open sea

Chapter 290 Holidays
"The rest of the body is old and sick, so what's the use of recruiting the general?"

Xu Wei came, the person came, but the soul did not come.

Chen Mu didn't know what Xu Wei looked like in the past, but he knew it must not be the inhuman old man in front of him.

When Wu Dui came last time, he said that Xu Wei was in his forties this year, and he was in his prime, but what about the people sent by the Outer Guard Banner Army who traveled across mountains and rivers?His face was haggard, his beard and hair were white, and his figure was so thin that he couldn't even lift a sword, let alone his eyes that looked like he had lost his soul.

It can be said that he is a waste person.

White face and loose hair without a hat and hair scarf are very rare among men in the Ming Dynasty. They didn't even bother to comb their hair, so Chen Mu would be happy to see it.

Xu Wei said, "Why are you laughing?"

"Mr. Chen's hair is seldom seen except on the battlefield." On the battlefield, they all tied their hair, wrapped their headscarves and buckled their pockets to absorb the shock, but sometimes they got messed up, and it was inevitable after the battle. Some people had disheveled hair on the floor, which is hard to see in normal times. Chen Mu gestured and said, "Anyway, they are here. Why don't you sit down for a while, so you won't be tired from standing?"

Before Xu Wei came, Chen Mu thought a lot about how he should deal with Xu Wei, but when Xu Wei came, Chen Mu found that the ideas he had prepared before were useless, and he still didn't know how to deal with Xu Wei.

During this period of time, I sent someone to collect Xu Wei's past resume, and studied his behavior style carefully. The answer he got was to let nature take its course, and there was no cure for this person.

Not to mention that he committed nine unsuccessful suicide attempts due to insanity, and spent six years in prison after killing his wife. Even when he was in a normal state, he was completely different from others in this era.

Hu Zongxian looks like a person with a lot of official authority, not to mention being in the north and south of the governor-general system of Zhejiang Province.Just such a person, during the military meeting, Xu Wei wandered in, thinking that he had something important to report, and everyone in the room was waiting for Xu Wei to speak, but Xu Wei walked around the room in a big way, and no one said anything. Li went out again.

Call him crazy, but Xu Wei always knows what he is doing.

Just like now, there are eight chairs in the front hall of the General's Mansion, two for the upper seat and six for the guest seat.Chen Mu sat in the guest seat, the first one from the left, and Zhao Shizhen sat in the second one from the right. It was obvious that the lower chair on the right belonged to Xu Wei, but he didn't sit in it.

He went to sit on the top, the guest seat on the right, pointed to the chief seat on the left and said to Chen Mu: "The general should sit here, not there. This is Yu's seat. Even if the general doesn't sit there, Yu will also sit here."

Chen Mu understood, and he knew that Xu Wei also understood.

He sat here instead of on it because he wanted to express his courtesy to the corporal. Now that Xu Wei understood, Chen Mu said with a smile: "Sir, it's better to sit there. Chen is afraid that you will come and leave."

"I was sent to serve in the army as a sinner, and now I am asked by the general to join the military in the Xuanfu." Xu Wei still looked half-dead, "Where else can I go?"

Chen Mu spread his hands, "You can go anywhere. Originally, the appointment of a staff member required both the guest and the host, but under the current situation, it is impossible to talk about the guest and the host. Mr. Xu must do things for Chen. Chen can make Mr. Transferred from the outer guard, but no one can transfer Mr. Chen away from Mr. Chen, but..."

"Mr. is still not capable of doing military affairs. Secondly, there is really nothing Mr. Chen can do right now." Chen Mu thought about it carefully, and it was indeed the case, and he said helplessly: "Let's go on vacation first."

Zhao Shizhen sat upright with his hands folded, and looked straight at Chen Mu—who said a few days ago that I wouldn't have to copy official documents for you when Xu Wei came?

Is this a vacation?
Xu Wei also had doubts, "A holiday?"

Although this is not a normal recruitment of staff, it is too simple, right?Li Chunfang didn't talk about it, how much Hu Zongxian valued himself at that time, why did Zongbing Chen come on vacation?
It's fine if you say it's an unreasonable person. After taking such a big effort to get people out of the Shaoxing prison and send them to the army, and then send someone to send a letter to drop them from the outer guards, is it just to transfer them for a holiday?

