Chongzhen fifteen years is a good year, Henan, Shandong, North Zhili and other places, finally did not make any famine, the harvest in the field can have a good expectation, for farmers, more than ten years of suffering, finally have a hope, the whole family looks forward to the stars and the moon, struggling, do not fall on the eve of the harvest.

But there are not too many places where ordinary people can farm with peace of mind and not be trampled on repeatedly by officers and soldiers, for example, in this Henan land, it is only a place in Defu.

The combined forces of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai have begun to be dispatched, and a small group of forwards are tentatively attacking Kaifeng Mansion, and at the same time, the spies of this army of displaced people have been arranged in all directions, especially deep into the junction of Henan and Shandong, and closely monitored along the Yellow River Canal.

The current Li and Luo coalition army is known as one million, but there is still a little jealousy of Li Meng and their "agreement", but now the strength is not only restored, but also more inflated than during the battle of the vortex water, jealousy is jealousy, the general trend of the world is like this, there are things that still have to be done, if you don't follow the general trend, the general trend will crush you.

Supervisor Ding Qirui, general Zuo Liangyu, governor of Baoding, Yang Wenyue, and all kinds of soldiers and horses gathered gradually began to gather in the area south of Kaifeng City.

Seeing that the Ming army in the Central Plains was slowly concentrating here, it was impossible for Li Luo and the others to ignore it, and no matter how they were estimated, the Li and Luo coalition forces had the advantage. Now, it is time to settle the Central Plains in a war, if you defeat these Ming officials and troops south of Kaifeng in one fell swoop. Then the imperial court officers and troops are in the Central Plains. There will be no soldiers available, completely empty, from the Haihe River to the Huai River, this vast space is at my disposal, such a prospect is too tempting, this is the same as Hong Chengchou led the 130,000 army out of the customs, Huang Taiji brought the army of the country to come, must encircle and annihilate this army, this is the same meaning.

Break into the city of Beijing. The day of being called the king and the emperor seems to be already beckoning to everyone. As for who will be the king and the emperor, that will be a matter for the future.

But Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai have always been a little hesitant, they have been fighting life and death with Zuo Liangyu and Ding Qirui for so many years, but it's nothing, winning and defeating, there is always a bottom in their hearts, even if they lose, they can go back and pack up and fight again.

I don't know when Shandong soldiers and horses will appear, and whether they will appear. After all, at that time, the scope of Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion was demarcated. Touching this range, Li Zicheng had already suffered a very painful lesson, and his subordinates were even a little afraid of the officers and soldiers for a while.

Later, he won several battles in Henan Mansion and Nanyang Prefecture. This was the restoration of confidence and combat effectiveness, but in March and April, the combined forces of Li and Luo still attacked in a measured manner, and began to enter Kaifeng Prefecture and sweep away Mixian, Yuzhou, Xiangcheng, Linying, Changge, and Xinzheng Zhuzhou counties.

These are all prefectures and counties in the south of Kaifeng City, near Henan Prefecture and Nanyang Prefecture, and anyone who understands the battlefield situation can see that the Li and Luo coalition forces are preparing for a decisive battle with the official army.

The reason why this was done was a secret conversation between Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing in February, at that time. After discussing with Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai came to the conclusion that if these officers and soldiers gathered together and marched along the Yellow River, such a powerful team would be equipped with sufficient logistics. Fight against a coalition with limited reserves. There are still advantages.

In this way, the exile army is estimated to be unable to gain a foothold in Henan Province, which is already under complete control, and it is difficult to return to Shaanxi from Tongguan. Only then can we have a more stable foothold and accumulate strength to fight back.

Shaanxi is extremely dilapidated, much worse than Henan, and among the Li and Luo coalition troops, whether it is the backbone soldiers or those displaced people from Jingcong, they are unwilling to return to Shaanxi. Moreover, in this way, most of the business in Henan during this period will be destroyed, and everyone has just had a base, so they are naturally unwilling to give up. **

In front of these officers and soldiers and the Li and Luo coalition forces have always been more defeated and less victorious, for the big battle with them, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai are still quite confident, but this officer and soldier is nothing, if the Shandong soldiers and horses take this opportunity to kill again, even if the strength of the displaced army increases, but there is still no certainty of victory.

