Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 72 Longevity
late at night.

There were only Lin's couple and Jia's brothers left in the hall.

"That is to say, my uncle has confirmed that the salt merchants have problems, but I just haven't seized the opportunity to get rid of them?" Jia Hun held a folding fan and kept patting the palm of his left hand.

"That's right, from the hands of the Dalu family, I have found the letter books with various families, but you also know that this is useless except for catching them on the spot!
They all have several ledgers! "Speaking of this, Lin Ruhai sighed.

"Then, how did they contact Zhongxin and the Zhen family?" Jia Zhu rubbed her chin and asked another question.

"This is the strangest thing. They only made one-way contact. The Patriarch of the Dalu family explained that it was their Salt Chamber of Commerce President Bai who made one-way contact with a shopkeeper named Shi from the Zhongxin Palace, and the contact with the Zhen family was also with a shopkeeper named Xu from the Zhen family."

"Single contact? Haven't the rest of the salt merchants tried to bypass President Bai?" Jia Zhu felt a little inconceivable.

"Hmph, presumably, these salt merchants who tried to avoid it either died or were caught, so they can only let that Chairman Bai and Shopkeeper Xu monopolize the contact." Jia Hun put his fan on his lap and sneered.

Lin Ruhai nodded.

Jia Hun began to beat his legs with the folding fan.

"It's not right, it's very wrong..."

"What's wrong? What's wrong with Brother Hun?" Jia Min asked.

Jia Hun didn't answer.

"There is definitely something wrong with the salt merchant, so my uncle will put it on hold for now. No matter what, let's talk about it after I finish the Jiangnan Camp!" Jia Hui slammed the folding fan on his leg, and said solemnly to Lin Ruhai.

"Well..." When Lin Ruhai heard that the matter of the salt merchant was going to be put on hold, Lin Ruhai was about to refute a few words, but seeing Jia Hun's solemn expression, he still agreed.

"However, the beating still needs to be done once, so it should be when they come to pay their respects in a few days."

Several people nodded subconsciously, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Birthday greetings? Brother, who are you paying birthday greetings to?" Jia Zhu was puzzled.

"That's right, Brother Hui, the old lady's birthday is in July, and your uncle's and I's birthdays are not in May, so who are you going to pay homage to?" Jia Min also looked puzzled.

wrong!Birthday in May?
"My [-]th birthday! Anyone who doesn't come will despise General Sima!"

Jia Hun knocked on the table next to him with his fan and stood up.

"Go to rest, goodbye!"

. . . . . .

The next day, news about the 19-year-old birthday of Jia Hun, governor of the Zuo Army, Shangzhu Kingdom, Grand Sima, Duke of Dunhuang, spread throughout Yangzhou City, especially the salt merchants.

"19 years old? Big birthday? Hmph, this age is called a big birthday, so he's not afraid of losing his fortune and longevity?" President Bai looked at Jia Hun's birthday invitation with an absurd expression, inviting him to the birthday banquet.

What embarrasses him the most is that at the end of the invitation, there is no such honorific as "Welcome", but an extremely arrogant sentence - if you don't come, you will bear the consequences.

"President, to put it bluntly, at his age, General Jia has already achieved the monstrous wealth and glory that we may not be able to achieve when we live to be 90 or [-] years old, and even in the next few lifetimes, shouldn't he be arrogant and domineering?

Even if he dies suddenly now, it will be recorded in the annals of history, a famous general with a long history, what is he afraid of losing his fortune and longevity? "The owner of the salt merchant Gao's family has a quicker mouth than his brain, and President Bai, who was ashamed on the spot, almost passed by.

Several salt merchants hurriedly fanned President Bai and calmed down, and it took a while to calm down.

Chairman Bai looked at the Patriarch of the Gao family helplessly, if he hadn't known that this fight was so young, he would be outspoken and capable.

The most important thing is that the size of the Gao family is on the same level as my own, or even a little higher. If the head of the Gao family was not too young at the time, how could I get myself to be the president?

"Well said, don't say it again next time!"

What else?Of course I forgive him...

Although Chairman Bai was quite afraid of the Gao family, the Patriarch of the Gao family still respected Chairman Bai very much. Seeing that Chairman Bai's condition had stabilized, he quickly got a cup of tea and handed it to Chairman Bai.

"President, are we really going? It's obvious that the visitors are not kind. After all, we are the loyal servants of the prince!" A salt merchant said worriedly.

Things like grass on the wall have always become unflattering on both sides.

"Go, you have to go! This has nothing to do with grass!

Don't look at us all showing off our power in the south of the Yangtze River, but in Jia Hun's eyes, there is not much difference between crushing us and crushing ants, the difference in status is too big.To be honest, that is to say, in Yangzhou, there are not many noble people, so we have the opportunity to meet them.

