Back at the inn, Liu Yu and Yang Xingqian talked about today's audience in detail, and the latter was dumbfounded, he didn't expect it to be such a result. In this kind of officialdom experience, he is not richer than Liu Yu, and there is no better way for a while, even if he wants to get married, it is definitely not something that can be done in a moment, which means that Liu Yu's appointment will not be so fast, and they will have to stay in this Beijing for a while.

"Boss, in that case, do you want to buy a house?" Yang Xingqian's first thought was a very practical problem, they had to settle down first, and it was impossible to talk about marriage in this inn.

"Well, I have to bother you to go on a trip to this matter, and if you find a suitable one, you can talk about it directly, and then inform someone to deal with it when you have prepared the paperwork contract." Liu Yu replied casually, this is just a small matter, the key is how to talk to the Ye family now?

"There is another matter, you ask someone where Hu Xiuzuo lives, don't disturb him after you find him, and you will come to the door in person." Coincidentally, he thought that he would leave Beijing soon, and he didn't plan to find the two of them at all, so he didn't know where they were now, so now he had to do a little more work, but fortunately, they were all court officials now, and it was not difficult to find.

Yang Xingqian wrote them down one by one, and he didn't mention it, but Liu Yu was still thinking about whether to go to Lu Mansion, could he only get married first and then wait for the will of the imperial court? He is really a little unwilling, what a good time it is now, the Yuan people took the initiative to send an envoy to talk, the court has not decided whether to talk or not, if he is in charge of the local affairs, what can he do, but he was delayed here.

Unexpectedly, before he could make a decision, Jiang Cai found the inn, and his son Jiang Ning came with him. Since he was injured, Liu Yu hasn't seen him for a few days, but now he still looks quite healthy, except for his expression is a little dazed.

"Ahh After listening to Jiang Cai's intention, Liu Yu couldn't help but be taken aback, he didn't quite understand, obviously Jiang Ning himself already had a future, and now he was also a middle-level military attache in the Great Song Dynasty, at his age, it can be said that the future is bright, why did Jiang do this?

"Let's not mention this matter for the time being, let's go into the room and talk." Liu Yu didn't agree, and let the two of them into his room first, which is the kind of condition in the inn without the yamen, and a few people can only sit around the table.

"The cardinal's paperwork has come down?" After sitting down, Liu Yu didn't talk to them politely, and asked directly.

Jiang Cai nodded, took out a document from his arms and handed it over, Liu Yu took it and unfolded it to see that it was the appointment document stamped with the seal of the Privy Mansion, and there were also the approvals of the political hall and the official family on it. Liu Yu skipped those complicated prefaces and went directly to the results behind.

His full title of new official position is "Yongzhou Defense Envoy, Qionghai Recruitment Envoy, Pacification in the Guan, Control of Nanning Army, Wan'an Army, Jiyang Army" A long list, after such a long time, Liu Yu has been able to understand this complex title, as he said beforehand, the imperial court not only let him control all the three armies in one state on the whole island of Qionghai, but also gave him the right to recruit and expand the army, but there is another key point that he noticed.

"Who is in Zhiqiongzhou right now?" Liu Yu handed the document back, Jiang Cai took it and still stuffed it back into his arms, he heard Liu Yu's question, was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head.

"Since the Duanping period of the Yiren rebels besieged the city of Zhou, the Zhizhou of that year died in the king's affairs, and the imperial court has never appointed this position, and then it was the chief official appointed by the Qionghai pacification envoy, presumably it is too barren there, there is no need to send a minister and rule."

It was Yang Xingqian who had just entered the room who spoke, and then he explained again, it turned out that even if Zhizhou was appointed later, often no one would really cross the sea to serve in the past, and they all stayed in Leizhou opposite, called "Yao Ling". The imperial court had no choice but to appoint it again, and the Qiongzhou closest to the mainland was like this, not to mention the three armies farther away, so most of the time, Qionghai's pacification was to control the three armies in one state, which was almost the same as a road minister.

In fact, Yang Xingqian also knew from the book that he had not been to that big island himself, and after listening to his explanation, Liu Yu was relieved. It's better this way, there are no constraints at all, and you don't have to scruple if you want to do something, he turned his head and ordered Yang Xingqian, and asked him to ask someone to send some wine and food, just as to congratulate Jiang Cai.

"Old Jiang, you have recently been promoted, why do you look like this? I don't know that I thought I had lost my official position and resigned, come on, come on, let's do this toast, celebrate you, and wish you success and defeat the thief in one fell swoop. The people at the table all raised their wines, and Jiang Cai was inconvenient to whiff everyone's excitement, so he reluctantly picked up the wine glass, touched it, and then drank it all.

"Ziqing, don't laugh at so-and-so, what is the difference between this kind of promotion and dismissal, maybe it's not as good as that, at least there is no worry about your life." Jiang Cai smiled self-deprecatingly, Liu Yu knew that his heart knot was not dispelled because of his last words, no wonder, he probably thought that he was relieving his heart, but Liu Yu didn't plan to say anything more, and he would naturally know when the time came.

