Chapter 167: Digging the Corner of the Brocade Guards (Part II)
Deputy Steward Liu's home is located in a narrow alley not far from the post station, is a small courtyard with two entrances, surrounded by ordinary town residents, roughly equivalent to the modern working-class community, settled here, in order not to be obtrusive, quite a bit of faint in the city.
In fact, in the eyes of the neighbors, Deputy Steward Liu has nothing abnormal, although his hometown is not local, he has been rooted here for more than 20 years, and he has married a wife and had children locally.
Although Deputy Steward Liu is of a humble grade and does not enter the Quanshu, but the size is also an official of the imperial court, and the big and small things inside and outside the Hukou Station, what to make up for the difference and recruit the class, and supply the grain and straw, which one cannot be decided in one word? In this small market town that is thriving as a post, it is a character when it is real! He is a very low-key person, and he never behaves to the neighborhood, and he is also very willing to help when others ask him for something.
If you don't meet Wu Wei and his party, Lao Liu is ready to live like this for the rest of his life, although he can't talk about any glory and wealth, but in these years, it is better to have a stable meal than anything else, compared to the displaced people who have suffered disasters in various places, or the unlucky colleagues who have fallen into party disputes, such days are like heaven, and sometimes Lao Liu can't wait for his boss to think of himself for the rest of his life.
What's more, this Hukou post is a waterway station, and there are usually many private goods entrained, compared with other inland station colleagues, life is very good. This is also an open secret of post stations in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and public and private expenditures rely on it. If not. Counting on the little silver allocated by the imperial court, one or two hundred people inside and outside the entire post station will have to drink the northwest wind! Lao Liu is in such a position, even if he is not an insatiable person, under the normal profit sharing, there is some oil and water, and in a year, there is no less than 20 taels of silver!
With the gradual prosperity of Shaanxi's business centered on Ansai, the cargo ships coming and going on the Yellow River are becoming more and more dense, and the days with Hukou Post are much better. In the long run, even if you still can't earn two thousand taels of silver. I can't fill the gap. The two sons bought a house and land here to inherit the incense, and it is also a well-off family.
Of course, Deputy Steward Liu will not know that the real history. Days like this soon became untenable. Soon the imperial court will abolish the post stations throughout the country. The surviving funds will also be greatly reduced, and the drastic changes in personnel can be imagined. Regardless of the existence of the Hukou Station, even if it is preserved because of its location. With Cheng DΓΉ, who is not welcomed, when the time comes, most of the hundreds of households in Jinyi will also make room for the newcomer!
It's already dark, and if you are elsewhere at this moment, passers-by have long been extinct, but this Hukou town is different, there is no curfew, and the streets and alleys are lit up at this moment, and the nightlife has just begun. The local gentry, merchants, and prodigal children from all over the world who come here, or set up wine parties in the main stores of various restaurants, or linger in the flower street and willow lane, and the noisy places are actually more prosperous and noisy than in the daytime!
Deputy Steward Liu's house is located not far from the downtown area, and the father and son have just finished their duties and returned home to rest. Dipping Wu Wei's light, the rice was used in the post station, and I packed a lot of food and brought it back to the Hun family, the family was talking and laughing, and they were happy, and suddenly they heard a knock on the door from the other end of the yard.
"It must be the sister-in-law of the Zhao family next door, bring this white-flour bun back with her, her family has a large population, and the food is not enough to eat, so if you can help with some, you can help with some." Deputy Steward Liu knocked the swarthy cigarette gun on the sole of his shoe and instructed Hun Jiadao.
He glanced at him, lowered his voice and said, "I don't have enough food at home, and I still have time to worry about other people's affairs!" Deputy Steward Liu glared at her, and then she slowly went to open the door.
In fact, she also knew in her heart that her man had no other meaning, the Zhao family's age, even if he was a little bit beautiful when he was young, he couldn't look at it now, not to mention that other men's men were stronger than their own! She's just habitually distressed about food.
She walked towards the door while her brain was also active, the daughter of the Zhao family is the same age as her own eldest son, and she has not yet allowed anyone, so it is not bad to be a daughter-in-law for her family. Although the family is poor, the Zhao family kid was admitted to Xiucai last year, and he can barely be regarded as the right person. Speaking of which, her daughter and her own eldest son seem to have a little bit of meaning
While thinking wildly, he greeted him: "Oh, it's here, is it the sister-in-law of the Zhao family?" β
opened the door, but it was not a familiar neighbor in front of him, but a young man dressed in a lake silk coat with a smile on his face, and when he saw her, he said: "Dare to ask if it is Lord Liu's house?" Student Zhao Wenzhuo asked to see him. After saying that, she couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, and she couldn't help but get stuck in half of her words, and involuntarily turned around and shouted: "Be in charge."
Lao Liu noticed that something was wrong, and he didn't leave his cigarette gun, he walked over quickly, and took a look at the person who came, but he was also slightly stunned.
