Xiahezhai is a city of thousands of households.

In the evening of this day, Dai Jingbin of 100 households came out of the official hall of 1000 households, and walked on the streets and alleys in a depressed mood, the cold wind blew on his face, as if he was slapped on the face, which made Dai Jingbin, who was already in a bad mood, even more resentful, so he was ready to find a wine shop to relax.

During this time, Dai Jingbin was in a very bad mood, first received the news that the Xu family was destroyed, Liu Dayu and others were killed, and then Wang Weizhen, the official of the Wangjiazhuang management team, sent someone to send a report, saying that the Xu family colluded with thieves to attack the Huangshan pier, the wind volcano pier and the sand ditch pier, and killed the chief flag officer of the three chimney piers, who can believe such nonsense? You must know that the head of the Huangshan Dunjia is Liu Dayu, who is the nephew of the old lady of the Xu family!

What is the specific situation, Dai Jingbin can figure it out even if he thinks with his feet, it must be Wang Weizhen who united with Liu Yan, the head of Dapan Fort, and the two joined forces to destroy the Xu family, Liu Dayu and others!

But it was such a ridiculous report, except for Dai Jingbin, everyone in the entire Qianhu Office of Xiahezhai believed it, and the defensive officer Zhang Hailin received the news that "the officers and soldiers of Dapanbao and other places have been summoned to attack, and the thieves and bandits have been exterminated, and all parts of Wangjiazhuang are now stable", and Dai Jingbin was even more irritable after learning about it.

"Humph!"

Dai Jingbin frowned and walked down the street, looked up and saw a wine shop, only to see that there were not many diners inside, so he walked in, shouted loudly to the shopkeeper, asked for a few snacks, and a jar of spirits, found a place to the side, and drank by himself.

"Didn't you just accept the deed sent by Wang Weizhen, those are the Xu family's property, they are stolen goods, and the thousands of households have actually received it with peace of mind, and a group of them has been divided up amicably, and the defense lord also praised Wang Weizhen with a righteous face, what a big joke!"

At this time, Dai Jingbin may have forgotten that when he was in the same stream with Liu Dayu and others before, wasn't it just to carve up Liu Yan's industry and family wealth? Now that he was just defeated by Liu Yan in turn, he began to get angry in his heart.

Dai Jingbin drank alone for a while, and when he looked up, he saw a person walking in the alley, who was a small flag official in the Qianhu Official Hall.

This person's surname is Yan, and he is a small flag official with a bookcase next to the defensive officer Zhang Hailin, Dai Jingbin gave Yan Xiaoqi two taels of silver two days ago, and asked him to inquire about the news in the official hall of a thousand households, and the two made an appointment to meet in the wine shop in the city every evening.

At this time, I saw Yan Xiaoqi enter the wine shop, looked left and right, and saw Dai Jingbin sitting inside, immediately clapped his hands and laughed, strode over, and said in a low voice: "I said Dai Baihu, the wine shop you are looking for is really hard to find, why not in the wine shop we often go to, today I looked for three stores in a row to find it, and I was so cold that I almost passed out!" ”

Dai Jingbin frowned slightly, and said impatiently: "Don't talk nonsense!" What is the situation in the Qianhu Official Hall now, and what is the plan of the defense officer for the matter of Mrs. Xu of Wangjiazhuang? ”

"Huh,"

Yan Xiaoqi smiled and said, "What else can I plan?" Dai Baihu, you are also in the official hall every day, don't you know? Now no one in the official hall cares about the life or death of the old lady of the Xu family, anyway, the industry sent by Wang Weizhen, the official of the management team, has already been handed down, and the people above the small flag official in the thousands of official halls have more or less a share of profits, which is enough! ”

Obviously, this Yan Xiaoqi also received silver, even if it is not much, it is enough to seal it. So Yan Xiaoqi took out these painless and itchy news, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Dai Jingbin, and then stared at the table of wine and food, and his two eyes kept sweeping around.

After listening, Dai Jingbin frowned, his face was very entangled, but he still sighed after a long time.

