The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Long Zhen came back from the banquet with extremely complicated emotions. There was no big problem with the big carts. Even if there were [-] large carts, there would not be much shortage. In the throat, it makes people feel uncomfortable.

Long Zhen can be regarded as someone who has seen battles. He has also participated in the suppression of bandits several times. The banditry in Fangzhou on Jingxi Road and the banditry in Yun'an on Kuizhou Road. And ended, but I really have a deep understanding of the brave dragon of the gangster.

There were only 400 bandits in Luming Mountain, Fangzhou, and nearly [-] officers and soldiers were killed. The bandit leader Li Laoshun was hit by thirteen arrows and still killed four people in a row and died of exhaustion; On the battlefield, it was just to shrink back to give courage to the Xiang army in the field, but the piercing sound of the bandit leader swinging his sword and chopping into the soldiers' bones was still frightening.

The imperial court's attitude towards the bandits is very clear, either recruit them or kill them all, even if they are coerced into the bandits, they will never tolerate it, family and relatives will all sit together, this strategy has created the characteristic of the bandits fighting to the death, left and right are dead , Doing one is enough money, doing two to earn one.

When Long Zhen thought of this, his eyelids twitched wildly. Chairman Tang was vague when he said it, but from his meaning, Long Zhen could tell that this group of bandits must not be good; The siege of the Xiangbing soldiers failed to succeed several times, which shows the strength of this gang of bandits.

After several times of encirclement and suppression, there may not be many bandits left, as Tang Jiyuan said, but even if there are only 500 left, they are probably the most brave 500. Otherwise, why didn't the court wipe them out in one go?

Long really didn't dare to take it lightly. After returning to the barracks, he immediately summoned the two captains and some small soldier leaders to discuss this matter. He wouldn't risk his life for an errand, but he was scared by the bandits so he couldn't do the errand. One thing, especially if you don't know if the bandits will be dispatched to rob them, they are the first to be counseled. If the court knows, they will definitely not spare their people.

Long Zhen explained the situation to everyone and asked for everyone's opinions. Zhao Dutou yelled: "Bandits are nothing. We have two hundred cavalry troops, even if we come with a thousand or eight hundred horses, we will not be afraid of him."

Fang Dutou squinted at Zhao Dutou and said, "Old Zhao, you have to fight as hard as you can. I won't sacrifice my life for this doggy special envoy. I was cruel and merciless when I deducted our salary. Who would want to do it for me at this moment?" He sold his life?"

Zhao Dutou said in astonishment: "Then what should we do? Is it possible that we don't leave? The waste here?"

Long Zhen waved his hand and said: "Then how can we make it happen? We have been delayed in Luzhou for five or six days. If we said that we couldn't rent a car before, it's justifiable. Now, the chamber of commerce and the car dealer will give us the big car all at once. It’s all together, and it’s unreasonable not to move.”

Fang Du nodded, "But what if we really encounter bandits?"

Long Zhen frowned and said: "That's why I invite you all to come to discuss. If I can make the decision, why should I ask you?"

Zhao Dutou said: "The Bagong Mountain is far away from the official road, the bandits are not so arrogant."

Long Zhen stared at him and said: "You promise? If you dare to promise, I will give an order immediately, and the car will be loaded and set off tomorrow morning."

Zhao Dutou quickly lowered his head, thinking: How dare I make such a promise, aren't you hurting me?

Seeing that Zhao Du's head was silent, Long Zhen withdrew his ferocious eyes and said to the crowd: "How can I think of a way to keep everyone safe while not delaying things? Everyone followed me out on errands and didn't make much money. Put my life in it again, how can I mess around in the future?"

A seasoned team leader saw that Long Zhen actually had a solution, so he said: "Commander Long, you just make up your mind, the brothers listen to you, and you can do whatever you say. If there is a talkative one, I will Ma Dapeng was the first to not spare him."

Everyone hurriedly echoed: "Yes, yes, what the old horse said is right. Commander Long decides on his own. You are doing everyone's best. Everyone knows that if there is someone who is not good at talking nonsense, we will kill him alive."

