Ruan Qingwen stared at Zhang Xiaowu with bright eyes, the temptation of 1.5 million taels of silver is not something that anyone can resist, people die for money, birds die for food, he believes that Zhang Xiaowu will never let go of this silver. For a few days in a state of confusion, Nguyen Thanh Van knew that his political life was almost over, that his identity as a princeling would accompany him for the rest of his life, and that he had to think about himself when he saw that the princelings were about to collapse.

"Can you take this 1,500,000 taels of silver now?" Zhang Xiaowu clenched his fists and said excitedly, he didn't think too much about it for the time being, and surviving in front of him was the most important thing. If you have this 1.5 million taels of silver, not to mention the military salary, it will not be a problem to expand the army by 100,000, even if everyone is not a general, the brothers have divided the silver, and each is a local high-roller worth a huge amount of money.

Ruan Qingwen shook his head and said: "It depends on how much silver there is in the bank, Hengtong Bank has several branches in Hunzhou and Daizhou, among which the most silver is placed in Hengtong Bank in Hunzhou City, and there should not be much in the rest of the places, especially the prince has always disliked the two wolves guarding Cao Yan." And the imperial court has always been on guard against the military generals of the border army supporting their own troops, so there should not be much silver in the Hengtong Money Village in the Two Wolf City. ”

Zhang Xiaowu walked around excitedly, breathing heavily and thinking quickly, Ruan Qingwen's purpose in revealing this news to him was not just to help him solve the problem of military salary, he should have asked for something else, so he said: "Lord Ruan, do you have any conditions?" For example, helping the crown prince fight for the throne? ”

Ruan Qingwen waved his hand and said: "The crown prince failed to assassinate Dushanbo, and Dushanbo was in charge of the forbidden army, he completely lost Dushanbo's support, how could he have the opportunity to compete for the throne again?" Therefore, the prince is doomed to failure, and the princelings are also destined to be retaliated against, Gu Junshi is the backbone of the princelings, and I am also a princeling. But I joined the princelings because Gu Junshi had the grace to save my life. I have never begged City Lord Zhang to support the crown prince, not before, and not in the future, I only hope that City Lord Zhang can save one person, the military advisor Gu Yong. He sighed and said, "I no longer force City Lord Zhang to rescue the Qinglong Army, I just hope that you can save one person, I don't know if this request can be exchanged for one and a half million taels of silver?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu did not answer immediately, he felt that it would not be so simple, and said: "Let me think about it for one night, and it is no treason to take military salaries without permission." ”

Ruan Qingwen didn't force him, and said with a smile: "I was also about to rest, thank you for the city lord's hospitality, I'll go to sleep." ”

"One catty, take Lord Ruan to rest."

Ruan Qingwen stood with his beard and said, "I am a literati, I must cultivate in an elegant place, and I have been living in Cuiyun Pavilion these days." ”

Zhang Xiaowu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. Ruan Qingwen is a very smart person, how can such a person be good at drinking and lustful, but he wants to live in a prostitute like Cuiyun Pavilion, naturally for self-defilement. Smart people show loyalty with their talents and self-defilement, and stupid people will work hard and learn from Hai Rui, so that people can't find faults.

"This is a person who understands, and he understands it." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile.

The next day, a person came from the Two Wolves Pass to Mucheng to seek an official, and after Wang Yijin brought this person, Zhang Xiaowu exclaimed: "Lord Guan? ”

"A cloth coat, I can't be called an adult." Guan Xiang said with a bitter face, "Call me Guan Xiucai, at least I still have a reputation for Xiucai before joining the army." ”

Zhang Xiaowu couldn't cry or laugh: "Why don't I call you the cousin, Brother Zhong, why did you suffer this?" ”

