The two looked at each other and started laughing together.

As mentioned earlier, among the major institutions in Shandong, only the Lingshan Trading Company's general account is not in Jinan, but in Jining Prefecture. There is also a second general account in Jinan City. The second general account in Jinan City does not engage in private business, but only deals with the Jiaozhou Camp Military Office and the Weapon Manufacturing Bureau, and the private transactions in Jinan City. There is also a Jinan semicolon manager of Lingshan Trading Company. This setting is quite strange. Sun Chuanting has only awakened now. There are many such actions and arrangements in Shandong. It seems that they have deep meanings. Sun Chuanting couldn't help but sigh for a long time.

In mid-June, Shandong's first major event was the second son of Li Meng, Duke of Qi, named Li Wu. This name is very common, but if you look at the household registration files in Shandong, in the past three years, almost 50% of new boys in Shandong have named the word "Wu".

This is also the Jiaozhou Camp in Shandong, with great martial arts. If you want to obtain fame and wealth, it is easier to obtain during the war. Countless people participated in the Jiaozhou Camp and reached the sky in one step. It is precisely because of seeing such benefits as military practice, this situation occurred.

However, the reason why Li Meng named his second son "Wu" was that he was weak and hoped that he could practice more martial arts in the future and make his body strong.

In theory, if a noble title like Li Meng gets children, the court should issue an order to reward him. At least it must be a regular rule to add a title to the official position.

But now the court and Duke Qi are in the same shape as the Duke of Qi, so what reward can we talk about? Originally, when the Duke of Qi was awarded, Li Meng's eldest son Li Hong should have been awarded, but the court did not mention it at all, and even other generals and officials in Shandong ignored it.

The court also knew that these soldiers and generals were all devoted to Li Meng. The court could not make any real profits to win over them, so it could not even use such means of controlling the big and small. It would ignore them without asking for any reason.

Although there is no gift from the court, Li Wu, who is still in his infancy, has been flattered by everyone and will inevitably be rich and prosperous in the future, live and healthy. This flattery is also quite skillful. For example, when everyone praises Li Hong, they say that Li Hong is indescribable in the future and has a look of a dragon and tiger.

As the saying goes, one person can attain enlightenment, and the chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven. Now the same is true for the people around Li Meng. After Yan Ruoran gave birth to Li Hong, his status in the Li Mansion became increasingly stable and unshakable, just in time for the period of great expansion of Jiaozhou Camp's power. This is amazing. Originally, Yan Prefect was a native of Jiangnan.

Since becoming Li Meng's father-in-law, under the arrangement of Liu Fulai, the Yan family members were taken to live in Shandong for the safety of Yan Ruoran's relatives.

The Yan family was just a small and medium-sized landlord in Jiangnan, just a wealthy family that passed down from poetry and books. Although they came to Shandong, they did not have to worry about food, clothing and flowers, but Shandong was far inferior to Jiangnan. Therefore, Yan Ruoran's relatives always complained about the Yan family's father and daughter.

But this complaint soon disappeared, and the wealthy merchants and soldiers from Shandong and Lianghuai immediately promoted them to the sky, and did not seek any rewards. They just wanted to show kindness in front of the general, and then they would be satisfied if they said good words.

Life situation has become so fast that some time ago, ordinary people were still small families, but suddenly they became like nobles and high-ranking officials. This taste is really wonderful.

Then the complaints about Yan Ruoran turned into flattery and flattery. After all, they were collecting other people's money and they should always do things for others. As a result, relatives from the Yan family visited each day in the Li family, which made Yan Ruoran untied. If you want to say that this public relations method is quite useful.

In desperation, Yan Ruoran still brought some of his relatives' words to Li Meng. As long as they did not do anything illegal in Jiaozhou Camp, he would not be stingy with his smile and kindness, which could give some harmless convenience.

Li Meng's actions made the rich and powerful people below think that their public relations had worked, and as a result, Yan Ruoran's relatives were even more arrogant and domineering, and some even committed illegal acts.

In this situation, whether it is Yan Ruoran or Yan Guanzheng now, their position is very firm, that is, strict punishment. They must not be tolerated. Yan Ruoran is naturally devoted to his husband, but Yan Guanzheng can figure it out. Now that Yan's family has climbed a big tree, and the future is really wealthy and honorable. Never ruin major events because of these relatives.

