Fuzi listened to Zou Xiurong talk about what happened, his little face turned pale with anger, and he patted the table with his hand, "It's not like words, it's too unlike!" How dare you do this under Amma's nose? I can't finish it, I'll talk to Amma later. ”

Her innocent appearance makes it difficult for people to have a bad feeling for her, Zou Xiurong is aggrieved and a little resentful, but at this time she has been relieved a lot. The curtain of the door was lifted, and the two Goshha opened the curtain in front of them, and then Han Rong, who was dressed in formal clothes, walked in. Everyone got up to salute, but Han Rong waved his hand, "You're welcome, if you have something to say, sit down and say, what's the matter, I heard that something happened in my yamen?" Tell me, what the hell does that mean? ”

Fuzi was the first to jump over, muttering in his father's ear, while Han Rong's face became worse and worse with his daughter's narration, and finally slammed the table, making the teacups on the table clang.

As the direct governor and minister of Beiyang, the leader of the Xinjiang ministers, once he is angry, he has his own prestige. He casually instructed several Goshkha: "Bring me all the dry food tables, I have something to ask them, and no one is allowed to ask for leave." Also, take my film and invite Meng Dong's family to the cell, and I will confront him face to face. If this is true, I am afraid that I will not be able to talk about the old feelings today, and I will take this governor's yamen out of order. ”

Fuzi was inconvenient to stay at this time, so he took the wine jug and turned to the back, while Han Rong looked at Zou Xiurong, "Mrs. Meng, don't be too sad, the grievances suffered by the honored husband, Han will give him an explanation." No matter who is involved in this matter, I must always let him know that this commander's military law is not a decoration. It's just that if you falsely accuse Shangguan, this crime is not small. ”

"My lord, the grass people don't dare to make false accusations, if they don't believe it, wait until they bring them up, we can confront them face to face and make things clear."

Zhao Guanhou listened to the end of Han Rong's words, but in his heart he had already determined that his side should have won more than half of this lawsuit. Since Han Rong said the old feelings, it can be seen that this Song Liangtai is a relict of Wang Wenzhao's era. The grain station is the lifeblood of the whole army, and no one who is not a cronie is allowed to appoint it.

In particular, at present, the first major salary of the troops, the procurement of ordnance, the issuance of military salaries, and even other military expenditures, the expenditure of money and property, and the verification and write-off of military salaries are all in the hands of the grain station. In the expenses of the governors, I don't know how much I have to go from the military expenses, and I don't know how much I have to do with the grain station as an outsider, how dare I rest assured. Even if there is no lawsuit, Han Rong will find an opportunity to exchange blood sooner or later, and replace the people in this position with his henchmen. This lawsuit gave him an opportunity, and his inclination was mostly on Meng Siyuan's side.

It didn't take long, first Song Lian came in from outside, first saluted Han Rong, and then handed over the account book and the voucher for receiving the payment.

"Dashuai, the money for our purchase of cloth has been distributed in full, and Meng has also signed for approval. But after the fact, he came to ask for it, and it was clearly a deliberate attempt to slander people. At the beginning of the humble position, he was kind enough to appease him, but for several months, he repeatedly came to the door to harass him, and it was too blind to the king's law, so he ordered someone to send him to a prison cell for reflection. I just hope he can change his ways. As for the torture given to him in the cell, he really didn't know about it, and he hoped that the marshal would be aware of it. ”

Han Rong didn't pay attention to it, but took the receipt to Zou Xiurong, Zou Xiurong shook his head, "Although this handwriting is imitating my husband's penmanship, there are still discrepancies after all." My husband was doing business in Jinmen, and he signed a lot of documents, and the grass people had a few manuscripts with him, so please send someone to check them. ”

"No need. This thing is very similar, but unfortunately, Ben Shuai is not confused. Han Rong looked at Song Lian, and his tone was extremely cold, "You don't need to look at the receipt, you just need to know from common sense." If he did receive the money, why did he keep asking for it? Meng is not a trick, and he has no backup, otherwise he would not be at your mercy. So what basis did he have to dare to knock on the bamboo pole of the governor's yamen? Can you explain this to me? ”

"In addition, it is not difficult to find out whether the money was withdrawn, where it was withdrawn, and who the withdrawal was. With such a large amount of money, even if it is a ticket of the four Hengs, it is necessary to explain the ticket number in advance and make an appointment before withdrawing money. The official only needs to invite the shopkeeper of several ticket numbers in Baoding City, and he will know as soon as he asks. Song Lian, do you really want me to get to that point? ”

Song Lian didn't expect that Han Rong would not relax at all, obviously a quarter of the money was used by him, but now he was biting it to death. If he bites out, one is that he lacks strong evidence, and the other is that he offended Han Rong to death, and the end is not good. Sweat rained down on his forehead, but he had no words to tell the difference.

