Chapter Seventy-Seven: There Are Guests
After practicing for two hours, it was time for the horses to rest, and all the salters who rode on the horses hurriedly dismounted, unsaddled the horses and armor, and gave the horses water and food.
Fortunately, the silver of these horseback riding salts is more than twice that of ordinary salt, otherwise few people would be able to endure it.
Li Meng also has no privileges, he is also there like everyone else to load and unload the harness and feed the horses, the people who bring their own horses to be recruited are not too peaceful roles, the training is so boring, and there are so many rules in the usual way, they are a little impatient.
But looking at Yan Ding's collar, the famous Li Erlang on the road is also doing this, and everyone's grievances are a little less, and they follow honestly.
**The old man has some privileges, leaning against the wall and leisurely drinking strong tea and eating snacks, this is the welfare of training, don't enjoy it in vain, **Squint at Li Meng who is carrying a bucket over there, and judge in his heart what Li Meng is doing from stupid to smart.
He is different from the military households of the Lingshan Guard, ** is a person who has fought outside and seen the world, compared to the farmers who say that it is better to say that it is simple and simple, and it is difficult to hear than ignorant farmers, and it can naturally be seen that what Li Meng did is definitely not what a small inspection does.
While he was busy, a salt dick outside suddenly hurried to Li Meng and said:
"My lord, someone from the state city has come to visit. Master Ning asked the adults to go back quickly. ”
Although Ning Qiangui said that he was a master, unlike the master of ordinary officials, he had no decisive power in Li Meng's system. What he did was more of a counselor and clerk, and Ning Qiangui had a much better understanding of the official site than a newcomer like Li Meng, and could give a lot of useful advice.
But that's all, he can't command any Yanding, although he has the name of a Qingke, but in fact, he is the status of someone else's Qingke's companion.
In Li Meng's private salt system, since he has no position of power, he naturally has to be cautious when he speaks, and he has no right to speak about Li Meng's actions.
Today, he actually said something like "Master Ning asked the adults to go back quickly", if it weren't for this Master Ning being dizzy. It's just that there is a big event, but with that sentence, it is said that someone visited him.
Li Meng was a little confused and a little vigilant. I thought about it in my heart. There are still a hundred salt dings in Jiaozhou City, and there should be no problems, so the names of twenty horseback riding salt dings were ordered at the moment. Transferring to the untrained horses, they galloped towards Jiaozhou City.
After more than an hour of travel, when Li Meng and the others arrived outside the city gate, they saw Master Ning waiting there early, and when they saw Li Meng and them coming. and do not care about the dust. He trotted a few steps to the front and looked at the anxious and mysterious expression on Master Ning's face. Li Meng was also a little puzzled, and heard Ning Qiangui say in a low voice:
"My lord, a small flag from the Jinan Jinyi Wei Thousand Households Office came to see you, saying that he was here to give a gift to the adult."
Hearing the name Jin Yiwei, Li Meng was still stunned before reacting, East and West Factory, Jin Yiwei is almost synonymous with the Ming Dynasty in the eyes of many modern people, in Li Meng's understanding, these institutions are just the spies and public security agencies of the Ming Dynasty.
However, people in this era don't think so, Li Meng can see the deep fear on Ning Qiangui's face, this fear is almost instinctive and subconscious, just like seeing a small animal in the beast.
When chatting with the people around you, there are two kinds of gossip and horror stories in the people of the Ming Dynasty, one is the demons and monsters, which have been the case for thousands of years, and the other is the East and West Factory and Jinyiwei, which are said to be peeling skin and bones, all kinds of torture, and people are worse than dead after entering.
During the discussion, the tone was full of deep fear, I really don't know how the Jinyi Guard organization can cause such a shock to these lowest-level military households.
After entering Jiaozhou City, Li Meng also made a special inquiry, in places like prefectures and counties, except for Jining Prefecture, which is a thoroughfare, the rest are not stationed in Jinyiwei, and generally a province is placed in a Jinyiwei thousand households, and only in the prefecture and various prefectures and cities.
To put it bluntly, a spy agency like Jinyiwei would not come to a small place like Jiaozhou at all, and Li Meng didn't take them to heart, who would have thought that he would come to the door today.
Since you are here, let's go and meet, Li Menggang was about to carry the horse into the city, but he was pulled by Master Ning beside him, but he saw that this master showed a painful look, and said with difficulty:
"Adult, the little one feels unwell today, and he has cramps between his chest and abdomen, can he take a leave of absence for half a day to go back to rest?"