Long Zhen laughed and said: "Brothers, Long Zhen didn't tell me that I do have an idea, but I do have some concerns. Originally, I couldn't even think about it, let alone bring it up, but since the brothers are so If you say it, everyone thinks it’s good, then it’s everyone’s decision, if you think it’s far-fetched, just ignore it.”

Zhao Dutou said: "I didn't say anything, just listen to Long's command." Others nodded their heads one after another.

Long Zhen suppressed his voice and said in a low voice: "This kid Su Jin is in Yangzhou now, I'm afraid he is anxious to wait for our food, and I don't think he will send someone to urge the food in a few days, so we can't delay any longer, tomorrow So we gathered the carts together, loaded them with food and set off, teaching Su Jin that he had no reason to organize us."

Everyone nodded and said: "Exactly, it's really wrong to have a car without transporting food."

Fang Dutou was surprised and said: "But let's just obediently transport the grain to Yangzhou? This kid is too dishonest. Last time we agreed to ruin his errand and bring him bad luck. Does it count now?"

Long Zhen smiled and said: "What are you in a hurry for, haven't you already said that?"

Zhao Dutou hurriedly avenged Fang Dutou's scolding of himself just now, teasingly said: "Old Fang is impatient, you were so anxious earlier, I'm afraid you even hugged your grandson, now it's good, even a lady Didn't mix it up."

Fang Du nodded and scolded: "None of your business, there is a little bastard in your family, maybe it was your wife who made it up with someone, I don't look like you, but I look a little like me."

"Fuck you..." Zhao Du was so angry that he clenched his fist and punched, Fang Du was not to be outdone, the two of them were about to fight together.

Long Zhen's face seyin sternly shouted: "What kind of system is it, do you think I don't exist? If the two of you make trouble again, I will turn my face and deny anyone!"

Although Zhao and Fang seemed indifferent to Long Zhen on the surface, everyone knew that Long was really a smiling tiger with vicious means. If he really offended him, it would be more dangerous than offending the high officials.

The clothes and hats of the two were crooked, and they stared at each other and sat down again. Long Zhen snorted and continued: "Tomorrow we will start to transport food, the road after the snow will be difficult, and if the bandits don't come, we will slow down." Tun Tun walked for ten days and a half months, and then said that the road was muddy after the snow, and it was really difficult to walk on the official road. This could not only make an argument, but also make it impossible for Su Jin to do things in Yangzhou; Now, the people of Yangzhou City have already kicked out this useless special envoy of food affairs, and this also made everyone angry."

The team leader praised: "Okay, killing two birds with one stone, Commander Long really has a way, so Su Jin will be in bad luck in front of the emperor; but what if there are really bandits robbing food?"

Long Zhen smiled and said: "It's very simple, the bandits are powerful, we were defeated in battle, and the food was robbed; fortunately, the bandits wanted to grab the food, and we were favored by the emperor, so we were lucky enough to save our lives."

The team leader's eyes lit up and said: "You mean, let's give up..."

"Shut up, I didn't say anything, we can't beat the bandits, so we're going to kill ourselves in vain?" Long Zhen shouted.

Everyone looked at each other in silence, Long Zhen was so ruthless that he handed over 50 shi of grain to the bandits, but Su Jin would still be unlucky, he had no food, he was waiting in Yangzhou; but this was enough For the big one, 50 shi of grain was lost, and it would be good for the court to blame it, so no one dared to express their agreement.

Long Zhen saw through everyone's thoughts and said with a smile: "The bandits robbed our food, let's just store it in his cottage. Afterwards, we can go to the Huainan Road Transit Envoy to report the case. For such a big event, do you think he will send troops to take back this batch of food recklessly? And with our help, can these bandits keep this batch of food? Come and go, wait for the food to be taken back, day lily It's all cold, it's no big deal if we make up for our mistakes, and some people may lose their official hats, hahaha."

After Long Zhen's detailed analysis, he completely dispelled everyone's doubts. If he didn't make a statement at this time, it was tantamount to pushing himself to the opposite of Long Zhen. So everyone raised their thumbs high, praised Commander Long for being wise, and all expressed their gratitude. Agree to do so.

Long Zhen was still not at ease, he explained the details, and even threatened and coaxed everyone to take this matter to heart, so he ordered everyone to go back to make arrangements, and the food will be loaded and transported tomorrow morning.