Qian Song

Chapter 58 A thousand gold buys a bone (please read more!)
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As soon as he entered Hangzhou, Chen Kuutong felt the difference in the atmosphere.

Everywhere there is a movement to fight against the local tyrants to divide the land, and the recruitment of soldiers and civilians is in full swing everywhere, but the faces of the people do not have the panic and worry of being harassed by military disasters, but only hope.

Chen Kuutong and his party came to a crossroads and saw a tea stand.

Chen Kuutong walked over with a few disciples, first ordered a pot of tea from Dr. Cha, and then Chen Kuutong rushed to the four men dressed as literati at the tea stand and clasped his fists: "Excuse me."

Seeing this, a tall and thin literati hurriedly returned the salute: "I've seen you, brother."

As soon as the tall and thin scholar opened his mouth, Chen Kuutong could tell that this person must not be an orthodox scholar, otherwise it would be impossible to be so polite to him from the bottom of his heart.

After taking a closer look, Chen Kuutong understood it.

Although these four people are dressed as standard literati, Chen Kuoutong quickly judged from the behavior of the four people that they must be market literati with a little knowledge of books and history, and they are probably the kind of people who usually write The low-level literati who made up a joke from the story book, and the smart young man with a flute stuck in his waist might be a rap artist.

Chen Kuutong laughed and said, "What do you call the four?"

The tall, thin literati hurriedly replied: "Xiao Ke Zhou Zan, the three of them are Wu Fang, Zheng Nan, and Hu Tu."

Chen Kuutong greeted the four of them again: "I have met four scholars."

As soon as Chen Kuutong said this, except for the rapper Hu Tu, the other three blushed at the same time.

Obviously, the three of Zhou Zan knew in their hearts that they were not worthy of the title of scholar.

Chen Goutong didn't mean to make fun of the four of them, but changed his tone and asked, "I don't think the people here seem to be disturbed by the Huben army. Can Zhou Xiucai know the reason?"

Zhou Zan said with a smile: "General Huben is strict in running the army, and his troops will never disturb the people. Therefore, only those officials, gentry and nobles who do evil in daily life are afraid of Huben's army. We don't have to be afraid of it."

Chen Kuutong smiled and said: "Oh? At that time, General Huben only killed the rich, not the poor like me?"

Zhou Zan shook his head: "The rich don't kill casually, only the treacherous and evil people will be put to death, like Shanyin Shen Dashan, the Huben Army not only did nothing to his family, but some thugs took advantage of the fire to rob Shen Dashan's house, Huben The army also sent troops to suppress the bandits."

Hu Tu felt that Chen Kuutong was not an ordinary person, so he took over the conversation and said, "I want my elder brother to know that the Huben army has three no-kills and three must-kills. Those who don't kill the three don't kill those who voluntarily surrender. Those whose land does not exceed a hundred acres will not be killed. Those who must be killed must be killed. Those who resist in the corner must be killed.

Chen Kuutong secretly said: "Those who voluntarily surrender will not be killed, those who stubbornly resist must be killed, and those who resist righteousness in the Song Dynasty must be killed. Needless to say, they are role models. The family of great kindness is not killed, and those who are full of evil will be killed. It is a good reputation. The land does not exceed a hundred If you don't kill your mother, you don't make many enemies."

Chen Kuutong laughed - he became more and more optimistic about Li Cun.

Chen Kuutong thanked Zhou Zan and Hu Tu, and asked, "Why are the four scholars coming to Hangzhou at this time?"

Hu Tu replied generously: "General Huben posted a recruitment list, and the imperial examination selects beauties, and four of us will take the exam."

The three of Zhou Zan lowered their heads when they heard Hu Tu speak so calmly.

No, Chen Kuutong laughed and said: "General Huben suddenly rose up in the infancy, and he must lack good talents to assist him. The four talents must be useful."

Hu Tu laughed and said, "I also thought so, so I invited the three elder brothers to join General Huben."

