Sima Jing picked up the teacup and took two sips, and then said without hesitation: "Commander Dong is in charge of the transfer of the commander, Lord Lu knows." ”

"I know, Mr. Sima has already said it just now." This is really redundant, I just said it once, and now I emphasize it again, what does this have to say?

"It's all my own people, and the old man won't go around in circles" Sima Jing gently put the teacup on the table made of rosewood, and then said with a straight face: "Young Master Dong was transferred to command the affairs, but this Wei commander is hereditary, the Dong family has been in business for several generations, and there are many interests in Lizhou Wei, and these interests hope that Young Master Dong can be protected after he leaves." ”

Lu Haoshan immediately said: "These are reasonable, I don't need to be reminded by Mr. Sima, Dong is my boss, and he has always taken good care of Lu, needless to say, I don't dare to harm the interests of my lord." ”

"Very good," Sima Jing continued, "In addition, the other four thousand household chiefs are all Dong Yanshi's people, and I hope that Lord Lu will not purge them after taking office to protect their interests." ”

"This" Lu Haoshan hesitated a little, this Lizhou Wei has five thousand households, Wenchong Thousand Households is managed by himself, all four of the five thousand households do not obey his own command, and only one thousand household chief is able to move, isn't this a joke? It doesn't make sense to go up or not.

Seeing Lu Haoshan's hesitation, Sima Jing said kindly: "Brother Lu, don't worry, in fact, after you take office, you will separate the army and the government, and divide and manage them, so that the soldiers can focus on training more intensively, Lord Han also appreciates this method very much, saying that Brother Lu is a smart person, and this time it can also be done in this way, in the future, the army will be in charge of Brother Lu, and the chores will be arranged for those thousands of households. This is also a knife cut tofu on both sides, one is cheaper and two are cheap. ”

understood, Lu Haoshan's heart suddenly ran by thousands of grass and mud horses, and he almost wanted to scold his mother.

Sima Jing said very clearly, he took over the army, but the interests of the guard still belong to Dong Jian's group, in fact, it is right to think about it, the law and order collapsed at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and land annexation became a trend, and the land of the guard was no exception. After those generals and leaders encroached on the land, they turned the soldiers of the guard into their own domestic slaves in disguise, Dong Jian's abacus was very loud, that is, the official had to be promoted, but the money and silver had to be taken, and the ass was moved, and the hand had to be stretched out, continuing to guard the interests of Lizhou Wei.

So. Lu Haoshan raises soldiers, and he can drink the blood of soldiers openly behind his back, which means that Lu Haoshan has to raise a guard soldier with the strength of a thousand households, and replace it with others. must have retreated, but Lu Haoshan only hesitated, and quickly agreed in his heart, but he still had to ask for a little benefit: "Mr. Sima." Is this what the commander means? ”

"So to speak."

"The vacant position of the head of a thousand households in Wenchong"

Sima Jing said briskly: "This Brother Lu has come to recommend the virtuous." ”

Well, in order to achieve the goal, it began to be called "brother". This face turned really fast.

Lu Haoshan gritted his teeth and said with a straight face: "I understand, although it is a little difficult, but please tell the commander, and you will do what Mr. Sima wants." ”

"Sima Mou is just a runner's life, this is what Dong Yishi meant." Sima Jing smiled and took himself out of the way.

Lu Haoshan picked up the teacup and said: "Mr. Sima came from afar, it's hard work, Lu Mou toasted Mr. Sima with tea instead of wine, please." ”

"Please"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and they talked about the matter.

In fact, Lu Haoshan has no better choice, now he is taking refuge in Han Wendeng's door, looking up to people, and he doesn't have much bargaining power, besides, although he has less money and food from four thousand households, Lu Haoshan is confident that he can still afford to raise those soldiers under him, and the exchange of tea and horses can also bring stable benefits, there is no need to conflict with Dong Jian for a little benefit, at most, it is like raising a pig, raising him to be "fat", and finding an opportunity to slaughter it.

