Wang Guoliang was defeated by Wang Jiayin at the hands of Hequ, which shocked the government and the opposition, and the emperor issued an edict to dismiss him on the spot and send him to the Beijing Division Criminal Department for punishment. In order to save his life, the Wang family took out the family funds they had accumulated for many years to go to Beijing to carry out activities, and someone would help to say good things when they gave money, and the imperial court took into account that the governor and general soldier of the three towns of Xuanda were too unlucky in the past two years, either killing the head or dying in battle, and leaving a few more alive, I am afraid that no one would dare to go in the future, so the net opened a sentence for him, and rushed back to his hometown to care for the elderly, Wang Guoliang ate three months in prison, and finally went home alive. When the person came back, his heart was broken, Wang Guoliang didn't want to be the chief soldier of Shanxi, the court forced him to be, and he didn't spend money to be promoted, but he tossed all the money in a lawsuit, Wang Guoliang was angry and hateful, the official can be improper, but the money must be recovered, and along the line of the old subordinate Sun Xianzu, he hooked up with the profiteer Fan Erxi.

Fan Erxi is also looking for someone to take over the business, he has to go out of the customs and hide, the new Shanxi chief soldier Ma Shilin is looking for him everywhere - this guy is too bold, he is addicted to reselling military funds, and he almost sold all the belongings of the general soldier's mansion, Ma Shilin entered the general army and couldn't even find a bed to sleep in, Ma Shilin was furious and immediately sent someone to arrest Fan Erxi, but Fan Erxi is a human spirit, and when he heard that Li Yu was dismissed as the acting chief soldier, he knew that he had done his best in military affairs, and immediately disappeared. Fan Er was happy to see Wang Guoliang, and realized that this is the most ideal partner, although this person has lost his official position, but he has a wide range of contacts in Shanxi Town, and he has the arrogance of asking for money and not dying, the two hit it off, under the cover of Sun Xianzu, in recent times, he has been secretly manipulating the official army in Shanxi Town to smuggle and sell smuggling.

"Brother Wang, I really didn't expect to see you here, you look a little thinner, how are you doing now? Hey, call me Hermes-Epitek, that sounds nice. Li Yu pulled Wang Guoliang and said.

"Hermes-Epitek, my brother has suffered a wrongful lawsuit and exhausted his family's funds, so I can only ask you for food, you can't ignore my brother!"

"Anyway, how can you not care! How is Erxi and your business, can you make money? If you have difficulties, just say it, it doesn't matter if something happens, come to Fengzhou, I will see who dares to touch you! ”

"Hermes-Epitek is a good person, in fact, it is still easy to make money, Jiezhou Yanchi was made a mess by the stupid people of the Salt Transportation Division, this time it was made a mess by the thieves, and we couldn't take out the salt at all, and our salt was snatched up, and the government didn't dare to take care of it when it saw that we had soldiers and knives, and the business was doing well! However, Hermes-Epitek, my brother has to remind you that everything we transport out of the customs is easy to sell, but the only things you can sell into the customs are private salt and livestock, and if you continue like this, your money will be emptied sooner or later. ”

"Brother taught me what to do?"

"The Guannai is now in chaos, it is difficult to stop like this, but your Fengzhou is a peaceful scene, Tuntian is a business opportunity, there are many rich people in Shanxi, you give them benefits, they are definitely willing to go to Fengzhou to invest money in business, in this way, Fengzhou can not only be self-sufficient, but also can sell the goods back to the Guannei, Fengzhou prosperity is just around the corner!"

Li Yu nodded, pointed at Fan Erxi and said, "You go back and immediately find Ma Qi to draw up a charter, this matter must be done as soon as possible, and in the future, the business of Shanxi Town will be handed over to Brother Wang to take care of." ”

Wang Guoliang couldn't keep his mouth shut, and Sun Xianzu was also full of joy and urged everyone to go into the city to rest and eat - Shanxi Town's business also had a share of his grandson. From this day on, Shanxi military merchants were born, with the development of Shanxi military business, Shanxi Town's combat power was even more unsightly, so that a few years later, the Fengzhou Army entered the customs, and had to implement the transformation of Shanxi Town into civilian and joint-stock system.

Li Yu arrived at the Yansui army camp by the Yellow River early the next morning, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew were already waiting at the camp gate. Meng Ke rushed out and grabbed him, don't you have long eyes? You can't see me as a big person, the two of them pulled and pulled to the side and smoked secretly, but Cao Wenzhao's face was very bad, and he casually greeted Li Yu, and then pulled him to see Wu Yu.

