Chapter 439: Meeting in the restaurant

Li Xun, who received tactical support from Wang Juan, was completely relieved, and the large troops retreated one after another. In addition to the team of two thousand people who were instructed in advance, which had already begun to set fire, Li Xun left two thousand people to support him, and at the same time, it was divided into small groups of troops and set fire.

Rolling smoke rose from all directions, and as the wind direction changed, all those who set off the fire hid at the beach and stayed still, under the cover of gunboats that could not continue to go north at the sea.

Looking at the gray sky, Li Xun sighed, as if he was talking to the people around him, "It's a pity, I don't know how much wealth I will lose this time, it's all my fault. It's because I didn't successfully capture the Hei Shui Governor's Office, otherwise why should I make such a bad move?"

Joining the army was with Li Xun. He seemed very puzzled when he heard Li Xun's words and comforted him: "Your Highness, why bother with your worries? Even if it is burned, it is still the trees in the Hei Shui Governor's Office. It's not a pity."

Others who only knew how to fight also nodded in agreement.

Li Xun chuckled, "What do you know? There is no Black Water Governor's Office? You have to look at it for a long time. Now it looks like someone else's place. After the matter is over, it will be my Tang Dynasty. This tree has many pillars to be used as pillars, as well as the precious beasts and medicinal materials on the mountain, and it will disappear in an instant.

Do you know how much money you have lost? You can't count it. If you develop the burned one, you may be able to contribute to one-fifth of the Tang Dynasty. The damn Black Water Governor's Office will play a steadfast and clear the world with me and fight guerrilla warfare with me. Isn't it just that the soldiers brought by them cannot adapt to the environment?"

Joining the army was surprised, "So much money? If I had known this, it would be better to let Wang Juan lead the troops to fight. I think it was with her ability that she would definitely defeat the Hei Shui Governor's Office directly."

After joining the army said this, he realized that he was belittling the Prince of Tong'an. If he wanted to explain, Li Xun waved his hand first.

"Yes, I'm not as good as Juanjuan, but Juanjuan must not come to command the army. Wouldn't that seem to be her general in the Tang Dynasty? This is why they only gave me advice and did not come here in person.

In this battle, we must win. No matter how much resource loss or how much casualties the Tang army is, we must not only win, but also have to achieve a result in a short period of time. We cannot delay it. If we continue, we will think of it in many places."

Joining the army sighed and echoed: "What Your Highness said is that I am a great Tang Dynasty, and I cannot participate in everything by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Otherwise, how should others look at me, the Tang Dynasty, and it would rather be a loss."

Li Xun smiled at this time, "Who said they didn't participate? They just didn't fight directly. After the shortfall was almost the same, Zhang Xiaobao would definitely have a way to minimize the losses. Since they were the ones, they would have subsequent calculations."

"Can you still get benefits from it seriously?" Joining the army didn't believe it, and it was burned out. What other benefits could it be?

"I don't know about others, but Xiaobao will never just destroy it. Maybe it's another trick. Let's wait and see, and you'll know it when the time comes."

Li Xun had no doubts about Zhang Xiaobao's ability, and looked at the smoke that turned the sky into gray, and felt much better.

In the prefecture of Jili Prefecture, Yan Jiang, who became a judge, finally got together with his younger brother. Speaking of all the separation, although they had letters before, they were not as good as face-to-face communication.

His younger brother is much more honest now and never think about corruption and bribery anymore. He was brave at the time because he wanted to use his life to make more money and then provide it to his family, such as his father and this brother.

Now he was more worried about whether his actions would have implicated his family. After learning that his brother had nothing to do with embezzled 60,000 yuan, he secretly admired Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's minds, and decided to become a good official in the future.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to live a better life, but that he understands that as long as he follows Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to do things safely, even though he doesn’t have much money now, once he leaves office, he will receive a very considerable reward whether he is promoted or transferred to other places.

Nowadays, there is not much money, but there is no consumption. All the necessary foods for life should be provided by the prefecture. The things given by the Zhang and Wang families can only be described in two words. They are extravagant. If you want to be a county magistrate elsewhere, even if you try your best, you will not be able to get the various furniture placed at home now, and you will not be able to get the daily refined food.

