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Chapter 885: Wang Dafu, Wang Shunchen! Humanoid self-propelled Gatling gun?
Wang Dafu, carrying a heavy bag, walked in the narrow street between Anjiefang and Zhenyifang outside Nanxunmen.

After two years in Xihe, his physique became more and more sturdy and robust.

He is over five feet eight inches tall (about 180cm) and now weighs two hundred and forty-five catties (Song jin, converted to modern times, about 150kg).

So his body directly occupied at least two-thirds of the space in the alley.

Looking from a distance, they look almost like the famous generals from past dynasties depicted in the temple murals.

Not long after walking, Wang Dafu met seven or eight young men who were wearing brown clothes, shirtless, and talking and laughing.

When these people saw Wang Dafu, they were all stunned.

It’s because Wang Dafu’s physique is too big and strong!

In front of Wang Dafu, these people were like children.

When they noticed that Wang Dafu was looking at them, they quickly lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Wang Dafu.

no way!
In this medieval era, a man with a body shape similar to Wang Dafu could only appear in one place - the border troops of the border county!

Moreover, it will only appear in one class - officers!
And he must be an officer above the rank of ambassador!

Most people have neither the ability nor the qualifications to grow their body to the size of Wang Dafu.

This requires a large daily intake of high-calorie, high-protein meat.

At the same time, you also need to hone and train yourself continuously every day.

Indispensable!

Therefore, since ancient times, the images of military generals in temple murals and door god stickers in the market are all tall, burly and strong.

This is both a stereotype and the need of the generals fighting on the front lines - the bigger and stronger the physique, the greater the personal strength, and the heavier weapons and stronger bowstrings they can use on the battlefield. At the same time, the stronger the physique, the more deterrent it will cause to the enemy!

Those fierce generals who can make the enemy afraid to approach with just a roar on the battlefield, and make the enemy's legs weaken with just a glare, are all visual monsters.

And Wang Dafu's physique obviously belongs to this category.

Naturally, these playboys didn't dare to look Wang Dafu in the eye.

Not to mention the idea of ​​attacking him.

Even so, Wang Dafu was carrying a bag that looked obviously full.

They don't have the courage.

Wang Dafu, on the other hand, looked at these people with a burning gaze, speculating secretly.

Because these people are all strangers.

Wang Dafu doesn’t recognize any of them!
In the past, those people who often hung out here with his brother Daqiang seemed to be gone.

Wang Dafu remembered Guo Gui whom he met in Xizhou Cotton Farm.

"All the scoundrels in Bianjing City really went to Denglai..."

"These people should be newcomers to Bianjing from other states and counties, right?"

Just ...

Wang Dafu looked at the people in front of him.

They are all very young and strong!

They are all in good health and look quite strong.

Wang Dafu looked at these people, and his occupational disease inevitably flared up, with a fierce look in his eyes.

"If I were in Xizhou, I would arrest all these idle lazy people and teach them a lesson!" he thought to himself.

After the war ended last year, the government of Xihe wanted to maintain public order and prevent spies from the west.

Therefore, a criminal law called loitering was formulated.

It not only cracks down on local ruffians, but also strictly prevents the Western bandits from spying on the internal affairs of Xihe.

Anyone who was caught committing the crime of vagrancy for the first time would be put in shackles and displayed to the public for a day.

The second time, he would be sentenced to one month of hard labor.

the third time……

One year of labor!

At the same time, Xihe also has many inventions including the "crime of laziness".

According to government decrees, a male in Xizhou, regardless of Han or foreign ethnicity, must have a job when he is sixteen years old or above - either learn a craft, work, or go to school.

There has to be something to do!

If you don't have a job, you will be regarded as "lazy", and in the eyes of Xihe officials, "laziness" is the biggest enemy of man. It will make people corrupt and degenerate, away from the teachings of saints, and even away from the grace of the emperor.

