The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 28 The Second Brother's Friend

"Do you think this is all a thing of the past?"

"Decades have passed, Jia's Mansion is now in decline, and the master of Ningguo Mansion is only holding a false title, and has long since ceased to be involved in military power."

Hearing the question from Chief Qianhu, Tang Qing'an really thought so.

I have only a hundred households, even if it is the operation of the Jia family, how can it attract the attention of the court?

"I don't know what the imperial court thinks. It may be the same as what you think. But what the Liaodong Dusi thinks, I can think of one or two."

"consult?"

Tang Qing'an was getting up.

"There are many rules in the officialdom, and there are also many ethos, and one of them is called abiding by the rules."

understood.

Many things were cleared up at one point, and Tang Qing'an understood where the problem was roughly, and while he was relieved, he felt quite troublesome at the same time.

At least the matter was not aimed at him personally, nor was it aimed at the Jia family specifically, but it was not easy to solve this matter easily.

The inertia in the officialdom is really hard to change.

Li Biao also laughed. If he couldn't see through, he would doubt this person's ability, but he could understand.

After all, this person was a white man before he came to Liaodong, and it is impossible for him to understand these customs without struggling in the officialdom.

After having lunch at Li Biao's house, Li Biao's son Li Shenghu followed him.

Li Shenghu is still a martial arts student now, he passed the martial arts exam and got No.4, and he speaks like his old man.

"Brother Min won't go with you?"

"It's estimated that I will go out for quite a few days. Hundreds of households cannot be left alone, so he stays."

Everyone has their own destiny, he and his second brother Liu Chengmin, the two have the right temper and get on well with each other.

Li Shenghu nodded.

"I'll go find him later."

"Then he is very happy. On weekdays, he doesn't have a confidant to talk to at the Baihu Office."

Because the other party is Liu Chengmin's sworn brother, for Liu Chengmin's sake, and his own father also attaches great importance to him, Li Shenghu is very polite to Tang Qing'an.

Leaving from Li Biao's house, Li Rujing took good care of the mule and drove the mule cart with his godfather on the road.

Leaving as soon as he said it, Li Shenghu went directly to Donghai Fort after seeing Tang Qing'an off.

Liu Chengmin is dividing the fields.

The eldest brother is short of money and has no income so far. Recently, there are many places where money is needed.

Years ago, he and his elder brother had a white face and a red face, and they had a hard time cleaning up the banner owners. In order to please them, the banner owners brought back the fields of the hundreds of households that used to be extinct.

There are more than 200 mu of land, and I can't wait for the harvest after the autumn harvest.

So Tang Qing'an asked Liu Chengmin to take advantage of the time he was away to sublet the land to the banner owners at half the price of the rent for one year, and the requirement was to receive the money in advance.

The tenants of the own family will plant it, and only half of the rent received will be handed over to the hundred households. This transaction is certainly worth it.

However, because it was Shangguan's field, the banner owners still generously donated a lot of money, and finally received a round number, a total of 90 taels of silver, far more than half the price of silver.

Only after collecting the money can I go to the military patrol to make connections and seek this year's martial arts ranking.The eldest brother didn't plan to pay much money, nor did he plan to get too high a ranking. The goal was No. 6, and he was qualified to be promoted to one level if he operated properly.

Li Shenghu saw all the movement and movement, and when he arrived at Donghai Fort, he pulled Liu Chengmin to the side and spoke quietly.

"Your operation is very dangerous. If someone secretly sues you, maybe you will lose your job and bear the responsibility for your sworn brother, have you thought about it?"

"We brothers don't distinguish between you and me."

Seeing Liu Chengmin's indifferent appearance, Li Shenghu admired his loyalty even more, he is really a good man.

And feel sorry for him from the bottom of my heart.

"If I were your eldest brother, I would never do this and let you bear the risk alone. Brother Liu, I don't treat you as an outsider, and you don't think I'm trying to provoke the relationship between your brothers."

Li Shenghu's father is Qianhu, and he himself has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he is used to the insidious activities in the officialdom.

Leave the illegal things to the subordinates to do, and push the subordinates to take responsibility if something happens, and clean it up by yourself.

Li Shenghu thinks that Tang Qing'an's operation method is very likely to be this kind of person. Unfortunately, the good friend in front of him is too stubborn, and he loses his temper when he tells him this kind of thing.

"Then you'd better stop talking about it. My eldest brother and I grew up together. It's better not to be a real brother than a real brother. You don't understand the friendship between us."

Although Liu Chengmin likes Li Shenghu very much, he has traveled to so many places in Liaodong, only this person suits his appetite.

The only troublesome thing is that this person always feels that his elder brother is using him and reasoning with him from time to time.

Don't you know what kind of virtue your elder brother has?

"I think you think of your elder brother too simply." Li Shenghu complained for Liu Chengmin.

"My elder brother is indeed not simple."

After all, my friend's father is his family's Qianhu. Liu Chengmin felt that he should have a serious chat with his good friend to clear up his misunderstanding about his elder brother.

"I was originally a guy with no background, but now he has become a hereditary family, and even I have become a trial family. Of course, my eldest brother is not easy."

Liu Chengmin deliberately distorted his meaning, and Li Shenghu laughed angrily.

Pointing at him bitterly, "With the background of the Jia family, anyone can have this result, it's none of your elder brother's business."

Li Shenghu didn't understand at all.

But there are some things that I can't say, such as the real relationship between my elder brother and Jia's mansion.

The eldest brother once said that in the eyes of the Jia family, they may be just a casual game of chess, and they will not give much help.

At least for now, there won't be any, because he hasn't shown that he is worthy of Jia's paying more.

Although there is a military strategy about Liaodong presented by the eldest brother, it is only a military strategy.

The officials of the Bing Branch of the Ministry of War are even more ignorant of the military strategy for Liaodong, which was formulated by professional officials.

More perfect, more seamless, more do not count on luck.

Eldest brother's military strategy, in the eyes of others, is just a gamble on luck, just like Master Zhen said, how can a country's major affairs be so trifling.

Even I thought it was a bit of a gamble, but my eldest brother was full of confidence.

Master Zhen thinks that the eldest brother is a talent, so let the eldest brother do a good job in Liaodong, and don't mess around.

Fortunately, their requirements are not high, and they can live in Liaodong, waiting for the day when the situation changes suddenly.

When that day comes, the situation will no longer be under anyone's control.

And what they need is the tiger skin of Jia's mansion to be able to wait for the sky in peace and stability in Liaodong.

As the elder brother said, it won't be too long to wait for the storm to come, at most one or two years.

If he can be promoted to another level in this year, then it will be more secure, and the journey upstream will be easier and more difficult.

(End of this chapter)