Chapter 209 Emperor Taizu’s personal guard
Liu Yucheng smiled, and then said sheepishly: "Master, please don't make fun of your humble position."
"Commander Liu, follow me and make a fortune..."
Everyone in Southern Zhili knew that Liang Guogong Chen Cao was a business geek. The current profits of Daming Bank alone were frighteningly high, and Liu Yucheng naturally knew it all.
"The Duke of Meng has a keen eye for a humble position. I am lucky enough to be humble..."
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. To make a fortune with me, it depends on whether you have the strength."
Liu Yucheng was confused by this question. How could he not know how much he weighed? When the Duke of Chao found out personally that he wanted to make a fortune with him, he must have other requirements.
"Hehe..." Liu Yucheng said with a silly smile: "My lord, I'll tell you the truth. The total wealth I have in my hands now is only forty thousand taels of silver, which is really not enough. Moreover, I was transferred from Datong. Jinling has no foundation, so..."
"There is no foundation, you can create a foundation..."
Liu Yucheng didn't understand, so Chen Cao said again: "Don't you have a Xiaoling Guard in your hands?"
Liu Yucheng frowned. After all, this guy was a high-ranking military official. When Chen Cao mentioned it, his legs trembled with fright. He knelt down again with a thud: "My lord, please spare your life. The Xiaoling Guards are really unbearable." With one blow, you can’t go to Liaodong at all..."
Chen Cao snorted helplessly, and then looked at Zhao Xin speechlessly. He thought he was preparing to recruit auxiliary troops to Liaodong. He thought Chen Cao was preparing to use their Xiaoling Guards as human shields to move forward. The leader of the charge...
"My lord, you know the troops of the guard station in Nanzhili very well. The Xiaoling Guards can't be full without mentioning them. They will have no combat effectiveness. Besides...besides..."
Liu Yucheng suddenly thought of a way to escape: "Besides, the duty of the Xiaoling Guards is to protect the tomb of Emperor Taizu, and they cannot be transferred..."
Chen Cao covered his forehead and sighed: "Xin Zhao, help him up..."
"Come on, Commander Liu, my father-in-law is not asking you, the Xiaoling Guards, to march north from the southern army together."
After Zhao Xin finished speaking, Liu Yucheng stopped crying immediately, and then stopped: "Oh... I'm rude for my humble position, I'm rude... Then I dare to ask the Duke, what are you going to do for your humble position?"
Chen Cao turned around and looked at the map, and after a long time he said: "Rebellion..."
Plop...
"Is this guy kneeling again?"
"Master, this guy fainted..."
Chen Cao turned around helplessly and looked at Liu Yucheng who had fallen to the ground, and then said: "Get some water and splash him to wake him up..."
"My lord, this guy is greedy for money and afraid of death. If he joins the gang, he might become a burden."
Chen Cao laughed: "Don't worry, it is precisely because this kind of person is greedy for life and afraid of death that I use him. At some point, this kind of person can inspire his infinite strength."
"Master, he peed..."
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When Liu Yucheng woke up again, Chen Cao had already had dinner. When he walked into the study, Zhao Xin was eating half a roast duck with relish, and then listened to Liu Yucheng crying and telling about the past life.
"Uncle..."
Xin Zhao stood up, his hands full of oil.
Chen Cao looked up and down: "If the books in the study are stained with oil beads, I will roast you..."
As he spoke, Chen Cao frowned and looked at Liu Yucheng, who was sitting on the ground muttering to himself, then turned to look at Xin Zhao: "What's wrong with this guy?"
"Scared..." Zhao Xin glanced at Liu Yucheng nonchalantly: "After he woke up, he kept talking from the time he took the martial arts examination, saying that he had never enjoyed happiness or anything in his life. In short, he said everything. It’s just about being in bed with his wife.”
Chen Cao walked to the main seat and sat down, and then said: "Commander Liu, if you follow me, after the Japanese Duke ascends to the throne, he will make you a marquis, with countless glory and wealth, and the fiefdom will be your choice. ..."
What does it mean to have a fief? It means that it is a feudal lord...a princely state that existed only in the Pre-Han Dynasty...
Liu Yucheng suddenly stopped acting stupid and raised his head to look at Chen Cao: "My lord, the strength of the Xiaoling Guard is limited...rebellion is still..."
"Who told you to go to the battlefield?"
Hearing these words, Liu Yucheng's eyes lit up. For all his years in Datong, he only went out to checkpoints to maintain public order in the mutual market. He spent most of his time in Datong City thinking about how to make money and fight the war. Generals are incompetent.
"As long as you don't fight with real swords and guns, a humble position is still useful..."
As he said this, Liu Yucheng burst out laughing.
Chen Cao was very optimistic about this guy: "No matter how bad the Xiaoling Guards are, you must have some servants who have retired from Datong, right?"
Liu Yucheng nodded: "To be fair to the Duke, there are indeed about two hundred people."
"Um..."
Two hundred people are actually enough. With these people under their command, those veteran soldiers of Xiaoling Guard can accomplish some things.
"Two hundred people are neither more nor less. After being equipped with firearms, you Xiaoling Guards should also have a certain degree of combat effectiveness."
"My lord, you don't know what you can do with your humble duties?"
