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Chapter 850 Ningyuan Army

Although Sheng Changbai had just gotten drunk with Su Ning, after seeing off the Sheng family's guests, he suddenly looked at the servant with a sober and shrewd expression and asked, "What did you say just now? Did Gu Tingye meet my sister in the backyard?"

"Yes, sir." The servant boy did not dare to hide anything and immediately explained it again in detail.

"Did they say anything?" Sheng Changbai asked again with a meaningful look on his face.

"Miss Hualan seemed to want to ask Master Gu Er something, and Master Gu Er just said that he had already informed you, and asked Miss Hualan to ask you directly." Knowing that the master he served hated tedious talk the most, the servant tried to explain as concisely as possible.

"Well, it seems that this Gu Er is still a modest gentleman."

Sheng Changbai and today's Su Ning did hit it off at first sight, but he was not a nerd who only knew how to study. He was very wary and skeptical of Su Ning. At the same time, he had the same idea as Lin Qinshuang, and also believed that this big case in Yangzhou was done by Su Ning, because Su Ning did have the ability and motive. It was just a pity that no one could find any evidence, so Sheng Changbai could only bury his doubts deep in his heart.

The reason why he tried so hard to invite Suning to visit the Sheng family this time was simply to find out some things from Suning's words. Unfortunately, not only did Suning keep himself completely secret, but his words and deeds also deeply impressed Sheng Changbai. He couldn't help but truly regard Su Ning as a close friend.

"Changbai, are you free now?" In the end, the young girl Sheng Hualan, who was in love, still found Sheng Changbai. She was really curious about her other half.

"Oh! My sister, why are you so curious?" Seeing Sheng Hualan's endless questioning and inquiring about Yuan Wenshao, Sheng Changbai felt a little amused.

"Hmph! If my parents were to arrange a marriage for you, I don't believe you wouldn't be curious." Sheng Hualan immediately asked Sheng Changbai in embarrassment, not feeling that there was anything wrong with her behavior.

"Uh?"

"Okay! I'm ready. Tell me what Yuan Wenshao is like." At this time, Sheng Hualan didn't care about Sheng Changbai's depression at all. Instead, she sat on the stool beside her and urged him.

"Hey! Gu Er said that Yuan Wenshao is a relatively steady person, and he was appointed to the City Patrol Office very early. He is very different from the sons of officials and nobles like Gu Er. However, he has an unreasonable mother who is very partial to the eldest son, Yuan Wenchun. So you should be mentally prepared in advance, as you may be targeted by the lady of the Earl of Zhongqin's mansion at every turn."

"Ah? Could it be that Gu Tingye is lying?" No one wants to be harassed by a wicked mother-in-law. At this moment, Sheng Hualan couldn't help but have some doubts.

"No! Because he has no need to lie at all." Sheng Changbai shook his head firmly. He felt that Su Ning had no motive to lie at all, unless he had also fallen in love with Sheng Hualan a long time ago.

"Oh! It's so hard to be a woman. You will be targeted everywhere." Sheng Hualan has been exposed to the intrigues in the inner house since she was a child. She is disgusted by the fights between these women.

"Haha, sister, just be content! Our Sheng family is already much luckier than most families."

"Changbai, actually I don't have too high expectations for Yuan Wenshao. As long as he can be a modest gentleman like Gu Tingye and as gentle as jade, that would be enough." Sheng Hualan felt that her requirements were not high. She only needed someone as gentle as Su Ning.

"Huh? Sister, your requirements are quite high." Hearing Sheng Hualan's self-righteous demands and expectations, Sheng Changbai showed a surprised expression.

"Haha, Changbai, do you also think Gu Tingye is a modest gentleman?" Having satisfied her curiosity about her future partner, Sheng Hualan suddenly felt even more curious about Su Ning.

"Yes! You know me well. I rarely get to talk to others. A close friend like Gu Tingye is even rarer. You know, it's rare to find a true friend in life, someone with whom you can chat over a cup and discuss the past and present." Sheng Changbai nodded without hiding anything, feeling incredibly lucky.

"That's great!" Seeing Sheng Changbai's look of being very grateful for having a confidant, Sheng Hualan couldn't help but be a little dazed for a moment.

"What?" Sheng Changbai didn't understand what Sheng Hualan meant, and couldn't help but look at his sister in surprise and asked.

"Changbai, I mean, it's great for you men to be able to freely choose confidants and friends who suit you." At this time, Sheng Hualan expressed her envy of men, who did not need to stay in the inner house and follow the three obediences and four virtues like women.

"Haha, that's enough! You'd better go back and embroider your dowry! Otherwise, grandma will have to look for you everywhere." As the eldest son of the second branch of the Sheng family, Sheng Changbai naturally has a bright future. He really can't understand his sister's feelings.

