Chapter 54: Is This Backwards?
He Chengliang walked around the lobby, looking outside from time to time, with an anxious look. It is not allowed for him not to be eager, and not everyone can afford the great profit of opening the salt transportation in China. What's more, he is now sitting on the stove, an important place in the river, he can attack Shaanxi and Henan when he advances, and he can defend the Sanjin Dynasty when he retreats. Such an important place, but the Hengshan faction of the three Jin Dynasty lords that He Jiabao relied on in the past was turned into ashes overnight, and He Jiabao did not have the strength to defend this important land. The ancestral property is here, and it is impossible to go to another country, and the only hope for He Jiabao now is on the body of the Huashan faction, on Zhou Budo's mouth.
After much anticipation, Zhou Budo finally came.
"Master Zhou, you're here. He Chengliang doesn't take any strong shelf. But to be honest, even if he wants to take it, he can't get it anymore.
"Zhou was late, so Lord He waited for a long time. I also ask Lord Ho Forgive for his sins. Zhou Budo slowly, step by step, as if dripping water, paced into the Qingming Hall.
He Chengliang didn't care about anything else, so he asked Zhou Budo to sit down and ordered someone to serve tea, "Master Zhou, this time the salt is opened..."
Zhou Budo blew the tea powder floating on the tea water, took a shallow sip, and heard He Chengliang say half of what he said, and he didn't say anything, he understood in his heart, but he didn't want to pick it out, so he pretended to be surprised and said: "Didn't Zhou say it? In the future, the share of the salt transportation in the Huashan faction will also be handed over to He Jiabao to operate, does the owner of He Bao think that Zhou is telling a joke? Is he playing with Lord He Bao?"
"Master Zhou is full of words, so naturally he will not tease. He Chengliang hurriedly defended, if this offended Zhou Budo, it would be a big deal, "It's just that this year, for some reason, the yamen has cleaned up the arrears, and it is useless for many celebrities from the Sanjin Dynasty to intercede, and the surplus grain in Shanxi is empty." The previous luck was already a complete one for my He family. Some of them are still trafficked from Henan, and I heard that Henan is not much better, and now the two political envoys in Shanxi and Henan may no longer be able to find a load of grain. But the most important thing in the salt transportation is grain, and without food, I'm afraid..."
"What about this... Lord Hebao, this seat really can't help you, the salt transportation in Kaizhong is handed over to Hejiabao, and it is difficult for this seat to explain to the elders of the faction. If even the food was found by Lord He Bao, wouldn't the head of this seat be?
He Chengliang was stunned for a while, and patted his head, "Oops! Master Zhou misunderstood someone He." How can we let Master Zhou help us raise grain and grass? Just ask Master Zhou to help us find a channel, if we can come to the grain, He Chengliang will bear the required expenses. ”
"Lord Ho Bao said this somewhat decently. "Feng Buping is not deeply involved in the world, and he was dissatisfied with Zhou Budo's dissatisfaction with handing over the share of the Huashan faction's salt transportation to Hejiabao in vain, and now He Chengliang said that Hejiabao did not have so much food, as if he wanted the Huashan faction to provide food. If it weren't for Zhou Budo sitting here, Feng Buping would have scolded a long time ago. Seeing that He Chengliang suddenly understood things so clearly, Feng Buping was not a fool, so he naturally knew the matter and knew why He Chengliang said that. I finally couldn't help but say this.
"Senior Brother Feng, you go down and rest first. Zhou Budo said word by word, and his tone was full of impatience. Zhou Budo really didn't expect Feng Buping to be so ignorant, how many times did he explain to him, this is an important step for the Huashan faction to get out of Shaanxi, but he... Thinking of Feng Buping's special identity, Zhou Budo forced himself to suppress his anger, and said softly: "You go and close the ** of the outer door, and we will go back to Huashan after lunch." ”
"It's... Yes, sir. Feng Buping was a little reluctant, but under Zhou Budo's stern gaze, he finally withdrew from the lobby.
"I'm sorry, Lord Ho. Zhou Budo squeezed out a little apology on his face, but He Chengliang felt a little stiff, but was he qualified to say anything?
"Why does Master Zhou have to be like this, it's too polite. It is already a great virtue to be able to help our He family tide over the difficulties, so why bother to reprimand Brother Feng. He Chengliang is really a ** lake, although he was only refuted by Feng Buping, he chatted closely with Zhou Budo in a blink of an eye, as if he didn't feel that Feng Buping almost didn't peel off his old face and put it on the ground to step on.
"Senior Brother Feng is young and has no experience in the world, hey... Let's continue to talk about this year's Kaizhong salt transport. Zhou Budo shook his head, sighed, and then cheered up again. "There is no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry in my Huashan faction, the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, where can a few taels of silver be measured?
"Fenglingdu, you can't make a lot of money a year!" He Chengliang couldn't figure out what Zhou Budo wanted, maybe he had been a businessman for too long and completely forgot the meaning of Fengling Ferry. I only know that this place, even if it is a hundred years, I can't generate the money to buy food this time. However, since Zhou Budo is interested, He Chengliang is also happy to be successful, "Since Master Zhou is interested, let's take it." "Very generous, generous sword finger made Zhou Budo can't believe it.
