Fu Song

Chapter 145
The prisons in Yan'an Mansion are far inferior to those in Jingzhao Mansion. In the past, most of the prisons here held murderers, disobedient ones, and those who fought and wounded others. The days of these people in the prison Naturally, no one cares about how things are going.

It wasn't until Ma Xing took office as the appeasement envoy of Shaanxi Road and moved the appeasement office from the prosperous Jingzhao Mansion to the yellow and sandy Yan'an Mansion that the prison here was renovated, because there were more officials locked up here.

But it's just climbing from the ground to the top of the mat, it's just a little bit higher.

Because Ma Xing also has no money to repair the cell.

Even if he has money, he is willing to use it to prepare the army for war. As for the conditions in the prison, he doesn't care about it.I enjoyed too many blessings in the past, and now I have to pay back some.

Miao Shou is now being held in this prison.

Speaking of which, it's not that Ma Xing didn't want to deal with Miao Shou before, but this guy colluded too closely with the party members, and Ma Xing was also afraid of stirring up party members' changes, so he didn't dare to touch him.But this breath was held in his heart until Qu Shou was finally useless, and now it was the end of autumn.

The reason why only Qu Shou and his eldest son were imprisoned but not all the rest of the Qu family was because Ma Xing still wanted to make a fortune from Qu Shou.

To be honest, Ma Xing never expected Qu Shou to be so rich.That's why he entrusted Qu Shou to Xiao Ding to deal with him. He wanted to sell Xiao Ding's favor, but Xiao Ding squeezed [-] guan from Qu Shou with a stick. Ma Xing regretted it very much. Did not sleep for days.

Now he is determined to get at least [-] guan from Qu Shou, otherwise the old boy will never get out of prison.

But plans don't always keep up with changes.

When Xiao Ding has a man and money, his rebellious temperament is exposed all of a sudden. If such a person is not tied to a rope, I'm afraid it will be out of control in the future.As for the person who can restrain Xiao Ding, after thinking about it now, Miao Shou is actually the most suitable person.

Of course, money is still needed, but the amount can be less.

Qu Shou and his son still don't know that their lives will undergo great changes again. Now they are huddled together in a corner, covered with straws of unclear colors and shivering. The two embrace each other to keep warm.

The cell was not protected from the wind at all.

Not to mention the biting cold wind that blows in through the cracks in the walls, and the roof, there are even snow particles falling from time to time.

Such a prison cell is really capable of freezing to death.

Thanks to the fact that Miao Shou and his son are in good health, they can be regarded as generals anyway, and their bodies are much stronger than ordinary people, otherwise they would have frozen to death.

And in this big prison, people are dragged out every day.

Either he died of freezing or he died of illness.

Cheng Gui covered his nose with a silk handkerchief and walked into the cell. The cell boss and jailer followed behind him with flattering smiles on their faces.

"Injustice!"

Seeing Cheng Gui appear, some former officials who knew him in the cell rushed to the fence one by one, shook the fence desperately, and yelled at Cheng Gui.

Cheng Gui snorted impatiently, and the jailers rushed over immediately, waved the small leather whip in their hands, and with a blow of the whip, the cry of grievances immediately turned into the sound of howling ghosts and wolves.

Miao De originally wanted to yell, but before he had time, he saw the scene of the jailer beating the prisoner, and immediately retreated.

Cheng Gui went straight to their cell and looked at the father and son through the fence.

"Chenggong, I know I made a mistake, please help Chenggong, father and son will repay each other!" Seeing this scene, Miao Shou rushed to the fence and kowtowed repeatedly.

A stench came over his face, and Cheng Gui couldn't help taking a few steps back. When Miao Shou was taken into prison, his whole body was still red and white, like a rich man, but now he looks like a broken man. A skeleton frame, that is, his son is younger and physically better, and he still looks human.

"Let these two go out, go home and raise them for a few days, and then come to see me again!" Cheng Gui gave Miao Shou and his son a disgusted look, turned and left.

Seeing Cheng Gui disappearing quickly, the cell boss untied a bunch of keys from his waist with a smile, picked out one and opened the iron lock of this room, "You two officials, it seems that you are here, little I’m here to wish you all a bright future, step by step!”

Miao De looked at the prison boss, burning with anger. These days, their father and son have suffered enough, all thanks to the prison boss, and was about to insult and ridicule him, but Miao Shou pinned him down. Behind him, he cupped his hands and said to the jailer: "Thank you Huang Yucheng for taking care of me these days, I am very satisfied to be able to get out alive."

The cell boss laughed, turned and left.

"Bachelor, this is the list sent by the Miao family today. I estimated that the shop, land, house, workshop, and some jewelry and antiques are worth more than [-] yuan." Cheng Gui will A long list was placed in front of Ma Xing, amazed.

