Zhao Xiong smiled and thought in his heart: "Zhao Ji Department Store wants to monopolize the purchase and sale of tea within a radius of dozens of miles from the Grand Canal, and he still has to visit many people.

The most important of them is that the Xunbing Yamen Zhang General, without him, the Xunbing Yamen is blocking the road on the Grand Canal and checking, and if one is not good, there will be conflicts. ”

He waved his hand and said, "You should share your dividends, and I will ask someone to send them to the Xunbing Yamen every month!" ”

Mr. Zhang said with a smile: "No, this tea is too expensive!" He took a sip and smashed it: "But it's really fragrant!"

In the brewing of tea, the two of them quietly completed a transaction.

Zhang Bo watched Zhao Xiongting making tea there leisurely, and thought:

"After Zhao Xiong kept filial piety, he matured, and when the old Zhao Tong was there, he didn't like to make tea all day long, but now he is enjoying himself, it's really strange!"

Zhao Xiong, who was making tea in a low voice, suddenly said:

"Brother Lide (Zhang Jiang's general cousin), I heard that your Xunbing Yamen and Li Hai inspected all the festivals.

Last month, your military household came to my Zhao Ji Pharmacy to get medicine, and I don't know why, but it was so desolate to give the inspection yamen officials! ”

Mr. Zhang smiled and said:

"Xiongye, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, feng shui in turn, this year to my house!

He Lehi is not a thing, after he also served as the deputy inspector of the inspection office, he did some angry things on the Grand Canal.

It is Li Ge that I introduced to the two adults today, he was born to Lehi's rough maid Xiaocui. that

That little cui saved my wife's life back then, so the son she gave birth to called me godfather. ”

Mr. Zhang said and poured down the wine again:

As a result, Xiaocui killed Lehi, leaving only this child.

You said that the fat pig Li Hai, tiger poison still eats children, if I hadn't secretly taken care of him from time to time, he might not grow up.

It's depressing to think about. ”

Zhao Xiong nodded and said: "I think it has something to do with the second marriage he married, the stepmother is a stepmother after all, and the stepmother also gave birth to a son!" ”

Mr. Zhang laughed: "He Li Hai hung up the night before yesterday, I personally led the troops over to see it yesterday, and the inspection station suffered heavy casualties, it was really miserable!" ”

Zhao Xiong realized that Li Hai's death was probably known to all the officialdom now, but when worshipping today, those officials were very tight.

Zhang always has said:

"I also sent someone to investigate, and the bandits robbed the grain and burned down his granary, but fortunately Lehi died, otherwise it would be such a trouble.

In the officialdom of the Shandong Canal, some people are afraid that they will have to peel off their skin even if they don't die, hehe! ”

Zhao Xiong nodded and added a cup of tea to Mr. Zhang.

Mr. Zhang smiled and drank tea and continued: "I estimate that there must be action on it, who made Hanzhuang the throat of the Grand Canal!" ”

Zhao Xiong heard the news of Li Hai's death again, and felt a sense of relief in his heart for no reason, Li Hai died, that is, the 50,000 stone of grain carried to the warehouse the night before 5 had no proof of death!

When I went to Yongping Yicang last night, I realized how much grain there was for 50,000 stones.

On the Hanzhuang Water Street connected to the backyard of Zhao Ji Department Store, on the dam of the Water Street, the endless Hanzhuang Yongping Yicang is neatly arranged.

Yongping Yicang is not as good as a modern granary, but it is not a problem to save a million catties of grain.

The grain storage of the Dakang Dynasty implemented a multi-warehouse system of graded grain storage, which was divided into national granaries and local granaries controlled by the imperial court.

The national granary is "Taicang", which is located in the capital and Tongzhou, with a total of 19 large warehouses.

The central official warehouse is also called the reserve warehouse with the local granary and the government-run standing warehouse, the private community warehouse is also called the righteous warehouse, and the warehouse of each guard and the private granary of each royal palace are both closely related and different.

It is directly related to the grain consumption of the royal family, the payment of hundreds of officials, the salary of the Beijing army and the northern border towns, and the grain of the people of Beijing.

In fact, the rise and fall of the Great Kang Dynasty is closely related to the profits and losses stored in the national granary and the local granary.

After decades of development, the Yongping Yicang in Hanzhuang was actually a package for grain merchants who traveled to and from the Grand Canal.

But there is also a benefit, that is, in order to hoard more food and daily necessities, the merchants have actively expanded Yongping Yicang in the past ten years.

In the Dakang Dynasty, one step is five feet, which is about 1 meter five, and Yongping Yicang is more than 100 steps wide.

It is 110 steps from north to south, nearly 500 meters, more than 300 granaries, and more than 200 storemen. It can store more than 2 million catties of grain.

Zhao Xiong saw the grain piled up in the Yongping No. A warehouse, and only then did he know how many catties there were in 50,000 stones, and the whole was Mishan!

This greatly stimulated Zhao Xiong's possessiveness!

It's like, a bunch of gold ingots, put there for others to take away, this is called Zhao Xiong, how can he not be tempted!

Mr. Zhang, who was drinking and blushing, held a smelling glass in his hand, sniffed and sniffed, and raised his head as if he was drunk or not:

"Master Xiong, can you do something for me, take a closer look!"

Zhao Xiongduan made a gesture of please for the tea, Zhang put down the smelling cup, and said in a low voice:

"Today in the bamboo shed, Dong Yidan, the master of Yixian County, whispered to me when he left, at the end of the year, bandits are rampant!

Plus Lehi was killed by the bandits.

Lehi is dead, and the county magistrate is furious and wants to suppress the bandits! ”

Mr. Zhang paused slightly, looked at Zhao Xiong, and saw that Zhao Xiong was listening carefully to what he said, and couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart.

He also said: "The soldiers in Yixian and the canal are unbearable, and the county magistrate has reported to him that he is going to set up a militia group, and the county plans to recruit 3,000 people

And Hanzhuang also wants to set up a militia group of 500 people, which can deter the bandits! ”

As soon as Zhao Xiong heard about the militia group, he became interested, so he quietly said "um"!

When Mr. Zhang saw that Zhao Xiong didn't react, he muttered in his heart, how old is this Leng Tou Qing, how can he be so calm!

However, a dead horse is a live horse doctor, and Mr. Zhang knows that without Zhao Xiong's nod in Hanzhuang, he can't take advantage of it!

He smiled and said: "To run a militia group, who in our Hanzhuang doesn't know that our Lord Zhao is skilled in the art of war, and his martial arts are the best, so he is the most suitable." ”

"Where, where, it's all kids' stuff!" Zhao Xiong laughed, hitting, haha!

Mr. Zhang sighed again: "It's okay not to talk about this matter, who knew that the official document in the county came down, and it annoyed me to death all afternoon!" ”

"Tell me, what problems you encountered, I'll help you refer to the details!"

Zhao Xiong smiled.

Zhang always felt that the heat was about the same, so he no longer hid it, but said it explicitly.

He looked at Zhao Xiong and said, "I think that if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, suppressing bandits is the most direct way, one way."

If the bandits in Weishan Lake are exterminated, no matter who the officials who destroy the bandits, the court will definitely reward them greatly.

Of course, the suppression of bandits is a major matter, and in order to suppress bandits, there must be soldiers.

Let me make it clear to your brother, there are only 200 old and weak canal soldiers in my yamen, and it is okay to garrison and defend, if the army marches and fights, then God knows! ”