Me and countless me.

Chapter 332 Loyalty
However, Li Ke actually knew that Liang Zhongshu did nothing wrong in this matter, and it could even be said that he did it too late!
So, Li Ke looked around and asked.

"May I ask the Secretary, what has happened? Why are you so anxious?"

This statement was actually a bit unsophisticated, but Li Ke really didn't understand why Liang Zhongshu was so anxious!
And Li Ke couldn't understand it. As a local secretary and a person who wanted to build power in the local area, he didn't have any of his own people in the military camp. This was simply a joke!
Why didn't he try to win over the hearts and minds of the generals earlier? He even had to do it himself!
Li Ke really didn’t understand, and even couldn’t understand how Liang Zhongshu dared to have no generals loyal to him for so long.

Or how dare they.

After all, although the Song Dynasty valued civil officials over military officials, it did not mean that it did not care about military generals at all: the arrogant and powerful generals of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were put to an end by the Song Dynasty. They knew too well how powerful the military generals were, so they were so on guard.

The local tyrants who were able to survive the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms naturally had many followers in their homes. As for privately storing armor, it was a death sentence, but places like Zhujiazhuang, which was said to be a militia, were also official figures in theory, so having some armor was not a big deal.

In this situation, if the civil servants who are sent out do not maintain good relations with the generals sent by the court, or support one themselves, then the local tyrants whose interests are harmed can act as bandits at any time.

But when asked this question by Li Ke, Liang Zhongshu couldn't help but sigh.

"I came here, although everyone respected my relationship with Prime Minister Cai, but I didn't come here just to gain experience. I also have some things to do. Most of the local generals are married to local nobles and officials in the capital, or have industries in the local area, so they are unwilling to pay taxes in full, and they keep delaying the affairs in the capital. Once they are asked to do something, they either cause bandits or refugees. But where are there so many refugees and bandits in the Song Dynasty? It's because they are unwilling to pay taxes and perform labor service... Forget it, why am I telling you all this... The affairs of the court have nothing to do with you, you just need to do your own thing."

Liang Zhongshu was halfway through his speech when he suddenly remembered that there were many things he couldn't tell Li Ke, but who could blame him for admiring Li Ke?

In his opinion, it was a pity for Li Ke to be a military general given his conversation and interpersonal skills. He should take the imperial examination and become an official.

But when he thought of Li Ke's resume, he shook his head helplessly.

It is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, let alone a commoner like Li Ke?
He waved his hand and spoke in a calm tone.

"You just need to know that you are doing this for me and Prime Minister Cai. As long as you can get the job done, no one will blame you. Get your men ready as soon as possible. I have something for you to do."

Although his words were calm, they revealed nonsense and arrogance. In his opinion, the so-called soldiers could be recruited at will, so he did not give Li Ke much time.

Li Ke didn't care, but bowed and asked.

"Yes, sir, may I ask if it's about the birthday gift?"

Liang Zhongshu shook his head.

"Yang Zhi will take care of the birthday gift. Although he is reckless and impatient, after all, his ancestors served the country, so he must be treated with some favor to avoid hurting people's hearts."

He felt that Li Ke understood that he was using Yang Zhi just to make a gesture and to show goodwill to the old men in the army.

After all, Yang Linggong has been with us for many generations, and they are all willing to treat Yang Zhi well, so it goes without saying that there are many benefits to be gained by directly joining them.

After all, a person's character needs to be maintained bit by bit, right?
Li Ke guessed what Liang Zhongshu wanted to do.

It is nothing more than taking this opportunity to
"I understand. So what you are talking about is the suppression of bandits?"

As soon as Li Ke finished speaking, Liang Zhongshu nodded.

"Yes, it's to suppress bandits. There have been refugees everywhere recently, and some people have come to cause trouble here. It's time to clean up this Beijing Daming Mansion."

Damn it, if that’s true, then you still want me to take the blame!

Li Ke immediately became alert, because Liang Zhongshu most likely wanted to be the white glove himself, but this job was really easy to take the blame!

In two days, your birthday gift will be snatched away!
Saying these words in his mind, Li Ke listened carefully to Liang Zhongshu's instructions, and then he heard Liang Zhongshu speak.

