The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 88 You fooled me, I fooled you

Qingwen, the head of the Jinling Twelve Beauties, has a strong personality with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart.

It's a pity that he paid by mistake and sincerely gave it to a wimp, and the end was extremely miserable.

Li Yunze looked at the girl with regret and pity.

But this look fell in the girl's eyes, but it made her back again and again.

"I won't eat you, what are you afraid of." Li Yunze looked displeased, "You are not serving the second child, what are you doing here?"

"Second Master Lian." Qingwen bit the corner of her lips and saluted again, "The servant girl was originally bought by the Lai family. I heard that the Lai family is in trouble, so I came to have a look."

"It's a thoughtful one." Li Yunze nodded slowly, "The Lai family deserves their own fault, so it's not a problem. Besides, as a maid, how can you help?"

Qingwen, who has a sharp mouth and a tofu heart, is really grateful to the Lai family. She twisted her handkerchief, "Second Master Lian, can you?"

"I can't." Li Yunze immediately refused, but then he smiled and said, "If you really want to repay your kindness, then you can give me some money."

Qingwen stomped her feet angrily, "My monthly bill is only a penny, what money can I have?"

"I can lend it to you, how about lending you 1000 taels?" Looking at Qingwen who looked alert, Li Yunze joked slowly, "Why, just talking about repaying your favor?"

Qingwen, who couldn't be provoked the most, immediately stretched out her hand, "Then borrow it!"

He took out a large stack of bank notes from his sleeve, counted 1000 taels and stuffed them into Qingwen's hands, "Go and repay the favor."

Looking at the thick banknote in her hand, Qingwen was also stunned, "But how can I pay it back?"

After giving her a meaningful look, Li Yunze turned around and left.

When his figure disappeared, Qingwen came back to her senses and hurriedly shouted, "Second Master Lian, I haven't written an IOU yet."

The Lai family's house was directly sealed off. Their shop in Dongshi and Zhuangzi in Lantian County were all taken away.

Even so, it is still not enough.

Because it was found out that Lai Er had been stealing the owner's property for many years, and the amount was increasing. Adding ten times the fine, it was really not enough to accompany them all.

The Lai family had no choice but to ask their biggest backer, Jia Mu.

Jia Mu, who used to be majestic, now has a terrible headache when she hears Lian Er's name, and must drink ginseng soup to save her life.

She can't help it, she can't be asked to pay the fine.

The only option is to bring all the Lai family members into Dongfu and give them asylum.

Li Yunze didn't care about that, sooner or later the East Mansion would belong to him, and then it would be time to settle the score.

Back in the mansion, there was a young eunuch who claimed to be Xia Shouzhong's godson to visit.

This is a message, saying that the emperor intends to add Li Yunze's troops to the No. 13 Regiment of the Beijing Camp.

Li Yunze knew in his heart that the persona he set up was echoed.

He rewarded the little eunuch who came to deliver the letter, and asked Jia Ping to accompany the little eunuch back with two sums of money.

One is a thank you fee, and it's for Xia Shouzhong.

Another one is for Jia Yuanchun.

The palace is a special battlefield. If the girls here want to stand out, on the one hand, they need to have a strong natal family outside to echo, and on the other hand, they need to have a loose hand to be able to win over the people in the palace.

Ever since he came to the world of Dream of Red Mansions, Li Yunze, who wanted to spend money wholeheartedly, actually made a lot of money.

Only here in the imperial palace, it has been only going out but not going in.

But it doesn't matter, any investment will pay off.

After busying with many things, I finally arrived at the Dachaohui.

Li Yunze, who was wearing a third-rank official robe, took the initiative to stand in the ranks of the generals, instead of standing with the nobles.

That's one of the benefits of being informed ahead of time.

The personable Prince of Beijing, Shui Rong, came over to say hello with a smile on his face, "The servants at home are not sensible, so I have to be educated by brother Lian. Thank you, my king."

"You're being polite." Li Yunze waved his hands with a neither salty nor indifferent expression, "Business like a pawn shop will damage the reputation of the prince."

