After Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, vomited a mouthful of blood, he still had to clean up the stall, count the number of people, and arrange for the army to be stationed in Zhuo County to replenish grain and grass. Returning to the eastern capital of Luoyang with Yang Guang's holy car, Duan Wenzhen privately approached Yang Xiong, the king of Guan, and asked if he could transfer Yang Chong to Zhuo County; After the death of the soldier Lang Mingya, the soldier Cao Lang Hu Sizheng was in charge of the military power, Duan Wenzhen always thought that Hu Sizheng was dangerous and immoral, and he could not entrust the secret power, and made trouble several times in the Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang.

Yang Xiong smiled bitterly: "You are too tired, don't mention this matter again." ”

Duan Wenzhen was puzzled and went back to chat with his eldest son Duan Quan; Duan Quan is the martial arts general of the right Yiwei, and he was on duty in Shangshutai during this time, and when he said Yang Chong, Duan Quan shook his head and said: "Many civil officials are talking about it, saying that Yang Chong's success is deliberately embarrassing the center. They said that the Eastern Turks attacked Tieleguan and the Great Sui, and that the war with the Eastern Turks was deliberately provoked by Yang Chong. ”

Duan Wenzhen had a strong personality, and when he heard the words, he was filled with righteous indignation, a mouthful of blood surged into his heart, and he forcibly swallowed it; Duan Quan waited for Duan Wenzhen to come over before he said: "Nayan Yang Da has trained several officials for this matter, but I quite admire Yang Chong, just with Gaochang County, he can kill 15,000 Turks." ”

Duan Wenzhen has fully understood what Yang Xiong means at this moment, the literati are picking out Yang Chong's high achievements, and he should indeed mention Yang Chong's name a little less, and the affairs of the military department will be like that for the time being. The news still spread to the palace, and even Empress Xiao came forward to say that Emperor Yang Guang of Sui was indeed a little unhappy, and while agreeing to the reward of the soldiers of Gaochang County, he once again issued an edict to reprimand Yang Chong for raising swords and soldiers, and fined him for two years; And asked Gaochang County to send 1,000 sets of infantry heavy armor and 3,000 war horses to Luoyang.

When the edict arrived in Gaochang County, Yang Chong asked Fang Xuanling to handle it in accordance with the edict, and those who should be awarded will be rewarded, and those who should be sent away will be sent away; Fang Xuanling is speechless, a thousand sets of heavy armor, not counting the salary, it is 50,000 catties of iron. However, Fang Xuanling knew that if Yang Chong's two iron factories were fully opened, 50,000 catties of iron would only be two months' output, and anyway, the money to buy iron would be from the county, and Yang Chong would still be able to earn a fortune.

When Yang Chong discussed privately with Sikong Xing and Meng Tuo, he still felt that he needed to continue to strengthen his strength, and Meng Tuo came up with an idea: "Turpan Commercial Bank can be listed in the county and look for capable people." ”

Although it was a practice of selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, Yang Chong was eager to seek talent, so he immediately asked Kou Jiuheng to arrange it, and announced three positions in the county, the stewards of Yancheng, Gaochang, and Hunicheng. It caused a sensation in Gaochang County for a while, and they all thought that it was a newcomer and a new atmosphere, after all, Kou Jiuhui, the new shopkeeper, was different from Jiang Duo is Yang Chong's brother-in-law, and if he wanted to do it, he had to do a career. Yang Yanshan was in charge of the reception office of the head office in Nanping City, and finally after Kou Jiuheng's interview, Mu Quankai, Kang Wuli, and Cao Pet stood out and served as the managers of the three offices.

One day after the recruitment ended, Fan Di, a grain merchant from Hunicheng, brought a couple to Yang Chong, a native of Jincheng, the man's name was Ling Jing, who was about the same age as Yang Chong, and looked like a scholar and a talent. Fan Di was actually uneasy in his heart, but he didn't expect that as soon as the doorman reported in, Yang Chong agreed to see them; After Wei Chigong carefully inspected the three of them, he took them to Yang Chong's office.

