Chapter 234: "Rampant" under the order

Zhao Xing looked at Fan Chuncui and answered quickly: "I have missed spring farming on Huanqing Road. If you have official documents, it will probably snow when the court allows it."

Fan Chuncui remained silent, and Zhao Xing quickly emphasized: "Mr. Fan, the people are willing to provide relief, and the government is convenient... The court does not need to explain in detail."

Fan Chuncui was silent for a moment, changed the subject and asked: "What else is there except the one you mentioned...the clamp bed?"

Zhao Xing replied: "There are windmills. This is a kind of water-driving irrigation equipment. In the original drought, farmers asked people to carry the water and irrigate the land. When the government was in the farmland, they also organized manpower to build canals. But with this thing, it was not necessary. Just lean on the river and raise a pipe to the river. The windmills will suck water into the high slopes. Farmers can save time in irrigation and use it to train their ability to kill enemies.

In addition, we also use horse-drawn plows. This kind of plow has three plowshares. In one trip, you can open three ridges. The speed of a horse is originally twenty times that of a ox. With these three plowshares, using horses to plow the field is sixty times faster than that of a ox. In the future, we do not need manpower to water it. We spend sixty times less time plowing the field than the people in Xixia. The rest of the time is spent training fighting skills.

Hehe, when I said this, I suddenly remembered Jia Yi. The man said that I always like to play tricks on strange and lewd skills, and it is a great crime! I have to say honestly: That's an idiot! He doesn't know how powerful the power of machinery is, and he doesn't know that the only one that changes the world's appearance is machinery. Since animals learned to use tools, they have no longer been called animals, but "human".

The difference between us humans and beasts is that we can use tools. That idiot actually wants us to return to the age of beasts and said that this is the 'saint's teaching'. This time, I want him to let the Xixia people know the power of machinery. I don't believe it. The Xixia people dare to come to me in the future to celebrate the road of the Huanqing."

There was a three thousand times craftsmanship before, and another sixty times craftsmanship appeared. The three village masters had been surrounded by these series of numbers and their eyes were glowing. Fan Chuncui was also excited by the prospect described by Zhao Xing and could not say anything. He completely forgot about Zhao Xing's attack on the court ministers. After a long time, he answered vaguely: "Puting the people and fighting thieves is your job to recruit the pacification envoy. I will only sit in Jingzhao Mansion in the future and wait patiently for the good news on the Huanqing Road."

Zhao Xing glanced at the three camp leaders and replied: "Since the re-war between the imperial court and the Western Xia reopened ten years ago, the imperial court spent about 30 million yuan. Now I have to spend 3 million yuan to buy the Song Dynasty for ten years of border stability, but the court is willing to do so? How cheap transactions, a price of one-thirty, can make the Western Xia stable for ten years, and the imperial court can re-collect taxes from Shaanxi with its backhand. Didn't the imperial court take a big advantage?"

Fan Chuncui shook his head firmly: "I won't write this memorial for you, but I can ask the court for another 500,000 guan, which is an extra year of subsidy. You don't need to mention the rest... Look, these are the three village masters in the west. You are carrying out relief everywhere, but they are the only ones. This year, Huanzhou was attacked, and the three village masters were adjacent to Huanzhou and were the most affected. You can discuss them quickly. In addition, you can also go to Dingbiancheng, and the soldiers from all over the place are looking forward to you going."

After Fan Chuncui said that, he escaped from Zhao Xing's official office like avoiding disasters. When he left the door, he stopped going to the post station and directly urged people to walk: "Go quickly and go quickly, we will go back to Jingzhao overnight. Oh my God, I just stayed in his state office for a while, and I was knocked out 500,000 guan and a batch of food and grass. If I stayed for another day, I would probably even pay him the boots."

After hearing this, the secretary of Fan Chuncui looked at his feet with timidity and immediately drove out the soldiers: "Go away, have you heard from Lord Fan? Don't want to walk back to Jingzhao barefoot, let's go now, hurry up."

Fan Chuncui ran out of Qingzhou with his entourage and stood there. He patted his forehead and shouted in annoyance: "Ah, forgot to tell him that Zhang Zhifu summoned him... No matter what, I will send a letter to Zhang Zhifu, and said: "I am almost 70 years old, why are you running outside? Let Zhao Xing, the young man, go errands and ask him to go back to Qingzhou as soon as possible."

