August 26, Guangdong.

In Chang'an, Shenjing, in August, is already full of chrysanthemums and yellow leaves.

The girls and ladies who were weaker had already changed into thin jackets, but in Guangdong, it was hot.

Officials, scholars, and wealthy merchants wore silk gowns, while ordinary people wore short clothes, and coolies were shirtless.

Guangdong is different from Guanzhong, Guanzhong snow and freeze in winter, large households can prepare some ice cubes in the winter to hide in the ice cellar, and take them out in the summer to escape the heat.

In the summer in Guangdong, you can only drink some herbal tea, and then try to ensure that you don't move, otherwise you will be covered in sticky sweat if you move a little......

It is not until sunset and dusk that this centuries-old ancient city will enter the time of bustle and noise.

People who had been trapped by the heat wave for a day poured into the streets to enjoy the coolness, and the excitement was endless.

Although Guangdong is not as huge as Shenjing and Chang'an, it has a population of hundreds of thousands, and is one of the few big cities in the south of the Great Qian.

The pattern of the city is similar to that of the big cities in the world, and Chang'an is also taken as an example: the east is rich and the west is expensive, and the south is poor and the north is cheap.

In the southern city, most of them are inhabited by some extremely poor coolies or craftsmen.

They live in low huts......

And such an urban area for the common people is the least liked by most officials and servants, because there is no oil and water to fish.

Most of the officials who were assigned here were unlucky ghosts who had nothing to do with or did not make offerings, such as Shen Yan, who was in charge of the hundred households in Jinyi in the southern city of Yuezhou.

The Jinyi army began from the Holy Ancestor Dynasty, and the king was set up for the ears and eyes to be intelligent, and not to be blinded by the Holy Hearing.

In the Zhenyuan Dynasty, it prospered with the power of King Wu to expand the territory.

The capitals of the eighteen provinces in the world and the two prefectures of Suyang have set up thousands of households to monitor the world.

If it weren't for the great changes of thirteen years ago, it might have expanded to one hundred and forty prefectures......

However, due to the special status of the Jinyi pro-army, it plays a surveillance role and is also detached from the local judiciary, so it is not liked by local officials.

In order to ensure the loyalty and purity of the brocade system, the brocade pro-army adopts a hereditary inheritance system.

At the peak of the brocade, it was difficult for others to enter this system, and only the children and grandchildren of the old people in the brocade could directly join the school captain, and then slowly be promoted to make a fortune......

Over the past few decades, there have been many brocade families, such as the Shen family.

The Shen family was actually a brocade family in the capital, because Shen Yan, the head of this generation, was extremely outstanding when he was young, and was valued by the Jinyi commander at that time, so he was transferred to Yuezhou and prepared to be cultivated as a thousand households in brocade.

The thousands of households in a province were no less important than the feudal officials in the Zhenyuan Dynasty, and they were full of oil and water.

It's just that after the change of Jinyi in the Zhenyuan Dynasty, everything came to a standstill.

Shen Yan has also gradually sunk from a hot rookie in the Jinyi pro-army for more than ten years.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, even Han Tao wouldn't have believed it, the high-spirited and ambitious young man back then would be the old man in front of him who was sitting cross-legged on the mat, opening his mind and enjoying the cool with a fan......

"Brother Shen, do you remember it? Hehe. ”

Han Tao, who was dressed in Cantonese-style ordinary clothes, looked at Shen Yan who was enjoying the shade under the big banyan tree with complicated eyes, looked at his gray hair, and asked.

Shen Yan suddenly heard the official words, he was stunned at first, and then stared at Han Tao, his dark and thin face wrinkled, and he was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't believe it: "You are...... Old Han? Surprise appeared in the cloudy eyes!

He didn't expect to see his childhood friend in his lifetime.

Han Tao didn't lose his temper, and after looking around with a dry cough, he said in a low voice: "Old Shen, is there a place to speak?" ”

Shen Yan is an old man in brocade in the end, he knows no less than Han Tao, his expression quickly returned to normal, and after glancing at the three people standing faintly not far away, a gleam flashed in the old man's eyes, and he nodded and said, "Please inside." ”

After that, he led the way in front and led people to a red-tiled courtyard......

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"Brother Shen, let me introduce you, this is our new bell head! Rongguo Mansion Cheng second-class Yongyi Uncle, Jinyi Commander Jia Cong Jia! ”

After entering a simple but clean hall, before he sat down, Han Tao hurriedly introduced him.

When Shen Yan heard this, the mountain lines on his forehead deepened, and he looked at Jia Cong, and his eyes did not hide his suspicion and anger at all.

For a descendant of a family of brocade clothes, a person who was born, grew up in brocade, and aspired to brocade, Shen Yan felt sad to have such a hairy boss on the stall......

But think about it again, since the great change thirteen years ago, the Jinyi pro-army in the capital has almost existed in name only, and it doesn't matter if you change such a person to be the boss.

If the left and right hairs do not pay money, they can only rely on the thousands of households in other provinces to raise their own funds, and they have lost their authority.

Thinking of this, Shen Yan bowed down with a cold expression: "I have seen the commander of the commanding envoy. ”

Han Tao was eager to see this, and wanted to remind him one or two, but was stopped by Jia Cong's look.

Jia Cong didn't call out, but asked straight to the point: "Shen Baihu, this seat has to be rewarded, Nie Qiong, a thousand households in Guangdong Province, is greedy and shameless, and the methods of looting the people are ruthless, colluding with the giants of the family, harming the people, and bending the law, is this true?" ”

Listening to Jia Cong's calm and calm words, Shen Yan's heart suddenly jumped.

