With the money from the sale of Luoyang Palace, the New Year of the Tomb Zaifu was very relaxed, and the Han people restored their old surnames, declaring the equal status of the Han people and the Xianbei people.

Whether it is the people or the government, winter is a rare day of rest and entertainment, but Yang Yong has no time to rest, but is busy all day long, all kinds of news from Chang'an show that the establishment of the Sui Dynasty is not far away, once the Great Sui is established, Yang Yong has to return to Chang'an, and can only be trapped in the East Palace from then on.

Judging from the treatment of Yang Su, Yang Yong has completely abandoned his illusions about Yang Jian, Yang Jian is now in the prime of life, if he first becomes the prime minister for ten or eight years and then usurps Zhou, Yang Yong still has the confidence to be the crown prince and take over the throne steadily, although the prime minister and the emperor are both power-in-one, after all, they are still different.

And now judging from Yang Jian's step-by-step arrangement, he can't wait to be the emperor soon, if there is no accident, at least twenty or thirty years of crown prince Yang Yong will take over, these decades, I don't know how many open guns and dark arrows will shoot at him, if you don't take precautions, there will be no difference between him and Yang Yong in another time and space, maybe he will die even worse.

Tomorrow is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and there are bursts of firecrackers on the street from time to time, although there is light snow in the sky and thick ice on the road, pedestrians are all smiling, greeting each other when they meet, the entire Tsukazai Mansion has also been lit up, and it will be dark in half an hour, and the servants and subordinates in the mansion are shuttling through the corridor, preparing dinner.

On the street, the sound of the hooves of the three fast horses broke the silence, and immediately the three of them were wearing cyan official uniforms. There was an abrupt pause.

The three jumped off their horses and smiled at each other. One of them walked up and knocked on the door, the gate of the Tsukazai Mansion creaked open, and Lu Mulin, the housekeeper of the Tsukazai Mansion, personally greeted him, and when he saw several people, he immediately smiled: "Hurry up, please, Gongzi has been reading you for a few days." ”

The three of them hurriedly threw away the reins in their hands, gave up their horses to a few servants who came out, and walked into the inner courtyard, where the door of the Tsukazai Mansion creaked several times and closed again.

If ordinary officials see this scene. I will definitely be very envious, how many people with more than five or six grades in Qi have come to the Tomb Mansion to meet and eat behind closed doors, how can they enter the Tomb Mansion so easily, not to mention that they can be greeted by Lu Mulin in person. Although Lu Mulin is not well-known, through this betrayal of Luoyang Palace, everyone knows that he is a close confidant of Lord Tsukasa Zai.

In the study, Yang Yong was facing a ten-year-old. A young man wearing a nine-grade official uniform said: "Yuan Hao, if this official asks you to take off this official robe and live in darkness from now on, you may not have a chance to stand out in your life." Would you like to? ”

Yuan Hao (Note 1) is also one of the orphans adopted by Yang Yong, with a lonely personality and is not good at communicating with others, but he is very smart, and many things can often draw inferences from one another. Yang Yong transferred him back before the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

"Back to the general, as long as the general needs it, even if the subordinate loses his life, he is willing."

"Very good, then from today onwards, you will take off this official uniform, change your surname and change your name, I will give you 30,000 yuan in the early stage, and I want you within three years. Spread the intelligence network throughout the Great Week, from now on. You are only responsible for me or the person I designated, all previous acquaintances cannot be contacted, and you can't report my name, nor can you borrow my relationship, once you are accidentally discovered and fall into the hands of the court, you have to rely on your own ability, is there a problem? ”

"General, acquaintance, if the general does not contact them, he can do it, but if he is arrested and cannot keep the general's secret, he should cut himself off from his humble position."

"Very good, at the moment, your first task is to establish the first station of intelligence in the city, focusing on Yang Su, the head of the city, this official wants you to send someone into Yang Su's mansion within half a year, knowing Yang Su's every move, the required personnel are completely selected by yourself, remember, you can't let them know who you're working for, and you can't let these people know your identity, once they can expose you, you can decisively give up."

