Han ride

Chapter 18 Ambition
In the small courtyard, Li Xin was reading a military book in his hand, while Dong Xiaowan was embroidering a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water, but looked at Li Xin with beautiful eyes from time to time.There was a hint of shyness in her eyes, and she had to admit that women in this era are precocious, and Dong Xiaowan already understood at a young age that her whole life was entrusted to Li Xin.So after Dong Fusheng left, he was extremely dependent on Li Xin.

"My lord, my lord invites you to his study." At this time, a servant came out of the courtyard and said to Li Xin respectfully.

"Oh! Got it." Hearing this, Li Xin put down the books in his hands, and frowned. It can be said that he has stayed in Qiu's residence for so long, but he has never entered Qiu Hejia's study.This study room is a very important place for people of any era, and people who are not close to it cannot enter it at all.Although Li Xin is Qiu Hejia's nephew, he has no right to enter it. At this time, Qiu Hejia wants to invite Li Xin into his study. According to reason, Li Xin should be happy, but at this moment, he doesn't feel any joy in his heart. Something is wrong.

Qiu Hejia's study room is not big, the only difference is that there are no other decorations in it. If there is any decoration, it is books. There are many books here, full of the fragrance of ink and books.Qiu Hejia sat behind the grand master's chair. He didn't take off his official robe, but he didn't look majestic at all, but felt a little haggard. His thin body was inside the grand master's chair, wrapping his whole body inside.

"Uncle Shi." Li Xin frowned, cupped his hands respectfully and said.

"Have you offended Zu Zerun?" Qiu Hejia quickly waved his hand again, and said, "I'm incompetent, it seems that I can't keep you this time." Li Xin showed a complex look in his eyes.

"Uncle Shi, did something happen?" Li Xin asked nervously.

"The imperial court has ordered that Dalinghe City be rebuilt. Hey, I have done this. His Majesty the Emperor has raised the field tax from [-]% to [-]%. Linghecheng. It's really funny." Qiu Hejia said coldly, his words were full of sarcasm, Li Xin didn't answer, but a huge wave was set off in his mind.The construction of Dalinghe City was inevitable for Li Xin, but what Qiu Hejia said just now "did not keep him" made Li Xin feel bad.

"But my nephew is going to build Dalinghe City?" Li Xin asked anxiously.

"Hey, that's right." Qiu Hejia's eyes were gloomy, and he said coldly: "This is also my fault, because I offended the supervisor Sun Chengzong, and the traitor Zu Dashou was bewitching at the side. Among the personnel of Dalinghe City. Hey! This old man is incompetent, and I am ashamed of Ren Zhixian!"

"Secret Boss doesn't have to be like this. Xin is a body to be punished for crimes. Building Dalinghe City is what should be done. What does it have to do with Shi Bo?" Li Xin said dryly.

"Okay, okay, you can understand the old man, and the old man feels relieved." Qiu Hejia nodded as if he had put a big burden on hearing the words, and said, "You don't have to worry, I have already pleaded with Mrs. Sun , you are a scholar, you are decent, go to do some easier work. Later, the old man will let Jiang Yi lead the guards to protect you."

"Thank you, Uncle." Li Xinxin sneered. This old fox has indeed been immersed in officialdom for decades, and what he said was grandiose, but he was actually thinking about his official position.He doesn't believe that if Qiu Hejia fights with reason, then Sun Chengzong will not sell his face, even the Emperor Chongzhen will help him to speak up, but he must cherish feathers and will not sacrifice his reputation for Li Xin. damaged.

"You don't have to go first. Two days later, if you set off with Jiang Yi and the others, the old man will give you the status of a secretary." Seeing that Li Xin had accepted his fate, Qiu Hejia's face immediately improved a lot. The body sat down again, and it looked a lot more majestic. He only heard comforting words: "Don't worry, old man Xiaowan will take care of it for you. It will only take two or three months to complete the construction of your Daling River. Once you If the construction is successful, you can go back to this old man, hehe, when the time comes, I want to see who dares to trouble you."

"Thank you Uncle Shi, Xiaowan stays in Jinzhou, and I am relieved a lot." Li Xin calmed down completely at this time, and the anger that had surged up in his heart just now disappeared without a trace.If people are not for themselves, heaven and earth will perish.Isn't this the case with Qiu Hejia in front of him?Although he has a certain relationship with Li Gu, when it comes to his own future, what if he is the son of an old friend?
"Okay, you go back to rest first! Tell Xiaowan, otherwise he will settle accounts with me again." Seeing that the matter has been satisfactorily resolved, Qiu Hejia naturally did not leave Li Xin behind, and waved his hand and said.

"By the way, Uncle Shi, I wonder if Jiang Yi's equipment is ready?" Li Xin walked a few steps, then stopped listening suddenly, and asked nervously.

"Equipment?" Qiu Hejia's complexion suddenly changed when he heard the words, and his eyes became more gloomy.Sun Chengzong was extremely dissatisfied because of the government government guards, and nothing has been done with the weapons up to now.