The two brothers met again after a long separation, and there was endless things to say. They sat in the Bihai Yinsha Restaurant on the Main Street of the State of Zhoufu from the morning until the time to the lights.

Perhaps they knew they couldn't eat much, so they ordered a few cold dishes and kept drinking it warm. By the evening, they were already drunk, but they were not noisy or quarrels, and they felt a little unspeakable smoothness.

"Two, I heard that you have been following Mr. Zhang, and you are deeply impressed. I wonder how much you know about him?" Yan Jiang, who looked at the brightly lit and prosperous scene on the street outside, blew the early spring breeze, drank a large bowl of sobering soup, became much more energetic and asked his younger brother.

The county magistrate Yan Eryan, who was called second, seemed very embarrassed at this time. When he communicated with his brother before, he did not dare to say that he was targeted and threw it to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. He only said that he was attracted by the two, so he was transferred from another place to Xincai County and next to Baoxin County.

Then he was arranged to Jili Prefecture and promoted all the way, from an ordinary county magistrate to the position of county magistrate. He asked someone to bring back good things such as fungus, ginseng, sea cucumbers, etc., and he said he had performed well. Zhang Xiaobao gave them alone. In fact, all county magistrates received this treatment.

When I heard my brother ask, hesitated for a while, decided to tell the truth, stood up, and said a few words to the restaurant. After a while, the guest of the restaurant brought a pot of tea.

He poured a cup for his brother, picked up a cup himself, and said, "Brother, try this Maojian, the fine Maojian, is only a little worse than the best Maojian that is for the emperor and a small number of important people. He can't buy it even if he has money outside."

Yan Jiang was stunned for a moment, picked up the product and nodded, "It's indeed better than what I bought. The packaging I bought is also a fine product. Why does it taste different? Are they faked?"

Yan Jiang, who had eaten two sips of tea, felt like he was deceived and was angry.

Yan Erxiao said that it was a fine product or a fine product on the packaging. It was just a fine product that could be bought and sold normally. What could not be bought or sold are not included. If the elder brother likes it, take more when he leaves. Oh, I left, now I am in the mansion. It is me who should go back to Yiying County, so there is no need to leave it for the elder brother."

"Why don't you give me good tea to my brother and say I can't buy it. Where did you come from?" Yan Jiang clicked his mouth twice, savoring the bitterness and sweetness that reveals its bitterness. He was obviously very happy that my brother is living a good life now.

"It is stored in the Bihai Yinsha. My elder brother is now the judge of Jili Prefecture. The benefits are only higher than those of my younger brother. My younger brother will not make up for it. He said that he knows Master Zhang and does understand.

How come the so-called enemy doesn't understand? It's a pity that my opponent is doing too badly. People don't admit that I am an opponent. I tried my best to do something, but they didn't like it at all. I was exhausted and I learned some skills. If I wanted to deal with governor Zhang, it was nothing more than a fool. My elder brother wanted to know which aspect, so I told my brother what I learned to listen to."

Yan Er expressed his original thoughts, and he felt much more relaxed, as if he had put down a heavy burden.

His words scared Yan Jiang and began to look at his younger brother again, wanting to see if his younger brother has three heads and six arms, and dares to go against governor Zhang.

After reading for a while, he lowered his voice, "Two, didn't the letter say that Governor Zhang fell in love with you? Why did it change again?"

Yan Er smiled bitterly, "How can he fall in love with me? He is better than me if he leaves any inner courtyard at home. It is the emperor who falls in love with me, no, it is the emperor who falls in love with him and put me, an incompetent official, to the two of them to train.

I was not the first one. At the beginning, a man named He Yiwei, now he is a high-ranking official in Yaozhou. I am later. If the emperor wanted to see the abilities of the two of them, he threw me around them. After grinding them, the edges and corners in my heart were smoothed out.

Before coming to Jilizhou, I always wanted to cause some trouble for them, but I failed and was dissatisfied. I tried my best to understand as much as possible so that I could write to you about how to build a place.

Don’t worry, brother, now I have given up my past plans and are ready to follow them honestly to be a good official, and will not be as chaotic as before."

When Yan Jiang heard what his younger brother said, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, breathed a lot, and asked, "How much do you know?"

