Fu Song

Chapter 738

A cool breeze blows, sweeping away the heat of the day. At this time, even if you stand on the tower with full armor and armor and stand guard on the watchtower, it will not be so uncomfortable.

Standing guard during the day is suffering!
In order to show the awe-inspiring and inviolable nature of the capital of Jiangning, no matter how hot the weather is, it is also required to dress neatly.Wearing armor and armor under the sun, at the hottest time, eggs can be baked on the armor, you can imagine how the soldiers feel.

Fortunately, the higher-ups were sympathetic to the soldiers, but at every sentry position, they got a huge sun umbrella with silk as the surface and iron frame as the frame. Apart from being a little afraid of the wind, life was easy whether it was raining or the sun too much.

Zhang Jia is a Marquis of Yu. He especially likes to lead shifts and stand guard at night. He came from Guizhou, but now he has married a wife and settled down in Jiangning. He has two children in three years.The daughter-in-law is a native of Jiangning. She speaks softly and looks soft, but she is a good housekeeper.

The reason why I like to stand guard at night is because the night in Jiangning is very lively, and the brilliant lights are like the stars in the sky, illuminating the city brightly.

When I was in Guizhou, I couldn't see such a scene.

Even in Guiyang Mansion, the lights are sparse at night.

Fireworks world!

Such excitement shows that this is a prosperous age!

Although the north is not peaceful yet, but Zhang Jia feels that under the leadership of Xiao Anfu, those annoying Liao people will be driven away soon, so that the north will be the same as here, with bright lights and peaceful singing and dancing.

Jiang Ning has never had a curfew.

Therefore, the light will also be on from the first day of the Huadeng, and will not be extinguished until the morning sun rises the next day.

Zhang Jia really doesn't understand why so many people like to be like night owls, and they are full of energy at night?Don't they all need to work during the day?
Anyway, my family seldom comes out at night, except for the holidays.

Today is the shift in the middle of the night, and we have to be on duty until the fifth watch drum sounds before someone will come to change shifts.

Under normal circumstances, after changing shifts, I have to invite my brothers who are on night shift with me to have breakfast. As grassroots officers, their salary is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. The subtle means can draw closer the relationship with the brothers.After eating by myself, I can stroll all the way back home, and by the way, I can buy a few deep-fried fried dough sticks and steaming soy milk on the street to take home. My daughter-in-law is from the south, but she prefers to eat pasta.

Stepping into the house, just in time for the whole family to get up!
Compared with the turbulent and magnificent life many years ago, this kind of life seems very ordinary, but Zhang Jia likes this ordinary life very much.

He hopes that such a day will live forever from now on.

However, as a soldier, he also knew that the Liao people still occupied half of the Song Dynasty, and it would take time to live such a life.

The Khitan is not destroyed, so what is the family for!
They belong to the Jiangning garrison. Under normal circumstances, they will not be allowed to go out, but if they don't go out, it means that the promotion of the generals will be hindered, so the generals above are very eager to go out.

And one of Zhang Jia's officers told him that the higher-ups had already made a resolution that one-third of the Jiangning garrison would be sent to the front next year.

Then every year thereafter, one-third of the garrison was sent to the front line for rotation.

And the new garrison will be selected from among the troops with great military exploits on the front line.

This not only gave the current garrison a way to go everywhere, but also guarded against these garrison troops who had been stationed in the capital for a long time, took root on the ground, and then became intertwined and unable to lose their tails.

Zhang Jia was thinking about his future.

Like myself, if you don't rise to the rank of captain before the age of 40, you can only retire.And I am still two steps away from the captain, I am 30 years old this year, and I still have ten years to go. In theory, there is no problem at all to be promoted to the captain or above.The officer also told himself that the Jiangning garrison is usually promoted faster than other troops.

After being promoted to a school lieutenant, even after the age of 40, the first-line troops will no longer stay, but when they are transferred to the local area, they will still be on the rank of military officer, and the military salary will not be less.

Rubbing his chin, while looking at the bright lights in the city, he thought that it would be too early to take the guys there after dawn.

Just go to the chicken shredded noodle soup restaurant that just opened.