"Uncle, my nephew is going to Dalinghe City, I'm afraid Mr. Sun will also express his opinion!" Li Xin said in a low voice because he didn't know that the matter might not be resolved.

Qiu Hejia was taken aback when he heard the words, but soon realized that a golden light shot out from his cloudy eyes, and when he looked at Li Xin again, he found that Li Xin had left the study.He immediately sighed deeply.At this time, he felt a little regretful. Li Xin in front of him was definitely not a simple character, and he could see a glimmer of opportunity from it.Yes, Qiu Hejia was forced to let Li Xin go to Dalinghe City. Although Li Xin is a prisoner, according to the logic, he should work. Even in Dalinghe City, Li Xin got an easy job, but he couldn't hide it For the sake of his own future, the fact that he, Qiu Hejia, abandoned the son of an old man, if this spread among scholars, it might cause a burst of excitement.He, Sun Chengzong, undoubtedly saw the problem. Since this is the case, it is always no problem for the old man to go to you to replenish the equipment of hundreds of soldiers in my guard!

"Hey! I can't help it!" Qiu Hejia looked at the place where Li Xin disappeared, and shook his head. He knew that even if Li Xin understood the truth, there was still a gap between the two of them.This made Qiu Hejia extremely helpless and felt a bit of guilt, but soon, he put this guilt behind him. He is a politician, and what he needs is not this kind of family affection.

"Come here, prepare the sedan chair." Qiu Hejia quickly calmed down, stood up, straightened his official robes, and became dignified again, shouting loudly to the outside.

"Hmph, since you are not benevolent, don't blame me for being unrighteous." Li Xin's figure appeared at the corner of a colonnade, looking at the direction where Qiu Hejia was leaving, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.Originally, he asked Jiang Yi and others to accept Qiu Hejia's invitation just in case, but now it seems that it is fortunate that this is the case, otherwise, if he arrives in Dalinghe City, he may not even have a chance to protect himself No.He believed that as long as he had these hundreds of people in his hands, even if Zu Dashou wanted to plot against him, it would be impossible.However, before that, he had to appease one person.

"Brother Zhao." Li Xin turned around like he was in a small courtyard in the front house. He saw Zhao Guang, shirtless and holding a spear, practicing Liuhe marksmanship. , I saw countless cold lights flickering in it, Li Xin could see clearly that there were already six spear flowers hidden in it, but within a few days, Zhao Guang's marksmanship was progressing rapidly.

"My lord." When Zhao Guang saw Li Xin, he quickly stopped his marksmanship, strode up to Li Xin, and bowed his hands in salute.

"Recent progress is good." Li Xin nodded, took the silver gun in his hand, and let out a long roar, like a tiger coming out of the forest, and the silver gun in his hand was like a dragon coming out of water, flashing thousands of cold stars, and the momentum was like a rainbow , the surrounding flowers and plants bowed their heads, and the rocks flew across, but Zhao Guang opened his eyes wide, carefully watching Li Xin's every move.

"Zhao Guang, my marksmanship is actually biased towards Xiang Yu's Overlord Spear, and your marksmanship is actually biased towards your ancestor General Zilong." Li Xin threw the silver spear in his hand and said softly: " So, what will happen to your marksmanship in the future depends on your efforts. Remember, the best marksmanship is the one that suits you.”

"This subordinate understands." Zhao Guang said sincerely.

"In the future, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the army to practice. Hey! It's a pity, I'm afraid you will have very few opportunities like this." Li Xin thought that Jiang Yi and the others would follow him to Dalinghe City, and immediately shook his head. Shaking his head, he said, "Since my father-in-law has decided to ask you to protect Xiaowan, you can't slack off."

"Don't worry, my lord, as long as there are subordinates, no one will dare to hurt my wife." Zhao Guang paused, and then asked hesitantly, "Could it be that your lord is leaving here?" Although Zhao Guang likes to practice martial arts, it doesn't mean that He doesn't know anything.

"Although I live in the Qiu Mansion, don't forget that I am actually a criminal. The imperial court will rebuild Daling River City, so I, a criminal, still have to serve." Li Xin couldn't hear it in his tone. Show any expression, as if this matter is very common.

"Then this subordinate will go with the young master." Zhao Guang said without thinking.

"I don't worry about Xiaowan being here alone. You are Xiaowan's brother-in-law, so help me take care of her here!" Li Xin stopped.He was not only worried about Dong Xiaowan, but even more worried about Qiu Hejia, a politician.

"Your subordinate obeys orders." Zhao Guang said without thinking.

"Young master." Li Xin was about to go to the back house, but he saw Jiang Yi and the three of them striding forward, with expressions of anger on their faces, and Yang Xiong's face turned red even more.

"Why are you three here?" Li Xin asked in surprise.

"Young master, just now the governor has ordered the three of us to lead the army to Dalinghe City, and said that the young master will go with us. So let's come and ask clearly." Jiang Yi asked, clasping his hands.There was a cold light in his eyes, obviously he was already raging with anger, but he was extremely calm, so he didn't erupt at this time.

