Rise of the Heavens

Chapter 773
Just as Gao Cheng had guessed, the big man in front of him was Luda, the Tijutsu of Weizhou. Luda's character was straightforward, straightforward, and it didn't take much effort. Gao Cheng exchanged names with him and chatted.

Gao Cheng bluntly said that he heard about Lu Da's reputation, so he came here on purpose to make friends with the hero, and intentionally showed his strength.Immediately, Ruda was impressed.

No matter when a strong person shows his ability, he will attract the attention of others.

The main purpose of Gao Cheng's visit to Weizhou this time was to make friends with Lu Da. After getting acquainted with him, he left Weizhou City. If it is as expected, Lu Da will kill Zheng Tu and go to Wutai Mountain Become a monk.

This is the bane caused by Ruda's character, but it is also his opportunity.Gao Cheng didn't want Lu Da to lose the opportunity to be promoted to the fourth rank because of himself.

Anyway, he will go to the Daxiangguo Temple in Tokyo later. When Gao Cheng arrives in Tokyo, it will not be too late to catch up with the other party...

More than ten days later, Gao Cheng returned to Huayin County with Chen Da, Li Zhong and others.

At this time, the Escort Bureau established by Gao Cheng had opened in full swing in Huayin. In the first few days, only some businessmen who had a good relationship with Zhaojiazhuang hired the Escort Bureau to escort the goods because of the face of Steward Zhao.

Zhu Wu, Yang Chun, Chen Hong and the others attached great importance to these tasks of the Escort. Every time they went out to escort, one of them would be dispatched. Those who had the strength to reach the second level were in charge. The goods escorted by the Escort were not in any danger. Some bandits Luba who blocked the road and robbed were also defeated by Zhu Wu and others.

When the Escort delivered the goods to the destination safely, these businessmen calculated in their minds that if they hired the Escort to escort them every time, their expenses would be doubled.There is no need to temporarily hire some coachmen and porters who don't know the details.

Time is like water, two months passed in the blink of an eye, Zhaojiazhuang's bodyguard business gradually spread from Huayin to Yan'an Mansion and Tongguan.

The world has been at peace for a long time, and Tongguan, the most important barrier leading to the east in the pass, has also been in disrepair for a long time. There are only hundreds of soldiers guarding the pass wall. In the mountains and forests near Tongguan, there are many bandits entrenched.

When the Escort escorted the goods through this place, they encountered bandits looting many times. Gao Cheng knew about this, so he went to invite Shi Jin to set off together, and wiped out all the famous bandits in the [-]-mile radius.

After this, Gao Cheng also made a name in the Jianghu, and was secretly called by those bandits as the No. [-] bully on the Green Forest Road in the Northwest, referred to as "Zhao Tianba" or "Zhao Tianwang".

Gao Cheng has already made up his mind to use the power of the Song government to develop his power, so he doesn't care about his reputation in the green forest.

this day.

Gao Cheng was checking the accounts of the Escort Bureau in the study, and he looked at the accounts with a smile on his face. "It's not bad. In just two or three months, all the expenses of setting up the Escort Bureau have been paid back, and there are still tens of thousands of taels of profit!"

"In the future, the Escort will be on the right track, and if we maintain this state, we will have an income of 10,000+ taels of silver every year. Excluding the consumption of training subordinates, the remaining silver can strengthen the foundation of Zhaojiazhuang several times."

When a new industry emerges, the first person to eat crabs can make a lot of money in a short period of time.However, the establishment and profitability of the Escort is not a secret. After a while, those big households with manpower and financial resources may follow the establishment of the Escort to get a share of the pie.

"The most important thing for an escort agency is manpower and prestige. It's fine if those big households have underlings who are familiar with the green forest. If not, they just need to form an escort agency and wait to be robbed by bandits. The Escort Agency they set up will lose the trust of all businessmen and can only close down."

After Gao Cheng checked all the ledgers, he secretly made a decision in his heart, preparing to reward Yang Chun, Chen Hong, and Zhu Wu, as a reward for their hard work during this time.

When he succeeds in what he asked steward Zhao to do, he will let Yang Chun and Chen Hong sit in the bodyguard bureau, and Zhu Wu will follow him as a master's staff.

"Master! Steward Zhao is back!" A servant girl's voice came from outside.

