Chapter 849 Promotion and appointment

Everyone: "..."

Mr. Wen Tao, didn't your eyes show resistance and disdain before? Why did you suddenly start eating so fast? Can you be more consistent in your front and back, inside and outside? !

Seeing this, the wealthy gentlemen also started eating their own banquet set meals.

Honestly, the taste was average and the portion was huge, they just forced themselves to eat it.

But the students, both young and old, who were sitting on the ground in the training ground, ate happily and cherished the food.

"What a big piece of meat, almost as big as my fist, so solid and delicious!"

"Multi-grain steamed buns are also delicious. They are made with new wheat flour and have a strong wheat aroma."

"This millet porridge is really sweet, it's different from the bitter millet porridge mixed with wild vegetables at home!"

"Ah? Oops, I ate too fast and I'm almost done. My parents, brothers and sisters are still waiting outside to eat."

He had promised his family that he would take out the food from his banquet for them to eat.

After hearing this, the wealthy old man next to him suddenly had an idea. He put his multi-grain steamed bun into the greasy bowl of braised pork and gave it to him: "Little brother, give it to your family. I can't finish it."

"Yes, take it. We can't finish it."

The masters each shared half of the set meals with the students.

The students did not dare to accept him, and instead asked Jiang Dalang: "General, can you accept him?"

Jiang Dalang nodded: "Yes."

"Yes." The students were very happy and accepted the food given by the masters. They bowed and thanked them: "Thank you, masters."

Everyone present was surprised to see this, and glanced at Jiang Dalang...

This boy should not be underestimated. In a short period of time, he established the rules for the students of the rural martial arts hall, so that the students know to ask for instructions from their superiors before taking the next step.

But this boy’s achievements do not stop there.

He made the first contribution in suppressing bandits and spies in the mountains, and also built a defense line in the mountains.

Future achievements are immeasurable.

It’s a pity that the engagement has been announced.

But don’t be afraid, just cancel the engagement.

The gentlemen were very excited and wanted to take Jiang Dalang to marry his girls right away.

After all, giving up a girl and a dowry can get such a son-in-law, which is a very profitable deal.

Mr. Wen Tao had the same idea, but he has always been a divisive person. He wanted to win over Jiang Dalang, but at the same time he mocked him in his heart.

Oh, he has made so many military achievements, but he is still just a general commander, not even a centurion!

However, soon, Wen Tao was slapped in the face again.

Duke Yan had already finished his millet porridge, but he did not leave. Instead, he waited until everyone had almost finished their lunch and then ordered people to beat the drum.

Boom boom boom!

Boom boom boom!

Boom boom boom!

When the drums and music started, everyone hurriedly stopped eating, stood up, and faced the platform.

A moment later, Deputy General Zhen and Lord Shi came up to the stage holding two imperial edicts, bowed, and presented the edicts to the Duke of Yan.

"My Lord, please announce the decree." said Deputy General Zhen.

Duke Yan took the imperial edict held by Deputy General Zhen and read it out: "The Emperor of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven decrees that Jiang Ying, a young but promising man from Baofu County, Dongming Prefecture, Northeast Province of the Great Wei, has defeated a powerful enemy despite his weak forces..."

He praised Jiang Dalang highly and gave him a promotion: "He was appointed as a centurion, and he could lead no more than 10,000 soldiers."

what!

No, Your Majesty, is this reasonable?

A centurion is allowed to lead no more than ten thousand soldiers and horses. What's the difference between that and directly making him a thousand-man rank?

And an imperial decree was issued to confer the title!

He is just a small centurion, a position that General Liang could have given him, but you are eager to issue an imperial decree to confer him a title, raising his status like this, can he accept it? !

In short, everyone was jealous, especially Gu Chengyong... His son Gu Xuan didn't even have such treatment, but Jiang Dalang, a disaster victim, received such divine grace!

Fortunately, Jiang Dalang's background was clear, otherwise Gu Chengyong would have suspected that he was Emperor Wuxing's biological son who was stranded outside.

