After hearing the figures reported by the richest man in Datong, Wei Zheng and Li Wenxuan both showed a heartfelt smile on their faces. Obviously, two people are very happy with this amount.

However, Elder Wang's next words were like a knife stab, making the smile on Li Wenxuan's face instantly solidify.

"Two adults, although the old man has donated so much food, but so much food and silver is not something that our Wang family can take out immediately. Therefore, I must go back at once to collect money and food, and then send it to the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion. ”

"As for today's banquet to welcome the Chief Soldier, I thank you, Lord Prefect. If it weren't for you, the old man wouldn't have had this opportunity to do his part for the country......"

"Hmph......" After giving a big salute to the two of them, a cold snort immediately came out of Wang Lao's mouth.

Obviously, in the eyes of Wang Lao, the welcome banquet in front of him must be a conspiracy between the chief soldier Wei Zheng and the prefect Li Wenxuan, a conspiracy to make everyone bleed, apportionment of food and salary, and get money from the hands of the officials and gentry and landlords of Datong Mansion.

From Wang Lao's words, Li Wenxuan clearly felt that the relationship between himself and the Wang family would definitely fall into a trough because of the incident in front of him, and even break off diplomatic relations.

80,000 taels of silver, although it did not reach the point of making the Wang family hurt their muscles and bones. However, it is definitely worth almost half a year's income of the Wang family. So much silver and food, just because he said a word, was thrown out, and there was not even a trace of splash, it is impossible for the other party not to hate himself.

Looking at Wang Lao, who was leaving in a hurry with dissatisfaction, Li Wenxuan wanted to hold him back, and told him that he was also forced. I hope he will continue to support himself in the future.

But. The words just came to my lips. I swallowed it back by myself.

Because, the general guard is still standing by his side. And what is happening in front of him is exactly what Wei Zheng wants to see. If he destroys it, his two precious sons, who are still in the hands of the general soldier, are likely to lose the opportunity to be released.

Therefore, even if Li Wenxuan knew that after tonight, he would definitely have a very difficult time in his future tenure as the prefect of Datong. But. Still had to grit my teeth to do so.

At this moment, a voice immediately followed suddenly woke up Li Wenxuan, who was in deep thought.

"Two adults, my Li family is willing to pledge 70,000 taels of silver and 100,000 catties of grain. All the pledged grain and silver were delivered to the General Soldier's Mansion within five days. In addition, I have eaten the meal, and the old man will go back to raise money and food for the two adults. For this dinner tonight, thank you two adults......"

"Our Zhang family pledged 50,000 taels of silver. 50,000 catties of grain ......"

"Our Zhoujia firm pledged 20,000 taels of silver and 100,000 catties of grain......"

More than 100 gentry and landlords in front of him. Without exception, after reporting the amount of silver and grain he had pledged, he hurriedly left the prefect's yamen with a heartache on his face.

In less than half an hour, there were only a dozen civil officials subordinate to the prefect's yamen left in the huge prefect's yamen. As for the grain and wages pledged by more than 100 officials and gentry and landlords, it has already reached 1,655,000 taels of silver and 3,560,000 catties of grain, which shocked Wei Zheng......

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, Li Wenxuan had to shift his gaze to his own heart, and said in a gloomy tone: "Colleagues, you are all my Ming court officials, and you are responsible for guarding the land. If Datong Mansion is really captured by the Shaanxi rebels, then we must be the first to be beheaded. Therefore, all colleagues should also do their part in this pledge. Let the chief soldier see that the civil officials of our Datong Mansion also support the adults and the Haw Par Army. ”

Under Wei Zheng's murderous gaze, the Tongzhi of Datong Mansion, who was the first to start, had to stand up, and said with a heartache: "Two adults, the lower officials are willing to pledge 50,000 taels of silver to support the expansion of the army......

"Xiaguan is willing to pledge 30,000 taels of silver and 10,000 catties of grain."

"Xiaguan's family has a lot of fertile land, so Xiaguan is willing to pledge 10,000 taels of silver and 50,000 catties of grain......"

As more and more money and food were pledged, the smiles on the faces of Wei Zheng and Li Wenxuan became thicker and thicker. A slightly lonely voice suddenly sounded among more than a dozen subordinates, attracting Wei Zheng's attention.

"Two adults, the wealth of the lower officials is not as rich as that of your lords. However, in order to show the support of the lower officials for the defense of the Datong Mansion by the Chief Soldier, the lower officials are willing to hand over all the five hundred taels of silver saved by thrift to the Chief Soldier as a salary for the expansion of the army and do their part for the people of Datong Mansion......"

"Five hundred taels of silver...... Lord Wang really took it...... "As soon as Wang Xianling's words were finished, a voice full of mockery sounded beside Wang Xianling.

Then, all kinds of ridicule, like bird calls, reached Wei Zheng's ears.

What's more, some colleagues who are also county magistrates actually fell into the ground and encouraged Li Wenxuan and Wei Zheng.

"Two adults, this Wang County Order is really too much, so don't give face to the two adults, the official will be dismissed and investigated immediately, and see if the Wang County Order is really destitute......"

"That's right, Wang County should be dismissed and investigated immediately......"