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Being a salt merchant is inseparable from the Grand Canal Gang, the world's number one gang. Since Suning took over all the property of the Bai family, he naturally reached a successful cooperation with the Gang. After Suning's salt company merged with the other two large salt companies, these rough men of the Grand Canal Gang became even more enthusiastic.

"Second Master Gu, this is my younger brother Shi Tou. If you don't mind, you can let him be your follower in the future." Shi Lei, the new leader of the Cao Gang, came to Suning with a "calf", because it was Suning's support and operation that allowed him to sit in this position.

"Shi Tou, are you willing to follow me?" Looking at the "little calf" in front of him, Suning was extremely happy. Shi Lei who helped the Cao Gang naturally had Shi Tou's reasons.

"Yes." The "little calf" looked at the "big shot" Suning in front of him innocently, his heart full of curiosity about this young man who was about the same age as him.

"Why?" Suning was surprised by the "calf's" decisiveness and could not help but look at the boy in front of him curiously and asked.

"Young master, my eldest brother said that you are capable and I will be able to have enough food to eat if I follow you." The "calf" looked at Suning in front of him with a silly face and answered.

"Haha, okay! I promise to make sure you have enough to eat and marry a beautiful bride."

"Hehe, Shitou thanks you very much, young master." When the "little calf" heard Suning promise him that he could marry a "beautiful bride", he immediately felt shy.

"Young Master, we in the Cao Gang have received some news, and we feel that it may be related to you." Shi Lei was naturally very surprised to see that Su Ning liked his younger brother very much, and then he thought of an important piece of news.

"Oh? What news?" Su Ning looked at Shi Lei in front of him in some surprise and asked.

"Sir, a fleet departed from Bian Jing the day before yesterday. Their destination should be Yangzhou. All of them are the children and servants of the Ningyuan Marquisate. The leader is none other than your fourth uncle and fifth uncle, Second Young Master Gu."

"Well, Mr. Shi, your information is very important. It can save me from a lot of troubles in the future. Thank you for providing me with the information." At this time, Su Ning's heart was shocked, but on the surface he still looked calm and thanked Shi Lei.

"Young Master, it will be an honor for our Cao Gang if we can help you. Mr. Bai is a great benefactor of our Cao Gang." This time he successfully took the position of the leader of the Cao Gang, which made Shi Lei realize the huge strength of Suning. Naturally, he wanted to completely surrender to Suning in front of him.

"Boss Shi, I feel that your Cao Gang can get a lot of the latest information, so I am going to send a group of people to your Cao Gang. I wonder if your Cao Gang is willing?" Suning soon realized the convenient conditions of the Cao Gang, and he also had the idea of placing spies and confidants in the Cao Gang.

"Yes! Of course I am! It is an honor for our Cao Gang to work for you, sir." Shi Lei immediately agreed in surprise.

"Haha, Mr. Shi, we are a family from now on." Seeing that Shi Lei was so straightforward, Suning was naturally surprised and patted Shi Lei on the shoulder.

"Yes! Master."

There is no doubt that Shi Tou's family is loyal to him. In addition, the Cao Gang has a unique advantage in water transportation, and it is easy for them to get the most important news in the world. Therefore, Suning has long intended to conquer the entire Cao Gang. That's why he went to great lengths to support Shi Tou's eldest brother to take the position, because in this way he can use the Cao Gang for his own purposes.

To be honest, Su Ning was quite stunned and surprised when he thought that the Gu family of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion could no longer hold back and were ready to take action against him. You should know that in the original drama, the Gu family of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion never took direct action. They just blamed the protagonist Gu Tingye for everything when they went to brothels, which also added to the protagonist Gu Tingye's notoriety and record.

Feeling very confused, Suning guessed at the first time that it might be because his behavior was too brutal and decisive, which made the Gu family no longer afraid of the local tyrants, the Bai family. Naturally, the Gu family attacked Suning directly without any scruples to rob his wealth. You know, these bastards in the Gu family are quite crazy.

Now that the Gu family has decided to take action against him, he has nothing to worry about. Originally, he was still a little confused about the future. After all, he is not Sheng Hong who traveled through time as a scholar last time. This time, his basic foundation is quite good. In addition, he has an omnipotent system and space world, so he can do a lot in the vast world. Naturally, he has no intention of joining the army. He is ready to make a big move against this group of Song people.

If you hate someone, the best way to retaliate is to ignore him, and then surpass this enemy by a long shot. But if you hate an entire family, there is no good way to vent your hatred. However, at this time, Suning decided to retaliate against the Gu family in the most extreme way, which is to directly issue a proclamation to the world to rebel against the Zhao royal family of the Song Dynasty. He believed that the entire Gu family in Bianjing would definitely be exterminated by the furious old emperor.

