For a few days in the morning, Xu Liang did not get an echo of his play. However, one day after the dispersal of the dynasty, when the cabinet minister Cao Yubian passed by Xu Liang's side, he paused beside Xu Liang.

For this Cao Ge Lao, Xu Liang has always had no good face. Immediately glared back at him coldly and said, "What advice does Elder Cao Ge have?" ”

Cao Ge Lao frowned sharply when he heard this, pointed at Xu Liang, took out a lofty posture, and said: "Young man, it's serious to be down-to-earth, and it's okay to move those fancy intestines." ”

Xu Liang's heart jumped, and he heard that Cao Ge Lao meant something, most of which was about Xu Liang's performance.

"Xia Guan can't understand what Cao Ge is talking about. Please also ask the elder to make it clear. Xu Liang pretended to be deaf and dumb.

"Humph!" Cao Ge Lao snorted lightly and brushed his sleeves away.

Xu Liang looked at his back, and secretly hated: "No wonder the official's excerpt is like a stone sinking into the sea, it turns out that it is Cao Lao Pifu who is making a stumbling block!" ”

Cao Yubian stared at himself in the cabinet, and Xu Liang felt like a stalk in his throat, very unhappy. The officialdom is unsatisfactory, but fortunately, the business is advancing by leaps and bounds, and it is very prosperous. Xishan Coal Mine has the help of Feng Suqin, and the shopkeeper Xia is also doing his best, Sun Yuanhua, Yu Dacheng, Wang Xian and others in the court secretly responded, and Xishan Coal Mine once again expanded the manufacturing scale of honeycomb coal. Nearly 100,000 honeycomb coals are produced every day, and the products have begun to spread to Xuanfu, Baoding and Hejian in Beijing. In several important towns, sales outlets have also been established. The monthly sales volume has reached as much as 6,000 taels of silver, and the profit is about 2,000 to 3,000 taels.

At the end of March of the third year of Chongzhen, the four directors of Xishan Coal Mine, Xu Liang, Sun Yuanhua, and Wang Xian. Yu Dacheng met again in the guest house.

This gathering is for the profit and dividends of Xishan Coal Mine. Xu Liang divided the dividend into four parts, one for each person, according to the original proposed shares.

"In March and January, Xishan Coal Mine made a total profit of 2,600 taels." In the private room, Xu Liang looked at the other three. Said slowly: "According to the dividend division method we have drawn up, we will take out 40% of the profits as dividends every month and distribute them to shareholders. This is the dividend of March, Brother Sun, Brother Wang, Brother Yu, please. ”

Sun Yuanhua and the others were not polite, they got their share and counted the amount. After confirming that it was correct, Du Xi smiled. Among the four, Xu Liang naturally took the lion's share, and the other three, Yu Dacheng, who received the least dividends, also received as much as one hundred taels. This silver is equivalent to Yu Dacheng's income for more than three years.

Yu Dacheng's hands holding the red envelope trembled slightly with excitement. looked at the others and saw that Xu Liang and the others were all calm. couldn't help but blush, and secretly scolded himself for not being calm enough.

Wang Xian took two hundred taels of dividends. He had the closest relationship with Xu Liang, and his exit was unobstructed, and he said with a smile: "Brother Xu, I have long seen that Brother Xu is definitely not a thing in the pool, so I rushed to this clever mind." There's no limit to what you can achieve in the future! Brother, tell me, what do you want us shareholders to do next? ”

Sun Yuanhua, Yu Dacheng and others stared at Xu Liang. With the real silver in their hands, they trusted Xu Liang even more.

