The one hundred and ninety-third round: Target Liuzhou
Seven days is not a long time, but it is not a short time, Li Fengchen and the four of them did not have so much time to wait for Dai Deli to be released from prison, and on the third day, the four of them went to the government together, which was quite like a state official coming to inspect. The messenger at the gate of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info didn't dare to move when he saw the four of them, and bowed respectfully to them and then led the way. Faye Wong is the only one who knows the way well, and she jumped into the cell in three or two clicks.
It's like the night when the four people broke into the Qingmeng house, Faye Wong was left in the house by three big men, and this time she left the three big men behind her in a flash. said that he was angry, but if Faye Wong didn't really see Dai Deli's tragic situation, it would be difficult to calm the ripples in her heart. However, for Dai Deli's specific life in prison, Sima Wuregret They didn't dare to be interested, this trip was purely to accompany Faye Wong, compared to Yang Fei, he still paid more attention to the use of the five thousand taels, so the three of them went to look at the accounts together.
Although several of them are not bookkeepers, but the accounts of five thousand taels are directly entrusted to the locals, which is relatively simple, after all, most of the locals are relatively simple, and the people selected by Yang Fei are also the best candidates for fame and virtue in Quzhou City.
Li Fengchen glanced at it and pursed his lips.
"Brother Yang, there is something I don't quite understand. ”
"Brother Li, but you don't understand for the money of the 1,000 taels of river water?"
Of course, Yang Fei knew what the problem with this account was, because the ratio of two thousand two thousand one thousand was originally proposed by him.
"Well, yes, it stands to reason that for this river in Quzhou City, it is really a bit tight to use one thousand taels of silver to build a dam, and it seems a bit redundant to put the remaining four thousand taels in Hongde Hall and Xuetang. In my opinion, if you dial a thousand taels, it will look solid. ”
Li Fengchen touched his chin and calculated, the most important thing in building a river is the material, and the quality of the material directly determines the age and toughness of the dam.
"Back then, my master once told me about a thing, which was a matter of the previous dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, there was a great flood in the Yellow River, and embankments were dug everywhere along the river, and at this time the emperor ordered the household department to allocate 500,000 taels to build a river. But at that time, there was a minister named Yang Da, who suggested to the emperor that he changed 500,000 taels to 100,000 taels. ”
"Changed 500,000 to 100,000......?
Yang Da's person Li Fengchen had heard of it, but he didn't know about it. After all, it is a matter of the previous dynasty, few people will mention it, even if they talk about it, most of them will talk about the generals of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and few people will care about these things.
"However, when my master told me about this matter, I was also very surprised, obviously it is more solid to use 500,000 taels to repair the river dam, but this Yang Da suggested that 500,000 be changed to 100,000, do you know why?"
Li Fengchen shook his head, obviously this matter was not reasonable. 500,000 taels is enough to build a river dam that will not collapse for a hundred years, but why is this Yang Da only 100,000 taels.
"Actually, it's very simple, if it's 500,000 taels, then Yang Da may not be able to have 100,000 taels of money when he takes office and goes to the Yellow River, and if the household department directly allocates 100,000 taels, then Yang Da will be able to have 100,000 taels in his hand when he takes office. ”
"Why is that?"
"Although this silver is from the treasury and goes to the account of the household department, it has to pass through the layers of checkpoints, and it is not too much. The first link is the money from the treasury to the officials' department, and the officials' department begins to draw through the yamen of the state capital, which has to take the waterway to have the river defense battalion, there are local officers and soldiers, and finally to the local river yamen, the officials of the state treasury, the officials of the ministry, the military department, the river defense battalion, the government soldiers, and the river yamen. The emperor's will allocated 500,000 taels, and everyone below knows that 500,000 taels is more than enough. 500,000 taels is just an imaginary number, and the silver taken up and down will not be totaled, so some people will be bold, and they will come and go until the end is less than 100,000 taels. ”
Yang Fei looked like he was talking about this matter, and even Li Fengchen was surprised, but when he thought about it, it was really like that. Many of these links are still Qingshui Yamen, but these people who come out of Qingshui Yamen are also rich one by one, isn't that what is going on?
"Brother Li, it's the opposite. If the treasury had allocated only 100,000 taels of silver, it would be different. The flood of the Yellow River was serious, and the emperor attached great importance to it. 100,000 taels of silver can only be regarded as a general, and this silver has already been completed, which means that the dam is likely to be built badly, and when the emperor is angry, someone will definitely have to carry this pot. When I think about this layer, there are so many people among them, who would dare to take such a risk? Everyone wants money, but they will not gamble with their own net worth and life. So this Yang Da only needs 100,000 taels, that's the truth. ”
"I see. ”
Li Fengchen was already familiar with officialdom, and as soon as he heard Yang Fei finish speaking, he immediately understood the truth, but Sima Wuregret still didn't quite understand, so he had to listen in a daze on the side.
"Right now, the matter in Quzhou City is probably like this, Brother Li will go directly to Xuanzhou next?"