Zhang Zhifu received the news and rushed to Qingzhou overnight. The next day, when he entered the city, he saw a large caravan also entering the city. The caravan had several gorgeously decorated carriages, and many maids with luxurious clothes walked into the city. The war in Qingzhou was flying, and it was rare for a woman with gorgeous dresses to enter the city like this. Even Zhang Zhifu was fascinated by the moment. He stood aside and watched the convoy enter the city.

At the end of the team was a team of imperial guards escorting the road. Zhang Feng knew the officers leading the team, and he waved and asked: "Who is the family of the female family who just entered the city?"

The officer crossed his hands and replied: "Mr. Zhang, this is Zhao Zhaozhao's family, and this caravan is also recruiting adults... Wrong, it is his concubine. It is said that his concubine is worried about recruiting adults and living in Qingzhou, so she specially hired some people to move the furniture of recruiting adults to Qingzhou... This long road is long, and the furniture is not more valuable than gold when it is moved here."

The officer of the Fuyan Road said as he shook his head and sighed. A man dressed in a maid who was entering the door smiled contemptuously: "Nonsense! This thing is not furniture, this is a lathe. Iron wood lathe. What do you know? The wood used for the lathe must be solid, otherwise the things that come out of the car will be inaccurate. Usually the lathe is made of iron tools. Later, my Dalang used iron wood, and the picture was that it was stronger than iron stone. There was no such solid wood here in Qingzhou. This wood was transported from the continent of Aphrodisiac in South China. The thing that gold is cheaper than this black iron wood."

Zhang Ye is absolutely in amazement.

The "concubine" mentioned by the officer Fuyanlu knew that her identity was not a secret. Senior officials of the Song Dynasty were talking about the identity of this concubine in private, thanks to Su Shi's big mouth. As Su Shi's friend, Zhang Feng knew the origin of the Princess Guangling in Vietnam earlier than the court, and now the "Lady Ningguo" awarded by the court. He quickly corrected the officer: "Nothing! Who is the concubine? You should call it "Lady Ningguo."

After saying that, Zhang Shi shook his head and sighed: "That lady Ning Guo is said to be rich enough to rival a country. There is a coal mountain and an iron mountain in the Vietnamese fiefdom. People don't care about this little money..."

Zhang Feng did not return to his mansion. He chased the team of fragrant cars to Zhao Xing's mansion. Zhao Xing did not purchase industries in Qingzhou as usual, so he lived behind the government office and the official house provided by the court. Because Qingzhou belongs to the war zone, Zhao Xing is considered the top leader of the military and political affairs, and many affiliated officials have not been appointed, so the official house is large enough to live in a spacious place.

Cheng Shuang was standing on the steps to direct the servants to carry their luggage. A few women dressed in Hu got out of the car. The woman in the lead had red hair and blue eyes. When Cheng Shuang saw her, she saluted her. Then Liao Xiaoxiao, who was dressed in an extremely exaggerated manner, jumped out of the car. She used the singing tone door to spit out a series of commands, her voice was crisp and rapid, but each word was like a pearl rolling on a jade plate, round and clear.

Zhang Feng has been in the capital and met this "Ten Greatest People in the Capital". He smiled and said hello to Liao Xiaoxiao: "Is it Liao everyone? I, Zhang Zhifu, do you still remember Liao?"

Liao Xiaoxiao hurriedly saluted Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue glanced at the Hu girl who was entering the door and asked, "Which 'madam' is here this time? Qingzhou is in chaos. Everyone Liao is willing to pass through the war and come here from afar. This friendship should be moved and crying."

Liao Xiaoxiao smiled crisply and replied coquettishly: "Look at what you said, the empress didn't come this time, I and the girl Hu Titicacasli..."

Zhao Xing had already heard the sound and greeted Zhang Yue: "Your Majesty Jinglei returns with victory, and you can congratulate me."

Zhang Feng waved his hand and said to the servants around him who saluted him, "You go busy, I have military intelligence to discuss with the people who are separated."

After entering the living room, the two of them sat down, Zhang Qing asked: "What are the updates in the court recently?"

Wanqiyong took a stack of files and handed them to Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing took them and passed them to Zhang Qing, saying, "My elders have worked hard all the way, so why don't we take a break and talk again."

