Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 208: Inspection and secret visits

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Not long after Zhou Laojiu left, Zuoying Lieutenant Zhao Chong came.

In the local military mansion of Datang, the highest military commander is Captain Zhechong. Depending on the size of the state, there are 800 to 2,000 people under his jurisdiction. Below Captain Zhechong are two Captain Guoyi serving as his deputies, and Pang Fei now holds this post. Next is the school lieutenant. Generally, there are four to eight school lieutenants under each brigade, each commanding the strength of a regiment.

Datang’s regiment is different from the current “tourism”. In Datang’s military organization, fire is the minimum system. For every ten firemen, there will be a chief and a fire chief. The Five Fires are one team with a head and deputy team leader; two teams are a brigade with a brigade commander. Generally speaking, the two brigades are used as a regiment and the post of school lieutenant is established. However, Xiangzhou is the Shangfu, and each regiment has four brigades with a total of 400 people. There are four regiments in the whole government. They are stationed in the front, rear, left, and right quarters in the military village. Therefore, Zhao Chongcai is accustomed to being called the "School Lieutenant of Zuoying." And Qin Mubai, the supreme officer, Captain Zhechong, will lead his pro-familiar officers and soldiers stationed in the middle camp and give orders to the three armies. Except for Pang Fei, the thirty hundred horses who came with them were all Chinese military officers, holding official positions such as Zhonghou, Sijie, Sige, and Jiji.

Actually, Zhao Chong is also a senior officer in Xiangzhou Prefecture. If the entire Xiangzhou Military Mansion is equivalent to our current regiment headquarters, he is equivalent to a battalion commander.

Qin Mubai just raised his brows with one hand and watched Zhao Chong walk over with a serious expression, without saying a word.

When he was called by Pang Fei, the "deputy head", Zhao Chong was already panicked enough, thinking that even the errand runner was a Captain Guo Yi, maybe he was going to take my knife to clean me... Seeing Qin Mubai's expression like this, Zhao Chong felt a sense of fear that he had never had before, and bowed down.

"The general will pay a visit to General Qin...I will die, please condemn the army!"

Qin Mubai gently picked the corner of his mouth and said relaxedly: "What's your sin?"

"Uh, this..." Zhao Chong was speechless for a while, unable to answer, and choked for a long time before saying, "The general does not know his face and offends the general Huwei!"

"You have said ‘I don’t know the face’. As the saying goes, those who don’t know are not guilty, don’t blame you, get up and talk." Qin Mubai wrote lightly.

"The general will not dare!" Zhao Chong's forehead was sweating, and he remembered the kick that Yuwen Hongtai severely kicked in the cell. He thought to himself that these senior officials from the official family from the capital were all blamed for their arrogance, and it was better to be careful.

"If you insist on kneeling, it's up to you." Qin Mubai said, "But having said that, if you offend your Highness and me for the time being, let's talk frankly. Have you committed anything else? Wrong?"

"This...I don't know what the general said?" Zhao Chong raised his head, looking at Qin Mubai with a little astonishment and anxiety.

"Really don't know?" Qin Mubai increased his tone a little.

"You will be dull at the end, please make it clear to the army!"

Qin Mubai thought to himself, he wanted to be a shocker, but it seems that Zhao Chong is not as good as Zhou Laojiu. Forget it, I'm just here, and don't be stunned. It's hard to tell whether the people in the army have colluded with the water ghosts. If I act recklessly, they will be on guard.

So Qin Mubai cleverly changed the subject: "That general will remind you. Which sergeant is Yueqi?"

"Ah... the general forgive me!" Zhao Chong panicked and said hurriedly, "As if it was an accident at Eight Guidu, the matter was urgent. The final general was ordered by General Du Cheng Yuandu, the chief officer of Guo Yi, and he was anxious. The sergeant went to rescue. In the end, considering that the water ghosts are ferocious and murderous, the situation is urgent, so I have to temporarily recruit...The general's elite army rides more and goes to the eight ghost crossing!"

Qin Mubai gently moved the corner of his mouth: "According to my Datang Military Law, the military government mobilizes a team of less than fifty people out of the camp, and it must be approved by an officer above Captain Guoyi; fifty. If there are more than one person, Lieutenant Zhechong must directly approve. Moreover, in the Chinese army, no one has the right to transfer except Lieutenant Zhechong. This time you have not only called Fifty Cavaliers, but also directly mobilized Yueqi from our army... Zhao Chong, you are also a general, you have stayed in the barracks for a long time, don't you understand this rule?"

"The end general is indeed guilty, please be punished by the army!"

Qin Mubai smiled slightly to himself: "Fall! I thought you broke the military regulations because of emergency rescue. Let me forgive you this time. You may remember the military laws in the future."

"General Xie is generous!" Zhao Chong answered the promise in a deep voice, and sighed inwardly: What is the matter with me, it turns out that I was still a little pretentious about arresting you! …You haven’t taken office yet, why don’t your Chinese troops be mobilized for emergency? Obviously find the fault and teach me! ——Huh, what on earth did this guy call me to do, why am I getting more and more confused?

