"The common people have seen the Governor and the General Soldier." Zhao Yutu knelt down and saluted.
Although he has also read books and is barely considered a scholar, he has no fame after all and has to kneel down and salute when he meets an official.
"Okay, get up." It was Governor Liu who spoke, holding a bowl of tea in his hand.
"Thank you, sir." Zhao Yutu stood up and stood aside with his hands hanging down.
Zhang Huai, the commander-in-chief on the side, said in a bad tone, "What's going on on the grassland? Why did your Tiger Flag start fighting with the Fan family?"
"Returning to the Commander-in-Chief," Zhao Yutu said, "The Fanji Chamber of Commerce, headed by the Fan family, wants to completely squeeze the Tiger Character Banner out of the grassland. In desperation, our Tiger Character Banner can only fight back, otherwise when the business road is lost, we will It would be difficult to imagine dealing with Beilu like this."
"So that's it." Zhang Huai nodded, feeling slightly less dissatisfied.
The tiger-character flag led to the smuggling trade road on the grassland, and he also took a share of it. Since the fight between the tiger-character flag and the Fanji Chamber of Commerce, he had not received dividends for several months, and he had begun to feel dissatisfied with the tiger-character flag. Dissatisfied.
Zhao Yutu said, "The things that Fanji Chamber of Commerce sells to herdsmen are cheaper than those here in Daming. On the grassland, the goods of Tiger Character Banner cannot be sold at all, so the dividends for you two adults can only wait for a while, but my family The proprietor said that as long as Fanji Chamber of Commerce is squeezed out of the grassland, the future income from the grassland will be more than half, and the dividends you two adults will receive in the future will also increase."
"You must fight with the Fan family." Governor Liu frowned slightly.
Zhao Yutu said with a smile, "It's not us who want to fight them, it's them who want to fight us. We, Tiger Character Banner, can only passively respond. Fortunately, we have gradually gained the upper hand. I believe it won't be long before the Fan family will be unable to fight with us." Fight.”
"This Fan family is so ignorant. They are both businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, but they want to fight with their own people and make the Tatars on the grassland laugh." Zhang Huai said with dissatisfaction.
Because of the fight between the two families, he lost several months of bonuses.
Zhao Yutu explained with a smile, "The hustle and bustle is all about profit. Now whoever can capture the business roads on the grassland will make the most money. Naturally, the Fan family does not want our Tiger Flag to occupy the business roads on the grassland."
"Having said that, the Fan family has a deep foundation of Shanxi merchants for generations. I'm afraid it will not be easy for your Tiger Flag to win. And the Fanji Chamber of Commerce is the leader of the Fan family and has cooperated with many Shanxi merchants. If your Tiger Flag wants to win, It’s even harder,” said Governor Liu.
"My lord, what you mean is"
Zhao Yutu frowned. He felt something was wrong with the governor in front of him and kept talking to the Fan family.
Governor Liu said, "The last time there was a memorial written by the imperial censor in Beijing, it was said that your Tiger Flag was the bandit who caused trouble in the place. Later, even the Jin Yiwei came down to investigate. Although I don't know why the matter was left undisclosed in the end. The Fan family is behind this. If your Tiger Flag continues to be so tough, there is no guarantee that the Fan family will not do it again, and your Tiger Flag may not have such good luck."
Zhao Yutu showed a bitter look on his face and said, "Sir, the Fanji Chamber of Commerce is pressing every step of the way. Even if our Tiger Character Banner gives in, the Fanji Chamber of Commerce will not give up."
"Why should we obey the soft?" Zhang Huai slapped the table and said, "If there are bandits in Datong, who can know better than me, the commander-in-chief, when there is a need for a bunch of censors to point fingers."
Today's Datong, it can be said that most of the credit for the local peace and stability should be attributed to the Tiger Character Banner.
When the Tiger-Character Flag convoy began to transport goods to various places, the war troops killed a group of bandits who were planning to use the convoy. Later, Lingqiu lacked manpower to do the work, and the Tiger-Character Flag war troop began to suppress bandits everywhere and captured the bandits to do coolies. .
After several twists and turns, the bandits in Datong were either caught in Lingqiu by the Tiger Character Banner or fled Datong. Since this year, there have been no more bandit attacks in Datong.
