Because General Qi Shen visited again, there was a big banquet in the army that night, a coastal barracks, and a seaside dinner. Yang Changfan had to accompany him, he knew that it was useless to mention Shen Minrui again, if Qi Jiguang really cared about her so much, he would have taken the initiative to mention it a long time ago.

Taking this opportunity, we can only talk about another thing.

After drinking too much, Yang Changfan and the generals all blushed, and drunkards like Pang Qiyi had already turned purple red, and no one could tell whether they were drunk or understood.

Yang Changfan rubbed his stomach, and his face naturally showed a sad expression: "After saying so much, I'm still afraid." ”

"Afraid?" Pang Qiyi's face was purple and he was about to raise the knife, "What is Senator Yang afraid of?" I'm going to cut it down now! ”

Yang Changfan pouted outside the door: "Come again, it's not easy to do." ”

Everyone couldn't help but sigh a sigh of relief, why mention this when you are so happy?

Deputy Qianhu made a round, lifted the wine pot and poured wine for Yang Changfan while saying: "It's okay, there is General Qi Counselor's command, General Pang is brave, plus Yang Senator's tiger gun, how many Japanese people will die." ”

This is also quite powerful, and it slapped three people in one sentence.

But Yang Changfan didn't buy it much: "Yes, I have a strong weapon in Shaoxing, but this soldier is ......."

Okay, and mention even more uninteresting things.

When it comes to Zhejiang's soldiers, this is a problem that even the gods can't solve, and the deputy Qianhu was immediately dumb, just pouring wine, and he couldn't continue the round.

Qi Jiguang also blushed drunk and laughed: "It seems that Senator Yang still blames me for not sending troops to Lihai!" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Yang Changfan said again and again, "Lihai is not an important town, and there are not a few soldiers at the moment. ”

"Yes, there are three places in Ningshaotai, Shaoxing is located in the hinterland, and there is relatively less chaos. Ningbo Taizhou is the front line. Senator Yang is worried about Lihai, I understand, but the overall situation must also be taken into account. ”

"Having said that, it's just that the arsenal, armory, and arsenal craftsmen are all in Lihai right now, and once there is a loss, I am afraid that it will be a heavy loss."

"I was about to bring it up." Qi Jiguang said unhurriedly, "Why don't you move to Shaoxing and Hangzhou?" With the support of Governor Hu Zhao Shangshu. It is certainly more convenient to do things in Fucheng, and the allocation of materials is also less labor-saving. ”

This question has been asked by many people, but Yang Changfan has never been able to answer it truthfully.

The armory workshop is located in Lihai, and there is a greater significance, how can it be that he only engages in flintlock pistols in this life?

Every time he faced this problem, Yang Changfan had to change the topic: "I don't know if I can solve it in another way." ”

He then made a mistake and said, "Can you also recruit some soldiers in Lihai?" ”

Qi Jiguang's eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Is Senator Yang going to recruit him?" ”

"Anyone can do it, and so can General Pang."

"This ......" Qi Jiguang pondered for a moment and looked at the two, "What do you think?" ”

"Enough...... Use it...... "Pang took righteousness and said hesitantly.

Qi Jiguang then turned to look at Yang Changfan: "The expenses of recruitment." It is more than the expenses of the soldiers in the guard, and Ning Shaotai always has a limit, and if there are too many, Governor Hu will not agree. ”

Qi Jiguang naturally has his own ambitions, and the recruitment expenses should be used on the blade, and he has just had the power to fight, so when he is showing his strength, how can he use it on other people's recruitment?

"Let's change the angle and take the route of the Ministry of Industry. Recruit troops in the name of defending the armory, without Zhejiang's expenses. Yang Changfan nodded to the table and said what he wanted. Nominally, this soldier is a soldier from Zhejiang, and in terms of expenses, the money from the Ministry of Labor is used to support it, what do you think? ”

Several people looked at each other, and Pang Qiyi was confused anyway. I can't figure out what Yang Changfan means.

Qi Jiguang is really much smarter, and he realized the key in three or two clicks.

Zhao Wenhua's greed is clear in the system.

It is trivial to welcome and receive gifts, and embezzlement of public funds is the place with the most oil and water.

Among the fat oil of public funds, the fattest ones are the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. One has engineering funds, and the other controls military salaries, these two aspects are almost the supreme pursuit of oil.

Zhao Wenhua is already the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, on the one hand, he has occupied the commanding heights, and in terms of military salary, he has always been limited, and he actually came to Zhejiang for this aspect, but Zhang Jing Li Tianpet was ironclad and did not give him a place to ding.

Now if the Ministry of Industry spends money to recruit a group of soldiers, the fat of this military salary will be comfortable and justifiably fall into the mouth of Zhao Dujun, and others will not be able to touch it if they want to.

Qi Jiguang thought about it for a while, and immediately asked, "But what does Senator Yang mean?" ”

"Not exactly." Yang Changfan gave a vague answer.

