"Smack!" After a short silence, Chen Gang stood up and rebuked angrily, "You shameless villain, I've put up with you for a long time!" As he spoke, he reached for the saber beside the table.

Seeing this, Xiang Qing hurriedly grabbed him, frowned and shouted, "Second Brother Chen! ”

"Don't stop me!" Chen Gang shook off Xiang Qing's arm, and was about to step into the middle of the meeting with an angry face, Yan Kai shouted in a deep voice, "Chen Gang, what are you going to do in front of Miss?!" - Sit down! As he spoke, he glanced at Xie An, coughed and said, "Let's listen to Brother Xie's opinion on this matter!" ”

"What kind of insight can this shameless villain have?!" Chen Gang roared angrily, but he still sat down, and it could be seen that Yan Kai, the big brother, did have a lot of prestige among the four generals.

On the other side, Liang Qiu Wu was also looking at Xie An with a faint look of blame and surprise, and said with a straight face, "An, this matter is related to more than 20,000 soldiers of my Shenwu Battalion, don't be a child's play......

"I know," Xie An smiled, comforting his fiancée, who was extremely serious about everything, and shrugged his shoulders and said, "It is indeed a headache for the imperial court to reduce the military expenses of the Shenwu Battalion, but it is not to the point of having a headache, right?" The holy decree has said that with the military seal of the Shenwu Battalion, all customs duties in the Great Zhou can be exempted, which is a great thing......"

"So what?" Liang Qiuwu said inexplicably, "My Shenwu Camp is the four towns of Jijing, and it is the elite division of my Great Zhou, how can it be possible to organize a caravan to collect money by yourself?" In this way, if an army does not become an army, what kind of system will it become? ”

Xie An smiled when he heard this, shook his head and said, "This holy decree doesn't say that you should organize your own caravans, I only see between the lines that the imperial court has cut fifty percent of your military funds, but it gives you a [privilege] as a compensation, that is, a road guide printed with the military seal of the Shenwu Battalion, which can be exempted from all taxes, and the rest, but nothing is said......

"Does it make a difference?" Liang Qiuwu asked suspiciously.

"It's a big difference!" Xie An chuckled, picked up the holy decree in his right hand, shook his head and said, "The meaning of the imperial court is that most of the time is to see that you [the four towns] spend a lot of money every year, but unless it is absolutely necessary, you and the four towns must not be transferred out of Jijing, so it is not as useful as the national soldiers and horses under the command of the general, so the imperial court intends to reduce your consumption and replenish the army that can be called upon......"

"Indeed!" Liang Qiuwu nodded, did not hide it, and said truthfully, "My Eastern Army Shenwu Battalion is cavalry, weapons, armor, horses, and horse armor, all of which are indispensable, and they cost a lot every year, and the cost of 20,000 soldiers in my Shenwu Battalion is even more than the 100,000 people in the local army. The court can't help but cut too hard......" She let out a long sigh as she said this.

"Don't worry, things haven't been so bad that they are," plucking up the courage to pat Liang Qiuwu's shoulder to comfort her, Xie An looked at the holy decree in his hand and said jokingly, "I can also see that the imperial court wants to drastically reduce the military expenses of you and other four towns this time, but well, in order to alleviate your resentment, I pretended to give a little benefit, but unfortunately, this holy decree has a fatal loophole......"

"Vulnerability?"

"Ahh In other words, it was the officials of the household department who were negligent in drafting the decree......"

"Negligence?" Everyone present was stunned, and even Chen Gang, who was full of anger, quieted down.

"Look," spreading the holy decree on the table, Xie An chuckled and said to Liang Qiuwu, "It's only written here, [With the road of the military seal of the Shenwu Battalion, you can be exempted from all taxes in the territory], but it is not particularly destined, whether you want to go to business by yourself, the meaning of the imperial court is probably to let you build a military seal for the family's caravan, exempt this caravan from taxes, as a way to make up for it, right?" ”

"But my Liangqiu family has been a general for generations, where is there any ......?"

"Stupid, so I said this is a loophole, the Liangqiu family doesn't have a caravan, doesn't Jijing have either? We can print dozens or hundreds of copies of the road guide and sell it to the merchants in Jijing...... Exemption from all taxes within the borders of the country is something that those businessmen dream of! As he spoke, he pursed his lips and said disdainfully, "I don't know which fool drafted the edict, if we are ruthless and sell more, I am afraid that the household department will lose millions or even tens of millions of taels of taxes this year!" ”

Hearing this, the generals at the table gasped, looked at each other, and suddenly stood up in unison, gathered around the table of Liang Qiuwu and Xie An, and carefully examined the holy decree.

As Xie An said, the holy decree did not indicate whether the four towns could transfer the road with the seal of the Shenwu Battalion to others.

"An, you ......" Liang Qiuwu's eyes were full of surprise when she looked at Xie An, she never expected that this man who seemed to be useless would have such a keen intuition.

