Chapter 167 Xinzhi County

Zhang Chengye had been waiting outside for more than an hour, and he could only paced around under the escort of two cavalrymen, without even drinking a sip of tea.

He sometimes even wondered if Liu Chang wanted to get rid of the debt of 1,500 silver yuan, so he wanted to take the opportunity to solve him, so he took a sharp step and walked out, but he didn't take a few steps, Zhou Xiuying was already holding a horse chopping knife to block the avenue in front: "You can't go, I have to see you at the checkpoint!" ”

You also know that the inspector wants to see me! Zhang Chengye said while slandering: "I want to see my brothers!" ”

Zhou Xiuying's horse chopping knife was cold, and she didn't know how many people's blood had been cut, so she shouted coldly: "I want to see you at the checkpoint, you can't go anywhere!" ”

As soon as he saw that he was isolated from his brothers, Zhang Chengye remembered many terrible stories that had been circulated in Taiyong, and he asked tentatively: "Then give me a cup of tea to drink!" ”

"Okay!" Zhou Xiuying called a cavalryman over: "Get him a pot of tea, it's okay, his brothers have settled down, we must arrange good food and drink to satisfy them!" ”

Zhang Chengye was finally a little relieved, but he wondered if this female general was deliberately appeasing herself and taking the opportunity to get rid of her subordinates, just when he was anxious, he saw Kochi County coming out of Liu Chang's house.

Although it was sunset, the spiritual strength of Kochi County was not simple, and I saw him walking out with his head held high, as if he had become a groom official again, obviously gaining some great benefit from Liu Chang: "Damn Kochi County!" The thief won't tell me a word, or we can conspire to make a big deal!" ”

Thinking that he had been waiting outside for more than an hour, but this thief's Kochi County was so proud of the spring breeze that made him very unhappy, but fortunately, Zhou Xiuying shouted: "Boss Zhang, I want to see you at the checkpoint, come with me!" ”

Seeing that she was holding a horse chopping knife in one hand and a horse saber hanging from her belt, Zhang Chengye followed behind Zhou Xiuying very respectfully, muttering in his heart: "I don't know if Liu Chang recognizes this account?" You don't have to kill people for 2,000 silver yuan! ”

When he entered Liu Chang's command post, he saw Liu Chang shaking hands with him very warmly: "Brother Zhang, I've kept you waiting for a long time, there are really some important things to deal with, so please wait for two hours, some of you can't stand you!" ”

Zhang Chengye originally wanted to play a majestic role, but when he thought that Zhou Xiuying's horse chopping knife was behind him, he immediately replied to Liu Chang: "It's okay, it's okay, check the military plane, I'll wait for a while." ”

He immediately brought up the old matter again: "Check, I opened this Huangyan County reward, you have already mentioned it when you were in Ruian, today I met the battalion commander Qu Jie, and he even promised to give me a reward of 2,000 silver yuan, do you see if this money can be scraped together?" This time to open Huangyan County, many of his brothers were injured, and they were in urgent need of decoction and compensation! ”

"Okay!" Liu Chang agreed very happily: "It's that Camp Commander Qu is too ignorant, how can such a great feat be worth two thousand silver yuan, it's too ignorant!" ”

Zhang Chengye begged for a bag for peace: "Then there is no need to criticize Camp Commander Qu!" ”

After sitting on the cold bench outside for an hour, he had realized that the distance between himself and Liu Chang was getting bigger and bigger: "If it doesn't work, just give 1,500 silver yuan, deduct the 500 silver yuan in advance, and give me 1,000 silver yuan!" ”

Liu Chang disagreed, he said repeatedly: "No, no, the five hundred silver yuan is just a ceremony I sent to Brother Zhang, why should Brother Zhang care about this Cheng Yi, today you opened Huangyan County for me, and saved hundreds of casualties for my Hong Army, and the meritorious service is outstanding, so I have to be rewarded." ”

After thinking about it for a while, he offered a price that Zhang Chengye couldn't even think of: "What do you think of five thousand silver yuan?" You're welcome, but you must take it! ”

As soon as he opened his mouth like this, Zhang Chengye was really a little embarrassed: "Check, a small credit, not enough to worry about, how can I use so much silver, I am neither a maxima, nor a Bole." ”

Liu Chang immediately smiled and said, "Then even if I buy horse bones, I want to discuss it with your brother." ”

Zhang Chengye felt that Liu Chang's smile didn't seem to have good intentions: "If the inspection is not enough, we can discuss it well." ”

Liu Chang told Zhang Chengye at this time: "The money is indeed a little nervous, but how can I not let Brother Zhang and his brothers shed blood and tears, I have already thought about it, the five thousand silver yuan will be paid in two batches." ”

Zhang Chengye didn't dare to talk back to Liu Chang, he immediately agreed: "Everything is subject to inspection, but what kind of batch payment method?" ..., Liu Chang told Zhang Chengye: "The first batch of 1,500 silver yuan was paid to Brother Zhang first, and I was a little nervous, so I could only pay so much for the time being." ”

In fact, there is more than this amount of silver in the treasury of Huangyan County alone, but Liu Chang naturally has his intentions: "The remaining 3,500 silver yuan, I am a little nervous at hand, so it is good to pay it in December, pay Brother Zhang 300 silver yuan every month, and the extra 100 silver yuan in the last month is interest." ”

Zhang Chengye calculated, in this way, he could indeed get 5,100 silver yuan, but he did not break Liu Chang's promise of 5,000 silver yuan, and even gave an extra 100 silver yuan, but he asked in a rat's head: "Can you take the 300 silver yuan in the first month now?" ”

