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

Chapter 175 Want My Woman?

Mao Bin, the general of the East Road, came, and Wang Dou, the integrity officer of Baoanzhou City, and a group of military officials from the state city greeted Mao Bin and his party outside the Ying'en Gate in the south of the city. All the pergola ceremonial drummers were well-prepared, and no one could fault it.

After Mao Bin and his party arrived, they were also quite satisfied. The new general of the East Road was in his forties, and he was thin, with two prominent cheekbones. A gloomy feeling.

On this trip, he brought dozens of servants, and there were also various banner players, trumpet players, golden banner players, drummers, etc., making a lot of noise. It can be seen that he is a person who likes to show off.Beside him, accompanied by his battalion officer Huang Peng, and guard Xu Zucheng, Wen Shiyan, Wang Xiaowei and other officials of the Acropolis.

Mao Bin was quite arrogant in front of Wang Dou. When Wang Dou introduced the military officials in Zhoucheng to him, he was noncommittal, and occasionally hummed to show that he knew.Only when he saw his brother-in-law Zhang Xuejiao did he smile, jump off the horse, and talk to Zhang Xuejiao.

In front of everyone, Zhang Xuejiao looked quite proud.

Wang Dou kept his composure and welcomed Mao Bin and others into the city of Zhou. Seeing that the city of Zhou was clean, it could almost be described as spotless, and there was not a single refugee beggar on the street. Not to mention Mao Bin was surprised, but Xu Zucheng and others People are also surprised, is this still the original Baoanzhou City?
Mao Bin and others also saw that many places in the streets were vigorously digging wells and building bathhouses and huts. Wang Dou explained that this was for the needs of epidemic prevention. The soldiers and civilians wash their bodies frequently, which can effectively prevent the epidemic of various diseases.

Wang Xiaowei interjected: "I'm afraid, it will cost a lot of money and food, right?"

Wang Dou said: "Military and civilian work together, there is always a way."

Mao Bin's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

When he came to the mansion of integrity, Wang Dou said: "Your Excellency has come from afar to work hard, and the next official has prepared a banquet in the mansion to clean up the dust for all your lords."

Mao Bin's high-pitched voice sounded: "No rush."

He said: "I am favored by the sage, and I will serve as a general on the East Road. I will be selected for the military and administration on the road. I will urge all the officials to practice military horses, organize equipment, and repair the city. I am conscientious and hard-working. I have a heavy responsibility. How can I be busy with banquets and friends?"

Wang Dou said: "Your Excellency is right."

In fact, Mao Bin and other local generals still have the responsibility of supervising and urging the guards in various places to garrison fields, but this power has been divided by various soldiers.

Mao Bin said to Wang Dou: "Wang Dou, I will value you very much. You are very talented, and I will appreciate it very much. However, public to public, private to private, I will hate those who practice favoritism and fraud the most in my life. Come to inspect the state city, if there are things under the noble officials who do not train soldiers, the city is not completed, the clothing and armor are not in order, etc., and the embankment is not well prepared, all of them will be dealt with as violators of military regulations."

Everyone behind Wang Dou looked ugly, what happened to this Mao?

The guard Xu Zucheng frowned, and the gloomy look on Wang Dou's face flashed, and he said calmly: "General Mao Shen please."

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After inspecting all parts of the state city, Mao Bin always looked dignified. Mao Bin had inspected Shunxiang Fort with Lu Xiangsheng in the past, and knew that Wang Dou had nearly a thousand soldiers under his command, all of them were strong, which left a deep impression on him.Looking at the strength of Wang Dou's command now, it is actually much higher than that in Shunxiang Castle back then.

Wang Dou has three total troops in Zhoucheng, and each sergeant is as strong as a servant. The strength of these 1000 people alone exceeds Mao Bin's 500 servants.Mao Bin didn't understand how the sergeants like Wang Dou were trained, and where did they get the money and food to support them?
Thinking of those sergeants who were all rebellious, their eyes were indifferent when they looked at themselves, and they were only full of enthusiasm when they looked at Wang Dou, Mao Bin was secretly startled.With the development of the Ming Dynasty to the present, only those who have soldiers have power, and only those who have powerful soldiers and horses can be admired. According to Wang Dou's strength, in fact, as long as the time is right, it is only a matter of time before he becomes a guerrilla general or a participating general.

