When Xu He walked into the house, Zhang Jingxian glared at him angrily and said, "Xu He, you are brave!"
Xu He quickly lowered his eyebrows and began to pretend to be a good boy: "My lord, please forgive me!"
Zhang Jingxian panted and cursed: "How can you get away with national affairs by confusing right and wrong? Whether the Xu family can be saved this time is no longer important. If the Lianghuai Salt Fields are corrupted and colluded with the Japanese pirates from the southeast, then we will all It’s a life-and-death thing, do you understand?”
Xu He waited for him to vent his emotions before whispering: "Master Zhang, let's put this matter aside for now. The student has another thing to report to you!"
Zhang Jingxian glared at him and said in a low voice: "Say!"
Xu He saw that he was still calm, so he stepped forward and told Chen Hua what he had discussed.
At first, Zhang Jingxian was a little impatient, and even scolded Xu He: "You are a little boy, and Chen Hua is only a seventh-grade county magistrate. How dare you speak nonsense about the government's affairs, and you don't know how high the sky is!"
"Even if you submit this statement, do you think the court ministers will listen to Chen Hua, a county magistrate?"
Xu He was not angry when he heard this, and continued to talk about the Salt Division Kao Gong Law and Gang Yun Law.
After listening for a while, Zhang Jingxian was attracted by Yan Si's proposal to test the exercises.
"Indeed, I have also heard that these salt tyrants have been occupying the salt field since the time of Taizu. They colluded with the officials of the Salt Department and committed all kinds of evil, destroying their inheritance from generation to generation and hereditary succession. This is the key to the imperial court's control of the salt field. There are only advantages and no disadvantages, so your statement is quite fair!"
When he heard that the Gangyun Law had set up ten principles and eliminated the threat of hoarding merchants, not only would the court's tax revenue increase, the lives of kitchen workers would be better, but merchants would also be able to steadily carry and sell salt. He was so surprised that he was speechless.
He looked Xu He up and down: "You made all of these, right?"
Xu He waved his hands quickly: "No, no, Mr. Chen was born in Zao. He discussed it with the students for a long time and he was the one who took the lead!"
Zhang Jingxian sneered and rolled his eyes at Xu He: "Now you are too timid. That old farmer Chen Hua doesn't have such brains!"
"Hey, it seems I'm not the only one who thinks Mr. Chen looks like an old farmer!" Xu He thought to himself.
Zhang Jingxian sighed and said: "Oh! I have heard more or less about what happened to your Xu family a while ago. About Yang Yinqiu and Fan Shouji going to Xu Mansion together, I knew what they were doing after receiving the news. But I didn't expect that the emperor... …Eunuch You also got involved!”
Xu He nodded: "The eldest uncle had already sent both parties away, but at this time, God did not bless the Xu family. His old man became seriously ill and fell into a coma. The person in charge of the family became his second uncle. He was also willful, which led to The Xu family has suffered such a disaster! Please ask Mr. Zhang to save the Xu family!"
Zhang Jingxian frowned and sighed: "Wen Jiangong and Xiao Shigong were both famous ministers in the world. I also want to take care of them. However, this matter is very serious. If you retaliate like this, the Ministry of War will definitely hold me accountable." , saying that I was making noise and wasting military rations!"
Xu He nodded and said: "Sir, I have heard that many of the bandits in Jiangyanpu are Zao Ding. I believe that many of the Zao Dings know Lei Jun. Why don't I rush back to Kuancha to get to know him better? , if we find out where Lei Jun is, we can simply turn our army around and annihilate him in one fell swoop. This way, your master will be well-known, and the kitchen servants will not be attacked by weapons!"
Zhang Jingxian's eyes lit up and he said: "If this is really possible, then I can reply!"
Xu He was overjoyed when he heard this: "The situation is urgent. The students immediately rushed back to Kuancha to investigate!"
