The rain did not stop, and Diao Chan was full of worries and looked out wistfully.

Although it was daytime, it was dim, close to dusk, and listening to the sound of raindrops falling outside, I sighed for a long time and left my eyes in the hall.

The main hall was lit with glass lights...... The full moon shape is more novel than the original chimney shape, and it is the product of the Ye family workshop.

Listening to the whistling sound of the wind, Diao Chan was even more melancholy in his heart, Jiang Zinan's other skills may be small, but he is very attentive in this regard, he is a qualified supervisor, and he has clear rewards and punishments.

With the growth of the Ye family workshop and the distribution of goods through the wine channel, this kind of glass lamp became more and more popular in the Yingzhou family.

Because it was too easy to use, the new technique was in the lockdown period, and even the Yu family had to pinch their noses and buy a batch, which was widely spread as a joke in the Ye family.

At this time, the doors of the hall were closed and brightly lit, and more than a dozen military and political ministers were gathering to discuss the matter of shifting the focus of work.

"In the lower earth world, my family has a good trend, and it is the focus of the work...... Taking advantage of the fact that the various families are being pulled by the Lower Earth World Realm, one by one is shrinking the force, and we are just taking advantage of the situation to expand. ”

"What did the lord say?" Lu Shangjing asked, Jiang Chen listened, the muscles on his face twitched, and he stared at it without speaking.

With the expansion of the Ye family, although the military and the government are coordinated, they do not give in to each other in the competition for funds...... If you really want to give in, Ye Qing may not feel at ease, and immediately said: "It's mainly business." ”

Oh –

Some rejoice, others sigh.

Ye Qing just smiled secretly in his heart and clapped his hands: "I still owe my wife 300,000 taels, I can't wait for the sister-in-law of the Dragon Palace to come and ask for the debt, right?"

Dragons' Debt ...... Everyone looked at each other, and they all shrunk their necks, or a few were bolder, secretly thinking to themselves, there is nothing wrong with the lord of this account, and when it is just a slander, no one dares to say it directly.

"Arrears are only one side, there is more money to use, the so-called borrowing and repayment, it is not difficult to borrow again......" Ye Qing sighed and smiled: "Pay it back as soon as possible, and give a high return, next time you can borrow more, and there will be more people who are willing to borrow, and the funds that can be mobilized by the water government system are only a lot more, this kind of fund-raising ......"

"Cough, it's not nice to say this, it's still called a virtuous circle, our Ye family except for the winery, other workshops are also starting, and the strength and income can support this plate. ”

This involves more subtle economic problems, although it is very simple, but except for Lu Shangjing, who has a slight feeling, everyone else does not understand it.

Diao Chan thought back for a while, and if he realized, he raised his head and glanced at Ye Qing.

Ye Qing saw that there was no objection below, and he was very satisfied: "The tone has been set, from now on, we will establish strongholds in various counties of Yingzhou and spread out the network ......"

"Well, that is, the original intelligence station, upgraded to a stronghold, must be equipped with a Dao Skill Message Disk, a batch of mature children will be sent back to Yejiazhuang, and some cultivated people will be sent to various strongholds, remember that it should be carried out with the normal expansion of commerce, and it should not be too noticeable. ”

Everyone bowed slightly and said loudly, "Yes"

At this moment, there was a voice outside the sudden: "Report - Lord, Cao family urgent news"

Ye Qing was stunned and said, "Let him in"

So the man came in, handed the letter, and said, "The man is still waiting outside." ”

When the ministers saw this, they were a little surprised...... Nothing will happen?

This is the lord's mother's family, and Madame Bai is also from the Cao family, so it is hard to imagine how the lord's guild will be angry after the incident.

"The old and the young are gone?" Ye Qing pinched the letter and looked at it, his expression only changed slightly, and he groaned: "Hua family?"

The ministers glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

As the Ye Mansion gradually grew, several neighboring families followed suit of the Cao family and gave a certain degree of dependence, but the Hua family in the south did not express its position.

The Hua family is a veteran family, with 7,000 acres of land and 300 years of inheritance, and its history is longer than that of the Ye family, so it is a little hesitant

However, as soon as the Three Kingdoms of the Lishi Lu Realm came out, the wind surged, and seeing that even the He family's carriages and horses in Pinghe County were coming and going in Ye Mansion, the Hua family was in a correct state of mind, and recently said that only the Ye family was the head.

Because this family is relatively strong in the county, Ye Qing generously gave the conditions for marriage, and rescued twenty noble girls on the grassland last time, with good appearance and character, all of them have been recognized by the elders of each house, and they are officially entered into the family tree, so they will choose one to marry over, and the same Hua family wants to marry a concubine......

The negotiation has reached a critical point, and seeing that it can be incorporated into the Ye family's real alliance system in just two months, this will happen if you don't want to

"It's the minister's incompetence and poor persuasion. Ji Caizhu thought about it, and then left the table and kowtowed to ask for guilt.

Ji Caizhu secretly complained in his heart, he was responsible for negotiations, the Hua family proposed that the price of the dowry was unrealistic, and it was natural for him to lower the price for the main family, originally this was within the authority, and it was a small work to complete, but he didn't expect that it might become a sin now.

"You get up, it's not your sin, what does it have to do with you?" Ye Qing said, pacing slowly, looking at the rain outside, and then said after a long time: "You send someone to check first, looking for any survivors, but now you have to maintain the original status of the Hua family and notify the county to send someone to inspect ......"

