Chapter 934 The Dragon and the Elephant Are Coming
Chapter 934 The Dragon and the Elephant Are Coming
The entire Liang family rushed to the pier.
The three disciples who boarded the treasure ship first looked around but couldn't see Liang Qu anywhere.
"Where are the Ashui people?"
"Lord Liang has some official business on hand and needs to go to the Hebo Office to handle it." Long Pingjiang replied.
"A lazy donkey on the millstone!" Xu Zishuai crossed his arms.
River and lake.
"Cha Qing, Zi Xuan, Kou Zhuang!" Liang Qu looked around at the three of them, "Now I have a difficult task, I wonder if you are willing to take it."
"Please tell me, my lord!"
“I will be traveling west in a secretive manner soon. I need someone to go there in advance to gather intelligence for me and arrange my itinerary. It will take three years at the fastest and several years at the slowest. It will not be easy and it will be a tough job.
You three have been with me the longest, for more than five years, and your strength and skills are not bad, so I came to ask you a question. If you don't want to, then nothing will happen today. If you do, you can go home now, pack your bags and say goodbye to your loved ones."
Act in secret!
Kou Zhuang touched the back of his head, not quite understanding the meaning.
Cha Qing and Fan Zixuan's hearts skipped a beat and their breathing became heavier.
opportunity!
Not everyone can be like Liang Qu, who has outstanding abilities and is unique in his own right. If the superiors are not blind, they will be willing to use him and give him opportunities, and he will get great achievements.
With people like them who are of mediocre talent.
There is only one word to get ahead.
Wait!
Waiting for an opportunity for several years or even more than ten years may not even be a very good opportunity, but a second-rate one. When you get what Liang Qu called a "hard job", you can take a big step forward and your ancestors' graves will emit green smoke! You just have to wait for the next green smoke to let your descendants with a higher starting point take over.
only……
"Your Excellency, are you referring to Datong Prefecture?"
Check carefully and ask carefully.
The fact that Liang Qu went to Datong Prefecture to listen to the sutras was no secret within the Hebo Office.
Go west...
The imperial court is preparing to take action against the Hanging Temple! ?
The three of them were racking their brains, wondering for a moment whether the imperial court was planning to destroy Buddhism.
"Datong Prefecture is just a place we pass by on the way. It's not our destination. It's further west."
"Tianshan?"
"Snowy mountains, blue lake."
The three of them widened their eyes.
It’s freezing cold in the far west!
The Blue Lake is almost at the border, and it is a mess. There are many lawless areas where thieves gather.
West to the extreme!
Not to mention the fight between Liangqu and Harukhan of Beiting Naiman, which was widely spread after they came back. It was said that Mahakala, who held up thunder and lightning and had his eyes open with true energy, was from the Great Snow Mountain and had an evil nature.
"To go or not to go?" Liang Qu asked again.
A closed place is bound to be exclusive.
This is the principle of survival.
In the snowy mountains, the environment is not to be considered, but accent is an important issue.
Dashun originated from Jianghuai, and Mandarin is the elegant language of Jianghuai. Liang Qu's previous activities were all in the imperial capital and Pingyang, without any obstacles. At most he went to Huangzhou, but Huangzhou was the hinterland of Dashun, Mandarin was popular, and the Xu family was the local leader.
When I went to the Blue Lagoon, I was completely in the dark. I couldn't understand a single word. If I wasn't careful, I would end up paying the price of trial and error.
Cha Qing and Fan Zixuan are the old ones who have been with him the longest. They have been at his beck and call since he was a seventh-rank Du Shuilang. Kou Zhuang used to fight in the martial arts hall. He is stubborn, honest and easy to use.
The more chaotic the place is, the more useful a stubborn and rough guy is. He is not easily deceived and even less likely to go off track.
The study fell into silence.
Just talking about a big snowy mountain, no promises, no clarification...
"go with!"
Find out, Fan Zixuan gritted his teeth.
Give it a try.
The bad horse turns into dragon blood!
"I'll go too!" Kou Zhuang raised his hand.
"Why don't you ask your master?" Liang Qu was surprised.
"My master said that Sir Liang is kind and honest. I won't go hungry if I follow you."
"Hahaha, good!"
Liang Qu laughed and took out his pen and ink to write his stamp on the note.
"Each of you go downstairs to get 300 taels of silver for your travel expenses. Choose any middle-level middle-grade martial arts or middle-level upper-grade skills from the exchange book. Then head west. When you reach the Hanging Temple in Datong Prefecture, I will tell you exactly what to do."