It stands to reason that Mao Bin should do more to win over Wang Doucai, but this time he came to Baoanzhou City, in fact, to vent his anger for his brother-in-law.Mao Bin knew that Governor Lu Xiangsheng and Bingxian Ji Shiwei admired Wang Dou, but he was Wang Dou's immediate superior, so beating a dog depends on the owner's face, right?He treats his brother-in-law like this, and he doesn't express his opinion. What authority does he have in this place on East Road?
With this in mind, Mao Bin was quite absent-minded during the banquet.

The banquet was held in the ethics mansion, in addition to the sumptuous food and drink, there was also an opera troupe and a few delicate official prostitutes playing music and drumming.When it comes to entertaining, Tian Changguo is indeed a good player, Tian Changguo's arrangement made the people in Laizhou City quite satisfied.All the military officers were present, and after the wine was hot, everyone went wild.

Only Mao Bin frowned. He looked at the official prostitutes, and motioned for Huang Peng, the battalion officer, to come over and whispered a few times.Huang Peng understood, he stood up and smiled and said: "Just now when I entered the mansion of Chengshou, I saw two women in the mansion, they described them as charming, the general admired him a lot, I don't know where Wang Chengshou got these official prostitutes? It really is a blessing."

Wang Xiaowei glanced at Wang Dou, and said with a smile: "A hero is sad for a beauty, and the general is also a romantic person."

General Mao Shen joined the people there one after another. At this time, it is actually quite normal for officials to give concubines to each other, and it is no big deal.In their imagination, Wang Douding would readily agree, this is a good opportunity to make friends with Shangguan.

But Wang Dou just sat there with a smile on his face, as if he didn't understand what everyone was talking about.In fact, he sneered in his heart, this Mao Bin is nothing more than a waste, he got the position thanks to the credit he gave, and now he has come to Zhoucheng to do his best, and still wants his own woman?

One of the two official prostitutes was called Liu Qing and the other Liu Ji.After the guard Xu Zucheng gave them to him, Wang Dou stayed in the mansion to serve them, listening to a little song was also a pleasure.Mother Zhong also liked it quite a lot, and often said: "The little songs sung by these two girls are really good."

For Liu Qing and Liu Ji, they like the current life in the palace very much. The people in the palace are easy-going people, and they feel relaxed and comfortable. It is much better than the previous life of laughing with us, so they serve Even more attentive, Wang Dou was satisfied both on and off the bed.

Although it is normal in this world to give gifts to concubines and daughters, Wang Dou is a descendant, so he cannot accept this point of view.He came to this world, because of sharing weal and woe, he would only be emotional for Xie Xiuniang, and the rest of the women could not have any status in his heart, but there is no reason to give away a woman who belongs to him.

He sneered in his heart, and his face was full of smiles, as if just now Huang Peng praised him for his good fortune and he was very happy.

Seeing him like this, the guard Xu Zucheng beside him quietly reminded him: "Wang Dou, Wang Dou..."

He sighed in his heart, this Wang Dou is good at everything, but he is inexperienced in officialdom, so he doesn't even know such obvious hints.

From Xu Zucheng's point of view, General Mao seemed to have some prejudice against Wang Dou, which made him secretly anxious.The two official prostitutes in the area were given to Wang Dou by themselves at the time, and it didn’t matter if Wang Dou passed it on to General Mao Can. If there is a chance to resolve General Mao Can’s prejudice against Wang Dou, it would be a good thing for a small profit. .

Xu Zucheng knew that both the governor and the Bingxian admired Wang Dou, but the current official was not as good as the current supervisor, so General Mao Shen was also Wang Dou's direct superior, so there must be nothing wrong with befriending him.

Wang Dou said: "The lower officials understand, the lower officials understand."

He stood up and said, "General Mao Shen came to Zhoucheng to inspect from afar. He has made great achievements in hard work. I will respect the general general Mao for a cup."

There was complete silence in the arena, only Wang Xiaowei and the others were gleeful, this Wang Dou was indeed a stunned young man, with his attitude, he offended the National People's Congress.

Mao Bin's face was ugly, he looked at Wang Dou and laughed, and said, "Wang Caoshou, you are fine."

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The banquet broke up unhappy, Xu Zucheng looked at Wang Dou and sighed again and again: "Wang Dou, oh..."

General Mao Shen and his party left that day. On the way back, Mao Bin said to Huang Peng, his camp officer, "Before leaving, did Wang Dou give you any money?"

Huang Peng gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, no, not even a tael of silver."

The two heard that Wang Dou had prepared a generous amount of silver taels, but when General Mao asked Wang Dou for a concubine during the banquet, he turned his back on him and refused to give even a tael of silver. people are angry.

