As soon as he said this, Zhou Juren's spirit was a little more sufficient, and he seemed to have thought about it, and immediately replied:

"No name and no share, nine products of inspection, the only duty is to check the illegal salt, if there is really something big, although the salt Ding is fine, what do you use to mobilize the command, if others have a righteous name, it is not known whose salt is here; There is no root and no foundation, Brother Li, you are currently well paid, but this method of selling salt to raise soldiers can only take advantage of a loophole in the chaotic year. “

Li Meng understood this theory relatively quickly, and all revolutionary wars mentioned the importance of base areas, and only with base areas can there be continuous supply and troop supply, and only then can they have sustained war capabilities, and an army without base areas is just duckweed, which cannot withstand the wind and rain at all.

"Oh? What does Mr. Zhou mean by base? ”

"Base? Brother Li is really talented, and the place where he is fundamentally based is exactly like this! ”

"Can't you do it in Jiaodong?"

When Li Meng's words came out, Zhou Yang and Zhou Juren were stunned at first, then laughed out loud, and said:

"Don't say it's Jiaodong, this Qilu land is peaceful, the troubled times can raise bandits, raising soldiers is a dead end, Qilu except Jinan, Yanzhou a few places, the rest are barren and hilly land, there are no high mountains and moats around to be dangerous, surrounded by the sea on three sides, everywhere is a dead land."

Speaking of this, Li Meng should have stood up and rubbed it deeply, and said, "Mr. is willing to help me to figure out the king's overlord", that week, people took a feather fan and shook it gently to make a reserved state, it would be perfect, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, although they verbally disdain the market like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in fact, they are all familiar with it, and the scholars are very familiar with Liu Xuande's three visits to the thatched house, Zhuge Kongming's lupine scarf. They are all talking with relish, thinking about when they will meet the Lord. Like a dragon entering the sea, Zhou Juren is also vulgar, and he is probably looking forward to Li Meng getting up.

Seeing that it was time for lunch, when the drills in the courtyard reached rest, more than a dozen leaders shouted one after another:

"Team!! Stand tall!! ”

I heard the sound of footsteps outside, and then another shout:

"Count."

The sound of salt and ground sounded loudly, this is the number of people counted after the whole team, and everyone is full of anger. Loud shouts. The sound of one after another interrupted the two people who were talking in the room for a while, listening to the passwords and drills outside, and after saying "disperse, gather in an hour". Fang Cai quieted down.

The topic was interrupted, but it was not so easy to re-bring it up, after Zhou Juren calmed down, he suddenly woke up, and what he just said, casually leaked that sentence, it was a big crime to kill the head and steal the family and destroy the nine clans, why are you so unself-controlled today, and you have said it all? The only thing that can comfort himself is that Li Erlang in front of him has always had an iron-clad and chivalrous reputation in the market. I don't think I'm going to leak anything.

But even if he thought so, Zhou Juren's back was still soaked with cold sweat, and he looked at Li Meng on the opposite side and picked up the teacup and drank tea with an indifferent expression. Zhou Juren complained about his many words and nonsense, the quieter he was, the more embarrassing he was, and he always had to say something.

Li Mengdi didn't feel much better than Zhou Juren, but he didn't know what to say. It is true that he explained a few doubts about himself. It's just that it's not a good thing that these doubts and his original purpose were known so early. And anyway. At this time, he is also a strong local man in the south of Laizhou, and he is like an ant in the world, and he still needs to grow and be self-reliant.

However, Zhou Juren can understand his thoughts, and he is older and deeper than this week, and he must be able to understand that the reason why no one pays attention to it is that there are not too many people in the world who are the same as him, or everyone is too lazy to care, and there is a possibility that Li Meng does not dare to think about it, that is, someone has noticed it and is ready to take care of it.

In the room, the awkward calm was broken by Li Meng's opening, and Li Meng said slowly:

"I invited Mr. Zhou to come today, because I wanted Mr. Zhou to be a matchmaker for Li to propose a ......."

After being quiet for another long time, Zhou Yang laughed a few times and replied:

"But I don't know whose girl Brother Li is interested in?"

"Yan Zhizhou's daughter, Miss Yan Ruoran."

At this time, the dialogue is actually even more embarrassing than the discussion about the world just now, marriage matters, in this era, pay attention to the life of a parent, the words of the matchmaker, even if Li Meng's parents died, he should find a few elders to agree, he is sitting there talking about it with such a big sword, it is really a little weird.

And Yan Zhizhou's daughter, the girl's name is a girl's private matter, how can she say it so casually, Zhou Yang felt rude even if he heard it, but fortunately, when Li Meng said these words, he seemed frank and open.

