Hou Liangzhu's big tent was in the middle of the entire camp, and as soon as he entered the big tent, the man on the main seat immediately stepped forward to greet Tang Xiuyuan, and laughed heartily: "Hahaha, Brother Tang, don't come unharmed." ”

Tang Xiuyuan was also smiling at this time, and stepped forward to firmly grasp Hou Liangzhu's hands: "Brother Hou, I haven't had time to congratulate you yet, I will call you Hou Dudu and Hou General in the future." ”

"Hahaha, let my brother smile, this is all the grace of God, plus with the help of you and other brothers, Hou can get what he wants."

Liu Ximing took advantage of the two to catch up on the old days and secretly looked at Hou Liangzhu, only to see that he was wearing a scarlet regular dress with an embroidered lion, a black gauze hat, a Chinese face with a dark and shapely, short hair like a needle, bright eyes, and a tall figure, the whole person was full of a sense of oppression.

In August this year, the imperial court promoted Hou Liangzhu to the governor of the left capital of the five armies, and in September he was crowned as the chief soldier of Sichuan, so now is the time when Hou Liangzhu is proud of the spring breeze.

On the way here, Tang Xiuyuan said to Liu Ximing that the reason why he and Hou Liangzhu were able to form an irreversible friendship was still a money word in the final analysis.

Now that the imperial court's finances are becoming more and more empty, even the salaries of the regular troops are gradually unable to be paid, and Hou Liangzhu's subordinates are all recruits, unlike the officers and soldiers of the guard station, who still have nominal income from Tuntian, if they are really cut off for a long time, it is not impossible to mutiny.

Tens of thousands of horses eat horses and chew at least tens of thousands of taels of silver a month, although the local government will also consider their own interests, and will also subsidize some silver money, but there is still a big shortfall.

At this time, in addition to finding money by himself, Hou Liangzhu had to rely on the support of businessmen like Tang Xiuyuan for other shortages.

In the past few years, Tang Xiuyuan has successively supported Hou Liangzhu for tens of thousands of taels of silver, of course, he is not at a loss, with Hou Liangzhu's soldiers and horses as the backing, the Tang family's trade routes in Chongqing Mansion are unimpeded.

But the key point is that Hou Liangzhu needs Tang Xiuyuan, but Tang Xiuyuan does not necessarily need Hou Liangzhu, with the backing of the Chu Palace, even if he takes the path of a magistrate, Tang Xiuyuan can also go.

Therefore, it can be said that Hou Liangzhu has been able to clean up the rout of the Lu'an Rebellion and repel the invasion of Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves in the past two years, which is indispensable to Tang Xiuyuan's contributions.

Hey, the military attache of the Da Meng Dynasty is bitter, not to mention that he has no status, Hou Liangzhu, who is the governor of the five armies, is placed in peacetime, and he has to be treated politely by being a prefect of the fourth grade, not to mention that he often has to beg his grandfather to ask his grandmother for money, so he still has to be a civil official.

Liu Ximing was thinking about it when he heard Tang Xiuyuan pointing at him and introducing him to Hou Liangzhu: "Governor, this is Tang's nephew, a person from Shunqing Mansion, surnamed Liu Ximing, his family has thousands of looms, and he can be regarded as a decent family, and I will ask the governor to take care of him in the future." ”

Seeing Tang Xiuyuan introduce himself to Hou Liangzhu like this, Liu Ximing immediately reacted, this uncle was helping himself and the official

In these years, there is no harm in getting acquainted with some military people.

Therefore, Liu Ximing hurriedly emptied the cranky thoughts in his mind, and bowed respectfully with his hand: "The prestige of the governor spreads far and wide, and the virtue spreads thousands of miles, breaking the barbarian soldiers, retreating from the thieves, and keeping the peace of Shu. ”

Hou Liangzhu's eyes lit up when he heard Tang Xiuyuan say that Liu Ximing's family had thousands of looms, this is a good leek, and now he heard Liu Ximing's tone respectfully, although the words he said were flattering, they did not seem flattering, better than those warriors who only knew what to say and admired the name of the governor for a long time, so much better that he didn't know where, he immediately became happy, and helped Liu Ximing up and looked at it carefully.

"Yes, yes, it is indeed a talent, since it is Brother Tang's nephew, then he is also the younger generation of the governor, and he can come to me directly if he has something in the future."

Liu Ximing was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him with a smile on his face.

