Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 42

Zhao Wen looked at the box containing official uniforms, official seals and documents on the ground, with a face like a bitter melon.

"This makes me the garrison of Longmen Fort, isn't that nonsense? The entire Longmen Fort has been beaten to scorched earth by the Tartars, and the city walls have been ripped off. How can I be a commander? As a bare-handed commander?" Zhao Wen Belly said.

"My father-in-law, does the sage mean that I should be the guard of Longmen Castle?" Zhao Wen thought he had heard wrong, so he asked hesitantly.

The eunuch Xuanzhi patted Zhao Wen's shoulder with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "What's the matter? Are you overjoyed? This guard's official position is not small. Although he is a rankless official, he is in Longmen Fort. , but it is an existence that can stand shoulder to shoulder with thousands of households. Besides, didn’t His Majesty seal you as a fifth-rank martial arts general. You are now a dignified court official.”

The Xuanzhi eunuch fooled Zhao Wen with a wicked smile.

Zhao Wen looked at the fat face of the Xuanzhi eunuch, and thought, "From the fifth-rank military strategy general? This seems to be a loose title. What's the use of it? Besides, if you don't give me money for such a big Longmen Fort, If you don’t give me any troops, how can you let me be the guard?”

"By the way, didn't His Majesty reward me with silver or something like that? This Longmen Fort is in ruins now, and it will cost a lot of money to rebuild it. There is also the problem of personnel. I am now a poor man. , relying on me alone, how can you repair Longmen Fort?" Zhao Wen is really not reconciled, but it is a done deal, is there any other way for him, he can only hope that the Emperor Chongzhen will not be so stingy, and at least give himself some money and centaurs.

The Xuanzhi eunuch spread his hands and said helplessly: "You have to be considerate and considerate of the imperial court. The Tartars invaded the Xuanfu, looted the Xuanfu, the people were displaced, and the town was reduced to ruins. All these reconstructions need money. Now that the government is difficult, then There is still spare money. The reason why His Majesty let you guard this Longmen Castle is because of your ability. As long as you can successfully rebuild this Dragon Gate Fort, Your Majesty will reward you a lot. You can see for yourself. Just do it. Now that the war has just ended, there are refugees everywhere, so you can gather them up casually? All the officials below you can let you accept their fate."

Looking at the shameless posture of the eunuch Xuanzhi, Zhao Wen couldn't help but sneered in his heart and said: "Hehe, you just killed Wei Zhongxian, and you told me you have no money? Who are you lying to? Could it be that Wei Zhongxian, who is nine thousand years old, is a pauper? Do I recruit refugees? Where do I get food and money? Gather refugees and let them eat me?"

In fact, Zhao Wen really misunderstood Chongzhen. Wei Zhongxian did have a lot of money, but none of the money fell into Chongzhen's hands.

After Chongzhen eradicated Wei Zhongxian, he sent people to search Wei Zhongxian's home, but the reported silver was only a few thousand taels.Chongzhen certainly did not believe such childish lies.As the saying goes, three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflake silver.A small magistrate has so much property, not to mention the [-]-year-old Wei Zhongxian who has controlled the court for so many years?

Wei Zhongxian has ruled the government for so many years and is a legendary corrupt official. If his family property is only a few thousand taels of silver, then he is even more honest than an upright official.

After that, Chongzhen sent people to investigate Wei Zhongxian's family property again.The result was that Wei Zhongxian did have a lot of silver, but he had already hidden all the property before raiding his house, and no one knew where it was hidden.

Chongzhen was so angry that his teeth itch.Because, it is said that Wei Zhongxian embezzled tens of millions of taels of money, and such a large amount of money disappeared inexplicably, who would believe it?
But the officials sent by Chongzhen all said that they could not find any money.Regarding this, Chongzhen was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched, but there was nothing he could do.

As for why these officials said they couldn't find the silver, there are many twists and turns in it.

The Xuanzhi eunuch looked at Zhao Wen with a bitter face, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Work hard, young man. Don't let Your Majesty down."

After the Xuanzhi eunuch finished speaking, he led his subordinates and ran away in a hurry, for fear that Zhao Wen would ask him for money.

Zhao Wen looked at the box containing official uniforms, official seals, and documents under his feet, and suddenly wanted to cry without tears, and screamed at the sky, "Damn, I have no one in such a big Longmen Fort, and I have no money. How should it be repaired?!"

Lu Daliang walked over with a smile, patted Zhao Wen on the shoulder, and said sarcastically: "Young man, to become such a high-ranking official at such an age, the future is boundless, the future is boundless."

