Han ride

Chapter 401
Fan Yongdou and the others looked at each other, and then Fan Yongdou said with a smile: "The general is a joke. In the past few years, there have been generals stationed in the Xuan Mansion to protect the environment and the people. Small people can also live here with peace of mind and do some small business. "

"Small business? Fan Dongzhu, you and I are sensible people. If Fan Dongzhu is a small business, there will be no business in the world." Hou Shilu laughed, and finally said: "However, I am afraid that you will really become a small business after a while. Not even a deal can be done.”

"My lord general, where do you start with this? Small people do some small business, but they abide by the court's laws and never do anything that violates the court's criminal law. Please check it out, General," Tian Lansheng said dissatisfied.

"Hmph, in the eyes of some people, how can you care about these things, not to mention, can you stand the investigation?" Hou Shilu sneered: "Let's not talk about Lin Danhan on the grassland a few years ago, and even, even still There are things about Jian slaves colluding with each other, these things are enough to kill you a hundred times, even now, Zhengbei Hou, no, since Hou Ye went to the capital to meet the emperor, he is the real Duke of Liao. The Duke is a thorn in the court's eyes. Although the two sides have not fallen out on the surface, the court has never let go of its determination to weaken the Duke of Liao's strength. You provide food and salaries for the Duke of Liao. Do you think the court doesn't know? More importantly, Do you know that the imperial court is short of money now? The emperor is going to raise the salary."

"Another pay increase? Do the common people still have jobs?" Wang Dengku sneered and said, "The common people are different from us. We have money, but do the common people have it? Such persecution, hum!"

"This is not what we said. Ladies and gentlemen, when it comes to silver, you have as much silver as the emperor! If you don't bother you, who will you look for?" Hou Shilu sneered: "I also want to tell you a piece of news, Yang Sichang This time I brought a formidable person from the Beijing camp, a person named Huang Degong, who kills without batting an eyelid and is loyal to the imperial court. Yang Sichang holds Shangfang's sword, which is something that even this general can kill. Killing you is not a big deal. Is it easy? This Huang Degong is the one who will replace this general. After Shang Fang's sword comes, everyone in Xuanfu will be controlled by Yang Sichang, and this general will have nothing to do!"

"The military power is in his hands. Even if we resist, we have nothing to do." Fan Yongdou said softly with a solemn expression, "I don't know what advice Master Hou has? Please give me your advice."

"I don't dare to give advice, it depends on what you think." Hou Shilu pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "The Duke of Liao is back, he came back from Zunhua. I am afraid that he will be able to return to Yunzhong soon."

"Grandfather is back?" Fan Yongdou and the others' eyes lit up, and they quickly cupped their hands and said, "I don't know what order the lord has?"

"Naturally, I invite you all to go to Yunzhong." Hou Shilu said with a smile: "However, I think you should deal with the situation in Xuanfu before you go to Yunzhong. What do you think?"

"How to deal with this?" Fan Yongdou shook his head and said, "General, what is your plan for the next step? I don't know if the general knows? Although the Xuan Mansion is important, I am afraid that the Lord will not care."

"Xuanfu is naturally like this, but what about Datong?" Hou Shilu's eyes sparkled, and he said, "How about going to Datong?"

"Datong? Don't be joking, general. The current guard of Datong is Jiang Xiang, the general of Zhenshuo of the imperial court. The vest is the world. It is not that simple for the father-in-law to achieve Datong."

"Of course it is very difficult for the father-in-law to obtain Datong, but what if we can get your help?" Hou Gongji interjected: "Everyone, Datong's position and geographical location are extremely important, and the father-in-law's army is about to go south, but there must be A stationed place, this Datong is very close to Yunzhong. Throughout the ages, Yunzhong has belonged to the Datong Mansion. What kind of thing is Jiang Xiang? ?”

