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At the end of September, Zhang Bao and Liu Changqing arrived in Lin'an.

According to the terms of the peace agreement, Zhang and Liu entered the city to have a symbolic audience with Emperor Zhou, and then received an official report from the State of Zhou.

Zhang Bao was appointed as the Dazhou City Shipping Department Envoy and the Six-Prefecture Foreclosure Market Commercial Patrol. In order to arrest illegal caravans such as leaking ships and smuggling, the City Shipping Department established a tax police force of 2,000 people, headed by Guo Lin and Shi Liulang respectively. He was appointed captain and deputy captain, and the latter commanded a naval force of 800 and ten thunder ships.

Liu Changqing took up the post of the Third Secretary to Duzhi Rebellion, and Zhu Chun was his deputy, responsible for supervising the Lin'an Dynasty's financial expenditures and urging the Lin'an Dynasty to implement follow-up compensation.

On September 30, Zhang Bao roped in Chen Chu's disciple Guo Lin and paid a special visit to Chen Chu.

After some pleasantries, Chen Chu asked: "Brother Bao, just tell me if you have any difficulties. I will definitely help you solve them if I can."

Zhang Bao chuckled and said immediately: "If the prince says so, then I won't be polite. The army recorder has delivered to me the armor, weapons, swords and pay of the two thousand people. Now I don't lack anything, but I only lack people."

In the tax police corps, almost all navy personnel are from Huaibei, but the remaining 1,200 infantry troops have not yet been found.

"We already have armor, weapons and wages, but are we still afraid that we won't be able to recruit people?" Chen Chu asked with a smile.

Zhang Bao just smiled and secretly winked at Guo Lin. The latter quickly stood up and said respectfully: "Teacher, the south of the Yangtze River is not as good as the north of the Huaihe River. This tax police corps is neither affiliated with the Privy Council of the State of Zhou nor has anything to do with the Ministry of War of the State of the State of Zhou. It can be said that it is an enemy in all directions." , without a group of warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles, I’m afraid they won’t be able to control the situation.”

Chen Chu and Zhang Bao always had a brotherhood, but they were not so polite with their students. They couldn't help laughing and scolding: "How do you want to be a tough general in the tax police corps? The little bastard is here to take advantage of my Huaibei Army again!" "

"Hehehe~"

The King of Jin was generally very kind to his subordinates, but Guo Lin showed a special sense of intimacy when he was scolded like this. However, after seeing him pretending to be honest and honest, he acted like a rogue junior and said: "Teacher, This is the first serious mission of the students. You must support it. Master will allocate 1,200 students from the Huaibei Army!"

"One thousand and two? Don't even think about it. I'll give you at most a hundred veterans to help you build the framework of the tax police force."

One hundred veterans?

Zhang Bao couldn't help but be overjoyed. This had exceeded his psychological expectations. With one hundred veterans, all officers at the squad leader level were served by veterans!

Using veterans as the basis can greatly shorten the training time and quickly form combat effectiveness, which is completely different from the courage of more than a thousand recruits.

Zhang Bao quickly winked at Guo Lin and signaled him to agree.

Guo Lin had clearly received Zhang Bao's hint, but he still bargained with a playful smile: "Thank you, Master, can you give us another two hundred fire guns?"

Chen Chu pointed at Guo Lin with his index finger and cursed: "What do you, a paramilitary team, do with guns and muskets! What you are doing is anti-smuggling and taxation, and you are not trying to destroy the country!"

"Teacher! That Luobo caravan is doing a business of licking blood from the edge of a knife. It's not a good bird." Guo Lin looked aggrieved.

"Okay, okay, according to the configuration of the Huaibei Army, equip the tax police corps with hand crossbows."

"Hey, thank you, my mentor!"

Zhang Bao watched the conversation between master and apprentice, feeling satisfied and at the same time quite amused. It seemed that generals from Huaibei, especially those who were close to Chu Geer, would always be infected with a bit of a conceited temper unconsciously. .

But with this kind of temper, it’s really easy to get things done.

After finalizing the configuration of the tax police force, Chen Chu specifically said to Zhang Bao: "Brother Bao, do you have any concerns about recruiting troops?"

Zhang Bao said without hesitation: "My subordinates are planning to select a group of good family children from the construction site of Liuhuai Preparatory School."

Chen Chu said, "I have a suggestion on this matter."

"Your Majesty, please make it clear"

Chen Chu waved his hand, indicating to Zhang Bao not to be so polite, and then said: "There is a county on Zhejiang East Road, named Yiwu. The people here are tough and hardworking, and they are not afraid of climbing and wading. Brother Bao can go there to see something. look."

Given Chen Chu's prestige in Huaibei, his so-called suggestions were almost equivalent to orders. Zhang Baoma cupped his fists and said, "My subordinates, please keep this in mind."

