clothes were also excellent.When you stand in front of someone, you don't need to open your mouth to speak, and a pampered and rich atmosphere rushes towards you.Now such an elegant young master of Zhuo Shijia walked in the barracks with his hands behind his back Shi Shiran, attracting frequent peeps from a group of soldiers.

Xue Pan didn't take it seriously, and just entered the cafeteria with great fanfare.At that time, the soldiers who had rushed to raid with heavy loads in the morning had just returned, and they were sitting in front of the long table and eating quietly one by one.Seeing Xue Pan walking in so carelessly, he couldn't help but stare at him covetously.

Xue Pan glanced at the spacious cafeteria, then walked towards the table of King Nan'an and Lin Mozhi.Noticing the gazes of the crowd on him, he immediately raised his eyebrows and smiled and said, "What are you all looking at me for? You only have a quarter of an hour to eat. After a quarter of an hour, regardless of whether you have finished eating, go to the school grounds to gather immediately."

Before finishing a sentence, everyone immediately lowered their heads and ate quickly.

Xue Pan snorted softly, sat next to Lin Mozhi and ordered, "Go and bring me my breakfast."

Considering Xue Pan's extravagance and extravagance yesterday, everyone thought that Xue Pan's breakfast should also consist of [-] courses. Various pastries, rice porridge, and an assortment of beautiful things were placed on the table, but Jinbao brought the tray over, and there was only one dish on it. A bowl of eight-treasure porridge, a plate of yam cake, and a small dish of eight-treasure dishes mixed with red oil.

This kind of breakfast was not as rich as the breakfast eaten by the thirty soldiers who came back first.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Seeing everyone staring at him dumbfounded, Xue Pan couldn't help raising his eyebrows and asked, "Why are you staring at me stupidly without eating?"

Everyone came back to their senses, snorted twice, without saying a word, just bowed their heads to eat.

Time is running out, and naturally there is no time to drink morning tea after eating.At that time, all the soldiers had assembled in the school grounds. When Xue Pan arrived, he heard Nan'an County King ask in a low voice: "What should we do next?"

Xue Pan put his palms between his eyebrows to look at the sky, and said softly, "Stand in a military posture for an hour!"

Everyone couldn't help being stunned.

Xue Pan sneered and asked, "Why, have you never learned how to stand in a military posture?"

Lin Mozhi immediately said: "I have learned to stand in a military posture, but..."

"Then let them stand in military posture!" Xue Pan waved his hands nonchalantly, gathered his cloak casually, and sat down in the small shed that Zhao Cai had just built.With a small table, a chair, a pot of steaming scented tea, and two plates of fragrant snacks, Xue Pan just sat up like this, looking indescribably comfortable.

Immediately, a soldier shouted: "I don't accept it!"

Holding the teacup, Xue Pan followed the prestige, and saw that the person who was speaking was a strong man with a rough face, who was glaring at him with eyes as big as copper bells.

Xue Pan raised his eyebrows leisurely, curled his lips in disdain, and ignored him at all.

Seeing this, the strong man shouted repeatedly: "I don't accept it, I don't accept it, I don't accept it..."

Xue Pan picked his ears in disgust, and asked casually, "Why do you refuse to accept it?"

"We officers and men were selected by the imperial court to build a navy. In the future, we will drive gunboats to show off in the world. Now you let us stand like wooden piles, why?"

Xue Pan shook his head with disdain and said, "You can't even stand firmly, but you want to defend your home and country, really..."

The strong man said with an unconvinced face: "Who said I can't stand firmly?"

"Oh?" Xue Pan glanced at Zhaocai lightly, Zhaocai nodded, walked up to the strong man and asked coldly, "Are you standing still?"

The strong man was taken aback, and asked blankly, "What?"

"Are you standing?" Zhao Cai repeated coldly.

"Stand up."

Zhaocai didn't speak, stretched out his leg and swept the burly man's calf, only to see the burly man fall down in response.