Zhang Feng waved his hand: "First public and then private, what is the imperial court's explanation for our Qingzhou?"

Zhao Xing reported item by item: "The Privy Council said: "When it is close to Jingyuan, Huanqing Road Jingli Department, because the border affairs have not yet been settled, so I ask for an additional headquarters. The general has surrendered to command. Each general has added one member. The general ordered the General to submit an order to the Ministry of Personnel to be appointed. The border affairs will be terminated on a day off." Following this, Fuyan, Qin Feng, and Lanmin Road of Xihe will be approved."

The distribution of troops on Huanqing Road was from Fan Zhongyan, who divided the 18,000 state soldiers on Huanqing Road into six divisions. They were led by six "main generals", each with the title of "main supervisor". After a year of war, another general was added to Huanqing Road, but the total strength of the state soldiers was only 5,000. Zhang Yu wanted to organize this time, and the court agreed to add one general, and each general could have an additional deputy general, which means that 3,000 troops could be added to Huanqing Road.

However, the initial shortage of troops on Huanqing Road was severe. Instead of asking for official positions, it would be better to make up for the existing seven generals... But Zhao Xing only dared to complain about this decision in his heart. The continuous battles also led to a phenomenon. Countless meritorious people were waiting for rewards. The increase in the regular positions also meant that a bunch of official positions could be provided.

After hearing the news, Zhang Feng breathed a sigh of relief: "The court finally agreed. I have written a letter since last year. Now Mayday is coming, and the reply has finally come down. OK! What else?"

Zhao Xing then added: "The candidate for successor to the Jingyuan Road Military Envoy was also decided, and it was Xie Lin. I heard that he had set off to take office. Also, Zhe Keshi's reward was also given, and the imperial city envoy was given. In addition, I also found the reason for the retreat of the Xixia people: In April, in Hedong, Zhe Keshi's uncle Zhe Kexing went to the army to seize Jialuchuan (southwest of Baode), killed more than 400 enemies, recruited more than 1,000 households, and received tens of thousands of horses and animals. The court rewarded him on merit and promoted him to the prefectural prefecture, and was given the title of Imperial City envoy and Xiangzhou Defense Envoy."

Zhang Qi sighed, and Zhao Xing also sighed, and the two of them said nothing.

Compared with Zhe Kexing's achievements, Zhe Kexing's contribution is like a child playing house wine, which is uninteresting.

Zhang Feng was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled and said, "I heard from the front line that you have been promoted, right?"

Zhao Xing smiled embarrassedly: "Shame, I can be promoted even if I sit at home, and I feel a little embarrassed to meet the frontline soldiers... I am now: a bachelor of Baowen Pavilion, guarding the edge of the road to recruit pacification envoys, in addition to the Qingyang Jiedushi (Magistrate), in Qingyang's delegation training envoys, Chaofeng doctors, Xuan Zhenglang - I'm right this time. According to the imperial court's order, my rank was promoted from Chengyilang of the 23rd rank to the sixth rank and the 19th rank to the Chaofeng doctors. I have added the title of martial arts - "Xuan Zhenglang".

Zhang Feng smiled and said, "Now you are also a rampant deputy envoy!"

Zhao Xing laughed embarrassedly.

The word "rampant" first appeared in the Song Dynasty as an official name. The official ranks of military officials in the Song Dynasty were divided from top to bottom: the fourteenth rank below the Taiwei was "rampant 14th rank", the eighth rank below the Wugongfu was "rampant 8th rank", the twelve rank below the Zhengshilang, the twelve rank below the Xuanzhenglang was "rampant 12th rank", and the lower one was "rampant 8th rank below the Taiwei"... Here, the so-called "rampant 14th rank" rank of officials means: Because the "rampant 14th rank" are all senior generals in command of the army, because of the military transmission, the court allowed them to ride horses and gallop in the downtown capital city, and allowed them to bring two or three guards. The first rank of Taiwei could bring two guards to the hall, and others would need to obtain the emperor's permission to take them to the hall.

As for the "Rampant Deputy Envoy", they are generally given to the front-line generals who are not qualified to make trouble in the capital, but except for the capital, they can ride horses and use the streets as racecourses in all major counties in the world.

Because the treatment of "rampant" is so special, the word "rampant" was later created.