It's just that Li Meng and Yan Zhizhou's family are too incompatible, Zhou Yang has already regained his calm, hesitated and said:

"I'm not afraid that Brother Li won't like it, this family committee is really not very sure, Zhou Mou can't say a word from outside, the Sun family and the Xu family in Laizhou Mansion are both big families, and marrying them must have a lot of help, and they are all local gentry, and they are also families who match the court."

Li Meng stood up with a smile, avoided Zhou Yang's words, solemnly bowed to Zhou Juren, and said:

"Li really can't find a respectable person who is willing to say yes in Jiaozhou City, that is, thinking that Zhou Juren is anxious for justice and righteousness, maybe he is willing to help with this, please."

Seeing Li Meng's attitude, Zhou Juren hurriedly stood up, although there was a look of embarrassment on his face, he still replied with a smile:

"Okay, Zhou is going to try it, and he can fight to eat Zhizhou's hanging."

The two sides deliberately avoided the topic just now, especially Zhou Juren, who was covered in cold sweat, felt that he was really hot-blooded, and the other party didn't speak, why did he say so much first, and every sentence had the sin of robbing the family and exterminating the clan!

followed a few more gossip, Zhou Juren didn't want to stay longer, got up and said goodbye to Li Meng, and suddenly said to Li Meng before going out:

"When I came to your place today, you and I only talked about proposing marriage to the Zhizhou family, but that's the case?"

Li Meng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, of course he understood what the other party meant, and quickly nodded to confirm, hearing Li Meng say this, Zhou Juren suddenly felt a sense of relief, but there was also a feeling of disappointment in it, and he said so much impassionedly, it was really flattering to the blind.

Wang Hai led Zhou Juren out of the house in front, and only after walking a few steps, he suddenly heard Li Meng say loudly behind him:

"Today and Zhou Juren chatting, it is really happy, if there is a chance in the future, please also ask Mr. to come to drink and taste tea."

As soon as he heard this, Zhou Juren was shaken, his face suddenly became flushed, he turned around and shook his head a little excitedly, and then strode out.

The next day, the news spread in Jiaozhou City, Zhou Yang, a new person in the state, visited Li Meng, the inspector of the salt administration, and his attitude was quite polite, and the two sides talked very happily, Li Erlang's reputation suddenly had a layer in the local area, and there was some official gossip, saying that Zhou Juren came to visit Yan Zhizhou, and Zhizhou was very polite to invite people to enter the inner hall to talk, but it didn't take too long, Yan Zhizhou, who has always been gentle and elegant, actually roared.

Although the officials were all driven away, the angry shouts still reached everyone's ears, and they couldn't hear the details clearly, that is, the sentence "no" everyone could understand, and soon after Zhou Juren's embarrassing farewell, the news was not widely spread, that is, among the people related to the yamen.

Zhou Juren did not come to tell Li Meng the result in person, but just asked his family to bring a letter, with the above four words "there is a negative trust". Faced with this result, all Li Meng could do was smile bitterly.

Things always feel very strange, and the day after getting the news, the head of the yamen politely came to the door and said:

"Lord Zhizhou invited Master Li to go to the Yamen to discuss matters."

Zhizhou is a civil administration, and the inspection is a salt administration, except for the silver sent every month for convenience, there is no intersection. However, this time the situation is a little strange, first the word "please" was used, and it was the head of the yamen who was sent instead of the family, which means that please go over to discuss official affairs.

Li Meng thought about it, that is, the day before yesterday, the client went to the door to propose marriage, and the rest really had no contact, but he didn't need to worry about it in this Jiaozhou City, these officials of the Zhizhou Yamen, what everyone was doing every day, Li Meng had a rough idea in his heart, and there would definitely be no danger this time.

Invited in the morning, Li Meng led a few cronies to the yamen in the afternoon, although he wanted to meet an acquaintance at the door, it was the head of the salt's riding skills**, now is the time for spring ploughing, ** asked for leave to go back to do farm work, but today I met here in Zhizhou, there is only one explanation.

**In front of Li Meng, he was not as respectful as the salt dings, and shouted at a distance in his voice:

"Li Erlang, the old man accompanied Master Su into the city today, and he hasn't used breakfast yet, so quickly arrange a place for our old brothers."

There were seven or eight people standing outside the yamen, in addition to **, there were a few people in their forties, and the rest were all sturdy men, all wearing the same battle jackets, and the clothes were quite neat. Li Meng knew that the so-called Master Su was Su Chen, the commander of the Lingshan Guard, and these old men and strong men must be the personal soldiers and guards of the Su Commander, Li Meng did so many things in the Lingshan Guard, whether it was the Qianhu or the commander, they all ignored it.