Shui Rong, whose face froze, waited for further talk, but Xia Shouzhong had already come out and shouted for the court.

The emperor came out and sat down on the dragon chair, he glanced at Li Yunze not standing in the line of nobles, and nodded slightly to express his satisfaction.

The situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not very good.

After the court meeting started, all the officials discussed at the meeting, whether it was border troubles or bandits, or tax reductions and exemptions in case of disasters.

Li Yunze, who had a deep understanding of this, yawned without any scruples.

The tax revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been decreasing year after year, but there are more and more places where money is needed.

All the officials opened their mouths at every turn, "The Ministry of Households has no silver taels, please pay long live for internal funds."

Visible to the naked eye, the emperor's face was getting darker and darker.

The biggest expense of the imperial court is actually military expenses. It is said that the Great Zhou Dynasty had millions of troops, and the annual consumption of food and salaries was simply an astronomical figure.

Since the time of the Supreme Emperor, the imperial court has been in arrears with military pay, and there is no way to improve it for the current emperor.

This allows the nobles, who are already powerful, to control their soldiers and horses more calmly.

"It's a pity that you don't have a space-time gate." Looking at the emperor with a face as heavy as water, Li Yunze deeply understood, "Even the emperor can't move even if he doesn't have money and food."

After more than half an hour, it finally came to Li Yunze's topic.

"Jia Qing put down the chieftain rebellion in the Southwest, and made great achievements. The tiger and wolf division under his command should enter the Beijing camp." The emperor's eyes have been looking at the nobles. Do you have any objections?"

The nobles naturally have no objection, in their view Li Yunze is also a member of the nobles, this is to enhance their strength.

Although Shui Rong had doubts, he naturally wouldn't come forward to stop him at this time.

"Your Majesty, Jia Qing's Imperial Study, retreat."

Coming to the Imperial Study Room, Li Yunze cupped his hands and saluted, "Your Majesty."

"Ah."

The emperor, who recently got a lot of money for himself from Jia Yuanchun, was very polite and "give him a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Yunze sat down directly without any worries.

It's not the traditional one that only sits on half of the buttocks, it's really as comfortable as at home.

Xia Shouzhong looked at the emperor with some concern, but unexpectedly the emperor was not angry, but smiled more.

"Jia Qing, tell me, how did the Southwest Rebellion be settled?"

"It's simple." Li Yunze has been in the army for a long time, and he is absolutely very similar to those rough billets. "When you arrive in Guiyang, you will first recruit people and then open warehouses for rewards. Find local gentry to contribute money and work. If you don't give money, you can fight directly. As long as it is given. Spend money to buy the mountain people as guides, find the camp of thieves and kill them, just cut them down."

The emperor listened carefully and asked for many details.

Like how She was arrested, how An was beheaded and so on.

After finishing the Southwest War with a mix of truth and falsehood, Li Yunze added, "There are thieves and bandits on the border, and they are all local chickens and dogs."

The emperor laughed, as if very satisfied.

Afterwards, two altars of imperial wine and a box of snacks were given, and it was considered a matter of course.

Li Yunze knew very well that the emperor knew far more than what he showed.

But so what, as long as he can win the battle.What the Great Zhou Dynasty lacked most at this time was someone who could win battles.

The two of them are just you fooling me, and I fooling you.They are all taking what they need.

"It's stingy enough." After leaving the imperial study, Li Yunze began to complain, "I don't even give Waner 8000 taels of silver."

Xia Shouzhong, who came out to see him off, smiled wryly, "General, be careful with your words."

Li Yunze simply grabbed his hand, and quietly stuffed a few banknotes over, "Grandfather, take it to tea."

Putting the banknotes in his sleeves, Xia Shouzhong immediately burst into a chrysanthemum smile.

"The general has a heart."

Within a few days, the official imperial decree attached by the cabinet was issued, and the reinforcement battalion of Commander Li Yunze was officially included in the Beijing battalion, ranking No.13.

