Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Penny Stumps a Hero
Wang Fei and Shen Guang got the news and immediately rushed back to Gong County.
I saw Li Yanqing laying a huge white wolf skin on the thatched porch, and he sat on it, leaning on the pillar to read. On the side, Mao Xiaonian was quietly cooking tea, and the fragrance of tea was faint and faint, diffusing around the thatched house. Wang Hao and Shen Guang couldn't help but feel dry and swallowed their saliva.
"The tea is just right, sit down and take a sip, take a slow."
Li Yanqing asked Mao Xiaonian to offer two fragrant teas, and Wang Yan and Shen Guang were not polite, and stepped forward to sit down.
The fragrance of tea is still wafting between the lips and teeth.
Wang Yu exhaled a breath of turbid air and put down the teacup.
"Childe, what brought me two here?"
At this moment, he already understood that it shouldn't be too big. Yan Qing came to him, more afraid that he wanted to ask for his opinion.
If it weren't for that, how could Mao Xiaonian cook such fragrant tea?
"I received a letter."
Yan Qing took out the letter from the page beside him.
"The family members of Yu Laozhu were sent to heaven by the imperial court."
"Huh?"
Wang Hao didn't react, but Shen Guang was startled. In the world, there is only one person who can be called the Yulaozhu Kingdom: Yujuluo. However, Yu Juluo was near Yuyao in Qiantang and fought fiercely with the thief Liu Yuanjin. How can you take down his family?
Li Yanqing said: "Yu Lao Zhuguo and General Tu Wanxu are in Yuyao and have already defeated Liu Yuanjin and rebelled against the party.
Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered. Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and the spring breeze blows and grows again...... Now the Jiangnan chaotic party is like the weeds that cannot be burned out by the wildfire, eradicating a handful and growing again. Yu Laozhuguo believes that quelling the chaotic party in Jiangnan is not an overnight effort, and it needs to be suppressed and appeased at the same time, and perhaps in four or five years, the bandits can be completely quelled. His Majesty, however, was very dissatisfied with his results.
Previously, Luoyang suffered from Yang Xuangan's rebellion, which made materials extremely scarce.
The old general was worried about his family, so he secretly smuggled grain and wanted to subsidize his family. Unexpectedly, the grain ship was intercepted.
Now His Majesty suspects that the old general wanted to take his family to the south, and then plotted to rebel. So he ordered King Yue to put the old general's family in prison. and sent an envoy to Jiangnan, intending to kill the old general...... The old general's family, through some connections, asked me for help. ”
Li Yanqing finished his words slowly, and looked around at everyone.
"I don't want to hide it from you, Yu Laozhu has a half-division friendship with me. Back then, in Minshu, I once passed on the method of making a lance. I can't do it, and it's hard to save Lao Zhuguo's life. But I really don't want the people of Laozhu country to be implicated. Therefore, I intend to rescue the Yu family, I don't know what you think? ”
Wang Jun sneered coldly, "It's not that the fish wants to rebel, but I am really suspicious today."
Childe is a lover with a surname, and it is nothing to save Yujuluo's family. The question is how to rescue? After the rescue, what are the plans? ”
Mao Xiaonian raised his head and was secretly frightened.
What does this mean, young master? What he is talking about, but it is very rebellious!
But at the same time, I feel sweet in my heart. When the young master talked to people about such things, he didn't shy away from me. This shows that the young master regards me as a confidant.
Mao Xiaonian is all about Li Yanqing, anyway, no matter what Li Yanqing does, she will not object.
Yan Qing looked at Wang Fei and said softly: "I have come up with a countermeasure, but I need Lao Shen to go to Luoyang...... Over there in Luoyang, Xiongji Shop will try its best to assist you. But if you want to come out, you still need your ears and eyes. Those guys in Tongyuan City, you should be the most familiar with. ”
Shen Guang thought for a while, "There's no need to worry about Tongyuan City, I have some ways."
But the problem is that the Yu family is old and young, and they are detained in prison. If you can't get them out of the prison, you can't have a way. ”
Shen Guang's martial arts are strong, but he doesn't think that Yan Qing will let him go into the heavenly prison to save people.
And he is not so arrogant, thinking that he can fight his way out. I think how cultivated the husky was at the beginning, but it didn't turn out to be a tragic death?
Li Yanqing took out another letter from the page and handed it to Shen Guang.
