Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong immediately ordered Yuan Xingshan and Zheng Zhen to stop taking salt from Qi's family.Wu Shigong has been in the salt trade for a while, and he knows that salt merchants in Henan, the price of salt they bought from Yangzhou salt merchants ranged from one tael to one tael per stone.As for Lu Yunhuan, because of his previous relationship with the Lu family, the price he paid was one tael per stone.

But now that Qi's family gave Wu Shigong a price of two taels of silver per stone, it was a complete bully, and it could be said that he didn't take Wu Shigong seriously at all.

The total amount of salt that Wu Shigong wants now is not too large.Wu Shigong didn't believe it anymore, even if he spent money on Jining, a trading hub, he could always get salt goods at the price of one or two to five yuan per stone.It's nothing more than a little troublesome thing that will be transported by ship or land by cart in the future.I don't need to see that Qijia's eyes at all.

In addition, Wu Shigong also told Yuan Xingshan to go to Lu's house in Yangzhou and ask him why the supply of salt goods would change from Lu's house to Qi's house.Even if the Lu family can no longer provide salt to Wu Shigong, they hope that the Lu family will introduce a kinder salt merchant and give Wu Shigong a fair price for the salt.

Afterwards, on the way back to the fortress of Qianhusuo, the army still stayed in Guidefu City for a day.Knowing that King Wu Shigongqin's army has made military achievements, the governor of Guide Mansion led the civil servants and gentry celebrities of Guide Mansion, and the military officer of Guide Mansion led by Zhao Ming held a grand welcoming ceremony as usual.

At this welcoming ceremony, those civil officials and literati performed a grand "literati report performance" as usual.After the performance, Wu Shigong's Qin Wang army was given a lot of spiritual rewards and very little material rewards as usual.

After playing tricks in the performance for a day, Wu Shigong released all the military households like Yu Ji back.Let them rest at home for a while, and then wait for the notification to gather for training.

Afterwards, Wu Shigong paid a special visit to Hou Xun's residence and kowtowed to the old man who was still in the residence.In addition to bringing some gifts to the Hou Mansion, Wu Shigong also specially gave the Old Master Hou a set of real armor and a waist knife that Wu Shigong killed.

While sending it off, Wu Shigong said to the old master Hou: "This time I fought against the Tartars, I went through all kinds of hardships to kill the leader of the Tartars. This junior thinks of the love and care of the elders and Lord Hou for the younger generation when I left Guide Mansion. The noble gift should belong to the boss and Lord Hou, so as to repay the kindness of the boss and Lord Hou to the younger generation."

It should be said that it is not very appropriate to give a set of armor and a waist knife to a literati, but after adding Wu Shigong's words, it shows Wu Shigong's sincerity.Therefore, Mrs. Hou was very happy after hearing this.

But Mrs. Hou was also a high-ranking official of the Jiuqing, and he was very skillful in this way of buying people's hearts.He only accepted the armor, and gave the waist knife back to Wu Shigong, saying: "I am ashamed to accept Shigong's kindness. But the precious sword is given to the hero. Take this knife, and cut off a few more Tartar heads for the old man in return." Emperor Grace."

Then, Mrs. Hou kindly asked Wu Shigong about King Qin's situation, and accompanied Wu Shigong to have a family dinner before Wu Shigong took his leave.

Fortunately, Guide Mansion is the most influential and has a lot of connections in the court. The Marquis Mansion is the established goal that Wu Shigong made after he came back.Not to mention the long-term gains, just Wu Shigong wants to wipe out the bandits in Guide Mansion before the new year, and Wu Shigong wants to expand his power in Guide Mansion, he cannot do without the support of Hou Mansion.Because Wu Shigong is now the garrison of Runing Mansion after all.

Afterwards, Wu Shigong returned to the county where his thousand households were located, and the county magistrate Yu Zilian performed the same program again.Although there is a personal grievance with Wu Shigong, everyone still has to cooperate to complete the work on the official scene.

In the end, I finally returned to the Qianhusuo Fortress.As soon as Wu Shigong entered the inner house, all the wives greeted him with smiles on their faces.But not long after, they grabbed Wu Shigong's clothes tightly, and they all started crying around Wu Shigong.

This time when Wu Shigong went to war, those rumors faintly spread to the ears of these four wives, they were very worried about Wu Shigong's safety.The mournful expressions of the wives made Wu Shigong feel very sad, but he was too embarrassed to express it.Because Wu Shigong is going to take the army to suppress the bandits immediately.

So Wu Shigong didn't immediately tell his wives that he was going to suppress the bandits, so he settled down at home for a few days, spending more time with the four wives.Taking advantage of this time, Wu Shigong also asked Xue Yongli to take a break from the army, and asked craftsmen to convert some carts into vans and make some siege tools.