Entering the army to fight, or withdrawing from the Central Plains, Li Zicheng was really worried, the commander was like this, and the entire army was also a little panicked. Niu Jinxing, as the mastermind, discussed with Song Xiance again, but took the initiative to find Li Zicheng, saying that he had his own judgment on this matter.

Since Niu Jinxing entered the Chuang Army, the various strategies he proposed have had a great effect, and Li Zicheng has also relied heavily on this famous scribe who was the first to join the Chuang camp.

However, when they met, Niu Jinxing suggested that Li Zicheng should step back and have a separate secret talk.

"King Chuang, now the coalition army is very afraid of the Shandong soldiers and horses, I'm afraid that when I go to the decisive battle of Kaifeng Mansion, the Shandong soldiers and horses will give our army a head-on blow, and when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be a heavy loss, but so?"

When Li Zicheng was in the military tent, he also took his felt hat, and when he heard Niu Jinxing ask, he couldn't help sighing, and reached out to take off the felt hat.

Unlike those soldiers and homeless people in the homeless army, their heads were not washed, and they were messy, Li Zicheng's head was still very neat, this is a matter of personal habits, maybe the felt hat is to cover this different place from other homeless people, rubbed his chin a few times, and then King Chuang said slowly:

"Sir, now I can't advance or retreat, I really don't know what to do, the officials and troops can be defeated at will, I don't worry about them at all, in this world, how can there be a monster like Shandong Li Meng."

The concept of the official army mentioned in the Li and Luo coalition army does not include the soldiers and horses under Li Meng, the general soldier of Shandong, for whom these are completely different armies.

"King Chuang, Niu knows that after the Battle of Whirlpool, let's break into the camp and re-contract with Li Meng. It is impossible to say that it is Li Mengken. Don't enter Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion one step, does King Chuang really have to abide by this? ”

"Zuo Liangyu and Ding Qirui's rats are gathering soldiers and horses in Zhuxian Town, preparing to fight with me, obviously bullying us to break into the camp and dare not enter Kaifeng Mansion, but to make these rats become the climate, I am afraid it will waste a lot of our strength to fight when the time comes, and these millions of people will be led in Henan."

Niu Jinxing's face was very calm, and he continued to ask:

"King Chuang. If you use my army of one million, do you think you can defeat the soldiers and horses of Shandong? ”

King Chuang leaned back in his chair, looking very tired, and when he heard this question, he replied without thinking:

"Millions of people, drowning also drowned him, but if you don't care about the old local fight so much, what should I do next, I can't go to serve Cao Cao as the master, and watch this year get better. If this is the case next year, I am afraid that the displaced people who gathered will disperse a lot......"

After a deep groan, Fang said in a low voice:

"I can't beat it. If you can't fight, if you hit, you will hurt the old man, I'm afraid that Lao Luo also thinks so, there are a lot of filths during this time, if you gnaw hard bones again, I'm afraid it will be troublesome. ”

When he was a post soldier in Shaanxi and had just started a rebellion, maybe this Li Zicheng still had a man of enthusiasm and pride, but after so many years, there was such a foundation force. After so many ups and downs, thinking about things is already a standard upper-level idea, cold-blooded and mercenary.

The battle with the official army is no longer a matter of survival, for the homeless, it may be for survival and a full meal, for Li Zicheng, every battle is for himself to expand a larger territory. Let yourself take a step closer to the status of the people of the world.

Answer to Li Zicheng. Niu Jinxing had probably guessed it, and he sorted out his thoughts a little. He whispered again:

"King Chuang, if Li Meng is really thinking about the court, how can he draw a boundary with the adults, and how can he achieve such a big victory, but he doesn't pursue it?"

As soon as these two questions were asked, Li Zicheng's eyes narrowed slightly, but his body leaned forward from the back of the chair, Li Meng's cavalry chased through the vortex that day, if he let go of the pursuit, I am afraid that the loss would be more than the tens of thousands, although the tens of thousands of soldiers were killed and wounded was already a headache. And Li Meng's infantry team basically has no losses, if you let go of the chase, most of your troops have to stay, and the horse team can run, and if the horse team can have half of it left, it will be lucky.

The generals who have led the troops to fight for many years can understand the proportion, and the Shandong soldiers and horses still have a hand in the battle of Li Jiapo in the whirlpool, otherwise, the Li and Luo coalition forces will definitely have one side to collapse or damage their vitality, and they will not recover as calmly as they do today.

Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, asked uncertainly:

"You mean, this Shandong Li Erlang and the old man Chongzhen of the imperial court are not of the same heart?"

Niu Jinxing nodded solemnly, Li Meng has great kindness to him and his son Niu, but Niu Jinxing has always hidden this matter very well, but with this kindness, his impression of Li Meng is inevitably very good, this is ill-intentioned, not loyal to the imperial court, and the image of a great conspirator, it is really difficult to accept.

However, analyzing Li Meng's series of attitudes towards the Chuang Army, it can be seen that Li Meng has been sitting back and watching the Chuang Camp, and consciously making the Chuang Army bigger.

These things can only be analyzed by smart people who are in the camp, because they are likely to come into contact with so many situations, and these are basically isolated from the Ming court.

Hearing Niu Jinxing's judgment and seeing his confirmation, the more Li Zicheng thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was true, and the fatigue on his body was swept away, he took the felt hat on the side and put it on, stood up from the chair, and walked around in the handsome tent, even if he was in such a city, his face was full of excitement.

But after walking a few steps in the military tent, he still sighed gloomily, stretched out his hand and rubbed the wide-brimmed felt hat on his head, and said in a deep voice:

"It's that he doesn't have the same heart with those old men in the court, and he will be in front of us in the future, and he will also be a roadblock, this threshold will have to be crossed sooner or later, but it will be difficult to cross!"

Niu Jinxing secretly said in his heart, "King Chuang has great ambitions, what he wants is not small, and I don't know how far I can go in this camp, legend has it that King Chuang's life has a share in the world, and I don't know if I have the blessing of entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister", thinking in his heart, but speaking in a very orderly manner.

Niu is just guessing, covering Shaanxi, Jin, Henan, and Gyeonggi. After the defeat of Matsuyama. That is, the remaining officers and soldiers in the area of Zhuxian Town, the soldiers and horses led by Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu, not only King Chuang and General Luo are not pleasing to the eye, but I am afraid that Li Meng in Shandong is not pleasing to the eye. ”

Li Zicheng sat down again, nodded solemnly, and Niu Jinxing continued:

"King Chuang, you look at the arrangement of his Shandong soldiers and horses, there are heavy troops in Guide and Xuzhou, but this Kaifeng Mansion does not care at all, this attitude is already obvious. As long as we don't break into the army and don't touch those small mansions in Kaifeng City and Hebei, presumably this Li Meng will not interfere in anything, maybe the army will destroy Zuo Liangyu's cadres, and he Li Meng will applaud! ”

Speaking more and more excitedly, Li Zicheng was also excited with a light blow with both hands, and said in his mouth:

"Zuo Liangyu has been an enemy of my army since five or six years ago, and he has trapped me to death several times, and this time he has to look good......"

But halfway through the words, this high-spirited spirit dispersed again, and said dejectedly:

"Defeated him Zuo Liangyu and Ding Qirui. In the end, they still have to face their soldiers and horses in Shandong, this is the big trouble, do you want them to pick up the cheap behind their backs. ”

"King Chuang. The students carefully watched the Li Meng family and the various battles, although there is no battle in the world, but it has not tasted defeat, starting from Jiaozhou selling illegal salt, step by step to achieve today's Zhendong general, although Li Meng is a general, but look at it but have no great ambitions, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses are not as good as him, and now it is an army of hundreds of thousands, what a big scene. But this Li Meng shrank in Shandong, if he hadn't broken into the camp and fought with him a few times, I'm afraid I wouldn't know that there was such a person. ”

Li Zicheng gradually understood what Niu Jinxing meant, leaned back in the chair again, listened to the other party's statement, Niu Jinxing's voice improved slightly, and said loudly:

"King Chuang's current situation is thriving. King Chuang's prestige is also in full swing. Since Li Meng is shrinking in Shandong, according to the student's superficial opinion. Why don't you let him Li Meng shrink there. After all, his pattern is still too small, and it is estimated that he wants to tear the soil and seal the territory and become a rich prince. Since he has no great ambition, then there is no great harm, King Chuang first ignores this Shandong place, and does it on his own, and so on has the hope of the world, at that time, with the power of the world to a province, he can't afford to turn up any wind and waves, when the time comes, calmly appease, even if he is given one or two provinces, it is also a small matter, and it will also add a boost to our camp. ”

Niu Jinxing's statement, Li Zicheng listened to it in his ears and felt quite credible, combined with Li Meng's recent actions, it really shows that Li Meng is a character who is ambitious, but does not have a big picture.

