After Han Xiufeng met the Daotai, he went to the next door to visit the Futai.

sat down and chatted for a while, saying the same set of rhetoric as when he visited the Taoist platform, although he was telling the truth, Du Xingyuan, the prefect of Chongqing, did not believe a word like Cao Shuzhong of East Sichuan Province.

Han Xiufeng was too lazy to explain too much, and after accompanying him to meet Chen Hu and other military attachés, he once again declined his kindness on the grounds that Ding Wei was not suitable for drinking and feasting, and led Chen Hu and the others back to their homes not far from the Provincial Department and the government office.

It may be that Qin'er and the babies did not come together in Ciyun, or maybe this home is a new home, anyway, there is no feeling of going home at all, just under the leadership of the second brother and sister-in-law, inside and out, up and down, Ge Er, who temporarily served as the porter, trotted to come to the county master to ask to see.

The parents of the hometown couldn't help but see it, and invited the 'red belt' Zhixian Xiangqing, who had been in the main hall of Ba County for several years, into the living room, sat down to drink tea for a while, and chatted about the affairs of the capital for a while.

"Master Han, Huguang guest Changjiang Zonghai asks to see you."

"No, didn't you see that I was accompanying the county honor?"

"Obey the order, and go back to him."

"Master Han, as far as Xia Guan knows, Mr. Jiang used to be Lord Duan's curtain friend, and Xia Guan also heard that Mr. Jiang was a colleague when he was a curtain friend of Lord Duan, and later he was also a friend of Master Han. What's more, the Huguang Guild Hall is just in front, and he is also a neighbor with you, so it doesn't hurt to see him. ”

"Neighbors?" Han Xiufeng asked knowingly.

Although Xiangqing is a clan, he didn't dare to put a "red belt" in front of Han Xiufeng, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Master Han, you must have been away from home for too long, and when you go out, you are the Huguang Guild Hall, you and him are really neighbors!" ”

"Oops, I really don't care." Han Xiufeng pretended to weigh it and said reluctantly: "Since they are neighbors, then please." ”

"Yes!" Ge Er bowed and saluted, and then strode out of the main hall with a waist knife in his hand as if he was still in the barracks.

Xiangqing peeked at Chen Hu and the others who were talking in the courtyard, and then thought of Han Xiufeng's attitude towards Jiang Zonghai just now, and secretly thought that it was really not good, so he hurriedly put it up again: "Master Han, I heard that the lower official is coming to visit, and the lower official also pulled the lower official to ask if the lady and the little prince are back, they have a good relationship, and they have moved around a lot before." ”

"I didn't mention my sister-in-law to me, it's really a bad luck today, when I come back from the countryside with the two babies, I will definitely let her take the baby to meet my sister-in-law."

"Master Han is really good at laughing, it should be the lower official who asked the cheap to come and see him."

As he was talking, Huguang guest Changjiang Zonghai walked in with a smile, and as soon as he entered the door, he bowed down and said, "Meet Master Han and the county lord in Xiajiang Zonghai." ”

"Mr. Jiang doesn't need to be polite," Han Xiufeng got up and helped him up, beckoning him to sit, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang, although you and I are meeting for the first time, Wang Naizeng has mentioned you to me a lot when I was in the capital. It's just that I didn't expect Mr. Wang to come to Ba County with Master Duan and become my neighbor. ”

"I didn't expect Master Han to hear about Zaixia, and I was lucky to be in the next three lives."

Han Xiufeng knew very well that he and Xiangqing were wearing a pair of pants, and he didn't want to go around in circles, so he said meaningfully: "Mr. Jiang, Ming people don't say dark words, I can probably guess your intention." Now it's not peaceful today, not only is it not easy to do business in all walks of life, but it's also not easy for you to do it! ”

Jiang Zonghai hurriedly said: "Master Han Mingjian, I'm not afraid of Master Han's jokes, I really regret being this guest leader." ”

"The dispute between this guest has been fought for hundreds of years, and the long hair has been killed in Hubei, and there are also bandits in Guizhou in the south, and there are bandits all around, and the local gentry and businessmen of the eight provinces are still fighting in the nest, it is really sad to think about it."

Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, and continued: "In the capital, I and Master Han edited Ji Yunfei, Hanlin Academy reviewed Ao Tongchen and other fellow villagers, and never regarded Huguang Dao Imperial History Huang Zhongyin Huang as an outsider. After coming back, he also told the gentry who found Ciyun's hometown that as long as they live in my Ba County, the people who pay taxes in my Ba County are all from Ba County! If you really have to get to the bottom of it, let alone them, I'm afraid that even my ancestor Han Xiufeng moved from somewhere else, everything should be based on the overall situation, and there should be no more distinction between local customers, let alone the dispute between local customers! ”

"What Master Han said is extremely true, and the lower officials also think so." Xiangqing nodded, with a look of deep understanding.

Jiang Zonghai even got up and said: "Master Han is reasonable, and he will allow the merchants of the eight provinces to bow down in the next generation." ”

"Don't, don't, don't." Han Xiufeng motioned for him to sit down, and then changed his words: "But no matter what you say, the merchants of the eight provinces must also take into account the feelings of the local gentry more or less, if you respect me, I can respect you, right?" If everything is calculated and everything is-for-tat, it will only lead to restlessness. ”

"Master Han is right, in the next ...... I also feel that the Eight Provinces Xinggang has done a little too much in these things in the past few years. ”

"Actually, I don't mean anything else, I just hope that everyone can take a step back, after all, Ba County is so big, you can't look up and see you down, why do you want to look like an enemy?"

……

Han Xiufeng said a lot, but when Xiangqing and Jiang Zonghai listened to it, they suddenly found that they didn't say anything, or that they were doing peacemaking and making peace.

Just as he didn't know how to continue, Han Xiufeng picked up the teacup.

Xiangqing and Jiang Zonghai had no choice but to get up and retire.

Seeing off the two of them, it was dark, and they closed their doors to thank customers, and no matter who came, they would never see each other again.

Back in the main hall again, the second brother and sister-in-law had already helped Zhang Luo to make a table of banquets, Du San and Pan Er, who had not shown up just now, walked out of the inner house, looked at him and asked with a smile: "Second brother, there will be no more guests, right?" ”

"There won't be any more, and even if there were, we wouldn't see each other again." Han Xiufeng sat down and said with a smile.

After a long absence, Du San recalled the scene when he went to the capital to confess together, and sighed while helping Han Xiufeng, who was sitting in the main seat, pour wine: "There is a lack of big heads, if the big heads come back with you, our brothers will be able to make up." ”

"Yes, it's a big head." Han Xiufeng took the wine glass and said with a smile: "He doesn't know how nourishing his turtle son's life is, not only did he marry a daughter-in-law, he had a daughter, but he also climbed to the high branch of the Rongchang Ao family, and even became a third-class guard, what a fool is a fool." ”

"It's not you who brought it up, if it weren't for you, his turtle son would be able to live a good life now."

"It's not just the big head, you and I are not the same." Pan Er raised his glass and said very seriously and sincerely: "Fourth brother, I salute you." ”

"Okay, let's have a drink!"

……

Han Xiufeng was also full of emotion, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, he couldn't help asking: "Big brother, do you really plan to wait for me to sell the gun, and help 'Selling Chicken Shuang' to recover the gun money and go back to Jiangsu?" ”

Du San put down his chopsticks and said helplessly: "Second brother, you are involuntary in the officialdom, why am I not!" ”

"You don't have to lead the troops to fight, even now this division is named, and no one will say anything if you don't go back."

"It's okay if you don't go back, and as for the silver, I've made a lot of money in the past two years. But if you don't go back, there will be no one to do the errands and miscellaneous shopping in the Jiangnan camp. I, Du San, can have today, one is to rely on the second brother to carry me, and the other is to rely on the care of those fellow villagers in the Jiangnan camp, so I still have to go back if I think about it, and I can't let people think that I Du San only recognizes silver and does not pay attention to righteousness, and does not remember the friendship of fellow villagers. ”

"It's not a smooth ride back, you have to be careful."