Datong is located in the center of the Datong Basin in the north of Shanxi Province and on the northeast edge of the Loess Plateau.Datong is an important part of the Great Wall of China.Datong originated from a place in ancient legends: Datong River. It is said that in the Zhou Dynasty, everyone was happy to work and enjoy the fun of life. It was a paradise on earth that the outside world wanted.Li Yun" Datong social ideal.In the first year of Tianxing in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Datong was established as the capital here. In the seventh year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was renamed Heng'an Town. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yunzhong County was established. In the Sui Dynasty, it was changed to Yunnei County. Called Xijing.Therefore, this place is also known as one of the ancient capitals. It can be seen from the map that Datong is surrounded by dangerous passes, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the second year of Hongwu, Chang Yuchun, the deputy general of the left, captured Datong.In the Ming Dynasty, the administrative division was divided into provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Datong Road was changed to Datong Mansion, which belonged to Shanxi Xingzhongshu Province.In the ninth year, it was changed to Chengxuan Political Envoy Division.Datong Prefecture governs Datong County, and has jurisdiction over Hunyuan, Ying, Shuo, and Wei prefectures, and seven counties of Datong, Huairen, Mayi, Shanyin, Guangling, Lingqiu, and Guangchang.In the eighth year of Zhengde, a general system was established to govern thirteen guards, 17 Sanbaozhai, and 820 piers.Datong is divided into four divisions, governing nine divisions, with a maximum of 13 troops and [-] horses.Sometimes it is called "Datong Shijiajia Tianxia".

"Everyone, how many soldiers and horses are there in Datong, can you count them?" Hou Shilu looked at Fan Yongdou and others with a smile.According to the records of the Ministry of War, there are 10 soldiers and horses in the Xuanfu, but in fact it is only 13 to 5.There are [-] soldiers and horses in Datong, including [-] cavalry.But Hou Shilu didn't believe that there were really so many soldiers and horses in Datong.

"The soldiers and horses of Datong are all in the hands of the Jiang brothers." Tian Lansheng stroked his beard and said, "The Jiang brothers have been generals for generations, the elder brother Jiang Rang is the commander in chief of Yulin, Shaanxi, and the younger Jiang Xuan is the deputy commander of Yanghe in Shanxi. Jiang Yu is the commander-in-chief of General Zhenshuo and Yin Datong. It can be said that although there are many soldiers and horses in Datong, there are probably not many in reality. Dongzhu Fan, do you know if your mansion has any records?"

After Fan Yongdou heard this, he didn't understand. This Tian Lansheng probably knew Li Xin's plan a long time ago, but it was hard to say it out.Now that the situation is at this point, Fan Yongdou can't hesitate anymore.

"Everyone, this is the last chance. To be honest, Yang Sichang's letter has actually arrived in my hands." Hou Shilu said with a smile: "Everyone, please read." Hou Shilu took out a letter from his arms .

Fan Yongdou looked over, but saw that the letter was actually written by Chen Xinjia, and he didn't know how it got into Hou Shilu's hands.Fan Yongdou didn't care about these things, so he quickly opened the envelope and took out the letter, only to see that there was nothing written on it, just asking Chen Xinjia to calm down the seven great families of Shanxi merchants for the time being.But Fan Yongdou saw the murderous intent hidden behind this letter.

"Damn it." Finally, Fan Yongdou was so angry that his beard trembled and his lips trembled. He was still hesitating and watching, but now he couldn't help it.

"My lord, this letter?" Wang Dengku pointed to the letter and looked at Hou Shilu suspiciously.But they are doubting the origin of this letter.Fan Yongdou also looked at Hou Shilu curiously.

"It was given to me by Mr. Chen Xinjia." Hou Shilu said honestly, "He said Mr. Wen thought that Jin merchants still helped the imperial court a lot, so they should be comforted."

"I see." Fan Yongdou nodded after hearing this, looked around and said, "Yang Sichang is proud of his talent, although he has some talent, but he doesn't pay attention to veterans, that's why he has the attitude of Mr. Chen."

"Isn't that what the civil servants of the imperial court are like? Get used to it." Hou Shilu said nonchalantly: "Chen Xinjia is like this, Wen Tiren is like this, and so is Yang Sichang. The Duke of Liao defeated Yang Sichang in the capital. The proud Jingying is dissatisfied with the father-in-law? You have a good relationship with the father-in-law. Even if you offer gold and silver treasures, I am afraid he will not let you go. What's more, he still has Shangfang sword in his hand. Killing you, you don't even need to report to the emperor afterwards, and you don't need to deal with the cabinet, because killing you can get millions of taels, or even tens of millions of taels of silver, why would he not do it? What do you think?"