"Lord Wu has impeached Du Shuai, don't mention Du Shuai in front of him, and the current situation in the northwest is changing rapidly, be careful when you speak!" Cao Wenzhao reminded in a low voice.

Li Yu was shocked and wanted to ask a few words, but Cao Wenzhao didn't answer, lowered his head and walked forward, Li Yu had to close his mouth and follow behind.

Shaanxi patrol according to Wu Zhu, the word Luyou, the south of the Taizhou people, the first month of this year was ordered to Yansui to help the hungry, belongs to the main faction in the imperial court, with his strong support, the trilateral governor Yang He in April this year to appease the giant Kou God a kui, this matter caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, is regarded as a great victory to pacify the northwest people's uprising, coupled with Li Yu then in Zezhou to appease Wang Ziyong and others, the situation in Shanxi is very good, the main Fu faction thus defeated the main faction in one fell swoop, after which the northwest officialdom also changed, Lian Guoshi replaced Liu Guangsheng as the governor of Shaanxi, Wu Zhu was reappointed as the governor of Shaanxi to replace Li Yingzhi, and Du Wenhuan, the general of Zhenxi who had always been a strong advocate of suppression, was impeached and killed for meritorious service—this charge seemed to be valid in the heads of all the officers and generals, and with Du Wenhuan's bad reputation among the civil ministers, he could only go home to retire.

However, the current situation has changed dramatically, Shen Yikui surrendered and rebelled, and plundered Ningzhai Fort, and the defeated King Gao Yingxiang and Liu Guoneng also resurrected, and the situation in the northwest was suddenly grim. Wu Xian was anxious about this, but he was helpless, the emperor allocated him 100,000 taels of silver from the internal treasury were all spent, but it only lasted for a few months, and the imperial court would never allocate any more money, or Yansui Governor Hong Chengchou was right, the situation in the northwest had no other way but to suppress, and now he must get out and return to Xi'an as soon as possible - the northwest officialdom is about to shake again, Yang He is afraid that he will be unlucky, and he must stand again at this time.

Wu Sacrifice was thinking about things in the big tent, Cao Wenzhao accompanied Li Yu in, Wu Sacrifice didn't raise his buttocks, glanced at Li Yu casually, beckoned the two to sit down, briefly introduced the situation in the northwest, and then went straight to the point.

"Li Shuai, your majesty is not strict, this official is ordered to bring the homeless people here, your subordinates dare to fight each other, what a boldness!" Wu Yu shook his head and pointed at Li Yu, sneered and continued, "You don't need to tell the difference, this official doesn't care about these things with you, people have already crossed the Yellow River, you have to collect it, you have to collect it, if you don't collect it, you have to collect it, the chaos in the northwest has started again, and this official has no time to delay with you." ”

As soon as Li Yu wanted to stand up, he was grabbed by Cao Wenzhao, suppressed his anger and replied: "My lord, the outside of the border is barren and unable to maintain the tuntian, and the holy decree says that the four towns will supply money and grain as appropriate, where is the money and grain in the two towns of Yansui and Shaanxi?" ”

"The northwest has been plagued by famine for many years, and it is a piece of erosion, where can I find money and food for you, and the official does not give you money and food, do you resist and disobey the order?" Wu Yu looked at Li Yu, whose face was swollen and red, and said with a smile, "It's easy for you to raise people, and if you take people out of the customs and kill them, the official should not know." ”

"The last general is not a knife for the court to kill!" Li Yu stood up and turned his head angrily and walked out.

"Don't be angry, the official still has something to say," Wu Yu laughed, got up and pressed Li Yu back to the seat, "When the official was in the Imperial History of the Beijing Metropolitan Inspectorate, he had a lot of dealings with Liu Zhilun and Jin Sheng, and I heard them talk about you, your temper is not small, the official will make a guarantee, and the two towns will give you three thousand taels of silver before the end of the year, and the two governors have agreed." ”

Li Yu sat down expressionlessly, Wu Yu pressed Li Yu's shoulder and sighed: "This money is too little, it can't solve many problems, but it's difficult in the northwest!" We can't get the money or the grain now, Vice General Cao knows this, and the frontier tuntian still has to rely on yourselves in the end. ”

"Hermes-Epitek, Yan Suijun's salary last year has not been made up, and this year it has begun to be in arrears again, Lord Hong is worried about this, and it is difficult to sleep and eat, so don't make trouble for him." Cao Wenzhao said softly.