Xu Liang glanced at the three of them. said slowly: "Three brothers, don't you think that you can get a bonus of one or two hundred taels a month, you are satisfied!" Brother told you directly, honeycomb coal is a thing that every household can use, and the market of our Beijing division is less than one percent developed, and other prefectures and counties in Beijing have great potential to be tapped! ”

Wang Xian's face was full of impatience when he heard this, and he shouted: "Brother Xu, just say it directly, what should we do when we pull it down!" ”

Sun Yuanhua also nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Xu, you are more experienced in business than all of us here, and we will listen to you in everything." Do what you say, let's do it! ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly, and said confidently: "Okay." Thanks to the three brothers for trusting the younger brother. Then I'll get straight to the point. ”

Wang Xian waved his hand and urged: "Say it quickly, say it quickly." ”

Xu Liang then took a few bowls from the dining table, put them on the table, pointed to those bowls and said: "Everyone, please see, now our honeycomb coal has been sold in Shuntianfu, Xuanfu, Baoding and Hejian Mansion, so the next work, in addition to expanding the market in these four prefectures, is to gradually start to promote it in other prefectures and counties in Beijing." The old way, start with the military and government areas, among them, you have to work a lot of hard work for the three brothers! ”

Sun Yuanhua and the three of them smiled and said: "It's all a matter of duty, Brother Xu doesn't need to say much." ”

After explaining the matter of Xishan Coal Mine, the four young people have a passion for doing business together.

When Xu Liang was busy with the expansion of the Xishan Coal Mine, an urgent letter from Shaanxi was also sent to the Dongjiang Courtyard.

When the letter was received and presented to Xu Liang, Tietou's expression was very solemn. said: "Young master, something happened at home. ”

Xu Liang's expression froze, he took the letter from Tietou's hand, unfolded it and looked at it, and then sneered on his face.

"Yang He finally couldn't help it!" Xu Liang sneered.

The urgent letter came from the Pingliang Tongzhi Zodiac Weekly. The letter said three things: First, as early as the beginning of March, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, inspected Pingliang Mansion, and saw that the well salt trade in Pingliang Mansion was very chaotic, so he specially proposed to set up a salt transportation envoy in Pingliang to manage the well salt business in Shaanxi. And in mid-March, Emperor Chongzhen actually played on time.

Yang He's establishment of the Salt Transportation Envoy Department to standardize the management of the well salt business is fake, and it is true that he wants to get a piece of the well salt business. For a long time, Shaanxi's well salt business has been controlled by Liang Ji and the Liang family in Jingzhou, and the huge profits are seen by Governor Yang in his eyes and slandered in his heart, but Xu Liang was still involved in politics in Shaanxi before, and the officials of Pingliang Mansion were Xu Liang's head and looked forward, although Governor Yang was slanderous, he did not dare to persecute too much. Now that Xu Liang has served as the secretary of Guanglu Temple in Beijing, and since then he has been separated from the mountains and rivers of Shaanxi officialdom, Governor Yang has no worries and begins to stretch out his hand!

But the other thing is even more terrible. With the smooth progress of Yang He's recruitment of the people's army in the northwest, most of the people's army in the northwest has been smoothly absorbed by Governor Yang. Then, under the pretext that the situation in the northwest was too peaceful and there was a surplus of defense troops, Governor Yang wantonly reduced the military expenditure and establishment of the local army in the territory. Among them, the guerrilla armies in Pingliang, Guyuan, and Fengxiang were especially reduced.

Dai Feng, deputy commander of Pingliang, kept Xu Liang's explanation in mind and tried not to clash with Governor Yang head-on. In the past month, he swallowed his anger and gritted his teeth to reduce the strength in his hands by nearly half, and the more than 20,000 people laid off were assigned to various military bases.

However, Governor Yang's more ruthless killing move finally came. A few days ago, Governor Yang submitted a memo to the court at an expedited speed of 800 miles. It is said that Pingliang Mansion is far away from the border pass, and the garrison in the city has both the Pingliang General Barracks and the Pingliang Guerrilla Barracks, and the excess defense has caused the military budget of Pingliang Mansion to be overburdened.

This is to completely cancel the number of Dai Feng's army!

It's tolerable, it's unbearable! Dai Feng finally couldn't help it, he had no one to negotiate with in the court. I had to write an urgent letter to Xu Liang, who was far away in Beijing, for help.

