Two hundred and eight slaves?
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"Huh...... Governor Wei, I'm afraid it's not that simple......"
Facing Wei Wenran's questioning, Liu Ce said with a smile, the banter in his eyes was undoubtedly revealed, making Wei Wenran feel uncomfortable all over his body. Vertex Says X 23 U OM
Taking a deep breath, Wei Wenran said, "Liu Qianhu, please make it clear that you don't have to beat around the bush." ”
Liu Ce didn't say much, took out a letterhead from his body, handed it to Wei Wenran, and said, "Your Excellency, let's take a look for yourself." ”
Wei Wenran took the envelope and opened it to look at it, and was immediately shocked, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" ”
When the officials passing by heard Wei Wenran's shout, they all stopped and looked at him and Liu Ce with a curious expression.
Wei Wenran saw the eyes looking around at him, and immediately collected his emotions and stared at Liu Ce, but seeing that Liu Ce was not afraid, he didn't dodge his gaze for a minute.
"Is this guy really just a Shu clan, the commander of a small flag regiment? Why are his eyes so sharp?" Looking at Liu Ce's gaze, Wei Wenran was a little drumming in his heart.
Liu Ce stepped forward and whispered to Wei Wenran: "Lord Governor, there is Wei Cheng's signature on this, do you want to hand it over to Governor Jiang or Lord Angel?" Also, in front of the public, I advise you not to make too much noise, and everyone knows that the situation will be difficult to clean up. ”
Wei Wenran restrained his emotions, and his heart just received the news that his two daughters who were taken captive by Hu Nu seemed to have appeared in the Han Tomb, but he sent Wei Cheng to investigate clearly, if so! By the way, how could they make trouble about Wei Cheng Tongnu by cooking to protect the family's reputation? This matter is not trivial, not only is it a loss of face, but it may also involve it, and your own family will also suffer.
Liu Ce looked at his expression, and couldn't help sneering in his heart, when he was in Jizhou, he learned from the mouths of various tribes and people of different races that there were traders in the Far Eastern provinces who smuggled in and out of Jizhou and the Hu people to do business, and the number was not small, among which the officials from all over the country were really ghosts who didn't believe it, he didn't believe that the Wei family didn't secretly participate in it, even if Wei Wenran didn't know how to do it, what about his people?
The larger the family, the more wealth support is needed, not to mention the others, the expenses of the children and descendants in the clan alone is a huge expense, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to maintain it for a long time with normal business alone, unless you can master the resources and technology in the core field, but these have basically been firmly held in the hands of those old lords and royal families, at most, some leftovers will be leaked so that the rest of the clan will not be starved to death, but if you want to continue to develop and grow, or always maintain your peak state and not decline, you have to find another way......
The Wei family has nearly 1,000 people and tens of thousands of subordinates, how can they maintain such a large group of people only by serious business and taxes? Therefore, it is inevitable to have an affair with the Saiwai Hunu! Thinking about it carefully, Liu Ce's conviction of Wei Cheng is not strictly speaking, it is not wronged against him, but everyone knows about the private trade with the Cypriot countries, and basically ten ** will participate, but just open his eyes and close his eyes......
"Governor Wei ......" Liu Ce said softly again, "I know that this matter has nothing to do with Lord Governor, as long as you say a word, I will take care of him for you, and I promise to do it without knowing it, but if the Lord insists on making a guarantee for Tongnu, then I can only ask Governor Jiang and Lord Angel to try this case.
Listening to Liu Ce's words, Wei Wenran felt a chill in his spine, he never expected that the young man in front of him was so terrifying, and he was now equivalent to being caught by him.
Once Liu Ce presents the evidence of Wei Chengtongnu to Jinsheng, it will definitely attract the attention of the royal family, and he will inevitably send troops to enter the passes in the Far East for various reasons, coupled with the invisible competition between the royal family and the scholars, his Wei family is likely to become a victim, because Jiang Xun will not hesitate to abandon himself in order to prevent his family's status from being continuously weakened, don't look at the Jiang and Wei families now, once the Jiang family is really moved, there will be no softness, the Far East is the foundation of the Jiang family, no one wants to get involved, and the royal family can't do it!
At this time, Wei Wenran sadly found that he seemed to have infinite scenery, but in fact, only he knew the bitterness and bitterness inside, and suddenly envied Liu Ce in front of him, at least he didn't have any family mission to carry, and he could be alone without fear of any force, not to mention that from the intelligence heard by Han Ling, he learned that there was a brave and warlike army behind him, which caused such a big disturbance in the entire Yuanzhou, and no one dared to move even when Wang Haisheng was killed!
After thinking for a long time, Wei Wenran said: "Liu Qianhu, Wei Cheng has been removed from the family, everything he has done has nothing to do with the Wei family, and I also ask Lord Qianhu to distinguish between right and wrong, and I must not let such thieves damage the reputation of my Wei family." In the end, Wei Wenran was almost talking to Liu Ce in a pleading tone.
Liu Ce nodded and said to Wei Wenran: "I'll just say, how can Wei Cheng have anything to do with Governor Wei, don't worry, you know what to do." ”
After speaking, he reached out and took the note in his hand, then tore it into several pieces in front of him and handed it back to him: "If Governor Wei has nothing else to do, then I will leave first......
After finishing speaking, Liu Ce walked down the stone steps to the outside of the governor's mansion, leaving Wei Wenran with a stumbling face holding the torn letter.
