The heavens start from Maoshan

Chapter 116 Father Wu's Visit

Artillery bombed, infantry rushed.

Tactics, what tactics are needed, tactics are needed when firepower is insufficient.

No matter how many zombies there are in Tenteng Town, how many divisions can be formed, and how many cannons are there?

No.

What a fart without you, as soon as the cannon fires, the infantry rushes and it's over.

Only one morning.

Zhang Heng swept away the ghosts and monsters in Tengteng Town like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

The only bad thing is that the gentry in Hepu County cried when they settled the accounts afterwards.

"30 oceans, Marshal, did you miscalculate, didn't you say [-] oceans, why do you need so much money?"

Inside the headquarters, Zhang Heng was drinking tea from a teacup.

In front of him stood County Magistrate Fang and six representatives of Hepu County gentry.

It's just that it's different from the usual bravado. At this time, the country gentry are all mourning, just like their dead mothers.

"Why, a county town, hundreds of commercial shops, can't make up 30 oceans, so what are you guys doing?"

Zhang Heng looked around: "Who can't join? My cannon and shells are useless, how many rounds can I send to his family?"

"Marshal, the annual tax revenue of our Hepu County is only 10,000+, isn't 30 too much?"

County Magistrate Fang looked at Zhang Heng hesitantly.

"Yes, handsome."

Other squires also said: "We squires are family businesses accumulated by our ancestors for many generations. Let us pool 30 yuan. We have to sell the house and land. If we knew this, we would rather be bitten to death by zombies, at least They don't want money."

Snapped!
Zhang Heng slapped the pistol on the table: "One hundred thousand, that's the cost of food and grass, don't the shells of the cannon cost money?"

"I'd rather be bitten to death by zombies, I think you guys are fighting with me, whoever wants to be bitten to death by zombies, stand up, don't think that there will be no zombies in the world without Tenteng Town, who wants to try the taste of being bitten by zombies, I will satisfy him."

The squires were timid and afraid to answer.

County Magistrate Fang had no choice but to beg for forgiveness: "Marshal, let's think of a way when we go back. Can you give us some more time and let us pool the money together? What do you think?"

Zhang Heng is not an unkind person either. He smiled and said, "It's okay to give you more time, but soldiers and horsemen like me eat horse chews, so I can count them as interest."

"It should be, it should be."

The corner of Fang County Magistrate's mouth twitched, and he left with the local gentry.

After they left, Zhang Jinzhong said in a low voice: "Commander, 30 oceans is not a small amount, and it may be difficult for them to make up enough in a short time."

"I just want them to get together slowly, otherwise why would we stay in Hepu?"

Zhang Heng didn't mean to drink, and whispered: "Let the engineering battalion take action immediately. Under the pretext that there are zombies in the tomb and need to be cleaned up, immediately excavate the tomb group three miles southwest of Tengteng Town, and strive to be within half a month. Excavate all the tombs in this area to save nights and dreams and attract tomb robbers."

The fact that there is a group of tombs in Hepu has long been accompanied by the birth of zombies, which has caused an uproar in the tomb robbery world.

It has not been stolen and dug now, but it has been frightened by zombies and armies.

As long as Zhang Heng and the others leave, the tombs will be dug up by those tomb robbers if he doesn't move.

So don't leave it to the tomb robbers at all, at least if these cultural relics are in his hands, he won't sell them to foreigners. If the tomb robbers dig them up, it's hard to say where the cultural relics will go.

three days later.

Under the guidance of some professionals, the Hepu Burial Tombs began excavation work.

In just one week, Zhang Heng's engineering battalion dug up more than 6000 pieces of funerary cultural relics in the burial complex.

"Commander, good news. We found a tomb. The owner of the tomb is Huang Wende, the seventh generation head of the Huang family, the prefect of Jiaozhi."

"In the burial room of the tomb, we found four carriages made of gold and twelve silver horses made of silver!"

Adjutant Wu entered the door in high spirits.

"How many cars, how many horses?"

"Four gold chariots and twelve silver horses. Experts say that the emperor drives six, the princes drive five, and the scholar-officials drive three. The number of twelve horses is correct!"

Wu Zhichong answered very positively.

Zhang Heng read the number and scolded: "Mother Xipi!"

The golden chariot and silver horse are the symbols of the Hepu Funeral Group.

But he remembered that only one was unearthed. What happened to these four, they were bred underground?

At that time, he still thought that the Huang family had prospered for thousands of years from the Han Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties. Although they did not rank among the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs, they were still the most powerful party under the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs. Their tombs should not be weak. For the princes of one side, it is even better than that. How could they produce a single golden chariot and silver horse? If they want to do it, they must be in pairs.

Looking at it now, I don't know if it was patronized by tomb robbers, or because of other reasons.

time flies.

In a blink of an eye, it was another ten days.

"Marshal, the cultural relics are almost cleaned up, you see"

"Ok?"

"No, the zombies are almost cleaned up, you see."

Adjutant Wu came with a red face.

"How's the harvest?"

Zhang Heng asked casually while drinking tea.

"Thousands of years of accumulation, extraordinary heritage."

"Only the gold and silver buried with him amounted to as much as 20 taels of gold, and there were more than 1 pieces of various cultural relics, from the Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Song Dynasty."

"If all these gold and cultural relics are disposed of and used to expand the army, at least ten divisions can be armed. It is true that no one can get rich without windfall, and a horse can not be fat without night grass."

Wu Zhichong's eyes glowed green.

Hearing this number, Zhang Heng was not surprised.

The Huang family in Hepu has served several times as the prefect of Jiaozhi alone, and in addition to doing maritime business, it is a ghost if there is no money.

