After sending away Qin'er and Ren Yu'er, who was crying with joy, Han Xiufeng picked up Dean Gu's letter again and read it. The reason why I didn't give the letter to Ren Yu'er just now was because the letter was not written to her, and because Dean Gu mentioned one more thing in the letter.

Her two cousins, who had fled to Taizhou to avoid trouble, returned to Yangzhou to find that their home had been destroyed by the war. Even if the original shops have not become ruins, in today's Yangzhou City, don't want to do business as before, life can't go on, and Yu Sangu's idea was raised.

At the beginning, Yu Sangu thought that they were also their own family no matter what they said, as long as they found Hai'an, they would receive some rice and noodles, and sometimes even give money. I never thought that they were not strong enough to swallow elephants, and they actually wanted to occupy Yu Sangu's bit of property and want to eat the household!

As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized, Yu Sangu never dared to tell Dean Gu and Yu Qinghuai, until they dragged their family to Hai'an, not only did they not leave, but Yu Sangu asked for silver, house deed, and even planned to drive Yu Sangu, who was pregnant with Liujia, back to her mother's house in Jiaogang, Dean Gu only knew about it.

Locals naturally want to help locals, not to mention that Yu Sangu is not an ordinary local. Dean Gu was furious, and immediately asked the young Zhuang of the Baojia Bureau to beat up the Ren brothers, and coaxed out of Hai'an together with their wives and children.

Unexpectedly, they didn't give up, so they asked someone to help write a letter to go to Taizhou to sue Yu Sangu, and claimed that if Xu Ying, who was acting in charge of Taizhou affairs, didn't care, he would go to the prefect's yamen to beat the drum and voice his grievances.

Although Xu Ying was at odds with Guo Peilin, he didn't want to offend Guo Peilin because of this matter, so he sent his family to Hai'an to discuss with Dean Gu, asking if they could take a step back, and planned to let Yu Sangu give the Ren brothers three or four hundred taels of silver for private.

Dean Gu naturally wouldn't agree, but according to the example, the little property of Yu Sangu is the property of the Ren family no matter how it comes from! Now that Ren Yaen is dead, there are only two women left, Sangu and Ren Yu'er, not to mention that Ren Yu'er is not in Hai'an, even if Ren Yu'er is in Hai'an, she can't speak as a woman who wants to marry after all, and the same is true for Yu Sangu.

Just when Dean Gu was so angry that he wanted to label the extremely vicious Ren family brothers as bandits, and wanted Lu Daming and Liang Liu and Liang Jiu to tie up the Ren family brothers back to Hai'an, Yu Sangu gave birth and gave birth to a boy.

Ren Yaen has an heir, this incense has not been broken, Hai'an's property will not fall into the hands of others, and the Ren brothers will be unknown. However, the premise of all this is that Yu Sangu cannot remarry, in other words, Yu Sangu's determination to keep Ren Yaen is really helpless.

Ren Yaen's two cousins, Han Xiufeng had seen them a few times when he was in Hai'an, thinking that he felt that people were okay at that time, but now he was doing such a hurtful thing as eating out of his household, Han Xiufeng's mood was really not good, and he was feeling sorry for Yu Sangu who was going to live at a young age, and the big head shouted at the door: "Fourth brother, Master Wang is here!" ”

"Yes, please." Han Xiufeng relieved himself and subconsciously put down the letter and stood up.

Wang Qianli smiled and patted the arm of the big head, walked into the study and asked, "Fourth master, haven't you finished reading the letter from Lao Yu?" ”

Han Xiufeng not only knew that Yu Youfu had given him a hometown, but also gave it to him first when he came from the capital, and couldn't help but point to the letter on the case and said: "Dean Gu, the letter between Master Guo and Qinghuai hasn't had time to open yet." If you don't talk about that, how did you have to come here? ”

"Fourth master, don't make fun of me, what can happen to my little yamen, didn't you just receive a letter from home, and I want to come over to discuss with you."

"What are you discussing?"