Seeing this, Wei Zheng's first feeling was that this embarrassed Wang County Order was not allowed to others, and it was likely that he was really a very rare Qing official in the Ming Dynasty.

Just when Wei Zheng began to express interest in this county order, Li Wenxuan, who also looked embarrassed and embarrassed, had to ask Wei Zheng: "My lord, what should we do with your opinions......

Before he really knew Wang Peng's county order, Wei Zheng would definitely not make a reckless decision.

Therefore, in response to Li Wenxuan's question, Wei Zheng only replied with a flat face: "Lord Li, I am a military general, not a civilian official. Besides, this is a matter of your prefect's yamen, you can handle it yourself, I won't have any opinions......"

Li Wenxuan nodded thoughtfully, and then decided to the subordinates in front of him: "Since all of you have this meaning, then dismiss Lord Wang first...... As for the result, I will report this matter to the imperial court and wait for the imperial court to make a decision......"

At the end of the banquet, Wei Zheng also returned to the General Military Mansion with a full harvest.

However, what puzzled Zhou Shuyuan and others was that the first thing Wei Zheng did when he opened his mouth was not to ask about tonight's harvest, but Wang Peng, who was attacked by a group of colleagues and dismissed at the banquet.

"Military advisor, what do you think of this Wang Pengwang County Order......

"Wang Peng, Wang County's ......" Zhou Shuyuan was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Wei Zheng was asking?

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he replied thoughtfully: "General, Wang Peng's first impression to me is that he is a Qing official...... And he is also a talented Qing official who is not shocked by honor and disgrace. Because, in our Ming officialdom, only this kind of person will be squeezed out by his colleagues, and even fall into the ground......"

Wei Zheng nodded, turned his head to Zhang Wu and asked, "Vice General Zhang, you have been in Datong for the longest time, and you must have heard of this Wang County Order, what do you think?" ”

Since Wei Zheng gave a bad breath to the generals of Datong Mansion and made the prefect bow his head. Zhang Wu has already recognized Wei Zheng as the general soldier from the bottom of his heart. Not only that, but when he saw the Haw Par Army's sophisticated equipment, he even had an urge to join the Haw Par Army directly, but so far, he has not encountered a good opportunity.

Therefore, in the face of Wei Zheng's question, Zhang Wu did not hesitate or conceal it at all, and replied very briskly: "My lord, General Zhou is right. The official reputation of the Wang County Order in the entire Datong Mansion is indeed the best among all the county orders. ”

"As far as I know, this Wang County Commander is still living in the county Yahoutang so far. Unlike other county ordinances, just a few months after taking office, they began to buy houses and land in their own jurisdiction......"

Wei Zheng nodded and affirmed: "The eyes of the people are bright. If this Wang County Decree has a good official reputation among the people, then it proves that this Wang County Decree is indeed a capable and good official. ”

"For such a good official, the prefect's yamen doesn't need him, and he is excluded, so it's just left for our general military office."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng asked Wei Zheng directly: "Strategist, think about it, in our General Military Mansion, is there any good position suitable for this Wang Peng." Since he has been removed from the position of county commander, then I will pull him to our Tiger and Leopard Army in the name of the Datong General Army, and ask the imperial court to give him a better grade and more suitable for his official position to serve us. ”

After making a detailed count of all the official positions under the General Military Mansion, an official position as his deputy slowly appeared in Zhou Shuyuan's mind.

When Wei Zheng was appointed by the imperial court as the chief soldier of Datong Mansion, in order to let the tiger and leopard army send troops to the fullest, the thousands of soldiers under Wei Zheng's command were also appointed by the imperial court to many official positions. Zhou Shuyuan, as the military advisor of the Haw Par Army, was appointed by the imperial court as the envoy of the four products to assist Wei Zheng in commanding the Haw Par Army...

And under the Xuanfu envoy, there is also a Xuanfu envoy who is five products. Assist the Xuanfu envoy to supervise the military, supervise the food and salary....

As a result, the official position of this Xuanfu envoy appeared in Zhou Shuyuan's mind. Not only that, when Wei Zheng first entered Datong Mansion, a task given to him also came to Zhou Shuyuan's mind.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he asked tentatively: "General, how about the Xuanfu envoy of the five products... Didn't our Haw Par Army want to resettle the displaced people in Datong Mansion after entering Datong Province? Wang County ordered to manage a county well, resettle tens of thousands of displaced people in Datong Prefecture, and let them go to Tuntian, there is absolutely no problem. ”

"My idea is to ask the imperial court for the official position of Xuanfu Envoy Tongzhi to Wang County Order, who is in charge of the resettlement of displaced people and tuntian in the entire Datong Mansion. In addition, since Wang Xianling is a rare and valuable Qing official, then all the food and salary of our Haw Par Army can also be handed over to him to manage, as long as this Wang County Commander is willing to join our Haw Par Army..."

Wei Zheng's eyes lit up, and he affirmed loudly: "Okay, let him manage the displaced people and Tuntian first, if he is really capable, I, Wei Zheng, will definitely pull him into the Tiger and Leopard Army." Because, there are too few literati in our Haw Par Army. (To be continued......)