Liu Zhilun, Jin Sheng, and Sun Qifeng pondered for a long time, and the judgment of the Great Law Division was placed on the table, and they had read it several times, and the verdict seemed to have resulted in a verdict that no one had suffered, and even the White Lotus Cult had not been harmed—those cult members had already changed their ways, so did they still need to ban it? But the hidden meaning behind the verdict is thought-provoking.

"Ortai is the founder of Fengzhou's patriarch, in the minds of Fengzhou people second only to the Erji Lama and Li Hanmin, led by him of the great law department naturally has high power, but this time it is blatant to seize power, Fengzhou implements the decision of the case, there is this beginning, the great law division seems to be on par with the grand commander's office, is Li Hanmin dividing power again? Yuan Cheng, have you pushed Li Hanmin too hard lately? Sun Qifeng asked contemplatively.

"With this precedent, the Great Law Division has grasped the power to review and interpret the law in its hands, and the supreme trial power of the Council of Parliamentarians is almost in name only, Brother Yuan Cheng, you have been used, the smaller the authority of the Han people, the smaller the threat to the imperial court, but the greater the threat of Fengzhou to the imperial court, think about it, if the power of the Han people is greatly reduced under your suppression, who can suppress Fengzhou? You shouldn't be fighting this lawsuit. Jin Sheng shook his head and sighed.

"Where did I force him? Since he was injured, I have rarely scolded him, it was Wang Fang, the bastard, who made me angry, and this account must be settled. Liu Zhilun stomped his feet and left.

Liu Zhilun was a step late, and after receiving the verdict of the Grand Law Division, the Grand Commander's Office immediately announced that Wang Fang would be dismissed, and at the same time transferred Zhang Guoji from Xuande Wei to Titang Division.

"This matter can't end here, immediately convene a meeting of the councillors to retry it, even if it is to change the verdict and copy it again, the General Military Palace, no, the authority of the Grand Commander's Office must be maintained." Liu Zhilun suddenly cared about the Grand Commander's Mansion.

"We understand what the governor means, and the Grand Consul's Mansion also wants to do so, but you also know that there are all kinds of people in our group of councilors, and if they get together, they may not know what will happen, and Hermes-Epitek said that more is better than less, so just admit it." Li Fugui helped Liu Zhilun sit down with a smile, and casually pointed to Li Huai next to him, "We are really busy, you see, Yushan is so worried that he doesn't want to eat." ”

Li Huai lay on the table, staring at the corn nest and radish soup in front of him, his eyes straightened, he came back from Fort Victory for many days, and he also caused a big trouble - it was too difficult to dismiss the prisoners of the Ming army, and finally there were more than 6,000 people to follow outside the pass, and voluntarily asked to be naturalized in Fengzhou, it is no wonder that they, the price of rice in Datong has broken through five taels of silver and one stone, and it is impossible to support the family by military salaries, not to mention the arrears and deductions, but Fengzhou is also short of food, and how to settle these people has become a big problem.

Fengzhou is short of food but can raise money, and the wealthy merchants and gentry in the Guannai who are required to invest in the banknote bureau have made up a million taels of share capital, but these people's money is not easy to take, and they must pay a price, these Liu Zhilun knows, and he is also worried, he glanced at Li Huai sympathetically, sighed and asked, "Where has Hermes-epitek gone?" ”

"There are guests in the Guannai, and Hermes-Epitek is going to accompany you," Na Mu'er came in with a bunch of official documents, and said with a smile, "The governor is here to find Wang Fang, right?" Knowing that you couldn't spare him, he packed up his things and ran away. ”

Wang Fang walked out of the Great Commander's Mansion, turned three times and two times into an SX-style mansion, which is where the Black Eagle Trading Company works, Wang Ershun immediately took him to see Wu Langha - Wang Ershun is a talent, can write and calculate, and can also observe words and feelings, entered the Li family and quickly won the trust of Wulan and Wu Langha, and was exceptionally promoted to housekeeper, Wu Langha took him with him wherever he went.

Wu Langha, the president of the Black Eagle Trading Company, was sitting behind the bookcase, and there were several generals under her - Ma Sister-in-law who gave advice, Liu Naren who took care of business, Yang Wan who contacted merchants, and the one sitting on the edge to write the documents must be Hadari's wife Wu Ya, Wu Langha is not very literate, and the work of copywriting is inseparable from her, and another important person behind the scenes, Ulan Hatun, who manages money, did not show up as before.

