In the afternoon, Gao Jingtong and Du Zhengchu (Sihu joined the army) came to the Guogong Mansion early. He was led to the lounge by a man who claimed to be the deputy head of the National Government.

This lounge is actually the same room as the conference room next door, so the area is not large. There are only two rows of benches, two groups of four small chairs facing each other, and a rectangular coffee table in the middle. Gao Jingtong glanced at it, only to see a long group of soft chairs against the wall, and there was a calligraphy and painting on the wall, which read, "Tianxingjian gentleman with self-improvement, terrain kun gentleman with virtue"; The other group of chairs is facing away from the window, and the left and right chairs are on one side of the door and the other side is also the window, so you can know which is the main seat. He sat on the long soft chair with his back to the window, and Du Zhengchu also groaned slightly, and sat on the small soft chair with his back to the door.

This official sits in a very particular position, although Jiang Guogong has many innovations in utensils, but the way of furnishing is also in accordance with the original rules.

Two maidservants brought green tea and walked away quickly; Huang Guangyi stood aside for the two officials to greet him.

Gao Jingtong didn't look at these handmaidens with his eyes, it was not the high counselor Yanashita Hui, but the handmaidens were all short-beaten, which was usually the dress of the most low-status handmaidens in the house. I, Gao Jingtong, am alone in Xuanzhou...... Uh, no, below the two, above the ten thousand, just looking at them stains my identity.

But Gao Jingtong didn't mind, after all, when he came to Jiangguo Mansion before, he couldn't even see the maidservant. Serving a cup of tea is to summon those rough soldiers, it is really a shame that Jiang Guogong can bear it!

Before the two came in, there was already a lot of cold noise along the way, Gao Jingtong didn't talk much, and looked at the big character "Tianxingjian", which was written by Jiang Guogong. This Jiang Guogong is quite imposing, but there is still a lot of stagnation and immaturity between the strokes, young man.

It's just that this set of soft chairs is really good. Go back and ask the housekeeper to buy it.

While thinking wildly, Jiang Guogong and Hou Hongye arrived: "Lord Gao, Master Du, let's go directly to this conference room for a meeting." Today, I met Hou Zhixian by chance, so I pulled a piece of a meeting. ”

This is also to deceive others, and seeing that Hou Hongye hugged Jiang Guogong's thigh, it is rich or bad. Gao Jingtong was hehehe, but the kung fu on his face was naturally in place, and he hurriedly got up and greeted the general: "I will obey the order of Lord Guogong." ”

The meeting room is different from the lounge.

Entering the door is a large dark wood conference table, with two rows of chairs on each side, but two chairs at the top and bottom. On one wall there are four capitals, which were actually written by His Majesty in the current dynasty, saying "the sea embraces all rivers", and on the other wall is a row of bookshelves, on which some books are neatly placed.

Tea, paper and pencil that have been placed on the conference table in advance. Jiang Guogong walked directly to the opposite side, facing the long row towards the door, and sat down in the middle, "Three adults sit down." Luo Zhengwen led the three of them to sit down opposite Jiang Guogong, headed by Gao Jingtong, facing Jiang Guogong, Lord Du and Lord Hou sat on the left and right. Luo Zhengwen sat on Jiang Guogong's side, but he sat far away from the four people, and took out a pen and paper to show that he was the recorder.

Then one walked over and took a few pages and handed them out to the four of them. Jiang Guogong said, "The idea is quite hasty, so the three adults will first look at the article, and then ask Manager Huang of the Guogong Mansion to explain it to a few adults." ”

It's just two pages. I'll be done in a while. Li Congyi motioned for Huang Guangwu to introduce.

"The purpose of this article is to propose a special fund for the reorganization of the Ningguo Army, so as to respond to the call of the court and deal with the increasingly severe military threat from the north."

"The core of this article is that Jiang Guogong will provide no more than 300,000 taels of special military expenses in the first phase, which will be given to the state capital in the form of special loans, and then Ning Guojun will set up a special treasury for the exclusive use of the funds."

