Chapter 238: The great expectations of the two foreign generals

Zhu Baozhong was stunned. Before he could react, a black charcoal ball as high as an iron tower had already emerged from behind Zhao Xing. He rushed over and pinched Zhu Baozhong's neck like a chicken, lifted it up easily in the air. Then he didn't care about Zhu Baozhong's struggle like a dragonfly shaking the tree. He put Zhu Baozhong horizontally on his knees, swung his palm-smacking hand and slammed it - spanking.

Zhu Baozhong protested a few times at first, but after a few strokes, he immediately begged for mercy. Luo Xin hurriedly persuaded him. Zhao Xingyu made Tyson stop and called Zhu Baozhong to scold him: "Jun Lingling, you rely on my Song Dynasty to protect you to survive. Now you dare to roar in front of me. Do you know who I am? The famous Zhao Laohu in Hangzhou, the famous Jingjiehu in the capital, the person who dares to roar in front of me... Humph, if you are not a vassal, I will definitely not spare you because the foreigners have never known etiquette."

Zhu Baozhong kowtowed and confessed his guilt. Zhao Xing waved his hand and ordered: "Zhu Baozhong, hand over your troops, and your troops will be commanded by me in this battle."

Zhu Baozhong dared not resist, so he agreed honestly. Chen Buqun stood beside him and found that the stone castle lord seemed to have quietly breathed a sigh of relief. The fortress in Wyvern also quietly raised his waist when he looked at the vassals.

Luo Xin (Eqin) pulled Zhu Baozhong aside, and while yelling a young man out of the crowd, he walked towards Zhao Xing. The young man had a handsome face of a mixed race. He was slender and had a gentle manner. Luo Xin looked at him with an indescribable kindness. He pointed to the young man and said, "Zhaodian, this is my son Zhou Junming. I heard that the son of the Stone Fort Lord was also recommended to participate in the martial arts ceremony. My son was very envious. I think there was less people around him who served tea and water. It would be better to let my son follow Zhaodian, and he would also like to have a background."

What am I? Luo Xin’s son is named Zhou Junming. What’s this?

Zhao Xing was almost laughing, and he suppressed his smile and explained: "Luo Zhengjiang, the custom of the son in the Central Plains takes his father's surname. Is this your biological son? Why is his surname Zhou?"

Luo Xin and his son seemed to be very sensitive to this problem. First, Luo Xin blushed and had a thick neck. "Of course it's my son, it's my own son, if it's a fake one!" Then, Zhou Junming also shouted loudly: "Sir, I'm a Song Dynasty person - a pure Song Dynasty person, my mother is a Song Dynasty person, and my blood flows from the Song Dynasty person in my blood vessels. Why can't I call Zhou Junming?"

The people around Zhao Xing were also holding back their smiles. Even Zhu Baozhong, who had just been beaten, was muttering in a low voice, but he had just been cleansed up by Zhao Xing and did not dare to speak loudly, so no one heard clearly what he muttered.

Zhao Xing laughed and looked at Luo Xin in surprise, then looked at Zhou Junming. He found many similarities in the appearance of the two. He suddenly said to Zhou Junming: "I understand, your mother's surname is Zhou, and Luo Zheng will marry a man named Song of Zhou, so you follow your mother's surname, Zhou."

Zhou Junming nodded frequently: "Sir, my mother is a family, and her counties are..."

Luo Xin stared at Zhao Xing with disconfidence and asked: "Sir, this is indeed my biological son - his surname is his mother, it's not too much!"

He had the face to ask that it would not be too much? Even the boys who walked by Zhao Xing at this time knew how excessive this was, but they held back their laughter and continued to march in a row. Chen Buqun had already turned around, his back rushed towards Luo Xin, and his shoulders were shaking constantly.

Under Luo Xin's focused gaze, Zhao Xing had to smile honestly and nodded frequently while touching his chin: "I, Zhongyuan, have this statement, and marry into a wife. This is not an exaggeration."

