It was already more than halfway through, and the carriage pulling Lotte entered a Zhuangzi in the southern suburbs of Biandu after seven turns and eight twists.

This is called Xie Jiazhuang, the people in this village are surnamed Xie, the ancestor was originally a general who followed Song Taizu Zhao Kuanyin to fight the world, the founding of the Great Song Dynasty has been one hundred and sixty years, the family road has long fallen, and Yang Jian set up a public field such a thing, the family road fell in the dynasty did not rely on the Xie family to sell the family business, and the family moved south.

The distance between Xie Jiazhuang and Biandu has been more than thirty miles, so these thirty miles away can be exquisite, and the public fields within thirty miles around Biandu City will not be forcibly included, but it is difficult to say beyond thirty.

Someone had already arrived first to report that the car carrying Lotte had just stopped, and Mu Zhutou and Liu Jinhua, who had not been seen for more than a year, were already waiting outside the gate of Zhuangzi.

"I've seen Master Hou!" Le Tian got into the car, and Mu Zhutou, Liu Jinhua and others bowed and worshipped.

Seeing Lotte again, Mu Zhutou, Liu Jinhua and others have a feeling that things are wrong, when Lotte was in Cai Jing, he was just a military attache of the Jiupin Imperial City Division who disguised his identity as a small official, but now it is only two and a half years old, and he is already the marquis of the third grade, which makes people sigh.

After getting out of the car, Lotte motioned to a few people to be exempt, and said with a smile: "The water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River are to raise people, and I haven't seen you for more than a few years, but I am becoming more and more radiant!" ”

"Hou Ye has always spoken and listened very well, although Jiangnan is good, but the slave family will inevitably continue to be old, and Hou Ye's demeanor is better than in the past!" Hearing Lotte say this, Liu Jinhua, who is a and has a little charm, laughed, and those who have been in the wind and moon field for a long time naturally speak in a tone that is full of wind and dust.

Liu Jinhua said as she came to Lotte's side and giggled.

Seeing Liu Jinhua's smile, Lotte felt a little inexplicable, but he didn't care, shook his head and said: "I have eaten sand in the northwest for a year, and it took a month to raise this dough back!" ”

After Liu Jinhua finished speaking, Mu Dutou next to him said: "Hou Ye, Li Guanren, Wang Yuanwai and others in Hangzhou, as well as a few naval commanders, want to ask Hou Ye to say hello, and also order his subordinates to carry a letter to Hou Ye!" ”

Li Guanren naturally refers to Lotte's sister-in-law Li Liang.

Hearing Mu Dutou mention his sister-in-law, Lotte hurriedly asked, "How are my sister and brother-in-law doing?" How is my little nephew? ”

"Li Guanren and Mrs. Li are both good, and Hou Ye's nephew is also very good, and now he has gone to school!" Mu Dutou said, and then arched his hand: "Li Guan and Mrs. Li have the joy of adding Ding to their family after the New Year, and they have added another male baby!" ”

"Really?" Lotte Daiki.

"What a place for conversation is this?" Seeing that Mu Dutou and Lotte were chatting endlessly, Liu Jinhua cocked his Lanhua finger and said, "Hou Ye will enter Zhuangzi and talk about it!" ”

"Let's talk about it when we enter the house!" Lotte nodded, then walked ahead towards the courtyard, and after taking two steps, he looked ahead, but stopped in a daze.

A soft sigh came from the door, and then a soft voice with a grudge of Wu Nong reached Lotte's ears: "Men are all like the new and hate the old, a farewell for many years, and the old people for a long time, but I haven't heard to ask the slave family, the slave family is still looking forward to the negative person every day, and now this heart is cold and transparent!" ”

Following the voice, Lotte cast his gaze, and a beautiful face with resentment appeared in sight, and then the beauty turned around and left Lotte with a graceful back.

"Begonia girl......" Lotte was a little sneering, but still called out his mouth.