As a result, the relatives of the Yan family were only more than a year old and were sent to Xuzhou by Li Meng, which was not a poor place there. However, there were poor mountains and rivers around, and the city was subject to military control, so there was no need to worry about food and clothing, but if you wanted to do evil, there was no environment or conditions.

When Mu Yunyao had a son and had those newly entered the Jiaozhou Camp system. But she didn't know how to get close to her, she was preparing to use the same trick again, taking the wife's route to please the second wife's relatives. In any case, she had a relationship with the Grand Marshal. And I heard that the Second Marshal had been with the Grand Marshal for longer than Yan Ruoran, so she must have spoken more effectively.

As the wealthy merchants in Shandong in Lianghuai have expanded their property in recent years, their abilities have become stronger. The social relations network is also complicated and they are very strong in inquiring about news. Many people think that no matter how cautious the second wife is, she will keep her family low-key. If you want to inquire, you will find out.

Unexpectedly, these people went all over the world and racked their brains, but they really didn't find Mu Yunyao's family. Some well-informed people went to Kaifeng, Henan. After all, the Yellow River in Henan is now under the control of Jiaozhou Camp, so there is no need to worry about any danger.

But even if you go to Kaifeng to inquire, you will find nothing. No matter how you look for it, you can't find any lady from the Mu family. This is a little bit of a mystery, and it's really hard to figure out. The gossip of the superiors is always the one who likes to spread the most.

Before this, many people had various speculations about Mu Yunyao's origin. After inquiring about his family, the speculation was even more varied. One of them even reached Li Meng's ears, saying that Mu Yunyao was the daughter of Guo Tianbo, the Duke of Qian. There was a nearly legendary story that the two got together.

Of course, no one could have thought that Mu Yunyao was the daughter of King Zhu Gongli of Zhou, the dignified Princess of the Ming Dynasty. However, even if Li Meng took the initiative to tell others that Mu Yunyao was the Princess of the Ming Dynasty, no one would believe it.

After Mu Yunyao gave birth to Li Wu, all her thoughts were devoted to this child, and her longing for the parents of Kaifeng City was a little weakened. Moreover, because Kaifeng City was already in the hands of Li Meng at this time, she didn't need to worry too much.

In late June of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the defense of the entire Kaifeng City was in the hands of Yuan Shizhong, the garrison of Guide Prefecture. There was an interesting rumor in Kaifeng City that was that when Yuan Shizhong was wearing a guerrilla robe and armor, and rode a horse to lead his troops into the city, he cried with joy at the city gate.

When the traitors in the day, today's generals and garrison such a big city in Kaifeng, Yuan Shizhong could have achieved his true achievements and glorified his ancestors.

In a big city like Kaifeng, Chen Yongfu used more than 9,000 people to mobilize young and strong people, but he was too short of guarding. Today, Yuan Shizhong used three regiments, how could more than 6,000 people be guarded?

But these 6,000 people were not only guarded steadily, but even the dozens of miles around Kaifeng City were extremely peaceful. There were really several large teams of tens of thousands of people around them, but those with eyes could see the ships on the Yellow River that almost covered the river in February and March.

If you can put so many supplies in it, you can naturally put so many troops here. Guide Mansion and Yanzhou Prefecture Shandong Army are eyeing you, so don’t cause such unnecessary disasters.

But the three yamen runners in Kaifeng Prefecture, as well as the governor's office and the governor's office and the governor's office, were all local tyrants who were familiar with the door. These days they were talking privately that there were about 4,000 troops outside the city and everywhere in the city wall. The direct troops of Guide's guerrilla war were all stationed around the Zhou Palace. Speaking of which, the Duke of Qi was still a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the King of Zhou was also a first-class relative of the Ming Dynasty. There was no need to be so anxious if he wanted to do it!

The more than 2,000 troops stationed outside the Zhou royal palace were quite complicated, including elite soldiers from the personal barracks, spies from the Shandong Salt Gang, Chen Yongfu's heart, local snakes from Kaifeng City, and some were the backbone of the Yanzhou Army, but there were no Yuan Shizhong's people.
Chapter completed!