Zhu Baozhong jumped out after hearing this. He leaned over to Zhao Xing, feeling squeaked, as if he was full of affection to express himself. Luo Xin was even more disgusted than him. He stumbled: "It's great to say good to Zhaodian, that's great! Zhaodian is a disciple of Da Su's scholar, a celebrity! What kind of poem did he write... Hehe, look at my stupid head, why can't I remember it for a while?"

The young man was still unable to calm down. Zhou Junming stepped forward and bowed, and said gently: "Sir, since you say this is right, can you tell the court about this? "

Zhao Xing asked in wonder: "What does it mean?"

Shi Gan seemed to have a good relationship with Luo Xin. After all, his castle was trapped and Luo Xin was the first supporter, so he stepped forward to rescue the situation: "The fact that Luo Zheng was named by his child made Fan Jingzhao very dissatisfied. He submitted a complaint to the court and impeached Lord Luo. At this moment, the court's handling has not yet been completed. If the master is willing to help, it is better to submit a comment and distinguish it from the court."

"It's easy to say," Zhao Xing agreed.

Fan Chuncui was a big deal. Although the imperial court gave the surname and could not be changed at will, Luo Xin was willing to treat himself as the son-in-law of the Song women and let his son take his mother's surname Zhou. Although his purpose was to declare himself a pure Han in the future - but this was all family affairs. The Japanese, Jiaozhi, and Goryeo in Asia were crying and shouting that they were a species left by the Song people or Song people. Now, there are not many people who have Dangxiang people, Qingtang people, etc. Fan Chuncui's interference is purely a dog to take rats.

Forget it, it’s not a big deal to explain it to the court. Why not make a favor?

Hearing Zhao Xing's promise, Zhu Baozhong also came up with a charming smile: "I'll not bother the second master in any matter. A concubine from my family is also from Song, and she gave birth to a pure Song child. I also intend to let this child follow his mother's surname. The adult will explain it to me. Is it OK?"

Zhao Xing hesitated and said, "Not good! The child born by the concubine is not easy to deal with! If it is born by the wife, then there is still a reason..."

Zhu Baozhong answered quickly: "No problem. When the imperial decree arrives, the concubine of a certain family will definitely be the wife - Jun Suosuo. From now on, you will call Qi Yun. Go home, take my arrows and kill all the other concubines, leaving only your mother Qi. Then pass on my order to make Qi the wife, and make Qi Yun the son of Qi the legitimate son..."

Several strange-looking vassals ran out and lay on the ground, listening respectfully to Zhu Baozhong's words. Shi Gan turned his face away and pretended not to hear it. Zhao Xing heard that Zhu Baozhong was about to kill his wife and stretched out his hand to persuade him, but immediately he thought of a word - this may not be a kind of "national fusion", we must respect the "national tradition" and the main theme, right?

Try to keep in mind other people's housework as little as possible.

As soon as he thought of this, he also learned from Shi Dan to turn his face around and pretended to appreciate the scenery of the river valley.

The Sudan grass on the ridges on both sides of the river valley is very lush. It seems that the owner of the stone fortress has seized it once as Zhao Xin's order before the enemy arrives. Now there are more than ten centimeters of short grass stubble left in the fields. The short grass stubble is dense, and from time to time, birds flying up from time to time, coming and going, probably pecking at the grass seeds.

Zhao Xing found the topic. No matter how Zhu Baozhong arranged it, he seemed to have never heard or seen it, and leisurely pointed at the Sudan grass on the hillsides on both sides and asked, "Have the Xia army grazed in the grass?"

Shi Gan took over Zhao Xing's topic and showed a contemptuous smile on his lips: "How could they not come to grazle? Haha, the short grass stubble is as sharp as a knife. If they don't chew all these grasses, they are not easy to ride on horseback... Besides, according to the habits of the Xixia people, they like to graz on the streets of our downtowns and regard this as honor. Now when seeing such a good grass, how can they not shed cattle and sheep to chew? Even if the leader finds something strange, how can he control the people below?"

