Cao Jian's anger surged when he heard her talk to himself like this, but thinking of her current situation, he sighed and said, "How do you know my hard work!" ”

"Don't you just hope to use this method to move the county magistrate, hoping that he can open up to you?"

"Bastard, be quiet." Cao Jian was told the central matter, his old face turned red, beckoned to her, and whispered to her through the door: "I do mean this, but the most important thing is to save your lives." ”

"But hasn't the county order already agreed to let us go?"

"You think too simply, Lord Lu is naturally like a mountain, but don't forget how many enemies we have made over the years, and the people hate us to the core, if I don't do this, how can you continue to survive in She County?"

Cao Yin sighed silently and agreed with his words.

"But I have already left a way back, when Lord Lu and Sima Fang of the Thorn Mansion were right, I had a hunch that there was someone behind him, so I made some arrangements." Cao Jian smiled slightly.

Cao Yin's expression perked up, and he said with a smile: "I knew that you were scheming and would not be unprepared." ”

"Why, I'm finally willing to smile, in fact, I was going to wait for your brothers to come, but I didn't expect you to be the only one willing to come to see me."

"Then I'm going to call my brothers?" Cao Yin said in a low voice.

"You don't have to test me, since I told you the news, I have made up my mind, since they are so unscrupulous, what does the old man care about them? I only hope that after you revive your family business, you can secretly help them. ”

Cao Yin nodded, and agreed.

"I didn't leave you any money, I have donated all the money to the government, if you take out so much money at once, it will arouse suspicion." Cao Jian said.

Cao Yin bowed her head slightly and asked, "Then what did you leave behind?" ”

"A gambling game, do you remember my gambling game with Huang Wenlong some time ago?"

"Remember, you lost to him a house, a suburban manor, and ten thousand taels of silver."

Cao Jian said with a smile: "Yes, in fact, that gambling game was a game set up between me and him, you go out and then find him to gamble a game, and win everything back, you win what I lose, and no one will say anything." ”

"Will he deny it?"

Cao Jian groaned: "I know Huang Wenlong, he can still be trusted. ”

"And what do I bet on?"

"Yourself, if you lose, marry his grandson as a concubine."

Cao Yinliu's eyebrows were raised, and she said angrily: "Presumably, if my brother and they come, you will also use me as a bet." ”

"It's a must-win gamble anyway, so why should you be angry?"

Cao Yin's anger did not subside, and he snorted: "Why don't you look for the Shen family?" She still doesn't trust Huang Wenlong a little.

"When Lu Xianling's side just gained the upper hand, they cut off contact with us, can you trust this kind of person?"

How dare they? obviously received a lot of money from our family, but he disregarded his faith so much! ”

"Not only that, even the collusion with the bandits, they have their share!" Cao Jian sneered.

"Then why didn't you tear them down in court?" Cao Yin frowned, this is not like her grandfather's style.

"Shen Xiao is much more shrewd than your grandfather, I never leave a trace in my work, I have no evidence, even if I say it, it's useless. If you can't do it with them, and if you offend them, you really won't be able to live. ”

Cao Yin sneered in her heart: "The surname Shen, when our Cao family makes a comeback, I will never let you go!" ”

"You can keep that house to live in, the suburban manor can be sold, it should be able to sell for more than 20,000 taels, plus the 10,000 taels of silver, it adds up to a lot, have you figured out how to use it?"

Cao Yin pondered for a moment and said, "I want to go back to Meilin Yuan first, and then talk about anything else." ”

"Remember, don't compete with local big businessmen anymore, grandpa used to be short-sighted, only caring about short-term profits, and ruined the reputation of the Cao family, now I regret it, your future business road will not be easy, so do it yourself."

Cao Yin nodded, and seeing that Cao Jian had finished explaining, she said softly: "Grandpa, then I'll go!" ”

"This won't be the last time you'll come to see me." Cao Jian said with a smile.

"That depends on my mood." Cao Yin joked that she was much more comfortable when she learned that Cao Jian had left a way back.

"By the way, there's one more thing that might work for you." Cao Jian said suddenly.

"What?"