Although the officers of the military officers may be higher than the "Rampant Deputy Envoy", they are all logistics civilians in the yamen, so they are not qualified to ride horses and gallop in the downtown area, which makes the title of rampant deputy envoy slightly lower than them seem majestic and domineering. Zhang Shi led his troops all his life and did not get the qualification to "Rampant Deputy Envoy", which made him a little jealous and make fun of him.

After the two laughed, Zhao Xing quickly explained: "The court wants to reward Mr. Zhang, so why is it a 'rbitrageous 14th rank'? What is my 'deputy envoy'?"

Zhang Feng laughed, and he stretched out his legs and said, "It's useless. Look at my old bones, can you run? Fan Deru was right, it's time for you young people to run away. I heard that the eastern and western lines of Qingzhou have been settled. You should go to the Dingbian Army first, and then go to Huanzhou. The relief from the court must be delivered quickly. I guess the people of Xixia will come in autumn, so they must be prepared quickly. Huanzhou is weak now and needs relief as soon as possible."

Zhao Xing quickly stood up and said, "Don't worry, rest, I'll leave early tomorrow morning. My secretary stayed. Please ask him if you have anything unfamiliar with me."

Zhang Qi stood up and said goodbye. At this moment, a big bird ran towards here quacking, followed by a person, chasing him all the way. The bird flexibly dodged in the crowd, jumped over the threshold and rushed towards Zhao Xing and Zhang Qi.

A black man as majestic as an iron tower suddenly emerged from the dark shadow. Zhang Feng had seen this man. When Zhao Xing first entered the city, the black guard followed Zhao Xing. The man was too dark. Sitting in the dark, Zhang Feng treated him as a shadow. When the man rushed out and met the big bird, Zhang Feng discovered his existence.

"Be careful!" Zhang Qi exclaimed.

Tyson is very tall, two meters tall. The ostrich is taller than him, two meters and seventy-five in height. Tyson is very strong, with a small arm thicker than ordinary people's thighs and weighs about 120 kilograms, but the ostrich is stronger than him, and it weighs about 150 kilograms.

This is an adult male ostrich.

The person chasing the ostrich behind also ran into the house. He looked a little panicked, but Zhao Xing found that the panicked expression was too fake. This person was Wu Xin.

He deliberately drove the ostrich to Zhao Xing and waved around, reminding Zhao Xing to notice him, but this guy's behavior was so annoying. He forgot that once the ostrich could not control it, it would probably harm the people in the house.

It doesn't matter to Zhao Xing himself. He has strong strength and flexible skills, but there is also a Zhang Shi in the room. He is already 65 years old and is a gray-haired old man.

Tyson had already stretched out his hand and posed a fighting posture to face the ostrich. Zhao Xing found that Tyson seemed to be unable to deal with it. He was anxious and pulled off his official robe with one hand, jumped over and attacked Tyson from left to right. The ostrich lowered his head, as if he wanted to squeeze through the gap between the two. Zhao Xing and Tyson took action almost at the same time, and grabbed the ostrich's neck at the same time.

The ostrich turned around and was about to rush outside the house. Wu Xin raised his hand behind him and put the pole in his hand towards the ostrich's neck.

As soon as the ostrich hesitated, Zhao Xing and Tyson had already pounced on him. They held the ostrich's neck at the same time and pressed the ostrich to the ground with force. Tyson's hands and feet were quick, using the neat force of binding the galloping horses in the African grassland, and quickly tied the ostrich's legs together.

A false alarm was heard, Zhao Xing jumped up and stared at Wu Xin with a gloomy face. Zhang Feng looked at the ostrich on the ground behind him, and flickering wings and clamoring, saying thoughtfully: "Is this an ostrich? "Guangzhi of Jin Guo Yigong wrote, "The Great Bird of Anxiong Country. The geese are raising their bodies and are pale. They are raised to their heads seven or eight feet high, spreading their wings for more than 100 feet, eating barley, and their eggs are like jars, and their name is ostrich."

"The Book of Tang Dynasty. Biography of Tochara" also records that "Turchar, in the first year of Yongzheng, it was offered a large bird, seven feet high, black, with a camel bulging its wings, three hundred miles a day, and it can bury iron, commonly known as ostrich."... I heard that you were raising ostrich, and it was rumored that Cai Yuanchang got some bird feather crowns and some "sacred oil" from you last year, and went to Chengdu for bribery. It turned out that there were such strange big birds in the world...

