Hu Lianxiu sat between her father and Ling Yuanhang, she stretched out her slender hand, first poured her father's cup full of wine, and after filling the wine glass in front of her, she picked up the wine glass and said shyly: "General, the little girl respects you as a big hero." ”

Ling Yuanhang was not polite when he brought it over, drank it in, and then put down the wine glass. The eyes didn't look at Hu Lianxiu.

Hu Lianxiu was a little confused about Ling Yuanhang's thoughts, it stands to reason that he looks so beautiful, General Ling also drank the wine he poured, it stands to reason that his eyes don't give himself a hint or anything, or look at himself obsessively, isn't General Ling looking at himself? No, if he doesn't mean anything to himself, he can't take his own wine, I have to say that Ling Yuanhang's way of not playing cards according to the routine makes the Hu family's father and daughter a little confused.

However, the father and daughter of the Hu family really fell in love with Ling Yuanhang, Ling Yuanhang's life experience was a first-class nobleman in Dayuan, and Ling Yuanhang's personal ability was a leader in Dayuan, and Ling Yuanhang's handsome appearance fascinated Miss Hu Lianxiu even more.

Let his daughter marry into the county king's mansion as a concubine, Hu Xianling thinks it is also a very beautiful thing, it is nothing to climb the big tree of the county king's mansion and sacrifice a daughter as a concubine.

And for Hu Lianxiu, being able to be a concubine for a person like Ling Yuanhang, who has the ability and family status, and is very handsome, she can wake up with a smile in her dreams. Father and daughter are of the same mind.

Ling Yuanhang's face could not see joy, anger and sorrow, he was such an unsmiling expression when he came, and he still had that expression.

Hu Lianxiu looked at his father, then poured another glass of wine, raised his hands and said to Ling Yuanhang: "General, thank you General for being able to bring my father and little girl to the cold house, which makes our father and daughter feel very honored."

Ling Yuanhang didn't take the wine glass, but said, "Miss Hu is polite, it should be the banquet of Xie Hu County." Then he shouted again: "A-Yuan." ”

Ah Yuan, who was watching the excitement, hurriedly agreed, he looked at Ling Yuanhang, and Ling Yuanhang gestured to him with his eyes. Ah Yuan hurriedly took the wine glass in Hu Lianxiu's hand and said: "Miss Hu, you don't know, our general has always been a shallow drinker, he can't drink anymore, and if he drinks again, he will be drunk. As he spoke, he tilted his neck, and all the wine carefully prepared by Hu Lianxiu entered his stomach. After drinking, he didn't finish it, and said again: "Miss Hu, thank you for the wine, it's really good wine." "Miss Hu's angry little face turned purple, but she didn't have a good seizure.

Hu Xianling also understood that Ling Yuanhang didn't want to drink it, people didn't fancy their daughter, and their first glass of wine was purely to save face. Originally, she wanted to win over Ling Yuanhang, since this matter couldn't be done for a while, let's wait for a chance later, but I can't make this noble man angry, so she said to her daughter: "Lianxiu, since General Ling is not strong enough to drink, you can go down first." ”

Hu Lianxiu unwillingly saluted Ling Yuan, and then retreated with Nana.

Then Hu Xian Ling ordered his subordinates to serve good tea, since they had already said that they were too strong to drink, they could only drink tea and chat.

Ling Yuanhang said: "Although your Yanning County is relatively close to the border, it is a beautiful place, it is really a good place, and the traffic in this place is also extended in all directions, no wonder Shanxi Dusi uses this place as a material transfer station." ”

Hu Xian Ling became interested when he heard this, to say that although my small place is small, it is a very important and lively place, and there are too many materials that the imperial court transfers from here every year, have you seen my big warehouses, I have never been idle. ”

Ling Yuanhang asked quietly: Hu County Order, what is the most border material transferred from here every year?"

Hu Xianling cocked his beard and said, "That's naturally a blade and armor." “

Ling Yuanhang asked: "In the past few years, there has been a truce at the border gates, and the blades have been consumed so much?"

Hu Xianling said: "There are also situations where a small group of Warat soldiers and our Dayuan army have encountered, and there are quite a few such cases every year. Naturally, there is a lot of loss of this weapon. ”

Ling Yuanhang asked again: "There are so many mountains around here, I heard that there are often bandits in this place. Aren't they harassing here?"

Hu Xianling said: "Of course there are bandits, they are quite a few people, they often come to the counties below to buy food, each time they buy a lot, but there is a little benefit, they never harass the people." ”

Ling Yuanhang asked again: "Do they have so much money, they can live without robbery." Can they make money on their own?"

Hu Xianling looked at Ling Yuanhang with some vigilance, and then he said carefully: "Isn't the general going to fight this gang of bandits?"

Ling Yuanhang laughed, and said with a smile: "Hu County Order, I want to fight bandits, what are you nervous about, aren't those bandits who have your family?"

Hu Xianling hurriedly said: "No, no, absolutely not." General Ling joked. As he spoke, he wiped the sweat on his head, and said in his heart: What does this General Ling mean, isn't he testing something?"

Ling Yuanhang felt that the time had come, and he suddenly asked, "Hu County Order, you say, how come the number of weapons transferred here by the Taiyuan Ordnance Bureau is so much less than that of you? Aren't you personally in charge of this matter?"

