In the end, Fang Xiaoyu selected sixteen Eight Banner disciples who were passable in riding and archery from several Manchu aristocratic surnames, and let them all equip them with crossbows and practice three-stage shooting for a few days, but what he didn't expect was that when they set out to suppress the bandits, they found that those Manchu nobles each had several teachings in the palace, plus their brothers and the Han Jian woman in the palace, this person had more than a hundred. Looking at this mighty team of bandits, Fang Xiaoyu naturally had a little headache, but the matter has come to this point, which is beyond his control.

Even Yongyan was very surprised by this situation: "I said Xiaoyu, we are going to suppress bandits, not to go on an outing, but what are you going to do with these second ancestors who eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, their families are all rich or expensive, if we are injured and touched, we can't eat and walk around?"

Fang Xiaoyu said angrily: "Do you think I want to, the problem is that it is Uncle Dongfang who made this decision, that is, your Laozi, do you think I can refuse?"

As soon as he heard that it was his father's decision, Yongyan became dumb, and he still understood his father's intention to rectify the minds of those Eight Banners children who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun all day long: "Then what are you going to do?"

Fang Xiaoyu said helplessly: "What can I do, naturally I will put them all into the logistics of cleaning up the battlefield, as long as they don't make trouble, when the time comes, they will share some of their military exploits and property, and it is not a bad thing that they can join our bandit team, since they are bandits, it is inevitable that they will have some contact with the locality, and even some people will come out to rob us of our military exploits, and then they will come in handy, and communicate with the government, they are more suitable than me, I believe that it is a stone, and they can also squeeze oil." ”

"But these people are all lords with eyes on their heads, and they may not all be obedient?"

Fang Xiaoyu replied: "This trouble is found by the prince of Hu Tu, I will hand over all these people to him, I believe he can suppress these people." ”

"That's all there is to it. ”

Yongyan also has no other way to deal with this.

"Let's go, let's go meet our Hu Tu Wang. ”

Subsequently, Fang Xiaoyu had already walked into the hospitality hall of the palace, and Yongyan could only follow when he saw this.

In the hall, Prince Shuo was sipping fragrant tea with several Manchu bigwigs in military uniforms, and when he saw Fang Xiaoyu, Prince Shuo blew his beard and glared there: "You kid has such a big dog face that so many of us are waiting for you here." ”

Fang Xiaoyu looked at the hall and saw that the Manchu Qing Dynasty boss was dressed in military uniforms, and then pretended not to understand and said: "Look at the prince, you and several family masters are all dressed in military uniforms, could it be that something happened and you want to go to the army to fight." ”

Prince Shuo said old-fashionedly: "You kid, don't give me the prince, I'm pretending to be nonsense, those people outside are the hearts and minds of our families, just let them follow you to suppress the bandits, we don't follow to take a look, I really can't rest assured." ”

"It's good!"

Fang Xiaoyu nodded at this and did not object.

"But you kid don't have to put pressure on yourself, how should this bandit be suppressed and how can you be suppressed, now you can tell everyone about your strategy of suppressing bandits. ”

"Okay, to be honest, I really didn't expect you old and young masters to help me eliminate the bandits. ”

Prince Shuo's face suddenly sank: "Why do you look down on us people so much?"

Fang Xiaoyu listened to it and rolled her eyelids upward: "What do you say?"

Prince Shuo blew his beard and glared at him: "I think you kid is just underwhelming!"

"It's not that I'm talking about you, you're all old, and you're still as knowledgeable as young people, and you're really going back more and more," Princess Shuo walked out of the back hall with her daughter Yongqi in her voice, and today she cleaned up very neatly, heroic, and had a unique charm, and she attracted everyone's attention when she came out.

The old Niu Co Lu coughed and said: "Hu Tu Wang, my Niu Co Lu does not obey you in other things, that is, I serve you in the matter of begging for a wife, you say that you are among us people, that is to be talented, to look good, and fat as a pig, but how can you ask for a good hall, into the kitchen and like a flower like a jade, among us people, you can also see your Fujin." ”

As soon as he heard about begging for his wife, Prince Shuo was proud: "That's a personal fate, you can't envy it." ”

Guerjia interjected on the side, and said angrily: "What is fate, what is envy, let me say that this should be what the Han people say about a flower inserted in cow dung." ”

Hearing Guerjia's words, Prince Shuo's face immediately sank, and he scolded: "Get out, then stay cool, how can you interject when I speak." ”

Gualja's face suddenly became ugly.