"Wang Tongzhi is still here, it doesn't matter if you lose your official, I will use it if it is a talent, and I will also serve the commander as an errand in the Black Eagle Trading Company, so as not to be upset by those Ming officials." Wu Langha said with a smile.

"Thank you Hatun for your love, Xiaomin is unofficial and wants to do something, but I can't do business things, I want to do a newspaper like the imperial court's "Tang Daily" and "Di Bao", which are specially for the people to see, and can be called "Minbao". Wang Fang replied.

"Can you make money running newspaper posts? Besides, there are too few literate people here, who is willing to spend money to buy your newspaper posts. Sister-in-law Ma shook her head incessantly.

"My newspaper post is sent for free, each village has a copy of the teachings, it is not hidden, the teachings of the Zhili Wenxiang Sect, the postes are all from my hands, find some way to make the people understand, I also have a hand of movable type printing skills, the newspaper is very suitable, make money, a little difficult, but there are some ways, that is, the start-up fee can not be raised, so I have to ask Hatun to help, the people dare to guarantee, with this newspaper, the whole world will know that the commander is the god of saving the suffering."

Yang Wan said hesitantly: "The Ming Kingdom has a large territory and a large population, so it is naturally necessary to report the post, but there is a new thing in our Fengzhou that has spread all over the world in a few days, and I don't think this business can be worth it." ”

"This is not a business, but a major event closely related to my great business in Fengzhou, a few people can think about it again, I will go to other places to contact first." Wang Fang smiled, turned his head and walked out.

"Mr. Wang, please stay, this newspaper Black Eagle Trading Company has done it," Wu Langha stood up suddenly, waved his hand and said to Wang Fang, "Black Eagle Trading Company has any business, but it lacks a unique business, we pay to run the "People's Daily", it doesn't matter whether it is profitable or lost, I just hope that Mr. can be subdued in our company." ”

Dealing with smart people is a pleasure, and things can be negotiated in a few words, and Wang Fang happily went down with Wang Ershun. Shen Shoulian slipped in quietly again and asked Wang Fang what he was doing here, and Wu Lang smiled and told Wang Fang's intention to tell the business partner.

"Talent! This guy is a master of demagogy, he must be left behind," Shen Shoulian clapped his hands and exclaimed, and then regretted, "Why is he always one step ahead of me, the civilian party is actually the gang of the peasant and pastoral association, they have gained power, don't we rich people have to be bullied by the poor, no, we also have to build the party, and we also have to run newspapers." ”

"However, the book says that 'a gentleman is not a party', if we ......" Yang Wan frowned again.

"Mrs. Mao, which of us is a gentleman? Who is willing to be a gentleman? Shen Shoulian interrupted Yang Wan's words, and said anxiously, "This matter can't be delayed, I'll immediately find Li Jianji and Sun Tingyao, two bastards, to discuss the plan of building the party, and take a step first!" ”

As soon as Shen Shoulian left, the women couldn't help laughing, Wu Langha finished laughing, pointed to Wu Ya and said: "In the future, their newspapers will have to read carefully, just say good things about us, dare to do something with us, and see how I clean him up." ”

On the shore of the black HB, in a guest room of the Naturalization Town Pavilion, Li Yu held a letter and read it quietly - the letter was written by the new SX governor Wu Xian, this person is indeed capable, three years from the SX patrol all the way to the top of the Fengjiang official, and less than a month after taking office to find the key problems of SX, he first reviewed the friendship with Li Yu in the letter, said that he did not believe in the rumors of the government and the opposition, praised Li Yu as the pillar of the country, the world's famous general, at the age of less than 30 years old to take charge of a town of soldiers, the future is limitless, Then he accused Li Yu of taking the opportunity of doing business to disturb the morale of the army, and now SX Town can still fight with the tiger and the fierce tiger, and the other officers and soldiers have become military businessmen who can only do business and will not fight, and they are like local chickens and dogs on the battlefield, and local tax arrears are common, especially Pingyang and Zelu are the most serious, so that he can hardly receive money and food, which is also related to Li Yu's secret agitation, so Li Yu must settle the things he provoked, and must send troops to assist him in suppressing bandits, and he must raise his own food and salary, otherwise, He doesn't want this black gauze hat and wants to rectify the SX town official army, and then Fengzhou's business will not want to continue.

