Lowering the curtains of the car windows, Cui Wenqing yawned and fell on top of the soft collapse, and said lazily: "Now that the bully is out, the whole world celebrates, it's really happy!" ”

Lotus Ye knelt beside Cui Wenqing, gently pinched his shoulders for him, and said with a light smile: "This time my uncle has really done a very happy good thing, now the people in the city know that it is the uncle of the folded family who has defeated Bao Hegui, and the wine shop and teahouse are all telling the legendary story of your uncle, and many businessmen are remembering your great kindness and virtue." ”

"Oh, that's such an exaggeration?" Hearing this, Cui Wenqing couldn't help laughing.

"Of course, in the eyes of Lotus Ye, Uncle you are really a great hero." Lotus Ye's eyes were full of admiration, and he said excitedly, "You not only brought our He family's cloth village back to life and earned a lot of silver taels, but also defeated the wicked people who bullied us." ”

"Haha, I'm not as good as you say." Cui Wenqing shook his hand and smiled, but secretly swore in his heart: This is just the beginning, Lotus Ye, I will definitely defeat Zhe Weiben, complete the promise between Zhe Zhao, and help you get back the deed of sale! Then you will be free.

At the end of the hour, the wagon rumbled across the Yellow River and drove to a snow-covered valley, where a cavalry of about 500 men was waiting.

These cavalrymen are all Yinshan Huma, wearing red soft armor, with a Mo knife straddling a flashing cold light at their waists, and the big banner with the word "fold" on their heads fluttering in the wind.

Cui Wenqing knew that this was the Zhizhao personal guard battalion, which was personally led by Mu Wan, although there were only five hundred people, but the combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and he could kill a few back and forth among thousands of troops.

Zhi Zhao didn't say much, waved his hand and ordered the guards to set off, along the official road that was almost submerged in the snow, and headed in the direction of Taiyuan Mansion.

Fuzhou is more than 300 miles away from Taiyuan, and at the speed of 100 miles per day, it takes three or four days for the convoy to arrive.

At night, the cavalry found a gentle slope sheltered from the wind and the sun and set up camp, and brought charcoal and firewood for making a fire, and after a while, the flames immediately lit everywhere in the camp, like stars in the sky, and brought warmth.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhi Zhao ordered the guards to cook a pot of ginger soup to ward off the cold.

She remembered that Cui Wenqing was also tired from the boat and car for a whole day, so she said to Mu Wan: "Xiaowan, go and ask your uncle to come over, I have something to explain to him." ”

Mu Wan nodded, walked out of the tent, and walked in with Cui Wenqing a moment later.

"Whew, this guy's so cold."

Entering the camp tent, Cui Wenqing immediately couldn't help complaining, untied the wind and snow cloak on his shoulder, shook off the falling snow on it, and turned around to see Zhi Zhao leisurely sipping ginger tea, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Lady, don't you have any wine tonight?" ”

Zhi Zhao said lightly: "The march is like a war, and the commander does not drink alcohol during the march, which is also the rule of the whole army of the Zhenwu Army." ”

"Oh, I see, but I'm not a member of the Zhenwu Army, so this rule doesn't control me." Cui Wenqing smiled a little luckily, and after sitting down on the case, he clapped his hands and ordered, "This ...... General Mu, please bother me to burn a pot of wine, how can I warm up without drinking in winter! ”

Hearing this, Mu Wan glanced at him, but he didn't move.

Zhe Zhao frowned slightly, and said solemnly: "Since you are my husband, you are also a member of the Zhenwu Army, and you must abide by the rules that you can't drink." ”

"Huh? Do you need it so seriously? Cui Wenqing suddenly turned into a bitter gourd face.

Seeing his sullen appearance, Zhe Zhao couldn't help but smile, raised the teacup in his hand and said, "Although there is no wine, ginger tea is in sufficient supply, husband, drink tea with me." ”

Cui Wenqing had no choice but to appoint the head.

After silently sipping a cup of hot tea, Cui Wenqing suddenly felt that the cold on his body was swept away, and he remembered Shi Cai Mu Wan's herald, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "By the way, you said that there is something to explain to me, I don't know what?" ”

"That's right." Zhi Zhao put down the teacup and said, "There are two main purposes for coming to Taiyuan Mansion this time, the first is that I have to discuss with Hedong Road Jinglue Mansion about the preparation of Western Xia and Liao in the coming year, which involves a lot of military secrets, and it is inconvenient to let my husband and Wen Wen, so I can only ask my husband to wait for me in the post house." After saying that, he smiled apologetically.

Cui Wenqing bowed his head and said: "It's okay, Lady Dudu, you go and talk about your business, don't worry about me, I'll just go out to play by myself, speaking of which, I've never been to Taiyuan City." ”

Zhi Zhao glared at him and reminded in a deep voice: "It's okay to play, but you can't get into trouble." ”

"You know, you are not annoying, do I look like a person who often causes trouble?"

"In addition, the second thing is related to the Zhenwu Army, and I also need your help."

Speaking of this, a trace of sadness appeared on Zhi Zhaoqiao's face, and he sighed lightly: "Our Zhenwu Army has a strength of 30,000, but the actual number is not less than 50,000, and the military rations given by the imperial court have been distributed according to 30,000 people, so the grain of the Zhenwu Army has been very tight, and the Fuzhou area is not conducive to farming, and the method of tuntian can only solve the urgent need, so the supply of military food for the Zhenwu Army still needs these grain merchants on Hedong Road, and this time I will also meet with these grain merchants to come out to negotiate and see how much grain can be bought from them for the next year." ”

Speaking of this, Zhi Zhao hesitated for a while, and suddenly said truthfully: "In the past, this matter was originally the responsibility of Zhi Weiben......

Hearing this, Cui Wenqing immediately understood, and asked with a narrowed eye: "Speaking of which, I'm afraid that I will encounter a lot of trouble when buying military rations this time?" ”

"Yes," Zhi Zhao nodded, "and during the last celebration banquet, you also offended Liang Qingchuan, the largest grain merchant on Hedong Road, Liang Qingchuan has a transcendent status among the grain merchants, and I am afraid that they will make it difficult in every possible way." ”

"That'...... Lady, have you ever thought about changing to someone else to provide military rations? ”

"The husband does not know about the transportation of grain, as the saying goes, there is no grain for thousands of miles, so the grain transportation operation is generally completed by the local grain merchants, even if it is the military food allocated by the imperial court, it is mostly provided nearby, and it will not be transported for thousands of miles, so we can only buy grain from the grain merchants on the Hedong Road."

Cui Wenqing was silent for a while, and sighed with a smile: "In this way, it is indeed a little troublesome, lady, you are busy with your affairs first, and when I think of a good way, let's go and meet those grain merchants together." ”

Zhi Zhao nodded, and his mind could only be like this.

Three days later, the carriage arrived in Taiyuan, and Cui Wenqing and his entourage settled in the post house.

That night, Tong Zhou, the envoy of Hedong Road, personally led the military and political officials of Taiyuan Prefecture to wash the dust for Zhezhao in the post house.