"I was originally a prisoner of the imperial court. It is quite rare to get a life by chance. Now that I have stayed in the governor's office for such a long time, it is normal to go to Dalinghe City at this time." Li Xin's expression was flat , said: "What's more, Lord Qiu has already assured me that when I arrive in Dalinghe City, I will be allowed to do some light work, and it will not be as hard as you imagined."

"The old dog bullies people too much." Yang Xiong said disdainfully.

"Yang Xiong, shut up." Li Xin glanced around and saw that there was no one around, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "People are under the eaves, so they have to bow their heads. What's more, he has asked you to follow to Dalinghe City, With all of you here, I am sure that Dazu Dashou will not do anything to me. What's more, with the existence of the country's laws and regulations, even if Mr. Qiu objects, it will have no effect. Maybe even you will not be able to go. At that time, it was my sorrow!"

"Young master, it's not that the subordinates said that although we have more than 400 people, we don't have any weapons in our hands. Even if we are weapons, when we arrive at Dalinghe City, we will face Zu Dashou with more than 1 people, so many people are enough to eat us. There is not even a bone left. I am young when I die, but the young master is different, the young master has the ambition to rise to the top, how can he follow us and die in Dalinghe City?"

"Hehe! Jiang Yi, the matter is not as terrible as what you said." Li Xin waved his hand and said, "This Liaodong is still the Liaodong of Ming Dynasty. Zu Dashou is certainly very powerful, but behind Zu Dashou there is a supervisor, Sun Chengzong. If you don’t let me die, then Zu Dashou won’t let me die.” Li Xin is right, Zu Dashou’s influence in Liaodong is quite strong, and in his life, he only listened to two people, one is the dead Yuan Chonghuan , and the other is the current Sun Chengzong.Since Sun Chengzong had already said to save his own life, his own life must be guaranteed.

"Young Master, I don't know how many ways there are to deal with people. In Dalinghe City, it is not Mr. Sun Chengzong who can make the decision. Even if it is the son, what will happen? Then Sun Chengzong would still trouble Zu Dashou for a dead person of it?" Yang Xiong said disdainfully.He was born as a headhunter and yamen servant, and he didn't know how long he had been immersed in it, and he didn't know how many ways to kill people.That Zu Dashou really wants to put Li Xin to death, and he doesn't know how many times.

"If that's the case, there's nothing I can do about it." Li Xin said with a gloomy expression on his face, "Is it possible that a living person will be suffocated to death by urine, not to mention, whether it's in Dalinghe City or here Jinzhou is not a safe place, if possible, hey! There will be no safe place in this world soon."

"Your Excellency, what do you mean?" Jiang Yi was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at Li Xin in surprise, the boss with his eyes wide open, and finally said: "Your Excellency, everything is easy to handle, but Sun Er, there is another problem with weapons. .”

"Governor Qiu will solve part of the weapon problem, and I will take advantage of the few days to find Zhang Yifu. As long as he has money, he will help me." Li Xin said through gritted teeth, "As for Sun Er, hehe, really At this point, there will naturally be a solution.”

"Of course it's possible." Jiang Yi pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Since that's the case, my subordinates will make arrangements."

"En! Jiang Yi, can you guarantee that hundreds of people will listen to your orders?" Li Xin said leisurely suddenly.

"Most are fine." Jiang Yi pondered for a moment, and finally said.

"Choose one of the elite!" Li Xin thought for a while, and finally said, "By the way, Yang Xiong, you are good at communicating. There must be a lot of friends in this city!"

"Hey, Master still understands me." Yang Xiong laughed and said while rubbing his head.

"There are quite a few merchants in Jinzhou City, and many of them must have gone deep into the grassland. They must have maps on them. You can ask. It would be great if you can buy the maps on them." Li Xin thought for a while and said. .

"Young master is going to the grassland?" Jiang Yi was taken aback when he heard this.

"Just in case." Li Xin glanced at the three of them, and finally decided to trust them, and said immediately: "Dalinghe City is a land of captives from the east, and going south, I'm afraid I'm looking for my own death. Only to the west can there be a glimmer of life, the grassland is vast, but it is difficult to find us, and then find a way to enter the Central Plains."

"My lord, prepare?" Now not only Jiang Yi and others, but also Zhao Guang, who was guarding at the side, looked at Li Xin with horrified eyes. He didn't expect Li Xin to say such words. People can say it, and there is a hint of ambition behind it.The four of them were horrified and didn't know what to do.

"Okay, don't be afraid, I'm just talking. The matter may not have reached that point." Li Xin's face was full of sunshine, but in the eyes of everyone, it was so weird.

"Yes, yes, how did things come to such a point?" Yang Xiong touched the cold sweat on his forehead and said quickly.

"At any time, the subordinates will obey the young master's orders." Jiang Yi thought for a while, and finally said with hands clasped.

"Me too." Gao Meng also cupped his hands and said.

"Of course I'm indispensable." Yang Xiong said without hesitation.

"A certain guard's wife." Zhao Guang said calmly.

(End of this chapter)