Quan Yutianxia GL

Li Zhan and Bai Su discussed in the darkroom for about half an hour. After the discussion between the two, Li Zhan came out with a very calm expression. Su Mingyue waited beside him, and made a few indirect remarks, but failed to express himself.

After Li Zhan took a rest, Su Mingyue finally couldn't bear it, and came to the dark room alone.

Bai Su didn't rest either, she still leaned against the corner of the wall, staring at the window in a daze, seeing her coming, she pushed the thing beside her with her hands, as if she wanted to move it behind her and hide it.

"Food box?" Su Mingyue's eyelids twitched, and asked, "The Fifth Highness brought you?"

"No." The food box was quite big, Bai Su saw that he couldn't hide it behind him, so he didn't move it anymore, pointed to the skylight, and said calmly, "Someone put it in from there."

"..."

This dark room was originally a cellar, and the skylight opened directly into the backyard. Su Mingyue hurriedly went out to check it, but found nothing abnormal. Asked the people on duty and patrolling around, they also said that they did not find anything abnormal.

"Do you dare to eat whatever other people put in through the skylight? Aren't you afraid of poisoning you to death?"

Su Mingyue really didn't know what Bai Su was thinking. The things she sent, Bai Su kept picking up whether this was bad or that was bad, and she didn't even bother to move her chopsticks, but she could eat the things that others put down from the skylight. .

Bai Su didn't speak, but turned the food box over, turning the side with the words towards Su Mingyue.

Heaven and earth—isn't this a new restaurant in the county that has only opened for two days?

Su Mingyue went to dinner with Li Zhan this afternoon. A table with ten dishes and two soups, both hot and cold meat and vegetables, was paired with a pot of fine wine called 'Jiannan Shaochun'. The meal was so satisfying, Li Zhan even praised it repeatedly, even the royal chef in the palace didn't have this ability.

It's just that when paying the bill, the high bill stunned even Li Zhan, the emperor's nobleman - 280 Baguan!

If it wasn't for the guard of honor of Mr. Jiang, the governor of Donglai County, passing downstairs, Li Zhan would have had the restaurant smashed down at that time.

Although this restaurant is frighteningly expensive, Li Zhan still went here for dinner, and said with emotion: "After drinking this kind of fine wine, I am afraid that there is no other wine in the world to drink."

This time, Li Zhan didn't complain about the high price, and paid the money honestly. He had already heard the news that the restaurant was run by the family of Governor Chiang in Donglai.He, Li Zhan, is a dignified prince, there is no need to offend a big official of the imperial court at this critical juncture.

"Wu Hui, it seems that we need to have a good talk."

Every time she saw Bai Su, Su Mingyue couldn't help being irritable, just like at this moment, she felt that the other party was simply playing her like a fool.

Su Mingyue held back her temper, stood beside the fence, and asked, "Did you know that Li Zhan was going to Donglai?"

"Yes."

"You already knew that I was supporting Li Zhan?"

"Yes."

"When did you know?"

Bai Su couldn't help sighing, looked up at Su Mingyue, and said, "Do you still remember what happened when you and I visited Chang'an four years ago?"

Su Mingyue looked sad: "Remember, you gave me a sword as a gift back then."

"As long as it is what you want, as long as it is what I can give, not to mention a sword, it is my life, and I can give it to you as a gift." Bai Su said with a rare sad expression on his face: "However, no matter how many and best gifts I give you, I won't be able to give you the power and stability you want."

"Five thousand dollars, to buy a sword, those who know, everyone says that I, Bai Su, have a lot of money... but in reality?" Bai Su lowered her eyes, hiding her previous thoughts: "When that When the general found you in private, you didn't mention my name, Bai Su, and even deliberately concealed it from me, and made friends with the fifth prince Li Zhan through him."

"Emperor Li Zhan is a noble man with great power. It is only human nature for you to make friends with him, but why do you want to get yourself into a battle for the position?"

"On the one hand, you made friends with Li Zhan, the fifth son of the emperor, and used the Chunfeng Tower to gather contacts for him; on the other hand, you dealt with Li Xu, the ninth son of the emperor... and even let your younger brother Liu Ling join the seventh son of the emperor, Jiaodong King Li Yan's mansion."

