Yang Yuanqing's appointment really surprised Li Jing, from the governor of the Chu Prince's Mansion to the acting governor of the state, from the point of view of rank, they are all from the third rank, but from the point of view of power, it is a bit downgraded.

The governor of Daizhou is in charge of the military affairs of the three counties and has local real power, while the governor of the Chu Prince's Mansion is in charge of the affairs of the whole army, and he is the second person in the military, and he has great power in his hands.

But Li Jing's surprise was not to transfer him, but to go to Daizhou to serve as the governor, which means that something may happen in the north.

"Your Highness, is something wrong?"

"There hasn't been an accident yet, but the Turks have gradually regained their strength, and sooner or later they will go south, and I need a competent person to build an iron wall for border defense."

Li Jing nodded silently, "The minister understands and is willing to share his worries for His Highness." ”

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while and said: "Now there are 10,000 troops in Mayi County and Dingxiang County, I can give you another 10,000 troops, at most only these two people, but you can implement the militia protection system, hide the troops in the people, and the population of more than 200,000 people in the three counties will temporarily mobilize tens of thousands of troops when the situation is in crisis." ”

"Weichen understands, I don't know when His Highness wants me to take office?"

"As soon as possible! Your appointment will come down tomorrow, rest for two days, and then go to Mayi County to take up your post. ”

"I don't know who will take over the post of Changshi after Weichen goes to the frontier to take office?" This is also a matter that Li Jing is very concerned about.

"I haven't thought about this yet, I tend to let Yang Shanhui take the position, but this involves the change of Xiangguo, so it's a little difficult, so I'll let Sima Yao Shengwen replace him for the time being."

Li Jing didn't ask any more, he stood up and saluted: "Since this is the case, Weichen will go back to handle the handover and not disturb His Highness." ”

"Go ahead! I look forward to a great performance from you. ”

Li Jing saluted, turned around and retreated. The room finally fell silent. Yang Yuanqing returned to the table and wrote a letter to Su Dingfang, and he thought about it all night. It is not a good strategy to make enemies on all sides, Su Dingfang only has 10,000 troops in his hands, and now the Sui army needs to turn to defense in the Western Regions.

It is necessary to lead the Eastern and Western Turks to fire and merge. This is in line with the fundamental interests of the Great Sui......

At noon, Yang Yuanqing stole a moment of leisure and came to Beishi, although this year is a disaster year, food is scarce, and the supply of various materials is not abundant, but Beishi is the largest market in Dasui after all, and it is still very lively, people come and go, bustling.

Yang Yuanqing put on makeup slightly. He wore a bearded hat, pasted two pieces of beard, and painted yellow powder on his cheeks. Wear a fur hat with narrow sleeves from the Hu people. At first glance, he was a merchant of about forty years old, and he was the kind of merchant who traveled between the Western Regions and the Central Plains. Richly dressed, with plenty of money in your pocket.

Yang Yuanqing also often went to Beishi to inspect, every time he dressed like this, no one could recognize him, the carriage was parked outside Beishi, here is a street that must enter Beishi, called Beifeng Street.

The street is not long, only a little more than a mile away, but the streets are full of dense shops, mainly liquor shops, inns and green houses, wine stores and inns along the street, and the green houses are hidden in a few alleys, and a few young prostitutes stand at the entrance of the alley, throwing flattering eyes at passers-by.

Yang Yuanqing walked leisurely in the crowd with his hands behind his back, and seven or eight steps behind him, more than a dozen guards followed him, vigilantly watching the situation around him, in fact, no one could recognize that this businessman was actually Yang Yuanqing, who was powerful in the world.

Yang Yuanqing squinted at the shops on both sides, remembering that the last time he came to Beishi was not long after the end of the Central Plains Campaign, he came to learn about the price of grain in Taiyuan, and in just a few months, he found a lot of changes.

Yipinju liquor store disappeared, became Yuan'an liquor store, several originally dilapidated semi-street houses were also renovated, increased to two floors, rented out for shops, Taiyuan followed the Sui system, in addition to a few special mansions, generally not allowed to build buildings, look at people's homes, but only Taiyuan North City can appear buildings, here is a commercial area, every inch of land is gold, only to build buildings, in order to accommodate more shops.

At this time, two Qinglou women who were standing at the entrance of the alley to solicit customers saw Yang Yuanqing, he was richly dressed, tall, and magnificent, which made the eyes of the two Qinglou women light up, and they stepped forward to grab his arm from left to right, "Ah Lang, why haven't you come to see my little sister for a long time, have you forgotten about others?" ”

The voice was delicate and sneering, holding his hand, but the nails were gently scratching in his palm, seducting people's souls, how could Yang Yuanqing look at them, but he was not annoyed, broke free of their hands, and said with a smile: "I'm going to talk about business, and I'll look for you later." ”

The two women refused to let him go, hugged his arm again, rubbed their plump breasts on his arm, the autumn water was like waves, and the voice became pitiful, "Ah Lang, take care of the business!" The year is not good, and the little sister is running out of food. ”

The two begged him pitifully, and at this moment several of his own soldiers rushed up and pushed them away, and one of the women was unsteady on her feet and was overthrown to the ground, and the two women were immediately frightened.

There are a few Qinglou thugs hidden in the alley not far away, their task is to prevent the guests from being rude, but a few thugs are not stupid, Yang Yuanqing's more than a dozen personal soldiers are tall and strong, and at first glance they are strong martial arts people, and they are also wearing knives, this is not a person they can afford to provoke, they hide in the alley with interest, and dare not come out.

