Buying and selling human beings is not uncommon, but it is just a matter of buying and selling beautiful girls, middle-aged men, and beautiful girls. Li Meng came back this time with two foreigners and a child, which is really strange.

Li Meng's several guards have been snorting angrily, the question of how easy the spear and axe gun are to use, this is to touch the root of the Jiaozhou battalion, this is not a sloppy thing, we must see the real chapter. Fortunately, Li Meng had already said that they would compete the next day.

It's late now, but the streets of Nanjing are already very lively, if it were in Jiaozhou City, I'm afraid it would have been quiet and abnormal.

The distance between the two sides was not close, and when Li Meng's team appeared at the crossing, Liu Qian, who was now guarding the town, was anxiously looking there, and when he saw Li Meng and these people, he hurriedly ran over, and after arriving at the front, he did not salute as usual, but just said anxiously:

"Young master, go back quickly, there is an urgent letter in Shandong, the master is waiting for you at home!"

After hearing the news, Li Meng was also in his heart, the three of them had their own subordinates, he hurriedly walked towards the inner house, and heard Liu Qian complaining about his subordinates over there, "Everyone is scattered to find you, where are you going, delaying things......"

Obviously, there was something going on at night, and the people guarding the eunuch's mansion were busy, and when Li Meng went out, many *** in the house had already been extinguished, and now it was *** bright. Everyone recognized Li Meng, and they didn't stop him, and when they walked to Eunuch Liu's private house where they saw him, the little eunuchs guarding outside all said in a loud voice: "Lord Zhenshou is already in a hurry."

When I walked into the hall, I saw Eunuch Liu sitting in it, the secretary office and the soldiers were standing on both sides, Eunuch Liu whispered something, and someone who couldn't stop was ordered to run outside.

Seeing Li Meng coming in, Eunuch Liu raised his head and said with a somewhat serious face:

"I wanted to keep you here for a few more days, but I couldn't do it tonight, and there was an urgent letter from Shandong."

Eunuch Liu immediately asked his subordinates to call someone in. Seeing this person, Li Meng's heart sank, thinking about whether there was something wrong with Jiaozhou, it had been less than 20 days since he left home, what happened at home.

When the deputy of the team came in, Eunuch Liu immediately dismissed all the idlers in the house. Spoken:

"This kid came to report that there was an urgent military situation of 100,000, and our family told him that he was his own family, so it didn't hurt to tell me first."

Military information is a confidential matter, Eunuch Liu said. In fact, he explained to himself and the deputy of the team who sent the letter, Li Meng could still manage these things in his heart, and said "it should be", so he asked what was born, and the deputy of the team opened his mouth to explain.

Three days after Li Meng left Jiaozhou, news came from Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion that the business was not running smoothly. Moreover, the government's investigation is becoming stricter and stricter.

After all, Jiaozhou still has the function of salt administration inspection, and immediately Ning Qiangui sent a few official letters to the southwest two prefectures of Shandong, who would have thought that a few days later, the Jiaozhou battalion set up in those two prefectures of the salt Ding were expelled, and there was a battle in Xiajin County, which became an important stronghold of the Jiaozhou battalion because of the chaos, and there were two hundred salt Ding under the command of Ma Gang, but they were suddenly surrounded by the official army.

Skirmishes broke out between the two sides, and the salters started to shrink because there were officers and soldiers on the other side. But the other party was not polite, and as a result, dozens of Yanding were killed, and the remaining more than 100 people finally escaped with the advantage of training.

This news was transmitted directly to Magang in Qingzhou, and it was transmitted by fast horses, so it reached Jiaozhou as soon as possible, and then the news of Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion was one after another, scattered stationed in various places, especially those important town ferries, all of which were expelled by officers and soldiers.

The salts stationed here and there are all new recruits. It is not enough to comprehend the spirit in the bones of the Jiaozhou battalion, and there is no momentum in the face of the officers and soldiers.

I don't know if this matter makes Li Meng happy or unhappy, anyway, in addition to the heavy casualties in Xia Jin, fifteen Yanding in the rest of the places died, and most of them were injured. Light and heavy.

