Soon it was the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, and Dai Dezhen, the Dai family, wanted to contact Li Chang. The reputation of Baiguo Niang in Chang'an City had already spread to all parts of Daqian. There were tens of thousands of gold bottles of sake, and Baiguo Niang had already surpassed this category.
Daqian is rich, but not everyone can afford to drink Baiguo Niang. Therefore, Dai Dezhen’s original intention of obtaining Baiguo Niang was not to make profits, but to use the name of Baiguo Niang to make friends with wine and further penetrate the market. Enter Daqian's officialdom.
Zhou Zheng can be regarded as a capable person who has gained momentum in Dai Dezhen's hands in the past two years. Whether it is water transportation or human relations, Zhou Zheng does everything meticulously. Dai Dezhen even thinks about whether she can recruit Zhou Zheng.
Dai Dezhen, who was over fifty years old, had a paunchy, wealthy appearance, fair face and clean beard, and was very approachable. However, Zhou Zheng knew that what this wealthy businessman from Chang'an, who was kind to his family, did behind the scenes could only be described as the indignation of men and gods.
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This product that Yu Daqian regarded as destroying human relations and destroying humanity was Dai's main business behind his back.
Collect three- and four-year-old boys and raise them in the same way as girls. Those with handsome features at the age of nine will be taught, supplemented by music, chess, calligraphy and painting. When they are fourteen, they will be sold to those in need.
As for the remaining ones, their tongues will be cut off, castrated, their limbs mutilated, and sold to Daqian folk sideshows.
Or become a beggar, a mole cricket's spy.
As for the remains, they will be sold to the tantric demon monks at the Inspiration Temple in Yanxingmen as a source of training.
This time, the Luben Army was asked to deal with the Dai family in Yongpingfang. In fact, all the personnel from the Peony Internal Guard were sent to the Yanxingmen Inspiration Temple.
Early in the morning on the ninth day of the lunar month, Su Ce put on his armor and hid in the carriage. Li Chang didn't know why Su Ce needed to go in person to hand over the final payment for the land purchase, but Su Ce had given instructions and he didn't want to show anyone.
The carriage traveled for two hours and arrived at Yonghefang. At this time, Zhou Zheng had already been waiting in Yonghefang with the accountant and Dai's servants for a long time.
"Manager Zhou, please get in the carriage and talk!" Li Chang stuck his head out of the carriage and shouted to Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng was a little confused, but he still ordered the accountant to take care of the money: "Carefully do it carefully, not too much, not too little, otherwise be careful of what you are waiting for!"
The final payment this time totaled 14,000 yuan, but this had already wiped out all of Su Zhuang's savings, including not only strings of copper coins but also gold and silver that were not circulating in the market.
"Steward Li, here you come!" Zhou Zheng turned his head and smiled, striding towards the carriage.
Zhou Zheng dared to get on the carriage, and was not afraid of his men going to report to Dai Dezhen, because when he came, Dai Dezhen asked him to go over and conspire with Li Chang to see if he could get a bigger share and lure him. Dai Dezhen was very eager to control a powerful nobleman. The people I had roped in before were no more than third-rank officials, no more than earls, and their weight was too small.
The Northland Mole Cricket was wiped out because the people in Chang'an City were too small to have access to Daqian's secrets.
And Su Ce's momentum was very strong. It was spread in Chang'an City that the Duke of Qi and the Duke of Anding were standing behind Jingyang County. As for Dingbei Marquis Li Sizhe, no one mentioned it.
After Li Sizhe became a marquis, he contracted tuberculosis and worked hard on the frontier. Unlike the noble generals or people from aristocratic families who rose in the official career, he started as a soldier step by step. Throughout his life in the military, his health had already deteriorated. Lost money.
As soon as Zhou Zheng got on the carriage, he saw a soldier in black clothes and black armor sitting in the carriage, wearing the familiar standard armor of the frontier army.
"It's me!" Su Ce raised his mask and pointed to the side: "Sit!"
Li Chang took out a handkerchief with a wink, tore it in half, stuffed it into his ears, turned his face sideways, and covered his ears with his hands.
