Invincible son

Chapter 234 233 [Wonderful Person]

Lingzhou.

This is the state with the largest area in Daliang, with 57 counties in nine prefectures under its jurisdiction, which is almost as large as two Yongzhous.Since ancient times, Lingzhou has been the hub connecting the east and west of the mainland, and its commerce and trade are very developed.After the fall of the former Wei Dynasty, Lingzhou became the border of Daliang, and was repeatedly harassed by cavalry from the Western Wu Dynasty, and the people suffered terribly.This situation has improved greatly in the past ten years, and Lingzhou has gradually revealed some of the prosperity it was then.

The state government is located in Xingyang, the largest city in the west of Daliang, and also the capital of the former Wei Dynasty. The city wall is extremely strong, and it is probably inferior to Kyoto in terms of easy defense and difficult attack.

The commerce in Xingyang City is prosperous, and there are countless warehouses, shops, money houses, and chariot and horse dealers in the east and west cities, selling goods from all over the world.Goulan tea shops can be seen everywhere in the city, brothels and brothels are full of beauties from all over the world, especially the nine masters in Yonghe Square in the southern city are the most famous.

In such an extremely complicated environment where fish and dragons were mixed together, no one cared that a dozen Angzang men quietly entered the city.

They stayed in an inn called "Rugui" in Dongcheng, declined the enthusiastic food and drink recommendations from the waiter, and a group of people came to the relatively spacious room in the middle.

"Brother Nian, when are we going to do it? From Yongzhou to Yunzhou, and then from Yunzhou to Lingzhou, turned half a girder, and a few pairs of boots were worn out, and they are about to become someone else's follower!" Come in and keep complaining.

Another person followed up and said: "The lord has urged us several times, asking if we are greedy for life and afraid of death, and said that if we can't succeed before July, let us go back to the countryside to raise pigs, and he will send someone else."

"Old man, you have to make up your mind."

"That's right, we can't delay any longer, a half-grown boy who hasn't grown his hair yet, what are we afraid of him doing?"

"If you want me to say, sooner or later, the real knife and the real gun will face each other. It's better to go directly to the imperial envoy's office at night. After killing the Pei family, it's best to run away. It doesn't matter if you can't run away. Anyway, the prince will take care of me and other family members." .”

"It makes sense! Why don't we just do it in these two days! If we continue to waste like this, we will almost become useless people. Why are we talking about killing people?"

"Tomorrow I'll go to the spot, and the day after tomorrow night to do it in the early hours of the morning!"

"it is good!"

Although this group of people knew how to keep their voices down so as not to be discovered by outsiders, they still seemed very noisy when they got together at this time.

Surrounded by everyone, the strong man still sitting upright is called Nian Xu, who was recruited by the eldest prince Liu Xian many years ago.He does not belong to the personal guard of the palace, at least he has nothing to do with Liu Xian on the surface, and he is in charge of some of the best players hidden under the water for the eldest prince.These people in the house are among them, they are basically villains in the wilderness, they don't practice good deeds in their life, and love to kill and set fire.

Nian Xu listened expressionlessly, and when they themselves felt bored and stopped, he said indifferently: "Before leaving the capital, the prince will give me full power over this matter. As long as there is no new appointment from the capital, you You must obey my orders, otherwise I will kill the disobedient bastard first, and then go to kill that Pei family son."

His cold and stern gaze swept over everyone in the room one by one, and after they lowered their heads, he continued: "You have never seen how powerful Liang Ruizu is. I won't laugh at you, but don't act rashly. If you dare to destroy the prince's important event, I will kill you all." Everyone, do you hear me clearly?"

"Understood." Everyone was shocked and agreed in unison.

Nian Xu still did not have a gentle tone, and said sarcastically: "Since Pei Yue left Beijing, he has paid great attention to guarding against danger. Whenever and wherever he has at least 200 guards around him. I told you a long time ago that among the 500 people there are 450 people came from Nan Daying, and they are elite soldiers trained by Hou Guliang of Guangping. With a dozen of us trying to break through the defense of such old soldiers, are you not so clear-headed?"

He paused for a while, his eyes shot coldly at the person who spoke first, and said with a sneer, "If you want to die, why not let me fulfill you now."

The man hurriedly said in a low voice: "Brother Nian, I didn't mean that, I was just afraid of missing the prince's business."

Nian Xu was too lazy to pinch him, and said to everyone: "Lingzhou is not peaceful now, not as stable as Yongzhou and Yunzhou, Pei Yue will definitely show his flaws. From today onwards, you will take turns to watch around the city, a few important places Don't relax. Let me hear the nonsense again, I know you, but not my knife."

"Yes!"

After several lessons, these people were as honest as quails, and hurriedly left the house and went out to keep an eye on each other.

Nian Xu was still sitting, thinking of the words that the eldest prince secretly ordered before he left Beijing, his always cold eyes could not help showing a little hesitation.

……

In Beicheng, imperial envoys go to the Yamen.