I heard from my daughter-in-law that the taste is very good, but it is a little expensive, and it costs ten yuan a bowl.

The group of brothers I brought with me is only a dozen or so, and Bai Laiwen is really nothing to me.

Just as he was thinking, some abnormal sounds suddenly came from his ears. After years of war, he immediately realized that it was the sound of horseshoes, approaching the city wall at a very fast speed.

My heart suddenly went to my throat.

Of course, it is impossible for Jiang Ning to have any enemy come to launch a sneak attack now, but running a horse at night is not normal in itself, if it is not something urgent, it is absolutely impossible to do this.

So at this point in time, something like this must be a big deal, something urgent.

Thinking of the raging battle in Xuzhou now, Zhang Jia felt that every hair on his body stood on end.

It must be news from Xuzhou.

Several war horses rushed out from the darkness, and as soon as they entered the range of the city wall, Zhang Jia saw the red flags carried by the soldiers behind them by the light.

In an instant, it was like drinking a big sip of ice water in June, and it was comfortable from the top of the head to the soles of the feet.

"Great victory, great victory!" The soldiers outside the gate reined in their horses and stood up, shouting in unison: "Open the door, great victory in Xuzhou!"

All the soldiers on duty rushed to Zhang Jia's side. Zhang Jia waved his hand with great joy, and a soldier grabbed the rope and swung down like an ape.

No matter how happy you are, the rules can't be broken.

The soldiers below carefully checked the seals of the soldiers who had reported victory, and waved their arms towards them.

"Open the door!" Zhang Jia shouted loudly.

"Great victory, great victory!" The soldiers who reported the victory had just opened the door to accommodate a horse, and they rushed in with their horses, shouting loudly all the way.

Zhang Jia looked up to the sky and let out a long roar.

Outside the city, I don’t know where it is, suddenly a firework rose into the sky, and with a bang, it exploded into a large colorful expanse.

Li Tang moved a bamboo recliner and lay down under the eaves. He was from Kaifeng Prefecture. After the city of Tokyo was broken, he wandered all the way to the south, and finally settled in Jiangning.

With the little money left, I bought some goods and became a burden-carrying peddler who went from village to household. After a few years, I made a little money. I just rented this house last year and started selling some groceries.

Of course, he couldn't afford to rent the shops on the bustling commercial street. This grocery store is located in a remote alley, and the business can only be said to be good or bad. It can support him and make him live more comfortably than ordinary people , take it easy.

One person is full, the whole family is not hungry, Li Tang doesn't have much thought now.

The room was not big, and it was full of goods. Li Tang slept among these goods. It would be fine if it was a normal season, but now the room is terribly hot, not only hot, but also stuffy.

So at this time, Li Tang moved the bamboo recliner and lay down at the door, and spent the night like this.

Compared with the previous two years, the public security in Jiangning is much better now.

I remember the year when I first settled here, there were still a lot of local ruffians, rogues and rangers. In the past few years when the chief assistant was in power, Jiang Ning might not be able to keep things on the road, but he could really do it without closing the door at night.

At least Li Tang dared to sleep outside without closing the door.

The wind is not strong, but there is, slowly shaking the palm-leaf fan to drive away the mosquitoes, drowsiness hits one after another, and finally the hand hangs down, the palm-leaf fan falls to the ground, and even snoring sounds.

The hurried footsteps woke up Li Tang from his sleep, the moon in the sky began to slant westward, and it was only the third watch.

There are many places where Jiang Ning sleeps all night, but it is definitely not the street where he lives.

The people who live here are all people who rely on their strength to eat. Although they wake up early, it will be at least after the fourth watch, and now is the time when everyone sleeps most soundly.

"There is a grocery store in front of it, there must be one in his store!" A familiar voice came.

Li Tang couldn't help being startled and angry, it was the lazy Min Er from this street, who didn't usually do any business, and specially led the rich sons and elder brothers to do some turtle things in the place of fireworks. It doesn't have a good reputation on the street.

Hearing this tone, he came here for his own shop. On this street, he was the only grocery store.

Li Tang jumped up all of a sudden.

At the end of the street, a group of people rushed over, and the one walking in the front was Min Er, and the large group of people following him immediately dispelled Li Tang's desire to resist for a while.