Li Meng naturally agreed, Tima entered the city, and as soon as he passed through the city gate, Li Meng suddenly thought of Fang Cai Ning Qiangui's expression, when he was in modern school, he pretended to be sick and the teacher asked for leave was like this.
"Bastard!"
The twenty horsemen who followed Li Meng suddenly heard Li Erlang shouting angrily on the horse, all of which were inexplicable......
The Yanding team, which was originally training outside the city, was transferred into the city by Li Meng, and their residence was also in the courtyard next to the inspection yamen anyway.
After staying in a nearby teahouse for a while, and waiting for the salters to enter the city, Li Meng re-mounted his horse and went back to his house, after all, he was doing illegal illegal salt trading, and he couldn't be too careful when he encountered Jinyiwei's roles similar to secret services.
The person in charge of the house is Rosie, Rosie is the kind of eight-sided delicate character, seeing that it was the Jinyi guard who came to visit, he first invited people in with a smile and politely, and then notified the people who should be notified, Ning Qiangui also knew the severity after he knew, and quickly went to report the news.
When Li Meng arrived at the mansion, Rosie was waiting outside the door, and when he saw Li Meng coming from a distance, he hurriedly walked a few steps quickly, approached him, and said in a low voice with a solemn look on his face:
"Master, I have already gone to the main hall to welcome you, and I ordered wine and food in Shaohai Building, and several clerks are accompanying me there."
Luo Xi's state is not much stronger than Hou Shan, his body is a little trembling, obviously scared to death, Li Meng wondered in his heart, what is the horror of this brocade guard, it actually makes these people afraid of being like this, before getting off the horse and entering the courtyard, he looked back at the salt Ding who followed behind him, the expressions of these people were still natural, but it was not the calm state of usual.
"How many people?"
"Two, both of them have shown the waist card to the small one, and Yang Shuban said that it is indeed a small flag of Jinan Jinyi Wei Qianhu."
Li Meng nodded, there were only two people, in this Jiaozhou City, he was afraid that he would not be able to go to the sky, so he strode towards the main hall, there was still a distance, and he heard the main hall staggered, very lively, and he could hear a few bookstores flattering and persuading him to drink, Li Meng felt very uncomfortable, this place is the territory of Li Erlang, the salt administration patrol, how can it be comfortable to see others arrogant here.
As soon as they saw him coming, the clerks at the wine table all stood up in unison and bowed down to give Li Mengshi, but the two brocade-clothed guards sat there with golden swords.
When Li Meng walked to him, the brocade guard who was sitting on it stood up with a smile, hugged his fists and made a shake, this person is very stout, the beard on his face seems to be half of a steel needle, and his face looks quite vicious, but the smile on his face is very kind, and his eyes are completely squinted when he smiles. ”
That Feng Qi was a very stocky short man, but he had a strained face, listening to the tone of this brocade guard, there was no politeness and respect, and the title was also flowing, but Li Meng couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, so he also clenched his fists casually, and said:
"I don't know what the two of you are looking for Li to do?"
Li Meng's response was also lukewarm, Zhou Bing was a little surprised, when he was on an errand in Jinyiwei and went out to do errands, he didn't say that it was the inspection of the nine grades in front of him, even the prefect of the first prefecture, and the local officials of the fourth and fifth grades, they were very polite when they saw them, not to mention those who had handles and ghosts in their hearts.
Who doesn't know the horror of Ti Cai, that is an official who can take people without following the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and no one can afford to offend, but this Li Meng is clearly the biggest salt lord in Shandong, and there may be some murders in his hands, so many handles, even if he is arrested by the government, it is a capital crime, not to mention Jinyiwei.
Zhou Bing smiled in his heart:
"Look at you calmly here, there are times when you cry......"
The smile on his face remained unchanged, but he said more politely:
"Lord Li, we are here to give you a gift this time, this is all the kindness of my family!"
These words made Li Meng's even more incomprehensible, he just waved his hand at those bookstores, signaling them to leave, Feng Qi casually pushed a place on the table, and the dishes fell to the ground with a clatter, the two brocade guards still made a look of no one, Li Meng really felt that they were here to give gifts at this moment.
Feng Qi carried the burden in his hand and threw it directly on the table, with a loud bang, obviously the weight was not light, Zhou Bing said with a smile:
"My family came to Jinan Mansion for less than half a year, and I heard the reputation of the adult, and specially sent me to send some gifts!"
Such a heavy weight, could it be gold and silver? Just in doubt, Zhou Bing opened the baggage, which was filled with metal components of various shapes, with iron chains and hooks, Li Meng couldn't recognize what it was at all, only a narrow short knife on the top, and the blade was a finger wide.