When night fell, the lights were on, the lights outside the door of the Wei Wangfu Mansion were as bright as day, Fu Zhao was willing to take the palace guards to meet him in front of the door, and after waiting for a while, Zhang Yue was late, he changed into a regular dress at this time, because the Daimyo's Mansion was very close to the palace, so he only brought Yang Xuanli's four or five entourage soldiers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Let Brother Zhigong wait for a long time, it's rude!" Zhang Yue arched his hand and smiled slightly humbly.

"It doesn't matter! Yuanzhen, please come in quickly, tonight is a family banquet, there are no other guests, and you don't have to be too formal! Fu Zhaoyuan greeted with a smile and led Zhang Yue and the three of them into the door.

The scale of the Wei Wangfu is still quite large, all the way through the front door of the Yi Gate, and then through the front door and the atrium, Fu Yanqing was waiting on the front steps of the middle hall, and saw Zhang Yue come in and step down the steps to greet him, and said with a smile: "Why is it too late for Yuan Zhen, you should be punished with three glasses of wine!" ”

"Uncle has an order, and the son-in-law dares not to obey!" The unofficial meeting saved a lot of false courtesy, and Fu Yanqing was also very casual, Zhang Yue looked up with a smile, and saw that a banquet had been set up in the hall, and there was no one else except for the maids.

The seats are also set up with the main case and the guests on both sides, and the situation of the host and guest sharing the case is only more prevalent in the south, and the upper class society in the north still follows the old etiquette. Zhang Yue and Zhao Yuan sat down opposite each other, Fu Yanqing sat down on the top, picked up the wine cup and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhen has worked hard from afar, and I haven't seen him for a few years, this wine will wash the dust for you." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Si! For the sake of the Northern Expedition, this year's tax and grain supervision is extraordinary, and I hope to collect 1.2 million stone before October, this amount should be able to be done for the ten towns in Hebei, right? "Zhang Yue doesn't want to ask much in public, but now it's just the right time to get to the bottom of it.

"This ...... In previous years, there should be no problem, after the war in Huainan this year, the price of grain has just fallen, if you are in a hurry, large-scale payment, I am afraid that the price of grain will rise again, so the local government has to keep a little bit of preparation for famine, and a certain dare to promise you 800,000 stone first, and then there is nothing you can do. Fu Yanqing smiled bitterly and said: "Yuanzhen should not be too honest, even if the Northern Expedition is needed, the three divisions of the DPRK and the Central Committee must also find ways from other aspects, although you are also in charge of Hebei, but your job is in Henghaijie Town, Cangzhou, do you understand?" ”

What Fu Yanqing said is also reasonable, he has no right to personally interfere in the affairs of the local festival town, and it is not bad to be able to collect a million stones, which is the military supply of 100,000 troops for two or three months. Then it will be transferred to Shenzhou and Cangzhou Tunji, I don't know if there are enough commercial cargo ships in the Daimyo Mansion, and how well the official warehouses along the border are prepared.

Zhang Yue raised the wine cup and drank it all, and the servant girl who was accompanying him immediately continued, and said with a smile: "The little son-in-law respects the fourth uncle!" Don't know if the capacity can keep up? Is the place ready? ”

"Yes, you don't have to worry about it here, there are not enough sailors and merchant ships! You will rest here for a few days, and then set off for the north when the towns of each section have a reply, ready to receive the grain, and Shenzhou will be under the control of Chengde, and the business is not bad; But Cangzhou Henghaijie Town is actually only one state, under the jurisdiction of Dezhou, Dizhou, Binzhou, Dingyuan Army four military states, the number of soldiers is uneven, the equipment is also very poor, it is said that the income of Changlu Salt Field should be a strong domain, but in fact this is not the case. Fu Yanqing frowned, revealing the local truth.

"Is that so? Jiezhen is not worried about the military affairs, there are still a few months to rectify. We are strengthening the border preparation and stockpiling grain on a large scale, will the Liao army in Youzhou be prepared when they hear the rumors? "In these years, it is difficult to maintain the confidentiality of the use of soldiers, Zhang Yue pondered, there are soldiers in hand, and martial law at the border must be strengthened.