Zhao Wen directly shook Lu Daliang's forehead hand from his shoulder, and said with a sneer, "Hehe, Mr. Lu should be your commander-in-chief. I will handle my affairs myself."

"Da Niu, Hu Zi, let's go." Zhao Wen kicked the box on the ground, without even looking at Lu Daliang, he headed towards the school grounds.

"My lord, where are you going?" Zhao Daniu hurriedly picked up the box on the ground and chased after Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen turned around and said, "Of course we are going to Longmen Fort. But now we have to go to the school yard first, our cart is still there."

Lu Daliang looked at Zhao Wen who was leaving, the smile on his face still did not dissipate.Now he is like eating a piece of ice in the dog days and holding a stove for three or nine days.

He hummed a ditty and headed towards the Zongbing Yamen.

"Are you back?" Li Xiaoying saw Zhao Wen walking over with Zhao Daniu and Song Hu, and hurriedly jumped off the cart.

Zhao Wendao: "Is my fellows still there?"

Li Xiaoying pointed to the 56-type light machine gun and the 40-type light machine gun on the cart, and said softly: "They are all still there, and none of them are missing. Those big soldiers dare not come here at all."

Zhao Wen looked at the weapons on the cart, nodded, and then said to Li Xiaoying: "We are going to Longmen Fort now, are you going?"

"Longmen Fort? Why do you want to go to Longmen Fort? Isn't this Xuan Mansion pretty good?" Li Xiaoying hugged the urn and looked at Zhao Wen anxiously, fearing that Zhao Wen would leave her here alone.

Zhao Wen laughed, and said arrogantly: "Hey, brother, I became the garrison of Longmen Fort, and I became a fifth-rank military general. Of course, going to Longmen Fort is to become an official."

Li Xiaoying smiled when she heard Zhao Wen's words, but then her expression darkened again.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Wen asked in a low voice, looking at Li Xiaoying who was looking sad.

"This Longmen Fort is a military settlement. I'm a girl, so it's not appropriate to go there, right?" Li Xiaoying looked at Zhao Wen cautiously with a nervous expression on her face.

Zhao Wen laughed and said, "From now on, this Longmen Fort will be my Zhao Wen's base. In Longmen Fort, I am the biggest. Who dares to talk nonsense. As long as you follow your brother, you can't do anything else." Say, at the very least, it will give you enough food and clothing. In a word, will you follow me?"

Li Xiaoying jumped up from the ground when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Of course I went."

After all, she was a little girl in her [-]s and [-]s, and she was rescued by Zhao Wen after a sudden accident at her family, so the only person she can trust now is Zhao Wen.

She had been worried before, afraid that after Zhao Wen got the reward, he would leave herself here alone.Now it seems that she was completely overwhelmed.

"Daniu, go find some war horses, let's go back to Fengsui first." Zhao Wen shouted at Zhao Daniu with his hands on his hips, as if he was an official.

Zhao Daniu laughed when he heard Zhao Wen's words, then knelt down on one knee, performed a military salute, and said, "The final general will obey your lord's orders!"

"Haha, let's go!"

……

As the sun set, the red sun pulled the shadows of Zhao Wen and others to the ground.

Zhao Wen sat on the shaft of the cart, holding the reins of the horse with both hands.

Zhao Daniu and Song Hu rode horses and walked in front of Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen looked at Li Xiaoying who was sitting in the cart with her legs crossed, and said with a smile, "Girl, Longmen Castle is not easy to treat."

Li Xiaoying was taken aback. When she heard this, she thought that Zhao Wen was going to abandon him, and then looked at Zhao Wen nervously, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"This Longmen Fort is a military settlement, and there are rough men in it. I'm afraid you won't be used to it. Besides, guess how many people there are in the entire Longmen Fort?"

"How many are there?"

Zhao Wen smiled mysteriously and said, "Including you, there are only seven people in total."

"Huh? Why are there so few?"

"Hey, this is normal. Longmen Fort is the place where the Tartars broke through. The entire Longmen Fort has been slaughtered, and the city walls have been stripped. Now I am a naked garrison." Zhao Wen laughed, quite proudly. .

Li Xiaoying looked at Zhao Wen worriedly, and said, "Then what should I do?"

"What else can I do? Cold salad, don't forget, I am a god. Is there anything in this world that can defeat a god? There are so many Tartars, I will kill them if I say so, let alone a small dragon gate!" Fort."

"By the way, let me sing you a song."

Zhao Wen didn't wait for everyone to react, coughed twice, cleared his throat, and roared loudly: "The smoke rises, the country looks north, the dragon flag rolls, the horse neighs, the sword energy is like frost..."

The classic "Serving the Country with Loyalty" echoed on the plain.

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