Li Ren, I heard that you have explained the "Shan Hai Jing" in Mizhou. Could it be that the "Shan Hai Jing" is not a god or a monster, but just a geography?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is certainly not a strange and strange ambition. It is just a travelogue of the Yanhuang people in ancient times. The magic of this book is not the description of some strange animals in it. Its magic is that the animals told by this person do exist. His name in the book is extremely similar to the pronunciation of the locals. What does this mean?

It shows that in ancient times, when our ancestors didn't even know about bronze ware, an ancestor actually traveled to Africa in person and recorded what he saw and heard. This is incredible - what kind of thing he made the boat? Using stone tablets? How did he determine the direction and sail to Africa? How long did he walk along the way?

Since this book is circulated in China, it means that he was literate before leaving Africa and had read a lot of books, so there are so many metaphors in "Shan Hai Jing". It also means that after he traveled, he returned to the Central Plains and still has time to write this travel notation - think about it, wouldn't this kind of difficulty be shocking when his ancestors used stones as their only weapons?"

Zhao Xing was off topic. After the ostrich caught him, he should have exposed Wu Xin's behavior of chasing him, but Zhang Feng was present, so he couldn't scold his servants - shouldn't family scandal be made public? So he changed the topic and talked about "Shan Hai Jing".

Zhang Feng was touched by this. He squatted down, looked at the ostrich carefully, and then replied disappointedly: "It turns out that those strange overseas beasts are not treasures of immortals, and they cannot be used to practice and become immortals."

The Song Dynasty was very respectful of Taoism at that time. Most literati had a Taoist name, such as Dongpo, and everyone with a Taoist name at the Sixth Scholar of Sumen also had a Taoist name. These days, cultural people did not have a Taoist name, so they were embarrassed to say hello to others when they went out.

Taoism is a kind of worship of things. Mountains and Seas are part of their religion. The "Shans and Seas" is even more famous source of Taoism's gods and monsters. Now Zhao Xing says it is a travelogue, which makes Zhang Shi, who has been accepting the "Shans and Seas" as a strange saying of gods and monsters since childhood, is simply incomprehensible. He is like a tall building stepping on the air, and his heart is hollow.

Zhao Xing added with a smile: "Of course, the Sphinx (Spinx) next to the 'Konggong Platform' is definitely not a treasure of the immortal family, and it is impossible to use it to cultivate and become an immortal. I can guarantee this. Not only that, the rosy (giraffe) is definitely not an immortal mount. The one who raises it is not a god, but only a zoo keeper. I can also guarantee this."

Zhang Shi shook his head in disbelief. Zhao Xing waved his hand and asked someone to carry the ostrich away, continuing: "Old man, in ancient times, people could travel to Africa and record the animals and plants in Africa. Now people can do this work. Deng Yufu, Mizhou, is doing this. Thanks to Deng Yufu's help, he is now in Africa, walking north along the black land, intending to keep looking at the Sphinx."

Zhang Feng immediately replied seriously: "But Deng Yufu, who was once the Mizhou Promoter, is good. If it were him, when the Huanqing Road war sank, I will definitely give it a contribution to his merits."

After Zhang Feng left, before Zhao Xing could lose his temper, Kou Lian'er had already arrived and apologized for her husband. As Zhao Xing expected, Wu Xin, who was born in the hometown of fish and rice, came to Qingzhou with Kou Lian'er, which was very uncomfortable. He took this opportunity to drive away the ostrich and planned to plead with Zhao Xing and allow him to return to Hangzhou, but the matter was a big deal. Standing in front of Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing did not give him a chance to speak.

Kou Lian'er is a bad slave. Her marriage requires approval from the master. Just like modern people who need to issue a letter of introduction when they get married, this is the practice of slave treatment. Kou Lian'er's marriage was approved by Zhao Xing and was prepared in the government.

Wu Xin is a free citizen. He does not need to pass the approval of his superiors to get married, nor does he need to issue a letter of introduction by the regulator. However, because Kou Lian'er was dragged down, he also filed the documents in the government. It is estimated that this humiliation made him very uncomfortable. This time he took the risk to find Zhao Xing, probably because he wanted to take the opportunity to get out of the cage, but he did not expect that Zhao Xing did not give him a chance to speak.
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