The official government of the capital posted an announcement that the land next to the highway post station was rented, and if you were interested, you could go to Jingzhao Yin Yamen to negotiate.

This is also a bidding in disguise, but it is not a clear way, and the decision to let the prince win the bid is completely up to the prince in charge of this matter.

Many people in the capital are excited, including many wealthy businessmen and families.

Why did they actively move back to the capital even if the property in Gyeonggi was to be repurchased after the imperial court successfully suppressed the rebellion?

One of them is to look for business opportunities in the capital, and now that a profitable business opportunity is in front of them, how can they not be impressed?

Li Houping has a small asset in the capital, and he doesn't want to give up this rare business opportunity.

After waiting in the gatehouse for an hour, it was finally his turn to enter the yamen and saw Chang Lu, who was in charge of this matter, and Chang Lu was the personal servant of His Royal Highness the Prince.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent his personal servants here, which shows that he attaches great importance to this matter.

"Li Houping, a grass man, has seen an adult, this is Changmin's household registration, you can check it."

Changlu took his household registration, "Okay, please take a seat." ”

Li Houping answered twice, let him sit He really didn't dare to sit, in his decades of life experience, if you go to the yamen to do business, which time can you meet the chief official smoothly, you didn't let you run three or five times, or even a few months to get things done.

This was the first time he had met an approachable official, and he did not scold, despise, or fool him.

Changlu checked his household registration, and when he looked up, he saw that he was still standing aside, and joked with a smile: "Don't stand, sit, feel free, I'm not a Longtan tiger's den here, and I don't eat people!" ”

"Hey, the grass people are sitting here, sitting here." Before Li Houping sat down, he put the gift in his hand on the table and pushed it in front of Changlu, and said cautiously: "A small gift is not a respect, I hope you don't dislike it." ”

Changlu pushed the gift away with a smile, and saw that Li Houping's face turned white, and hurriedly explained: "I came here to do business, on behalf of His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is doing things for the people, how can you accept everyone's gifts, if you can afford His Royal Highness the Prince, you will bring the gifts back as well." ”

Li Houping laughed more ugly than crying, and pushed the gift over again, "It's really a little bit of grass people's heart, I hope you don't dislike it, just accept it." ”

Changlu saw that the other party didn't believe it, and couldn't cry or laugh: "If I accept your gift today, I am discrediting His Royal Highness the Prince, you won't want to trap me in injustice, right?" ”

Li Houping was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand, "The grass people don't dare!" ”

"It's okay if you don't dare, okay, you come here to do something, let's talk about something, don't fix these crooked doors, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince values strength and loyalty the most, not a gift!"

Changlu followed Li Chengmu's side to fight in the south and the north, and the momentum on his body was a lot stronger, and he really had a bit of official authority in his posture.

Seeing Changlu's serious face this time, Li Houping didn't dare to push anymore, and waved his hand: "Don't dare, don't dare, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is admired by all the people, and it is too late for the grass people to admire." ”

Changlu glanced at him, and his gaze fell on his household registration, "Those who have come here to find me in the past few days are all trying to fight for the land next to the post station, and you are the same?" ”

"Yes, my lord, the grass people have a family handicraft, and they want to rent a piece of land next to the post station and open a restaurant to serve the travelers from the south to the north."

Changlu let out a faint "oh", "Your Li family heard that you can move back to the capital, you should be the first to move back to the capital." ”

Li Houping was taken aback when he heard this, and asked, "Everyone knows about this?" ”

Changlu listened to his words and laughed: "Your Li family is the first batch of people to move back, which shows that you trust the ability of the queen mother and Her Royal Highness the crown prince, and you can be regarded as a good fate." ”

As he spoke, Changlu put a table in front of him, "Since you want to compete, fill in this form first, and if the land is given to you, you have to pay a deposit of 10,000 taels." ”

"Ten thousand taels." Li Houping's hand shook, the ink dripped onto the form, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly rolled up his sleeves to wipe it, but the more the ink was wiped, the more polluted the area became.

"This, this, this"

Nagasu shook his head and gave him another form.

After Li Houping thanked him for his kindness, he calmed down and filled in this form.

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After a long journey, he finished his day's work, returned to the palace, and gave the day's materials to Li Chengmu.

Li Chengmu roughly browsed it, put down the information in his hand and said: "This post station rental, first of all, we must eliminate the powerful family and leave the opportunity to small and medium-sized merchants." However, when you receive them in the yamen, don't exclude them, let them fill in the form as usual, and the information of these people will be used. ”

"The little one is written down."

Besides, Li Houping, who returned home after filling out the form, as soon as he entered the door, the other brothers in the family hurriedly greeted him.