There are more than 4,000 households at once, and the actual quota of soldiers alone is more than 5,000 people, so that you can let go of recruiting troops and buy horses, and you don't have to make a small fuss, giving Han Wendeng and Dong Jian face, and they can bring real benefits to themselves, why not?

Two quarters of an hour later, Sima Jing stepped into the carriage with a smile on his face, this time he was very successful as a lobbyist, Lu Haoshan agreed without any opinions, originally he was ready to spend more words, but he didn't expect Lu Haoshan to go on the road more than he imagined, pick up the responsibility and keep the interests, there is nothing better than this, of course, Lu Haoshan did not let Sima Jingbai go, and sent a local product to Sima Jing when he went out, with this local product, Sima Jing's smile was more kind.

Ordinary souvenirs are a little bit of goodwill at most, but Lu Haoshan's sustenances are a little special: a set of four treasures of the top-grade study, a huge opal, a pair of pearls, and a silver ticket of 3,000 taels.

"Dong Weng" Lu Haoshan returned to the study and quickly stood up and saluted Lu Haoshan.

When the two were discussing just now, Li Nian had been hiding in the cubicle of the study, and heard the conversation between the two clearly, this was Lu Haoshan's idea, so as not to repeat it more than once when he got it, Li Nian respected Lu Haoshan as an adult in front of people, and when no one was called, it was called Dong Weng, which meant closeness.

After Lu Haoshan sat down, he spoke: "Mr. Li, did you hear it?" ”

"Heard"

"Oh, what do you think."

Li Nian said with a happy face: "My lord, the opportunity has come." ”

"I want to hear about it."

"Get the position of a thousand households, you can try to strengthen the strategy of the army, get a place to guard, you can make the foundation of development, now Dong Weng has become the commander of a guard, you can recruit troops and buy horses openly, focus on Sichuan, get Sichuan can map the world, now there are Houjin Tartars eyeing the tiger, insiders and bandits are making chaos everywhere, the so-called troubled times produce heroes, the times create heroes, the court now has no time to pay attention, and the new commander of Dong Weng is in his heart, it is the opportunity to dig up."

Famous, advantageous, and powerful, with the full support of the Zhao family, and with the help of the head of the Pubu Wan household, it's time to plot, Lu Haoshan nodded and said: "That's right, it's time to launch, although some interests have been sacrificed this time, fortunately, the soldiers of those guards are under our management." This is better, however, Sichuan borders the frontier, and there is a Xingdu Division, with more than 200,000 troops, and only one guard's troops, it is difficult to achieve great things. ”

There are 5,000 households under the jurisdiction of the Wei commander, with a full capacity of 5,600 people, and only 5,600 people want to occupy Sichuan. is secretly developing, but it is just the income of a thousand households, and it can't support so many troops, that is, Han Wendeng has difficulties in raising the army with one eye open and one eye closed, which is a bottomless pit.

No matter how elite the troops are, there are so many prefectures and counties in Sichuan, and the troops are scattered, how many people can be divided into one county? Even Li Shimin's Xuanjia Army has not withdrawn.

Now the rebels have jumped out of the encirclement carefully woven by the imperial court. It is estimated that it will not be long before Zhang Xianzhong's big thief begins to plot against Sichuan, because of his brutality and abuse. So that in later generations, there was a helpless move of Huguang to fill Sichuan, and in this life, with its own survival, this dark history will not be repeated.

Absolutely not.

Li Nian said confidently: "My lord." Those who achieve great things are informal, and sometimes in order to achieve the goal, we also have to be informal. ”

Lu Haoshan raised his eyebrows. said happily: "Listen to Mr. Li's words, there is a solution, there are no outsiders here, please Mr. Li open the door to sincerity." ”

"Dong Weng, there are two sides to everything, some things seem to be on the bad side, from another angle, there is also a good side, for example, banditry, many generals in history, sometimes they can rebel against those bandits in one fell swoop, but they will intentionally or unintentionally let go, and even secretly strengthen them, so that the court can not take back the talisman in his hand, can only let him continue to lead the army, there are soldiers in his hand, the court will also be a few points of scruples, this is the legend of raising bandits with self-respect, adults want to map Sichuan, but also have to make a fuss about the word bandits."

