Seeing Xu Yang's different expression, Zhan Tong seemed to understand something, and continued: "I and several others are here on behalf of their bosses, in fact, if we want to join forces this time, it is all the intention of the superiors, otherwise we will not get together." ”

Xu Yang suddenly realized that if this is the case, it makes sense.

Then I thought, this time, I wonder what a good opportunity.

If you can catch the line of the Ouchi guards, you won't have any problems hiding in the imperial capital.

Even if it's with the prince, you can't control the line of Ouchi's guards, right?

What's more, he just put the land back to the farmer, and the prince may not kill himself.

Thinking of this, after a little thought, Xu Yang laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this? The younger brother has a plan, and he can solve this dispute." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised, and they all talked around, and they didn't seem to believe it.

Only Zhan Tong seemed to have some confidence in Xu Yang, and asked cautiously: "If there is really a clever plan, please ask the elder brother to show it clearly." ”

Xu Yang thought for a moment and asked: "I listened to what Brother Zhan meant, that is, if the "Cold Moon Treasure Knife" is not found or is found by the Imperial Forest Army, then forget it, in case it is found by the Ouchi guards, everyone is worried, whose credit is it, is it such a reason?"

Everyone nodded yes.

Whether a piece of credit can be distributed smoothly is the biggest problem.

There are many factions in the Ouchi, and there are always those who can't get their turn, and it can't be said that a knife was discovered by several faction bosses together, right?

Well, that's right, Xu Yang took a sip of wine, looked at the impatient guards in front of him, and said slowly: "Of course, it is impossible to divide a credit into several parts, but why is it impossible to mark the price of each credit?"

Seeing that they still couldn't understand, Xu Yang continued, how much silver does it cost to donate a third-grade martial arts position now?"

The three-grade martial arts position should be a general, guerrilla and the like, which is equivalent to the price of the fifth grade of the civil service, which can be sold for about 30,000 taels of silver, Zhantong still doesn't quite understand what Xu Yang means, does this master suddenly want to donate an official position to play?

Although he didn't understand, he still answered truthfully, Xu Yang listened to it, and nodded: "If it is one of you and finds the treasure sword, what official position can you be promoted to?"

Hong Da seemed to understand something, and said in a loud voice: "If I wait for the Blue Feather guards to catch the bandits and get the care of Prince Kang, how can I be promoted to a second-class guard, if I am lucky, it is very possible to be promoted to a first-class guard within a few years." Uh, you mean ......."

Speaking of this, the other people have finally understood, if this kind of merit is established, it is almost equivalent to spending 30,000 taels of silver to donate the future of a first-class guard, you must know that donating an official is just a donation of an alternate, if you really want to go to the main position, you always have to spend more money, so if you are promoted to a second-grade guard, you will be promoted to a two-level jump, and most importantly, you can also be in the emperor's heart, not to mention spending 30,000 taels, even if you spend twice the money, it is definitely worth it.

If a higher-level Zhantong gets the credit, it is not impossible to directly rise to the first-class guard of the third-grade rank, and the adults with a higher rank will naturally get more benefits.

But if the price is really 30,000 taels, some people will inevitably be unconvinced, and Zhantong is a little hesitant.

Xu Yang said with a smile: "This matter is also easy to do, let's discuss a charter first, and then discuss the specific amount later, if I can really catch the bandits and chase the treasure knife, then I have my own way......"

Naturally, the solution can't be given in vain all at once, just give them a general direction, as for the future, let's wait until we find the Cold Moon Treasure Knife first.

I can't find a treasure knife, I can't catch a thief, and everything I say is false.

Everyone nodded yes.

The guards let go of their worries, and they drank even more unscrupulously, originally they had drunk a lot, but once they let go of drinking, it didn't take long for them to get drunk and lie down in a room.

Only Zhantong or personality dictate, he is more restrained in drinking, and accompanies Xu Yang to chat about some gossip in the imperial capital, from the status of each prince in the court, to the eight major alleys, which red man wants to be good, and so on.

Xu Yang listened to it with relish, and interjected a few words from time to time.

Originally, the chatter was to ask the audience to taste it, but Zhantong actually met an interesting one today, and he chatted happily.

I drank this wine for a long time, and I saw that the sun was turning west.

Xu Yang settled the account and asked the boss to send a few guys to send those guards home, and by the way, each of them sent two jars of good wine.

Zhantong naturally didn't need to be sent, so he went home with two jars of good wine.

Before leaving, Xu Yang said hello to him and asked him to help him rent a house with a single courtyard in the imperial capital, just be quiet, Xu Yang still wants to stay in the imperial capital for a few more days, and he can practice the Hu family's knife skills to feel at ease.

Tonight, I can only spend one night in the guest room at the back of this restaurant.

Fortunately, he made a generous move, and the shopkeeper and the buddy were happy to entertain him, he asked the price, and the upper room was only 800 Wen, and he paid for two days, and then made an appointment with the shopkeeper to talk, and at a very cheap price, he put the remaining wine in the restaurant and sold it on consignment, anyway, he was not short of that money, and the carriage was still stored in the store.

