Fu Song

Chapter 80 Candid
The next day, when Xiao Ding woke up from a hangover, when he saw Luo Gang unexpectedly, he just shook his head, but did not speak to drive people away.Since Xiao Cheng didn't take the hanging tail boots away last night, it means that he has been approved by Xiao Cheng, and Xiao Ding is too lazy to talk.

There is only one more person left.

Moreover, there are also people in the team who can clean up this son of the Xianggong family, and are not afraid of him making trouble.

When the group went to bid farewell to King Jing Zhao Zhe, King Jing was also surprised, but after the surprise, he looked even happier.

Luo Gang's identity is unusual. If this person is solidly added to his chariot, he will also have an influence on his father invisibly. The benefits to him are naturally not small.

At the moment, Luo Gang was greatly praised, and Luo Gang himself blushed when he said such a compliment.

Two waves of people parted ways in Baima, one went back to Tokyo and the other went to Hebei.

Since Luo Gang sent him to work as a coolie, of course Xiao Cheng was not polite at all, and directly entrusted him with the task of managing the entire team's itinerary, and then gave He Zhengbi, who was familiar with the road, to him as his deputy.

Now that there are female relatives and children in the team, there are naturally more places to worry about in the itinerary.

Luo Gang is also extremely hardworking. He runs before and after every day, arranging all the things in the team properly. In addition, he has a husband and father, and he passes many states and counties along the way. A few more good colors came out.

Don't look at Xiao Ding is the person on this land, but after all, he will be transferred soon.If someone really wanted to give him a bit of a face, he could only bear it. After all, military officers still couldn't help these civil servants.But if you offend the minister of the East Mansion, it will be a little unstable. When the time comes, the nib of the pen will be slightly crooked, and you will have to grind for a few more years.

Luo Gang enjoys himself, and his greatest pleasure every day is to debate the history of scriptures with Xiao Yan in his spare time. Although he is often disgraced and speechless, Xiao Cheng, who also comes to listen when he has time It was found that it was really three days apart from Shibei, and it was admirable.

This kid has grown a lot!
Every night when I was staying at the inn, this guy actually couldn't put it down, he took notes while reading, and sometimes when he had a proud argument, he hurried over to discuss with Xiao Cheng first, and then prepared to catch a chance the next day. Let's fight with Xiao Yan again.

Defeating Xiao Yan head-on has now become the obsession in this guy's heart.

That's fine too.

Xiao Cheng still supported him.

After all, if they get married in the future, women are strong and men are weak. This is not a long-term way of harmony. If Luo Gangzhen is a late mover, he can overwhelm Xiao Yan on the basis of talent and learning, and his arrogant sister will live even more. Be happy.

In the debate between the two of them, Xiao Cheng was sometimes present and sometimes not, but Gao Qi was always there. She could never let her sister-in-law be alone with a man, even if this person was her fiance.

Gao Qi's cultural literacy level is not low. At first, he could understand a little bit, but as Xiao Cheng instilled his arguments into Luo Gang, and then Luo Gang came to confront the little sister, the debate immediately Just upgraded.

Gao Qi could only hear it in a daze.

When he admired his sister-in-law more and more, Luo Gang became more and more pleasing to the eye.

This guy is still capable.

Xiao Cheng is getting busier and busier, and Xiao Ding is getting more and more unable to understand his second brother.

Since crossing the Yellow River, the team has been adding manpower every day, and these manpower, without exception, are all from Xiao Cheng.

Fierce swordsmen with fierce faces, businessmen who often wear fat on their smiling faces, and scholars with vicissitudes of life, all in all, they are not people on the same path, but now they have gathered under Xiao Cheng's command one by one.

Finally, when approaching the Daming Mansion, Xiao Ding had to ask.

"Who are these people? Where did they come from?" Xiao Ding found Xiao Cheng alone and asked bluntly.Of course he believed in his brother, but as a general who commanded thousands of troops, he really could not tolerate things beyond his control.

"It's all my people!" Xiao Cheng said frankly: "They have always been in the north, doing some things for me. They used to be in Longyou, Hexi and Shaanxi, and they rarely came across Hebei Road."

"Why do you have these people in your hands?" Xiao Ding was stunned: "You can't leave the capital, how did these people gather under your command? What did you do? Also, you bet on me back then. The [-] won won is not borrowed by you at all, but your own money, right?"

Xiao Cheng decided to tell eldest brother something about himself to a limited extent. This time, to help eldest brother successfully complete the town relocation, some of his own strength must be used.With the big brother's eyesight, it is naturally impossible to hide it.That's why he made these people show up openly.

"Brother, don't you think that I have been in the capital all these years, and I really do nothing but study?" Xiao Cheng smiled.

"I can probably guess that Tiangong Iron Art is your handwriting, but with the scale of Tiangong Iron Art, you don't need these people?" Xiao Ding shook his head.