Fortunately, at this time, Princess Shuo relieved them with a smile: "I said that the prince, everyone is their own person, how can you talk about it well and scold someone?" After saying this, she said to the Guerjia clan again: "Master Guerjia, the prince of our family is this virtue, you must not be like her, he is a rough person." ”

Prince Shuo said angrily: "Lord Wang, I am a rough person, what if I don't have coarse writing and ink, I know that you like those sour and rotten literati who call for it, and look down on this king, but what can you do if you look down on it, anyway, in this life, you are my wife, I am your husband, and whoever wants to rob it can't snatch it." ”

Princess Shuo was a little amused when she heard what he said: "What, do you want to turn the sky upside down?"

Prince Shuo was puffed up and did not speak.

Fortunately, Fang Xiaoyu and Yongyan relieved them at this time, only to see him step forward to greet Princess Shuo: "Yongyan and Xiaoyu have asked Fujin for you." ”

"It's Yongyan and Xiaoyu, you're all here, now we're all waiting for the two of you, especially Xiaoyu, you can tell everyone about your strategy to suppress bandits, if you don't have any opinions, follow your strategy. ”

Fang Xiaoyu thought for a while and said: "The focus of suppressing bandits is not whether they can fight or not, but secrecy, but so many of us are fighting bandits together, and it is difficult not to attract the attention of the other party. Fu Jin took everyone and the six masters of the palace to move forward slowly with great fanfare, attracting the attention of the seventeenth road smoke and dust, and I was caught off guard by the first route and my brothers. ”

Old Niu Colu said angrily: "You are using us people as bait." ”

Fang Xiaoyu replied: "Anyway, what you want is war merit, as long as the bandits are suppressed, even if this credit is yours, anyway, I don't look down on this credit, even if you don't receive it, someone else will receive it." ”

Old Niu Colu said very dissatisfiedly: "That's the role of co-working with us old guys. ”

"In addition, you have another role," Fang Xiaoyu replied, " Since it is a bandit, we have to try to maximize our own interests, and the matter of dealing with the local government will be handed over to you, in addition, there is the most important point, that is, the local green battalion, these people have no ability to fight at all, purely mixed military salary, although they can't beat the bandits, but they are good at grabbing credit, if we suppress the bandits, it is difficult to ensure that these people do not jump out to grab war merits with us, compete for the spoils of war, this credit is not credit, my side does not matter, anyway, our Fang family has a curse, the descendants of the Fang family are forbidden to be officials, but if they really let those who take the credit away, we people will be all busy in vain, If you really want to get to that time, you have to have Lord Lao and a few masters come forward to block those people back, and I can't settle these people. ”

Prince Shuo said angrily: "Don't worry, the people who dare to compete with us noble lords for war merits have not yet been born." ”

"With the words of the prince, I am relieved. ”

But at this time, the old Niu Colu said: "You are using us as a shield. ”

Fang Xiaoyu said lightly: " My uncle has a saying that is right, there are no useless people in this world, the most important thing is to see if you use the right place, if you use the right place, it is a million profits, if you are asked to follow me to suppress the bandits, needless to say, you also know that the current Eight Banners disciples are no longer than when they entered the customs, and the only bit of blood has long been wiped out in the Huahua world of the Central Plains, if you want to give you military merits, I will give you wealth, but you must first do what I explained, and if you are together, you will benefit both, and divide will be defeated, isn't it?"

The old Niu Cobalt was speechless.

"And this crackdown on bandits, is only the first step for me to complete the original wealth savings, if I do this step, then the next step, I will borrow the power of the old man to open up the passage under the Kanto, outside the gate is rich in ginseng, mink, herbs, these things are not worth much at all outside the customs, but once you enter the customs, the value can be a hundredfold, a thousand times the increase, if this channel can be opened, for you, it is no less than a mountain of gold and silver. ”

Prince Shuo's mouth pursed: "You kid is really eating in the bowl, but a pair of eyes are staring at the pot, I can tell you, the ginseng, mink, and herbs outside the gate are very valuable, but they are also mountainous and bearded in the Kanto region since ancient times, you know what a beard is, that is, bandits and robbers, these officers and soldiers have not been suppressed, but these people have been forced to these people, they drill into the ravine, and you have an army of 100,000 people who have not broken it." ”

"Use officers and soldiers to suppress bandits, this bandit will never be able to suppress it, if I guess correctly, most of these are officials who are playing the trick of raising enemies with the imperial court. ”

As soon as he heard Fang Xiaoyu's words, Yongyan suddenly became anxious: "Xiaoyu, you can't talk nonsense about speculation, this is suspected of slandering court officials, and if you don't do it, you will lose your head." ”

"Am I wrong about this?" Fang Xiaoyu asked rhetorically: "Let's talk about the case of women's kidnapping for many years in Tianjin, is this case difficult to solve, I can't see it, my brothers and I only took a few days to solve the case, but have you ever thought about it, why this case is in the hands of the government, it just can't be solved, and it is getting bigger and bigger, even to the point of holding on to an open fire, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than a four-character official is a bandit." ”