Chapter 41: The First Entry into the Prairie (2)
Chapter 41: The First Entry into the Prairie (2)
The sky was dark, Liu Mo was dealing with chores in the official residence, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps from far to near:
"Lord Liu, it's a great thing~"
Liu Mo looked up at the person, knowing that it was the person who sent the letter to Xu Qing who had returned, and asked in a low voice: "Oh? What does that kid say? ”
"Lord Liu, that kid said that after three days, the salt was not ready, so he took the initiative to resign!"
"Three days! Are you sure you heard it right? Liu Mo stood up violently and said, "How is it possible!" ”
"Isn't that right? Lord Liu, I think that kid doesn't want to be an official in the first place......"
Liu Mo's face was cloudy, and it took a long time before he spit out a sentence: "Why don't you want to be an official, I think that Xu Tingshi is trying to trap me in injustice~"
"This ......"
"If you get 10,000 catties of salt in three days, can manpower do it? That kid made this oath so that everyone in the officialdom could see that I was persecuting him, and that I was trapped in injustice. Liu Mo guessed. It's no wonder that Liu Mo can guess 10,000 tricks that Xu Qing can use, and he can't guess that Xu Qing can get together 10,000 catties of salt.
"That kid is so deceitful, what can he do about it?"
"In the future, smart is smart, but there is still a lack of sophisticated ......" Liu Mo stroked his long beard and smiled: "His plan is just to win sympathy by imposing it on him because of this matter, if I don't force him, but plead for him?" ”
"Oh? If this is a missed military period......"
Liu Mo said without hesitation: "It's good to miss the military period, when the time comes, put the responsibility on him, let Liu Zan clean him up, and I will also have a reputation for caring for my subordinates......"
"Dong Weng clever plan...... "The dog knows that the master has taken the idea, so he naturally wants to flatter. Whether this plan is good or not, no one knows.
A day passed, two days passed, and Liu Mo was about to write down a document to comfort Xu Qing when the little guy came to report:
"Xu Tingshi personally escorted 10,000 catties of salt, and it has already arrived thirty miles away!"
Liu Mo was shocked when he heard this, thinking that there was something wrong with his ears, and after asking repeatedly, he was sure that Xu Qingzhen had come with 10,000 catties of salt.
But he still couldn't figure out how Xu Qing could conjure up this 10,000 catties of salt!
Buy? Where does so much money come from? Didn't Xu Qing rob all the Cangzhou salt stores? I can't grab so much!
From Cangzhou to here, it takes a day or two to walk, and now Xu Qing has brought salt thirty miles away, that is to say, Xu Qing has prepared salt in one day......
Could it be that this Xu Thorn History really has an immortal method?
Impossible, isn't it...... Sea salt, right! It must be sea salt! To be able to make up such a large amount of salt, it must be sea salt. This Xu Thorn Shi is playing a side game, and he wants to be shoddy! That's the only way to explain it......
"Hehe, 10,000 catties of salt, the quality is not good, but ......it has to be folded," Liu Mo said secretly.
According to the usual price, ten catties of sea salt are not as good as half a catty of white salt. In this way, Xu Qing's 10,000 catties of white salt shrank to 500 catties, see how he explains.
After waiting for a few hours, Xu Qing and his entourage arrived at the outskirts of Guo, Liu Mo listened to the words of the little maid, straightened his clothes, looked like a loyal elder was about to mention his juniors, and took his subordinates to greet Xu Qing.
So why did Xu Qing come in person? He wanted to go to the grasslands......
Cangzhou goes to Youzhou, but half a month, to half a month, back to half a month, stay for half a month, and return to Cangzhou before the New Year.
He wrote a secret recital and sent it to Chang'an, and Li Yuan carefully calculated the first batch of salt, which was considered to be cleared.
And he personally carried the salt, not afraid of being intercepted by officials along the way, and he could send all of them to the front line, which was responsible for the front-line soldiers, after all, Xu Qing was born in the government soldiers, and he was in love with incense.
It is the end of autumn when the cattle and sheep are fat, and they can also trade with outsiders and exchange more than 1,000 cattle and sheep back.
After going out for so long, Xu Qing didn't feel at ease at home, so he arranged all the cattle and grazing around Cangzhou City to protect Xun Xue'er and others. Xun Xue'er didn't worry about Xu Qing either, so she asked Huang Shimei to go with Xu Qing......
One day of preparation, the next day of departure. Hundreds of carts, escorting troops, a full 2,000 people, a long woolen thread.
When he went to Hejian, which was the temporary Southern Hebei General Administration, Xu Qing sent someone to report to Liu Mo, saying that he wanted to exchange for documents.
Liu Mo didn't need to go out to greet Xu Qing, but he was so surprised that he forgot about this stubble for a while, and stood outside Hejian City with a cadre of officials in the governor's mansion. After understanding it, it was already a dilemma. Fortunately, Xu Qing came relatively quickly.
Only 500 people were left to escort them, and thousands of guards were stationed in the distance, and they did not show up. Xu Qing saw Liu Mo and the others from a distance, and took the lead and walked to the edge of Hejian City. For this Liu Mo, Xu Qing is not very cold, 10,000 catties of salt can be all distributed on his head, plus Liu Zan's hint, what kind of good bird can Liu Mo be in Xu Qing's heart?
"Xiaguan Xu Qing, sent 10,000 catties of salt to ...... as ordered" Xu Qing got off the horse and bowed his hand to the official at the head, but he didn't worship.
"Bold, when you see Shangguan, how can you not bow down?" An official who was traveling with Liu Mo pointed at Xu Qing and drank.