However, in the current situation, instead of spending it here without embarrassment or embarrassment, it is better to treat it as if Li Meng in Shandong does not exist and do it with great fanfare, Li Zicheng understands in his heart that if the army in his hands does not move or fight, I am afraid that the troops who came to attach themselves to him will slowly disperse.

Since he had made up his mind, his heart naturally settled down, and the tense face on Li Zicheng's face loosened a little, and he smiled slightly, but Niu Jinxing took a deep look, but he got closer, and said in a low voice:

"Chuang Wang, now let's break into the camp, it is the time for the trapped dragon to go to sea and show his ambitions, although Li Meng is strong, he is complacent, and he is old and twilight, which is not a big trouble. Sage Yun: "I'm afraid of Ji Sun's worries, not in the moment, but within the Xiao Wall." Today, at this time, Cao Cao has a heavy army, Weifu for his own use, and has no great ambitions, which is our great trouble. Lord, what you have to do is Han Gaozu, not Emperor Han Xian......"

Li and Luo are now coalition forces, the two sides are blood alliances, on the surface they are as close as brothers, but as the situation gets bigger and bigger, the priority must be determined, there is only one dragon chair, and the two can't sit side by side.

But both sides are not picky, everyone is a person who does big things, and they will not break their faces on those small things, it is a woman's trip. This Luo Rucai has always acted unscrupulously, and Li Zicheng is hard and self-serving on weekdays, and has always been outstanding and has no difference from his subordinate brothers, Luo Rucai and his subordinates have always liked to enjoy wine, and they are not willing to distribute the property according to the rules when they rob the camp, and they all loot separately when they break the state capital, unlike Li Zicheng who restricts his subordinates, and then distributes them by special people.

The contradictions between the two armies of Li and Luo gradually increased, and the small frictions were also constant, but Luo Rucai's enjoyment of such a sensual dog and horse made many people who were used to a hard life in the camp quite envious, and there were actually people who defected in the past during this time.

For Li Zicheng, what can be tolerated and what cannot be tolerated. also has his own bottom line. Hearing Niu Venus's words, the look on his face did not move, and he said:

"At the moment of the great enemy, the two armies still have to work together, Mr. These words tonight, Lao Li firmly remembered in his heart, it is still the old saying, if there is glory and wealth in the future, he will live up to Mr. ^^

The camp began in early March. From Henan Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion, under the tremendous pressure of the Li and Luo coalition forces, the defenders of Mi County fled without a fight, and the county seat was easily broken.

Ding Qirui, Yang Wenyue, Zuo Liangyu and others, who were gathering troops and horses from all over Kaifeng Mansion, hurriedly adjusted their arrangements, and moved the army south of Kaifeng Mansion and Zhuxian Town towards the west of Kaifeng City and broke Mi County.

The combined forces of Li and Luo did not continue to the east as the officers and soldiers expected, but broke the county seat of Xinzheng to the south. The officers and armies were redistributed and transferred, but the combined forces of Li and Luo did not move to the battlefield preset by the officers and troops, but continued to move southward. Continuously breaking the county seat of the prefecture, in April, it stopped between Yingcheng and Xiangcheng in the south of Kaifeng Prefecture.

In Kaifeng, Henan Prefecture, the governor Li Xianfeng was overwhelmed by this situation, and he ordered those outside the city not to move, so he could only play the court again and again, asking the court to urge the soldiers and horses outside the city to send troops to rescue as soon as possible.

At this time, the army led by Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, had already entered the territory of Nanzhili from Huguang, and the fifth battalion of the old Hui Huiwei and Zhang Xianzhong joined forces to cross Huoshan to break through Shucheng......

After breaking Shucheng, Zhang Xianzhong and the fifth battalion of Gezuo divided the troops, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to break through the officers and soldiers in the Luzhou Mansion, and went north to attack Lu'an, easily breaking the city.

The 5th Battalion of the Left Wing advanced sharply and entered Fengyang Mansion to fight fiercely with officers and soldiers in the Huoqiu area. Win or lose. Hold on to each other.

