"Suzhou Zhechong Prefecture is under the Shesheng Guards. Although I am the Jiedushi of Huainan Province and have the power to directly appoint me, I cannot ignore the court's legal system. If the Suzhou Zhechong Prefecture Army is included in your subordinates, I am afraid that the Shesheng Guards will
If you want to talk to me, tell me."
Hearing this, Zhang Shiyi secretly thought in his heart that the forces in Jiangnan were very complicated. If they directly swallowed up other people's troops, the Shesheng Guards would definitely be unhappy. Even if they didn't care about these nearly a thousand soldiers, they would still be embarrassed.
"What do you mean, sir?"
Xie Fu asked: "The army cannot be without generals for a day. Who can General Zhang recommend?"
Zhang Shiyi immediately understood Xie Fu's idea. Although the Suzhou Zhechong Mansion Army belonged to the Shengsheng Guard in name, it could secretly develop into his own army.
Zhang Shiyi thought for a while, and then said after a while: "Originally, my deputy general Lin Han was brave, but he lacked resourcefulness and was unable to take on the big task. The general couldn't think of any suitable candidates for the moment."
The implication of the words is to let Xie Fu place his confidants in his place.
After all, Xie Fu was an airborne military envoy and had no one on hand. The first personal army in his hands naturally required his most trusted confidants, and he had no one at the moment.
After thinking for a while, he said: "I'm going to Yangzhou tomorrow. Let's do this. The post of Captain Zhechong of Suzhou will be occupied by you, General Zhang."
Zhang Shiyi nodded: "The last general will take orders."
Xie Fu continued: "I am editing a letter now. You can take this letter and go to the Gu Mansion tomorrow to find Mr. Gu Xuan and Gu Sanye, and ask him to use the Rudong School Ground to reorganize the Suzhou Zhechong Mansion Army."
Xie Fu also wanted to use the power of the Gu family's tiger guard to suppress these soldiers.
Zhang Shiyi nodded.
Xie Fu continued: "I don't know when I will come back. General Zhang, you are affiliated with Changzhou and stationed in Suzhou in recent days. I am afraid that the military quota is also a problem. Let's do this. I will write another letter and you can go directly to Suzhou Granary.
Collect the required military rations, and if you are not in urgent need of other supplies, I will make other arrangements."
Zhang Shiyi was surprised and said: "Directly!"
There is a formal process for military rations to go from official warehouses to the hands of the army. The official warehouses in Suzhou support soldiers in Changzhou, so the procedures are even more complicated.
Xie Fu said with a smile: "This is not an official warehouse, but a private warehouse of merchants. As for the documents, we will make up for it later."
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Early the next morning, Xie Fu and He Qing set out for Yangzhou.
Everything can be slowed down and suppressed, but the love of marrying He cannot be delayed any longer.
He must give this woman who has followed him wholeheartedly a status and a warm and complete family that He Qing longs for most.
From now on, no matter when and where she is, she will no longer fight alone, she will have a family behind her to back her up.
This time the two of them did not plan to bring any entourage, not even Xia'er, the personal maid, which was what He Qing meant.
Xie Fu didn't know what He Qing was thinking, but her arrangements were always right.
When he arrived at the gate, he was shocked to see several cars of luggage.
"Didn't you say that just the two of us will go back? You are planning to bring the entire Tantai Mansion's servants with you."
Tantai Heqing smiled and said: "These are the gifts I prepared for grandpa."
As we were about to set off today, Tantai Heqing got up before dawn and took stock of the things she had prepared. She always did things safely and rarely made mistakes.
Xie Fu grinned: "So much, it must be your dowry."
Tantai Heqing gave Xie Fu an angry look: "My dowry, there are more than just a few cars, how can I transport it by ship?"
Xie Fu believed that He Qing would have the most money if he had no other friends.
Tantai Heqing explained: "In addition to the gifts for grandpa, the Xie Mansion has prepared them from top to bottom."
Xie Fu said with a smile: "Although my family is not as wealthy as your Tantai Mansion, there are still dozens of people now."
"I remember it all, let's go."
"No wonder you asked me who is in the Xie Mansion these past two days? Since you want to bribe them all, don't miss them, otherwise they will hate you."
"Don't worry, I can remember the hundreds of people in Bufang, let alone the dozens."
Butler Kong looked at the happy enemies happily. He especially liked to watch the young master quarreling with the young lady. The young lady was no longer so cold. There was someone worthy of quarreling with her.
From the time the young master and the young lady met and fell in love, Butler Kong had watched them all the way. He also hoped that he could live longer and watch the two of them bicker until they grow old.
The carriage drove to the dock and loaded several carts of goods onto the ship. In order to reduce the bumps on the road, the two chose to take the water route and go north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.
This was also the first time the two of them went out together. They enjoyed the scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait along the way. The water route was slower than the land route, and they arrived in Yangzhou a few days later.
The ship docked at Shanyang Port in Yangzhou.
Tantai Heqing stood on the shore and looked at the busy scene at the pier.
Merchant ships, boatmen busy loading and unloading goods, carriages, horses and servants transporting goods all mingled together.
The wide estuary and long shoreline allow larger ships to dock than Shangshantang in Suzhou.