The second child of the Li family paid attention to the gift that Li Houping was carrying, and sighed in his heart, "Big brother, how are things going?" Does the government say we have a chance? ”

Li Houping walked in over the threshold, casually stuffed the gift in his hand into the arms of his second brother, and waited for him to sit down and take a sip of tea before saying: "Today's work is going well, and the form has been filled, as for whether we will be selected, it depends on the will of God." ”

The third elder of the Li family pointed to the gift in the second child's arms, "Big brother, you didn't give the gift, can this be done?" ”

Speaking of this, Li Houping shook his head: "Now that the wind direction of the yamen has changed, I can't give out the gifts, I want to send them, but the adults won't accept them, what can I do?" ”

"Don't think our gifts are not high-grade enough, right?" The second child of the Li family said worriedly.

Although it is a good phenomenon that officialdom does not accept gifts, Li Houping is very unsuitable for the current situation of officialdom.

You said that when you wanted to give gifts when you were doing things, you scolded the corrupt officials, but now that the officials don't accept gifts, he begins to worry again, do you think this person lives a very contradictory life?

"I don't think so, the merchant in front of me didn't accept the gift."

"This" The rest of the Li family looked at each other, and they couldn't figure out the official's pulse for a while, what does this mean?

Li Houping put down the teacup and said: "Don't think about it, can this matter fall on our heads to see the will of God, if you choose us, you must pay a deposit of 10,000 taels, what do you think about this?" ”

10,000 taels of deposit, for the Li family before the capital was moved, can be easily taken out, but today's Li family is not as good as before.

"10,000 taels of deposit, we gritted our teeth, we can still make it up, now the main thing is whether the government will choose us, after all, compared with the powerful family, we don't have any connections." The second child of the Li family said truthfully, and in the end, he couldn't help but look a little depressed.

High-quality connections are not something that middle- and low-level merchants like them can touch.

"It's man-made, we just do our best, some things can't be forced, everyone disperses." Li Houping waved everyone back to rest, and it was useless to discuss it now.

The land lease of the post station is carried out in secret, and there will be no results for the time being, but the excitement of the capital has never stopped.

Today is a big day for a group of soldiers and horses from the Gyeonggi battalion to go to the border, and the people of the capital got the news early and spontaneously came to the city gate Shili Pavilion to see them off.

Even though the sun was hanging overhead, it was biting cold because it was already winter and the cold wind was blowing.

The people saw them off in the cold wind, everyone was crowded on both sides of the road, and there were people all around, and the lively scene made everyone seem to forget the cold.

Some people who are flexible and business-minded take out what they have prepared in advance.

"Peanuts and melon seeds and oil cakes, everyone is waiting while eating!"

"Eggs, salted eggs, quail eggs, delicious and nutritious!"

"Coarse tea, black tea, big bowl of tea, just one penny and one bowl!"

Among the people who saw them off, there was a group of people who were particularly conspicuous in their costumes, all wearing sheep jackets on this cold day, and they were the Beidi herdsmen who had moved back to the Gyeonggi region.

Now the life in the capital is more comfortable than in the grassland, they not only hope that the imperial court soldiers and horses can win the battle, but also worry that the people of the grassland will be harmed.

"Chaolu, I'm afraid it's snowing on the grassland, do you think the Great Khan will lead the iron cavalry to rush the pass?"

"Buhe, now that we are the people of Dayu, we still don't care about the affairs of the grassland, just live our own lives with peace of mind."

"You're still right, Chaolu, you care too much about the grassland, if you let the government know, they will suspect that we are in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and I will pay attention when we go out to talk in the future."

"I don't blame you, I don't want to care about the Beidi nobles, the herdsmen of the grassland are living too hard, I just hope that the herdsmen of other tribes can be as lucky as us, become the people of Dayu, and live a stable life."

"I Buhe also hope so, Meng and Bayar were targeted by the leader's younger brother in their tribe, I don't know what his current situation is, I just hope that he can join the imperial court this time, and then enter the Central Plains to join us, and everyone will live a stable life together."

In fact, the grassland herdsmen are very envious of the life of the people in the Central Plains, who do not have to migrate with the water and grass, and live a stable life.

The herdsmen in the cold wind, but they don't know that they are also the objects of envy in the eyes of others.

"This group of Beidi herdsmen live a better life than us, with enough food and clothing, and a comfortable winter."

"Don't talk nonsense, they are not Beidi people now, they are the people of our Dayu, don't let the people in the government hear what you say, otherwise they will be punished."

"I'm just saying it casually, don't take it seriously! Alas, you say that the woolen jackets they wear must be warm, how much silver do they need? ”

"That time I went into the leather shop and asked, it seemed that it cost five taels of silver a piece, and if I wanted to extend the model, I needed to add two taels."