Most of Li Meng's private salt sales revenue is in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou. Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion are not deep. And the most oily and watery in recent times is nothing more than the green salt trading and Jimo, and the salt goods sold to the Zheng family in Lingshan. However, after the strongholds of those two provinces were uprooted, the damage to the Jiaozhou battalion system was not only economic, but also the prestige of the Jiaozhou battalion, if this sudden blow could not be responded to in time, and this was shaken, even in the network of several prefectures that were already firmly controlled, it would be unstable, and even cause a complete collapse.

Although Li Meng was not there, the people below also knew how to deal with it, Ma Gang and Zhao Neng both mobilized Yanding to gradually move in the border area of Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and focused on those Haoqiang who distributed illicit salt, Wang Hai and Chen Liu also strengthened their vigilance.

But suddenly the situation became quiet again, and the officers and soldiers only drove away the Yanding in Yanzhou and Dongchangfu, and there was no change in the areas of Qingzhou and Denglai.

The reaction of the confused Jiaozhou battalion system can only be to wait and see the situation unfold and be nervously vigilant, after all, Li Meng is not there, and some major matters cannot be decided casually.

Ten days have passed since such a toss, and everyone thought that things would not change much, and several leaders who were in charge decided to write down the experience as an urgent report and send someone to Nanjing, so that Li Meng could make a decision.

At this time, the situation has changed, and there is news from Liu Qingsong of Denglai Road, saying that it is the chief military officer of Lunan and Liu Zeqing, the governor of Zuodu, who repaired a letter to the governor of Shandong, accusing the salt transportation department of inspecting Li Meng in Jiaozhou for colluding with bandits, violating the imperial court's salt regulations, disturbing local peace, and making peace and tranquility.

Although Liu Fulai said that he was not a eunuch in Beijing, the name of the eunuch in Nanjing was also quite scary, and these officials in Shandong naturally would not investigate Li Meng stupidly, wouldn't that make him uncomfortable?

simply used the most subtle trick of officialdom - dragging, and at the same time passed the news to the Jiaozhou camp, and let Li Meng watch it himself.

However, except for the Jiaozhou battalion, no one knew that Li Meng was in Nanjing at this time, but the matter was so big that it was no longer a matter that they had the right to decide, so they immediately sent expedited fast horses, although the Yanding people were driven out of those two prefectures. The former relationship is still there, not to mention the business-savvy Wenru firm.

As a result, although it was not possible to use the hundreds of miles of expedited fast horses from the imperial court, there were fast horses to exchange all the way, and they soon arrived in Nanjing City.

Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier officer, was a native of Caozhou, Shandong, and before the Kong Youde Dengzhou Rebellion, he had already reached the position of deputy commander-in-chief, and there were rebellions in Henan, Shandong. It is very easy for people with a heart to accumulate military exploits, and this Liu Zeqing is particular about it, and he resolutely does not leave his hometown.

Locals always have such and such benefits when they are local snakes, and Liu Zeqing is also the overlord of Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, during the Kong Youde Rebellion. Because of his great contribution to the invasion of Dengzhou, Liu Zeqing was promoted to the chief military officer by the imperial court, the governor of the left capital, and the young master of the crown prince.

This position is already the highest among the military attaches in Shandong, and Liu Zeqing also has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hometown, and he can be regarded as a powerful faction with official positions and real power. Such a person suddenly showed hostility towards Li Meng, who was the capital division, and attacked. It's a great deal indeed.

The deputy of the fast horse and the urgent delivery team looked very haggard, he must not have rested well on the road, and the expression on his face was also a little anxious, a general officer with tens of thousands of troops showed hostility to the Jiaozhou battalion of several thousand people, as a member of the Jiaozhou battalion system, he was naturally anxious.

However, Eunuch Liu and Li Meng in the room were determined, without the slightest hint of nervousness, and after Li Meng listened, he politely said to Eunuch Liu:

"Uncle, there is something at home, so I can't accompany your old man here. It's really gratifying. ”

Eunuch Liu nodded with a smile, and said with a very generous smile:

"You are also an official of the imperial court, you can't accompany our family, it's the right thing to go back early."

The deputy of the team on the side was anxious all the way, worried about the affairs of Shandong, and was also thinking about what kind of reaction Master Li would have after knowing about this matter, Li Meng was so short-tempered, it was inevitable that he would lose his temper, and he was always worried in his heart, and when he showed the letterhead to Lord Li's uncle. It's even more unsettling.

