The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 7 The sincerity of both parties

Because reading and writing in this era is not an easy task. Otherwise, I wouldn't need to tie up Chu Jijiu, who was obviously a die-hard member of the Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, this matter needs Wang Zhang, a son of the aristocratic family, to find out.

After all, even if Wang Zhang was from an aristocratic family, it would not be easy to find a scholar who understood the "Book of Han".

However, Liu Tai is not in a hurry, just wait patiently.

After all, if you want to arm the soldiers ideologically, this is a long process in itself. There is no need to rush. Liu Tai will be very satisfied if he can achieve a small success in three or four years.

In comparison, Liu Tai now plans to take advantage of this opportunity in Zuoguocheng to find assistance that can increase the combat effectiveness of the army. Without thinking too much, the profession of military doctor immediately appeared in Liu Tai's mind.

I was a bandit in the past, so it was unrealistic to establish a medical system.

But now that he is a regular soldier, the medical system must be established.

And this kind of thing does not mean that if you want to do it today, you can do it tomorrow. The training of the doctor profession can be said to be the most time-consuming.

Therefore, Liu Tai immediately began to inquire about the doctors in Zuoguo City. In addition to the information about the doctors, Liu Tai also inquired about the news about Buzhuang in the local area.

Of course, Liu Tai couldn't let go of the training and learning of the soldiers in his camp, so he was still quite busy.

The atmosphere in the entire rebel army these days has gradually become noisy. Liu Ling began to jump up and down to recruit people in the rebel army. Even Liu Tai and Liu Ling came to ask if they wanted to follow him.

But Liu Tai could also see that Liu Ling could only be polite to him at most, but he probably didn't have any expectations.

After all, Liu Tai's attitude has always been revealed by the staunch Wang Mi faction. Liu Ling came over to say hello. Strictly speaking, he didn't really want to win over Liu Tai, but to express that you are a member of the rebel army. Number one, so give me some face.

As for Liu Tai's act of pulling people, Liu Yuan gave Liu Ling the title of General Dang Kou, and his position even seemed to be higher than that of Wang Mi, because Wang Mi was only the Sili Colonel. This was also Liu Ling's courage to take the initiative to pull people.

This caused the less determined rebels in the rebel army, especially some neutral speculators, to defect to Liu Ling.

But if you observe carefully, you will find that the core people around Wang Mi, Wang Zhang, Wang Sang, Cao Yi, Zhao Gu and others did not waver at all. As some people left, Xu Mao, Wang Yan, Gao Liang, etc. and Liu Wang Mi also noticed the hilltops with a population of about 3, and there were only about [-] people left to follow.

Although the number of soldiers is small, Liu Tai can be sure that it will be easier to command this legion now than to command a mob of [-] or [-] people. It can even withstand the upper limit of damage. It should be possible to reach the normal level of ancient soldiers, which is about one level of casualties.

However, the chaos in the rebel army has nothing to do with Liu Tai. He just needs to stick to Wang Mi's side firmly.

After these days, Liu Tai has found the doctor he wants and the linen shop he needs.

But Liu Tai touched his pocket and found that he couldn't even get out a five-baht coin.

If this place was not under Liu Yuan's nose, Liu Tai might have sent his soldiers to rob him, but now Liu Tai decisively turned around and went to find Wang Zhang.

When Wang Zhang saw Liu Tai coming to his door, he was quite happy and said, "I have found the teacher you are looking for who is proficient in "Han Shu" for you. In a few days, he will go to your military camp."

"..." Liu Tai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Wang Zhang's words, and said, "Thank you, uncle. However, I came here today not for the scholars of "Hanshu", but because I want to find you, uncle. I want some money!"

"How much?" Wang Zhang didn't take it seriously when he heard Liu Tai's words.

Liu Tai usually never took the initiative to plunder gold and silver treasures. In addition, even if he surrendered to Liu Yuan now, he did not receive a salary.

Under such circumstances, both Wang Mi and Wang Zhang were more or less aware of Liu Tai's lack of money.

Liu Tai thought for a moment and replied, "About ten gold!"

"How much!" Wang Zhang's voice suddenly rose after hearing this, and he stared at Liu Tai and said, "Could it be that you went to Nulu?"

"Nvlu? What nvlu?" Liu Tai answered calmly, "I want to recruit a few medical craftsmen to join the army to treat some simple injuries. In addition, I need to purchase some linen for the soldiers to make leggings."

"You take good care of the soldiers in your camp!" Wang Zhang ordered after hearing Liu Tai's words,

"I will lend you this money today, and you will have to pay it back to your second uncle in the future.