The situation was extremely critical, and Xu Liang's face was ugly. Originally, I thought that I had ordered the descendants who stayed in Shaanxi to maintain restraint and cooperate with Governor Yang's work as much as possible, so that the relationship between the two could be eased to some extent. Unexpectedly, after he left, Governor Yang intensified his efforts and did not uproot Xu Liang's forces from Shaanxi, and vowed not to give up!

It's still too kind! Xu Liang sighed in his heart.

Staring at the iron head, he asked in a deep voice, "Did Yang He's share of the music go to the capital?" ”

Tietou said: "Young master." When General Dai got the news, he was already a step too late, and then sent an urgent letter to Beijing. During this period, at the speed of 800 miles of the imperial court, Yang He's excerpt should have arrived at the General Administration Department a few days ago. ”

Xu Liang paced anxiously in the room, and muttered: "Such a big matter, but there is no news from the DPRK and China, so it explains." This excerpt has not yet been approved by His Majesty. ”

Xu Liang stomped his feet and said, "It's just that now I don't even have anyone to discuss in Beijing!" It's a tricky matter! He also instructed the iron head to keep an eye on the movements in the capital.

For such a big matter, if there is news, the Ministry of War should be aware of it. Although it was already dark, Xu Liang called a carriage and rushed to the mansion of Sun Yuanhua, the squire of the military department.

Sun Fuli. Sun Yuanhua was very surprised by Xu Liang's late-night visit. Warmly beckoning Xu Liang to take a seat, and letting the old family make tea and entertain him, Sun Yuanhua asked with a smile: "Brother Xu, what is the matter with visiting late at night?" ”

Xu Liang was anxious, so he saved his politeness and asked directly: "Brother Sun, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, gave the court a few days ago to abolish the Pingliang General Barracks, do you know about this?" ”

Sun Yuanhua was taken aback and said, "There is still such a thing? I haven't heard of this yet. However, such a major military aircraft event must be approved by the Cabinet. ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "It's getting late today, I'll ask the teacher for you tomorrow, he is now a scholar of Dongge University, and he should know." ”

Xu Liang arched his hand and said, "In this way, thank you very much." ”

Sun Yuanhua thought about it, and then suggested to Xu Liang: "Brother Xu, the contradiction between you and Yang He, the governor of the three sides, has also heard of it a little bit for my brother. Now that you are far away in Beijing, Yang Hegui is the governor of the three sides, if you want to do something against your people, you can't guard against it. In the opinion of my brother, it is better to take the initiative to avoid it than to be passive in defense. ”

Xu Liang glared at him and said angrily: "Can't you take the initiative?" ”

Sun Yuanhua shook his head and smiled: "Brother Xu is talking nonsense again." Now that the trilateral governor Yang He is successfully pacified in the northwest, and even appreciated by His Majesty, do you want to take the initiative? I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be the first to punish you for the crime of framing loyal ministers. ”

Xu Liang looked depressed, hung his head and said, "I hate Yang He for being too sharp, otherwise I have to pull him off the horse!" Then he sighed stupidly: "Yang He deceived people too much, and laid off nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses of our Liang army in one go. Pity my Liang soldiers of nearly 30,000 people, and they were forced to go to the field to farm. ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, his expression moved, and he said slowly: "Brother Xu is worried about not being able to settle the laid off soldiers of the Liang Army, right?" ”

Xu Liang looked directly at Sun Yuanhua and said, "Brother Sun, you and I treat each other sincerely, and I won't hide this kind of thing from you." The soldiers of my Liang army are all brothers in life and death who have followed me Xu Liang for many years, and they are loyal to the court. I am not willing to be dismissed like this. ”

Sun Yuanhua inquired and said, "Brother Xu, if I find another place for your Liang Jun brothers, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

Xu Liang was overjoyed when he heard this: "Brother Sun, what is the best way?" ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "That's the case, Lord Sun, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, was sent by His Majesty to guard Liaodong, and when he left, he took away 20,000 garrisons around the Jingshi. At this time, the military department is trying to find a way to replenish the troops. Now Yang Guodong, the general soldier of Tongzhou, is short of personnel, and he has mentioned it to the military department several times. Moreover, there was also a lack of regular army garrisons in Yutian City. ”