"Then how does Senator Yang think it should be implemented?"

"I think so......" Yang Changfan continued, "After all, it is a recruitment, although it is not a private soldier, but there are always concerns, and it is not appropriate for me to mention it." ”

"Shall I mention it?" Pang asked Yiyi.

"It's not appropriate." Yang Changfan then looked at Qi Jiguang, "The general mentioned." ”

"How?"

"The general inspected Lihai, felt that the garrison was too weak, the armory workshop was here, and the defense should be strengthened, but the military salary was limited, and Ningbo Taizhou was tight, it was really not good to allocate troops to Lihai, think about it, the armory workshop is also a matter of the Ministry of Industry......"

"Understood." Qi Jiguang nodded knowingly, "I'll just hand over another piece of paper." ”

There is really no risk or loss for him in this matter, but he just puts a concern up, and the above will arrange it if he is willing to arrange it, and forget it if he is not willing.

"Oh, thank you General Qi, come on!" Yang Changfan raised his glass at this time.

Everyone raised their glasses and grinned to deal with the past.

Both numbers and talents are indispensable, and corrupt officials are not all useless, they are usually more generous than clean officials, of course, not for personal property, but for state property. Let Zhao Wenhua allocate tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of taels, as long as he has his own oil and water, it is like playing. In Hai Rui's hands, he couldn't squeeze a penny.

It's not that the world needs corrupt officials, it can only be said that corrupt officials are sometimes a handy tool.

In Hu Zongxian's eyes, this is even more so.

Hushuguan died nine times for a lifetime, and the widows finally dispersed temporarily, but whether it was himself or Zhao Wenhua, their faces were extremely ugly, and the solution was to package them better, and then pile ugly things on other people's heads.

The right to speak is always a crucial thing, and it is even more important in this era, because the world is actually a person who has the final say, and has the right to speak in front of this person. And you have everything under control.

In this regard, Yan Dang has been doing it for more than ten years, and he must be a veteran.

In addition, the loser, who didn't seem to have failed much, had to face the failure in front of him.

This time, Xu Hai led the Japanese to fight in the southeast for more than half a year. The Wako don't have as much ambition as he does. I haven't been to Suzhou and Nanjing, who cares about it? All the Japanese are worried about is money and goods, and the Ming Dynasty is no longer bearable, compared to Kyushu, where birds don't lay eggs, it is also full of gold. Susong in eastern Zhejiang went around, they were already full of money, and it was time to feel homesick. Originally, Xu Hai was beaten with some chicken blood and was eager to try, but this attempt at Hushu Pass failed, although the Ming army was easy to deal with. But there are too many of them, no matter how they kill, they can't kill them all, plus the wolf soldiers jump out from time to time to bite a bite, they have no hope for Suzhou and Hangzhou, and their homesickness is getting stronger, although the birds in Kyushu don't lay eggs, but the wife and children are there after all.

The vast majority of the Japanese leaders chose to return to Tuolin after plundering along the road. Enough has been grabbed.

But Xu Hai still didn't leave.

These pirates are still too useless. They are all reckless.

Before leading the pirates to plunder, he would discuss the strategy and share the spoils with the leaders. As the leader of the way, he got his share in Tuolin, but he only gave the best of them to his wife, and asked her to take them back to Kyushu, and he took the rest of the money and left it in Tuolin. For him. It's not over yet, if you can't convince them and tell them how rich Suzhou and Hangzhou are, then let them appreciate it for themselves.

He made a plan that was even more whimsical than the seizure of Suzhou by the Hushu Villa.

……

Hu Zongxian and Xia Zheng traveled in plain clothes and strolled through the streets of Huiji.

The streets are neat. The people's expressions were cheerful, although they were not so obvious from before, but they were enough to see the effect of Hai Rui's rule. However, Hu Zongxian was not interested in Hai Rui at all, and if he was interested, he would have sent a message to Hai Rui to greet him. In his eyes, Hai Rui is a talent, but not the kind he needs.

In the end, he and Xia Zheng stopped in front of the Xu Mansion, which was the former He Mansion.

Both of them were a little flustered.

"Didn't you say that Xu Wenchang made a living by teaching, and he didn't even have the money to marry a wife?"

"The last time I went to San'in, it was like that." Xia Zheng also panicked when he stood here, "This house should be no worse than Zhao Overseer's, right?" ”

"I can't count five in Zhejiang."

"Wait for me to ask." Xia Zheng looked left and right, and after finding an old man to ask, he turned around, "Xu Wenchang also just moved in, and this was originally Li Tianpet's nephew's house." ”

"......I see," Hu Zongxian then asked, "Then why did Xu Wenchang live in?" ”

"The old man said that Yang Changfan of Lihai took the house and gave it to Xu Wenchang to live in."