"My plan is detailed in it.
After a while, Ma Sanbao will send money and things, you take the money and things, go to Luoyang immediately, and act according to the plan. However, try to do this well before the year, otherwise it will affect the plan...... When you go to Luoyang, you must be careful. If you can do it, if you can't, give up immediately.
I will leave the matter of the Qilin Pavilion to Ma Sanbao and Mr. Wang. Old Shen, are you willing to go? ”
Shen Guang smiled: "Since the son's clever plan is arranged, why don't I dare?" Think I dared to break into Hibiscus Town, but it was Luoyang City? ”
"So, go and go back quickly."
Yan Qing handed the letter to Shen Guang, but Shen Guang didn't look at it, and directly put it into his arms.
He got up and went back to his room, packing his bags. Yanqing asked Mao Xiaonian to welcome Ma Sanbao, and then pulled Wang Hao and walked into the thatched house.
Wang Jun said softly: "Childe, will this be too dangerous?" ”
Yan Qing smiled slightly, "My surname is like this, people respect me, and I should repay it with a spring." Yu Lao Zhuguo has the grace of teaching me art, although I can't save him, but I always have to protect him. There are some things that should not be done, but must be done...... Mr. Wang can rest assured that I have made proper arrangements at this time and will definitely not be exposed. However, Shen Guang left, and the Qilin Pavilion ......"
"Oh, I'll be over there, keep an eye on it."
Wang Jun also reported to Yan Qing some things about arranging ears and eyes.
Then, he suddenly changed his words and said softly: "Calculate carefully, Gongzi has set up a hundred porridge sheds under the rule of Xingyang County. In addition, the Qilin Pavilion is cash-for-work, which is enough to make the people of Xingyang return to their hearts. However, I found that it seemed a pity to only set up a porridge field. If Childe wants to gain a firm foothold in Xingyang, these alone are not enough. The more famous Childe is, the more attention he will receive...... During this period, it is inevitable that there will be small troubles. If Gongzi doesn't have enough force in his hands, I'm afraid he won't be able to deter those people. I have a plan to make my son hide his troops from the people. ”
The so-called power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and Li Yanqing can be regarded as a person who is familiar with the history of the party, so how can he not know this truth.
He also wants to have an armed force of his own, but now that this is the Sui Dynasty, if he sets up a private army, it is useless if the number is too small, and if there are too many people, he will be suspicious of the court. Since this period of time, how to raise private soldiers has become a big problem.
Wang Jun brought it up at this time, can Yan Qingyan be interested?
"But I don't know, how to hide the soldiers from the people?"
"Hehe, Childe is in the hub, but he can't see as clearly as a bystander like me.
Now, only one place has been captured, and there are more than 30 porridge sheds, and all the money and food used are from the son. If you count the outside of Gong County, there are a total of 137 porridge sheds. Doesn't Childe feel that there are many homeless people in the porridge field, and someone needs to be guarded and protected. ”
"You mean ......"
"One porridge hut with ten guards is a thousand three hundred and seventy; If twenty guards are placed, it is two thousand seven hundred.
In this way, Childe could easily obtain three thousand guards.
Even the imperial court could not have any complaints about this...... In addition, the Kirin Pavilion needs to be supervised, and when the Kirin Pavilion is completed, it also needs to have enough manpower to protect it. In this way, there are often seven or eight hundred people in the hands of the son, and it is not a problem. If there are really seven or eight hundred private soldiers, why are they afraid of snooping? Moreover, Gongzi's move can be regarded as the resettlement of displaced people for the imperial court, even if it is the imperial court, there is nothing to say. ”
Li Yanqing really didn't think about this, and suddenly fell into deep thought.
He thought for a while, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "Mr. Wang, you really let me know what it means to spend money like running water!" ”
Yes, even if it is a private soldier of seven or eight hundred people, the cost is a staggering amount.
Wang Yan said with a smile: "I just have to make suggestions, and the other things will be solved by the son." I look at Su Lie, who is quite capable of leading troops, and this training can be entrusted to him to be responsible...... By the way, there is one more thing, since Gongzi has nothing to do with the Zheng family now, it is better to change the name of Hu Weizhi. I will make a specific plan in the next two days, and I will hand it over to my son when the time comes. ”
When Li Yanqing heard this, he smiled even more bitterly.