"Then you put Da Lang here to save a queen for the Jiang family?" Searching for this idea, Liu Yu roughly understood Jiang Cai's intentions, and sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Cai nodded.

"Everyone has selfishness, and so is so, this kid grew up in the army with so-and-so, although he has no ability, he still has some strength, and he can rest assured that he can go with you." As he spoke, he glared at Jiang Ning and stopped him from talking.

"You, a certain is just a straight pavilion now, and I don't know where I will go in the future, since you are so relieved, then I agreed, but I was wronged." Liu Yu did not refuse, Jiang Cai also showed his heart, of course he had to accept this kindness, and besides, there was indeed no danger in following him.

Seeing that he agreed, Jiang Cai hurriedly asked Jiang Ning to stand up and salute, and settled the matter, Liu Yu waved his hand to let him sit down, although he said it humbly, it was impossible for him to let Jiang Ning be a pro-soldier, even the leader of the pro-soldier, his idea was to temporarily let him be used as a staff member like Yang Xingqian, of course, he also worked as a bodyguard.

"Ziqing is too modest, you can be summoned by the Empress Dowager, and given the same Jinshi background, you will inevitably have a bright future in the future, a certain father and son can be valued by you, it is really a blessing from heaven." Jiang Cai is not wrong in what he said, if he hadn't met him, he would not have made great achievements, according to the trajectory of history, he was not as good as he is now under Li Tingzhi.

Liu Yu smiled and shook his head, this can be regarded as an unintentional willow, now Jiang has just received the appointment, and there is still a period of preparation as usual, supplementing ordnance and food and the like. When to set off Jiang Cai himself has a lot of autonomy, of course, it is impossible to drag it on indefinitely, so he has to take advantage of this time to plan well, after all, it is a big place where you can build a province.

For these things, he also plans to find experts to help in the future to see what can be used, and at present, he has only chatted with Jiang Cai at the wine table, and most of them are mainly relieved. The two talked a lot, until they were both too strong to drink, and it was already dark outside, and they could only spend the night in the inn before they could leave the city tomorrow.

In the city of Yangluo Fort in Huangzhou, Ali Hague has returned here with a large army, his mood is a little low, this trip is not only in vain, but also wasted a chess piece that has been planned for many years, which can be described as making matters worse, for him this is an unprecedented blow, and it may even cause more severe consequences.

There are not many households in this castle, as a former important place, the Song people built him into a strong fortress, and the whole inside is a large military camp, and there are soldiers everywhere. Ali Hague handed over the placement of the soldiers to Li Ting, and turned around with his own soldiers and went up the tall city wall.

The field of vision above was very broad, and he didn't see any signs of a large puff of smoke and dust as far as he could see, which didn't put him at ease, and he had to wait until the detective returned to confirm it. Zhang Hongfan, who was following him, looked at him and was a little surprised by his reaction, was he worried that the Song people would chase after him? Do they dare?

You can't blame Ali Hague for thinking too much, this time the reaction of the Song people is really a little different, usually their wars are mostly just one direction of action, and now Li Tingzhi led people to press over from the front, Zhang Shijie, who was far away in Anqing Mansion, actually forced to the territory of Qizhou at the same time, if the second high of Jinghu went to Ezhou with a naval army, it is really hard to say whether the newly defeated Yuan army can cope with it.

"Pingzhang, the detective is back." Zhang Hongfan's voice sounded on the side, Ali Hague nodded and did not speak, he also saw the flying horses in the distance, they came back quickly, the gate in the fort was wide open and let him in, although there was no pursuit from the Song people behind, the city gate was quickly closed.

The news brought back by the scout cavalry is not bad, the Song people did not cross Macheng County, but stopped near the county seat, and it is still impossible to see what they want to do next. Ali Hague instructed them to continue to inquire about the news, and he stood on the city tower and pondered, he didn't believe that the Song people would really make any big moves, but he had to be on guard.

"Zhong Chou, I want to bother you to take the naval army upstream, one is to see if the Song people have moved, and the other is to guard the river in case their division goes out of Ezhou, if you really see the Song people attacking, don't rush to engage the battle first, send someone back to report to a certain know." Ali Hague's order was a little twisty, Zhang Hongfan listened suspiciously, and did not respond for a long time.

"If the Song people insist on attacking, will they avoid the battle or block it?" Zhang Hongfan's question made Ali Hague scratch his head a little, his original intention was just to see if his judgment was right, but if that situation really happened, it would mean that the Song people were interested in recovering the Ezhou area, and their own strength was insufficient, and the reinforcements from the north were not ready yet.

"Forget it, you can decide for yourself, and so-and-so won't interfere much." Ali Hague wisely let go of power, Zhang Hongfan then took the order to go, looking at his back disappeared, Ali Hague took back his gaze, this is now the forefront of the place, the back of Xiangyang Mansion and Henan and other places are a little empty, he has to think more. R1058