"It's me who wants to mess with the pool!" Liu Chang replied to him: "This time, Brother Zhang will take 1,800 silver yuan first, and I will immediately ask people to prepare this money!" ”

He shouted out the window: "Sister Tinglan, prepare 1,800 silver yuan for me first, and I will give it to Brother Zhang Chengye Zhang." ”

Zhang Chengye glanced out the window, shrank his head, and asked again: "This 300 silver yuan a month is not the salary to hire our brothers, right?" ”

Liu Chang immediately denied: "The emperor is not a hungry soldier, if I want to hire Brother Zhang's brothers, of course, according to your Taiyong's rules, pay food and salary day by day according to the number of people, and never let Brother Zhang suffer a loss, but now the money is a little out of hand." ”

Zhang Chengye already understood that Liu Chang didn't have money, but wanted to pull his team to their Hongjun, but it was okay, there were three hundred silver yuan to support every month, so he deliberately said: "This three hundred silver yuan a month, can you act as my minister's money, don't make it public for the time being?" ”

For Liu Chang, this is better: "This is very good, this time to recover Huangyan, Brother Zhang has made outstanding achievements, and the brothers' soup and medicine expenses and bereavement benefits are all paid by me, as long as you ask our Hongjun's newly appointed Huangyan County for reimbursement." ”

For Zhang Chengye, this saved another amount of expenditure, so he immediately asked: "I don't know who the new magistrate is?" ”

Liu Chang told him not to worry: "I haven't chosen a candidate for the time being, if there is a candidate, I will notify Brother Zhang as soon as possible, by the way, the matter of hiring Brother Zhang's brave team, you can also find him to do it when the time comes, how about eating and living and firewood every month, and then giving four taels and two cents of silver?" ”

This treatment is very good, Zeng Guofan created the Hunan army, and its biggest weapon is four taels and two cents of silver per month, which is much higher than the green battalion garrison and even the horsemen, but Zhang Chengye wants to bargain with Liu Chang: "Zhuang Yong can take this number, but a leader like me can't, and can I settle it every day, do it a day?" ”

Liu Chang bargained with him: "You can talk to the new magistrate about these things, Brother Zhang, are you willing to come to me to work for a period of time?" ”

Although it is said to be a "short-term job", Zhang Chengye also feels that he has nowhere to go, in order to covet the reward, he has successively acted as an internal should open the two county towns of Ruian and Huangyan, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty has paid a lot of money to reward his head.

What's more, Huangyan County is his hometown, and his role as Liu Jue's household should be known to everyone, and he can no longer go around like before, so he can only follow Liu Chang with an iron heart: "Willing to the extreme, just check the adult, just one point, you must not owe us our money." ”

"Absolutely!" Liu Chang agreed, and he looked out the window and asked, "Is Feng Sixian here?" ”

Shi Tinglan replied to Liu Chang: "It's already here, wait outside for a while!" ”

Feng Sixian was a little excited, he didn't know why Liu Chang came to him, but he heard Shi Tinglan say that it seemed to have something to do with the personnel appointment, no wonder it was the matter of transferring back to the Dragon Lance Battalion?

As an old man in the dragon gun battalion, although he may be demoted to become a company commander when he is transferred back to the dragon gun battalion, he is still very willing to serve as the company commander of the dragon gun company.

If you don't go back to the Dragon Lance Battalion, what kind of arrangements do you have for yourself, is it to go to the Dragon Lance Regiment Headquarters to assist Qu Jie, or to set up a new battalion head?

He was waiting outside, but Zhou Xiuying put down the horse chopping knife and drank tea with him, although the two of them are not a system, they can also chat a few words.

Just after chatting a few words, Shi Tinglan over there had already come over: "Deputy Feng Ying, I want to see you!" ”

Feng Sixian stopped thinking, and immediately got up and followed Shi Tinglan into the command headquarters, and said in his mouth: "Trouble Miss Shi!" "Salute!" ”

Now the Hongjun has a bit of the temperament of a modern army, eliminating the traditional kneeling salute of the Qing Dynasty barracks, after Feng Sixian entered the door, he immediately performed a standard military salute: "Feng Sixian, deputy commander of the Huang (Yan) Tai (Ping) Independent Battalion, has seen the inspection!" ”

"Sit down!" Liu Chang immediately instructed him: "Do you still recognize this Brother Zhang Chengye Zhang?" ”

Feng Sixian was very impressed by Zhang Chengye, who helped Hongjun open the county seat twice, and immediately got up again and waved his hand: "Brother Zhang Chengye and Brother Zhang have helped our Hongjun a lot, Sixian naturally knows it!" ”

It's just that he doesn't understand that Liu Chang left Zhang Chengye to meet him, although he commanded a lot of Taiyong, but he is by no means a big man worth mentioning, from his appearance of the rat's head and rat brain, Liu Chang will definitely not use Zhang Chengye's team of Taiyong to build a battalion of people, but Liu Chang came to him to know Zhang Chengye, and he must have a deep meaning.

Liu Chang asked again: "It's quite enjoyable to set up a team in the independent battalion and the retirement season, right?" ”

"Good cooperation!" Although he really wanted to go back to the Dragon Lance Battalion, as soon as Liu Chang mentioned this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I have a good cooperation with Battalion Commander Shi. ”

"That's good!" Liu Chang then told him: "I came to you just to ask you, are you willing to do Huangyan County?" ”

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