"Lord He Bao is so courageous. After seeing He Chengliang for a while, Zhou Budo finally spit out five words. I dipped a little water from the teacup, scratched it on the table a few times, and a map of the whole country came out. Pointing to a position, "Because of the emperor's Northern Expedition, the Ming Dynasty was in short supply, and I Huashan purchased a large amount of grain from Nanyang, but who knew that the emperor died suddenly, and there was no military affairs today, so this batch of grain was stored in warehouses all over the country." There's a lot of grain stored here, here, here, and here. This year, Shaanxi is also paying off the arrears, and the tax and grain handed over to me Huashan for transshipment, and the grain from this place has been transported to Beijing. The grain in this place is going west along the Yellow River, but at most it can only reach Liaozhou. Before, a lot of them were sold in Henan, and the rest was more than enough to cope with this errand. But it's up to you. ”
"Thank you, Master Zhou!"
He Chengliang was about to kneel down again, but Zhou Budo hurriedly stopped him, but when he saw He Chengliang wanting to speak, he stopped, and said, "What else does Lord He have to worry about?"
He Chengliang was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how Zhou Budo would react after saying this, whether he felt that he was insatiable, withdrew his support in anger, or what would happen. But this matter has a lot to do with it, and I have to say it. He Chengliang hesitated for a while, and said: "The Hengshan faction gathered the three Jin heroes and the Demon Sect to fight for a day and a night under the Insight Peak, and after the defeat and destruction, the three Jin heroes were empty. The power of the Demon Cult is blazing... In the future, the road to Jinzhong and Jinbei... I'm afraid it's hard to go. ”
"Demon Sect, hmph..."Zhou Budo sneered a few times, as if he didn't take the monstrous power of the Sun Moon Divine Sect to heart. Just like the Sun Moon Divine Sect did not destroy the Hengshan Sect, one of the Five Peaks Sword Sect, in one day and one night, "If they dare to intercept the grain transported by Kaizhong Salt again, they won't be able to stumble for long, do you really think that the soldiers of Kaiping Datong are vegetarians?"
"But what if?" He Chengliang was still a little uneasy, he was robbed for the first time, and he couldn't say that there would be a second or third time. Even if the He family has a big business, they can't afford to waste it like this, and if they get one two or three times, the He family's wealth of accumulating more than one can be put into water.
Zhou Budo's eyes rolled: "Lord Hebao, what you are thinking about are the dozens of Hengshan ** who stayed in your mansion." ”
He Chengliang didn't expect to be seen through by Zhou Budo, nodded and smiled: "Indeed... It's not a matter for a few masters to stay in our place, and it's not good to stay for a long time, and it's not good to spread the word about it. It's better to..."
"Rebuild the Hengshan faction?" Master Mingxin was practicing swords in the courtyard, Zhou Budo and He Chengliang suddenly came to visit, and Master Mingxin had not yet figured out what was going on, so she was shocked by Zhou Budo's words. Do you take the money to rebuild Hengshan? Renovate the nunnery, purchase supplements, recruit **, and buy grain and rice, which one does not require a large amount of silver? Wrong... There is no Hengshan faction anymore...
"That's right, Senior Uncle Mingxin, Hengshan is one of the most important of my Five Peaks Sword Sect. Although there is a slight setback at the moment, it can't be slumped, otherwise the righteous path of martial arts and the righteousness of the rivers and lakes can be maintained in the future?" Zhou Budo said eloquently, "Besides, how can we sit back and watch the fall of Hengshan? If Uncle Shi is willing, Hengshan will be re-established, and all the uses, my Huashan faction and He Jiabao can support one or two." If our two families are weak, we can find support from the three rows of Songshan, Taishan, and Hengshan. The righteousness of the Wuyue Sword Sect is here, and presumably a few senior uncles will not shirk it. ”
"Yes, Shitai, Shanxi Wulin is on the right path, if there is no leader of the Hengshan faction, I don't know what it will be suppressed in the future. If you want to come to Shitai, you don't want to let Shanxi become a demon domain, and there is no tranquility everywhere. "He Chengliang helped on the side, becoming the leading boss of Shanxi Wulin Zhengdao, He Jiabao does not have this strength, does not have this prestige, since he can't be it, then continue to let Hengshan send him to sit. After this time, the Hengshan faction can only be a weak leader, and it can no longer call for wind and rain in Shaanxi, which is very beneficial to Hejiabao, and it is not impossible for Hejiabao to replace him after a few decades?
"The deep kindness of Master Zhou and Lord He Bao was recorded by the poor nuns. Master Mingxin said thank you first, just when Zhou Budo and He Chengliang thought that the big thing was about to happen, but they never expected Master Mingxin to come to such a sentence, "It's a pity that the poor nun is already disheartened and lazy, and no longer has the intention to ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes. The remaining dozens of Hengshan** were entrusted to Master Zhou, and I hope that Master Zhou will take care of them. ”
"This..."Zhou Budo was caught by Master Mingxin, he didn't expect Master Mingxin to make such a request, leaving dozens of nuns on Huashan, not to mention how Qingliu would discuss, even those Taoist temples in Huashan itself would not be without opinions. Besides, after the Jade Girl Peak** sword, most of the surviving Huashan** are men in their twenties, and dozens of delicate nuns stay in Huashan, if they cause any **debts... Huashan's century-old reputation can be...
Seeing that Zhou Budo, who had always been decisive, hesitated, Master Mingxin knew too much what Zhou Budo was worried about, and said calmly: "Amitabha, these Hengshan **, an hour ago, were not monks. The poor nuns only hope that Master Zhou can find a good in-law for them, and they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives, and they will be full of morality. (To be continued.) )