Liu Yucheng knew that the certificate of declaration for joining the group was not as simple as giving him a free hand. Even the Nanjing Jingying troops knew that the worst unit in South Zhili was the Xiaoling Guards. How many kilograms could this guarding unit have? It's a matter of taste.
"It's very simple. Once things change, you Xiaolingwei only need to help Nanjing Youwei guard the workshop. You don't need to do other things."
Liu Yucheng felt much more relaxed now. He was not afraid of fighting against a dozen troops from the Beijing camp. Everyone was half-measured, like a gourd hanging out of a vine: "You must go all out for a humble position."
"The training of the Xiaoling Guards must have been a lot lax. Let's see. I will send the officers from the Nanjing Right Guards to your place to help with the training, and I will issue all firearms to your Xiaoling Guards. What do you think?"
Liu Yucheng suddenly laughed awkwardly, and Chen Cao looked at him and sneered: "Zhao Xin, go to the Daming Bank to withdraw one hundred thousand taels of silver. It will be used as military training expenses for the Xiaoling Guards in the past three months. The Jinyi Guards will send someone to supervise it, and it must be paid to everyone." In the hands of a soldier."
Liu Yucheng suddenly raised his hands and saluted: "Thank you, Lord, for your consideration."
"Also, take a silver check of one hundred thousand taels and give it to Commander Liu as a gift for our meeting..."
Liu Yucheng knelt down excitedly: "I am willing to die for the Lord..."
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"You have to know that money can make all the difference. The best way to deal with such a person is to use extreme prosperity and wealth as the background, and then give him enough confidence. He will be a sword in your hand, wherever you point. Where to hit."
Chen Cao was telling Xin Zhao why he wanted to use Liu Yucheng, a man who was greedy for life and afraid of death: "It's not him that I fancy, but the Xiaoling Guard in his hands;
Those were the personal guards of Emperor Taizu, an elite force selected from the Imperial Guard Division. When Emperor Chengzu was around, they were second only to the Jin Yiwei among the thirty-six guards..."
Zhao Xin was worried about Chen Cao's behavior: "My lord, Liu Yucheng is greedy for life and afraid of death. This kind of person is easy to bribe, but when it comes to betrayal, he is faster than anyone else."
"The fact that he accepted my money proves that he is willing to board this ship. Although his loyalty cannot be guaranteed, it is feasible to reorganize the Xiaoling Guard in his name;
The Ming Dynasty's guard station has lost the spirit of the founding of the country. The soldiers Yu Ningyuan farmed their own land and were unwilling to be military subordinates. You will know how difficult the life of the guard station was. "
As Chen Cao spoke, he copied an official document: "So, infiltrating the Xiaoling Guards is part of my plan. I want Duke Wei to completely imagine that the stupid and incompetent Xiaoling Guards are actually a force that even the capital camp cannot resist;
This official document was sent to Cao Jiang Navy's camp. "
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Chen Cao was going to leave tomorrow, but tonight he did not get down to business with his wives and concubines. Instead, he called Li Xiang, Li Waner and Weng Meixin to the study.
Shen Zhuangling was sitting on the lower side of Chen Cao. When she saw three women coming in, she hurriedly bowed to them. Li Xiang nodded, then looked at Chen Cao: "Husband, this is the first time we have been called to the study. Could it be that there is someone here?" Tell our sisters something important?"
Chen Cao motioned for Li Xiang to sit next to him, then asked everyone else to sit down, and then said with a serious face: "Someone forced me to rebel..."
Weng Meixin was determined to be a rebel leader back then, but unfortunately her husband stopped her. Now when she heard Chen Cao mention this, she immediately looked at him excitedly: "Since our family is forced to rebel, then rebel." They see that these people really think our family is easy to handle."
"Sister Meixin," Li Xiang frowned and looked at her: "It's okay if you don't persuade your husband. Why are you making noises? If the rebellion fails, our whole family will be dead."
Chen Cao did not pay attention to Li Xiang, but looked at Li Waner beside him: "Does the person in charge of your mother's family dare to rebel?"
After the fall of Liaodong, the power of Li Ruzhen, the nominal commander-in-chief of Liao Dynasty, had been greatly reduced. In history, Li Ruzhen surrendered to Jiannu. Now when Chen Cao asked him, Li Waner was stunned for a moment.
"Husband, many members of my mother's family are in the capital..."
Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "I am going to Liaodong. I am worried that someone will do harm to our family, so I have arranged the necessary manpower to protect the safety of our mansion. All of you, please remember, no matter who it is, , For what reason do we let our family members go somewhere? Remember, they must not go;"
Chen Cao looked at everyone with firm eyes: "Especially Wei Guogong...
After I leave, the security team of Huang Degong and Lou Xingye will be responsible for the security of the home. Someone from Jinyiwei will contact Wan'er. The safety of the home will be left to Meixin, and Xiang'er will be responsible for the overall situation. Remember, you can't do it until I come back. No matter where you go, you must stay at home for all your food and clothing. Do you understand? "
Chen Cao's tone was very stern. Li Xiang, who had never experienced this before, knew that Chen Cao was serious, so he nodded: "Don't worry, husband. We have several sisters at home, and we will definitely protect the family."
Chen Cao patted Li Xiang's hand: "Also, Ling'er will arrange other things at home after I leave. Some things still have to be listened to her."
Li Xiang looked at Shen Zhuangling and saw that Shen Zhuangling was nodding towards him: "I know, sister Shen will come to live at home soon."