Sudan grass is a sorghum crop. The short grass stubble left in the fields is very sharp. It will scratch the hoofs of war horses when galloping. The young Sudan grass is rich in hydrogen cyanide and will die on the spot after chewing the animals - this is the "Training grass to become soldiers" in the "Grass and Trees Plan".

Zhao Xing hurriedly took out a telescope from his arms, and looked at the fields and asked, "Why are there no dead war horses in the fields? Did the people of Xixia dragged them back?"

Shi Gan smiled hideously: "Of course, when the Xixia people first set off their horses, the sky was blue and the sun was in the morning, and more than 400 war horses that were gnawing seedlings suddenly fell down. Then many war horses rushed out of the grass and ran around, and countless war horses fell to the ground while running... Tsk tsk, the scene was really spectacular.

Then many wizards came out of the Khitan camp. They carried all the dead horses back. There were few people in my village and they dared not pursue them. The next day, the Khitans drove away twenty horses to the grass. I followed the command of the adults, fed the horses with grass on the top of the city, and loudly mocked the Xixia people... From then on, the Xixia people dared not step through the grass. I kept seeing the Xia people's camps coming and going on the city wall, and I was very panicked."

Zhao Xing looked at the ridge proudly and said, "It's time. Now it's time to open up the plan of "the plan of "all plants and trees are soldiers, so that the people of Xixia are all soldiers."

Shi Gan was shocked, Luo Xin and Zhu Baozhong had sharp ears and asked in surprise: "'Essence and trees are all soldiers', Master of Shibao, what's going on? Didn't I hear you that the grasslands on both sides of the mountains were witchcrafted? Why does it have such a strange name?"

Shi Gan frequently winked at Zhao Xing, and Zhao Xing smiled and said with a faint smile: "It's okay... The people of Xixia live by nomads, and they probably will sooner or later realize the mystery. Instead of doing this, we might as well reveal the secrets first, which will make the people of Xixia unfathomable.

You think this Sudan grass will not be planted for a few years. If the Xixia people discover the secrets in the grass, they will not be afraid when we take turns planting next year. And if we uncover this "plan for grass and trees to be soldier", he knows that we use grass as weapons and encounter other grasses, he will be extremely cautious.

Unfortunately, no matter how cautious they were at that time, it would be useless. We had already recovered after giving me a year of Huanqing Road."

Shi Gan was deeply touched by Zhao Xing's last words, and he answered in agreement: "Yes, in another half a year, the soldiers will have the strength to fight against the people of Xixia, and we can even fight to the territory of Xixia.

Hahahahaha, since the admiral of Huanqing Road took over, the introduction of several machinery alone has caused the price of crossbows to be reduced by a thousand times. In the past, a bow required more than a hundred stakes, but now a few hundred tins of a few short bow is enough...

There are also arrow branches, which we are not familiar with this year, and we may hurt the apple tree, so we did not dare to prune more branches. But now we already know that if we knock down the top buds, we will have more side branches. When the spring next year begins, we will knock down all the top buds, so that each branch can produce an arrow - grass and trees are soldiers. This is the real grass and trees are soldiers."

At this time, the last team of the Boy Scouts was entering the castle. Shi Gan suddenly remembered something and said proudly: "There is still armor. It used to cost more than a thousand guan to buy a pair of armor. Now I heard that I could buy a pair of golden silk armor for eight or nine guan.

In this way, I heard that the people who make armor also made a lot of money, because a pound of iron is only 110 cents, and ten pounds of iron are used to make iron wire, and a pair of armor can be woven, and a pair of armor can be sold with a turn of hands, which is five or six times the profit. It is better if this thing is cheap. Last month, I also bought twenty pairs and put them on for my nephews."

Zhao Xing looked at Shi Gan's smug expression and fanned the fire: "It's not just selling eight guan, but the armor produced by Huanqing Road is prohibited from being sold by Yongxingjun this year, so the price is extremely low. It will be opened next year and allowed to be sold to the entire Shaanxi. At that time, the price will continue to rise."