The Beijing battalion has a large establishment, and each battalion has more than [-] troops.

Compared with the previous reinforcement battalion, its strength has been at least three times higher.And this is what Li Yunze wanted.

The Ministry of War gave a staff of 1 people, but the Ministry of Households only sent 5000 people a year's food and salary.

They also plausibly said, "Your regiment is newly established, and your Majesty only has [-]% of the salary out of the internal funds."Starting next year, like other group camps, it will only be [-]% every year. '

Don't ask why the payment is owed, the question is that the court has no money and food.

The nobles controlled the Beijing camp to fight against the emperor. If it weren't for the fact that it was near the city of Shenjing, let alone [-] percent, [-] percent would be dangerous.

There was news from Xia Shouzhong that the emperor intends to order Li Yunze to lead troops to quell the southeast fan ghosts, and the troops will be dispatched in a few months at most.

"Did you see through me?" Li Yunze was thoughtful, recalling the mutual acting skills in the imperial study room, "I probably didn't see through all of it, half at most."

The emperor is a very realistic person, if Li Yunze can win a battle, then he will use it.

But in order to limit the Jia family's influence in the Beijing camp, they were soon ready to send them out to continue to squeeze.

After all, two generations of the Jia family have been running the business, and they have a great influence in the Beijing camp, with old disciples all over the army.

Li Yunze started his career with military exploits and has attracted everyone's attention, so he will definitely not be allowed to stay in the Beijing camp for a long time.

No matter how the money, food, military supplies and armor come from, as long as it is useful to the emperor, use it.

At most, throw it away when you run out, typical imperial thinking.

Li Yunze didn't talk nonsense, and directly recruited Liangjiazi from all over Guanzhong.

The famine in Guanzhong is no less than that in other places, and it is even more serious.

It is purely because Shenjing is here that a large amount of food can be barely maintained through water transportation.

However, the surrounding area of ​​Shenjing is a little better, like the land in northern Shaanxi, which has already been swarmed by thieves and bandits.

There are a lot of men over there who want to serve in the army.

Li Yunze went back to the modern world. In addition to ordering more Laiyang steel pipes and armor parts, he also asked the hotel butler Tony to lead the way, and went to the specialty store to buy a batch of perfume and cosmetics.

On this day when he returned home from the military camp, when he came to the backyard, he saw Ping'er waiting here.

Opened his arms to let Ping'er take off his armor, and asked casually, "Where's the person?"

"Second Master Bao and the ladies from the East Mansion are here as guests, and they are all having wine in Huifang Garden."

Li Yunze laughed when he heard the words, "Didn't you say that the two sides don't communicate? The old lady didn't stop her?"

Ping'er leaned over to remove his armor and laughed, "It's the old man's business if you don't come and go, the ladies don't care. As for the old lady, there are guests over there, and they are busy entertaining."

Li Yunze stretched out his hands and asked, "Where is the guest?"

"Master~~~" Ping'er's voice was gradually trembling with her pretty face flushed, "It's Aunt Xue from Jinling who came and said she came to look for their young master."

Li Yunze suddenly realized that he was here to find Xue Pan.

Of course, now is not the time to think about it.

"Ping'er." Li Yunze's voice was rough, "There seems to be a hole in the armor, you should squat down and take a closer look. Did you find it?"

Ping'er's voice is like a mosquito, "Yes"

"It's good if you find it, and you come to help fix it."

Wang Xifeng and the others were laughing and eating wine in Huifang Garden, and Ping'er was also drinking wine here, but the smell of wine was a bit strong.

After tinkering for half an hour, Xiangling ran all the way over and shouted, "Sister Ping'er, my wife asked if your master is back."

"Wait, wait." Ping'er, who was busy repairing the armor, had bangs fluttering on his forehead, and there was a trembling sound in his words, "It will be ready soon."

'Dangling~~~' The wine jug on the coffee table fell to the ground, and the wine in the spout splashed out.

(End of this chapter)