"I don't understand what you said... What does it mean to solve the problem of the Ninth Town? They are all the officials of the court, not the robbers of the Green Forest. Do you still want to get along with Xu Guqing?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said, "Of course it's not, but I want to eliminate the harm for the court. I'm a poor family. Later, I was a horseman for Xu Jianjun. I lost the public expenses when I bet. I had no choice. If Mrs. Xu had not rewarded me with money, I would have to sue. I was sued for Su Yuanchun in Guangxi, with one knife and one shot, and I had this place today. Today I am using slaves to call maids, eating, drinking and wearing, and whatever was not given by the court. If anyone wants to overthrow the court, it would be like to smash my job. I have never read a book and can't recognize the word "meat-sized" but I know a truth and want to repay my job. Whoever smashes my job is my enemy. The ninth town wants to rebel the court, do you think I should abandon this harm for the court?"

"Is there any evidence to rebel in the Ninth Town?"

"What other evidence is needed? Anqing rebelled, and how many officers were from the Ninth Town, isn't this obvious? Isn't it obvious that the humble officials have been sent to the Ninth Town to find out their news every day. These officers led their soldiers together every day. Apart from studying, they read newspapers and did not practice attentively. They didn't mention wasting public funds. They just said that the books they read were all against books! I have suggested to Anpu several times that they sent troops to check the barracks in the Ninth Town, but he just refused..."

Zhao Guanhou smiled and said, "Then how can I help you? You asked me to tell the military that I will search the ninth town for you for official business?"

"That won't be. I want the Grand Marshal to help me and block the Ninth Town's salary for me. They have been owing the Ninth Town for three months. As long as the Grand Marshal controls the financial resources in Songjiang and does not let the Ninth Town raise military salary, they will definitely rebel. At that time, even if the military commander wants to protect them, they will not be able to save them. It is legitimate for me to suppress them."

Zhao Guanhou waved his hand, "Wait a minute, can you say that, can't you force him to rebel?"

"Yes, I just want to force him to rebel." Zhang Yuan looked as if he was taken for granted. "These scholars are too sensible. If they wait for their own rebellion, they must have sufficient strength and preparation. It will be inconvenient to have to control it at that time. They have to force them to rebel in advance while they are not prepared in advance, so that they can catch them all. Isn't this the thing, golden hook fishing?"

Zhao Guanhou shook his head helplessly, did not answer this, and asked Mr. Zhang, "Then you think, should I arrest you too?"

"No, no, if this is not the case, the Grand Marshal is different from Xu Shaozhen. The Grand Marshal is the Guru personally appointed by the Lord Buddha, and the prince of the tenth master. You will never rebel. Others don't know that the humble position knows. In Huailai and Xuanhua, you have made great contributions and you can't be rebellious. There are some misunderstandings in the court, such as a family quarrel, and it's okay if the general opens. We don't have a close family, and we don't have a close family, and we don't have a close family, and we don't have a close family. The fifth town of the Grand Marshal is the children of the Huai River. Most of the soldiers of the Kui River are recruited from both Huai Rivers. They are all recruited from both Huai Rivers. How could they become popular? What is Xu Guqing? What qualifications are he? Comparing with the Grand Marshal. There are a group of scholars in the army. In my opinion, the worst in this world is scholars. A group of people are holding the court's food and wages, but they think of opposing the court, and they are all ungrateful. Such ungrateful things must be eliminated!"

"All right, I just pretend that you didn't hear this. The grain station in the Ninth Town is not under my control. I will not raise funds for him. But you said you wouldn't let him raise funds by yourself. This is untenable. Shaoxuan, let me tell you, think about it yourself, the court is unstable now. There was a big chaos in Guangdong, and even the Guangdong general was beaten to death. At this time, if you force the rebellion of the Ninth Town in Jiangning, when the court discusses in the future, Anpu will be very unfavorable. He is the old commander brother of the old commander. Everyone should always be right to cultivate the old commander. What do you think? As for the Ninth Town, you can send a seat in his camp, which shows that you know his actions well. If there is any abnormal movement, your defense camp can be dispatched to suppress the enemy, and there is no need to play any trick of forcing the tiger to jump into the ravine."

"This..." When talking about Yuan Weiting, Zhang Yuan had to obey Zhao Guanhou's arrangement, otherwise he would inevitably be called ungrateful. He sighed and had to nodded, "Then let's listen to the command of the Grand Marshal and look at him for a while. But if I put this in this regard, Xu Shaozhen is a big-faced person. Sooner or later, he will know if what I said is right."

The two of them were a little unspeculative, but Mr. Zhang respected Zhao Guanhou, the old commander, very much and did not dare to be presumptuous, so he had to order to prepare meals and arrange banquets.

