Once the midsummer rain starts, it is not easy to stop.
The same seems to be true for Dongdu... Zhang Xing was sensitive to the fact that the geography of this world could easily be 'displaced' due to some powerful beings.
Of course, for people in this world, this is natural.
Among the seven supreme beings, there are inherently evolved gods like the Three Glory. It is also a normal rhythm for real dragons to turn over rivers and seas, and to split earth and open mountains.
Among them, when Emperor Bai rose from Shu and swept across the Central Plains, he opened some channels in the Qinling Mountains and dredged and expanded the Han River Basin. This does not seem to be worth paying too much attention to.
But obviously, since then, it is a fact that the Central Plains area where Dongdu is located has received slightly more precipitation in midsummer.
The rain continued to pour for several days, but the bloody clearing operation in Jiaqing and Jiajing Second Lane finally ended successfully on the fifth day.
However, the actions in the next two days had little to do with Zhang Xing, because since that day when he was "heroically injured" while chasing the leader of the Dayi Gang, he has only done two things. One is to make up and fill in various information based on the situation. One form was so messed up that even he himself couldn't understand its usefulness, and then handed it over to Xue Liang, who came regularly every evening; the other was to assign logistics and distribute rewards to all the various military personnel who worked hard on the front line. By the way, prepare iced sour plum soup for everyone.
Especially the iced sour plum soup is widely praised.
"That's not how the accounts are calculated, Manager Xu. This subordinate was almost fooled by you."
The rain rarely stopped for a while, the dusk showed a little, and the big moon slightly showed half of its face next to the clouds. Under the brightly lit sky street corridor, Zhang Xingzheng politely and seriously argued with Xu Wei, the city defense commander sitting opposite him. "The people on your wall have helped, but the people who help and the people who help are not the same thing, just like the profit sharing of combat personnel is completely different from the profit sharing of logistics personnel..."
"Zhang Sanlang, I didn't say that the people on the wall should get a share of the battle profits, but the ordnance comes from us. Can transporting ordnance be regarded as logistics?" Xu Daguan caught the other party's words and said, Quickly reiterate your request.
"Can logistics and logistics be exactly the same?" Zhang Xing pointed at the clean Tianjie and asked seriously. "The person who worked hard here all night to collect corpses, the person who carried rice, flour and firewood in the workshop all day long, the person who burned ashes in the brick kiln in the workshop, and the person who carried two bundles of crossbow arrows down to the city, can it be the same money?"
"Then what do you want?" Xu Daguan was temporarily discouraged.
"Seventy strikes." Zhang Xing finally came up with the plan he had thought of. "Carrying ordnance is a real job, and it is a delicate job. We will give you an extra seventy guan. I have inquired about it. There are thirty-five people left in your city. Each person has two guan... let them do it by themselves. Come down and get it, sign and circle it."
Director Xu was overjoyed for a moment. He thought they were all gone, but unexpectedly there were still seventy strings left. But when he heard the last sentence, he was discouraged.
To put it bluntly, if he lets his subordinates pick it up by himself, what benefits will he gain?
After thinking for a moment, Xu Daguan looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Zhang Sanlang... raise your hand, I only want fifty guan, and you keep 20 guan for yourself."
Zhang Xing sighed, got up and walked towards the distance along the corridor. A few dozen steps away, Bai Yousi led Qian Tang, Qin Bao, Li Qingchen and several other young knights in brocade clothes to sit casually on the corridor, and then held Enjoy the moon with ice-cold sour plum soup.
Seeing that Zhang Xing seemed unwilling to give him a fifty-dollar profit, and even wanted to file a complaint, Mr. Xu felt sour. However, the power of these golden dogs in the past few days was in his mind, and he did not dare to run away.
However, to his surprise, when Zhang Sanlang arrived there, he did not say anything to the noble daughter of the Bai family. Instead, he just asked one of them to stand up slightly, then took a heavy robe from the box under the person, and then returned quietly. .
"Seventy taels of silver." Zhang Xing threw the stuffed bag to the other party and explained seriously. "The ordnance was moved by your subordinates, Commander Xu. No matter how much or how little, it has nothing to do with you, Commander Xu. However, it is the responsibility of Commander Xu to open the ordnance inventory in the tower, lend us the ordnance, and depreciate the ordnance and so on... ...Actually, the distribution in my hand was originally shared by you. Naturally, it is indispensable for you, Chief Xu of the Wall, to have personal benefits. Even with this benefit, you have more than the others, and the others are all Fifty taels... Why bother competing with the people below for food?"
When Xu Daguan heard about half of the story, he hid the gauze that had been shaken several times in his arms. When he heard the last word, he nodded repeatedly: "I knew Zhang Sanlang was a luxurious person, so I can't thank you for this." , the prime ministers in Nanya are not fair to you... Don’t worry, I will ask them to collect the money tomorrow."
"That's right." Zhang Xing thought for a while and reminded again. "There was a fire in the four doors of the workshop and a lot of hot water was boiled. After going back, Mr. Xu might as well ask the brothers on the wall to find a basin and towel, and take turns to come down and take a hot bath... It has been raining for days, and my body is dirty. Take a shower, soak your feet, and sleep clean and refreshed at night.”