Xue Pan sneered.

The strong man immediately got up and shouted, "Why did you kick me?"

"I asked you twice and you said you were ready, but you were kicked and fell down. How dare you say that you can stand still?" Xue Pan shook his head, and asked Nan'an County King with a smile that was not a smile: "You Are there people like this in the barracks?"

With a word of embarrassment, everyone's faces were a little hot.

The strong man immediately retorted: "He kicked my leg, I was caught off guard and would naturally fall."

The Lucky Interface asked, "Then are you ready now?"

The strong man immediately raised his chest and said, "Ready."

Zhaocai swept his legs again, and the strong man fell down in response.

This time it wasn't just the strong man, even the others were a little stunned.After all, although this strong man may not be said to be the best in martial arts in the barracks, he can be considered pretty good among the recruits this time.He was one of the first thirty people to eat a good breakfast.Now, he was kicked twice lightly by a servant next to Xue Pan.For a moment, they all looked at each other in blank dismay.

Xue Pan waved his hand nonchalantly, and said to Zhaocai: "Don't pay attention to him, if he doesn't want to stand, just kick him. There are many soldiers in the left and right barracks, and he is not lacking. I'll stand for two hours, if anyone can't stand up, don't eat lunch today."

When everyone heard this, although they were unwilling, they were still concerned about Xue Pan's identity, so they had to stand obediently.

The burly man who fell on the ground turned blue and pale for a long time, finally took a deep breath, got up and returned to his original position.Although he may not care about the identity of this soldier, if he is swept away by Xue Pan like this, he still can't afford to lose this person.

There was a slight smile in Xue Pan's eyes, and then he shook his head and said, "I'm just a dude, and I'm not healthy when I was a child, so naturally I can't stand in a military posture with you. But you stand crookedly like this. It’s really not good-looking. So I asked Zhaocai to stand with you. If anyone among you can’t even compare with Zhaocai, don’t talk about the name of the soldier in the future. It’s not a joke. I Dayong soldiers, there are no soft-legged shrimps who can't even stand firmly."

Zhaocai heard the words, and immediately stood in front of people in a military posture.He was wearing a dark green suit today, and he looked very energetic.In such a battle now, the three-pointer is even more impressive.

Jinbao received Xue Pan's signal, and immediately walked behind Zhaocai and kicked several times with a "clang clang".The ruthlessness was even more vicious than the understatement of the strong man's feet just now, and the sound of the legs touching even the onlookers couldn't help frowning when they heard it.Zhaocai stood still as if he didn't realize it, and he didn't even shake his body, let alone fell to the ground.

Xue Pan propped his chin with both hands, and said boredly: "Just stand up for me according to this standard. Everyone is crooked, even worse than the people around me. I don't know where such arrogance comes from. "

Speaking of which, everyone panicked again with embarrassment.Unconvinced, they all stood still in the posture of attracting wealth.

Xue Pan turned to Lin Mozhi and said, "If anyone's posture is incorrect, please ask Mo Zhier to correct them."

Lin Mozhi nodded with a smile, and immediately went down to correct the military posture for everyone.Although he didn't go through military training when he was in college, he was trained for more than 20 days when he was in high school, and he still knows the basics of military posture.

And Jin Bao kept shuttling among the crowd, kicking up when he saw someone whose posture was not pleasing to the eye.Although Jinbao looks kinder than Zhaocai, but inside he is the darkest.It looks light and light when you step down, but it can make people hurt for a long time, and the calf can be numb for a long time.

Seeing this, Xue Pan shook his head again and again.

Seeing this, the King of Nan'an County at the side immediately came up to greet him and said: "It's strange that the young master is not very nervous all the way. Sure enough, the two people around him can support twenty or two hundred people. I don't know Xiaohou. Where are the masters? Tao made two people. Wouldn’t it be a pity to stay by my side to be servants in vain? It’s better to join the army. Lord Marquis’ grace?”

