Chapter 185: Antique Argumentative
As the suona sounded, the valley immediately became quiet, leaving only the harmonious sound of the burning bonfire and the rushing river. Zhao Yulin played the suona while dancing with Yangjin. Of course, the two of them knew the general meaning of the lyrics and danced happily in the square.
Zhao Yulin played a continuous melody with his powerful voice, sometimes rough and high-pitched, sometimes soft and beautiful like the clear spring water echoing in the valley. The pure and cheerful music danced in the mountains and forests, and everyone sang and danced around the newlyweds...
The next morning, Yangjin was dressing Zhao Yulin. He closed his eyes and enjoyed it. The little girl pinched his lower back and said, "It's ready. What a serious male chauvinism."
Zhao Yulin smiled and said he would avoid her waist pain, and accompanied her out for dinner, circumambulating the mountain, chanting sutras and praying for blessings. After a wonderful day to leave. The woman was reluctant to let him go, and her little mouth pouted high.
He said that business was more important and there would be plenty of time for fun later.
Zhao Yulin bid farewell to Tuva Pengcuo and other people from the provincial government and rushed to Chengdu.
His father-in-law Tuva also said with some regret that it had only been two days since the wedding and the person was gone. It was really sad.
Yangjin, on the other hand, didn't care. She told her father that Brother Yulin had been on the grassland for a few days and had a lot of things to do. She asked her father to take the lead and send her eldest brother Changji Nima to the mainland to serve as an official, and told the other Zamps to follow suit. Zhao Yulin told her that communication must be strengthened in order to unite all ethnic groups closely.
His father-in-law had a different opinion and told Yangjin that we should wait a little longer. There were many things going on in Changji and these places needed stability. Let's first build the new academy in Baoning Prefecture so that more and more children can receive education.
Zhao Yulin realized that he could not change his father-in-law's attention for the time being, so he bowed and said goodbye to the officials who came to see him off, and headed straight for Partridge Mountain.
At this time, his sister Zhao Sihan was in Jiading eating the Qiaojiao Beef restaurant on the pier with Chen Chen.
Duan Xiaolin did not mention the purpose of coming to Jiading, he just played a lot, but his little son was so tired of playing. Chen Chen ordered the official ship sent by Fatty Huang to start, and took the cute kids from Yibin with him. Zhao Sihan and Duan Xiaolin were very happy with a large group of kids.
At night, the two sisters-in-law slept in the same bed, and Zhao Sihan told Chen Chen the purpose of her return. The Emperor of Dali and her father-in-law wanted to fulfill the tax-sharing agreement for the new town in advance.
Chen Chen and Sihan's mother have racked their brains to raise funds for the army, and they are under a lot of pressure, but she didn't say a word and told Sihan not to worry about anything else, and that she would make arrangements when her brother came back.
Zhao Yulin climbed all the way to the top of the Partridge Mountain. The horse was fine, but he couldn't stop panting when he reached the top of the mountain. He vomited blood twice in succession, which scared the guards and military doctors. He adjusted his breathing and rested for a while before going down the mountain and continuing to walk.
When they arrived at the west gate of Chengdu, they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate and asked to dismount and verify their identities before entering the city.
The newly appointed captain of the guard, Geng Feihu, was about to go up to argue, but Zhao Yulin had already dismounted and asked him to come forward to take a look.
A large group of people were gathering at the city gate. A scholar-looking man was talking loudly, saying that a white horse is not a horse, and he was going to ride a horse into the city.
The guards found it strange. They all saw a notice posted on the city gate stating that one must dismount to enter the city. So why did this man insist that his big white horse was not a horse but a white horse, and that white horses were not restricted and could enter the city freely?
After the lieutenant guarding the city checked the identities of Zhao Yulin and his group and found out that they were the commanders of the Shenwei Army, the third young master of the Zhao family arrived. He immediately perked up and said that after General Cao's instructions, a military order had been issued in Chengdu, and anyone entering the city must dismount from their horses or vehicles to be inspected and lead their horses into the city.
Zhao Yulin nodded, knowing that Lao Cao's trip to Chengdu had paid off. The soldiers guarding the city were much more vigilant.
The lieutenant looked helplessly at the scholar riding on the white horse and said that he was a professor of the provincial school and had many reasons. He had been going in and out of the west gate repeatedly in the past month and refused to dismount, insisting on riding into the city.
The scholar on the white horse shook his head and burped, then immediately said, "Hmph, what are you talking about? Bandit leader, the horse I'm riding is a white horse, not a horse, why can't I enter the city?"
Then the man bowed and shouted, "Everyone, please give us some judgment. The notice clearly states that riders on horseback must dismount. My mount is a white horse. Why can't white horses enter the city?"
The people around suddenly burst into laughter, and more and more people came to watch.
Haha, what a coincidence, I met an antique-level nitpicker.
Zhao Yulin knew that this kind of people were just talking big, or in the words of the common people, "stubborn and shameless."
He didn't want to deal with it, but the argumentative guy actually shook the whip in his hand and called out to him, "Young general, please be fair, can I enter the city?"
Zhao Yulin asked him with a smile: Sir, you are a Jinshi, and you are a great writer because you are well-read. According to what you said, a white horse is not a horse, then doesn't it mean that writers are not human beings, and you are not human beings either?
Everyone was stunned and speechless.