Duke Yan looked at Jiang Dalang and said, "Captain Jiang, with your achievements, you are qualified to be a thousand-householder, but you have never been on the battlefield and lack the experience, so I can only give you the title of a hundred-householder. I hope you can make great achievements in the future and come to the capital to meet the emperor."

The crowd was already speechless with shock: “…” You just have to praise him so highly, right?

However, Duke Yan said those words on purpose.

Don’t these jealous people realize how great the contributions made by Jiang Dalang are?

If their son had achieved the same merits as Jiang Dalang but was only given the rank of a centurion, they would mobilize all their connections, submit a petition together to cry out for grievances, and would not stop until the court had appointed him the rank of deputy general.

"Da Lang, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and accept the order!" General Liang called out, and finally felt less guilty towards Da Lang Jiang.

With such a public conferment, the weight of this centurion became heavier, and Dalang could be easily promoted in the future, and no one dared to hinder Dalang's promotion.

"I accept the imperial edict and thank Your Majesty for your grace!" Jiang Dalang went up to the platform, knelt down and saluted, then took the imperial edict and knelt down again to express his gratitude, and the ceremony was completed.

"Good boy, here, this is my gift to you for your promotion." General Liang gave Jiang Dalang a small box on the spot.

It doesn't matter what's inside.

The important thing is, since the great uncle has given gifts, how can you gentlemen who are attending the banquet not give any?

The masters all smiled on their faces, but they were cursing in their hearts...Will it ever stop? They'll just keep pulling and pulling, right?

Huang Yanglong immediately shouted: "Congratulations to Captain Jiang on his promotion. Our Lingnan Huang Family Business will send the gift to Wuyuan. Captain Jiang must accept it!"

Xue Dongjia also shouted: "Congratulations to Captain Jiang. My Xue Family Business will send the gift to Wuyuan in the next two days."

Li Zhen: "Congratulations to Captain Jiang..."

Mr. Jia, Mr. Qu, Mr. Weng, and Mr. Shan also followed.

What can other gentlemen do?

Naturally, they all expressed their opinions: "Congratulations to Captain Jiang. My family will send the gift to Wuyuan. Please accept it, Captain Jiang. Don't refuse it!"

In his previous life, Jiang Dalang was rich, but in this life, he was short of supplies to support his soldiers. He accepted all offers and pretended to be honest, saying, "Thank you, gentlemen."

You bastard, you just want to accept gifts!

My dear masters, your hearts are bleeding.

But what can we do?

After returning, they can only prepare the gifts quickly and send them to Wu Garden tomorrow, so that the Duke of Yan who lives in Wu Garden will not think that they are dissatisfied with Your Majesty's will by not sending gifts.

Boom boom boom!

The drums started again.

After a while, the drums stopped beating, and Duke Yan began to read out the second imperial edict: "The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, decrees that the Huang family of Lingnan Prefecture..."

This was an imperial edict appointing Huang Yanglong as a fifth-rank deputy minister of the Ministry of Revenue, ordering him to return to his hometown, Lingnan Prefecture, like Xue Dongjia, and be in charge of the Lingnan Business Alliance.

Huang Yanglong: “…”

"Hahaha, I knew it. There's no way I'd end up with nothing to gain!"

"Brother Long, calm down." Xiaobai reminded hurriedly. If it weren't for the fact that everyone was watching, he would have wanted to cover Huang Yanglong's mouth.

Boss Xue almost suffocated. The Huang family kid was still so embarrassing.

Fortunately, the Duke of Yan seemed to prefer this type of unbridled talent, so he was not dissatisfied and only signaled Huang Yanglong to come up and receive the order.

"Your Majesty, I bow my head to thank you for your grace!" Huang Yanglong went up to the platform, kowtowed to express his gratitude, accepted the order, and then retreated happily.

Huh, Mr. Xue let out a sigh of relief... Although he had bags under his eyes, he did not go crazy. He accepted the imperial edict properly.

However, the next moment, Huang Yanglong started to go crazy and shouted to the masters: "Everyone, don't forget my gift. I am a fifth-rank official, higher than Brother Jiang's rank!"

Gentlemen: "..."

Close your eyes, your heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys are all bleeding.