Unexpectedly, Guo Lin on the side said again: "Teacher, if there are many good soldiers in Yiwu, and my disciple and Zhang Tiju accidentally recruit too many people when recruiting, my teacher will have to help the disciple."

"As long as you can afford it, you can recruit as many as you want!"

After hearing these words from his master, Guo Lin couldn't help but smile, and then said: "Teacher, don't worry! Not only will the tax police corps not have any more salary increases, from now on the disciples will have to pay a large sum of money to their mentor every year!"

"Oh?"

Chen Chu couldn't help but feel happy and asked: "Where are you going to get the money from? The tax money from the Shibo Department and the Liufu Forge Market was originally going to be compensated to Daqi."

"Hey, I discussed it with Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Zhu on the way here. After the tax police corps is officially established, we will first get the Quanzhou Pu family sacrificial flag!"

At this point, Guo Lin, who was originally smiling and smiling suddenly became serious, and said in a murderous tone: "Although Wan Qixi has fallen into our hands, the Quanzhou maritime merchant Pu Shanyou has not yet been punished! In our hands Anyone who has done evil in Huaibei must die!"

Last year, Wan Qixi's East Route Army landed from the sea. It was the Quanzhou Pu family who funded the ships and sailors. Most of the people who looted in Sizhou were his family's men.

The reason why Chen Chu did not ask the Lin'an Dynasty for this animal was because he was waiting for the opportunity for Huaibei to take action himself.

The maritime merchants of Quanzhou are the richest in the world. If Lin'an is forced to take action, the wealth of that extremely wealthy country will naturally not fall into the hands of Huaibei.

This matter was originally arranged by Chen Chu. He couldn't help but nodded when he heard this, and then said: "The Pu family is a one-time deal after all, but you said that you will honor me every year from now on. Where does the money come from?"

"Hehe." Guo Lin smiled proudly, "Have you forgotten, my teacher, that when he took the time to go to Lanxiang Academy to give us general education classes, he once drew a map for us and told us that there is a Red River Delta in the north of Cochin and a Mekong River Delta in the south. , the local people are lazy and lazy, but they can get three crops a year by just throwing a handful of rice seedlings, and they never know what hunger is!

The teacher also said that Zhu, that day, was also rich in products, rich in gems and spices. Such a fertile and precious land should be inhabited by those who are diligent! From now on, let them plant rice and mulberry for me in China! "

"Hahaha"

After Chen Chu laughed, he said seriously: "Jiaozhi and Tianzhu are thousands of miles apart. How can your tax police force suppress them?"

Guo Lin seemed to have something in mind, and he continued: "It's impossible to rely solely on the tax police corps, but we can learn from the way my wife set up a trading company in Tongshan."

Chen Chu deliberately asked the school teacher: "How to imitate the master's wife?"

"Establish a trading house in Quanzhou that specializes in overseas operations and attract major maritime merchants to invest in it. We need to take advantage of their large-scale ships and sailors who are familiar with sea routes. They must also be eager for our thunder cannons. Combining the two, we can expand overseas Expand the territory and build up forces who are willing to get close to me, China, to rise to power."

Guo Lin talked so eloquently that Zhang Bao was stunned.

By the way, aren't we just a tax police corps? Why does it sound like this Guo Lin is talking about destroying the country?

However, everything Guo Lin mentioned can indeed find precedents from the development of Huaibei Road.

Establishing a trading house, similar to the Sihai Trading Company back then, unites wealthy businessmen with similar interests.

To 'build forces that are willing to get close to China', doesn't it mean using the power of thunder and cannons to build compradors overseas and collect local property taxes and transport them back to the country?

This kind of thing is almost exactly the same as what the Huaibei Army did in Lin'an.

At this time, Zhang Bao had an epiphany. Guo Lin said that he wanted to attack the Pu family, and I am afraid that it was not just for revenge. The most important reason was to deter other maritime merchants and establish Huaibei's leading position in the joint trading house to be established in the future!
Zhang Bao glanced at Brother Chu and saw the happy smile on his face that said, "The children have grown up." He suddenly envied Guo Lin, Zhu Chun and others. Those who graduated from Lanxiang Academy always seemed to be able to get along with Brother Chu. frequency.

Not only his ideas, but also his method of doing things that pays great attention to practical interests are exactly the same as Brother Chu.

If today's conversation reaches the ears of those corrupt scholars, I'm afraid Brother Chu will be criticized again. Only people like Lan Xiang Academy dare to think and do this.

Just when Zhang Bao just thought of this, he heard Chen Chu say: "This matter is not urgent. We must first find out the situation in Jiaozhi and Tianzhu before we can prescribe the right medicine. For example, in Jiaozhi, if the imperial power is weak, we will try to support the emperor. If the imperial power is stable, we will support the local military commanders. There is no problem." You have to pry open a crack in the egg, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort. Fortunately, when you really go to sea in the future, don't forget to bring some Confucian scholars with you to spread the sage's teachings overseas."

