"My sister and I are willing to stay in Chang'an and serve the general. We hope the general can fulfill his wish," Li Ying said.
Jia Rong nodded slightly. In fact, he had already thought of the answer after the two girls left that day. Li Ying and Li Yu had no relatives, so what if they returned to their hometown? Do they still want to rely on their own martial arts to conquer the mountain and become king? The whole world
Nothing is peaceful, so staying in Chang'an is the wisest move.
"Well, you have to think clearly. The military is no different from others. Once you enter, you must follow the rules and make no mistakes. The military is no different from the Jianghu. What matters is that military orders are like mountains of orders and prohibitions."
"Yes!" Li Ying said: "We sisters will not regret it."
"You are swordsmen. You have traveled around the world for many years and are familiar with assassination. You will temporarily serve as an assassin member under Wang Yue. You will report to Wang Yue later. If you have any requests, please ask Wang Yue or this general.
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Wang Yue, Li Ying and Li Yu are naturally no strangers. Deng Zhan died in his hands that day. For Wang Yue, the two girls don't know what kind of feelings they have, but they certainly can't talk about respect. However, Jia Rong's order does not affect the two girls.
Violation, in fact, Li Yu is still thinking about why Jia Rong doesn't give them a big official position. With Jia Rong's status in Chang'an, it is easy to accomplish this matter.
"In the military, the strong are respected. I hope you can continue to move to a higher position through your own efforts. You will understand this when you actually enter the military."
"Yes, my sister and I will go to Wang Yue's place right now."
"After you step into the army, you should be called by the names in the army. Don't call them by their first names. I don't care so much, but there are people who care. Don't be caught because of trivial things." Jia Rong said.
"Thank you General for informing me!"
After walking out of the general's mansion, Li Yu couldn't control her inner thoughts and asked softly: "Sister, why doesn't Jia Rong give us a big official position? That would be great."
"Don't talk nonsense. Didn't the general just say that from now on in the army, we must abide by the rules and not directly call the general's life? The general may not care. If it reaches the ears of interested people, there will inevitably be trouble." Li Ying scolded.
Li Yu stuck out her tongue, shrank her head and followed Li Ying. The eldest sister had a crush on Jia Rong, so she could naturally tell it. However, during these days in Chang'an, she also knew how many lovely wives and concubines Jia Rong had, and
She and her sister are just chivalrous women traveling around the world. They have no status. Even if they enter the general's mansion, they will probably be ostracized. What my sister did is not for Jia Rong, but she just hopes that Jia Rong can feel it.
Li Ying and Li Yu went on Jia Rong's order, and Wang Yue did not have too many difficulties. This was the critical moment to investigate the man in black. After Li Ying and Li Yu understood some rules, they idled away during the assassination.
, facing assassination training all day long, and occasionally visiting Lone Wolf, the two sides exchanged knowledge and found deficiencies in actual combat. Gradually, Li Ying became familiar with this rhythm of life, and enjoyed it endlessly, and even used the things she was familiar with.
In the midst of assassinations and lone wolves, he came out in the open and gained the attention of others.
Now is the critical period for investigating the man in black. Even Wang Yue has no intention to train these two girls. Not only is it assassination, Lone Wolf, Heaven Punishment is also in a state of tension. Jia Rong issued a death order.
Once the connection between the men in black and the city officials cannot be completely discovered, everyone will be in trouble, and of course the leaders of these teams will bear the brunt.
After Fengya returned to Fenglai Tower, she did not show any dissatisfaction. She knew that there were many eyes watching her secretly. If she was not careful, it would not be as simple as losing a little money. She was still concerned about the movements in the city some time ago.
I can vividly remember that the soldiers searched house to house. Once they found someone whose whereabouts were unknown, they immediately started arresting them. These things were connected together. It can be imagined that the Xiliang Army targeted Feng Lai upstairs, and
All of this was led by Jia Rong. No matter how calm and indifferent Jia Rong was in the general's mansion, everything was done by his hand. The loss of a wealthy businessman was not a big deal to Chang'an, but they
The normal order in the city cannot be delayed because of a wealthy businessman.
The lone wolf assassination of the Heavenly Punishment was launched. The news of the investigation reached the hands of Jia Xu, Zhang Zhao and Wang Yue. The three leaders began to sort it out carefully, and finally targeted Deng Shu, the general's Cao Rong, as the primary target.
Ever since Jia Rong disappeared in the city, his behavior has been a bit strange. He once stayed in the box of Feng Lai Tower for a while. How could Cao Rong, a member of the General's Mansion, have so much spare money to go to Feng Lai Tower to drink and eat there?
Anyone who drinks alcohol is a person who spends a lot of money, but Deng Shu came from a poor family and got to his current position step by step after being promoted. How much money he has can be found out with a little investigation.
Deng Shu is a small fish. His official position in the General's Mansion is not prominent, and he has no influence in the army. In the craftsman's workshop, probably nine out of ten people who know Deng Shu shake their heads. There are so many officials in the General's Mansion.
