Chapter 007 Target, General? ()

Originally, in the past few years, the prices in Ningxia Town were not so high. The best white rice was about two taels of silver. However, in the 30th year of Wanli, a large number of Shanxi merchants flocked to Ningxia Town to buy grain from here and transport it to Gansu, Shanxi, Beizhili, Liaodong and other places to supply local military households. As a result, the grain prices within Ningxia Town continued to rise. Therefore, everyone loves and hates Shanxi merchants.

Without Shanxi merchants, the fur accumulated by military households would not be so easy to get rid of, and there would be no way to increase family income. However, Shanxi merchants purchased a large amount of grain, which led to soaring prices, and poor families could not bear it. This situation has become more and more obvious in recent years. There are even rumors that black-hearted merchants from Shanxi sold a large amount of grain to Tartars outside the Great Wall to make huge profits, but they didn't know whether it was true or not.

Xu Xingxia bought five dou of white rice and three dou of white flour in one go, and spent all the remaining three taels of silver in her hand. The three of them carried heavy things home together. The people around them looked at Xu Xingxia and the others with the same eyes as nouveau riche. Many people couldn't stand the violent changes in the Xu family, and their eyes were always a little disappointed. However, when Xu Xingxia looked at them inadvertently, they immediately changed into a pleasing and kind smile.

Xu Xingxia felt their gaze, and she just smiled in her heart, without any reaction on the surface. Yes, he is indeed a nouveau riche now. However, through today's events, he has confidence to make the Xu family rich step by step. He had never thought about his relatives' feelings before, and from now on, he should take good care of his relatives. He wants his relatives to live a happy life.

"Xia Zi is back!"

"Quick! Put things here!"

When the three of them returned home, the Xu family was already very lively. Niu Niu moved quickly and called her aunt, Chunlan's cousin and Qiulan's cousin. They all greeted Xu Xingxia enthusiastically. They were indeed too familiar with the relationship between the two families and met almost every day. Chunlan and Qiulan were both married, not shy little daughters, and they had nothing to do with Xu Xingxia.

"You guys are busy, you guys are busy..."

Xu Xingxia greeted him and handed the meat, rice and noodles to a group of women for treatment. After sweating, he walked to the edge of the water tank, scooped a scoop of water with a scoop of water, raised his head and poured it into his stomach. After drinking the water, Xu Xingxia went into the main hall, took off all the bows and arrows, and hung them again on the wall. Then, he came to his father Xu Fuqing's house.

Xu Fuqing had already learned the news from his youngest son and was waiting for Xu Xingxia to come back with fear of gains and losses. He always felt that his youngest son was lying to him. He was not unclear about his son's ability. If he really had such a strong ability, he would not be bullied. How could such a good thing besides the world? His eldest son actually shot a deer? No matter how he heard it, it felt like a fantasy.

"Xia'er, is this true?" Xu Fuqing immediately asked impatiently when he saw his eldest son. He looked up and down at his son, as if he wanted to find something wrong. But no matter how he looked at it, his eldest son seemed to be no different from before. But why did he suddenly become so capable?

"Dad, I bought all the meat and white rice noodles. You don't believe it yet! In this way, I will carry you out and see with my own eyes." Xu Xingxia said with a smile. He walked to his father's earthen kang, bent down, slowly carried his father up, and came to the yard outside.

In the yard, my aunt Wang and her two daughters were kneading the dough. The beef and mutton that had not been cut were placed in a large wooden basin, full of pots. The fat with red white meat was dazzling. Dachun and Xiaochun picked up two bundles of dry firewood from their homes for later use. Niu Niu and Dongzi squatted beside their aunt, helping to get started, and couldn't wait for the dumplings to come out.

Xu Fuqing finally believed that his son did hunt a red deer. So much meat, rice and flour can only be exchanged for real money. However, soon, he became suspicious again and asked in confusion: "Xia'er, are you hunting a red deer with an elm bow?"

Xu Xingxia smiled and said, "Dad, do you think the elm bow can hunt red deer? I used the iron-backed bow from our family and the included black feather arrow. The slit is the one hanging on the wall of the inner room."

Xu Fuqing turned his head and looked into the inner room, and said in disbelief: "That's a two-stone hard bow! Xia'er, can you really dig a two-stone hard bow?"

Xu Xingxia smiled and said, "Dad, what do you think."