As soon as this remark came out, even the other generals looked at Xue Pan with some excitement.

Xue Pan glanced at the King of Nan'an with a half-smile, and said softly: "These two are the sons of our Xue family, so naturally they grew up with me. As for why they are so powerful, someone must have adjusted them. Taught it. May as well let the prince know that the most proud people around me are the two of them. They are witty and clever, and how can they be compared with others. Now I rely on them to handle all the affairs I handle. Such talents , do you think I will send you off because of the flirtatious words of the prince?"

Nan'an County King's heart moved, but he said more and more warmly on his face: "Young Lord is naturally proud of the two of them, but at least you have to think about them. Wouldn't it be better to be rewarded on duty in the military camp? Is it better to be a servant by your side? Since the young master appreciates the two of them, naturally he should also consider their wishes."

The voice is neither loud nor low, but deliberately let Zhaocai and Jinbao both hear it.

Xue Pan raised his head and sized Nan'an County King carefully, curled his lips in disdain and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to use such a clumsy excuse to sow discord, it won't do much good, but it will make people laugh. After all, the best thing about a businessman is his eloquence." Clever, turning black and white. If you talk about this kind of provocative words, when I was used to it, the prince didn't know where to be gentle and happy!"

Hearing this, the King of Nan'an County pursed his lips in embarrassment, and felt a little annoyed for a moment.

But I heard Xue Pan continue to say: "It's good for the prince to know that these two people are not just my servants. Although their personalities are more ordinary, their names are registered in front of the Holy One. If it is true, what the prince said Said, if the two of them want to join the military camp, I will also find a way to get a good one for the two of them directly, why bother to work under the hands of "outsiders" who don't know their roots. That's all, if I run into a commanding general who is not much smarter than a pig, he can't see the situation clearly and only knows to send people to die, and then even his life will be gone, who am I going to ask for reasoning?"

Xue Pan's words were extremely mean and capable, not to mention the king of Nan'an County, even some other generals became indignant.Couldn't help but blurted out: "Young Master's words are so unreasonable. The prince has been on the battlefield to kill enemies since he was a child, and he is proficient in the art of war. How outstanding is such a military exploit, how can the young master say that the prince is a fool?"

Xue Pan sneered and remained silent.Although it seems that the methods and abilities of Nan'an County King are all good, but Xue Pan still remembers that Nan'an County King's battle at the West Coast was a disastrous defeat at the end of Dream of Red Mansions. He himself was captured by the enemy, let alone other people.So no matter how extravagant they say, Xue Pan will never agree.

The King of Nan'an saw that Xue Pan's mind had been made up, and that there was no wave in the ancient well, which he had never heard of, so he couldn't say too much, so he shook his head and abandoned the topic.

Time passed minute by minute, and sooner or later it had moved to the top of everyone's heads.Lin Mozhi approached the drowsy Xue Pan, and said softly, "Two hours have come."

Hearing this, Xue Pan opened his eyes in a daze, yawned again and again and said: "Then the activities are over, and then go to the cafeteria to eat in line!"

After finishing speaking, he also stood on the ground and stretched himself, and said to Zhaocai: "I will return to the camp later, and you just bring me lunch. After eating, I have to sleep Take a nap, let those soldiers rest for half an hour too!"

The last sentence was for the king of Nan'an County.

Seeing that he had actually become a messenger, the King of Nan'an had no choice but to nod his head.But he said in his mouth: "Since you ordered me, I have to ask for some errand fees. I will also go to your camp to eat later, you can't shirk it."

Xue Pan waved his hand and ignored him.He slowly returned to the camp.

After a while, two Zhaocaijinbao walked in with food boxes.Lin Mozhi and Nan'an County King also happened to arrange other matters, and followed in.

Xue Pan is the person with the most appetite for food, and he is the one who never tires of eating and eating, so his lunch is naturally rich and delicate.A bird's nest chicken soup, a sea cucumber braised pork tendon, a fish tongue stewed bear's paw, a duck tongue soup, a Wensi tofu soup, another eight-treasure wild duck, bergamot golden roll...