Guan Xiao said sourly: "Since the epidemic camp was merged into the wolf guard, we and other epidemic camp officials have been repeatedly excluded, and I am the record of the epidemic camp, and I am the first to bear the brunt. A few days ago, I saw that some doctors were beaten by the wolf guards, so I was angry and went to theorize, but the wolf guards thought I was in trouble and reprimanded me. I was angry but resigned and returned to my hometown, but I was retaliated by the villain and thrown out of the two wolf passes, and now I can only take refuge in you, otherwise I will really become a begging flower child. ”

When he was in the camp, Guan Xiang helped Zhang Xiaowu a lot, so even if Guan Xiang didn't ask for an official, Zhang Xiaowu would definitely help him. Guan Xiang helped Su Yu make more money, Zhang Xiaowu also took a fancy to his skill, and there was a lack of county orders in the city to deal with civil affairs, so Zhang Xiaowu said that you temporarily took the position of county commander and shared civil affairs for me.

Guan Xiang was overjoyed, Zhou Wenqi, who joined the army that day, was the temporary representative of Mucheng County, but now he never expected that a down-and-out blade would become a seven-pin county order. Zhang Xiaowu said to Guan Xiang, the biggest task of your county commander now is to make money for our garrison, and he needs a large amount of silver to pay the military salary and give everyone a good year.

"If you only need silver, then it will be very easy to solve." Guan Xiang laughed evilly, and then took Zhang Xiaowu and others back to the original epidemic camp, then looked east and west, and dug out ten jars of broken silver under a tree.

Zhang Xiaowu's jaw almost fell, and he said: "This is ......" Bai Hao also stared at the ten jars of silver with wide eyes, and said in his heart that this is a place to hide treasures, Wang Yijin whispered: "How much silver does this get." ”

Guan Xiao smiled and said: "This is Su Boling's small vault, it is inconvenient for him to carry it when he leaves, and he is worried that he will be taken away by Cheng Chu, so he is buried here." These ten jars contained about 50,000 taels of silver, all of which he had earned from the wounded soldiers. ”

"Fifty thousand taels?! Consultation fee?! Military doctors also charge wounded soldiers for consultations? ”

Guan Xiao said: "Some wounded soldiers want to get better medicinal materials, live in better wards, and get better treatment, so Su Boling also met their requirements, but they just need to earn some fees." ”

Zhang Xiaowu was so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded: "This Su Yu actually set up a fee for diagnosis and treatment in the military epidemic camp, this is the same virtue as a certain cool and a certain Qiyi, what kind of VVIP is it doing!" It's so shameless, it's so immoral! ”

Wang Yijin said strangely on the side: "Hey, what kind of fart, what do you mean, adult?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "The method of collecting wealth by cutting off children and grandchildren. ”

Guan Xiang disagreed, explaining: "The city lord doesn't know, half of the wounded soldiers in the plague camp are fraudulent injuries, and I wish I couldn't heal it and live comfortably." Some wounded soldiers did not stay after taking the money, but went to the prostitution hall to give the money to the prostitutes, and even went to the gambling house to give the money to those who were out of the way. Su Boling treated the wounded soldiers equally, and did not use fake medicinal materials because some people did not pay. Our epidemic camp uses the same medicinal materials and the same doctors, so the wounded soldiers have never had any dissatisfaction. Has the city lord ever heard of the trouble in the plague camp? ”

Zhang Xiaowu recalled that this Su Yu Su Boling was greedy for money, but he knew that he was more disproportionate, even when he was the head of the epidemic camp, he had never been deducted a penny of military salary, and he was indeed a principled corrupt official. Thinking that the 50,000 taels of silver was dug up by himself, Su Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said: "It's Su Yu's life-selling money, if he has any difficulties in the future, we must help him." ”

Guan Xiang couldn't help laughing, he returned to Mucheng to seek officials, and he also saved Zhang Xiaowu, once he didn't use him, he would dig up the silver and go home to be a farmer. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaowu asked him to make a county order, and he also paid 50,000 pieces of silver, which deserved to repay the favor.

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