The nagging man on horseback had already blushed when he heard this. The Hanako in the back of the crowd laughed even louder.
Zhao Yulin went on to say, since sir admits that he is not a human being, then he is a thing. If he is a thing, he should be tied to the white horse and tied up tightly, otherwise he will fall and hit someone, and then the boss will lose a lot of money .
Everyone laughed even more happily when they heard him teasing like this.
He immediately took a deep breath and yelled, "Whose stuff is this? Quickly get a rope and tie it up. Don't lose it."
The argumentative guy was so angry that he was fuming. He trembled and asked who Zhao Yulin was and how he dared to humiliate him in broad daylight. He swung his whip and pointed at the two constables in the circle of spectators, shouting "Catch him!" and he immediately captured the leader of the bandits.
Immortal Banban, it’s time to take action.
Everyone immediately dispersed with a shout. The two detectives knew that this professor was not following official rules and was quibbling over words to show off, so they just watched the fun from afar, not moving.
Zhao Yulin was not feeling well and did not want to waste any more time, so he gathered his strength and said loudly and seriously: Since the Chengdu government has issued an order, it must be enforced and everyone must dismount and enter the city.
Military orders are as heavy as a mountain; anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without mercy.
The spectators around immediately looked at Zhao Yulin seriously, and asked in their hearts, "What the hell, who is this official coming from the west? He is so fierce that he wants to shout down the professor, but he is a very learned official."
The argumentative person was dumbfounded. The leader of the bandits in front of him didn't accept his tricks at all, and even used his reasoning to humiliate others. Usually, he was eloquent and no one dared to approach him, but today he was helpless.
Seeing that he was still riding on his horse, Zhao Yulin got annoyed and shouted, "The Shenwei Army, get rid of this evil, and all the outsiders, please get out of the way." "Archers, get ready. I'll count to three. If this person doesn't get off his horse, I'll shoot him to death."
The guards took out their bows and arrows and took aim.
The spectators on the side took three steps back and gathered together to discuss: Wow, a divine arm crossbow, a brand new divine arm crossbow.
Some people said that it was not right, that it was the new type of crossbow of the Shenwei Army, and shooting a person was like shooting a piece of brown paper, which could penetrate through in the blink of an eye, and once it started shooting, arrows would rain down like rain.
Just look, that person's blood will spurt out like a child's pee, and it will still be warm from a long distance away.
These onlookers were talking at the same time, and their exaggeration was far better than that of the nitpickers.
It turns out that the masters are really among the people.
The lieutenant guarding the city had Zhao Yulin's support, so he was very confident. He shouted to all the people on horseback to dismount and accept inspection, refusing to accept being killed.
Zhao Yulin's guards were already marching forward in a row, holding bows and arrows, and shouting "Kill" with every step they took.
After taking only two steps, the argumentative person rolled off the horse.
The people around burst into laughter and continued to discuss the matter in groups of three or four, adding fuel to the fire.
Zhao Yulin was already striding towards the city.
Before he even entered the post station, the prefect, Lord Ding, sent someone to tell him to have a drink at Qintai.
By the time he changed his clothes and went to Wenjun Restaurant, Mr. Ding had already arrived.
The old man happily raised his glass and shouted "Drink, drink", praising the young man for his good job in teasing the old professor Zeng Wudao at the city gate. Everyone in the city knew about it, and if the old professor fell ill and never recovered, it would be the young man's credit.
Haha, people in Chengdu are so afraid of nitpicking, they can claim credit for making Zhao Yulin bedridden?
He smiled and said that this was to maintain the authority of the military orders of the Military Administration Office and the Chengdu Prefecture, and it should not be treated as a joke. If the rules set by the government are not followed, there will be endless troubles.
The old man smiled and said that he knew, as long as his brother's mighty army was guarding the border, he could sit back and relax and drink.
Fairy Board, what Lord Ding means is that as long as the enemy can't break in, he can do whatever he wants here, it doesn't matter, it doesn't exist.
Zhao Yulin didn't expect that Lord Ding was so laissez-faire, and defending the city was just a pretense. This was because Chengdu had been peaceful for too long under his rule, and he had no sense of crisis.
The old man told him that the government had agreed to use the new currency in the border areas, and Zhao Yulin immediately said that he would also issue the new currency in Xingyuan Prefecture.
The old man glared at him, then immediately smiled and said, "Send it, send it." He had already understood what Cao Youwen said. As long as he gave Zhao Yulin the door, he would make a big hole.
He just mentioned that it was okay to issue new currency in the border areas, and Zhao Yulin immediately issued the Hanzhong currency, which meant that all the areas controlled by the Shenwei Army in the northwest would issue new currency.
The old man simply stopped talking about business and talked about Zhao Yulin's spring carriage, saying that the new carriage was very useful and it was as comfortable to sit in as a sedan chair carried by eight people . He also told him very happily that Chengdu Prefecture had bought ten carriages, all of which were paid in cash.
Damn, these big officials think about this all day long, Zhao Yulin thought to himself, it seems that in order to get money to support the army, he has to come up with some new things.
After the banquet, he went back and slept until dawn. The slight pain in his back woke him up. After packing up and preparing to leave, the captain of the guard reported to him with an expression that all men can understand: Liu Fengxian, the head manager of Wenjun Restaurant, came to see him with a girl.
