Chapter 255 Hostages
In Zhengjia Town, in front of the Zhengjia mansion, more than ten large trucks lined up. The servants of the Zheng family put food, grass, cloth, and various groceries into the truck. The last few large trucks were filled with cages, and dozens of pig seedlings were closed inside. They were howling there, making the streets more and more noisy.
In the study room of the Zheng Mansion's back house, Mr. Zheng was wearing a thick velvet wool sweater and was drinking tea at the desk. It was just the time when it was still cold. The wool sweater sent by the niece was just right, light and warm. I didn't expect that the Tartars could actually make such a good thing.
"grandfather."
Zheng Xiaoyu, wearing silver armor, stood in front of his grandfather with a full face. He put the dagger that Mulan gave him on his waist. Speaking of which, since he heard that the sister in Camel City killed the thieves who came to steal the bride on the wedding night, he was called the Rakshasa girl by a good man, he wanted to go to Hekou Castle to see the story immediately.
Now that he can finally make a move, why doesn’t he feel excited? Looking at this heroic eldest grandson, Mr. Zheng, who was originally calm, put down the green teapot in his hand and couldn’t help but sigh, “Hey, when people get old, they will inevitably lose their courage and be calculating.”
Thinking of last winter, this grandson had already been clamoring to go to Hekou Fort, Master Zheng couldn't help but feel a little regretful now. How could this timely help is the same as the icing on the cake? Since the old friend from Luotuo City learned that Gao Jin defeated more than 1,500 thieves with his own strength, and he was killed by him and abandoned his armor. Finally, he captured it alive. It was the generals who spent a lot of money to redeem the people, and he knew that he had misunderstood.
"grandfather?"
Looking at his grandfather who suddenly sighed, Zheng Xiaoyu was inevitably a little surprised. In his opinion, Sister Mulan handed over the precious wool sweaters to their Zheng family for sale, which means that the two families are in a good relationship.
"Good grandson, remember that after going to Hekou Fort, you are no longer the young master of the Zheng family, you must be able to endure hardships..."
Mr. Zheng started talking. Although his sons were not good enough and he raised this eldest grandson, he never suffered any hardships after all. The young man was more arrogant and he was afraid that his eldest grandson would inevitably be a little arrogant if he went to Hekou Fort...
"Don't worry, grandfather, grandson can endure hardships, Gao Baihu will do whatever grandson asks them to do, even if they can go to farm."
Zheng Xiaoyu replied loudly, the boy's face was full of confidence, which made Master Zheng lose his mind and couldn't help but think of his appearance when he was a teenager.
Just as the grandparents and grandchildren were talking, the butler suddenly heard a panic outside the study door, "Old... Master, Gao... Gao Baihu is here and is about to arrive outside the mansion."
Soon the study door opened. Zheng Xiaoyu saw the frightened face of the housekeeper. At this time, his grandfather had already gotten up to dress and scolded him, "Why are you panicking? Answer carefully, is Gao Baihu here?"
"Master, Gao Baihu has brought a lot of troops, so the banner he is under will not be wrong."
"If you have no prospects, go open the door and I will personally welcome Gao Baihu."
Although Mr. Zheng didn't know why Gao Jin came to Zheng's mansion suddenly and brought troops, he was not at all panic. The two families had relationships and relationships, otherwise the niece would not have handed over the dozens of wool sweaters to him for sale in Shenmu County.
"Yes, Master."
Hearing his master's words, the butler of Zheng's mansion immediately had a backbone and hurriedly left to greet the servants in the mansion to open the door and prepare to welcome the distinguished guests.
"Didn't you keep shouting to see that Gao Baihu? Now that people are coming, you have to perform well."
Looking at the grandson who was tidying up his clothes for him, Mr. Zheng laughed. His son was not good at it, but this grandson was different. I think that Gao Baihu would like this grandson, right?
"Don't worry, grandfather, grandson will not let you down."
Putting the cloak on for his grandfather, Zheng Xiaoyu stood beside his grandfather, replied with a smile, and then accompanied the grandfather to welcome guests in front of the mansion.