Yes, the woman who glanced at Lotte in this courtyard and retreated back was the famous Hangzhou drunken begonia.

"When the dusk is still known, the mandarin duck does not sleep alone. But when I saw the new man laughing, I heard the old man crying. Listening to Lotte calling himself, Drunken Begonia stopped, and after chanting, he blessed Lotte Yingying: "The concubine has seen Master Hou!" ”

Although I haven't been to the wind and moon field for a long time, but the experience of shuttling through the wind and moon field in the past came, and Lotte said very habitually: "I didn't expect you to come, I was about to ask you, but you came out!" ”

"Really?" Drunken Begonia's beautiful eyes flickered, and after a pause, he smiled again: "Master Hou doesn't know how many women have said this!" ”

"The concubine is old and yellow, and someone has to take over in the future, Miss Begonia and Master Hou are old acquaintances, and they also have friendships, and now Miss Begonia is the right hand of the concubine!" Liu Jinhua said beside Lotte, and said: "Master Hou is now in Biandu when there is a shortage of people, and the concubine brought the Begonia girl. ”

"You're really thoughtful!" Lotte nodded to Liu Jinhua.

The spy agencies of all dynasties, whether it is the Imperial City Division of the current dynasty, or the "internal guard" or "investigation" of the former Tang Dynasty, in addition to the restaurant and tea shop, the Qinglou Chu Pavilion is not only one of the important sources of channels, but also a secret location for the joint, and Lotte naturally cannot give up this position.

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The group entered Zhuangzi, and Yang Zhi stayed outside the house with a group of guards to check.

After entering the main hall, Lotte took his seat, and then everyone sat down.

The tea receded, and Lotte asked, "How is Hangzhou doing lately?" ”

Mu Zhutou replied: "Lord Hou, not only the entire Liangzhejiang Road in Hangzhou is not optimistic, Your Majesty in order to repair Genyue, in the southeast to collect flowers and plants, rare and strange stones. Zhu Mian and others took the opportunity to make a lot of money and blackmail the people and wealthy households.

When the Hou Ye left Hangzhou, he had instructed a small one to pay attention to the movements of the Manichaean congregation, and the Manichaean sect that was hidden in the people saw that the government forcibly seized the people's wealth, and took advantage of the situation to begin to agitate the people to absorb the congregation, and the people's dissatisfaction with the imperial court was increasing day by day. ”

"This is beyond our means!" Lotte shook his head. However, Lotte is also amazed in his heart, history is sometimes difficult to change.

Mu Zhutou said again: "Please rest assured, Wang Yuanwai and Li Guanren have already prepared a way to retreat, as long as the Manichaeism makes any moves, they will strive to minimize the losses." ”

Then Lotte asked again: "How is the business over there?" ”

"With the support of Dongying Silver Mine, Wang Yuanwai's caravan has expanded several times, and the profit of this year's year has doubled several times compared to previous years!" Liu Jinhua next to him also hurriedly replied, and then said: "After more than a year of hard work, Hangzhou, Yuezhou, and Mingzhou have placed a lot of our manpower, and everything is convenient. ”

Lotte then asked: "Now the commanders of Xiuzhou, Yuezhou, and Hangzhou have all been replaced?" ”

Mu Zhutou said: "Back to the words of the Hou Ye, the commanders of the navy in Xiu, Yue, and Hangzhou have been full, but the navy is only a box army, and it has never been valued by the imperial court. ”

Can you prevent the occurrence of the Jingkang change seven years later, Lotte has no bottom, and the management of Liangzhejiang Road is the retreat that Lotte prepared for himself is also the last hole card, if you want to run Liangzhejiang Road well, you must not only grasp the wealth of Liangzhejiang Road, but also the right to grasp Liangzhejiang Road, only in this way can you ensure that your plan is safe.