As soon as this plan comes out, the next step is the same cost as running water!
I don't know, can I hold up my little family background?
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On the same day, Shen Guang rushed to Luoyang with ten ingots of gold.
Yan Qing looked like he had nothing to do, so he found Ma Sanbao and checked his own money. But this inventory frightened Yan Qing a lot.
It turned out that in a short period of time, nearly 100,000 yuan of money and goods flowed out of his hands.
There is also a lot of money in this that is not included in the plan. For example, if he enshrines a Taoist temple or a temple under his name, he will need to spend 8,000 yuan in the coming year. The Kirin Pavilion is now under construction, and when it is completed, it will also cost a lot of money; Wang Jun organized an intelligence network, and he will spend 50,000 yuan in the coming year; If the porridge shed continues to be erected, it will be necessary to increase the cost of 10,000 yuan. There are also a lot of other odd and miscellaneous expenses.
Yan Qing counted that as soon as the spring of the next year begins, he will prepare 70,000 yuan.
And that's not a lot of money......
Li Yanqing's books are less than 100,000.
In other words, when those expenses are used up in the coming year, the money and food left on his account may not be able to support the expenses of this large family.
Of course, he will still have an income next year.
It's just that......
Ma Sanbao looked at Yan Qing pitifully and said, "Childe, if we continue like this, we won't be able to last long." ”
"If you can't hold it, you have to support it, and you can't reduce the expenses in the plan.
Sanbao, you can help me settle things at home. I'll take care of the rest. Can this living person still be suffocated to death by urine? ”
Saying so, Yan Qing secretly complained in his heart: If you don't get it right, you will really be suffocated by urine!
After a night of nothing, Li Yanqing tossed and turned in bed all night, thinking about making money. It wasn't until dawn that he fell asleep.
When I woke up, I found that it was white outside the window.
If you calculate the time, Shen Guang may have just arrived in Luoyang at this time...... Li Yanqing was not too worried about Luoyang's affairs. He believes that with Shen Guang's experience, it should not be too difficult to handle this matter well.
What he has to think about now is how to make money.
Pushing open the window, I saw the vast sea and Kan Ling practicing on the snow behind.
Li Yanqing stretched his waist, and after washing up, he changed his clothes and prepared to go out for a walk. But at this moment, he heard a loud cry from the elephant dragon outside the door, followed by the thin waist and four eyes, and also barked at the door. Listening to the sound, it doesn't seem quite right.
Yan Qing couldn't help but wonder, did anyone come to look for trouble at this time?
He shouted through the window: "Big black, Ah Ling, copy guy, it seems that someone is coming." ”
With a bang, the iron ball weighing more than seventy or eighty catties fell into the snow, and Xiong Kuohai roared excitedly, "That bastard dares to come to find trouble?" ”
This guy has been idle and bored lately, practicing all day long.
Now that I have heard that someone dares to come to the door to make trouble, how can the majestic sea not feel excited?
Li Yanqing also rushed out of the room with a bow and a whip.
Standing on the porch, I saw the snow and dust rolling down the slope and the sound of horses' hooves. A troop of iron horsemen galloped from the bottom of the hill, like the wind galloping.
He is the first general, with a silver helmet and silver armor, and a plain white robe.
A big red cloak, hunting and shaking in the wind, a red charcoal fire dragon foal on the crotch, on both sides of the saddle bridge, each hung a heavy, huge eight-edged plum blossom bright silver hammer. Looking at the face, the person who came was not too old, that is, he looked like a ding.
Born handsome and extraordinary, heroic and cool.
The face is like a powder, white and red. Sword eyebrows, tiger eyes, blazing.
The people who came took the lead and rushed to the thatched house to restrain the red charcoal fire dragon horse. When his eyes first fell on the elephant dragon horse outside the porch, as if he was about to attack, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Immediately, he put on a straight face, pointed at Li Yanqing, and shouted: "Li Yanqing, you have done a good thing!" ”
Yan Qing raised his mouth, looked at the person on the horse, and suddenly scolded after a while: "You bastard guy, can you bring so many people to scare me?" Pei Xingyan, you get out of here, if I don't clean you up today, you don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has. ”
Xiong Kuohai and Kan Ling ran over with weapons in hand.
Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but hang his head and muttered: "It seems that there is no way to fight......"
(To be continued)