Chapter 177: Great gift

Li Meng got up early, but found that Liu Qian was waiting outside the house. He respectfully said that the guardian had urgent official duties and would not come to see him off. Li Meng knew that this was the old man who was unwilling to experience farewell. Both of them were adults, and they would feel a little embarrassed if they were moved. Every farewell in this era is likely to never meet again.

The guards beside him can move at any time. All they have to do is find ships to transport the armor and horse harnesses they brought from the arsenal.

After talking about this matter with Liu Qian, it seemed that he had prepared a lot. Liu Qian just smiled and said that the young master of nephew would leave in the afternoon, and the arrangements had been made here.

The guards who followed Li Meng also knew what was happening in Shandong. These people were all loyal subordinates of Jiaozhou Camp. When they heard that Jiaozhou Camp suffered losses in Shandong, they were worried and angry. Everyone wanted to go back early. They had already prepared everything for the time being and waited for the morning to start.

So even from morning to afternoon, these people felt anxious, and Li Meng was a little anxious. The people guarding the palace prepared a very sumptuous lunch. After the crowd had eaten and drank, Liu Qian, with a smile on his face, came to greet Li Meng, saying that he could go on the road.

Father Federer was in poor health. It should be because of his weakness caused by insufficient nutrition and he could not recover in one day. Li Meng also equipped him and Su Anqi alone with a carriage. As a result, the old priest sat in the carriage and prayed devoutly, saying that it was a blessing from heaven.

Although Denglas would rather be scolded by himself than bring food to Su Anqi and the priest, he seemed to be lazy on the road from the guard house to the ferry.

I tried to ride a carriage several times, but I was caught by the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp. I thought to myself, you, the old man, would you grab a car with the old and weak? Of course, if you weren't lazy, there were many places in Nanjing that could make money, so why bother to go to the gambling house to make money?

Apart from blonde hair and blue eyes, Deng Yangren did not look like a foreigner, and he was very verbal. He had a lot of knowledge from Europe to the Ming Dynasty, and he had a familiar temper. He just listened to his whispering stories along the way, and his relationship with the people in Jiaozhouying quickly heated up.

However, the superiority and disadvantages of axes, guns and spears are definitely not careless. Since the matter is urgent, you, Yangren, have to follow you to Shandong, and you must compete with each other at that time.

Denglas could give in to other things, but he insisted on it and was very persistent. The two sides agreed to a competition.

After learning about Shandong, everyone was anxious, but after meeting this morning, they saw Li Meng's calm expression, but everyone's anxious thoughts calmed down and didn't feel anything.

It was not too long to travel in Nanjing. It took half an hour to leave the city and reach the ferry. In front of me were a few people guarding the palace, and Liu Qian was by Li Meng's side, and both sides were speechless.

As soon as Li Meng saw the ferry, he found that several acquaintances were running towards him in a hurry. It was the Zheng family member I saw a few days ago, and the leader was Zheng Sha.

When they met Li Meng that day, the two sides greeted each other. Zheng Sha just bent down to greet him. Although Li Meng was an official, he was an equal greeting. Today was different. Zheng Sha trotted over first. Before Li Meng got off the horse, he took the initiative to smile and lean over and kneel down, kowtowed to Li Meng to greet him, and said repeatedly:

"I offended that day, and I would like to ask the Lord to atone for my sins."

This obviously means that when they met Pingli a few days ago, Li Meng couldn't bear to see the old man kneeling in front of him. Moreover, the relationship between Jiaozhou Camp and the other party was still very close. He wanted to dismount, but he was pulled down by Liu Qian on the side. Although Liu Qian was a servant in the guarding the mansion, he was extremely powerful at this time.

He didn't take the big hero on the sea kneeling down at all, but turned his head and smiled and said to Li Meng:

"When Bamin Commercial Bank heard that his nephew was going to return to Shandong, he took the initiative to say that he would provide ship transportation. This Yimin Committee is really worthy of praise!"

There was a righteous man there, and it was clearly that he had offended the Weiyuan Hou family. If he didn't come to Panzhaiguan and Li Meng's high branches at this time, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would be retaliated that day. And he bargained with Li Meng that day. Who would have thought that Li Meng was actually a relative of the eunuch of the garrison. It was too late to curry favor with such a person, let alone negotiate terms.

Of course, Manager Zheng was also cursing in his heart, thinking that if you have such a powerful relative, why are you looking for our Zheng family to do something? Isn’t this a trick?

After Liu Qian found them, the Bamin Commercial Bank immediately mobilized some of the loaded ships, and some of the loaded ships were unloaded, specifically for loading people and loading goods for Li Meng.

