Huangfu Wujin went to Weiyang County this time not only for the meeting with the Phoenix Society, but also for a major task, that is, the grain of Chuzhou's taxes, last year in order to prepare for the Phoenix Society, the counties of Chuzhou have sent part of the tax silver to Jiangning Mansion, but that is only partial, not even half, the bulk of the tax silver and grain is collected in January, and then paid to the household department in March and April.

Now there are two central courts, there are two emperors, so that the counties of Chuzhou are a little helpless, they are all waiting and watching, Wu Jin of course hopes that the money and grain will be paid to himself, although he has the support of the Qi family, but it is not enough, he also has to consider the expenses of the 200,000 Xiliang army, so he must collect the money and grain of the counties in Chuzhou.

But this is not in accordance with the legal theory, he as a prince, a local prince, he has no right to withhold the tax silver and grain of the counties, Emperor Luojing and Yongjing Yanjing know this very well, both sides sent envoys to the counties of Chuzhou to ask for taxes, silver and grain, just when he exterminated the white-clothed army, he got the news that the envoys on both sides were operating in the counties of Chuzhou.

Huangfu Wujin is not worried that the counties of Chuzhou really dare to send tax silver and grain to Luojing and Yongjing, no official dares to be so bold, but he knows that if the counties of Chuzhou want to transport the tax silver and grain to Jiangning as usual, it also needs certain means, the key is to persuade Donghai County, Donghai County is the largest county in Chuzhou, if Donghai County is willing to take the lead, then it will drive other counties to follow suit, so that Chuzhou's money and grain will continue to be sent to Jiangning Mansion, even if some counties are unwilling, he can also kill a hundred and force other counties to comply, And in this way, it is also the de facto recognition of him by the counties of Chuzhou, so this trip to the East China Sea is particularly important to him.

In the cabin, Huangfu Wujin stared at a map attentively, in fact, his biggest headache now is not the problem of money and food in the counties of Chuzhou, but how he transports part of the tax and silver to the Xiliang Army, the military expenditure of the Xiliang Army has always been a burden on the imperial court, and the food problem of the Xiliang Army can be solved by livestock and the land of Longyou, the key is the salary, it is obvious that no matter whether Yongjing and Luo Jingjing will no longer provide the Xiliang Army with silver, they will have to let Chuzhou bear the burden, Huangfu Wujin is also ready to transport three million taels of silver to the Xiliang Army, but how to send it over?

It is never practical to pass through the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the channel of the Yellow River only reaches Luojing, and it seems that he has only one way to pass through the grassland.

This is, Qi Fengwu walked into the cabin with a bowl of ginseng tea, and Yu Hailan was unable to follow Wujin south, so Feng Wu accompanied him to Weiyang County.

Huangfu Wujin was also about to look for her, so he hurriedly beckoned and smiled: "Come and give me a counselor!" ”

"Didn't you say that you won't let your family participate in your politics in the future?"

Feng Wu put the tea bowl on the table and played a little temper to leave, but Wu Jin grabbed her and sat her down, "It's no problem to ask by chance, and besides, are you less involved in my affairs?" ”

"You forced me to do all that, and in the end, I couldn't even do my own business."

With the death of Huangfu Xuande, Wujin also completed the possession of Chuzhou's tax silver, and Feng Wu wanted to start her own business again, but at this time, the situation has changed greatly, and the situation is quite unstable, so that her business can not be done, and the money she earned from selling tea has been borrowed by Wujin one after another and has not been returned, and now her capital is only 500,000 taels, which makes her always a little resentful of Wujin.

"Now try to be a mother first, and when the child grows up, I will let you set up a business house."