, how can the craftsman's workshop worry about this matter?
In this way, the sale of weapons cannot naturally come from Deng Shu. He may just be a smoke bomb thrown by the enemy lurking in the dark, deliberately confusing the Xiliang army who is investigating, so that it cannot find the real target.
"Master Liu, how is the matter you were asked to do?" Jia Rong sat at the top of a magnificent cabin in the craftsman's workshop and asked calmly.
"General, after a humble investigation, we discovered that there are three people in the craftsman's workshop who are acting suspiciously."
"Oh, tell me, why is this guy acting suspiciously?"
"These three people all have official positions in the craftsman's workshop, and their daily behavior is quite satisfactory. They just go home very frequently, and they didn't take their humble positions seriously at first. Since the sale of weapons occurred in Chang'an City that year, the humble generals
We made a statistics on the number of times all the blacksmiths went home to visit their relatives, and each of these three people visited their relatives more than twenty times," said Liu Tiejiang.
"Is there such a thing?" Jia Rong asked in shock: "Isn't there a clear rule in the craftsman's workshop that you are not allowed to go home too many times?"
"These three people are related to Mr. Pu, and it is difficult to conduct too much investigation due to their low position." Liu Tiejiang said. In recent years, Pu Yuan's status in the craftsman's workshop has been at its peak, and many famous weapons are made in his hands.
The group of blacksmiths he leads are the mainstay of the workshop. They have created excellent weapons many times and established a great reputation. If Jia Rong had not asked Blacksmith Liu to take charge of the production of the moonlight cup, I am afraid that Blacksmith Liu's status in the workshop would have been lost.
Being completely squeezed out by Pu Yuan, no matter where you are, as long as you have authority and status, there will be struggles, and a group of blacksmiths are no exception, especially since this group of blacksmiths have good blacksmithing skills, and they can use this as a cornerstone to continue to climb up.
, which also resulted in open and covert struggles within the craftsmen's workshops. On the surface, they were all working hard to create excellent weapons for the army, but secretly they were dividing the gangs.
Liu Tiejiang was one of the old men who first followed Jia Rong. He worked diligently in the workshop for many years and made great efforts for the development of the workshop. Moreover, many blacksmiths were promoted by Liu Tiejiang. Thinking of Liu Tiejiang's selfless work in those days,
Having given many blacksmithing skills to themselves, these blacksmiths naturally could not tolerate Blacksmith Liu being squeezed and suppressed.
Jia Rong doesn't want to get too involved in the internal struggles in the craftsman's workshop. No matter where it is, it is the jungle of the jungle. The weak can only become the ladder and stepping stone for the strong to climb up. There is competition in the craftsman's workshop, which is very good. Without competition, where would it be?
However, once something extremely illegal is done, Jia Rong will not tolerate it, especially the loss of elite weapons. Jia Rong clearly stipulates that hand crossbows and other weapons have a strict management system, and no one is allowed to steal them without permission.
Selling, even when the blacksmith returns home, cannot mention it.
"Call those three people here and I'll ask them something." Jia Rong played with a dagger and said softly.
Looking at Liu Tiejiang's departing back, Jia Rong couldn't bear it. Liu Tiejiang's efforts for the entire Xiliang Army were obvious to all. Even some officials from Chang'an were very respectful when they saw Liu Tiejiang.
Pu Yuan's craftsman's workshop was moved outside the city, some distance away from the city. This also ensured the quietness in the city. Otherwise, the noise from the craftsman's workshop day and night would be enough to make it difficult for many people to sleep. Jincheng is an example. The craftsman's workshop is located in
The center of the city is very majestic, but with the gradual development, it has become a bit uncomfortable. On the one hand, it takes up too much ground, and on the other hand, it is too noisy.
About half an hour later, Blacksmith Liu came with three blacksmiths, and Pu Yuan also followed.
Blacksmith Liu, Pu Yuan and three blacksmiths hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Jia Rong glanced at the five people, turned the dagger in a circle in his hand, and sneered: "Master Pu, it seems that the general has no order for you to come, right?"
Cold sweat broke out on Pu Yuan's forehead. In front of Jia Rong, he felt huge pressure. It was not so strong in the past because Jia Rong at that time always spoke in a gentle tone and rarely got angry.
"Report to General, humble position"
"No need to say anything more. You go out first. I have something to ask Mr. Liu." Jia Rong said calmly.
"Promise!" Pu Yuan did not dare to disobey at all. Everything he has now comes from the one above him. If he makes him angry, his future will be lost immediately. Without him Pu Yuan, the craftsman's workshop will continue as usual.
Suddenly, after seeing Jia Rong, the arrogance in his heart completely disappeared.
"I heard that the three of you go home often. What's going on? Is there something going on with your wife, children, and mother at home?" Jia Rong asked.
The three blacksmiths knelt down on the ground one after another, not knowing how to answer, and there was a trace of cold sweat on their foreheads.