Li Yu bowed his head and was silent, and said after a long time: "In the bitter cold land outside the customs, the people have a difficult survival, the grain can still be harvested, and the iron tools can also be learned, but cloth and cotton cannot be solved, and it is a fatal thing to spend the winter every year. ”

Wu Xian thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Why don't Han people grow cotton, the fertile land of Hetao may be successful, and you have more sheep there, and wool may also come in handy." ”

Li Yu's eyes lit up, but soon he was depressed, Jin also tried to grow cotton, the old Khan had issued a sweat edict, every Ding gave six fields, five grains and one cotton, but it seemed that the effect was very small, Fengzhou and Jin have a similar climate, Jin can not grow cotton, can Fengzhou work?

"Let's give it a try." Li Yu replied in a low voice.

Wu Zhu was very happy, and said that there were many cotton weavers in his hometown, and Nanzhili Songjiang Mansion was "weaving all the cloth in the world", some were skilled craftsmen, maybe he could help in the future, Li Yu under his encouragement, since then he has been thinking about cotton and wool.

The next day, Du Hongfang and Yang Danian's troops rushed to the Biaotou Pass and took over the northwest camp by the Yellow River, and Li Huai also arrived outside the Biaotou Pass. Everything was ready, Li Yu immediately ordered Zhao Ji and Du Hongtai that the Baode camp would be cancelled on the same day, and the immigration would be in full swing.

Wu Zhu and Cao Wenzhao were leaving, and Li Yu sent them all the way to the Yellow River. "I entrusted the people to you, this world is too chaotic, there may be a way out of the customs!" - Wu Mu sighed in a low voice and got on the boat.

Cao Wenzhao took a heavy cloth bag from Cao Bianjiao's hand and stuffed it to Li Yu, "Brother is not a person who drinks the blood of soldiers, but he has to eat empty salary, this money was originally intended to be used for urgent needs in the army, but now you have encountered a great difficulty, just use it, take care brother!" After Cao Wenzhao finished speaking, he jumped on the boat, and Cao Bianjiao made a grimace at Meng Ke and ran away.

Two days later, Du Hongtai led the leaders of the displaced people to arrive in advance - after Zhao Ji and Wang Ziyong had to be cut off, they first sent this group of people to direct the displaced people out of the customs, and behind them was the rolling flow of people. Zhao Sheng and Zhang Mengcun arrived with Li Huai, just ordered to go into the head pass to help, and the thieves shouted as soon as they met, Zhao Sheng also pulled a young man to see Li Yu, saying that this person was his little fellow scorpion block Tuoyangkun, used to follow the king Gao Yingxiang to mix, I thought I crossed the river and went back to my hometown, but I didn't expect to meet in the people sent out of Shaanxi to go out of the pass, the scorpion block is brave in battle and knows a few words, and will have a future after following the commander.

Tuo Yangkun was a little embarrassed, he was a small leader under King Chuang, who followed King Chuang across the Yellow River to attack Fugu, but he suffered a big defeat from the Black Eagle Army, and escaped by relying on his fast horses and clever people. The team was broken up, he pulled a group of people to rebel, but his power was too small, and he soon couldn't hold on under the pursuit of the official army, and had to accept Zhao'an, and originally planned to return to the old business after a while, but the officials and soldiers lost patience with this group of thieves who repeatedly rebelled, and sent them to the Yellow River together with the thieves escorted from all over Shaanxi, saying that they would live a good life in the future, and only after crossing the river did they know that they were going to drive them out of the customs. Maybe you can do something big with a bang.

Li Yu chatted with the two for a while, and felt that Tuoyangkun was also a rare talent among the thieves, so he encouraged him a few words, and asked Zhao Sheng to find an errand for this little fellow villager to do it in advance, and the two left happily.

"Hermes-Epitek, you can't do this, these homeless people must be dispersed and resettled, and they must not be allowed to form a group, especially not let the thief and his subordinates stay together." Wang Guoliang didn't know when he came over, and said to Li Yu in a low voice.

"Li Shuai, you want to be powerful, the first of these thieves is unruly, it's best to kill them all, you can't do it, I'll do it for you!" Sun Xianzu interjected beside Wang Guoliang, he was ordered to come to monitor the outflow of the homeless, but he was willing to help Li Yu - everyone is a partner to make money, and there is no need to divide each other.

Li Yu looked at the black-pressed exit team, thought for a while and said: "Thank you, two brothers, I know what to do, Brother Sun, you help me prepare more wine and meat, I want to invite them to a meal, it's time to set rules for them." ”

In the evening, more than 200 homeless leaders were invited to the Biaotouguan Counselor's Mansion, the courtyard was bustling and brightly lit, dozens of tables of banquets were set up, exuding a tempting taste of wine and meat, and the leaders who had been suffering for a long time were salivating, and while watching and wanting to eat a big meal, they listened to Li Yu's lecture to them. Li Yu's words were not long, and he clearly told the leaders that in the bitter cold land of Fengzhou, if you want to survive, you have to work hard, it is difficult to get rich and enjoy happiness, but it is easy to be an official, as long as you have the ability and are willing to do things for the people, you will have a great future, people with bad intentions and evil deeds, please leave quickly, Fengzhou does not accept black sheep. The leaders immediately patted their chests and assured that they were all good people and had never done anything bad, Li Yuwan smiled and said, Fengzhou has a hard life, and there will not be many opportunities to eat and drink well in the future.