Ye Qing said this, as if he was a little emotional, and groaned, and said carefully every word: "Don't move the blood and wealth of the Hua family first, everyone will look at it."

Ji Caizhu immediately responded: "The minister understands that this is the time when my family establishes invisible order in the county, people's hearts are more valuable than wealth, and no matter how short of money my family is, I must set an example and not lose expectations." ”

"That's your understanding, you go down first. Ye Qing waved off the ministers, leaving only Lu Shangjing, Jiang Chen, and Zhou Feng.

But he took out another coded letter, compiled it himself, and asked Diao Chan to hand it down: "Look at it, our Governor is really a good means......

Jiang Chen glanced at his cousin, a little indescribable strange feeling, and as she returned to Ye Qing's back, she sat down softly, and this discord quickly subsided.

Lu Shangjing read the letter and was silent.

The letter had already reached his hand, so Jiang Chen didn't think much about it, and looked at the letter intently: "Large and small bandit groups have appeared in various states, or in the dozens, or hundreds. ”

"These bandits are very vicious, they destroy their homes at every turn, and there are traces of sorcerers inside, which are suspected to be sent by the Northern Wei Dynasty. ”

"The state dispatched troops to guard against the grassland, and ordered the counties and counties to clear out the bandit groups in various places, but Pingshou County was missed...... Ordered the lord to encircle and suppress?"

"It was preached by the Inspector Fan Shanfan, who had vaguely reminded him to be moderate, but the governor did not listen. Ye Qing explained calmly.

Jiang Chen was proficient in the art of war, and immediately understood the meaning of this, and he was in a trance, and said with some difficulty: "Will the governor be such a person?"

He was born in a mountain city, life in the mountains is actually quite hard, there is no oil and water, and the bureaucrats have a certain exemplary style for the people, which makes him have a basic recognition of the imperial court, at this time he instinctively does not believe it, and reason tells him that it is true, only to feel that some beautiful illusions are broken, and his heart is empty: "I feel ...... Something missing

Zhou Feng read the letter for the third time, and he also changed color: "The lord has received the official position of the power observer, and he has 200 people in the patrol battalion, so it is said that I will be burdened by the officialdom in the officialdom." ”

"It's just this little soldier, how can you put the responsibility of a county on the lord...... We're not alone in the county. ”

He came from a public family, and it was not that he had never seen the sacrifice of a small family, but he still found it unacceptable now.

"Is it cruel? The world is like this......" Lu Shangjing sighed slightly, he was familiar with history books, only to know that these methods abound in troubled times, all the masters are full of bones, and heroes are pursuing a bigger pattern all the way to do whatever it takes and bear everything.

Ye Qing saw everyone's performance in his eyes, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he was on his side, and only then did he put on a trace of ridicule: "Lord Governor finally has some enlightenment, but in this way, the pattern is a little smaller, and he is still used to pretending to be a situation...... Then don't blame me for being rude. ”

"Oh, what does the lord want?" Lu Shangjing became interested, and analyzed: "Lord Fan doesn't listen to his persuasion, the governor is no longer persuadable, and we can't shake it, so we can only start from our own county......

"Now the question is whether the county commander Lu will cooperate? I heard that he has the intention of transferring in advance, this is the completion of the accumulation, and after completing the gilding step, he is going to retreat. ”

Now he is just a political ally, and if he doesn't have a life-and-death friendship later, Lu Ming will not easily wade into the troubled waters of others, in fact, if Lu Ming is stubborn, because it is less than three years, it is still a little difficult for the governor to change the county order, but why should Lu Ming offend the governor?

Ye Qing thought like this, and just smiled: "It's okay, now the situation is out of his control." ”

"Zi Nan went to the county road law interrogation plate, and told Lu Ming the location of the thief's lair, this person will definitely not give up this credit, the Lu family is the county of Yingzhou, not to mention, the wife is the leading family in Lingzhou, and the power across the two states should not be underestimated...... I'm going to see if there are any troops up there."

Since Lu Ming cooperated with the governor and wanted to withdraw, Ye Qingzi could also pull water, which was a matter of course.

The thief's lair he said was actually based on the information he had obtained from the Fire Feather Dao people in his previous life and not long ago, and this was the lair of the vanguard.

Except for the Fire Feather Dao people themselves, who are bird clan incarnations and have the power to fly, these Dao people are actually in the stage of Qi Refining Great Perfection, and due to the restrictions of this Heavenly Dao, most of the Dao Techniques are in a sealed state.

If you really send out thousands of troops to encircle and suppress it, you may be able to fight you to the death.

Thinking of this, I felt it, and when I looked back at her, the girl's eyes were full of water, with joy, and there was a sense of familiarity......

"It's Zinan. Ye Qing understood, it was really her, she was a little relieved, and touched her soft ink hair: "Don't worry, let's go and do things." ”

"Yes. Jiang Zinan responded.

Ye Qing looked at it, it was already noon, and it was still raining outside, so he said: "The Cao family's thoughts are not too much, but we can't be too anxious, we have to see if there are survivors, we must be decent, and we can't show our anxious appearance." ”

Saying that, Ye Qing stood up and smiled: "It's Cao Balang who came, although the situation is known, but it's not good not to see him, at noon, invite him to the banquet together, call him in, I will talk to him at the banquet, and my father-in-law will naturally understand." ”

"Yes," someone answered.