"General Hou is also an official ordered by the imperial court, why do you want to help us?" Fan Yongdou asked curiously: "Although the imperial court plans to transfer General Hou back, they did not say that he will be imprisoned. Why is General Hou?"

"I have a good relationship with Liao State, that's enough." Hou Shilu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the imperial court in this place will not allow our Hou family to be here. I will resign this time when I go back and stay in the cloud." Or it is also possible to go to Shandong. Wang Haoxian in Shandong is making a lot of trouble now, and even King De was almost killed by him, so I happened to go to Shandong to destroy Wang Haoxian."

"I'm afraid it's because Liao Guogong laid a solid foundation in Shandong!" Tian Lansheng said with a smile.

"It's not ruled out." Hou Shilu didn't care what his words revealed, that is, he had already taken refuge in Li Xin.Daming Jiangshan actually has nothing to do.

"It's ridiculous that His Majesty the Emperor still wants to deal with the Duke of Liao, but he doesn't know that the soldiers on the frontier have almost betrayed." Fan Yongdou laughed loudly, cupped his hands and said, "Okay, since the general said so, then we naturally won't If Yang Sichang succeeds, I will immediately sell my property and go to Datong. I will bribe the guards and soldiers, and when the Lord’s army arrives, we will naturally offer the pass and return the Lord with Datong.”

"Okay, since that's the case, I'm going to leave now." After hearing Fan Yongdou's words, Hou Shilu didn't hesitate, stood up, cupped his hands, and left.

"Fan Dongzhu, have we made a decision?" Wang Dengku asked worriedly.

"If you don't decide this way, why don't you let Hou Shilu come over and destroy our family?" Fan Yongdou sighed, "The Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty before. Find a strong person to rely on."

"If we don't agree, will he come to ransack the family and exterminate the family?" The other six families were obviously stunned by Fan Yongdou's words.They are old friends with Hou Shilu, part of the soldiers and horses of the Xuan Mansion are also provided by the merchants of the Xuan Mansion, and the people of the Hou family have become so rich that they can rival the country, isn't it also the tribute of the Seven Great Aristocratic Families?Everyone is in a relationship of prosperity and loss, why did Hou Shilu ransack the house!

"Benefits. We are also businessmen, don't we know where the interests lie?" Fan Yongdou snorted coldly: "The reason why the Hou family prospers is because of the position of the Xuanfu's chief soldier, and money. Now Hou Shilu's Xuanfu's chief soldier's The position is not guaranteed, even if he goes to the capital to serve as the governor of the Fifth Army, how much power will he have in his hands? After leaving the Xuanfu, do you think our seven great families will help him? Their Hou family must also rely on one People, that is the Duke of Liao. If there are no accidents, Hou Rong of the Hou family will become the woman of the Duke of Liao. Hmph, if we do not agree to General Hou at this time, you say that at this time, General Hou What will happen to your interests?"

"Before Yang Sichang arrived at the Xuan Mansion, destroy us first, and transport all the gold and silver treasures to the clouds." Wang Dengku blurted out without thinking.

"A businessman is a businessman, no matter how much money you have, it can't match your power." Fan Yongdou said through gritted teeth.

"So we can only rely on one party. The imperial court is impossible. The imperial court has kept a lot of our debts over the years. Those officials all belong to the kind of people who eat people but don't spit out their bones. Being with such people In the end, I didn’t even know how to die.” Wang Dayu said disdainfully: “Under the command of the Duke of Liao, although there are people like the Xiao family, what is the Xiao family? They are the relatives of the Duke of Liao. It will not compete with us. The Duke of Liao's emphasis on business is also good news for us. Since the Duke of Liao needs Datong, then even if we spend all the money, we will buy Datong for the Duke of Liao. As long as the Duke of Liao can reward us with an official position, we can make money with peace of mind in the future and not be bullied by officials. What do you think?"

