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Chapter 545 News of the looted goods

"Sir, the student has just met the commander of Fubiao Camp."

Zhang Wenhe returned to the Governor's Office and met Xu Tong.

Xu Tong sat under the corridor, with a recliner under his body, and a low table was placed beside him, with teapots and tea, and two dishes, with some fresh seasonal fruits placed inside.

"When will Fubiao Camp send troops to fight against the bandits in Daliangshan?" Xu Tong held a shaking fan in his hand, and sang the fan while saying that.

"The students have asked." Zhang Wenhe responded and immediately said, "The commander of Fubiao Camp and several generals hope that you can send some money. Only when you have the money will they send troops."

"Whoever gives them the courage, a group of vulgar warriors dares to threaten me." Xu Tong held the fan in his hand on the low table.

Zhang Wenhe bowed his hands and stood aside without saying anything.

"You will send a message to Fubiao Camp for me." Xu Tong said, "If you disobey the Fubiao Camp within three days, I will question him if you disobey him."

Seeing that his face was full of anger.

Zhang Wenhe hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sir, according to the students' opinions, it is better to give them a salary so that they can do their best to go to Daliangshan to suppress the bandits."

"What? Without pay, I, the governor of Datong, could not command a battalion." Xu Tong's face sank.

"No matter how brave Fubiao Camp is, he dare not violate your orders." Zhang Wenhe said: "It's just that the students are worried that they have not received the salary for several months, so they will feel dissatisfied and procrastinated in the fight against bandits."

After saying that, he secretly looked at Xu Tong.

After hearing this, Xu Tong's face cleared a little. He picked up the teacup on the low table and put it on his mouth and took a sip. Then he said, "Then prepare a month's salary for Fubiao Camp, but you have to tell the commander of Fubiao Camp that if the bandit suppression fails, I will definitely punish him."

"Yes, the student understands." Zhang Wenhe secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Xu Tong would not be willing to take out the money and silver to Fubiao Camp. He also realized that since Xu Tong took office as governor of Datong, he became even more powerful than when he was in Taiyuan. He dared to take any money. He no longer cared about the official voice and was not afraid of offending local officials and gentry. He had the intention of retiring and returning home after he was appointed as governor.

As an aide who has been with Xu Tong for many years, he has long noticed it. Because of this, he has taken many opportunities to make money during his time in Datong.

If Xu Tong retired and returned home after his term, he knew that his aide would definitely not be able to follow him. If he didn't take the opportunity to make more money at this time, it would be difficult to have such an opportunity in the future. Even if he had the opportunity to be an aide to other officials in the future, it would be difficult to be an aide to a senior official like a governor.

Xu Tong picked up the teapot and filled his cup with tea, then asked, "Is there any news about the batch of goods that Xu Ji was robbed?"

"The students did find out some news about the robbed goods." Zhang Wenhe said respectfully.

Xu Tong picked up the teacup, put it under his nose and smelled it, and said in his mouth: "So that the batch of goods that Xu Ji was robbed is still in Datong?"

Zhang Wenhe nodded and said, "It should be in Xinpingbao."

"So, the batch of goods that Xu Ji was robbed have been found." Xu Tong put the teacup in his hand beside his mouth and sipped a small sip.

Zhang Wenhe shook his head and said, "No, it's just that someone has seen the robbed convoy of Xu Ji appear in Xinpingbao, so the students suspect that the batch of goods has been sent to Xinpingbao."

"Then do you find out who is Xinpingbao colluded with the bandits in Daliangshan and got the goods?" Xu Tong asked.

Zhang Wenhe hesitated for a moment and said, "The students suspected that the one who took the goods was a tiger flag, and there was a shop with a tiger flag in Xinpingbao."

"It's the tiger-like flag again." Xu Tong frowned and asked, "Have you caught me?"

"This..." Zhang Wenhe hesitated for a moment, then said: "The guard of Xinpingbao is a general. The student also tried to capture all the people with the tiger-shaped flag in Xinpingbao, but was stopped by the people of the general's mansion."

Xu Tong's face sank and said, "Didn't you say it was the governor's yamen arresting people?"

"The student said it." Zhang Wenhe said with a bitter face, "but those who participated in the general's mansion were unreasonable at all. No one could arrest people from Xinpingbao without their general's orders."

Bang!

Xu Tong slapped the low table and said coldly: "A little general, even the governor's yamen dares to stop him. What is he going to do? Do he disobey his life?"

Zhang Wenhe lowered her head without saying anything.

The guard of Xinpingbao is a member of the General's Office. With the relationship between the Tiger Flag and the General's Office, it is impossible for a person who wants to catch the Tiger Flag in Xinpingbao.

Hurry!

Xu Tong raised his hand and overturned the low table beside him. The plates and teapots and cups on it all fell all over the floor. The tea water flowed out even flowed through Zhang Wenhe's feet, soaking the soles of his shoes.

A servant heard the movement and ran over from outside and said respectfully: "Master, are you okay?"

"Get out." Xu Tong cursed.

The servant did not dare to stop and hurriedly retreated from the corridor to the distance.

Xu Tong, who had vented his emotions, calmed down, looked at Zhang Wenhe, and said, "Can you confirm that the goods were taken away by the tiger flag?"

"Yes." Zhang Wenhe said again, "but the students heard that this batch of goods had not been staying in Xinpingbao for long, and had been sent to the grassland with the convoy of the Tiger Flag."

"Even if the shop is searched, it is impossible to find the goods, and they cannot be charged with collusion with bandits because of this?" Xu Tong's voice was suddenly stunned.

A layer of fine cold sweat broke out on Zhang Wenhe's forehead and said, "If the Xinpingbao Governor General did not stop the Governor's Office from arresting people, the students would be sure that they would admit the robbery of the Xuji convoy."

"Can you catch people from Xinpingbao to Datong?" Xu Tong glanced at him.

"This..." Zhang Wenhe hesitated for a moment, and finally lowered his head and said, "Under the relationship between the General's Mansion and the Tiger Flag, General Li Shen from Xinpingbao will definitely not let the students take away the Tiger Flag."

"Hmph." Xu Tong snorted coldly.

After so long he had arrived, he knew that the tiger-shaped flag was difficult to deal with because he had the General's Mansion protecting the tiger-shaped flag, and he could not use the tiger-shaped flag at all.

Facing a business like the tiger flag that makes money every day, it is absolutely impossible for him to give up.

Xu Tong rubbed his forehead with his hands and said to Zhang Wenhe: "Don't investigate the matters in Xinpingbao for the time being. Since there is no evidence, the tiger flag cannot move for the time being. You should go to Fubiao Camp and ask Fubiao Camp to send troops to Daliangshan to suppress the bandits immediately. If you don't suppress this group of rioters, I will always feel uneasy."

"Students understand, students will go to Fubiao Camp again." Zhang Wenhe agreed, and then said, "What should I do if the military pay for Fubiao Camp?"

Xu Tong closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "You go find the accountant and get the money from Xu Ji. Also, has the money paid by the Fan family not been sent yet?"

"It should be almost time to calculate the time," said Zhang Wenhe.

Xu Tong nodded slightly, waved his hand to the side, signaling that he could step down.
Chapter completed!
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