The ghost loach poured half of the jar again, burped, and said: "We Shandong men, go straight and straight, and pay the most attention to righteousness." Sheep thief, if you want me to help Chu Chao...... OK! But I can't take these 20,000 people to death...... In this way, Lao Tzu will not be the master of this house! I'll go with you and return your life-saving grace, okay?! ”

The shepherd was also a little drunk, waved his hand and said, "I said, I won't force you." ”

"You didn't force me." The ghost loach laughed, getting more and more drunk, and pointed at his chest heavily, "I, a good man in Shandong!" A promise of a thousand gold...... My grandfather ...... My grandfather ordered a family, and before he passed the door, he didn't see it, and the woman passed away, but even if she did, she was still my grandmother! On the genealogy, she is the big house, and my grandma is the stepfamily...... That's it, a promise! My grandmother's family is in the middle of the road, and my father raised them, why? Because that's his maternal uncle's house...... I also keep them, and that's my grandmother's house! ”

"Okay." Hua Ye patted the case and shouted: "The promise of the family." ”

"Don't brag about Lao Tzu." The ghost loach waved his hand and said, "Sheep thief, you saved Lao Tzu's life...... Say, how can Lao Tzu repay?! ”

The shepherd waved his hand and kept waving.

"Drunk, drunk, old loach, you're drunk...... Hee-hee, drunk loach ......"

"I'm not drunk." The ghost loach raised his head and sighed: "Lao Tzu is afraid, I'm afraid that before Lao Tzu has time to repay the favor, you will fucking burp." ”

"Hahaha." There was a lot of laughter in the hall again, and I didn't know whether it was sad or happy.

After laughing, the shepherd got up and said, "I'm here today, I really don't want to force the brothers here, but there are some things that I have to explain to everyone." This matter of luck is by no means as simple as Li Baibo said......"

"Ha, speaking of luck, can you know better than my loach?"

Suddenly, someone said: "Do you understand, Li Baibo must not have done something right." ”

The voice was quite clear, and everyone turned their heads to look, only to see that the young man in the seat, who had been silent and had an extraordinary bearing, had stood up, untied the hat on his head and the cloth around his neck, and revealed a very handsome face.

"If my guess is correct, there should be 300,000 to 1 million stone of grain in Caocang, Texas. In addition to the grain storage of nearly 300,000 stones, there may also be hundreds of thousands of stones of grain for transportation this year...... Let me ask you, does Li Baibo want to escort all this grain into Beijing? ”

The ghost loach was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously replied, "Yes." ”

"The shortage of food in the capital is not a day or two, but it has never been said that it will be emptied of the Texas Caocang, why do you think it is? Is it true that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forgot about this? ”

No matter how much the ghost loach and Hua Ye knew about Cao Yun, they had never thought of such a question, and they looked at each other, but they couldn't answer it.

"No, who are you?" Greyhound saw that the young man was quite young, but his tone was not small, and he asked with a hiccup.

The shepherd stood behind the young man rather doggedly, and said loudly: "The one in front of you is the Marquis of Huaiyuan, the concubine of the Chu Dynasty, who broke the slave and killed the emperor Taiji. ”

The ghost loach and Hua Ye had already vaguely guessed it, and they were not too surprised to hear it. The other leaders in the hall were shocked, and most of the wine was awake, and they were speechless for a long time.

Then, everyone reacted differently, and they all exclaimed and stepped forward to pay their respects. The words are all "I have been looking up for a long time, I am very relieved in my life, and I am even very lucky", and there are quite a few Liangshan heroes who see Song Jiang.

It is also because Wang Xiao came to Shandong this time that had been sacked by the Qing soldiers, and the market had already added fuel and vinegar to the fact that he killed Huang Taiji in the first battle of Liaodong. If this is Jiangnan, people may think that he is just a little marquis who has made a little effort.

After a visit to the people in Texas, they wanted to take the wine to the king and smile.

