"We?" The guy was at a loss, and said as a matter of course: "We are different from them, we are under the control of the Beiying Xiao Cavalry Army." ”

When it comes to his backer, the guy has more to say.

It's been a long time again, and Lu Xu extracted objective facts from his sincere worship and subjective touting-

As the most important garrison in Shuozhou, Qinglong City is a defensive fortress and a military general.

Although many of the eight families control the land and economy of Qinglong City, each family has to pay protection money to the Xiao Cavalry.

Especially in the past few years, Daqi and the barbarians fought to a fever pitch, the barbarians broke through Qianjiaoling, and the soldiers came to Qinglong City, the former Xiao cavalry general Xin Xinghuai died in battle, and the current general Zhang Chang was ordered to be in danger, and the first thing he did was to forcibly levy food and conscription in Qinglong City, and the main force of the barbarians was dragged for three months, until Li Xiu arrived with his troops and attacked the main force of the barbarians, so as to keep Shuozhou.

Since then, the Xiao cavalry army has been walking sideways in Qinglong City, knocking a large amount of silver grain every year, the imperial court cannot afford to pay silver, and they can still help Li Xiu's northern army, all relying on Qinglong City to eat big households.

In short, they are the experts in collecting protection fees in Blue Dragon City.

What Lu Xu wants to find is such a simple and crude expert, but the family business of the Xiao Cavalry Army is too big, and the whole Qinglong City has to pay them protection money, so Lu Xu will open a small grocery store, can people look at it?

Lu Xu was worried again.

Why don't you go find Chen Lian and hug He Chengye's thighs cheekily?

Thinking of this, Lu Xu was puzzled again, since the Xiao cavalry army was thriving in Qinglong City, Chen Lian and Wu Gang were able to chase a group of bandits across the two counties and all the way to Longxing County, and still drool over his little grain?

You can't pretend to be poor just to deceive him as a small businessman, right?

The family's words are not credible, with his understanding of Chen Lian, they can't afford to be fat, so he should inquire again.

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Lu Xu: It's so troublesome to send money to people, and it's really annoying in big cities.

Chapter 172: Gift-giving

Time is limited, since he wanted to inquire about the Xiao Cavalry, Lu Xu did not look for others, but directly found Chen Lian.

The next day, when he got up, he asked the inn guy to run errands to help him go to the barracks and ask if Chen Lian was there.

This time Chen Lian is here, not only Chen Lian is here, but Wu Gang is also there.

Lu Xu didn't wait long, and the guy came back to inform him to go to the barracks-

Today, Chen Lian is on an errand, and it is not good to look for him outside the camp.

Lu Xu came with wine, meat and gifts.

The Xiao cavalry army is stationed in the northeast corner of Qinglong City, guarding the corner gate, there is a small school field in the city, and when it is inconvenient to practice in the city, it will go out from the corner gate to the big school field of Qinglong Mountain.

On the way to the camp, you will also pass by the General's Mansion, which is the residence of the generals stationed in the past dynasties, and it is more magnificent than the official office of Shuozhou County.

Lu Xu passed by, looked up, there were soldiers on duty on the corner tower looking at him coldly from a high place, Lu Xu hurriedly retracted his gaze, and said in his heart that this place is much more magnificent than the northern army camp.

Compared with the two, the Northern Army is like a poor bastard with empty territory, and compared with the family background of the Xiao Cavalry Army, it is not the same.

When Lu Xu arrived, Wu Gang was already waiting for him at the entrance, even if an acquaintance came to pick him up, Lu Xu was also inspected and interrogated for a while, unlike the Northern Army, which only looked at the appearance to distinguish whether it was a Daqi person or a barbarian, even if the inspection was half completed.

At the end of the process, Lu Xu repacked the items that had been spread out for inspection and followed Wu Gang in.

The Xiao cavalry army has a special place to meet guests, and Wu Gang led him directly over.

On the way, Lu Xu asked He Chengye and learned that he had returned to Beijing a few days ago.

Lu Xu understood, it turned out that He Chengye's hometown was in the capital, could it be some kind of royal relative?

He and Wu Gang didn't know Chen Lian well, and they didn't ask questions.

Wu Gang didn't ask him what he came to Chen Lian for, but magnificently flipped through the gifts brought by Lu Xu, took out a piece of beef jerky and put it in his mouth to gnaw.

Wu Gang: "Have you been looking for a barbarian?" ”

Lu Xu: "I just came back from the north. ”

Wu Gang: "Oh. ”

As soon as the beef was swallowed, he found another piece of preserved fruit.

Lu Xu: "......"

This tooth is really good, unlike him, who has to gnaw on a piece of jerky for a while.

Wu Gang set his eyes on wine again, but after thinking about it, Chen Lian couldn't drink alcohol on duty today, so he gave up.

People should be righteous.

Not long after, Chen Lian came.

The first time Lu Xu saw him in a military uniform, he looked around very rarely, and touched it.

Chen Lian laughed and put the helmet on Lu Xu's head to enjoy him.

Don't say it, it's so heavy!

Lu Xu thought, let alone fighting, just wear such a uniform and walk a few more steps, and you will lose weight.

Chen Lian asked Lu Xu to sit and ordered him a pot of tea, and the soldier on duty came in with a teapot, pouring a bowl of white water.

Lu Xu: "......"

