The officers and men of the Datou and Ji Daji second-class salt fishing battalions waited for Zhang Zhigao to breathe in Taizhou, so as to escort more than 30 mouths up and down Zhang's family and Zhang Zhigao's coffin along the Salt River to Hai'an, and then go to Tongzhou via Hai'an.

Wang Qianli and Yu Qinghuai have no friendship with Zhang Guangcheng, and there is no need for gentry like them to escort this kind of thing in person, they handed over the prisoners mentioned from Shao Bo to Pan Er and came back, and as soon as they came back, they worked with Han Xiufeng and Dean Gu to prepare for the two Huai salt transport envoys Guo Peilin.

The town was too noisy, and there was no decent house, and even the yamen of the inspection department was dilapidated, so everyone decided to ask Lord Guo to stay in Fengshan Academy like last time.

Although Fengshan is only a dirt mountain, although the buildings including the academy are not carved beams and painted pillars, and there are no pavilions and pavilions, it is better than the many trees on the mountain and the mountain is lush, at least in Hai'an, this place is the most beautiful place. And there are not so many idle people, so it will be very quiet to live in the mountains.

Li Zhiyong took people to Rugao early in the morning to pick up the driver, but he didn't expect that as soon as he left on his front foot, Han Chen, the new ambassador of the Acting Anfeng Field Salt Division of the Lianghuai Transportation Judgment who accompanied Lord Guo's inspection, sent someone to Hai'an to report the news, saying that Lord Guo would leave from Rugao after breakfast, and he would be able to go to Hai'an at noon, so that everyone would wait by the Yunyan River.

Because of this, all the officials, including the Hai'an Inspector Fang Shimei and the two members of the Hai'an Sampling Committee of the Lijin Bureau, came, and lined up by the river to greet them.

Han Xiufeng's official residence is from the fifth grade, and he naturally stands at the forefront.

Dean Gu and Jing Hua, who was wearing a cloth iron armor and an iron helmet, were lined up on the left and right, and the people relied on clothes and horses to support the saddle, so he really had the demeanor of a military general. But it just looks glamorous, in fact, Jinghua has been chattering and complaining.

"Fourth master, I really can't bear it, I can't lift my arm because it hurts, I can't take a step if my leg hurts, and when I see Lord Guo later, I don't know if I can take a step and raise my arm to salute his old man......"

"It's only been a few days since it hurts?" Han Xiufeng will be skeptical.

"Conscience of heaven and earth, I can't even get my rice bowl in the morning, I don't believe you ask Su Jueming!" Jinghua said with a sad face.

Thinking that it would not be easy for a person like him to wear armor and run dozens of laps around the threshing floor every day, Han Xiufeng felt that his words should not be false, and his arms and legs should be really painful, but he did not agree with him to go back to remove his armor, but said step by step: "Jinghua, I know that you have suffered in the past few days, but this crime is worth it!" If you don't get a little guilty, how can you stand here so majestically. ”

"Just looking at the majesty."

"It's not easy to look majestic, if you don't even look majestic, just like when you first came, you can get into the eyes of Lord Guo?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, and then said, "As long as Master Guo thinks you can do it, then the lack of the salt fishing camp is yours." From now on, you will be the face of my two Huai Salt Transportation Divisions to arrest private individuals, so naturally you will be majestic, and even if you can't bluff those thieves and private tyrants when you go out, you must be able to bluff those civil and military officials who don't like us. ”

Jinghua was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he asked curiously: "Fourth master, who eats bear-hearted leopards and dares to look at you unpleasantly?" ”

"There are a lot of people who look at me unpleasantly, to be exact, they look at our red eyes."

"Why do they look at us red-eyed?"

"This reason couldn't be simpler, if you think about it, the same court officials, the same green camp in the economic system, they want to fight with the bandits, not only do we not need to, but we can also investigate the smugglers and seize the salt to make a small fortune, do you think they will be red-eyed?"

"Oh, that's true!"

"So after you become the boss, you have to give me a prestige if you are not prestigious. Whoever dares us to fight the bandits, tell him what we do. ”

"What if they say it's a military affair, a military order?"

"Is it true that just because they have military affairs, we have no military affairs? Their military affairs are to suppress bandits and quell chaos, while our military affairs are to investigate smugglers and suppress all fields. Each does its own thing, and the well water does not interfere with the river water. If anyone takes chicken feathers as an arrow, you can reason with him, and if the reason doesn't make sense, you don't care about him, and we will continue to do what we should do. ”

"If he says that I disobey orders, he will punish me and punish me?" Jinghua asked.

Han Xiufeng lifted the hem of his armor and said with a smile: "What's wrong with disobedience, resist and resist, it's not so easy to investigate you, and to cure your crimes." Show your yellow belt and let him go to the Zongren Mansion to sue, only the emperor and the Zongren Mansion can cure your sin in the world. Even if you really report to the Zongren Mansion, there is nothing to be afraid of. You didn't plot rebellion, how could the emperor embarrass you, at most punish you with some officials, and you won't even be banned. ”

Jinghua thought about it carefully, and found that this was indeed the truth.

As long as he doesn't rebel, the fact that a clan like him has committed something is nothing, even if he kills someone on the street, he will be banned for a month or two at most. If you are really caught by those imperial historians, you will only be sent to Shengjing. It is impossible to kill the head of the clan to pay for people's lives, after all, it involves the face of the royal family.

