Chu Qing's crotch was already numb. He spent the first year of Zhengxing to the second year of Zhengxing, Yuan Day, on horseback.
Chu Qing barely stayed in the two states and seven counties.
If he didn't have a good New Year himself, he didn't want others to have a bad New Year. If it weren't for the local officials who were too outrageous, Chu Qing would basically not enter the city. Even if he did, he would just rent an inn. He would rent the inn and the local government would spend the money.
It was a rare sunny day, with no snow and wind, and the sun was shining brightly. Chu Qing's face was red beside the official road.
The others were warming themselves by the fire, and Chu Qing kicked Tao Weiran's big ass.
"Brother, your horse is almost too thin and out of shape. You can't ride it with someone else."
Tao Weiran waved his hand and said cheerfully: "It's okay."
"I know you are rich and your family has a big business, but you can't be so extravagant."
"It's not a matter of whether you have money or not." Tao Weiran stood up: "That horse is not for a lower official."
"It's not yours?"
"Yes, when the official went to Xiao County to take office, the horse was tied in the stable of the county government."
"Li Mu's?"
"I guess not. If it belonged to Li Mu, he should have been sent to Beijing when his house was ransacked."
"You're lucky." Chu Qing glanced at Tao Shaozhang's mount: "This horse looks like a good horse at first glance. I don't know which bastard lost it."
Squatting down, Chu Qing looked at the chubby Tao Weiran and asked the question that had confused him for several days: "Didn't you say you couldn't come? Why did you suddenly come to follow us on the road again?"
Speaking of Tao Weiran, he was actually the person Chu Qing wanted to take to the border.
Being able to get Xiao County on track in such a short period of time is a testament to Tao Weiran's ability.
But before in the government office, as soon as this guy heard that he was coming to the border, he ran away as if he was reincarnated.
As a result, when we were leaving the city, this guy showed up again on horseback carrying a baggage, and followed everyone on the road without explaining anything.
"Impulsive, just impulsive."
Tao Weiran still had the same chubby smile: "This official is impulsive."
Chu Qing laughed dumbly.
Impulsiveness is usually accompanied by regret.
It's been five or six days since I've been on the road, and I haven't seen Tao Weiran express any regrets.
However, Tao Weiran didn't explain, and he didn't want to ask. Many things were like this. No matter what other people's motives and original intentions were, it was enough if the other party did it. There was no point in asking. What he wanted to say, the other party would naturally say.
Tao Weiran actually didn't hide anything, just as he said, it was just impulsive.
He is a man without dreams and has lost the right to pursue his dreams since he was a child.
After returning to Xiao County that day, he suddenly felt that it was not interesting.
Xiao County, which had been devastated by the great devil Li Mu, quickly returned to normal under his governance. Through the stone business, every household made money, and everyone became richer than the other.
Since then, Tao Weiran has lost his passion. He feels that there is no interesting and no challenge. What he does as the county magistrate is no longer interesting.
Making money makes him rich.
As an official, he can rise to the top.
Even if he was a county magistrate, a magistrate of Xiao County, where all the people were unruly people and all were poor, he could turn things around easily.
I have lost my passion, my motivation, and I am bored, so I think.
Tao Weiran began to think about what poor place could be poorer than Xiao County, and he wanted to challenge it.
But he couldn't think of it. There were many poor places, but some were far away, and being a county magistrate was not interesting. It was mainly a toss-up. He didn't want to go too far. When he came to Beijing from the East China Sea, he just sat there. I slept all the way in the carriage.
Lying on the bed, gnawing on the pork knuckle, Tao Weiran continued to do nothing.
Fat people are not necessarily lazy, but Tao Weiran is definitely lazy.
So Tao Weiran decided that if he woke up naturally on the day Chu Qing left, he would ride a horse and pack his bags and go to the north of the city, find Chu Qing, and go to the border together.
If he wakes up naturally and the time passes, he will continue to eat and wait to die.
Yes, that's what Tao Weiran decided, just like making a joke.
Even the matter of Tao Weiran choosing a date is quite fantasy.
He didn't know what day Chu Qing would leave, so he just found a day when Chu Qing was least likely to leave Beijing. On the first day of the New Year, he thought that if it was true, it would be okay, and if it wasn't, forget it, it would depend on God's will.
