Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 133 Do You Want Cement?

Zhao Wen took the banknote and saw that it was two 500 denomination banknotes, so he asked curiously, "Why are you giving me the banknote?"

Liu Wenqing chuckled twice, and said, "General Zhao, I came here to ask you something."

"What's the matter? I'm just a martial artist, how can I help you?" Zhao Wen blinked and looked at Liu Wenqing with a playful expression.

Liu Wenqing said: "I'm here for the purpose of cement. I hope to get some cement from General Zhao, and I hope the general will not refuse."

"Haha, get cement from my hand? How do you know that I have cement in my hand?" Zhao Wen laughed loudly.

Liu Wenqing looked at Fan Zheng and replied, "Brother Fan told me this."

Zhao Wen pinched his chin and said in thought: "I do produce cement here.

Although the output of cement is large these days, there are also many orders. There is indeed no excess cement.This is probably going to disappoint Yuanwai Liu. "

When Liu Wenqing heard this, he immediately became anxious, "My lord, you can't, you can't live without cement. If you don't have cement, then I'm finished."

Zhao Wen looked at the panicked Liu Wenqing and asked, "What do you need cement for?"

Liu Wenqing looked at Zhao Wen, sighed, and slowly explained the reason.

Zhao Wen frowned, listening to Liu Wenqing's words.

"In this way, don't you need a lot of cement?"

"Yes, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to come to Longmen Castle to find the general."

While the two were talking, Liu Wenzhong suddenly walked in.

Liu Wenzhong looked at the people in the hall, walked directly to Zhao Wen, leaned into Zhao Wen's ear, and said in a low voice: "My lord, the people from the imperial court are here, and they have already arrived at the Xuanfu."

Zhao Wen frowned, looked at Liu Wenzhong, and said in a low voice, "Have you arrived at the Xuan Mansion? Have you figured out who is the leader?"

"I figured it out, speaking of it, I'm still your old acquaintance, my lord."

"Old acquaintance? I don't know anyone in the court."

"My lord, the person who came here on this trip is Liu Changfu, the eunuch in charge of the Xuan Mansion. Now he is the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and he is the godson of Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the Supervisor of Rites." Liu Wenzhong looked at it. Fan Zheng and Liu Wenqing in the hall spoke slowly.

Zhao Wen sat on the chair, let out a long breath, and said slowly: "Liu Changfu, Liu Changfu, I only met him once, so we can't talk about friendship. Moreover, this person is greedy, the kind of person who plucks hairs , I’m afraid it’s not easy to deal with.”

Although Zhao Wen knew Liu Changfu in the Xuan Mansion before, he only met Liu Changfu once, that is, when he reported his meritorious service. Since then, he has never met Liu Changfu.

Moreover, when this person was repaying his credit, he wanted to stop credit from himself, and he was a greedy person.

This time he came, I'm afraid it's not easy.

Liu Wenqing sat next to Fan Zheng, listening quietly with his ears pricked up.

"General, are you talking about Liu Changfu, the eunuch in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies?" Liu Wenqing asked cautiously.

Zhao Wen sat on the chair, glanced at Liu Wenqing lightly, and said, "So what? This is a matter in our army. I'm afraid it's not good for Liu Yuanwai to inquire like this."

Liu Wenqing looked at Zhao Wen in embarrassment, and said with a sneer, "General, the eunuch who is in charge of the ceremony is my nephew."

"What? What did you say? You said Liu Changfu is your nephew? You don't want to lie to me." Zhao Wen jumped up from his chair and looked at Liu Wenqing in shock.

Liu Wenzhong also looked at Liu Wenqing in shock, speechless for a long time.

Fan Zheng chuckled twice, stroking his beard lightly, and said calmly: "Brother Zhao, this eunuch Liu Changfu, who is the chief inspector of ceremonies, is really Liu Wenqing's nephew."

After hearing Fan Zheng's answer, Zhao Wen supported his forehead, sat on a chair, looked at Liu Wenqing in disbelief, and asked, "Is what you said true? Liu Changfu is really your nephew?"

Liu Wenqing pointed to the sky with his right hand, and swore: "If Liu Changfu is not my nephew, let the thieves break into my mansion, and let me die without a place to bury me."

Zhao Wen looked at Liu Wenqing suspiciously, seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, and said, "I believe it, you don't need to swear."

People in this era attach great importance to such things as swearing. If it were not true, Liu Wenqing would not be able to swear such a heavy oath.

"Well, since Liu Changfu and Eunuch Liu are your nephews, then this matter will be easy." Zhao Wen stood up from his chair, and put the bank note that Liu Wenqing sent over just now on the table next to Liu Wenqing.