Director Xu nodded hurriedly, and then stood up to go back. However, after taking two steps, he seemed to think of something, and then quickly returned to the table and lowered his voice and asked:
"Would you like to give Inspector Bai a hand and sign up?"
Zhang Xing quickly waved his hand: "Don't bring trouble to the Emperor's feet."
"I think so." Xu Daguan immediately pointed his finger at the heart. "But please Zhang Sanlang, please be sure to convey to me on behalf of my brother that I have the utmost respect for the Three Glory and Four Imperial Kings... My thoughts here have not changed."
Almost done!
Zhang Xing's patience is finally coming to an end... If you still respect the Three Glory and the Four Emperors, why don't you say that the big moon, one of the Three Glory, represents your heart? If you tell the story, I'm afraid that the group of armored patrolmen who are watching the moon with the patrol lady will secretly blow your head off!
Moreover, do you really think that the inspection team at this distance cannot hear what you say?
Of course, while thinking this in his heart, Zhang Xing was very serious on his face: "I know, I know, I will definitely convey it, I will convey it!"
Sure enough, Bai Yousi glanced over quietly from a distance, then continued to look at the sky and the moon.
And Guan Xu finally stood up again.
Then he came back again.
"Zhang Sanlang." Mr. Xu greeted him sincerely. "I don't know if you have any arrangements for yourself... But since you gave me seventy taels of silver, I have to go to the road. It's inconvenient for you to sit on the street now. Just tell me a place, and I'll have someone send it to your home in some time. Go to Shiliang.”
Bai Yousi in the distance was motionless, but Zhang Xing's scalp felt numb when he heard it. He had to sigh and pointed at Bai Yousi in the distance:
"Director Xu, do you know why Inspector Bai is so selfless this time? He doesn't want profit or credit, so why don't you want to be grateful?"
"I know." Mr. Xu glanced at the man in the distance and laughed in a low voice. "The noble daughter of the Bai family lacks everything, and she has such martial arts skills. She really has to go beyond her duties and be a good person at this juncture. Instead, she should avoid being said to be someone who wants to win people's hearts."
"That's right." Zhang Xing answered seriously. "The noble daughter of the Bai family lacks nothing. What she lacks is that she needs 'nothing is lost, no leakage' at this time... She can't tell the truth, just be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, and the hearts of the people... That's why she is selfless and collects the money." Your money is determined by everyone on the street, in front of everyone, and then I don't even give you some reward money."
At this point, Zhang Xing pointed to himself and said: "I am still lacking 'no loss'! I just need to get this matter sorted out. I never thought about getting rich."
Officer Xu was startled for a moment, nodded, stood up, and finally said the last words: "Zhang Sanlang, brother, I want to give you a heartfelt message... There are some people you can't reach, so you have to try. It's okay, you're young... but you have to have a plan in mind. If it doesn't work in a few years, you can turn around early and bring all the rich and powerful people out to give an explanation to your family. I just said that you are better than the Nanya princes in seizing, and I am definitely telling the truth. , you are really good at what you do, just by doing this, you have established yourself in Dongdu, at least everyone here in Nancheng will recognize you as Zhang Sanlang."
With that said, Xu Daguan touched the robe in his arms, held the saber in his hand, and flew south along Tianjie.
Zhang Xing was stunned for a long time before he realized that the other party had misunderstood what he meant, but he was too lazy to pay attention to it... Without him, in this Jinyi Patrol Team, which ranked second in the Jingan Taichung Town Fu Division, Fan Fan had no family, Almost everyone has some natural thoughts. It is natural for the other party to misunderstand, and other people are not inferior to him for this misunderstanding.
Who told me that my mother-in-law had a good family background, good martial arts skills, and good looks?
Thinking of this, Zhang Xing just wanted to go to the workshop to take a bath and rest early. Instead, he took out a few notebooks under the table, checked them in a hurry, and turned to Bai Yousi, who was still admiring the moon.
"Inspection, official business." Zhang Xing generously handed over several notebooks in his hand under the gaze of the young patrolmen. "The accounts are all done... three books, one is the open ledger for Taichung to see; the secret ledger is divided into two, one records the profit share of my brother, and one does not record... If there are no mistakes, tomorrow morning According to the secret account, all the floating wealth was distributed, and the open account was made into a document and handed in."
Bai Yousi nodded and took it with a rare smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Sanlang. If it weren't for you, this matter wouldn't have started and ended so easily."
With just one word, Zhang Xing's back was filled with the attention of several colleagues.
However, even though he obviously knew that the other party was teasing him, Zhang Xing had no choice but to wave his hand: "It's not as hard as brothers working hard in the workshop. I'm just lazy."
"I know it in my mind." Bai Yousi laid out the three ledgers and asked while flipping through them. "Did you know that Zhongcheng's reward came yesterday?"
"know."