Gao Cheng frowned, and immediately stood up and walked out of the study, just in time to see Butler Zhao approaching with a happy face.

"Master, it's a success! In a few days, the court's decree will come down!" Zhao Butler said quickly.

A few days ago, Gao Cheng asked Chen Da and Li Zhong to escort Steward Zhao to Tokyo City, and spent a total of 3 taels of silver to break down the gate of Duke Chu in Tokyo City.

The Duke of Chu is the descendant of Zhao Defang, the prodigal son of the Taizu, and Zhao Yu, the incarnation of Gao Cheng, is the same ancestor. With this relationship, plus gold and silver to open the way, Gao Cheng has an extra Cheng Jielang. official position.

Cheng Jielang is from the position of the ninth rank, which is the lowest among the official ranks of the Song Dynasty.But such a small official position is something that many people can't even dream of after a lifetime of hard work.

In Gao Cheng's memory, after the Liangshan hero Zhao'an, many famous generals died in battle, and the posthumous title he got was only this post.

"Chengjielang, from the ninth grade! I have this official position, so I am qualified to be a county lieutenant or a school lieutenant in the army. In the future, the county magistrate and county lieutenant will not be able to easily trouble me! If it weren't for my clan status, even With 10 taels of silver, it is difficult to obtain such an official position!"

Gao Cheng thought to himself.The official system of the Song Dynasty was more complicated and strict than that of the Three Kingdoms and Tang Dynasty. In addition to the official positions, there were also small and large positions that were not popular.There are only 52 levels of martial arts in the army.

However, most of the 52 ranks of officials are not in the ranks. Many soldiers work hard and make a lot of contributions before they can make meritorious deeds and slowly climb up.

Cheng Jielang from Ninth Rank.He has already surpassed most of the soldiers, and Lu Da is now serving as a prefect, who seems to have a lot of power, but is actually a kind of official.It's a world away from Cong Jiupin's official official position.

"Thank you Uncle Zhao!"

Gao Cheng's eyes fell on Butler Zhao, he was not young anymore, he had been running around on the road these days, and his head had a lot more white hair.

Butler Zhao still had a look of excitement on his face. "Young master, don't say that. If it weren't for the young master, the Zhao family's family business would never be so prosperous. If the Zhao family can be revitalized, the villain will be willing to die even if he dies now!"

Gao Cheng laughed, waved his hands quickly, and said, "Uncle Zhao, don't say unlucky words at every turn. I will still have a lot of places to rely on Uncle Zhao in the future! By the way, when will the imperial edict arrive?"

"According to my calculations, it will be there in three days!" Zhao Butler said.

Gao Cheng nodded, and looked eastward. There are thousands of tall buildings on the ground. As long as he can become a member of the official system of the Song Dynasty, he will have a channel for meritorious service and promotion.

If he became Cheng Jielang and then wiped out the Shaohua Mountain stronghold, with meritorious service, he might be able to act as a minister through the Duke of Chu.Cheng Jielang represented Gao Cheng's official rank rather than dispatch.

Only when he has a mission, the so-called minister, can Gao Cheng have real power.

"After the decree arrives, you, Uncle Zhao, will sit in Zhuangzi. I'm going to go to Tokyo myself to see if there is any chance of getting a job!" Gao Cheng said.

In Tokyo, there are many future Liangshan generals.And after a while, Lu Da will go to Daxiangguo Temple.Gao Cheng naturally wanted to seize this opportunity.Try to solicit each other.

These days, Gao Cheng sent people to pay attention to Lu Da's movements. Not long after he left Weizhou two or three months ago, Lu Da committed a life lawsuit and was forced to go to Mount Wutai to become a monk.

In fact, apart from people like Lu Da and Shi Jin, there are many good men who are not weak in Guanzhong, but these people don't have stars and spirits, so Gao Cheng didn't pay much attention to them.After all, his future plan is in Tokyo, in Shandong, not in Guanzhong.

A few days later, a civil servant of the imperial court came to deliver an imperial edict and named Gao Cheng the Chengjie Lang.With Gao Cheng's status, it was not enough for the eunuchs of the palace to dispatch, and an official position from the ninth rank was not enough for the emperor to personally issue the imperial edict.

　I originally wanted to write it longer, but now it seems that everyone doesn't like this copy, so cut off the branch line and speed up the progress......

　　
　
(End of this chapter)