The governors and magistrates of each state were ordered by the emperor to govern a certain area, and it was their bounden duty to supervise education and guide people to do good!
Therefore, the Xihe government adheres to the principle of "never abandon or give up" when dealing with lazy people.

Once one was discovered, they would be dealt with immediately and swiftly - people would be sent directly to the person's home to be sent to a cotton farm for forced reform.

In addition, in Xihe, if a woman is over 16 years old and unmarried, she will be guilty of a crime and will be fined by the government.

If a girl is still unmarried at the age of seventeen, the government will directly assign a husband for her.

This rule is also enforced regardless of whether they are Han or Tibetan.

In short, everyone on Xihe Road now has their eyes wide open, staring at everyone in their jurisdiction.

Wang Dafu is now the deputy commander of the army of Nanguanbao in Xizhou and the inspector of Didao.

Naturally, his daily tasks include "preventing spies", "punishing lazy people" and "promoting marriage".

Every time he went to the provincial government, he met with his superiors.

You Zhizhou and Bao Tongpan would repeatedly emphasize and warn him that these three things must be strictly and severely handled.

Because these three things are major events that concern the prosperity of the world, the rise and fall of the country, and the customs of the Xihe states.

Since the end of the war last year, Wang Dafu has gone to the Xizhou provincial government to meet his superiors every ten days and study the classics at the provincial school.

These idle guys felt a little frightened by Wang Dafu's gaze, and they all cowered and acted cowardly.

Wang Dafu saw this and shook his head again, then he shouted, "Why don't you get out of the way?"

"Yes!" The idle men were so frightened by his scolding that they quickly made way for him.

Wang Da Axe passed by them.

His huge physique, like that of a giant, made it hard for these people to breathe.

"You guys..." Wang Dafu suddenly stopped and said to them, "We should find something to do!"

"Yes!" These people responded with their heads down.

"Go!" Wang Dafu waved his hand. He knew that these young people were probably like his brother and would not listen to his advice.

Thinking of his younger brother, Wang Dafu's heart sank again.

"My brother Daqiang, how is he doing in Jiaozhou?"

Ever since he learned the news about his brother last year, he has not received any letters from Jiaozhou for several months.

He only knew that his younger brother seemed to have married a woman from Jiaozhi and had children.

"I don't know when Daqiang can come back and reunite with his mother..." Wang Dafu turned his head and looked to the south.

That was the direction where his younger brother was.

……

Wang Dafu's home is at the river bend next to Zhenyifang.

At the beginning of the country, this was the military camp of the Tianwu Army.

But during the Jingyou period, the Tianwu Army stationed here was ordered to move to the border.

Therefore, the former military barracks were transformed into residential buildings by the families of the imperial guards who stayed behind.

The former training ground has been turned into a vegetable garden.

The former arsenal has now become a pen for raising livestock.

When Wang Dafu walked near his home with his bag on his back, the neighbors nearby saw him from afar.

"Axe?"

An old woman who was working in the vegetable garden was startled at first when she saw Wang Dafu's burly figure. It took her a long time to recognize him and she shouted in surprise.

"Aunt Zhang!" Wang Dafu nodded slightly: "It's me!"

"Oh, Dafu is so majestic now?" Aunt Zhang looked at Wang Dafu in surprise: "I heard that Dafu, you are an official now?"

Wang Dafu smiled naively.

Aunt Zhang said, "I knew long ago that Dafu would have a bright future!"

"Look, this guy has become an official even though he is not big axe!"

She looked behind Wang Dafu and asked, "Didn't everyone say that officials all have Yuan Sui?"

Wang Dafu laughed: "Aunt Zhang, that is the treatment only the officials of Yao County can get!"

"I have just been promoted to ambassador, and have not yet been appointed as a judge in the Privy Council!"

This old woman outside the new city naturally couldn't tell the difference between the official system of the imperial court, what an ambassador was, and what a remote county meant.
Wang Dafu didn't say much, just asked: "Aunt Zhang, are my mother and my wife at home?" Aunt Zhang replied: "Yes! They are all here!"

