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Gifting Peng Yong the wine from the jars he brought, Zhao Yu and his party immediately returned to Luyang, after all, the cold winter was coming, and he had to hurry up to complete some arrangements.

After two more days of traveling, Zhao Yu and his entourage returned to Luyang on the morning of October 17 and returned to the Xianghou Mansion.

At this time, the Luyang Xianghou couple and Zhao Yu's brother Zhao Yin were no longer in the mansion, and the person in charge of the township mansion was the chief steward Cao Ju, who recruited the chief steward and showed the certificate of the city obtained from Wang Shangde in person.

In fact, the chief steward Cao Ju had learned from the mouth of the Luyang Township Marquis two days ago that Zhao Yu intended to participate in Wang Shangde's military market, but how Zhao Yu would operate it, the Luyang Township Marquis did not ask in detail at that time, and Cao Ju naturally had no way to know.

When Zhao Yu found him with the certificate given by Wang Shangde, Cao Ju arched his hand and said: "The townsman has already instructed Cao to assist the second son, and the second son only needs to give orders." ”

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "The chief steward is polite." Maybe my father didn't talk to the chief steward in detail, maybe he didn't care, but I think this matter is of great interest to my township and the marquis, so I hope the chief steward can help me. ”

If it was before, Cao Ju may not take Zhao Yu's words seriously, but in recent days, the second son in front of him helped Liu Ji and the Luyang townsman to implement work-for-relief, which made a lot of contributions, which made Cao Ju no longer dare to regard this second son as an ordinary child, and he immediately said: "Second son rest assured, Cao Ju will definitely help." But...... I don't know what the second son needs to do? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu smiled slightly: "Let's go to Ye County to visit Mao Gong first." ”

Mao Gong, that is, Mao Jue, Mao Guoqi, the county commander of Ye County, since he assisted the then young Luyang Township Marquis to expose Kong Jian's crimes, this Mao Gong and the Luyang Township Marquis have become New Year's friends, and the relationship is close to Liu Jian compared to today's Luyang County Commander, although Zhao Yu has not seen this Mao County Order, but this does not prevent him from seeking the help of this Mao Gong.

He believed that after he told what had happened, the upright old man Mao would definitely help him within a certain range.

So, after a simple bath and change of clothes in the township mansion, Zhao Yu and his party took the chief steward Cao Ju and went to Ye County together.

Yexian is not far from Luyang, and the group that set off at noon was only a little in a hurry, and arrived at the county seat of Yexian before Yexian closed the city gate, and after Zhang Ji showed the road guide, the group entered the city smoothly.

After entering the city, Zhao Yu and others took a carriage and took the wine as a gift to the county government to visit Mao Jue and Mao County.

With the friendship between the Marquis of Luyang and Mao Jue, this Mao Gong naturally would not refuse Zhao Yu's visit.

When he learned that Zhao Yu had come to visit, he sent a messenger from the county government to invite Zhao Yu and his party to the back office, and met Zhao Yu in a small room in the back mansion that could be called a study.

This study is not spacious, Zhao Yu stepped over the threshold, not a few steps away, there were four chairs for entertaining guests, and further in front was a bookcase, and behind the bookcase sat the Ye County Magistrate.

In addition, there are bookshelves on the three walls of the study, and the most stacked books and bamboo books are stacked on the study.

In general, this is a study room where you can see the whole picture at a glance, some small, some simple, and it really does not match the identity of the county order of Mao Jue Naye County.

Don't take a closer look at this study, Zhao Yu took Cao Ju, Jingnu, Zhang Ji, and Ma Cheng to meet this Mao Gong: "Zhao Yu, the second son of the Hou of Xialuyang Township, meet Mao Gong." ”

During the salute, Zhao Yu secretly looked at He Maogong.

I saw that this Mao Gong was about sixty years old, his skin was loose, his face was full of wrinkles, his slightly sunken eye sockets were full of some bloodshots, his gray hair and beard were neatly combed, and the clothes on his body were also clean, although the washing ground was somewhat faded, and there were even some traces of sewing, but they were clean.

And when Zhao Yu looked at Mao Jue, Mao Jue was also looking at Zhao Yu.

Speaking of which, this Mao County Commander has a friendship with the Luyang Township Marquis for more than fifteen years, but this friendship has no interests, at most, sometimes the Luyang Township Marquis visits the old man with his own brewed wine, and the old and the young sit and drink and chat.

I have to say, this is really a rather weird way to make friends.

After looking at Zhao Yu a few times, Mao Jue smiled slightly and said, "Little baby, you are looking for the old man, I don't know what is the matter?" ”

His tone was neither intimate nor sparse, and there was a faint sense of rejection from thousands of miles away.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu pondered his words and said, "Mao Gong, the kid came today to hope that Mao Gong would help me do something. ”

“……”

Hearing this, Mao Jue's brows immediately furrowed, and he seemed to be a little displeased, but he didn't say anything immediately, just frowned and said, "Let's hear it." ”

So Zhao Yu arched his hand and asked: "Mao Gong, I don't know if you know about my Luyang County's work-for-relief?" ”

"Yes." Mao Jue stroked his beard and nodded.

Zhao Yu asked again: "That...... Can Mao Gong know that my money in Luyang was not enough to implement the cash-for-work scheme, and it was all thanks to Liu Wei, Liu Gong and my father who went to Rushui County to persuade the counties to help me with money and grain? ”

"The old man knows." Mao Jue nodded and said, "A few days ago, your father came to visit the old man, and he told the old man about it during the period......