It is now the third year that Pei Yue came to this world, and there is no trace of the thin bastard from the outside.Especially in the past half a year, he traveled to the north and south to help the imperial court establish a honeycomb coal production and sales network covering the five states.

Although his official position is only a guerrilla, plus the name of a deputy imperial envoy, in fact, all the officials sent by the Charcoal Temple are under his control, plus the five hundred soldiers, and more than a hundred people drawn from the Xiangyun Company There are experienced shopkeepers and buddies, and there are thousands of people under him.

The so-called Ju Yi Qi Yang Yi body, giving orders for a long time made his demeanor more calm and thick.

The mines in Yongzhou and Yunzhou are already operating normally, and the sales methods are different from those in Kyoto.Taking Yongzhou as an example, there are twelve branches in the state government, six branches in the prefectural city below, and only two in the county seat.After he submitted a proposal to the imperial court, Luo Ting set up a supervisory department within the Charcoal Temple, responsible for monitoring the operation of the following state capitals at any time.

But there is one more thing that is extremely secretive.Luo Ting asked privately, and after Emperor Kaiping agreed, Charcoal Temple secretly set up another place called the Department of Discipline to watch over those in the Supervision Department. This can be described as interlocking and multiple supervision.

Emperor Kaiping thought it was Luo Ting's idea, but in fact it was mentioned in the secret letter Pei Yue sent to Luo Ting.

Three days ago the imperial envoy arrived outside the city of Xingyang, Pei Yue declined the official entertainment, and pushed all the matters of the banquet to the envoy who loves romance.

For the past few days, Pei Yue has been staying in the back house of the office, working as an otaku who doesn't leave home, but he doesn't seem to be at leisure. His desk is full of files, all of which are documents from Lingzhou.

"Master, have some tea."

Deng Zai walked into the study with a tray, and skillfully placed the teacup by Pei Yue's hand.

Both Wang Yong and Qi Min stayed in the capital, and there were only 16 soldiers following Pei Yue out of the capital.

Pei Yue responded without raising his head, still staring at the file in front of him, and asked calmly, "What's the situation in Linqing County?"

Deng Zai replied: "Judging from the news from the third team, the situation is not optimistic. The local people are against coal mining."

Linqing County is located in the northwest of Xingyang City, and the natural coal mines discovered in Lingzhou are located in this county.

Pei Yue put down the file, leaned on the back of the chair, rubbed his eyes, and asked, "Why object?"

"Still investigating."

"Is the coal mine in the hands of the government?"

"No, the land deed of that area is in the hands of the local gentry Yan's family, and they don't seem to want to hand over the coal mine to the imperial court."

Pei Yue took a sip from the teacup, frowned slightly and said, "The Yan family? A squire doesn't have the guts to confront the court. His family is very powerful in the local area? Or is there someone in the court?"

Deng Zai nodded and said, "The Yan family is the largest landowner in Linqing County, owning nearly half of the fertile land in the county. The current owner is named Yan Linchuan. He is 67 years old this year. He was the champion in the imperial examination in the 23rd year of Taizong Taihe."

Pei Yue was slightly taken aback, picked up a case file on the table, opened it to check, and said in a strange tone after a while: "The former rightist? Master Luo's tutor?"

Deng Zai said solemnly: "Yes. Young Master, Yan Linchuan has a very good reputation in Linqing County, and those tenants and even small landlords obey him."

Pei Yue could hear the implication of his words, this kind of local snake has a deep relationship with the big shots in the court, so it is very difficult to subdue him.After the coal mines in Kyoto and the other two places were mined, Lingzhou naturally also received news, but Yan Linchuan without dementia could see the huge benefits contained in it.

After thinking for a while, Pei Yue shook his head and said: "This Yan Zhizheng is not a tyrannical person, otherwise he would not have followed Mo Haoli's lead. After all, Mr. Mo is a few years younger than him. Even if he is envious of the benefits of briquettes, how dare he Encouraging the villagers to make trouble? It's not that he doesn't know our emperor's temperament, if he is really angry, the hundreds of heads of the Yan family won't be enough to chop off."

He thought for a while, and became more and more sure of his deduction: "There are still strange things hidden in this matter, let's take another look. Have you found out the truth about the civil unrest in Dongqing Mansion?"

Deng Zai said: "There is no news yet."

Pei Yue nodded and said, "If you have any news, let me know as soon as possible."

"Yes." Deng Zai responded, and then hesitantly said, "Master, do you want to deal with those people?"

"who?"

"Those people who followed us from Yongzhou must have malicious intentions, most of them came for the young master."

"Wait, don't worry."

"Yes."

Pei Yue remembered something, and was about to instruct Deng Zai to do it, when there was a burst of noisy laughter outside, and then he heard someone say: "Brother Pei, you have to save my brother."

Pei Yue chuckled, and said softly: "Our Master Zhengshi is really a wonderful person."

A smile finally appeared on Deng Zai's dull face, obviously he agreed with Pei Yue's statement.

(End of this chapter)