Not only that, he had to sleep until he woke up naturally. After waking up, he went to the north of the city and took a look.
The day, hour, and waking up naturally must be met, and these three almost impossible conditions must be met.
Tao Weiran was so willful, and then he slept until he woke up naturally that day, slowly packed his bags, wrote a letter of resignation, had breakfast, rode a horse, caught the last train, and finally followed Chu Qing.
There was no special reason, and it had nothing to do with dreams or ideals. I didn’t even think about making great achievements and doing something great. I just felt that it was quite boring. I guessed about the day and was confused for an hour. I woke up naturally and saw Chu. Qing, and then followed him to the border.
Xiao Yi threw a few pieces of wood on the ground: "Sir, we have three days to go to Heisha Town. After passing Heisha Town, we have left Xunyang Road."
"Three days."
Chu Qing nodded, opened the map and took a look.
After leaving Xunyang Road, we have basically reached the boundary of the border pass. From both directions in the northeast, we can reach the border pass, one is the east pass and the other is the north pass. If we go non-stop, we will reach our destination in five days. The sixteen towns of the border pass are also border passes. Where the army is stationed, most of the generals of the six battalions and their relatives are in the Sixteenth Town.
The first thing Chu Qing had to do was to make the Sixteenth Town rich.
Six of the sixteen are against the border city wall, and ten are behind Wangyuan City. The government office of the Ordnance Supervisor is also in Wangyuan City.
Chu Qing was in trouble: "Although the weapons supervisor is in Wangyuan City, it is no longer in name only. We have to find a stronghold."
"That's true." Xiao Yi, a local snake, explained: "The grain, grass and ordnance go to Zhechong Mansion. Zhechong Mansion will ask the soldiers to transport the grain, grass and ordnance to the major camps. Matters related to the border troops are almost unknown in Wangyuan City. I won’t interfere.”
After Chu Qing asked briefly about the situation in Wangyuan City, everyone had rested enough and was about to mount their horses again when they suddenly saw a man riding a thin horse walking slowly this way on the official road.
He looks like an old man, wearing a sheepskin coat, thin and listless. The horse is also an old horse, and there is a patched baggage hanging on it.
You must know that it is the "Chinese New Year" period, and there is almost no one on the official road. Even if there are people rushing on the official road, they are traveling with several people. Looking at the old man, he is alone, and he does not seem to be in a hurry.
When the old man saw Chu Qing and others, he was a little scared, but everyone didn't take it seriously and watched the old man riding his horse into the distance.
But when everyone got on their horses, the old man turned back again.
Although there was only one person, Fu San still grabbed the handle of the knife, and the others surrounded the old man.
The old man was not afraid this time and was quite pleasantly surprised.
"You are all military masters."
The old man is actually not an old man, he is about forty years old, maybe even less than forty, but his face is weathered and he looks a bit old.
Fu San frowned and asked, "Who are you and what's the matter with you?"
"I dare to ask you, are you really the military master?"
"Answer my question."
The old man got off his horse and saluted Fu San. It was the etiquette of a scholar.
"Laosheng Cuiyu, last summer, a friend who was proficient in hexagrams found the little old man and said that at the beginning of the second year of Zhengxing, at Heishaguandao, he could meet a descendant. Both the little old man and this person appeared in the hexagrams. , when I meet this person, I can help this new generation."
The crowd burst into laughter.
Fu San turned back to look at Chu Qing: "He is just an old liar. Master, give him a beating."
Chu Qing waved his riding whip and said with a smile: "Qi Qi, tell me what the hexagram is. If I give you some money, others can ascend on the spot."
"Zhen Gua, even if you tell me, you don't understand."
"Old man, your professional skills are too poor. At least you have to make one up."
"The Zhen Gua is the Thunder Gua."
"What you said is quite decent, Lei Gua, I think you look like Lei Gua."
The crowd roared with laughter.
Cuiyu didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "That means you have found the wrong person. Sorry for bothering you. Take your leave."
Turning around, Cuiyu muttered: "Thunder Gua, is it possible that what you are looking for is someone who can be struck by lightning?"
Everyone couldn't laugh anymore and subconsciously looked at Chu Qing who was on the horse.
