In three days, he made countless efforts to sell several houses under his name, mortgaged the deed, sold the shop, and used the 70,000 taels of silver to recover more than 3,000 soldiers who had previously belonged to the Nanjing Jinwu avant-garde.

There were still a few hundred people left, and he couldn't find them.

Of course, if he is given time, he may not be able to find all of them, at least he can find eight or nine without leaving ten. It's just that Xu Li and Zhang Ru didn't give him so much time, and he couldn't find so many people in a short period of time.

All soldiers have military records, even if he goes to the market to find some people to fill up the numbers, once someone really finds out, the crime of secretly training private soldiers is not something that the small head on his neck can afford.

Walking into the Guogong Mansion with a feeling of anxiety, as soon as he entered the door, he held up the roster in his hand high, and knelt down: "Grandpa, there are 13 people in the Jinwu avant-garde register, and now 4,625 people have returned, and there is no trace of the remaining 788 people." ”

It has become a common phenomenon in the Ming army that the generals in the guard post eat empty salaries, as long as they do not go too far, a superior like Xu Li will not be held accountable at all. But Xu Liang really went too far, a Jinwu avant-garde of more than 5,000 people, and he was stunned to make him a thousand households with only more than 1,000 people.

Even if the court doesn't pursue it, as long as Xu Li knows, it is impossible to take this matter lightly.

So he didn't care about Xu Liang's begging expression, and said with a cold face: "What about the others?" ”

"The days when the brothers were separated were too long, some people went back to their hometowns, some went to other places, and a few had accidents, so." Xu Liang lowered his head in shame and whispered.

"So eight hundred people disappeared without a trace, so you, the commander of the guard, are eating empty salaries with peace of mind, yes and no!" Xu Li gritted his teeth and scolded: "What is not a weapon, you really regard this Ming guard as your own backyard, if it weren't for Dingbian Hou to find out, my father would have been kept in the dark by you." ”

Xu Liang pursed his lips and said, "Xu Liang knows his mistake, Xu Liang admits punishment!" ”

Xu Li stood up, raised his leg is a kick, and directly kicked Xu Liang to the ground: "Admit punishment, can you afford it?" Obviously, millions of troops, if all the guards and commanders are like you, I still need to fight the Tatars? Without fighting, the Northern Yuan Dynasty can directly take away the Ming Dynasty. ”

Xu Liang was ashamed and let Xu Li scold.

Whether it is on justice or personal feelings, he has no excuse to intercede, Xu Li treats him well, but he does something sorry for Xu Li.

Of course, it has a lot to do with Xu Huaiyuan, but this relationship cannot be spoken.

"How much silver you swallowed, spit it out for me, and the position of the commander of this guard will also be handed over, you go to Xiaolingwei!" Xu Li said coldly after finishing his fire.

Xu Liang was shocked, he knew best what kind of place Xiaolingwei was, but as a soldier, even if he was a soldier who had not experienced the war, he would never want to go to a place like Xiaolingwei.

Because it's not just his business, it's also about his children and grandchildren.

The military household of the Ming Dynasty is hereditary, although with the death of personnel caused by the war, there are constantly new recruits to join, but as long as he does not die, his son does not die, and the Ming Dynasty does not die, their ancestors are all soldiers.

Xiaolingwei has no oil and water to speak of, and there is no hope of promotion, it is not a big war to destroy the country and exterminate the species, and Xiaolingwei will basically not be used. To put it bluntly, the filial piety guard is the one who guards the tomb.

Xu Liang climbed with a roll to protect Xu Li's thigh: "Grandpa, Xu Liang won't dare next time, you will spare Xu Liang this time!" ”

"Hmph, get out!" Xu Li kicked hard and kicked Xu Liang out again.

As a military general, the strength on Xu Li's legs is not light, and as soon as he stepped down, Xu Liang directly spat blood from his mouth.

Zhang Ru looked at it coldly, and had no intention of helping Xu Liang speak, this kind of person is a moth of the country, and if he wants to reform, he must get rid of these moths.

After fighting for a while, Xu Liang lay on the ground and moaned, his chest rose and fell more and more weakly, and his facial features were about to twist into a ball, Xu Li gasped and said: "If it weren't for the fact that you followed me to work in Beiping back then, it was a bit hard, I would have to pick your skin." Your brother asked me to take care of you before he died, and he used his life to spell out a future for you on the frontier, and you did this to him? A little clever and self-righteous, I really don't know how thick the sky is. ”

Don't look at Xu Li's scolding, in fact, he has been peeking at Zhang Ru's face with his spare light. You must know that Zhang Ru is a person from the capital, and he can speak in front of the emperor, if he goes back to say a few words, he is afraid that he will have to write a letter to ask for guilt. Although Zhang Ru seems to have a good relationship with him now, Xu Li still doesn't dare to be careless.

Another point is that although Xu Liang has done some very bastard things, he is still smart and can see the situation clearly. Xu Liang's brother once saved Xu Li's life, so Xu Li didn't want to do anything to the end, and hoped that Zhang Ru could help Xu Liang speak in his face.

Unexpectedly, no matter whether he scolded or beaten, Zhang Ru was like a nobody, but the corners of his mouth hooked up a playful smile.