"It's okay, I can walk around the places occupied by Long Hair, and besides, I have the guard given by Xiang Shuai." Du San smiled, and then asked curiously: "Second brother, don't patronize me, what are your plans next, whether to do this group exercise or not?" ”

Han Xiufeng muttered: "It depends on the situation, if the thieves and bandits in Guizhou are not very fierce, and there are not many places affected, then this group training will naturally not be necessary." If the thieves in Guizhou become more and more fierce, and become bigger and bigger like long hair, I can't sit idly by, after all, this is our hometown, and we can't let it grow bigger and then rush into eastern Sichuan to harm my hometown. ”

Pan Er couldn't help asking, "Fourth brother, will Cao Shuzhong let you do it?" ”

"Xiangqing is too lazy to care about the thieves and bandits in Guizhou, but Cao Shuzhong must not dare to just watch coldly, I estimate that he should let it go."

"So when are we going to do it, and what are we going to do?"

"Wait for Cao Shuzhong to beg us to do it," Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said: "Even if this regiment is trained, I don't plan to lead the regiment out of the province to help the officials and troops in Guizhou attack and suppress, but only help train a few battalions of township bravery, at most help garrison a few passes leading to Guizhou." ”

"Fourth brother, if you don't lead the troops, then who will lead the troops?"

"Changsheng, do you really think that I am proficient in the art of war, and that I am a victorious general who has won every battle?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, and said thoughtfully: "Guizhou is not only full of mountains, but I have never been there, and I am not familiar with the place, how can I fight this battle?" Therefore, it is better to train a few battalions of township bravery, and hand it over to Guizhou officials who have insight into the people's conditions and are familiar with the terrain to attack and suppress. ”

"Zhang Ying?" Pan Er asked subconsciously.

"Judging from the news you heard, Zhang Ying, the acting governor of Sichuan Dongdao, is a person who can lead troops. In short, if the thieves in Guizhou become more and more fierce and bigger, I will find a way to recruit and train two or three thousand villagers, let Gao Yunfeng take him to Guizhou to quell the chaos, and after arriving in Guizhou, everything will be at the disposal of Zhang Ying. ”

"Isn't this cheap Zhang Ying?"

"The first thing we want to think about now is to keep our hometown safe, not to make contributions, so we can't talk about who is not cheap."

"Handed over the township Yong who was trained by himself to the officials in Guizhou, and even had to pay the salary, can Cao Shuzhong agree?"

He should understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, and he should agree with it. As for the salary, it may be necessary for the state capitals of East Sichuan Province to advance a little, but as long as the township is sent out of the province to help quell the chaos with Guizhou, the food and salary advanced in advance will be earned back sooner or later. ”

"How do you make money?"

"I inquired that Zhang Qiang had been a governor of Weining, and Weining not only produced copper, but also produced the most copper in Guizhou! In order to sell copper to the Central Plains and to give the people of Weining one more livelihood, he once advocated the construction of a road from Xundian Prefecture in Yunnan Province to Weining Prefecture in Guizhou. ”

Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "Lead Guizhou produces more, and if there is copper and lead, you can mint money, and our Sichuan is as short of money as other places, and it is said that we even plan to mint a lot of money like the capital." I dare to conclude that as long as Guizhou is willing to give copper and lead, Cao Shuzhong will definitely be willing to send Xiang Yong to help Guizhou quell the chaos. Not only will you not lose money, but you may even make money. What's more, it was Guizhou officials who led the troops, and no matter whether this battle was won or lost in the future, it was indispensable for his Cao Shuzhong's contributions. ”

Pan Er didn't expect that fighting a war was also a deal, so he couldn't help asking, "Did you tell Cao Shuzhong about this?" ”

"No, this matter is not in a hurry, I have to see if Cao Shuzhong is good to get along with and whether he can have a deep friendship."