Xu Liang thought for a while, and asked with a surprised face: "What does Brother Sun mean, does he want my brother Liang Jun to be transferred to the Beijing Division and replenish the garrison army of the Beijing Division?" ”

Sun Yuanhua said: "That's exactly what it means to be a brother." It's just that Dai Feng was originally the deputy chief soldier, and if he entered Beijing, the military position of the deputy chief soldier would only be demoted. ”

Xu Liang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll do his work." Saying that, Xu Liang sincerely bowed his hand to Sun Yuanhua and said, "Brother Sun has helped my brother this time, Xu Liang is very grateful. ”

Sun Yuanhua waved his hand and said, "Brother Xu is outside." He frowned and said, "It's just that this matter must be agreed by Lord Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the military department and a scholar of Wuyingdian University. Ahem, with the suspicion between Brother Xu and Sun Ge Lao, I'm afraid he won't agree. ”

Xu Liang thought that once Dai Feng stationed in Beijing with 20,000 or 30,000 Liang troops, he would not only avoid the edge of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, but also be extremely close to him, and in case of any emergency, he would also be able to add a lot of confidence. Thinking of this, Xu Liang was itching, looked at Sun Yuanhua earnestly, and said, "Brother Sun, this method is excellent. Anyway, we've got to get this done! ”

Sun Yuanhua thought about it, saw that Xu Liang looked so anxious, and knew that this matter was extremely important to Xu Liang, so he nodded solemnly and said, "Brother Xu, don't worry, I will discuss with the teacher tomorrow and find a safe way to handle this matter!" ”

When Xu Liang came out of Sun Yuanhua's mansion and sat on the way back to Dongjiang Courtyard, Xu Liang couldn't help but sigh, tonight is worth the trip! At the same time, he has a deeper understanding of the benefits of connections, just imagine, if Xu Liang didn't know Sun Yuanhua, the squire of the military department, or was only a general friend with Sun Yuanhua, then Sun Yuanhua would definitely not bother to help him with ideas.

Three days later, it was the turn of Xu Guangqi, a scholar of Dongge University, to return to his home to rest, and Xu Liang took Sun Yuanhua to visit, of course, mainly for Liang Jun's affairs.

In Xu Guangqi's study, Xu Liang and Sun Yuanhua talked to Xu Guangqi in detail about the method of placing Liang Jun that they had discussed three days ago, and then the two looked at Xu Guangqi blankly, waiting for him to come up with an idea.

Xu Guangqi gently kneaded his chin with one hand, which was his usual action when he pondered things. For a long time, Xu Guangqi looked at the two young talents he looked at very much, and couldn't help but smile slightly, and said: "Xu Liang, Yuanhua, and the excerpt of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, when the official was on duty in the cabinet a few days ago, he looked through it, and I remember that the opinion of the first assistant Zhou Yanru on the fold was to respectfully ask for the holy judge. Presumably, this matter has to be agreed by His Majesty Zhu Pi in the end. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he said anxiously: "Then, Lord Xu, we have to find a way quickly, once Your Majesty approves it, it will be disarmed, and it will be too late." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, his eyes flashed, and he smiled and waved his hand: "The method you said, the official thought about it, and felt that it was very inappropriate. Not to mention that this matter can't bypass Sun Chengzong's pass, Cao Ge Lao in the cabinet alone, if he knows, with the tense relationship between him and Xu Liang, Cao Ge Lao will definitely do his best to stop it. In the end, I'm afraid that the bamboo basket will be empty. ”

"That'...... What to do? In terms of political experience, the two Xu Liang and one together are not comparable to Xu Guangqi, who has been mixed in the court for decades, Xu Liang was helpless and asked in a panic.

Xu Guangqi glanced at Xu Liang with a smile, and asked rhetorically: "Why do you have to get people into the capital before disarmament?" The old man thinks that it is a safe way to break and stand up. (To be continued......)