Governor Liu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of the tea inside, and said, "I have called you here this time to tell your boss that I will be returning to Beijing to meet the emperor soon, and the new governor of Datong will come before the year." When Datong takes over, the matters between you and the Fan family should be reconciled as much as possible. If the new governor is different from me, it may be difficult for you to do business on the grassland."
"Sir, you are going back to Beijing." Zhao Yutu was surprised. This is definitely not good news for Tiger Flag.
The fact that Tiger Character Banner is so stable in Datong today is not only due to the care of Commander-in-Chief Zhang Huai, but also to the inaction of Governor Liu. If replaced by a strong governor, the Tiger Character Flag would definitely not be the best for them. What a good thing.
"Okay, you go down." Governor Liu waved his hand towards Zhao Yutu, signaling him to leave.
"Yes, the grassroots are resigning."
Zhao Yutu retreated from the back hall of the governor's Yamen full of thoughts.
When only Governor Liu and Zhang Huai were left in the back hall, Zhang Huai was heard saying, "Why is it so sudden for your Excellency to return to Beijing? There was no news about it before."
Governor Liu said calmly, "Master Fang, the first assistant, has promised Han Xu and set a date for his official appointment. If I miss this governor's position any longer, it will probably be a disaster rather than a blessing."
"My lord, do you know who will take your place?" Zhang Huai asked.
Governor Liu twirled his beard and said, "Shaanxi Inspector Xu Tong will come to Datong to take over as governor."
"He is a member of the Donglin Party," Zhang Huai said curiously.
Governor Liu waved his hand and said, "He is not a member of the Donglin Party, he can only be regarded as a member of the declining Jin Party, and he has a clan brother who lives in Lingqiu."
"This is a good thing," Zhang Huai said, "Since we are from Lingqiu, we can let Huziqi go to build relationships in advance. What are you worried about, sir?"
Governor Liu said, "It might be a good thing for others, but it is a disaster for Tiger Character Banner and their proprietor Liu Heng."
Zhang Huai looked at Governor Liu with a puzzled look.
Governor Liu continued, "The Xu Shunqing who came to the governor's Yamen to sue Liu Heng is the nephew of Mr. Xu."
Hearing this, Zhang Huai took a deep breath.
"Why is he the new governor of Datong?" Zhao Yutu was so shocked that he almost fell off his seat.
Du Wanyuan, who was sitting opposite him, nodded with a wry smile.
As soon as Zhao Yutu came out of the governor's office, the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong, so he invited Du Wanyuan, an aide to Governor Liu, to come to the restaurant for a drink.
From Du Wanyuan's mouth, he learned that the new governor of Datong was Xu Tong, Xu Youcai's younger brother.
Although the two are not biological brothers, they are both from the Xu family, and they have not been in the fifth server.
Their Tiger-Character Banner destroyed the Xu family and took away the Xu family's property. He did not believe that Xu Tong would pretend that nothing had happened after he took office. What awaited the Tiger-Character Banner in the future would be a storm of revenge.
Du Wanyuan said, "Mr. Zhao should convey the news to you, Mr. Liu, earlier, and think of a solution as soon as possible."
Having said that, he was not optimistic about what Liu Heng of Tiger Flag could do.
Zhao Yutu's face was as gloomy as water.
This time their Tiger Flag was in big trouble. Before the matter with the Fan family was resolved, Xu Tong, the governor of Datong, came.
Du Wanyuan stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "Mr. Zhao should send the news back earlier, so there is no need to have this drink."
After hearing this, Zhao Yutu hurriedly stood up, took out a meeting ticket from his sleeve and stuffed it in it, and said at the same time, "Thank you, Staff Du, for informing me of this matter. This is a meeting ticket for a hundred taels of capital bank. After Staff Du returns to Beijing, You can take this ticket to the bank to get money at any time."
Du Wanyuan collected the meeting tickets and said, "Mr. Zhao should make plans in advance."
Zhao Yutu nodded.
After sending Du Wanyuan away, Zhao Yutu was still in the mood to eat, so he returned to Lingqiu overnight with several Tiger Flag riders who had come to Datong with him.