Speaking of this, Bai Su looked at Su Mingyue and asked, "Do you think they are all dough that you knead?"

"Isn't it? They haven't realized that they've been played with." Su Mingyue said with a smile: "Bai Su, do you know? This kind of people can praise whoever they want, step on whomever they want, and be begged by others." The feeling of holding it...is really good!"

"Is it true that they didn't find out? Or do they still have plans for you?" Bai Su said coldly, "Once the Eastern Expedition is victorious and Li Zhan returns with power, all the generals of the imperial court will be under his command, and he will be killed by you." About?"

"Even if he is not under my influence, can't I hold Li Yan and Li Xu up to compete with him?" Su Mingyue sneered, "The emperor likes these two people more."

"Jiaodong King Li Yan is a blood-devouring wolf boy, so what if you pick it up? Will he end up with you in the end?" After a pause, Bai Su said again: "Li Xu's temper is better, But he is too young, his foundation is shallow, and his mother's family is useless, once Li Zhan gains power, there is basically no possibility for him to stand up."

"But I still want to give it a try." Su Mingyue looked into Shang Bai Su's eyes, and said word by word: "I hate the way you think you can count the world. One day, I will let you know , even if you can count the world, I, Su Mingyue, can also conquer the hearts of the people!"

The persuasion was fruitless, Su Mingyue walked away, Bai Su looked at the skylight silently, and after a long time, she whispered to herself: "I know you hate me, and hate that I came back too late... But why bother to hate for such a passing period of time? What about spending my long life?"

Bai Su suddenly thought of the female captain, compared with Su Mingyue, perhaps, that was called seeking out people's hearts.

In the afternoon of the next day, the angel suddenly drove to the Donglai County Sheriff's Mansion, first conveyed the award to the Jiang Sheriff, and then sent people to look for Bai Su, the head of the Bai family, to receive the order.

Su Mingyue sent Bai Su out of the dark room with a look of surprise, she was a bit puzzled how the emperor's imperial decree came down to Bai Su.

You must know that the status of merchants in this dynasty was very low. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants ranked at the bottom. Tai/zu once compared merchants to fugitives and son-in-laws.

After some inquiring, Su Mingyue quickly figured out the reason-it turned out that Bai Su had organized Donglai merchants in silence, and sent people to Chang'an to face the saint with 10 taels of silver, and vowed to Donglai. The Lai Shang Gang fully supported the Eastern Expedition. In addition to the 10 taels of silver, they will donate another [-] taels of silver to the Eastern Expedition every month in the future.

10 taels of silver is almost [-] copper coins. Although it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket for the consumption of the entire Eastern Expedition, it is of great significance to the emperor.

This is the first big gift given to him in the whole world.

Therefore, the emperor recorded a great contribution to the Donglai Merchant Gang, and directly issued an order to reward him, calling the Donglai Merchant Gang the "Gang of Righteousness", and even praised him personally: "Donglai is white and innocent, it is my Fan Shaobo! Ba Qing also!"

However, Xiaowei Chu, who was considered by the Bai family to be a plotter, has no time to plot people's hearts. She is plotting money.

Yesterday we marched under the rain, and today the entire Donglai army fell ill, not even Gao Zhimin escaped. Fortunately, the Weimin army has a sophisticated logistics system. After they were stationed in the camp last night, they cooked ginger soup. Each soldier drank two bowls, and he was still alive today.

Chuning is also very lively, not because she is not going to march today, but because she received an imperial edict from an angel today.

The imperial decree of the high-ranking officer actually came down to such a low-level officer like her, which really shocked Donglai's soldiers.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor said: I only rule the world with literature, and fight chaos with military force. Today, the fresh thieves are harassing our frontiers and plundering our people. I am worried. I heard that there is a talented person in Huang County, Donglai, Chu Ning, who is talented and resourceful. Come out, I highly appreciate it, and hereby confers on you General Zhaoyi, and Xizhi ordered you to play, and you will shake Yidi. Qinzai."

