After a lapse of half a month, Qiao Mu once again led people into the Heliang Courtyard, ready to talk to her son, along with the point of use, in the past half a month, she found many people, but after all, there was no one who agreed, and none of them could make her feel at ease enough to entrust the affairs of the sea trade.

As a last resort, Qiao Mu could only come over and ask her son if there was any manpower left by the old marquis to be called, although Wen Qilian's father was not in a high official position, but in the end he was also a powerful general, and he had gone to the front line to fight a few battles, so he couldn't leave some manpower for his son.

As a result, as soon as she entered the yard, she saw a little girl jumping in horror, and then hurriedly ran to the courtyard, a bad guy broke through the empty door, she wanted to go back to report the picture quickly, and the grandmother on the side wanted to reprimand, but was stopped by Qiao Mu: "That's it, go first and take a look!" ”

As she spoke, Qiao Mu had already strode towards the east wing of Heliang Courtyard, where her son was now living in the east wing to recuperate from his injuries and leg injuries.

Pushing the door into the house, obviously the maid had already ventilated the news in advance, Wen Qilian was lying on the bed in a regular manner, holding a history book in one hand and pretending to look at it, and when he saw Qiao Mu walking in, he put down the book and called his mother.

Qiao Mu didn't bother to tear it down, raised his hand to signal the others around him to go out, and then turned around and closed the door, then walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, just sat down, and when he looked up, he saw Wen Qilian shrinking back with some fear, for fear that Qiao Mu would do it again.

After all, the last time Qiao Mu broke his leg, he also drove everyone away and closed the door.

Qiao Mu glanced at him:

"Look at your little bit of interest, don't worry, I won't do anything to you this time, the news outside has almost been covered, and you are not allowed to drink when you go out in the future."

I came to you today for something else.

Before your father left, did he hand over the forces in his hands to you, have you seen those forces in recent years, and are those forces reliable now? Faithful or not faithful? ”

"Mother, how do you know?"

Wen Qi was taken aback, when his father entrusted the relevant forces to him before leaving, he clearly said that those forces were all passed down in the same lineage, and they would only be passed on before the death of the contemporary head of the family.

Even his mother shouldn't know.

After all, his mother doesn't even have Wen family blood.

"I guess, as a military general, but if there is a lot of power in the past, who will not secretly cultivate some people, your father still thinks he can hide from me, but he doesn't want to think about it, those of us who can call it a family, which family has not stood in the world for more than three hundred years, and those who have not been in the world for less than three hundred years are not qualified to be called a family, I don't know how many families have sunk.

Three generations of decay, the fifth generation of the Xungui family even more don't know how many they have seen, your father's military tricks, who can not know it?

What's more, your grandparents gave you all their private houses, but you still live so poorly, and from time to time you get to my side to fight the autumn breeze, so your grandparents will not give you a loss-making business, and you have used the profits over the years to support others.

Let's be honest, how many people did the old man leave for you? Unreliable, loyal or unfaithful.

I have something to do with people. ”

There are some loopholes Qiao Mu is too lazy to say about it, she didn't want to care about it, but now it is indeed a shortage of people, soldiers, and they have been following their Hou Mansion for many years, and it may even be the manpower cultivated since childhood, which is better and safer than those who are bought back from the market.

"Are there so many loopholes?"

Wen Qi's face was already pale, and his voice was faintly trembling, if even his mother could easily find these loopholes, then would the emperor already know about it?

"What are you afraid of!

Do you think that your family is raising some people in private, why do you think those military generals and nobles are poor and destitute, as long as the number of people is not much, there is no problem, ordinary small landlords can still recruit more than a dozen Ding guards, you don't always be timid like a frozen cat, you shouldn't have listened to your grandmother's words in the first place, and left you to study literature, now the imperial examination is not promising, and your courage is becoming smaller and smaller.

I'll ask you a question, and you'll be able to say it! ”

Qiao Mu really doesn't look down on the original son, he can't be a martial artist, his mind is not deep enough, he can't be said to be stupid and sweet, but he is indeed not a clear person, in terms of his heart and eye, it is worse than his daughter-in-law, fortunately, their family has three generations of rewards that are not downgraded, otherwise with his qualification level, the marquis may not be able to descend to a lord.

"Mother, then I said, my father left me a total of more than 100 people, half of which are elite soldiers, and half are disabled soldiers who really have nowhere to go and are a little crippled.

They are not young, and many of them are even about the same age as my father, but their sons and grandchildren also train from time to time, but it is not easy to say about loyalty, because there is nothing to specifically test their loyalty, and I only occasionally send some money, what things they need for training, what herbs do they need to help them buy all, so their specific loyalty is not easy to say, but I think those disabled soldiers should be quite loyal, after all, my family is kind to their family. ”

Wen Qi couldn't even hide it, so naturally he could only tell the truth, but he didn't care much about those people, and he was even a little worried that he would be convicted of raising private soldiers, so every time he sent money, he went secretly, and as soon as the money was sent there, he hurried back, and he didn't investigate and meet them carefully at all, so he only knew that his father left him more than 100 people, and as for how many sons and grandchildren those 100 people had, he didn't know about these news.

Qiao Mu raised his eyebrows and sighed again:

"It seems reasonable that it is difficult for military generals to be rich and noble for a long time, they don't know how to train their juniors, they don't know how to train their subordinates, the civil officials are already full of disciples, and the military attaches only dare to raise people in private.

What's the use of these people just raising, you have to send people to teach them knowledge, you have to send professional martial artists to train them martial arts, teach the art of war, and then whether you let them take the martial arts test, or let them join the army, it is a way out, and it is also your connections.

The civilian officials have used the trick for thousands of years, and you military attachés have not been able to figure it out until now.

Forget it, in two days, you can take me to Zhuangzi where those people stay to see, let me see what their situation is, whether there is any need to cultivate, so many years of investment can not be wasted like this, you have an injury in your leg, I have a wheelchair over there, it is better to hit the day than to hit the day, you can take me to see it in a wheelchair today. ”