The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 81 Preparation
After hearing his plan, Huang Yishan was so scared that he almost slipped off the chair, he stammered, "But you, my lord, did you promise me?"

Seeing him like this, Mu Xu didn't understand that he thought he was going to cross the river and tear down the bridge, so he said angrily, "Don't worry, my lord keeps what I say. Since I said I will benefit you afterwards, I won't forget it."

"But…"

Before he could finish speaking, Mu Xu interrupted him, "No, but, I ask you, do you think it's better to be a merchant or an official?"

Huang Yishan said weakly, "Naturally, I'd like to be an official."

"That's fine. Since you have taken refuge in me, I naturally won't just accept your benefits and do nothing."

After understanding the meaning of Mu Xu's words, Huang Yishan stood up excitedly, "My lord, you mean...?"

"That's right." Mu Xu nodded and explained directly to him, "I'll give you two options, one is to let you serve as a local chief official in the new Yanzheng Department, and the other is to let you serve as the deputy thousand in the Embroidery Guards. household."

He thought that Huang Yishan would choose to go to the new Yan Zhengsi, after all, that was his old profession.Unexpectedly, he said directly, "My lord, I choose Embroidered Yiwei."

Seeing Mu Xu's puzzled face, Huang Yishan explained, "I have been a salt merchant for ten years, and the money I have saved will never be spent in a few lifetimes, so why bother to go to the muddy water of the salt road?" In fact, there is another reason for him Didn't say anything, he felt that it was a pity that he finally got in touch with Mu Xu and gave up just like that.Who knows what happened when he went to the new Yanzhengsi, anyway, he is not short of money now, but lacks identity.

Seeing Mu Xu nodding his head, Huang Yishan got up and took the teapot on the desk courteously, and after pouring a cup of tea for Mu Xu, he hesitated and said, "My lord, I have a heartfelt request."

Mu Xu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then said casually, "Just speak up if you have something to say."

Huang Yishan said, "My lord, I am getting old now, so I would like to ask your lord to give my elder son the position of Deputy Thousand Household Guard of Embroidery Guard."

Mu Xu frowned and asked, "What specialties does your eldest son have?"

"My lord, Gouzi has been traveling with me since I was a child. He has been in charge of our family's business in recent years. He is much better than a villain." Fearing that Mu Xu might misunderstand his son's incompetence, he hurriedly explained.

Hearing what he said, Mu Xu became interested. After all, the Embroidered Clothes Guard also has a business now. It was just a stopgap measure to let Jia Lian hold the financial power alone. Now it is better to find someone to share some of it for him.So he nodded, "Forget it, you just let him go back to Beijing with me this time."

Hearing that Mu Xu agreed to his request, Huang Yishan heaved a sigh of relief, and wanted to thank him with a salute.But Mu Xu waved his hand, "Okay, thank you for later, I called you here to ask you something serious. I asked you to find out where those people hide their thugs on weekdays. Do you have any results?"

Now that Huang Yishan has completely surrendered to Mu Xu, he will not hide it, "My lord, I can probably confirm that they are all in a few towns near Yangzhou City, but I can't confirm the number of people yet."

"It's not in Yangzhou City?" Hearing his answer, Mu Xu was pleasantly surprised, "I was afraid that if they hid people in Yangzhou City, if there was a riot, it would not end well. God is helping us now." Me too." So he gave Huang Yishan an order directly,
"You go to Han Qi immediately, and ask him to send people to follow your people to watch these places. This time, they will be wiped out. If this goes well, it will be considered that your son has made a contribution."

"Yes, my lord, I'll do it right now." Huang Yishan hurriedly left to discuss with Han Qi when he heard that his son's future was at stake.

The next day, Mu Xuxian secretly sent some people to Lin Ruhai, so as not to affect the Lin family, and then ordered people to keep an eye on several big salt merchants and Yangzhou Guard Commander Guo Zhen.

For the next three days, he could only wait anxiously in Xingyuan for news from Jinling.Just after Shen Shi on the fourth day, Mu Xu had dinner and was talking to Yinglian absent-mindedly in the yard.A fan stepped forward to report, "My lord, Liu Qianhu is asking to see you and is waiting in the side hall."

When he heard that Liu Xianglian had returned, Mu Xu was overjoyed, and hurried to the side hall.As soon as he entered the side hall, before Liu Xianglian could speak, he asked directly, "Brother Liu, where are General Feng's troops?"