"When the work is done, you can bear with it and let Yang Zhi take over your work. Although you will get less credit, you will also get less criticism. You can weigh it yourself. After all, you have a shallow foundation and no reputation. You should be more cautious in doing things. Oh, by the way, you got married in a hurry, so there must be a lack of women in your family. I will send you some dancers and maids from Tokyo in a while to make your backyard cozy, so that you will not fail to understand the elegance of Tokyo when you meet my other friends."

In fact, what Liang Zhongshu said was quite beyond the scope of the topic, and it was something that should never be said by someone of their level of friendship. But there was nothing he could do. Liang Zhongshu simply admired what Li Ke did and felt that this person was exactly what he wanted.

Whether it was treating soldiers well, or being humble, or returning the relics of comrades-in-arms thousands of miles away, all of these were things that Yang Zhi, that ignorant guy, did not have.

In his eyes, Li Ke is more beautiful than his five new concubines!

Moreover, Liang Zhongshu can guarantee that at this moment, in Li Ke's eyes, he, Liang Zhongshu, must be more beautiful than the wife he just married!

Liang Zhongshu was very proud of this. After all, when did the beauty mentioned in the beauty trap refer to Diao Chan? It was Wang Situ, the recognition and compliment of Situ in Luoyang City, not a dancer! And as long as Li Ke accepted the dancer and the maid, he would be able to know any unusual movements of Li Ke at any time, right?
At this moment, Liang Zhongshu is not much different from Wang Yun!
But at this moment, Li Ke felt that it was not wrong to call him foster father for such a favor. If he was a real ancient person, then it was not wrong for Liang Zhongshu to call him foster father for such a promotion! If he didn't call him foster father, he would be considered ungrateful!
"Thank you for your cultivation, sir!"

Li Ke bowed to express his thanks, while Liang Zhongshu waved his hand with a smile and stood up.

"Okay, you can come to my house to play chess tomorrow. I think you have a lot of things to do today, so I won't bother you. You can thank me later."

After saying this, Liang Zhongshu stood up and left. Less than half an hour after he left, officials of all ranks in the city came to him like crazy to give him gifts, and used the opportunity to try to find out what was going on.

Some smart ones have already started to build a relationship with Li Ke and said that when Liang Zhongshu wants to do something, he doesn't need to do anything but just let him know.

There were so many people giving gifts that they filled up Li Ke’s guest room. Even the guests who wanted to stay in the hotel could not stay there and had to stay in other inns.

In the middle of the night, when Li Ke, Chen Liqing and other brothers counted the money, they were shocked to find that the money and gifts added up to almost ten thousand taels of silver.

However, Li Ke and many others knew that the gift money of ten thousand taels was not for Li Ke, but for Liang Zhongshu.

"This Liang Zhongshu is really generous."

Looking at the gold, silver and treasures sent to him, even Zhang Yinglei's eyes were a little wide open. Although he had assets in his hometown, he did not have a huge amount of liquid funds. Most of them were fields passed down from his ancestors, and after so many years of division of the family, he actually did not have much left.

Li Ke also saw that the other brothers couldn't help but feel jealous. After thinking for a while, he pushed Chen Liqing and Zhang Yinglei beside him and spoke.

"Go divide the money into three parts. Keep one part for our family to raise funds for emergencies, and one part to raise troops and horses, and invest it in the restaurant so that the wives and children of the brothers can come here to eat and live. Make the food better and have more meat."

As for the last one... Li Ke glanced at his many brothers.

"Just give it to all the brothers, but I also hope that you brothers can promise me one thing."

Li Ke looked at the many brothers surrounding him and spoke slowly.

"You can eat whatever you want these few days, but you are absolutely not allowed to drink. You must stay at home at night. Your sister-in-law will report for duty every day. If you want to send money back home, you can, but you must find someone you trust and don't ask too much. After all, big business depends on money! There are two parts of the birthday gift, and each part is worth 100,000 strings of cash. Now everyone can only get a dozen strings of money, but later it will be hundreds of strings."

Li Ke originally planned to divide the money after the matter was completed, but looking at the looks in his brothers' eyes, he understood one thing.

