"General Wu, yesterday it was said that a bird boat came back from Lushun, saying that General Chen would come back soon, so I asked the general to wait two more days, maybe it will arrive today and tomorrow." In the civil affairs office next to the Dengzhou military camp, Liu Minyou said to Wu Xiang in front of him.

Wu Xiang wore a green scribe's clothes, looked personable, he had arrived two days, he had a shop in Dengzhou, which was equivalent to the contact point of the Guanning army in Wendeng, as soon as the news of Fuzhou's victory returned to Dengzhou, someone from the trading company went there to deliver a letter, Wu Xiang hurried to Dengzhou by land, waiting for Chen Xin's reception.

As a result, Chen Xin and Song Wenxian were not there, and there was no news after waiting for two days, so he came to the school to ask to see Liu Minyou, this person met with Chen Xin in Beijing this year, and he had sold two batches of horses to Dengzhou through the Guò Trading Company, a total of more than 300 horses, basically medium war horses, and also helped the Four Seas Trading Company to open a branch in Ningyuan, and the tobacco, tea, and sugar sold to Karaqin were all in transit for him, this person was not reliable in fighting, but he was very good at doing business, as a big customer, Liu Minyou felt that he should still see it.

Wu Xiang carefully looked at the person in front of him, dressed simply and cleanly, spoke very kindly, and his figure was tall. Guan Ningjun is actually very concerned about Denglai, Wu Xiang has a lot of contacts with the trading company, he has heard of Liu Minyou, and knows that he is the second-in-command of Dengzhou Town, and he is also the owner of the Sihai Trading Company, and this person is in charge of Dengzhou when Chen Xin is not there. It was a little strange in Wu Xiang's opinion, because this person had no murderous aura at all, and he didn't know how to suppress the people below.

There was a burly fat bodyguard standing behind Liu Minyou, even in the Guanning army, he was a super strong man, Wu Xiang didn't see a housekeeper or anything like that, he originally wanted to send some benefits, but there were only a few guards at the door, there was neither a door nor a housekeeper, of course he was not good at giving Liu Minyou in person, that was too reckless, once it was rejected, everyone would be embarrassed, and he quickly thought of another way.

"The villain has admired the name of Lord Liu for a long time, and now he can see it, which is enough to comfort his life. It's not that I have a request for Lord Liu today. The villain actually escorted a batch of miscellaneous horses to Dengzhou for sale, and when he heard about the victory in Fuzhou, he was really happy in his heart. Today, the strong town of Dengzhou bravely defeated Jiannu, and the joy is indescribable. This time I just wanted to visit Lord Chen and show a little bit of the villain's heart. ”

After Wu Xiang finished speaking, he asked his entourage to take out a bag of things and handed it to the stupid monk behind Liu Minyou, Liu Minyou hurriedly stood up to refuse, Wu Xiang stood up and bowed, "This is the villain's intention to kill the strong man in Dengzhou Town, not to give it to Lord Liu and Lord Chen." The villain came to Liaodong many years ago, and this good piece of land was finally made like a ghost domain by Jiannu, and the hatred in his heart was not enough for outsiders, and this little intention was all for the livelihood of those strong men's families, and there was no other meaning. ”

Liu Minyou was stunned when he heard it, he listened to the collision sound in the bag, it should be gold ingots, so big a bag is at least a few hundred taels, this gift is not light, he immediately said: "I Dengzhou Town has a pension for those family members, they have no worries about livelihood, this is ......"

Wu Xiang immediately knelt down and said: "Although the villain has no outstanding talent, he also has the idea of serving the country. Now that he has no official position, the only thing he can do his best for the recovery of Liaodong is that he still has some floating wealth, so please ask Lord Liu to fulfill the villain's righteous thoughts. ”

Liu Minyou hurriedly helped him up, and said with some embarrassment: "In this case, then I will accept it on behalf of those family members, and I will definitely inform them of General Wu's intentions at that time." ”

Liu Minyou is also willing to add a fee to those orphan funds, of course, he will not tell them that it is Wu Xiang's intention.

Although Liu Minyou was very disdainful of his escape, it was also very comfortable to listen to his conversation, and he couldn't help but ask: "Last time, I heard that General Wu was confiscated to Jizhen because of the incident of Changshan, if he has been away for a long time, will he be embarrassed?" ”

Wu Xiang smiled and said: "The villain has no official position now, but the matter of filling the army has been offset by some of the previous small achievements. ”

Liu Minyou was surprised by Wu Xiang again, he lost the army in Changshan and fell into the division for such a big sin, he only filled the army, and now he even offset the army, and the energy of the Guan Ning army is really not covered.

Wu Xiang said lightly: "The villain had meritorious service in Xifengkou and Hongshan last year, and it was supposed to be reported in August last year, but the hateful Jiannu came quickly, and the military department had no time to pay attention to it, and then the villain was dragged down by Zhang Chun and others in Changshan to be confiscated into the army, although the villain felt wronged, but he had to take responsibility for the general, although it was not the fault of the villain, but the defeat of Changshan was also a fact. Fortunately, the emperor was wise and ordered the king to directly review Xifeng and Hongshan to obtain merit, and the villain was able to return to Liaozhen, although he was not full of troops, but also white. ”

"I see." Liu Minyou recalled the investigation of the Battle of Changshan of the Intelligence Bureau in his heart, he was not deceived by Wu Xiang, he clearly knew that Zhang Chun could not come back, and Zhang Chun did not have a dead festival, the emperor was angry with him, no one in the court dared to speak for Zhang Chun, and Wu Xiang pushed Zhang Chun's head with a brain.