"General, who is this?" Liu Wenqing looked at the bank notes on the table, and looked at Zhao Wen suspiciously.

Zhao Wen smiled and said, "As long as you can help me with one thing, not only will I not want the silver ticket, but I can also provide you with cement for free?"

When Liu Wenqing heard this, he jumped up from the chair excitedly.

"General, I need a lot of cement, are you sure you can provide it to me?" Liu Wenqing looked at Zhao Wen in disbelief.

Zhao Wen smiled and said, "Ask Shopkeeper Fan, when did I tell a lie?"

Fan Zheng nodded, and said: "General Zhao is a fifth-rank martial arts general personally appointed by His Majesty, and he has never lied."

"Hey, you didn't tell a lie? You can lie to ghosts. The incident with the mirror almost deceived me to death." Fan Zheng slandered.

After hearing Fan Zheng's words, Liu Wenqing felt relieved.He looked at Zhao Wen and asked, "General, what is it?"

Zhao Wen said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, but Liu Changfu and Eunuch Liu are coming to inspect our Longmen Fort recently. As you know, my Longmen Fort family has a big business and has to support many refugees. But, this kind of behavior in the court I was considered a taboo by the ministers in the court and thought that I was going to gather a crowd to rebel, so they sent Liu Changfu and Eunuch Liu to investigate.

I thought, since you are his uncle, why don't you receive him in Xuanfu for me.Don't let him come to Longmen Castle, I will visit him personally when the time comes, what do you think? "

Liu Wenqing let out a long breath and said, "That's it? I thought it was a big deal, so don't worry about it and leave it to me."

After Liu Wenqing finished speaking, he even took a look at Fan Zheng, which means, look at him, and then at you, it's really no business and no adultery.

Zhao Wen chuckled and said, "If you want me to provide cement for free, it's not just that simple."

Liu Wenqing's heart tightened, fearing that Zhao Wen would make some excessive demands, he hurriedly asked, "General, what are the conditions?"

Zhao Wen said slowly: "It's very simple. After this matter is over, I will station troops at your house."

"Garrison? General, anyone who mobilizes troops without an order will be punished with death." Liu Wenqing's expression changed drastically.

Fan Zheng, on the other hand, drank his tea calmly, feeling nothing at all.

This Zhao Wen was not so courageous, he dared to lead hundreds of people into the grassland before, this time the garrison in Pingyang Mansion was nothing compared to him.

Zhao Wendao: "Of course it's not a blatant garrison. I plan to turn more than 200 soldiers into the appearance of your family's servants and garrison around your house.

Of course, these garrisons will also help protect your home, and will not have any wrong thoughts about your home.

Moreover, you don't need to control the food of these garrisons, what do you think? "

Liu Wenqing looked at Fan Zheng anxiously, Fan Zheng put down his teacup and said, "This is a good thing, General Zhao's family has a great career, and your family fortune is nothing at all.

Stationing the army there can also protect your family's property, why not do it? "

Fan Zheng didn't bother to care about Zhao Wen's purpose. To Fan Zheng, as long as there was money to be made, even if Zhao Wen rebelled, it had nothing to do with him.

Zhao Wen's main purpose was to gather the refugees who could not escape across the Yellow River and transport them to Longmen Fort.

Although there are refugees coming to Longmen Castle every day, the people here are really a drop in the bucket.

Just a few people coming every day is really not enough for Longmen Castle.

At any time, population is the most important foundation. Only with population can we develop better.If there is no population, how can we talk about development?
Of course, the Longmen army staying in Pingyang Mansion will not go head-to-head with the Liu thieves.

The current bandits are not strong enough. According to the combat effectiveness of the Longmen army, they are completely capable of defeating the bandits.But Zhao Wen didn't want to attack the bandits at this time.

If one is not careful and kills the rogues, then the refugees will disappear naturally. How can Longmen Fort develop if the refugees are gone?

With the thief gone, the imperial court can draw its attention away from the thief.

In case the imperial court discovers the secret of Longmen Fort, what development is there to talk about?
Now the thieves are raging fiercely, and they have also attracted the attention of the imperial court. In addition, Liaodong Jianshou is rampant.These two attracted the court's attention tightly, and because of this, Zhao Wen was able to develop and expand his own strength.

Liu Wenqing pondered for a long time, finally made up his mind, and said, "Okay, but we need to make written evidence!"

"Okay, no problem!" Zhao Wen laughed.

Liu Wenzhong, who was sitting on the side, looked at the scene in front of him, heaved a sigh of relief, and secretly said: "This matter has finally been resolved."

(End of this chapter)