A few years ago, Zhang Xianzhong led the army into Nanzhili and attacked the central capital of Fengyang. Burning down the imperial mausoleum banquet for three days, the head of the eunuchs, Wenchen, and military generals in Nanzhili fell off a lot, Yin Jian was in front, and still made everyone tremble, who would have thought that this killing god was killed again, if there was another leak, no one could afford this responsibility, and in desperation, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing, had to lead 20,000 Nanjing forbidden troops to Fengyang Mansion to support, and the flowing materials were also transferred to Fengyang.

Li and Luo's allied forces are heading south, while Zhang Xianzhong is attacking Fengyang, if these two armies are brought together, the situation may not be managed.

Moreover, this land south of the Yangtze River is the last rich land of the Ming Dynasty that has not been affected by the soldiers, and most of the ministers of the Beijing division are from Jiangnan, and the family industry is also in Jiangnan.

As soon as this situation came out, everyone was immediately anxious, and a letter of will was sent to Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu's army by a messenger on a fast horse, and the tone and wording were harsher than the other.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that Caoyun set up a card to collect centigold, and the income was not inferior to the salt affairs of our Jiaozhou camp, this fashion is the off-season, and after May, this centigold will go to the next level."

A bookkeeper beside Sun Chuanting explained in detail how much money he had collected on the canal in the past few months, and Sun Chuanting was smiling when he saw it, but this expression was hidden under the iron mask.

Now they are not in Jinan City, but in Jining, and they are on the second floor of a restaurant near the river.

In Jining City, as long as the area near the river is not the busy area of Caoyun Wharf, it is the best location, mostly the mansions and properties of wealthy businessmen and nobles.

In addition to the cold winter, the rest of the seasons in the river by the water and the wind, watching the river thousands of sails through, is indeed a very pleasant enjoyment, Sun Chuanting is located in this restaurant, is the choice of people who know how to enjoy in Jining City, the business is also to do the ground reserved bullish, ordinary people even if they have money can not enter the door, only the owner of this restaurant has been under the post to be qualified.

Of course, such a bullish business is not something that ordinary people can do, and the big proprietor behind this restaurant that doesn't even have a name is Kong Sande of Wenru Commercial Bank.

This nameless restaurant was taken down today, and the first floor was full of guards and warriors in civilian clothes, while Li Meng, Sun Chuanting and a few relatives were on the second floor. \

Over there, several Lingshan Commercial Houses turned into tax collectors were there to introduce to Sun Chuanting the income after setting up the card, although this motion was proposed by Liu Fulai, but the old eunuch was reluctant to leave the house, so before leaving, he handed over the matter to Sun Chuanting and asked him to verify and check.

Don't look at the agriculture of the Ming Dynasty in many places is almost semi-collapsed, but in Jiangnan and Jingshi, there is a deformed prosperity of commerce. It is a canal that serves as the main logistics route. Naturally, it is sunrise gold.

Of course, this is because this is only the place where money is collected in Jining, and if you set up a card in Yangzhou, Zhenjiang or even Suzhou, the income will be far more.

However, even so, a few months of gold income still made Sun Chuanting happy, and even the account office with a few tax collectors was full of smiles.

Li Meng sat on the other side, and although he couldn't see Sun Chuanting's expression, he could still feel his joy. This kind of performance made Li Meng very happy in his heart, which showed that Sun Chuanting was more integrated into the Jiaozhou Battalion group.

Listening to the sound of the coachman shouting downstairs to stop the horse, a guard downstairs shouted:

"Master, Boss Kong is here."

"Hurry up and ask Boss Kong to come up."

Li Meng replied, and a guard behind him walked up to the tents and whispered a few words, leaving one in those tents, and the other people followed downstairs, except for one guard, the rest of the people also followed. Sun Chuanting nodded at this side, and picked up the account book to look at it carefully.

Listening to the creaking of the wooden planks of the stairs, the movement was louder than when everyone went downstairs. After a while, the boss of this hole, Kong Sande, had already appeared at the staircase.

Looking at Kong Sande's appearance, it seems that he is even fatter than the last time I saw him, but there is no such feeling of spirit on his face.

As soon as this person went upstairs, he saw Li Meng sitting in front of him, his attitude was very respectful, and he knelt on the floor with a plop, Kong Sande's kneeling, the momentum was really not small, and the whole restaurant seemed to tremble. Li Meng couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, and said teasingly:

"Sande, I haven't seen you for a few days, but I look a lot fat!"

