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Chapter 8 On the Road

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and Chen Mu was doing a great job in training in the fields of the garrison. His subordinates were familiar with his queues and battle formations. They took more than half an hour a day to practice. Although the days were short and there was no great result, although the soldiers always called hungry, the queue was still a little bit more like not practicing. Bai Yuanjie also took the time to take a look, but didn't come up to say anything to Chen Mu. She just looked at them from afar on the ridges and then went to another place.

Chen Mu realized it and couldn't tell what Bai Yuanjie meant. A few days later, Bai's personal soldiers came to pass on a message to him, preparing to set off and asked him to bring all six of his flag soldiers with him.

The only brown rice left in the house had been eaten by Chen Mu. He got some rice from the yamen of the Hundred Houses with a shameless face, and handed it to Shao Tingda's wife to hype military rations for food on the road. The day before leaving, Chen Xiaoqi was so hungry that he was dizzy, but his life was not easy, so he didn't have any idea. He came to this world for more than ten days and had never eaten the smell of meat. He was so hungry that he had a saliva in his mouth. He simply carried a bird gun and walked out of the ward to hunt some wild game. However, after walking two miles, he saw a rabbit but fired an empty gun. For a moment, the bird was so shocked that he flew away. The rabbit ran away and the fox found nothing.

Fortunately, on the way back to the garrison, I found a bunch of wild vegetables in the backyard of someone else's house, picked up a few berries, went home to pack the fine grains of rice under the jar, mixed with water, and boiled two large bowls of soup. Although the taste was strange, I was half full and had something in my stomach, so I could sleep.

Chen Mu made a lot of money in his dream and hired a chef to make meat for himself, making one dish of it! At the end of the dream, an emperor suddenly appeared to implicate him in the nine tribes because - I, the military officer of the Ming Dynasty, were not allowed to do business!

The next day, Chen Mu, who was so scared that he was covered in cold sweat in the morning, washed his face under the service of Wei Balang, and fed him all the water bags. He asked Xiao Balang to run errands to gather the flag captains and dressed in neat clothes, took military rations and packed his soldiers, and went to the avenue outside the garrison to wait for Bai Yuanjie.

On the way, Chen Mu was thinking, isn’t this fart in this dream? Who said that the officials in the court could not do business anymore!

They were not only waiting outside the garrison, but there was another small flag man waiting outside. Compared to the few crooked melons and jujubes under Chen Mu, the small flag looked much better. Not only did the eleven people in the small flag, there were two pack horses, and the military households under the garrison were in good spirits.

These military households didn't say anything when they saw Chen Mu and others. A garrison bowed their heads and looked up. Most of the military households had a one-time relationship. Because the banner officials were present, they just exchanged eyes or nodded and said hello. However, when their small banner officials saw Chen Mu, they walked up to say with a smile: "You are Chen Xiaoqi. Recently, people have always heard people talking about you practicing guns in the fields outside the city. I am Wang Baihu's ministry, Zhang Yongshou, I have seen it!"

Zhang Yongshou looked like Chen Mu's age last year, but his clothes were not as shabby as Chen Xiaoqi. Although he was wearing a red mandarin duck battle jacket, he was hung with a jade pendant on his waist, and a pair of thin-skinned fast boots with feet. He also had red lips and white teeth, making him look like a noble young man. Chen Xiaoqi couldn't help feeling ashamed. He had a lot of affection for him, and nodded and smiled: "I have seen Zhang Xiaoqi, Chen Mu, under the Xiabai Baihu's subordinate Chen Mu. Wang Baihu will also go to Guangzhou Prefecture together this time?"

Zhang Yongshou did not respond to Chen Mu's words, but smiled and looked at the six flag managers standing in a queue behind Chen Mu, and said to Chen Mu: "Chen Xiaoqi has a good way to train troops. This time, he supports each other on the way to Guangzhou Prefecture, and he also has to rely on the small flag to take care of him."