However, Zhang Heng does not intend to use all of this money to expand the army.

Because for now, his men are enough to guard Hainan.

Right now, it seems more than enough, and he doesn't intend to drive away the generalissimo, and he is the president of the southern country, so there is no need for more.

Three days later.

Zhang Heng led the team back to Dagou Town.

First of all, there are several arrangements. One is to appoint Zhang Jinzhong as the commander of the Yangjiang First Army, and Zhang Mo and Zhang Xiaokui are responsible for guarding the four counties of Yangjiang.

Then appointed Zhang Zhenhu as the commander of the Hainan First Army, and Long Nanguang as the chief of staff, responsible for guarding Hainan.

After his military appointment ends.

Zhang Heng also appointed Zhang Zhentian as the chief of logistics to coordinate the logistics work of both the military and the government.

Zhang Dakui is the chief of public security, responsible for the security management of the four counties of Yangjiang and Hainan.

Then appoint Uncle Jiu as Rongcheng consultant, Qian Zhenren as Hainan consultant, Ma Madi as Echeng consultant, Simu Taoist priest as Kangcheng consultant, and Canegu as Yangjiang consultant.

Speaking of Aunt Cane.

Master Xu is now the head of the Maoshan Invitation Temple, and if he wants to stay at the Maoshan General Altar, the Taoist temple here will be empty.

Originally, Zhang Heng was planning to invite Taoist Master Qianhe to take over.

But Aunt Cane, who heard the news, offered him a self-recommendation, and moved to the Taoist temple in Dagou Town the next day, which made it impossible for him to refuse.

After all, after taking the train, it was only an hour's drive from Dagou Town to Rongcheng.

In the future, when Aunt Cane is free, she can go to Uncle Jiu for tea every night, but she doesn't know if Uncle Jiu can bear it.

As for the four-eyed Taoist priest.

Simu Daoist is Uncle Jiu's younger brother, and he likes money as much as Qian Zhenren, so it didn't take much to invite him to come to Kangcheng to sit in town.

The benefits are also obvious.

Through these five uncles and uncles, Zhang Heng raised the control of the four counties of Yangjiang and Hainan to a new level, because there are many warlords these days, and this one family is the only one that serves them all. There is no reason why the people should not love him.

If anyone doesn't love him, let Aunt Cane invite his ancestors to come up and have a good talk with him.

"Stop, you can't go in."

Early in the morning, Zhang Heng just woke up when he heard noises outside.

When I went out, there was a missionary in gray robes and a cross, who looked about 60 years old.

"Big guy!"

Seeing Zhang Heng coming out, the guards hurriedly saluted.

"what happened?"

Zhang Heng asked.

"A priest came from nowhere and said he wanted to see you."

The soldier pointed at the missionary: "I said that if you don't see the stranger, he will hang on to it."

"missionary?"

Zhang Heng glanced at the cross worn by the missionary, thought for a moment, and handed the little fragrant pig in his arms to the guard: "Send it to the back kitchen, and add lunch to the brothers at noon."

"Thank you, Master!"

The guards were overjoyed.

"Father, do you want to see me?"

Zhang Heng looked at the missionary again.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Overseer."

The missionary drew a sign of the cross on his chest: "My name is Wu Ma, and I am from the Vatican. When I was in Yangcheng, I heard many people talking about you. They said that you are not only a soldier, but also an exorcist. I have seen many exorcists in Europe, they are all very lost and desperately need the guidance of the Lord."

After finishing speaking, he drew a cross again: "My lord is willing to guide the lost lambs. Your Excellency, I don't know if you have the idea of ​​converting to my lord. If so, I am willing to baptize you personally."

"Forehead"

Zhang Heng looked at him with some puzzlement: "Those people, didn't they tell you who I am?"

European exorcists, usually based on the family as the inheritance unit, do not have faith.

So the Holy See is happy to absorb them, and these people are also happy to find a backer for themselves.

But this set doesn't work in China.

Because they have faith, that is Taoism, which is a religion, which is similar to Christ in essence.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Heng and the others are not exorcists.

It is the priests under the sect of Taoism, just like the bishops and archbishops in Christianity.

Let him convert, this sentence can not be said indiscriminately.

After all, Zhang Heng is the first of Maoshan's seventy generations of disciples, and in a sense, Maoshan's future head teacher.

Letting him convert to Christianity is like letting the next pope heir of Christianity become a monk.

"them?"

"They say you're an exorcist, don't they?"

Father Wu had a question mark on his face.

"Yes and no."

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "This is a long story."

Seeing Father Wu's appearance, Zhang Heng knew that he was being fooled and came here without understanding anything.

Otherwise, even the pope would have to think twice about something that would cause an all-out war between Taoism and Christianity.

The Boxers have only subsided for a few years, and behind the Boxers, Buddhism and Taoism have contributed a lot.

The killing of foreigners and the burning of churches are all thought up by ordinary people, and no one instigates them, so why do they have trouble with the church.

"Yes, and no, what does that mean?"

Father Wu was a little confused: "I grew up in the Vatican, and I don't speak Chinese well, so I don't really understand what you mean."

"Father, you have been deceived."

"Strictly speaking, I am not an exorcist, but a priest of Eastern Taoism, and I myself"

Zhang Heng replied in English: "My status in the sect is equivalent to your heir to the Pope. Your idea is too crazy. If you really dare to do this, there will be an uprising of the White Lotus Sect in South China, and they will rush into you." The church that peels off your skin and makes a lantern so that you can never be reborn, believe me, they are so barbaric."

(End of this chapter)