"This son is definitely not a thing in the pool, he has such a terrible trick at a young age, if there is no one to check and balance now, I am afraid that no one will be able to touch him in the future......"
Wei Wenran sighed, and couldn't help but shake his head when he thought that the virtues of his four sons were far inferior to the Shu official in front of him.
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"General, this official uniform is so beautiful, it really brightens my Sun Biao's dog eyes!"
Liu Ce returned to the inn, and Sun Biao immediately greeted him and praised him for his thousand-household clothes.
"Okay, Sun Biao, save the sycophants, this Qianhu suit belonged to me when I was in Heyuan, there is nothing to be happy about, pack up our things, and we can return to Hanling in two days at most."
Liu Ce still had the appearance of being carried away in the Governor's Mansion at this time, and he returned to the temperament of a battle-hardened general.
In the past few days, he has shown himself in the Governor's Palace, using camouflage to successfully deter and paralyze the bureaucrats in the Far Eastern provinces, giving people the illusion of arrogance and villainy.
However, Liu Ce himself knew that the purpose of doing this was nothing more than to temporarily dispel the importance of the Far Eastern Shi clan to him. If he behaves appropriately in the Governor's Palace, it is easier to arouse their suspicion in advance, and he is afraid that Jizhou has not yet been taken, and countless incidents will arise in the rear Hanling, and he is not confident enough that he can shake the population of nearly 200 million people in the six provinces of the Far East with 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses and one million manpower in Hanling, not to mention that the people's hearts have not been completely attached under the rule, and once the Heshi clan officially tears their faces, it is difficult to guarantee that the people will be in chaos first.
Seeing Sun Biao go back to the room to pack the package, Liu Ce suddenly felt a little tired from dealing with the children of various families in the Far East for several days, and the thick tiredness kept hitting his eyes, and he also entered his room and walked on the bed, and the next moment, looking at the empty roof, he couldn't help but fall asleep.
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"Master Qiqi, this is a secret letter sent by the old lady, please take a look at ......"
In the governor's mansion, Jiang Xun, who had settled in Jinsheng, came to his room, and a middle-aged man respectfully handed him a letter in his hand.
Jiang Xun frowned, his father Jiang Yan would never send a letter to himself without a hundred thousand urgent matters, and when he opened the envelope, he knew why Jiang Yan would order someone to send a letter to him thousands of miles away.
"This group of Yingkou is really a big deal for me!"
Jiang Yan said in his letter that the group of pirates from Yingzhou ransacked the towns and villages along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River in succession, and Shi Jingwen sent troops to encircle and suppress them several times in vain, and even encountered an ambush on the official road on the way back, losing more than 100 people.
Of course, more importantly, because this group of Yingkou occupies the main waterway, the merchant ships that traded with Xiyi in the past cannot pass smoothly, and even the taxes to the imperial family have to be stranded......
"At this point, I can only do my best, it is better to repair a letter to Shi Jingwen first, and ask him to mobilize the local sailors to continue the encirclement and suppression, and at the same time block the dock with heavy troops, and trap all these Yingkou slaves at sea......"
Jiang Xun immediately made a decision to write, but he stopped just halfway through writing.
"Ten thousand sailors can't help this group of robbers, I have to make a second step......"
After tossing back and forth for a few steps, Jiang Xun seemed to have made up his mind: "I still order Shi Jingwen to contact the leader of Yingkou, stabilize them for the time being, send some gold and silver materials, and find an opportunity to send troops to annihilate them in one fell swoop in the coming year!" ”
After writing, Jiang Xun handed it to the middle-aged man in duplicate and said: "The situation is urgent, I won't keep you, you go to Suzhou Mansion to hand over the letter to Shi Jingwen first, and then return to Shendu to hand over another letter to Prime Minister Jiang Cheng, remember to be careful along the way, and leave immediately." ”
The middle-aged man put away the letter, hugged his fist with Jiang Xun, and then hid behind the screen.
"Alas, it would be nice if the family would thank some available generals, there is a shortage of people!"
Jiang Xun saw the middle-aged man leaving, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they have been noble and lowly, especially in the heyday, a county order can make a division flag commander kneel, but in recent years, the Great Zhou has been surrounded by military disasters, and the status of soldiers has begun to improve.
The Jiang family has also entered this cycle, if it is said that Jiang Men is a talented man and a talented woman, it can be said that he has a lot of grabbing, not to mention the others, except for Jiang Xun's five sons, Jiang Rui is still too young, and the fourth son Jiang Rui died soon after he was born, which of the others is not able to guide the country and talk exaggeratedly, proficient in poetry and songs, not to mention that there is a demonic Jiang Ruoyan.
However, when the Jiang family was full of literary talent, Jiang Xuncai was embarrassed to find that his Jiang family did not have half a general, and even the children of the clansmen who entered the door were rarely born in the army.
If you change before, this is naturally nothing, but these years are in the eventful autumn, Xia Guo, Hulan, Mengluo, Nanyi, Dongnu, Fufu, Yingkou, thieves and other forces have risen, threatening all parts of the Great Zhou at all times, the importance of soldiers can be said to have reached a new height, especially having a qualified and excellent general is often of extraordinary significance to the family, such as Li Suwen.
Fortunately, although the Jiang family does not have any generals in the clan now, with the prestige of the family, a group of generals are still recruited to serve around him, but what is embarrassing is that Liu Ce's arrival actually covered up the limelight of the entire Shishu generals around him......