"Brother, what to do, you say something." Xu Li was helpless, so he had to open his mouth and ask.

Zhang Ru made a gesture to wipe his neck: "It's useless to keep it, just kill it." ”

"This." Xu Li was dumbfounded.

If he could kill Xu Liang, what would he waste so much time and scold, the reason why he did this was to help Xu Liang again on the premise of saving Xu Liang's life.

Zhang Ru raised his eyebrows and asked, "Brother is in trouble?" ”

Xu Li was a little embarrassed, touched his beard and said, "No, no, it's just that this kid is a little smart, if you keep it, it may be of some use to you." ”

"Oh, I want to hear about it." Zhang Ru said lightly.

Xu Liang, who had lost a lot of severe pain in his body, knew that the opportunity had come, regardless of the pain on his body, he got up and knelt in front of Zhang Ru with a grunt: "Master Hou wants to open the sea ban, and the villain and the maritime merchant Chen Dafu have a good relationship, maybe they can help Master Hou." As long as Hou Ye gives the last general a chance to make meritorious contributions, the last general will smear his liver and brain, and he will not give up. ”

Zhang Ru said noncommittally: "The reason why you ended up in this field can be said to be because of me, you don't hate me?" ”

Xu Liang thought about it and gritted his teeth and said, "Hate!" But the fact that the last general did should be damned, and he couldn't complain about Hou Ye at this step, he could only blame himself. The last general is not talented, and he is willing to work hard to promote the opening of the sea ban, and ask the Hou Ye to give the last general a chance to make meritorious contributions. ”

Telling the truth and explaining it was the smartest way Xu Liang could think of.

He knew that the young man in front of him could be in a high position at such a young age, and he must not be so easy to fool. If you say you don't hate, I'm afraid you'll lose even the last chance.

It tastes good to have the power of life and death in his hands, and he doesn't want to lose, so he has to seize every opportunity.

He is very grateful to Xu Li, the reason why Xu Li did this, the smart Xu Liang figured it out when he was beaten, not to mention Xu Li's kindness of completely pulling down his face to plead with Zhang Ru.

After a while, cold sweat broke out on Xu Liang's head, and Zhang Ru said: "Ben Hou can let you go, and he doesn't need you to smear your liver and brains, let alone break your bones." In two days, I will contact the maritime merchants in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian and ask them to come to Nanjing. If you don't want to come, the record is in the book, and Ben Hou will find Jinyiwei to settle accounts with them. As for you, take off the hat of this Jinwu avant-garde commander first, as long as Ben Hou negotiates with those people, you will be the leader of the Jiangnan maritime merchants. ”

This can be regarded as a promise made by Zhang Ru, a promise that Xu Liang cannot refuse no matter what.

When a guard commander is an envoy, there are many times when he is restrained, but the leader of the maritime merchants, it can be said that he does not have to listen to anyone's orders except for the capital court and this marquis.

In addition, when the leader of the sea can justifiably take money, he doesn't know how much more beautiful than him, the commander of the guard.

Xu Liang hurriedly agreed: "The last general will thank Hou Ye, and the last general will thank Hou Ye." ”

Zhang Ru said: "You don't need to thank me, you have to thank yourself and your brother who has never met Ben Hou but makes Ben Hou respect." Ben Hou was born in the military, and fought side by side with tens of thousands of border troops in Datong border town, for Ben Hou, every Ming citizen who participated in the war is Ben Hou's robe brothers. You're good enough to remember calling yourself the last general in such a life-threatening time. ”

Only then did Xu Liang understand that it was not his attitude of admitting his mistakes that made this Hou Ye let him go, but when he admitted his mistakes, he was the last general.

What he didn't understand was how thick the feelings between this robe were in Zhang Ru's heart. Xu Li, who understood this, took a deep look at Zhang Ru.

This young man once again surprised himself, and also gave himself a lot of face, this love, he has to repay, and he has to use practical actions to repay.

I can't help but sigh in my heart, it's really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, it seems that this thief ship, I can't go on it.

After Xu Liang left with great gratitude, Zhang Ru said to Xu Li: "Brother, please have a good talk with your son, how much silver he has taken over the years that he shouldn't have taken, spit it out!" If you are unwilling, within three years, this money, I, Zhang Wenxuan, will give him with interest. ”

Xu Li hurriedly said: "It's already a blessing in the misfortune of the dog that the elder brother doesn't pursue it, and it's too much to say anything that is even profitable." Wen Xuan rest assured, the old brother will definitely let him realize his mistakes. ”

Zhang Ru nodded and smiled: "Wen Xuan can trust my brother, by the way, Xu Wenyuan's position as the commander of the Nanzhen Fu Division, I'm afraid I have to give it up." ”

Xu Li was stunned for a moment, and was immediately relieved.

Since Zhang Ru said that he wanted to teach those maritime merchants who didn't give face a lesson, and left Xu Huaiyuan, a person who had opinions about him, in Nanzhen Fusi, it would definitely not work.

Anyway, as long as the overall situation has been decided, he can still let his son serve as the commander at that time, Xu Li said disapprerovitically: "Wenxuan, don't worry, my brother knows what to do." ”