Who would have thought that after the old eunuch read it, he just sent someone to find Li Meng, but he was not in a hurry, and waited for his own adult to come back and listen to the specific situation. It's just frowning. They didn't take it too seriously.

After seeing this, the deputy of the Jiaozhou camp team was very anxious. actually became gradually calmed down, feeling that that thing was not a big deal, the defeated were just some new salts, and they suffered unexpected losses, thinking that they were people from the government, and the other party was also a soldier of the imperial court, and there would be no conflict between them. As a result, he was ruthlessly beaten by the other party and suffered a big loss.

If the genuine Jiaozhou battalion stationed in Jiaozhou goes into battle, it will definitely make the other party unlucky, and even if it is a new Ding stationed outside, if he is prepared, he will not be done like this.

Thinking about it, the apprehension and anxiety in the heart of the deputy of the team disappeared, and all that was left in his heart was the confidence and pride that he had to find back by eating losses.

In order to be an official, he should deal with it calmly, which is the so-called official temperament, which can give confidence to the people below, and this is what Li Meng is doing so far.

What's more, he really didn't have anything to fear, in front of him, the great god of the Nanjing town guarding the eunuch, what was the little chief military officer?

Besides, Li Meng is very confident in the force in his hands, since you took the initiative to provoke, my side naturally has to fight-for-tat, Li Meng doesn't know, unconsciously, his mentality has changed a little.

Let the deputy of the team who reported the news go down to rest, and there are two people left in the room, Eunuch Liu and Li Meng, the time is indeed a little late, the old eunuch is old, yawned there, leaned on the back of the chair and said leisurely:

"Li Meng, our family's manpower in Shandong reported the news to this side, saying that you are very scrupulous over there and protect the territory and the people."

What he said made Li Meng smile bitterly, thinking that if it was his duty, then he would not go to trafficking in illicit salt, but there were a few transfers between it and the green salt business in western Henan, and no one should show the mystery, the wry smile on Li Meng's face was seen by Eunuch Liu, and he continued:

"There is one who does not traffic in illicit salt, if you don't do it, someone else will do it, our family is saying, you are doing your duty!"

The military salary is full of money, never harasses the locality, nor oppresses the magistrate, and acts according to the dispatch from above, this is indeed the duty of a soldier, for Li Meng from the modern People's Liberation Army, this is the duty and duty of a soldier, and he never feels that there is anything special, who would have thought that today he was said by the old eunuch.

Li Meng didn't know how to answer this sentence, maybe because he was tired at night, the old eunuch was a little careless when he spoke, and he still spoke slowly:

"You are leaving tomorrow, there are some things that our family has to make clear to you, and in this world, anyone who has soldiers in his hands must be more domineering, Li Meng, you have such a duty, but you will suffer a big loss!"

The old eunuch's words can be said to be heart-wrenching, if the generals who support the army are more domineering, the civil system of the imperial court will become unstable, and to put it more clearly, the world will also become chaotic. Although Liu Fulai rarely talks about official affairs in front of Li Meng, he seems loyal and patriotic everywhere.

In Nanjing for only three days, Li Meng consciously experienced more things than Jiaozhou experienced in three months, what he saw and heard made his heart already have some different ideas from the past, if a month ago, Eunuch Liu spoke, Li Meng's answer must have said some clichés. However, this time, Li Meng just smiled and hugged his fists and bowed in thanks:

"Uncle reminded me that the little nephew knew how to do it."

Eunuch Liu smiled and said tiredly:

"Our family is tired ......"

Li Meng was just about to say goodbye, Eunuch Liu got up and walked towards the back hall by himself, but his mouth didn't stop, because he was facing back, and he didn't know what Eunuch Liu's expression was, the old eunuch's words were indeed more:

"Our family is lonely, and I don't know if there will be anyone in front of our family to do their filial piety and retirement, and how long can this town guard position last!"

The words are full of Xiao Suo's meaning, Li Meng can understand the old man's thoughts, he has been depressed and lonely for decades, once he reaches such a top position, he will not be carried away, but he is worried that once he loses his power and wealth, he will fall into the previous situation, but Li Meng is not good at saying anything, just stood there and said loudly:

"Filial piety for the elderly, it is naturally the duty of the little nephew, please rest assured."

The old eunuch's body was obviously shaken, but he didn't look back, stopped for a short time, continued to walk forward, and didn't speak again...