Delong

When Chief Zhang was in a state of desperation, entangled in the complicated internal factional struggles, poor autumn tax revenue, specious organizational system, corrupt and depraved cadre quality, and complicated daily work, when the autumn tax work was the busiest, someone followed Arrived at Jiangling as scheduled.

"General Zhang, have you been in good health for the past few years?" In the north of Jiangling City, in front of the noisy big blacksmith shop, Xie Minghe saw the person coming, and bowed his hands in salute from a distance.

"Ashamed, ashamed, how dare you let Chief Xie come to pick you up?" Zhang Gongshen went south alone, and after entering the territory, he was escorted here by only a team of scouts from the Dethrone Dragon Gang. Suddenly he heard a human voice, and seeing that it was Xie Minghe, he hurriedly got off his horse and bowed his hands in return. "How dare you call yourself a general in front of Chief Xie?"

"I was a prisoner in the past, but now I am a guest. Since you are here, you will be safe." Seeing this, Xie Minghe thought that the other party had recalled the attitude of being captured before. Then come to laugh. "General Zhang is here today, and he only needs to live in the city. The accommodation has been arranged. Should we go to the residence first, or go to see Chief Zhang first? Or should we visit Jiangling City first?"

Zhang Gongshen didn't dare to pick, but he was right with his modest words.

And Xie Minghe is naturally not a stranger, and now that he is in the autumn tax period, he has nothing else to say as the in charge of foreign affairs, so he simply took care of it, bid farewell to the sentinel who was going to hand over the task, and first asked Take the other party to visit Jiangling City.

In fact, there is nothing special about Jiangling City except for its convenient transportation and open surroundings. The only thing that can be said is that the local smoked chicken was a little famous before, but since the Three Expeditions, wars have been linked, and this kind of roast chicken is not uncommon. This year it has stabilized a little bit, and you can see one or two of them, but after Chief Zhang stands here, businesses gather around, and there are more specialties in other places, but they still don’t show up... so much so that the merchants who come and go It is said that the sour plum soup here is comparable to Dongdu, but no one knows what smoked chicken is.

In fact, many people wondered why Chief Zhang set up the Xingtai in Jiangling. After all, there are too many famous cities in the Bohai Sea and the plains.

At the beginning, everyone explained that Chief Zhang was happy with the situation. He chased Xue Changxiong's army to Qingzhangshui that day, then avoided the front line, retreated, and stopped.But soon, a new theory gradually came into being. It is probably because this city is too ordinary that Chief Zhang chose this place because it can show his ability.

"You can trust me." Zhang Gongshen, who was leading the horse, sighed with emotion in the official way. "I came here with the Hejian Army that day, and I have seen what it was like at that time. After returning to Youzhou after the spring, I passed by here, and the scale of the Tuntian camp and the military camp has been shocked. Seeing that the spring plowing is complete, I feel that it is amazing. But who would have thought that in less than a year, the streets have grown to the outside of the city? The blacksmith shop is also huge, and there are tools, farm tools, pots, pans and spoons; cattle and horses The battalion is also powerful, with so many livestock and so well-organized management; there are also these few outer streets, not only the goods from the east, but also the goods from Jindi, Youzhou, Beidi, and Jiangnan, which is really powerful. "

Xie Minghe listened to each other's words, and he looked very simple... Including the slightly weird communication in Pingchang County last time, it could also be seen that the other party was indeed a slightly honest person... and he was somewhat complacent.

"Although it's a bit of a self-promotion, but in terms of comforting the people's livelihood, I have traveled too many places and met many so-called heroes. I am afraid that they are not as good as our Dragon Gang." Xie Minghe twirled his beard and laughed. "Most of the rebels are often at a loss after seizing power. As for the court officials, they were perfunctory before, but seeing the great Wei will fall, they seem a little unscrupulous or self-defeating."

"Indeed." Zhang Gongshen thought for a while and nodded seriously. "But there are some proper ones... Ever since Mr. Li was in poor health and our general was ordered to supervise the East Fourth County of Youzhou, he has been very concerned about the localities, checking money and food, and investigating corruption at every turn, but it's not as good as your family's. That's all."

Xie Minghe laughed immediately - there is really no need to say some words.

