While arranging the regulations in the cottage, Li Xingzhi sent a message to Zhang Da, an official of the hundred households of the official army who supported the city, and immediately prepared 3,000 sets of black short combat clothes and 100 pigs and sheep to send to the Dajiaotai.

Lijiashan is not far from the city, Zhang Da received a letter from Li Xingzhi on the same day, to be honest, Zhang Da is also very tricky for Li Xingzhi's request, this pig and sheep are easy to do, but this clothes, if only two or three hundred sets, this city can be gathered, but you Li Zhai Lord will ask for three thousand sets when he opens his mouth, where can Lao Tzu find so many black short clothes.

It's just that he received news from Gaoyang City yesterday, saying that because of Huang Wenchang's victory, Lei Zhibo sent a letter to Baoding Prefecture, wanting to show Huang Wenchang as a guerrilla attack in Baoding and guard Gaoyang and Anxin counties.

Huang Wenchang nominated himself to take over the Gaoyang garrison, the so-called draft does not forget to dig wells, I Zhang can be the garrison master, isn't it thanks to the blessing of the master of Li Zhai, and now the master of Li Dazhai is asking for this thing too much? Zhang Da thinks it's not too much, I can't get this dress, can't the dignified guerrilla master take it out?

Thinking of this, Master Zhang, the garrison of Gaoyang, who was about to take office, decided to go back to Gaoyang, one was to congratulate Huang Wenchang, and the other was to explain the requirements of the master of Li Dazhai to the guerrilla master.

Gaoyang Dongcheng, Huang Wenchang's mansion, since the official army defeated the thieves in Dajiaotai, the gentry and landlords who came to congratulate are endless, Huang Wenchang has been proud of the spring breeze in the past two days, not only the hand of the silver is painful, but also Lei Zhibo's straw bag reported his military exploits to Baoding Mansion according to the truth, and this guerrilla general must be stable.

He is also a decent person, he took so much money from others, how can Lei Zhibo say that he also has the grace of cultivation, so he decided to feast on Lei Zhibo of Gaoyang Zhixian County and the gentry in the city in Fuzhong today.

General Huang, who is famous in Gaoyang, wants to hold a banquet, it is said that the county lord will also come in person, where do the landlords and rich gentry in the city dare to slack, all the familiar and unfamiliar are here, the street in front of the garrison mansion will be blocked by the guests' carriages, and the rich gentry have no choice but to carry the silver and walk into the house.

"Master Zhang of Zhang's Mansion respectfully has three hundred taels of congratulations, Master Zhang, you will enter the flower hall to serve tea, and after the county and Huang Shoubei have finished discussing the matter, they can be seated."

Master Li Youcai, who was in charge of receiving the guests, while taking a roll call, quietly put the silver ticket that Master Zhang sandwiched under the gift list into his sleeve pocket.

Master Li is very particular about doing things, congratulatory gifts of more than 300 taels of gentry into the lobby, more than 500 taels of gentry can enter the flower hall, less than 300 taels of gentry in the courtyard.

Of course, it is not only a congratulatory gift, but also a bribe can also sit in a good position, and you can communicate closely with the county lord and the garrison lord.

Looking at the crowd lined up in front of him, Li Youcai also sighed, he can get so much silver, and he can also enter the guerrilla mansion to serve, this is all thanks to the blessing of Li Dazhai, Li Xingzhi is a kind person, he must be a general when he turns around, and when he is in the limelight, he has to ask the general to go in and suppress it a few more times, and make some military exploits, so it is difficult to think about it if it is not developed!

As the gentry entered the house, Li Youcai ordered his subordinates to serve wine and cloth, and the flower hall was full of Gaoyang's leading figures, Lei Zhibo, Huang Wenchang and Gaoyang County Cheng and other officials sat at a table, Lei Zhibo sat in the chief seat, and Huang Wenchang sat in the second seat.

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All kinds of dishes came up like flowing water, chicken, duck and fish, and so on, there are more famous local dishes in Gaoyang, such as roast suckling pig, Gaoyang smoked fish, Baiyangdian green shrimp, bone residue balls, etc., and the wine is also the famous Donglu tribute wine of Jingdong, all of which are good wines that have been aged for several years.

