A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 144 Gift to the Female Zhizhou
Wang Dou and Xu Zucheng went up to the inside of the Drum Tower hand in hand. Looking out of the window, the whole Baoanzhou City was in sight. Looking farther to the east, one could vaguely see the Yang River shaped like a jade belt.Not far to the south is the Sanggan River, several miles south of the city, which slowly flows eastward into the Yang River.

The surrounding fields of Baoanzhou City are flat and open. Only a few miles to the north, there are large mountainous areas such as Jiming Mountain and Yaoerling that are separated from Xuanhua.On the plains on all sides, there are densely packed military forts and fortresses, a good place, Wang Dou said to himself.Thinking that this place will be under his jurisdiction from now on, his heart is full of pride.

The Drum Tower has been redecorated, not only there are opera troupes playing and playing music, but even a few delicate official prostitutes singing ditties on the zither and silver zither.Sure enough, Zhoucheng is different. How could Wang Dou and others have seen this kind of extravagance in Shunxiang Castle?
Looking at those prostitutes in revealing clothes, their winking eyes were thrown over one by one, Xie Yike behind Wang Dou's eyes were almost protruding, these seductive women with coquettish postures had too much impact on Xie Yike He's grown up, after all, he's just a 17-year-old boy with a young blood, and he can't stand teasing.
Han Chao was also blushing. After meeting the eyes of these women, his face immediately turned red like a ripe peach, and he lowered his head, not daring to meet their eyes.

Only Wang Dou had a normal expression. After all, he was an experienced person, and he had seen many scenes that were a hundred times more exposed in later generations. He just looked at these official prostitutes with an appreciation of art, and then turned his eyes to other places.

Xie Yike was still staring blankly at those official prostitutes, his eyes didn't move, he was in a daze.

Wang Dou glared at him and still didn't know. Looking at Han Chao again, Wang Dou shook his head. Both of them didn't marry wives. They should marry a wife for them as soon as possible. They are all hero graves, a man of steel, who will become a bad man after drinking and lusting. After having a wife, the minds of the two of them can be calmed down a little.

All the military officers came up one by one, and everyone sat down according to the honorable etiquette, Xu Zucheng took the host seat, Wang Dou took the host and guest seats, Tian Changguo and Zhang Gui also sat at the same seat, and the rest of the officials sat in separate seats.

The banquet was lively and the dishes were very rich. Looking at these meals, it was hard to imagine that most of the soldiers and civilians inside and outside the city could not have enough to eat.

When Xu Zu made a toast, everyone applauded loudly, followed by theatrical troupe singing, and then a few official prostitutes came up to persuade them to drink, the wine was hot, and all the military officers were wild, either making fun of the prostitutes, or taking advantage of them, all of them were overjoyed.

The same is true for Qian Zong Tian Changguo who is beside Wang Dou. How can he still look like he is not awake at this moment?He was full of energy, and his two big eyes were shining brightly. When an official courtesan came up to persuade her to drink, he took the opportunity to touch her pink hand, and while laughing, he asked her: "Little boy, what's your name, tsk tsk, look at this hand, it's so smooth."

Huang Xianen, the general manager who was present at the banquet, even hugged a prostitute, the plump body of the woman leaned against his fat body, and fed a glass of wine into his mouth, Huang Xianen hugged the prostitute Standing up, he said vaguely: "Beauty, you are really knowledgeable and interesting."

The prostitute giggled, coquettishly reluctant.

All the officials were laughing, even calling Huang Xian'en a hero, Xu Zucheng also laughed out loud, as if he was not surprised by this kind of scene, two official prostitutes served him attentively.

Wang Dou watched with a smile, he drank his own wine slowly, and he was accompanied by two prostitutes, only Wang Dou and Xu Zucheng were treated like this in the banquet, but Wang Dou did not make any moves, and the wine was drunk not much.

Xu Zucheng glanced at Wang Dou: "Wang Dou, but these women are not to your liking? People who are not flirtatious are in vain, don't be too rigid and treat yourself badly."

Qianzong Tian Changguo shook his head and said: "Exactly, my lord, these women are the most outstanding beauties in the city, my lord, don't miss them."

He glanced greedily at the two women beside Wang Dou, and swallowed.The two official prostitutes were both about sixteen or seventeen years old, and they were considered the most beautiful among the several official prostitutes. Tian Changguo was not in a position to enjoy such girls.

Sitting on the sidelines was Chief Chi Dengshan, the wine in his glass was not moving very much, he was paying attention to Wang Dou's expression, at this moment he said with a smile: "Mr. It can't get into the eyes and ears of his old man."

Hearing what Chi Dengshan said, an official prostitute beside Wang Dou looked at Wang Dou with anger and resentment, and the other glanced at Wang Dou. She leaned against Wang Dou, with a half-smile on her face.Among the two girls, she is the most beautiful. She has a plump figure and is about 17 years old.

Wang Dou smiled, and he stood up: "I am supported and loved by Mr. Xu. I have just arrived in Zhoucheng to take up the post, and I need the support of my colleagues in the future. Come, let's have a drink."

Everyone applauded loudly, they all came forward to toast to Wang Dou, Wang Dou would not refuse anyone who came, and drank it cup by cup, causing a lot of applause, they all called Wang Dou a huge amount.

In the end, Wang Dou didn't know how many cups he drank, but his eyes became brighter the more he drank, but there was a faint blue light on his face.

Xie Yike and Han Chao were also approached by many people to persuade them to drink. Han Chao was fine, but Xie Yike was drunk again, hugging someone and called him brother.

