Chapter 5 Floating
After performing the rituals between warriors to Jiang Mei, Tai Yun said with some amusement: "This old brother, I'm afraid you have misunderstood. It was my order to catch this child, but..."
Jiang Mei still looked at Tai Yun coldly, waiting for Tai Yun to give him an explanation. If this explanation cannot satisfy him, Jiang Mei will prepare to take action. At worst, after killing the general, he will take Chengbang away from Anting City. The world is so big, where can they not have a place to settle down?
Feeling Jiang Mei's prejudice towards him, Tai Yun's face even more bitter smile was even more, and he explained: "When I was recruiting the army, I saw this little brother on the lookout stand of the Huangfeng. Let's put it this way, I liked the talent of this little brother and wanted him to serve as the lookout for the Huangfeng."
Jiang Mei frowned and said, "It's because of this that you sent so many soldiers to arrest Cheng Bang?"
"So this little brother is called Chengbang..." Tai Yun continued to explain: "At the beginning, I asked two soldiers to bring Chengbang's little brother to the Huangfeng, but seeing that this little brother was good, he threw away my two subordinates, and couldn't help but feel tempted. Unexpectedly, the more he tempted, the more he loved talents, the more he caused this situation, and in the end, it was my sin."
Jiang Mei and Cheng Bang looked at each other in surprise.
Jiang Mei patted Chengbang's little head and asked, "Didn't those two soldiers tell you the reason when they looked for you?"
Cheng Bang said weakly: "Those two soldiers are so fierce... Who knows if what they said is true? Moreover, Uncle Jiang, you told me not to cause trouble everywhere. I don't want to be caught, so I ran away..."
Jiang Mei was speechless, just because of a misunderstanding, almost caused a bloody battle. If Tai Yun had not arrived in time, the consequences would have been difficult to predict.
The misunderstanding was resolved, and Jiang Mei's face was slightly relaxed. With Tai Yun's status, it was not easy to explain it in a low manner. Moreover, judging from the soldiers' attitude towards Tai Yun, I think Tai Yun is also a good general. It's no big deal to talk about the misunderstanding now.
After thinking about it, Jiang Mei didn't want to have a stale relationship with the military, so she said, "It's because this child is too capable of making trouble. Since it's a misunderstanding, I'll apologize to you on his behalf."
Tai Yun breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Jiang Mei and Chengbang with a fiery look, and said, "I wonder where the two are? Do you intend to come to work on the Huangfeng? In the lower house, Tai Yun, as the deputy general of the Huangfeng, if the two intend to work on the Huangfeng, I can make the decision and give the two people a monthly salary of one crystal stone!"
"Sorry, we have no intention of joining the army." Jiang Mei refused Tai Yun's proposal without thinking. He didn't want Chengbang to have too much contact with the military.
"Uncle, a crystal stone!" Chengbang's eyes were shiny.
In addition to personal efforts, various resources are also indispensable for martial artists' cultivation. Among them, elixirs and crystals are the two most important resources. Pills can help warriors break through certain bottlenecks, and some precious elixirs can even directly improve the realm of warriors. Crystals can better help warriors practice. Absorbing the pure spiritual energy in crystals can greatly accelerate the cultivation speed of warriors. However, because crystals are too widely used and too important. They are not suitable for daily transactions, so no matter which country, they have control over crystal resources. Jiang Mei and Chengbang come from the mountains of the Shifang. There are many materials of various monsters and herbs, but they have not discovered crystal veins, and can only obtain them in fragments from some special environments and special geological structures. The source is very unstable and not enough for them to consume every day.
In the army, the salaries of soldiers and low-level generals are calculated in currency, and only the salaries of middle and senior generals are calculated in crystal stones. One crystal stone per month is already the treatment of an intermediate general. It has to be said that in order to win over Jiang Mei and Chengbang, Tai Yun was willing to invest in capital.
"Sorry..." Jiang Mei was still unmoved.
"Uncle Jiang, please agree. Mother asked you to take me out for training. Joining the army is also a good way to experience it..." Cheng Bang, who yearned for the army, persuaded unyieldingly. Moreover, Cheng Bang looked at the "Huang Feng" with a different look. If he could serve on the "Huang Feng", Cheng Bang would be very happy.
"Haha, are you worried about the safety of this little brother?" Tai Yun thought for a while and said, "This little brother is the lookout hand. He is usually responsible for observing the situation around the floating raft. Even if an enemy attacks, the lookout hand will be protected as soon as possible. Therefore, as long as our floating raft is not shot down, the old brother does not have to worry about safety. Moreover, I think this little brother has reached the early stage of the round body. I can also give some elixirs on the Huangfeng number to you."