Huangfu Wujin coaxed her while putting the map in front of her, of course Feng Wu would not really be angry with her husband, when it came to giving birth, her heart was also warm, these few were with Yu Hailan, she also understood the point of having a child, that is, to be able to count her own child, these two days happened to be her conception period, she leaned on her husband's arms and coquettishly said: "I'll say yes first!" We're going to have an early rest tonight. ”

Huangfu smiled knowingly, "No problem, we'll go take a nap later." ”

"Die! Who's going to take a nap with you. ”

She raised her fist and punched Wu Jin on the shoulder, then pouted coquettishly and asked, "What do you want me to counsel?" ”

"Hmmm! I want to ask you, how does Qi Ruifu do business on the grassland? ”

Speaking of doing business, Feng Wu was in good spirits and said with a smile: "You really asked the right person, I went to the grassland once before last, what do you want to ask?" ”

Huangfu Wujin took out a red pen and drew a line on the map: "I am now going to send three million taels of silver to the Xiliang Army, I can't go through the hinterland of the Central Plains, I can only go to the grassland, Zhang Yannian told me, as long as the silver is transported to Juyanhai, but the question now is, how do I pass through the hinterland of the grassland?" ”

Feng Wu pondered for a moment and said: "Qi Ruifu also often goes to the grassland to do business, and is very familiar with that side, the hinterland of the grassland is not afraid, they are all small tribes, there are no strong tribes, the key is the Khitan, we have also dealt with the Khitan, but they are very greedy, and the typical bullying is afraid of the hard, Donglai Commercial Bank they dare not provoke, the transaction is fair, but we can't, always let us lose money, the reason is that the Qizhou Navy will beat them from time to time, they are honest, if you want to borrow the way, unless..."

"Unless the Chuzhou Navy also beats them up, right!"

Wu Jin's heart suddenly brightened, not because Qi Fengwu said these words, but because he suddenly thought that he could send troops to escort him, first negotiate with the Khitan with gunboats, and then send two thousand guns and artillery troops to escort him, and at the same time ask Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank to send people to cooperate, so that two months later, three million taels of military expenses can be sent to the Xiliang army.

Thinking of this, Wu Jin slammed his pen on the map, "That's how it was decided!" ”

Feng Wu was taken aback, "What to decide?" ”

Wu Jin glanced at her and smiled maliciously, "I decided to take a nap with you at noon." ”

"Go! Not again. ”

Feng Wu's pretty face turned red, she got up to run, but was caught by Wu Jin, and in the end she had to half-push and half-go into the bedroom with Wu Jin.

．．．．．． Two days later, the fleet arrived in Weiyang County, Su Hanzhen was already waiting on the dock, and beside him, he was unexpectedly standing Su Hanzhen's father, the prince of the country, the priest Su Xun, who was the envoy of Huangfu Heng, who came to the counties of Chuzhou to collect taxes, silver and grain.

The reason why Huang Fu Heng sent Su Xun was mainly to put pressure on Su Hanzhen and let Su Hanzhen take the initiative to pay money and grain, Huang Fu Heng also knew very well that only Donghai County was willing to take the lead in responding to the imperial court, then other counties would also follow up, and Huang Fu Wujin was not good at turning his face with the Su family, this was Huang Fu Heng's wishful thinking.

Someone on the dock shouted, "It's coming!" The flotilla came. ”

I saw a large group of black spots on the sea in the distance, this is the arrival of the Huangfu Wujin fleet, at this time, Su Hanzhen frowned, and said to his father: "Does my father really want to persuade Wujin to be loyal to the emperor?" ”

Su Xun sighed for a while and said, "This is the task given to me by the emperor, no matter what, I will always talk to him." ”

In fact, Su Xun knows very well that he may not be able to persuade Wu Jin, this time he came to the counties of Chuzhou to urge money and grain, except for Yang Ting'an of Yuhang, who readily agreed, the other counties were unexpectedly worded in the same way, all of them were very vague, neither promised nor refused, Su Xun knew very well that the key was Wu Jin's attitude, if he really supported the new emperor, then the counties would definitely enthusiastically deliver taxes, silver and grain, but it was because Wu Jin had different intentions that the counties had ambiguous attitudes, so what did Wu Jin want to do? This is what Su Xun is eager to know.

The giant ship slowly docked, the spiral ladder boarded the big boat, Huangfu Wujin took Qi Fengwu down from the big boat, and saw Su Xun standing on the dock waiting to greet him, and he was stunned, why is he here? Immediately, he reacted, could it be that the envoy sent by Huang Fuheng was Su Xun?