Zhou Zheng hesitated for a moment, then relaxed and frowned: "Why are you here? I didn't know it was a matter of confidentiality!"
Facing Zhou Zheng's accusation, Su Ce accepted it calmly and said with a smile: "You have the nerve to accuse me. If I hadn't heard someone mention it, I wouldn't have known you were like this now."
Zhou Zheng looked at Li Chang and Su Ce nodded slightly. Zhou Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved. Although he only stayed with Su Ce for three or four months, Su Ce was cautious. Li Chang must be Su Ce.
Someone you can trust.
"If the heavy rain fails, the time will be your destiny!" Zhou Zheng smiled bitterly, but he understood that Su Ce's adventurous trip was definitely not to reminisce with him.
"Paper! Pen!" Su Ce took out a roll of rice paper and a charcoal pen wrapped in paper from his arms.
"To make a long story short, Dai has been running Yongpingfang for hundreds of years. It can be said that the people inside have been bribed by Dai to a greater or lesser extent. They only recognize Dai Dezhen, but they don't know Mole Cricket. But be careful around the circle next to Dai's house. They
I'm not an honest commoner, I haven't touched the core yet, but there is no open channel in Dai Mansion." Zhou Zheng said while drawing a map of Yongpingfang.
Cartography is one of the eight arts that must be learned by the soldiers of the government. The eight arts include formation, fighting, wrestling, crossbows, weightlifting, equestrianism, map recognition, and cartography. Zhou Zheng was also a leader in Zhechong Prefecture at that time, otherwise he would not have been a businessman.
Obtain a striker selection order.
"You mean there is a secret passage underground?" As soon as Zhou Zheng stopped talking, Su Ce immediately reacted.
Zhou Zheng nodded: "The entrance is in the rockery in the inner courtyard of Dai Mansion. I have never been in it, but for a hundred years, the Dai family has not moved from beginning to end. The Peony Internal Guard sent people to ask the elderly people in the city, Yongpingfang Zhong
One day, the inner guard inspected and found that the ground in Yongpingfang was one meter higher than it was a hundred years ago. Last year, the Dai family rebuilt the road in Yongpingfang, probably because they were afraid of being discovered by piling up dirt."
Su Ce frowned. He shouldn't underestimate it. Rumor has it that the Peony Internal Guard was formed by Taizu's selection of elite scouts from the army. The scouts in the army were all selected from a hundred and could lead the Peony Internal Guard by the nose in a hundred years.
Mole cricket, Su Ce really doesn't dare to underestimate it.
Originally, Su Ce thought that two thousand Brigade Ben troops were too many. Now it seems that the Peony Guards had considered picking the middle Brigade Ben troops. Otherwise, to deal with a Dai Mansion, three or four regiments would be enough, and Lu Ben troops would be sent
Ten regiments of troops.
"There are hundreds of servants in the Dai family, many of whom are from the martial arts world. They are all good shooters. It is easy to hide from open guns, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows. As for the underground, I have not explored it. I beg you, can the second lady of the Dai family stay here?
"Zhou Zheng was a little shy as he spoke.
But Su Ce shook his head. Zhou Zheng's heart sank when he saw Su Ce shaking his head.
"You and I are all chess pieces. Zhou Zheng made one careless move and lost everything. The Dai family has been passed down for hundreds of years. Do you think we dare to bet that this second lady doesn't know how to be a mole cricket?"
Zhou Zheng smiled sadly: "I understand!"
Su Ce did not comfort Zhou Zheng. As a soldier of the government, he had a long love for his children and heard too many stories about heroes who were short of breath. Moreover, many soldiers of the Daqian government were lost because of crickets. This was something Su Ce would not agree to with Zhou Zheng.
The reason is.
"Zhou Zheng!" Seeing Zhou Zheng getting up to get off the carriage, Su Ce shouted.
"I'll do it myself!" Zhou Zheng stopped and turned to look at Su Ce.
