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Zhang Hongjing, the envoy of Youzhou Festival, asked his concubine Hongzhu: "Your head is changed every day, where did you get the money?"

Hongzhu is twenty-eight years old, born in the Beijing Teaching Workshop Division, bee waist and wonderful buttocks, enchanting and charming, Zhang Hongjing was born in a family, and has seen thousands of women, twenty years old when he said that he had read all the beauty of the world, and he could be affectionate and polite to any woman, but he was only obsessed with the simplicity and beauty of Hongzhu, and he couldn't extricate himself from her heart. ，。 Read the full text of the latest chapter

Hongzhu changes a set of jewelry a day, each piece is worth a thousand gold, where did she get so much money

The Zhang family is the foundation of the family, and there is no shortage of money, but such a way to spend money is that Zhang Hongjing, who has never been ashamed to talk about money, also thinks that it is too extravagant, and it is a little unusual.

Hongzhu began to be coquettish again, this is her killer weapon to deal with Zhang Hongjing, and the big things will be turned into small things after she is so messed up, and small things will be turned into small things. Zhang Hongjing sighed and didn't ask any more, the answer was clear, Wei Yong and Zhang Zonghou privately allocated her fat powder money.

Liu Hong dedicated Youzhou to become a monk, and made proper arrangements before leaving, he sincerely wanted to dedicate Youzhou to the imperial court. It didn't take much for Zhang Hongjing to take over Youzhou, and in order to win over the soldiers of Youzhou, the imperial court took out one million guan from the inner library to let him, the new Jiedu envoy, give a great favor to the soldiers of Lu Long and Xiongwu.

In Zhang Hongjing's eyes, money has always been just a number, and with a stroke of his pen, this million yuan was allocated to the guards of the two armies from the books. When the soldiers heard this, they cheered and praised Zhang Xianggong for his ability to reach the sky and his ability.

The problem arose, Wei Yong, the judge of Jiedu, and Zhang Zonghou, the judge of Duzhi, found him with the account book and told him that Jiedu made the treasury of the palace empty, and there were only one hundred and three pieces of money left on the account, but in fact there were only eighty-two pieces left, and hundreds of people wanted to eat and drink, which was difficult to cope with for three days. Refund more and make up for less, and a bowl of water inside and outside is flat.

Most of the staff and scribes of the Jiedu embassy were brought by Zhang Hongjing from Hedong, in addition to the public curtain of eating public materials, there are also many private scenes of eating private materials, most of these people have followed him for more than ten or twenty years, and their families are rich and wealthy, so they don't have to worry about money, but many staff and scribes point to this point to eat, how can they treat them badly.

Zhang Hongjing asked Zhang Zonghou: "The inner treasury is so empty, how about the outer treasury, if there is a surplus, first move a little from the outer treasury, and then return it when it is too late." Zhang Zonghou said: "The two armies of Youzhou use troops against Khitan and Shanxi all the year round, and the local two taxes are scarce, and they have long been unable to make ends meet, and the inner treasury has no money, and the outer treasury is empty.

Wei Yong said: "Seeing that it is about to enter autumn, when the autumn tax comes down, the outside dare not say that the deficit in the inner treasury can always be filled." The people of Yandi are strong, and many soldiers are not married, and if they have money, they gamble, prostitute, and spend, and they squander the materials and rewards they receive for a few days, and then they borrow money, and they are all in debt. If the prime minister allocates the reward money all of a sudden, it will be gone if it can't pass the Mid-Autumn Festival, and how to survive the long cold winter in the north, it is better to keep a piece first, and then allocate it after the autumn, which is also good for them. ”

Zhang Hongjing thought that this reason was appropriate, so he nodded, let Zhang Zonghou go first, leaving Wei Yong alone to play chess, and chatted a few more words, and then said to Wei Yong: "The use of the back house is too expensive, and the swallow land is poor, so it should not be so extravagant." ”

