He had not discussed this issue with anyone, including Jiexiu, who had personally gone to Datong Mansion City for him on a secret mission.

This matter has to start from the beginning of Li Xin's visit to the town of the guard, the dilapidation of the town guard is indeed far beyond Li Xin's imagination, whether it is the establishment of a new army, or the construction of an arsenal, one thing is needed, that is, money. After a lot of sadness, he still thought of Jin Shang.

Merchants are profit-seeking, they can lend money to Huang Taiji and send materials to the Manchu Qing, so why can't they lend money to the Zhenyuwei and send materials to the Zhenyuwei? Therefore, Li Xincai sent Jiexiu to Datong Mansion to discuss the matter of borrowing money with his own handwritten letter stamped with the seal of the chief soldier of the Three Guards.

After Jiexiu returned, Li Xin realized that he was thinking too simply. How is it possible for someone to cooperate with a nominal general soldier who has neither territory nor military power? Then Li Xin decided that these merchants would take a look at their own energy. As a result, there were checkpoints along the Yan River, and a steady stream of goods that were transported to the Acropolis.

However, Li Xin did not immediately meet the representatives of these merchants who rushed to the market, and refused to meet with any of them except for good food and drink. He soon received a report that Zeng Dare was not idle while counting his wealth every day, and someone had already seen it with his own eyes, and Zeng Dare had entered the mansion where the Fan family, the Huang family, and the Wang family lived and wanted to talk with him for a long time.

At this time, Lu Jiu was in control of the situation in Zuo Qianhu, and there was only one old man by Li Xin's side, Monk Jiexiu. And the monk Jiexiu was also very bad about Zeng Kang's senses, and advocated that Li Xin take immediate action against him. Now, there are many outsiders in the Acropolis, and the elite guards are all subordinates of Zeng Dare, if he has any different intentions, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Li Xin looked like a bamboo in his chest, so that Monk Jiexiu did not have to worry about the sky, and the sky of Zhenwei could not collapse. Seeing that he couldn't convince Li Xin on Zeng Dare's question, Jie Xiu shifted the topic to materials.

"Donor, these materials can be used to accumulate troops and food, why don't we ...... those merchant representatives"

Jiexiu said as he stretched out his right hand to make a knife gesture on his neck.

"It's a hundred times, and then I'm accused of being a bandit. If their family disagrees and goes to sue the official, what can they be the benefactor? ”

Li Xin scolded: "You are still a monk, why don't you have any compassion at all, killing someone from your mouth is as easy as stepping on an ant!" ”

Monk Jiexiu gritted his teeth and smiled: "The donor's eyes are like torches, the world is vast, what is the difference between people and ants?" Those who achieve great things should make their own decisions to kill, and the donor is good anywhere, but it is too kind for a woman! ”

Li Xin glanced at him, thinking that after he crossed over to the Ming Dynasty, he didn't say that he was killing people like hemp, so it couldn't have anything to do with the kindness of the woman, right? Kill Aobai, kill Yuetuo, which one is not through his hands?

"The kindness of the general's wife? How so? ”

Jiexiu didn't seem to notice Li Xin's expression, and continued: "Don't talk about it from afar, then Gu Tong will be a scourge if he stays, why don't you kill it as soon as possible to prevent future troubles?" ”

Li Xin was speechless for a while. Indeed, he had never thought about when he should kill Gu Tong, and every time he always thought of the first thing he was, what was the use of keeping these people? It's like he plans to send Gu Tong back to Zuo Qianhu to continue to exert his residual heat, which can be regarded as an excuse to spare his life.

However, the benefits of not killing Gu Tong are also obvious, most of the military households of Zuo Qianhu have an inextricable relationship with the Gu Tong family, if they are killed, then the cracks between the General Military Mansion and Zuo Qianhu due to hatred will make people's hearts scatter, and the so-called each has his own thoughts, which will be very unfavorable to his plan at that time.

Of course, if Gu Tong lived the rest of his life honestly, Li Xin would have no grievances and no hatred and could let him go, but if this person was a thief and killed himself, he would not be as soft-hearted as he is now.

Monk Jiexiu was still chattering, and at this moment his topic had shifted from the benevolence of women to the core issue of the Zhenyuwei, that is, when to pull up an army that really belonged to the Zhenyuwei! And there can only be one object of allegiance to this army, and that is he Li Xin.

Li Xin hurriedly stopped Jiexiu's increasingly divergent thinking, this kind of talk will go out, it is not a joke. It seems that this product is still a thief, and he has not forgotten to provoke him to rebel and stand on his own.

The next day is the thirtieth day of the lunar month, according to the tradition, the Yamen of the Ministry of Health should have been on holiday long ago, and all the clerks, soaps, and miscellaneous servants should go back to their respective homes for the New Year. However, this year's situation is extremely special, and many people have not seen it in their lifetimes for decades.