Liu Xianglian clasped her fists and replied, "My lord, General Feng has personally led an army of [-] people, and they have arrived [-] miles south of Yangzhou. They are currently setting up camp and waiting for your lord's orders."

"Okay, everything is ready now, I only owe Dongfeng." After finishing speaking, Mu Xu came to the door and told the gatekeeper, "Go to the two father-in-laws, Wang and Liu, and Han Qi, please come and see me."

Back in the room, Mu Xu didn't see Jia Lian and the others, so he couldn't help asking, "Where are Jia Lian and Xue Pan, didn't they come back with you?"

"Brother Jia came back with me, and now he is in General Feng's army. Xue Pan was left in Jinling by Li He, saying that he has something to do, and he will return to Yangzhou in a few days."

"Yeah." Mu Xu nodded, and when he heard that he called Jia Lian differently from others, his heart moved, and he said with a smile, "It seems that Brother Liu's good news is coming, so I'll wait for Brother Liu's wedding wine."

Liu Xianglian showed an embarrassed expression, "It turns out that my lord already knows. In Jinling a few days ago, Brother Jia received a letter from the Rongguo Mansion, saying that their mansion has agreed to this marriage, and asked me to send a matchmaker to the door after I return to Beijing." Proposing marriage, I was just about to talk to you about this matter."

Mu Xu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said happily for him, "I'm planning to transfer you back to Beijing, that's fine, you can take care of this matter after you return to Beijing." Thinking of Liu Xianglian, I'm afraid she's too cash-strapped , He said again, "Later, I will order someone to send you fifty thousand taels of silver. You repair the mansion, and you must make sure that the matter is done in a good manner."

"My lord, how can this be..."

Mu Xu saw that he was going to refuse, so he said directly, "Okay, it's settled like this, you just keep the money, and it's not like you don't know how the money came from, I was going to give some of it to reward this random My brothers who are going to Jiangnan."

Liu Xianglian wanted to say more, but when she heard footsteps coming from the door, she had to stop talking.Sure enough, Han Qi arrived first, followed by the two eunuchs Wang An and Liu Hong.

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Mu Xu clapped his hands and said, "There is news from Liu Qianhu that soldiers and horses have arrived outside the city of Yangzhou. As the saying goes, soldiers are precious and fast, so we will start to act tonight." Looking at the serious faces of several people, He nodded in satisfaction, and told Liu Xianglian, "Don't stay in the city, go and pass on my order to General Feng immediately, and he will take [-] troops to exterminate those desperadoes snatched by the salt merchants tonight. Remember, no Let go of one person, so as not to leak the news. In case of resistance, you will be killed on the spot."

"The remaining [-] troops will be divided into two groups. On one side, you will personally lead [-] troops to encircle the Yangzhou Guard camp ten miles east of the city. If anyone dares to charge into the camp, they will be killed."

"There are still [-] troops. You send me an order to let Jia Lian lead them. They will be stationed five miles south of the city tonight. In the early morning of tomorrow, [-] troops will be used to block the east, west, and north gates. Then take the rest of the troops to the south. The door meets me."

After hearing this, Liu Xianglian understood that Mu Xu had plans to seize the gate of the southern city, and she couldn't help but worry a little, "Sir, why don't you postpone the action for a day, and let the soldiers and horses from outside the city disguise into the city tomorrow, so It's safer after all."

But Mu Xu shook his head, "No, if you postpone it for a day, you will be at a higher risk of exposure. Besides, it's not a time of war. There are only [-] guards in Yangzhou City, and they are all smug. The [-] soldiers brought here, plus the embroidered guards from Yangzhou, totaled more than [-] people, more than enough."

Liu Xianglian thought about it, so she stopped persuading her, and after seeing that Mu Xu had no other orders, she took her leave and left.

After he left, Mu Xu told Han Qi again, "Leave a hundred people to guard Xingyuan tomorrow, and the rest will wait until they are fully clothed, and they will gather on time tomorrow at [-]:[-], there must be no mistakes."

"Yes, humble order."

Seeing that he had finished ordering his subordinates, Wang An hurriedly asked beside him, "Then what about Lao Liu and me?"

Mu Xu replied, "Early tomorrow morning, the two father-in-laws will go out of the city with me to join the army. When the time comes, the troops will be assembled, and we will have to bother the two father-in-laws in the search of the house."

(End of this chapter)