Hu Tu asked again: "Why is elder brother coming to Hangzhou?"

Chen Kuutong laughed and said, "I'm also here to vote for General Huben."

At this time, a group of people came not far away.

There are a hundred and eighty people in this group, including men and women, old and young. What is more noticeable is that there are more than 80 horses in this group, and there are many cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, chickens, ducks, livestock and poultry. , In addition, this group of men, women, and children are all armed.

Chen Kuutong could tell at a glance that this group of people must be thieves, and they were thieves with a lot of blood on their hands.

While Chen Kuutong was looking at this group of thieves, the leader of this group of thieves - a black and short stocky man, also looked at Chen Kuutong.

When the thief saw Chen Kuutong's appearance clearly, he was startled for a moment, then reacted, the thief immediately jumped off his horse and walked towards Chen Kuutong.

When he came close to Chen Kuutong, the thief directly bowed to him, "I met you, brother, but he is going to vote for General Huben, how about we go together?"

Chen Kuotong laughed and said, "The village master knows me?"

Seeing that Chen Kuutong had already guessed his identity, the bandit leader stopped hiding and said with a smile, "Xiao Ke Qi Fang, I met Big Brother Chen from far away in Chuzhou in the early years."

Chen Kuutong reckoned that Qi Fang must have been doing poorly at that time, otherwise it would be impossible not to say hello to him. After all, he has no notoriety in the world, and he never dislikes associating with strong people.

However, Chen Kuutong didn't despise Qi Fang because of this. There are talented people from all walks of life. How can a wise man like Chen Kuutong not understand the simple truth of never underestimating young people?

Chen Kuutong laughed and said: "Could it be that when I was stealing the dog, the village owner bumped into me, and the village owner didn't come forward to have a drink with me?"

Chen Kuutong was imprisoned for stealing other people's dogs in his early years. Later, his apprentice gathered some people to rob the prison and rescued him.

Chen Kuutong was the same Fang La he met during that time, and he also analyzed the uprising situation for Fang La.

Seeing that Chen Goutong resolved his embarrassment with a self-deprecating joke, Qi Fang became more and more in awe of Chen Goutong, a wise man with such a great reputation in the world.

Chen Kuutong chatted with Qi Fang again, and Qi Fang invited Chen Kuutong to vote for Li Cun again.

This time Chen Kuutong did not refuse, he invited Zhou Zan, Wu Fang, Zheng Nan and Hu Tu to go together.

As soon as the group arrived at the city gate of Hangzhou, they saw grand welcome ceremonies on both sides of the city gate. A man who had been waiting for a long time came striding towards Chen Kuutong.

Chen Kuotong saw that this person was walking like a dragon and a tiger, and his vision was extraordinary. He thought to himself: "The person I want to vote for has come."

Li Cun greeted him with a big smile and said, "Mr. Chen! Mr. Chen! Mr. Chen! Li Cun is finally looking forward to Mr. Chen!"

Although Chen Kuutong knew that Li Cun must be buying bones with a lot of money, but seeing Li Cun greet him with such a high standard, Chen Kuutong was still very moved.

Chen Kuutong bowed to the ground: "The general's reputation as a virtuous and corporal is really well-deserved. Chen Kuutong is only a cooper, and the general still treats him with such courtesy. Heroes from all over the world come to vote, and they must be reused by the general!"

Chen Kuutong spoke to Li Cun's heart as soon as he opened his mouth.

Although in history Chen Kuutong gave Fang La the brilliant strategy of "killing the emblem, strictly demonstrating, driving across the river, and connecting people's hearts with people in Chang'an." It is believed that Fang La would not fail if he listened to his strategy, but As far as the matter is concerned, with Chen Kuutong's status and reputation at this time, he is actually not worthy of Li Cun's high standard of courtesy.

But then again, it is precisely because of this that Chen Kuutong is suitable for buying bones with a lot of money.