"Yes." Yuan Hao nodded, but hesitated for a moment and asked, "General, is it alone from the humble position?" ”

Yang Yong smiled and shook his head: "Of course not, this official will give you three deputies, these three people are also people you know, they may arrive today." ”

As soon as Yang Yong finished speaking, there were two knocks on the door, and Lu Mulin's voice came: "My lord, the other three have arrived." ”

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive, let them in."

The door of the study opened gently, and the three people who had just rushed over from outside hurriedly walked into the study, but Lu Mulin retreated and ordered several personal soldiers at the door: "Without the order of Lord Tsukazai, no one is allowed to approach the study, and no one in the house is seen." ”

Several pro-soldiers straightened their chests: "Yes! ”

When the three of them saw Yang Yong, they hurriedly saluted: "General." Seeing that Yuan Hao was also present, the three of them were all happy in their hearts, but it was inconvenient to say hello.

Yang Yong smiled and said: "The three of you can rush back today, very good, from today onwards, the four of you will have to work together, because only the four of you can trust each other, and Lu Mulin will be your temporary contact person in the future, except for him, none of you can reveal your identity." ”

Yuan Hao was happy in his heart, although he said that he didn't care about breaking off relations with his former acquaintances, but if there was not even a trusted person around, the pressure would be too great, and now these three people are all people who have a good relationship with him, and with them by his side, he is naturally much more relieved.

"General, since you want to set up such an organization, then please give the general a name."

Yang Yong naturally thought of the name of the well-known spy agency in the Ming Dynasty, but the people were upright, and they could check whoever they wanted, but they had to hide everything in the dark: "Well, then call it the Dark Guard, Yuan Hao, you are the commander of the Dark Guard, and the three of you are the deputy commander of the Dark Guard."

The official position of the face can be proposed as a thousand households. 100 households. Ten households, you will be at peace with yourselves

Later, the three of them received Yang Yong's handwritten letter and hurried to the Tomb Mansion, but before they could figure out what the reason was, they were sealed as the deputy commander of the dark guard, and they couldn't help but be confused.

Yang Yong didn't bother to explain again: "Yuan Hao, you come and tell them." ”

After Yuan Hao relayed Yang Yong's previous words to the three of them, the three of them knew why Yang Yong hurriedly transferred them to Luoyang, although they were a little reluctant to take off their official uniforms and join an organization that was shady. It's just that everything they have been given by Yang Yong, so naturally they can't refuse, and they say in unison: "I am willing to die for the general." ”

"Don't worry, if he succeeds as a Japanese official, the Dark Guards can be made public, and then the official will give you more power." Although Yang Yong did not doubt their loyalty at this time, he must also give them a hope.

Yuan Hao didn't react when he heard it. The other three people showed joy on their faces, and the three of them naturally knew what Yang Yong meant by taking over the throne, as long as they paid attention to the situation in Chang'an, they would come to the conclusion that Yang Jian was not far from the day of becoming emperor. Yang Yong is the son-in-law, and one day this position will be in Yang Yong's hands, and then they will be able to turn from dark to light.

"Okay, now that you all know, let's discuss the details."

This discussion lasted for several hours, and Yun Meier was worried that Yang Yong would be hungry. Several times I wanted to go into the study to call someone, but I was stopped by my own soldiers, so I had to order the people in the house to heat the meal over and over again.

It wasn't until almost the middle of the night that Yang Yong, Yuan Hao and others set some rules for the Dark Guard, and everyone felt hungry and growled, Yang Yong beckoned the four of them out of the study, and found that Yun Meier was still guarding a table of steaming meals, dozing off while waiting for him.

Twelve-year-old children are the age of snooze. Looking at Yun Mei'er's cold red face, Yang Yong couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in his heart. It's just that of course, the face of Yuan Hao and the four of them is not too affectionate, and when she was about to wake her up, Yun Meier had already woken up by herself, and said in surprise: "Son, you finally came out." As soon as he finished speaking, he yawned widely.

