"Knock ——!"

"Knock ——!"

"Knock ——!"

As the drums stopped, the officials of the Ministry of Rites offered three sacrifices and looked up at the sky. The reading of the inscription began.

"The Northern Barbarian Huns are sexually tyrannical, not good. In the past, I committed the Great Zhou, and the ancestors were brave, and they drove to the north, and pursued them for hundreds of miles to punish them. However, God has the virtue of a good life, and Gao Zu could not bear to kill as much as possible, so he set it up as a constraint. The Xiongnu were not grateful, broke their promises, repeatedly violated our border passes, killed my people, and took away my treasures. It is to reinvigorate the army, guard my Great Zhou, and protect my people............"

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"King Ji Yuan of Jinjing, talented and handsome, thinks of the people. I thought I was handsome, gathered troops, went out to fight thieves, and restored the glory of my ancestors. ”

"May God bless the ——!"

All the officials shouted: "God blesses you———! ”

Ji Yuan was dressed in bright silver armor, and the brocade dragon sword at his waist was heroic.

"Soldiers, at this time, the Hun thieves are killing my compatriots and invading my territory. They forgot the pain, a hundred years ago, my Great Zhou went north for a hundred miles and wiped out the Huns. Now that the wounds have healed, they have forgotten the punishment that my Great Zhou brought them at that time. ”

"Therefore, Ben Shuai wants to take all your comrades to tear open the wounds of the Huns that have healed again, so that they can understand that whether it is a hundred years ago or a hundred years later, my Great Zhou is their inviolable existence."

"Gather all the best soldiers and good generals to avenge the dead compatriots."

"This battle will be won!"

Ji Yuan raised his sword aloft, his face flushed, and shouted loudly.

The herald ordered the general to pass Ji Yuan's words to the rear one by one.

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

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The morale of the soldiers was high, waving the blades in their hands and shouting in unison.

Ji Yuan looked solemn, drew his sword, and pointed to the north.

"Let's go!"

"Knock Knock Knock ——!"

"Knock ——!"

"Knock ——!"

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In a burst of inspiring war drums, nearly 20,000 people, including the auxiliary soldiers, carried the hope of the people, and marched out of the city gate and headed north.

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A few days have passed since the army set out, and the calm in the capital has returned to its former days. The only place that can be called unquiet is probably the coal shop opened by the smelting department.

There are more than a dozen such shops in the capital, there is no plaque outside the door, but there are always people in and out, on the contrary, it is the original coal shop in the capital, it can really be called a door, the guys in the store are sent out by their own shopkeepers, every day to look at this "simple" coal shop, but there is no way to change the status quo.

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"Bang ——!"

In a luxuriously decorated room, a big man with a meaty face slapped the table, shaking the fat on his face and trembling a few times.

The comical scene didn't attract the attention of the other people in the room, all of them frowning, thinking about something.

The big man was still very irritated and said, "Think of a way." In my opinion, I just led people to smash those stores, and the people in the stores all beat them up to see if they dared to sell them again? ”

Another middle-aged man dressed as a scholar in a Confucian robe sneered, "Ding Laosan, Ding Laosan, how did your brain grow, you haven't grown at all for so many years, you only know how to fight and kill." ”

When the big man known as Ding Laosan heard this, his face was angry, "Who are you talking about Xu Rong?" ”

"Okay, okay, does it make sense? Now it's time to talk about honeycomb coal. Leave that little matter to the two of you to settle in private. ”

Several others stopped the two from arguing.

"The man in charge of the 'coal shop' did not respond to our invitation at all. Alas, don't give us a chance to negotiate! ”

Seeing that the two no longer continued to fight, one of them spoke up.

"In that case, let's see what they are all about, and tomorrow, we'll invite Commander Yan to dinner."

One of the people sitting at the top spoke up.

This person seemed to have a lot of prestige in this group of people, and as soon as he opened his mouth, everyone echoed him.

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There are countless yamen in the capital, there are nearly 100 large and small, but there are only a few of them with larger functions, except for the six departments.