Li Cun stepped forward to help Chen Kuutong up, and said: "The power of the world is like a barrel. If you can bind it, you can close it, and if you can't, you can separate it. Mr. is that mere barrel maker? It's Li Cunzhi's Lu Jia."

If it is said that Li Cun has already moved Chen Kuutong by putting on such a big posture to meet Chen Kuutong, then Li Cun uttered the famous saying of Chen Kuutong in one mouthful, and compared Chen Kuutong to Lu Jia, which can be said to be broken down at once. broke Chen Kuutong's heart.

——Chen Kuutong is such a smart person, how could he fail to see that Li Cun is no longer just buying a bone with a thousand dollars, but really knows his talent, and he is really ready to use him, and he is really ready to reuse him.

Maxima often has it, but Bole does not often have it.

Chen Kuutong felt that his great horse had finally met Bole.

Chen Kuutong didn't say anything, but arranged his clothes solemnly, and then bowed respectfully to Li Cun again.

Li Cun didn't help Chen Kuutong up this time, but stood on the spot and accepted Chen Kuutong's worship.

After the salute, Chen Kuutong naturally walked to Li Cun's side and stood still, and Li Cun also tacitly stopped looking at Chen Kuutong, but looked at Qi Fang: "I have strict military regulations here. Are you willing to wait?"

Qi Fang said: "The general avenges the villain, and the villain's life is the general's. I don't hesitate to order the villain, let alone the military regulations?"

Li Cun didn't say any more, just said: "You go to Bingcao to find Zhang Dujian, and he will arrange for you to enlist in the army."

Qi Fang didn't talk nonsense, and responded directly: "No!"

Then Qi Fang and his group went to Cao Cao to find Zhang Shi with Li Cun's personal soldiers.

Li Cun looked at Zhou Zan, Wu Fang, Zheng Nan and Hu Tu, and asked politely, "Who are the four gentlemen?"

The four of them were a bit cautious, even the eloquent Hutu was no exception.

Seeing this, Chen Kuutong replied for the four of them: "These four scholars are the ones who came to take the imperial examination for our Huben Army."

As soon as Li Cun heard that Chen Kuutong called the four of them scholars, and seeing that the four of them couldn't even support this status, Li Cun guessed that the four of them should be of average level.

But just as Chen Goutong had expected before, Li Cun still said enthusiastically: "I have ordered people to set up a banquet in the post house. Anyone who comes to my Huben army for reference can drink freely. The four of you can drink freely." Rest in the post house for three days, and take the scientific examination on time on the 23rd of this month."

Seeing that Li Cun was still so enthusiastic, all four of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The honest Zheng Nan couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask the general, the exam questions..."

Before Zheng Nan finished speaking, Wu Fang touched Zheng Nan unobtrusively.

Only then did Zheng Nan realize that he had said the wrong thing. How could he ask Li Cun if the exam questions were difficult? Isn't this telling Li Cun that his level is not good enough?

Unexpectedly, Li Cun laughed: "This is the first imperial examination for my Huben Army. I only want to recruit talents. You can feel free to take the exam."

Li Cun said straight away: "You guys go to the exam, no matter what you do in the exam, I will definitely use you."

Li Cun must have relaxed the admission policy.

But then again, if these people can come to Huben Army to take the imperial examination at this time, they have passed a very important difficulty, and they should be encouraged.

Furthermore, anyone who dares to take the imperial examination must at least be able to read and write, which is enough to be a talent for the Tiger Army.

That's why Li Cun promised in public.

——Actually, Li Cun is not without it, I hope these people can go to call some people to take part in the imperial examination held by him.

When the four of them heard this, they were all overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Li Cun.

Li Cun sent people to send Zhou Zan, Wu Fang, Zheng Nan, and Hu Tu to the post house to settle down, and then he took Chen Kuutong home to discuss the matter of going north...

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(End of this chapter)