Xu Fuqing shook his head with difficulty. He still didn't believe it. No wonder, all this came too suddenly. With his cautious and steady personality, it was really too difficult to accept. He was not unclear about his eldest son's ability before. If he didn't figure out everything, he would be unable to sleep or eat.

Xu Xingxia carried his father into the room, placed it on his earthen kang, then turned around and took off the iron-backed bow, stood in front of his father, and pulled the bowstring away easily. In order to make his father see clearly, Xu Xingxia maintained five breaths until the full moon. After his father saw it clearly, he retracted the bowstring. Xu Xingxia lowered the iron-backed bow and said confidently: "Dad, do you believe it now?"

This time, Xu Fuqing finally believed it. His eldest son could really pull away the two-stone hard bow he passed down from his ancestors. For a moment, Xu Fuqing couldn't help but burst into tears and muttered to himself: "My Xu family has a descendant, my Xu family has a descendant. Hurry, Xia'er, take out the bag at the bottom of the wooden cabinet in my room and give it to me."

Xu Xingxia came to her father's room, squatted down, and took out a cloth bag that had been covered with dust for many years in a dilapidated wooden cabinet. She took it outside the house and patted it hard, then took it off the dust on it, and then went back and handed it to her father. Xu Fuqing took it, opened the cloth bag with a serious expression, and it turned out to be a tablet inside.

Xu Xingxia asked curiously: "Dad, which ancestor is this in our family?"

Xu Fuqing said in memory: "It is our ancestor, named Xu Yougong. He was a general in the Jingnan period and once led his army to defeat Li Jinglong. During the Chengzu period, he accepted Chengzu's orders and migrated to our Ningxia Town with his family. This is why our Xu family is Xia'er, let me tell you that our first rent is a famous general."

Xu Xingxia looked at the tablet of his ancestor suspiciously and asked in a low voice: "Dad, do you think our ancestor is really a general? General of the Cong is a very big official."

The generals in the era of Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, were quite awesome. Before the Tumubao Incident, the status of military generals was relatively high. The number of senior generals was also very rare. The deputy generals of the generals were the generals below the generals. At that time, there might not be a hundred generals in the country. The ancestors of the Xu family were actually one of them, which was indeed glorious! But why did the Xu family survive to this point?

The glory on Xu Fuqing's face slowly faded away and said sadly: "Yes, our ancestors are indeed veritable generals. Unfortunately, the ancestors later had poor abilities and did not learn any of the skills of this ancestor, which led to the destruction of their family. Our Xu family fell to this point. Xia'er, if you can restore the glory of your ancestors, you can comfort them when your father goes to see the ancestors in the future."

Xu Xingxia nodded thoughtfully and said nothing.

He believed in his father's words. If he could really become a general of the governor, the Xu family could indeed be glorious again. However, judging from the current situation, it would be quite difficult for him to become a general of the governor. There is no other reason, that is, his current starting point is indeed too low. Now he is a big-headed soldier at the bottom. Unless he has extraordinary military achievements, it is almost impossible to have a chance of promotion.

According to the two systems of the Ming army and military, the generals are all equipped with officials at all levels of the Commander Command Division of the Guard System, including the Commander Commander of the Second-rank, the Commander Commander of the Second-rank, the Commander Commander of the Third-rank, or the Commander Commander of the Third-rank. If the rank is lower, it is impossible to become the Commander General. In other words, Xu Xingxia must at least become the Commander Commander of the Guard before he can become the Commander General.

How many levels do you need to go through from a small soldier to a commander of the guard? Xu Xingxia calculated that there were small flags, general flags, politicians, hundreds of households, deputy thousand households, thousands of households, assistant commanders, commanders of the guards, commanders of the guards... After a rough count, there were about eight levels. Weizhen Fort was under the jurisdiction of Ningxia's vanguards. As long as he became the guard commander of Ningxia's vanguards, he might be given the title of general and be in line with his ancestors in his official position.

If everything goes well, it will take about twenty or thirty years. If it doesn't go well, there is no need to say anything. However, my father's words are not completely hopeless. If his archery skills have always been so magical, it is entirely possible to rely on military achievements to advance step by step. Since he can shoot five or six hundred kilograms of red deer with one arrow, he can naturally shoot the Tatar cavalry with one arrow. Xu Xingxia has sufficient confidence in this.
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