Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 154 Mr. Hu

The first day of the Lunar New Year in the 41st year of Jiajing.

He Liu led sixty carts straight to the Qi Family Army Camp in Xinhe County, Taizhou Prefecture.

Sixty large carts were loaded with whole fans of pork.

Lao Hu and godson Feng Bao also followed.Bai Xiaoyan stayed in Hangzhou City with her daughter Xiangxiang, and settled the accounts of the shops in the city.

Hangzhou is not far from Taizhou.A group of people arrived at Xinhe camp before dark.

Now the Taizhou war is over.In order not to disturb the people, Qi Jiguang moved the camp from inside the city to outside the city.

After entering the camp, Qi Jiguang personally took his lieutenant general Tang Yaochen to the gate of the camp to meet He Liu, the supervisor of the army.

"Sixth Master, Happy Chinese New Year!"

"General Qi, Happy Chinese New Year!"

Qi Jiguang looked at the pork on more than 60 carts, and asked He Liu: "Master Liu, what are these?"

He Liudao: "I have a small butcher's shop in Hangzhou City. These are taken from my own butcher's shop to reward the Qi family army brothers!"

Qi Jiguang cupped his hands: "Then I will thank the sixth master on behalf of the Qi family army's [-] sons!"

Vice General Tang said: "Heh, every time the imperial court sends a supervisory army to appease us, we are walking on thin ice! This time, the sixth master will be the supervisor of the army. It will be great! Sixth master and our Qi family army belong to our own family! Give it back to the brothers We brought so much meat. Brothers have meat in their bowls, so I am naturally grateful to Master Liu!"

He Liu hurriedly said: "No, brothers don't need to be grateful to anyone. It is the court and the people of Zhejiang Province, and I, He Liu, should be grateful to you! If you didn't fight the Japanese pirates on the front line, how could the future of Zhejiang Province be exchanged? Taiping?"

He Liu lived in the camp for three to five days.On this day, Jiang Yan, the fourth son of Jinyiwei, rushed to the camp with more than 1000 firecrackers and forty Franco cannons.

"Fourth brother!" He Liu cupped his hands towards Jiang Yan.

"Sixth! Unexpectedly, after our brothers broke up in the capital, we met again in this barracks!" Jiang Yan got off his horse and said.

Qi Jiguang knelt down in front of Jiang Yan: "I respectfully invite Sheng An!"

Jiang Yan hurriedly said: "Saint Gongan! General Qi please hurry up!"

Speaking of which, Jiang Yan helped Qi Jiguang up: "I have brought a thousand firecrackers and forty Franco cannons this trip. It is enough for General Qi to form a firearms battalion!"

He Liu wanted to test Jiang Yan: "Fourth brother, do you still remember the rifles we visited in the capital? General Qi seized five hundred rifles from Japanese pirates in Huling. Five hundred of them were copied out. After all this, there are two thousand firecrackers in Qi's army!"

Jiang Yan was stunned: "Oh? This is a good thing! To be honest, the guns bought by the imperial court and the Fran robot are all old-fashioned smoothbore guns! They are not as good as rifled rifles!"

He Liu and Qi Jiguang led Jiang Yan to look at the rifles in the arsenal of the camp.

Jiang Yan picked up one, tried a shot, and praised: "Good tool! The range is farther, and the shooting is more accurate!"

He Liu keenly noticed that Jiang Yan was groping for the rifle with his hands up and down, and he couldn't put it down.

In Jinyiwei, the second child loves to practice martial arts, the sixth child loves to raid homes, the seventh child loves to eat, the eleventh child loves to lie, the twelfth child loves dead bodies, and the fourth child loves firearms. . .This is a well-known fact.

Jiang Yan said to Qi Jiguang: "For the one thousand smoothbore guns I brought here, I modified the fire door of each one myself. It took three or four days. It was originally shipped to the camp. My errand It's over. But I want to go south to Fujian with General Qi, to see with my own eyes whether the firecracker I modified myself is suitable for use."

He Liu's heart skipped a beat: Jiang Yan doesn't want to leave?Could it be that the Tongwo case is really related to him?

He Liu tried again: "This seems to be against the rules."

