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Chapter 1041

The Ming calendar follows the lunar calendar that we call in modern times. Although it is only on February [-]th, it is already equivalent to the late March of later generations.

However, in the northwestern borderlands like Xuanfu, although the weather has gradually warmed up, it is very cold in late spring. It is far from the day of spring plowing, and there are occasional burning smoke rising from the large fields.

In fact, although burning wasteland is not strictly prohibited in this era, there are not many of them. After all, every household is equally poor. Even wheat roots have been dug out and burned as firewood. How can they stay in the field?

However, there are also some weeds and wheat roots that cannot be cleaned up. Every year before the spring, every household will go to the field to clean and burn these debris to facilitate cultivation after the spring.

This custom has been passed down for thousands of years, and it has its own reason for its existence. It can not only use grass ash to fertilize the fields, but also burn to death the weeds and insect eggs left in the wheat roots, so as to reduce the crop diseases and insect pests in the coming year.

However, the ancients were not very clear about these principles related to agricultural science. They just simply repeated year after year according to the experience taught by their elders.

At noon of this day, Xie Sixin, the trusted staff member of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, as his special envoy, together with Zhang Dou, the soldier of Ningqian, Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, Zu Dabi, the chief soldier of Jinzhou, and Liu Zhaoji, the chief soldier of Jizhen, etc. , as promised.

Although none of them can compare with Zhang Cheng in terms of official position and rank, they are guests from afar after all, and they also have the friendship of fighting the enemy side by side. Take Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan as an example. He fought side by side with the slaves.

Because he met Wu Dahan, a reckless man downstairs in Zhuogeng Building, Yongning Bo didn't go to the Weiyuan camp to check the construction of the camp, but only went out of Nanguan with Zhang Chengfang, Liu Chengzu and others.

They took a brief look at the situation of garbage collection and transportation here, and the general governor Fu He Biao, deputy general Guo Yingxian, generals Wu Zhizhong, Chen Zheng, etc. also rushed over.

After everyone gathered, they rested in a pavilion not far from Nanguan, waiting for the arrival of the "Jiliao Military Investigation Group".

At this time, General Wu Zhizhong reminded Zhang Cheng whether he should tell the officials and generals in the town about the arrival of the people from Jiliao. Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "At the dinner, just call a few, and leave the matter here to Liu Guangwu." Big brother will be fine."

He went on to say: "Jiang Futai has received the imperial decree, and he will go to Yanghe to serve as the governor of Xuanda in a few days. Old Wu, please prepare a generous gift for me, and then order Zhang Jintai to lead a team of feathers Lin Jingqi, escort Jiang Du to go to Yanghe to take up his post."

"Yes."

At this time, a cloud of smoke and dust rose from the east, and the figures of several knights passed through the smoke and came straight to this side and stopped not far away. After a while, Zhang Chengfang came up to report: Wei Zhice is accompanying Xie Sixin to wait for Ji Liao The official will come here, and there are only less than two miles left.

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Among the people from Jiliao, Xie Sixin was the only one who had no official position or rank, but this team was led by him, while Zhang Dou, the soldier of Ning Qian who should be the leader in terms of status and rank, was Obviously living in the deputy position.

This is all due to the invisible force behind the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, because although Xie Sixin has no official status, but he is Hong Chengchou's confidant, he can be the half-master of the governor of Jiliao, and he came to Xuanzhen this time. It represents Hong Chengchou himself.

Xie Sixin is not only well-read, but also has a strategy, and has the ability to know people. When he first met Zhang Cheng in Liaodong, he felt that he would have achievements in the future, and he intended to make friends with him at that time.

It was also under his enlightenment and persuasion that Wu Sangui made friends with Zhang Cheng wholeheartedly. It can be said that Xie Sixin is not only Wu Sangui's nobleman, but also Zhang Cheng's nobleman. He contributed to the unity of Liaozhen and Xuanzhen. .

However, Zhang Cheng is not the deputy commander-in-chief when he first aided Liao. He is now the super-rank of the Earl of Yongning, and he can go out of the city to greet him. This is a supreme honor, which shows his friendship with everyone.

Not to mention the identities of Xie Sixin, Zhang Dou, Cao Bianjiao and others, even the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, came to pay respects to Zhang Cheng, the Earl of Yongning in Ming Dynasty.

"The gift can't be ignored!"

Zhang Cheng is now Yongning Bo, even if the second rank and first rank ministers of the imperial court see him, they still have to pay two salutes, isn't it a trivial matter?
After saluting, Xie Sixin stepped forward and said, "I'll come here uninvited. I don't know if I will cause trouble to Yongning Bo!"

Zhang Cheng said with a "haha" laugh and said: "You are all distinguished guests, but I am afraid that I will not be able to invite you on weekdays. Today, I am honored to come to my Xuanfu together with you. How can there be any trouble?"