Mao Bin was surprised and angry: "Okay, this Wang Dou is so domineering. After all, I am also his immediate superior. How can he not take this general seriously?"

Huang Peng said: "My lord, this Wang Dou is so domineering, if you don't punish him, your prestige will be lost in the East Road, my lord!"

Mao Bin had a gloomy face, Wang Dou didn't take him seriously like this, coupled with the grievances of his brother-in-law, it is inevitable to repair Wang Dou, but how to repair it?Wang Dou raised so many soldiers and horses without making a sound, and the effect of tampering with food and pay was not very effective, and he couldn't find any faults in the rest. He wanted to repair it, but he had nowhere to start.

Huang Peng said: "My lord, this place in Zhoucheng is now rich, and Wang Dou's army depends entirely on it."

Mao Bin's eyes lit up, then darkened again. It was a good idea to transfer Wang Dou away, but with his power, it was not so easy to transfer an integrity officer.

The transfer and appointment of integrity officers in various parts of the Ming Dynasty required the consent of the military equipment, and the guards on the road, the generals only had the right to nominate and recommend.If it is the appointment of the garrison, the military garrison only has the right to nominate, and it needs to be approved by the governor and the governor, and reported to the Ministry of War for discussion, and finally the emperor makes a final decision.

It is not that simple to deal with Wang Dou, not to mention that Wang Dou has the East Road military equipment and Governor Xuan Da is optimistic about it.

Huang Peng said in a low voice: "My lord, I saw the little lady from the Bingxian Mansion in Zhoucheng."

Mao Bin couldn't help but stamped his feet: "Why didn't you say it earlier, otherwise I would have gone to visit earlier."

Huang Peng said with a sly smile: "Your Excellency doesn't know, I heard it privately, that Mrs. Ji and Wang Dou are quite close. Think about it, Your Excellency, if Bing Xian finds out about this matter..."

Mao Bin's eyes lit up.

Huang Peng continued: "I also heard from the humble position that Bingxian intends to betroth the young lady in the mansion to Wu Lue, the eldest son of Wu Zhizhou in Yanqing Prefecture, as his wife. Then Wu Lue has been in love with Miss Ji for a long time. If he knows the news..."

He giggled.

Mao Bin's eyes brightened even more, he pointed at Huang Peng and laughed loudly: "Tall, really tall!"

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On Wang Dou's mansion of integrity, Wang Dou sat on his seat and meditated. His confidants in Zhoucheng, Wen Fangliang, Han Chao, Han Zhong, Zhang Gui, the Guantun official, and Feng Dachang, the official, sat at the head.Feng Dachang said in a low voice: "My lord, I see that General Mao's expression is not happy. After he returns, will he be unfavorable to your lord?"

Wang Dou sneered: "A rat like Mao Bin, who only became a general because of the military merits given by me in Shun Township. With his ability, he may kill ten slaves? Such a rat, dare to treat me Wang Dou is gesticulating, showing me a face? What kind of person is he!"

Wen Fangliang also said with a smile: "The servants he brought are really ridiculous. They are not even as good as ordinary sergeants under the General Staff."

Feng Dachang was still worried: "After all, he is a general on the East Road, and your lord's immediate superior..."

Wang Dou pondered for a while, and said to Han Chao: "Brother Han, you send a few nights to Yongning City to see what's going on there. If Mao dares to deal with me, I'll see how he dies!"

Han Chao took the order, and Han Zhong and Wen Fangliang both cheered and screamed strangely.

What everyone said in the arena could be said to be treasonous, but Zhang Gui felt cold when he saw that everyone seemed to be doing nothing.

He suddenly remembered a past event, and couldn't help shivering.

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Old White Bull:
I was on a business trip yesterday, and there are two updates today and tomorrow. On Sunday, I will go to a relative’s house to drink full moon wine. The update situation is unknown, and I will finally curse.

There are a few items on the post bar, and they keep saying that they represent readers. I laughed, what kind of readers can you represent?On behalf of those readers who see pirated posts and spit shit out of their mouths?If this is the case, like attracts like, you can indeed represent them, but such things, no matter if there are one hundred, one thousand, or ten thousand of you, they are worthless in my eyes.

I don't say anything to those who quietly read the pirated posts, as the national conditions are like this.But it’s still called scolding when you read pirated posts. I want to say that you are a bunch of cowards.I am not interested in letting you watch my work at all, and everyone is happy that you are far away from this book.Show the lower limit in front of me, I am not the kind of so-called "good" tempered author who accepts everything.Forbearance and compromise have never been in my dictionary. If you come to me, you are looking for the wrong person.

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