What surprised Wei Chigong and Fan Di was that after Yang Chong and Ling Jing greeted each other, they set their eyes on Mrs. Ling Jing; Mrs. Ling is a beautiful woman who is like a flower and jade, and she is a little unable to raise her head. Ling Jing preferred temperament, and stood aside lightly without squeaking; Yang Chong looked at it for a long time and said: "It turned out to be Li Xiyu, the daughter of Li Wang, the prince of Xi'an County, and Mr. Ling was the one who answered outside the Yangxi Post Station that night." ”

Mrs. Ling's face suddenly turned pale, and Ling Jing smiled bitterly: "Lord Yang is really good eyesight, at most, he glanced at Jing at night, and after many years, he still remembers that Shen has nothing to say." ”

Li Xiyu hurriedly took a few steps forward and said, "Lord Yang, this is not a matter of obedience, it is Xiyu's own opinion. ”

Fan Di secretly complained, he was watching Ling Jing and his wife living in poverty in Huni City, and wanted to find a job for them to make a living in the county guard mansion or Turpan commercial house, but he didn't expect the two to elope, and they were recognized by Yang Chong. Ling Jing dragged Li Xiyu and said, "Lord Yang is not prepared to do anything to us at all. ”

Yang Chong gave Ling Jing a thumbs up in his heart, and asked leisurely, "Mr. Ling has such a talent, why is he hiding in Mud City?" ”

This is a question that everyone has in their hearts, how vast the Central Plains is, where can not be Tibetan; Ling Jing said calmly: "The Li family's power is huge, and the protégés and caravans under it are all over the Longyou Western Regions, even in Huni City, I am also cautious. I thought that Nanping City was a smaller place, and Lord Yang's subordinates were originally merchants and poor men, so he was careless for a while. ”

After Yang Chong signaled Fan Di to go out, he invited Ling Jing and his wife to sit down, and asked them to bring two cups of tea and said, "You are a little lucky, but when you come to me, you just feel that the time has come to go out of the mountain, and you just want to try me, so you brought Mrs. Zun with you." Say, what use do you have to me. ”

Yang Chong's words were so direct, Li Xiyu looked at Yang Chong in surprise, and then at Ling Jing; Ling Jing reluctantly got up and saluted and said, "Thank you, Lord Haihan." When the villain saw the recruitment list of the Turpan Commercial Bank, he knew that there would be a big move below the adult, and he happened to hear Mr. Fan say that he and the adult were old acquaintances, so he took the liberty to come. The villain has three strategies, I don't know if the adults are willing to listen. ”

Yang Chong said without hesitation: "You have this kind of thought and courage, you have surpassed ordinary people too much, it is not in vain that Mrs. Ling ran away from home for you, no matter what you say, I will arrange for you to go to Yancheng to serve as Guan Cheng; If the strategy you said can be adopted by me, I will give you a place in the county guard's mansion, and your father-in-law will find it later, and I will help you carry it. ”

"Thank you, sir." Ling Jing knew that Yang Chong had no background, and it was not by luck that he could sit in this position, so he said loudly: "When the adults first arrived in Gaochang, they didn't recruit people, but now Gaochang County is thriving, and the Turpan Commercial Bank is not short of people, but the adults feel a crisis and need to prepare early." If it is a crisis of the alien race, the adults don't need to worry at all, the two human head landscapes are placed there, and the Western Turks have to weigh it; It is clear that this threat comes from the Central Plains. ”

Yang Chong took a sip of tea and said lightly: "It's a little interesting, go on." ”

Seeing that Yang Chong did not deny it, Ling Jing continued: "The Lord once made a decision on the West Strategy, and it was spread miraculously in the government and the opposition, and the two friends who kept communication with the villain were also admired. The villain saw through Dingxice that adults are masters of taking one step at a time, so the preparation now must be to cope with the mutation after a year and a half; The villain thinks that the adult is obsessed. ”

(End of chapter)