Next to him, Xiang Qing glanced at Xie An, patted Chen Gang's shoulder, and said with a chuckle, "Unexpected...... It's pretty reliable! ”

"Humph!" Chen Gangzheng held the holy decree and took a closer look, raised his head when he heard the words, and glanced at Xie An, although his eyes showed that he still didn't like Xie An, but the previous disgust, and the ruthlessness that wanted to skin Xie An and cramp, seemed to have quietly retreated.

And for Xie An, the four generals' change in his opinion was not as good as Liang Qiuwu's surprised eyes, after all, that man didn't want to show his skills in front of his own woman?

"I really can't imagine that there can be such a turnaround...... Thinking that the problem that had plagued him for a long time was resolved by Xie An's few words, Liang Qiuwu was surprised, and couldn't help asking, "An, then at what price are you going to sell the road guide of my Shenwu Camp?" ”

Xie An touched his chin and thought about it, and thought, "According to my thoughts, it's 50,000, 50,000 taels of silver each!" ”

"Fifty thousand taels?" The fourth general, who was bowing his head and discussing, frowned, during which Xiang Qing said, "Fifty thousand is not enough to make up for the cost of my Shenwu camp......

"It's not for sale," Xie An glanced at Xiang Qing angrily, and then grinned, "Fifty thousand for one copy, isn't one hundred for five million taels?" ”

"Five million?" Even the four generals of the Shenwu Battalion gasped in shock when they heard this, and even Luo Chao, who didn't talk much, couldn't help but murmur, "My Shenwu Battalion's annual military expenses and military salary are only about one million taels...... Can you sell that much? ”

Looking at Luo Chao's serious and serious gaze, Xie An didn't dare to joke, so he said truthfully, "In the southwest of Jijing, there are dozens of large and small merchants, and there are countless caravans under his command...... Oh, by the way, if the deadline is set at one year! ”

"How does my brother know so well?" Xiang Qing couldn't help but ask.

Xie An smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly, "I came to Jijing last year, and I wanted to find an errand in those businesses, but unfortunately, people either thought I was too young, or they thought I was not a local...... Thanks to it, I know a little bit about the large and small businesses in the southwest city of Hebei and their corresponding financial resources. ”

Seeing that Xie An's expression was getting darker and darker, everyone didn't ask any more questions, and Yiyi on the side even diverted the topic and asked, "Why doesn't my uncle set the deadline higher?" For example, two years, wouldn't that be able to sell for a higher price? ”

"That's right!" Xiang Qing's eyes lit up, and he was about to speak, but he saw Xie An shaking his head, and said, "One year is enough, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, one year is not long, it is not short, although the court has suffered a loss, but because this mistake was committed by them, most of them will not come to us for trouble, so they can only secretly admit that they have suffered losses; But if we are not greedy enough and set a five-year or ten-year policy, I am afraid that the imperial court will come to us for trouble, after all, this is the money obtained from the tax of the household department by taking advantage of the loophole of the holy decree! ”

"That makes sense!" Yan Kai nodded incredulously.

"By the way, this matter must be completed as soon as possible, otherwise once the imperial court notices it afterwards, today's words will be in vain...... Xie An reminded in a low voice.

The four generals were shocked when they heard this, looked back at Liang Qiu Wu and hugged their fists and said, "Miss, since this is the case, without further ado, the four of us will immediately send someone to print the road guide!" ”

Liang Qiuwu stood up and hugged his fists, "Brother Lao!" ”

"Where!" As he spoke, the four generals glanced at Xie An, including Chen Gang, and all hugged Xie An's fists, then turned around and hurriedly ran towards the outside of the mansion.

Seeing the four generals leave, Liang Qiuwu turned his head and looked at Xie An, his eyes were full of relief and joy, and he arched his hand and said, "An, you did a good job this time!" - I am 20,000 soldiers for the Shenwu Battalion, thank you! ”

Xie An couldn't help but be a little flattered, and his heart was also warm.

But this person, it is inevitable to get carried away, seeing how kind Liang Qiu Wu is to himself, Xie An has already forgotten about this woman's power, and he smiled a little inch by inch, "Then, is there any reward?" ”

"Reward?" Liang Qiuwu was stunned.

"yes, you see, I'm doing you such a big favor? ――Or give me a reward that makes my heart skip a beat? Thinking of the beauty, Xie An licked his lips.

But I didn't want Liang Qiuwu to frown when she heard this, and said seriously, "You are my husband, you help me, it is your business, how can you reward it?" - Besides, what is the reward that makes your heart beat? At the end of the day, her eyes were full of doubt.

I really can't stand this woman, she is so serious at all times.

"......" Xie An patted his forehead speechlessly, and Liang Qiuwu's reaction made him understand that it was really a mistake to use her as a target to make a joke.

Fortunately, Yiyi's interest next to him smiled, and he said a few words in Liang Qiuwu's ear, only to hear Liang Qiuwu was slightly stunned, and after glancing at Xie An, his face swelled up slightly.

It seemed that seeing Xie An's puzzled gaze, Liang Qiuwu glared at Yi Yi with some anger, coughed lightly, and said, "In short, you did a good job this time, which made me change my opinion of you, it seems that you still have some hope......" Saying, she sighed slightly, looked at Xie An and said with a wry smile, "When I first met you, I was really disappointed, even if I didn't plan to ask you to help me anything, but I was still very disappointed, my personality was cowardly, and I was frivolous......"