Li Yu closed his eyes after reading the letter and thought for a while, the chaos of SX is indeed related to him, in the past few years, Wang Guoliang and Sun Xianzu have been too arrogant, secretly manipulating SX's officials and troops to act recklessly, SX's business has almost made them do it all over, and others are not honest, including Hu Dawei and Meng Ruhu are also helping him sell illicit salt, Wu Xian's accusation is not wrong at all.

"Hermes-Epitek, the current situation of SX is like this, natural and man-made disasters continue one after another, it is already a piece of erosion, and the people are suffering! A large number of thieves are flowing in Huguang, also because it is really difficult to survive, Lord Wu is a person who does practical things, and he will only open his mouth to you when he is forced to do nothing, you have to help him! The guest sitting next to him said - Zhang Daojun, the joint defense supervisor of Zezhou to suppress thieves, has had a hard time these years, leading the township soldiers to repeatedly fight with the thieves, swearing to defend his homeland in the bloody rain, and because the leader owed the court taxes and increased the distribution, he was suppressed by local officials, and the former SX governor Xu Dingchen almost wanted to arrest him and put him in prison, and after Wu Xian arrived, his situation improved.

After Zhang Daojun finished speaking, he glanced at the three people who accompanied him - one is Wang Chong, the owner of Xinghe Iron Factory, and the other two are Li Mao and Chen Shishi, villagers of Baita Village, after the dissolution of Fengzhou Iron Works, Chen Shishi followed Wang to Xinghe Iron Works again, and also became the director of the Iron Factory, Li Mao was left by Wu Langha, and was also sent to Xuanhe Iron Factory as the director, all three of them are from Yangcheng, Zezhou, and they also have a head and face in Fengzhou.

Wang blushed again and said: "Lord Zhang, I have been listening to your words, staying in Fengzhou to take care of our Zezhou people's business, and money and weapons have not been sent to the family, but after so many years of fighting, the bandits are getting worse and worse, and my hometown is getting poorer and poorer. ”

"Boss Wang has a lot of insight, and this statement is to the point," Zhang Daojun applauded, and said to Li Yu in a low voice, "Lord Wu once whispered to me, if Hermes-Epitek is willing, he can promote you as the chief soldier of SX, but I think this is not a long-term solution, and if I don't do it, I will drive you out of the customs, Hermes-Epitek, let me ask you, do you want to enter the customs?" As long as you nod your head, you will wrap it up on me, and with the support of the SX gentry, you will be able to stand in SX, and the court will not dare to deny it. ”

The four Zezhou people in the room looked at Li Yu together, and after being silent for a long time, Li Yu shook his head and replied: "Fengzhou has not been governed well, where do I dare to enter SX, forget it, I still guard the gate first, and talk about it later." ”

"It's not promising, after so many years, you still look like you have no ambitions, now it's a troubled time, everyone else is grabbing territory, you don't want the opportunity to send it to the door, then stay here and wait for death." Zhang Daojun was so angry that he stood up and was about to leave, and the other three Zezhou people were also disappointed.

"Brother Zixuan, please stay," Li Yu got up and grabbed Zhang Daojun, turned his face and said to the people of Zezhou, "Fengzhou can have today, it is inseparable from your help, it is all because I have no ability, I owe SX too much, just do it according to Lord Wu's wishes, the Fengzhou army sends troops to SX to help as much as I want, but I have no food and no salary, Lord Wu must also promise me a condition, where my Fengzhou army fights, I will be allowed to do business wherever I go." ”

Zhang Daojun snorted and didn't speak, and Li Yu begged cheekily: "Brother Zixuan, Master Song helped me, but it's a pity that his old man passed away, so you can help me too." ”

"More on that later!" Zhang Daojun replied coldly.

Li Yu pulled Zhang Daojun to sit down, and talked about the situation in Zezhou, Zhang Daojun's eyes immediately turned red - Zezhou to the south is the northeast of HN close to the thief's nest Taihang Mountain, but the people have always been rich, naturally the target of the thief's robbery, and the official army will come to clean up accordingly, Zezhou has become a battlefield repeatedly fought for by both sides, in the troubled times, the bandit family, the thief came to burn, kill, plunder, do all evil, the people suffered, the official army came to kill the good and take the merits, rob the property, the people still suffered, Zezhou township soldiers guarded the countryside, and the thieves fought at the same time, It is also often fought with rotten soldiers, and after a few years of fighting, the rural fathers and elders, young and strong have been killed and injured countless times, and the former prosperous and wealthy Zezhou has become a piece of erosion, but fortunately, a large number of thieves have crossed the Yellow River in the south, and the villagers have a chance to take a breath, or they really can't live.