The shopkeeper has a cheap advantage, how can he disagree, sell more and sell less, all of them are the benefits of getting in for nothing, the business of the restaurant is good, dozens of jars of wine, it doesn't take a month to sell it, not to mention that it is still after the checkout.

Besides, the shopkeeper is also very grateful to Xu Yang for persuading those guards, otherwise those dignitaries really fight, and they won't do today's business, so even if this move may not be agreed in the past, but today, the shopkeeper still nodded and agreed.

Xu Yang operated like this, also because he was afraid that someone would trace his identity in the future, you must know that half a car of wine is different from other goods, and it will disappear for no reason, which will inevitably arouse suspicion.

The next day, Xu Yang was already standing in front of the dark gray courtyard of Eggplant Hutong in the west of the city, and it was Zhan Tong Zhan's guards who accompanied him.

Zhan Tong laughed at this time, and led Xu Yang inward: "Brother Xu, I reported your plan to my boss last night, and he appreciated it very much, and several other adults also appreciated it. ”

Xu Yang saw that the other party was very polite, and he was a little embarrassed to make a gesture anymore, so he hurriedly followed into the courtyard.

From the outside, this house is inconspicuous, but after coming in, I found that this is a veritable courtyard.

After walking through the shadow wall placed at the door, it suddenly opened up, the courtyard of the four entrances, sitting north and facing south, the entire front yard according to the algorithm of later generations, there are about seventy or eighty square meters of open space.

In later generations, such a set of standard courtyard houses was worth at least hundreds of millions, and it was still the kind that had no price.

Although it is not so expensive now, there is no need to think about a few hundred taels of silver each.

The door of the main room in the north direction was wide open, and there was a sandalwood table of eight immortals inside, and there were two old men who looked quite dignified sitting next to the table, both of whom were about fifty years old, and their appearance was ordinary, and their bodies were strong, the old man on the left hand side had a fairer face, and on the right hand, he was an old man with a red face.

These two are probably the main masters, right?" Xu Yang thought.

Zhan Tong led Xu Yang outside the door and stopped.

The two old men looked Xu Yang up and down with a smile, and occasionally whispered a few words.

Zhan Tong turned his head and glanced at Xu Yang to enter the house.

Xu Yang smiled, walked into the door, first saluted the two old men, and said loudly: "After the end of school, enter Xu Yang, see the two old men." ”

Pretending to kneel down and salute, the red-faced old man on the right hand side who was close to Xu Yang hurriedly came up to stop him: "The virtuous nephew must not perform this big salute, is this gone......?"

Of course, Xu Yang will not really make a big gift, the sedan chair carries people, if the other party insists on accepting his own gift, he can't break up in one shot or two, and he will leave.

Seeing that the other party was blocked, Xu Yang naturally got up obediently, saluted again, and then sat down in the seat of the head under the other party's signal.

As soon as he sat down, the red-faced old man asked impatiently, "You came up with the method of rewarding merit yesterday?"

Xu Yang: "......"

This is too urgent, isn't it that the people of the imperial capital are good at gossiping, at least talk about ten yuan a day and then talk about business? Where did anyone come up and go straight to the point?

The red-faced old man was stunned when he saw Xu Yang, and he also realized that he was in a bit of a hurry, but since he had asked, he didn't have to go around in circles.

"Virtuous nephew, don't you know, a few of us old guys, this time for this credit, we all quarreled with the sky, if it weren't for the fact that our bodies were not as good as before, I am afraid we would all have broken our heads. ”

The white-faced old man, who had been silent, also nodded: "Virtuous nephew, since you are no longer an outsider, we will say some things directly, my name is Su Hetai, his name is Etuhun, and we are all ministers of the Ouchi Guard." He looked at Xu Yang and said: "We are old, and promotion is naturally hopeless, but there are juniors who need to be promoted, your idea is good, if it can really be operated, then we can all implement this example in the future, and in the future, at least in the next hundred and ten years, similar situations will appear again, and there will be no major controversy." (Note 2)

Only then did Xu Yang understand why his seemingly ordinary idea attracted so much attention from the other party.

The so-called plan to calm the world is nothing more than that.

It's that I think the value of this plan is too simplistic.

Note 1: From the Kangxi period due to the lack of military funds for the "three feudatories" and Geerdan, the gate of the donation officials was opened, to the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, during the Qianlong period, a county was clearly marked with a price of 4,600 taels of silver, and Yulu was only 60 taels per year, civil officials could donate to the province, the government, and Langzhong, and the military attaché could donate to the guerrillas, and Jiaqing was late, and there were 220,000 donors in 1,300 counties across the country waiting in line. Every year, relying only on donating officials, Qianlong earns 3 million taels of silver a year, and Jiaqing reaches 4 million taels.

Note 2: The Minister of Scattered Rank of the Guard, Zheng Erpin, is the assistant of the Minister of the Guard, and the number is uncertain. It is equivalent to the current deputy minister of national security.