That group of people was dressed brightly, and they were accompanied by one or two servants, who carried lamps and held knives. At first glance, they were not a good person, and they must not be provoked by people like themselves.

"My lords, the shop is just a grocery store!" Li Tang tried his best to lower his body, his voice was a little trembling, and he was confused. What did these people want to do after staring at his grocery store.

"I heard that you have medicine puppets here, don't you? I'll buy all of them, sir!" The leader took out a handout from his bosom, grabbed Li Tang's hand, and slapped it on Li Tang's. hand.

By the light of the lantern, when Li Tang saw Jiaozi in his hand, his hands trembled, and his heart trembled too, fifty guan!
I can't save so much in a year.

He raised his head and looked at the other party blankly: "I still have some of the medicine hair puppets purchased last year. We don't buy many of them on this street, so they are stored at home and don't cost much!"

Hearing that there were indeed, the group of people laughed: "Money is not a problem, bring it quickly, bring it quickly, other places are sold out, if this guy didn't say that your grocery store is remote, it must be still there." If there are goods, we will never come here.”

Li Tang nodded again and again, and was about to turn around and enter the room, but saw in the night sky in the distance, one after another gorgeous fireworks blooming in the night sky, and I don't know where, the night sky as far as the eye can see, at this moment , was actually filled with brilliant sparks.

Next, there was a faint sound of cheers, and the sound became louder and louder.

"What happened?" Li Tang asked in shock.

"Great victory in Xuzhou, great victory in Xuzhou!" The leading son laughed loudly: "Hundreds of thousands of Liao troops were defeated by our Great Song army. Now, they are running like mice in Jianghuai by our army!"

"Is it true? Is it true?" Li Tang's voice trembled: "They lost, then our Song army is going to counterattack, is it going to fight back to Kaifeng and regain Tokyo?"

"Of course!" Young Master raised his head and said, "Not only do we have to fight back to Kaifeng, take back Tokyo City, but also take back Hebei, take back Youyan, and then go to Shangjing!"

Li Tang yelled suddenly, startled the young man opposite him, and was about to get angry, but Li Tang stuffed the Jiaozi into his hand, and then jumped into the room with a stride, and then everyone heard There was a rattling sound from inside, and then Li Tang's voice was heard: "Come in and get them. I still have two boxes, and I'll give them to you. You don't need money. Take me with you!"

A group of well-dressed young masters, a group of servants like wolves and tigers, a grocery store owner, and an idler doing the work of a man, carrying two boxes of medicine hair puppets, laughed and rushed outside.

The sky in Jiangning brightened.

Filled with colour.

The silence in Jiangning was filled with cheers, and more and more people poured out from all the streets and alleys, shouting, jumping, and cheering.

Not only have all the medicine-haired puppets in various shops been sold out, but the red paper, red cloth and silks of all colors have also been robbed.

In the palace, Xiao Cheng looked at the good news in his hand and smiled very happily.

"Send the victory report to the palace immediately!" Xiao Cheng handed the victory report to Liu Xin.

"Yes!"

"Also, send someone to tell Tian Chou immediately, I'm afraid the whole of Jiangning will not be quiet today, all patrols and water dragon teams must go to the streets immediately and make all preparations. Tell Han Kai that the Jiangning garrison should also do a good job of assistance Preparations in the house."

"Understood!"

Liu Xin went out with cheerful dancing steps, and Xiao Cheng stretched his waist, "I thought it would take two years, and there would be some twists and turns and hardships in the middle, but I never expected it." , everything went so smoothly, and within a year, I got what I wanted. I have to sleep, sleep well!"

Stretching his legs, Xiao Cheng put a soft pillow behind his neck and closed his eyes.

Not long after, footsteps sounded outside, and Zhao An appeared by the door. From the looks of it, he ran all the way. Behind him, Liu Xin and Liu Fengkui were panting. One was older, the other was A pure scholar is no match for Zhao An in running.

Zhao An's footsteps stopped abruptly at the door, and even snoring came from the room.

Putting a finger to his mouth, Zhao An hissed, and said softly: "Master is asleep, he is too tired, let him sleep well, we will wait outside!"

(End of this chapter)