All the gentry are poetry and book families, they have never seen any good wine and good food, one by one they are only sipping and tasting it shallowly, even eating vegetables is also slow and methodical, and there is a sentence without a word, but the eyes are from time to time to glance at the county lord Lei Zhibo at the main table.

The generals of the garrison mansion didn't think so much, they shouted five and drank six one by one, guessed with their fists, drank wine in a big bowl and ate meat, but Li Youcai was delicate, but he arranged them in the lobby, for fear that Lei Zhibo would be unhappy by this gang of rammers.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Lei Zhibo just got up and raised his glass and said: "Huang Shoubei has a meritorious service to level the thief, this county has already written Baoding Mansion, and Huang Shoubei has been promoted as a guerrilla general. ”

All the gentry hurriedly got up and raised their glasses and said: "General Huang, sweep away Li Shun, protect the people of Gaoyang, and I will wait for the general to rise step by step." ”

Huang Wenchang hurriedly raised his glass and said: "Huang is not talented, even if he guards one side, he must ensure the safety of one party. Then he drank the wine from his cup.

Lei Zhibo said with a smile: "If it weren't for Huang Shoubei's unparalleled martial arts and ability to fight Li Rebellion, no matter how much the county has a plan, it will be useless, come and drink together." ”

All the gentry were sycophants, drank the wine in their cups one after another, and then filled their glasses, and stepped forward to pay tribute to Lei Zhibo and Huang Wenchang.

For a while, it was staggered, and it was not lively.

At this time, Li Youcai, the master of the Huang Mansion, hurriedly turned in, looked at Lei Zhibo, and said to Huang Wenchang: "The owner, Zhang Baihu asked to see him, saying that he had something to discuss with the owner. ”

Huang Wenchang saw that Li Youcai wanted to speak and stopped, knowing that something must be wrong, so he confessed to the guests and followed Li Youcai out of the flower hall.

That Zhang Da had been waiting outside the flower hall for a long time, and when he saw Huang Wenchang coming out, he hurriedly greeted him, and just wanted to salute, Huang Wenchang saw that there was no one left and right, so he asked: "Zhang Baihu doesn't go to the lobby to have a banquet, but is there something?" ”

Zhang Da didn't dare to slack off, but he recounted Li Xingzhi's request to Huang Wenchang.

Huang Wenchang also frowned, these 100 pigs and sheep are a trivial matter, and there are people in the city, but where did he raise these 3,000 sets of black short clothes in a hurry.

Li Youcai's eyes rolled and he stepped forward and said: "Owner, at this time, we must definitely appease Li Xingzhi, if you don't give him the clothes, I'm afraid he will attack the dock fort on the periphery of Gaoyang again, this clothes are not worth a few dollars, we still have to get him, in my opinion, it is better to raise it from the gentry present, I think it should not be a problem." ”

Huang Wenchang is also a human spirit, as soon as Li Youcai's words came out, he already knew what he meant, so he ordered Li Youcai and Zhang Da to go to the lobby for dinner, and he turned back to the flower hall with a frown.

The gentry in this flower hall are also uneasy, Zhang Da is stationed in the city, and now when he comes back, isn't it that Li Xingzhi who got up to make trouble again, and when he saw Huang Wenchang's sad face, he was even more nervous.

After Huang Wenchang took his seat, he sighed and said: "Zhang Baihu turned around, but there was an emergency military situation, today in the horse shed lake found Li against the rest of the party, but our officers and soldiers are all dressed in red, Li ran away against the wind, the horse shed lake is connected to Baiyangdian within a radius of dozens of miles, the official army is very difficult to defend, and it is very eye-catching after entering the lake, if Li runs out of the river, I am afraid that there will be a disaster place." ”

Lei Zhibo asked urgently: "Then the Huang garrison has a plan to break the enemy." ”

Huang Wenchang thought for a while and said: "I intend to wear black clothes for the officers and soldiers, make up as ordinary people, set up ambushes at various intersections of Mapengdian, and then send troops into the lake to search, but there are not so many short clothes here, and I ask you for help." ”

All the gentry were relieved when they heard this, the black short clothes were worth a few dollars, and the nursing home of the house where they were sitting was not black short clothes, and they all turned around and sent the clothes to the garrison yamen.