Chapter 81: Buying an Official Body
Xu Liang and the others followed the little colonel who led them straight to the largest military tent in the barracks, only to see the two rows of gun-wielding guards in front of the tent standing tall, leading the little colonel to the side and making a gesture of invitation to Xu Liang.
Xu Liang cautiously entered the military tent, only to see that the military tent was also divided into a front tent and a back tent, separated by a cloth curtain, and two soldiers with knives stood next to the curtain, not squinting. It was the first time for Xu Liang to enter the tent of the main general of the Ming military camp, and when he saw that the guards were so strict, he secretly beat the drum in his heart. glanced back at Dai Yingying, but saw that Miss Dai, who had never been afraid of heaven and earth, had no usual arrogance at this time, and followed closely behind Xu Liang lightly.
Through the curtain and into the back tent, I saw two long tables on each side of the back tent, and behind a wide boat-shaped desk in the center, a middle-aged general dressed neatly hung was bowing his head and writing something. The middle-aged general is the thousands of households in front of Nanchang Wei, and the five products and thousands of households are in Yongnian.
Yu Qianhu heard the sound of footsteps, still concentrated on writing, and asked out loud: "The virtuous nephew is here?" ”
Xu Liang patted his robe, shook it to the ground, and said loudly: "Xu Liang, the chief bookkeeper of Jianchang County, Nankang Prefecture, Xiaguan, has seen General Yu. ”
Dai Yingying saw it and hurriedly saluted.
Yu Qianhu raised his head in surprise, looked at Xu Liang with wide eyes for a long time, vaguely remembered the person in the main book of Jianchang, and said with a sudden change of color: "Bold!" Dare to pretend to be General Ben's nephew, deceive General Ben, come on! ”
Two guards with knives hurried in.
Yu Qianhu pointed at Xu Liang and shouted: "Arrest this thief who deceived the general!" ”
Xu Liang bowed to the ground and shouted: "General Rongyu! ”
"What else do you have to say?"
Xu Liang didn't dare to get up and look at Yu Qianhu, and said quickly and anxiously: "Xiaguan came to see General Yu on the order of my family, Lord Wang Xian of Jianchang Zhixian County. ”
"Oh?" Yu Qianhu's expression eased slightly, and asked, "What does Wang Zhixian have to say?" ”
Xu Liang raised his eyes, glanced at the two guards standing beside him, and then looked at Yu Qianhu, and hesitated: "I don't know if it's inconvenient for the general to speak?" ”
Yu Qianhu pondered, waved his hand at the two guards, and said, "You go down first, guard at the door, and no one is allowed to come in without the order of the general." ”
The two guards withdrew from the big tent, and Yu Qianhu glanced at Xu Liang and said, "Okay, now there is something to say." ”
Xu Liang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his face showed gratitude, and he respectfully arched his hand and said: "Since the general killed five hundred water robbers in public at the head of Jianchang City a year ago, the surrounding robbers and rogues have been greatly deterred, and the public security in Jianchang has improved unprecedentedly. ”
As he spoke, Xu Liang took out an envelope from his arms, got up and respectfully presented it to Yu Qianhu's table, and said: "The county lord has passed the first examination of this year, thinking of the general's kindness, he specially wrote a sincere letter of thanks, and presented it to General Yu in person. ”
Yu Qianhu listened, touched the envelope, opened a corner and looked at it, his eyes moved, and he looked at the envelope carefully, but he didn't open it, he put it in the drawer casually, his expression was greatly relaxed, and he nodded and said: "Well, it's rare that Lord Wang is still thinking about General Ben, eh, Lord Xu has worked hard all the way, get up and take a look." He looked at Dai Yingying again and asked, "Oh, who is this?" ”
Xu Liang's buttocks were just next to the bench, and when he heard this, he immediately bounced up again, and explained: "General rest assured, this is the personal ring of the lower official, a trustworthy person." Then he raised his face and shouted to Dai Yingying: "Unruly girl, I don't see too general!" After speaking, he glanced at Dai Yingying, who had already pursed his mouth slightly.
Fortunately, Dai Yingying still remembered the agreement on acting, and gave a gift to thousands of households according to her words.