Chen Lian asked: "No tea again?" ”

Xiaobing: "It's long gone, only some good tea is left, and it's only used when the general and a few adults meet guests." ”

Lu Xu: "......"

Is that what he can hear?

Chen Lian didn't take it seriously, and teased Lu Xu: "Our conditions are limited, you can bring some tea next time." ”

Lu Xu smiled: "I really brought a lot of tea this time, both expensive and cheap, just in the shop, why don't you send someone to get some?" ”

The creep looked at him suspiciously.

Chen Lian: "Shop? ”

Lu Xu: "I opened a grocery store in Qinglong City, and this time I came to find Brother Chen, also for the sake of this shop." ”

He briefly recounted, "...... I am not familiar with the life of Qinglong City, and I can't be there every day, my shopkeeper is my same village, people are honest and duty, and they will never dare and will not dare to violate the law, but we are people in small places, I don't understand the rules of big cities, and I am not afraid of business losses, I am afraid that they will accidentally provoke someone who does not know it, and they will provoke trouble that they can't solve, they do business for me, I always have to protect their safety, no, I have no other way, so I can only come to you with a cheeky face. ”

Lu Xu smiled: "I remember Brother Chen, you said that the general covered the inn, I don't know, can I borrow the glory of the cavalry army and fake the tiger?" Just protect the safety of the people in my store. Of course, it can't be wiped out in vain, not to mention anything else, some tea and wine that will be entertained in the army in the future, so you won't have to bother. ”

Lu Xu blinked, looking at Chen Lian innocently.

Chen Lian and Wu Gang glanced at each other, "That's it?" ”

Lu Xu nodded.

Chen Lian: "It's easy to say this, you come to Qinglong City to do business, with our friendship, of course I will watch for you." ”

From the first time he brought Lu Xu to Qinglong City, he mentioned that Lu Xu should buy a shop and open a store in Qinglong City, but Lu Xu was reluctant at that time.

He touched his chin, "Sometimes I am not in the army, and it is not convenient for me to go out of the camp every day, so you come with me, and I will take you to meet someone." ”

Lu Xu hurriedly followed, Chen Lian took a few steps, turned his head back, came to the wine jar to sniff, and carried the wine.

Wu Gang's eyes showed regret, Lu Xu looked at it, blessed his heart, and asked, "Do you want to be a meeting gift?" ”

Chen Lian said with a smile: "It's not necessary, but your wine is good, bring it." ”

Lu Xu said "oh" and said to Wu Gang and Xiaobing: "My grocery store is on Qipan Street, and the flag of green mountains and blue waters is hung at the door, called Lu Ji Groceries, you can see it as soon as you enter, Brother Wu, you see who is free, send someone to find my brother to get some tea and wine." ”

The soldier's eyes lit up, "Really? ”

Lu Xu smiled: "How dare I talk nonsense here." ”

Chen Lian: "Then I'm not polite to you, Lao Wu, you go!" This kid is fat! ”

Lu Xu is naturally willing to be the boss of this wrong, "Luo Chun is also here, Brother Wu should recognize him, what do you like to ask him to take." ”

Wu Gang nodded, he had an impression of the big man.

When Lu Xu left, he was not polite, and took two soldiers who were not on duty and pretended to go over to recognize the door.

Lu Xu opened a shop in Qinglong City, he and Chen Lian are a hundred willing, with this kid's style of acting, they will definitely not lose their benefits, not to mention anything else, don't go to the tooth sacrifice at the wrong time, the two of them want a small jar of wine a month, it's not too much, right?

On the other side, Chen Lian took Lu Xu along the outer wall of the barracks for a while, and arrived at a small courtyard, where there were soldiers on duty at the gate of the courtyard, but they were not wearing the military armor of the Xiao Cavalry.

When people saw it, Lu Xu had no choice but to smile brightly at them.

Soldier: "......?" ”

Who is this?

At first glance, it is not serious, and it is by no means their ranks.

Lu Xu followed Chen Lian into the small courtyard, and walked again, he suspected that he was going to leave the barracks, and finally arrived at his destination.

Lu Xu couldn't help but look around, and at a glance, he saw the familiar sentry tower in the distance.

Lu Xu: "......"

Blink and look again.

Lu Xu's voice trembled a little: "General's Mansion? ”

Chen Lian: "No, this is the outer courtyard, it is convenient for the general to come out of the mansion and walk here to the barracks, and it is the general's mansion through a door in front, and you can't enter without a notification." ”

Lu Xu: "......"

He made up a shock in his brain, shocked, in order to facilitate commuting, he built a path from the door of his house to the unit!

It seems that the general doesn't like to waste time commuting either.

Lu Xu asked, "Who are we going to meet?" It can't be General Zhang, right? ”

Chen Lian smiled and said: "No, it's to see Lord Xiao Zhang, it's the general's younger brother, the owner of the inn where you live." ”

Lu Xu: "......"

No wonder Chen Lian said that the inn was covered by the general.

Yesterday, Lu Xu listened to General Zhang Chang's fancy hymn rainbow fart all night, and today he is going to see his younger brother, and he can't help but be a little nervous and a little looking forward to it.

I heard that Zhang Chang was brave in battle and had a hot temper, and when he was a pioneer under the general Fan Xiao, he bravely won the three armies, and his appearance was also a well-known tough guy, which was very different from General Li Xiu, I don't know if his younger brother is also like this.