“…… I'm so sorry I have so many shortcomings! ”

"But now, I have changed my opinion of you, and I believe a little bit about what you said, to help His Royal Highness the Nine......"

“…… Can I think this is complimenting me? ”

"Naturally! -- It's a compliment! ”

"......" The muscles at the corners of Xie An's mouth tugged, but he was still very useful for the appreciation and relief in Liang Qiuwu's eyes.

Seeing that Xie An didn't seem so happy, Yi Yi hurriedly helped Liang Qiu dance and praised Xie An.

"The slave didn't expect that my uncle was hiding it deeply!"

"Of course!" Xie An smiled, raised his hand subconsciously, pinched Yi Yi's white and tender face, and then realized that Liang Qiuwu was beside him, hurriedly put down his hand, and said, "I, Xie An, have no other abilities, and I am still quite confident in my ability to collect money, I want to ...... when I was in Guangling" Speaking of this, for some reason, his words stopped abruptly, and even his expression became a little gloomy.

"What's wrong with Guangling?" Liang Qiuwu asked suspiciously.

I saw Xie An's face change, and he slowly shook his head.

"It's nothing...... It's not too proud! ”

Liang Qiuwu was about to ask, but was pulled out by Yiyi, her own young lady couldn't see it, she could see that when her aunt was in Guangling, she must have encountered something very unpleasant, which is why she had this expression.

It's late at night.

Xie An lay on the couch in his room with his hands on his back, his eyes slightly out of focus looking at the pitch-black roof.

His expression, a little dignified, is hard to imagine, he has always been cheerful and optimistic, and even to the point of being a little frivolous, he occasionally shows this look.

"Guangling ......"

He let out a long sigh, and was about to close his eyes to rest, when suddenly he heard a soft knock on the door of the house.

"Come in......" Xie An said casually, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure walking into the darkly lit room, and said with a chuckle, "Yiyi, don't go to accompany your young lady at this time, what are you doing in my room?" ”

The figure didn't speak, but walked gently towards Xie An.

Seeing this, Xie An's joking heart was even stronger, and he couldn't help but tease, "Do you want to sleep with me?" With that, he sat up and took the figure that had come to the bed in his arms.

To tell the truth, after learning that Yi Yi was his concubine in the future, Xie An has not taken advantage of her these days, although he did not eat this little girl because he was a little afraid of Liang Qiu Wu's attitude, but every time he made Yi Yi's face red, not to mention anything else, at least Yi Yi had two jade rabbits on his chest, Xie An had been playing with it for a long time.

Because of this, Xie An put his right hand deep into the soft warm body clothes in his arms without thinking, and touched the two peaks with a strange smile.

Suddenly, he was stunned, because he felt that the two jade rabbits in his hands did not seem to be as soft as Yiyi in his memory, but tight and elastic......

For a moment, Xie An didn't dare to move as if he had been struck by lightning, because he had already noticed that the woman in his arms was not Yiyi, but the fiancée who could wield a big knife weighing more than eighty catties.

Especially when he found that the woman in his arms was not trembling slightly because of shyness, Xie An's back was faintly cold.

"Dance ......"

"Shut up! - Don't say anything...... "The woman in her arms looked up, her eyes faintly reddening in the darkness of the room.

"I'll shut up, I'll shut up......" Xie An nodded in fright, and just as he was thinking about how to deal with this situation, suddenly, the woman in his arms gently pushed him on the shoulder and piled him down on the couch.

"You ......" Xie An stared at the woman who straddled him.

"Knowing the ...... of Soso"

After a slight sound, Xie An vaguely saw that the woman who was straddled him slowly bent down, and her fiery body was only against Xie An.

That kind of touch, Xie An didn't know where she had lifted all the clothes on her body, and even, her hand had penetrated deep into Xie An's underwear, undressing for him.

You're not dreaming, are you?

Xie An pinched his thigh stupidly, and he found that he didn't have any delusions.

It turned out to be a dream......

Xie An was paralyzed, and at the same time, there was a vague regret in his heart.

At this moment, the woman lying on his chest said in his ear, "Ann, what are you pinching me for?" ”

Huh?

Huh??

"Mistakes, mistakes......"

Xie An, who was dumbfounded, didn't even have time to review his mistakes, and then found that the clothes on his body were untied, and his bare chest was only attached to the fiery delicate body.

"Goo......" Xie An swallowed.

He looked a little excited.

"Dance, I say ......"

"I told you to shut up!"

"Uh, okay......" Xie An smiled as if noticing the displeasure in the woman's tone, but after thinking about it, he scratched his head and said tentatively, "Can you say the last sentence again?" ”

"......" The woman's action of stroking Xie An's chest stopped, her pale red eyes looked at Xie An unhappily, and after half a sound, she sighed slightly, and said angrily, "The last sentence!" ”

"Thank you so much! - Now, Mai, this time, can you let me be on top? ”

"Are you done?"

"Uh, that's it, ha, ha, you go on......"

“……”

“……”