Xu Qing glanced at the man and secretly moved him to the blacklist. Liu Mo is just from the fourth grade, Xu Qing is also from the fourth grade, Liu Mo is a Shangguan, but he is only one level older than Xu Qing. In the officialdom, the first grade is considered big, and the first grade is really not counted. Besides, Xu Qing is still the founder of the county, what kind of thing is this Liu Mo?
Xu Qing then said confidently: "I am the founding county uncle, I'm afraid you can't stand my visit, right?" ”
"You ......" The man listened, and it was not easy to refute, he didn't know how much more noble he was compared to the lord and the official.
"Okay, Xu Tingshi has solved a big problem for Bendao, so don't embarrass him in the details......" Liu Mo spoke, not in a good mood. Xu Qing heard the meaning of his words: This Xu Qing doesn't know how to be polite, he shouldn't worship if he should worship, for his hard work, don't care about the details. Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to embarrass him, hit him seven inches!
Sure enough, someone understood and said to Xu Qing: "Xu Tingshi prepared 10,000 catties of salt in one day, I admire it, but this salt is also good and bad, Xu Tingshi beware of the shoddy people below......"
Liu Mo glanced at the person who spoke quietly and nodded. Beating one's own children and other people's dogs is an officialdom trick.
"Dare to ask what kind of salt is good, and what kind of salt is secondary?"
"Fighting water and two salts, those who don't see sediment can ......"
Can you get Xu Qing under this condition? Xu Qing laughed and said, "Hahaha, what does Lord Liu think?" ”
"This official agrees......" Liu Mo also nodded, the army eats salt, and there is no sediment.
"Okay, please look up!" Xu Qing stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please.
Liu Mo was shocked again in his heart, this sea salt is not clean, Xu Qing can have such confidence, is he pretending, or is it really true?
The truth is revealed immediately......
Salt, snow-white salt, even though I only opened one packet, the light reflected was dazzling...... This salt, if someone still says that the quality is not good, I am afraid that there will really be a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
Liu Mo was dizzy for a while, and said in his heart, this is the terrifying life of the future. He said to Xu Qing: "Xu Tingshi is really powerful, I don't know if the old man may help Xu Tingshi one or two?" ”
"Lord Liu has an overreputation, and the officials are just asking for a paperwork."
"Okay, okay, handle it ......immediately" Liu Mo came back to his senses, and suddenly remembered that he could detain half of the 10,000 catties of white salt, and couldn't help but turn sadness into joy: "Come on, go and take over these salts, and prepare a table of good wine for Xu Tingshi!" ”
"No, no, Lord Liu, this batch of salt needs to be escorted to Youzhou by me personally......"
"What?" Liu Mo's face sank when he heard this.
Xu Qinghao did not back down, and emphasized: "I said, I will personally escort this batch of salt......"
After Xu Qing finished speaking, an official immediately jumped out and said to Xu Qing: "No, Xu Tingshi, as the head of one party, how can he easily travel far away?" ”
Xu Qing chuckled: "Hehe...... Then dare to ask, is there still a little bit of troops in the Hejian garrison that can be dispatched? Such a huge amount of salt, if it is robbed by bandits, can the black gauze hats of everyone present be saved? ”
Liu Mo waved his hand and drank: "Nonsense, the whole territory of southern Hebei, the whole territory is clear, the people are simple, where are there any bandits!" Besides, we don't have soldiers, so can Xu Tingshi be able to take the troops in his hands? ”
Xu Qing smiled secretly, the bandits in Cangzhou are like that, are other states and counties clean? It's obviously a mess of porridge, but it still needs to be covered with that fig leaf. Xu Qing stretched out a finger:
"Not much, a thousand horse infantry troops are three miles away......"
"It's nonsense! Ten soldiers leaving the country is like a rebellion! ”
The military discipline of the Tang Dynasty is indeed like this, the mobilization of government soldiers requires the tiger talisman sent by the central government, and the state soldiers need the authorization of a governor, and the document that Xu Qing asked for is this.
"Isn't it just for you to ask for paperwork from the deputy director......"
"I won't give it to you!"
"If you don't give it, you won't give it, I went to Youzhou first, and asked Mr. Liu to ask for one, and I was in a hurry, and the court blamed me, so I pushed it to Lord Liu, you......" Xu Qing looked like you love to give it or not, I want to go anyway.
In Liu Mo's opinion, it was just a stinky face, and he said angrily: "Someone, this person has privately mobilized troops to become a thief, and arrest this thief!" ”
The officials who followed Liu Mo moved, and they wanted to catch Xu Qing. Xu Qing took a step back and said unhurriedly:
"Are you sure?"
At this time, the people behind him who were carrying salt suddenly burst out with a fierce aura, these hundreds of people turned out to be veterans who were injured and retired on the battlefield!
The two sides faced each other, and it looked like a fight was about to start. It's going to be a fight, but it's a big joke. An official was busy being a good person and persuading both sides, although Liu Mo was angry, he also knew that the matter was serious, and said to Xu Qingdao:
"Do you have to go?"
"You have to go, you have to ......"
Liangliang muscles are easy to speak, and in less than a pillar of incense, Liu Mo wrote the paperwork, stamped it with the official seal, and sent it to Xu Qing. Xu Qing took a look at it, and there was nothing wrong, so he praised Liu Mo's good words, and took his subordinates out of the river, leaving behind an indignant but helpless Hejian official.
"Hmph, look at how Cangzhou will turn upside down after you come back......" Liu Mo looked at the back of Xu Qing's convoy, and couldn't see what he was thinking.
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