The cost of iron armor described by Shi Gan just now has a trick. Zhao Xing once read the famous Buren armor recorded in "The General Yao of Wu Jing". The armor is said to be the heaviest armor in human history, weighing 39 kilograms. The cost of the Buren armor made by the Ministry of Workers' military weapon supervision is only three slabs, but it uses more than 30 kilograms of iron, and the leather inside is all counted as the cost.

And so on, the weight of the chain mail is only one-third of the weight of the Step A, and the cost cannot exceed the cost of the Step A: three stakes.

The reason why Shi Gan talked about the cost of the golden silk armor and looked very happy was that he had recently secretly bought two wire drawing machines to prepare for self-reliance to produce armor and then sell it to the public. However, because Huaiwei Castle is the castle on the front line, in order to avoid such machines falling into the hands of the Xixia people, Zhao Xing prohibited the front line from holding metal wire drawing machines. Therefore, Shi Gan did not dare to show off. Zhao Xing said that he opened the ordnance market and he was just secretly happy.

Shi Ganguang was having fun. He didn't know that Zhao Xing knew that he had bought a wire drawing machine. If Zhao Xing could not even control this, how could he plan a war against Xixia?

Since the core equipment of the wire drawing machine is a screw, as long as the screw is removed in a critical moment, the Xixia people could not imitate it for two hundred years, so Zhao Xing acquiesced to the private operation of Huaiweiburg. However, when the machine was installed, Zhao Xing secretly instructed the installation craftsmen to secretly teach the screw to the Huaiweiburg apprentices, asking them to unload the screw in a critical moment, dig a hole and buried it, and it was useless for the Xixia people to take the other parts away.

At this time, Shi Gan didn't tell the truth, and Zhao Xing was so happy to pretend to be confused. While following Shi Gan to the castle, he asked Luo Xin and Zhu Baozhong: "I don't remember sending a military order to transfer you two to the guards of Huaiwei Fortress. How could he meet you here?"

Luo Xin's eyes dodged. Zhu Baozhong, who had learned a lesson, was raining. His body shrank back and Shi Gan smoothed out: "Recruiting the Lord, I heard that Huanzhou has opened many mines, and I also heard that you encourage everyone to hire Xixia slaves to dig mines... Now, more than a thousand Xixia slaves have been sold into mines this year. You really don't know where these slaves come from."

Zhao Xing raised his face: "Silence! Where are the Western Xia slaves? Why didn't I see them? Where? Shi Gan, don't talk nonsense."

Zhu Baozhong was anxious. He straightened his body and shouted, "Sir, you can't refuse to admit your claim...", and was kicked down by Luo Xin. Zhou Junming jumped forward and covered his mouth. Luo Xin then took two steps forward and laughed and beat him: "No, there are indeed no Western Xia slaves. I, Qingzhou, really, do not have a Western Xia slave.

Well, Xiaguan had just returned from Beijing. Occasionally, he saw his colleagues selling horses, livestock, and "two-legged sheep". His life was very comfortable. Xiaguan happened to have received a survey task recently and took the child to the opposite side to take a look. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by the Jianing Military Office and came here reluctantly. Hehe, I have to thank the owner of the Stone Fort for taking in."

Luo Xin's words were still full of lies, and Zhao Xing was unwilling to expose the other party. He understood the Lord of the Stone Castle and smiled, saying, "The Lord of the Stone Castle recently only provides food, and he has made a lot of money."

The owner of the stone castle smiled silly and avoided answering.

Since Zhao Xing hid his robbery order, he used the opening of the horse market and the slave market to indulge the spontaneous robbery among the people in disguise. Subsequently, many officers on Huanqing Road took advantage of the vacation to enter Xixia in groups to "see the scenery". After seeing the scenery, he turned two Xixia people back and sold them to compensate for travel expenses. This spontaneous sexual behavior is still in the enlightenment stage, and several villages leaving Sichuankou have become the supply bases for this group of people to enter and exit Xixia.

