Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 119 Banquet of the wealthy family, Qianbao medicine donkey

"Brother Su, it's easiest for you heretic warlocks to improve their strength. An Bangyan in Guizhou relied on three flying zombies to help him, and he just blocked the imperial court's encirclement and suppression."

The two were chatting, when Tang Xiangjin suddenly talked about the war in Guizhou.

"Tang Baihu, I wonder how the situation in Guizhou is now?"

Hearing Tang Xiangjin's words, Su Hao was also a little concerned about Zuo Yifeng's situation. He has been traveling around for the past few months, and he didn't have any way to inquire about the news, so he didn't know how the situation in Guizhou was, but he didn't listen either. It is said that the news of the imperial court's defeat should be nothing serious.

Tang Xiangjin said: "I heard that under the command of the governor of Guizhou in the past few months, the imperial court has won several battles, defeated the rebels in many places, and beheaded thousands of people. Injured, he has already retreated to his lair in Shuixi, and confronted the imperial army on the Luguang River and the Yachi River."

"Then I don't know the situation of those Jinyiwei Qianhu who went out with the army?"

Su Hao continued to ask.

"It should be fine."

Hearing this, Tang Xiangjin immediately lowered his tone a lot. The biggest danger of joining the Jinyiwei is not the task, but the war. For the Jinyiwei yamen in various places, each task is determined after layers of analysis. There are few mistakes and omissions, and few casualties.

On the contrary, in every battle, Jinyiwei from all over the country took the lead, drawing maps, spying on the military situation, and resisting the enemy's masters. It can be said that many Jinyiwei masters will be killed or injured in every battle.

Before the White Lotus Sect rebelled, not only nearly [-]% of the Jinyiwei [-] households and Shibai households died in the entire Jinyiwei yamen of Yanzhou Prefecture, but even thousands of households died. They also died of four hundred households in the Jinyiwei yamen of Jinan Prefecture. After the chaos, he didn't know when he would have to go to the battlefield again.

Seeing that Tang Xiangjin's expression was not good, Su Hao also knew what Tang Xiangjin was worried about, so he left after being polite for a while, the world will be in chaos, unless he hides in the deep mountains and old forests, no one can survive alone, and he is no exception.

Especially the disastrous defeat in Guangning, not only the Jurchens were eyeing, but even the Mongols were equally ambitious. Maybe one day the imperial court made a decree, and he would have to go to the battlefield like Zuo Yifeng.

.........

Time passed, and on the ninth day of the blockade of the Water Transport Wharf, an exquisite passenger ship came from upstream and docked at the wharf.

When he saw Fang Haichuan who got off the passenger ship wearing a big red woven golden flying fish suit, Su Hao knew that Fang Haichuan's plan should have been successful, although the flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife are almost the standard equipment of every brocade guard. , but one rule has not changed, that is weaving gold, the bright red flying fish suit is the standard equipment of Jinyiwei Qianhu, but only the flying fish suit given by the emperor can use weaving gold, and it is taboo to use weaving gold casually.

Of course, even if you use weaving gold, the imperial court will generally ignore you. After all, if you really want to talk about it, the flying fish suit is a gift. Without the emperor's personal bestowal, whoever dares to wear the flying fish suit is breaking the rules. But the capital crime, even a knife cut is a minor crime.

It's just that the majesty of the imperial court is far less than before. In this kind of matter, the imperial court doesn't pursue it very much. Except for the dragon robe and the boa robe, which are still very strict, other gifts are no longer controlled.

However, the imperial court doesn’t care about it, but the gold-woven flying fish suits have always been worn by the top few members of Jinyiwei. Forget about such little things.

"Congratulations Brother Fang for fulfilling his wish!"

Su Hao said with a smile.

"Brother Su!"

Seeing Su Hao, Fang Haichuan didn't put on airs and said with a smile: "Thanks to you, otherwise I don't know how long it will take for my brother to realize his wish?"

After a few polite words, Su Hao asked: "Brother Fang, why are you here this time?"