When he returned home this time, Wu Shigong was delighted to find that he had two more sons. Xiuzhu was very competitive and gave Wu Shigong a pair of twins.Therefore, after Xiuzhu saw Wu Shigong, his little head always looked up.

Wu Shigong was also very happy to play with his children.The three older children were all learning to talk.Wu Shigong sighed very much, but what made him a little sad was that because he had not been with his children for a long time, these children were a little shy after seeing Wu Shigong.

Wu Shigong is preparing to lead his army to set off to suppress the bandits before the Mid-Autumn Festival.He wanted to take advantage of the mental relaxation of the bandits during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and catch those bandits by surprise.Wu Shigong planned to exterminate the bandits in Guide Mansion first, because before the end of the year, Wu Shigong was going to take office in Runing Mansion, so after the beginning of the new year, it would be unknown for Wu Shigong to exterminate those bandits again.

And after the new year, Wu Shigong will go to Runing Mansion to have a good time with Li Yaozi.However, Wu Shigong discovered a problem, he had basically no eyes and ears in Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion.Wu Shigong also didn't know much about the details of those bandits.

Wu Shigong immediately realized that he now needs an intelligence agency, which is also very necessary for his future military operations.

But Wu Shigong found to his annoyance that he didn't have any intelligence talents around him.And the person in charge of intelligence work must be Wu Shigong's confidant, and he cannot go outside and find someone casually.

But in this way, the scope of Wu Shigong's selection is relatively narrow, Wu Shigong can only find suitable roles among the guards he brought out from the capital.Wu Shigong decided that it would be unrealistic to pick a suitable intelligence officer right away, so he should pick one first and develop slowly.At most, it will be replaced later if it is found to be unsuitable.

So these days, Wu Shigong has been observing in his own army.That day, Wu Shigong saw some of his soldiers, joking around one person.Wu Shigong looked at the person in the crowd, his eyes lit up.

Xue Zhinong, nicknamed Turtle.As the name suggests, he has a stout figure, looks and moves like a simple and honest farmer.Xue Zhinong was born as a guard of the Xue Mansion, and he is very proficient in any military technology.Especially proficient is to go out for reconnaissance as a spy.Therefore, Xue Zhinong is now a small captain of the cavalry reconnaissance squadron.

But don't be fooled by Xue Zhinong's appearance and nickname. Although his appearance is completely invisible in the crowd, his mind is very flexible, and he is good at eating, drinking, piao and gambling.Therefore, people who don't know his details are often confused by him.It can be said that if he is sold, he has to count the money for him.

Xue Zhinong was also very happy these days, because he knew that the cavalry was going to expand the army, and he had already been assigned the position of deputy captain of the reconnaissance centurion with the title of general banner, so he was about to step into the ranks of officers.And when he was noticed by Wu Shigong, Xue Zhinong was being teased by a group of colleagues for a treat.

Wu Shigong yelled: "Turtle, come here."

Seeing that his uncle was calling him, Xue Zhinong quickly agreed and ran over.

Wu Shigong led Xue Zhinong into his study.After Wu Shigong sat down, he asked Xue Zhinong to sit down too.After thanking Xue Zhinong, he only put his butt against the stool, sat on a corner of the stool, straightened his body and paid attention to Wu Shigong's question.

Wu Shigong ordered: "Tubie, my uncle has something to tell you this time, you take two people with you, put on plain clothes, and go find out about the situation of the bandits at Guide Mansion."

Xue Zhinong immediately nodded in agreement, but he felt a little strange: this was the work of their spies, and there was no need for my uncle to personally order it, as long as Captain Zhang and Lieutenant Li made arrangements.

Sure enough, Wu Shigong also had the following text: "Tubie, I will take you out of the reconnaissance squadron this time, uncle, and you will not go back in the future, just hang up your name in the personal army. In the future, you will select some people and put them in special positions." Outside, find out the news for my aunt."

Xue Zhinong asked with some doubts: "Do you want to establish a department similar to Tiqi?"

Wu Shigong admired Xue Zhinong's comprehension level very much.He nodded and said: "That's it, but be careful, it cannot be disclosed to the outside world. This department is called..." Wu Shigong thought for a while, and thought that this department would also do some map-making work, so he continued, "It's called Shanchuan Division. You are in charge of the Shanchuan Division temporarily. After this bandit suppression is over, I will discuss with you in detail what the Shanchuan Division should do."

In this way, after Wu Shigong slapped his head, Wu Shigong's intelligence agencies and intelligence leaders were determined.