The next day, it was morning court, and Xue Shao returned to the Ministry of War, and called Yao Yuanchong to ask questions.

Yao Yuanchong handled the matter of changing the flag of the Shuofang Army. However, after returning, Xue Shao had not discussed the details with Yao Yuanchong in detail. Yao Yuanchong must have some understanding of the current situation of the Shuofang Army. Xue Shao planned to hear some objective opinions from him, an "outsider".

Niu Ben is a ignorant man. Like many old generals of Shuofang Army, he has a natural resistance to Wei Zhiji, the new coach. In this way, he will dislike Wei Zhiji, whatever he does. Therefore, he must not believe Niu Ben's words, but he cannot believe them all.

As soon as Xue Shao asked, Yao Yuanchong sighed first.&nb Novels sp; This sigh made Xue Shao's heart tense.

"Shuofang Army is generally stable." The first sentence Yao Yuanchong said was like this.

"Stable? If it weren't for an old man in the evening, how could it be described as "Stable!" Xue Shao frowned, "If you have something to say, don't beat me around the bush!"

"I knew you would ask sooner or later." Yao Yuanchong smiled bitterly, "Originally, I, an outsider, shouldn't have been talking nonsense about Shuofang Army. But Shuofang Army is your heart, and I can't hide its affairs from you."

"What kind of people outside and inside, aren't you the Minister of War? All the troops in the world are under your control, and it's not considered a rash discussion." Xue Shao said, "Stop talking nonsense, just say it!"

"Okay, I'll say." Yao Yuanchong frowned and said, "In short, the internal battles of Shuofang Army are now very strong. They have basically been divided into two factions. One is headed by Xue Chuyu and Guo Yuanzhen and others, and is your most determined supporter. The other faction is that after Wei Yiji took office, he turned to his side. The core of the two factions' struggle is Shangli on the Yinchuan Army. "

"I already know all this. Tell me something else." Xue Shao said.

"Do you know?" Yao Yuanchong was surprised.

"Don't worry about how I know, I just know anyway." Xue Shao said lightly, "You have been in Shuofang Army for several months, have you not found anything else?"

Yao Yuanchong hesitated for a moment, "...yes!"

"explain!"

"Some people took advantage of their position to participate in tea and horses and sell private salt." Yao Yuanchong said, "After the Turks asked the Tang Dynasty for surrender, some small commercial towns were opened on the border between the two sides. Not far from Fengzhou, there is a 'white mane'. You still remember it? It was once a small village where caravans in the north and south settled. It was once deserted during the war, but now it is about to develop into a large mall that is not inferior to the capital of Shendu."

"What then?" Xue Shao asked frowned.

"The large-scale development of Yinchuan military camp requires a lot of materials and human resources." Yao Yuanchong said, "The caravans selling private goods smuggled a large number of slaves, cattle, horses and other things from the northern desert and sold them to the Bai Zhuanyuan merchant shops at high prices, or exchange them for the tea, green salt, ceramics and silk they needed."

"Sold to Bai Zhuanyuan's shop at a high price?" Xue Shao grabbed the core words.

"Yes." Yao Yuanchong nodded, "A Turkish horse worth 60 trump card can be sold at a price of 100 trump card."

Xue Shao understood after thinking about it. Of course, someone wanted to get kickbacks from the 40-ton difference. So he asked: "Are many of the merchants in Bai Zongyuan opened by Shuofang Army?"

"More than 90% are." Yao Yuanchong nodded, "Anyway, the materials needed by the Shuofang Army are now purchased and transferred from Baizongyuan. Even if the materials purchased from other places, some generals will drag them to Baizongyuan for a walk, so that he can earn a big difference."

"After all the time, they are all lowly activities that use power to seek personal gain. I don't want to hear about this kind of details." Xue Shao hated him, "I'll ask you something. The logistics procurement and supply of the Shuofang Army's army has always been the responsibility of the Hongye Chamber of Commerce. How is its situation now?"