After all, the Xu family and Liu Dayu are not related to themselves, but they have had a friendship for many years, and the two of them have sent silver to Dai Jingbin every year.

Now that the Xu family is destroyed, Liu Dayu is also dead, and Dai Jingbin's financial road is also broken, and now that he has no friendship, Dai Jingbin is thinking about pushing the people of the thousands of official halls, and wants to find trouble with Wang Weizhen and Liu Yan, and let out a bad breath.

But after some temptation, Dai Jingbin found that he couldn't push the people in the thousands of households with his own energy, and now although he was unwilling, he could only die, and wait until the future to find an opportunity to vent his evil anger.

So Dai Jingbin got up and looked at Yan Xiaoqi and said, "Okay, I'm fine." But remember, the two of us haven't met today! ”

After speaking, Dai Jingbin left the money for the wine and food, as well as a table of wine and food that had not been moved much, and left directly, leaving only Yan Xiaoqi to accept the money with a smile, and continue to eat and drink beautifully.

Almost at the same time, Wang Weizhen, the officer of the management team, had already issued a formal order to all the tunbao and chimney dun, so that the dun army everywhere immediately began to assemble, and the assembly of all units was limited to two days, and they went to Wangjiazhuang to converge and prepare to send troops to suppress the bandits.

Wang Weizhen also deliberately asked the chief flag officer Jia Hongyu to personally run a trip, a Dapan Fort, a Huangshan pier, the chief flag officer Liu Yan and the chief flag officer Shen Tuo must send the main force to come, these two are the two main generals in Wang Weizhen's heart, and Liu Yan and Shen Tuo are indispensable to send troops to suppress bandits.

In Dapan Fort, after Liu Yan received the order personally sent by Jia Hongyu, the chief flag officer, he immediately ordered Zhang Yiqi to remain stationed in the salt drying field and continue to step up the production of sea salt, Chen Xunqi to garrison the military tun and continue to supervise the reclamation matters, and the personal guard flag led by Miao Shao was stationed in Dapanbao.

Liu Yan ordered the small banner officers Xu Ming, Wang Bo, and Wang Yue to gather men and prepare to lead the three banner armies to set off for Wangjiazhuang.

In the evening of the same day, Liu Yan ordered the slaughter of sheep and preparation of wine, to reward the three banners of the dun army, more than 100 soldiers of the three banners of the dun army returned happy, after eating and drinking, they fell asleep early, and they will assemble and set off in the early morning tomorrow.

The small flag officials Wang Yue, Wang Bo, and Xu Ming rushed to the General Flag Office together after settling the soldiers of each department, and Liu Yan was going to convene a pre-war meeting before leaving. When Wang Yue, Wang Bo, and Xu Ming rushed to the main room of the General Flag Office, Chen Xun and Zhang Yi had already rushed back, and Miao Shao was also waiting here.

Liu Yan washed his face, then changed into civilian clothes and came to the main room where several people were waiting.

"I'm going to Wangjiazhuang tomorrow, and I have to tell you some things in advance."

The six of them straightened up and listened quietly.

"Now that the Xu family and Liu Dayu have been destroyed, we can focus on development, the production of sea salt in the salt drying field, and the reclamation of the Juntun side, we must pay more attention. Before freezing in winter, the salt drying field should hoard 18,000 catties of sea salt for sale in winter, and at least 2,000 acres of cultivated land should be reclaimed on the Juntun side. ”

Chen Xun and Zhang Yi hugged their fists to lead the life.

"The output of the soap workshop is already very high, and now the monthly income is more than 3,000 taels, which is already very good. I'm also very relieved on the side of Dapan Fort, but these days when I led my troops to attack, I wanted to carve out a place in the fort and recruit some craftsmen to build a courtyard. ”

Miao Shao asked: "Dare to ask Chief A, do you have any specific requirements for this courtyard, is it a residence or a workshop?" ”

Liu Yan immediately took out a sketch, handed it to Miao Shao and said: "Roughly according to this sketch, this courtyard will be used as a winery in the future, I have some involvement in it, you should pay attention to it when recruiting craftsmen, only let the craftsmen build according to the drawings, don't ask any questions, understand?" ”

Miao Shao received the order.