Wu Xiang has a strong ability to move, and Zhili Patrol Wang Daozhi first tried to impeach him, and later made it clear for him, saying that the defeat of Changshan was caused by the Ma army's running around, so Wu Xiang was excusable. Liu Minyou is also a member of officialdom now, and he can figure out what deal is behind this, he can figure it out with his toes.

Liu Minyou knew that this Wu Xiang was full of lies, if it was before, he didn't want to deal with this kind of person at all, but now he has to be responsible for so many people to eat, as long as Wu Xiang can increase his performance, he will also have to communicate with him holding his nose. But he still didn't want to listen to Wu Xiang's bad things about defeating the battle, so he turned the topic to "This year, Ningyuan shops are under the care of General Wu, and their performance is top-notch in the north, and the number of silver transactions must be large. This time Lord Wu came, I will mention the old things again, we will cooperate in the future, you can exchange money tickets through guò, Lord Wu in Dengzhou after delivery, take the silver ticket back to Ningyuan and directly exchange huàn, I don't know what Lord Wu wants. ”

Wu Xiang thought quickly in his heart, the last time the servant returned to Liaoxi, he didn't tell him about it. This year, Dengzhou's southern goods and tobacco sales in western Liaoning are amazing, especially in the direction of Karaqin Mongolia, not to mention tobacco, those sugar, tea, cotton cloth, pepper are also big items, Wu Xiang was a horse dealer when he was a teenager, in Liaodong Guangning and other places to do border trade, border smuggling in the nine sides can also be regarded as the most proficient person, in the past he took goods from the Tongzhou Canal and Liaohai smuggling, the price is not much advantage compared with other officials and businessmen.

At present, most of the goods entering the south of Dengzhou are from the sea, the cost along the way is far less than the canal, the price is more than one percent cheaper than Tongzhou after changing hands, the tobacco is shipped by the Four Seas Trading Company to Liaodong for delivery, the price is even cheaper, Liu Min has let the account room carefully calculate the price of the goods, if Wu Xiang is transported to Tongzhou by land, the total price will be a little higher than the Dengzhou shop in Tongzhou, and it will not affect the business of the direct store.

Wu Xiang originally just hoped to get in touch with Chen Xin through guò trade, but now he found that it had become his biggest profit growth point, and from a business point of view, Wu Xiang also wanted to curry favor with Chen Xin, a rich man.

Wu Xiang weighed it, the price of the horse was only thousands of taels of silver, and it could be taken out when he returned to Ningyuan, so he immediately agreed, Liu Minyou was very happy to pull a business, Wu Xiang is undoubtedly a big customer, Guan Ningjun has silver anyway, first pass guò trade to lay a good foundation, and then trade will expand, then Guan Ningjun will have a transaction of silver taels every month in the money village to maintain, once the dependent surname is formed, then at least half of Guan Ningjun's Liao salary can serve Dengzhou.

Liu Minyou continued to promote: "My money village in the four seas, there is also strong reinforcement in the DPRK, Lord Wu can rest assured, I plan to spread this money village all over the place, Lord Wu and other places to exchange money, can also use this bank, very convenient and reliable, as long as the amount is more than 20,000 taels, and there is interest every month, although it is not much, but it is better than putting it in the cellar intact......

"And interest?" Wu Xiang interrupted, "You mean that there is interest on saving money?" Why is that? He didn't realize it for a while, and even Master Liu forgot to say it. At this time, there was no interest in the money bank, and the general deposit of silver bills and meeting tickets had to pay a handling fee, plus those wealthy people had doubts about the credit of ordinary silver numbers, so most of them were still willing to deposit in the cellar, and then recruit a bunch of family security guards to guard. So when Wu Xiang heard that there was interest on saving money, he felt that Liu Minyou suddenly seemed like a fool running the rivers and lakes.

"Of course, but now there are only more than 20,000 taels, and it will be ......."

Before Liu Minyou finished speaking, the door creaked, and someone came in without knocking, Liu Minyou was talking energetically, staring at the door dissatisfied, to see who was so hateful. At this glance, Liu Minyou and Wu Xiang opened their mouths wide at the same time, and Chen Xin, who came in, was dressed as a small soldier, he took off the small soldier hat on his head, looked at the two and smiled: "Don't come to the two of you unharmed, I will be relieved when I see it." ”

Wu Xiang stayed for a moment, looked up and down at Chen Xin's clothes, and then asked in surprise, "Why is General Chen dressed up like this?" ”

Chen Xin laughed: "The official pinched his fingers a few days ago, and always felt that something happy was coming, so he wondered if Lord Wu was coming, and after the farewell of the Beijing teacher, the brother missed it very much, so he couldn't bear to return early, but it was always inappropriate not to follow the teacher, so I changed my dress." After seeing General Wu, this officer has to go back to the fleet. ”

"Lord Chen, do you want to go back to the fleet again?"

Chen Xin said lightly: "General Wu is old in the army, so he naturally knows that there are many affairs after the war, and this battle of Fuzhou is on a grand scale and has many rules and regulations, so busy that the official has not even completed the war exploits. ”

Wu Xiang immediately reacted when he heard this, it turned out that Chen Xin specially ran back to trade with him to determine how many heads he wanted, if Chen Xin went directly to Dengzhou, then once the number of beheadings was reported, it would not be good to increase or decrease.

Wu Xiang admired his hand and said: "The villain is not very good at others, but he has been in Liaodong for many years, and he can still be competent if he helps Lord Chen check his head." ”

Chen Xin gave Liu Minyou a look, and then said to Wu Xiang: "General Wu is talented, you can help with the inspection, the official can't ask for it, please go to the study with the official to talk about how to check it in detail." ”

Wu Xiang bowed his hand to Liu Min: "Lord Liu, forgive me, and I will ask Lord Liu about the deposit of silver in detail in two days." Then he stretched out his hand to Chen Xin and said, "My lord, please." ”

(To be continued)