In this way, the two first walked around the city, and then ate a bowl of new noodles somewhere in the south of the city. They entered the city in the afternoon, but pointed to the general area of ​​the city and introduced it, and then led each other to Cangcheng At the back door, I found a woman in charge of logistics. The latter came out and led her into a nearby alley, a house with a simple front and back yard. After making an introduction, she told her where she lived, and then left.

Besides, although Zhang Gongshen came alone in private because the two families belonged to officials and thieves, according to Luo Shu's private statement before coming, if this year's success, he, General Luo, is likely to take off in one fell swoop and rule Youzhou The land of twenty counties will be considered one of the most powerful masters in Hebei by then... Under such circumstances, the attitude of the Dragon Clan to treat itself, General Luo's confidant, is also strange... On the one hand, they have sent Xie Minghe, who is from a background like Xie Minghe. The leader with seniority and real power came to greet him in person, which was surprising. On the one hand, it was only given such a small house, and there were no officials, servants and women, and it seemed to be deliberately humiliating. It was really strange.

However, Zhang Gongshen is honest and prudent, and he won't show it. In addition, he is also a low-level military officer, so he can take care of himself to some extent, so he just nodded.

Immediately, after Zhang Gongshen tied the horse and loaded a bucket of clean water, he followed Xie Minghe and walked out, ready to do the most important thing of the day-to pay a face-to-face meeting with the chief of the Dragon Gang, the so-called lord of ten counties and one state, Hebei One of the top leaders of the powerful forces, even Zhang Xing Zhang Sanlang, the world's number one rebel and the recognized leader of the rebel army.

"correct."

The two came out, and Xie Minghe pointed to a courtyard diagonally opposite the alley, which was obviously much larger. "That's the residence of Chief Jia Jia Runfu. If you want to see Chief Zhang in the future, even if you can go directly, you'd better report to Chief Xiao Jia first. He is our chief bodyguard."

Zhang Gongshen was stunned for a moment, suppressed his dissatisfaction, and nodded quickly: "It should be so."

Xie Minghe didn't care too much, but continued to emphasize: "General Zhang will be here in the future, except for the rewards for military exploits, the daily treatment will be the same as that of ordinary single leaders."

Zhang Gongshen was even more surprised and puzzled, but he responded quickly.

While speaking, the two had left the alley and came back to the heavily guarded Cangcheng, but this time it was the main entrance, and after Xie Minghe showed the sign made of jade, ivory or whalebone again, he led Zhang Gongshen went in.

After entering Cangcheng, he didn't go to any big main hall, but transferred to a row of ordinary public houses. Zhang Gongshen had nothing to say about this. Given the current state of the Dragon Gang, the most feared thing is to be beheaded. So it is normal for Chief Zhang to choose the most common public housing, or even change the office location on a daily basis.

In fact, when Luo Shu realized that Li Cheng was about to die, when he started trying to fight for the control of Youzhou, he seemed to have reached the alchemy, but he was so cautious, for fear that someone would stab him somewhere.

This is the case for the superior.

The only thing that surprised Zhang Gongshen was that the interior layout of this office was just ordinary, with a table, a table, two shelves, three or four chairs and stools, one of which was like a legendary whalebone chair, but placed In the guest seat, there is a person under the back window of the house, just sitting on an ordinary wooden chair. When he sees someone coming, he raises his head from the table, his eyes are bright, and it is impressive that he is the leader of the Dragon Gang who had met once that day. OK Zhang Sanlang.

"General Zhang came just in time." Zhang Xing also smiled when he saw the person coming, and got up with the opportunity, stretching out his hand in the air. "How about it, in charge Xie can explain it clearly to you, do you have any other requirements? Just say it."

"Everything is in order, and there is nothing unnecessary, please rest assured Chief Zhang." Zhang Gongshen nodded immediately with a little embarrassment, and then rushed forward to shake hands, his demeanor was obviously a bit at a loss.

In addition to being at a loss, he still hesitated, but wanted to ask about the other party's residence, why he kept saying that he was treated like the leader, but it was only such a small courtyard?It's not that he himself can't bear it, but that he is afraid of losing Luo Shu's face, or has doubts about the other party's attitude.

"That's good." Zhang Xing didn't want to be troublesome, so he just shook hands and sat back. "General Zhang, if there is something urgent, you can ask Xie to take care of it, or you can come to me... Now that you are here today, can General Luo have something to say?"