Such dishes, not to mention in the military camp where everything is inconvenient, even in ordinary homes, few people can eat them.

Zhaocai stood by and waited on him, and served a bowl of Bigeng rice for the three of them one by one. Xue Pan smiled and said, "It's not as strict outside as at home. We all have hands and feet, so we don't need you to wait on us. You should eat quickly too." Let’s go. You don’t need to clean up after dinner, go to rest for a while, and find an idle guy to clean up the dishes.”

Recruiting wealth and treasure, the two bowed and agreed.He took out other dishes of the same dishes from the food box, and quietly ate them on the small table beside him.

Nan'an County King saw that they served the same dishes as his group, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.He did not expect that Xue Pan was really so generous to his servants, not to mention other things for the time being, but the two items of food and clothing, reading and practicing martial arts, making money and making treasures are no worse than other people's young masters.

Seeing this, Xue Pan smiled and said nothing.Holding up the chopsticks, he lowered his head to eat.

I ate lunch without talking or sleeping.The king of Nan'an went back to his tent to rest by himself.Xue Pan and Lin Mozhi lay side by side on the big carved bed, squinting their eyes and drowsy.

After being silent for a long time, Lin Mozhi asked softly, "Pan'er doesn't seem to like Nan'an County King very much."

Xue Pan closed his eyes and asked, "From Mo Zhi'er's point of view, what kind of person is this Prince of Nan'an?"

Lin Mozhi pondered for a moment and said: "The king of Nan'an County is very valuable, but before he inherited the throne, he was just a bastard with little dignity. Later, because of fighting in the army for a long time, he also earned his own money. On the surface, he appears to be a straightforward, magnanimous and informal person, but in fact he is thoughtful and extremely deep. Speaking of which...he is quite a contradictory person."

Xue Pan said indifferently: "What Mo Zhi'er said is very true. You said that such a person quietly brought me to his barracks to stir up trouble. , but I always feel that there is something wrong with him."

Lin Mozhi turned over and asked Xue Pan, "You doubt him?"

Xue Pan shook his head and said, "I can't say it's suspicion, I can only say that it's a bit repulsive! If you want me to believe everything he does, that's impossible. But so far, it seems that he hasn't done anything to offend me. ——Let’s do it like this. I will follow up with what he wants to do, who has time to guess his mind!”

After finishing speaking, she turned around lazily, grabbed the quilt and covered her body, and fell asleep in a daze.

Lin Mozhi blinked aside, then turned over and fell asleep.

The drowsy time passed quickly, and half an hour passed after opening and closing the eyes.As usual, Xue Pan was the last one to arrive at the school grounds.Looking at the group of soldiers who had assembled and looked up at him with their chests raised, Xue Pan curled his lips in a good mood, and said, "It seems that everyone is resting well! Now that we have regained our energy, we must train in the afternoon." We need to add some ingredients."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.Under the terrified eyes of all the soldiers, the two recruiting wealth and treasures pulled out a few tall horses.

Xue Pan put the saddle on the horse and smiled at the soldiers: "We will continue running in the afternoon, those who run slower than the horses will not have dinner..."

The soldiers complained for a while, and followed after a while with a twenty-jin load on their backs.Xue Pan rode on the horse and watched the crackling behind him as if dumpling soup, laughing happily.A group of soldiers grinned their teeth with hatred, and ran forward with their heads sullen.Xue Pan's horse speed is not very fast, so naturally he has a good quality and can easily pass him.Some people who were not reconciled took this opportunity to bump into the bay red horse several times, and the bay red horse naturally avoided it alertly, and Xue Pan screamed again and again in fright.

All the soldiers burst into laughter.

After the weight-carrying attack, there is obstacle running, lying on the ground in the mud, hiding in the sea to hold your breath, being tied to a special one-person-high iron ring and running around the school field...

