Chapter 284: Lu Yu’s Charm (4)
Lu Yu was invited into the imperial city.
Lu Yu pulled Lu Yu's old ox cart and sat at the street corner opposite the gate of the imperial city, waiting for the result of Lu Yu's "interview".
This wait lasted from sunrise to noon.
Yawning, Lu Yi waved his hand, and a wonton vendor on the roadside came over hurriedly. Lu Yi casually ordered two large bowls of wontons, asked the owner to add more chili oil, and had a hearty meal.
This taste is right.
It should be a serious business of Haojing Baihutang.
Back then, Lu Yi, in partnership with Ah Hu, opened a string of snack stalls in Haojing City, earning a lucrative sum every year.
Unexpectedly, without Lu Yi doing much to take care of it, Baihutang's food stall had spread from Haojing to Yincheng - which is more than 10,000 miles away from Haojing.
All I can say is that the business in this market is like weeds.
As long as you sow a little seed, it will flourish.
Lu Yi ran over and returned the bowl to the vendor, then selected a dozen extra-large skewers from the barbecue stall nearby.
Beef, lamb, and lamb kidneys.
The taste is right too.
There are more than twenty snack stalls of various kinds gathered at this street corner, and each one has a different business.
Lu Yi sat back in the ox cart, eating with skewers in hand, and looking at the vendors thoughtfully - Shougongjian had not been able to extend his hand into Yincheng before, so what about the vendors in Baihutang?
"I don't know if they are franchise stores or directly-operated stores. If they are directly-operated stores, then there should be node leaders who are responsible for receiving profits and collecting information on the streets of the market."
Lu Yi planned to contact Ah Hu in Haojing later to see if there were any available manpower in Yincheng.
What an unexpected surprise.
These days, he was busy helping Le Yi and Le De organize a private army in the military camp outside the city, and he didn't notice that the small vendors on the streets of Yincheng were also mixing their own business.
The sun shifted a little to the west.
With a loud bang, the gate of the imperial city burst open, and a group of people, carrying the ceremonial guards of a king, holding scepters, axes, large banners, and black umbrellas, slowly walked out of the imperial city.
Lu Yu, who had obviously bathed and changed his clothes, with his hair combed shiny, was sitting on the back of a majestic white horse with a three-inch long horn on its forehead, smiling. He was wearing a black robe with silver silk Kunpeng pattern, which was a title for a king. He had a sword at his waist and a gold medal and jade seal hanging on his belt. He walked out surrounded by thousands of guards.
Several eunuchs in purple robes came to the gate of the imperial city carrying a large gong and struck the gong with a deafening sound.
"Now there is a great sage named Bai Changqing, called Dayin, who follows the will of heaven and the will of the people, atoning for the people and punishing the criminals, seeking the welfare of the people of the world. Therefore, he has come from afar to surrender..."
A young eunuch screamed at the top of his lungs, spreading Lu Yu's identity to all directions.
He used extremely gorgeous, even somewhat exaggerated words to praise Lu Yu's literary and martial virtues, his unparalleled talent and so on...
Lu Yi was stunned when he heard this. Lu Yu was actually appointed as the Grand Marshal of the First Rank by the Le family, an official position equivalent to that of a general or a prime minister. He was in charge of the Le family members, mainly the private armies formed by those young masters, and coordinated these private armies to conquer Dayin.
What kind of magic potion did Lu Yu feed Le to make her give him such a title?
A Grand Marshal of the first rank!
This official position had been vacant for many years in Dayin because it conflicted with the powers of the general. All along, the duty of the grand marshal to coordinate and dispatch the imperial army had been divided between the general's office and the five military offices, and later by the city defense army's office.
How did Lu Yu get this position in Xinyin?
Although he could only control the newly formed private armies of those young masters, he had no right to interfere with the elite private army controlled by Le Wu and operated by the Le family for many years.
But... the Le family has so many young men who are eager to achieve success.
From what Lu Yi knew these days, young masters of similar status to Le Yi, Le De and others had formed at least two to three hundred small teams, all of which were enthusiastically recruiting soldiers and conducting large-scale training exercises.
The private armies formed by these two or three hundred small groups had the largest number of soldiers, such as Le Yi and Le De, who were supported by Lu Yi, with a total of 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers. Other smaller private armies also had more than 10,000 soldiers.
This is the private army of millions...
Moreover, as the future war breaks out, these young masters will definitely expand their armies, even if they have to do the same as Xiong Taidou in Anping Prefecture, and coerce the common people to form a cannon fodder army?
It is possible for these millions of private armies to expand to tens of millions of people.
After all, Dayin has such a vast territory . If you want to invade and encroach on it, you have too few soldiers and can’t even take care of guarding the city!
Even if these private armies are less powerful, lack military discipline, and have corrupt personalities, their numbers are sufficient. This is a "huge military force" that can scare people if it is made public!
Le Shi gave this authority to Lu Yu?
Lu Yu stared at Lu Yu, very curious about what he said and did in front of Le Shi...
The triumphant Lu Yu pulled the reins, looked at the old ox cart across the street, and waved to Lu Yi.
Lu Yi walked over pulling the old ox cart and bowed to Lu Yu: "Congratulations to the Grand Marshal, congratulations to the Grand Marshal... The Grand Marshal is unparalleled in talent and learning, and the emperor's grace is immense. This position is extremely suitable for the Grand Marshal."