Now he is the admiral of Jiangnan, and he has the authority to investigate private matters, cigarettes and bans. The most important one is to check salt. Once private salt is investigated by him, not only will it confiscate dirt, but his life is also risky. Whether it is a salt merchant or a private salt dealer, he has to buy his account and give him a considerable amount of filial piety on a monthly basis. Therefore, Zhang Yuan suddenly became rich and very generous.

The troops under his subordinates in Jiangning City had more than 20,000 troops, each of whom only had five cents on their heads, and they were in debt, and they earned ten thousand taels of silver every month. With so much money, they were particularly luxurious in their daily life. He was good at drinking, so he had to drink at least half a pound of Fenjiu each meal.

The food was also prepared with great care. The first one was to press the table and plates and cold dishes, and then a large watermelon with green skin was placed on it. Zhao Guanhou didn't know what the allusion was, so how to use fruits as a dish. When the maid removed the skin, he saw that there was a big fat duck inside.

Zhang Yuan introduced: "The chef at Beizhi Mansion was sent by a salt merchant in Yangzhou. This watermelon duck is his specialty dish. Remove the flesh of a watermelon and put the duck in it for stewing. If it is only this step, it is actually not surprising. Master, please try the meat."

Zhao Guanhou clamped a piece of belly meat, but felt that the taste was all sea flavor. When he looked inside the duck's belly, he understood. It turned out that all the organs in the duck's belly were taken out and built into bird's nest, river shells, and sea cucumbers. He integrated the seafood into the duck's flavor, which made it taste like this.

Then came up and made the bird's nest paste and freeze it into a bird's nest, which is a wonderful food. There is another porridge called jade porridge, but it is the private dish of Aunt Shao. It is washed and chopped with the whole freshly picked lotus leaves, fryed into a thick green soup, mixed with the white sugar of Taigu, and combined with the fragrant rice produced in Wuxi.

Zhao Guanhou was satisfied with the preparation of this table of banquets, and the atmosphere gradually eased. After the meal, Zhang Yuan said, "Master, you have not tasted the taste of a boatwoman on the Qinhuai River, have you? Come, Beizhi will take you to the flower boat to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Qinhuai for ten miles?"

Zhao Guanhou pointed at the Inner House with his hand, "Shaoxuan, you still talk so regardless of the occasion. Now that you are doing this, aren't you asking me for illness?"

"Haha, a man is a real man, it is not natural to play with a few women. She is a concubine, but she dares to take care of her husband's business?" Zhang Yuan looked puzzled. "Master, he has been humble and has been asking for four concubines and still drinks wine. Who dares to say one more word? He will slap him immediately, not afraid that she will not accept it. This is how women are. The more you spoil, the bigger her temper. If you beat her, she will be honest."

"I admire your prestige at home, but the situation of every family is different. Don't let my grape trellis fall. Just sit here and drink some wine."

Seeing that he did not move, Zhang Yuan had no choice but to ask his servant to prepare red wine. His wine was a top-notch gift from Consul Cape. The Zhang family owns an ice room and drinks the wine in an ice bucket. The taste is particularly outstanding. Zhang Yuan said while drinking:

"Master General, you don't let Beizhi take the initiative to solve the ninth town, but you have to let Beizhi have some strength to defend yourself. His ninth town is the new army, and its firearms and equipment are better than my troops. Once the war begins in the future, my troops will suffer. To be honest, Beizhi has some money in his hands, but if you want to buy a gun, it is not enough to have money, and you still have to need a way. The Army Department does not allow each army to purchase arms on its own, and it will be purchased by the Army Department.

When buying and distributing, our old army was like a son who remarried with his mother. He was scolded everywhere and didn't give us new guns. Besides, because he was guarding the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, most of the guns in the Ninth Town were self-made, including guns from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and guns made by the Hanyang Arsenal in Huguang. Our defense camp was even worse. They were all old guns that were not used in the Ninth Town. Occasionally, some were made in Hanyang, just treasures. If they fought, wouldn't they wait to suffer a loss?"

"What does military command mean?"

"It is true that the army was made to make a note, but the Army Department believes that weapons should be given priority to new troops, and fighting is useless. I want to buy weapons myself, but due to the treaty, I can only buy general weapons. I can't negotiate with the Prussians, and I have talked a few times that I can't figure out the key points, so I only bought some general guns for my personal soldiers. The brothers below were still old guns."

He has poor talent and knows nothing about communicating with foreigners. It is foreseeable to suffer losses when purchasing equipment. Zhao Guanhou smiled and said, "This is easy. I will sell you a batch of foreign guns, which is guaranteed to be made by foreign products. As for the price, it is only a cost-effective price, but I also have a requirement. In addition to the amount of money to buy guns, I have to put another amount of money to pass through Zhengyuan, which means that you have confidence in Zhengyuan. In addition, you have contacts with those salt merchants and praise my Zhengyuan during banquets..."