You have to know that the Northern Song Dynasty's control over the world was not very strong. From the moment it was established, there were constant rebellions. This was because the Song Dynasty was founded on a corrupt principle from the beginning, and only bullied the orphans and widows of the Chai family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was truly despised by future generations and history. Moreover, with Su Ning's current strength, he could really do whatever he wanted. Having made up his mind, Su Ning no longer had the intention of joining the army. He then methodically revised his new plan. After all, he had already arranged for the salt workers in the salt village to begin training, so there was not much conflict between the new plan and the old one. He believed that he would soon be able to gather a group of elite soldiers.

"Su Yi, speed up the training of these salt soldiers. We need to change our tactics next."

"Yes! Master, the number of salt soldiers secretly trained has reached 50,000, and 10,000 of them can be activated by you at any time."

"Okay! Three days from now, in the early morning, I will control the entire Yangzhou City without bloodshed."

"Yes! Master."

The Gu family arrogantly disembarked from the Yangzhou dock and were immediately apprehended by a group of expressionless strongmen. They were then taken directly to the Hou'an Salt Farm to do hard labor. Gu Lao Si looked at the people in front of him with a timid look on his face and scolded them, "How dare you! You bunch of traitors! Do you know who we are?"

"Hehe! We little people have heard of the famous Fourth Master Gu and Fifth Master Gu from Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion." The leading man looked at Gu Laosi and the others expressionlessly, then sarcastically revealed the identity of the Gu family.

"Hmph! Since you know we are from the Gu family of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, why don't you let us go right away?" Seeing that the other party was not afraid of their identities at all, Gu Laosi, Gu Laowu and others were still panicked.

"Sorry! We kidnapped someone from your Gu family. From now on, you will just be salt workers at Hou'an Salt Farm."

"What? Let us be salt workers? Did Gu Tingye ask you to do this? Let that evil bastard Gu Tingye come out to see us." Soon the shocked and terrified Gu family realized the mastermind, and then they started barking and shouting there, as if they wanted to use their loud voices to make Suning kneel down and beg for mercy.

"Hmph! You're looking for death! Do you think you have the right to call our commander by his name?" The man immediately lashed Gu Laosi's face with a whip in anger, leaving a big bloody mark on his face. Naturally, the other barking Gu family members suddenly stopped in fear.

"Ah!" Gu Laosi roared in unbearable pain and quickly covered the wound on his face with his hands. Then he looked at the man with fear and asked, "Commander? What commander?"

"Gu Tingye, the commander of the Ningyuan Army in Jiangning Prefecture."

"What? Where did the Ningyuan Army come from in our Song Dynasty?" The Gu family members, who came from military families in the Song Dynasty, immediately looked at this person with doubts and confusion on their faces and asked.

"Hmph! Let me tell you the truth! We, the Ningyuan Army of Jiangning Prefecture, are not the army of your pseudo-Song Dynasty, and we are here to rebel against your pseudo-Song Zhao family." After all, Suning had already formulated a new plan at this time. He might as well start a rebellion in Yangzhou. He could definitely seize half of the country from the weak Song Dynasty.

"What? Rebellion? Is Gu Tingye crazy?" At this moment, all the Gu family members present howled in fear, realizing that they had fallen into a devil's den this time.

"Haha, our commander-in-chief said that he wants to exterminate your entire Gu family. Let's see how your Gu family can escape death this time." The AI robot, which was supposed to be expressionless, was also amused by the performance of the Gu family.

"Oh, evil creature! Gu Tingye is the evil creature of my Gu family." At this moment, everyone felt a chill all over their body, realizing that Suning was going to fight to the death with their Gu family.

"Hmph! Beat them!" The Ning Yuan army around them immediately became furious and beat the Gu family members with whips until they cried for their parents.

"Ahhh."

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These Ningyuan soldiers seemed to be tireless machines. They beat the Gu family members until they collapsed on the ground and begged for mercy. Then they stopped. Then the Gu family members were thrown into Houan Salt Village to do hard labor. As for wanting to escape from Houan Salt Village, that was an extremely difficult task. You must know that at this time Houan Salt Village had become a heavily guarded garrison camp.

"Fourth brother, what should we do?" Gu Laowu asked Gu Laosi who was standing beside him with a sore back.

"Fifth brother, this evil creature Gu Tingye has gone crazy. He is determined to fight to the death with our entire Gu family. After the news reaches Bian Jing, the emperor and the eunuchs will definitely confiscate the Gu family's property and exterminate the clan." At this time, Gu Laosi had completely understood Su Ning's intention, which was to go to hell with their entire Gu family.

"Oh my God! How could my eldest brother and sister-in-law raise such a scoundrel? It's unprecedented that he wants to destroy the entire family through rebellion!"