Guo Lin was a little dissatisfied with this last proposal and couldn't help but muttered: "What are you bringing them for? They can't do anything except lip service and moral articles."

"Haha, we want them to teach their rhetoric and moral articles to the alien people."

What we are talking about today are mostly strategic directions, which cannot be achieved overnight.

At noon, Chen Chu stayed with the two of them to have dinner. After the meal, the ambitious two people left and went to Yiwu to recruit troops.

Before leaving, Guo Lin said with a smile: "Teacher, my disciple is very soft-spoken. When I get to Quanzhou, those maritime merchants may not sell me, Zhang Tiju, and Shi Liuge's face. Please give me a calligraphy treasure, so that the disciple can pretend to be a tiger." "

Chen Chu couldn't help but smile and said, "What do you want me to write?"

"Just write the name of the firm!"

Guo Lin immediately ran to the desk to spread some paper and grind it. Chen Chu asked again, "What's the name of the trading company?"

"This trading company is from Huaibei, and naturally it belongs to my mentor. Of course it is better to start from my mentor!" Guo Lin took the opportunity to express his loyalty again.

Chen Chu took up his pen and thought for a moment, then scribbled down a few big characters.

Guo Lin, who was standing by, looked at it and asked strangely: "Teacher, what is this India?"

"India is a place name."

Chen Chu put down his pen and wrote "East India Trading Company" on the rice paper.

Guo Lin scratched his head and didn't quite understand, but he carefully put away his teacher's autograph and then said goodbye to Zhang Bao.

When the two of them walked to the tent door, they heard Chen Chu call, "Cheng Sen."

Hearing his mentor calling his cousin, Guo Lin quickly turned around and said, "Teacher, what else do you have to say?"

Chen Chu stood still for a long time, then waved his hands and said: "Do it with all your heart, but you must be careful when something happens. When the day comes when Cheng Sen really opens up the territory for me in China, I will personally lead your horse through the streets for you!" "

Guo Lin's nose suddenly felt sour, and he immediately bowed deeply and said: "Disciple, please remember the teachings of my teacher! I must do my best and never fall into the prestige of my teacher!"

In mid-October, winter is getting stronger.

The land leveling of Liuhuai Preparatory School has been completed, and the first payment of Lin'an compensation has been completed.

Under Zhou Emperor's day and night expectations, the Huaibei army finally retreated to Jiangning.

From the 8 million taels in compensation, after deducting the construction costs of the Liuhuai Preparatory School and the Tax Police Corps, and issuing a reward for the Huaibei Army, more than 6 million taels were still left.

On October 21st, Chen Chu led two troops and returned to Caizhou with silver.

Cai Hua personally watched the money go into the basements of the four major banks, and then she felt relieved.

The family had been separated for several months, and it was rare to reunite today. They had a few drinks during dinner in the evening.

The woman, after all, is a lighter drinker. After three rounds, her face is either charming or purely lustful, and her manners are myriad.

If the wine is not intoxicating, everyone will get drunk.

After years of hard work, the ladies of the royal family at this time are all well versed in the beauty of the relationship between husband and wife.

Coupled with the long separation, the dual psychological and physical longings, catalyzed by alcohol, turned into an indescribable love deep in the eyes.

Mao'er relies on her status as a doctor and can't say anything.

But after the meal, no one was willing to get up and leave, and they all had a tacit understanding to let the wet nurse take the baby back to the room to sleep early.

There was Cai Hua between Yu Nong and the young master. Whenever Chen Chu told an interesting story, Yu Nong would attract the latter's attention with his signature giggle. As long as he looked over, Yu Nong would bite it with his shell teeth. Lips, innocent big eyes looking straight at each other.

Cai Hua looked around and felt that she was in a den of goblins. She knew that this was not the time to be polite, so she ignored the deep love between sisters and directly took Chen Chu's hand. When she stood up, she said as if she was still here: "That's right. , I wrote a plan about how to allocate this money. Your Majesty, please go with the slave family to Qingpu Garden to see if there are any loopholes in the plan."

After that, he took Chen Chu's arm and walked out.

Mao'er, Ayu and Jiarou looked at each other. No one expected that Sanniang would take the initiative.

But Yu Nong stood up quickly and said anxiously: "Sister Cai, do you want me to help you take a look?"

"You're just looking at shit. Go back to your room and go to bed early."

Cai Hua didn't even look back, and left the restaurant after saying this.

Although Mao'er and the three of them didn't say anything, their shoulders slumped. Only Yunong sat back dissatisfied, imitating Cai Hua's accent and muttered: "'The prince went to Qingpu Garden with the slave family to see Let’s see if there are any loopholes in the plan. Humph, I think Sister Cai herself is the loophole.”