The leaders cheered and ate in unison, and the large pieces of meat and large bowls of wine went down to their stomachs, making the mouths of these guys full of oil, and Li Yu also went to the tables to drink with them, and the leaders were even happier, and swore that they would follow the commander in the future. These people are all coarse goods, they can't control their mouths when they drink too much, and they start to talk nonsense, and the things that robbed and killed people before, eating fragrant and drinking spicy food have also come out, Zhao Sheng and Zhang Mengcun made gestures and faces to make them restrain themselves, but a few guys have drunk uncontrollably, and they have also said the most proud ugly things.

"What is it to eat and drink spicy food, grab some money, engage women to work the fastest, Lao Tzu worked all the way from Shaanxi to Shanxi, when passing by Pingyang, he broke into a rich man's house, in front of the rich man's family, Lao Tzu put his mother-in-law and daughter ****, and let the brothers also taste it, and after the end of the rich man's family, he killed the rich man's family, and his heart was happy!" A hairy-faced man said with a mouth full of wine.

"Old Zhang Fei, you are a very big deal, the lord and the eight kings once partnered to break through a town in Lu'an Mansion, robbed the property, played with women and was not fun, from a person who had been a big official caught a big belly, the lord and the eight kings bet, guessing that she was pregnant with a man or a woman, the lord could see at a glance that the girl was pregnant with a female fetus, the eight kings did not say that it was a male fetus, and when he opened the stomach, he saw that it was indeed a female fetus, and he won a bunch of silver from the eight kings, which of you has done this kind of thing? It's better to rebel, and the poor will also have a day to clean up the dog official. Another drunken guy boasted disdainfully.

Zhao Sheng and Zhang Mengcun were so frightened that they almost couldn't stand on their feet, and Zhao Sheng shouted loudly with a crying voice: "Old Zhang Fei, slippery in oil, if you want to die, you can die yourself, don't bother us all!" ”

The noise of the banquet stopped all of a sudden, and people all turned their eyes to Li Yu, the muscles on Li Yu's face twitched, and his hands trembled.

"You two can't go to Fengzhou, what you do makes me sick!" Li Yu suppressed the anger in his heart, took the bow and arrow from Mo Rige's hand, and said to the frightened pale old Zhang Fei and the oil slippery, "You guys run quickly, I will release the arrow a hundred steps away, it depends on whether God will let you live." ”

Old Zhang Fei and the oil slipped and turned his head and ran out, running more than a hundred steps in one breath, the old Zhang Fei just breathed a sigh of relief, he heard a scream in the oil, he turned his head and glanced at it, and the arrow in his heart fell to the ground after the oil slippery, and then he felt a cold air coming, and before he turned his head back, a sharp arrow was firmly nailed to his throat.

"If you do more injustice, you will be punished by heaven, and you will die innocently!" Li Yu handed the bow and arrow back to Mo Rige, and said to Du Hongtai with a cold face, "Tell them our rules, and if there is a foul in the future, take this as an example!" ”

Du Hongtai nodded, and read out the "Seven Killing Orders" aloud to the leaders of the displaced people standing in the courtyard: those who resist the military order and do not obey the officials will be killed; Those who are greedy for life and fear of death, and abandon their comrades, will be killed; Those who do not listen to orders and retreat before the battle will be killed; Whoever kills the people and rapes the women is killed; Those who destroy people's houses and fields and plunder property shall be killed; Those who enter people's houses without permission and provoke and disturb the people shall be killed.

The leaders had already woken up from the scare, and shouted in unison in fear to obey the order, Li Yu said sharply: "This is the wartime military discipline of my Fengzhou army, but from today, within a year, the whole Fengzhou will implement this order, I know that there are more than two of you who have done bad things, but I don't want to kill people anymore, the previous things will be written off from now on, in the future, you must do it yourself, as long as you sincerely do things for the people, Fengzhou will never treat him badly." ”

At night, there were more than a dozen thieves with a group of bandits who wanted to escape, but the officials and soldiers had set up a guard around them, Sun Xianzu would not be polite to these people, and more than 100 heads were hung at the city gate early the next morning, and the thieves no longer dared to think about it.