Xuanzhou is in the south of Hezhou, not far from Jinling City, originally this Xuanzhou is not famous, but because the general rudder of the five tigers in the south of the Yangtze River is in Xuanzhou, so Xuanzhou has a high status in the rivers and lakes.
"Let's not go to Xuanzhou first, there is one more thing before we go to Wuhumen this time, this matter is a major matter of our sect, but it is also a top-secret matter, it is not convenient for me to say it here, but what I can tell you is that our next target is Liuzhou. ”
It is inconvenient to say that the top secret, the target is Liuzhou. Li Fengchen didn't give much information, but every one of them interested Yang Fei and Sima Wuregret. But after all, it is now in the official mansion of Quzhou City, and it is normal for the sect to be inconvenient to talk about it. While the three of them were discussing, Faye Wong walked out of the prison in a flash, with joy written on her forehead. I think that Dai Deli's life in prison should be enjoyed well, at least there should be no problem in letting this little girl out of Quzhou City now.
"Let's go, let's go back and talk. ”
It's still the Hibiscus Inn, and I've had dinner. The four of them gathered in Li Fengchen's house, and they were going to Liuzhou, but they didn't know what to do.
"Next, we are going to Liuzhou and kill someone!"
Li Fengchen didn't hide it at all, and when he said the word kill, Sima Wuregret and Yang Fei obviously felt the murderous aura that erupted from Li Fengchen's body. Li Fengchen is not a person who loves to kill, although he is a complete martial arts idiot, but he really has no interest in killing, but today he is really a little surprising.
"In Liuzhou, there is an enemy of our Twin Sword Sect, we must avenge this revenge!"
Sima Wuregret, Yang Fei and Faye Wong didn't speak, there are many grievances in the rivers and lakes, there must be enmity, it is normal for each sect to have one or two enemies, and even many sects have a blood feud, but they can pretend to be harmonious on the surface, but when they get to the secret, they will fight, and there are really a lot of such things.
"I originally had a cousin, who was the daughter of my uncle's Nine Heavens Divine Palm, named Li Jiahua. My cousin has been out and down since she was a child, and she is also a first-class beauty in Xuzhou, when she was sixteen years old, I was only eleven years old, and I have the impression that there were many people who came to our house to ask for relatives at that time, which can be described as stepping through the threshold. ”
Li Fengchen paused and continued.
"It's just that according to the family rules of our Li family, women can't practice martial arts, so my cousin has never been able to know kung fu. Ten years ago, our Twin Swords Sect was not a monopoly in Xuzhou, there was also a Sun family at that time, and the Sun family had three masters, and the strength at that time was more powerful than our Twin Swords Sect when my father followed suit. At that time, there was a dog in the Sun family named Sun Xing, this Sun Xing was notoriously evil in Xuzhou, and the people in the entire Xuzhou City called him Sun Bawang, no matter which family's daughters were taken by him, no one could escape his clutches. Originally, the two families have always been safe and sound in Xuzhou, but ten years ago, Sun Xing saw my cousin outside, and he kidnapped him without saying a word, and he ...... that night."
Li Fengchen sighed and didn't continue, but in fact, what happened, everyone also knew in their hearts, according to Sun Xing's temperament, I am afraid that nothing good will happen.
"The Sun family only learned the next day that the woman was from our Li family, so they sent her back and gave her two hundred taels of gold to make amends. But my cousin was so fierce that she committed suicide the first night she came home. How can we endure this breath!"
"But doesn't the government care about this matter?"
Faye Wong asked.
At that time, the state government saw that it was the matter of the Li family and the Sun family, and neither of them dared to offend, so they left a sentence, saying that it was the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and it was inconvenient for the government to interfere. At that time, Uncle Wang was still in the center and it was inconvenient to interfere in local government affairs, and my uncles had not yet entered the court to do things, and our family's power in the court was not enough, and the Sun family was not easy to provoke, so this revenge has not been avenged. ”
"And then?"
Faye Wong continued.
"In fact, in the next few years, our Twin Sword Sect has been looking for opportunities, but that dog thing has been hiding in the Sun family's old mansion, like a turtle with a shrunken head and no longer coming out. This hiding is five years, and then my father and uncle's martial arts improved, several uncles entered the court to do things and won the title of general, the Sun family saw our double sword faction rise step by step and Yanzhou five factions have a joint force, they know that it is difficult to protect, so the entire Sun family gave up all the industries in Xuzhou and went to Liuzhou. ”
"So, we went to Liuzhou this time to kill this Sun Xing and avenge your cousin?"
"Yes, the Sun family has had a good life in Liuzhou in the past two years, this time my father first asked the royal brother to return to Xuzhou with the disciples in the door, but also to paralyze the other party, when the time comes, the four of us can assassinate into Liuzhou, as long as we kill that Sun Xing, then my uncles will naturally support us in the court, and the local government will also treat us." ”
It turned out that everything had been planned, and the revenge of the Xuzhou Shuangjian faction seemed to be inevitable.