After the details of inviting Lu Shen to Shazhou were agreed, the heads of the various departments left one after another.

Hardy, the head of the Jinchuan tribe, deliberately stayed at the end, and after the others left, he came to Luo Yaozong's side and whispered: "Brother Luo, what I told you last time, I don't know if you are interested in doing it together?" ”

Luo Yaozong glanced at him quietly, and his tone was very tactful: "What those merchants want is the medicinal herbs and logs of your Jinchuan Tribe, and the Yalong Department doesn't have these good things. Even if I'm interested, the Yalong Ministry can't get those treasures, can I still get silver for nothing? ”

Hardy smiled: "Don't hide it from Brother Luo, judging from the contact during this time, the people from the north have a great appetite, and once the negotiation is completed, it will be endless snowflakes of silver." In the past, everyone was poor, and the life of the Jinchuan Department was better but limited, and everyone complained a few words at most. But now that there is such an opportunity in front of me, I really don't want to miss it, and I'm afraid that other people will be blushing and thinking crookedly, so I want to find Brother Luo to do it together. You Yalong Ministry don't need to come out of anything, as long as you support our Jinchuan Department at a critical time. ”

Luo Yaozong quipped: "Lao Ha, I didn't expect you to trust me so much." ”

Hardy was full of admiration and said: "In the land of Shazhou, even if I can't trust everyone, I can definitely trust Brother Luo." ”

Luo Yaozong was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Lao Ha, we have been friends for decades, and there is no need to hide some words. Tell me the truth, are you from the north from Jingren? ”

"Of course not! I asked them where they came from, and it was two big businesses in Yan Kingdom who joined forces to buy them. ”

Hardy denied it categorically, and said, "Brother Luo, what if you take 10,000 steps back and say that you are really Jingren?" The valuable things in Shazhou are those, no matter who they sell to, the silver in exchange is distributed to the clansmen, regardless of whether he is a Qi person, a Yan person, a Jing person or a merchant on behalf of the country, in the end, what is the difference? ”

Luo Yaozong smiled, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "If it's just business, it naturally makes no difference, but I'm worried that the other party wants more than just those goods." ”

Hardy looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, brother, I'm not a little doll who hasn't seen the world." Until now, no one from the north has ever entered Asuka Pass, and every time I send someone to talk to them outside the gate. ”

"You've got it all figured out."

Luo Yaozong thought for a while, and then said: "There is no need to worry about this matter, it is best to find out the details of the other party first." As for whether the two of us will cooperate, I will wait for me to discuss it with the clan elders. ”

Hardy could tell that his words had loosened, and he left satisfied, with a smile on his face.

Luo Yaozong turned around and returned to the house, and saw Luo Jiujiu's expression a little solemn, so he said gently: "Only sincerity can move people's hearts, if Qi Guo wants to repair relations with Shazhou, that Shanyang Marquis must go in person." ”

Luo Jiujiu said: "Abba, I understand this truth, but I am a little worried. ”

"What are you worried about?"

"Shen Min has always wanted to take Abba's place, and he wants to make the Tieyang Department the most powerful tribe in Shazhou, and what he has done secretly over the years, Abba doesn't know. If Lu Shen came to Shazhou if it was proposed by someone else, I wouldn't think about it, but this was Shen Min's proposal, and I think he must have hidden bad intentions. ”

"Bad heart?"

"In case Lu Shen has an accident in Shazhou, the Emperor of Qi will definitely not give up, and then Shen Min can put this responsibility on the head of the Yalong Department and Abba, and then unite the other five departments to force Abba to hand over the power of the proceedings!"

The so-called power of deliberation refers to the practice formed by the seven departments of Shazhou for hundreds of years, that is, the head meeting held by Luo Yaozong today.

In normal times, the affairs of the seven ministries are decided by the heads of each department, and if there is a major event that affects the entire Shazhou, the head of the Yalong department has the right to convene all departments to discuss countermeasures.