At this moment, Zhao Min braved the cold wind of the night to rush to the door of the main house, Liu Yan greeted him with a smile and said, "Is Lord Zhao late?" ”

Zhao Min rubbed his hands and said: "Some things have been delayed by the subordinates, and the amount of newly reclaimed cultivated land is a little different, and the subordinates have checked it again, and they rushed over after they have figured it out." ”

Liu Yan asked Chen Xun to bring a cup of hot tea, and Zhao Min thanked him and drank it, which instantly warmed up a lot.

"Director Zhao should pay attention to rest, some things are not too anxious, so don't be too tired."

Zhao Min clenched his fists and said: "Captain A values me so much, and he handed over all the money, food, and documents in the castle to me to handle, and his subordinates are very grateful in their hearts, and they dare not have the slightest neglect." It's just staying up late, although the subordinates are literati who can't compare to the little flag officials, but they can also hold on. ”

After speaking, Zhao Min sat down and looked at Liu Yan with a straight face.

Liu Yan sighed slightly, this Zhao Min is good at everything, capable and responsible, but he is too stubborn, which is a good thing, but sometimes it is too ......

Liu Yan didn't think about it anymore, but he just planned to promote Zhao Min in the future, so as not to exhaust this good subordinate.

So Liu Yan continued: "Director Zhao also prepares, tomorrow the soldiers of the Three Banners will go out, and each person will be equipped with five days of rations and drinking water, and another thousand taels of silver will be prepared as a reward and bereavement after the war. ”

Zhao Min clenched his fists and said: "Captain A, rest assured, the rations and drinking water have been prepared, and his subordinates have already packed two hundred rations in cloth bags, all of which are for five days. As for drinking water, it is prepared with water bladders, each water bladder can provide each soldier for three days, and then his subordinates can prepare another 100 water bladders. ”

"As for the silver, my subordinates will take it out tomorrow and prepare it for the return of the first chief."

Liu Yan nodded a few words of approval, and then thought of the water bladder mentioned by Zhao Min, if the requisition is good this time, this water bladder can be used as a subordinate equipment for the Dapan Fort Army in the future, and it will be fully promoted in the army in the future.

"After the expedition, the small flag officer Wang Yue and the small flag officer Wang Bo acted with me, and the soldiers led by the small flag officer Xu Ming were used as cavalry, and the intelligence investigation of this expedition was the responsibility of the management team, so we don't have to pay attention to it."

Xu Ming was a little reluctant when he heard this, and said: "What does Captain A mean, his subordinates just don't collect flags at night, how can the investigation be handed over to others, what if the investigation is not good on the side of the management team?" ”

Liu Yan said: "This is also what the master of the management team means, I estimate that the master of the management team handed over the investigation to Shen Tuo, the new head of Huangshandun." ”

The promotion of Shen Tuo to the head of Huangshan Dunjia has spread all over Wangjiazhuang, which shows Wang Weizhen's intention to support Shen Tuo.

This time to send troops to suppress bandits, although Liu Yan and Wang Weizhen discussed in advance, in order to block the mouths of the officials of the Qianhu Institute in Xiahezhai, after all, this Xu family's affairs are related to bandits, and Wang Weizhen, as the management officer of Wangjiazhuang, must take action.

Therefore, although this crackdown on bandits is a formality, it is necessary to make some achievements, Shen Tuo is in charge of the sentinel of the hundred households, and it is almost certain that he has made great contributions after the war.

Xu Ming frowned slightly when he heard this, although he was not very convinced by Shen Tuo, but he didn't say anything at this time, and sat back angrily.

"Okay, the matter has been made clear, you should go back and rest early, tomorrow in the early hours of the morning, the soldiers of the Three Banners will bury the pot and make rice, and set off with me to Wangjiazhuang in half an hour."

"Yes!"