Fang Haichuan said with a smile: "Brother Wei is responsible for escorting the imperial envoy to Huai'an this time, so I stopped by here to have a look and give Brother Su something."

Hearing Fang Haichuan's words, Su Hao's heart skipped a beat. Only then did he notice the package in Fang Haichuan's hand. Before that, Fang Haichuan had agreed to try his best to help him win the position of Jinyiwei Qianhu in Jinan Prefecture.

"Brother Su, this is the token and official seal of Jinyiwei Qianhu in Jinan Prefecture. From now on, you will be Jinyiwei Qianhu."

Fang Haichuan smiled and handed the package to Su Hao.

"See Chito!"

At this time, Tang Xiangjin and the other five also rushed over, looking at Su Hao who took the package, their eyes were full of envy, but they didn't have much jealousy.

On the one hand, it's because Su Hao deserves it. Fang Haichuan also looked for them back then, but unfortunately they didn't have the guts. On the other hand, it's because Su Hao has the strength himself. In Jinyiwei, everyone still values ​​strength.

"Brothers, this is my brother's previous contribution to you."

Seeing the arrival of Tang Xiangjin and others, Fang Haichuan didn't favor one over the other, and took out five small bags from his sleeves and handed them to five people. Although he was already the commander of the Jinyiwei and had recruited a lot of old troops left by Luo Sigong, but he The real hardcore descendants are Su Hao and Tang Xiangjin.

As for those old departments left by Luo Sigong, although those people also took refuge in him, in fact, those people did not support him very much, they only took refuge in words. He was forced to retire by Wei Zhongxian, so those people didn't obey him very much.

"Thank you Chito!"

Several people hurriedly clapped their hands together, although they also saw the big red woven gold flying fish suit on Fang Haichuan, since Fang Haichuan didn't say it clearly, they would not change their words without authorization, and called Qianhu to show their close relationship.

After being courteous for a while, Fang Haichuan said goodbye with a smile, and returned to the passenger ship, and then the passenger ship went down the river again.

Looking at the passing passenger ship, Su Hao knew that the Donglin Party would probably suffer heavy losses this time.

...

Now that Fang Haichuan has succeeded, there is no need for them to block the water transport terminal.

But Su Hao didn't go back to Jinan Mansion with Tang Xiangjin and others, but let them go back first, and he stayed alone.

The Li family’s secret passage exited. Seeing the boxes of gold and silver brought out by the paper people, the corners of Su Hao’s mouth rose slightly. These are all his trophies. These large boxes of gold and silver weigh nearly two thousand catties, although they are large Some of them are silver, and there are only two boxes of gold, but the weight of the two boxes of gold is more than 500 catties, and they all add up to at least 10,000+ taels of silver.

Thinking of this, Su Hao couldn't help but feel a little pity. Although these gold and silver are not small, compared to the fields of Li and Lu's family, these are just small heads. Those fields are the real big heads. He knew that Li and Lu's family had more than [-] mu of fertile land. These fertile fields were all high-quality fields, close to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

It's a pity that these things don't belong to him, and it's fine to get some gold and silver. If he really wants to touch these fertile fields, Wei Zhongxian will not let him go, but the most regrettable thing is that he only found the ledger in the Lu family's secret room before. No gold, silver or jewels were found. After the water transport terminal was blocked, Lu Xi's sons had long since disappeared, and they couldn't find anyone to ask about the treasures of the Lu family.

.........

Jinyiwei Yamen in Jinan Prefecture.

After returning to the yamen, Su Hao summoned the entire yamen, except for Tang Xiangjin and the other five, there was also Jin Yiwei's deputy Qianhu Tonglian. It cannot be said to be small, but the purpose of the two is different.

Tong Lian is a child of the Tong family in Jinan Prefecture. The purpose of Tong Lian entering Jinyiwei is to protect the family. Today, the Tong family is the first family in Jinan Prefecture. Under the protection of Tong Lian, it has monopolized a large part of the money-making business For business, it can be said that when the Tong family sneezes, the entire Jinan Prefecture will be shaken!