Except for Wu Zhizhong, all the people present have a friendship to fight against the Tartars together. For example, Wei Zhice, Chen Zheng and Cao Bianjiao joined hands to fight the slaves twice. Naturally, there is no shortage of topics to talk about when we meet today.

But Bing Xian Zhang Dou was attracted by the scene in front of him, he watched for a long time, and then asked: "Uncle Yongning is really extraordinary, he has just arrived in Zhencheng, and he has such an action, I am really amazed."

He immediately asked further: "It's just that I don't know what these people are busy with all the time?"

Zhang Cheng smiled, and said to He Biao beside him, "He Zhenfu, tell Zhang Bingxian what all of us are busy with."

Here, He Biao introduced the content of the town cleaning operation to Zhang Dou. On the other side, the generals also greeted each other, and they chatted happily with each other. After all, we are all generals with similar temperaments, and we are not on the frontline at this moment. On top of that, everyone is more relaxed and casual.

Not to mention Zhang Cheng, Xie Sixin, He Biao, Zhang Dou and other officials and generals, even the generals and soldiers from Jiliao Town who came with them chatted with Zhang Chengfang and others behind.

Everyone's thoughts are also much more complicated. When Zhang Cheng was fighting against the Tartars in Liaodong last year, Zhang Cheng was only the deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, but now he is the real commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, and he was named Yongningbo. His status is already far above the crowd.

However, the mood is complicated. After all, Zhang Cheng's status and status are different now. It is better to make friends. Everyone present today has friendship with Zhang Cheng, which was born in bloody battles. This advantage is already Many people do not have it.

Wu Sangui's personal generals, Chinese general Wu Guogui, and Youying guerrilla Xia Longshan are also in the team of Jiliao Town who are visiting this time, but compared with Zu Dabi, Cao Bianjiao, Liu Zhaoji and other generals in the army, they are slightly inferior. A little smaller.

However, they chatted and laughed with Wei Zhice, Chen Zheng and others, and they talked very harmoniously.

Zhang Cheng saw that everyone had met each other, so he said to everyone: "Let's go to the city first, if we have anything to say, we'll talk about it later at the banquet."

He then added: "Benbo has already sent someone to inform Jiang Du, we don't want Jiang Du to wait for a long time."

Hearing this, Zhang Dou couldn't help asking: "But Jiang Fuchen has been relocated to the Xuanda governor?"

"Exactly."

At that moment, everyone got on their horses again, and followed Uncle Yongning to ride slowly towards Nanguan.

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Bo Yongning, Zhang Cheng rode his horse at the front, while Xie Sixin and Zhang Dou followed him on the left and right, and the rest rode their horses and chatted while walking behind.

Veteran Guo Yingxian still looked heartless, and said loudly: "Little Shuai Cao, since you have come to the Xuan Mansion, you have to accompany me so that you will not get drunk."

As the saying goes, "heroes value heroes"!
Although Guo Yingxian is a vulgar warrior, he still looks down on fake warriors who are greedy for money and cowardly, but he admires a fierce general like Cao Bianjiao from the bottom of his heart.

Although he is still a deputy commander now, he doesn't care about these things, he turned his head and said to Wu Guogui and Xia Longshan: "You two are not bad, this time you are not allowed to escape drinking again."

"No escape, no escape..."

Wu and Xia's performance in this Liaodong battle was also very eye-catching. Although they were overshadowed by Xuanzhen's army, their achievements were indeed not small, and everyone admired them in their hearts.

Among the crowd, only Zu Dabi had a serious expression on his face. He scoffed at Zhang Cheng's town cleaning operation, but he was quite concerned about the brave soldiers who kept appearing in the city.

Previously, their ancestral family was the only one in Liao Town, even in the entire Ming Dynasty, it was the only one there. Whether it was fighting slaves or suppressing bandits, their Liaodong iron cavalry was indispensable.

However, he never thought that the number one hero who lifted the siege last time would suddenly become a soldier of the Xuanfu, and Zhang Cheng who appeared out of nowhere actually took away the glory that should have belonged to their ancestors, how could he be convinced.

This time, although he was entrusted by his nephew, Wu Sangui, a new generation leader in Liao Town, and Liaodong General Soldier, he came to Xuanfu to inquire about specific business cooperation matters, and bought some of their excellent guns from Zhang Cheng.

But in Zu Dabi's heart, he was still very dissatisfied with Yongningbo Zhang Cheng, and he whispered to Cao Bianjiao and Liu Zhaoji beside him, "Humph, what a good town! The miasma, how decent it is!"