Zhang Gongshen didn't dare to sit on the whalebone chair, he just leaned over and cupped his hands facing each other, honestly: "No, just ask me to keep in touch with Chief Zhang."

Zhang Xing raised his eyebrows slightly, then nodded, and asked again: "Then there is a big event in Youzhou, Beidi, or other places. If there is no need to keep it secret, please tell General Zhang."

Zhang Gongshen thought for a while, then looked at Xie Minghe, and finally answered: "There are some things, but I told Branch Manager Xie on the way today..."

Suddenly, Zhang Xing nodded immediately: "That's good, it's just about to be evening, we are going to eat in the porch, General Zhang might as well go to the porch and have a meal together later." the other side.

As soon as Zhang Gongshen cupped his hands, he immediately left. When he came out, he realized that he still forgot to ask about his residence.

"How?" As soon as the person left, Zhang Xing looked at Xie Minghe.

"Either he is a very honest and prudent person, or he is a very thoughtful person who is good at hiding, and I think it is the former." Xie Minghe said one thing. "Because I took him to eat new noodles in front of the shop opened by a person from Youzhou, he was calm, as if he didn't know that it was the property of Luoshu Xinfumen Hakka's family; after I took him to the residence, he saw the residence Simple, he obviously thought we were belittling him, and almost didn't cover it up... However, his cultivation is not bad, and I can see that he is almost congealed."

Zhang Xing nodded: "This is natural. Youzhou has always been martial arts, and it is so big. There are always some heroes. Luo Shu is also ambitious. Before the Great Wei suppressed the locals like that, it is not unusual for him to hook up some heroes early. .”

"Luo Shu, I've done some homework these days. No matter how I look at it, I feel that he is always a cunning thief... He must not be credible. It's just that we are not on the same border right now, and we are far away and close at hand." Xie Minghe reminded earnestly. "Don't trust me."

Chief Zhang was noncommittal: "Actually, don't care about him. Why don't we make friends from afar and attack closely? If we don't take Hejian, what are you talking about about Youzhou?"

Xie Minghe nodded, but smiled without saying a word.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Xing was puzzled for a moment.

"Are you really going to endure it for two or three years, and wait until the situation is clear, before moving to Hebei when the opportunity arises?" Xie Minghe raised his hands and asked earnestly.

"How can it take two or three years?" Zhang Xing said disapprovingly. "The situation is too fast. I guess something will go wrong in Jiangdu and Dongdu within a year or so... And we really shouldn't fight Xuzhou. Fighting Xuzhou is not only a waste of money and food, but also seriously catalyzed the situation. This is what I didn't expect ...So now I am only worried that the situation is developing too fast, but we haven't accumulated enough strength to do what we should do."

Xie Minghe shook his head: "Your worries are right. The situation is obviously accelerating now. According to Zhang Gongshen, the relationship between the Eight Lords of the Northland and the Seven Guards of the Devils has been completely torn apart. Tingtao City in the far north seems to be out What a mess, and then the Gao family in Lelang City near Youzhou had a direct conflict with the White Wolf Guard, and the people in Youzhou said that it was the White Wolf Guard who got our support..."

"What does it matter to us?" Zhang Xing said disapprovingly. "The seven demon guards are restrained by the order of the black water guard of the black water guard. Why should we intervene? Besides, I heard that Tao City is in trouble. It must be that the conflicts in the Northland have been aroused to a certain extent. .”

"But it's common for people in Youzhou to think this way. Although they have no direct conflict with us now, including Hengshan and Daijun, we have obviously endured it, but the most fearful thing in our bones is that we and the people from the North will attack them from north to south in the future."

"That's true..." Zhang Xing had nothing to say. "People in Youzhou won't really trust us, everyone is just playing around."

"Besides that." Xie Minghe hesitated for a moment. "It's also some rumors that Zhang Gongshen said just now, but it hasn't been verified yet. I guess we have to wait for news from northern Shanxi... It is said that many traditional military towns in Guanlong are also reversed on the south side of Dumo. Everyone said that the news from Xuzhou arrived. .”

Zhang Xing snorted coldly: "This is the crime of wanting to impose it. It is obvious that the Wu Clan is going south, okay? What does it matter to us?"

At this point, Chief Zhang paused slightly, and couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know if this matter will be the final blow to crush Dongdu..."