In the second half of this year, Zhao Xing stayed in Baimachuan for most of the time, and the officers were embarrassed to go out from under his nose, so the other two exits from the Sichuan entrance became their only way. The owner of the Stone Fortress secretly made a "big integration" money by providing food and accommodation to the people who came out of Sichuan, and also secretly earned a "big integration" money and made some money for himself.

According to Luo Xin's explanation: After this guy came back from the capital, he heard about the new rules on Huanqing Road. He saw that others were rich and had the advantage of a vassal, but was poor and drank, so he pulled Zhu Baozhong, the Dangxiang person. The two of them joined in Xixia to "see the scenery". As a result, because the situation was not inconsistent, they were bitten by the Jianing Military Office.

The Xixia soldiers were blocking the exit of Sichuan, and Shi Gan dared not hide it, so he reported it vaguely. Luo Xin and Zhu Baozhong were also very righteous and refused to leave the Lord of Shibao in critical moments. The two summoned all the servants and pressed on Huaiwei Fort, which caused the phenomenon of "realistic increase in troops" in Luochuan.

Because there was no military order to dispatch troops, everyone was a little scared, so when they met Zhao Xing just now, everyone seemed very timid. Now, they finally had the opportunity to explain. After these people explained the whole story to Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing seemed to have no intention of blaming everyone after hearing this. He looked at the direction of Xixia and said thoughtfully: "The news came from the vassal monks under my command, saying that it was the Xixia side, and the Jianing Military Office was preparing for the war this year. Unfortunately, the words of the foreign monks have never been reliable, and the news of the Nestorians have not yet been transmitted.

If the Nestorians confirm this news, the army under the city is indeed the Jianing Military Command. Our move may disrupt the attack plan of the Xixia people. Now, listen to me, and don’t admit that you have been to Xixia even if you kill me. Maybe we can also take advantage of this opportunity to teach the Xixia people a lesson."

Luo Xin and Zhu Baozhong nodded Weiwei. When the Stone Fort Lord heard this, his eyes were immediately congested. He gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, I have more than 200 people in Huaiwei Fort Village, all of whom are death-death. Do you have any instructions? Just say it."

Zhao Xing looked at the Xixia military camp at the distance from the entrance of Sichuan, then looked at the nearby ridges, and asked: "I remember that Shaanxi people have a unique skill - throwing stones. When raising livestock, they use a rope to cover a stone, swing it a few times on their heads, throw the stones out, so as to adjust the direction of the head sheep walking... Is this true?"

The owner of the stone fort hesitated and replied: "Recruitment is the skill of the shepherd. Not everyone in our village can do it."

Zhu Baozhong and Luo Xin came to Zhao Xing and said with a flattering smile: "Sir, we can serve this matter. We all know this skill."

Zhao Xing's eyes rolled and immediately took over the conversation: "Okay! I need their help to pick out all the stones that your subordinates will throw. This is done well. I promise you two sons to enter Hangzhou Academy and I will pay the tuition fee. Also, after the matter is completed, I will reward everyone who throws the stones again."

Luo Xin was overjoyed. He hurriedly pulled his son to the front and told him earnestly: "Son, go and select personnel. This matter must be done well. He told the servants: Not only will the adults be rewarded, but I can't treat them badly. I promise each of them a concubine, so that they can start a family and start a business, and set up a single branch."

Zhu Baozhong heard this and was afraid of falling behind: "Sir, I will do it myself. After the work is completed, not only will the adults be rewarded, but I may be a family slave (meaning: to restore the family slave's freedom). Don't worry, keep them to stop after hearing the order..."

Zhao Xing waved to a scout and signaled the other party to open the backpack. The scout heard the Ling, knelt on the ground on one knee and took out five fist-sized iron eggs from the backpack. Zhao Xing took one of them and threw them to Luo Xin: "General Luo Zheng, what he threw this time was not a stone, but this iron egg, which was bigger than a stone, and also more important than a stone. Call your people here, let's train for a few days first."
Chapter completed!