Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Why!Before the high officials left, they kept plowing, and the rain and dew were all wet. Why is there such a breeze in my stomach, and the water is not moving?

Luan Tingyu and others brought Ximen Qing, Jiang Zhong, Jiao Ting, and Brother Qiao Yun into Ximen Fort, and held a grand reception banquet for them.During the meeting, Ximenqing told Luan Tingyu and other brothers how he made friends with heroes such as Zhou Tong and Yue Fei in Tangyin County, and how he wiped out the Moushan bandits.

Listening to Ximenqing's narration, all the brothers were full of praise, yearning for this battle, and blamed Ximenqing for favoring one and discriminating against another, why he only transferred Brother Jiang Zhong from Yanggu County to lead the army to Tangyin County to help in the battle.

Jiang Menshen listened at the banquet, and proudly showed his muscular arms, eating meat and drinking in big bowls, how pleasant it is!

After talking about the extermination of bandits, Ximenqing praised Tang Long's craftsmanship again, saying that the armor he customized for himself was not inferior to his cousin Xu Ning's family heirloom armor.Ximen Qing asked Tang Long to spare no expense to build such a good body armor for every brother present.

When Tang Long heard Ximen officials praise his blacksmithing skills, he was also very satisfied and agreed.

During the dinner, Ximenqing asked Lu Xiaoyi about the bandits on the old neighbor Shuibo Liangshan.

Lu Xiaoyi told Ximenqing that he heard that Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others on Liangshanbo took advantage of the flood in Cangzhou to recruit troops and absorbed some refugees who did evil, and their troops were even stronger than before.In addition, Song Jiang is using his reputation in the Jianghu to recruit heroes from the Jianghu to join Liangshan.

It is said that after Zhu Gui, the leader of the Liangshan Mountain "Dry Land Hulu", died in Jiangzhou, Liang Shanbo sent people to Yishui County, Yizhou to invite his brother "Smiling Tiger" Zhu Fu to the mountain.That Zhu Fu knew that Liang Shanbo was recruiting talents, so he didn't know what trick he used to recruit his master, the "blue-eyed tiger" Li Yun, the capital of Yishui County, to make him a leader.

In addition, when Cangzhou was flooded, Jizhou, Liao Kingdom, which is adjacent to Cangzhou, also suffered floods, and the people were displaced.There is a Yinma River in Jizhou. A group of bandits on the mountain could not be robbed because of the flood, and they heard that Liangshan Po was very powerful, so the three leaders of Yinma River took hundreds of young people and went south to Liangshan to join the gang.The three leaders who joined Liangshan from Yinmachuan were called "Iron Face" Pei Xuan, "Huoyan Suanni" Deng Fei, and "Jade Banner" Meng Kang.

Lu Xiaoyi said to Ximen Qing with his fingers, after these new leaders and minions were acquired on Liangshan, there are now a total of Chao Gai, Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Du Qian, Song Wan, Jin Dajian, Xiao Rang, Li Jun, and Ou Peng. , Jiang Jing, Ma Lin, Tao Zongwang, Song Qing, Zhu Fu, Li Yun, Pei Xuan, Deng Fei, and Meng Kang, a total of [-] heroes, with more than [-] young men under their command, revived their momentum. It's quite a threat.

After hearing this, Ximenqing felt that the inertia of the mind's history was really great. He had killed so many Liangshan heroes, but there were still people who came to vote in that water park Liangshan one after another.The bandits Chao Gai and Song Jiang are really unbeatable Xiaoqiang!

No matter how many strong men gather on Liangshan, as long as they dare to invade this Yanggu County, he will clean up those Liangshan heroes one by one, so that they will never come back!

Ximenqing told Lu Xiaoyi that he should send more people around Liangshanpo to keep an eye on the movements of the gang of thieves in Liangshan.

After talking about Liangshan, Ximen Qing talked about brotherhood with everyone, drank happily, and ate for an hour or two before enjoying himself.All the brothers left one after another drunk, but Ximen Qing left the "money leopard" Tang Long alone.

After Ximenqing and Tang Long returned to the study together, they inquired in detail about the recent situation of Tang Long's weapon workshop, especially whether there was any progress in the research of firearms.

Tang Long told Ximen Qing that he had been in secret contact with Wei Dingguo, the "Shenhuo General" of Lingzhou, and Ling Zhen, the "Booming Thunder" of Tokyo Bianliang, according to Ximen Qing's distribution.The two of them not only secretly provided Tang Long with various materials needed to make firearms, but also wrote to Tang Long about their new research on firearms inspired by Ximen Qing.