"That's a lot. I now know that their family has countless money and holds a lot of shares in the Datang Money House, including the transactions of water and clouds, sea and silver sands, supermarkets, road and bridges, as well as fleets, sea fleets, and land transport teams on the Yangtze River and Yellow River.

Luzhou is the world of the two families. There are also huge forces in Jinchuan, Tubo. Fengzhou has a large ranch and Yizhou has a bar and ski resort, not to mention here.

In addition to these, I also know that their family has many weapons, and not all exposed outside. I know that the No. 0 Medal Protection Team of their two families has begun to form their own teams, which were trained according to the general, and that each of the servants in their inner courtyard has great skills.

I know that more important things others don’t understand yet. That is, after observing this period, I found that their minds were not focused on fighting with Tang officials, nor on running with other merchants in Tang Dynasty. They wanted to solve all problems at once, such as..."

Yan Er told his brother what he learned. After saying this, his brother was covered by his mouth before he could finish his words.

Yan Jiang looked around nervously, and saw that there was no one else, his face turned yellow, and he came to his younger brother's ear alertly, "Two, let's not talk about what others want to do, there must be evidence for rebellion, otherwise be careful that disaster will come from the mouth."

"Brother, what are you talking about? Rebellion? Who rebelled? I didn't say that the Zhang and Wang families were going to rebel. If they wanted to rebel, they would have been there long ago. With the strength of their two families, not to mention becoming emperors, they could at least be half of the country with the current Tang Dynasty.

What I want to say is, for example, they sent people along the sea, as if they were looking for a few very good things. They occasionally heard a few words from the mouths of the people in his inner courtyard, saying that as long as they find those things, I will not have to be afraid of any disaster in the future.

Also, they wanted to turn everything they could see into the land of our Tang Dynasty. Xinyuan Island was one of them, and there were more in the future, such as the Bohai Governor's Office. Our dynasty could not directly rule in the past, but now it is enough. Once the attacking Hei Shui Governor's Office was defeated, they would continue to occupy the north.

What I want to say is that with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, there is no need to worry about not having a high-ranking official, and Wang Juan doesn’t have to worry about losing in a war. Even if he doesn’t have the legendary magical skills, others can’t defend it with their weapons alone. Zhang Xiaobao’s ability to build a place has reached the level of a demon.

My younger brother, I have studied it, and it is amazing that no matter where they go, they can always find local resources very quickly, including coal mines, iron mines, gold, silver and copper mines, etc., as well as various specialties, such as the soybean and sesame seeds I used to interplant in Xincai County and then produce sesame oil. It turns out that it is different, the taste is good, and the sales are also good."

Yan Er's words made his brother stunned.

Yan Jiang knew the power of the Zhang and Wang families, but he could not understand it in such detail. After his younger brother said that, he really knew how powerful the Zhang and Wang families were.

"According to this, wouldn't they turn stones into gold? No wonder the nine children in their family can be so arrogant. They are so big that they are fourth-rank officials. Although they are scattered officials, they are also officials. They can impeach and ask questions. It turns out that the current emperor is afraid that they will rebel."

Yan Jiang was much more balanced in his mind, and no longer cared about why Xiao Bei and others could have such a large official. In history, it seems that such a thing has never happened.

Yan Er shook his head, "No, no, no, with that without official, Your Majesty..." Speaking of this, Yan Er lowered his voice, "Your Majesty feels that you owe them too much to Zhang and Wang families. Their two families have countless business deals, such as the Boatman Association on the Yangtze River, the Breeding Chamber of Commerce and Engineering Team in Jiannan Road.

But they have never had much money to use. What my younger brother said is not much proportion, but it is not really not much. The money for studying various powerful weapons is paid by his family, and the welfare of many soldiers is the money given by his family, not the court, building roads, bridges, and disaster relief.

His family takes all the places where I need money in the Tang Dynasty, and he still takes a lot of them. His Majesty has gained reputation, obtained all kinds of good technology, and obtained territory, and will naturally compensate them, so their family has a little more power."

Yan Jiang suddenly realized that if his younger brother hadn't said that he really didn't know the situation inside.

