"Damn, it turns out these two are ninjas." Liu Ziguang was furious. Just as he was about to go into the water to chase after him, he suddenly found two small pointed things on the water not far away, emerging from the water and moving towards the river bank.
Taking a closer look, it seemed to be the tail of the scabbard, and he couldn't help but laugh. That's the level of a ninja, using the scabbard as a snorkel.
"Fire arrows at those two things!"
Liu Ziguang gave the order, and everyone took out the crossbows on their backs and shot at the two snorkels. Soon the two scabbards disappeared quickly, and a trace of blood appeared on the water. Liu Ziguang was afraid of not being safe.
He took two people and jumped on the boat and chased them. When they reached the place with blood stains on the water, they couldn't find the body. Liu Ziguang searched around. There were sparkling lights on the river at dusk, the moonlight and the river breeze made his vision far worse than during the day. Suddenly, there was a sudden flash of light on the river.
A string of small bubbles floated up from the middle of the river. People who didn't pay attention must have thought that the bubbles were spit out by the big fish, but Liu Ziguang didn't think so. He signaled his men to row the boat across, picked up a harpoon and headed towards the bubbles.
The trajectory was thrown hard.
A string of bigger bubbles rose from the water, and then a corpse with a harpoon on its back floated out. It seemed to be one of the ninjas, but Huang Zhen and the other ninja were not found yet. This was the case since the establishment of the South Factory.
The first shot of the assassination mission must not be missed no matter what. There was a piece of bamboo grass more than ten feet long on the boat. Liu Ziguang picked it up and poked it in the water. The river here was at least three feet deep. No matter how powerful the ninja was, it would not be possible.
Without oxygen supply, he did not surface for a long time, not to mention bringing someone who needed to be protected. As Liu Ziguang expected, a body with a round belly floated up from the bottom of the water, and the boat rolled over.
Look, it's the target of this operation——Huang Zhen's body.
On the river at night, more and more ships began to appear again. The killers who had finished their business did not bother to chase down another escaping ninja. They cut off Huang Zhen's head and put it in his pocket. As for the housekeepers, servants and boatmen, they did not wait.
Liu Ziguang said that Sun Gang had sent people to kill him. Since he was out to kill people, he could not be benevolent as a woman. Liu Ziguang didn't say anything and ordered them to clean up the corpses and get on his own awning boat.
The bottom of the passenger ship Huang Zhen was on was dug out, and the body was tied with ropes in the cabin. As the river water poured in, it gradually sank to the bottom. In the dark and midnight, the surrounding ships thought they had encountered water bandits killing people and stealing goods, so they rowed the ships to pieces one after another.
So fast, how dare you take another look over here.
Although one ninja escaped, the mission was finally completed. Everyone happily got on the awning boat with their heads and sailed for a distance towards Yangzhou. They found a fork in the river and sank the boat inside. They boarded a boat that was already waiting nearby.
The Clippers went back to the capital.
Huang Zhen's head was handed over by Liu Ziguang to Li Lianying, the admiral and head of internal operations of the South Factory, in the morning of the next day. Eunuch Li calmly moved the corner of his mouth and said, "Liu Qianhu has indeed lived up to the Queen Mother's high expectations.
This is a very good job, and you have made great contributions to the court and Nanchang."
Liu Ziguang said in his heart that the imperial court was not a court. I killed the Jinyiwei officials for meritorious service. Whose court is this court? Of course he didn’t say that. He just mentioned the issues of manpower and funding. He told Li Lianying that he
Those thousands of brothers all wanted to serve the imperial court. They were veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time. They were eager to serve the country and hoped that the Queen Mother would fulfill their wish. Then there were the brothers from Ziguang Automobile Dealer who had to delay their work in order to carry out numerous surveillance tasks.
The business of the car dealership has affected the income. Although the brothers regard it as their duty to serve the imperial court and do not care about the small money, the car dealership will go bankrupt if this continues. On the contrary, they cannot stay upright and monitor and follow up everywhere, which affects the normal business development of the South Factory.
.I hope that the admiral can clearly understand the situation and provide some supplements to the brothers. Also, my river house is indeed too small as the Nanchang Yamen. With the growth of staff and the improvement of data files, there is an urgent need for a larger Yamen.
Li Lianying thought for a moment and replied: "The imperial court has also been very nervous recently. Some of the wealthy places in the south of the Yangtze River under the control of Jiuqian Sui do not pay taxes to the Ministry of Household Affairs at all. However, the Queen Mother recognizes the hard work of the sons and daughters and will use part of it from the internal funds."
There are also Liu Qianhu's soldiers and horses in Shandong who are here to be used as military pay. It would be great if they could be transferred to the capital and incorporated into the Five-City Soldiers and Horses Division."
Li Lianying's little calculation was good. He incorporated Liu Ziguang's capable troops into the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, which not only strengthened his own side but also cut off the relationship with Liu Ziguang. It really killed two birds with one stone.
"It's really a dream to be able to come to the capital to serve as an officer. On behalf of the brothers, I would like to thank the Queen Mother and Mr. Li. I will write a letter to recruit them." Liu Ziguang said in a pretense of surprise, but secretly he was making a fool of himself.
Abacus, anyway, the day to launch a coup is not far away. If you want to annex my people, then you can do as you wish, but it will be difficult to say who will annex whom by then.
Li Lianying didn't expect Liu Ziguang to agree so readily. She felt it was strange, but she couldn't think of anything wrong. She laughed and continued: "Liu Qianhu will take care of the yamen affairs. A decent big house in the city is afraid."