After a while, someone outside carried Meng Siyuan in a soft sedan chair, and Zhao Guanhou saw that he hadn't seen him for many days, and Meng Siyuan, who was well-dressed and personable in the past, became like a homeless man at this time. His hair was scattered and obscured his face, his prison uniform was covered with blood, and his legs seemed to be wounded, making it difficult to move around and had to be carried in.

"Siyuan ......" Even though he had met him once, seeing her husband's appearance, Zou Xiurong still couldn't help sobbing. And Mrs. Jensen looked at Han Rong coldly, "Your Excellency, I think that if this incident cannot be properly handled, it will have a very bad impact on the future business cooperation between you and me." ”

"Don't worry, the marquise, this official will naturally give you an explanation." Han Rong looked at Song Lian again, "What's going on?" What royal law did Meng Siyuan commit and be punished severely? ”

"Dashuai...... Dashuai Mingjian, this has nothing to do with villains. The villain never said that he would punish Meng Gongzi. Meng Gongzi, you have to tell the truth, who is the person who executed you, but one of them was instructed by me? ”

Zhao Guanhou had already left his seat at this time, came to Meng Siyuan's side, knelt down on one knee, looked at the injury on Meng Siyuan's body, touched his leg bone with his hand, and then comforted: "It doesn't matter, as long as it's a skin injury, it's nothing." After returning to Jinmen with a leg injury, he asked Su Sanliang to make a move to ensure that he could recover. Second brother, brother is one step late, I'm sorry for you. ”

Meng Siyuan shook his head, "Guanhou, I don't blame you for this, in fact, you have reminded me many times that I am too naïve." ”

Han Rong looked at Meng Siyuan and nodded slightly, "Meng Dongjia, you have suffered." The official did not know about this cotton yarn in advance, otherwise he would never have let the situation come to this point. But don't worry, this official should be impartial and judgmental, and he won't let you sink to the bottom of the sea! ”

He looked at Song Lian, "Song Lian, no matter how much you say now, you can't escape the word justice." This official should repair the book and go to Beijing, you just wait to listen to it! This time, Ben Shuai also wants to learn from the official Tu Cen San'er, and slaughter all the villains in the governor's yamen. From today onwards, you will wait for impeachment behind closed doors, and by the way, think about how to make up for your mistakes, otherwise it will be too late to regret it! ”

Daikin officialdom rules, the boss impeached his subordinates, and there is almost no reason to prohibit it. What's more, Song Lian's crime is true, and this time it is definitely not as simple as simply losing his official position. If it is not done well, it is very possible that he will be sent to prison or even sent to serve in the military. Han Rong asked him to make up for his mistakes, obviously Zhang Luo paid compensation, cleared the money, and reduced his guilt.

He said to Meng Siyuan again: "I will order someone to prepare a silver ticket of 100,000 taels for you." In addition to the payment due, the remaining amount is the government's compensation to you. In the future, all the cloth needed by our governor's yamen will be supplied by Meng Kee, and no one will buy from others. ”

Meng Siyuan shook his head, and held up his messy hair with his hand, "Meng Mou doesn't dare, please be gracious and save Meng Mou's remnant body to return home, Meng Mou is grateful." ”

Zhao Guanhou hurriedly took over the words, "Humble for the second brother, thank you for the grace of the marshal, if there is a need for the yamen in the future, Meng Ji will definitely try his best to serve and dare not have the slightest shortage." ”

"Good!" Han Rong nodded and nodded at him, "You come with me, I have something to look for you here." ”

From the signing room to the small study at the back, there was Han Rong's lounge, and when he arrived at the room, Zhao Guanhou saluted again, but was stopped by Han Rong, and pointed to the chair and motioned for him to sit down. I lit a cigarette bubble and smoked it for more than ten minutes before I took a breath.

"Comfortable! Since dawn, I haven't made time, I've been busy, and I can't even smoke if I want to, this day ...... What, you take a bite? ”

Zhao Guanhou shook his head: "Humble will not." ”

"It's not going to be good, without this hobby don't delay business, unlike me, wherever I go, I have to carry a few emergency cigarette bubbles on my body, otherwise my heart will be empty." You came to see this official this time, just to give your second brother a head? ”

"Not really. Humble duties are just a coincidence, just a coincidence. The main reason for the humble post to come this time is to ask the marshal for a new set of qualifications, and in addition, he is to ask the marshal to allocate a batch of livestock and military supplies. There are too few livestock in the artillery camp, and once there is a war, there is no artillery to transport it. In addition, there are too few mines to prevent the enemy from attacking the artillery array, and I hope to be able to procure a number of mines, as well as artillery ......"

