Xu Shaozhen, the ninth town of the New Army, has never been liked by Zhang Renjun, and it is not surprising that his subordinates are seriously in arrears, but Zhang Renjun specially opened a banquet to ask for his salary, which was much more than Zhao Guanhou expected. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liangjiang is known as the source of wages in the southeast, and even though it was too late to raise funds for a while because of the collapse of the bank, there was always a way to solve the problem of military salaries, whether it was borrowing foreign debts or finding a way to levy additional taxes on salt and catties. Moreover, after all, there is still a money village in business, as long as Zhang Renjun gives conditions, naturally some money villages are willing to help run a grain station for the ninth town, so they will not ask Chen Lenghe for help.

But I heard Zhang Renjun say: "Brother, I have to tell you this, there is no way to talk about it in front of others, it is difficult for me to be a man in this position." Zhang Shaoxuan is a martial artist, he doesn't know much truth, and he is also a bastard. Greedy for money and astringent occupy a complete place, but he has a benefit, others are never as good as him, that is, whoever is good to him, he must be good to whom. Loyalty to the court is the same, and I can vouch for him with my life. Now in this situation, you have also seen, the bedroom of the governor of Liangguang was almost dug in the tunnel and fried eggs. I don't have a reliable gun by my side as the governor of Liangjiang, how can I close my eyes when I sleep? Therefore, we must treat Zhang Yuan better. ”

He smiled bitterly, "Xu Guqing's character and talent are not comparable to Zhang Yuan, in terms of leading troops to fight, one Xu Shaozhen is better than ten Zhang Yuan." Some people say that I don't like him, if this is true, Gu Qing and I are like-minded friends, he loves books, I also love books, the two of us are real literary friends, as for Shao Xuan...... I can't talk to him about going together, I just coax him with good words. But Guqing's ninth town, I don't dare to use it, and I don't dare to cut it. How many Ge Ming parties came out of his troops, I'm afraid even he can't tell. This is still superficial, and now if I lead my troops to raid his battalion, I am afraid that if I catch him casually, I can catch hundreds of rebellious parties who propagate Ge Ming. If such a force is compared to the defense battalion, if you are in my place, who should you use? As for combat effectiveness, although the defense battalion is an old army, there are many old soldiers, and although the ninth town is a new army, many of them are students, who have never killed anyone, have never seen blood, and are really desperate, but they may not be the opponents of veterans. In terms of combat effectiveness and loyalty, Zhang Yuan's defense battalion is stronger than that of the Ninth Town, and people say that I treat the new army and the old army well, but when it comes to my position, who can not treat the new army and the old army well? ”

"Controlling the army, I understand your reasoning, Shao Xuan...... Not on good terms with Zhen Shuai? ”

"One Li Kui, one Xie An, how did they get together? Gu Qing is a person who likes books, and established Xueshoutang in Jiangning, with a collection of 200,000 ancient books. This is a gentleman and a Confucian general. The army advocates reading, and the recruits are all scholars, and it is impossible to say that Shao Xuan, who trusts the old man. Although the New Army is reducing salaries, the contradictions between the two sides were too deep to tolerate each other. If I pay the new army on time, then Shao Xuan will feel that I treat the old army poorly, and the first thing to be dissatisfied with is to be dissatisfied. And the ninth town, and feel that they have got what they deserve, one has grievances, and the other does not admit it, do you think what I can do? ”

Zhao Guanhou nodded, "Controlling the army, I understand this meaning, now the ninth town is in arrears, and the troops are unstable, are you afraid that they will change?" ”

"That's right, I've been guarding against rebellion in the Ninth Town, but I don't want to really force them to rebel. After all, the imperial court has worked hard to establish a new army, and if they really get them together with the Ge Ming Party, it will be aiding and abetting. So I can only balance left and right, on the one hand, pay more to the old army, and on the other hand, ensure that the new army does not starve. In fact, I secretly set up a fold for the new army, and every month I allocated some money from the fold to find a name for the ninth town to maintain. But this time the source of righteousness and goodness ...... Caught me off guard. If I issue an official matter in the name of the Governor of Liangjiang now, and Shao Xuan wants to make trouble with me again, and I will pay the Ninth Town, he will ask me to pay the defense camp a double salary, how can you tell me how this is good? ”

Zhao Guanhou pondered for a while, "That's it, I'll find an opportunity to gamble with Zhenshuai." Lose a sum of money to him, first fill the deficit in the ninth town, and stabilize the morale of the army. Find another reason, make it clear to him, and let him take on the feelings of the army. ”

"It's not necessary, Shaozhen is an understanding person, and he also knows my difficulties. Since you want to set up a bank, I will make a fold in your bank, and my name will be written in Zhenji. How much money do you use every month, let Shao Zhen go to your bank to withdraw it, Shao Xuan wants to ask, you just say that it is his own deposit, and this Shao Xuan has nothing to say. As for this fee, I will make up for the deficit for you from the salt tax and customs duties of the two rivers, in short, I can't let you suffer. Now that the source of righteousness and goodness has fallen, there is no money village charge d'affaires in the Jiangning Domain, so I will go back to a business matter, and Zhengyuan will take charge of the Jiangning Domain's treasury and help to run the grain station of the defense camp. With your face, Shao Xuan didn't dare to say a word. ”

The Governor of Liangjiang had two feudal divisions, one of which was stationed in Suzhou with the governor of Jiangsu, and one of which was stationed in Jiangning with the governor of Liangjiang. The Jiangsu Domain is in charge of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang and Taicang Zhili Prefecture and Haimen Zhili Hall. The Jiangning Domain Division also governs four prefectures, Jiangning, Huai'an, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou, and governs two Zhili Prefectures, Nantong and Haizhou.