"Yes!"
Arrange the forwards.
Liang Qu went downstairs and said goodbye to his colleagues at the river and lake station one by one. "Damn it, we are all officials, why are you the only one who is so carefree all day long! The fishing boat has only been out once." Ke Wenbin was angry.
"Next time I'll give you two fishing spots, so you can catch a lot. If you steal half of the fish on the boat, you'll still make some money."
"really?"
"I'm not lying to you." Liang Qu thought of Pai Xiaoxing.
"When you go to Datong Prefecture, bring back more local specialties." Xiang Fangsu put his arm around his shoulders and patted his chest.
"Don't worry, there's not one less. Um, this is..."
Ran Zhongshi stuffed a thick stack of blank pages into Liang Qu's hand and said, "During the twenty-day Dharma Assembly, don't forget to organize the contents of Master Mingwang's lectures. Don't write about the messy Buddhist mysteries. We can't understand them all. Just write something more useful to eat."
"Row!"
……
"Finally it's out!"
Xu Zishuai squatted in the observation beam, took out the monocular telescope that Taotao had opened, and saw Liang Qu walking out of the government office holding a pile of albums and jumping off the mast.
"Sorry for the long wait!" Liang Qu jumped onto the deck, and Long Eying took the paper.
Before the two could say a few more words, Xu Zishuai, who was not easily fooled, interrupted and urged them, not giving them any room to play: "Hurry up, hurry up, let the captain start the boat to the mouth of Long River to pick up Master and his wife, and set off immediately!"
Liang Qu looked around and said, "Senior Brother Lu hasn't arrived yet."
Xu Zishuai was stunned: "Isn't Third Senior Brother waiting for us at the mouth of the Guolong River?"
"We had agreed to go to Longhekou, but then we changed it. Wait, here we come!"
Chishan was pulling a "skinny" horse-drawn carriage down the street, with Lu Gang sitting at the head with a pile of luggage beside him.
Liang Qu jumped down happily.
Needless to say, the carriage he asked Lu Gang to help build was ready!
"Brother!"
"Junior brother!" Lu Gang jumped off the car and patted the steel frame beside him. "Look at how it works. The main frame is basically like this. I mixed it with Xiaoyao gold to make it strong and light. For the rest, you can find a carpenter you like to assemble it. The finished product is about eleven by seven by six feet."
Liangqu turned around.
It is not as luxurious as Jian Zhongyi. It is 3.6 meters long, 2.3 meters wide and 2 meters high. It is a normal size and can be used for lying or sitting.
If you do it right, you can even set up a small hot pot for two people to sit opposite each other.
Lu Gang did not build a carriage, and the entire base was exposed to the outside. The structure was simple but not crude, and it had all the shock-absorbing springs. The bearings were straight, round, and shining silver, exactly the same as those produced by machine tools. There were also many replacement parts.
Ordinary people's carriages are mostly made of wood, and even the wheels are made of wood with a layer of red-hot iron rings. After that, they are poured with water to cool down and then shrunk and tightened.
If you have money, you don’t have to think so much and can just use special metals.
of course.
Liang Qu didn't pay any money.
Given the relationship between fellow disciples, there is no need to discuss these matters.
The Otter family carried the large carriage and stuffed it onto the treasure ship.
"Now we are all set. Let's go! Let's go west to seek the scriptures!"
Cross the mouth of the Long River.
Zhuo Shaoqin stood on the reef at the river mouth and waved.
"Master! Mother! Senior Sister!"
Liang Qu waved his hand in response.
The little otters grabbed the bridle rope, stepped onto the mast, swung out one after another, whizzed down, grabbed the luggage on the ground and carried it onto the boat.
"I am happy every time I see your little thing." Xu supported Liang Qu's forearm and pointed at the otter that was commanding Wangdou.
"Mom likes it. I'll tame another litter next time!"
"Okay, I'll wait."
A big family reunion.
Board the ship happily and set off happily.
In the past, it took ten days to travel to Huangzhou. Now with the imperial treasure ship, it is much easier than before. Liang Qu became a master and showed his water control skills openly.
at the same time.
In Datong Prefecture, spring is here and flowers are blooming.
The members of the Da Men Gao sect, who had set out in advance less than half a month before the Dharma Lecture Session, arrived one after another.
For a full half month, there was no lodging and waiting, and there were often small gatherings and some well-informed big sects. They learned a shocking news from the Hanging Temple.
"what?"
"The Dragon-Elephant Martial Saint is coming?"
(End of this chapter)