Wei Yong said: "Yandi is bitterly cold, Mrs. Ru follows the marshal here, and has suffered a lot, and the soldiers are not very forbearant in their hearts, a little caution is from the bottom of their hearts, please don't mind the marshal." ”

Zhang Hongjing smiled and said: "I have never worried about money in my life, and I don't even want to touch that thing, but I know that money is a good thing, many people in the house only get 20 yuan a month, and raising a sergeant is only 20 yuan a year, and she has hundreds of thousands of yuan on her face, it's too much, we are new to Yandi, it's better to be vigilant." You tell me. ”

Wei Yong hurriedly apologized, Zhang Hongjing pressed his hand, and said to Wei Yong: "The million reward for the military can only be met for a while, in addition to throttling, it has to be open source, Liaodong Li Maohua is my old friend, and I am also familiar with you, several of his salt farms are pinched in his own hands, and he makes a lot of profits every year, you work hard to go to Liaozhou, discuss, you can borrow something, borrow some if you can't borrow money, we can sell it, and we can also subsidize the deficit." ”

Wei Yong said with a smile: "With the face of the minister, Li Shaobao will help him with all his might." ”

Li Mao heard that Wei Yong was coming, and personally rushed to Shanhaiguan to meet, Wei Yong fell on Zhang Hongjing's side as an idler, this idle man was originally owned by Long Xiangjun, but he was forgotten because he was idle for too long.

Wei Yong took the initiative to find Chen Muyang and asked to change the court, when he went to Beijing on an errand and was secretly detained by Longxiang Ying. Lin Ying found the name Wei Yong when he checked the top-secret old files left by Li Mao, and thought that he could use it, so he ordered the Longxiang Battalion to "invite" people over, and Lin Ying asked Wei Yong to help his Longxiang Battalion make a big deal in Youzhou, and after the matter was completed, he was transferred back to Beijing to be a high-ranking official, or to be helped up on the spot and be the Jiedu envoy of Youzhou.

Lin Ying's handwriting is very big, but Wei Yong thinks that it is unreliable, if the affairs of Youzhou are so easy to handle, how can Lin Ying be carried away by the victory for decades, full of nonsense. But if you refuse Lin Ying, you will never end well, you can get ahead, it is completely Zhang Hongjing's support, Long Xiang Ying's other skills dare not say, but the ability to spread rumors and discord is by no means ambiguous, not to mention that his foundation is not clean.

Where to go, Wei Yong thought about it for three days in Pingkang, Chang'an, and then knocked on the black lacquer door of Chen Muyang's house.

As early as Chang'an, Wei Yong proposed to meet Li Mao, he thought very highly of himself, and he didn't want to succumb to Chen Muyang's name.

Salt and iron are a state monopoly in Datang, and even Ziqing, Weibo and other towns are secretly sold, and they dare not put it on the surface to teach people to speak.

Although Liaodong was lonely, it also set up a salt and iron courtyard in a serious manner, with the court master, judges, and inspectors in place, and the salt and iron envoys of the imperial court also sent a special envoy to supervise the salt patrol, but it was just a collapse under the saturation attack of Li Mao's sugar-coated cannonballs.

Wei Yong came with a secret mission, and Li Mao was inconvenient to publicize it, but in private etiquette could not be abolished, Wei Yong did not come alone, his companion Zhang Lu was born as a scholar under Zhang Hongjing, and he was a confidant among his henchmen.

Li Mao invited the two to visit the newly built Shanhaiguan, Xiongguan faces the sea on one side, and the mountain on the other, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Shanhaiguan was built by Zhang Hongjing before entering Youzhou, naturally it is not aimed at Zhang Hongjing, and there is nothing to avoid. After Wei Yong and Zhang Lu visited, they were stunned and speechless for a long time.

Especially Zhang Lu, the shock in his heart is difficult to express in words, and he is impressed by Li Mao.