Hu Zongxian's eyebrows furrowed: "Didn't you ask Yang Changfan to introduce Xu Wenchang before?" ”

"Yes...... But Senator Yang meant that Xu Wenchang was just a fool, so he didn't invite him. I then went to San'in to talk to him, and he wasn't very interested in being a staff member......"

Hu Zongxian had already squinted his eyes and looked up at the plaque: "We have been deceived." ”

"I really don't understand." Xia Zheng frowned and scratched his head, "What is Yang Changfan thinking?" Does he really plan to become the governor of the prefect? Or is it self-cherishing? ”

"I don't think so, Senator Yang has a very poisonous eye, and Inspector Zhao praises him, and the current thing of the tiger gun is also done beautifully, and he doesn't know how to get acquainted with General Qi. The person he wants to hide, it's not bad. ”

"......" Xia Zheng was speechless, "it's just...... Such an old talent, Mr. Teaching, can solve the situation in the southeast? ”

"Do you really think that the key to the southeast is in the war?" Hu Zongxian said with a smile.

"But for now, the war is still the top priority, right?"

"I don't think it's the first class." Hu Zongxian sighed, "You have also seen the situation under Hushu Pass before, the rabble of Japanese robbers will never be able to defeat here. ”

"I understand, it's all that crazy Xu Hai."

"Yes, Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, these two Huizhou folks of mine are the key to everything."

"Brother Ruzhen is reasonable, but these two ......"

"So, we're coming here." Hu Zongxian raised his hand and pointed to the plaque, "With all due respect, you are in the same vein as Xia Yan after all, you are too upright and gentlemanly, and you are too upright in your work." ”

"I only thought Brother Ruzhen was praising me." Xia Zheng smiled awkwardly.

Hu Zongxian is not praising people: "It's just that in this world, the way of a righteous man and a gentleman will not work, I have come here step by step, and there is really no upright behavior." ”

“…… I understand. ”

Hu Zongxian patted Xia Zheng as he said: "Don't worry, you and I have worked together for many years, and we have long been like brothers, but the current situation requires an evil talent and a poisonous plan." ”

"I fully understand, Brother Ruzhen doesn't need to say much."

"That's good, I admire Xia Shoufu, and I also admire you, a gentleman is a gentleman after all." Hu Zongxian nodded, and finally knocked on the door.

There was no reserve at all, and the door opened immediately, as if someone was hanging in front of the door.

The person who opened the door was even more weird, the size was almost the same as the door beam, and in Shaoxing, there was no second stupid big man like this.

"Senator Yang?"

"Governor Hu?"

Both sides were taken aback.

Hu Zongxian reacted faster, and quickly laughed: "I understand, Senator Yang is willing to be Mr. Xu's doorman!" ”

"I ...... This ......" Yang Changfan really couldn't explain it, he was indeed here to help Xu Wenchang sweep the yard. To say that his villain is also a high authority now, and some of the two heads of the three days came to help Lao Xiucai sweep the yard, what kind of sincerity is this, he hoped to move Xu Wenchang with such sincerity, but he didn't expect to bump into this old fox.

There is no way, in the end, it is the governor of Zhejiang, although he is extremely reluctant, but Yang Changfan has no choice but to invite in.

"Is Mr. Xu there?" Hu Zongxian entered the courtyard and said to the fourth advisor.

"Prepare for the exam in the room."

Xu Wenchang was still studying hard in the room to prepare for the exam, and he didn't know that such a heavyweight came to the courtyard.

"Oh...... Indeed, in a few days it will be the township test. "Hu Zongxian is not easy to disturb, Liu Xuande looked at the thatched house three times, but he didn't even dare to disturb sleeping, let alone such an important thing as preparing for the exam.

But when it comes to exam preparation, Hu Zongxian is happy.

He himself is the chief examiner in Zhejiang.

The fate of Xu Wenchang's exam is in his hands to some extent.

Hey, grab a man with me?

From his expression, Yang Changfan read a capital "dirty" word.

said a thousand things and ten thousand, what Xu Wenchang really cares about is the exam.

No matter how you talk about it, Zhejiang's main exams are much more brilliant than yourself.

This old thing, it's really dirty to rob men, can't you learn from General Qi!

Xu Wenchang immersed himself in hard study, but his family didn't need it, and the old mother saw that several guests were extraordinary, and even Senator Yang nodded her head, and hurriedly went to the study to call out her son.

Xu Wenchang came to the hall, Xia Zheng he had seen it, and who Xia Zheng was accompanying was naturally about to come out.

"Governor Hu?" Xu Wenchang saluted in surprise.

Hu Zongxian got up and greeted him with a smile and said, "Mr. Xu made it easy for me to find it!" ”

Xu Wenchang was flattered, so he sat down with Hu Zongxian.

Yang Changfan's face was full of jealousy, my mother's son sweeps the floor for you every day, you have this attitude, seeing him is like seeing your father?

No way, after all, he is the governor and the father of a province. (To be continued.) )