Obviously, Li Nian has been "firepower" at full speed, with the advent of the new firearm, Lu Haoshan also has confidence, and this promotion to the commander of Lizhou Wei can be said to be the icing on the cake.

"Yes, this bandit put on a military uniform and immediately became a soldier, Mr. Li, where should this article be written?" Lu Haoshan asked with a serious face.

Wei commanded the commander, this is already a big promotion, unless there is a great opportunity, it is difficult to improve in the short term, now is the best time for development, Lu Haoshan is a little impatient, since the bright is not good, then the development of the dark, and he does not have so much money and food to support too many soldiers. ，

In addition, there is another advantage, if Sichuan is in turmoil, it is not good for the imperial court to allocate troops to suppress bandits, with the heroic table in front, the most afraid is that Chongzhen will think of himself

Mingli has a guard in his hands, and secretly has a force, and the two cooperate with each other, and they can definitely do a lot of great things.

Sichuan is a fat mulberry leaf, and it's time to slowly nibble away.

Li Nian smiled slightly, and said, "Shake the Yellow Thirteen Family"

Shake the yellow thirteen?

Lu Haoshan immediately understood, the Thirteen Shake Huang families are an extremely hated force, composed of local scholars, mobs, homeless people, etc., they have no special ideals and goals, in the final analysis, thugs who do everything to survive, kidnapping, murder and arson, robbery and other evils, saying that it is the thirteen families, in fact, it is just a general term, the leader is not fixed, and there are more than thirteen forces, and there is no subordinate relationship between each other.

If you send people to infiltrate it, slowly gain a leading position, slowly encroach on other forces, and if necessary, send officers and soldiers to cooperate and slowly cultivate, over time, it will definitely be a force to be reckoned with.

This Li Nian has really put in a lot of effort and done enough homework.

Lu Haoshan nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Li is really a Zhuge Liang of regeneration, Lu admires it." ”

"Don't dare, eat Dong Weng's Lu, naturally do your best for Dong Weng, these are the students' duties." Li Nian immediately said respectfully.

"Okay, leave this matter to Mr. Li, do your best to send spies to find out the situation, and you can call on the manpower, you must find out clearly, know yourself and your opponent, in order to survive a hundred battles, and then take a charter, plan and then move, we have to do a good job of this article" Lu Haoshan sneered and said: "As long as this article is done, find another opportunity, why is it difficult to take this country of abundance?" ”

Li Nian immediately stood up and said with a straight face: "Yes, Dong Weng, the student will do it immediately." ”

"Don't worry" Lu Haoshan smiled and asked him to sit down, shook his head and said: "The New Year is coming in a few days, I have worked hard all year long, and I don't care about these few days, not to mention that I have to integrate those four thousand households, in addition, there is one thing that is more urgent than this Yao Huang Thirteen Families." ”

"Oh, I wonder what's so urgent?"

Lu Haoshan tapped his fingers on the table and said: "We have recruited so many people, on the surface, for the needs of the tea and horse trade, we sent troops to escort them, for this reason we send a huge amount of money to Han Wendeng every year, let him open one eye and close one eye, just now Sima Jing intentionally or unintentionally mentioned this matter, it is estimated that it is a hint that he is dissatisfied with the amount we sent, this matter cannot be taken lightly." ”

Li Nian asked in a low voice, "What does Dong Weng mean?" ”

"In the name of the New Year, give him another 10,000 taels, in addition, don't let him think that this money is too easy to make, and it has been too peaceful recently, you discuss it with Pubu, create a little accident, make a show to him, and let him know that there are risks in doing this business, lest he see that his eyes are red, and then he will have to intervene in it." Lu Haoshan said with a sneer.

If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves remembering, and before he reaches out his hand, he has to cut off his thoughts, and let him wait for the examination in peace.

"Yes, sir."

Lu Haoshan didn't want to waste too much time on this issue, so he took out the map and said, "Okay, Mr. Li, let's discuss how to receive and manage the four thousand households." (To be continued......)