Fenghou

Chapter 252 Business
Two days later, Yang Yao sent an envoy to negotiate, intending to exchange thousands of people who had been kidnapped for Zhong Ziyi's head. Li Gang immediately beheaded the envoy and refused to negotiate with the water thief. Yang Yao was furious and had no choice.

At this time, nearly [-] people from the two Song armies from Changsha and Hanyang arrived in Baling County. The crisis in Baling County was temporarily lifted, but to destroy Yang Yao, the imperial navy still needed to wait. It will take at least a few months for Runzhou to be repaired.

Chen Qing bid farewell to Wang Yan and Li Gang, and returned to Jianli County.

Although the water bandits were defeated in Baling County, the situation of the Yangtze River waterway has not improved, and it is still under the control of Yang Yao's water army. confluence.

A few days later, the people arrived in Jiayu County by land. The two large ships had already arrived, and they boarded again. The large ship continued to go eastward along the Yangtze River.
In Runzhou, Tianranju Restaurant by the Yangtze River was full of guests. It happened to be dusk, and the drinkers were basically businessmen. They chatted about various news from all over the world.

"The golden soldiers in Yangzhou withdrew to the north? Is your news true?"

"Of course it's true. I came here from Yangzhou. The [-] gold soldiers from Yangzhou were transferred to Guanzhong and replaced with [-] Qi soldiers. The general is called Liang Shiyao, who was the wine general from Chuzhou."

"I know the wine general in Chuzhou. It is said that he thought the wine sold on the street was not good, so he made wine himself. Later, he made money, and the entire barracks became a wine brewing workshop."

"It's him who continues to make wine in Yangzhou."

The two businessmen were talking vigorously, when a young soldier came over, patted one of the businessmen on the shoulder, and whispered something to him, the businessman had a bitter look on his face, so he got up and followed the soldier to the window at the table.

There are two generals sitting here, one is Li Wu and the other is Wang Shanzhi, both of whom are commanders under Liu Guangshi.

The two businessmen chatted too vigorously just now, their voices were a little louder, and they overheard them.

"Excuse me, what's your name? What business do you do?" Li Wu asked the businessman with a smile.

"The villain's name is Gao Xi, from Chuzhou, and he's in the hemp business!"

"Just now I heard from you that the Jin soldiers left Yangzhou. Is the news true?"

"The news is absolutely true. The villain has a shop in Yangzhou. It's not just hearsay. The Qi army villain stationed here has seen it, and the general and the villain also know him. It was Liang Shiyao, the commander of Chuzhou. We Chuzhou people call him General Jiu."

"But I seem to have heard you say that [-] gold soldiers have been transferred to Guanzhong?"

"Ah! The villain heard what the soldiers of the Qi army said, so he didn't dare to take it seriously."

Li Wu asked a few more questions and told the merchant to go back. Another commander, Wang Shanzhi, smiled and said, "Commander Li won't report to the commander-in-chief with the news he heard in the restaurant!"

"Since I am the leader of the scout battalion, I must report these news to the commander in time. Of course, I will send someone to Yangzhou to investigate."

The two chatted for a few more words before checking out and leaving.

Under the night, a carriage stopped in front of a house in the east of Runzhou City. Someone went up and patted the door. After a while, the door opened, and an old man asked with his head, "Who are you looking for?"

"This is a post from my host."

The man in black handed a post to the compound. The old man took the post, looked at the carriage outside, and nodded, "Wait a moment, I will report to the master!"

The old man closed the door and went in. Not long after, the door opened, and a middle-aged man greeted him with a smile, "It's actually Brother Zihang, what kind of fragrant wind brought you here."

A tall, thin, middle-aged man stepped out of the carriage, and said with a smile, "I've wanted to see my brother for a long time. I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and my brother basically hasn't changed!"

"We're all old, come in and talk!"

The owner of the courtyard house is surnamed Liu, named Liu Qin. He was originally a member of the military under Du Chong's account, and now he is Liu Guangshi's staff. The tall, thin man who came to visit him was Wang Zihang, a native of Caizhou. They study at Yingtianfu Guozi Academy together, and the two are classmates and friends.

The two sat down in the study, and Liu Qin asked his wife to warm a pot of wine, and then brought some side dishes.

"Let's have a drink. We haven't seen each other for so many years. We have to catch up on the past."

"That's right! Fifteen years have passed in a flash. Back then, our scholarly enthusiasm has been smoothed out by reality."

"Where is Brother Zihang now?"

"I can't talk about being high. I'm still living in Yingtian Mansion. I just changed a house recently, so I'm quite busy."

"House!"

Liu Qin raised his eyebrows. He knew that this old man Wang's father passed away early, and he was brought up by his mother. His family was very poor. He relied on relatives to raise money for his studies in Yingtianfu. He usually copied books for others, so he actually changed houses. Well, a house is not a house or a yard. It must be at least three acres to be called a house.