The more Jing Hua thought about it, the more he felt that if he could find this shortage, not only would this errand not be dangerous, but he could even really make a fortune, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "Fourth master, look at it, as long as I, Jing Hua, can be the capital of the city, even if Qi Shanlai doesn't want to transfer our salt fishing camp to fight with the bandits!" ”

"Okay, I'll see."

Dean Gu had never seen such a living treasure, and thinking of what Wang Qianli and Yu Qinghuai had said, he couldn't help but take over the conversation: "Fourth master, Qianli said that the smuggler surnamed Xu not only did not repent, but it was endless. Although Li Xiucai is not a good thing, he can be said to be killed, and he deliberately showed us what to say, saying that he would charge some interest first, how ruthless you say he is. ”

Han Xiufeng looked at the mouth of the Tongyang River from afar, and said lightly: "The surname Xu is not to worry, your boss can rest assured." ”

"Fourth master, they all say that it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain, even Zhang Guangcheng does not dare to take him lightly, you have to guard against it."

"Dean Gu, this matter is not as simple as you always think." Han Xiufeng looked back behind him, and saw that Fang Shimei and the others didn't dare to approach, so he explained with a smile: "The reason why Zhang Guangcheng is in a hurry to leave is indeed a little worried that the surname Xu will chase and kill, but he is more worried about Xu Ying. ”

"As soon as his father dies, Xu Ying will come to act as the agent of Taizhou?"

"If it is put aside, Xu Ying may not be able to act as an agent. But now is not what it used to be, Lei Yicheng can be the majority of the affairs of Yangzhou Mansion, he and Xu Ying are fellow villagers, and they will definitely help so much. ”

"Xu Ying is indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp, but even if he can act in Taizhou, Zhang Zhigao will be dead when he arrives, how can he not deal with a dead man!"

"Under normal circumstances, you can't deal with dead people, otherwise you will be laughed at. But Zhang Zhigao will not die like this, and Zhang Guangcheng will not just go. I bet that Zhang Zhigao had already asked Zhang Guangcheng to send away the tax collector collected in the first half of the year, and no matter who came to be the main hall in Taizhou, he would have to face a deficit of tens of thousands of taels. If you are someone else, you may only be able to suffer this dumb loss. Xu Ying is not a master who is willing to suffer a dumb loss, he will definitely try his best to get the silver back from Zhang Guangcheng to make up for the shortfall. ”

"I said that Zhang Guangcheng was so anxious, it turned out that he was worried about this!"

"You're old enough to know."

"Fourth master, but you obviously know that he Zhang Guangcheng is going to take away half a year's taxes from the whole of Taizhou, why do you still send someone to send him away?"

"He didn't want to take it away, but he rolled it away early, and he couldn't squeeze a few taels of silver even if he deducted it, since he couldn't squeeze out the silver, why not be a favor." Han Xiufeng looked back at Dean Gu, and said with a wry smile helplessly: "Actually, this is not an uncommon thing, even if Zhang Zhigao leaves office safely and peacefully, instead of dying in office, he will still do this." Therefore, it is not an easy task to hand over the main hall in any state or county, and it is almost all about bargaining. ”

"It's the first time I've heard of it!"

"It's a tacit thing, where do you know." Han Xiufeng touched the corners of his mouth, and continued: "As for Xu Lequn killing Li Xiucai, he showed it to us, but more to show it to his subordinates. It's not easy to be an official, it's not easy to lead the troops, not to mention that his subordinates are all people from the Salt Gang, if he doesn't avenge Jiang Changgui, the leader of the Salt Gang who died in the hands of Zhang Guangcheng, who will obey him? ”

"But he can't get an inch to provoke you!"

"If he doesn't provoke me, who else can he provoke, or will it work to provoke others?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile and said: "In other words, this is really a way for his subordinates to have one heart, but it's a pity that he is shrewd, but he can't understand the truth that wolves can only eat meat when they travel thousands of miles, and dogs can only eat when they travel thousands of miles." ”

Dean Gu couldn't help but smile and asked, "Fourth Master, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Don't look at his jumping joy, and don't look at Yang Yizeng, who seems to value him, but I dare to conclude that in Yang Yizeng's eyes, he Xu Lequn is not even as good as a dog."

"How is it possible, Qianli said that Yang Yizeng had already spoken, and planned to let him rebuild the middle camp of Hebiao."

"So we don't need to talk to him, I don't believe you will always walk and see, the day Yang Yizeng asked him to rebuild the middle camp of Hebiao is the time for him and his gang to fight the bandits. He Xu Lequn is cannon fodder in Yang Yizeng, even if he finds out that Yang Yizeng doesn't treat him as a person at all, and goes to the bandits, the bandits will not treat him as a human being, and they will treat him as cannon fodder. ”

Thinking that the imperial court would not believe in a private lord like Xu Lequn at all, and Hong Xiuquan, the bandit leader who established himself as the king in Jiangning City, didn't even believe in those subordinates who were not in Guangxi, and would not believe in a private lord like Xu Lequn, Dean Gu suddenly realized, shook his head and smiled: "It's really not a matter of worry, this surnamed Xu is really a dog who can only eat for thousands of miles!" ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

Although Jinghua didn't know what grievances the person surnamed Xu had with the fourth master, he had already memorized the name Xu Lequn, and secretly thought that if he could meet him in the future, he would definitely help the fourth master vent his anger.

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