"The Duke of Liao has a widow's disease, all of you who are outstanding should donate as much as possible, maybe we will be rich in the future, it's not certain!" Fan Yongdou said leisurely.

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and quickly realized that they nodded their heads in agreement.Fan Yongdou made it very clear that everyone needs rights, and there are two sources of this right, one is Conglong, who gets it by himself with real kung fu, and the other is the harem, as Li Xin's woman, if she gives birth to a boy and a half girl, this right The Seven Great Families will not suffer a disadvantage if they follow behind.

"Since that's the case, after returning home, everyone will start to sell the land. If it's too late, you can take advantage of Yang Sichang's arrival at the Xuanfu to transport all the gold and silver treasures in the family, and transport them to Datong or Yunzhong. , as long as you don’t let Yang Sichang find it, if you don’t have enough manpower, you can go to Hou Shilu, I believe he will help us transport the silver.” Fan Yongdou said loudly.These characters, now that they have made a decision, will not drag their feet and start to act immediately.

Yang Sichang, who was walking in the official sedan chair, immediately dropped the official sedan chair and went to Xuanfu after hearing that Li Xin had left Zunhua and returned to the grassland through Xifengkou.He knew that Li Xin might also know his whereabouts.The most important thing now is how to start the layout before Li Xin, and win Li Xin's foundation in one fell swoop.

"What's going on in front? Why can't we go?" Soon there was a group of people in the front blocking the way, but they were wearing the uniforms of court officers and soldiers, blocking the way of Yang Sichang and others.

"My lord, the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu are suppressing the bandits. In order to prevent us from being attacked by the rebels, General Hou Shilu is going to let us find another way to bypass the mountain road ahead." Huang Degong flew over soon and reported Yang Sichang said.

"Rebels? There are rebels in the Xuan Mansion?" Yang Sichang's mouth showed a trace of coldness. Xuan Mansion is an important town of the imperial court, how could there be rebels?Yang Sichang glanced around and found that the soldiers and horses he had brought were only a few hundred people. If there were really bandits in front of him, he really didn't know if he would be able to reach Xuanfu!

"Go, let's take a detour!" Yang Sichang's eyes were gloomy, and he glanced at the group of Ming soldiers in front of him. mind.Said out loud without thinking.

"Go, Lord Guard, hurry up." Although Huang Degong is known as Huang Chuangzi, this just shows that he is brave in battle, but it definitely does not mean that he is an idiot. The three hundred Imperial Forest Army galloped towards the official road on one side.

"What a bunch of cowards." The team looked at Yang Sichang and others who were going away, with a hint of disdain on the corners of their mouths.

"The major general's strategy is really powerful. Then Yang Sichang is a coward. If I dare to break through, that kid is called Huang Degong! I heard that he is a brave general in the Beijing camp, but now it seems that he is also a coward." Another soldier, Ye, said disdainfully: "It's a joke that such a person can lead the elite of Xuanfu."

"It doesn't matter, after this mission is over, we will go to recruit the Northern Army. The elite of the world will go to the Northern Army. The Duke of Liao is the hero, and the Northern Army is the place where real men should go." Another soldier said loudly .

"Let's go, let's go." The soldiers dispersed in a hurry.

Yang Sichang, who had been galloping for a long time in the distance, stopped his horse, looked around worriedly, and finally said viciously: "What a Hou Shilu, he wants my life! Dare to kill the court official, does he want to confiscate his family and exterminate his family?" ?"

"My lord, the possibility of this is very small. General Hou is also a general. He dare not kill the court officials in vain. I think he wants to delay our actions." Huang Degong persuaded.

"You mean he already knew about our mission, so he delayed our action, and they are already starting to deal with the aftermath in Xuanfu?" Yang Sichang is not stupid.

"I'm afraid that's the case. If the group of people just wanted to kill us, they wouldn't have come out to stop us." Huang Degong pondered for a while before saying.

"Let's go, let's speed up to Xuanfu. Hmph, this Li Xin is very smart." Yang Sichang said through gritted teeth.

(End of this chapter)