CHAPTER XLVI
But Zhong Lei is a person who loves to use his brain, he not only wants to give an explanation to the people of Liangjiang, but also plugs the mouth of the magistrate, and can also add to his wedding, so he asked Yan Zheng to say something "so and so", and listened to Yan Zheng nodding and laughing, and even called "clever plan". In the next few days, the naval camp and the recruit camp of Tianbo Province were very moving, and they led the troops out of the camp at dawn, saying that they were attacking and suppressing thieves at the same time on land and water, and even the defenders were strictly checking the passers-by at the gates of the three cities, saying that it was to prevent thieves from mixing into Pukou City, and the number of soldiers and Mulan troops patrolling the streets also increased a lot.
After six or seven days of tossing and turning in such early and late in the evening, everyone in Liangjiang knew that the soldiers of Tianbo Mansion had won many great victories, and all the bandits who had fled to Liangjiang from abroad to commit crimes were wiped out, killing more than 1,700 thieves. Notices were also posted at the gates of each city, saying that after three days, 21 thieves would be sent to prison cars, parade through the streets of Liangjiang territory, and finally executed three miles outside the west gate of Pukou City, cut off the heads of these thieves, avenge the victims, and restore peace to the people of Liangjiang, so as to show the power of the little prince and shock the thieves who tried to steal from Liangjiang. When the people saw the instructions, they all clapped their hands and said goodbye. These three days passed in the blink of an eye, and on the morning of this day, 21 prisoner carts were pulled out from the side gate of Tianbo Mansion, which immediately attracted onlookers, and some even threw debris at the prisoners to vent their anger. And these prisoners in the prisoner car are not some thieves, but the injured among the people who came to attack Tianbo Mansion that night, and today they can only use the heads of these Jianghu characters to put gold on the face of the little prince. Sadly, these people have been dumb and locked in heavy shackles, unable to speak if they want to defend themselves, and even more impossible to run, except for a few struggles with angry eyes in the prison car, they can only be at the mercy of others. But the treatment of the prisoner cart parade on the street can be imagined, in addition to stones, the most people who greet these "thieves" on the road are vegetables and eggs, and some people chase and beat them with wooden sticks, and the soldiers who escort the prisoner cart should not have seen it. This is good, those slaves of the stolen official mansion are not as "elegant" as the people, their means of venting their anger are more ruthless than anyone else, and they directly stab them with the tip of a knife, which really saves the heart of Tianbo Mansion, everyone is dead, and naturally there is no need to execute again. After Tianbo Mansion made this show, it ushered in the wedding celebration of the chief manager Zhong Lei, plus General Tuba married his wife, and the military Han and Yahuan in the house also took the opportunity to marry their masters on the same day. In this way, Pukou City is lively again, and everyone wants to get in touch with the general manager of Tianbo Mansion, in addition to gold, silver and jewelry, but also go out of the city to purchase rare treasures, birds and animals, mountains and seas. In short, many people are not to blame, and there are all kinds of gifts. Not long after, Emperor Muzong also got the good news, and originally wanted to go to Pukou City with Mo Guifei to have a lively time, and he could also reunite with the emperor for a few days to enjoy his family. Just because he has been feeling unwell recently, and it is very difficult for the court, he prepared a generous gift with his concubine, and Cheng Hong took 600 heroes to Pukou City by water, abandoned the ship and landed on the shore, sounded the gong to open the way, and sent the generous gift into Tianbo Mansion with blowing and blowing, and the people said that the