Daming Mansion. Qinbei Pavilion
"Master, there is an invitation from the prefect!"
A servant walked into the yard, holding an invitation, and said to Lu Junyi, who was playing with a gun and stick.
"Invitation from the prefect?"
Lu Junyi put away his gun and frowned. He had never had a close relationship with the government. Why did the prefect Liang Taishu suddenly send him a message? He took it and started reading.
"Master, why did the prefect suddenly post?"
Yan Qing looked at Lu Junyi and asked.
"The magistrate is hosting a banquet for a number of wealthy families in Daming Mansion today. Please invite me to attend the banquet tonight."
Lu Junyi frowned and said after reading the invitation.
"A wealthy family? So sudden?"
Yan Qing was a little surprised. How come there was no news about this kind of thing before?
"Prepare a gift for me!"
Lu Junyi put the gun stick on the weapon rack and said to Yan Qing, then turned around and went to the back hall to take a bath and change clothes.
"Master, I'm afraid something might happen if the prefect suddenly invites you. Master needs to make preparations in advance."
Yan Qing reminded Lu Junyi.
"I know it!"
Lu Junyi didn't even look back, he just left after saying these words.
Yan Qing had to prepare gifts.
Lu Junyi, who was fully dressed after bathing and changing clothes, turned into Lu Yuanwai, the richest man in Daming Mansion. The official's outer hat and brocade robe all showed wealth.
"Master, Xiao Yi will go with you!"
Yan Qing said at the door holding the gift.
"No, it's just in the city. I can go there by myself. You guard the door!"
Lu Junyi waved his hand and said.
After seeing Lu Junyi off, Yan Qing waited in the front yard until midnight.
"Owner!"
It wasn't until midnight that Lu Junyi came back in a carriage and horse.
When Yan Qing saw Lu Junyi's drunken face, he quickly stepped forward to help him.
"Why did the master drink so much?"
Yan Qing looked at Lu Junyi and asked.
"Happy, haha! Happy!"
Lu Junyi laughed and seemed to be in a good mood.
Seeing that Lu Junyi was drunk, Yan Qing could only suppress the doubts in her heart first, and helped Lu Junyi into the house to rest.
The next day, as soon as Yan Qing got up, she heard a noise outside.
"What are you doing? Why did you take out all the weapons?"
Yan Qing asked suspiciously as she watched Li Gu direct his servants to take out all the weapons from the warehouse.
"The master asked me to take it. The master will go with the army to suppress the bandits!"
Li Gu said with a smile.
"Master suppresses bandits!"
Yan Qing looked shocked. She knew who the bandit was without having to guess. Liang Zhongshu was trying to drive a tiger to devour a wolf and kill someone with a borrowed knife!
Yan Qing quickly came to the front hall, where Lu Junyi was discussing matters with a group of supervisors.
"Master, do you really want to fight Liangshan?"
Yan Qing looked at Lu Junyi and asked.
"You all go down and get ready!"
Lu Junyi waved all the supervisors to leave.
"Xiao Yi came just in time, I was about to ask you about the details of Liang Shanbo!"
Lu Junyi looked at Yan Qing and asked.
"Master, Liang Shanbo has no grudges against us in the past or recent times. Why should we be enemies with them for the sake of the government!"
Yan Qing said quickly.
"After this is accomplished, Liang Zhongshu will grant me the rank of seventh-rank Yunqi Lieutenant."
Lu Junyi said, although he has no grievances or enmities, blocking someone's financial path is like killing his parents, and the seventh-grade Yunqi Lieutenant is enough for him to do anything.
The Lu family has been in business for generations and has accumulated astonishing wealth, but it only lacks some official positions. After Lu Junyi took over the Lu family, he found the inconvenience of not having an official position. No matter how much wealth he had, he could only grovel in front of officials.
Lu Junyi thought about changing this situation, but he was not good at writing and it was unrealistic to rely on the imperial examination. To rely on martial arts, he had to leave home and join the army.
The only way left is to spend money to buy an official position. This is no secret in the Song Dynasty. Since Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty started the official buying and selling of official positions, this tradition has been preserved. A ninth-grade loyal man is worth tens of millions.