It seems that in the morning, armor, horse harness and other things had been shipped here. Liu Qian and Li Meng, led by the Zheng family, took a few ships to count them. The armor and horse harness were shipped.

After reading the goods, Liu Qian signaled that he had something to say to Li Meng. Li Meng asked the guards around him to be farther away. Liu Qian waved to the people behind him. Someone rushed over with three big trucks, and there were boxes wrapped in iron. Li Meng noticed a detail. The ruts were very deep, and it was obvious that the carriage was loaded with not light weight.

Liu Qian lowered his voice and said:

"There are 7,000 taels of gold, and 30,000 taels of silver notes. This is the money the master told the villain to give to the master last night."

More than 100,000 taels!? Li Meng was immediately shocked by this amount. Even if he was owed debts and paid back the money, the 50,000 taels he lent out suddenly doubled. Although the eunuch in the garrison was brilliant, the expenses were also huge. He had only been in office for half a year. How much could he have left for so many to give himself?

This Eunuch Liu doesn't seem to be a greedy person. Looking at Li Meng's surprised expression, Liu Qian smiled and explained first:

"The master came to Nanjing to take office. The merchants and generals from all over the country gathered together were 150,000 taels of gifts. The guards' house spent less money and were more filial. The master said that this money was also a pension money for him. It would be better for you to use it."

Li Meng shook his head, feeling indescribable in his heart, and then he said:

"I can't meet until I parted today, so I'll ask Butler Liu to thank my uncle on his behalf!"

After receiving Li Meng's reply, Liu Qian nodded with a smile and waved his hand to the back. The people next to the big carts all jumped out of the carts and put the boxes on the boat.

It was not over yet, and I saw a lot of things. Liu Qian greeted the bow of the boat and saw a military general wearing a mandarin duck war jacket walking quickly off the boat, walked to the front of the two people, and went on a big ceremony to worship.

Li Meng knew this person, Qianhu Huang Ping. After kneeling down, he did not get up. Liu Qian smiled and introduced:

"Among the generals of the imperial guards, Huang Ping followed the master from the capital. He used to be a small military academy in the Jingying. The elders in the family were old friends of the master, and he was considered a child who knew how to be ambitious. However, in the imperial guards in Nanjing, people were raising and abandoned. They pestered the master several times and said they wanted to be sent to a military academy, but they couldn't find a suitable place. This child was also destined to be with the young master of the nephew. He spent some time in Jiaozhou and had this opportunity to come to Nanjing. The master said he would let him and the young master of the nephew!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Ping, who was kneeling there, knocked down a few more times and said respectfully:

"I ask my nephew to take Huang, and I will definitely die."

The feelings that saw Huang Ping in the military camp that night and the Qianhu made Li Meng have a good impression of him. It was hard to say whether such a person was willing to serve in the army or whether he was staying by his side or someone else to keep an eye on him.

However, I have to take it in. Li Meng didn't say anything polite, such as asking for it, just said calmly:

"The young master of nephew is a private name, so call him a master in the future!"

Hearing Li Meng say this, Huang Ping immediately knew that the other party had taken him in. He kowtowed several times on the ground and retreated respectfully. Liu Qian added:

"Huang Ping also brought a few of his close confidants' military academies, so he wanted his nephew to take care of him."

Li Meng nodded and watched as several subordinates checked the inspection on each ship, and the guards were all on the ship. They thought that looking for a boat, giving money, and giving people here should be over. But seeing that Liu Qian had no intention of saying goodbye, he was a little puzzled, and was about to ask questions.

I heard Liu Qian smile and say:

"The story of the young nephew's young master in Meilou has been circulating everywhere in Nanjing. There are also Mr. Pinghua from the teahouse and the tavern have made this matter into jokes!"

Li Meng laughed dryly. No matter what, this matter was not very glorious. He just didn't know why the other party raised it now and what it meant.

The smile on Liu Qian's face was very intriguing and he said respectfully:

"Young Master, I am a lot this year, so there should be some people in the room who should serve you..."

While talking, Liu Qian clapped his hands and a group of people came over there. Li Meng looked along, but he looked a little stunned. However, there were several strong women carrying two women to walk towards this side. The reason why they didn't say it was to support them was because the two women were always struggling there.

However, these two women did not cry and scold. It was strange. When passing by Li Meng, a girl turned her head and looked at him hatefully, shouting:

"Shameless!"

The woman next to her immediately took out a handkerchief. Seeing that the handkerchief was very clean, it stuffed it directly into the woman's mouth and was still on the boat. The woman behind her glared at Li Meng with an expressionless face. The same result was the same. Behind these mothers, there were six or seven little maids, and there were people who Li Meng knew.
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