"That's all trivial." Han Rong agreed very happily, "I have a new batch of horses here, including war horses outside the mouth, as well as pull-back horses and pack horses for pulling cannons. There are six twelve-pounder cannons and eight six-pounder cannons, and Cheng Gongting and Dong Wuxing have given me several folds, asking me for horses and cannons, and I may have them. But since you have opened your mouth, I will not refute you, so I will give you four hundred horses and pack horses, and fifty horses on good war, and you will be in your artillery camp and make a cavalry post. Those foreign cannons, you can pull them away, anyway, there is no artillery here in this officer, the cannon is just an ornament, useless. In addition, 50,000 silver will be allocated to you, and you will be able to buy a mineman to keep ammunition, and you will do it yourself, and the official will not ask much about your affairs with the Marquise. ”

"Thank you for your grace." Zhao Guanhou didn't expect Han Rong to be so happy, so he approved all the materials he needed, which went exceptionally smoothly. Han Rong then changed his words: "You recently explained the affairs of the military camp, and let your subordinates take care of it for you, I have an errand for you here." Even if you don't come, I'll send a telegram to call you, and you'll save me a lot of trouble. ”

"What do you command?"

"The guest who just came here is from Beijing. Let me tell you one thing, Prince Henry of Prussia and his wife, Princess Eleni, have come to Beijing to meet Your Majesty. Our side is in charge of the national affairs yamen, and someone has guaranteed your errand and asked you to participate in this reception. ”

Han Rong rose up for the second time, and his friendship with King Qing was very strong, and the two were considered to be in the same breath, but King Qing had never talked about Zhao Guanhou to himself, which made him vaguely suspicious in his heart. Could it be that this man is a double worker, one person holds several portions of money and food, and serves many people at the same time?

Zhao Guanhou heard this baoju, and also felt a little inexplicable, "Handsome, there are many people in Beijing who can do foreign affairs." Others don't say it, Zhang Qiaoye and Hefei Xianggong, they are all veterans of foreign affairs for a long time. Besides, the general office of the national affairs yamen, isn't there Zhang Jing, who specializes in the Prussian unit? Xiaguan's future and identity seem to be inconvenient, right? ”

"That's what the court wants to do, and we only know how to do what we are told. How many of those Prussian Zhang Jing have received the prince? As soon as he heard the name, he lost his soul first, and said that the prince did not come by himself, but with a fleet. Now that the fleet is parked in Jiaozhou Bay, who can bear this responsibility if a foreign person accidentally provokes a diplomatic dispute and sends artillery to send troops? The Duke of Wulou is very familiar with the Emperor of Prussia, but this prince has a very different temperament from his brother, and his friendship with Wulou is also very weak. Therefore, in this reception, the noon tower will not come forward, only you will take the lead. I heard that you can dance the dance of foreigners and play their musical instruments, which is a good thing, take out the solutions around you, deal with the scene, and don't make any mistakes. ”

Zhao Guanhou also understood at this time, it turned out that from helping Meng Siyuan from the beginning to responding to his own requirements, although there were factors to clean up the governor's yamen for his own reasons, but the root was still on this errand. I don't know who protects me, but it's easy to understand the importance of the errand.

Foreigners are not easy to deal with, not to mention foreigners with a fleet, if they don't deal with it well, it may cause war, war, and the last unlucky one must be the imperial court. Moreover, this is the first time that the emperor has received a foreign envoy since he took sole power, and he is a prince with a noble status, and the court does not dare to treat him slowly, and the specifications are not ordinary. If there is a diplomatic dispute, or if you lose your dignity, I am afraid that it will damage the national body and national dignity, and the involvement will be very widespread.

Han Rong saw that he was silent, for fear that he would not be able to refuse, although it was an errand for the upper peak, there was no way for the lower level. But the twisted melon is not sweet, and it is unwilling to contribute after arriving at the place, which is tantamount to wasting effort. Relieved at the moment:

"I also know that your official position is a little smaller, but those Zi Zhangjing are not that big. In this way, I'll protect you with a second-grade dark red top first, which is expedient. When this thing is done beautifully, this top will be implemented. You're only twenty this year, twenty years old dark red top, I don't remember how many dynasties have come out, this is a great creation, so I can do it myself. ”

"Thank you for the cultivation of the marshal, and I am so humble that I will do my best to do things for the imperial court."

Zhao Guanhou didn't care about the dark red top, it was nothing more than replacing the blue glass ball with a red glass ball. It's just that with this identity, in the new army, there will be no worries about not being able to rise to the level of standard command in the future, if you work harder, the wing control system will also have a lot to do, and at that time, you will be able to ask Han Zhi for a fate, so that she can also be a real woman with an official body. It's also herself, a compensation for her. (To be continued.) )