Liuli packed her things and left at dawn the next day, Pearl saw that she was in such a hurry, and complained a few words, but she didn't think about seeing Ace the day before.

Coral and Xiaocao and the female gentleman's class to study, and I can't come back for a while, so I didn't follow Liuli.

Liuli also had no scruples, she couldn't bear the thoughts in her heart, and directly let the carriage go to Zhao's house, and sent people away when she arrived at the door.

Zhao Mansion, in the secret room behind the study, Zhao Mingxu sat on one side of the small case, and two people kneeling on the other side, it was Xie Chun and Su Run.

"The old troops under the command of Xiao Da have gathered a lot, and now in addition to Xingping, there are also Chengyuan County and Zhengwu County, all of which are secretly training the army."

Chengyuan and Zhengwu County were the first two counties to open a foot shop, although Xingping was covered by the county lord Su Run, but it was certainly impossible to hide and train a large number of troops, so he proposed to disperse his troops and hide them between several counties.

In this way, Chengyuan and Zhengwu County, which had laid the foundation for the foot shop, started in advance, these two places, because the foot shop business was booming, Fu Tianzhi and they slowly had a net worth, and after obtaining the consent of Liuli, they opened some roadside snack shops to make the best use of the boiled materials, of course, Liuli can also get money from these snack shops.

Don't look at the small shop, but it has been opened all over the county, and even many villagers, taking the initiative to come to the door, wanting to ask for a boiled recipe, Fu Tianzhi They followed the model of glaze, provided seasoning for these people, and even helped these people open shops, gradually, but in the local area to achieve a small range of chains.

The first few people who opened the foot shop became richer and richer, and even became local squires. The status has been improved, and it is much easier to get things done.

Because of this, Zhao Mingxu's control of local information is also more timely and extensive, and he dares to secretly train private soldiers in the local area, and even secretly recruit them.

Su Run continued: "A county like Qinggui County is vast and sparsely populated, and it is far away from Shangjing, so we can consider having more soldiers." ”

Zhao Mingxu shook his head: "Full of losses, don't be in a hurry." "He has waited for so many years, he doesn't mind waiting a little longer, and he must be careful enough to prepare enough so that he doesn't lose everything.

Su Run was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head and responded, "Yes." ”

"How are you doing here?" Zhao Mingxu turned to Xie Chun again.

Just when Su Run spoke, Xie Chun wiped the fine sweat on his forehead from time to time, and there was not even a charcoal basin in the secret room, but Xie Chun was sweating.

I really heard Su Run say that he would increase the number of private soldiers, so he was in a hurry.

The reason is naturally simple, there is not enough money.

It takes a lot of money to raise a private soldier, not to mention such a secret training and maintenance, if the money is not in place, it will cause a catastrophe.

Although Fei Hongju's business was good, he didn't dare to open it too publicly, so he only opened branches in a few neighboring counties, and the money he received was not enough to support Zhao Mingxu's growing army.

Xie Chun had no choice but to tell the truth: "At the moment, we can barely support it, if it expands again, I'm afraid there will be a shortage of money." ”

As soon as these words came out, the room fell silent for a while, and the three of them understood that if the money could not keep up, then everything would be suspended.

Su Run suddenly thought of someone, hesitated for a moment, and spoke: "The Ding family's shops are all over Xingping, and Ding Wentao's family has a lot of money, if you can get his help......"

"No." Before he could say anything, Xie Chun interrupted him: "Ding Wentao is too interest-oriented, and he won't do things that he is not sure of." ”

Xie Chun and Ding Wentao are both businessmen, so they naturally have dealings, and over the years, they know this person very well, and they are not far from ten.

Zhao Mingxu also shook his head: "This person can't be trusted. ”

At this point in the conversation, there was no progress for a while, Zhao Mingxu sent the two back, and he also walked out of the secret room.

Ah Ce had been guarding outside, and when he saw Zhao Mingxu coming out of the secret room, he also knew that the other two people had left through the other exit of the secret room.

One end of this secret room is in Zhao Mingxu's study, and the other side leads to the outside, and the entrance is very secret.

"How?" Ace couldn't help but ask.

The man's brows furrowed, obviously thinking about things, and when he heard the question from the people around him, he shook his head slightly.

As soon as Ace was about to ask what difficulties he had encountered, he heard a man's voice sound: "How is the year of Hexiazhuang?" ”

Hexiazhuang is an imperial village in the suburbs of Beijing, when the first emperor died secretly left to his youngest son, perhaps the first emperor saw the signs of Zhao Mingjing wanting to usurp the throne before his death, out of concern and guilt for Zhao Mingxu, he left this secret imperial village in the suburbs of Beijing to him.

Zhao Mingxu wasn't sure if Emperor Zhengxuan knew where this imperial village was, because he hadn't touched this village for so many years, and when he suddenly asked, Ah Ce was also surprised: "Didn't Gongzi say that Hexiazhuang is not safe?" How to ......"

"Not enough money." Zhao Mingxu said, if it wasn't a last resort, he would definitely not fight the idea of this imperial village.

"Yes...... How much worse? Ace asked.

"I can only barely support it now, if it is ......" Zhao Mingxu said this, suddenly paused, and then his expression immediately became gloomy, and he asked vigilantly: "Who?" ”

Ace also realized instantly, there was someone outside the door, breathing very shallowly, but there were indeed people.

Ah Ce didn't wait for Zhao Mingxu's command at all, and broke out of the door with a brush, and his shot was like electricity, instantly locking the throat of the person outside the door.

"Ah......" The person outside the door let out a short exclamation, although it was only one, Zhao Mingxu heard it, and immediately said: "Ace, stop!" ”

At this time, Ah Ce had already seen who this person was, and his eyes widened and he shouted, "Little lady Song?!" ”

Liuli was almost unable to breathe, and used her strength to slap the man's hand that was pinching her throat like an iron tong, and Ace reacted and let go of her hand in a hurry.

This moment of work has left a shocking pinch mark on the white and tender neck of the glass.

Ace was a little at a loss, opened his mouth and stammered: "Erniang...... I, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...... You, why are you here? ”

Fresh air poured in instantly, Liuli covered her neck and breathed heavily, occasionally choking and coughing, tears were about to flow out, uncomfortable and tight, and she didn't have time to answer him.

Or Zhao Mingxu walked out quickly, helped Liuli, who kept choking, gently gave her a good breath, helped the person into the house, and said to Ah Ce, who was stunned and followed: "You go outside and guard." ”

Liuli coughed for a while before stopping, took the teacup handed over by Zhao Mingxu, and drank several sips before getting better.

Zhao Mingxu's face was dark and terrifying: "What the hell is going on, do you know how dangerous it was just now?" ”