Governor Zhang's face changed, he looked around nervously, and saw that there were no outsiders around except Xu Liang, his expression relaxed slightly, and he said with a forced smile: "What did Lord Xu say, as the governor of a mansion and an official of the court of the fourth grade, he must do what he says, how can he do that kind of thing that goes against his word and gets fat." ”

Xu Liang stretched out his empty hands in front of Governor Zhang's mansion and said, "Xiaguan naturally believes in the character of Lord Futai, so please ask Lord Futai to give money." ”

Governor Zhang sneered and pushed Xu Liang's hands stretched out in front of him, "Lord Xu, you also know the situation of our Pingliang Mansion, it is already difficult for this mansion to squeeze out some silver, and to all the rich gentry in Pingliang City, it is really begging grandpa, suing grandma, and saying all the good things." There is really no silver in the house at the moment. You see, why don't you arrange for the Liang army to defeat the last city, Jingning Prefecture, and then let's calculate it together? ”

Xu Liang sneered secretly when he heard this, what did he raise silver taels from the rich gentry in the city, it was clear that the dead ghost Lou Ship was wronged. Now that Lou Chuan is dead, the Lou family's property has fallen into the hands of Xu Liang, and Governor Zhang's wealth is cut off, and he can't get money, but Governor Zhang is still making up nonsense and deceiving people.

"Master Xu, don't worry! As long as Jingning Prefecture is defeated, the government will beg along the streets, and it will also make up the reward of the Liang Jun brothers. Seeing that Xu Liang didn't believe it, Governor Zhang patted his chest and reassured.

"Hey, Lord Futai is serious." Xu Liang looked very moved, and waved his hand again and again: "The lower officials are naturally trustworthy to the reputation of the Lord Futai. ”

"That'll be fine." Governor Zhang didn't expect Xu Liang to speak so well today, so he was surprised for a while, and asked curtly: "That...... Lord Xu, when will you send troops to Jingning Prefecture? The government is also well prepared. ”

Xu Liang glanced at Governor Zhang. He sighed helplessly and said with a bitter face: "Alas. Futai, the lower officials naturally believe in the character and reputation of Futai. It's just that...... Futai. You also know that there are tens of thousands of people in the Liang army, and although the lower officials are their leaders, 10,000 people have 10,000 thoughts. Especially this time, there were more than 5,000 soldiers of the Liang army who died in the battle alone, and the Liang army suffered such heavy losses this time, and the opinions of the people below were very large. If it is rumored again, the reward cannot be cashed. Even if the lower officials came forward, they couldn't suppress the scene. ”

Governor Zhang frowned, and naturally he would not believe Xu Liang's words. Don't look at Xu Liang who said helplessly and pitifully, in this Pingliang Mansion, who doesn't know that Xu Liang is an absolute authority in the Liang army, and the soldiers of the Liang army at the bottom almost worship Xu Liang as a god, three pillars of incense in the morning and evening, if even Xu Liang can't shake the scene, then who else can shake it?

Governor Zhang understood it. Speaking of which, Xu Liang still wants money.

However, Governor Zhang really didn't want to pay for it himself. Finally, he snatched 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver from the wronged Datoulou boat, and he didn't even warm it up in his hand, and then took it out and rewarded Liang Jun at this time. It's worse than killing him.

Governor Zhang sighed and stomped his feet to scare away the carp in the pond under the pavilion. "Lord Xu, there is really no money in this mansion right now."

Xu Liang said embarrassedly: "That...... That's going to be hard. Futai. It's not that the lower officials are unreasonable, so you have to force the government to take the money. It's just that this time the matter is too big, and more than 5,000 people died. ”

Governor Zhang's face sank. Staring at the pool and not answering.

Xu Liang paced two steps forward, walked around to the back of a pillar opposite Governor Zhang's Mansion, glanced at Governor Zhang's Mansion and said faintly: "Futai, the soldiers below have made such a great sacrifice and made such a great contribution, if we don't show it at all, in the future, let alone fight Jingningzhou, it is a question whether we can order troops to go to the battle." ”

Governor Zhang's breathing became heavy.

Seeing this, Xu Liang guessed that this Zhang Fengqi estimated that there was really not much money in his pocket, so he relaxed slightly, and said tentatively: "Futai, you see that it will not be successful, what about the reward of the thief's head, let's put it aside for the time being, and then reward it after Jingning Prefecture takes it down, and at the moment, the pension silver of the more than 5,000 soldiers who died on the battlefield will be issued first." ”

Governor Zhang also knew that he would not be able to pass the test if he didn't pull out a dime, and when he heard Xu Liang relieved, he hesitated and asked, "How much does the pension money cost?" ”

"How much can you come up with?" Xu Liang blurted out, and when he saw Governor Zhang's shocked expression, he hurriedly corrected: "What Xia Guan means is that according to the standard of the Liang army, a soldier's pension of five taels of silver, and more than 5,000 people killed in battle, is almost 25,000 taels of silver. Of course, the people of Futai are in extraordinary times right now, so you can enjoy as much as possible. ”

Hearing this, Governor Zhang hesitated for a long time, stretched out a finger with trembling hands, and his face was about to wrinkle into a chrysanthemum, "That...... Is this government temporarily cashing out 10,000 taels? ”

Xu Liang calculated there, "Ten thousand taels...... spread it on each fallen soldier, and it was only two taels of silver. This one...... I can't say it, add more. ”

It doesn't feel like a reward, but like bargaining with a merchant when choosing a dish in the vegetable market.