It's not easy to find, but we can look for one outside the city. Whether it's buying a ready-made house or finding a piece of land to build a new one, as long as Liu Qianhu says a word, there's no need to worry about money.
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After bidding farewell to Li Lianying, Liu Ziguang immediately asked Li Yan to go to Jinan in person to integrate the troops stationed there, recruit some new soldiers from Shandong to fill the positions, and then transfer a thousand soldiers with actual combat experience to Beijing to form the Five Cities Army.
Ma Si, he had no intention of moving the one thousand people stationed in **. This was the last secret force and could not be used until the last moment. In addition, he wrote another letter and asked Li Yan to deliver it to Addison and explain it.
Some gadgets that need to be developed.
Liu Ziguang spent a lot of time choosing the location of the Nanchang Yamen. There are many troops stationed in the north of the capital, and there is a big river outside the city. It is obviously not suitable. There is not much space in the west of the city, and there are many water networks, which affects the mobility of the troops. In the east of the city,
Don't think about it. That's where the imperial mausoleum is. Of course, you can't occupy the land at will. The only feasible way is outside the south gate, avoiding the mass graves in the Yuhuatai area. To the southeast of Jubaomen, Liu Ziguang took a fancy to a flat field.
There are two large houses next to it, which happened to be requisitioned together. There is no land protection law these days. Whether it is farmland or fish ponds, as long as the land and houses are favored by the court, it is not a word, but the common people's love for the land
The protection and protection far exceeded those of Liu Ziguang's time. Although Liu Ziguang had power and soldiers, he was not a bully who used his power to bully others. With the money given by Li Lianying, he and a dozen of his men found a group of farmers working in the fields.
Question, it turns out that this land and the two houses belong to the rich man Yan Zhuang. The Yan family is not prosperous, and now there is only a widow with no heirs in charge. Many people are interested in this land, and there was a group of people who just now
I came over to see the land. Then the tenants persuaded me that although the land was fertile and the harvest was good every year, the two houses were dangerous houses. Originally, there were two brothers in the Yan family. Later, in order to fight for the family property, the younger brother killed the older brother.
After his death, he annexed his brother's real estate and land. Later, the house slowly began to be haunted, and his brother was scared to death. If he wanted to buy it, he would just buy the land.
Liu Ziguang smiled, thanked the tenants politely, and led his men on horseback towards the Yan family's house. When he got closer, he discovered that the two houses were in dilapidated condition, and the walls that lacked bricks and tiles had collapsed in many places.
, there were more than a dozen horses tied under the big locust tree at the door, and an airy guy was sitting in the shade of the tree looking at the horses.
Liu Ziguang knew that these horses belonged to the guests who came to buy land. It seemed that the other party was also a rich and powerful person, and he came out with so many entourages. Although the transaction was on a first-come, first-served basis, if the transaction hadn't been completed yet, that would be
The one with the highest price got it first. Liu Ziguang and others got off their horses and walked straight into the house. Unexpectedly, the servant who watched the horses jumped to the gate to block the way, and said arrogantly: "What are you going to do?"
"You little bitch, how dare you stop my master!" Sun Gang was about to punch him on the spot, but Liu Ziguang stopped him and said kindly: "We are here to buy land. If you are a member of the Yan family, you can
Please go in and let me know, if you are not from the Yan family, please get out of the way."
Seeing that Liu Ziguang spoke in a reasonable and measured manner, and that the group of people were all covered in silk and satin, with steel knives on their waists, the man softened his tone a little, but his nostrils were still upturned, and he hugged his arms and said: "My master has bought the Yan family's land.
Yes, you can buy it somewhere else."
"I don't know who your master is. You guys have just arrived. Why don't you let us in? Isn't that too overbearing?" Liu Ziguang looked this slave up and down and said to himself, judging from your slave's virtue, your master will not let us in.
He may not be a good person, he must be bullying other people's widows into losing their jobs, forcing them to buy land at low prices.
"Overbearing?" The slave sneered, "I'm doing this for your own good. If I let you in and make my master angry, your ten or so little lives will be at stake. If you are sensible, get out of here. I didn't see grandpa...
." Before he finished speaking, Liu Ziguang slapped him with a big mouth, and slapped him away. When it was flipping in the air, everyone discovered that the pattern behind the hem of his just-opened gown turned out to be red.
official trousers and black official boots with white soles.
It turned out that he was from the government, and everyone curled their lips in disapproval. Now that we are also eating from the imperial court, who is afraid of whom? We walked straight to Yan's mansion.
"Who are they?" Two guys with swords on their waists, dressed in casual clothes but wearing official boots on their feet, jumped out from behind the screen wall and asked.
Liu Ziguang waved his hand, and someone on both sides had already stepped forward to subdue the two of them. The group continued to move forward. After entering the second door, they entered the main hall of Yan's Mansion. There were seven or eight well-dressed men standing in the yard. Sitting in the hall was a man who described
A haggard woman and a young man in fine clothes with a white face and a slight beard were talking.
People in the yard were surprised when they saw a group of tough men suddenly barging in from outside. The young man in rich clothes sat on the imperial chair and asked, "Who are those coming from outside?"
"We are here to buy land, just like you." Liu Ziguang replied. He walked straight towards the hall. Two well-dressed men wanted to stop him. They were stared at by his sharp eyes. After a slight hesitation, Liu Ziguang had already arrived in the hall. Two men outside
The two men faced off. Both sides were armed and equally arrogant. Neither of them knew the details of the other side, but neither of them took action immediately.
"Buying land..." The young man in Chinese clothes smiled and said to himself: "There are still people who want to compete with Dongchang for land."