Xue Pan tried every means to torture others for fun, and all the soldiers also seized every opportunity to add trouble to Xue Pan.For example, when the mud roll came out, he took the opportunity to shake Xue Pan's body with mud, or after diving in the sea, he was covered with sea water, or when rolling the iron ring, he intentionally rolled in the direction where Xue Pan was standing, scaring Xue Pan to dodge again and again... …

Xue Pan is easy-going by nature. Although he is full of arrogance and nobility, he doesn't often overwhelm others with power.Although you always talk about the will of the Holy One, as long as you really do what he ordered, he will not take you seriously.

They will take revenge after being molested, but they won't be like some officials who don't care about it and secretly put shoes on others.Most of the time, he will practice the person who molested him severely, which will not only make the person half dead, but will not really hurt his muscles and bones.The soldiers who often challenged him and were drilled by him gradually found that their strength became stronger and stronger, and as their abilities strengthened, Xue Pan also promoted them without hesitation.But in more than half a year, many of the recruits who practiced together at the beginning have become captains or even corporal leaders.

And with the passage of time, the eyes of the big guys looking at Xue Pan are not as contemptuous and resentful as before.Although the soldiers in this battalion were selected from all over the world, there are also many local people in Tianjin Wei.The families of the soldiers are all poor, and it is said that the middle-aged and the poor eat the poor, so that the poor boys who can't even feed their stomachs are forced to enter the barracks at the end of the road, and they just want to earn some future with this life.Let's start with the morals of the world, which army does not have greedy ink and merit?

Everyone was prepared for this when they entered the barracks, but Xue Pan was the one who didn't care about money the least.Merchants are based on honesty and pay attention to the exchange of equivalent value.Since all the soldiers practiced the exercises strictly according to his instructions and reached the standard, there is no doubt that they will be paid according to the price in the end.

Therefore, in the second month of Xue Pan's arrival, when he learned that all the soldiers had not received all their military salaries according to the Dayong regulations, they made a big fuss and almost stabbed the Holy One in front of him.So far, from the head of the Ministry of War to the head of the military camp, there has never been any incident of greed for the food and salary of ink soldiers.

In order to ensure that the physical fitness of all the soldiers can keep up with the training, Xue Pan naturally made great efforts to improve the food and medical treatment.Not to mention the usual dietary standards. A meal must include red meat, chicken legs, vegetables and rice that is absolutely full. He even spent a lot of money to hire a group of doctors with high medical skills to treat traumatic injuries to ensure that all Soldiers can survive all his toss with great energy.

All the soldiers have never seen such a way of training soldiers.Originally, he was dissatisfied that they were also soldiers, but they had to practice more than others, but now they didn't say anything else.One by one, the training is boring, and I only hope that my performance will get better and better.Because Xue Pan said that all outstanding soldiers must be promoted, and their salaries will be doubled after promotion.At that time, there will be money to honor my mother...

And faintly, everyone's attitude towards Xue Pan couldn't help being respectful.After all, most of the people in the military camp were simple, and so were the common people in the Yong Dynasty.They only hope that they can have a fair, just and capable leader who can ensure that they get the reward they deserve after giving their all.As for Xue Pan, although he is not good at force, he is rich, powerful and disdainful, and he will not covet the credit and money of his subordinates.In the eyes of most soldiers, such a person is a good leader.Definitely worth fighting for its loyalty...

Xue Pan naturally didn't know what everyone was thinking, and he didn't care.He just regarded all this as another game to pass the time. He ravaged all the soldiers to his heart's content, and searched for the training he had received in his previous military training and everything he saw on TV. Everything was put on the soldiers and practiced over and over again.The soldiers' ability to resist pressure is getting stronger and stronger, and their endurance against tossing is getting stronger and stronger. Even in the long-term and inhumane confrontation with Xue Pan, people have become more and more clever...

Time passed like this for more than half a year like running water never returning.

The peaceful little days were finally broken.