"Where is Brother Wang's new house? How big is it?"

"It's next to our Guozixue, East Street, that is the house of Yang Shilang. We also visited and posted, and we also felt emotional together. Life should be like this!"

Liu Tan opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time. The house of Yang Shilang, the most prosperous area in Yingtian Mansion, covers an area of ​​[-] acres!

"Brother Wang has made a fortune!"

Wang Zihang picked up his wine glass and said calmly: "I have made a lot of money in the past few years, maybe some people will look down on me, but I am really poor, so I don't care what others say behind my back, I have to treat myself and my family well, To tell you the truth, apart from the big house, I still have [-] hectares of farmland in Yingtian Mansion, and the money deposited in Baoji Cabinet is no less than [-] guan, just the family business I earned in the past few years."

Liu Qin was very envious. His hometown was in Yingtianfu, and he couldn't go back to his hometown. He didn't have any property in the south, so he still rented the house in Runzhou.

"What the hell is brother doing, can you help my little brother!"

"I'll tell you the truth, I'm an official in the state of Qi, does my virtuous brother object?"

"conflict?"

Liu Tan shook his head, "It's not a contradiction, but just being an official in Qi State can make a fortune?"

"Of course it depends on what it is. I was working in the Marshal's Mansion, and I made a suggestion to dredge the river. The above rewarded me with a house, and I didn't spend a penny."

Liu Tan suddenly understood that Wang Zihang was working for Wan Yanchang, he picked up his wine glass and said with a half-smile, "Brother came to see me, it's not as simple as reminiscing about the past!"

Wang Zihang handed him a counter ticket from a money shop, "This is a counter ticket from Baoji Counter Shop. It can withdraw three hundred taels of gold, worth six thousand coins. As long as my brother is willing to do one thing, it will be returned to you." is you."

"Zi Hang wants me to join Wan Yan Chang?"

"No! This is a business. One vote earns one vote. This time, I have prepared five hundred taels of gold for you, and three hundred taels of gold is just an advance payment. After the matter is completed, I will pay you another two hundred taels of gold."

Wang Zihang said goodbye and left. Liu Qin paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He was Liu Guangshi's aide, and he knew very well what the business Wan Yanchang wanted to do with him meant.
But five hundred taels of gold, ten thousand coins!Now in Lin'an or Suzhou, he could still buy a five-acre house, which was a temptation he couldn't refuse.

In fact, the fact that he didn't throw the counter ticket in Wang Zihang's face meant that he had already wavered.

"Just do it this time, don't make another example!" Liu Tan secretly warned himself.

Liu Guangshi is currently serving as the Xuanfu envoy of Huainan and Jingdong Road, and set up Yangzhou, but Yangzhou is still in the hands of the Jin people. His Xuanfu envoy can only be located in Runzhou, which is today's Zhenjiang.

Early in the morning, General Li Wu told him the news that the Jin soldiers had retreated from Yangzhou, the Yangzhou garrison was replaced by [-] puppet Qi troops, and the new general manager of Yangzhou was Liang Shiyao.

Of course Liu Guangshi knew that Liang Shiyao, the golfer promoted by Gao Yu, was originally a Bianliang rascal. Because of his alcoholism, he opened a wine workshop in the Chuzhou military camp. He was called the wine general and was impeached many times. He has been sheltered by Gao Lian all the time, but after he surrendered to Jin Bing, there is no news.

Liu Guangshi was a little bit tempted that it was this wine bag and rice bag who was appointed as the general manager of Yangzhou.

Liu Guangshi called his staff Liu Qin to discuss.

Liu Tan had already taken away three hundred taels of gold from Baoji Cabinet, and he was completely lost in the golden light.

"This is the chance for the Xuanfu envoy to be named Taiwei!" Liu Qin smiled slightly.

Liu Guangshi was refreshed, and quickly asked, "How do you say that?"

"Reporting to the Xuanfu envoy, the armistice agreement on the eastern front will expire in a few days. Now that the western front has won successive victories against the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom is struggling, and has to transfer troops to the western front, but what about the eastern front? in anticipation.

I believe that the officials are also looking forward to the news of the victory on the Eastern Front. Regardless of Xuan Fushi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, and Yue Fei, they are all gearing up. Whoever takes the lead at this time will definitely get the largest share of rewards. Now the opportunity has come. , It depends on whether the envoy can catch it! "

"You think this is an opportunity?"

Liu Tan smiled slightly, "I don't know about others, but Liang Shiyao must be an opportunity!"

"What if the golden soldiers attack back?"

"If the Xuanfu envoy regains Yangzhou, then he will be rewarded by the officials. As for Yangzhou being taken back by the Jin soldiers, that is actually not important, and it will not happen so soon. The key is the moment when the officials are happy." .”

Liu Guangshi pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, "I will write a report to the government right now. If the government approves it, we will send troops immediately!"

(End of this chapter)