If it is in the capital of God, I am afraid that I will be chased away by other people's door, and I will not even be able to meet the housekeeper, and I am not qualified to go to the door!

So, just go with peace of mind, the prince will definitely understand! "

Although he is doing the things of the Yi tribe, Chairman Bai's position on his identity is still clear and very clear.

"Then, then go? What kind of congratulatory gift are you preparing?" the head of the Gao family asked.

"What grade are you preparing for? Go and look through the "Great Qi Law", go and look through the "Great Qi Huidian", what you can give, what you can't give, and what you can give will be written on it. Don't be dazed, let's go get ready." President Bai left the teahouse first after speaking.

Salt merchants look at me and look at you, and they all go back and prepare to go.

. . . . . .

Outside the city of Yangzhou, the old site of Jiangbei Daying.

Jia Hun chose this place as one of the command posts for rectifying the Jiangnan camp.

As for why you don't live in Jinling City?

The main reason was that the aristocratic families in Jinling had too close a relationship with the Jiangnan camp. In this case, Jia Hun would not foolishly go to other people's territory to cut their flesh. He was really not afraid of someone's backhand punch, poisoning, watering, assassination or something like that?

However, sooner or later he had to go to Jinling to work, so Jia Hun sent people to the southern foot of Zijin Mountain, where the former Ming Xiaoling guards were to repair the barracks.

Coincidentally, there was also a guard stationed here, named Zijinwei, which was established in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was abolished until the Jiangnan Camp was established, and merged into the Jiangnan Camp.

As for the Jiangnan Camp, it was stationed at the Dajiaochang in the south of Jinling City in the previous Ming Dynasty.

The Jinling City in this world is not as big as the previous life, it is the Jinling of the Ming Dynasty without the outer city.

Since it was only three years since the dismantling of the Jiangbei camp, after a little cleaning and maintenance, the camp can be used again.

Of course, he didn't clean up much, he just packed up an independent camp that can accommodate about 5000 people, more than enough to accommodate the 500 people brought by Jia Hun.

In the festival hall, Jia Hun was receiving Tan Ji, a thousand households from the Jinling Qianhu Office of the Embroidery Guards.

"For a lowly position, see the governor!" As soon as he entered the door, Tan Ji knelt down on one knee and paid homage.

"Tan Qianhu is free of courtesy, come and sit."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Tan Ji stood up, but still leaned forward, walked quickly and sat on the side chair, then straightened his waist, his eyes were not on Jia Hun, but his head was slightly lowered, looking roughly at the wooden cylinder on the table where the token was placed.

He is indeed a very polite person.

Jia Hun observed Tan Ji.

This is a well-looking man, about 30 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. In Jia Hun's eyes, every movement of Tan Ji shows that he has good skills, but his height is a bit short, about 1.6 meters.

But this height coupled with the muscles that can be clearly felt gives Tan Ji a fierce feeling.

It's a talent, but unfortunately, it's a pervert.

Tan Ji, known internally at Embroidery Guards as "hands with broken tendons and bones".

What I love most in my life is to crush the prisoners' bones during torture.Of course, he also likes other torture methods.

Although the methods were extremely brutal, everyone in the Embroidery Guards was not a casual person, and apart from causing a little annoyance at first, they got used to it very quickly.

Until last year, after the emperor's last commander of the embroidered clothes guard died of illness, the emperor gave the embroidered clothes guard to the emperor, leaving only Dongchang in his hands.

The happy emperor parachuted his nanny into the Embroidery Guard as a commander.

Naturally, the new commander wanted to get acquainted with his subordinates, so he took people on a tour.

It was very good at the beginning, perfectly matching the conductor's fantasy of embroidered clothes.

Then he wanted to go to the jail again, and then he saw Tan Ji who was interrogating the prisoner.

Three days later, a transfer order was placed on Tan Ji's desk.

According to reports from insiders, the Commander-in-Chief who followed the Emperor’s naval battle skipper gang back then went home after watching Tan Ji’s interrogation process, and started vomiting when he got home.

In this way, Tan Ji came to Jinling Qianhu Office as a thousand households.

Of course, there is no such thing as relegation, and Tan Ji was even promoted to a level, from deputy thousand households to thousand households.

But now, the emperor temporarily granted him the command of the Jinling Thousand Households Office, etc., and before he returned to the capital, the entire Jiangnan embroidery guard system was under Jia Hun's use.

"As for the collusion between the Salt Gang and the Jiangnan Daying Camp... Forget it, give me the information about the Jiangnan Daying Camp first, and the Salt Gang will keep an eye on it for the time being."

"Yes, I understand!" Tan Ji answered with his hands clasped.

Afterwards, Tan Ji took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Jia Hun holding the booklet in both hands.

"that's it?"

"Back to the governor, Jiangnan Daying is the focus of my thousand households' surveillance, with a lot of information.