Hey, what a drop. Xu Liang sighed for a while, looked at Governor Zhang's mansion and said, "If the adults are really nervous, then make up a whole number of 20,000 taels, so that the lower officials can pay the pension two taels." ”

Governor Zhang's face was bitter, he twisted his short beard in one hand, and hesitated for a long time before he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Then the mansion will pay 15,000 taels first, and it can't be more." ”

Xu Liang insisted on it twice, but no matter what Xu Liang said, Governor Zhang had a bitter face, and increased the amount of silver taels to 15,000 taels and no longer added it.

Xu Liang guessed that it was useless to say more, and fifteen thousand taels should be the limit that Governor Zhang could bear. For Xu Liang, mosquito legs are also meat, when he first came to find Zhang Fengqi, Xu Liang planned to return empty-handed, and now he can knock out more than 10,000 taels of silver, Xu Liang is still very surprised.

In the end, Xu Liang finally nodded reluctantly and agreed to take the silver back to try it first, and took the stack of neatly stacked silver tickets from Governor Zhang's hand, Xu Liang felt that there was no need to stay any longer, and turned around and left.

Behind him, Governor Zhang shouted earnestly: "Lord Xu, you have to send troops as soon as possible after you go back, this mansion is waiting for the good news of Lord Xu's triumph!" ”

Xu Liang casually raised his hand backwards, "Look again!" ”

Governor Zhang watched Xu Liang leave step by step, gritted his teeth with hatred, and thought that the more than 10,000 taels of silver tickets hidden under the pillow would be sent to Xu Liang so lightly, and the result was to read it again! couldn't help but scold: If it weren't for the emperor pressing it, how could he allow Liang to be arrogant!

Zhang Zhifu had the money out, and he waited for four or five days, not waiting for the news of the Liang army's troops, but heard that a factory producing soap paste under the name of Xu Fu was about to be completed and opened. Governor Zhang cursed secretly for a while, and then ran away to the yamen of the governor of Guyuan Prefecture.

Within two days, the governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang, ordered Xu Liang to send troops to Jingning Prefecture.

The trilateral governor Wu Zhiwang has not been a director for several months, basically waiting for the court to determine the successor, and the Wu people can pat their butts and go home to retire, it is said that the only serious thing that the governor Wu has done in the past two or three months is to stay in the governor's palace to write medical books.

Governor Wu, who is now busy writing medical books, suddenly issued an amnesty, which cannot but make people suspicious. The suspicious Xu Liang received an amnesty order from the Governor's Mansion to send troops within a time limit, and ordered Tsing Yiwei to find out the reason, and soon found out to Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang.

Immediately, Xu Liang was angry, he was originally preparing to be a soldier, but now he didn't even want to do it. Overnight, he wrote a thousand-word memora and sent it to Beijing with 800 miles of expedited work. Then, Xu Liang was like no one else, staring at the construction of the Pingliang soap paste factory every day, recruiting workers, and training very busy.

During this period, Governor Zhang entrusted Pingliang and Lu Yifa to find Xu Liang and ask the reason in a flickering manner. Xu Liang pointed to the sky and the earth, sad and indignant, his face was facing the direction of the Pingliang Mansion, and he scolded: "Zhang Fengqi is a straight thief!" said that a person has three taels of silver for the head, fair trading, and Tong Suo is not bullied! Lao Tzu worked hard, defeated Longde and Zhuang Lang, the soldiers died 5,000 people, injured tens of thousands, and the heads of the thieves were piled up into a hill, Zhang Fengqi, a bastard who did not believe in his words, was so stingy that he didn't even give a copper plate, and he still wanted to ask Lao Tzu to send troops? ! ”

Lu Tongzhi accompanied the smiling face and asked softly: "I heard...... Didn't you pay fifteen thousand taels? ”

Xu Liang snorted heavily and sneered: "That's pension silver, it's for the dead, not for the living!" ”

Lu Tongzhi was stunned for a long time, had nothing to say, and left with his face in a gloomy manner.

Soon, news came out from Beijing, Pingliang Tongzhi Xu Liang sued Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang! (To be continued......)