After a pause, he continued:

"You and I don't have to engage in such false courtesy, and we don't need to meet in private in the future. Pick up Boss Kong! ”

The guard behind him hurriedly stepped forward to help. After Kong Sande kowtowed a few times to say hello, he stood up panting with the help of the guard. Don't look at the thoughtfulness of the courtesy, but the words are very casual:

"Dashuai, don't scold me Kong Sande, Xiaodi was taken down from the position of steward by the house, he is idle at home every day, he doesn't want to go out, he eats according to the law, can he not be fat?"

When he said this, Kong Sande's face was much brighter than Fang Cai, and he was all happy, Li Meng's current status he understood, but he talked to himself so casually.

And Kong Sande also understands that the other party doesn't mean anything else when he talks like this, it's just a conversation with a good friend, with Li Meng's status, how many people in Shandong can be treated like this, even if there are a few people in the whole world who can be treated like this.

I knew in my heart that although I could speak openly, I actually paid attention to this measure, and Kong Sande said with a smile:

"Sande is so fat, it's not very convenient to go out, the marshal is promoted to the general of Zhendong, and the concubine is a few major events, Sande didn't go to participate, I heard that it was a grand occasion, it's a pity not to see it, but when the marshal is presumably knighted, this beautiful little woman must not be lacking, and the next promotion of the marshal, concubine, Sande must go over to cheer."

Kong Sande is also an outlier in the Confucian Mansion, and the children in their Mansion are all humane and good-looking, and they are full of mouths, only he is completely a businessman.

This speech and action are also smooth and abnormal, which makes people feel comfortable to listen to, although you also know that he is flattering and flattering, Li Menghaha laughed, and stretched out his finger to point at the big fat man.

Fang Cai's words were funny, and they were kind and kind, and they were happy to listen to, and they didn't lose their sense of proportion, and Sun Chuanting, who was looking down at the account book, also turned his head to look at Kong Sande.

To be a businessman, you really have to have the ability to be exquisite, Sun Chuanting's actions were immediately noticed by Kong Sande, he was half of the ** sitting on the chair, and quickly stood up and said hello:

"This is Mr. Gongsun, I met for the first time today, and I am fortunate to meet you."

Sun Chuanting, who was wearing a mask, couldn't see any expression on his face, he just nodded at him, Kong Sande, who was close to the Jiaozhou camp, also had a very clear understanding of the movements in the Jiaozhou camp, and naturally knew that at the end of last year, Li Meng suddenly had an iron mask by his side, and his status was extremely high, and he vaguely had the status of a military advisor.

At this meeting, Kong Sande naturally did not dare to slack off. I seized the opportunity to say hello. He's over here. But I heard Li Meng say behind him:

"Sande, I've been idle at home for half a year, I guess you've rested enough, what are your plans for the future?"

Hearing Li Meng's inquiry, Kong Sande leaned back in the chair, mobilizing the atmosphere of the room, everyone was happy, and Li Meng's attitude was towards his friends, which made him a lot more relaxed. A little lazily replied:

"I'm not afraid of handsome jokes, I used to manage a huge business house, I was busy all day long, and I couldn't be idle, not to mention how comfortable I was during this time, there were more than 30 beautiful mothers-in-law in the family, and I spent endless money in my life, the big Zhuangzi in Ningyang and Surabaya, what else do you need!"

The day he described was really a luxurious and luxurious life, and Sun Chuanting upstairs and the guard behind Li Meng both thought in their hearts: This fat man is really comfortable. Master Li has lived a much more miserable life than this.

Kong Sande said comfortably, but Li Meng smiled and asked:

"Don't talk about this nonsense, I understand. People like you, who are used to being busy, suddenly become idle, I'm afraid that they are uncomfortable and uncomfortable, what kind of high-pitched singing with me! ”

“…… Handsome and wise...... When the small firm received this article, there were only five shops, in Jining City, Ziyang City and Qufu, just to buy fine things for the house, and in the hands of the small, it was tossed step by step to today. But those people in the house are just because the little one said a few fair words...... After all, it's a small person and a person from the Confucian Mansion, so what else? ”

When Kong Sande said this, he couldn't help but want to scold a few times, but he didn't have an outlet, presumably these words were held in his heart for a long time, but there was no place to say them. It is only convenient for Li Meng to speak. After finishing speaking, his face was full of depression.