"Alright, you go to sleep first."

"No, I'm going to go to sleep after serving my son." Yun Mei'er said stubbornly.

Yang Yong saw that Yun Mei'er was so resolute, and it was not easy to persuade him again, looking at the dishes on the table that were still steaming, he knew that Yun Mei'er must have made the kitchen hot every once in a while, maybe it was too hot, and he had already poured it out a few times, and beckoned the four of them: "You guys should eat together." ”

"Thank you, General." Whether it was in the village courtyard or in the barracks, Yang Yong often ate with them, and the four of them were not restrained, and began to gobble up after sitting down.

After the four of them were full, a few servants guided them down to rest, and Yang Yong saw that the four of them were gone, and then said to Yun Mei'er with pity: "Silly girl, you can go and rest now." ”

Yun Mei'er held her eyelids, which had been half-pulled down: "Well, son, you have to go to bed early." ”

The next day was the Chinese New Year, Yang Yong summoned Yuan Hao and other four people to the study for a whole day, and after staying in the Tomb Zaifu for three days, the four took off their official uniforms and changed into plain clothes, and rode away with the money and property that Yang Yong prepared for them, and their files in the official mansion had all been written off by Lu Mulin, and these four people seemed to have never appeared.

gave Yuan Hao 30,000 pieces of silver, Yang Yong suddenly felt the tension of the money, these 30,000 pieces are just for their start-up funds, to arrange a secret network all over the country, how huge the funds are needed, 30,000 pieces of money is just a salary, Yang Yong estimates that Yuan Hao and others will last for half a year at most, and with the increase of the organization, the speed of demand for silver money will continue to accelerate.

It seems that either they will find other sources of wealth, or they will order Sun Qing and Yang Qinghou to expand the production of white sugar as much as possible, and Suizhou is not necessarily safe, and the production of white sugar must be transferred. It is definitely suitable for the growth of sugarcane, and the area is vast, but at the end of the Chen Kingdom, it was too far away from Zhoudi, and now it is a barren place, except for some natives, there is no population at all, and it can only be vetoed.

Yang Yong looked carefully on the map, his heart moved, maybe he could find a suitable island overseas in Qingzhou, these years, sugar has been sold as an overseas tribute, and he has successfully concealed everyone, but it is difficult to guarantee that one day it will be leaked, it is better to simply move to the island, at this time the people of the Central Plains have a natural fear of the sea, the court does not pay attention to the ocean, many small islands not far from the mainland are uninhabited, only by moving thousands of people in the past can become a production base of white sugar.

It's just that Yang Yong suddenly thought of something, but his face couldn't help but change, and he shouted: "Come on, call Lu Mulin and Yang Shi." ”

"Yes."

After a while, Lu Mulin and Yang Shi hurriedly came to Yang Yong's study: "General." ”

"Mu Lin, how much money do I have in my private vault?"

"Back to the general, there are more than 223,600 guan."

"Yang Shi, how much money has you paid in the past few years?"

"General, the first year is 100,000 guan, the second year is 120,000 guan, the third year is 110,000 guan, and the fourth year is also 120,000 guan, a total of 450,000 guan."

Yang Yong naturally knew the most about Yang Yong, Yang Yong had asked Yang Shi to manage the expenses of this private wealth for a period of time, but he found that Yang Shi was really not a financial manager and was replaced by Lu Mulin, but Yang Shi was undoubtedly the most aware of the ins and outs of this matter, and others didn't even know where the money came from.

"Very good, not only did it not increase but decreased in the third year, and last year it was only the same as the second year." Yang Yong sneered, the sugar on the market is getting more and more abundant, but the price has not dropped at all, and the profits handed over to him not only do not rise but also fall, if it is impossible to say that Sun Qing or Yang Qinghou, whom he trusted before, did not make a ghost.