The operation of the two Zhejiang can be described as a link to the link, Lotte does not want to go wrong in any link, as the so-called people's hearts are separated from the belly, Lotte does not dare to completely rest assured of these people: "This Yue, Xiu, Hangzhou three states of the command of the navy to eat well, usually can there be any abnormal movements?" ”

"Before leaving Hangzhou, Hou Ye once instructed the little ones to always pay attention to their words and deeds, and the little ones didn't dare to slack off!" Mu Zhutou hurriedly said, and said: "The commanders of the three states are all involved in the silver mining and sea trade business led by Hou Ye, and they all know in their hearts that they will make a fortune with Hou Ye, and none of them will be unhappy with the silver, and now they are all honestly tight!" ”

Hearing what Mu Zhutou reported, Lotte nodded, everything went well in the southeast of Liangzhejiang, and after Fang La's incident subsided, it was a good time for him to further control Liangzhejiang.

After Mu Zhutou's voice fell, I saw an old man in his sixties enter the hall, bow to Lotte who was in the right position, and said: "Master Hou, the people who have been convened have finished lining up, please review Lord Hou." ”

Lotte said: "Don't rush, let them wait!" ”

"I've seen Master!" At this time, Mu Zhutou suddenly got up, saluted the old man, and then said to Lotte: "Master Hou, this is Huadu Tou, who served in the Imperial City Division during the period from Xining to Daguan, and is a lowly teacher!" ”

Listening to Mu Zhutou's words, the old man's slightly cloudy eyes showed some excitement: "Don't mention the past, now the old man is just a beggar living on the street, and he was taken in by the Hou Ye to eat a full meal!" ”

"What do you mean?" Lotte was puzzled.

Mu Zhutou said: "Master Hou, the ancestral home of this young master is Lushan, and the family's land was encroached upon by the public land, and the descendants of my master's family died tragically under Yang Jian's minions......"

"Don't say it, I know ......" Hearing this, Lotte's face turned pale: "The sky is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, Yang Jian's old horseman will not die well!" ”

Old man Hua bowed to Lotte, with a sad and indignant expression: "Hou Ye is benevolent and righteous, he participated in the impeachment of Yang Jian in the court, and then hung up the crown and left Xiao Lao'er also heard about it, Hou Ye is loyal to the people, but the Son of Heaven ......"

While speaking, Old Man Hua was already in tears, choking and unable to speak.

For this reason, Lotte had to comfort the old man for half a sound.

In the late spring of March, in the fine weather, the noon sun has begun to be a little hot, and in the open space in the Zhuangzi, there are two square teams standing in the middle, one team is a strong man, and the other team is a group of people who are mixed with teenagers, prime of life, and even people in their forties and fifties who are close to their twilight years, and they are also neatly standing under the sun, and in this team there are more than a dozen women of different ages in addition to these men.

Between the Lotte checks, Old Man Hua said: "Master Hou, the old man has divided the recruited group of people into two, and selected some of the strong men to train them to become Hou Ye's guards, and the other part is used as spies to find out the news. ”

Lotte didn't show up in front of these recruits, Lotte just stood in the dark and looked at the team of men, women and children, and asked with some puzzlement: "Why are there men and women in this team?" ”

The old man Hua on the side hurriedly replied: "Back to Hou Ye, Hou Ye wants to inquire about the news, and the organization naturally needs people of all ages, so naturally it can't only use men in the prime of life." ”

Lotte couldn't help nodding, this old man Hua is really an expert, and he can be described as meticulous and thoughtful in doing things.

Old man Hua continued: "At present, it is only the primary election of the old decay, and in the future, it will have to go through the assessment and re-selection, and only by searching the sand in the waves can we select the best elite for the Hou Ye!" ”

After Old Man Hua's voice fell, Mu Zhutou said on the side: "Master Hou won't go to proofread?" ”

"Ben Hou has already seen it, let them disperse and rest!" Lotte shook his head, and then ordered: "Seeing that their bodies are very weak, set a higher standard for their food, there must be fish, meat and eggs for their daily meals, and in addition, ask Lang to check their bodies regularly." ”

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