Cao Bianjiao just shook his head and didn't answer, and Liu Zhaoji didn't care much about these matters, he said softly to Cao Bianjiao: "What about Xuanzhen has nothing to do with us, the only thing I care about is that I don't know that Yongningbo will Can you sell me the excellent guns?"

Cao Bianjiao rode his horse slowly, and said softly: "Uncle Yongning is a man of affection, otherwise he would not go out of the city to meet me with his dignity..."

He pondered for a while, and said again: "I just don't know if Uncle Yongning still has extra guns in his hand, let alone how much it is worth? It's better to allow me to pay a batch on credit first!"

But Zu Dabi said at this time: "Hmph, who doesn't love money? As long as he is willing to give up money, how could he not sell it to us?"

He turned his head to look at Cao and Liu, and said again: "Now I'm afraid that he will sit on the ground and raise the price when he sees that we are eager to buy, and cheat us of our money!"

After hearing Zu Dabi's words, Cao Bianjiao was noncommittal, but Liu Zhaoji had an expression of disbelief.

At the end of the Liao War, he had already expressed his heart to Bo Yongning, and he could be regarded as half a member of the brave army, not to mention that according to his observation, Bo Yongning Zhang Cheng was not the kind of greedy and unjust person.

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A group of people soon came to the Zhenshuo mansion. They saw that Zhang Cheng had opened the ceremony door for them, and they all looked very excited, and they were grateful for Yongningbo's kindness in their hearts.

Lin Dengyou, deputy commander of Xuanzhen Town, general Liu Guangwu, guerrilla Li Jianming and others had already been waiting in Zhenshuo Mansion, and now they all greeted each other outside the Yimen Gate, and the atmosphere on the scene was very lively.

Zhang Cheng got off his horse, and Cao Jinwang, who was transferred to Zhencheng with him to join the army in Zhenshuo Mansion, immediately went forward to report, saying that Governor Jiang was involved in many affairs and would not arrive until later.

Zhu Mintai, the grain supervisor of the household department, and Du Chunwen, the criminal justice doctor of the Ministry of punishment, also said that they rushed over to the banquet after finishing their official duties.

After hearing this, Uncle Yongning just smiled, turned around and said to Xie Sixin, Zhang Dou and the others: "Mr. Xie, Zhang Bingxian, brothers, please come to the mansion to have a rest. You must not get drunk today!"

Seeing Zhang Cheng's sincere words and expression, Cao Bianjiao, Liu Zhaoji and others felt warm in their hearts, and even Zu Dabi felt at ease. Although General Zhang was promoted to Earl, he did not forget the old friendship!

Liu Zhaoji knew that even though he was the general of Ji Town, he had no deep backing like Zu Dabi, Cao Bianjiao and others, so he could only get closer to Zhang Cheng.

Immediately he said flatteringly: "Uncle Yongning, it is different now than in the past, but he treats us with such courtesy, this kind of demeanor really makes me admire."

On the way here, he didn't have many chances to chat with Zhang Cheng, and when he got the chance, he hurriedly expressed his opinion, and everyone just followed him to express their gratitude.

Surrounded by everyone, Zhang Cheng took the lead in stepping into the Yimen Gate. Since the new Xuanda Governor Jiang Yuxu, grain governor Zhu Mintai, and punishment doctor Du Chunwen will come later, he also needs to change into formal robes. Good to meet, then go straight in.

On the other side, the guests from Ji Liao accompanied by He Biao, Wei Zhice, Wang Yuanjing, Liu Minshen and other officials entered the main hall of the front hall. Someone introduced Xie Sixin to them.

After a while, Zhu Mintai and Du Chunwen arrived one after another. They sat down on the left side and chatted with Xie Sixin, Zhang Dou and others. After a while, Jiang Yuxu, the new governor of Xuanda, came late.

Everyone in the hall got up and paid respects to him one by one. Jiang Yuxu was very polite to Xie Sixin and Zhang Dou, and even Zu Dabi, Cao Bianjiao, Liu Zhaoji and other generals also booed and greeted him for a while.

Not long after Jiang Yuxu sat down on the first big chair on the left, Zhang Chengfang, the middle officer of Yongningbo came in from the back door and shouted to everyone: "Yongningbo is here!"

After hearing the sound, all the officials in the hall immediately got up and left their seats, but Governor Jiang Yuxu was stunned for a moment, and even after realizing it, he got up together with everyone.

Zu Dabi, the chief guard of Jinzhou, looked up at the jade belt of the python robe Zhang Cheng was wearing, and saw the five-clawed dragon pattern on the python robe shining brightly, which was very honorable, and he couldn't help but secretly sighed.

He immediately thought of his deceased elder brother, who was the head of Liaodong generals, but he did not have this honor until his death, but he, Zhang Cheng, was able to get such an honor at such a young age.

"Could it be that he is really a star in the sky and descended to earth?"

(End of this chapter)