"Father, fifth uncle, you'd better stop thinking about the affairs of Bian Jing. I can't hold on any longer." At this time, Gu Tingbing, the son of Gu Laosi, said weakly.

"Tingbing, my poor child, when have you ever suffered such hardship?" Gu Laosi immediately looked at his son Gu Tingbing in front of him with heartache. He originally thought that he brought his son to enjoy a good life, but when he arrived in Yangzhou, it was like being trapped in hell.

"Father, if you had known I wouldn't have come to Yangzhou with you. I thought it would be a paradise on earth, but when I got here I found it was actually a hell on earth."

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Suning's Ningyuan Army was composed of AI robots as the backbone, with strong salt workers serving as combat soldiers. It also adopted the Qianhu system that was later established by the Yuan Dynasty and improved by the Ming Dynasty. It quickly formed an army of 50,000 strong soldiers and horses, and was able to guarantee absolute loyalty to itself. You must know that officers and soldiers above the rank of small flag in the army are all AI robots. Then, while the people of Yangzhou were asleep, they easily controlled the entire Yangzhou city, and immediately occupied the city gates, government offices, granaries and treasuries of Yangzhou city.

Without killing or setting fire, the Ningyuan Army took control of Yangzhou without bloodshed. Then, a team of Ningyuan Army armed with cold weapons and sharp blades rushed into the Sheng Mansion in Yangzhou, and dragged out all the sleeping members of the Sheng family and gathered them together. The bewildered Sheng family members looked at the well-armed "officers and soldiers" in front of them with fear. Lin Qinshuang, who had experienced a house raid, was the most frightened. She felt that their Sheng family must be in great trouble this time, and her brain was quickly thinking about how to escape.

"Excuse me, General! What has our Sheng family done wrong?" Although these Ningyuan soldiers did not announce their identities, Sheng Hong still guessed something from their sophisticated equipment, and then pretended to be calm and looked at the leader and asked.

"Master Tongpan, we are subordinates of the commander of the Ningyuan Army of Jiangning Prefecture. From now on, Yangzhou City will be under the jurisdiction of our Ningyuan Army." The leader said to Sheng Hong and all the Sheng family members with an expressionless face.

"Ah? Ningyuan Army? When did our Song Dynasty have this army?" Sure enough, everyone in the Sheng family showed a puzzled look. Sheng Hong and Sheng Changbai looked at each other in confusion.

However, Old Lady Sheng on the side had a thoughtful expression. She had guessed something between the "Ningyuan Army" and the "Ningyuan Marquis", but she was not going to expose anything in person. Instead, she planned to continue pretending to be confused in order to avoid this disaster. However, what happened next made her completely confused.

"Humph! Our Ningyuan Army is an army that is resisting your pseudo-Song. Of course, we don't belong to your pseudo-Song. And you, the Sheng family, are all captives of our Ningyuan Army."

"What? You are rebels?" Hearing that the Ningyuan soldiers in front of them were rebels and all the people in the Sheng family had become prisoners, everyone immediately widened their eyes in fear.

"Who among you is Sheng Hualan?" The leader didn't care about everyone's fear at all, but searched for the target among the crowd.

"Ah? What are you going to do?" At this time, Sheng Hong and Sheng Changbai immediately stood in front of the women of the Sheng family in fear, realizing that the thing they feared most was about to happen.

"Humph! Sheng Hualan is the maid hand-picked by our commander. From now on, she will serve our commander personally."

"What? Absolutely not! All the property of our Sheng family belongs to you. Please, General, spare our entire family. Everyone in the Sheng family will be grateful." Although Sheng Hong is a timid person and likes to pretend to be confused, he is still unambiguous and cowardly when it comes to protecting the female family members.

"That's right! You can take whatever valuables you want! Just don't touch the women in our family." Old Mrs. Sheng, who had been silent on the side, began to get anxious. Naturally, she wanted to save the lives and innocence of the Sheng family by giving up her money.

"Madam, I'm sorry!" The leader first bowed and apologized to Old Madam Sheng, then ordered the Ningyuan Army sergeants behind him, "Leave the children, pregnant women, and the elderly behind! Also, leave two nannies with them, and take the rest away! Take the men to the salt farms as laborers, and take all the women to the workshops to work."

"Yes! General." The Ningyuan Army soldiers accepted the order loudly, and then quickly rushed towards the group of people from the Sheng family.

"Ah, General, spare my life."

Today, the same fate as the Sheng family happened to all the wealthy families in Yangzhou. Then they were all taken to the salt villages to do hard labor and work in workshops, and the old salt workers who were replaced were all gathered together for training. It was Suning's AI robot that was responsible for training these old salt workers. Soon, the Ningyuan Army in Yangzhou grew rapidly.

(End of this chapter)