emperor's grace was vast. Jiangning, Huizhou, Ningguo, Fengyang, Luzhou, Runing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Chengying, Yangzhou and other government officials and wealthy businessmen how could they miss this opportunity to tie up the Tianbo Mansion and come with generous gifts, so as not to offend the emperor's relatives and lose their black gauze hats when they are late. As a result, the big officials and small officials, the governor and the governor, the lord of the general soldier county, and the people on the rich side sat in the big and small official sedan chairs, and went to Pukou City as if they were rushing to the market. I saw that the whole city was full of lights and festive, and the guests in Tianbo Mansion were mostly congratulating for trouble, and the crowds of people outside the house gate blocked the street, the cows and horses neighed so lively, and the long queue for gifts was lined up seven. As soon as the big officials and small officials inquired, Cheng Hong was still in the house, and the scene of queuing up to give gifts was the third day today, so many officials were really afraid that they would offend the little prince by not giving gifts before the wedding, and they lost the hard-won black gauze hat on their heads, so they did everything possible to ask acquaintances to send their congratulatory gifts in. In this way, Yue Xiaoxuan, who has an unusual relationship with the general manager of Tianbo Mansion, has become a sweet spot in the eyes of these gift givers, and Yue Mansion is naturally a city until late at night, and he has also met many officials, networked some relationships, and is happy to be like Long Xiao. Although the wedding is imminent, the groom Zhong Lei did not accompany the bride to accompany Cheng Hong, first secretly gave him a large silver ticket of 50,000 taels, and then whispered: "I also prepared a thousand taels of gold for you, and twelve smooth and translucent pearls, and ten playing treasures, don't forget to bring them back." Cheng Hongle secretly squeezed Zhong Lei's hand and waved his hand to retreat, shaking out the emperor's recent situation and the imperial doctor's diagnosis of the emperor's illness and symptoms, and did not forget the movements of Li Guifei. "Zhong Yingying, the safety of the little prince is all on you, you must prepare for everything in advance. These words are worth 10,000 gold, Zhong Lei naturally understood the meaning of the extraneous speech, and secretly accompanied Cheng Hong to leave Yingtian Palace, chatting all the way to Yunxiao Palace, to greet the little prince, this is the duty of a slave. I always thought about what Cheng Gonggong said just now, Zhong Lei really couldn't sit still, and he had no intention of staying in the Yunxiao Palace, as if this was about to happen, he arrived at the gate of the mansion first, and saw that the seven wives of Zhao Wang, Lei Jiao, Shen Quyan, were each responsible for a line in the registration of gifts, and Feng Guang took forty or fifty military men to carry all kinds of gifts to the mansion, so he said: "It's all hard." Then he went out of the house to Pukou Station, and saw Jiao Yi laughing with a bunch of Liangjiang officials, so he went over and greeted: "I'm sorry, let Lord Lei accompany you, Lord Jiao has something to do." He pushed Jiao Yi outside the post station and whispered, "Long live Lord is very sick." According to Cheng's father-in-law's intentions, I am afraid that Long Live Lord will not last until this time in the next year. also said that Concubine Li Guifei had secretly networked with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and Zhang Yan had also become her person, and Cheng's father-in-law asked me to prepare early. These words shocked Jiao Yi's cold sweat oozing out, rubbed his palms a few times, exhaled and said: "Father-in-law Cheng is the person next to Long Live Lord, since he said this, it is implying that I am Tianbo Mansion." No, I have to let Huyanli Zhang Zhong immediately take 2,000 soldiers and horses to the coast of Fujian to find Feng Li, and do his best to grab some capital for the young master. Zhong Lei nodded and said, "The two of us thought of going together."