Yangzhou has the benefit of salt tax, and the charge d'affaires of this domain treasury will definitely be able to recover the capital, and the charge d'affaires treasury is equivalent to the imperial court providing a very considerable amount of interest-free loans to the money bank.

Besides, with the relationship between the governor of Liangjiang, there are a lot of good businesses coming to the door, which is an intangible resource, I don't know how much money there is, squeeze my head to grab this difference. In addition, the assistant to run the anti-camp grain station and the procurement of ordnance and military rations are all good deals with great profits. Jiangning's local money industry, I don't know how many people are eyeing it, even if Zhang Renjun makes a decision and hands over these two errands to Zhengyuan, he will have to bear a lot of pressure.

Zhao Guanhou also knew that he was putting a friendship to himself, so he nodded and said: "I understand the meaning of the army, and when I return to Songjiang, I will do it immediately." Zhen Shuai, do you want to get a message? ”

"No need, friends are friends, and it is important to know each other. Gu Qing knows who I am, and I also believe in his prestige, although there is no military salary allocated to him at present, but with his prestige in the army, he can still be suppressed for another month or two. As long as your bank can stabilize the market, the next difference will be easy to handle. ”

After this major event was negotiated, Zhang Renjun breathed a sigh of relief, and said another gossip, which was just news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he had just seen it, and it happened to be related to fried eggs.

"This has something to do with Songjiang, a passenger ship from Songjiang to Yankee exploded on the high seas. It is said that someone put fried eggs in the boiler room, and as soon as he went out of the high sea, he blew the ship to pieces, and almost no one in the boatload was spared, and they died miserably. I just found out that someone blew it up with fried eggs. ”

Zhao Guanhou asked in surprise: "The boiler room is fried eggs, this sounds a bit strange, does the person who started it know when the fried eggs can be fried?" ”

"Here's the problem, this fried egg is fried at any time, how can it be timed. Besides, what kind of fried eggs have so much power? Since the area where the incident occurred is on the high seas, we Daikin are not responsible. However, the ship departed from Matsue, so Yankee sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking us to send someone to assist in the investigation. This official matter has not yet been transferred to you, think about the current situation in Songjiang, and it won't bother you. This kind of thing can't be found out, it starts from the public concession wharf, no matter what, this board can't hit our heads, and I'm not afraid of it. Just think about it, it makes people's hearts furious, could it be that someone in the Geming Party invented a powerful fried egg, and there are dead soldiers and foreign ships who died together? But what is this picture, people can't figure it out. ”

Zhao Guanhou echoed: "I don't understand this either, they have no enmity with the Yankees, are they so desperate?" This is unreasonable, and the Yankees, I don't know if they will be suspicious of the Geming Party. ”

"That's the Yankee business, we can't guess, in the past few years, the Geming Party has made a lot of trouble, and it has nothing to do with the support of various countries. Let's just talk about Fusang, which is where the base camp of the Ge Ming Party is located, and where it is protected by the Fusang Imperial Court, we know that they are there, but we can't help it. Sun, the current leader of the Geming Party, is said to have made some friends in Fusang. If it weren't for those foreigners to help, the Geming Party would not have the climate it has today. The first person who played fried eggs was the one who fell the curtain in Fusang, and the Ge Ming Party learned this method from the Fusang people. If I were a Yankee, I would have to ask the Fusang people about this lawsuit and fight with the Geming Party. But things have something to do with Songjiang after all, and it is reasonable for them to ask us for business, and when you get to Songjiang, you can just perfunctory them. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Renjun raised his glass: "The Yankees may be suspicious of the Geming Party, and even put pressure on Fusang to understand the echo, but I think that a war will start because of this, and it will never be." It is impossible to expect foreigners to solve the Ge Ming Party, and it will be a great harm sooner or later if the Ge Ming Party is growing in wings. The matter of Guangzhou is just an introduction, and the big mess is still in the throat, let's Dajin, I'm afraid it's time to use the knife again. In the current situation, I think it is time for martial artists to gain military merits. Your business is nothing, in a few days, I will wait for the court to issue an order to appease you, and also to supervise us Han people, and let out a bad breath! Isn't their uncle powerful, I want to see if at this time, what kind of uncle can turn the tide with those cage birds teasing crickets. You just spread the toss, I Liangjiang, is your backup. ”