Seeing that Jiang Mei was still unwilling, Tai Yun once again gave out a temptation.
"If this is the case..." Jiang Mei thought about it. If she could join the army while ensuring Chengbang's safety, it might not be a good choice. If she experienced the time in the army, she would think Chengbang would grow faster.
Under Tai Yun's temptation and Cheng Bang's persuasion, Jiang Mei finally nodded.
Through the small shuttle staying in the square, Tai Yun led Cheng Bang and Jiang Mei to the "Imperial Wind".
The Huangfeng is a floating raft that can represent the national strength of the country of Yue. However, when it was first built and designed, it was considered to be a ship for His Royal Highness the Princess, and the style seemed to be more slender and beautiful. The long pole bracket supporting the first spinnaker and the flagpole at the tail protruded to the front and rear were 107 zhang long, and the widest was 16 zhang. The Huangfeng usually had several people stationed on the Huangfeng. The first was the craftsman, sorcerer, the warlock who operated, drove and maintained the floating raft, as well as the gunners and loaders who operated the fairy stone cannon, as well as technicians and workers who carried out emergency repairs during combat, which totaled more than 400 people. The second part was the spirit who had been stationed on the Huangfeng for a long time.
The Rui troops, when the Huangfeng wants to attack the ground, occupy it, or the enemy forcefully ascends to the Huangfeng, these troops will be useful. Now, these troops are most often used as ceremonial troops. Usually, the things on the deck are handed over to the craftsmen and sorcerers, and on the deck are handed over to these troops. This part of the troops has 1,500 and 600 people. Chengbang joins this part of the troops. The third part is the Princess Guards and followers, servants, etc. on the Huangfeng, and even two chefs, two tailors and some other people that sound incredible. As for how many people to take, you have to see the mood of Princess Ye Yichen.
Although the Huangfeng is not small, it has to be equipped with huge fairy stone machinery, many fairy stone cannons, ammunition and other supplies, and it also needs to accommodate more than 2,000 people. The space is tight enough. The space that the princess and her guards can use is the core area of the Fucha, located in the middle of the Fucha, and there are only a short passage to the deck. There is even a small garden on the deck, with many strange flowers and plants planted. His princess even raised a pair of cranes and a pair of young deer in the small garden, not to mention other small animals that occasionally bring them. The koi in the garden seems to be a very expensive variety.
Craftsmen and warlocks are all precious talents, and of course they will also receive better treatment. Most of them are assigned to work under the bridge and the sides and bottom areas of the floating cruisers according to their work. Most of them are quite easy to get along with, and they are not pretending to the ordinary soldiers. After all, everyone is on the same boat, and it is easy to make a mistake without good cooperation.
As for the soldiers, most of them slept in large cabins. However, overall, the conditions were pretty good, but they were a little cramped. But at this time, Tai Yun arranged a small ** cabin for Chengbang and Jiang Mei. This also shows how much he attached to the two.
He took Chengbang and Jiang Mei to visit the "Huangfeng". Tai Yun briefly introduced the responsibilities of the Watcher to Chengbang: "Chengbang, from now on, you will be one of the three Watcher above our "Huangfeng". At the beginning, you will learn from the two Watcher first. After you become familiar with the relevant process, you will officially start working. After twelve hours a day, you three people will fall in three rows. As for Brother Jiang Mei..."
As he said that, Tai Yun looked at his guard and continued, "If you don't dislike me, be the commander of the sentry first!"
Jiang Mei nodded indifferently and agreed. He came to the "Imperial Wind" just to take care of Chengbang, and did not care whether the position he held was high or low. However, when Jiang Mei agreed, the guards around Tai Yun were all surprised.
The guards around Tai Yun have participated in the arrest of Chengbang, and they have also seen Jiang Mei show great power with their own eyes. It should be no problem to be able to follow such a powerful player and learn a move and a half-stage. If there is a master in front of you, the soldiers will feel much more at ease.
After visiting the "Imperial Wind", Tai Yun took Cheng Bang and Jiang Mei to report to the recruiting office and filled in the relevant information. Because of the guidance of Tai Yun, a senior general, these were completed in a very short time.
After staying in Anting City for three days, the "Imperial Wind" set off and headed towards the border between Yue and Chu.
In three days, Chengbang trained with the soldiers on the floating raft while learning the precautions of his watch hands, and quickly adapted to life on the floating raft.
Chapter completed!