Wang Qianli sat across the desk and said with an embarrassed face: "Isn't this your light to be judged in Shangzhou, and the dog thinks that I have become a big official, and wants to come to Zhili to reunite with me." I'd like to discuss with you whether or not to let them come, and I'd like to ask you to help me get an idea. ”

Han Xiufeng was happy, pointed at him and said with a smile: "Qianli, you are now a serious court official, and you have your own yamen in Zhuozhou, which is in charge of both river affairs and local money, grain, taxation and criminal lawsuits. Although he is not a Zhengyin official, he is not much different from a Zhengyin official, but the place under his jurisdiction is not as big as the main hall of a county, and the military and civilians under his jurisdiction are not as many as the main hall of a county. It's normal for families to come to reunite, but you still need to discuss this with me? ”

There are no outsiders here, Wang Qianli has no scruples, and said bluntly: "Fourth master, it's not that I don't want them to come, but I don't know how long this state sentence can last!" ”

"With Master Shi here, what do you have to worry about?"

"I naturally don't have to worry about Master Shi here, but what if Master Shi is suddenly transferred? Fourth master, I found that this official is really not easy to do now, not to mention anything else, as far as our river is concerned, how many states, state judges, counties, and lords have changed this year. ”

"Nowadays, the officials of the various yamen are changed a little frequently, but you are different from those who are trying out, your original crown was given by the emperor, and not long ago you worked hard before the battle, even if the new Daotai does not let you do Zhuozhou Prefecture Judgment again, he will give you individual errands."

Thinking that Han Xiufeng only had few soldiers under his command and did not lose his position because of this, Wang Qianli muttered: "Since you said so, then I will send them a letter and ask them to arrange their family affairs properly and come to Zhili for reunion." ”

"Or write it here with me, write it and let Uncle Yu help you send it back to Rishengchang."

"It's okay, I'll borrow your pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and you can continue to read the letter and talk after reading it."

"Okay, we're going our own way."

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Guo Peilin only talked about his recent situation in a few words in the letter, saying that Pan Er had already acted as the ambassador of the Salt Division of Shangjiaoxie, Xu Ying climbed the high branch of Yang Nengge, and did not mention the matter of acting Taizhou Zhengtang with the governor of Yangzhou Mansion. Yu Qinghuai said a lot of things about Taizhou and even Yangzhou in the letter, and Han Xiufeng frowned slightly.

After Wang Qianli finished writing the letter home, he couldn't help but ask: "Fourth master, what's wrong, is there any bad news?" ”

"Qinghuai said that the war in Yangzhou was not good, and said that if it goes on like this for a long time, Yangzhou City may not be protected."

"What's wrong?"

"After Changmao retreated to Guazhou, Zeng Lichang, who had been guarding Yangzhou for more than half a year, took thousands of soldiers from Guazhou to the north, intending to rush to the aid of Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, there are not many thieves in Guazhou, but Qi Shan, Chen Jinshou and Lei Yicheng are still besieging and not attacking as before."

"It is also expected to besiege but not fall, those soldiers under them can also fight a good battle, it is okay to encircle and encircle, it is difficult to expect them to attack!" Wang Qianli thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Don't talk about Qi Shan, it's just that the monk king and Shengbao are not the same, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang have less than 2,000 soldiers left, and they have already run out of ammunition and food, but they still watched Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang break out of the encirclement with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and fled all the way from Fucheng into Shandong, and fled to a place called Lianzhen. ”

Han Xiufeng shook his head: "The enemy of Guazhou is different from the isolated Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, Guazhou is not only on the riverside, but also close to Zhenjiang and Jiangning, Qi Shan just surrounded the long hair entrenched in Guazhou on three sides, and the waterway was not broken at all. If the Hong bandits send reinforcements from Jiangning or Zhenjiang to Guazhou by water, and kill them like Zeng Lichang last time, do you think Qi Shan, Chen Jinshou and Lei Yicheng can resist it, and Yangzhou can still hold it? ”

"Difficult!"

"That's it, so Qinghuai is very worried about the brothers who were taken by Zhang Yiguo to besiege them."