"The origins of many of these people, if there is a chance in the future, eldest brother can ask Grandpa Xu. But don't worry, eldest brother, there is no doubt about their loyalty." Xiao Cheng said: "As for money, eldest brother, Tianxiang Pavilion is also mine."

Xiao Ding stumbled. Although he returned to Bianliang not long ago, he still knew the name of Tianxiang Pavilion, especially his wife, who was full of praise for Tianxiang Pavilion's products.

"The family doesn't know, right?" Xiao Ding said quietly.

"I don't know. And eldest brother, I hope you are also tight-lipped!" Xiao Cheng said: "I want to create a way for our Xiao family. Now, whether it's Tian Gong Iron Art or Tian Xiang Pavilion, they are all secretly expanding to the south. , when all the deployments in the south are completed, our Xiao family will have another place to live."

"Why?" Xiao Ding shook his head and asked.

"Because I don't trust the official family, to be precise, I don't trust the emperor very much." Xiao Cheng took a deep breath: "I don't want to bet everything I have on the trust of the official family, and put myself His net worth and life are all on it, and once it overturns, it will be a disaster."

"Even if you have arranged everything in the south, can you avoid it? Don't you know that under Putian, is it the king's land, the coast of the land, or the king's minister?" Xiao Ding said: "Unless you go to the Liao Kingdom. !Hahaha!"

Probably thinking that his joke was a bit boring, Xiao Ding couldn't help but laughed a few times.

"Give me ten years, and I will be able to do all of this. At that time, our Xiao family will be able to advance and retreat freely. If we advance, we can assist the imperial court in the northern expedition of the Liao Kingdom, and unify the world. If we retreat, we can also keep ourselves safe and sound. If we truly do it, If you advance, you will help the world, and if you retreat, you will be alone."

"So you insisted that the expedition of Liaoning needs to be slowed down? The meaning of ten-year reunion is also here, right?"

"For me, the family and the country are both convenient!" Xiao Cheng said earnestly: "If the emperor confirms the grand plan of the northern expedition to the Liao Kingdom and formulates a long-term plan for a ten-year reunion, then my Xiao family will naturally be safe and sound, and I will also The Xiao family's retreat can be arranged smoothly. Therefore, what I am most worried about is the sudden change of the situation, which will catch me by surprise.

"So, knowing that His Royal Highness King Jing has made up his mind, you still have to persuade him to be quiet and not show his sharp edge?" Xiao Ding asked back.

"Yes, in fact, I am most afraid of people like King Jing. He has a firm mind and does not change his mind. It is good to insist that Qingshan will not relax. Now I'm afraid that if our second king goes wrong, our Xiao family will be implicated, and I'm not ready for anything, but I'll just sit back and wait."

"It's as dangerous as you said?" Xiao Ding disagreed.

"Brother, what King Jing wants to do is not a general political dispute, but a battle for the throne, and a succession of the great position. The ministers who have always been involved in such things have succeeded and won countless reputations. If they fail, the family will perish." Xiao Cheng said. : "Do you think I'm worried?"

"So we have no choice but to move forward!" Xiao Ding pulled out the knife at his waist, and reached out to touch the dark lines on the knife, "I will use this knife and give it to the northwest to clean it up."

"Originally, I didn't want to use these people. Since the eldest brother promised His Royal Highness King Jing for a year, I had to recruit these people to help." Xiao Cheng said: "These people who come here are very important to Shaanxi Ludu. They are quite familiar. Some of them have friendship with the party members, and they can speak the party's words proficiently. Now, after arriving at the land, how to resettle, how to do things like fields and houses, all have to be planned in advance. I recruited them, and after going to your Tianmenzhai to understand the specific situation, I rushed to Dingbian City to do these preliminary preparations for you. , when your team arrives, everything will be settled, otherwise when you arrive at Dingbian City, it will already be the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, are you ready to spend the winter in the wild?"

"Second brother thoughtful for me. Brother Yu is here to thank you!" Xiao Ding cupped his hands.

"Brother, we are a family, a grasshopper on a rope, thank you? You shouldn't kick my ass and scold me as a bastard. How could you hide so many things from your elder brother?" Xiao Cheng laughed road.

Xiao Ding also laughed loudly, raised his foot, and kicked Xiao Cheng's butt, neither lightly nor heavy.

"You...a shrewd and powerful brat! It seems that my brother will rely on you in the future."

The small knot in Xiao Ding's heart was untied, and he had no intention to understand Xiao Cheng's affairs in depth. As Xiao Cheng said, a grasshopper on a rope, could he still harm the Xiao family?

Since they are all thinking about the Xiao family, and these things are secretive and unusual, it is natural that one less knowledge will bring more benefits.

(End of this chapter)