"Xiao Ding squeezed him [-] guan, and now he took out another [-] guan, and the total is [-] guan." Ma Xing shook his head and said, "Is it so rich for a ruler? Deqian, we In the big prison, but there are still several locked up, it seems that these people are not telling the truth!"

Cheng Gui said with a smile: "Scholar, this Miao Shou is probably a special case. Corruption is one. The other is that this person is also very good at managing wealth. Otherwise, it will be difficult for a small government to gather such Family property."

"Well, for the sake of these goods, this person will be employed again next time. Forget about the previous matters. Let him hang up a idle job in the mansion first, and make arrangements after the matter ahead is settled!" Ma Xing waved his hand: "However, with these [-] coins, we will have more time to do many things in the next year."

"The bachelor should pay the official salary owed to everyone first!" Cheng Gui spread his hands and said: "Otherwise, everyone will not have the strength to work!"

Ma Xing laughed loudly: "Fa Fa Fa, you, the master, are the first to send money." After laughing a few times, Ma Xing suddenly stopped, looked at Cheng Gui thoughtfully and said, "De Qian, what do you say?" What does Xiao Ding rely on to control those rebellious party members? The court has been troubled by this for countless years, and Li Xu has had no results for more than ten years, what is Xiao Ding based on?"

"It's nothing more than goods." Cheng Gui said disapprovingly. "Dangxiang people are short-sighted and extremely poor. As long as they are given money, they will work for others, and they are extremely greedy, just like a hungry wolf that can't get enough."

Ma Xing nodded and said: "Now Xiao Ding does have money in his hands. Rough calculations, he can mobilize at least millions of dollars of assets in his hands, and after deducting the resettlement expenses of his Guangrui Army, there are at least [-] yuan He has spare money, but if the money is used up? How can he control these party members? Once the party members do not help him, how can he defend Yancheng under Li Xu's counterattack?"

Cheng Gui thought for a moment, and Fang said: "Scholar, you forgot one thing, this is Yanzhou City! What is the most popular?"

Ma Xing was startled, and immediately reacted: "Salt!"

"That's right, it's salt. Dozens of natural salt lakes are dozens of places where money flows continuously. As long as Xiao Ding controls these places, is he afraid that he will have no money?" Cheng Gui said.

"Salt and iron monopoly is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. How can he be allowed to be controlled by a military leader. I can tolerate other things. This matter is absolutely impossible. Even his father will definitely not allow it." Ma Xing With a smile. "This matter, Miao Shou's big measures, can't handle it. At most, he can get in touch with the party members. At that time, he needs to send capable people to go and get this matter done."

"With the income from the salt produced by these salt lakes, the bachelor may be able to show his talents." Cheng Gui said: "At least, the bachelor has money and can firmly hold the party members in his hands."

"Exactly!" Ma Xing nodded. "The matter of money and food is really the key. In the past, Xiao Ding was used to being casual in Hebei, and King Jing has always been used to him. When he came to Shaanxi Road, he can't be tolerated like this. He has to develop some rules. It's also for his own good. If you think about it, Xiao Xiang can also understand my painstaking efforts."

"If he is brave in battle and has repeatedly made military exploits, the bachelor will naturally reward him with more money and food, and others have nothing to say." Cheng Gui said: "But we must not let him control enough financial resources. Like salt and Food must be controlled. If a general can independently own these things, it will be the source of turmoil. Li Xu is a lesson from the past. If there is not enough money and food, it is the courage of a king, what is the use? Isn't it the last one to lay an ambush on all sides and kill himself in Wujiang?"

Speaking of this, Cheng Gui suddenly laughed: "Bachelor, we are discussing these here, do you think Xiao Ding will definitely win this battle? Only if he wins, what we just said is of some value!"

"I have an intuition that Xiao will definitely win this battle!" Ma Xing said, "Although there is no reason, I just feel that way."

"He took it by surprise, not to mention Li Xuzuo Qiuming, even we, never thought that Xiao Ding would be so bold!" Cheng Gui shook his head.

Outside Yanzhou City, the cold wind was blowing, Xiao Ding rode his horse and stood under the banner. At this time, of course he did not know that his sudden dispatch of troops had caused great changes in the rear. He has given strong support, but he is also beginning to plan to restrict this capable but somewhat disobedient general.

It's already the second day, Xiao Ding only has three days to attack Yanzhou City, and he shortened this time to two days, and he still has one day left to try his best in case something goes wrong. To reduce losses and return to Hengshan.

There is still a difference between actively retreating and fleeing in failure.

In such a snowy day, even the number of enemies would not dare to follow him into Hengshan. If they really dared to enter, he would dare to eat them.

Instead, it was the weather and low morale that he had to deal with.

Today, he must take down Yanzhou City.

(End of this chapter)