"Thieves and rotten soldiers are not people, but a group of beasts, they can do all the evil things in the world, I want to go back and continue to protect my fellow villagers, as long as I don't die, I will do it to the end." Zhang Daojun gritted his teeth and said that the three Zezhou people next to him were already full of tears and couldn't cry.

"Brother Zixuan, I will definitely help you, give me some more time, okay!" Li Yu wiped his eyes, held Zhang Daojun's hand and said, "In a few days, there are still some people coming from Guannei, I ask you to help us calculate the future of Fengzhou." ”

In October, when Fengzhou ushered in the first snow, the guests arrived at naturalization, mainly businessmen from Kannai, but there were also several important people - Father Gao Yizhi, Han Lin, and the big imam Ma Laohan invited by Bai Xianzhi, this person is a distant relative of Lao Bai, proficient in **** teachings, and is very famous in SX, known as Dr. Ma. When the Ming Dynasty was generally full of suspicion and even hostility towards Fengzhou, it showed support to be able to come to Fengzhou, and the people of Fengzhou welcomed them with the greatest enthusiasm, and Wang Mumin, the ambassador of Datong trade and the director of the Titang Institute, personally escorted them out of the customs, and the Flying Tiger Battalion escorted the whole process, and tens of thousands of men and women welcomed them, and Li Yu also led all the important officials of the Commander's Office to cross the Heihe River to greet them, and the warm scene made the guests a little flattered.

"Hermes-Epitek, let me introduce you to these two are the Longhua Democratic Sect and Father John Tong." Gao Yizhi greeted Li Yu with a crutch.

Long Huamin and Tang Ruowang were in a daze, Gao Yizhi went to Beijing again to report the grand occasion of the mission in Fengzhou, Long Huamin still didn't believe it, Tang Ruowang advocated that seeing is believing, pulled up Long Huamin and ran over, the scene in front of him was too shocking - led by Liu Xingzuo, Wang Zheng, Namur, and Ma Guangyuan, thousands of people braved the wind and snow to chant "Jehovah", and the children were still lined up in front of them to sing the song "Jehovah blesses the world, and the world praises Jehovah".

"Adam, is this true? Do They Love Jehovah? Long Huamin excitedly grabbed Namur and asked.

"Lord Bishop, it's true, more than 10,000 people have converted to our religion in Fengzhou, and many people are waiting for you to baptize with Father Tang and Father Gao." Namur said proudly.

Li Yu came over to give a salute, smiled and said to Long Huamin: "Lord Bishop, do you remember me?" I dozed off in Nantang a few years ago and you kicked me out. ”

"I remember, Father Gao mentioned this to me, young man, you are doing well, I will report to the Holy See, ask that you be made a friend of Christ, and that you have to be sent here to spread the Gospel." Long Huamin also replied with a smile.

"And allow us to translate and print the Bible." Namur said hurriedly.

"Of course." Long Huamin nodded in agreement.

Dr. Ma is also a lively scene, **** in Fengzhou is the second largest religion after Lamaism, compared to the development of Western religion is relatively slow, but there are 50,000 people, what is missing is a spiritual teacher, Bai Xianzhi, Bai Yuzhu, Ma Qi took a lot of effort to invite Dr. Ma, and since then **** believers also have the backbone.

Li Yu immediately said loudly that Fengzhou is a happy land of belief in "freedom, equality, and benevolence", and as long as all people and the order abide by the "Naturalization Oath", whether it is business, work, or mission, Fengzhou will welcome it, and the crowd immediately erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Subsequently, in order to thank the believers for their enthusiasm, Dr. Ma braved the snow to give a short lecture on the scriptures, and the businessmen came more than 100 people, the farthest from Nanzhili and Huguang, and also mixed with Li Jianji, Shen Shoulian, Sun Tingyao and others to talk.

"Didn't the Lama come here?" Liu Zhilun stretched his neck and looked around, he was really a little afraid that the believers of these major religions would fight.

"Lama Erji avoided, yesterday he led the great lamas of the monasteries to the old capital to pay tribute to the Great Yuan Shizu Emperor, the old man is far-sighted!" Ortai replied.