This is Zhen Jian's busiest day, arranging business matters, comforting his mother, arranging family affairs, packing luggage, and being busy from morning to evening, almost without stopping.
The next morning, Zhen Jian, as always, got up early, washed, practiced, had breakfast, dressed neatly after breakfast, gathered with Ye Qiu, the two of them brought their bags, ordered someone to bring the horse from the stable, and prepared to go.
As soon as I arrived in the front yard, the porter came to report that the three brothers Gai Qing, Gai Yun and Gai Li from the Ming State Mansion were here and were waiting outside the door, Zhen Jian hurriedly went out, and sure enough, he saw the three of them waiting on horseback with six relatives.
Zhen Jian led the horse forward, smiled and hugged his fists and said, "The three of you are so early." ” Gai Qing smiled: "The sun is all drying your buttocks, is it still early?"
” Zhen Jianzi laughed at himself: "That's when I slept lazy."
After that, he turned over and got on the horse, and Ye Qiu also turned over on the horse.
Gai Yun looked at Ye Qiu and asked, "Why do you only bring one retinue, Du Yu can bring two retinues." ” Zhen Jiandao: "One is enough, and the others stay to take care of the house." ” Suddenly Gerry took a knife from the saddle and cried, "Go on!
"Throw the knife at Zhen Jian.
Zhen Jian took it in his hand and asked suspiciously, "What is this for?"
” Gai Li smiled: "Serving in the army, the size is also a good one, there is no good knife, what does it look like, this is a gift from my father, this seven-star knife, I have been greedy for a long time, he has not let me touch it, my grandfather asked him to give it to you, he agreed without saying a word, alas, people are more angry than people." ” Gai Qing and Gai Yun looked at his sullen appearance and immediately burst out laughing.
Zhen Jian pulled out the knife out of the sheath, only to see that the knife body was three inches wide, the blade was very thick, about three feet three inches long, the blade was straight, at the tip of the knife, the edge of the blade was a smooth arc, which was perfectly combined with the back of the knife, and the two sides of the knife stock were inlaid with gems.
Zhen Jian didn't understand the knife, so he didn't react when he saw it, but Ye Qiu was an expert, and when he saw the treasure knife, he suddenly squinted his eyes, and said: "This is the seven-star knife forged by my grandfather himself, and it is also the most proud work of my grandfather in his life, if you put the blade against the sun, you will see that there are seven stars on the knife." ” Zhen Jian did as he said, and sure enough, he saw that there were seven faint bright spots on the blade, and he turned to the other side, and it was still the same.
Hearing this, Gai Li looked at Ye Qiu in surprise and asked, "Are you from the Hidden Sword Villa?"
” Ye Qiu nodded.
Gai Li hurriedly bowed his hand to Ye Qiu and said: "It's really disrespectful, the Tibetan Sword Villa has forged countless divine armor for the imperial court, and grandpa once warned us that when we meet people from the Hidden Sword Villa, we must be polite and not slack!"
” Gai Qing and Gai Yun also saluted Ye Qiu one after another, extremely solemn, Zhen Jian turned his head to look at Ye Qiu in shock, and secretly wondered in his heart: "This kid's family is actually an arms dealer in Da Chu, no wonder he said that his family is rich." ” Ye Qiu bowed his hand and saluted: "It's too famous, what is sold to the imperial court is standard armor, not a divine armor, it's just that the court is corrupt, and you can't make good armor." ” Gai Qing frowned when he heard this: "Brother Ye, don't talk nonsense in the future, so as not to get into trouble." ” Although Ye Qiu was arrogant, he was not a fool, nodded and said no more.
Zhen Jian returned the knife into the sheath and said, "Gai Li, thank your father for me, I like this seven-star knife very much." ” Gai Li smiled and said, "Thank you?
Let's wait a year and talk about it when we come back from Xiangfan. ” Gai Qing said: "Okay, if you have anything to say, let's talk while walking, let's go, go to the military department first, and then go to Sanya."
"Kick the horse's belly lightly and set off north.
The group first came to the military department to receive the official document, and then went to Sanya to report, because there were Gai brothers to lead the way, the road was unimpeded, after reporting, they arranged for them to be divided into battalions and lead the army.
The Gai brothers went up and down, Zhen Jian and the Gai brothers were assigned to the same battalion, and the next three days were to familiarize them with the life and rules of the army, and at the same time, they also had to train the soldiers, and the training was based on the battalion.
After Zhen Jian tidied up his room, he began to memorize military regulations, and at the same time learned the details of the official positions in the army from the Gai brothers, since he joined the army, then he should be a soldier well, Zhen Jian has always been like this, no matter what he does, he will strive for the top.
The next day, the training began, and since each battalion was training alone, they did not use snare drums, but used a kind of military whistle, and two deputy battalion envoys constantly blew whistles in the battalion, and then everyone came out to practice in formation.
