Li Shuheng lived in a separate courtyard in Xujiazhuang, not far from the courtyard of the side hall where Liu Heng was, and soon came to the side hall.
"Brother Shuheng, look at this letter. General Li sent someone to deliver it." As soon as Liu Heng saw Li Shuheng, he handed the letter over.
Li Shuheng picked up the letter and walked to the seat beside him to sit down.
The content of the letter was not long. He read it quickly, packed the letter again, and put it aside. He said, "I didn't expect that the Xu family members have already gone to the governor's office."
There was a hint of worry in his voice as he spoke.
Liu Heng took the tureen away from his mouth and said, "I'm going to Datong to pay a visit to the general of Datong."
"Isn't it too risky?" Li Shuheng frowned and said, "Besides, the general soldier may not see you there."
Liu Heng said: "I have thought about this. If I go directly to the General Military Mansion, I will definitely not see anyone. So I am going to ask Li Huaixin to introduce me and prepare a gift list of five thousand taels of silver. I guess I can still meet the General Military Mansion." one side."
Li Shuheng said: "Why don't I go instead? Zhao Yutu can go too. You are the backbone of our Tiger Flag. You must not have any accidents."
Liu Heng shook his head slightly and said, "None of you can do this, only me. I am the proprietor behind the Tiger Flag. If it were you who went to see the Commander-in-Chief, then the Tiger Flag would be the real one." It’s over.”
Li Shuheng was not stupid, and he understood what Liu Heng meant after just a moment's thought.
The tiger-character flag is just the property of a businessman. It is not easy for a businessman to meet the commander-in-chief of a town. Now when he comes to ask for help, the proprietor does not come forward and only sends his subordinates. It is very easy to cause the displeasure of the commander-in-chief. , thereby offending a town's general soldier.
He understood that only Liu Heng could come forward in this matter.
Thinking of this, he said: "I'll ask someone to prepare the money later."
Liu Heng said: "Five thousand taels are not enough, so prepare for ten thousand taels first."
Li Shuheng nodded and asked, "When are you going to Datong?"
"The matter should not be delayed for too long. I want to leave immediately." Liu Heng said, "I will go to Xinping Fort first, and then go to Datong from Xinping Fort. The money does not need to go with me. I will give it to Zhao Wu to escort me to Datong. , there are people from the Intelligence Department over there who will arrange the money."
"Then I'll prepare the money now." Li Shuheng stood up.
Liu Heng nodded.
After Li Shuheng left, Zhao Wu said: "Master, it is better to ask your subordinates to escort you to Xinpingbao. It is better to leave the matter of escorting the money to Datong to Xu Xuewu."
Liu Heng looked at Zhao Wu and said, "You are familiar with the people in the Intelligence Department, so I feel more at ease if you escort the money to Datong. Xu Xuewu will go to Xinpingbao with me."
"Yes." Xu Xuewu responded first.
Zhao Wu could only say: "I obey my orders."
"Pack up, let's get ready to go." Liu Heng said to Xu Xuewu, and then looked at Zhao Wu and said, "When the money from Deputy Director Li is ready, you can escort him directly to Datong."
"Yes." Zhao Wu stood upright with his legs and agreed.
Xu Xuewu left the side hall to prepare horses and dry food.
At the same time, a new horse must be prepared for the soldiers sent by Li Huaixin. The horse the other party is riding is no longer suitable for driving.
Fortunately, Tiger Flag does not lack horses now, it just lacks a large number of war horses.
Zhao Wu needed to wait for Li Shuheng to prepare money before he could go on the road, and the direction he took was different from that of Liu Heng and others.
After leaving Xujiazhuang, Liu Heng led people directly to Guangling.
On the way, they passed through Yangyuan and Tianchengwei. They galloped all the way, changing horses without changing people. It wasn't until the evening of the next day that they arrived at Xinpingbao.
Zhao Wu took Yinzi directly to Datong, taking Guangling and Guangchang. The distance was much closer than going to Xinpingbao, but the speed of pulling Yinzi in the car could not be compared with riding a horse.
Before dark, Liu Heng came to Xinping Fort, and under the leadership of Li Huaixin's personal soldiers, he went directly to the General's Mansion.
Li Huaixin learned from the guards of the General's Mansion that Liu Heng was coming from Lingqiu. When he arrived at the General's Mansion, he hurriedly came out of the inner office to welcome him.
"The common people have seen you, Sir General." Liu Heng saluted immediately upon meeting him.
Li Huaixin reached out to help him and said with a smile: "There is no need for such a big ceremony between you and me."
Before Liu Heng had time to bow down, Li Huai held his arm with his hands and was unable to bow down anymore.
"Dr. Liu is so busy with his life, he must not have had dinner yet!" Li Huaixin said, "I will send someone to prepare food and drinks right now."
"The common people obey the arrangements of the General." Liu Heng saluted with clasped fists.
"You and I don't need to be so outgoing." Li Huaixin waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the back office for tea first."
The two people came to Houya all the way.
The servants of the Shenjiang Mansion brought two cups of hot tea and placed them in the hands of Li Huaixin and Liu Heng respectively.
"You guys go out first!" Li Huaixin waved his hand to the soldiers beside him, signaling them to go out.
Liu Heng turned his head and nodded towards Xu Xuewu.
Xu Xuewu and the soldiers of the General's Mansion left the Houya together, but they did not go far, but stayed outside the door of the Houya.
Only Li Huaixin and Liu Heng were left in the houya.
At this time, I heard Li Huaixin say: "President Liu Dongzhu has read the contents of the letter. Can you make a decision?"
"It's rare that the general would still care about the common people at this critical moment." Liu Heng bowed slightly.
Li Huaixin said: "Don't say these useless things. Even if I don't help you, the person behind this matter will not let me go. Now the two of us are tied to the same rope. If the tiger flag falls, what will happen to me?" It won’t be any better.”
His family knows his own affairs, and he knows that he can take this position as a general. There is a lot of effort behind the tiger-character flag. Now that someone is targeting the tiger-character flag, they will naturally not let him go. The position of a general is enough to make many people Tempting.
Seeing what Li Huaixin said so directly, Liu Heng did not continue to make excuses with him, and said straight to the point: "I need to see the Commander-in-Chief!"
"It's difficult." Li Huaixin said, "In the eyes of the Chief Soldier, you are just a businessman. Now that the Xu family has gone to the governor's office to file a complaint against you, the Chief Soldier will never see you."
"I have prepared five thousand taels of silver for the General Military Mansion." After speaking, Liu Heng picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
Li Huaixin squeezed his brows together. After pondering for a moment, he said, "I'll give it a try. I can't guarantee that the Commander-in-Chief will definitely see you."
"Then there is Mr. General Ginseng." Liu Heng put down his tea cup and held his hand towards Li Huaixin.
Li Huaixin said: "This matter is not only helping you, but also helping me. However, I'm afraid the chief soldier alone may not be enough. Now the matter has involved the governor."
"In addition to the five thousand taels from the General Soldier, I have also prepared another five thousand taels." Liu Heng said calmly.
"Hiss!" Li Huaixin took a breath and said, "How much money does the Tiger Character Flag have now? I gave the Commander-in-Chief 10,000 taels before, and now he has given me another 10,000 taels. They all say you have the Tiger Character Flag." Jinshan Yinhai, I think it’s pretty much the same.”
Liu Heng smiled.
He didn't have gold, mountains and silver, but he was different from ordinary Mingren businessmen. He never hid gold and silver in the cellar, but spent it all.
It can be said that Tiger Flag does not lack silver, but there is not much cash in hand.