"That's going to be easy." Zhao Yu smiled, and then said: "Because of the relationship between the father and son of the Marquis of Ruyang, the Rushui counties are about to reverses their original promise and stop funding my Luyang County, and the money and grain in my Luyang County are only enough to support until the spring of next year......

"What's going on?" Mao Jue frowned and asked, "Doesn't you have an agreement between Luyang and Rushui County?" Your Luyang County stabilized the refugees from Wannan and Wanbei so that they could not flow to the Rushui counties, and the Rushui counties subsidized you Luyang for this purpose...... As far as the old man knows, haven't you two negotiated? Why did you suddenly change your hexagram again? Could it be that Kong Jian is getting in the way? ”

From his words, it is not difficult to know that this Mao Gong is not ignorant of the current situation in Luyang County, and it is obvious that the Marquis of Luyang has already informed Mao Gong of those things.

"Kong Jian?"

Zhao Yu smiled secretly, but he didn't dare to show anything in front of this Mao Gong, shook his head and said: "Regardless of the matter of Kong Jian, this incident was ......caused by the father and son of the Marquis of Ruyang mentioned by the kid Fang just now."

As he spoke, he told Mao Jue why he taught Wang Zhi a lesson that day, and then how the father and son of the Marquis of Ruyang humiliated their father and son a few days ago, etc., only to hear this Mao Gong's brows furrowed.

After a moment of silence, Mao Gong frowned and said: "That Wang Zhi should indeed teach a lesson, even if the Marquis of Ruyang thinks that he has lost face, it is also the grievance of your two families, and he instigated the counties of Rushui to cut off your Luyang's funding to force Gongyu to comply...... It's really inappropriate! ”

After that, he asked Zhao Yu, "What about your father?" ”

Zhao Yu didn't dare to hide it, and said: "My father also thinks that he has to find another way, so a few days ago, he took the boy's mother and brother to Yuncheng to visit my grandfather. ”

Mao Jue was stunned, and then a slightly strange expression appeared on his face: "Ancestor? Oh, Zhou Shouzheng. Gongyu went to see him, I was afraid that he would be punished......"

As he spoke, he seemed to realize that it was inappropriate to say this, and coughed and diverted the topic: "Then, little baby, your father and mother took your brother to find your grandfather, why did you come to the old man's place?" ”

"Zhou Shouzheng? Could it be that he is talking about his grandfather? Does this old man know his grandfather?'

According to the doubts and curiosity in his heart, Zhao Yu arched his hand and said: "That's the case, after returning from the Ruyang Hou Mansion that day, my father and Liu Gong were troubled by this matter, and the boy saw this, hoping to share the worries of his father, so he had a plan, hoping to raise a sum of money and food for my Luyang County, although my father supported me, but he was afraid that my plan would not work, so he decided to take a two-pronged approach, he went to my grandfather to find a way, and I, according to my ideas......"

As he spoke, he glanced up at Mao Jue and added, "But the kid's strategy needs Mao Gong's support." ”

"I see."

Mao Jue suddenly realized, only to see him looking at Zhao Yu while brushing his beard, and after a few breaths, he nodded and said: "You are raising money and food for the county, which is benevolence; Sharing worries for your father is filial piety, although you are young, but benevolence and filial piety are commendable. …… Let's tell me about your plans, and if there is nothing wrong with it, the old man will naturally help. ”

"Thank you, Mao Gong."

Zhao Yu thanked him, and immediately took out a silk cloth from his arms, carefully spread it out in the palm of his hand, and then walked a few steps forward, and presented the voucher written by Wang Shangde himself on Mao Jue's bookcase, and said: "Mao Gong, two days ago, the kid went to Wancheng and went to see General Wang Shangde, General Wang is preparing to build a military market, and I am thinking about making a sum of money from his military market to buy food......

Mao Jue was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the voucher carefully, only to see that the voucher not only had Wang Shangde's autograph, but also stamped with the general's seal, which was obviously genuine - think about it, who dares to forge this kind of thing, and live impatiently?

What surprised Mao Jue was that he listened to Zhao Yu's statement, and it seemed that Wang Shangde handed over this certificate to this kid, not to Liu Wei, the county magistrate of Luyang County, or the father of this kid, Luyang Township.

"You went to see Wang Shangde alone, and then Wang Shangde handed you this certificate?" Mao Gong asked in surprise.

"Yes." Zhao Yu nodded.

Hearing this, Mao Jue glanced at Zhao Yu a few times meaningfully, and then said with a smile: "I see...... The old man gradually understood, why did your father let you plan this matter alone, the little baby is not simple! As he spoke, he stroked his beard and asked, "How do you think the old man can help you?" ”

"Rong Boy is rude."

Arching his hand towards Mao Jue, Zhao Yu bypassed the bookcase and whispered his plan to Mao Jue.

Mao Jue frowned slightly at first, then gradually stretched, and at the end, he couldn't help laughing: "What a cunning little baby, worthy of being Zhao Gongyu's son!" ”

As he spoke, he nodded, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Okay, the old man will make an exception today to help you spread the word and convene the merchants and families of Ye County on your behalf." ”

"Thank you Mao Gong!"

Zhao Yu bowed his hand.

Immediately, Mao Jue sent the servants of the government to invite the businessmen and families with heads and faces in the city, and invited them to the county government to drink.