After a day and a half of marching, He Zhiyuan returned to Hejia Town the next morning. At this time, the news of the complete victory of the bandits had already been returned.

The soldiers who participated in this crackdown on bandits were surrounded by the recruits who stayed at home, and they asked them about the battle to suppress the bandits, which made these soldiers very face-saving.

Some eloquent soldiers began to act as commentators, how they beat the bandits in Tiger Leaping Valley as if they were live targets, how those bandits panicked, how frightened they did not know how to lie down, and so on, and described the whole process of suppressing bandits vividly and vividly. There is also how the craftsman Wang Jinkui hit the gunpowder of the bandits in the city when he was besieging the Black Stone Village, causing a big explosion and blowing up almost all the bandits in the village. One guy killed eighty or ninety bandits, and when he launched an attack, he didn't encounter a single resistance and directly began to clean up the battlefield.

This caused the recruits to laugh. At this time, a recruit asked: "Then didn't Wang Jinkui make a great contribution this time?" Isn't that a lot of silver? ”

The eloquent soldiers joked: "What is the great merit, he missed the shot, just hit the gunpowder, and the gunpowder of four or five hundred catties is gone." It hurt so much that He Gongzi and our captain shouted that it was a pity, if it was someone on our team, it was estimated that Captain Xu would have to go up and kick him twice! What is the silver reward! ”

As soon as these words came out, the recruits laughed again. For a time, the entire barracks was immersed in joy.

Xu Tangyi was happier than these soldiers, first, his son Xu Detian led the team to win a complete victory in the suppression of bandits this time, although he could not report military merits, but it was also a training, and his status in the army was higher. The second is the seventy or eighty war horses that were captured, and the horses were the chariots of the soldiers, and with these horses, plus the original more than 30 horses, they were just equipped with two general flags. The power of the Thousand Households of Ma Qi Mountain has been further strengthened, and now it can really be said that the soldiers are strong.

After the thousands of households in Ma Qi Mountain were busy, it was already the time when the sun set in the afternoon. He Zhiyuan and Yan Jihai rode horses and hurried to Juzhou City.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, Zhou Fuliu brought an exciting good news, her brother was reappointed as the Lianghuai Patrol Salt Imperial History, and he will take office in Yangzhou in the near future, and he passed by to go home to see.

"That's really good, we're worried that we don't have a chance to get rid of the Lu family and Yue Bingqian, isn't this a chance?" He Zhiyuan said happily.

"yes, so I'm in a hurry to tell you. You've been in Yizhou these days, and I've been here several times. But you never came back, and I didn't have anyone I wanted to talk to. Zhou Fuliu said angrily.

He Zhiyuan said with a hippie smile: "Hehe, you miss me, right?" "After that, you have to move your hands and feet.

"Don't be serious! Let's get down to business! Zhou Fuliu said with his hairy hands off.

He Zhiyuan was unimpressed, and smiled again: "Both things are serious." Did your brother say in his letter when he would be here? ”

"The letter only said that at the end of this month and the beginning of next month, the specific date was not said, starting from Beijing to here, first take the waterway to Dezhou, and then take the dry road, how can you walk for more than ten days."

He Zhiyuan counted the days and said, "Then it's in these days." Then he smiled and said, "My brother is going home to visit relatives this time, do I want to prepare some gifts?" ”

"Of course, hey! It's my brother, and it's not your brother yet! Zhou Fuliu noticed the change in his title and immediately corrected it.

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We're all engaged, isn't it good to be close to each other? He Zhiyuan retorted.

"It's not bad, I see your smiling face, it's too undignified." Zhou Fuliu replied, and then said, "Don't quarrel anymore, let's discuss the matter." ”

At this time, He Zhiyuan put away his grinning attitude, and said with a straight face: "I have some evidence of the Lu family's smuggling of salt, but this is all previous evidence. It is also very easy for the Lu family to get rid of the crime, and it will take a lot of effort to get the evidence. But it also depends on our brother's determination to crack down on profiteers and corrupt officials. It wasn't mentioned in his letter? ”

"He didn't say anything in the letter, only that he would stop by and go home to visit his family." Zhou Fuliu replied.

"What is my father-in-law's opinion?"

"He's been in Jinan these days, and he hasn't come back yet." Zhou Fuliu replied.

He Zhiyuan thought to himself, this prospective father-in-law doesn't want to take care of things more and more now, and a lot of the mess here is thrown to Zhou Fuliu and me, and he runs to Jinan every day, is he raising a foreign house.

In fact, He Zhiyuan really guessed correctly, Zhou Xuhai did raise a concubine in Jinan.

"Then there is nothing to discuss now, the key depends on our brother's attitude and the attitude of the imperial court." He Zhiyuan said.

"What if he is determined to investigate and punish those corrupt officials and profiteers?" Zhou Fuliu asked stubbornly.

He Zhiyuan said firmly: "Then I don't have to say it, let's do our best to help him and let him find out Yue Bingqian of the Lu family and Huai'an Branch." ”

"That's pretty much it, that's what you said. If he borrows troops from you, you will have to borrow them! Zhou Fuliu said a little mischievously.