This is a summary of the humble job, if you want to see the details, the humble job will send someone to send it right away! "

Fearing that the governor would misunderstand, Tan Ji quickly explained.

"That's it, then sort out for me the group of people who have colluded with the big clan in the south of the Yangtze River, or are originally relatives of the big clan, and I will look at it tonight."

"Yes, I obey the order!" After speaking, Tan Ji turned his head and looked at the little soldier who came in with him, the little soldier understood, and hurried to ask someone to clean it up.

Jia Hun flipped through Tan Ji's summary.

In general, Jiangnan Daying is divided into these parts.

The first part, soldiers and junior officers.

It is composed of a large number of Jinling and surrounding people and a small number of soldiers from the Soviet Union, Huizhou and Zhejiang.

With the passage of time, among the locals in the big camp, children of rich families continued to enter the gold-plated name, and many people worked hard to send their idle sons to the military camp to serve as soldiers and get paid, so as to look good and talk to him as a daughter-in-law.

But the two groups of people are not good birds. Under the influence of the two groups of people, the only remaining dutiful people were also drawn, divided and corrupted.

Only the Soviet, Hui and Zhejiang guest troops transferred here have maintained a certain amount of training, but more than ten years of Taiping have also made their combat power inevitably decline.

The senior generals are somewhat simple.

Needless to say about the rest, the ones that should be cleaned up are those inside, those who think they can be lawless by relying on the Zhen family and Queen Zhongxin, and those so-called "big Qi veterans" who rely on the old and sell the old and look down on Jia Hun.

There are other reasons for scattered and scattered, so I won’t talk about them here.

"That is to say, Daqi's so-called Jiangnan camp is about to become the private army of the aristocratic families headed by the Zhen family?"

"Back to the governor, I'm afraid it is. Relying on the old lady, the Zhen family wantonly placed people in the south of the Yangtze River and touched various businesses. Naturally, the Jiangnan camp cannot be ignored. Let's take the generals who were bought as an example.

He was transferred to Jiangnan Daying, but another prince came to Jiangnan Daying.

Now he has become the disciple of the loyal prince, but because there are more people than workers, and the Jiangnan camp is a garrison, there is no chance of getting promoted and making a fortune, so he can only drink the blood of soldiers.

At this time, the Zhen family, who happened to be holding onto these generals, appeared.He began to publicize the benefits of the faithful prince's ascension to the throne, and the benefits to the family continuation, and there was no room for rejection.

Now, the generals of Jinling, who had already lost their way out, had no choice but to board the Zhen family's pirate ship.

Many big families were also forced onto the boat by the Zhen family, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to..."

Tan Ji began to briefly introduce Jia Hun.

Jia Hun also kept nodding.

But as if being hit by something, Jia recalled that there were two people.

"By the way, Tan Qianhu, do you have any information about these two so-called 'Treasurer Bai' and 'Treasurer Shi' in your office?"

Jia Hun poked his face with a fan, these relationships were so messed up that he was confused, so he forced himself to wake up.

"Treasurer Shi and Shopkeeper Bai... Shopkeeper Shi doesn't have one, but Shopkeeper Bai seems to have heard of it."

"What's going on?" Jia Hun leaned over.

"Because of Mrs. Feng Sheng and the faithful prince, I didn't investigate too deeply.

The lord is fine, with the skills he had back then, he was quite capable of fighting, but the personnel really couldn't get in.

What's more, Mrs. Fengsheng is called "the old man of my family" by the emperor. She has always forbidden me to sneak around with her embroidered clothes and not disturb her.

Because of this, we only know that that person is the middleman between the Zhen family and the faithful prince, and there has never been anything unusual. The humble predecessor put them aside and concentrated on thinking about how to send the spies from the Thousand Households Office to the Zhen family. "Tan Ji explained calmly.

Jia Hun looked at him with a smile on his face.

Tan Ji knew that his little thought of throwing the blame had been discovered.

"It doesn't matter. After all, you have only been in Jinling for half a year, so it's pretty good to be able to do this." Jia Hun took the folding fan and fanned it gently.

Tan Ji's heart just dropped.

"Do you need a humble job to investigate again?"

"Of course, don't be afraid of the Zhen family or those who are loyal to the king.

Your backer, from today onwards, is me, Mr. Jia, tell me what you find out, that's all right, I still have something to do, you can go down and get busy first! "

After finishing speaking, Jia Hui picked up a stack of documents and waved at Tan Ji, put them on the table and started writing, ignoring Tan Ji.

Tan Ji stood up, bowed deeply to Jia Hun, and walked out of the festival hall without looking back.

　I'm sorry, I arrived at home almost eleven o'clock in the evening, and wrote this chapter in a hurry. Let's start with [-] words today, and add [-] words in two chapters tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)