When the banquet was dispersed, Leng He was also invited out and returned to the inn with Zhao Guanhou. On the way, Zhao Guanhou asked about the situation of the inner house, and said coldly: "That aunt is a very shrewd woman, but she is also a very pathetic woman, and all the calculations can be summed up in one sentence: how to compete with the eldest woman for favor, how to compete for favor with other concubines." It sounds very sad to me, she lives without any self, a typical old female tragedy. She deliberately flattered me, and took the initiative to save money with me and set up a fold. said that it was half a day, and let the next person bring the silver. ”

"Do this for saving money, set up an excerpt for Zhang Renjun, write a benevolent note, he saves 10,000, you write 20,000, save 20,000 and write 30,000, in short, leave him 10,000 silver for water, which is also a little meaning. He gave two fat shortages to Shandong Zhengyuan, and ordinary people couldn't grab them. ”

After Zhao Guanhou finished talking about the two fat shortages, Leng He also smiled and said, "It's really a good start." As soon as our bank opened, there was a big order in hand. I am reminded of what you told me, there is only one ship on the river, and it is advantageous to be famous. Seemingly...... Indeed it is. In the evening wine party, if there is such a business in hand, today's day's gas will be calculated. ”

After all, she is a businessman, not an ignorant little girl, a little resentment, has dissipated, and she has begun to think about her business again. Regarding Zhang Renjun's request, she had no reason to refuse, she just shook her head, "The complexity of officialdom is really far beyond my imagination, and there are so many troubles in the normal distribution of military salaries." If you hadn't taken me with me, I would definitely have suffered a loss when dealing with these government people in the future. ”

"Without me taking you, you can't even deal with the government, you are so easy to enter the yamen as the governor of Liangjiang, if you are not a big family such as Yishanyuan, where do you have the qualifications to talk about the treasury and military salaries with the army?" Zhao Guanhou spoke, and hugged Leng He's slender waist again, "Doing business is to get a commission, you see, I took you to negotiate such a big deal today, this reward ......"

"Your commission is recorded in the account, and you can get dividends at the end of the year, that's how the money bank and the big guys settle the accounts." Leng He smiled playfully, but then he let out a small exclamation, raised his leather bag and smashed it at the head of a well-dressed beast.

The place where Zhang Yuan invited guests was in his private residence, which was on the bank of the Qinhuai River, which was originally a salt merchant's courtyard, which was exquisitely and beautifully repaired, and had the characteristics of a garden in the south of the Yangtze River. Zhang Yuan already knew that Zhao Guanhou came with his concubine, and he also brought his relatives to receive him. His main room, the Cao family, has a high prestige in the family, and Zhang Yuan regards him as his mother and does not dare to resist the slightest. It's just that in Jiangxi's hometown, I didn't come with me. He was greeted by his aunt, Shaw.

Shao is a lot younger than Zhang Yuan, and he is only seventeen or eight years old this year, and Zhao Guanhou is a fellow villager, both of whom are from Tianjin. Zhang Yuan waved his hand and said: "Don't be embarrassed here, you still have to cry if you say a few words, accompany your aunt and wife to the inner house to talk, there is nothing for you outside." ”

In the summer, Zhang Yuan wore a Hangfang gown and pants, and there was a pair of official boots underneath, and he was dressed very strangely. But he was as polite to Zhao Guanhou as he was in the yamen, and he still greeted the officials according to the rules of the lower officials. Please go to the room, and know that Zhao Guanhou does not eat big soil, so he ordered someone to send cigars up. He picked up one in both hands and handed it forward, "Dashuai, please try this, this is the filial piety of Yangzhou salt merchants, and the foreign cigarette of three yuan." ”

Zhao Guanhou took the cigarette and looked at it, and instructed his follower Gao Sheng, "Give my cigarette to Xuan Shuai and get a box." "He doesn't have much addiction to smoking, but he must bring cigarettes with him, and there are ten cigars in a flat cigarette case made of sterling silver.

"This is the manager of the Yankee Tobacco Company, who gave me a Luzon cigar. If you want to buy it on the market, it's 20 yuan a piece, and you can take it to taste it. ”

After going back and forth, it was Zhang Yuan who fell behind, he thanked him again and again, and scolded: "These salt merchants are really not a thing, go back and give them a good look." ”

"Don't blame them, this thing is a foreign product, and the salt merchants are laymen, and rich people may not know whether cigarettes are good or bad. It is common to send his subordinates to buy shoddy goods. Shao Xuan, you have been mixing well in the past few years, and now you have sat in the position of the governor of Jiangnan, and you may be able to be knighted in the future. ”

When Zhang Yuan heard the knighthood, he laughed, "Handsome, I can't hide it, the biggest hope of the humble position now is to be able to make great contributions to the court, win a wife, and shine on the lintel." He looked at Gao Sheng, Zhao Guanhou waved his hand to let Gao Sheng retreat, and Zhang Yuan said with confidence: "There is a chance now, Dashuai, if you take advantage of the current situation to solve the Ninth Town, can you help?" (To be continued.) )