At one end of the street where the Zheng family mansion was located, Gao Jin had already asked his troops to stop. Mulan once said that Mr. Zheng and Uncle Wei were old acquaintances, and the other party also intended to make friends with them. The dozens of wool sweaters were handed over to the Zheng family to sell in Shenmu County, which was converted into various supplies.
Whether it is reasonable or reasonable, Gao Jin passed by Zhengjia Town and came to visit him since he was the first to visit him. He did not waste time anyway. At the same time, he happened to have a detailed discussion with Mr. Zheng, so the etiquette that should be available must be less.
Gao Jin went to Motianling this time and brought a lot of soldiers, including the sword and shield team, the killer team, the artillery team, and the horse team. There were nearly two hundred soldiers and horses under his command, all of which were elite soldiers, enough for him to sweep the hundreds of households under Shenmu Fort.
As the saying goes, the always-winning army must have murderous aura. Gao Jin's troops are now, just the team stopped there, and the people and horses remained unmoved. Looking around, they all looked dark and armored, which looked very scary.
The people under the Zheng Mansion, which was loading the car not far away, were scared very much. In fact, few officers and soldiers in Zhengjia Town passed through the border. Moreover, the official troops they had seen in the past were all hooligans and rogues, and they were not as good as their servants.
At this time, the gate of Zheng Mansion was suddenly opened. Zheng Xiaoyu accompanied his grandfather to the front of the gate, and then he saw the black soldiers and horses that were like a torrent of steel moved. Just by destroying the troops, the momentum of the infantry and cavalry team moving together made him breathless.
Mr. Zheng is aware of the goods. He can guarantee that he has never seen such a strong soldier in his life. Even he was taken away by his heart. It is because the official army here has been ruined for so many years, and now he suddenly sees such a strong soldier. How can he not be surprised?
Fortunately, Mr. Zheng quickly recovered, and at the same time, he was glad that he had a vision in his heart. Then he scolded the scared butler and servants beside him, "What are you still doing, and you are ready to welcome the distinguished guests."
Gao Jin did not intend to show his military power, but he was actually practicing every day, and his power was born. Zhang Jian behind him was most touched. When he was in Camel City, his soldiers and horses were trained every three days and practiced for half a day every day. He already felt that no soldiers could match his troops in Yansui Town.
But it was not until he was under Gao Ye that he realized that he was really arrogant in the past. The Gao family army practiced every day, rested every six days, and practiced all day long. Half a day of daily life, the army must be trained together, so the army was like one when marching, even the horse team was like a wall when charging, without any gaps.
Zhang Jiandao said that even the Qi family army was not necessarily comparable to that of the army back then. However, such soldiers were too expensive, so he was shocked by what he had eaten every day. Even those generals and servants didn't have enough meat to eat every meal.
As the troops got closer, the people watching the fun on the street became more and more frightened. They had only heard of such strict soldiers and horses in the storytellers. The servants in front of the Zheng Mansion were the most direct. The timid, just looking at the black armored soldiers carved out of the same mold, was frightened to death.
Fortunately, not far from the gate of Zheng Mansion, Gao Jin took the initiative to dismount, and everyone in the horse team behind him also dismounted, and then stood with the horse. Zheng Xiaoyu, who was struggling with his grandfather, looked in a dazzling look.
"I am here for a long time and welcome you because of the visit of Gao Baihu. Please forgive me."
Mr. Zheng said with a blush on his face. He felt that he was not losing money just by seeing the soldiers today. Gao Jin was indeed good at training troops. If he had enough money and food, he could have more than a thousand soldiers and horses, which would be enough to travel to several counties. Even the Shenmuwei would be like this.
The powerful people in the border areas like the Zheng family were not afraid of the imperial government. What they were afraid of was the martial artists like Gao Jin who held swords and knives like those who raised thousands of child servants and thousands of private soldiers, even the hundreds of households in the local area were ignored.
"Uncle Shi said nothing, but I came in a hurry..."
