Chapter 190 Guest
Zhang Ruolao burst into tears.
The daughter cooked him a bowl of porridge, and then embarked on the road back to Chang'an without hesitation.
Looking at the carriage fading away under the setting sun, Zhang Ruo wondered whether he and his daughter could walk together on the same road in the future.
I am still working hard to maintain the crumbling Great Qin,
But Zhang Qingyun was preparing for the fall of Great Qin,
and the person she was working for was Li Dachui.
Lay out in advance, do nothing, and create a blockbuster. This is Li Dachui’s consistent style of work.
From the beginning of the planning of Aquarius State to the establishment of the Anxi Protectorate, everything was planned many years in advance.
What looks like luck to outsiders is actually someone’s careful planning for years.
As for his daughter's return to Chang'an this time, Zhang Ruo believes that it must be the beginning of Li Dachui's plan to make a move within the pass.
The first chess piece to fall this time was his daughter.
No wonder that when I first arrived outside the prison as a prisoner, I attracted such attention from this man. Not only did he try his best to save his life, but he also treated his daughter with courtesy.
Is it because he has thought of today?
Now that he is the third-rank deputy censor of the capital, once Zhang Qingyun returns to Chang'an, he will become a lady and a popular figure in the circle of Chang'an nobles.
And with the human, material and financial resources provided by the Anxi Protectorate, coupled with his daughter's own abilities, Zhang Ruo believes that it won't be long before Zhiqiuyuan will weave an extremely huge network within the pass. Thus, Li Dachui began to exert force when he needed it.
"Yuan Tong, is Da Qin really hopeless?" Zhang Ruo wiped away the tears on his face, his eyes red, and looked back at Yuan Tong, who had accompanied him to see him off.
"Bachelor, I don't know much about national affairs, but what Miss Qingyun said makes sense!" Yuan Tong held the knife and tried hard to recall what Zhang Qingyun said on the way. "It's only a matter of time before chaos breaks out in the pass. The defeat of Xiangcheng was a concentrated eruption of all contradictions, and it kicked Da Qin's already unstable base hard."
< br>"I don't believe this is true!" Zhang Ruo was still stubborn.
Yuan Tong glanced at Zhang Ruo and didn't say much. He knew that Zhang Ruo didn't believe it, but just didn't want to believe it.
The truth is always the cruelest.
Zhang Qingyun would not lie about such a matter.
Especially the fact that Wu De was actually the fourth person in Heibingtai really made Yuan Tong take a breath. This was so damn surprising. Along the way, he My eldest brother and I, two people who claim to be old martial artists, didn't get the slightest clue.
Compared to these characters, I used to be really arrogant and ignorant of life and death. It is really not easy to live to this age.
"Bachelor, you don't need to be sad. In fact, in the eyes of my subordinates, you and Miss Qingyun will end up together in the future!" Yuan Tong comforted.
"How do you say it?" Zhang Ruo asked.
Now, he is desperately trying to find a more reasonable explanation for the different behaviors of himself and his daughter, just like a drowning person trying to catch something, even if Yuan Tong is essentially a Jianghu Reckless man, he also wants to hear what this man can say.
What if it is possible?
Even if it’s a lame excuse.
“Li Duhu and his men want to dominate the outside world and invade the Yuan Dynasty in the north. Without more than ten years of preparation, it is simply impossible.” Yuan Tong said with a smile: “And it must be based on everything going well. . And according to Miss Qingyun, chaos will break out in the pass within two or three years. If chaos breaks out, what will happen to Li Duhu and the others? It’s not a rebellion, it’s a counter-insurgency!”
Zhang Ruo smiled bitterly and said: "Whether it is Ling Huye or Du Li Dachui, when they first entered the pass, they must have used the excuse of suppressing the rebellion, but in the end, they would probably have to change dynasties again!"
Yuan Tong hesitated. After a while, he said: "Bachelor, it really doesn't matter whether the emperor is changed or not. For ordinary people, who becomes the emperor has nothing to do with them. What? As long as they live a good life, then, in the eyes of my subordinates, how to end the chaos as quickly as possible is the most important thing. I don’t want to fight for a lifetime as a person in the world.”
Yuan Tong’s words gave Zhang Ruo some comfort.
"Let's go and see!" Zhang Ruo tried hard to cheer up: "Yuan Tong, no matter what, we must work hard to develop and grow. Li Dachui has a good saying, we must become the people who sit at the dining table. The person who takes the order cannot become a dish on the table."
Yuan Tong nodded repeatedly.
Strength is everything.
This was true in the arena in the past, and it is even more true in the officialdom now.
The difference is that officialdom is more complicated and treacherous than Jianghu.
In the arena, the so-called strength can basically be summarized as force.
In officialdom, force is only part of strength. It is much more difficult to control the officialdom than to control the world.
He is a role in the world, but in the officialdom, he is still a novice. Moreover, Yuan Tong feels that it is too late in his life to enter the officialdom and practice. If he wants to achieve any big achievements, he can only I can choose a thigh to give me a hug.