Zhang Yuan nodded repeatedly, "As long as the general is willing to help Beizhi do this arms business, it is a trivial matter. The grain station of my defense camp will be handed over to your concubine to handle it in the future. I purchase arms and grain, and I ask my concubine to help me. It is easy to discuss the money. Go to a few soldiers and go to the salt merchant's house to make up for a lot of money."

Although Zhang Renjun promised Zhengyuan to handle the old military ration station, he was not afraid of officials, but only afraid of being in charge. If Zhang Yuan, the leader of the army, had a resistance, the business would not be able to actually be done. When he returned home in the evening, Chen Lenghe's face was not as good as in the Governor's Mansion, and he was sank in the inn.

"In the future, I have to interact with Zhang Yuan. This man is a livestock. Do you know that his concubine Shao was sold to the Zhang Mansion by his brother. Zhang Yuan married him first and then, and he would beat and scold him at any time. Mrs. Shao could see the wounds on her body. She cried if she couldn't say a few words to me, for fear that the hospitality would not be good. Zhang Yuan took his anger and wanted to beat him. This was not a court official, but a bandit or a robber!"

Zhao Guanhou took her hand and said, "Then do you think you and I are considered marrying each other first?"

"This...this is naturally not counted." Seeing Shaw Brothers, Chen Lenghe couldn't help but think of her own experience, which was quite sad. However, compared with the two, Zhao Guanhou was much better than Zhang Yuan. No matter his appearance or age, he was a good match. Besides, he never forced him, nor beat him or scolded him. Compared with Aunt Shao's fate, he was much better.

When Zhao Guanhou asked, her face turned slightly red, "What did you do when you talk about her? "

"It's nothing, I just explain to you that business is business and has nothing to do with him good people and bad people. Zhang Yuan is not very good, but he is indeed rich. After this business is completed, we can make a lot of money. Shandong Zhengyuan brand can be created. Those salt merchants have money and just need to save it in a reliable money shop. These big customers cannot be spared."

"You guys are very capable. After one day, we negotiated two business deals. As a reward, the chairman decided..." Chen Lenghe smiled and said, "I will allow you to accompany me to visit Confucius Temple tomorrow to make up for today's losses."

By dawn the next day, before the two of them set off, someone cast a name for the famous sect. It was Xu Shaozhen, the commander of the ninth town. He had no friendship with Zhao Guanhou, so he came to the door with a risk of coming. After meeting, he saw Xu Shaozhen in his forties and was born with a pure and elegant literary style, as if he had been well-educated in his old scholar. If he had not been wearing military uniforms, he would have thought that he would be a general who led the army.

After seeing each other, after a brief greeting, Xu Shaozhen explained his purpose and came to take out a loan. He called Zhao Guanhou Guanshuai, and he was talking about his official position in the army, without describing his status as governor.

"I heard that Guan Shuai decided to set up Shandong Zhengyuan Bank in Songjiang. Xu took the liberty to come to the door and asked Guan Shuai for convenience. The Ninth Town has not paid any salary for three months. The military's public expenses are not allowed. Soldiers cannot serve in the army without a stomachache. Besides, the Ninth Town implements on-site recruitment. Many soldiers are locals and need to support their families, and they are not allowed to pay military salaries. Therefore, I hope Guan Shuai can make it convenient and borrow a sum of money to the Ninth Town. I will not mention the military's public expenses for the time being, but the soldiers' military salaries are always paid. The officers' income is high and they can be owed. The soldiers only have nine yuan of military salaries per month, so they cannot be owed. I want to lend Guan Shuai 300,000 yuan. As for the mortgage... Xu has a Xueshou Hall in Jiangning, which contains 200,000 ancient books, some of which are Song versions of books. With these books as collateral, the loan period is half a year, and the monthly interest rate is easy to discuss. I wonder if Guan Shuai can make it convenient."

Zhao Guanhou smiled and said, "Zhengshuai, if you don't come to me, I actually want to find you sooner or later. You don't need to borrow this money. The army has already figured out a solution for you." He explained the solutions Zhang Renjun thought one by one. In his opinion, this is the best solution to the best of both worlds. I don't expect that after Xu Shaozhen heard it, he shook his head repeatedly.

"I have guessed that Anpu must use this method to raise funds for the Ninth Town. It was precisely because I didn't use this method that I came to visit him to disturb Guanshuai's good dream."

Chen Lenghe did not have the concept of men and women not being able to get along with each other. In addition, when he was a bank, he was sitting there. He couldn't help but say, "Zhenshuai, you mortgage 200,000 ancient books to the bank. It would be great if you can repay the loan on time. But if you don't have to pay off those books, we will take them away. Don't you cherish your collection?"
Chapter completed!