And Shuntianfu is one of them, in charge of the security of the capital. This is an important yamen, not to mention anything else, in this capital, the soldiers of Shuntian Mansion have the right to bring weapons to the streets. It can be seen that the power is great.

There is also a lot of work in Shuntianfu, from hunting down important criminals in the imperial court to dealing with scoundrels, all of which are under the control of the people of Shuntianfu. There are also subdivisions in Suncheonfu, where different things are assigned to different teams to do.

Yan Yue was one of the deputy commanders of the Shuntian Mansion Patrol Camp, and today, he received another invitation from a businessman, inviting him to drink at Jushun Tower at noon tomorrow.

Because of his position, Yan Yue inevitably has to deal with these merchants, and sometimes for some benefits, he will always give him some "small gifts", which is not a big deal, after all, this is the unspoken rule of Shuntianfu, and those who do business in the capital are under the control of Shuntianfu. The big merchants have their own gentlemen in the court to take care of, and the small merchants themselves can't look down on themselves, this coal seller Boss Xie is the one with the largest business among the merchants who often "respect" themselves at that time, in other words, Yan Yue's main "economic source".

Yan Yue had also heard about the honeycomb coal that was sold in Beijing recently, and before he could take a look, Boss Xie couldn't sit still and took the initiative to find himself.

Yan Yue sent the little guy who came to deliver the invitation, his rough fingers rubbing the bronzing pattern on the invitation, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.

"Then tomorrow, let's go to Jushun Building first."

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At noon the next day, Yan Yue came to Jushun Building on time, and saw a group of people standing at the door from a distance.

Seeing Yan Yue, Boss Xie and his others stepped forward.

"Commander Yan, little old man has been waiting for a long time."

Yan Yue hugged his fists and saluted, "I'm really sorry, there are a lot of official matters, so I have made you wait for a long time." ”

The crowd hurriedly returned the salute.

Boss Xie said: "Yes, business is important, business is important!" ”

"Commander Yan, please!"

"Thank you, boss, please!"

Enter the box prepared upstairs and sit down.

"Come, I salute Commander Yan for a cup, and thank Commander Yan for taking time out of his busy schedule to attend the banquet."

Boss Xie raised his glass first and said to Yan Yue.

"Boss Xie is polite, just based on the friendship between you and me on weekdays, I can't help but come!" Yan Yue laughed.

The crowd laughed a few times.

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"Is there something Boss Xie is looking for me today?"

After three rounds of drinking, Yan Yue felt that the time was almost up, so he asked first.

"It's nothing! I just wanted to thank Commander Yan for taking care of all of us on weekdays. ”

Boss Xie touched his beard and said.

"Oh?"

Yan Yue was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, he only heard Boss Xie continue.

"There is one more small thing, the thing is small and big, and it is big, it is also small."

Yan Yue smiled slightly, looking at Boss Xie without speaking.

Boss Xie coughed twice and clapped his hands. Outside the door, a servant brought in a wooden tray covered with a red cloth.

Boss Xie took the wooden plate and put it on the table,

"Has Commander Yan recently heard that a new coal seller has opened in Beijing, called honeycomb coal, saying that it is low-priced, smokeless and burn-resistant. Loved by the people. ”

Seeing Yan Yue nodding, Boss Xie continued: "Actually, we coal sellers know that there is such good coal!" It must be very harmful to the people's health! But we say, The people will not believe. Strictly commanding the country and the people, he will definitely not let this poisonous thing exist in the capital. ”

As he spoke, he lifted the red cloth, but on the wooden plate were rows of silver roughly counted, no less than ten, each of which looked like twenty taels of silver.

Yan Yue looked at this plate of silver, thinking in his mind, it seems that these coal merchants have lost a lot in the past few days, and they have actually made such a big deal.

After a moment, Yan Yue raised his head, "Is there such a thing?" Boss Xie, don't worry, I will definitely investigate thoroughly! ”

"In this way, thank you to Commander Yan."

"Boss Xie is polite, where is the responsibility!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and they tacitly agreed not to talk about it anymore.

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