Tomorrow is the day when the Supervisory Envoy’s Yamen officially opens, so Duxian County is still very lively even late tonight. Xu Ziqi, the magistrate of Duxian County, passed by Yuan Tong and gave him a solution that was half threatening and half encouraging. After that, I don’t know whether he was frightened by the other party’s bullying or he really figured it out, and began to cooperate with the supervisor’s Yamen’s arrangements.
At least, the few pigs, a dozen sheep, and chickens, ducks, fish and geese brought out from the Xu family compound will make tomorrow's banquet look a lot better.
Otherwise, there is a high probability that Zhang Ruo will only be able to host a vegetarian banquet. He himself didn't care, but Yuan Tong felt that if he did this, he would be looked down upon.
A person has a face, and a tree has a bark.
Sometimes you have to pretend to be fat when your face is swollen!
You don’t have to talk about ostentation, but you can’t live without it.
As expected by Zhang Ruo, the first people to arrive in Dushan County the next day were Cai Ming's men from Xuanwu.
The standard of congratulations was quite high. Cai Tianyou, Cai Ming’s son, was leading the team. As soon as the three ships arrived, the small pier in Dushan County was packed to the brim.
Xuanwu Prefecture is the farthest from Dushan, but it is the first to arrive.
Cai Ming used his actions to give Zhang Ruo the greatest support.
Of course, this is also because Cai Ming has always maintained considerable independence. Whether it is Ling Huye or Xiao Changche and Li Dachui, there are not many ways to check and balance Cai Ming now. If he angered this guy, he drove Once the boat runs out to sea, there's really nothing you can do about it.
Now, this guy is determined to form a weak alliance with Zhang Ruolai and play a game where one plus one must be greater than two.
The gift brought by Cai Tianyou dazzled Xu Ziqi's eyes.
It also allowed this guy who lives in a small county to see what real wealth is.
Especially the ten pallets full of gold and silver ingots at the end made everyone who came to the pier to watch the excitement stare straight-eyed.
They rarely see silver in their lives. Most of the time they use copper coins or even barter. Such a large ingot of yellow and white gold and silver is a rare thing.
"God bless, God bless!" Zhang Ruo smiled like a flower, holding Cai Tianyou's hand and walking: "You are roasting me on the fire, so many When something enters my yamen, those gentlemen in Liangshang who look back with envy are afraid that they will step down on the yamen threshold!"
Cai Tianyou laughed and said: "You are humble, bachelor. Linghu Duhu and Xiao Duhu both want to give you three points. That thief dares to attack you without opening his eyes? Besides, there are really blind people. There is a master like Brother Yuan sitting here. It’s just the right time for you to use it as a sacrificial flag. I’ve heard that every new government office in the pass has a custom of punishing people with canonical punishments to suppress evil spirits!”
The two of them talked loudly and laughed all the way from the dock to the Supervisor's Yamen.
Duxian County has been very lively these days. Many merchants and solo travelers arrived here at this time by chance. I guess I knew these people were spies.
They don’t even shy away from people.
In fact, I just look down on Zhang Ruo, a short-term yamen, from the bottom of my heart!
The drama between the two people is also telling some people that today's Academician Zhang and Inspector Zhang are really not alone, and they have allies.
"This time a certain family brought more than a hundred people, all of whom are reserved for bachelors to take orders under the bachelor's level." Cai Tianyou said with a smile: "My father knows that the worst thing about bachelors now is manpower. In the future, if bachelors can use it If it works, just stay. If anyone doesn't like it, send him back."
"The manpower is indeed very poor, so I won't say thank you!" Zhang Ruo said with a smile: "It's just that they will come back in the future. If you follow me, you will most likely have to endure hardships, and sometimes you may not even be paid enough. If they are not happy then, they can come and go freely!”
“They all used to make a living at sea! What kind of hardships have you never had to endure?" Cai Tianyou said with a smile: "As for money, bachelors don't have to worry about it. Now that the seaport warehouse has been partially built, some businessmen who came from Nanchu to set up outposts have also arrived. The specific details are also being discussed. In a month at the latest, a large number of merchant ships from Nanchu will arrive. Bachelor, you will not be short of money."
The two looked at each other. , all extremely happy.
One needs the full support of local powerful factions from force to financial resources, and the other needs politically influential figures like Zhang Ruo to improve their status and give them more say. They hit it off and you I wish.
The second batch of people arriving in Duxian greatly exceeded Yuan Tong and Xu Ziqi's expectations.
It turned out to be Li Guohua, the Secretary-General of the Anton Protectorate.
There were more than a hundred people accompanying them, and they brought gifts from more than ten carriages. Although they were not as good as Cai Tianyou, but in terms of the previous relationship between the two parties and Zhang Ruo's attitude towards them, the Anton Governor's Mansion was indeed It really gave Zhang Ruo a lot of face.
Zhang Ruoyi went out in person and welcomed Li Guohua in.
(End of this chapter)