"That's inevitable, it's a relative problem sooner or later, we have to spend time to prepare, and it will take several months for the Liao State soldiers and horses to be mobilized and deployed." Fu Yanqing frowned, and sighed with a wry smile: "Shi Jingjiao cut Youzhou, so that it caused such a big disaster, and now it is difficult to recover it, even if the Northern Expedition is still too hasty in the spring of next year!" ”

"Could it be that the fourth uncle is not optimistic?" Zhang Yue asked in surprise, at present, he also feels that the odds of victory are not high, the combat strength of the forbidden army is not weak, and the iron cavalry army and the Liao State leather room are not far behind, but the soldiers are strong and the generals are timid, and it is difficult for the generals of the forbidden army to form a joint force, and there is no posture that the Liao army dares to fight.

"It's hard to say...... It is up to you young people to win a big victory when you were so weak in the Battle of Gaoping! Fu Yanqing smiled, seeing that there were no outsiders in the hall, he changed his words and said: "I heard that there were rumors in Beijing at the beginning of the year, and Liulang Xiwen asked someone to bring a letter to persuade him, but for some reason? ”

"This matter is done by the fourth uncle!" Zhang Yue understood as soon as he heard that Fu Yanqing was asking about the marriage of the second sister and the sixth sister, but this involved the emperor, and it was difficult to say it so obviously, so as not to fall into a disrespectful mouth.

"Stop, stop...... In this world now, who can really see through it! Fu Yanqing sighed, and suddenly lost interest, got up and said: "Zhigong accompanies Yuan Zhen to drink a few more wines, and he is old and weak!" ”

Fu Zhao was willing to agree on the side, and Zhang Yue got up and said, "Congratulations to the fourth uncle, please!" ”

Then accompanied by Fu Zhaoyuan, the two kept chatting, didn't eat anything, drank a lot of wine, but after the banquet was actually a little drunk, they lived in the Wei Palace, and slept until three o'clock in the sun the next day, still had a headache, and then left the house and returned to the guest house.

A few days later, the neighboring towns of Zhangde in Xiangzhou, Anguo in Xingzhou, Zhenning in Lanzhou, and Tianpingjie Town in Yunzhou successively sent Zhike to escort the government to report the autumn harvest in this town with tax and grain account books. Zhang Yue had to meet them one by one, and several festival towns near the Daimyo Mansion were relatively wealthy, and the amount of tax and grain was considerable.

In late August, he contacted Fu Yanqing to negotiate properly, Zhang Yue planned to set off for the north, and sent someone to the Wei Wangfu early in the morning to say goodbye, and then took Li Duoshou, Han Hui, Yang Xuanli and other three hundred personal soldiers out of the city, from the Daimyo Mansion by boat, can go along the canal waterway to Cangzhou.

The boats that traveled were their own firms, and they were all moored on the wharf outside Yingfumen, and the mist rose by the river in the early morning, the sun had not yet appeared, and the river breeze was slightly cool. Zhang Yue took his entourage to the riverbank, and saw from a distance that there were several young maidservants on the side of the trestle around two young maids wearing hats and big red dresses fluttering in the wind, looking particularly eye-catching, and there were several sergeants next to them who followed and guarded the side.

It is normal for local officials and businessmen to be at the wharf, and they don't want to get to the trestle, so the little lady actually came over and said, "Is the privy minister going to Cangzhou to take up his post?" Can I bring a little girl with me? ”

"Huh? This is ......" Zhang Yue seemed to be a little familiar when he heard the voice, so he stopped and turned to look, and saw that the little lady reached out to uncover the hat, revealing a bright face, sure enough, it was the second sister of the Wei Wangfu, and a slightly shorter one next to her should be the sixth sister, so she couldn't help but smile and asked, "Where are you going this morning?" ”

"My sixth sister and I are going to cross the river to Wulu Temple to make incense and make a wish, and I can give you a ride by the way!" Second Sister Fu smiled, saw that Zhang Yue only had a few entourage, and said, "You left Qiongniang at home again, I haven't seen her for many years!" ”

"Huh...... You'll always see her! Zhang Yue said in her heart, when you go to Tokyo to become the queen, it is not possible to summon at any time, but this is not easy to say, she herself is actually not very happy with this marriage, but she can't help but object.

When she was fifteen years old in the second year of Qianyou, she was originally going to marry her to the next string, and she didn't want Li Shouzhen to rebel in the river, and the first emperor Guo Wei saw the eldest sister when he quelled the rebellion, and then the eldest sister married Guo Rong as the queen, and Xiande died of illness in three years.