The person who came was naturally the freshly baked intelligence giant Zhao Wenzhuo, he was old-fashioned, and he carried out Wu Wei's instructions categorically, never dragging the mud and water, even if there were doubts in his heart, he only hid them in his heart, and he still did things steadfastly, in the words of later generations, that is, the execution was leveraged, which was also one of the reasons why Wu Wei looked down on him and entrusted him with heavy responsibilities.
Just like now, although he was still a little skeptical in his heart, he didn't dare to believe that the honest and dark-faced old steward in front of him was actually a well-known brocade-clothed pro-army, but he still followed Wu Wei's instructions, did enough to try and win over, and smiled and fell to the ground again.
Zhao Wenzhuo is Wu Wei's confidant, and he goes in and out of the post station a lot, how can Deputy Steward Liu not know him! Ansai and his entourage punished the slaves of the Jin Dynasty, begged for the soup and medicine money for the injured post man, not only did they not harass and make trouble since they moved in, but Li Chong and Wu Wei were both bold and generous, and they should be generous with food and clothing, and the post station was really stained with a lot of light, compared with those adults who ate for nothing and took the post pawn for nothing, it was really heaven and earth!
Now through the mouth of the pot, mentioning the two adults from Ansai, who doesn't praise benevolence and righteousness with a thumbs up!
Lao Liu opened the door and recognized it as Zhao Wenzhuo, and he was very respectful to himself. However, he didn't know his intention for a while, so he hurriedly invited him in, and while beckoning the Hun family to make tea, he was busy answering the road.
Deputy Steward Liu greeted Zhao Wenzhuo, but he secretly wondered in his heart, wondering what he meant. Naturally, he would never have thought that someone would post the secrets of Jinyiwei on the Internet in modern times, and his secret agent's identity was already clear in the eyes of the other party!
Although he didn't understand the other party's intentions, he was still polite to Zhao Wenzhuo to the twelve, without him, although Deputy Steward Liu was a lowly official. But I've heard some rumors about Ansai. Wu Wei and Li Chong must be of great use this time, the person in front of him is Wu Wei's confidant, how can he not accept it? If you tie the knots well, you can't say that the future of your two boys may be settled, and you don't know!
Come to mind. Lao Liu couldn't help but perk up. Full of joy. made a gesture of "please" and respectfully invited the guests to take their seats in the main hall, and Zhao Wenzhuo was humble. He sat down with a smile.
The two sides sat down, exchanged pleasantries slightly, and without waiting for Deputy Steward Liu to ask about the intention, Zhao Wenzhuo spoke first: "Don't hide it from Lord Liu, the students are here to ask for something." β
Deputy Steward Liu sighed in his heart and said secretly: "It's here." "I secretly think that I can't do much at home, and the errand can serve others is nothing more than the errand of the post station, is it related to this? Well, yes, most of them are asking for entrainment of goods to make a profit, which is not very difficult. He is a veteran intelligence officer, and he has a lot of experience in the world, and after a little consideration, he already has a fixed opinion in his heart, but he waved his hands wildly, and said in his mouth: "What an adult, just an old post man, no grade and no rank, he has to bluff the countrymen, and he doesn't dare to call it that way in front of Steward Zhao." β
Zhao Wenzhuo looked around slightly, the two sons of the Liu family were not on the side, and the old Liu's Hun family also retreated to the backyard room early after pouring tea, and there was no one around, picked up the teacup and blew the foam, and said softly and seemingly casually: "How can you not be called an adult by the dignified hundred households of the Jinyi pro-army?" β
Although the voice was soft, it was like lightning and thunder in the ears of Deputy Steward Liu, his eyes narrowed subconsciously, and his right hand habitually stretched out to his waist, only halfway to realize that the embroidered spring knife was not worn on his body, he was slightly stunned, and then said in a deep voice: "Are you sent by Nanzhen?" What am I guilty of? Without waiting for Zhao Wenzhuo to answer, he said happily: "Let's go, I knew that there would be today, and Jin Huayi (Liu Xianbaihu's boss) couldn't let me go!" After a pause, he said: "The old wife and two sons don't know, and I bear all the guilt alone, and I hope to complete it!" Then he got up and bowed.
Zhao Wenzhuo didn't expect such a show, he was stunned, and when he understood, he couldn't help but smile, got up to stop Deputy Steward Liu from bowing down, and waved his hand again and again: "Lord Liu misunderstood, I didn't have any malice here, but a great good thing." β
When Deputy Steward Liu heard Zhao Wenzhuo say this, he couldn't help but be stunned, secretly ashamed, and said in a low voice: "You really weren't sent by Nanzhen Fusi to get me?" Zhao Wenzhuo smiled: "It's really not." Lord Liu, please sit down, the student is abrupt and presumptuous, and the narrative is unclear, but it makes Lord Liu misunderstand, capital crime, capital crime! β
"And how did you know who I am?" Deputy Steward Liu thought that his identity was hidden seamlessly, and he had even concealed his old wife and young children for many years, if it wasn't for the internal personnel of Jinyiwei, how would others know?
Zhao Wenzhuo smiled silently, and gestured to invite Deputy Steward Liu to sit down.