But as a result, the overflow of official positions would lead to chaos in the country, so the upper management came up with a series of methods, such as raising prices, taking back rights, and giving only false titles. These official positions have no practical use.
Not to mention favoritism and bending the law, these false titles do not even have the privilege of reducing or exempting corvee taxes. These people who bought official positions were regarded as official untouchables by the elite elites in the officialdom. The Zhao family also stipulated that the "untouchables" who bought officials should be treated as criminals and criminals. Actors were also not eligible to marry the royal family, and even their descendants were restricted from taking the imperial examination.
A series of extravagances turned the official buyer into someone who had been taken advantage of. He only got an empty reputation and could not enjoy anything. In the end, rich people were no longer willing to buy an official position, and would rather pay bribes if they had the money.
"Seventh rank Yunqi Lieutenant!"
Yan Qing didn't know how to answer the question for a while. This official position was really not low. It was a serious military attache position. With this step and the financial resources of the Lu family, Lu Junyi's future was limitless. No wonder he would not hesitate to become Liangshan's enemy.
"Stop talking about this, tell me the information you know about Liangshan. Last time, you were vague and unclear. Liangshan's reputation is getting bigger and bigger in the past few months."
Lu Junyi looked at Yan Qing and asked. Ever since he went to Liangshan, his personal servant has become very weird, and he doesn't even go to his favorite Sanwa Liangshe.
"Liangshan...Sun Lei..."
Yan Qing hesitated and didn't know what to say.
"explain!"
Lu Junyi's voice turned cold, and he looked at Yan Qing and his personal servant impatiently. Yan Qing's inability to speak made him very angry. As a personal servant, Yan Qing should not hide anything.
"Liang Shanbo now leads nearly a hundred people, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses..."
Seeing Lu Junyi's pressure, Yan Qing could only speak, but what he said was some news circulating in the market, but it was more detailed than the rumors.
"I can't believe that such a small pool of water actually hides such ruthless bandits. It would be a great achievement to break the bandits' stronghold!"
Lu Junyi touched his chin and laughed.
"Master, the heroes of Liangshan are extraordinary in martial arts and cannot be underestimated!"
Seeing Lu Junyi's behavior, Yan Qing could only persuade him.
"Extraordinary? Who is better than me?"
Lu Junyi pointed to the weapon rack in the yard and said with a smile. He didn't dare to say anything else, but he would never be afraid of anyone in a martial arts competition.
"My master, Hebei, is naturally not afraid of being invincible. However, the skill of fighting does not only depend on personal bravery. Daming Mansion's soldiers and horses have not been fighting for a long time, and Liangshanbo has become more and more brave in the past two years."
Yan Qing shook his head and said, Lu Junyi's martial arts skills are of course nothing to say, but fighting does not depend on individual bravery, and there are several people in Liangshan who are not necessarily worse than Lu Junyi in martial arts.
"Don't worry about this. Li Cheng and Wen Da will cooperate fully, as well as Song Jiang and those people!"
Lu Junyi said nonchalantly.
"Song Jiang is going too?"
Yan Qing's face stiffened. Sun Lei was not interested in Song Jiang and others, and he could also see that Song Jiang was very ambitious. This Shandong Jiji Yu was ruthless and would do whatever it took to get the upper hand. Getting along with him was like seeking the skin of a tiger.
"Of course, Song Jiang has thousands of troops and dozens of leaders under his command, which can be considered a big help."
Lu Junyi was right. This operation was presided over by Liang Zhongshu. Song Jiang was now temporarily staying in Daming Mansion, so he naturally had to be dispatched by Liang Zhongshu. Such a war would naturally involve Song Jiang.
"In addition, you go to various grain stores and count the grains for the army to use."
Lu Junyi spoke again.
"Master, why do the government's bandit suppressors ask us to provide food!"
Yan Qing looked at Lu Junyi and asked, "Don't expose your wealth to anyone. Although the Lu family has a lot of wealth and is the richest man in Hebei, revealing wealth at this time will bring disaster."
"Just some food and grass!"
Lu Junyi waved his hand and said generously.
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