According to the proportion of black powder mentioned by Ximen Qing these days, Tang Long has prepared the most powerful black powder.However, due to the limitations of iron smelting, there are still many unsatisfactory aspects in the trial production of matchlock guns, which need to be improved.

Ximenqing listened and told Tang Long not to worry, the development of muskets could not be done in a hurry.What I want is a musket that can shoot far, is powerful, and can be manufactured in large quantities. Although Tang Long has thought about it and worked hard to perfect it, there is no need to rush for success.

Ximenqing told Tang Long that he had obtained a copy of "The Essentials of Archery" from Zhou Tong in Tangyin County, which contained methods for training archers.Before mass production of muskets can be done temporarily, the weapons workshop can make more good bows and arrows, and I plan to train a strong bow army first.

The bow that Ximen Qing gave to Zhou Tong was made by Tang Long. As long as he has money, it is easy for Tang Long to make a good bow. Therefore, Tang Long immediately replied to Ximen Qing that he only needs to recruit some craftsmen to make a large number of bows. bow and arrow.Now the bows and arrows in the weapon workshop are enough for training archers.

Tang Long told Ximen Qing that Ling Zhen, the "Thunderbolt" from Bianliang, Tokyo, had sent a letter saying that he had developed a new artillery, and asked Ximen Qing and Tang Long to go to Bianliang, Tokyo to have a look.In addition, Ling Zhen said that he knew that Ximenqing needed firearms craftsmen here, so he could secretly recruit some talents for Ximenqing from the "Gunpowder Kiln" in Tokyo City.

After hearing Tang Long's words, Ximen Qing couldn't help but miss his love affair with Li Shishi in Xiaoyu Street in Bianliang, Tokyo. It's been a long time since I saw that red mole on her buttocks!

For the sake of Li Shishi... no, for the sake of protecting the people of the Song Dynasty in the future, I, a senior official of Ximen, have to go to Bianliang, Tokyo again!

Chapter 3 Eleven: Is Sanniang's Knife Still Sharp?

After hearing this, Ximen Qing told Tang Long that he would first send someone to send a generous gift to "Golden Gunner" Xu Ning and "Thunderbolt" Ling Zhen, and then he would write a letter to Ling Zhen to inform him that because of the three The lady is going to give birth in a few days, and she has to stay in Yanggu County for several months.When the child is born and the full moon is over next year, I will definitely go to Bianliang, Tokyo to pay a visit to Ling Zhen.

After the discussion between the two, Tang Long left Ximen Qing's study.

Ximenqing also felt a little tired after drinking, so he set off to rest in the room of the eldest lady Hu Sanniang.Although Ximen Qing went to Tangyin County for two months and hadn't touched women for two months, and when he saw Pan Jinlian and Zhang Xixi, his body was already burning with lust, but at this time Ximen Qing still suppressed the evil fire in his heart and made a The most sensible choice.

Sure enough, when Ximen Qing stepped into Hu Sanniang's room, he found that although this good lady was pregnant and bloated, she was still admiring her sun and moon swords and red cotton lasso under the light.

Sanniang is so good at martial arts, and she is pregnant with the breed of a high-ranking official. I wonder if the child she gave birth to is born with superhuman martial arts, and one can be ten from a young age?

For some reason, Ximenqing suddenly remembered the Japanese Warring States game he played before time travelling. Being able to have a baby is also an advantage!Let these little ladies give me a bunch of high-attribute children for Ximen Daguan, won’t I have all civil servants and generals in the future? Hahaha~

Ximen Qing couldn't help looking forward to the bright future, forgetting his feelings for a moment, standing by the door and laughing foolishly.

"Officer, I haven't seen you for a long time, how did you become crazy? Hee hee~" Hu Sanniang was overjoyed when she saw that Ximen Qing had come to her after the banquet, her face like a begonia blossomed into a smile, she put down the knife in her hand, and turned to her. Ximen Qing greeted him.

Ximen Qing woke up from the dream, hurriedly supported Hu Sanniang, helped her to sit firmly on the chair, and said softly to Hu Sanniang: "Sanniang, why don't you rest earlier? But you are still wielding swords? If you move Fetal gas, how can it be born? I know that the lady is heroic and superhuman, but now you also have to protect the babies in your womb."

Hu Sanniang winked at the personal maid in the room, and the maid immediately hurried out of the room and ran out of the yard.

"Officer, did you come to Sanniang's place today to see the lady? Or the child in my womb?" Hu Sanniang grabbed the knife on the table again, shook it at the light, and asked, "This knife has been used for a long time. Unsharpened, officer, do you think Sanniang's knife is still sharp?"