Cao Jian lowered his voice and said: "One night when I first came to the prison, I suddenly heard movement in the prison, and when I woke up, I saw that someone was secretly changing prisoners, and the location should be Qi Chongwu's cell. ”

Cao Yin nodded, kept this matter in mind, packed up the dishes and chopsticks, and hurried out of the cell, only to see Yuan Qing still waiting outside the prison.

"What are you doing here?" Cao Yin asked.

Yuan Qing said nervously: "I'm talking to the guard's brother. ”

The guard scolded in his heart: "Bullshit, I obviously didn't say a word, and you didn't pay attention to Lao Tzu's talk." ”

Cao Yin nodded, walked towards the gate, walked a few steps and suddenly turned around, and saw Yuan Qingzheng looking at him stupidly, and said in his heart, this person can be used.

He smiled at him and turned away.

……

Ningguo Houfu

In the secret room, a high-level meeting was going on, and the participants were all Ning Guohou's most important subordinates, in addition to his two sons Feng Kequan and Feng Kechu, there were also Song Gang, the Marquis of Duyu, Lu Ning, the left commander, Lu Weiyi, the right commander, Liu Ang, the judge, Zhuang Yi, the secretary in charge, and Luo Bin, the assassin of Xuanzhou.

Lu Yuan was also fortunate to participate, and after exchanging official certificates with the officials sent by the Ministry of Officials two days ago, he was now promoted to the sixth rank, but compared with the people present, the official position was the lowest, so he sat in the back seat of the right hand.

I only heard Ning Guohou say: "Now that the situation has changed, we have more than a year left, and if it is short, it will only be a few months, and we can't afford to take it slowly, so Benhou summoned you to come and reassign the task." ”

"Zhuang Yi, let's talk about the logistics first."

"Yes." Zhuang Yi took out the prepared paper, glanced at it and said: "After more than a year of buying and storing grain, the storage of military grain has more than 300,000 stones, which can be used by 50,000 troops for more than three years, the warehouse weapons and armor can be equipped with another 20,000 soldiers, there are more than 200,000 bows and arrows in reserve, and there are more than 300 warships in Chizhou. ”

"Continue to buy grain, go to Hangzhou to buy, but be sure to keep it secret. Weapons and armor should be carefully inspected and maintained, and there are too few bows and arrows, so the Black Mountain Armory Workshop was ordered to give priority to the production of bows and arrows. There are enough warships, there is no need to produce them anymore. ”

Zhuang Yi nodded yes and wrote them down one by one.

Ning Guohou suddenly stood up and walked to the wall, there was a rolled up piece of parchment hanging on the wall, tied with a thin rope, Ning Guohou pulled it at the end of the rope, and the parchment was spread out, but it was a map.

Ning Guohou swept over everyone with a pair of tiger eyes, and said: "Ben Hou originally wanted to follow the example of staying in the army, separating the three states and standing on his own, and then Xu Tu made a great cause. However, Xuanzhou was too close to Jinling, and the imperial court would send the elite of the forbidden army to attack, so it could only take refuge in Wu Yueqian's clan first and use it as reinforcements to resist the Tang army. ”

He pointed to a small city in the picture and said: "At that time, Xuancheng will be the only way for the Tang army to enter Xuanzhou, and it will also be the main force of their attack, so we must defend this city, and then I will personally lead the left wing of 25,000 men and horses, according to this city, as soon as Wu Yue reinforcements arrive, they can jointly attack the Tang army, and Luo Tingshi will lead the soldiers to defend Ningguo City, and now we can prepare to defend the city." ”

"Yes." Luo Bin replied.

Ning Guohou asked Zhuang Yi again: "Are the Xuancheng grain depot and the arsenal full?" ”

"It's full."

"Very good, at present, we can build a new granary and a military warehouse in Xuancheng, continue to store military rations, bows and arrows, and prepare to defend to the death."

"Yes."

"Let the officials assigned to various places also take action to classify all the important officials and local heroes in the local area.

The first type is those who are loyal to Benhou and will stand by my side after breaking with the imperial court; The second type is those who will remain neutral and wait and see. The third category is those who stand firmly on the side of the court and will make trouble for Benhou. Before I do it, be sure to get the list into my hands! ”

"The subordinates will inform them." Zhuang Yi nodded.