"Thank you, Lord Lu!" Cui Niang kowtowed vigorously.

The head of the six soldiers shouted, "Spare your life! Lord Lu spares his life! ”

The rest of the soldiers also begged for mercy.

Li Ruozhen frowned, and with a wave of his hand, these people suddenly couldn't make a sound.

Lu Yuan walked over and helped Cui Niang up, and said, "This is my business, okay, you go back and rest first." ”

The village chief stepped forward and grabbed the woman: "Cui Niang, let's go back quickly, don't disturb Lu Hou Ye to do big things." ”

Cui Niang answered, and retreated with the support of the village chief and Xue Niang, Lu Yuan waved his hand, and several guards dragged the six soldiers down.

Zhang Shouliang then also gave up.

After dealing with these six people, Lu Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, the behavior of these six people was too bad, if he couldn't arrest them back and bring them to justice, he really didn't know how to face these people who had come all the way to redress their grievances.

Li Ruozhen glanced at Lu Yuan and said, "Senior brother, then I'm going to be busy too, if you want to go out next time, call someone to call me, don't go to the Engineer Academy alone like last time." ”

Lu Yuan said with a smile: "Senior sister, it doesn't matter, haven't you seen the kind of small repeater invented by the Lu Academy?" My guards are equipped with this kind of repeater, so there is no problem with security, and I don't have to trouble you every time. ”

"But I promised to be your bodyguard, if I don't follow you to protect you when you go out, what kind of bodyguard is it." Li Ruozhen frowned and said.

"It's safe for me to walk around the city, so I won't trouble Senior Sister, and when I go out of the city in the future, I still have to be protected by Senior Sister Lao!"

Li Ruozhen's brows stretched out, and he said softly: "Okay, you call me when you go out of the city in the future, and I'll go." ”

When she left, Lu Yuan began to devote himself to work.

Recently, he suddenly discovered a problem: his money is a little insufficient.

The originally very surplus financial revenue, after he expanded the army, began to become tense, coupled with the need for a large amount of capital investment in the Engineer Academy, coupled with the large-scale manufacture of ordnance, it costs money everywhere.

The good news is that after the Eastern Route Army repelled Wu Yueguo, Qin Quan and Yu Xun had already conquered other prefectures and counties, and Muzhou was completely in his hands.

However, Muzhou is already a little poor, and it has been invaded by wars many times, so it is currently able to collect less than 100,000 taels of taxes a year, which is less than one-fifth of Hui'an Prefecture.

However, although the tax revenue is small, Muzhou has a lot of mineral resources, and it just happens that he wants to build a large number of ordnance, which is just right to be used.

In order to solve the financial crisis, but also to increase his strength as soon as possible, while developing Muzhou, his next target has been locked in Hangzhou, which he has thought about for a long time.

Hangzhou is naturally not so easy to get, the city is extremely strong, not to mention, there are still more than 100,000 troops stationed in the city, with his current strength, if he does not develop for three or five years, there is no chance at all.

But time does not allow him to develop slowly, the threat from the north is getting closer and closer, and it is difficult for him to raise 100,000 people with only two states, and if he invests money in the development of science and technology, the financial support will not be able to support it at all.

The population of Hangzhou is about three times that of Hui'an, and commerce is even more prosperous, even Jinling Mansion cannot compare.

As long as Hangzhou is available, his development speed can be several times faster, and it will not be a problem to expand the army by 200,000 at that time.

But the question is still in front of us, how can we quickly take Hangzhou?

In the next few days, Lu Yuan was thinking about this problem, often holding a map and staring at the territory of Hangzhou for several hours.

Just as he was thinking hard, Yu Xun of the Eastern Route Army sent a routine report, and at the end of the report, he mentioned that he had a plan to attack Hangzhou.

Lu Yuan immediately ordered Yu Xun to be transferred back to Hui'an Mansion, and Muzhou was guarded by Qin Quan.

One morning two days later, in the back house of Jiedu Mansion, Lu Yuan and his family were eating breakfast.

Just thinking about his thoughts, he suddenly heard the sound of "haw, haw" next to him, and when he turned his head, it was Lu Yutong who made the sound.

Lu Yuan frowned and said, "Yutong, don't make such a sound when eating!" ”

"That's how Sister Yu'er eats!" Lu Yutong immediately shook the pot.

The fish that was eating with relish widened his eyes when he heard this, and without waiting for Lu Yuan's reprimand, he fled from the side hall with two soup cakes.

Sun Shaoqing frowned when he saw it, but he didn't speak.