In this situation, Ximen Qing naturally expressed his true feelings.He told Hu Sanniang that of course he came to see Hu Sanniang.Sanniang's sword is still sharp, but Sanniang's beauty is even better than before.

Ximenqing said that when he was in Tangyin County, he missed Hu Sanniang day and night, and wished he could fly back to Ximen Fort to be with Hu Sanniang.

After returning to Ximen Castle today, if the brothers hadn't been greedy for good wine and forced me to chat for a long time at the banquet, I would have come back to accompany my wife long ago.

Hu Sanniang spat and said to Ximen Qing: "Officer, you can't just make me happy with sweet words! Who doesn't know your lustful nature? Now that I'm pregnant, I'm afraid you're worried about Xixi, Jinlian and Yulan. Three little ladies! Speaking of this, I am wondering today. In the past, when you traveled far away, you would always bring back a delicate little lady? Why is this time an exception? Could it be that the little lady you brought back was raised Are you in the outer residence?"

After hearing what Hu Sanniang said, Ximenqing was about to refute, saying that he hadn't brought the little lady back when he was in Jiangzhou, but after thinking about it, he had helped Jiang Zhong brothers abduct a beautiful lady, and Hu Sanniang must have counted this on himself on the head.

Thinking about it carefully, I really didn't think about women during my trip to Tangyin County, Xiangzhou.

Of course, this time Ximenqing was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. It was not a change of heart and a new life, but because he went to Yuejiazhuang. Impressions only.

In front of Hu Sanniang, Ximen Qing didn't confess that he didn't make trouble in Tangyin County because of Yue Fei, but he mustered up his eloquent tongue, picked up the touching love words to listen to Hu Sanniang, and coaxed Hu Sanniang into a trance. Eyebrows smiling, so happy.

Hu Sanniang naturally understood that Ximen Qing was coaxing her with good words, but the officials were so obedient in front of her, which was enough to satisfy Hu Sanniang.

When Ximen Qing and Hu Sanniang were talking about love, several of Hu Sanniang's personal maids returned to the courtyard together.Seeing Ximen Qing, he thought that just now Hu Sanniang had sent one of the maids out in a hurry, presumably to call these maids back.In the dead of night, what are the little maids doing outside the yard instead of staying in the yard to serve the lady?

Ximen Qing told Hu Sanniang the question in his heart, and asked her where did she arrange these personal maids?

Hu Sanniang smiled triumphantly and told Ximen Qing that these little maids were sent by her to Ximen Qing's other wives and concubines, and she wanted to take a look. , which lady will I go to see first...

After hearing Hu Sanniang's words, Ximen Qing glanced sideways at the sun and moon swords and the red cotton lasso on the table, took a deep breath, and thought in his heart that I, a senior official of Ximen, is really wise and mighty, and I will be ahead of the enemy. !Fortunately, I didn't get confused tonight, otherwise it is hard to guarantee that Hu Sanniang will not be tied back from some concubine's room with the red cotton lasso at this time, and experience the "Hu family's gentleness" all night.

The rivers and lakes are sinister and unpredictable!

Ximen Qing sighed in his heart, and immediately expressed his opinion to Hu Sanniang that he had never thought about going to other little ladies' houses tonight, and now he was quite tired after drinking, and wanted to spend the night at Hu Sanniang's place.

Unexpectedly, Hu Sanniang didn't want Ximen Qing to stay with her at this time. She said that Ximen Qing's behavior was rough when going to bed, and she was worried that he would accidentally hurt the baby in her womb in his sleep.

Therefore, Hu Sanniang jokingly told Ximen Qing that Ximen Qing, who hadn't tasted meat for a long time and was already full of lust, went to stay overnight with his concubine.

Seeing that Hu Sanniang has become so reasonable, Ximen Qing also joked to her that the maids around Hu Sanniang are also pretty good-looking, why don't they let them serve the high officials and me tonight...

Before Ximen Qing finished speaking, Hu Sanniang drove him out of the courtyard and asked him to go to other women to do such absurd things.

Ximen Qing looked at Hu Sanniang's closed courtyard door, snorted and said to himself in a low voice: "If you can't do it today, there will be tomorrow, and if you can't do it tomorrow, there will be the day after tomorrow. Sooner or later, these little chicks will belong to my senior officials." !"

After saying this, Ximen Qing left Hu Sanniang's house.He knew in his heart that this was because he had passed Hu Sanniang's test, and Hu Sanniang was so happy that she deliberately drove him out to give him a chance to get together with other young ladies.

When I first met Hu Sanniang, how could I have imagined that my lady is so understanding!

Chapter 3 Business of Shiqian

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Ximen Qing wandered slowly in the corridor of the inner courtyard.