After coughing lightly, Lu Yi smiled and said, "After becoming the Grand Marshal, you will surely rise to the top and be crowned a king. It will be as easy as pie."
Lu Yi looked at Lu Yu and laughed, "I am Le Huo, following the two gentlemen Le Yi and Le De. I have formed a private army of 30,000 men. From now on, I will be under the command of the Grand Marshal. Please take good care of me."
When acting, you have to act it out fully.
In front of thousands of guards, hundreds of ceremonial guards, and so many people at the gate of the imperial city, Lu Yi calmly took out several huge, top-quality gems and handed them to Lu Yu.
Lu Yu was stunned, blinked his eyes, and took a deep breath.
"Brother Le Huo, I think you are... a young talent who can be cultivated..."
With a wave of his wide robe sleeves, the top-grade gemstones worth more than 100,000 strings of cash in Lu Yi's hand disappeared. Lu Yu smiled and nodded to Lu Yi: "In that case, I will host a banquet at the Grand Marshal's Mansion tonight. You ask Le Yi and Le De to help me send invitations to all the young masters of the Le family in Yincheng who have formed private armies to attend the banquet at the Grand Marshal's Mansion."
Lu Yu said seriously: "This officer wants to test the talents and character of each of you gentlemen and use them according to your abilities!"
At the gate of the imperial city, several young eunuchs took a deep breath.
"This Grand Marshal is actually one of my generation!"
The young eunuchs were also jealous of those sparkling top-quality gems - of course, the problem was not the gems, but the fact that Lu Yi actually bribed in public, and Lu Yu actually accepted the gems in public without any scruples!
On the wall of the imperial city, Yu Sandou stood with his hands behind his back, smiling as he watched Lu Yu and Lu Yi talking in front of the door.
"greedy?"
"I'm afraid you won't be greedy."
"Tsk tsk, greed is a very good character. If you are not greedy, who would dare to let you be an official?"
Lu Yi bowed to Lu Yu.
Lu Yu rode on his horse, with his head held high and his chest puffed out, surrounded by people, and walked along the street to his Grand Marshal's Mansion.
When Xinyin was first established, everything was kept simple. The so-called Grand Sima Mansion was originally the Mansion of the Mayor of Qingpingfang. Under the order of the Le family, the officials in the Mansion were moving in a hurry, clearing out all the original files and documents, and giving the territory to Lu Yu.
Groups of yamen runners carried large gongs and walked around the streets of Yincheng, announcing to the world the birth of the new Yin Grand Marshal - they were also declaring to the world that as long as you have talent and ability, Xinyin will make an exception for you and promote you.
Look, a new great sage who has just surrendered, Xin Yin dares to directly grant him the position of Grand Marshal, letting him directly command millions of soldiers and horses... With such a great grace from heaven and such a thirst for talents, what are you waiting for? What are you waiting for? Hurry up and surrender to Dayin, and shed blood and sweat for the rebellion of the Le family, and make contributions!
It has to be said that Lu Yu was directly granted the position of Grand Marshal, which attracted the attention of countless people inside and outside Yincheng.
Many talented people who were still on the sidelines, hesitated and moved towards the recruitment list.
Lu Yi ran back to Le He's mansion and kicked and stomped .
When Le Yi and Le De heard about Lu Yu's affairs, and heard that a man who had just surrendered was actually granted the position of Grand Marshal, the two brothers jumped to their feet and made a fuss, and then hurriedly sent people to search Yincheng for the young masters of the Le family.
We were busy from noon to evening, and finally, everyone who needed to be notified was notified.
At nightfall, Qingping Le Garden, a hall that the Le family used to hold banquets to entertain guests during the New Year and Spring Festival in previous years, was brightly lit inside and out. Countless bright lights illuminated the hall like a crystal palace, brilliant and magnificent to the extreme.
Countless pretty maids were running back and forth, delivering tables of various fruits and fine wines like flowing water.
The young masters of the Le family came in groups, each with their own thoughts, to attend the welcome banquet for the new Grand Marshal.
To be honest, the real elite members of the Le family all followed Le Wu and led the army to Haojing.
Those who stayed behind to form a private army and prepare to attack cities everywhere were all the useless dandies in the Le family. As for their abilities, they didn't have much, but as for their tempers, they were all worse than each other.
Thousands of young masters gathered together, accompanied by a large number of recruited retainers, thugs, financiers, lovers, etc. They were in a mess, and everyone was shouting and talking at the same time.
"Where did Bai Changqing come from? Ugh, Bai Changkong's distant cousin? The only people I look down upon in my life are those bookworms... So, I never read, but I still managed to gather a team of more than 20,000 people, didn't I?"
"Grand Sima? Why does he deserve to be the Grand Sima? Today, sir, I'm going to teach him a lesson! Look, I'm going to punch his head off. It's better for me to be the Grand Sima!"
"Okay, brother, I support you after hearing what you said... If you can't go back and blow Da Sima's head off, you are just a concubine's child!"
" Bang!"
The banquet hadn't even started yet, but dozens of fights had already broken out among the young masters.
The scene was truly gloomy and chaotic to the extreme.