Qin Mubai looked more suspiciously and wanted to laugh. Calming his expression, he said: "Zhao Chong, in the military mansion, you directly govern more than four hundred brothers, and you are not inferior to your power; in the Xiangzhou area, you are considered a figure. Want to come, you are right The situation in Xiangzhou should be very familiar. I have something to ask you."

"Please show me the army!" Zhao Chong's heart tightened and replied sternly.

"When I first arrived, I heard that the water ghosts in Xihecao made a lot of noise. They murdered people and despised Wang Fa, and their crimes were ridiculous." Qin Mubai said, "You are a military officer, defend Local safety is your duty. Have you led your troops to chase down water ghosts?"

"Yes." Zhao Chong replied, "There are several chasings every year, and there are usually a lot of confrontations with water ghosts. But...we have never caused them any substantial blows, at most sporadic It’s just a matter of catching a few people or killing a few people. In order to compete with the water ghosts, the military government also specially built the "Sacred Fish Spaceship" and practiced the "White Wave Water Army", although it can completely overwhelm the water ghosts in force. , But it is impossible to kill it completely. The final general is also very ashamed and distressed!"

"The sacred fish spacecraft, the white waves navy...well, it sounds pretty good." Qin Mubai said, "What is the reason, so that the dignified soldiers of the celestial dynasty can't clean up a few water ghosts and grass bandits? "

"The general does not know. The water ghosts are so tightly slipped that they usually hide so well that they don’t show up at all. Occasionally, after gathering and doing a case on the river surface, they all disappear quickly without a trace. They are active on the water, so even if they are enclosed, they are usually recovered at most. Those people are like mud loach, and there is no trace when they are in the water, and there is no way to fish!" Zhao Chong exclaimed a little annoyed. Tao.

"Really?" Qin Mu grinned coldly, "Aren't your claws and spears very powerful? Haven't you ever caught one? If you can grab one or two live openings, pry open their mouths. , I'm afraid that I won't be able to find the culprit, and worry that I can't wipe it out in one fell swoop?"

"This..." Zhao Chong lightly raised the corner of his mouth inadvertently, and said, "I am incompetent at the end, and I really haven't caught the mouth."

"In a few years, haven't you caught a mouthful?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Exactly." Zhao Chong's mouth slightly provoked, and he replied, "Even if it is caught, it will be released by the government office for some reason. As for the reason, the general will not know. In short, the conclusion is that these people who will be arrested in the end are not real water ghosts."

After listening to Qin Mubai's heart, he thought: Seeing Zhao Chong's disdainful and angry expression, it seems that he is a little dissatisfied with Xiangzhou Provincial Government and Xiangyang County Government? Watching and listening, this Zhao Chong seemed to know something, but he didn't want to tell me directly... he should be scrupulous. Well, I don’t worry, just take a look first. The ground in Xiangzhou is a bit more complicated than I imagined. It will not be too late for me to investigate the situation after I understand the situation.

"In the military mansion, who will directly lead the Divine Fish Spaceship and the White Wave Navy?" Qin Mubai asked, turning the subject away.

"It is the end general." Zhao Chong replied, "The end general is always responsible for the suppression of the water ghosts. The Zuoying of the military mansion is the navy camp, and the military ships are also under the control of the end general. The facts of that day It happened on the shore, and no cavalry under the command of the end general was insufficiently powered, so he was forced to call the general’s Chinese army Yueqi..."

"Um...not two quarters of tomorrow, gather all your Zuoying navy and military ships near the Eight Ghosts Crossing. This will be reviewed." Qin Mubai said.

"The last general will lead!" Zhao Chong solemnly clasped his fists and promised.

"It's okay, go!" Qin Mubai said.

"Uh...the last general, dare to ask when the general will take office in the military mansion?" Zhao Chong asked, "I waited for a team of colleagues. Today, I didn't meet the general in the governor's mansion, so I went back to the military camp for rectification. The soldiers of the three armies, wait for the general together, and help the general wash away the dust."

"On the military ship tomorrow, I will meet each other. The bandits are so violent, I would have no intention of feasting. I went back and said that the customary gifts such as receiving the wind and dust would be avoided. Tomorrow the whole army will come together with officers above Waiting for me on your sacred fish spacecraft." Qin Mubai said.

"Finally, I will obey!" Zhao Chong just walked away.

Pang Fei walked in and said, "My teacher, the disciple just listened to your conversation. My teacher couldn't ask the margins, but he answered carefully, with a very strict mouth. Presumably this Zhao Chong knows a lot about water ghosts. But he doesn't want to say it."

"Smart and strong." Qin Mubai stood up and smiled slightly, "He seems to have told me a lot, but in fact he didn't say anything meaningful. It's just that I vaguely felt that he I am a little dissatisfied with the officials of the prefectural and county yamen. Nowadays, in the peaceful and prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, Xiangzhou is a small place with water ghosts and green forests. Is the difficulty unusual? If there is no yamen or military government to open doors for them, How can such a phenomenon continue to be banned repeatedly? If you say that they have no connection with the water ghosts, I absolutely don't believe it."