"Cough cough."

Mao'er coughed slightly, blocked Yu Nong's tiger-wolf words, and said in a waning mood: "We are all tired after a busy day, let's go back and rest."

Qingpu Garden.

Cai Hua actually had a plan with details on the distribution of compensation. Part of it would be used as reserves for new invoices issued by the four major banks, part of it would be used to pay debts owed to various factories during the war, and part of it would be used to
Chen Chu hadn't finished reading yet and was already distracted.

Behind him, Cai Hua lay on his back like a boneless snake, resting her chin on his shoulder. The warm air disturbed by each breath would accurately sweep across Chen Chu's auricles.

Itchy and hot.

But she herself seemed to be fine and said business in a low voice, "At the beginning of October, Zhe Yanwen brought Western Xia Prime Minister O Daochong and the eldest son of the emperor Li Chunyou to Caizhou. When will I meet them, my dear?"

Look, when you talk about important military and political matters, you call someone your sweetheart. Is this like talking about serious business?
The hot Chen Chu twisted his body uncomfortably and replied: "Let them dry out for a few days."

"Hehe, that's what I mean too. Then Xixia Emperor Li Renxiao thought that by sending a prince as a pledge, we could let them go!"

Last year, the Jinxia coalition forces were defeated outside Tokyo, and only about 10,000 of the 160,000 Xixia soldiers finally fled back to the country.

Last autumn, Zhang Shuye, Zhe Yanwen, Qin Shengwu and others led an army to conquer the northwest. At the beginning of this year, Zhang Shuye designed to capture Liu Shuping, who escaped during the First World War in Tokyo, and escorted him back to Caizhou in February.

Zhe Yanwen and Qin Shengwu spent several more months pacifying the northwestern regions. In July, Duke of Zheng and Deputy Privy Councilor Fan Gongzhi took charge of the northwestern towns and immediately began fighting against Western Xia.

The main force of Xixia had already been lost in the battle of Tokyo. Facing the revenge of the Qi army, there was little resistance. In just over a month, the Qi army arrived at Xingqing Mansion in the country.

Emperor Li Renxiao of Xixia sent Prime Minister Aodaochong to send his son Li Chunyou to the Qi army camp as a hostage, and begged Qi to stop the army.

Fan Gongzhi did not dare to act on his own, which led to the incident where Zhe Yanwen brought Wodao Chong and Li Chunyou to Cai.

"Also." When Cai Hua spoke, her slender green fingers had moved down to the ribbon around Chen Chu's waist, "This time when Zhe Yanwen comes back, my sweetheart can arrange a job for him on the spot. He will be a high-ranking official with a generous salary, Even the feudal lord gave it to him, but he can’t be allowed to go back again! In the past, the generals in the northwest would not listen to the announcement. Last year, the Jin Xia army did a lot of damage to various places in the northwest. You just took this opportunity to let Shengwu control the northwest for you! "

Qin Shengwu is Mao'er's cousin. Cai Hua's ability to say such words shows that she and Mao'er have become one heart.

In other words, Cai Hua's move was to protect Ji'er, whom she regarded as her own.

"Say what you say, what are you doing with your hands and feet?" Chen Chu grabbed Cai Hua Rouchi, who had skillfully untied the copper buckle of the ribbon with one hand.

"Hehe, now that we've got the business down to business, what else can we do if we don't move our hands and feet?"

Chen Chu turned around, and the two of them looked at each other at close range. Just one look at each other was like thunder from the sky and fire on the earth, and the passion that they had suppressed for a long time could no longer be controlled.

The two kissed skillfully and bumped towards the carved bed.

'Tuk-tuk-tuk~'

It was so good to die, but at this moment there was a knock on the door.

The two of them didn't want to talk to each other at first, but unexpectedly the knock on the door from outside persisted.

Cai Hua couldn't help but push Chen Chu away and said angrily: "Who! What's the matter!"

"."

There was silence outside for a moment, and then Yunong's cautious voice sounded, "Ah, Sister Cai, Nunu Youdao is not good at math problems. I came here to ask my sister for help."

"roll!"

'Tuk tuk tuk'

Since Yu Nong came here, he was prepared to be scolded, so naturally he would not leave.

Cai Hua didn't open the door, so she kept standing outside and knocking.
Cai Hua was so angry that she finally stepped forward, opened the door, and cursed, "Little Hoof, you are sincerely causing trouble, aren't you?"

"Hehe~"

Yu Nong smiled stupidly, quickly dwarfed, and got into the house from under Cai Hua's outstretched arm. Then he quickly walked to Cai Hua's big bed, quickly got on the bed, pulled off the quilt and covered it tightly. Revealing a pair of innocent eyes, he blinked at Chen Chu and said stickyly: "Sir, can Nunu sleep here too?" (End of this chapter)