Concerning the safety of Taizhou, Wang Qianli asked eagerly: "Fourth Master, do you know these things?" ”

"Qinghuai knows, can Lord Guo know?" Han Xiufeng sighed lightly and said helplessly: "But Qi Shan is the minister who is in charge of Jiangbei's military affairs, Qi Shan besieges but does not attack, what can Lord Guo do, he can only prepare for the worst." ”

"What are your plans?"

"Contact Zhang Yiguo privately, let Zhang Yiguo keep an eye on it, even if he is caught off guard by Changmao, he must take his subordinates to the Fairy Temple or Wanfu Bridge. At the same time, we will step up the recruitment of young people, train the villagers, and be ready to help at any time. ”

"So it's killing and killing, and it's the same as the year before!"

"Well, it's just that I was the one who made these preparations the year before last, and now it's Lord Guo who is making the worst plans."

"Old ghost Xu, isn't he acting in Taizhou again, he can't do nothing."

"Yangzhou has been recovered, and Taizhou is so far away from Yangzhou, he is now sitting back and relaxing, busy suppressing the mob, and busy helping Yang Nengge raise food and salary."

"It's a shame that he has been an official in Yangzhou for so many years, and he can't see the hidden worries, it's really a mouse's eye!"

"If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own politics, so I won't talk about this," Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, and his words changed: "Qianli, you came just in time today, in fact, I also have something ready to discuss with you." ”

"What's the matter?" Wang Qianli asked subconsciously.

"You just said that you don't know how long this state sentence can last, but in fact, I don't know how many days this South Bank Hall can do now. If the imperial court let me go to another place to lead the troops as before, it would be fine, but if I was given a separate errand and no longer let me lead the troops, what would Chen Hu, Ji Daji Er and Ge Erxiao, the brothers brought from Hai'an, do then? ”

"Fourth Master, did you hear any rumors?"

"I haven't heard of the rumors, and there is no news, but I just think that Chen Hu and they are all officials now, either they are the president or the president, and they can no longer say that they can go with me like before, so I feel a little unsure, so I want to make some preparations."

"Then what should I do, they finally became officials, they can't just let them resign, right?"

"People go to high places and water flows to low places, how can I let them resign. I think so, now the river camp has so many family members, no different from the previous river camp, rather than let them all stay in the ancestral family field, in case the war is tight and they are transferred, it is better to sprinkle them out and divide the flood land as before. ”

Thinking that it was Han Xiufeng who proposed that he would no longer be stationed in the flood division at that time, and even sold the barracks of the government offices along the river, and now he proposed that it was obviously inappropriate for the soldiers to be stationed in the flood division, Wang Qianli suddenly reacted, and couldn't help laughing: "This is a way, and it is not difficult." Fourth master, if I go back, I will ask the North Bank Department, saying that the materials on the river section are often stolen, please send 100 soldiers to garrison on the river embankment. ”

"Divide it into several floods as before, and it is enough to send a dozen soldiers to garrison each flood, and don't concentrate too many people."

"Understood, but there are not many people on your side!"

"I don't have anything to do here, since I don't have anything to do, why do you want so many people to do it?"

"Okay, I'll do it when I go back, it's just that Master Shi ......"

"I'll go and say it over there, Master Shi," Han Xiufeng smiled and said, "The remaining two hundred or so people in the river camp will be very happy if they are assigned to each section of the river to garrison as before, and will be under the control of Guan He Tongju, Guan He Prefecture and Guan He County, and Lord Bo Temperance along the river." ”

"He is naturally happy, at least he doesn't have to worry about letting him help with food and salary, but in this case, how can you explain to the emperor."

"Almost all the soldiers who can fight have been transferred, do you think the emperor and those princes and ministers in the capital will still remember my river camp?" Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said: "In short, the emperor has nothing to worry about, as long as Chen Hu and Ji Daji are settled, I will be relieved, and you will not be shameless to see Jiangdong's father when you return to your hometown in the future." ”

Thinking that Chen Hu and Ji Daji and the others were not only brought out by Master Han from Hai'an, but also his fellow villagers, Wang Qianli muttered: "This is not only your business, but also mine. Fourth master, you put a hundred hearts, as long as I, Wang Qianli, am on an errand in the river, even if I try my best to protect Chen Hu and Ji Daji. ”

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