"Su Qianhu, the lower official's house has already hosted a banquet to welcome Qianhu to clean up the dust, and I hope Su Qianhu will show his face in the evening."

Looking at Su Hao's immature face, Tong Lian smiled. He has no dissatisfaction with Su Hao occupying the position of Qianhu. As long as Su Hao doesn't interfere with their Tongjia's status in Jinan Prefecture, who will be the Qianhu? all will do.

"If Tong Qianhu invites you, Su will definitely go."

Su Hao also nodded with a smile. He didn't intend to offend such local snakes like the Tong family. It's not that he can't afford to offend, but it's unnecessary. He and the Tong family don't have any conflict of interest, and Tong Lian doesn't count as a power struggle with him. , Where can I find such a good deputy.

"Then the next official will wait for Qianhu to come."

Hearing Su Hao's words, the smile on Tong Lian's face became wider. For their Tong family, a Jinyiwei Qianhu who is willing to make friends with them is what they most want to see.

After Tong Lian left, Su Hao looked at Tang Xiangjin and the other five, smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Brothers, Su has something to ask, and I hope all brothers will fulfill it."

"Although Qianhu speaks bluntly, lower officials and others will definitely agree."

Tang Xiangjin and the others quickly responded, "Although Su Hao is very polite and doesn't put on any airs, it doesn't mean that they can really care about everything.

After pondering for a while, Su Hao said: "These brothers should have a lot of great achievements in their hands."

Hearing Su Hao's words, the faces of Tang Xiangjin and the five of them changed drastically. After receiving the great merit from Fang Haichuan, they were always worried that Su Hao would take advantage of the great merit in their hands. After all, the five of them had a total of 100 Many, enough to make Su Hao tempted, but he was afraid of something.

"You brothers don't have to be like this. Su has absolutely no intention of taking it by force."

Seeing the faces of Tang Xiangjin and the others, Su Hao waved his hands flatly and said, "It's just that Su just needs Dagong to buy some cultivation materials, so Su wants to ask if the brothers have any intention of selling Dagong. One Dagong, Su I would like to offer 600 taels of silver to buy it."

Su Hao's words made Tang Xiangjin and the other five feel relieved. What they were most afraid of was that Su Hao would bully others. As a thousand households of Jin Yiwei, with Su Hao's power, he could completely squeeze them into rounds and flatten them. Even if Su Hao really wanted to snatch it, they didn't have much power to resist.

Looking at it now, Su Hao is still reasonable, and he is not bad, because usually a great achievement is only about 300 taels, and 600 taels can be said to be full of sincerity.

After a moment of silence, Hao Yi was the first to express his opinion: "Su Qianhu, I have 26 great merits in my hand, which can be exchanged for Qianhu."

"Su Qianhu, I have 24 in my hand."

Tang Xiangjin also opened his mouth and said, Su Hao's price is already very good, and Su Hao's new official position, there is really no need to refute Su Hao's face, his great achievement is just to exchange some precious medicines to assist in cultivation, these things can be bought with silver, There is even a lot of money left, it is nothing more than a little more effort.

"Qianhu, the lower officials need to exchange for the next level of inner strength and mind, and there are only eleven great achievements that can be exchanged."

Liang Ping said a little embarrassedly.

"It's okay, practice is more important."

Hearing this, Su Hao chuckled lightly and said, he didn't intend to force it. The reason why he asked Tang Xiangjin and others to exchange for great merits, instead of going to the mountain market to buy, was mainly because heretic warlocks needed all sorts of strange spell-casting materials. If you want it, you might as well buy it in the Jinyiwei Yamen. Except for some evil items, the Jinyiwei Yamen has all kinds of treasures.

Soon, Su Hao bought one hundred and three great achievements from Tang Xiangjin and five people. Of course, the price was 16 taels of silver. These silver not only squeezed out the gold and silver he obtained from the Li family's secret way, He also took out more than 800 taels of silver from his original savings. It took nearly two hours just to count so much silver, and the counting was not completed until the sky began to darken.

...