"Then do you know that yesterday evening, everyone in Beijing and Zhu Shou were summoned by Zhongcheng, and starting from this morning, all the buildings in Nancheng led by Jing'antai will be unified to clean up Nancheng based on the two buildings we led?"
"I know, and I know that Zhongcheng still thinks that we kill too many people. It would be enough to kill ten of the ten thousand people in other villages."
"Not bad." Bai Yousi looked at the account book without raising his head, but his smile was obvious. "Then do you know that Zhongcheng once asked me to divide this group of patrols into various groups to help guide them, but I refused?"
"I don't know." Zhang Xing thought for a while and decided that it would be better to flatter him before the situation became clear. After all, the other party's smile was too charming. "But the inspection was done absolutely right... How can we do our own work well, and do it quickly, so we should help others to do it? Besides, after working hard for days, we have to make plans and organize manpower. Material resources, and then we have to command, fight, distribute supplies, deal with corpses and wounded, and deal with the aftermath. Not all of our people are as advanced as the patrols, and they all need to rest. I went to work as a coach in his group, and I didn’t say anything about the money or credit, or the grievances I suffered, because I was afraid that I would encounter Ma Kui, the ‘Zongyun Sword’ again, and I would not have the protection of the patrol.”
These words were said with sincerity and sincerity, and they were flattering and flattering, but it made Qian Tang and others look at Zhang Xing repeatedly, and they all felt that Zhang Xing was indeed a strong enemy.
"Yes." Bai Yousi looked at the account book and felt very happy. "In the final analysis, there is a storm in the court, and our move is just to protect ourselves... There is no need to fight over that matter."
"Yes." Zhang Xing nodded sincerely, thinking that the other party felt comfortable being photographed and would pass the test today.
"So, just because I was afraid that you would get involved in a big mess, I specifically refused Zhong Cheng's suggestion that you go to the Black Tower to teach those forms." Bai Yousi put down the account book and stared at Zhang Xing carefully. "Transfer to the Black Tower and do this. After three months, you can add the white ribbon according to the custom... You won't resent me, right?"
Zhang Xing didn't react for a while, but it took him a while to realize what he meant, but he waved his hands repeatedly and answered sincerely: "How could it be? I'm grateful for the inspection before it's too late... Here in Dongdu, things are booming, and I'm here Such a small person is relying on inspections for protection, but without inspections, he cannot even save his life."
Bai Yousi and several patrolmen had different expressions, but they all stared at Zhang Xing, as if they wanted to verify what this man said.
But after watching for a long time, Bai Yousi was still unable to detect the hypocrisy of the other party, but he was slightly relieved: "Don't worry, although your cultivation is a bit poor, your cultivation, culture, sophistication and quality are all Excellent, you will earn some wealth sooner or later."
Hearing this, Zhang Xing didn't know that the old lady must have overheard what Mr. Xu said just now. He knew that she was running around too much these days and felt a little embarrassed, so he comforted her a little.
"Don't worry about the inspection." After thinking about this, Zhang Xing himself felt relieved, but he handed it over proudly. "I really have no intention of getting rich, but I am afraid that if I work conscientiously and conscientiously, wealth will come to force me... But I am usually a narrow-minded person, and I have to be calm when I see it. I am afraid that my temper will come up, and I will not see wealth. See the sword first... When the time comes, you will also need to use the high door behind you and the long sword in your waist to provide some cover for me."
After saying that, he cupped his hands and left directly, as if he was going to take a bath and sleep inside the square gate, leaving these people alone to enjoy the moon.
Bai Yousi stared at the man's back for a while, then savored it carefully. He still didn't notice any hypocrisy in the other person's words, and was stunned for a moment.
That is to say, in the midst of stunned confusion, suddenly, the weather became dull, the dark clouds rolled over the bright moon again, and the helpless summer rain began to fall again.
It was midsummer and it was raining in Dongdu City.
The next day, the rain continued, and at noon, an explosive news suddenly came. The day after the various workshops led by Jingantai in Nancheng tried to implement a new plan with the main content of cracking down on local gangs and relieving victims, Zhengpingfang A large-scale civil unrest broke out, and it was obviously instigated by members of the Imperial Prison Brigade and core organizational forces who had previously robbed and escaped from prison. As a result, officers and soldiers from all walks of life in Zhengpingfang were ambushed, resulting in heavy casualties.
For a time, there were rumors and cavalry everywhere, and there were even streamers occasionally flying over the eastern capital city where the ban had been temporarily lifted. All soldiers and horses received military orders, but only a few people were retained to control Tianjie. All the other elite forces immediately went there unconditionally. Zhengpingfang support.
The second patrol team, which had just distributed the money and was preparing to rest here in Jiajing and Jiaqing until the half-month deadline, had no choice but to immediately split into two. One team was led by Deputy Inspector Hei Shou Hu Yan, and the other team stayed behind. Under the leadership of Bai Yousi, they quickly marched along Tianjie to support.
Zhang Xing was assigned to Bai Yousi's group.
PS: Thank you to Asakura, Yui, Wushuode, and the handyman leader for their kindness... I am grateful... Happy New Year to everyone.
