The two left the restaurant, Li Desun took the lead and walked in front, turned into an alley, and then kept walking to a remote place.
After a long time, the two came to a cesspool.
Li Desun didn't mind the smell either. He looked around and saw no one was around. He raised the letter in his hand and said coldly: "Where did you get this thing from?"
The drinker said: "Why ask even though you already know?"
Li Desun gritted his teeth and said, "Did Zhang Yangquan send you here?"
The drinker said coldly: "You should call me King!"
"The king who is bigger than your grandma! Believe it or not, I will kill you and throw you into the manure pit?"
The drinker said coldly: "Okay, I believe Fang Guozhen will use a method ten times more cruel than this to make you unable to survive or die!"
The muscles on Li Desun's face trembled, obviously thinking of Fang Guozhen's previous methods of dealing with traitors.
"You...what do you want to do?" he said in a hoarse voice.
The drinker said: "When the king let you go, he should have told you what to do next!"
Li Desun took a deep breath and said: "Okay, I can tell you Fang Guozhen's situation, but I have a condition!"
The drinker said: "Say!"
"I hope your Majesty will send someone to take my son from Taizhou to Jiangdu!"
The drinker was stunned for a moment and said, "Only your son? Where are your other family members?"
Li Desun said indifferently: "Fang Guozhen is as shrewd as a ghost. If you rescue all my family members, he will easily notice you!"
The drinker didn't say anything more and nodded.
Li Desun then whispered: "Fang Guozhen often sends scouts to Lu Sichang recently!"
The drinker was surprised and said: "Lv Sichang? Isn't that a salt farm in the north of Tongzhou?"
Li Desun glanced at him sideways and said: "I didn't expect that a secret agent from the Jiangdu Military Region knew the terrain of Tongzhou so well! Yes, Lu Sichang is located on the northern coast of Tongzhou!"
The drinker pondered: "Although there is a small dock in Lu Sichang, it cannot allow the army to land. What is he doing inquiring there?"
Li Desun sneered: "How do I know?"
The bartender said: "Li Desun, let me remind you that my king always only looks at merit and not people. If you can make great contributions, no matter whether the king likes you or not, he will definitely reward you! Don't miss this last opportunity!"
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Li Desun was silent for a while and said: "I guess he wants to lead hundreds of dead soldiers to raid Tongzhou from the rear! As long as Tongzhou is chaotic, a large fleet of our army and the Yuan army can take the opportunity to capture Tongzhou City!"
The drinker pondered for a long time and nodded: "Very good."
He handed over a piece of paper and said: "If there is any important news in the future, you go to this steamed bun shop. The shopkeeper and the waiter are all our people!"
Li Desun silently took the note.
The drinker glanced around and said, "Then I'll leave first. You can come out after a while. Be careful and don't let Fang Guozhen discover any flaws!"
Li Desun hummed: "I know."
A quarter of an hour after the drinkers left, Li Desun left the alley cursing and chattering.
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At Jiangdu City Pier, Xue Xue stood on the shore, wiping the sweat from her forehead and looking very anxious.
Next to him, Ma Yulin stood with his hands behind his hands and said calmly: "You don't have to worry, since your court has agreed to change people, it will not go back on it easily, and your brother has also arrived in Xuzhou!"
Xuexue said in surprise: "Seriously?"
Ma Yulin said: "Why did I lie to you? Hama and Dong Tuanxiao went to Xuzhou together!"
Xuexue hurriedly asked: "I heard about the rebel army, ah no, the rebel army is attacking Xuzhou. Is it safe for my brother to go there?"
"Don't worry, they also took 50,000 troops from Hebei and brought them to Xuzhou. After Dong Tuanxiao took charge of Xuzhou's troops, he defeated the rebels in Pizhou and Xiaoxian successively!"
Xuexue cheered: "Okay!"
Ma Yulin glanced at him and said: "But I heard that Dong Tuanxiao had some objections to exchanging ten officials from the Ministry of Industry for you as a marshal!"
Xuexue turned from joy to anger: "How dare he! If I hadn't promoted him, he would have been killed by Tuotuo!"
Ma Yulin narrowed his eyes and said: "In short, I have told you the internal situation of Yuanting. I hope you will be careful after returning to Yuanting and not be plotted by traitors!"
Xuexue glanced at Ma Yulin doubtfully, frowned and said, "Why do you care so much about me?"
Ma Yulin looked at him and smiled without saying a word.
At this moment, a large ship sailed in the distance with a flag with the word "Yuan" on it. Xuexue was overjoyed and said: "Here we are, haha, finally here!"
After the big ship stopped at the shore, a piece of wood was put down on the ship.
An official quickly ran off the ship with his clothes in hand, came to Xuexue, performed a Mongolian etiquette, and said: "Xuexue Palm Commander, I am late for your post, so you have been wronged!"
Xuexue's eyes turned red and she choked with sobs: "Take me out of here quickly, I want to see my brother as soon as possible!"
As he was about to get on the boat, Ma Yulin raised his hand to stop him and said, "Don't worry, the person we want hasn't gotten off yet!"