Zhang Jingxian touched his chin and said, "This matter comes out of my mouth and into your ears, do you understand?"
Xu He nodded solemnly: "Master Zhang saved my whole Xu family, I will thank you very much in the future!"
Zhang Jingxian patted his shoulder and sighed: "I am not doing it for myself, but for the sake of the millions of cooks in Lianghuai, you go first!"
Xu He was silent, solemnly arched his hands towards him, and walked backward out of the room.
When he came to the courtyard, he turned to Chen Yingzhao and said, "Master Chen, can you lend me a horse? I'll come as soon as I can!"
Chen Yingzhao saw the excitement on Xu He's face, smiled slightly and said to Sun Qian who was standing aside: "Old Sun, lend your horse to Mr. Xu!"
Sun Qianshi was familiar with Xu He. He smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Come on!"
When Xu He rode on Sun Qianshi's horse, he said to Wang Zhu'er, "Brother Zhu'er, I can only force you to follow me?"
Wang Zhuer snorted coldly: "Ride your horse, my legs and feet are very nimble, young master!"
Xu He laughed and kicked the horse's belly lightly, and Sun Qianshi's horse bolted out.
Xu He learned how to ride a horse because bandits invaded the city last time and the waterway was too slow. Xie Liangcai rode his horse to Hailing County easily, and he was still waiting for the waiter to paddle.
So after that time, he made up his mind to borrow the horse that Xie Liangcai rode last time from his uncle to practice for some days. However, the horse was returned soon after.
After all, Xu He's equestrian skills are only half-qualified now. After riding for a short distance, he hugged the horse's neck and looked like he was about to vomit.
When the nimble-legged Wang Zhuer saw this scene, he immediately showed a look of disdain on his face: "Sure enough, scholars are the most useless. How long have you been riding for so long? Virtue!"
Xu He smiled when he heard this, rolled off his horse, and sat on a bluestone by the side of the road to rest.
Seeing him like this, Wang Zhuer asked anxiously: "What's the matter with you? How did the conversation go? Aren't you going back to the venue?"
Xu He waved to him and said, "No hurry, no hurry. Brother Zhu'er, come here and have a rest. I want to ask you a few words!"
Wang Zhuer came to Xu He and sat down next to him with an impatient look on his face: "If you have anything to say, please tell me!"
Xu He nodded and said calmly: "You know Lei Jun, where is Lei Jun?"
Wang Zhuer's butt just fell down, and instantly it bounced up like it was being burned: "You, you, what are you talking about? What Lei Jun? I don't know him!"
Xu He didn't know the truth when he saw this. He looked at Wang Zhu'er seriously and said: "Brother Zhu'er, now the lives of millions of kitchen workers in Lianghuai are in your hands. Tell me the truth, that thunder Where is Jun hiding?"
Wang Zhuer shook his head like a rattle: "What Lei Jun? I really don't know!"
Xu He sighed and said: "Brother Zhu'er, has anyone told you that you are not a liar!"
Wang Zhuer said dejectedly: "How do you know that I know Lei Jun?"
Xu He shrugged: "It's very simple. Most of the people in the teahouse look precarious and worried. You are the only one clamoring to go against the government. What does this mean?"
"It shows that you are confident."
"Combined with the legend that most of the Jiangyanpu thieves came from Zao Ding, this has already made me guess what your retreat is? You just think that at worst, you will rebel with Lei Jun. If you can fight, fight, but if you can't fight the official The army ran to the sea! Right?"
Wang Zhuer was silent.
Xu He continued: "Not only you, but also Uncle Zheng also knows where Lei Jun is, right?"
Wang Zhuer's head suddenly raised and he looked at Xu He as if he were looking at a monster: "You, you know everything?"
Xu He smiled: "Then do you know why Uncle Zheng is still willing to ask me to come over to negotiate with the army instead of completely surrendering to the bandit Lei Jun?"
"Have you ever thought about this question?"