Huangfu Wujin turned back to Feng Wu and said, "Wait a while, you go back to Baxianqiao Qianzhuang first, I will go to the county government to talk, and I will go back later." ”

Feng Wu nodded and agreed, followed him off the big boat, and Huangfu Wujin walked quickly to find the Su father and son, and when he came to Su Xun, he gave a deep salute, "Son-in-law Wujin, see grandfather, I have seen the second uncle!" ”

Su Xun now likes Wujin's grandson-in-law very much, and he is very face-saving, just because of this son-in-law, he is about to be named a prince, he saw that Wujin was thoughtful for a few weeks, and he didn't put on an arrogant posture at all because of his high position, he couldn't help but nod and smiled: "Wujin, how is Han'er now?" ”

Su Xun also knew about his granddaughter's pregnancy, and he was also going to Jiangning Mansion to take a look after his official business, but he didn't expect to see Wujin.

Wu Jin hurriedly saluted: "Back to my grandfather, Jiutian is in good health now, and there are about three months left to give birth." ”

"As long as the body is good, Han'er's body is too weak, and I have been worried."

At this time, Su Xun saw Qi Fengwu behind Wu Jin, and said with a smile: "This is Miss Qi!" ”

Qi Fengwu hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, "Feng Wu see grandfather!" ”

Su Xun has always thought that Wu Jin married Miss Qi in order to get the support of the Qi family, although he is the second wife, he is a little uncomfortable in his heart, he is a famous Confucian in the dynasty, and he does not want to have anything to do with businessmen, but he saw that Qi Fengwu was beautiful and dignified, and he did not have the mercenary attitude of a businessman, so he couldn't help but have a good impression of her, so he nodded and smiled: "Han'er is weak, thank you Miss Qi for taking care of her during this time." ”

"Grandfather doesn't have to be polite, it's my job."

At this time, suddenly a little lady in a yellow dress jumped out and shouted, "Brother Wujin, why don't you ignore me?" ”

It's the little Lori Suyi, her appearance hasn't changed at all, but she has grown a little taller, in front of Su Xun and Su Hanzhen, Wu Jin is not good at showing too much affection to Su Yi, Wu Jin smiled a little embarrassedly: "I don't know if you are here, when did you return to Weiyang?" ”

Su Yi pursed his lips and said with some grievances: "I came back a long time ago, and you didn't come to see me!" ”

She stepped forward and was about to take Wujin's hand, ready to complain to him a few more words, but Feng Wu was smart and smart, she sensitively sensed her husband's embarrassment, so she stepped forward to hold her hand and smiled: "You are Yimei!" Your sister always talks about you. ”

"Are you..... Second Sister Qi? ”

"I am, come! I'll say a few words to you, and your sister wants me to tell you....."

She pulled Su Yi aside and talked to her affectionately, Su Hanzhen on the side was also startled, if the father saw his daughter holding Wujin's hand, he would lose his temper, but fortunately, Miss Qi was smart and pulled her daughter away in time, he also felt that he spoiled his daughter too much at this time, and he had to discipline her well when he went back.

"Wujin, let's go to the county office first! Let's talk about business, and then about family. ”

Wu Jin nodded, "Then go to the county government first!" ”

"San Lang, I'll take Yimei back first." Feng Wu smiled behind him.

Wu Jin asked Su Xun again, "Grandfather, look .....?"

Although Su Xun was a little reluctant, he had to give Wujin this face, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay, remember to let her come back at night!" ”

Su Xun's family education is very strict, Su Han is not here, he is absolutely not allowed to spend the night outside.

"Grandson understands!"

Wu Jin turned around and nodded to them, and Feng Wu pulled Su Yi into Qi Ruifu's carriage, and under the escort of more than a dozen personal guards, he went directly to the Eight Immortals Bridge Money Village.

Wu Jin also turned on his horse and went to the county government with the Su father and son.

(To be continued)