Tang Xiuyuan pulled Hou Liangzhu to gossip and boasted for a while before turning the topic to the topic: "Dudu, but I don't know which part of the people is near Hezhou recently?" ”

"Oh? It should be the commander of the Chongqing Wei Command, Wei Ze's department, this guy was afraid of the enemy a few days ago, and I participated in a book, and I don't know whose way he went, but he was only reprimanded by the military department, I thought he was annoyed, so I sent him to the Hezhou garrison. ”

Hou Liangzhu said a person's name without thinking, and seeing Tang Xiuyuan's contemplative expression, he asked with some curiosity: "What's the matter, Brother Tang has a holiday with him?" If that's the case, I'll clean him up for you later. ”

"Hahaha, the governor has a heart Tang has received it, I have nothing to do with this guard commander, I was just entrusted by someone to inquire." Tang Xiuyuan hurriedly laughed to cover it up.

Hou Liangzhu was a little skeptical.

Seeing this, Tang Xiuyuan had no choice but to change the topic: "Governor, Tang has occasionally felt unwell recently, and the materials purchased by the prince have not yet been prepared, and he plans to spend a few days in Chongqing. ”

"Eh, it's inconvenient to say anything, I'll order someone to vacate a place to come out, and you can just move in." Hou Liangzhu was magnificent, and directly ordered his men to prepare.

Liu Ximing was a little dumbfounded, and the officers and soldiers of the Da Meng Dynasty were really casual.

As the so-called embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an anthill, freezing three feet is not a day's cold. It can be seen from these details that although the current recruitment of the imperial court is still excellent and daring to fight, first, the military regulations are not strict, I am afraid it will be difficult to fight a hard war, and secondly, the financial affairs of the imperial court continue to deteriorate, and when the natural disasters are further expanded in a few years, the imperial court will be depleted, and I am afraid that these warlike soldiers will also disappear.

After waiting for Hou Liangzhu's big tent in the Chinese army, Liu Ximing asked Tang Xiuyuan a little strangely: "Uncle Shi, why don't you talk about Wei Ze's unauthorized use of troops and horses, if you think that if the court investigates it, it will be difficult for him."

Excuse yourself. ”

"What's the use of saying it, do you have any evidence? If it weren't for him, it would be just a matter of life. Besides, if this Zuo Du Du knew that we were involved in such a big deal, it is also two to say whether he would be so dedicated to helping. Besides, this trip is not for nothing, if it is really found out that it was indeed Wei Ze's department last night, then it is not difficult to inquire about the person who exonerated him in the military department, and when the time comes, maybe he can really find some clues. ”

This is indeed the truth, Liu Ximing thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but admire Tang Xiuyuan's old and far-reaching planning.

The efficiency of things in the barracks is quite good, Hou Liangzhu gave an order, and immediately a partial general who managed the camp arranged for people to vacate a vacant space on the far left side of the camp, and Tang Xiuyuan and others lived in the barracks that night.

When he arrived in Chongqing, Liu Ximing was idle all of a sudden, he wanted to find an opportunity to take out the goods collected on the ship and return them to Tang Xiuyuan, who knew that as soon as he got up such a head, Tang Xiuyuan immediately shook his head like a broken wave.

"I can't help it, I can't help it, since I have already enshrined the immortals, where do you dare to ask for it without permission. It's just a little possessions, if it can be exchanged for the blessing of immortals, it will be a blessing for eight lifetimes. ”

Liu Ximing laughed in his heart, your bribes were sent to the heavenly court, seeing that Tang Xiuyuan was indeed sincere in refusing to resign, Liu Ximing didn't ask more, just as Tang Xiuyuan contributed to the construction of socialism.

However, after he entered the space at night to take inventory, he felt that these wealthy businessmen were really wealthy, and the big ship that Liu Ximing was riding on was the main ship, and all the more precious goods were placed on it.

He roughly counted it, there were about 2,000 horses of high-grade Shu brocade, worth 10,000 taels of silver at the market price of five taels and one horse, and 5,000 horses of medium silk Luo, worth 15,000 taels of silver. In addition, there are countless luxury goods such as benzoin, lazuli, agate, and jadeite transported into Sichuan from Shaanxi, Yunnan and other places, which are worth at least 20,000 or 30,000 taels.

Liu Ximing's excited hands began to tremble, where had he seen so many treasures piled up together in a modern little silk, and now that he thought that all these things belonged to him, he couldn't wait to pounce on them immediately.

"Calm, calm, brother is a person who does big things, these are small scenes in the future, sprinkle water."

Liu Ximing kept comforting himself, and finally slowly controlled his emotions.

After being excited for a while, Liu Ximing suddenly thought of a question, these goods are not easy to get rid of now, and they can't be sold under the nose of Tang Xiuyuan, so who are you.

And the home-grown cloth has to pretend to find a boat to toss upside down, low-key is the king.

In this way, Liu Ximing could only follow Tang Xiuyuan to live in Chongqing for a few days, but in addition to looking for goods to go home, arranging ship camouflage and other things, in line with the principle of making good use of every opportunity, he scattered Su Yan and others all and went to the barracks.