Wanli 1592

Chapter 296
Xiao Ruxun couldn't hear Li Chengliang's unwilling roar, and he didn't know how to listen. Among the green mountains and green waters, one only needs to think about elegant things, and thinking too much about other things is a blasphemy against nature.

Xiao Ruxun easily flipped the skewers in his hand, and from time to time sprinkled pieces of grilled thorny beef and mutton and various game meats with spices and salt, and then extravagantly sprinkled them with seasoning. Suddenly, the smell of the meat could not be stopped, the smell was so strong that the soldiers of the Ma family and the three brothers around them couldn't bear it, and they swallowed desperately, even the female relatives in the distance could smell it. To this fragrance.

"Ji Xin, is this spice? It's precious! Where did you get it?"

Ma Gui looked at the things that Xiao Ruxun sprinkled on the barbecue, and knew that they belonged to the category of spices. Spices are expensive, and most people can't afford them. Anyway, Ma Gui has never eaten them himself, so it's not that he can't afford them. , but there is no place to buy it. This thing is expensive and the quantity is small. Once it appears on the market, it will be bought by a big family. There is a price but no market, so Magui has this question.

Xiao Ruxun said with a smile: "Yesterday, the Ministry of War Shangshu Shibutang sent someone to my home. There are a lot of spices in it, and I used it today. Why, my brother's family doesn't have money, right? No such things? "

"It's not that I can't afford it, but there is no place to buy it. This thing is from Nanyang. Generally, it is sold out in the south of the Yangtze River, and the price in the north will be doubled. Not to mention, the families of princes and ministers have bought it. , which round will we buy? Brother Ji Xin is so powerful, Shibutang will give you this thing."

Ma Gui is not without envy.

Xiao Ruxun smiled, continued to turn over the barbecue in his hand, and said slowly: "This time I am going to fight in the south, I will find a way to bring back more spices, and share them with my brother."

"That's great! Hahahaha!" Ma Gui laughed, and then asked meaningfully: "This time, my brother was sent to the south to fight when he came back. Brother, you don't have any ideas? This matter It's unusual, it's obvious that someone doesn't like you staying in the capital and blocking his way."

It was obvious who Ma Gui was referring to.

Xiao Wenkui narrowed his eyes, and Xiao's three sons also had their own ideas.

Xiao Ruxun shook his head.

"Although Li Rusong is arrogant and violent, he doesn't bother to use such inferior means. He is a pure soldier, and he doesn't think he is inferior to me, so even if he wants to surpass me, he will use legitimate means. , not such dirty tricks, there are not many people who can use such means to deal with me, but it is not impossible, if I expected it, it is probably the old man."

What Xiao Ruxun was referring to was, of course, Li Chengliang. Among the military generals today, except for Li Chengliang, no one has the ability to bribe the court to co-opt Xiao Ruxun's position in the capital, so it must be Li Chengliang who did such a thing. , but just relying on Li Chengliang's jumping up and down was not enough to change the emperor's will, and it was not a secret that the relationship between the emperor and Li Chengliang was bad, but the emperor did not raise any objections.

Reminiscent of the strange behavior of the emperor returning to Beijing this time, and the different mental outlook before, Xiao Ruxun vaguely felt that this matter was inseparable from the incident of the Three Kings Standing Together.

But what is going on, he can't speculate on his own, without real evidence, he can't get the real answer, and the most important thing is that Li Chengliang's move just fit his heart, he didn't want to stay in the capital at all , as a general, staying in the capital will only lead to mold, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, which is the way of a general.

"However, going to the south, the road is difficult and dangerous. The road in the south is rugged, the climate is hot and humid, and there are many Zhangqi diseases. The northern soldiers go south, and the climate is not acclimatized. The past dynasties have regarded these things as taboos for military strategists. You are going south this time. You don’t plan to take no one from the headquarters, do you?”

Facing Ma Gui's question, Xiao Ruxun shook his head: "No, I will bring the soldiers and horses of the Ningxia headquarters. The firearms battalion is of great significance to me. I am best at using firearms in field battles. If I don't have firearms, I will be tied up. But the climate in the south is humid and rainy, once the gunpowder and match get wet, the power will be greatly reduced, and summer is coming, and it is the rainy season in the south, with more rain and less sunshine, which is not conducive to firearm warfare, which is a headache for me."

After much deliberation, Ma Guisi couldn't think of a good way, so he said: "If you can't use firearms, then you don't need firearms. Even if you don't have firearms for hundreds of years, you may not be able to fight wars. When fighting in battle, the Japanese pirates can be completely wiped out, and no one will die without firearms. In this way, you bring Mahu and these boys with you, and let them be your own soldiers, charge into the battle, these boys are nothing Brain, but the ability to kill the general and capture the flag is by no means simple!"

Xiao Ruxun was taken aback.

Magui, what is this for?Stand in line?Take effect?Express support for yourself instead of Li Chengliang?

"Brother, the climate in the south is sultry and humid. If nothing else, the acclimatization of the water and soil is a big gate. I plan to use the southern soldiers and wolf soldiers as the main combat force this time. The Mahu boys are not familiar with the climate, so why don't you?" Follow me to endure hardships! Stay with me and deal with the Mongols!"

Ma Gui shook his head: "When I go back to Xuanfu Datong, I will be defending the border. There is no big battle to fight. Even if there is, I still have more troops. These boys admire you very much. When I heard that you are going to fight in the south , I’m about to go south with you to fight, so you should do my brother a favor, take them with you, and earn some merit for them. In war, there is no one who doesn’t go through life and death to suffer. They make their own decisions, and they are considered dead. , and you can't blame others!"

Ma Hu and a group of Ma family boys immediately knelt down on one knee, cupped their fists and saluted Xiao Ruxun.

"Admiral please accept!"

Xiao Ruxun was stunned for a moment, thinking a thousand times in his mind, and then laughed.

"Hahahaha, alright, alright, you just follow me. I really don't have any strong generals around me. With you little tigers, I'm safe. You can be included in my personal team. I want to say I understand, I am going to fight on the front line, life and death are fate, if you are willing, you can follow me, if you don’t, if you don’t want to, bring it up now, you can still save your life.”

"Born in Jiangmen, I never expected to leave the battlefield alive!" Ma Hu immediately shouted: "I am willing to fight to the death for the admiral!"

"Willing to fight to the death for the admiral!"

A group of Ma family boys shouted in unison.

Xiao Ruxun nodded seriously.

"Okay! Good boy! Then follow me! I will take you to make contributions! Come on, take it and divide it, be careful!"

Xiao Ruxun handed over a dozen skewers of grilled meat to Mahu, and a group of little tigers immediately began to tear the barbecued meat while drooling. Xiao Ruxun laughed when he saw this, and distributed the remaining meat to the three elder brothers and his father, and then I and Magui shared a roast leg of lamb.

(End of this chapter)