"Yes, let's go on vacation. Appointments usually come with a lot of big gifts. When writing letters or something, Chen's handwriting is ugly, so I won't write."

Chen Mu nodded, very seriously, pointed to Zhao Shizhen and said: "I'm not busy here yet, and Chang Ji's support is enough. Chang Ji is You Mu, and I don't know if he will leave someday. What should be the salary of the staff. It’s different, sir, it must be my person, so I won’t count the salary with you, and someone took 500 taels to use on the road.”

"By the way, it was Chang Ji who asked me to rescue my husband. The capital said that he was very good at writing. I don't know how good he is. Anyway, he is better than me. I didn't have enough money on the way, so I asked someone to come back and get it. I picked it for Mr. Five family soldiers, one who can drink spirits, one who is proficient in writing and ink, one who is good at calculation, one who can speak well, and one who is brave, should be enough to deal with most situations."

"I also prepare a few sets of clothes. They are not luxurious clothes, but Chen has tried them on and they are comfortable to wear. Prepare a few waist cards, and more than a dozen stamped transfer orders without place names. You can make them up later, depending on the situation. Use it, nothing else seems to matter."

As Chen Mu said, he took out a notebook with a thick cowhide shell from his waist and flipped through it, and said, "By the way, after ten and a half months, send a letter from the post station and let me know where you are, so that someone can find me." Asking, I have to know where I sent you to perform military duties, otherwise you will appear too confused."

"Then it's gone, seven horses and five people, their bags are on the horses, waiting outside the house."

Chen Mu got up and let out a sigh of relief, and waved his hands: "Six years in prison, you should meet your friends, worship your old friends, and wait for you to drink the wine and travel in the mountains. You can do your best to give it to you." Chen has helped, you come back."

"Please Xu Canjun, you are on vacation!"

Chen Mu thought it was a good arrangement for him, and both Zhao Shizhen and Xu Wei were taken aback.

Especially Xu Wei, he didn't expect this to happen. He slowly got up from the guest seat and walked towards the door after being stunned for a moment. When he walked past Chen Mu, he suddenly asked, "General Chen, how much money do you have?"

When Xu Wei was a staff member under Hu Zongxian, he was already very close to money. Xu Wei received countless gifts of 700 taels. After six years in prison, is the silver tael worthless?

Looking at the layout of the shogunate, Chen Zongbing does not look like a corrupt person.

Unexpectedly, Chen Mu frowned, shook his head with great difficulty, and said, "This is too difficult. I know how many soldiers I have, but I don't know how much money I have."

What else can Xu Wei say?He arched his hands: "Farewell!"

As soon as Xu Wei left, Zhao Shizhen got up quickly, walked to Chen Mu and asked, "General, you just let Xu Wenchang go? What if he never comes back?"

"If he doesn't come back, can he still smash the Lingxiao Palace?"

Chen Mu smiled lightly, then shook his head solemnly, "He is a person who is full of talents but can't find a place to use them, so he is full of anger. Looking around the world, who else knows people better than Chen, Is there anyone around who can make a hero more capable, huh? Don’t you think so, Secretary Zhao?”

Secretary, secretary!Zhao Shizhen's headache now thinks of Chen Mu's words!
Zhao Shizhen turned his head and said: "General, if you say that again, I will resign!"

"Hahaha!"

Chen Mu laughed happily, and then said seriously: "You are overqualified to be a secretary, but just like Chen Mougang said to Xu Wenchang, we are not too busy now, but we will be busy when you are free. Military operations, learning how to fire guns, stormy waves are coming, and before that, we must be prepared."

Zhao Shizhen selectively ignored Chen Mu's words. His mastermind is good everywhere, except for two points, one is ugly and the other is insane-the whole day is either stormy or the winter is coming, who knows what he is waiting for .

Zhao Shizhen didn't answer, but thought of another more important question, and asked in a low voice: "The general really doesn't know how much money he has?"

Chen Mu pursed his lips and turned his head, thinking for a while.

"How about you count for me?"

(End of this chapter)