He thinks that he has read all the ups and downs of the world, and has seen countless people's faces.

When he saw Jia Cong before, he was full of thought that he was a gentleman who relied on his ancestral family background to mix wealth and wealth.

But at this moment, he instantly overturned the judgment just now, and thought that the person in front of him was not simple.

The steadiness of that unhurried tone means that there is a strong faith.

Although he was in a high position in his speech, he did not have any tendency to show off his pretentiousness.

The opening is a clean and straight to the point......

This kind of bearing can't be faked.

Are the young people in the capital so powerful now?

Seeing that Shen Yan was actually in a faint trance, Han Tao stomped his feet anxiously.

It's not all about taking care of the old people back then, childhood friends.

Han Tao determined that after the reconstruction of Jinyiwei, the internal sphere of influence should be redivided.

He and Yao Yuan, the envoy of Nanzhen Fusi, are two mountains......

Jia Cong made it clear that he wanted to use their old relationship as a foundation, and whoever had a reliable relationship would be more important in Jinyiwei in the future.

The power of the husband comes first, and Han Tao can't get rid of such thoughts.

Now that he has the lead, he can't let such a good opportunity turn into a bad thing.

What's more, Han Tao also knew that Shen Yan's talent was by no means inferior to him.

Han Tao lowered his voice and said, "Old Shen, my lord is ordered by the emperor to go south with the sword of the Son of Heaven and rebuild the Jinyi Guard. The first thing is to sweep away Shen Ke and innovate the atmosphere! Have you forgotten the oath we took back then? Are you really going to eat in this place and wait for death, is it not as good as your majesty's vision in the palace...... What do you say? ”

Shen Yan was about to answer, but saw Jia Cong wave his hand lightly, and after looking around in the hall, he asked again, "What about your subordinates?" Are you alone in the 100 households? ”

Shen Yan's face changed when he heard this, and he said with some bitterness: "My lord, my humble subordinates have all gone outside to beg for a living......

Jia Cong's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and asked, "What kind of life are you begging?" ”

Shen Yan sighed and said: "Ten years ago, the thousands of households in Guangdong Province could not issue all the silver, eight years ago there was only half a salary, and five years ago there was not even half a salary. ”

Jia Cong didn't look shocked, as if expected, he nodded and continued to ask, "What about you Nie Qianhu?" ”

When Shen Yan heard this, he sneered and said: "He has a big shoulder and a round waist, and he is abducted and cheated, coupled with prostitution, gambling and human market trading, the Nie family is now a wealthy family in Yuezhou City." ”

Jia Cong said: "So, the report I received is true? ”

Shen Yan was silent and nodded.

It's just that he looked at the two young people beside Jia Cong, one was crippled and the other was decrepit, and he couldn't guess what Jia Cong could do......

Even if the Jinyi pro-army is decayed now, Nie Qiong has more than 200 people under him.

Fifty of them are elite players.

Jia Cong ignored the look of doubt in Shen Yan's eyes, and asked again, "How many people do you have...... If you take Nie Qiong tonight, will you be able to control the situation in Qianhusuo? ”

Shen Yan's face was shocked when he heard this, his eyes looked at Jia Cong with more and more horror, and said in a deep voice at Han Tao's urging: "Counting the dogs, there are only thirty-eight people under the lowly subordinates......"

Jia Cong frowned: "You have a hundred households, and there are thirty-eight people under you?" ”

Shen Yan said bitterly: "There is no silver ......" and said with a straight face: "My lord, although there are only thirty-eight people, they dare to guarantee their duties, and they are all loyal and brave people who are loyal and brave in brocade clothes!" Otherwise, it would never be today. Moreover, although there are more than 200 people under Nie Qiong, there are more than 100 people who only take normal money as errands, not confidants. Only the fifty wrestlers directly under the command of the Nie family are the backbone of it, and they will not leave the Thousand Households easily. Therefore, as long as these fifty people are taken, it is not difficult to control the thousand households. ”

Jia Cong nodded when he heard this, and said, "It seems that Nie Qiong is also afraid of death......

Shen Yan gritted his teeth and said: "How can you not be weak in your heart when you do this bad thing?" In the city of Yuezhou, there are thousands of people who hate its immortality, and they are called 'Nie people and ghosts'. ”

Jia Cong looked at the drowsy sky outside and said softly, "At this time, will they go out to enjoy the coolness?" ”

Shen Yan shook his head and said, "The more this time, the more they will not go out." In the past few years, there were often people who hated Nie Qiong deeply and wanted to assassinate him at night, so he became more and more cautious. However, this kind of thing is very rare in recent years, and the usual vigilance is not strict. However, I heard that Nie Qiong had a child for his third-room concubine today, which is actually collecting money.

Outsiders will not give a concubine a life, and those invited are his henchmen......

Today, we must all be here to drink and get drunk! ”

In the end, Shen Yan's voice even changed a little.

The eyes are nervous and expectant, as if they have reached an important juncture in their lives!

Jia Cong did not disappoint, he still looked at Shen Yan calmly, smiled slightly, and said, "Speaking of which, we and Nie Qiong can also be regarded as colleagues in the same system. Since we know that Nie Qian's family has a happy event, we can't help but have a show. Shen Baihu listens to the order! ”

When Shen Yan heard this, he clenched his fists and said sharply: "Humble duty!" ”

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Let people prepare two carts of firecrackers, go with this seat to Nie Qianhu to say hello, and wish him a long life and a hundred years old, and wait for all generations!" ”

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ps: Sorry for being late, because there was something yesterday, and I couldn't stay up late, so I didn't finish it, and the next chapter is also evening, I'll adjust it as soon as possible, sorry.