But after a brief leak of this true emotion. Kong Sande immediately changed his smiling face again, and said with a grin:

"When I was busy in the past, I was looking forward to being able to be idle for a few days, but now I know that I am really comfortable, the little one has money and land, and there is a handsome man to be a friend.

When he said the word "friend", Sun Chuanting raised his head and glanced at him, this kind of words were a bit rude, it was hard to imagine that Kong Sande said it from the mouth of an eight-sided delicate person, but now Kong Sande was peeking at Li Meng's expression, and couldn't help but smile silently.

This Kong Sande wants to use this sentence to get closer to Li Meng, although the two sides are currently closely connected, to be honest, Kong Sande said something excessive, but at present, he is living at home, naturally not as calm as the attitude of advancing and retreating calmly in a high position that day, and it is normal for some things to have traces.

To Sun Chuanting's surprise, this was not the case, and Li Meng's answer was even more surprising, and he said indifferently on the ground:

"Sande, we're not friends......"

After saying this, not only Sun Chuanting looked sideways, but Kong Sande was even more stunned, and he had no ability to be smooth and wishful, it is estimated that his hands and feet were cold at this time, and now Li Meng is the master of Shandong, and he can decide life and death with one word.

The awkward silence in the room, Li Meng couldn't help laughing when he saw Kong Sande's panicked appearance, he was gaged by this fat man for a long time, he was in a good mood, and he wanted to make a joke, but the effect of the joke was not good, it seemed to frighten people.

"How can you be friends up and down, if you and I are friends, isn't this a lack of decency rules......"

The more he spoke, the more wrong it became, Kong Sande stood up from his chair tremblingly, his heart was cold, and he didn't know what he had done wrong.

Li Meng shook his head and said with a smile:

"The affairs of collecting centijin on the canal, my side is handled by the firm of Lingshan Commercial House in Jining, their pattern is small, and now they can't take care of it, the rest of my men have their own errands, and there are few people who understand this economic business, so I am ready to set up a separate yamen for the tax card on the river, the tax collector and a person, etc., under my shogunate, called the Lijin Bureau, let you take care of it, you see, if you do the supervision of this Lijin Bureau, you have to respectfully greet me when you see me, how can you be a friend?"

After saying this, the expression on Kong Sande's face changed very wonderfully, from the beginning of the horror to the incredible to the ecstatic and grateful, at this time the true feelings were revealed, and he was completely stunned.

Li Meng smiled and turned his head to Sun Chuanting and said:

"Mr. Gongsun, how do you feel when you meet this Kong Sande?"

"It's the true character of a businessman, but people have some insistence, even if Confucius is responsible for him, he doesn't speak ill, he knows where his duty is, he is a responsible person, and he can be used."

Sun Chuanting's words were concise and to the point, Li Meng nodded, and said to Kong Sande in front of him:

"Sande, from tomorrow onwards, you will be the supervisor of my Shandong Caoyun Lijin Bureau, wait a minute, let the shopkeeper Zhang lead you to the Yuan master book, and he will explain the rules to you."

Having said this, Kong Sande finally reacted, took a step forward and knelt directly on the ground, the second floor trembled slightly, Kong Sande kowtowed again and again, and wanted to speak several times, but he was choked and unable to speak.

Reluctantly squeezed out a few words "Thank you for the grace of the handsome" and "small...... Small ......"

He is a giant businessman in Jining City, and naturally knows that setting up a card to draw money in this Caoyun is an errand with a lot of money income, although his business is big, but compared to this, it is really not worth mentioning, and compared to the identity of the businessman, the supervision of this Li Jin Bureau is really majestic, Li Meng actually handed it over to himself.

Thinking about the years ago, I seemed to be gambling on Li Meng's body, and I have always insisted on it, but I didn't expect to have such a return, and it was when I was so down, it was really a relief in the snow, and it was a bit insufficient to describe his state with gratitude.

"This Caoyun Lijin is the source of wealth for my Jiaozhou camp, Sande, you have to use all your skills for me, so that this errand can be done for a long time, can you do it?"

"Even if you are broken bones and liver and brains, the small ones have to do the errands handed over by the adults!!"

Hearing Li Meng's inquiry, Kong Sande finally answered loudly and fluently.

But Li Meng came to Jining this time, but he didn't come to see Kong Sande to explain his errand......