We should be smarter when we get to the battlefield in the future. Now we are a regular army. After capturing the city, don't just focus on grabbing food. Grab some gold, silver and jewels. It will always be useful. "

Wang Zhang's tone was calm and he was not surprised by the two things Liu Tai proposed.

Because whether it was a doctor or leggings, Wang Zhang, a son of a family with a certain military heritage, actually knew about it.

The invention of leggings is actually not unusual, because the original function of this thing was to reduce the impact of weeds and gravel on the soldiers when the infantry was marching.

This is the most needed artifact for infantry who need to march dozens of miles a day.

At most, the production method is slightly different from modern leggings, but from the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Emperor, we can see that the ancient army had already developed the prototype of leggings, and it must have developed in the Jin Dynasty.

It's just that compared to adding leggings to the soldiers to increase their mobility, people like Wang Mi and Wang Zhang felt that it was not worthwhile to spend money.

First of all, in terms of the general environment, human life is not valuable in this era, but weapons are more valuable.

Leggings are destined to be consumables. If you want to promote them on a large scale, you must have a relatively stable logistics.

Otherwise, don't say that Wang Mi can't afford the money. Even if he can afford the money, he may not have so many supplies in the end.

After all, Wang Mi still has about [-] people on his hands.

Now, Liu Tai came to ask for it, because Liu Tai's camp only had more than 400 people, and Wang Zhang could afford it with so many people.

But even so, Liu Tai's money was not given by Wang Mi, but borrowed from Wang Zhang.

Even if Liu Tai knew that, even if he didn't pay Wang Zhang back, he wouldn't say anything more, but after all, it was a reasonable reason to refuse.

Soon Wang Zhang took ten gold and asked Liu Tai to purchase linen to make leggings.

For Wang Zhang, Liu Tai took the initiative to rescue his brother Wang Mi in times of crisis, so he was naturally a biological brother.

Not to mention that Liu Tai more or less grew up watching him, so he would not be stingy with the money.

After telling Liu Tai to send a team of people to get the cloth, Wang Zhang immediately went to find Wang Mi.

For Wang Zhang, Liu Tai's matter was just a trivial matter. After all, Liu Tai's army only consisted of 500 people. What he had to discuss with Wang Mi now was a big deal, so facing Wang Mi, Wang Zhang I didn't dare to show any slightness.

When Wang Zhang saw Wang Mi, Wang Mi was also staring at a memorial table that was about to be presented. When Wang Zhang arrived, Wang Mi said:
"Tai'er, why did you come here today?"

"You want to borrow some gold and silver from me to recruit some doctors, and buy some linen to make leggings!" Wang Zhang said, "I think he climbed the Taihang Mountains and knew that this journey was not easy, so he thought of ways to improve the armaments, so I agreed. ”

"Tai'er is close to you, you just have to arrange these trivial things for him!" Wang Mi nodded.

"You have also worked hard to find a teacher who understands "Han Shu" for Tai'er. After all, it is easy to find a literate teacher these days, but it is really difficult to find a teacher who understands "Han Shu"!" Wang Zhang smiled and shook his head.

"Let's not talk about these things!" Wang Mi handed Wang Zhang the memorial in his hand and said, "What do you think of this move?"

"Many of the soldiers in our hands have been taken away by Liu Ling. Liu Yuan is a man with far-sighted plans and understands the principle that going too far is not equal.

If we surrender to him, he should reward us generously. Now that we have submitted this memorial, he should understand what we mean.

If he can't even understand this, then he is definitely not a wise master. We brothers should also make plans early! "Wang Zhang said with a serious expression.

"Yes!" Wang Mi nodded after hearing Wang Zhang's words.

Taking refuge in Liu Yuan this time is a big bet for me. It reflects my understanding of Liu Yuan in the past and also considers my own vision.

He can be under Liu Yuan, but he must be at Liu Yuan's core level.

This memorial of his own is his bargaining chip, representing the acceptance and recognition of Liu Yuan, the symbol of the Xiongnu-Han Kingdom, by the Han gentry.

At the same time, it is also a warning to Liu Yuan. He has almost done it, and he should look to Liu Yuan next.

Wang Mi took a deep breath, picked up the watch again and looked at it, but made up his mind, got up and left the mansion.

At the same time, Liu Yuan was also surrounded by his four great think tanks, Liu Huanhua, Liu Yin, Wang Yu, and Zhu Ji.

Liu Yuan slowly said: "Wang Mi's move of retreating in order to advance shows his sincerity. It is obvious that he sincerely surrenders to Gu and has no intention of occupying the magpie's nest.