Jiang Yan said: "It's okay. I told Commander Lu about this before I came here. He also agreed."

Qi Jiguang said: "That's great. With the help of the fourth master, our Qi family army will be even more powerful."

Jiang Yan said with a smile: "I have long heard that Japanese pirates are afraid of Qi's army and call General Qi 'Qi Hu'. If I can really help General Qi, I am really lucky."

Old Hu said from the side: "Who doesn't know that Fourth Master has his own unique views on all kinds of firearms. If you stay in the Qi family's army, you will definitely be able to..."

But Jiang Yan interrupted Lao Hu: "Master Hu! Don't call me fourth master any more, just call me fourth son! Don't you know? You will soon take over the supervision of Qianhu and become the newest member of the Thirteenth Taibao. My third master! From now on, I should call you third elder brother, and you should call me fourth younger brother! This is what the emperor himself said. The imperial decree will go to Jiangnan soon!"

Lao Hu and He Liu were shocked when they heard this!
Jin Yiwei is the emperor's domestic slave.The appointment and removal of the Thirteenth Taibao naturally required Emperor Jiajing himself to nod.

Lu Bing originally planned to ask each of the Tai Bao to write a recommendation letter anonymously to nominate a new third child.

According to the recommendation letters of the CPICs, the fourth eldest Jiang Yan has the support of the five CPICs, and the number of people who support him is the largest, so he should succeed the CPIC.

Lu Bing went to Yongshou Palace.In the main hall of Yongshou Palace, there was such a conversation.

Lu Bing: "My Majesty, after Jin Wanguan died of a sudden illness, one member of the thirteenth Taibao was short. I intend to let the fourth eldest Jiang Yan take over the third position. All other members will be promoted by one. In addition, they will be recruited from each hundred households. Pick one person and make him the old thirteenth."

Emperor Jiajing: "Oh? Jiang Yan did a good job in Nanzhen Fusi. If he replaced Jin Wanguan, wouldn't he become a member of Beizhen Fusi? This is not good. By the way, I remember Beizhen Fusi had a The man named Hu Ping has served in Jinyiwei for more than [-] years. There is hard work without merit, I think let him be promoted to the third child in the Thirteen Taibao."

Lu Bing: "I obey the order!"

After leaving Yongshou Palace, Lu Bing couldn't figure out how the emperor knew the name of Lao Hu, the most incompetent member of Jinyiwei.Why did the emperor entrust such an important seat to him.

Could it be that it was really because the Emperor read that Lao Hu had worked for Jin Yiwei for 40 years, and he felt that he had no credit but hard work?

I'm afraid not.There must be something hidden inside.

Inside the Qi Family Army Camp.

After Jiang Yan told the news, He Liu and Lao Hu were all stunned.

Lao Hu has been a Jinyiwei for 40 years, but he is just a small flag.Because of his meritorious service in investigating Ding Wang's case with He Liu, he was honored along with him, and was promoted by Lu Bing as a member of the trial hundred households.

According to Jinyiwei's family rules, the trial hundred households are five or six levels away from the third child in the Thirteenth Taibao!

He Liu was even more convinced that the emperor was worried about Jin Yiwei.Lao Hu is the internal response sent by the emperor to Jinyiwei.

Jiang Yan said to Lao Hu: "Third Master, you have been promoted, it's time to invite the brothers to drink tonight!"

Lao Hu nodded: "Oh, yes. Tonight I will invite the brothers to drink!"

After the evening feast, He Liu and Lao Hu stand side by side behind the tent to release water.

"Woooooooo~"

"Oh, third master... I've been calling Lao Hu for decades, but I'm really not used to this change." He Liu said with a smile.

The old Hu said: "I don't know what kind of shit luck I got. I even accepted Jin Wanguan's job and became the Thirteenth Taibao. From now on, you will call me the third master in front of others. After the death, you will continue to call me Laohu. yes."

The two pulled up their pants.He Liudao: "Old Hu, tell me the truth, did you secretly report the truth about the private salt case in the south of the Yangtze River to the emperor?"

Old Hu said noncommittally: "Didn't you say that two days ago? In my eyes, there is only one boss, and that is the emperor."

(End of this chapter)