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"Father, those Zhao clan relatives are really useless. Zhao Jiaren publicly cut their face, and they actually admitted it! Pu Shiwen's brows furrowed, and his hooked nose appeared even more protruding. The Pu family has been keeping an eye on Zhao Jiaren's actions, and the latest news is that Zhao Jiaren has asked that from now on, the Zhao clan relatives will not be allowed to serve in the forbidden army. That is, the left wing army of the palace front division in Quanzhou.

Pu Shougeng did not answer immediately. Although his eldest son, Pu Shiwen, is resolute, he is prone to being rash. According to the news that Pu Shougeng got, Zhao Jiaren first went to meet the clan elders of the Zhao family. It is not clear what was specifically discussed, but Zhao Jiaren did not meet the clan elder from a condescending perspective. Thinking about it, he also hoped that the clan elders would stand on his side.

Thinking of this, Pu Shougeng raised his head and said, "Shiwen, I have already decided that one of you and your younger brothers will go back to occupy the city. ”

"Go back and recruit troops?" Pu Shi Wenden became excited.

Pu Shougeng shook his head, "Your grandfather came to the Great Song Dynasty from Zhancheng, and now you already have a son." Our Pu family has been in the Great Song Dynasty for four generations, and someone has to go back to occupy the city to straighten out the family business over there. I want you to go back with your family first. ”

Pu Shiwen frowned and thought for a while before he understood, and he asked in surprise: "Father, do you want me to hide in Zhancheng?" ”

Pu Shougeng didn't want to say this, but seeing his son Pu Shiwen's excited expression, he simply nodded, "This time we fought with Zhao Jiaren, a thief, although we have a big chance of winning. But we must not guard against what means he uses. I'm that old, it doesn't matter where I die. But you are still young and the firstborn. If you hold your foothold in the city, our family will not be defeated. ”

"Daddy! You ...... "Master Pu wants to say that you are old and confused?" However, seeing that his father Pu Shougeng's hair was almost white, and his face was wrinkled, Pu Shiwen felt sad for a while. This sentence was blocked in his throat and couldn't be said, and after thinking about it very unhappily for a while, Pu Shiwen said sullenly: "Let my brothers go, I won't go back." I'm going to stay with my father. ”

"It's okay......," Pu Shougeng replied. The eldest son, Pu Shiwen, is decisive in trouble, which is a great benefit. Pu Shougeng's other sons do not have such advantages.

The family held a meeting, Pu Shougeng chose the second son, and the fourth son returned to Zhancheng with part of the fleet. Everyone had their own concerns, but no one stood up against Pu Shougeng's decision. There were a lot of preparations before departure, and after Pu Shougeng ordered him to go down, someone would naturally do it for him. As soon as this matter began, Zhu Qi, the deputy general of Quanzhou, sent someone to send a letter to Pu Shougeng.

In the letter, Zhu Qi told Pu Shougeng that Zhao Jiaren had summoned the left wing army in Quanzhou and asked them to prepare for the exercise. Before the exercise, Zhao Jiaren actually restored the salary of the Left Wing Army several years ago, which was an old thing as 70 years ago. According to the information that Zhao Jiaren dug out, in the early days of the establishment of the Left Wing Army, in addition to the general salary, the cost of the soldiers was also increased to small coupons in the name of "Imperial Soldiers". Later, the financial situation was tight, and the imperial court gradually reduced its revenue, and when it recruited to make up for the quota, it only gave the capital.

Seeing this, Pu Shougeng stared at the numbers on the letter. Originally, the average non-commissioned officer of the Left Wing Army in Quanzhou was about 3 taels of money and 7 buckets of rice per month and 5 liters of rice per person. Now it has to be doubled to 6 taels of money and 15 buckets of rice per month.

Zhao Jiaren's intentions no longer need to be thought about at this point, although he has cut off the way for the Left Wing Army to make money from other places. But he doubled the income of all soldiers of the Left Wing Army, and it was clear that he wanted to bring the Left Wing Army into his hands.

After reading the letter, Pu Shougeng hurriedly wrote a reply. The letter told Zhu Qi that Zhao Jiaren wanted to seize control of the Left Wing Army from Zhu Qi and others. If the soldiers really got so much money and rice, would they still think that Zhu Qi was their commander? Once the soldiers don't listen to Zhu Qi, what else can Zhu Qi do besides receiving a salary he deserves?