"Those who walk at night cannot see the sun. I will ask the second prince to let you return to your hometown. Zhou Zheng, don't do stupid things. Mole crickets are like stubborn diseases. Don't forget why the garrison leader died!" Su Ce knew Zhou Zheng.
He is still unmarried, and when he meets a woman he is in love with, he cannot persuade her about love matters, but Su Ce still does so.
"I'm suffering today, but I just hope no one will suffer tomorrow!" Zhou Zheng turned his head and said a little lonely. After speaking, he opened the door of the carriage and jumped out of the carriage with a joyful smile on his face.
At this time, the money outside had been sorted out. Zhou Zheng had been in the car for less than half an hour. It was also Li Chang who had arranged the money in an orderly manner, otherwise he would not be able to finish sorting it out in half an hour.
On the way back, Li Chang hesitated to speak, and Su Ce did not explain. Seeing that Su Ce and Zhou Zheng were old acquaintances, but Su Ce didn't say anything, and Li Chang didn't ask. Li Chang knew many of Su Ce's secrets.
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But because of this, Li Chang understood better why Su Ce had full trust in those who followed Su Ce back then. It was probably because he could hide the secret.
Moreover, Su's father also recruited some of the twenty personal guards to divide and rule. Su Ce understood these principles, but did not do it. However, Su's father, who was just a rich man, made Suzhuang into a monolith.
Show kindness, Su’s father shows power.
Among the twenty personal guards that year, four were expelled from Suzhuang. These were all done by Su's father, but Su Ce pretended not to know. Suzhuang could not tolerate those with different ideas.
Instead of taking the lives of those four people, Su's father was thinking about their old relationship with Su Ce. After that, Su Ce's bodyguards became servants. Seeing those boys grow up, he was grateful.
The old guards of the Su Mansion, who were so kind to the villagers, did not dare to have other thoughts.
The Daqian people valued righteousness, and Su Ce was kind to his colleagues. If someone really did something unjust, Su Ce would not need to take action. There were plenty of old guards who could deal with those people.
Li Chang was one of the people who took action back then.
The four people wanted to sell the recipe for Baiguo Brewing to the dignitaries of Chang'an City. Su Ce was still out on an expedition. When Su's father found out, he just sent the four people and their families out of Suzhuang.
Li Chang personally led the remaining fifteen guards to ambush outside Suzhuang, firing volleys of bows and crossbows. Although they were former colleagues, no one could forgive the betrayer. No matter whether they were old or weak, women or children, they were all killed and tied with ropes.
Sinking into the river, no one was left alive.
When Li Chang and his fifteen personal guards came back at night, Su's father did not mention the matter again and handed the family's account book to Li Chang. At the same time, the monthly income of the other fifteen personal guards doubled.
Su Ce didn't know about these things. When Su Ce came back, the number of twenty personal guards was still twenty, but there were four new faces among them. These four people were found by Su's father. Li Chang and the others used to
The nursing home calls itself, but they can no longer bear the title of personal guard.
It doesn't matter whether Su Ce knows those things or not. It's better to pretend to be confused than to get to the bottom of many things.
Therefore, the more Su Ce trusts Li Chang, the less Li Chang dares to have any second thoughts. Su's father has already seen his methods, but Su Ce has never revealed them.
Those who serve as generals in the army are not ruthless!
Su Ce reminded Zhou Zheng when they separated, because he was afraid that if Zhou Zheng had feelings for his children and ruined something big, it would not be as simple as losing someone's head.
If it really comes to that point, Su Ce will not show mercy! This is both a reminder and a warning!
Zhou Zheng is not a fool, and Su Ce wearing armor to see him is a deterrent in itself.
As a hidden stake, Zhou Zheng understood that this was the second prince using Su Ce to remind him of his identity. As for whether Su Ce really missed his old relationship, only Su Ce knew, and Zhou Zheng could only know that Su Ce was doing it for him.
Old love comes back.
On the way back, Su Ce did not speak to Li Chang. When he got off the carriage, he said something that made Li Chang confused: "It is also a Buddha and a demon, and the mind of the Buddha and the demon appears!"