In these days in Xiangyang, Yang Ming deliberately gave Du Ruhui the opportunity to get close to him, and he would ask him about everything, and Du Ruhui's answer was also very specific and detailed.

After a short period of contact, Yang Ming probably saw that this person was a smart person who was extremely assertive and had his own set of rules and regulations.

Yang Ming asked him what he thought of the Jingzhou Navy, and Du Ruhui saw that Yang Ming had the intention of attaching importance to the Navy, so he directly pointed out that the Navy, either let them rot here, and if the Navy, if they want to rebuild the Navy, they must be replaced from beginning to end.

The reason is that they have been really poor and crazy all these years, and once the maintenance expenses are allocated, these people know best where to cut out the money and put it in their own pockets.

If you send someone to investigate, you can't find out the problem at all, and if you send an overseer, in the face of huge interests, the superintendent will also be bought.

So what Du Ruhui means is, don't spend this kind of unjust money, naval warships are no longer worth any investment.

Indeed, normal people will definitely not throw money into this anymore, but it is impossible for a person like Yang Ming who knows the direction of history not to pay attention to the Xiangyang Water Army.

The big brawls at the end of the Sui Dynasty, such as Du Fuwei, Fu Gongyi, Li Zitong, Zhu Cang, Lin Shihong, Xiao Miao, Shen Faxing and other grandsons, were all active in the Yangtze River area.

If Yang Ming can have a large fleet entrenched in the Han River, he can enter the Yangtze River from Jiangxia at any time, connect from east to west, and then control the entire Yangtze River waterway.

But he didn't tell Du Ruhui about this.

The Xiangyang Navy is definitely going to invest, but when to invest is really debatable.

After three days of playing, Yang Ming made a special trip to pass by the naval army station, passed through the door and did not enter, but asked people to secretly call Zhou Zhongmu over.

Roadside lawn, after listening to Zhou Zhongmu's report, Yang Ming completely agreed with Du Ruhui's statement.

These people are really poor and crazy, they can pretend to be water bandits to rob merchant ships, are you soldiers or bandits?

It can be seen from this that the 110,000 yuan of military salaries allocated every year have not been paid at all.

So, who took the money?

Du Ruhui listened on the sidelines, a little panicked, because the money was allocated by the imperial court to the governor's mansion, and then the governor's mansion was allocated to the Xiangzhou Mansion, and the mansion was then allocated to the Hussar Mansion.

In the middle, there are three procedures, my father is the assassin of Xiangzhou, he will be able to pass a hand, he must not be greedy, don't let the king of Hedong target him because of this little money.

Yang Ming was already planning to return, and he didn't plan to go into the city to ask Du Zha, so he asked Du Ruhui to go back to pack up his salute and call his father by the way.

Du Ruhui was very grateful, because he guessed that the king of Hedong was giving himself the opportunity to confess with his father, which was somewhat of a bit of a release for his father.

Knowing his father Mo Ruozi, Du Ruhui knew in his heart that his grandfather was very likely to take the money.

Assassin Shi Mansion, Du Ruhui said helplessly: "Grandpa Hutu, how much money is this? Is it worth plucking your feathers like this?"

Du Zha was also panicked now, walking around the hall, thinking about how to deal with it.

The 110,000 guan money of the Xiangyang Navy was actually only 30,000 guan given to him by the governor's office, and he took 10,000 guan and handed over the remaining 20,000 guan to the hussar mansion, as for how much the hussar general Cai Ju withheld, he didn't know.

"How is this good, how is this good, if my father goes out of the city with you to see the king of Hedong this time, I am afraid that I will not come back with my life,"

Du Zha was already panicked at the moment, and he didn't have the courage to go out of the city.

Du Ruhui sighed: "It's not that serious, I suddenly thought that the king of Hedong deliberately asked me to call you, which is a little bit of a temptation of our family, it depends on whether Grandpa is willing to tell the truth, in the eyes of his son, as long as he confesses honestly, this is loyalty, and the king of Hedong will never embarrass Grandpa for 10,000 yuan."

In fact, it's not 10,000 guan, it's 10,000 guan a year, Du Zha has been assassinating for seven years and has taken 70,000 guan.

said that he was afraid that he would not be able to come back, but in fact, Du Zha also knew in his heart that the king of Hedong would not want his life, and the Jingzhao Du clan was also born in Guanzhong, and the royal family has always been more tolerant of the children of Guanzhong.

After thinking about it, Du Zha Meng gritted his teeth: "Go, for my father, I will go out of the city with you."

The official road outside the city, the official post of Xiangyang

After receiving the order, he hurried out of the city with six hundred horses and four carriages in the post station for the return journey of the king of Hedong.

Yang Ming went back this time, by land, and could return to Jiangling in a day and a half.

When these vehicles and horses arrived in Gangneung, they would be sent back by the official post in Gangneung.

In the roadside clearing, after listening to Du Zha's explanation, Yang Ming nodded, didn't say anything, and boarded the carriage.

The team set off.

Du Ruhui hurriedly helped his father, who was kneeling on the ground, and whispered, "Grandpa go back, it's fine."

Du Zha stood up and whispered, "When you arrive at the governor's mansion, Wu'er must remember to say a few good words for grandpa, you also have to do your duty, you are the eldest son, and our family will rely on you in the future."

"Grandpa, don't worry," Du Ruhui bowed down to his father and said goodbye, then boarded his carriage and followed the team.

In the carriage, Yang Ming and Yang Yinjiang chatted about the whole process, and after speaking, they couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"This is really up and down, 110,000 guan, and in the end, I am afraid that less than 10,000 guan will fall on the head of the water army."