"The disciples think so too." Pang Fei said, "These water ghosts dare to openly kill people and make money under the bright universe, and then escape without a trace. This is too unusual and unreasonable. After all, they are. Crowds of people, big brown goods, even if people are hiding well, how can this goods disappear?"

"Well said, in the same sentence!" Qin Mubai stroked his palms and smiled, "It seems that your kid also has some clues. If you want to kill the water ghosts, you can directly encircle them by force. It’s to stop boiling. When the enemy is secretive, we are stunned and they hide and do not come out to commit crimes; only when we relax, they quietly gather to commit crimes. In this way, we are always passive. To turn passivity into initiative, we must grasp their seven-inch key-that is, how did they clear the large number of stolen stolen goods?"

Pang Fei blinked a few times: "Looking at the situation in which the mentor, Zhizhu is holding, seems to have a good idea?"

"Haha!" Qin Mubai said with a smile, "It seems that you are not a fool in Baiqi, and you have practiced well in checking Yan Guan Se. I deliberately asked Zhao Chong to go back to spread the word, indicating that the military parade will speak martial arts. Just to confuse them and confuse them. Tomorrow early tomorrow morning, you and I will dress up and walk around the city and talk about it. After noon, come back here again, and prepare to go to the Eight Ghost Stream parade!"

"The mentor is wise, as expected, everything has been arranged!" Pang Fei said happily, "Following the mentor, you can learn good things!"

"Don't always call a mentor." Qin Mubai patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "You are also a dignified Captain Guo Yi now. You should have your own opinions and ideas, and you should learn On the stand-alone side. You've seen it just now, a school lieutenant, Zhao Chong, is so difficult to deal with, and you have to work harder in the military mansion in the future!"

"Yes!"

That night, tired and sleepy Qin Mubai slept in the inn, dreamless all night until early morning, when Pang Fei knocked on the door to wake him up. After eating hastily for a while, they changed their costumes and disguised themselves as businessmen and servants. Qin Mubai and Pang Fei and a group of five or six people headed for Zhoucheng.

Xiangzhou is a port city with very active business travel. Although not as magnificent and luxurious as the West City of Chang'an, the level of liveliness is not lost. Especially in the port city of Beicheng, many goods hauled from the port are directly traded here, which is extremely prosperous. There are many shops, crowds of people and clamors.

"My boss, this Xiangzhou port city is really lively!" Pang Fei smiled, "What do you really look like? You dare to love this businessman's demeanor, you learned it from Wu Dong's family?"

"There is a lot of nonsense." Qin Mubai scolded with a smile, "I'm taking advantage of the fact that few people in Xiangzhou know me, so that it is convenient for private inspections. Everyone pays attention to it. When you see a shop or official name that sells salt and rice, you tell Me."

Pang Fei's eyes lit up, and he leaned in and said in a low voice: "Master, do you mean that... the stolen goods are likely to be resold through the official grain shop or the salt account?"

"Is there no such possibility?" Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "So much food and salt, can the water ghosts eat by themselves or sink into the river? What they want is not food and salt. It’s money. But it’s impossible for them to transfer so much grain and salt, let alone resell it. So, it’s the best way to sell the stolen stolen goods directly to the grain shop and the salt shop!"

"But...My Datang’s'grain, iron and salt cloth' are exclusively sold by the government!" Pang Fei said in surprise, "All grain shops and salt shops must be franchised firms hired by the government. There can only be one business in each state and county. Moreover, the government determines whether it is the source of the supply or the market, the purchase price or the purchase price, and the grain bank and the salt company only earn a very small price difference as a profit."

Qin Mubai smiled and said: "Is it meager? I don't think it is necessarily. The most profitable goods in this world are the things for food, clothing, housing and transportation, especially food and salt. Think about it, who does not eat food in the world? Salt? Just say that in this Xiangzhou city, if anyone can obtain the government's right to manage food and salt, it means that the people in Quanzhou City are making money for him. Even if each person only earns him one cent a day, it is also one The number of pens is staggering. Therefore, in general, the business of grain and salt is mostly the richest man in the local area. For example, Zheng Fengchi of Chang'an!"

"Oh...Tui'er understand!" Pang Fei nodded suddenly, "The government-run grain shops and salt shops are provided by the government as the source of official food and official salt, so the profit is lower. But if it is the water ghosts for them The stolen stolen goods...the profit can be huge! And these stolen stolen goods are the same as the official food and official salt, and there is no way to distinguish-teacher, such an analysis, it is really very possible!"

Qin Mubai smiled slightly to himself: "I thought you had figured it out a long time ago!"

"Uh..." Pang Fei scratched his head awkwardly, and smiled embarrassedly with a blushing face, "If my brain is so good as a teacher, then I should have been a teacher long ago, hehe!"

"Stop talking nonsense, take the brothers around in the port city to find the grain shop and the silver account. In a short while, we will go to the Eight Ghosts Parade. Time is urgent!" Qin Mubai said.

"Okay! Disciple, take my brothers and look for them immediately!"