Su Liuying said with a smile: "Yutong, don't learn from Yu'er, it's rude for a girl to eat like that, maybe no one will marry her in the future." ”

"Miss, you're going too far, I only eat like that when I eat alone!" Outside the door, there was the voice of the fish aggrieved.

Lu Yutong saw that the troubled water was successfully diverted eastward, grinned, and ate quietly.

She just wanted to get her brother's attention by eating like that, so naturally she wouldn't be so rude outside.

At this time, Sun Shaoqing finished eating, stood up and said, "Brother Yuan, Sister Su, I'll go to the yamen first." ”

"Don't worry, I'll tell you something." Lu Yuan said.

"What?"

"I plan to promote Wan Tianqi to the governor of Muzhou, and let him develop Muzhou's business, what do you think?" Lu Yuan looked at her.

"It's a good fit." Sun Shaoqing said with a smile: "His ability is the second among my subordinates, and he should be able to do this errand and envoy." ”

Su Liuying was suddenly interested: "Then I don't know who is the most capable person under my sister?" ”

Lu Yuan was also a little curious, he clearly remembered that Sun Shaoqing had always said that Wan Tianqi was the first capable officer under him, when did he retreat to the second?

Sun Shaoqing said with a smile: "That person's name is Wei Zhong, he is the sixteenth in the imperial examination, and his family is also in business, so he has a lot of ideas, and he has helped me a lot." ”

In fact, the most important point is that Wei Zhong respects her very much,

There were a total of five people assigned to Sun Shaoqing for the imperial examination, and one of them was still above Wei Zhong, but he was arrogant and dared to look down on Sun Shaoqing, so she naturally wouldn't mention this person when she was cautious.

Hearing that it was a talent that emerged from the imperial examination, Lu Yuan was very happy and said with a smile: "Okay, it's not early, you should go early, don't be late." ”

"Well, then I'm leaving."

After leaving the main house, Sun Shaoqing walked out of the back house through the side door. After getting into the carriage, Lan'er also followed, and she has now become her own young lady's right-hand man, and follows her to the government every day.

"Uncle Wu, the carriage is faster, it's late today, don't be late." Sun Shaoqing instructed the coachman.

"Okay!"

Lan'er in the carriage said with a smile: "Miss, you are the biggest in Shaoyin's Mansion, even if you go late, no one dares to say anything about you, why be in such a hurry?" ”

Sun Shaoqing glanced at her innocently: "Silly girl, do you know how many people have been staring at me and Sister Qin, Hui'an Mansion is an official for the two of us, they can't wait to see us make a mistake, and then go to Brother Yuan to complain, I won't let them succeed!" ”

"Miss, we are not the only female officers of Hui'an Mansion who are you and General Qin, have you forgotten the little girl in the Engineer Academy?" Lan'er reminded.

"Ah, did you say Lu Yun'er? I forgot about her. Sun Shaoqing patted his forehead, and then glared at Lan'er: "You, you don't know how to learn from others, she is younger than you, and she has already become an official of the fifth grade." ”

Lan'er smiled and said, "Then Miss, you help me beg the young master for Qi Ng, and let him give me an official too!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Sun Shaoqing frowned and said:

"Do you think this can be sealed casually? Just because I asked Sister Qin and Sister Qin to be officials, Brother Yuan doesn't know how many times he has been scolded by those corrupt Confucians, if you want to be an official in the future, you will go to the imperial examination, and you will take the examination next year, if you can't be an official, you can also be an official, so it is justified to follow me. ”

Lan'er lowered her head and didn't speak, thinking to herself that she only knew so many Braille, where did she get on the exam.

She began to change the subject: "By the way, miss, have you noticed, that little girl of the fish has no rules at all when talking to the young master." ”

Sun Shaoqing played with the pearl hairpin that Lu Yuan gave and said lightly: "She is Sister Su's girl, and I don't care about it, but you are not allowed to learn from her!" ”

"Got it." Lan'er sighed, and after a long time, she hesitated and said, "Miss, I'm your filler... Fill the house, right? ”

Sun Shaoqing's heart sank, and he raised his head and said, "Lan'er, don't think about this, Brother Yuan is different from other men, and he won't take concubines." ”

Lan'er lowered her head and was silent.

Sun Shaoqing put his hand on the back of her hand and said gently: "Tell me when you are interested in someone, no matter what your identity is, I will help you make the decision." ”

"Thank you, Miss." Lan'er whispered.

At this moment, she saw a tall man outside flashing through the curtain of the car, and she hurriedly said, "Miss, the person outside seems to be General Yu." ”

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