Liaodong was recovered by Li Mao from the hands of the Hu people, when Li Mao started his business, the imperial court did not have the slightest assistance, Li Mao started from scratch to have today, Zhang Lu is admiration in his heart.

Zhang Lu was born in a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, followed Zhang Hongjing to the south and north, went to Luoyang, went to Chang'an, went to Xia Sui, went to Hedong, and now went to Youzhou, in his eyes, Xia Sui is of course a barren place, Youzhou is also very bitter cold, but in the end it is still the land of the Tang Dynasty, and it has always been the land of Wanghua, which is comparable to the wild land of Liaodong that has been ravaged by the Hu people.

In the future, I heard people say that Yandi is bitter cold, Zhang Lu thinks that the so-called bitter cold is nothing more than Xiazhou, which is more than enough than the top, and it can really be so bitter that it can't eat to Youzhou, only to know that Youzhou is really bitter, many people really can't eat, and the so-called rich families in Youzhou City are slightly stronger than the well-off people in Chang'an and Luoyang, and the soil is rustic and a mess.

In this way, the people of Youzhou still generally look down on Liaodong, and they open their mouths to say that "Liaodong is broken, and if you don't die, it is not a place for people to stay", full of disdain between words and deeds, think about it, Liaodong has fallen to Hu Chen since the Anshi Rebellion, and it has been more than 60 years, and it has only been a few years after recovery

Zhang Lu thought it was not optimistic.

But everything in front of him told him that seeing is believing, and hearing is false.

The new city in front of them, in addition to the garrison army, there are also a lot of people living in the group, from their clothing and demeanor, they are not rich, but absolutely worry-free, they are not as calm and gentle as the people of the two capitals, polite, but they have a simple, innocent, enthusiastic character, full of love for life, everyone has a smile, life has a head.

They still have many deficiencies, but their spirit is upward, and they can be seen to be full of vitality.

What has happened in Liaodong in the past few years, Zhang Lu is not very clear, but he believes in his eyes, everything in front of him is real, and he sees the future of Liaodong.

After visiting Shanhaiguan, Li Mao invited the two to taste seafood in a seafood restaurant opened by Silla people in the city, the business of the seafood restaurant was very good, Li Mao only chartered a few boxes on the second floor, and the first floor was still open as usual, Li Mao and his party went upstairs from the back door, and the guards were dressed in casual clothes, which did not disturb the store to do business at all.

The seafood of the Silla people was very good, so that Wei Yong and Zhang Lu feasted on it, and there was a small episode in the middle, several Khitan merchants on the first floor fought with people because of the competition for seats, and they were noisy, and hundreds of people gathered at one time.

Li Mao's guards asked whether to come forward to suppress it, but Li Mao did not say anything.

After a while, the city bureau security team came over and took the people away, Zhang Lu was dumbfounded, he noticed that the security team only came two people, short and dundun, not fat or thin, not mighty, but those few thunderous Khitan people saw the tolerance, and suddenly became depressed, like a few sick cats, let a hemp rope string a gourd, all taken away.

Zhang Lu asked puzzledly: "I heard that Li Shaobao made a bowl of water in Liaodong, treated the Hulu barbarians well, and the beard and the children of the Han family were treated equally, and even had preferential treatment, so that the Hulu were pampered and arrogant, and it was difficult to control. Since the Anshi Rebellion, the Central Plains beard has become increasingly arrogant, the government is afraid of causing trouble and does not dare to control it, Hu and Han are fighting, and the government is biased towards the Hu people. Especially in Hebei, Northwest and other places, the Hu people are arrogant, and the children of the Han family are angry and low-browed, and they dare not speak up when they are bullied. In order to protect themselves, some people even closed their doors and took off their Chinese clothes, shaved their hair and changed their surnames to Hu. There are so many Hu people in Liaodong, and the methods of Shaobao are so tough, aren't you afraid that they will make trouble?"

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