"The loan does not go through the treasury and goes directly to the special treasury. However, a special loan agreement issued by the state government is required as evidence. The term of the loan is tentatively set at five years at an annual interest rate, with only interest to be paid for the first four years. In the fifth year, the principal can be repaid or extended at the discretion of the borrower, or a new loan agreement may be issued. ”

"The treasury shall issue a quarterly financial report to the state government within one month at the beginning of each quarter, and an annual financial report shall be issued to the state government within three months at the beginning of each year, and the state government shall be allowed to audit the treasury by itself or by entrusting a third party."

Du Zhengchu was quite different, he never thought that Jiang Guogong would want to pay for the army himself, and after it changed hands by the state capital, it could not be regarded as Jiang Guogong's private army.

However, as a military officer in charge of financial endowment, Du Zhengchu said: "If this first installment is used enough, there will be an annual interest of 30,000 taels a year." Now the financial resources in the government are running, and they are also struggling ......."

I don't want Hou Hongye to take over the conversation: "If the state government does not add money to Xuancheng County next year, Xuancheng County can barely bear the annual interest of 30,000 taels per year." ”

Du Zhengchu also participated in the company's tax system, and knew that Xuancheng County's taxes might increase significantly next year, so he naturally couldn't bite it to death: "Now that the court is increasing taxes every year, if the state government doesn't share it, where will the money come from?" It is to apportionment part to the counties next year, and the additional 30,000 annual interest is considered in Xuancheng County......"

The two argued for several rounds before they reluctantly came to an agreement.

Du Zhengchu said again: "The Lord Guogong acts with imagination, and it makes people feel that they have a clear vision. It's just that the subordinates are worried, if Xuanzhou can't pay off the principal every year, wouldn't the people of Xuanzhou bear this debt every year? ”

Li Congyi looked at Gao Jingtong with a smile, and then said to Du Zhengchu: "The special funds made by this government, one is used for soldiers, two is used for weapons and equipment, and three is used for grain and grass, which is equivalent to the silver taels lent by this government to the state capital, and the state government then buys the people's property or working hours, which is to let many people earn money, and the people and companies have money, and the state government can collect more taxes." Yes and no? ”

After listening to this set of theories, Du Zhengchu was dumbfounded. After thinking about it, he felt that it was not unreasonable, and he fell silent for a while.

Gao Jingtong said: "Lord Guogong is very considerate of the country, and his subordinates admire him very much. Ning Guojun eats in the state capital, and his subordinates should share the worries of adults, and the subordinates will sign this special loan. ”

Gao Jingtong hung up the war-free card so quickly, but it was not unexpected by Du Zhengchu.

The two walked out of the house, and Du Zhengchu said, "Today's high opinion of the national prince is unheard of, but it is not a quibble, and the subordinates will wait for Lord Hou to discuss this with him." ”

Gao Jingtong smiled secretly in his heart, no wonder this Du Zhengchu was stuck in this position and could not be promoted. That is, they can't simply serve Jiang Guogong, and they can't keep a distance from Jiang Guogong and his family...... How childish it is to ...... again".

However, Gao Jingtong didn't remind him, just signaled himself to go first. Just thinking of Jiang Guogong's inexplicable smile, Gao Jingtong is also general: If our dynasty can survive, for Jiang Guogong, 300,000 taels is enough; But if the Northern Dynasty wins, Jiang Guogong is afraid that it will be difficult to even save his life, so why not pity the 300,000 taels.

But I suddenly remembered the big character of "Embrace All Rivers" in the conference room, although it was a good character, it was better than the big character that Jiang Guogong hung in the lounge, but in comparison, it was inevitably a little more delicate and timeless, showing the spirit of a small family. Thinking like this, I was shocked, so I quickly hid this little bit of caution.

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Xu Le'an slept for 12 hours and was exhausted. After chatting with Xu Meilan, I realized that I had made such a big oolong. But Yang Fei gave a gag order to the relevant personnel, it was Huang Guangyi who stepped on shit luck, and he didn't know that Xu Le'an's toss was himself.

