Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 108
After discussing with Emperor Jiajing how to divide the money, Wang Daoqiu asked Emperor Jiajing to inscribe an inscription for the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty.Then he and Lu Bing went to Tongzhou Pier for a field trip.

Riding a horse with Lu Bing, we arrived at Tongzhou Pier. This place was completely different from when he first came last year. It had a bit of a local version of the Yiniao Commodity Market.

After wandering around here for a while, Wang Daoqiu followed the pattern of later commodity trading markets and asked the mall manager to classify various commodity transactions into the same area so that merchants could shop around.At the same time, a special information column was also set up to facilitate merchants to publish supply and demand information.

Guided the work all the way, there was nothing more to say, Wang Daoqiu left the commodity trading market.Looking at the long and narrow empty spaces along the canal, he said to Lu Bing: "Brother Donghu, why are these empty spaces along the canal not used?"

"Well, Brother Liangzhen, these empty spaces are between the canal and the road, and are only three or four feet wide. What can be built in such a small place?"

"Hey, brother, our Tongzhou Pier is the link between the north and the south of the capital city. During the navigation season, in addition to merchants and merchants, there are also various traders and footmen who come and go here every day. There are no less than ten thousand people. With so many people, he always has to eat and drink. , you have to kill the boring time! Although there are casinos, prostitutes and restaurants in the hotel in our business center, those are not places that traffickers and lackeys are qualified to go to. "

"Oh, brother, I understand. Brother Liangzhen, you mean to target those boatmen Liba and open some cheaper restaurants, prostitutes and casinos along the canal."

"Of course"

"Hahahaha, brother Liangzhen, please be careful. I will send someone to take care of it right away."

After saying these words to Wang Daoqiu, Lu Bing called someone from behind and told him to do this.

After finishing the business, facing the scenery on both sides of the canal, Lu Bing said: "Brother Liangzhen, you are now the second-rank official. According to the rules, I, the Jinyi Guards, will send someone to guard your home. This is all the rules of the court, and what else? Please forgive me, dear brother Liangzhen. And Liangzhen, you have offended those Qingliu people to death today. There are gentlemen in their group, but there are also vicious-hearted people. In order to prevent those Xiaoxiao Xiaoxiao, I feel that Brother Liangzhen, when you come in and out from now on, you should have a guard by your side."

Bringing bodyguards when you go in and out seems to be the right thing to do given your current status!Thinking of this, Wang Daoqiu asked Lu Bingdao: "Thank you for the reminder, brother, but I don't know if you have a good introduction in this regard?"

"Uh, this! Brother Liangzhen, you should know that these guards around me are all selected from the training camp of our Jinyiwei. These people are the children who are strong and responsive from the orphans that we, Jinyiwei, have selected over the years. They have been carefully cultivated for more than ten years. To be honest, my dear brother, our Jinyiwei is very strict in training these children. In the end, only one or two of the 100 people who can leave the training camp alive and come to guard duty are only one or two. So, These people are all very skilled. If you don’t dislike me, my dear brother, I would be willing to give you two of these guards.”

It's another kind of inhumane training camp. The people who come out of it are like tigers in the jungle, ferocious in nature.To be honest, Wang Daoqiu felt a little uncomfortable having such a beast following him.But hey!Let’s put safety first!
After thinking about this, Wang Daoqiu thanked Lu Bing and said, "Thank you for your kindness. By the way, brother, I don't know much about this, so I have to trouble my brother to help me pick two good ones. "

"Hahahaha, Liangzhen, is this person? My brother can't pick it for you, you have to go to the training camp to pick it yourself."

"What? I'll choose it myself? Brother, why is this?"

Hearing that Lu Bing asked him to go to a bloody place like the training camp to pick people, Wang Daoqiu was a little puzzled.But he thought that Lu Bing could not do this intentionally to embarrass him. There must be a deeper meaning in it.So he asked Lu Bing.

After Lu Bing listened to Wang Daoqiu's words, he still laughed "haha" first, and then explained Wang Daoqiu's confusion: "Liangzhen, you don't know something. Those people are sent to training camps at the age of four or five. place to receive those cruel trainings. It can be said that their world is completely isolated from the outside world, so their brains are different from those of normal people. To put it more clearly, whoever took them out of the training camp When they come to this colorful world, they will subconsciously recognize this person as their master. Similar to the kind of mastiff we raise, if you want it to recognize its master, you have to raise it from an early age. So Liangzhen, you have to If you want those people to recognize you as their Lord and be loyal to you, you have to lead them out of the training camp yourself.”

Uh, that’s right!Wang Daoqiu understood what Lu Bing said.In that case, Wang Daoqiu had nothing to say and let Lu Bing arrange everything.So after understanding the secrets involved, Wang Daoqiu let Lu Bing make arrangements.

After Lu Bing saw Wang Daoqiu and understood what he meant, he said that he still had official business tomorrow, so he should do it today!So Lu Bing took Wang Daoqiu and rode to Jinyiwei's training camp.

