Ling Yuanhang, who was thinking about Bao'er in his heart, was sitting in the Ordnance Bureau in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province with Ayuan, Ah Er, Ling Yi and others at this time. In addition to having a special ordnance supervisor in the capital, the Great Yuan Dynasty also set up an ordnance department in five provinces, including Liaodong, Nanjing, Shanxi, Fujian, and Shandong.

What Ling Yuanhang wanted to inquire about was the transportation of weapons in Nanjing and Shanxi. These two places have suffered serious wear and tear of blades and armor in the past three years. Nanjing is mainly made of armor, while Shanxi Tai principle is mainly made of blades.

Ling Yuanhang sat in the Ordnance Bureau and inquired about the account book of the weapons in and out of the past few years. Every account in this ledger is clearly remembered, and how many blades have been sent. Who handled it, where it was shipped, etc., it can be seen that the Military Products Supervision Department here is still very responsible.

The superintendent was a man in his thirties, and he watched Ling Yuanhang sit there for a long time, not even drinking a sip of tea, and his eyes were always looking at the account book. He muttered to himself, "Could it be that there was something wrong with the weapons?" But these blades had been carefully examined and passed before they were shipped to the army. The superintendent was a little sweaty, but he still had to accompany him, this was the famous General Ling in the border pass, who came from the capital, and he only needed to say a word to make himself go to heaven or earth.

After reading the account book, Ling Yuanhang pondered for a moment and said, "Why did you transport so many blades to the Northwest Army last year? It seems that there are 2,000 more than before, and now that there is no war in the Northwest, why are you still losing so many blades?" ？”

When the superintendent heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't know, they just said that there are new soldiers." There was also the loss of weapons, and the soldiers did not have enough blades, so we worked overtime to drive out these 2,000 blades. ”

Ling Yuanhang asked again, "Is the person in charge of transporting those blades still there?"

The superintendent said, "Yes," and then he shouted outside, "Second Lieutenant Sun, come in." ”

A young man in his twenties walked in: "Supervisor Song, is there something wrong?"

Supervisor Song said to Ling Yuanhang: "Last year, it was this batch of blades escorted by Second Lieutenant Sun. ”

Ling Yuanhang asked Second Lieutenant Sun, "Where did you pass through the blades when you escorted them, and where did they hand them over?"

Second Lieutenant Sun said: "We all passed by the post station to rest along the way, I just sent the blade out of the two post stations, and then I met them and someone came, I handed over the formalities with them and came back." ”

Ling Yuanhang asked again: "Which post station did you hand over from?" Do you remember who it was handed over?"

Second Lieutenant Sun thought for a while and said, "That post station is called Yanning Post Station, and it was picked up by a quartermaster surnamed Chen at that time. That person also has a Shanxi accent. ”

Ling Yuanhang said: "Okay, it's okay, if you think of anything in the future, you can tell me again, I will stay here for a few days." In addition, I hope that you will keep our events today a secret and not spread the word. ”

Both of them agreed, and then they respectfully sent Ling Yuanhang and his party out.

Ling Yuanhang and his group of thirty people lived in a relatively large family in Taiyuan called Yingkelai. Then they separated and began to wander around Taiyuan and the surrounding towns.

Ling Yuanhang had experience this time, and whenever he went to a place, he would first go to the official office to find out the people who had come to this place from other places in the past year, and then he would go to check the shops and restaurants.

I think when he first came out, Linlang once told him that Yaru had long planned to open a few restaurants like Tianyi Pavilion in other places, and customers like Ruyi Guest. Therefore, Ling Yuanhang went to check the newly opened restaurants and customers whenever he went to a place, and the newly opened various shops also became the main objects of his visits.

After he visited Taiyuan and the surrounding counties and towns for nearly half a month, Ling Yuanhang was a little disappointed. He could only continue to the Northwest Frontier Post to investigate the weapons and armor.

Yanning County, where Yanning Post Station is located, is the key place for Ling Yuanhang to investigate. At that time, many of the ancient post stations were built in the county seat, and the post stations built in the county seat were also under the management of the local county order. There is a special material storage warehouse in Yanning County, and some materials transported from the capital or other places to the border will pass through this place for turnover. It is an important hub for the transshipment of materials.

Ling Yuanhang found out the problem here. After several batches of blades sent out from the Taiyuan Ordnance Bureau came here, there were big discrepancies in the number of records. Ling Yuanhang took out the account book that he had asked the Taiyuan Ordnance Supervision Department to transcribe, and carefully checked it, and found that the number of blades issued in the account book of the Taiyuan Ordnance Bureau was very different from the actual number recorded here, not just two thousand. And it's not just about the past two years, these accounts go back six years.

Ling Yuanhang didn't say anything after checking the account. He wrote a letter asking Ling Yi to go to the Northwest Camp to find the garrison general, but he himself lived in Yanning County.

That night, the county commander Hu Yuanbao led some squires to invite Ling Yuanhang to his house for dinner, Ling Yuanhang didn't want to go, but he thought about it again, this Hu county commander didn't know who he was, and what role he played in the matter of transferring weapons, so he decided to go and have a relationship with him. So he took Ah Yuan and Ah Er to the banquet.