They are all going crazy with poverty!
People in the Song Dynasty would not join the army unless they had no other choice, and even if they survived, they would not earn much money, basically only enough for the fare home.

You don't have to worry about that after you share the money with them, they will be unwilling to work with you, because this little money will only arouse their greed and make them want money even more.

However, money alone is not enough. If commoners suddenly become rich, they will be discovered immediately, so Li Ke continued to speak.

“And by that time, I will be the commander of an area, and all the brothers will be able to be majestic and powerful, and won’t have to worry about not being able to spend the money. Even if someone suspects me, they can say it’s my reward.”

At this moment, the atmosphere in the conference hall suddenly became extremely tense. Everyone's eyes were on Li Ke. They noticed that something was different, but they didn't know what it was.

Although what Li Ke said was good news, they just couldn't react.

Just when his brothers were all confused, Zhang Yinglei turned over and knelt in front of Li Ke, and immediately saluted!
"The last general takes command!"

As soon as these words were spoken, almost all of Li Ke's brothers reacted and immediately stood up and knelt like Zhang Yinglei, saluting Li Ke.

"The last general takes command!"

At this moment, they were no longer Li Ke's comrades-in-arms, but became Li Ke's——

Tooth soldier!

The remaining thing was for Chen Liqing and Li Ke to deliver the copper coins and cloth to these people one by one, and arrange people to deliver money to those who wanted to send money home, and to arrange for those who wanted to buy things to buy things.

In addition, there are also purchases of accommodation in other parts of the hotel, and the materials for the purchase operation are included in it.

Soon, the time that Ru Yunlong mentioned came, and Li Ke was also ready for this day.

In the past few days, Liang Zhongshu quickly melted the gold and silver again. Tomorrow is the time to set off, and two hundred thousand strings of money must be sent away. Today, Yang Zhi even led thirty or forty soldiers to guard the place.

But the unfortunate Yang Zhi still wanted to keep a low profile, and Liang Zhongshu actually still listened to Yang Zhi's lies. It was obvious that although he said in front of Li Ke that he only relied on Li Ke, he still subconsciously invested in Yang Zhi.

However, Li Ke still couldn't take part in this operation, because Liang Zhongshu wanted him to attend a banquet today, which he couldn't refuse at all, so he could only let Chen Liqing and Zhang Yinglei lead the men.

Therefore, Li Ke had to hold a grand banquet in advance to send his brothers off.

Countless meat dishes were served at the banquet. Although they were all made by their own people for the sake of confidentiality and the taste was average, there was nothing to complain about at this moment.

The brothers were eating and drinking heartily, each of them was preparing for the death penalty later. However, Li Ke saw one of his comrades eating pancakes desperately, and he could not help feeling sad.

The boy once said that his biggest wish was to eat pancakes every day. Because of his thin stature, he was bullied every day. It was Li Ke who protected him and his anus was preserved.

So Li Ke walked over with the wine bowl, patted his brother on the shoulder, and then took the steamed bun from his mouth.

The shorter brother looked confused, thinking he had done something wrong, but then he saw Li Ke speak.

"You can also eat meat to feel full. You are so skinny, but you have to change your bad eating habits!"

After saying that, Li Ke put the mutton in front of him in front of the brother and patted him on the shoulder.

"Follow me, life will get better!"

The little guy's eyes suddenly turned red and he spoke with a sob.

"I am willing to die for Jilang!"

Many brothers also picked up the bowl of wine in front of them and raised their glasses to Li Ke!

"I am willing to die for Jilang!"

So, Li Ke went out with satisfaction, and the moment he went out, a thick fog suddenly fell from the sky, and it was so foggy that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

"This is truly amazing... I, Li Ke, actually have the same cheat as Liu Xiu!"

Li Ke looked at the thick fog that obscured his outstretched hand, leaving only a vague shadow of it, and could not help but exclaim in amazement.

At this moment, Ruyunlong Gongsun Sheng suddenly appeared and bowed to Li Ke.

"Li Erlang, am I worthy of your attention?"

Gongsun Sheng was a little proud, but Li Ke saw it clearly. When he looked at her——

My calves are still trembling!

(End of this chapter)