Lu Bing, Wang Daoqiu and his party rode all the way from Tongzhou Pier to Miyun County.Facing the vast mountains in front of him, Lu Bing said to Wang Daoqiu very embarrassedly: "Brother Liangzhen, I'm sorry. According to the rules passed down by my Jin Yiwei, you, an outsider, have to be blindfolded before you can enter the training camp. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

"It doesn't matter, it should."

"Thank you very much, Brother Liangzhen, for your understanding."

After saying the polite words, Lu Bing asked his men to cover Wang Daoqiu's eyes, hold the reins of Wang Daoqiu's horse, and lead Wang Daoqiu forward.

I probably walked like this for more than two hours!When the horse stopped and a group of noises came from around him, Lu Bing asked his men to remove the blindfold from Wang Daoqiu's face.When his eyes were free again, Wang Daoqiu saw that the sky was already dotted with stars, and on both sides in front of him were rows of caves dug into the mountains, which looked a bit like cave dwellings in northern Shaanxi.

Wang Daoqiu was looking around, and at this time, there were more than a dozen unfamiliar faces standing next to him and Lu Bing.Lu Bing did not introduce these new faces to Wang Daoqiu, but whispered something to one of them in a low voice.After Lu Bing whispered to the man, he was led into the camp by the man. At this time, Lu Bing whispered to Wang Daoqiu: "Brother Liangzhen, ten people will be gathered here in a moment. They have been trained. I’ll let you pick from masters who have been there for more than ten years, and then you can just pick two of them.”

"Okay, thank you brother."

"It doesn't matter! Brother Liangzhen, let me tell you, this pick..."

Next, Lu Bing taught Wang Daoqiu the secrets of recruiting people, and Wang Daoqiu just nodded and listened quietly.

As he walked deeper into the camp, Wang Daoqiu felt even more eerie and terrifying inside.Especially when he saw four young men hanging naked on long wooden stakes.They barely raised their heads, watching the people walking towards them.

Walking under the bodies of these four hung teenagers, Wang Daoqiu could clearly see the unyielding look in their eyes, or perhaps it was hatred!

For some reason, Wang Daoqiu felt a little curious when he saw that these four young men had such strong fierceness in their eyes at such a young age.

So Wang Daoqiu stopped, looked at the four naked young men hanging, and asked Lu Bing beside him: "Brother Donghu, what is going on with these four young men?"

"Uh, I don't know much about this. Let me ask."

Listening to Wang Daoqiu asking why these four teenagers were hanged here, Lu Bing didn't know why they were punished.So after dealing with Wang Daoqiu's words, he waved and called the person in charge here, and asked in a low voice what was going on.

After whispering again, Lu Bing explained to Wang Daoqiu: "Liangzhen, these four people have just entered the camp for ten years. According to the rules, they have to draw lots of life and death and go to the life and death room to fight in pairs. . After the instructor outside counted hundreds, there could only be one living person in the life and death room, otherwise both of them would be dead. Yesterday, the camp happened to draw the life and death lot, and these four people violated the rules and did not take action. So they had to According to the law, I will be hanged here to serve as a warning.”

Well, it turns out that these four teenagers were hung here waiting to die because they couldn't bear to attack the companions they lived with day and night!Being affectionate and not ruthless is a big taboo for spies, but Wang Daoqiu likes this kind of affection and righteousness.

So after understanding the whole story, Wang Daoqiu cupped his fists and saluted Lu Bing and said, "Brother, I know this is against the rules. But I really like these four people. I wonder if I can make an exception for my brother."

"This, this? My dear brother, I know you have a kind heart, but you have to think clearly. If you let these four people be your guards, then these four people will be soft-hearted. At the critical moment, they will not only kill themselves, It will also affect you, brother. Moreover, these four people have just completed ten years in the training camp and are only [-] or [-] years old. Their abilities are definitely limited. My dear brother, I advise you not to act out of emotion and stick to this camp. For the arrangement here, go and choose two from the ten masters!"

Lu Bing knew that the reason why Wang Daoqiu made such a decision now was because of overflowing sympathy, so he advised Wang Daoqiu to be sensible.

There is no doubt that, rationally speaking, Lu Bing is right.But Wang Daoqiu watched helplessly as four loyal young men were hanged alive just because they didn't want to kill their companions. He really couldn't get over his conscience.

So after listening to Lu Bing's words, in order to fight for a way out for these four teenagers, Wang Daoqiu didn't say much and directly knelt down on the ground in front of Lu Bing.

Wang Daoqiu's current posture, although he didn't say a word, his meaning was very clear and firm, which made Lu Bing not know how to persuade him.So Lu Bing raised his head and thought for a while, then called the manager of the training camp again and whispered to him.

After giving the order, Lu Bing pulled Wang Daoqiu up from the ground with one hand and said helplessly: "Brother Xian! You really don't know how to persuade me! That's all. Brother, you are kind-hearted. Brother, I like this about you. Okay, okay, these four boys can meet you today, brother, it means that their fate is not destined to be cut off, so they will be brothers as brothers and violate the rules of our ancestors!"

"Thank you very much. I've put my elder brother in a difficult position."

"Okay, okay, you and I won't talk about this. It's getting late today, so let's just stay here for the night and go back to the city tomorrow!"

"Brother decides everything."

(End of this chapter)