Hu Xianling was frightened, and he hurriedly said: "General Ling, this account book is specially managed, I am only responsible for the overall situation, and there are special people in charge of these specific things." But the man who manages the books resigned last year and went back to his hometown. I don't know where his hometown is. ”

Saying that, he wiped his sweat again, this General Ling had already seen the account book of the transfer materials when he came, and he didn't say anything after reading it, Hu Xianling thought that there was nothing wrong. Unexpectedly, Ling Yuanhang mentioned this matter again during dinner today.

What he just said was true, the person who managed the matter was indeed gone, and this year's one was newly promoted by him. It is true that he does not care about the specific accounts, and as for whether he remembers more or less in the accounts, he never asks, he only cares how much silver he can get from them. In the past few years, he has really made a lot of kickbacks from it.

Ling Yuanhang deliberately said again: "Since this is the case, that person is gone, what else can I check here, I asked you if it was not in vain, then let's do it first." Where did that man speak, and he didn't have any relatives?"

When Hu Xianling heard Ling Yuanhang say this, he put his mind at ease, and he poured Ling Yuanhang a cup of tea and said: "That person speaks in the Beijing dialect of that area of the capital, and his family seems to be quite rich, he is here alone, has he stayed here for six or seven years?" Last year, he suddenly received a letter from his family saying that the old man in his family had died, and he had to resign and leave. ”

Ling Yuanhang said the same thing, in fact, he wouldn't have checked that person at all. Whether that person is or not, Hu Xianling must have several secrets here, and he may not know more than that person, but as long as Hu Xianling is detained, he can also get a lot of information from it. It's just that now is not the time, first, he wants to wait for Ling Yi to come back, and second, he still wants to see who the gang of bandits in the mountain range is. Where did their money come from, and did they have anything to do with Hu County's order? Does Hu Xianling know where all these military supplies went? Where is the private power that Wei Zhonghai said is hidden, and what are those people relying on to make a living? This is a huge mystery, and Ling Yuanhang really wants to solve this mystery.

Ling Yuanhang sat at Hu Xianling's house for a while, during which many squires also came to get close to him, he talked around with them for a while, and then got up to say goodbye. Hu Xianling took those squires and sent him all the way out of the courtyard.

When Ling Yi returned, he brought back a handwritten letter written by the general guarding the city, and in the two days that Ling Yi had been there, he inquired about the number of weapons and armor they had received. It turned out that all the weapons were lost in Yanning County. And the quartermaster Chen they wanted to investigate was still serving as a quartermaster at the border gate. This man is a veteran Yuko in his forties, but he is very shrewd.

Ling Yuanhang didn't want to touch the quartermaster surnamed Chen for the time being. Some things are not yet open battles, so you have to investigate them clearly.

Things were much simpler, and then Ling Yuanhang wrote another letter to the general defending the city, asking him to monitor Chen's military quartermaster first. General Feng, who was guarding the city, was the prince's person, and the prince had already told him when Ling Yuanhang came, so Ling Yuanhang could rest assured that he would hand over this matter to this General Feng, and the letter would still be handed over to Ling Yi to deliver.

Ah Er asked Ling Yuanhang: "Lord Shizi, what should we do next, do we want to arrest Hu County?"

Ling Yuanhang said: "This matter involves too much, not only the issue of weapons, but also who those bandits are. You also heard, I don't think it's bandits at all, they have strong money support, where will they be bandits. Also, think about it, are there bandits in the world who don't rob?"

Ah Er's eyes widened and said, "Lord Shizi, are you suspicious ....."

Before Ah Er could finish speaking, Ling Yuanhang shushed him and silenced him. He looked outside and said, "Let's go to the grain store now." ”

Ah Er was confused, and his little face, which was more handsome than a girl, was full of puzzlement: "Lord Shizi, don't you want to buy food and live here for a long time." ”

Ling Yuanhang smiled: "Let's go, you'll know when you get there." ”

Ling Yuanhang took Ah Er and Ah Yuan to the largest grain store in the county, and after he entered, he said to the boss that there was a lot of land, and it turned out that the grain he produced was directly supplied to the grain store in Taiyuan, but recently his collaborator could not deliver the grain money on time, so he wanted to change to a buyer. It just so happened that his land was not far from the county seat of Yanning. He wanted to ask if there was a lot needed here.

When the owner of the rice shop heard this, he said: "We have a large supply here every month, and we have a big customer who comes every month to buy a batch of rice and oil. There is no more than seven or eight days, and they should be here again. If your rice can be cheap, I can ask for a part. ”

Ling Yuanhang said: "I am here to pick today, I have already ordered this year's grain, if the price of rice you give is appropriate, I will sell you the grain next year." ”

So Ling Yuanhang began to negotiate the price with the boss of the rice shop, but Ling Yuanhang raised the price too high, and the boss felt that it was inappropriate, so the two did not negotiate.

And what Ling Yuanhang wants is this ending that can't be negotiated. Although he had never done business, after he asked about the retail price of rice, he deliberately gave a price that was not much lower than the retail price, and the boss was of course not happy.

After Ling Yuanhang left, the boss was still muttering dissatisfiedly: "No wonder people can't pay him happily, the price he gave is too high, and the profit in the middle is too small." ”

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