When Wu Shigong arrived in the county town of Li Lu, the most important thing was to determine the location of the Nanyang camp and how to set up soldiers. However, his meeting with local gentry such as Wan Wendong was actually not a big deal. The most important role was nothing more than

Just give those gentry some reassurance.

So on the second day after arriving in the county seat, Wu Shigong declined Wan Wendong's request to stay and took his own troops back to Runing Mansion. Because he captured these two mining areas, he also let go of such a worry.

, so although this return trip cannot be said to be a sightseeing tour, it was still a very leisurely trip.

But just halfway, he met the courier from Runing Camp who was flying from Runing Mansion to deliver a letter. When the courier met Wu Shigong, he immediately handed Wu Shigong an urgent letter written by Deng Qifan.

Wu Shigong opened the letter and saw that Deng Qifan had written six big characters on the letter: "Something happened at home. Come home quickly!"

Wu Shigong immediately asked the messenger: What happened at home? But the messenger didn't know the reason. So Wu Shigong could only hurry up and rush to Runing Fucheng as fast as possible.

Guo Zeng'an has been in Runing Prefecture for seven days. Because Wu Shigong's dispatch of troops to Nanyang Prefecture was a secret operation, Guo Zeng'an went to the Runing Prefecture's garrison office every day to visit Wu Shigong, but always received a closed door.

However, when Guo Zeng'an visited Wu Shigong for the first time, Mr. Deng, who claimed to be Wu Shigong's staff, received him. Guo Zeng'an also briefly explained the purpose of his visit to Mr. Deng. Therefore, these days, Guo Zeng'an also felt that there were always people around him.

Some people were watching. But those people who were watching were very measured and did not affect Guo Zeng'an's actions.

Guo Zeng'an knew that as long as he did not leave Runing Fucheng, those people who were following him would definitely not harass him. The reason why they were following him was just to prevent him from leaving Runing Fucheng for the time being. After thinking about it, Guo Zeng'an gave up.

The mentality has settled down as soon as it comes. However, Guo Zeng'an is also a little confused in his heart: "If Wu Shoubei doesn't stay in Runing Fucheng properly, where will he be for such a long time?"

In the Guo family of Yangzhou where Guo Zeng'an lives, men were withering away in his father's generation. Of course, men were also declining in Guo Zeng'an's generation. Otherwise, Guo Zeng'an's son, born to a mother who was once a nun, would not have become the current Guo Zeng'an.

The "head" of the family.

The result of these generations of single-lineage inheritance is that Guo Zeng'an was pampered and pampered in his youth. Let's put it this way. What is the appearance of a young master from a wealthy family, then this is what Guo Zeng'an looked like in his youth.

However, when Guo Zeng'an was seventeen years old, his father died of a serious illness. Guo Zeng'an, who had just grown up, was suddenly freed from his days of idleness and had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of supporting the entire family.

It should be said that Guo Zeng'an acted as if he had grown up all of a sudden at that time. But after all, he was still young and had not fully learned from his father how to take over the family business before. Therefore, when he first took over the family business,

From then on, Guo Zeng'an also suffered a lot.

But Guo Zeng'an's mind turned quickly. He simply attached his Guo family to the Lin family, one of the four major salt merchant families in Yangzhou. Although this way, his Guo family's gains were somewhat less, but

With the support of the Lin family, the Guo family finally got through that difficult period.

Needless to say, Guo Zeng'an's reckless character and image of speaking without thinking were deeply rooted in the hearts of local salt merchants in Yangzhou. And even more so in the future, Guo Zeng'an often became the first enemy of the Lin family at the suggestion of the Lin family.

The role of firing. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Guo Zeng'an has completely become a pawn of the Lin family.

Over time, Guo Zeng'an's reckless and stupid appearance became known to everyone in Yangzhou. But is Guo Zeng'an really such a person? In fact, under his appearance, he hides shrewdness and ambition. He always wants to revive his Guo family.

.Otherwise, without Guo Zeng'an's shrewdness, his Guo family would have been swallowed whole by other salt merchants.

Half a month ago, a piece of news came from the Yangzhou Salt Transport Envoy Yamen. For the Yangzhou salt merchants, the Yangzhou Salt Transport Envoy Yamen had no secrets at all, because under the silver bullet offensive of these salt merchants, the Yamen

Many of the officials and servants here became the spies of these salt merchants.

This news is very pleasing to the Yangzhou salt merchants. It is said that under the promotion of the current head of the Qi family, Qi Chun'an, the salt transport envoy Master Guan has written to his patron, the chief minister Zhou Yanru, requesting that you

Ningfu garrison Wu Shigong was transferred out of Henan Province.