Nowadays, there are only a few heroes like Wang Mi in the world. If I treat him poorly, I am afraid that all the heroes in the world will think that I am narrow-minded and cannot tolerate heroes. "

"Your Majesty, don't be anxious." Wang Yu said slowly, "Since Wang Mi has chosen to retreat in order to advance, he only reduced the troops in his hands militarily, but he still shows no sincerity.

After all, the soldiers under his command are rebel soldiers he brought all the way from Qingzhou, and there is a mixture of dragons and snakes among them. Maybe Wang Mi himself wants to take this opportunity to clean up.

The reduction of soldiers is not the bottom line for Wang Mi. "

"Too much is not enough..." Liu Huanhua glanced at Wang Yu and said slowly,
"Whether or not Wang Mi means to pick up the troops and clean them up, it is undeniable that for any commander, the elimination of soldiers has the meaning of cutting off the strength of a strong man.

At least Wang Mi has shown sincerity now. If we treat him poorly, how can we show the king's tolerance? "

Liu Yuan looked at the argument between his two conspirators, then looked at Liu Yin who had been closing his eyes to rest, and said,

"Changsheng, why are you still silent until now!"

Liu Yin heard Liu Yuan's words and said slowly, "Does Your Majesty think Captain Wang Mi is a hero?"

"Wang Mi's death, the Donglai Wang family, is a hero of the time, and should be regarded as a hero!" Liu Yuan thought for a while and said.

"Since the king considers Wang Mi to be a hero, then Wang Mi has already retreated and is about to enter now!" Liu Yin said,

"Only when he comes in can we know what he wants, right?"

Soon, the table played by Wang Mi was delivered to Liu Yuan's hands. Liu Yuan looked at the table played with a little trembling.

Liu Yuan handed this memorial to several people and sighed, "Wang Mi persuaded Gu to ascend the throne of God. Sure enough, Wang Mi really came to vote!"

When all the counselors looked at the memorandum sent by Wang Mi to persuade him to advance, they had to sigh that Wang Mi's step forward had indeed entered Liu Yuan's heart.

Wang Mi no longer needs to reveal what he wants, because to Liu Yuan, as long as Wang Mi admits that he is beneath him, then there is nothing he cannot give.

The memorial itself represented Wang Mi's surrender, and Liu Yuan did not care about other details.

Soon, Liu Tai, who was in Wang Mi's military camp, soon discovered that the contacts between Zuo Guocheng and the military camp suddenly became closer.

Large and small bags of various materials are constantly being transported to the military camp. These transported materials not only include food and weapons, but the most important thing is armor. Although it is a very common leather armor, Liu Tai's eyes also lit up. .

Liu Tai decisively approached Wang Zhang and said, "Second uncle, second uncle, did our military camp send leather armor?!"

"You don't have armor anymore, and you still have Mingguang Armor!" Wang Zhang looked at Liu Tai and felt that Liu Tai had grown a lot these days.

"But I don't have any personal guards!" Liu Tai pestered Wang Zhang, "Second uncle, give me one hundred, just one hundred pieces!"

"Go away, I'll give you twenty copies at most. I really don't have one more!" Wang Zhang shook his head at Liu Tai.
"Your Uncle Wang sold himself to get these armors. There are only more than 500 pieces in total. It's not easy to get!"

"Uncle Wang, are you going to sell yourself? Look, I'm going to sell myself too. How many pieces can I get?" Liu Tai said without any bottom line.

"Go, go, go! You little guy wants to sell it, but no one else will accept it!" Wang Zhang waved his hand and said,
"I'll approve twenty pieces of leather armor for you later. Don't bother me here anymore!"

"Oh..." Liu Tai nodded and decided to go get his own armor.

As for Wang Mi going to sell himself, Liu Tai was not interested in why he sold himself.

After all, everyone is an adult, and Wang Mi will definitely weigh the decisions he makes.

In fact, at least in Wang Mi's own opinion, although he sold himself, he sold it for a good price.

Those frivolous positions don't matter, the most important thing is that Wang Mi's rebel army is not directly under Liu Yuan's jurisdiction.

For Wang Mi, this was enough.

At least in Wang Mi's view, Liu Yuan's ability to do this already showed his sincerity.

But in fact, Wang Mi looked at Liu Yuan from a Han perspective.

Although Liu Yuan is already very Chinese, his military system still has the habits of the Huns. After all, the military system under Liu Yuan still retains the habits of the prairie tribal system.

Therefore, let alone Wang Mi, people like Liu Cong, Liu Yao, Shi Le and others all have military power that is not under Liu Yuan's jurisdiction.

This is a beautiful misunderstanding, but at least under this beautiful misunderstanding, Wang Mi feels that Liu Yuan is still very angry!
(End of this chapter)