As he was speaking, the sound of horse hooves came from the road to the garrison. Chen Mu turned around and saw Bai Yuanjie riding on a strong horse. Then he followed four Bai soldiers and each rode horses. Two people rushed together in a carriage, which seemed quite impressive.

Seeing Zhang Yongshou's small flag suddenly added some hope to the disappointed Ming Dynasty. It seems that the situation of his small flag's reduction in staff should be just an isolated case. If this is the case, although the garrison office is a little bit abolished, it should not be bad. Otherwise, if each garrison is like him, there are only six posts for ten people, and that garrison office has 5,600 posts for only three thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people?

However, Bai Yuanjie came over and said, dispelling Chen Mu's thoughts, "Have you seen me? Yongshou, this is the Chen Mu and Chen Erlang that my brother told you. There are many rumors in the area that the little flag who loves to operate firearms in the fields and is not doing his job."

After introducing Chen Mu to Zhang Yongshou, Bai Yuanjie turned to Chen Mu and said, "This is Zhang Xiaoqi. His ancestors have been our Qingyuan Guard Commander. The commander's yamen in Fenghuang Street, the west of Qingyuan City God Temple was built by his ancestors. When we come back from Guangzhou Prefecture, he may be promoted to the general flag and take care of each other on the road."

Hearing Bai Yuanjie's words, Zhang Yongshou smiled reservedly and said, "The affairs of his ancestors have passed for decades, and almost no one remembers them. I'm sorry, Brother Chen still remembers them. Brother Chen doesn't have to worry too much. It will take seven or eight days to go to Guangzhou Prefecture. So let's get on the road?"

Everyone set off, but Zhang Yongshou brought a horse from his flag head for transportation for Chen Mu. Several people rode their horses slowly, while more than a dozen flag heads guarded the carriages and horses and set off on the way to Guangzhou Prefecture.

Although there is no need to worry too much, how can Chen Mu not worry too much? I thought everyone was Bai Yuanjie's guards, and Zhang Yongshou's clan had a long time of trouble with Wu Lue General Mo Chaoyu. This time, Bai Yuanjie took Zhang Yongshou to pay his respects, but he was a guard... This was a bit embarrassing.

Otherwise, sometimes people who are thinking too much are unhappy in their lives, such as Shao Tingda, there is no trouble with Chen Mu at all. He is so happy that he is leading the way along the way. Even though he knows that he is still as relaxed as a spring outing, his heart is really enviable.

Fortunately, Zhang Yongshou has a very good personality, talkative and not arrogant, and the conversation along the way was pleasant, so Chen Mu asked him to figure out his family background almost clearly in his conversation with Bai Yuanjie in half a day. Zhang Yongshou's ancestor Zhang Lin was Xu Da's counselor and military affairs. When Zhang Guize was appointed as the commander of the Qingyuanwei, he later became a loser in the family. Some of the clan members went to other places, and some tried to study for imperial examinations and become civil servants. There was never a third-rank official like the commander of the Qingyuanwei again.

This time, Zhang Yongshou went to Guangzhou Prefecture, one to mourn General Mo Chaoyu, and the other to visit relatives in Guangzhou Prefecture.

In fact, it is just to run for the official position.

As for Bai Yuanjie's intention to bring Chen Mu by her side, there are two meanings. First, it is to let Chen Mu's small flag be trained. If there is a chance to make contributions in the future, there are people available at hand, and second, it is also to let Chen Mu, who is more trusted, see more, and stay in the garrison.

It was extremely easy to walk along the way, and it was not too hard to travel thirty or forty miles a day. Moreover, Bai Yuanjie's carriage also allowed the accompanying flag officers to place food, water bags and other items. The road was not difficult. However, when he arrived at the Heiling area, which was still 80 miles away from Guangzhou Prefecture, Bai Yuanjie became nervous and urged them to pass as soon as possible.
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