In addition, the messenger from the capital reported that the chief minister also agreed to the suggestion of the governor. In the near future, Wu Guards will be mobilized to Liaodong to rescue Daling River City and fight the Tatars desperately!

For these salt merchants in Yangzhou, although they had reached a relatively satisfactory agreement with Wu Shigong not long ago, that kind of agreement had the feeling of an alliance under the city. And this kind of alliance under the city always left behind those who thought it was based on

He only cares about his own money and looks like a salt merchant with a proud and arrogant attitude.

Besides, Wu Shigong killed more than 400 of the salt merchants' men in Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion. Although his men were not valuable in the eyes of those salt merchants, the dog beating still depends on the owner's face.

!

However, compared to the benefits, this issue of face is a trivial matter. Wu Shigong has already charged an extra 1 yuan of silver for each rock salt product. If Wu Shigong can be driven away, then won't this 1 yuan of silver fall into the pocket of the salt merchant?

?As for whether the price will be reduced? Those salt merchants will definitely sneer at this proposal. Let’s wait until the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Consumer Protection Law are established.

Therefore, all the salt merchants who got the news were happy to see the development of the matter. They were waiting for Wu Shigong to leave, and then rushed to Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion to take over the results.

Of course, this news was also delivered on a small scale, that is to say, in Yangzhou City, only the big and prestigious salt merchants would get this news. The Guo family and the Lu family who had taken refuge with Wu Shigong were not qualified to get this news.

But Guo Zeng'an got the news by accident. It should be said that his recklessness and stupidity played a big role in the process of getting the news. The eldest son of the Lin family was in Helou's house.

When the girl was flirting and bragging, she was not on guard against Guo Zeng'an, but Guo Zeng'an overheard her.

At this time, Guo Zeng'an was sensitive to an opportunity. He wanted to go to Runing Mansion and tell Wu Shigong the news to show the Guo family's goodwill towards Wu Shigong.

Guo Zeng'an's idea is: since the first assistant Zhou Dashi has given the order, then Wu Shigong's transfer is inevitable. And after Wu Shigong was transferred from Henan, if Wu Shigong's power is indeed as judged by other salt merchants, he also left Henan

, then Guo Zeng'an would have just made this trip in vain and performed a useless effort at most.

However, Guo Zeng'an had come to Runing Mansion and had a face-to-face meeting with Wu Shigong. When he came to Runing Mansion last time, Guo Zeng'an, in addition to meeting Wu Shigong, also learned about Wu Shigong's situation in detail through various relationships.

Of course, Guo Zeng'an will definitely not be able to find out Wu Shigong's true strength. However, Guo Zeng'an can also be sure that Wu Shigong's strength is more than what is revealed on the surface.

Therefore, Guo Zeng'an made a bold guess. After Wu Shigong left Henan with his apparent strength, Wu Shigong's hidden strength could still completely control the salt products of Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion.

market.

Guo Zeng'an understood that if the result of his speculation was true, then his good behavior of selling to Wu Shigong this time would be greatly rewarded. This would be extremely beneficial to his revitalization of the family business.

Even if Wu Shigong didn't respond, there would be no harm in befriending a local general like Wu Shigong.

Of course, Guo Zeng'an also knew that his move was an act of betraying the interests of the entire salt merchant group. So Guo Zeng'an found an excuse and asked his servants to spread the word that he would not receive outsiders behind closed doors.

Then, Guo Zeng'an took a few followers and rushed to Runing Fucheng on horseback. But to Guo Zeng'an's surprise, Wu Shigong was not at home. At this time, Wu Shigong happened to leave for Nanyang Mansion. These two people happened to be

Got sidetracked.

With no other choice, Guo Zeng'an had no choice but to stay in Runing Fucheng, waiting for Wu Shigong's return.

When Deng Qifan received Guo Zeng'an, after Guo Zeng'an's brief introduction, he learned that the imperial court would transfer Wu Shigong to Liaodong to fight the Tatars.

This sudden news immediately shocked Deng Qifan. So Deng Qifan immediately sent a messenger to Nanyang Mansion, asking Wu Shigong to rush back to Runing Mansion as soon as possible and make corresponding countermeasures as soon as possible.

Of course, Guo Zeng'an will not discuss the whole incident with Deng Qifan in detail. Because Guo Zeng'an does not know how close the relationship between Deng Qifan and Wu Shigong is.

And Deng Qifan would never write this matter in a letter, let alone reveal it to the messenger. So when Wu Shigong met the messenger, this kind of thing happened. There was only one letter with no head.
Chapter completed!