At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the law and order collapsed, the salt monopoly system existed in name only, and civil and military officials and local warlords were desperately selling illicit salt. For example, Xu Yong, a general under Zuo Liangyu, has always had dealings with illegal salt dealers such as Li Sizhi, and after surrendering to the Manchu Dynasty, he became the general soldier of Huangzhou, and still continued to sell illegal salt in Huangzhou.

"General Wang, I'm digging meat from the Tartars, and I'm not guilty!" Li Si still had a bit of an economic war mind, and saluted Wang Kefan again and said: "This batch of salt must be returned to me, General Wang has any conditions, just say it bluntly, as long as Li Si can do it, I guarantee that there is no ......."

"My conditions are very simple, first, help me collect all kinds of information, and second, help me go to De'an Mansion to get someone."

"What do you mean?" Li Si didn't understand.

"You are selling smuggled salt, and you also have acquaintances on the side of the Manchu Tartars, no matter what news you hear, try to report it to me as much as possible, as long as you provide sufficient information, you will be able to ensure that you are unimpeded on the Junshui River in the future......"

In this era, there were no telegraphs, telephones, and no newspapers, and the speed of information transmission was very slow, and the collection of intelligence required a lot of manpower, material resources, and time, and there were often all kinds of mistakes.

Wang Kefan's strength is now limited and he cannot support large-scale intelligence gathering work, and the situation outside Chongyang is a blind eye, and in addition to hearsay, he relies on his historical knowledge to make a judgment on the situation. However, the records in the history books are all major events, and the specific details are very vague.

Li Si's rivers and lakes are pervasive, going back and forth between the Manchu Qing and the Southern Ming Dynasty, and will bring back all kinds of useful information, which is much better than extorting him for a few hundred taels of silver.

"Whether it is Fujian, Jiangxi or Guangdong, I want news from the southern provinces, and the Manchu Tartars are even more important, the deployment of the Qing army's troops, personnel and equipment, the quantity of grain and grass materials, even if it is the temper and preferences of the generals, and the short news from the parents, how much ...... there is."

With Wang Kefan's explanation, Li Si seemed to understand, and he was clearly more confused, asking about everything in this mess, what are you going to do?

"Okay, I, Li Si, was originally doing dirty work, as long as the brothers are careful, I can always give General Wang an explanation." He pondered for a while, felt that it was not too difficult, patted his chest and agreed, and asked: "By the way, General Wang's second condition is to go to De'an Mansion to get someone, what does it mean?" ”

"It's simpler, but you can't go wrong! As long as you bring people, we will hand them over with one hand and salt with the other. ”

"Who the hell is this man? To die or to live? Li Si was even more urgent.

"Of course he has to live, it's okay to have no arms or legs, but he must not hurt his life." Wang Kefan paused and said, "This person just begged for a petty official from Tartar, named Cheng Jiubo......"

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De'an Mansion, a brothel in Manxianglou.

De'an Mansion, roughly the area of Suizhou, Hubei Province in later generations, is located north of Wuchang Mansion, which was originally controlled by Bai Wang of the Dashun Army, but is now the rear of the Qing Army.

The shaving order has just been implemented here, whether it is the turtle teapot or the old customers in the brothel, when they see each other, they have to touch their weird-looking bald heads, laugh bitterly at themselves, and the bold will scold the tartar twice, and the timid ones hurry up to remind them.

"Hey, be quiet, come in a Tartar officer."

As soon as the curtain of Manchun Lou was lifted, Cheng Jiubo walked in with his chest folded, like a general who was about to set foot on the battlefield, but the eight-grade official uniform did not fit well, no matter how you looked at it, it was a bit of a monkey and a crown, and the demeanor of the old bustard turtle was not very respectful.

Cheng Jiubo was annoyed in his heart, damn it, Lao Tzu is now an official master, why aren't these guys afraid? It's all to blame the old Zhao Dog who has clothes for looking down on people, and the official uniform he gave is not pompous at all...... Regardless of him, you must open foreign meat today!

"Where's the bitch? Lao Tzu wants to prostitute! ”

With a bang, the old guests laughed together, but the kiln sister Guigong of Manchun Building was so angry that she gritted her teeth, if it weren't for him wearing an official uniform, she would have rushed up and beat him up.