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After the banquet, according to the usual practice, when a new official takes office, the pommel horse will be exhausted, and the subordinates will be called for discussion three days later.

When the military officers dispersed, Wang Dou ordered Han Chao to settle down the soldiers from Shunxiangbao, Zhang Gui courteously led Han Chao to the barracks, and Xu Zucheng recruited Wang Dou to the ethics mansion.

This mansion of integrity is the meeting place for the military officers in the city. Behind the mansion is the family's house, pavilions, pavilions, courtyards, and courtyards. It is a huge area.When Wang Dou followed Zhang Gui to visit Xu Zucheng before, he was surprised by the luxury here, but now this house belongs to him.

Xu Zucheng was transferred to Zhoucheng, his luggage had already been packed, and his family members had already moved away. Xu Zucheng met Wang Dou today, and after explaining some matters, he also left.He looked at the mansion in front of him with emotion on his face. He had lived here for two years and was finally about to leave, but he was Gao Sheng. Although his expression was emotion, he couldn't hide his joy.

He said: "Wang Dou, from now on, this state city and this mansion will be handed over to you. Now the mansion is rudimentary, so let's live in it."

He remembered something: "By the way, the two girls who served you just now, I think they are also smart, I have redeemed them, and I will give them to you to warm your feet and cover your quilt. You can also listen to music in your spare time." Chatting to relieve boredom. If there is any shortage of girls and mothers in the mansion, you can take care of it yourself."

What Wang Dou wanted to say, Xu Zucheng waved his hand to signal not to mention it, he said solemnly, "Wang Dou, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders when you take over the state city. , expropriation of stored grain, neither of which is a trivial matter."

He said: "The military constitution has been approved. If you reclaim wasteland in the state city, you can be free of grain for three years. However, the collection of grain in various places in the state city cannot be short of one tael. If you have enough grain in the state city If you do well, I will be able to speak for you when I am in the Acropolis."

The Ming Dynasty judged frontier generals based on eight things: accumulating money and valleys, building dangerous passes, training troops and horses, reorganizing equipment, opening up farmland, managing salt, collecting horses, and disbanding the party.Frontier generals are all like this, and the imperial court's requirements for the garrison officers and troops are even more important to collect food from the fields, and the more grain and silver collected, the more outstanding political achievements.

Xu Zucheng was newly transferred to the Acropolis, so he naturally hoped to make some achievements so that he could take over the defensive position steadily. Wang Dou's performance in these years has greatly exceeded his expectations, and his expectations for Wang Dou are also increasing. Heavier and taller.

Wang Dou said solemnly: "Your official must work hard to live up to your high expectations!"

Xu Zucheng nodded in satisfaction: "Wang Dou, I am very optimistic about you."

Wang Dou was pondering, though these years he has gradually accumulated some strength by relying on the wasteland free of grain, but those wastelands will always be reclaimed, and taxes and grains will always be collected one day. , Those heavy burdens will be on my shoulders in the future, how should I face them then?
He thought about this, and Xu Zucheng said to him again: "After you take up the post of ethics, remember not to be too rigid. This place in Zhoucheng is no more complicated than Shunxiangbao. People and things are much more complicated. There is also Qian Zongtian Changguo, he He is an old man in Zhoucheng, so you can take care of him."

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On October [-]th, the ninth year of Chongzhen, early in the morning.

The sun shines in from the window, and the sun is shining brightly outside the window, and it is another sunny day.

Wang Dou woke up, and the two women clung to him tightly, but they were the two official prostitutes Xu Zucheng sent yesterday.Breaking away from the entanglement of the jade body, looking at the two women on the bed, Wang Dou fell into deep thought.What is the meaning of Xu Zucheng specially sending them to him to redeem them?And he mentioned Qianzong Tian Changguo yesterday, what is his relationship with Xu Zucheng?
Yesterday afternoon, Xu Zucheng went to the Acropolis, and Wang Dou and other officials went out of the city to see him off. Before leaving, Xu Zucheng sent the two women to the mansion.When serving at night, Wang Dou found that the two girls were both virgins, and they were also good at serving. Wang Dou got a lot of pleasure from them.

Although Wang Dou's feelings for Xie Xiuniang cannot be replaced by other women.However, Xie Xiuniang was thin and weak, and Wang Dou never had a good time.After lingering with these two women, Wang Dou got up feeling refreshed.

He shook his head mockingly, and walked out of the house.

Near noon, a guard came to report, saying that Master Li of the Zhizhou sent someone to send an invitation to invite Wang Dou to the mansion for a banquet. Colleagues.

Wang Dou knew that when he came to Zhoucheng, he would inevitably have to deal with civil servants in the city, so he thought to himself: "Forget it, let's go meet them."

In the mansion of integrity, Wang Dou's guards, and Xie Yike led a group of night-buying people to live in the mansion together. After receiving the notice, Han Chao who lived in the barracks came soon, and Xie Yike was sleeping for a long time. After calling again and again, he came over with sleepy eyes and yawned continuously.

Seeing his appearance, Wang Dou frowned and said: "Look at you, what you look like, you are so decadent as soon as you arrive in Zhoucheng, if you knew it, you shouldn't have been brought here in the first place."

For Wang Dou, the brother-in-law, Xie Yike was always full of fear, so he quickly cheered up and made preparations for Wang Dou's trip.

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Old White Bull:
There is another chapter tonight.

(End of this chapter)