Zhen Jian is a novice, naturally he doesn't understand, but he is not stupid, what others do, how he does it, follow Gai Qing and them to learn, only practice a stick of incense, and it is over, the time is so short that Zhen Jian suspects that this is a joke, and the next is free activities, Zhen Jian was surprised to find that the army is really chaotic, these soldiers are free and loose, and there is no military discipline at all, there are actually people drinking, some people gambling, some people fighting, and there is a camp envoy who actually hides prostitutes in the camp tent......
Zhen Jian saw many things that violated military rules, he felt that his three views had been subverted, he found Gai Qing, pointed to the chaotic military camp everywhere, and asked, "This is the soldier of Da Chu?"
The hour of perfunctory practice of a stick of incense every day?
Loose like this, drinking?
Gambling?
There was a fight, and just now I heard the voice of a woman in someone's tent......"
Gai Qing sighed, patted Zhen Jian's shoulder helplessly, and said: "The atmosphere is like this, there is nothing to be done, when the grandfather of Qingguo served as the commander of the Sanya, it was a little better, but he couldn't fight these unhealthy trends, the reason why Qingguo Gong stepped down was because once he wanted to kill a hundred people, and a wrong battalion envoy was punished to death, not only did he kill a hundred people, but also the sons and daughters of the nobles who served in the army took the opportunity to stir up trouble, fanned the flames, caused chaos in the army, and almost caused a catastrophe, and then Qin Huan led the Privy Council to impeach Qingguo Gong, Qingguo Gong was convicted of many crimes, thanks to my grandfather and Qingguo Gong's deep-rootedness, the emperor was inconvenient to be too harsh, and this was a big thing, and finally Qingguo Gong and my grandfather took the initiative to resign and resign, so that the turmoil was stopped, but since then, the atmosphere in the army has become even more unbearable. ” Zhen Jian was dumbfounded when he heard this, he couldn't find a suitable word to describe such a court, it was a miracle that the court that was rotten to the bones like this had survived for so many years under the repeated invasions of the Xiongnu and the Liang State.
No, this is not a miracle, Zhen Jian remembered, Da Chu has been able to survive until now, all of them rely on Qin Yuan and their ancestors and grandchildren, Zhen Jian has seen Qin Yuan, a hero-like character, although he has not seen Qin Yuan's ability to march and fight, but Qin Yuan's gestures, every word and deed, reveal the spirit of a great hero, and anyone in front of his powerful aura seems extremely small.
Such a group of ridiculous soldiers were sent to Xiangfan to defend the city, not only that, but the armaments sent to Xiangfan were also exploited by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and cheated, Qin Yuan was able to hold Xiangyang for many years, Zhen Jian really didn't know how he did it, this is simply beyond the scope of human ability, almost a miracle, the reason why God is called a god is because he has done what people can't do, Qin Yuan is the patron saint of Dachu, no wonder the people of Xiangfan worship Qin Yuan as a god, such a person is worthy of everyone's worship.
But Zhen Jian was very worried, Qin Yuan was like a lonely Optimus Prime, holding Da Chu to the death, Qin Yuan was there, then Da Chu was there, what if Qin Yuan was not there one day, if Qin Yuan fell, what should Da Chu do?
He didn't dare to think about this question.
The Gai brothers felt numb to the chaos in the army, but Zhen Jian didn't dare to be numb, he felt sad, at night, he was lying on the couch, tossing and turning, difficult to sleep, he was thinking about a question, Da Chu is so unbearable, how long can he support it, the burden on Qin Yuan's shoulders is getting heavier and heavier, will he be crushed, what should he do to support this dying country.
In the end, he found that all the questions could be answered, and the answers came together - the Purist Dynasty.
Da Chu is now a civilian official to control the generals, the identity of the military generals is too low, can only kneel and lick the civil officials, in order to seek promotion or reuse, of course, among these generals, except for Qin Yuan, he is a special case, but Qin Yuan has never asked about the court, because since his father died in Fancheng, he has never left Xiangfan, he has never even been to the capital in his life, in fact, he does not dare to go to the capital, he knows, the capital is a dark and terrible abyss, even if he is a thousand enemies on the battlefield, if he goes to the capital, will also be eaten by those corrupt officials in the DPRK and China, and there are no bones left.
Zhen Jian is a smart person, when he encounters this kind of thing, he doesn't like to drill the horns, but to find a way to rescue, it is on this night that a small shopkeeper with a low status has set up a grand ambition, and from then on, he will take up the burden of saving the country, vowing to kill all the traitors in the court, remove the dark clouds that shroud the court, and return the court to a peaceful world.
Such a road may be arduous and long, but the road is a person step by step, do not try, how can you know whether it will work, as the book says, the road is long, I will go up and down and seek.