"This is Liu An, he will go with you when you take office in a few days! When the time comes, he will help you in the affairs of sea trade! He Shen said slowly, "If you go to Fujian, do things carefully, if someone makes things difficult, take my film to find Yang Tingzhang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, or Wu Shigong, the governor of Fujian, and forgive them for seeing my face and making it easier for you." ”

Qian gave Xin Yan to accept He Shen's film, and said a few more gossips, Xin Yan got up to say goodbye, and Liu An followed him out of the study, "But I don't know what Mr. Liu and Mr. Liu are called?" Manager Liu is Liu Quan, Heshen's housekeeper.

"Don't hide it, Mr. Liu is my uncle!" Liu An boasted, "I lived in the same courtyard with Mr. Liu when I was a child, and then my parents separated when they went elsewhere, and last year I finally asked me to find out the whereabouts of Mr. Liu, so I was able to reunite." ”

Oh, this is just a poor relative who came to Liu Quanfa after he was developed, and he doesn't look like a shrewd person, so when he goes to Fujian, he will be raised with good food and drink! Xin Yan made up his mind, "It's a long way to Fujian, Mr. Liu has worked hard all the way, why don't I go east to Bada Hutong tonight to set up a table, and ask Mr. Liu to appreciate his face!" ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" , As soon as he heard that Liu An of the Eight Hutongs agreed, nephrite jade was in his arms on the wine table, and after a while, Liu An and Xin Yan called him brother and brother, "Brother Yan!" To be honest, I really don't want to go to Fujian this time, how prosperous this capital is, there are so many places to eat, drink and have fun; There are poor mountains and bad rivers in Fujian, and there are pirates, what fun can there be? Why don't I go and talk to Manager Liu, you can stay in the capital and be a Beijing official, and if you have to take care of your lords, it is not just around the corner to be promoted and make a fortune? And why go to that broken place to suffer? ”

"Now that the holy decree has been issued, it is not easy to shirk, I want to stay in Fujian for a year or two to do a good job with the adults, and the adults will promote me back to Beijing!" , Xin Yan said perfunctorily, "Although Fuding County, where I am located, is dilapidated, but Fuzhou is also a big city, and there are many interesting places in it. ”

As soon as she said that the girl Liu An was energetic, her eyes lit up and she looked at Xin Yan, "Brother Yan, which path should we take when we take office?" According to me, it is better to take the Grand Canal, all the way to take a boat than to take the land is much more comfortable, and when you arrive in Yangzhou, you might as well go to see Yangzhou thin horse? ”

The Ming and Qing dynasties of Yangzhou salt merchants monopolized the salt transportation industry in the country, the waist is full of thousands of dollars, rich in the world, the luxury of life can be comparable to the royal family, their wealth has also fed a large number of industries that survive on their side, "raising thin horses" is one of them, first funded the poor family in the good face of the girl to buy back and then adjust, teach them to sing and dance, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, grow up and sell with the rich as a concubine or into the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion, in order to make a profit. Because the poor girls are so thin, the name "thin horse" comes from this. When he first bought a virgin, he only paid a dozen yuan, but when he got married, he could earn as much as 1,500 taels. At this time, the name of Yangzhou thin horses spread all over the world, Xin Yan had heard of it before, and promised at the moment, "I must be sure, when I arrive in Yangzhou, I will buy two thin horses for Mr. Liu to bring to Fujian, and buy a house in Fuzhou to settle down, but Mr. Liu can go to Fuzhou to enjoy the blessings when he has leisure!" Why is it Fuding in Fuzhou instead of Xinyan, of course, he wants to branch Liu An.

"Brother Yan is really interesting!" , Liu An just climbed to Liu Quan, although these days are much better than in the past, but the opportunity to really enjoy it has not been encountered a few times, seeing that Xinyan is so knowledgeable, he laughed happily at the moment.

Chen Jialuo shook his head after listening to Xin Yan's report, the so-called clan society is like this, everything only depends on the relationship between relatives and relatives, and it is inevitable to be dragged down by some relatives who are not angry, of course, this Liu An is so easy to deal with, but it is a good thing for the Red Flower Society. Of course, in the future, this tendency will have to be strictly controlled.

With the support of Heshen, it is fast to do things, and not long after going to the Ministry of Officials to send the silver according to the rules, Xinyan's official position and related documents were obtained, and he became one of the first people to obtain the real shortage in this Jinshi.

"I've been in the capital for nearly half a year this time, and things are finally done, let's go to Fujian!" , Chen Jialuo looked at Luo Bing, Shi Shuangying and Xinyan, "Tomorrow I will go to invite Mr. Dai Zhendai, when the time comes, he will go to Fujian with the Twelfth Brother and Xinyan, Mr. Dai is talented, the Twelfth Brother and Xinyan must not be lazy, Mingrui will also go with you, and his identity must not be revealed along the way; My fourth sister-in-law and I went to Shandong to meet Seventh Brother! There are some overlaps in the division of labor between Xu Tianhong and Luo Bing, so it is best to bring Luo Bing with him this time.

"Yes, Helmsman!" , Shi Shuangying responded and then suggested, "My safflower society is based in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the strength of Fujian's rudder is weak, so it is better to send someone to Fujian to fight the front station first, and when we go, we can at least have a general understanding of the local customs." ”

"Brother Twelve is right! I'll leave this matter to the twelfth brother! After the arrangement, Chen Jialuo began to explain why he chose Fuding as the base area, "The total strength of the Tatar Green Battalion is about 580,000 now, of which there are 110,000 in Fujian and Zhejiang, which is the first in the country; However, Fuding is located between Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and its troops are weak; Fuding County is stationed in Tongshan Battalion with one guerrilla member, one garrison member, two thousand general officers, four general officers, two thousand general members, four foreign general officers, three additional foreign commissioners, 38 horse soldiers, 250 infantry soldiers, 369 garrisons, and 38 soldiers and horses. In total, it is only more than six hundred, plus the empty salary, there are only two or three hundred people who can fight, which is not worth mentioning to my Red Flower Club. Moreover, Fuding is a rare grain-producing area in Fujian, and it can provide grain and grass for our safflower society after the incident; Fuding is not far from Wenzhou, and there is a port that is convenient for Zhao Sange to supply supplies for us. Now that the Tartars have reopened the sea ban, the people of Fuding have relied on the sea to make a living, which has made a fluctuation in the hearts of the people, and there are not many famous families in Fuding who are easy to win people's hearts. In addition, there are Qing soldiers in South Yandang Mountain and Taimu Mountain to isolate Zhejiang and Fuzhou, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack; The right time, place and people are in my hands, which is just the foundation of the uprising! ”

After talking about his original considerations in detail, Shi Shuangying, Luo Bing and Xin Yan all nodded yes; After another three days, Dai Zhen also packed up, and after Xin Yan prepared a generous gift to say goodbye to He Shen, he went out of Beijing to Tongzhou with Shi Shuangying, Dai Zhen, and Liu An, and then changed to a boat to Yangzhou in Tongzhou, and then waited for Chen Jialuo to meet in Hangzhou.

Chen Jialuo and Luo Bing rode out of Beijing to Shandong to see Xu Tianhong, just out of the city Chen Jialuo was thinking about how to talk to Luo Bing, his eyes swept ahead,, why is he here?

Thanks to the data of the Fujian garrison provided by Yuanbai, who has the information of the officialdom in Fujian and Zhejiang, which book friend also provides me with the information of the officialdom in Fujian and Zhejiang.

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