Chapter 49 Who is the friend or foe?
Yang Zongjia and Fan Dalang saw that Lu Zheng had just taken office as the team leader and was making things difficult for them, the Han soldiers, so they walked towards Lu Zheng angrily.
The armored Yulin Army was very imposing. A team like Su Ze's was just an ordinary Yulin guarding the outer palace city. The number of Han soldiers was far greater than that of Xianbei soldiers.
Lu Zheng looked at Su Ze and said sternly: "Do you want to disobey orders? Or do you want to rebel!?"
Su Ze saw other Yulin soldiers patrolling not far away, and knew that he would be at a disadvantage if he took action now.
Su Ze stared at Lu Zheng intently, his hand on the grip of his sword. The Xianbei Yulin beside Lu Zheng were so scared that they quickly took a few steps back.
Lu Zheng's face also turned pale. He found that when Su Ze made this action, the Han Yulin around him also made the same pre-sword drawing action.
It seemed that as long as Su Ze gave an order, these Han soldiers would draw their swords and rush forward.
Being stared at by Su Ze, Lu Zheng finally couldn't bear the pressure anymore and took two steps back.
Seeing Lu Zheng's flushed face, Su Ze finally let go of the hilt of the sword, crossed his hands and said, "Yes!"
It was not until Su Ze accepted the military order that the atmosphere at the scene eased a little.
Su Ze didn't wait for Lu Zheng to answer, he turned around and climbed onto the palace wall.
The Han soldiers in the team followed Su Ze and climbed up the city wall without saying a word.
Lu Zheng felt his back was soaked. He originally wanted to use Su Ze to establish his authority, but was instead intimidated by the other party's aura.
"Tsk! These bastards!"
A Xianbei soldier spat on the ground and cursed at the city wall.
Lu Zheng also cursed: "These bastards deserve to stand on the city wall for the rest of their lives!"
Although he boasted a few words, Lu Zheng was obviously less courageous when he saw that there were only three Xianbei soldiers around him and the rest of the dozen or so people in the team were all Han people.
He felt even more that his team was a hot potato. Most of the Han soldiers in the team obeyed Su Ze. Lu Zheng only cared about the three Xianbei soldiers around him, and he felt that there was no point in having this team.
Fortunately, I am just joining this team for a transition period. As long as I can pass the selection of strikers from Qinghe Palace, I won't have to continue guarding the palace gate.
In this case, it is better not to cause trouble during this period of time and not to provoke Su Ze and his group of Han people.
Lu Zhengxian wanted to give in, and did not dare to continue to make things difficult for Su Ze and the other Han soldiers guarding the palace walls. He did not even dare to climb up the wall to find fault. He just took the three Xianbei soldiers and lazed around below.
Those Han soldiers who followed Su Ze were always assigned the worst tasks when Xi Ping was the team leader, and they also had to face the nitpicking and oppression of the Xianbei people.
Now that he had made a little noise with Su Ze, he was doing the same job but without much criticism. Everyone's expressions when they looked at Su Ze were different.
Yang Zongjia and Fan Dalang felt that they had followed the right person. The momentum that Su Ze had just burst out was even stronger than that of the captain. The soldiers' idea was actually very simple. They would follow whoever could lead them to avoid being bullied.
When it was time for the shift change, Su Ze led a group of Han Yu Lin down the palace. He didn't even look at Lu Zheng and went straight to the armory.
The same was true for the Han Yulin behind him. They all acted as if Lu Zheng didn't exist and just walked right past him.
Lu Zheng's face turned red with anger, but he remembered his clan's advice not to cause trouble, so he could only watch Su Ze and the Han Yulin leave the palace wall.
"When the time comes to select the striker, I will make sure he looks good!"
Lu Zheng waited until Su Ze was far away before he could say a few symbolic harsh words, but at this distance Su Ze would definitely not be able to hear. After arriving at the armory, Su Ze generously took out a few strings of money from his purse and said to the clerk in charge of registering the disarmament:
"The money for the brothers in the team to retire is all here."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Yang Zongjia and Fan Dalang immediately shouted: "Thank you, Captain Su!"
The Han soldiers in the team cheered. The clerks in the hall wanted to maintain order, but when they saw this group of soldiers in armor, they suddenly did not dare to scold them as they did before.
Su Ze raised his hand and said, "This is a restricted area of the armory, please don't make any noise!"
After Su Ze finished speaking, the soldiers who were cheering just now immediately stopped talking. He looked at the clerk who was counting money and said:
"Is there enough money for disarmament?"
The clerk quickly put away his money bag and said, "That's enough! Quickly take off the armor of the soldiers!"
When everyone left the palace, they cheered Su Ze's name again. This was not only because Su Ze helped them pay for the armor removal, but also because they finally gained the long-lost respect.
The Han soldiers in the Yulin Army have always been at the bottom of the hierarchy. Not only were they bullied by the Xianbei officers, but also the armory officials, patrolling officials, and eunuchs coming in and out could scold or even beat them at will.
But today Su Ze did not have any conflict with anyone, and the team leader Lu Zheng and the disarmed clerks did not dare to make things difficult for him.
On the way back to Jianyangli, Yang Zongjia and Fan Dalang kept livening up the atmosphere by telling about how Su Ze had previously taken the lead in confronting the Xianbei officers.
When they reached the gate of Jianyangli, Su Ze turned around and said:
"It's late today, everyone go home early. I will prepare some wine and food at home tomorrow, and everyone can come to my house for a gathering."
Yang Zongjia immediately said: "Thank you, Captain Su!"
Everyone shouted in unison, "Thank you, Captain Su!"
When Su Ze returned home and washed up, he went back to his room and thought about his experience today. It turned out that winning people's hearts was such a simple thing.
Han soldiers have been bullied by Xianbei officers for a long time, but in fact the number of grassroots Han soldiers in the Yulin Army has now exceeded that of the Xianbei. As long as they stick together in the army, Xianbei officers like Lu Zheng will not dare to continue to bully them.
Anyway, they are all on duty on the palace walls, so where else can they be exiled?
"Who are our enemies? Who are our friends?"
This sentence is really a wise saying. Su Ze finally realized the greatness of this sentence.
From then on, he would unite more lower-level Han Yulin in the army, let everyone stick together and not be bullied by Xianbei officers, and build his own power and prestige in the Yulin Army.
Money, still needs money.
Su Ze finally understood why those founding monarchs in history had to "spend all their wealth to make friends" during their dormant stage. It really costs money to win people's hearts!
I also have my own system that requires money.
Oh, right, sell the stolen goods.
Su Ze thought of the ghost market in Beimang Mountain that Su Dao had mentioned. It would be the new moon in a few days, and the things stolen from Manager Lu's house could be sold.
Su Ze opened the system and found that there were several messages piled up in the system.
[Su Bai, the envoy of Bai Lu Cao, monitors the Mahayana stronghold of Longhua Temple and collects intelligence on the "Mahayana Assassination Plan".]
Su Ze clicked on the "Mahayana Assassination Plan". This group of evil people actually wanted to assassinate King Qinghe during the entry into the Curtain Selection Plan?
Today is still 6k
(End of this chapter)