"Shhh Can't afford it!

Let's talk about the Gyeonggi battalion, the whole army is ready to go.

Xia Jing walked up to Long Yutian and solemnly admonished: "Uncle, this time the 100,000 soldiers and horses will be delivered to you, I wish you a successful start and return as soon as possible!" ”

Long Yutian hugged his fist to Xia Jing, "The last general will not disgrace his mission and live up to his mother's high expectations, the day of the return of the king is when Beidi is destroyed!" ”

"Good! I'm sure Uncle can do it! ”

Xia Jing walked past Long Yutian and stopped beside Zhu Wei and Zhenghe, "This border trip is a rare opportunity for you to make meritorious contributions, seize it!" But I don't want you to rush for quick success, take your soldiers and horses on adventures, and remember to guard against arrogance and rashness when fighting outside! ”

"The last general will remember the teachings of the mother and dare not forget!" Zhu Wei and Zhenghe hugged their fists.

Xia Jing nodded, she had nothing to explain, let Li Chengmu say a few words to the soldiers of the whole army, boost morale, and the army could be mobilized!

The pacification of the north is very important for the Yu Dynasty.

Dayu is in ruins, and the threat of Beidi must be removed, otherwise, the Great Wall will never be peaceful.

The army is open, and the cavalry of Dayu is at the forefront, the war horse with strong limbs, the pace in front is uniform, and the momentum is like a rainbow.

When passing through the Ten Mile Pavilion, the first thing the people saw was also the majestic Dayu Iron Horse, the horse's hooves stepped on the cement highway to make a rhythmic hoof sound, and the 20,000 horses converged into one of the most inspiring songs.

The people who had been waiting on both sides of the highway all morning were shocked to see this scene, and their cheeks were red with excitement and their blood boiled when they saw such a mighty and domineering cavalry.

The cavalry seemed to be infected by the people, holding their heads high and walking more rhythmically on their horses. The people responded with even more excited shouts!

The people saw the artillery company following the cavalry again, and looked at the steel cannons, and the people were even more excited.

It was late October, and the bitter cold had spread from north to south, and the north wind was howling and blowing head-on, and the air exhaled by the soldiers had turned into mist.

When the horse-drawn carriages on the Jingtong Highway saw the cavalry catching up, they all drove the carriages to the side of the road and parked them, allowing the army to go first.

Ji Jingming's carriage also stopped on the side of the road, lifted the curtain, looked at the horses whistling in front of him, and shook him back into the carriage.

"Such a royal teacher, the day of the north is just around the corner!"

Xiao Wu looked at the endless stream of cavalry and said: "This time to support the border and send so many cavalry, it seems that the imperial court has lost patience with Beidi and wants to take revenge!" ”

Think about back then, Beidi attacked the Gyeonggi region, causing the imperial court to move south in a hurry, how big the loss was!

Now that the power has returned and the civil strife has calmed down, it's time to clean up the Beidi gang of aliens.

Ji Jingming stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I hope that when we return to the capital, we can eat mutton and lamb chops from the grassland again." ”

"Are you reminiscing about the taste of roast lamb again?" The little guy swallowed the saliva secreted, "Master Wang is out of the horse, and the horse is successful!" Ye will be able to eat roasted whole sheep from the grassland during the Chinese New Year this year! ”

Ji Jing understood the little guy at a glance, "I want to eat roasted whole sheep, I want to be beautiful!" If you can't complete the task assigned by the mother this time, there will be no wool! ”

All the carriages stopped for an hour as they passed, and when they were on the road again, the coachman who was sitting in front of the carriage was almost freezing.

At Yanmen Pass, in the General Army's Mansion, important generals are holding a military meeting.

After the autumn harvest in Beidi, small groups of soldiers and horses often committed borders, but their purpose of fighting the grass valley was not achieved, and they refused to retreat.

A few days ago, Killing Tiger Mouth was attacked by Beidi's madness, causing this pass to almost be lost.

Cong Guanglei, the chief soldier of Yanmen Pass, has always envied the Jiliao general soldier in Jizhou, he has accepted the test of the queen's mother, and he has also contributed to the fight against Beidi, and now his position is stable.

And he, the chief soldier of Yanmen Pass, has never had a chance.

Before the autumn harvest, the queen gave him an order to defend strictly along the Great Wall of Bingzhou, and not to give Beidi a chance.

But this time the tiger almost fell into the hands of Beidi, and he was so scared that half of his life was confessed.

"Generals, this year, the caravan has been blocked from entering Beidi, and Beidi's grain reserves are insufficient, so they will definitely rush to the pass at all costs to grab grain. Now I don't know which pass Beidi will focus on, what good advice do you have? ”

(End of chapter)