Compared with Suzhou, waterways and land transportation also extend in all directions. What is more advantageous than Suzhou is that goods can be sold at this terminal to Silla, Goryeo, Japan, and even further places.
As he looked at it, he couldn't help but murmur: "No wonder Huo Duan became the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River. He occupies this precious land and robbed him of half of the world's business."
Xie Fu moved all the goods from the ship to the shore. For him, there was no such thing as heavy or not, but there were too many and too many things, scattered and scattered. He didn't know what gifts He Qing had prepared.
In order to avoid damaging it, I walked back and forth more than a dozen times carefully.
Seeing Tantai Heqing staring at the scenery at the pier, he asked: "Heqing, what are you looking at?"
Tantai He said calmly: "It's okay, it's the same old habit."
"You have a lot of problems, what's wrong with you?"
Tantai Heqing gave him an angry look: "I'll make money to support you."
Xie Fu chuckled and said, "I remember that I didn't take advantage of you in this regard."
Tantai Heqing picked up Xie Fu's clothes and said, "Master Xie, can everyone afford to wear this silk? And can everyone afford to sleep on my flower palm bed..."
Xie Fu interrupted: "Okay, okay, I'll take advantage of you. I'll take advantage of you."
Tantai Heqing said arrogantly: "Don't say that you don't want to, I should treat you well, and it is only natural that you take advantage of me."
Suddenly I found that Xie Fu had brought all the luggage up, and he was surprised: "You have brought everything up?"
Xie Fu asked back: "Is it possible for a pampered young lady like you to take action?"
Tantai He shook his head helplessly and said sarcastically: "You are used to being a servant, when will you learn to be a master?"
Xie Fu said with a smile: "I am destined to be a slave to you, and I will be ridden by you on the bed."
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After Tantai He's face flushed, he gave up and said, "Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with you, just watch."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of broken silver and raised his hand slightly elegantly and noblely.
Although the silver fragments are not big, they sparkle in the sun and are very dazzling in some people's eyes.
Many men waiting for work immediately looked towards Tantai Heqing, stood up almost at the same time, and quickly approached Tantai Heqing.
As they walked, they looked at each other warily.
After the first man started running, the others immediately followed.
Before Xie Fu could see what was going on, he saw them struggling.
There are several gangs, among which the two gangs have the largest number of people and are the most fiercely competitive.
Seeing that they couldn't fight, the others gave up the idea, leaving only these two groups to continue fighting.
The two gangs were obviously not far away from Tantai Heqing, but despite the tug and fight, they were unable to get close to Tantai Heqing.
Tantai Heqing smiled and watched with interest. Suddenly she saw Xie Fu looking at her with a strange expression, and said indifferently: "I want you to watch the show, isn't it nice?"
Xie Fu has not been welcomed in the house since he was a child. He also came from poverty and is compassionate. "It's not good to play with the poor."
Tantai Heqing glanced at Xie Fu: "I'm too lazy to tell you."
Suddenly he couldn't help but add: "In the house, I don't even bother to take a second look at the servants. Am I very free? If you want to play, I will play with you."
While talking, a man with a bruised nose and face came to Tantai Heqing: "Miss, do you need someone?"
"Yes, how many of you are there?"
"There are eight of us."
As the man said this, he turned around and waved, and seven men came over after straightening their torn clothes.
"Okay, it's just the eight of you. For these two silver dollars, I'll hire you to move some things in the morning."
"Thank you, miss."
Tantai Heqing pointed at the luggage that Fu had just carried from the ship: "Carry all these things onto the ship first."
Xie Fu was stunned for a moment when he heard this. I had just moved it up, and you asked people to move it back again. Are you deliberately challenging me?
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Yangzhou is my territory, so don't act like a young lady in front of me.
The eight people immediately started carrying the luggage back to the ship.
Tantai Heqing shouted: "You guys don't leave yet, I'm still short of manpower."
The group of people who had just lost the fight immediately came to Tantai Heqing in a hurry.
"What are your orders, Miss?"
"Let's wait until they finish moving."
There were so many people that we had to carry our luggage back to the boat twice.
At this time, Tantai Heqing pointed to another group of people and said: "Give me the luggage on the boat to help them get ashore."
Both groups were stunned, and Xie Fu was also stunned.
After saluting and moving ashore again, Tantai Heqing asked: "Is there a carriage?"
The heads of the two gangs responded at the same time: "Yes!"
Tantai Heqing pointed at a group of people and said, "You guys can help me carry my luggage."
Then he pointed at another group of people and said, "You guys will be my bodyguards."
Although there was a lot of luggage, sixteen people were hired at once, eight to carry the luggage and eight to serve as bodyguards.
On the way, Fu Xie couldn't help but said to Tantai Heqing: "You are more elegant without an entourage than with an entourage. You just hired sixteen people with just such a small amount of luggage. You are afraid that others will not know that you have money and no place."
Flowers?”
Tantai Heqing didn't look at Xie Fu and sighed: "No, it's my husband who is stupid. I have to teach him by words and deeds."
Xie Fu asked in surprise: "How can you say this?"
Tantai Heqing explained in a low voice: "This is called checks and balances. You have to be on guard against others when you go out. These two gangs are equally powerful and are deadly enemies. Even if one of them is interested in making money and has any evil thoughts towards me, there are other