With Pu Shougeng's understanding of Zhu Qi, it is enough to write here, and Zhu Qi will definitely understand where the danger is.

After reading Pu Shougeng's reply, Zhu Qi naturally saw the problem clearly, in fact, Zhu Qi understood that Zhao Jiaren wanted to make trouble before writing this letter. The purpose of his message to Pu Shougeng was to ask Pu Shougeng to send some money over quickly, but Pu Shougeng didn't even mention it. When he met with Xia Jing, the commander of the Left Wing Army, on the cruise ship a few days ago, Pu Shougeng was very generous. Xia Jing only briefly expressed the news that he had heard that an unknown ship had robbed the sea on Fujian Road, and Pu Shougeng gave him fifty times. If Commander Xia Jing writes a seal to impeach Zhao Jiaren for looting at a critical moment, he will definitely get a lot of money. Now Pu Shougeng is tightening his money pockets, and Zhu Qi feels insulted.

Pu Shougeng is so cunning, why don't you simply stand with Zhao Jiaren? Zhu Qi couldn't help but think like this in his heart. But thinking of this money, Zhu Qi felt that his heart was hot. Zhao Jiaren openly told the 2,000 soldiers that this time he asked them to beg for thieves, and the 2,000-strong team increased by 6,000 yuan and 15,000 buckets of rice every month. Family wealth is the standard of the rich man in the Southern Song Dynasty, as long as it is 12,000 yuan in two months, that is the entire net worth of a rich man.

Looking at Pu Shougeng's letter again, Zhu Qi's eyes fell on the paragraph where 'Zhao Jiaren wanted to seize control of the Left Wing Army from Zhu Qi and others'. If Zhao Jiaren really controlled the Left Wing Army, he would be able to Zhu Qi only get what he should get. If Zhu Qi could control the Left Wing Army in Quanzhou, he would be able to get control of this large sum of money.

The feeling of burning fire in his heart became more and more intense, and Zhu Qi made a decision that he must continue to control the left wing army in Quanzhou. Over the years, the Left Wing Army in Quanzhou has been Zhu Qi's cash cow, and now that this tree is about to bear more fruitful fruits, where can it be let go at this time?

The days flew by, Zhao Jiaren arrived in Quanzhou on February 27 of the second year of Jingding, and it was March 27 in a blink of an eye. Soon it was the day when a large number of ships returned to Quanzhou with all kinds of precious commodities, and Zhao Jiaren did not wait for the fleet, but waited for his wife.

As soon as they met, Mrs. Zhao opened her mouth and said, "You hurry up and prepare and go on a blind date." ”

"Blind date?" Zhao Jiaren was stunned. He was preparing a lot of things at this time, and he couldn't understand the word blind date for a while.

Mrs. Zhao smiled with a little cramped expression: "Your future old father-in-law has taken office, but it is the Fujian Road Prison that you left off. You don't always blow your boat fast, hurry up and get ready, go to Fuzhou. ”

"Qin Tidian?" Zhao Jiaren was stunned. He couldn't figure out whether his wife could pinch and calculate, or what special abilities she had, and she could always properly point to Zhao Jiaren's vital point. If Fujian Road Prison can give Zhao Jiaren the help he expects, Zhao Jiaren even feels that it is not impossible to be a son-in-law.

As an old lady, Mrs. Zhao could see at a glance that Zhao Jiaren was moved, and she said with a straight face: "The appearance of the girl of the Qin family is beautiful and fragrant, and I also wasted a lot of energy to say that Mrs. Qin was moved." San Lang, let me make it clear, I told Mrs. Qin this time, if they can, they can prepare a bride price of 500 yuan. Don't expect to make a fortune by getting married. ”

"Good! If it is true as my mother said, I will obey my fate. Zhao Jiaren replied. In the Song Dynasty, blind dates were quite open, and a pair of young men and women had to meet in the company of their parents. Whether the other party is really a national color and a fragrance will be known after seeing it. For this alone, Zhao Jiaren felt that Da Song had the need to treat it again. That kind of era that couples have never seen before they lift their hijabs is terrible!