"This..." Yao Yuanchong was a little hesitant.

Xue Shao's heart was shocked. Today, Yao Yuanchong said a lot of things I already knew. The Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce is probably the biggest "secret" he knows!

"Why don't you dare to say it?" Xue Shao frowned, his face not very good-looking, "Are you a disaster coming from your mouth or what?"

"Of course not!" Yao Yuanchong looked worried, "I'm afraid you... get angry."

"I'm already very angry." Xue Shao's face became more and more gloomy. "If you still want to hide it from me, Xue Rentu's temper is about to break out."

"I tell me!" Yao Yuanchong was afraid and said quickly, "After Wei Daijing took office in Xiazhou, he first took back her official 'Salt and iron grain cloth' on the grounds that Yu Hongye secretly mined salt wells and participated in the sale of private salt. The Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce was sealed for three days. Later, after repeated explanations and strong efforts by Liu Youqiu, Su Weidao and others, the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce was lifted, but the official 's right to be granted comprador was unable to be brought back. Otherwise, how would it be the turn of the Bai Zhuianyuan merchant shops to make a fuss?"

"This damn Wei Wei, so brave!" Xue Shaobao was furious and punched the table. "In order to seize money, he dared to attack the Hongye Chamber of Commerce! Didn't he know that the right to comprador of the salt, iron, grain cloth of the Hongye Chamber of Commerce was personally approved by the Queen Mother? This chamber of commerce was just a small shop in the West City, and I finally supported it with great difficulty... Damn, I'm so angry!!!"

Yao Yuanchong was stunned. This was the first time he saw Xue Shao so angry and swearing.

After gasping for a while, Xue Shao shouted, "Wang Yu, get me a cup of tea!"

Wang Yu hurriedly ran in and poured a cup of tea for Xue Shao, and gave Xue Shao a wink.

"If you have farts, just put them, what are you trying to squeeze your eyes?" Xue Shao was angry, took a sip of tea and was so hot that he threw away the cup, and was furious, "Do you want to burn me to death?"

"My cousin is here." Wang Yu said quickly.

Xue Shao was stunned, "Where is it?"

"Outside the door."

"Idiot!" Xue Shao cursed angrily but his voice lowered a lot, "Why not report it early?"

"She, she said you are doing official business and don't let me come in and disturb me." Wang Yu was so scared that he didn't dare to breathe.

Xue Shao pointed at Yao Yuanchong and said, "Sit here and wait, and settle the score with you when you come back!"

Yao Yuanchong smiled bitterly, what are you going to do with me?

Xue Shao took a deep breath and tried to adjust his emotions. Gradually, the anger on his face disappeared. He returned to the old nobleman who was calm and clear in the past, and said to Yao Yuanchong with a smile: "Correction, please wait here for a while, and we will discuss it later. Wang Yu, first give Mr. Yao a cup of good tea, and then accompany him to play chess and wait patiently for me to come back."

"yes."

Wang Yu and Yao Yuanchong looked at each other and smiled bitterly, watching Xue Shao walk out in the steps of a sexy bag that looks like spring breeze.

"Wan'er, why are you here?" There was nothing else to do today, and Xue Shao's tone was full of gentleness.

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes were also quite friendly and said softly: "The Empress Dowager asked me to come and give you a bowl of herbal tea that calms down the heart."

After saying that, Shangguan Wan'er raised a small medicine bag.

"Uh..." Xue Shao was stunned, "How could the Empress Dowager know that I would get angry?"

"There is probably nothing she doesn't know about in this world." Shangguan Wan'er smiled and stuffed the small medicine bag into Xue Shao's hand. "I have to return to the palace to commit suicide."

"Wait, don't rush to leave!" Xue Shao grabbed her hand in a hurry.

Shangguan Wan'er trembled slightly and was not in a hurry to pull her hand back. She just smiled with a blushing smile: "Shangshu Xue, what else can I give me?"

