Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 71 Arrival at Jinyang City

On the carriage to Jinyang City, Fu Zihou kept talking with Wu Shiling and Wu Shigui along the way.

When Wu Shiling and Wu Shigui asked Fu Zihou about the battle in Qinghe County, they were amazed. Then Fu Zihou asked Wu Shiling and Wu Shigui about the situation in Jinyang City.

Gradually, Wu Shigui's way of addressing Fu Zihou changed from Captain Fu to my good nephew.

"My dear nephew, when you go to Jinyang, you must first visit a few people. The first is General Pan, the Eagle General, the second is Liu Wenjing, the magistrate of Jinyang, and the third is Tang Xian of the Tang family..."

Feeling the slight shaking of the carriage, Wu Shigui seriously told Fu Zihou that he must visit someone when he arrived in Jinyang.

It goes without saying that General Pan Changwen was Fu Zihou's immediate superior. However, what Fu Zihou did not expect was that the famous Wang family of Taiyuan was not even ranked in the eyes of Wu Shigui.

Wu Shigui seemed to know Fu Zihou's doubts, so he explained the reasons one after another.

"Tang Xian was once the left guard of the Eastern Palace. When Crown Prince Yang Yong was deposed, Tang Xian was dismissed and returned home. However, Tang Xian was not particular about details. He liked hunting and hiding on the run. He made friends with gamblers and people who valued righteousness over their own lives and were willing to help others in need. His younger brother Tang Jian served as a general of the imperial guard in the palace..."

Perhaps it was because Fu Zihou was polite and humble, or perhaps it was because Fu Zihou was born into a merchant family, in any case, Wu Shigui rarely had such a good impression of a young man.

This is why Wu Shigui told Fu Zihou that when he leads troops in Jinyang City or even the entire Taiyuan County in the future, the relationship with these people will be of paramount importance.

One is the general above, who is in charge of all the troops in Jinyang.

One is the county magistrate in charge of Jinyang City, in charge of the power of Jinyang City, and in the past he was favored by many noble families and heroes.

The last one is a person whose family has power and background, and who has made many friends among desperate criminals in Jinyang over the years.

If he could get the help of these three people, there would be no major problems for Fu Zihou to lead the troops in Jincheng.

"Thank you, uncle. Zihou will definitely keep it in mind!"

Fu Zihou raised his hand and expressed his gratitude to Wu Shigui.

Hearing Wu Shigui's words, Fu Zihou couldn't help but think of his teacher Liu Zhiyuan. After all, Jinyang Magistrate Liu Wenjing was his teacher's brother-in-law.

However, he thought that Liu Wenjing, who was mentioned by Wu Shigui in the future, would be arrested and imprisoned in Jinyang City because of his teacher.

Fu Zihou didn't dare tell Liu Wenjing about this relationship.

soon.

Hearing the coachman outside the carriage say that they had arrived in Jinyang City, Fu Zihou could not help but slightly turn sideways and raise his hand to lift the curtain of the small window.

When he saw the huge and towering city wall in the distance outside the small window, Fu Zihou felt a little nervous.

Jinyang City!
I have finally arrived at this place, the origin of the changes in power in the world for hundreds of years to come.

"Lord Kaicao, can you investigate?"

After the carriage slowly stopped, a voice was heard from outside the curtain in front.

Upon hearing this, Wu Shigui reached out and gently lifted the curtain of the carriage. In an instant, Fu Zihou and Wu Shiling saw a city guard soldier in his forties looking into the carriage.

"Is there any circular?"

The soldiers defending the city looked at Wu Shiling and Fu Zihou, then looked at Fu Zihou and asked.

Upon seeing this, Fu Zihou took out a wooden sign and a seal from his bosom and showed them to the soldiers.

"Huaiyang man, Fu Zihou!"

Fu Zihou said softly.

As soon as they saw Fu Zihou take out the general's seal, the pupils of the soldiers defending the city shrank, and their originally straight waists instinctively bent slightly.

He took the wooden sign and the seal with both hands. When the soldiers guarding the city saw them, their expressions changed.

"Liu'er, meet the captain!"

The soldier guarding the city, who was in his forties, saluted, and then seeing Fu Zihou nod, he quickly returned the wooden sign and the seal to Fu Zihou with both hands.

"Thank you!"

Fu Zihou took the things back, raised his hand and saluted the soldiers without any airs.

However, Fu Zihou was a little puzzled. When he looked out the window, he saw that the youngest of the soldiers guarding the city was almost forty years old, and some were even fifty years old.

But at the moment Fu Zihou was not in a hurry to ask.