Chu Ning didn't quite understand the imperial decree, but at least he could hear the words 'General Zhaoyi' clearly, and knew that he had been promoted.

The promotion was strange, but Captain Chu soon got the news that it was the Donglai merchant gang who donated money to the emperor, and she was also recommended by Donglai Jiang Junshou as a talented person, and was rewarded by the emperor.

Although he was promoted and received a reward, Chu Ning was not happy. Instead, he thought of Bai Su and Shen Wansan, a wealthy man in his previous life. At the beginning, the Emperor of Heaven wanted to expand the city of Nanjing, and Shen Wansan helped build three parts of the capital. One of them was eventually exiled to Yunnan by the Son of Heaven.

And Bai Su blatantly blackmailed the emperor, and gained a reputation as a charity merchant with a mere [-] guan. After the Daqing court eased this predicament, how could he settle this old account with her?

Thinking of this, Chuning felt in a bad mood, and counted the iron armor bestowed by the emperor with a dark face, and after counting, he felt better again.

The emperor rewarded a total of two hundred sets of iron armor, plus the fifty sets given by Jiang Junshou, a total of 250 sets. General Chu thought this number was excellent. When the angel left, he asked the soldiers to wear the armor. Get up and walk around.

As the soldiers passed by, General Xingyi Gao Zhimin felt the chills on his face, and came to Chuning's military tent in person to ask for an audience.

The Daqing court did not have a military rank or nine-rank official system, and the judgment of a person's official position was generally based on his salary, and sometimes the same military position had different salaries.

Chu Ning, General Zhaoyi's annual salary is more than a thousand shi, half grain and half money, calculated to be [-] shi grain and four copper coins per month, which is lower than Liu Changgui's current salary, and is at the same level as Wei Jing.

Gao Zhimin's annual salary is Zhenqianshi, and he is considered to be a relatively poor captain, so his official rank is still twice as high as that of Chu Ning, but when he came to see Chuning at this moment, he called him very politely: "Chu Zhaoyi is in good health." Well, the general will be relieved."

Chuning knew why he came here, so he didn't delay, and asked Gao Zhimin to buy 50 sets of armor at the price of [-] taels of silver for a set of armor.

The 1 taels of silver was obtained in this way. Thinking of Bai Su counting the money, Chuning felt happy in his heart, and thinking that Bai Su took the copper coins scraped from Gao Zhimin and gave it to the emperor to buy her an official. I couldn't be happier.

Not long after Gao Zhimin left, Wang Dashi, the head of the cavalry bureau, suddenly came to report: "My lord, the third flag of the cavalry sentry came to report. Twenty miles to the northeast, we found a village that had been slaughtered and looted. When we arrived, there were no survivors, only a large number of horseshoe marks were found at the scene, following the traces of the hoof marks, we found the person who slaughtered the village about fifty miles away."

"Who is the murderer?" Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a little ominous, but he still pretended to be calm and asked, "Is the blood-clothed god?"

"No! It's the Xianbei rangers." Wang Dashi said: "Because they were worried about scaring the snake, the sentries didn't get too close. We can only calculate based on the horseshoe marks. This group of rangers should be more than a thousand riders and less than two thousand."

Feng Jiuqing, who had been hiding in Chu Ning's tent for a long time, and took care of Chu Ning's safety, heard the words, and suddenly said in surprise: "This is still under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, how could there be Xianbei rangers? Could it be that Beiping, Yuyang, Shanggu and other counties have already lose?"

"Let's go! Come with me to inform General Gao." Chu Ning took off his cloak and tied it on, and then said to Feng Jiuqing: "Chunhua Qiuyue will go with me, Miss Qing will stay here for a while, and I will discuss it with you when I come back." .”

The author has something to say: the ancients called the person who delivered the imperial decree for the emperor an angel, which means the messenger of the emperor.

Fan Shaobo, Fan Li, also known as Tao Zhugong.

Ba Qing: Ba widow Qing, one of the seven richest people on the Forbes list during the Warring States Period, and the only female rich man on the list, even Qin Shihuang treated her well and built Huaiqing Terrace for her.