Yu Qianhu relaxed his body, sat back on the chair, and asked the soldiers to enter the tent to deliver tea, took a sip of himself, looked at Xu Liang and asked: "It is said that Yu and Lord Xu are also old acquaintances, if Lord Xu wants to see Yu Mou, he can go directly to the house, why do you want to say that he is Yu's nephew?" ”
Xu Liang smiled embarrassedly and said, "General, the official is here, in addition to the accident of thanking the lord of my family, there is also a little personal matter that wants to trouble the general." ”
"Oh? What else is there to do with Lord Xu? Yu Qianhu pondered, glancing at the thin-looking envelope in the half-open drawer, which, in his experience, would not exceed five hundred taels of silver at best. Secretly send such a little money, and you are embarrassed to ask someone to do something? He said embarrassedly: "Ahem, Yu has been working in the army in recent years, and he doesn't know much about Nankangfu County, so I'm afraid that he may not be able to help Lord Xu much." ”
When Xu Liang heard this, he got up and walked to Yu Qianhu's table, stretched out his hand to push forward, and then spread out his palm, and a silver ticket with a denomination of 1,000 taels was presented in front of Yu Qianhu.
"The first time the subordinate visited the general, he didn't bring a gift, be careful, please smile at the general."
"Ah, Lord Xu, what are you doing here? It's too polite, Yu is unsuccessful and deserved. Yu Qianhu said, his eyes kept staring at the silver ticket.
"What did the general say?" Xu Liang said sincerely: "The general personally led troops to enter Jianchang City last year, and worked tirelessly to guard Jianchang City. ”
"Oh, haha, then Yu Mou is not welcome haha." Yu Qianhu said, swinging his arm and rolling the silver ticket into his sleeve.
"Ah, what did Master Xu just want to say, you might as well talk about it, Yu has been in Nanchang Mansion for so many years, and he can still say a few words." The real silver was in his pocket, and Yu Qianhu took the initiative to ask about Xu Liang's private affairs.
When Xu Liang heard this, he told the situation of the patrol battalion and the idea of wanting to give the generals in the patrol battalion the official identity of the officers of the guard station.
Yu Qianhu listened, looked at Xu Liang deeply, and was silent for a long time.
Xu Liang is not in a hurry, this kind of thing always has to give Yongnian some time to think about. He sat quietly in his chair and waited for Yu Qianhu's reply.
Yu Qianhu said in embarrassment: "If it is something else, it will be Chong Yu and Lord Xu have been friends for a long time, Yu has absolutely no reason to refuse, but the officer of this guard, hereditary replacement, since he beat Hong Wuye, he directly filed in the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and it is too difficult to suddenly add a few people to enter." ”
Xu Liang got up, with a smile on his face, and added a silver ticket of one thousand taels to the table of the thousand households, and said: "Xiaguan naturally knows the difficulties of the matter, but Xiaguan has always heard that General Yu has a wide road, a big face, can do things, and can do things, so he rashly asked the general to meet you, and asked the general to think of a way." ”
Yu Qianhu's eyes lit up, he greedily looked at the silver ticket on the table, swallowed his saliva, and said: "Since Lord Xu has said everything about this, then even if Yu Mou takes some risks, he has to give it a try, well, although this matter is more difficult to do, it should not attract too many people's attention to get a few small flags." ”
Xu Liang shook his head, stretched out a finger, and said, "General Yu, the small banner and the general flag are also good, but at least we have to find a way for the entire hundred household officers to come out." ”
Yu Qianhu's expression changed, he looked at Xu Liang in surprise, pushed the silver ticket out, and said: "The officers of the hundred households in each guard house are in the sixth grade, it is too eye-catching, this thing can't be done, Lord Xu should take the things back." ”
Xu Liang still smiled, stepped forward and pressed two thousand taels, and said, "Please also ask General Yu to think of a way." ”
Yu Qianhu stared at the three silver tickets, his face was cloudy, and fine beads of sweat floated on his face, he exhaled, wiped a handful of sweat, shook his head and said, "No." ”
Xu Liang thought for a while and said, "It's difficult to get 100 households, so it's barely okay to try 100 households." ”
Yu Qianhu's eyes moved, pressed the silver ticket with one hand, and said in a rough voice: "The goal of trying 100 households is much smaller, Yu can give it a try." ”
Xu Liang snapped and pressed his palm against the corner of the silver ticket, stared at Yu Qianhu and said, "I want two!" ”
"You!" Yu Qianhu gasped and said categorically: "One is already a thousand difficulties, do you still want two?" ”
Xu Liang added another silver ticket and said fiercely: "Good things must come in pairs!" ”
Yu Qianhu grimaced and glared at Xu Liang viciously, and Xu Liang also glared at him back.
With a cup of tea, Yu Qianhu was defeated, and said hatefully: "Count you ruthless!" ”