The Yuan envoy shouted towards the big ship: "Come down, you are not a young girl who has not yet left the cabinet, so why are you dawdling!"
After he finished speaking, a group of officials aged between 40 and 60 were seen filing off the boat, all with angry faces.
The highest official position of these people is the Minister of Industry, and the lowest official position is the same as Hu Guangcao before, the head of the Ministry of Industry.
They originally lived a stable life in Dadu, but inexplicably they were removed from their official positions and sent to Jiangdu via the Grand Canal on a ship.
Now it's like being traded items, being driven off the ship by the Yuanshi, not to mention the frustration in my heart.
After all ten people came down, Ma Yulin verified their identities, got on the carriage with the ten people, and went to the Ordnance Bureau. Xuexue also took the boat back to Xuzhou.
These ten people were on pins and needles along the way and had no interest in the bustling street scene of Jiangdu.
Everyone walked all the way to the Ordnance Bureau. After getting off the carriage, they saw a burly man in his thirties standing outside the office. He held his hands in front of everyone and said with a smile: "Finally, you are here!"
The minister of the Ministry of Industry was about sixty years old, his name was Han Shan, and he was the leader of the crowd. When he saw the burly man, he was shocked and said: "Qian Bian? Why are you here?"
That person was Qian Yongren. He smiled slightly and said: "I am now serving the Jiangdu Army. From now on, you will also serve in the Jiangdu Army!"
Han Shan gritted his teeth and said: "Qian Bian, what is going on? Can you explain it to me?"
Qian Yongren said in surprise: "Didn't Yuan Ting explain it to you?"
Another official from the Ministry of Industry said angrily: "They didn't say anything, they just dismissed us from our positions and escorted us over!"
Qian Yongren shook his head and said: "That's too much! Well, let me tell you the whole story!" Then he told Zhang Yangquan about exchanging ten people for Xuexue!
Han Shan was shocked and said: "We don't know King Chu, so why did he name us?"
Qian Yongren smiled slightly and said, "You guys will follow me in and we'll find out." He turned around and led everyone into the Ordnance Bureau.
As soon as he arrived at the lobby, he saw a group of craftsmen surrounded by two familiar faces coming to greet him. Han Shan was shocked and said: "Hu Guangcao! Jia Ban! Why are you here too?"
Hu Guangcao's eyebrows danced with joy and he said: "Old Han, you're welcome, we will be colleagues again from now on!"
Jia Ban raised his chin and said, "But our relationship will change from now on. You will both be subordinate officials to me from now on!"
Han Shan's face turned green and red. When he was at the Ministry of Industry, Hu Guangcao would tremble when he glared at him. Now he dares to call him "Old Han"?
And Jia Ban, because of his excellent craftsmanship, was the target of his suppression in the past, but now he has become his superior!
"I never said I wanted to be an official here!" Han Shan said coldly.
"Yes, what does the leader of the bandit army have to do?"
"I want to go back to Dadu!"
All the craftsmen followed.
Hu Guangcao snorted and said: "Stop dreaming, you have been sold to us by Yuan Ting. If you work here honestly, you can still have a future!"
Jia Ban was even more rude and sneered: "This big ship Yuan Ting is about to sink, and you will just be buried with it if you go back!"
Han Shan said angrily: "I would rather die than serve you!"
Qian Yongren saw that Hu Guangcao and Jia Ban were only interested in venting their old grudges and did not care about the overall situation, so he left it to the two of them to negotiate, fearing that something bad would happen, so he hurriedly took over the conversation.
"Mr. Han, don't be angry. His Highness the King of Chu heard about your craftsmanship and admired you, so he invited you to Jiangdu!"
Han Shan said angrily: "Is this a request?"
Qian Yongren smiled and said: "If I write a letter to you rashly, you will probably not agree, right? His Royal Highness the King of Chu loves talents very much, so this is a bit abrupt. Please forgive me!"
Han Shan's anger subsided slightly and he said in a deep voice: "Our family members are still in Dadu. Please tell His Highness the King of Chu that we only look forward to getting together with our families and have no intention of pursuing an official career!"
Qian Yongren smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu has already sent people to Dadu to pick up your family. According to the latest news, they have arrived in Gaoyou and will arrive in Jiangdu tomorrow!"
Han Shan was stunned for a moment and said: "Seriously?"
Qian Yongren said seriously: "My family is also among them, how can I lie to each other?"
Han Shan and the other craftsmen looked at each other and said nothing.
Qian Yongren added: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu values craftsmen the most. For example, Hu Gong and Jia Gong are both high-ranking officials of the third rank and are at the same level as You Xiangguo!"
Han Shan was startled and looked at Hu Guangcao, only to see that the old man's proud head was about to rise to the sky. It seemed that what he said was true!
A craftsman said: "If His Royal Highness the King of Chu really values us so much, why doesn't he come to see us now?"
Hu Guangcao interjected: "The king has given instructions that as soon as you arrive, you will send someone to inform him immediately. I have already sent someone, and the king will be here soon!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice outside the door.