Although Luo Yaozong can't make a decision, he does benefit a lot from this power, and the fact that the Yalong Department can occupy the best land in Shazhou also has a certain relationship with this.

Hearing Luo Jiujiu's words, Luo Yaozong was slightly moved, and said: "I thought you were just worried about the safety of Shanyang Hou, but I didn't expect you to think deeper, and I really haven't hurt you in vain all these years." But don't worry, I know the internal affairs of Shazhou, you can just let people tell Shanyang Hou the news. ”

Luo Jiujiu knew that his father had made a decision, thought about it and said, "In that case, I will personally go to Chengzhou." ”

Luo Yaozong didn't stop him, but only advised: "Pay attention to safety." ”

……

Chengzhou, Qingjiang Fucheng.

Qu Gongze and Tong Shiyuan finally met the legendary Lord Qincha.

In the main hall of Xingyuan, the two high-ranking officials who held the military and political power in Chengzhou sat respectfully, listening to the instructions of the young prince.

“…… Before leaving Beijing this time, His Majesty specially explained that Chengdu needs to maintain stability. ”

Lu Shen's words made the two of them feel at ease, he looked at the file in his hand, and continued: "Metropolitan Governor, the shortage of the four armies in Chengdu is a bit serious. ”

Tong Shiyuan immediately got up and said in a panic: "Poor manner, when Hou Yu was the governor of Chengzhou, he only valued the two armies of Qingjiang and Youlong, and ignored the two armies of Bolu and Anhua, and connived at the generals below to eat empty salaries, and he took the most benefits himself. Of course, the lower officials are also at fault, although they did not directly participate in it, they also received some benefits, and they have not reported Hou Yu to the imperial court, which is the crime of the lower officials! After Xia Guan took charge of the Chengzhou Governor's Mansion, he made some adjustments to the four armies, so that the strength of each army was roughly the same, but it was indeed impossible to make up all the shortages in time. ”

Lu Shen's eyes raised slightly, this person was so honest, but he was a little surprised.

He put the file on the table and said indifferently: "Your Majesty ordered me to inspect the border, mainly to solve the problems existing in the border army. In this way, the governor of Laodu re-registered, and the armies maintained their existing strength, and sent them to the capital in writing, and recorded them in the Military Yuan. The previous problems can be put on hold for the time being, but from today onwards, the Chengzhou Governor's Office must get rid of its previous problems. If someone recidives, then the new account and the old account will be counted together. ”

Tong Shiyuan swallowed his saliva, nervously and fortunately, and said, "Obey the orders of the superiors!" ”

Lu Shen motioned for him to sit down, then looked at Qu Gongze and said, "Master Qu, Ben Hou has something I want to ask you for help. ”

Qu Gong replied respectfully: "Please give orders." ”

Lu Shen said a few words briefly, and Qu Gong said with a little surprise: "Could it be that the upper errand plans to use soldiers?" ”

Before Lu Shen came to Chengzhou, Qu Gongze and Tong Shiyuan discussed it privately a few times, thinking that the young prince probably had two errands, one was to deal with Chengzhou's hand tail for the Son of Heaven, and the other was to try to repair the relationship with the Shazhou Seventh Division.

Now hearing that Lu Shen asked him to raise food, grass and military salaries, Qu Gong was inevitably stunned, but as soon as the words came out, he noticed that something was wrong, and quickly changed his words: "The lower officials are too talkative." Please rest assured that the Chengzhou Thorn Mansion will definitely do its best to complete the entrustment of the errand. ”

These two people are so knowledgeable and interesting, but they saved Lu Shen a lot of effort.

After chatting for a while, the two got up to say goodbye, but Lu Shen didn't stay, but just politely declined their reception banquet.

Although the Assassin Shi and the Metropolitan Governor are both prominent official positions, compared with the series of titles in front of Lu Shen's name, they are obviously not weighty enough, so the two of them do not dare to force it.

Lu Shen returned to the inner study, where an acquaintance had been waiting for a long time.