"This lord, you better go to another house......"

The old bustard saw that he was a raw melon egg, but he couldn't beat or scold, so he wanted to coax him away, but just halfway through speaking, a charming female voice came from behind him.

"This uncle, I'm a bitch, just waiting for you to prostitute-"

It's really prodigal and cheap!

Many old guests trembled in their hearts, the voice was soft and trembling, the wind was coquettish, and the bones were crispy when they listened to it, but they wanted to see what she looked like, everyone looked back, and they were immediately stunned, but they didn't expect that this kiln sister was clearly a beautiful woman!

"Seal Hime...... You, don't you pick up customers? The bustard was very puzzled.

In De'an Mansion, Manxianglou can only be regarded as a second-rate brothel, just because there is no top-notch girl to support the façade.

Two days ago, this seal Ji suddenly entered the door, and the old bustard saw her first-class talent and appearance, like a gold ingot falling from the sky, ready to hold her into a cash cow of the Xianglou, and she has been hiding for the past few days and has not forced her to pick up customers. Unexpectedly, how did she come out on her own, and she also fell in love with this Tartar official.

"Since I have entered the Manchun Building, I have to pick up customers sooner or later, but I only like the official master......" Seal Ji floated in front of Cheng Jiubo like a gust of wind, standing together with a beautiful and ugly one, looking even more incongruous, but she seemed to see the most beautiful man in the world, looking up and down at Cheng Jiubo, smiling and smiling, full of charms.

Many old customers showed disdain, Sister Yao has no problem loving money, but she prefers a lewd and vulgar Tartar official, but people can't accept it.

"In this world, it's better to be a dog than a human." The old guests muttered in a low voice, looked at Cheng Jiubo and Zhu Ji with envy, watched them turn the stairs, enter the room and close the door......

……

In a remote courtyard in De'an Mansion, a carriage quietly drove in and stopped, and several salt lords carried out Cheng Jiubo, who was tied up with five flowers, with a hemp core in his mouth, and couldn't scream with a whimper, Jing Liang went up and lifted his blindfold to look at it, and nodded to Li Si.

"That's right, it's him!"

"Take it down."

Li Siyi waved his hand, ordered the salt lord to carry Cheng Jiubo away, turned around and entered the house, brewed tea and waited, after a short time, Zhu Ji pushed the door and walked in.

"Little sister, you are clean and neat, the second brother admires!" There were no outsiders present, and Li Si's address to Seal Ji also changed, and his demeanor and tone were quite respectful.

Zhu Ji looked calm, as if she was Li Si's boss, and ordered: "Let's go out of the city tonight, send it to Wang Kefan as soon as possible, and exchange the salt back." ”

"Little sister, what do you think of Wang Kefan?"

"This person is a little hard to say...... "He acts very strangely, and I don't understand it, but he has a big heart, even if he doesn't have the intention of stealing the country and chasing the deer, at least he is a prince." ”

"Ambition for the Prince? The heroes of the troubled times are gone, what can he do with a small guard? Li Si was a little surprised, the little sister had such a high evaluation of Wang Kefan.

"There are a lot of people who are talented and talented, what is there to say, this surname Wang is different from them." Zhu Ji said slowly: "The small official with a big sesame seed, but his behavior is very magnificent, such a person can't be suppressed, so I will be closer to him in the future." ”

Li Si's expression gradually became solemn and nodded.

……

Chongyang, Gongyi Camp.

Cheng Jiubo, who was tied up with all kinds of flowers, was brought in, and Jing Liang stepped forward to tear off his blindfold.

"Who are you? Let me go! I am the experience of Chengtianfu (the official position of the Qing Dynasty, the eighth grade)! Cheng Jiubo shouted.

"Look clearly, this is Daming's territory!" Wang Kefan was angry and funny.

Li Zicheng, as a laid-off post guard, struggled for half his life and finally became the emperor of Dashun, but Zuihou died at the hands of a confused peasant, such an unexpected ending is like a cold joke that is not funny.

"Ahh Yes!!! What are you going to do? What are you doing with me? Cheng Jiubo finally found out that something was wrong.

Wang Kefan looked at him expressionlessly, and said lightly: "I'm going to give a gift and borrow your head for use." ”

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Inside, be sure to collect it!