Yang Yinjiang also laughed and said, "And this is just a water army...... Elsewhere, how much money is being greedy? I only heard that the King of Qin loves money, but I didn't expect the King of Han to be the same."

The kings of Qin and Han are all the same, so what about the kings of Jin and Shu? I'm afraid none of them are clean.

There is no way to pursue this matter, so I can only admit it, at most next year's appropriation, Yang Ming ordered the governor's office to allocate the money to the navy.

Xiangzhou Assassin Shi Duzha, Hussar General Cai Ju, Yang Ming does not plan to pursue it, the atmosphere is like this, it is not something that can be solved by one or two people.

Originally, he still wanted to let Zhou Zhongmu take his five teeth into the navy to eat, but now that he looks at it, he has to spend his own money.

After returning to Jiangling, Yang Ming asked Du Ruhui to report to Yuan Wendu, and the specific matters were arranged by Yuan Wendu, including reporting to the Ministry of Officials, preparing eucalyptus for Du Ruhui and receiving official uniforms.

As for food and lodging, it is in the governor's house.

The front office of the governor's mansion has many vacant rooms, but I am worried that no one will live in it, and I will not be able to live in it.

Back in his dormitory, Xu Jing handed a letter to Yang Ming:

"Daxing is here, you just went to Xiangyang with your front foot, and your back foot has arrived."

Yang Ming nodded and sat down on the side, Xu Jing sensibly handed over the oil lamp and put it aside.

When he opened the letter, Yang Ming was stunned.

It turned out to be Pei Shuying's letter, and after reading it, Yang Ming breathed a long sigh of relief, and the fatigue of these days was swept away, which made him have a great appetite.

"Dinner is coming, I'm hungry."

"Okay......" Xu Jing smiled and went out to Zhang Luo.

Pei Shuying's letter mentioned two things.

Her younger brother Pei Xuanji and Yang Chan, the lord of Runan, are in love with each other, and their relationship is progressing rapidly, and they are likely to get married in October.

This is a good thing, Yang Ming is very happy, my sister Yang Chan and Pei Xuanji are both fourteen years old this year, although it is a little early, but it is also within the normal range.

Grandmother Dugu Jialuo married her grandfather Yang Jian at the age of fourteen, and the eldest grandson queen in history married Li Shimin at the age of thirteen.

So like them, it's not an early marriage.

In addition, Pei Shuying also mentioned in the letter that since Yang Ming left Daxing, she had gone to the Yue Gong Mansion more than ten times to look for Yang Yinjiang, but she was prevaricated by the housekeeper under various excuses.

Therefore, Pei Shuying suspected that Yang Yinjiang followed Yang Ming to Jingzhou, and she was not in Daxing at all, otherwise, it would be impossible for Yang Yinjiang not to see her.

At the end of her letter, she hoped that Yang Ming could reply to her as soon as possible, saying that if Yang Ming deceived her, she would never see Yang Ming again in her life.

That's so hypocritical...... Yang Ming couldn't cry or laugh, you haven't seen me for the rest of your life, can you cause me any harm?

Besides, your brother married my sister, and we will be in-laws in the future, how can we not see each other?

So Yang Ming called Yang Yinjiang and showed her the letter.

After Yang Yinjiang finished reading, she helplessly held her cheeks: "Pei Shuying's temperament is straightforward and straightforward, and she acts in a hurry, if you don't give it."

She replied, she dared to come to Jingzhou to find you."

Yang Ming lowered his head to eat the vegetables and asked, "Then how should I reply to her?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll write back and forth," After speaking, Yang Yinjiang put away the letter properly.

There is no doubt that in addition to Dugu Feng'er, another big competitor of his own has appeared.

But Yang Yinjiang didn't take Pei Shuying to heart, because she was very confident that she could completely control the other party, because Pei Shuying was too real and had no heart.

Yang Yinjiang dragged her cheeks and looked at Yang Ming opposite through the light,

What she likes most is the time the two of them spend alone, even if they don't say a word, but she still enjoys it.

......

Daxing, Pei Fu.

Pei Shuying has already made up her mind, whether Yang Ming replies to the letter or not, she will go to Jingzhou.

She is one year younger than Yang Yinjiang, sixteen this year, in Dasui, both of them belong to older daughters to be married.

Originally, Pei Ju hoped that his daughter could find a suitable husband to marry before her son got married.

It's a pity that it backfired, the wealthy families in Guanzhong broke the threshold of his family, but they couldn't look down on any of their daughters, and Pei Ju couldn't do anything about his daughter in his life.

What's more, under the knock on the side, he found that his daughter already had someone in her heart, and this person was Yang Ming, the king of Hedong, who had a marriage contract from the holy queen.

It seems that Wu'er has a good eye, isn't it? Which tendon did you draw at the beginning and fall in love with Li Dewu's kid?

Pei Ju stopped outside his daughter's bedroom for a long time, looked at the flickering lights in the house in the distance, and shook his head with a wry smile.

It is impossible for him to let his daughter make a side room for others, even Yang Ming.

Luoyang Dugu's? If it weren't for the Holy Queen, the Dugu family would be useless, there would be no feudal officials, and there would be no central office, and it would be difficult for such a family to last for a long time after a hundred years of the Holy Queen.

Because the Dugu family had no contact with the Jin Wangfu before, and now that the King of Jin has become the crown prince, he still has no contact.

That's easy to do.

It's man-made, I'm just such a concubine, so I naturally want to find a good home for her in this life.

The kid King of Hedong is definitely not a thing in the pool.

Since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, the reason why it has never fallen behind in the confrontation with the Turks lies in two people.

One is the eldest grandson Cheng, and the other is Pei Ju.

Pei Ju's resourcefulness is high, and in today's court, he doesn't think secondly.