Xue Shao found out that he had lost his composure and quickly let go, and said with a smile: "It's rare to come once, have a cup of tea before leaving. If you want to give me advice, isn't I asking you something about?"

"I really don't know much about the Empress Dowager's delivery of this medicine bag." Shangguan Wan'er picked up the corner of her mouth, showing a slightly playful and regretful expression, "So, I can't help you."

"That's strange." Xue Shao looked at the small medicine bag, "What medicine does her sell in this bag?"

"If you really want to know, why don't you ask the Queen Mother directly?" Shangguan Wan'er said.

"That won't work." Xue Shao said, "If she could make it clear, she wouldn't have sent you to deliver this little medicine bag."

"It can be understood but not expressed in words." Shangguan Wan'er smiled slightly, "Shangshu Xue has always been extremely smart, can he still understand the profound meaning of the empress dowager?"

After Shangguan Wan'er said this, Xue Shao immediately took off the small medicine bag, which was indeed filled with some dry red leaves and black and gray block medicinal materials.

Xue Shao looked around and said that Yu Chinese medicine said that he was basically a layman, so he asked Shangguan Wan'er: "I know these flowers and leaves that can relieve fire and kill insects and detoxify, which are common in the army. But what kind of medicinal herbs are this dark and unpredictable? Do you know them?"

Shangguan Wan'er glanced at her, smiled shyly, and whispered: "This is a vanilla, produced in the former residence of the Shaodang Qiang people. It has the effect of regulating qi and nourishing blood. It is used more by women after giving birth."

Xue Shao’s ringing eyes are skeleton, “Doesn’t it mean you didn’t say it?”

“Angelica.”

Xue Shao grinned, "Did you just say you can't finish angelica?"

"I'm just showing off!" Shangguan Wan'er covered her mouth and smiled.

"Angelica, Angelica..." Xue Shao was stunned, "I am a big man, what is the use of such a medicine for?"

Shangguan Wan'er was still eating and laughing, "Maybe the Empress Dowager knows that the concubine you secretly kept outside is pregnant and is about to give birth?"

"Nonsense, am I such a person?" Xue Shao was so stern that he even felt that he was so kind.

Shangguan Wan'er just laughed, and the more she smiled, the brighter she couldn't help it.

"Flower red leaves, angelica...red leaves angelica?" Xue Shao looked at the pills over and over again, thinking to himself: Could Wu Zetian mean that it is time for the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce to come back?

Following this meaning, Xue Shao thought about it carefully. After all, he was the emperor and the minister. Now Wei Daijing has become the new master of Xiazhou. It is reasonable for him to fully grasp the economic power. This may be the motivation for him to attack the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce. He knew the relationship between the Red Leaf Chamber of Commerce and me, Xue Shao, and he had no reason, and he had no courage to break up with me.

It is indeed inappropriate for Yu Hongye to stay there. Where can I make money? There is no way to make money? The gold everywhere in the capital is more active than the business opportunities in Xiazhou. But how can I swallow this?... Obviously, Wu Zetian already knew these inside stories and knew that I would get angry because of this. So she first sent Shangguan Wan'er to persuade me not to be angry, and then advised me to put the overall situation first and not to make a temporary profit dispute with Wei Daiji. At worst, I could just transfer Yu Hongye back to the capital to start a new thing!

In this way, even Wu Zetian made some tolerance and concessions to Wei Daijing. The purpose was nothing more than to make him sit in Xiazhou and manage the army well, just like she used to hug me Xue Shao to protect her shortcomings.

Thinking of this, Xue Shao couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that he had to settle the score with Wei Wai in the future. As a major official of the country, I would never have broken up with him because of a little dispute over business and profit, which made the entire Xiazhou Governor's Office and Shuofang Army uneasy.

"It seems that Prince Xue has already understood the Queen Mother's intention?" Shangguan Wan'er suddenly asked.

"No!" Xue Shao put the pills on the table and said with a smile, "Why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea and patiently help me take a look?"
Chapter completed!