"I ran into your wife this morning!"

"Dafu married a good wife!"

"Since Dafu left, everything in and out of the house is all your fault..."

"I grow vegetables, sell them, and hire people to weave cloth to make money..."

"Everyone in this area is jealous of me!"

"She's nothing like the one my son married. She only knows how to eat and drink all day long... She won't do anything at all!"

Wang Dafu listened and just smiled naively. After saying goodbye to Aunt Zhang, he walked along the familiar road towards the home in his memory.

Along the way, he met many acquaintances.

Soon, everyone in his family knew about it.

When Wang Dafu walked to the door of his house, his mother, wife, and three children were already waiting for him at the door.

"Mother!"

When Wang Dafu saw his mother, he immediately stepped forward, knelt down in front of her, and kowtowed three times: "Unfilial son Wang Shunchen, kowtow to your mother!"

Wang Dafu's mother looked to be in her fifties. She was wearing simple linen clothes and was a little thin.

She looked at her eldest son who was kneeling in front of her. He was at least a little stronger than before he left. She praised him excitedly: "Axe, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!"

Then, she pulled a woman who was about 27 or 28 years old beside her and said, "Qiniang, the axe is back!"

The woman looked at Wang Dafu shyly, then pushed the three children and said, "Call me daddy! Kowtow to me!"

The three children looked timidly at the man in front of them.

This burly and strong man.

They called out childishly, "Daddy!"

Wang Dafu looked at the three children and grinned, "Yeah!"

Then, he looked at the woman in front of him, gently reached out his hand, stroked the latter's hair, and said softly: "Qiniang, I have been away from home for the past two years, and you have suffered!"

"I'm not miserable!" the woman said softly, "I'll be content if my husband can come back safely!"

Wang Dafu hummed heavily, then turned around and looked at the neighbors who kept gathering to watch the fun, bowed to them and said, "My dear neighbors, my dear relatives..."

"I have been away from home for the past two years. My wife, children and mother have been under great pressure to take care of me!"

"Thank you so much!"

"Tomorrow we will hold a banquet to thank all our noble neighbors and relatives for their kindness!"

When the neighbors saw this, they all shouted, "You're too polite, Axe!"

"Wang Dalang, you are too serious!"

They had actually anticipated the rise of the Wang family.

Because as early as last year, a nobleman from the city of Bianjing drove to the Wang family and brought money, food, oil and salt.

He even sent someone to prepare tuition fees for Wang Dafu's two sons and sent them to study at the elementary school run by Mr. Li in Anjiefang.

That Mr. Li was a tribute scholar who passed the examination!
He accepted students, and the annual tuition fees were at least several dozen strings of cash.

Moreover, it is not collected just because you have money.

You need a book recommendation!

Naturally, from then on, the neighbors all looked up to Wang Dafu's mother, wife and children.

Whenever the Wang family has problems, they will help and take care of them.

Especially the officials in the neighborhood, they showed special favor to the Wang family.

Wang Dafu knew all these things through letters, so when he came back this time, he specially thanked his neighbors.

After thanking his neighbors, Wang Dafu took his mother, wife and children back home.

After entering the house, Wang Dafu, accompanied by his mother, wife and children, came to the main hall of the house, placed the ancestral tablets of his ancestors, kowtowed and burned incense, thus completing the ceremony.

After finishing all this, Wang Dafu took off the bag on his back and opened it, revealing the contents - stacks of Jiaozi.

"Qiniang!" Wang Dafu took out the Jiaozi and handed them to his wife: "These are the salary, rewards and money I earned from the cotton farm in Xihe in the past two years..."

"Take it now and build a big house next year..."

When Qi Niang saw the Jiaozi that Wang Dafu took out, she was slightly dazed: "Sir, why are there so many Jiaozi?"

Wang Dafu smiled naively: "I am in Xizhou, and my food and lodging are all provided by the government... I don't like drinking, gambling, or whoring..."