As a county town close to the border, this Hu Xianling's family is also very wealthy, and as soon as he walked into his house, a sense of wealth came to his face. The iron cast double door is open, and what is presented in front of you is the shadow wall carved with gorgeous patterns, the courtyard inside is very large, and it is not inferior to the rich families of the capital, there are even pavilions and small pavilions in it, and the winding path is secluded. And you can see that there are many servants in the courtyard. This style doesn't look like a small Qipin county order, and no one doubts that it is the prince's house in the capital.

Ah Er sighed as he walked: "This Hu County Order is really rich." Look at this courtyard, it is not inferior to our county king's mansion. ”

Ah Yuan also smiled and said, "Good girl, how many people's fat and people's ointment does this have." ”

Ling Yuanhang didn't squeak, he sneered in his heart: "The mountain here is high and the emperor is far away, and there are a lot of people in these small local officials who are traitors, how can these people just loot the people's fat and ointment, estimate corruption and bribery, and some other ways to tell, such as this Hu County Order, who knows how much he earned in the disappearance of this weapon?"

There are a lot of squires from Yanning County, and there are four tables of characters with heads and faces in the small county town. Ling Yuanhang saw that there were really a lot of rich people in this county.

As soon as Ling Yuanhang came in, they all stood up, and Hu Xianling said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone, this is the young general General Ling who burned the Duoyan Grain Depot in Feicheng back then, and the inside and outside should work together to recover Feicheng, and now he is a celebrity next to the emperor in the capital." ”

When everyone heard this, they praised each other, and enthusiastically greeted Ling Yuanhang, making Ling Yuanhang feel a little overwhelmed.

At this time, food and wine were also put on the table. Ling Yuanhang sat down to drink, Ah Yuan and Ah Er were persuaded by anyone, and neither of them sat down. In this unfamiliar place, if all three of them sit down to drink, and then follow the way of others, there is no place to buy regret medicine.

Hu Xian ordered nature and Ling Yuanhang to sit at a table. After three rounds of drinking, Hu Xian Ling raised his hand, and some charming young women came in from outside the hall. Ling Yuanhang frowned, but he quickly unfolded it, and then sat there silently watching what Hu Xianling was going to do.

Those women all went to the side of the squire, and to Ling Yuanhang's side was a twenty-eight-year-old girl, although this girl was slender, but she was bumpy and curved. There is only a little bit of lipstick on the face, but it is naturally bright and unique.

Ling Yuanhang thought to himself, there is such a stunning woman in the small county town in the far away place. This woman is slightly different from the other women who came in, those women are people of the wind and dust at a glance, but this woman is a daughter of everyone at a glance. Ling Yuanhang was a little puzzled, whose daughter was this, and how could she be willing to let her accompany guests on such an occasion.

He was thinking about it, only to hear Hu Xianling say with a smile: "General Ling, this is a little girl curtain show, because she grew up in a place like the border pass, so she has been thinking of heroes and heroes since she was a child." Especially after she heard the story of your deeds, she admired you even more. Today, when she heard that General Ling had come to Yi County, she asked to come and meet the great hero in his mind. As he spoke, he glanced at Hu Lianxiu.

Hu Lianxiu then shyly and infinitely squatted in front of Ling Yuanhang and made a blessing salute: "General Ling, the little woman Lianxiu has admired the general for a long time, and I am fortunate to see it today, which is really a blessing for the little woman, and the little woman is polite here." After saying that, the beautiful little face turned red, waiting to be picked like a ripe red apple.

Ah Yuan and Ah Er next to them looked at each other, and each turned their faces away to stop looking at Ling Yuanhang, Ah Yuan also deliberately coughed lightly, but the eyes of the two of them were full of narrow smiles. Both of them were thinking about a question in their hearts at the same time: their family's son is too prosperous.

Ling Yuanhang glanced at Ah Yuan with a smile, and then he turned to look at Hu County Ling and said, "Ling Ai really understands etiquette, but I am a person who is in the army, and I am a vulgar person, how dare I bear the love of the county order and Ling Ai." The voyage is courteous. As he spoke, he got up and hugged his fist at Hu Lianxiu and returned a salute, there are still many questions that have not been clarified, and now is not the time to tear his face.

Hu Yuanbao smiled and asked his daughter to sit next to Ling Yuanhang, and Ling Yuanhang did not refuse, but he was slandering in his heart: This Hu County Order is really willing, even his own daughter can be given up, and he is not afraid that he will ruin his daughter's reputation and will not be able to marry in the future.

At that time, Ling Yuanhang really didn't understand the mentality of Hu County's order, and his daughter saluted Ling Yuanhang just now, and Ling Yuanhang not only did not refuse to his daughter, but returned the salute. In Hu County's opinion, this shows that Ling Yuanhang is interested in his daughter. has been a county magistrate for so many years, and he has also sent women to Shangguan, and he thinks that men like beautiful women. And his own daughter is the most beautiful among the beauties, how could Ling Yuanhang refuse. So he was very confident that his daughter had passed the first hurdle in Ling Yuanhang's eyes.