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Chapter 9 First Meeting Zhao Erfeng

"Brother, I'm so strategic. I don't know the name of Gao, and I have any position in the army." Seeing such a talent, Zhao Shouhong must make friends with him, which will definitely be useful in the future.

The leader of the Later Jin army bowed and said, "I dare not, Pan Wenhua is now just a general in the patrol battalion."

"Pan Wenhua?" Zhao Shouhong's eyes lit up and he immediately asked: "But Pan Yaozi, a famous patrol battalion in the Zhongchuan Provincial."

Pan Wenhua was surprised: "It is precisely because this name is just a brother who loves you on the road. I didn't expect that this noble young master also knew. Why did he come to such a remote place for his son's name Gao?"

Zhao Shouhong sighed and said, "I am here to find relatives."

"I don't know where you are looking for relatives and who you are looking for. Maybe we can send you a trip." Pan Wenhua asked with a smile, looking at him dressed in gorgeous clothes and obviously had a good identity. For those of them at the bottom, there are few opportunities to make friends with the powerful.

"The relative below is Lord Zhao Erfeng, Jianchang Daotai." Zhao Shouhong said.

"I wonder what you call Lord Zhao?" Pan Wenhua was overjoyed and asked immediately.

"It is my uncle who is here, we are going to meet him in Batang County." Zhao Shouhong honestly replied according to the letter.

"So that's it. We are going to go back to Batang, so let's go together." After learning that this young man was the nephew of the Taoist Master, how could Pan Wenhua not make friends with him? He protected Zhao Feihong and walked along the way and sent someone to report to Zhao Erfeng.

Zhao Feihong followed Pan Wenhua to Batang County, chatting about the local customs and culture while walking, and taking the opportunity to master the information here. During the break, Zhao Shouhong used his watch-like personal brain to scan the rifle in the soldier's hand.

These rifles are Martini Henry rifles. From the current world level, they are already backward weapons, but they are still an amazing weapon in this remote northwest region. It seems that the equipment of the Later Jin army here is barely enough, at least it is very easy to deal with bandits who use combroster guns.

From the conversation, Zhao Shouhong learned that the troops stationed nearby belonged to the patrol battalions. Due to the corruption and incompetence of the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Green Camp, the court began to train the new army in the late period of the Later Jin Dynasty. At the beginning, they recruited the bravery of the major Chinese ministers in the name of training the army, and later adapted the Green Camp into the patrol battalion. Since these people were born from the old army, their combat effectiveness had not changed fundamentally, and later established the Wuwei Army. Yuan Wei, a figure in the Later Jin Dynasty in this era, started his career by practicing troops in Tianfeng City through this trend of thought.

When Zhao Shouhong walked to the edge of the city wall, a sedan chair surrounded by many soldiers and walked out of the city gate and towards Zhao Shouhong.

"The Lord of the Taoist lord is here." Pan Wenhua had the responsibility, so he had to give up Zhao Shouhong and run over to greet him. His words also made Zhao Shouhong understand that this was the real master.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, an old man with white hair walked down. Zhao Shouhong had read the photos in the book. He knew that this was the real master he was looking for. Zhao Erfeng, the current Taoist priest of Jianchang. Seeing Zhao Erfeng getting out of the sedan chair, Zhao Shouhong naturally did not dare to neglect. He took a few steps, recalled the etiquette that the Later Jin Kingdom should have in mind, leaned over and knelt on the ground and said, "It is really a sin to ask uncle and uncle to pick him up in person."

At this moment, Zhao Shouhong's palms were covered in sweat. This was a big bet. Once the other party saw that he was not himself, it would cause a huge storm. Perhaps it was because he hadn't seen him for many years, or perhaps it was because he looked too close to the dead man, at least Zhao Erfeng did not notice the abnormality.

Zhao Erfeng smiled and said, "I came here several days late, but I was so anxious. But it would be great if I came here. Among the grandchildren, Honger is the most well-behaved and clever one. It's great that you can help me now. It's not peaceful here, so let's go back and talk."

"Nephew, please obey the order." Zhao Shouhong smiled and replied, he was relieved. Then he took out some of the scattered silver that had been searched from the body for Pan Wenhua and said, "I'll help you, please give you some tea for this little silver." Zhao Shouhong's generousness made the soldiers of the patrol battalion very happy. Pan Wenhua also thanked him for his gratitude. Seeing that Zhao Shouhong was so sleek, Zhao Erfeng nodded with satisfaction.

Zhao Erfeng asked Zhao Shouhong to sit in another empty sedan, and the two of them soon arrived at the county yard. The yamen was quite dilapidated. It was originally the office of Feng Quan, the assistant minister stationed in Xinjiang. During the Batang Rebellion last year, he was directly chopped off his head. As a result, Zhao Erfeng led his troops to attack and killed the lords and many nobles of Batang. Later, in order to suppress the resistance here, he temporarily led his troops to live here.

The two of them came to the inner hall of the yamen to sit down. Zhao Erfeng asked someone to go to tea and smiled and said, "Hong'er has been studying in a foreign school abroad for several years, and now she finally comes back. It's up to you, my grandparents and grandchildren to see you and my grandchildren for seven or eight years."

"No, I am thinking about my family every day outside. Now I am so happy to see my uncle. When I arrived, my grandfather asked me to say hello to my uncle, but some things were delayed on the road, so I came a few days late." Zhao Shouhong lied without blinking, and said it smoothly, and also made up for the flaws of time.

After saying that, Zhao Shouhong handed over the letter. Zhao Erfeng smiled and took it, opened it and read it, nodded and said, "Brother, I think carefully. Among my grandchildren, Honger is the most outstanding. In addition, I have been studying abroad for several years, so it will be much easier for me to come and help me."

Zhao Erfeng put down the letter in his hand and said to Zhao Shouhong: "Your knowledge has increased so far. I really want to hear your opinions. Do you have any opinions on the current situation in the Sichuan-English region?" Zhao Erfeng, who is now a Taoist in Jianchang and is ordered to handle all the affairs of the Batang region, is very concerned about this matter.

Zhao Shouhong was not prepared for Zhao Erfeng to ask this question. He had to think about it first and said: "It is wise to be able to defeat these lords and nobles with all their might as well as possible for the rebellion of these lords and nobles, but it is not unreasonable to deal with it in the later stage."
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