Wang Xiao was a little arrogant, raised a bowl and toasted everyone, and said with a smile: "This wine is good, Texas Molu." ”

Hua Ye was slightly surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "Hou Ye actually knows wine." ”

"I don't understand." Wang smiled: "My family was originally engaged in some wine business, so I know a little bit about it. Molu, famous in Texas, the color is like lacquer, and the taste is better than Daigo. ”

The ghost loach slapped his thigh and laughed: "Haha, not bad, the Wang family in the capital is also the old patron of our Cao Gang, the Wang family takes three ships from Dezhou every year, and transports Jinan Qiulubai, Qingzhou Jinyulu, Zhangqiu Sheep Paste Wine, Dezhou Molu and Luo Wine...... Both! Both! ”

"Yes, yes, yes, I also remember that Wang Xiangongzi traveled back and forth between Nanjing and Beijing a few years ago, and every time he passed by Texas, I entertained him." Hua Ye joked, "I didn't expect us to have such a relationship with Hou Ye......"

Since we have such a relationship, we have a lot of cordial dialogue with each other.

Wang Xiao knew that although these Shandong men were happy and righteous, righteousness was a private matter, and what choice the Texas Gang made at this time was a public matter. No matter how good the personal relationship is, it may not change the choice of ghost loaches.

Sure enough, after some lively greetings, the ghost loach relieved some of his drunkenness and apologized: "Don't blame Hou Ye, I admire Hou Ye's prestige is true." But...... The livelihood of this Cao gang brother in the future...... The current situation ......"

The words are very embarrassed, and obviously the next moment they are going to say that they are not going to be in charge.

"Don't worry about Gang Master Qiu, I understand this." Wang smiled: "I just talked about Texas Caocang. The reason is very simple, there are disasters and famines in Shandong and Henan to help the grain; The government of all parties wants to support Lu rice; The army in various places needs to be paid; There were frequent wars in Liaodong, and it was necessary to transport salaries for the Dengzhou battalion and the Jimo battalion to support Liaodong...... All in all, don't move lightly.

When Jiannu entered the Kou, the imperial court transferred Jinan soldiers and horses to support Dezhou, which seemed to be a stupid move, but in fact, it was because of the Caocang in Dezhou that could not be lost.

In other words, for such a large court, the expenses were already tight, and the distribution of grain and money was an extremely complicated matter, and it was necessary to break a copper coin into two halves. The Texas prefect owes you the money of the Texas Gang, and will give you Caocang, and he will pat his ass and leave, and the next prefect will not admit it, but to give you some benefits from somewhere else, it seems that officials and businessmen collude, but it is also a kind of ...... The art of saving money. It's a pity that Li Baibo doesn't understand this art. ”

Wang Xiao said this, and the heroes in the hall actually didn't understand it. But looking at the way he talked eloquently, there was a sense of incomprehension......

"Besides, the Grand Canal is often silted, dredging requires silver, and it also costs silver for usual maintenance, only to say that the labor on this canal, only in the section of Texas, Hongfu's service silver costs 20,000 taels of silver a year, and how much silver does it cost to dam man, man, shallow man, slipper, sluice man, spring man, etc.? Does he have the financial resources?

Li Baibo told you that in the future, he will cover this canal, can you mention these things? He Ruichao was so tight on money and grain that he wanted to transport away all the stored grain in Caocang, but he was afraid that he would not be able to keep the normal Cao Yun in three and five years, so how could he talk about anything else? They are these officials, it would be good if they could learn to govern first.

But Jiannu covets the splendid rivers and mountains of our Central Plains, and the army of the Eight Banners is eyeing it. Is there really time for Tang Zhongyuan to sit firmly on the country and slowly learn how to govern the country? Not to mention anything else, the war has been raging for so long, and the luck has stopped for so long, can you Texas Gang still hold on? ”

The ghost loach was stunned and did not speak. The greyhound over there had already slapped the case and shouted: "Master Hou is a person who understands!" In charge, we still follow Hou ......"

Hua Ye hurriedly pulled him.

Wang Xiao caught a glimpse of this scene, his eyes became more and more determined, and he said, "I might as well try to deduce it and see what will happen after you vote for the Rui Dynasty...... Tang Zhongyuan took the grain from Caocang, Texas, but he was still not enough to cope with the situation in front of him, let alone going south, he couldn't even stabilize the north. Caoyun? Once Jiannu called, he was likely to flee to Shaanxi...... What will you do then? ”

At this point, the Texas Gang was taken aback.

The ghost loach thought about it, his face changed several times, and finally bowed down and said, "Please teach the ...... master."