"Whether it's the last blow or not, anyway, as you said, it's almost a year and a half." Xie Minghe nodded. "But what I'm worried about now is that the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop... I've made it clear that the current situation is like this. We have already established a big fan for the Dragon Clan. All rebels are attached to us, and where is the separatist regime? The prefect generals are also looking at us, even the civil strife that is obviously traditional in the north and the rebellion in Guanlongbian town caused by the Wu clan's southward movement have been counted on us...Why do you think that Zhang Sanlang is really going to force the East? Even when that uncle had to fight to the death, can we be alone? Why can’t we be the target, and others will reap the rewards? Is that uncle really confused to see that we are the big trouble? "

Zhang Xing had nothing to say, or he said calmly: "If this is the case, we must lay a solid foundation and work hard to lay down the foundation. We can't give up eating because of choking, but stop...Actually, I just realized it now. Wang dominates, but emphasizing the matter of the leader of the rebel army is also a double-edged sword, but I will never regret this matter. If it really comes, the great master Hongshan will really be overwhelmed, and that is our destiny... ...However, I still think that the emperor's uncle is not that confused, or he must be more vigilant about Bai Shi because of his vision."

Xie Minghe smiled when he heard the words: "You think clearly."

"The matter is right there." Zhang Xing said disapprovingly. "Even if it's 1 fears and unease, I should have thought about it... I wanted to wait until after autumn or even the end of the year to talk about it. Since Xie Xie also mentioned this matter, I will let you know first. I want to ask Xie Xie to contact me in private." personal."

"Those King Kongs?" Xie Minghe thought for a while and couldn't help sighing. "I'm afraid it's a bit troublesome. Seriously, why don't you go to the Northland, take out the score selected by your black emperor, and sincerely invite some masters from the Northland to the Commander-in-Chief."

"Invite them all, do your best... and the fortune-teller ambassador, and the younger brother of Ji Junwang Taishou, the one holding the mirror, I also want to contact you." Zhang Xing said seriously. "Although blacksmithing requires hard work, it is a matter of life and death, and there is nothing to worry about. Try to do everything, and try any way."

Xie Minghe nodded.

The two talked about some details, and when they heard the movement outside, they walked out together carrying chairs.

"Thank you, brothers."

Thanks to the servants who were released from the official slaves, Zhang Xing, as always, went straight to eat, and then talked with the surrounding staff, clerks, and other members of the gang who came to do official business.And those big bosses, chiefs, managers, divisions, staff officers, clerks, county officials, and military officers couldn't wait, and took the opportunity to discuss and talk non-stop, as if they had long been familiar with this atmosphere
On the other hand, Zhang Gongshen next to him was surprised and uneasy for a long time, obviously unable to adapt.

What made Zhang Gongshen even more surprised was that he was still behind. After finishing the meal in the corridor with a huge amount of information, he saw Chief Zhang personally tidy up the dishes and bring back the chair. When he lived in his own residence, he had been walking with the Chief Zhang and several other people.

Finally, when he came to the residence, he found that the other party actually bowed his hand to him, and then pushed the door and entered a courtyard that was exactly the same as his own, while several guards followed a young officer and entered the large courtyard next door.

It also made Zhang Gongshen stunned on the spot again.

It turned out that Jia Runshi's big house was used as a defense for the soldiers, and they really gave the leader treatment, even the chief treatment.

But in Youzhou, or in Luoshu's place, although the eighteen cavalry are known as brothers, they are typical personal attachments. Those who need to kneel down and serve as masters and servants, the reason is to do great things.

When he came back to his senses, for no reason, Zhang Gongshen who pushed the door in suddenly felt a little ashamed.

PS: It is indeed influenza A. The night before yesterday, after four or five hours of diagnosis, I came back. The hospital was full of influenza A. My wife was 31 weeks pregnant and was infected with the upper respiratory tract. I was prescribed special medicine and a bunch of things. I was much better, but Blade throat and fever and cough and headache but the ups and downs are very interesting, you take acetaminophen and within two hours you feel almost better, then another two hours later, it gives you a rise again, and then all the symptoms Intensified...repeatedly...Work and life are still obviously affected, but fortunately, I can barely take care of my wife, and it is obviously getting better gradually in this cycle, and I hope to get better as soon as possible.

Everyone should also take care and pay attention to protection.