Deputy Steward Liu sat down uncertainly, still looking at Zhao Wenzhuo.
"So that Lord Liu can know that the master of my family is the commander of Yan'an Wei, the history of Ansai, and Wu is Lord Wu. and the new Zunhua Zhizhou Li is a relative of Weng's son-in-law. Zhao Wenzhuo said.
Deputy Steward Liu nodded, of course he knew the origins and identities of Wu Wei and Li Chong.
"Lord Yang He, the governor of the three sides, has a teacher-student friendship with my master, and my master is a disciple of Lord Yang, and Lord Yang is about to return to the court to enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, and concurrently serve as the soldier (the book of the military department, called the soldier in the Ming Dynasty) Lord Liu can know?"
Deputy Steward Liu suddenly realized that Yang He's entry into the cabinet was naturally unknown to him with his status, but he understood the sentence of concurrently serving as the secretary of the military department, the post station was the secretary of the military department, and his family was nominally a subordinate of Yang He, so the identity of this brocade guard naturally had no secrets.
However, there still seems to be something wrong, and the military department Shangshu asked a small deputy manager of the post station to help? Deputy Steward Liu felt that his brains were a little insufficient.
Fortunately, Zhao Wenzhuo soon dispelled his doubts, it turned out that the soldiers wanted to get rid of the shortcomings of the post station, and wanted to co-organize the post stations in the world with the "Rishengchang", and the specific measures were not clear for a while, in short, the post station borrowed the financial resources of the "Rishengchang", and the "Rishengchang" borrowed the signboard of the post station and the material resources of the vehicles and ships, and the two sides cooperated for a win-win situation. And the young man in front of him is here to mobilize himself to help set up the intelligence department of "Rishengchang"!
After talking with Zhao Wenzhuo for a long time, there were no mistakes or omissions, and the possibility of success after thinking about it was seven or eight points, and every subtlety in his words was in line with the rules, Deputy Steward Liu already believed it in his heart, but after all, this matter was too unbelievable, and he was a little hesitant.
What really made Lao Liu make up his mind was a subtle move by Zhao Wenzhuo.
Silently, a piece of paper was pushed over from the table, Deputy Steward Liu glanced at it, his pupils shrank suddenly, and there were anti-counterfeiting flowers printed on it, and in the middle was the words "2,000 taels of silver when he saw the ticket", which was the leading silver ticket jointly issued by more than a dozen giant merchants in Shanxi! The holder can exchange this silver ticket into the silver shown at face value in the shop of any firm, and the end is Tong Suo without deception, in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and even in several provinces in the north, it is a ticket that is too hard to be harder!
Compared with the Daming treasure banknotes that are now rotten on the street and have no credit, this is real silver, and there is no discount at all!
What's more, Steward Zhao said that this is a meeting gift from Lord Benbing and Wu Dianshi to himself, and in the future, the monthly salary will be fifty taels, and there is no money in real money!
As the saying goes, wealth moves people's hearts, not to mention that Lao Liu is in urgent need of money. With this money, the eldest son can logically top his own trial hundred household officials, and the younger son can also donate a prison student, and then carry out activities, pointing to a nearby canonical history, the main book and the like, if you are lucky, it is not certain to get a county order!
"Steward Zhao, I'll take this job! I also understand the regulations you just mentioned, don't worry, I can't miss your adults! Deputy Steward Liu brushed his hand from the table, and the silver ticket was gone. He has already made a decision, such a price that people can't refuse, not to mention just letting his own family train a few spies with the method of Jinyiwei, even if it is the crime of killing the head, he deserves to bear it.
What's more, Zhao Wenzhuo has already made it very clear that the matter involves the bigwigs of the DPRK and China, and what he has done is not known without asking.
Besides, such a confidential matter has already been known to his family, if he doesn't comply, the consequences are really unpredictable, and he doesn't want to come to the second time in that situation just now!
There is another thought hidden in his heart, which he may not be aware of, that is, his family has sold his life for the court, and the final result is just that the father and son are just pawns, how can he be willing!
What's more, when the nobles in the DPRK and China act, which one should not have a few henchmen running around? This errand of my own family can't be said to be the level of advancement in the future!
"Steward Zhao, even so, Liu Yigang (Deputy Steward Liu's name) will be sent by his feet in the future, and he will never complain, and please take care of him." Since he invested in Wu Wei's door wall, Deputy Steward Liu's consciousness was very strong, and he wanted to bow down when he got up, but was stopped by Zhao Wenzhuo and solemnly arched his hand.
"There are a few old brothers in Yigang, all of whom are lifelong friends, and they are also recommended to Lord Servant (Wu Wei's title), I don't know if it's acceptable?" Deputy Steward Liu looked at Zhao Wenzhuo's eyes and said sincerely. (To be continued......)
PS: I'm sorry.,It's been a month.,I went to Guangzhou Chimelong with my family to play in the middle.,And then I don't know why the pen can't be picked up after I come back.,Wow.,Don't say anything to justify.,Or use the update to repay everyone.γ