"Of course, I can save so much!"

Wang Dafu thought of that guy Guo Gui.

Now Guo Gui worked as a low-ranking official under him, serving as the head of the Nanguanbao baojia group. He also held the title of manager in the cotton factory, and his monthly salary and wages totaled more than ten strings of coins.

This is an absolutely high income in Xizhou!
But he had nothing left!

Not only was he in debt to the government, he also had to pay back the principal and interest every month.

It's also because of this guy that as long as he has money, he likes to go to brothels and casinos.

So throughout the year, he was busy working for the prostitutes in brothels and casinos.

So when Wang Dafu returned to Beijing this time, he could only borrow 50 strings of Jiaozi from Wang Dafu and ask Wang Dafu to deliver it to his home.

Qi Niang took the coins and hummed, then asked, "Where did you get so many coins, sir?"

Jiaozi is in very short supply nowadays.

Every day, all the Jiaozi released by the Jiaozi Bureau were snapped up.

As a result, in the city of Bianjing, there appeared brokers who specialized in queuing people to exchange Jiaozi.

Wang Dafu laughed innocently and said, "This is a benefit given by the court to the soldiers guarding the border!"

"Commanders guarding the border can exchange their salaries and rewards for military notes at the provincial government offices..."

"Military notes can be exchanged for coins in Bian Jing!"

Of course, handling fees still apply.

However, compared to carrying heavy copper coins across mountains and rivers, this light Jiaozi was undoubtedly more popular.

At this point, Wang Dafu took out a document from his bag and said to his wife and mother, "By the way, Qi Niang, mother..."

"I'm famous now!"

"It was given to me by my mentor, Li Gonghuijin!"

After the war last year, Wang Dafu, arranged by Xiang Zongji, entered the Xizhou Provincial School and became a disciple of Li Jin, a native of Shanzhou and a successful candidate in the Hengqu School.

Since he became a student of a contemporary great Confucian scholar and began to read the Confucian classics of Hengqu, the vulgar name "Dafu" was naturally inappropriate.

So the teacher gave him a name.

Facing the gazes of his wife and mother, Wang Dafu raised his head and pointed at the words on the official document: "I am now called Shunchen!"

"Wang Sun-shin!"

"The meaning of the ministers of Yao and Shun!"

"The teacher said that this is to encourage me to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, to be a wise minister and general of the Holy Emperor, and to make contributions to the country!"

……

In the Funing Palace, Zhao Xu was reading the list of meritorious officers and soldiers who had returned to the capital to report on their work, which was reported by Xihe Road.

Ignoring those already famous generals, Zhao Xu's eyes scanned and searched for the names of the middle and low-level generals.

Until a name came into view.

"Wang Shunchen, Deputy Commander of the Army of Nanguan Fort and Inspector of Didao..."

Let’s look at his original official rank—Neidian Chongban.

Zhao Xu's eyes were burning.

"Wang Sun-shin?"

In his mind, there flashed a military newspaper that he had seen in the last years of his previous life.

That was the military report after Zhong Pu's defeat: [The deputy general Wang Sun-sin was good at archery, and he used a bow to cross his arm and stood alone behind the defeated army. The Qiang came with more than 10,000 cavalrymen, and there were seven people on horseback leading... Sun-sin shot more than a thousand arrows from the morning to the evening, and none of them missed...]

What kind of humanoid self-propelled Gatling gun is this?
One man, one horse, one bow, leaping on the horse in front of the pass, one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot break through!

So, when the army was defeated, one person turned the tide and saved the collapsing building.

One man rescued an army alone!
The template of a peerless warrior!
Just ...

"Is this Wang Shunchen the same Wang Shunchen as that Wang Shunchen?" Zhao Xu thought.

So he walked to the screen, picked up the pen and wrote on it: Wang Shunchen, Deputy Commander of the Army of Nanguanbao.

(End of this chapter)