After thinking about it, he said, "The power is a little more powerful. For example, Zhang Zhong's Shangshu, I heard rumors from the capital that his family arranged it himself, such as my brother's transfer, it would be done in one sentence. But if this happens, can his family really support the entire Tang Dynasty's flower loss? Will your Majesty tolerate the existence of his family like the Tang Dynasty?"

"Of course, it won't last long. They are transforming, one to prevent His Majesty from being suspicious, and the other is to gradually withdraw from this kind of financial support. For example, in Gaimuzhou here, they magically found a large coal mine.

I don’t know why it was so accurate. After discovering it, I started to contact others to mine, as well as aluminum ores and other mines. I also transported various resources from overseas. After this place, I had other people to become officials and distributed benefits to each other and became rich, so I could naturally support the local army.

I heard from their inner court that the taxes in the future will be directly managed by the capital city and then sent back, and his family will be evacuated from it at that time. In this way, there is no need to continue to manage the conscripts, nor will His Majesty worry."

Yan Er pointed to the north and told his brother that the big coal mine found there.

Yan Jiang nodded mutely, "It's really a stone turning into gold. You can discover various mineral resources when you come here, which is magical."

"The more magical thing is still behind. Brother, have you heard of Kombo?"

"Of course I know that good things are good. Now many children in schools are eating, saying that they will not grow up after eating, and the medical Scripture also wrote it. What are you doing with this thing?"

Yan Jiang said that you should also ask your brother for such a simple question.

"Do you know that kombus can be grown? Do you know that the fungus I usually bring back to my family is grown from their family? Have you seen the places where ginseng is grown? Have you seen the pearls grown?"

Yan Er asked questions one by one. Whenever Yan Jiang asked Yan Jiang, he would shake his head vigorously. Waiting for Yan Er to finish asking, Yan Jiang blinked his eyes and said in disbelief: "Don't tell your brother that they can plant these things."

Yan Er did not say anything affirmative directly, but took out a box from his arms and opened it, revealing a string of necklaces made of pearls inside and pushing them to his brother.

"Brother, this is given to my sister-in-law by my younger brother. Because I did things safely in the county, I gave it a reward. This is a three-year artificial pearl breeding in Luzhou, and there are more than a dozen bottles of pearl paste. I have not brought it today. I will be ordered to deliver it to my brother when I go back."

Yan Jiang saw the pearl in the box and was completely stunned. After a while, he recovered a little. He reached out and picked it up and looked carefully. It was round and exuded a brilliant light, especially under the street lights, which looked extremely gorgeous. Each one was average, about five points.

I have never seen the bigger pearls. Although I have never owned them, I have seen even the dozens of six-point pearls placed together, but they are different from the string in front of me. I have seen them before, and it is not easy to find them from the shells.

Today, this string is actually raised. If it can be raised, the pearls will definitely not be as valuable as before. They can also be raised. How did the Zhang and Wang families make it?

"Is the value of the pearl lost?" Yan Jiang asked when he thought of this.

"It hasn't been lost. In addition to making cosmetics and jewelry, most of the pearls are sent to the hospital. They are used as medicinal materials. Well, medicinal materials can also be grown. When my brother has time to go to the beach to see, my brother will tell you where to grow kohlb. Zhang Xiaobao and the others call kelp. One of the special seasonings in their restaurants is obtained from kelp."

Yan Er seemed very excited, as if all this was done by him.

Yan Jiang nodded blankly, "Okay, OK."

The stars are sparse in the sky and the moon is bright, and the lights are still there.

Yan Jiang, who returned to his courtyard, had not recovered from his shock.

Today, from my brother's mouth, he completely understood the background of the Zhang and Wang families. He is not afraid of their huge power, but is happy, and his head is confused.

He likes to study various things, and it takes a lot of money to study things. It’s okay to say that if he succeeds, he doesn’t know how much money he needs to supplement it after failing. From now on, as long as he follows Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, he will not be a problem with money.

As my brother said at the end of separation, if you follow the Zhang and Wang family, don’t think about other things, work hard and be loyal. In the future, as the territory becomes larger and larger, more officials will inevitably be needed. It is easy to become the governor of the Zhang and Wang family.

I have worked hard, whether it is for my interests or hobbies or for my future status.
To be continued...