Yang Yuanqing saw that the back of one of the women's hands was broken by a stone on the side of the road and was bleeding, and he felt a little sorry in his heart, so he took out two silver coins and threw them to them, "Buy some medicine and bandage it!" ”

The silver coin turned around on the ground, and the sound was different from the copper coin, and the two Qinglou women picked up the silver coin and looked at it carefully in surprise, although the silver coin had been listed for 3,000 a few days ago, but with their Qinglou identity, they naturally had no chance to see it.

The two Qinglou women had never seen this kind of silver money, and after looking at it for a long time, they couldn't see the reason, and one woman asked, "Guest, what kind of money is this?" ”

Yang Yuanqing had already walked more than a dozen steps, and when he heard her question, he turned around and smiled: "This is the new silver money from the Great Sui, have you heard of it?" ”

Qinglou has always been a news distribution center, two women heard the guests talk about it, saying that this kind of silver is very valuable, and the black price can be used as fifty yuan, and they were immediately surprised and happy, and turned around and ran towards the alley.

At this time, a businessman next to him heard Yang Yuanqing's words, his heart moved, and he immediately followed, and walked more than 20 steps, the businessman ran up, stopped Yang Yuanqing, and arched his hand: "This benevolent brother, can you borrow a step to speak." ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, and saw that he was short and fat, with a shrewd bright color flashing in his small eyes, so he smiled slightly, "Do I know you?" ”

"I have something I want to discuss with Brother Ren."

This businessman knows that the silver money has just been listed, and it will be sold out as soon as it is listed, and there is no place for ordinary people to buy it, and this uncle actually rewarded two prostitutes casually, or they are losers, but the losers are obviously not like it, so they don't understand the value of money, this kind of opportunity, businessmen don't want to let go.

The soldiers behind were just about to step forward, but Yang Yuanqing waved his hand to stop them, and asked the merchant with a smile, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The merchant whispered, "I am willing to buy your silver at a high price, as much as I want." ”

Yang Yuanqing saw that there was a wine shop next to him, so he pointed, "Let's go in and talk!" ”

He turned around and walked towards the wine shop, the merchant was overjoyed, and hurriedly followed, the bartender beckoned the two to sit down at a table by the door, more than a dozen personal soldiers stood at the door, and the other two followed, standing behind Yang Yuanqing, holding the handle of the knife, staring at the merchant coldly, only he dared to make the slightest move, so he drew a knife and chopped him.

But the merchant did not know that he was in danger, and his heart was entirely on the money, and he knew that someone was willing to pay a penny for a penny, and he had seen this kind of silver money once, and it was full of silver, and the workmanship was exquisite, which he had never seen before.

He is bent on getting a little money, if there is less, he will collect it himself, if it is more, he can use it to make money, and when he meets Yang Yuanqing, a person who hides silver money, he will not let it go no matter what.

"Brother Ren, can you show me a silver coin?"

Yang Yuanqing took out a silver coin and handed it to him, the merchant hurriedly took it, held it in the palm of his hand, and stared at the silver coin with his eyes, "That's right, that's it!" He whispered in his mouth, and there was a light in his eyes.

He squeezed the silver coin tightly, and turned his gaze to Yang Yuanqing again, his eyes were full of eagerness and expectation, "How much silver money does Brother Ren have?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "My surname is Li, a native of Huining County, doing business in Taiyuan, I don't know your surname?" ”

When ordinary people meet, they should introduce themselves first, and then talk about things, but this businessman is too anxious to forget the minimum etiquette, he suddenly woke up, quickly stood up and bowed and saluted, and then sat down and said: "In the next surname Wang, a native of Jiangjun, doing business in Beishi, the Huilong rice shop in Beishi is opened in Xia. ”

"It turns out that you are Wang Mi......" Yang Yuanqing smiled and arched his hand: "I've been looking up for a long time!" ”

Of course, Yang Yuanqing knows that Huilong Rice Shop, the second largest rice shop in Beishi, heard that the proprietor's surname is Wang, and the ancestors have been doing rice business for three generations, and they are called Wang Mi Worm, on the one hand, it means that he has deep qualifications in the rice industry, and on the other hand, he is more greedy.

"It's Wang Mi worm below, but the official name is Wang Chongyi, and the milk name is Mi Lang, so Brother Ren calls me Mi Lang."

Wang Chongyi said anxiously: "Brother Ren, can you tell me how much money you have?" ”

Yang Yuanqing took out more than 20 silver coins from his arms and put them on the table, "I only have so many in total, or did someone else give it to me, I don't understand, what does Brother Wang want them to do?" As far as I know, it will soon be issued in large quantities by the imperial court, and it will be all over the streets, so it is not uncommon. ”

"Are you serious?"

"Of course it's true, a relative of mine is in charge of this matter in the court, and he gave me these money, why should I lie to you."

"I see!" Wang Chongyi's eyes showed a look of disappointment, if it was really going to be issued in large quantities, then these silver coins really had no collection value.

He suddenly lost interest in the silver coins on the table, picked up the teacup and said: "To be honest, there is a problem with the issuance of these silver coins in the imperial court, and there are great interests hidden in them, so everyone drilled to find it." ”

"Oh? What's the problem. Yang Yuanqing asked with great interest