But Xu Le'an thought about it, but felt that if he did it all over again, he might still be planted. There are several reasons for this, the most important one is that Xu Le'an does not have a close relationship with Xu Heguang, the patriarch of the Xu clan in Kengkou, and Xu Heguang also treats him as a group of cooperating illicit salt dealers. Xu Le'an was afraid that Xu Meilan would become the entry point for others to deal with him and even the whole team, so he only dared to behave better than the ordinary brother and sister relationship. Therefore, it was his eldest brother and sister-in-law who married Xu Meilan to Zhang Tongguang's tuberculosis son in Kengkou Village, and Xu Le'an gritted his teeth and endured it.

But the things in this world are the most afraid of hope. Xu Meilan entered the Jiangguo Mansion, Xu Le'an was happy to see it, first, he felt that the Jiangguo Mansion could give Lin Qianlan a better life, second, he felt that Lin Renzhao's case may not have been overturned, and third, Xu Le'an really had a hurry, so he couldn't go on patrol in Xuancheng County.

Xu Le'an and Xu Meilan chatted for an hour, and Li Congyi invited the two "brothers and sisters" to dinner. After three rounds of drinking, Li Congyi went straight in. "Is the military commander still there? How many people are there waiting for? ”

It turned out that the night god guard was ordered to act, and the elite of the department was under the command of Zhai Junda, although Zhai Junda was not a subordinate of Lin Renzhao, he had also seen Lin Gong Xiong in Huaishang back then, and later secretly received Lin Renzhao's help several times, and was able to rise to the top in a "second generation of martial arts". Therefore, that night, he secretly ordered several cronies to command the battalion, so as to kill the Lin family, and the others could be killed. If it weren't for the release of the water by the Divine Guards, Wu Feixing would have three heads and six arms, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape death that night.

Later, it was changed to the Zhennan Army to search the city, and it was even more watery. There was a battalion commander who had obviously seen Wu Feixing, but he just turned around and treated it as if he hadn't seen it.

Not counting Xu Le'an and Hu Meilan, there were fourteen people who went out of the city one after another a few days, and after a little discussion, a few military men whose ancestral home was Huainan suggested going to Huaishang to sell salt. Xu Le'an took Lin Qianlan back to the mouth of the Xuancheng pit and pretended to be Xu Meilan. Xu Meilan went out with a yellow-haired girl, and everyone came back, even her eldest brother couldn't say that her younger brother brought back not Xu Meilan.

Xu Le'an made it easy for Xu Heguang to reveal the salt sale, and Xu Heguang agreed to take over. So a private salt road from Huaishang to Xuanzhou through Yangzhou Runzhou was opened.

"The fifteen brothers of that day are less than eight today, and the military commander is still our leader. However, we also brought some people into Huaishang, and now there are about 30 people. Xu Le'an exhaled, "Now there is still an old brother in the prison in Langxi County, and I am afraid that there will only be seven people left after the autumn." "It turned out that Xu Le'an opened a new line in Langxi this time, and there was no problem with several transactions, but unexpectedly, there was infighting in that house. The knife and archer of Langxi County came prepared and caught all the stolen goods; The old brother who led the team and the other two stayed in the house for a while after bringing in illicit salt, but they failed to escape and were captured together.

Li Congyi paused for a moment, then got up to look for the official document, searched for a long time, took out a report reported by Langxi on the capture of three smuggler salt dealers, and showed it to Xu Le'an.

Xu Le'an left the table and made a big salute: "If the Lord Guogong can save people, Xu Le'an is willing to saddle the horse before and after the adult, and serve the dogs and horses!" ”

Li Congyi shook his head, "It's very easy to save someone." But to restore one's reputation, one must forbear. I can't make a promise to Qianlan, let alone make a promise to you, but I can give you hope. ”

Xu Le'an's eyes lit up: "Lord Guogong wants the military commander to take us to serve the lord together?" ”

"Not everyone. If they are ruffians and fierce people, they are useless in the army. ”

Xu Le'an said proudly, "Lord Guogong has underestimated us, and we are waiting for the vertical and horizontal Huai, why not bring a little hope that one day the prince will have the opportunity to go north." We have always been in the name of the military restraining the troops, Huaishang Flying Eagle, and the adults can go to Huaishang to inquire about whether what I said is false. ”