After the inspection, the curtains were lowered and Fu Zihou rode in the Wu family's carriage and slowly entered the city.

Soon, through the car window, Fu Zihou saw the scale of the city wall, and its ancient simplicity and overwhelming feeling, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

I have to lead the troops here. To be honest, this is not a small place.

While thinking. After a while, the carriage entered the street.

Fu Zihou looked at the unfamiliar Jinyang City. Compared with the original Wanqiu City and Xin County, the scale of Jinyang City was undoubtedly much larger, and there was an endless stream of merchants and common people along the way.

Densely packed houses, shops, restaurants and cottages line the streets, and even the goods sold by street vendors are mostly from the North and the Western Regions.

What caught Fu Zihou's attention most was the Jinyang Palace he saw after the carriage had been driving for a long time.

When in Huaiyang, Fu Zihou heard his teacher Liu Zhiyuan mention Jinyang Palace once.

Jinyang Palace was first built by the powerful official Gao Huan more than sixty years ago. Then twenty-five years ago, Yang Guang, who was then the Prince of Jin, ordered the expansion of Jinyang Palace and built a palace wall outside Jinyang Palace with a circumference of seven miles and a height of four feet.

Then, nineteen years ago, Yang Guang ordered the construction of a warehouse city to the west of Jinyang Palace! The warehouse city was eight miles in circumference and four feet high.

Eight years ago, Yang Guang again ordered the reconstruction of Jinyang Palace.

He had only heard about the scale of Jinyang Palace from his teacher Liu Zhiyuan before. Now that he had seen it with his own eyes, Fu Zihou finally understood how magnificent it was.

Soon.

The carriage arrived at Yingyang Mansion. As the carriage slowly stopped, Fu Zihou, Wu Shiling and Wu Shigui got off the carriage.

As Fu Zihou expressed his thanks, Wu Shiling and Wu Shigui said goodbye and left in the carriage.

Fu Zihou looked at his carriage, turned to the four guarding soldiers, and took out his general seal.

"Is General Pan in the mansion?"

Fu Zihou asked softly.

"Reporting to the captain, General Pan is not in the mansion!"

The officers and soldiers reported to Fu Zihou and when they learned that he was a captain, they dared not neglect him.

Seeing this, Fu Zihou could only ask a soldier to take him to his residence first.

Now Fu Zihou's official position is the sixth rank, and he not only has a salary but also a corresponding residence. However, the residence of a captain is not big and it changes with the position.

To sum it up in one sentence: officers and soldiers come and go, but the house remains forever.

After a while.

In an alley not far from Yingyang Mansion, Fu Zihou came to his residence. After the soldiers left, he looked around the small house.

There is an old tree in a small courtyard. The yard is full of messy wooden tools and some firewood. In addition to the resting area in the main house, there are two small houses on the left and right sides of the yard.

When Fu Zihou opened the door, an old smell hit him in the face. It was obvious that the previous captain had been transferred away a long time ago and left nothing behind.

Fu Zihou took off the sword from his waist and placed it on the wooden table.

Turning back outside the courtyard, Fu Zihou took out a package from his carriage, which contained clothes that his mother had prepared for him on the road. He then moved all the gold and silk awarded by the emperor into the house.

After finishing, I looked at the empty house except for wooden boxes, silk, and the packages prepared by my mother.

Living alone in a foreign land away from family, one had to go to the city to buy bedding, food, salt and other things needed for sleeping.

Fu Zihou couldn't help but think of the past when his mother and aunt were around him.

There was nothing in front of me, and I heard that it was quiet all around.

Fu Zihou suddenly felt a little lonely, but he did not regret his decision to let Mr. Liu follow Li Jingjie back to Xin County in Hu County.

Old Liu is not only old, but also has many hidden injuries. Instead of letting him follow me here and take risks, it is better to let him go back to Xin County, drink and chat with Grandpa, and enjoy life.

"According to the distance, Mr. Liu should be returning to Qian County soon!"

Fu Zihou thought to himself.

Fu Zihou didn't know what expressions would be on Old Liu's face when he returned to the Fu family, his grandfather, his father, and his mother's faces when they learned that he was now a Fenwu Wei.

But Fu Zihou knew very well that his mother would be very sad when she found out that he had to stay in Taiyuan.

Thinking about it.

Fu Zihou couldn't help but look at the sword on the wooden table next to him and the strap on the sword.

But at this moment, hurried footsteps suddenly came from the yard behind him, and when they stopped, the voices of soldiers were heard.

"Captain! General Pan asked you to pass!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Zihou picked up his sword, put it on, then walked out of the room and closed the door.

(End of this chapter)