I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 331
Chengdu, Du House.

Patriarch Du Ji looked at his nephew Du Heng and grandnephew Du Xu who were kneeling in front of him, feeling a little sad.

"Tell me, what's going on? How did you eat those military settlements?"

Du Heng made a look of sincerity and fear on his face, and then said tremblingly: "Back to uncle, this is the success of His Royal Highness of the Shu Palace, and now [-]% of the harvest from this field is honored to His Royal Highness every year."

When Du Ji heard it, he looked suspiciously at the two kneeling on the ground, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

This can be big or small.

The Du family is a giant in Sichuan, the most fundamental of which is the output of salt wells and the 10,000+ mu of land they own.

This is the foundation on which the Du family can stand.

And the Du family's land was all acquired through persistent mergers by several generations.

Although eating a lot of land, the Du family has always had very clear boundaries on what can be eaten and what can't be eaten.

When the king of Shu was in power, a large number of acres in the military villages were lost, and now it seems that many of them fell into the pockets of the Yang family, the Yan family, and his own family.

During this period of time, the Marquis of Wu'an led the army outside the festival, and the government and military affairs in the Jiefu were presided over by Chang Shi.

These include the inventory of military settlements and the salt tax accounts over the years.

There is nothing wrong with the salt tax accounts so far, but the matter of the military settlement has been found out on my own head!

It is not difficult for Duke to know these things.

After all, although Jiedu envoys and Changshi are foreigners, how many scribes in the Jiefu are from central Shu?
For the Du family, which has been rooted in central Sichuan for more than a hundred years, the intricate network of people is far beyond the imagination of others.

"Then how are you father and son going to deal with this?"

"Back to Uncle, I was prepared for this matter when Marquis Wu'an entered Shu. I asked Da Lang to contact Marquis Wu'an's family brothers. When Marquis Marquis returns to Chengdu, he will be able to summon him when he is free."

After hearing this, Du Ji nodded lightly, "Try your best to smooth things over for me. This is a good deed done by your father and son. Don't implicate the family. Otherwise, the laws of the country will not be used, and the laws of the ancestors will not spare you."

"It's uncle, my nephew understands, don't worry, I will smooth this matter out, and I will definitely not involve the Taoist family"

Coming out of the main house, Du Heng was supported by his eldest son, Du Xu. Although Du Xu's own knees were also a little stiff, the elderly Du Heng obviously couldn't bear it.

The father and son returned home all the way, sat in the main room, and then heaved a sigh of relief.

After ordering people to serve tea, the father and son also talked about it.

"Aye, it's really abnormal that Uncle didn't ask for these lands."

"Want to go there? He won't touch these military lands. He is afraid of trouble, and he is saying that there is still a share for the son of the king of Shu. How can it be so easy to touch."

Du Heng was talking, took a sip of tea, then suddenly put down the tea bowl, and called out, "Come on, call me Manager Li."

Not long after, a middle-aged man of medium build came in, "I met Dong Weng, I met Lang Jun."

The steward surnamed Li is named Li Yi, and he is the steward of Du Heng's mansion. He was originally a refugee, but because he could read and write, he was taken in by Du Heng's father, Du Tan, and he has been in Du Heng's family for decades. His confidant, father and son let him handle many secret affairs.

"Guard Li, are you ready for the goods you want?"

"Hui Dongweng, the goods worth [-] guan have been prepared. According to your order, there are all kinds of gold and silver wares, Sichuan brocade, and some jewelry. It is easier to transport than copper coins."

"Very good, now you seal up these things, and then make a list, deposit these goods in the Yan family's warehouse in the city, and keep the deposit receipts."

"Understood, Don't worry."

Li Yi didn't ask what the [-] guan was used for, and turned around and left after agreeing.

After the people went out, Du Xu opened his mouth and asked: "Aye, fifty thousand guan? Is this going to be used so much? Our family's floating wealth is only [-] to [-] guan."

But Du Heng glared at him: "If we have [-] in our hands, I think [-] is too little! Who is that? He is Marquis Wu'an. A country bumpkin in the world, this Lord Marquis is a direct descendant of the British government. I heard that the palace can come and go at will. If he can look up to [-] yuan and stop chasing these fields, then his ancestors have accumulated virtue. You just wait Burn high incense."

Du Xu frowned after hearing this: "Aye, what should he do if he doesn't look down on these floating money?"

"What should we do? Then this matter is not something we need to consider. This is not our family's land. Besides, it is not only our father and son who took the army. The Yang family and the Yan family also ate a lot. What will be difficult at that time is that it might be the Marquis of Wu An, after all, the law does not blame the public, by the way, have you heard, when will the Marquis come back?"

"I heard it's only a few days away."

However, Li Yi came out from the Du family and his son, first made a rough list according to Du Heng's instructions, and some personally led people to load the goods to the Yan's warehouse in the city.

After sealing the box personally, I left according to the deposit receipt.

I bought some random food on the street, including roasted chicken with sauce and pancakes, and sold two catties of wine before returning home.

His home is a small courtyard next to Du's residence, with three rooms. First, he gave half of the sauced meat and roast chicken to his wife and children, and then took the other half to the side room.

"Wait a long time."

Sitting in front of the table in the room was also a middle-aged man, wearing gray cloth clothes, with an ordinary face, when he saw Li Yi coming back, he said, "Good guy, what delicious food did you bring to reward me?"

"Roasted chicken, sauced pork, and pancakes. There's nothing delicious. I'll take them out when you can go out. The restaurants in Chengdu are no worse than the ones in Beijing."

"That's not bad, what else do you want to eat? Master and the others are still in the mountains, I don't know if they can walk out. Forget it, let's eat first."

After hearing this, Li Yi didn't speak, just shook his head, then sat down and opened the paper bag, and poured another bowl of wine for the person opposite.

"Fu Jinchuan is coming back soon."

The middle-aged man with a roasted chicken leg in his hand was about to eat it, but he paused when he heard this, looked at Li Yi who was opposite him and said, "Is the news accurate?"

Li Yidao: "I don't know the exact date, but it should be within a few days. Otherwise, the Du family and his sons would not be in a hurry to prepare goods. They probably wanted to bribe Fu Jinchuan and embezzle them in the army. Let the matter be covered up, so that the boy surnamed Fu will not pursue it."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man on the opposite side took a bite of the chicken leg, but his eyes seemed to be stunned. It took a while to recover, and he picked up the wine bowl and drank it down in one gulp.

"I really want to sleep, so someone will give me a pillow. Hahaha, God gave me a great opportunity. Mr. Pang asked me to come to Chengdu. I was still thinking about presiding over this matter. How can I make Fu Jinchuan fight with the wealthy families in Sichuan? This is not ready-made." Opportunity?"

The middle-aged man picked up the jug on the side and went to a bowl, then looked at Li Yi with a smile and said, "Brother Li, the opportunity has come."

On Li Yi's side, his expression was calm, and he said, "If you have any orders, just tell me. For the sake of the great cause of the Holy Dao, the manpower here in Chengdu will naturally have no second thoughts."

"Hahaha, I knew you were unambiguous."

If the conversation between the two was overheard by other people, they would surely turn pale with shock.

Holy cause?

If it weren't for the Red Lotus Taoist, who would say that?

And the identity of that middle-aged man is also about to be revealed.

Fang Qiu's eldest disciple, Zhang Xia, one of the four commanders of the Red Lotus Army.

(End of this chapter)