The treasures in the Acropolis are piled up, and everyone who is greedy is worried about whether the chief soldier will give some to every military household, and everyone will be very happy this year. can think about it, there was a dare to be this dead eye, the dead fish face is here, and the big guys have broken off the idea of stealing. The day before yesterday, there was a soap who didn't hold back and just stole a felt hat, and was actually ordered by someone to break the wrist bone of his right hand, and this right hand was considered to be wasted. With this lesson from the past, whoever dares to take the risk of defying the law is honest and has broken off the idea of non-separation.

But today, everyone's hearts are relieved, it turns out that the adult who has always been punctual did not come. Of course, Zeng Da didn't come because he was lazy, but because there was something important in the Weisi Yamen that needed him to participate.

For today, Li Xin was ready to meet with the heads of the merchants who had come to him. Above the main hall of the Weisi Yamen, the people in charge of the six families who came to the town guard gathered in it, and Zeng Dare had already met with them a day in advance, and Li Xin was late, so he naturally greeted these people first.

As the so-called Shinong industry and commerce, the order of guò can also see the low status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty, so Zeng dared to look down on these people in his bones, and among the merchants here, most of them behaved rudely, and his words and deeds made him frequently sideways, and some people would spit a mouthful of phlegm on the ground in public when they spoke, and some people even took off their boots and buckled up athlete's foot......

In any case, as long as the merchant talked about Li Xinlai, he scolded him, and it seemed that as long as he himself came, he would have the posture of tearing him apart alive. Zeng dared to see this situation, both worried and a little expectant, he wanted to see how Li Xin, who had always been stubborn and self-serving, ended, and finally said that he still needed to come forward to settle the endgame, but fortunately, he had already prepared for it before......

Just when everyone was scolding, Li Xin appeared, and saw Li Xin smiling, as if he hadn't heard the words scolding him at all. And the situation that Zeng dared to worry about getting out of control did not appear. Several of the principals of the merchant families stood up and saluted him, and they were quite polite. Zeng Dare couldn't help but be a little surprised, thinking that when he entered the house, these people were just giving up their hands.

As a result, Zeng dared to look down on these businessmen even more, one set in front of the other and one after the other, this is an out-and-out villain's behavior, a businessman is a businessman, and what kind of gentleman can there be who sacrifices righteousness and pursues profit?

After some polite and excessive greetings, the merchants unanimously recommended Fan Jiashaodong to speak on behalf of the big guy.

"The contemptible little surname Fan, I was shocked to learn that the subordinates were not doing well, and there was a slight misunderstanding with the general soldier. After thinking about it a few times, everyone felt that they didn't want to go, so they came to apologize to the chief soldier in person, be careful, and hope that the chief soldier will not dislike it! ”

As he spoke, he handed over a book, Monk Jiexiu stretched out his hand to take it, and after unfolding it, he found that it was a list, on which there were all kinds of things listed, which were very valuable. Monk Jiexiu was dismissive of this, compared to the materials piled up in the acropolis, this thing was indeed a drop in the bucket. But he couldn't be the master, and after reading it, he handed it to Li Xin and hinted that he should not accept these things.

After Li Xin found out that this was a gift list, he did not give a statement, but lightly put it on the table.

"Li is useless! These things are obviously too valuable, I wonder what you are asking for? ”

Everyone in the main hall was stunned, and even Zeng Dare felt that Li Xin's sentence was purely speechless, what did he ask for to give him a heavy gift, isn't this the lice on the monk's head, is it clear?

Shaodong, surnamed Fan, smiled: "Since the chief soldier asked, the villain will tell the truth!" I also hope that the adults will be accommodating and let a few of the goods in the acropolis of this town go out of the customs. He said politely, and did not directly ask Li Xin to return it, but turned a small corner.

Li Xin laughed.

"What's the matter, you can go to the experience master with the list to collect the goods in the city, and then you can get out of the customs on an auspicious day. If there is any missing, Li Xin will double it for you! ”

Fan surnamed Shaodong was stunned for a moment, originally thought that it would take a lot of lip and tongue, but who knew that Li Xin actually agreed, and there were a lot of rhetoric prepared later, which would not be used for a while, so he even thanked him with repeated gifts, and the business directors of each family also praised Li Xin's heroic faithfulness in a hurry!

Zeng dared to pour his stomach for a while, he was a member of the disposal committee, and he made a decision to dispose of the materials without consulting him, is it child's play to set the rules? What made him even more strange was how Li Xin had spent a lot of effort to get the goods in his hands was easily let out, and what kind of moth did this person want.

Jiexiu on the side was even more stunned, last night Li Xin also swore that he would give these traitors some color to see, why was a gift list bought today?

Li Xin pressed his hands weakly, signaling the merchants present to be quiet.

"Goods, although you take them away, but there is a request!"

"Lord Commander, please speak!"

Not to mention one request, even ten or eight requirements, the merchants will not hesitate to agree!

Li Xin took out a stack of notes from his arms and placed them on the table.

"As long as you sign this guarantee first!"

Fan surnamed Shaodong breathed a sigh of relief, what should he ask, it was just a sign and a drawing, but when he picked up a piece of paper and looked at it a few times, he couldn't help but change color. Then there was a sneer.

"What do you mean? Isn't that a joke? ”