He looked at the man in his thirties who was not amazing, and smiled: "Yin Jianxiao, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Yin Shangfu couldn't help but think of the first meeting in Heluo City two years ago, when Lu Shen was only a lieutenant of the Huaizhou Governor's Mansion, and he was the person in charge of the Warp Weaving Division in Heluo City. He witnessed Lu Shen stirring up the storm in Heluo City, and used the death of Chen Jingtang's father and son to give Yanjing a headache, and later participated in the world-famous Battle of Heluo.

Time has passed, and now he is the new Chengzhou inspector of the Warp Weaving Division, and the young man opposite is soaring into the sky, proudly standing in the inner circle of the Great Qi Imperial Court.

Yin Shangfu naturally would not be jealous, on the contrary, without the appearance of Lu Shen, he would probably have been dormant in Heluo City for decades, how could he have a chance to successfully rank among the four major inspection schools of the Warp Weaving Division?

As soon as he thought of this, he saluted extremely respectfully and said, "Your Majesty will meet Master Hou!" ”

Lu Shen said: "You and I are old acquaintances, so you don't have to be polite, let's get down to business." ”

"Yes, Master Hou."

Yin Shangfu responded, and then said unhurriedly: "According to the latest internal secret report received from the Warp Weaving Division, the situation in Jiangbei has suddenly become tense. Since October, the Puppet Yan Prosecutor's Office and the army have set up checkpoints on various major roads, from the north of Dingzhou in the east, to the North Puppet Yanjiang Road in the west, and even to the Henan Road in the west of Baotai Mountain. Moreover, the control in Heluo City has become more and more stringent, and our brothers can only lurk, unable to deliver news as usual. ”

Lu Shen's eyes condensed slightly, and he said slowly: "In other words, now our connection with the north has been cut off?" ”

Yin Shangfu nodded and said, "Yes." Through the analysis of the Jingzhou Ye Inspection School and the Huaizhou Su Inspection School, the pseudo-Yan suddenly did this because the war was coming. In the past few years of war, the Yan army has suffered many losses in intelligence, and they obviously do not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

"Yan Jun ......"

Lu Shen repeated these two words, slowly walked to the side of the big case, looked at the map tiled on it, remembered the situation of the secret agent with Wang Shidao in Heluo City, and said in a deep voice: "This is not the handwriting of the pseudo-Yan officials or even the prosecutor's office. ”

Yin Shangfu didn't understand why he was so sure, but thinking of Lu Shen's exploits and feats, he couldn't doubt his judgment in his heart, and asked, "Could it be that the nobles of Jinglian did it?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, Qing Yugong took action himself."

Lu Shen looked at the vast world north of the Hengjiang River on the map, and then said: "You prepare, I may have to go to Shazhou during this time." ”

Yin Shangfu was stunned for a moment.

This topic is too jumpy, just now I was discussing the situation on the border of Yanqi, and in a blink of an eye, I jumped to Shazhou Seventh Division.

Yin Shangfu knew that the most important task of Lu Shen's westward trip was to solve the hidden dangers on the border of Chengdu, but he couldn't understand the relationship between going to Shazhou and the overall situation of Jiangbei.

Could it be that he wants to solve the problem in Shazhou as soon as possible, and then go north to lead the border army to deal with a strong enemy?

Yin Shangfu felt that this was the most likely, so he immediately lowered his head and said, "Yes, the lower official will arrange it immediately." ”

After he retreated, Lu Shen still looked at the map on the table.

From the distant Baotai Mountain, to the south to return to Dingzhou under the rule of the Great Qi, to the vast area of Huaizhou, and then through the inaccessible Shuangfeng Mountains to Jingzhou Pingyang Prefecture.

His gaze continued to the southwest, landing on Chengzhou in the west of the Yangtze River, and Shazhou, which was only separated by a cloud ridge.

After pondering for a long time, Lu Shen's face appeared in Qing Yu Huaijin's mind, and he whispered to himself, "Where does your father want to start?" ”

(End of chapter)