In this way, by the way, more than 100 wagons of wine and food, cattle and sheep were loaded. Let Hu Yanli turn to Feng Li, and Tianbo will gradually send troops to him to increase his strength. After finishing this, Jiao Yi left the camp and returned to the mansion, and when he saw Cheng Hong but not Zhong Lei, he asked Feng Guang. "Where did he go, boss?" Wang Bao hurriedly "shh Jiao Yi grinned and said, "In this way, you shouldn't bother." At this time, the guard came to report that there were two guests, one of whom was surnamed Qin. Feng Guang immediately thought of Taiyin, so he dragged Jiao Yi and Wang Bao outside, and saw that it was really Qin Yin in civilian clothes, and the other was his junior brother Wang Chao. "Come with me. Because there were many officials who came to congratulate him in the mansion, Feng Guang was afraid that there would be too many people, so he and Jiao Yi and Wang Bao led Qin Yin and the others directly to his home. In order to be strict, he also asked ten soldiers to patrol outside the door, and no outsiders were allowed to approach, so as not to let people listen to confidential matters and cause great trouble to the young master. After sitting down and serving tea, Qin Yin first talked about his recent situation, saying that he had secretly expanded more than 1,200 soldiers and horses, and contacted Shi Xiongmin, a young general in the Yangzhou garrison, and his 380 brothers. When it came to the dynasty's recruitment of troops and horses, Qin Yin said that the dynasty had dispersed its property and recruited more than 3,000 people, and wanted 20,000 taels of silver to raise soldiers, Jiao Yi nodded and smiled and said, "What can you do with these 20,000 taels of silver." I will give him 50,000 taels of silver tickets, but he will use them on the blade, and he will recruit as many soldiers and horses as he can. By the way, the dynasty will be the general of my Tianbo Mansion from now on. A farmer suddenly became a general, and he also got 50,000 taels of silver tickets, and the dynasty was stunned for a while and then nodded and said: "Several adults, there have been floods in the south and drought in the north recently, and it is a good opportunity to recruit troops at this time, and there will be 100,000 people." It's just that I'm thinking, where should I put so many soldiers and horses after recruiting them?" Jiao Yi thought about it, so he said: "General Wang, when you feel that there is no place to place soldiers and horses, you will go to the South China Sea under the banner of Longqing." There, there are two armies of soldiers and horses in Tianbo Mansion, and you can meet them as long as you see the Longqing banner and conspire with them to achieve great things. Besides, I'll give you an extra fifty thousand taels of silver, and you can go back and get some horses and armor. Wang Dynasty nodded and agreed: "A few adults, otherwise, after the last general returns, let his apprentice Zhang Lin take 2,500 people to the South China Sea first, and also make room for recruiting soldiers." In addition, the last general is contacting some people who can do kung fu and lead troops. Jiao Yi smiled, and asked Feng Guang to go to Yingchun to get 150,000 taels of silver tickets and 500 taels of silver, gave the dynasty 100,000 taels of silver tickets and 500 taels of silver, and gave Qin Yin 50,000 taels of silver tickets, saying that 5,000 taels of them were sent to Shi Xiongmin in Yangzhou, and the rest of the soldiers were raised and some soldiers and horses were recruited. Qin Yin and Wang Chao took the silver ticket, and they were very happy, and they all felt that it was right to take refuge in Tianbo Mansion, so they waited to fight for the young master in the future. Just sent away Qin Yin and the two before they had time to enter the mansion, and another military man brought two people, but it was Yang Biao, the guard general of Runing Mansion, and Guan Ziqing, a member of the Hangzhou garrison barracks, who were the two generals of the network after Zhong Lei returned to Pukou, and Wang Baoyan heard about it. "Come, come, talk. Jiao Yi greeted, Feng Guang still let Jiao Yi and Wang Bao accompany him, led Yang Biao and the two to his house, and let ten soldiers patrol outside the door. After sitting down for tea, introducing themselves to each other, and chatting about the recent situation of the little prince and the chief manager, Guan Ziqing said: "Three adults, Zhang Yan is the cousin-in-law of the last general, and when he was drinking yesterday, he inadvertently said something that attracted the attention of the last general. Wang Bao hurriedly asked, "What are you talking about?" Guan Ziqing said: "It seems that someone in the palace has looked for Zhang Yan and asked him to pay close attention to the movements of my Tianbo Mansion." What else to say, someone in the palace has promised him that as long as things are done well, then he will be the commander of Jiangning, Huizhou, Ningguo, Fengyang, Runing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Chengying, and Yangzhou. These words made Jiao Yi gasp, glanced at Wang Bao and said, "In this way, then Li Guifei is really going to move our Tianbo Mansion." Yang Biao sneered when he heard this: "The little prince is my lord, if anyone dares to touch my lord, the three thousand shield troops and two thousand light horsemen in my hand do not recognize people, and there is only one master in my heart, which is the little prince." I didn't want to Guan Ziqing but sighed softly: "It's a pity that I'm just a partial general, if there is really anything in Tianbo Mansion, then I can only bring three hundred soldiers to protect the master." ”