"Definitely borrowed! Don't worry! He Zhiyuan replied. Then he said: "Do you still have to talk to Lord Liang about this?" ”

Zhou Fuliu said without thinking: "Of course I have to say it." Didn't he always want to make friends with my brother? Even if we don't talk about it, he'll know. ”

Then Zhou Fuliu said: "The matter of the vocational and technical college, we have to hurry up, this is the wax moon soon, and the New Year will be the New Year if there is no exam, and the school will start after the Shangyuan Festival next year." The students who signed up have asked many times. ”

"I've already got the test papers out, find a time for you to print them, and then choose a day for the exam." He Zhiyuan replied.

This matter has indeed dragged on long enough, and it is estimated that those students are also in a hurry.

Now the teachers of the four majors have been selected, but if the students know the details of these teachers, it is estimated that they will cheat the pot. Because these professional teachers are all artisans who can't read a few big characters, these people are ordinary people who are inferior to them in the eyes of readers, but now they have become their teachers, how to convince them?

The only exception is the accounting major, and the professional teacher of this major is Zhou Fuliu, who is also the temporary head of the school. And Zhou Fuliu's talent is obvious to all, not to mention these children, even if they are lifted, they may not have Zhou Fuliu's talent.

Zhou Fuliu has long ceased to be the account of the Juzhou soap workshop, and now each workshop has its own account man, most of these accounts are young accounts with one or two experiences, and Zhou Fuliu taught them to use Arabic numerals and double-entry accounting. After a few months of training, the tents were able to work independently. Zhou Fuliu only needs to go for a check-up once a month, so she now has a lot of time to spend on the vocational college.

Early in the morning of the third day of the lunar month, Vanilla came to He Zhiyuan's house to report that:

"My young lady, the eldest young master will arrive in Qingzhou this afternoon, please come to Qingzhou with me tomorrow."

"Where's your young lady?" He Zhiyuan asked vanilla.

"Miss accompanied Mrs. to Qingzhou yesterday, let me stay and lead the way for my uncle." Vanilla said a little shyly.

He Zhiyuan only remembered at this time that Zhou Fuliu's family lived in Qingzhou, and this cheap brother-in-law had not returned home for several years, and he would definitely go home to worship his ancestors when he came back by the way, so the Zhou family had to go back to Zhang Luo in advance.

He then asked Vanilla: "Did your eldest young master take the young lady to Yangzhou this time?" ”

Vanilla replied, "No, the eldest young master came back alone." I heard that the eldest young master would not serve in Jiangnan for a long time, so he didn't bring the young lady and the child with him. ”

He Zhiyuan understood that he took office alone this time, and he must have something important to do, and it was inconvenient to bring his family.

Early the next morning, He Zhiyuan was led by vanilla, and took a cart of gifts, and set off to Qingzhou in two cars.

There was nothing to say all the way, and it was not until sunset that afternoon that He Zhiyuan and his entourage arrived in Qingzhou. In this way, I still drove all the way, and I never had a good rest all the way. After all, there is a distance of more than 200 miles from Juzhou to Qingzhou, fortunately, this road is smooth and easy to walk, otherwise it will be delayed on the road for a day.

When I came to the Zhou family's mansion, the whole Zhou family had gathered at this time, but in fact, the Zhou family was not prosperous, only the two brothers and sisters of Zhou Fuliu. Zhou Xuhai was extremely happy when he saw his son-in-law coming. After all, the son-in-law he chose is now more and more developed, although he is still only a student, but Jane is in the emperor's heart, and his reputation is not small.

Under Zhou Xuhai's introduction, He Zhiyuan and his quasi-uncle Zhou Fulai have known each other. After the two sides saluted, Zhou Xuhai greeted He Zhiyuan: "The virtuous son-in-law has worked hard all the way, hurry up and enter the table and drink two glasses of wine to relieve fatigue." ”

After the three of them sat down, after drinking a few glasses of wine, He Zhiyuan asked Zhou Fulai: "Brother, this time I went to Yangzhou Salt Institute to take office, which can be said to be a high promotion." The emperor's appointment of his brother to such an important position shows the emperor's favor to his brother. ”

Zhou Fulai put down his wine glass and replied: "Brother-in-law, this time I went to Yangzhou to inspect the imperial history of salt, and it was recommended by my master Xie, and the emperor entrusted him with this appointment. I heard my little sister say, you just came back from Huai'an, and you have dealt with the officials of the two Huai Salt Divisions, and you know some of these things, and I also asked my sister to say that I listened. ”

He Zhiyuan heard the meaning of Zhou Fulai's words, he went this time to investigate corrupt officials and profiteers, the so-called imperial order means that the emperor has talked to him alone, and he is holding a secret decree. Before he came to Qingzhou, Zhou Fuliu must have said that he went to Huai'an to fish for people. Since he was interested in this matter, it meant that the imperial court had become suspicious of the Lu family and the Huai'an branch.

Thinking of this, He Zhiyuan said: "This time I went to Huai'an to deal with the case of salt smuggling by the grain ship in Juzhou, and I did find some evidence of the Lu family's smuggling of salt, but at that time, only our people saw it with their own eyes, and no officers and soldiers seized the smuggling salt on the spot. After my brother goes, the Lu family will definitely be more cautious, and even settle down for a while, so that you will not have a long time to investigate. However, I did find a secret warehouse where he stored salt, most of which was smuggled salt, and this warehouse was in the middle of the city. ”

Zhou Fulai was surprised when he heard this: "Could it be that the Lu family is so bold and reckless!" Trafficking in illicit salt in the open city? ”

(End of chapter)

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