As night fell, the Patriarch of the Tong Family came to the Jinyiwei Yamen to greet Su Hao in person.

As the new Jinyiwei Qianhu, Su Hao's every move affects the hearts of countless people in the entire Jinan Prefecture. This time the Tong's family hosted a banquet, which naturally attracted all the big and small families in the prefecture. Therefore, he controls the economic lifeline of the entire Jinan Prefecture. Aristocratic families, big and small, gathered in Tong's house.

Lanterns hang high above, illuminating the night. In the huge hall of the Tong family, Tong Hong, the Patriarch of the Tong family, sits on top of it, and Su Hao sits side by side with him. No. 1 on the left is the Deputy Thousand Household Tonglian, Obviously this has given Su Hao enough face.

In the hall, there are sloppy dancers, fine wine and delicacies. Su Hao has never seen such luxury, no matter in his previous life or in his present life.

However, Su Hao just savored the delicious food and wine with a calm expression, looked at those stunning beauties dancing in the hall, and smiled, but there was nothing unusual about it.

As the saying goes, respect Luo Yi before respecting people, Su Hao is very clear that the reason why the Tong family respects him is not because of him as a person, but because of his skin.

Seeing Su Hao's performance, Tong Hong's eyes narrowed slightly. He has seen a lot of Jinyiwei Qianhu, and most of them were easily won by their Tong family with money and beauty. Unexpectedly, Su Hao could be beautiful at such a young age. The color is present, not at all chaotic.

Seeing this, Tong Hong patted his palm lightly, and the servant standing by the side immediately understood and stepped back.

After a while, a girl with a pretty face was holding a finely carved white jade plate and placed it on Su Hao's table. There were slices of strange meat exuding a faint medicinal fragrance on the plate.

Looking at the sliced ​​meat on the table, Su Hao glanced around and found that he was the only one who had this delicacy on the table. He couldn't help looking at Tong Hong who was beside him suspiciously.

"This is the thousand treasure medicine donkey from our Tong family. It is a great tonic for warriors. Su Qianhu might as well try it."

Seeing Su Hao's gaze, Tong Hong said with a smile: "Our Tong family's thousand-treasure medicinal donkey is also well-known far and wide. Since childhood, we have selected the strongest young donkey from thousands of young donkeys, and usually feed it with different kinds of donkeys. A plant of precious medicine is fed every year, and supplemented with esoteric methods to allow the young donkey to absorb the medicinal power of these medicinal materials as much as possible. After ten years of feeding, a donkey with thousands of treasures medicine is obtained. The medicinal power of the donkey meat is not only more nourishing , and almost no poison exists."

For all kinds of people, they have ways to deal with it, even for martial idiots. For most warriors, to cultivate to the first-class level, it is absolutely necessary to eat various tonic medicines, and all kinds of medicinal materials are unavoidable. Over the years, the accumulation of poisonous drugs is definitely quite a lot. If Su Hao is a martial idiot, then he will definitely not be able to refuse this thousand treasures of medicine.

"Then Su will try it."

Hearing Tong Hong's words, Su Hao smiled lightly, he is not afraid that Tong Hong will poison his flesh, and then restrain him with the poison. If he can become the first family in Jinan Mansion, the Tong family will never be so stupid degree.

Because the imperial court usually adjusts the jurisdiction once every six or seven years in order to prevent thousands of local households from becoming large, so even if the Tong family controls him, it is useless. A new Jinyiwei thousand households will arrive in a few years, unless the Tong family can control every household. If a Jinyiwei Qianhu who came to Jinan Mansion dared to do this, the Tong family would have been cold.

After eating the sliced ​​meat, Su Hao felt an extremely mild medicinal power released from the sliced ​​meat. This medicinal power is by no means less than that of the 700-year-old treasure medicine. Most importantly, this medicinal power is extremely easy to absorb, much easier than his original one. Tiger bone wine is also easy to absorb, and it is much milder.

"Patriarch Tong has a heart."

After thinking about it, Su Hao said with emotion.

(End of this chapter)