Gao Jin's voice of Uncle Shi immediately made Mr. Zheng smile on his face. He thought that Gao Jin's momentum had been greatly improved recently and might not take such a powerful man like him to heart, but he did not expect that he would still be willing to recognize him Uncle Shi.
"Come on, please come in my nephew."
Mr. Zheng said, calling the housekeeper and preparing to entertain Gao Jin's troops.
"Uncle Shi doesn't have to bother, I'll leave after a while."
Gao Jin did not plan to stay in Zhengjia Town. News had already come from Motianling that Yang Chun, a hundred-family household in Fengzigou, asked him to meet him.
"Hey, what's this? When Uncle Shi comes here, if he doesn't even have a meal, wouldn't it be a joke about your Uncle Shi being stingy?"
Master Zheng pretended to be angry and asked the housekeeper to go down and kill pigs and sheep, and prepare to eat to entertain the mighty soldiers and horses under Gao Jin's command.
Gao Jin couldn't refuse, so he could only follow this uncle and entered the Zheng Mansion. Gao Jin saw a middle-aged man wearing a royal blue Confucian shirt glaring at him. However, before he could ask, the Master Zheng next to him cursed after seeing it, "You won't get back what is incompetent."
Zheng Xiaoyu looked at his father returning to the back house in shame by his grandfather, and didn't know what to say. As the saying goes, the son did not say his father's life, and his father was reluctant to go to Hekou Fort, and he felt that his grandfather was confused. However, he had no interest in studying and taking the imperial examination. He hadn't read Zhu Zi's collection of notes, but he didn't like it no matter how he read it. Instead, he liked riding horses, shooting archery, dancing swords and guns.
When he arrived at the study, Mr. Zheng was sitting down by himself. Zheng Xiaoyu was very attentive to boil water and make tea, which made Gao Jin feel that Mulan was right. The Zheng family is worth cultivating.
After some greetings, Gao Jin also explained his purpose. He passed by Zhengjia Town and came to visit him temporarily, but he didn't bring any gifts. Please don't blame Mr. Zheng.
"What's the matter with my nephew? I'm not too happy yet."
Mr. Zheng didn't care about gifts or not. Gao Jin's attitude of giving him enough face is very helpful, not to mention that the Zheng family now needs Gao Jin to support the scene, which makes Xu Tong also feared.
During the conversation, Mr. Zheng asked himself why Gao Jin was the purpose of this trip. He was really curious because the troops led by Gao Jin were enough to run rampant in Shenmu County.
"So that's it. My nephew needs to be careful when he goes to Fengzigou. He is just two peddlers. If he can save him, he will save him. If he can't save him, he should do so."
Gao Jin refused to argue with Mr. Zheng's words. He would do his best to save him. Now that his Gao family army has just taken shape, it is the time when the people are most needed to gather people's hearts. Liu San and the others were called peddlers, but in fact, his Gao family army was doing it carefully, so he could not give up on them like this.
Master Zheng is a mature man, and he can't tell that Gao Jin is not the kind of cold-blooded person he thought, so he doesn't involve this topic. In his opinion, as long as Gao Jin goes to Fengzigou without taking any risk, even if the hundreds of households join forces, they will definitely not be his opponent.
"By the way, nephew, there are still some wool sweaters you sent, these dozens of them are not enough to sell at all."
"To be honest, these wool sweaters were woven by Tartars in the west. My nephew also had some relationship with the python's golden tribe, so I got a batch to sell. After a while, the Motianling Mountains were in trouble. My nephew was going to go outside the border. If I could get some, I would definitely send them to Uncle Shi."
"Then I'll have a good time. By the way, I've sent someone to collect the pig seedlings that my nephew wants to buy. I'm going to send them to Hekou Fort with my grandson, but I'm afraid it won't work now."
Mr. Zheng looked at his grandson beside him and said with a smile to Gao Jin. Gao Jin immediately understood that the Zheng family wanted to go to Motianling with him, so he thought for a while and said, "Uncle Shi has sent someone to Hekou Fort."
Chapter completed!