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Fatty Xu saw that Yang Yuqian still didn't believe it, so he said: "We can all place our own people in the sixth house of Lingqiu County Government. He, Liu Heng, was the guard of Xinping Fort. Naturally, there are several ministers in the officialdom." People who know each other well.”
"That's true." Yang Yuqian nodded.
Liu Heng was able to make the business of Hu Zi Qi such a big business, and it was indispensable to deal with various government offices.
"Let's not make any guesses here. Ask Zheng Shoubei to find out everything. He is the guard of Lingqiu, and he has connections from Datong Fucheng behind him. If the imperial court really wants to take action against the Tiger Flag, he will definitely be the first. It's time to get the news." Li Lidong said to the two people in front of him.
"How about we go to the garrison mansion?" Yang Yuqian looked at Fatty Xu.
Usually, Fatty Xu makes the decision on anything that happens to the three of them.
Fatty Xu nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to see Zheng Shoubei together. If the imperial court really takes action against the tiger-character flag, it would be considered a meritorious service if we tell Zheng Shoubei the news that the miners from the Dongshan Iron Works are escaping."
The three people ended their conversation, each got into their own carriage, and headed to the garrison in Lingqiu together.
A few years ago in Lingqiu, the Xu family was the first gentry family in Lingqiu. The luxury of their carriage was second to none in Lingqiu, and other gentry could not compare with it.
Now a few years have passed, and the Xu family has long been destroyed. The Xu family, the Yang family, and the Li family, as the old gentry families in Lingqiu, have cooperated with Huziqi for many years and made a lot of money. Compared with the Xu family, the first gentry family in Lingqiu back then, There is nothing missing from home.
As for carriages as a facade when going out, the carriages of the three families can be said to be even better than the Xu family's carriages in terms of various carvings and decorations.
As soon as the carriages from the three families hit the streets, local people would be able to recognize which carriages they came from without being introduced.
After all, before the Tiger Flag came to Lingqiu, these three families had a stronger foundation than other gentry families in Lingqiu. Later, when they cooperated with the Tiger Flag, they naturally earned more money than other families.
Lingqiu is located in the northwest, and the county seat is not a big city, just a lower-class county. There is only one main road in the city, connecting the west city and the east city.
The places where the government offices are located are in prosperous places in the city, and they are mostly near wealthy people's homes.
The carriages of the three families stopped in the street outside the gate of the garrison mansion.
Fatty Xu was helped down from the carriage by a servant at home.
After Yang Yuqian and Li Lidong got off their carriages and rushed over, the three of them walked together to the stone steps outside the gate of the garrison mansion.
"Stop, this is a garrison mansion, no one is allowed to break in."
There were guards outside the gate of the garrison mansion, and they stopped Fatty Xu and others as they walked to the stone steps.
"Excuse me, Sir, please go in and tell me that the Xu family has something urgent and needs to see Zheng Shoubei." Fatty Xu said politely to the guard in front of the door, and at the same time took out a piece of broken silver and handed it over.
The guard took the silver, weighed it with his hands, and then said with a smile on his face: "Dr. Xu, please wait a moment, I will go in and report to you."
With that said, he turned around and walked in from the door.
"Huh, what a villain. In the past, when we came to the garrison mansion, these people never laughed at us, but now they are actually making trouble for us, refusing to give us any money to communicate with us." Yang Yuqian snorted coldly.
Li Lidong on the side advised: "These people are the most observant. Who doesn't know what Zheng Shoubei's intention is in coming to Lingqiu? Those of us who have close contact with the Tiger Character Banner will naturally not be welcomed."
"We have had a lot of cooperation with the Tiger Flag in the past, but we have great righteousness in our hearts and have always stood on the side of the imperial court. These unworthy people really think that we will be unlucky with the Tiger Flag in the future. ." Yang Yuqian cursed the guards outside the gate of the garrison unceremoniously.
When Li Lidong saw this, he simply stopped trying to persuade him.
Let the other party vent the evil fire in his heart.
Not long after, the guard who had entered through the door earlier came out.
"How is the military master? Did Zheng Shoubei agree to see us?" Fatty Xu took a step forward and asked eagerly.
The guard said to the three people at the foot of the stone steps: "Please come with the proprietors. Our eldest master has promised to meet a few of them, so please come with the younger ones."
He raised his hand and walked towards the door with a gesture of invitation.
When Fatty Xu and others walked up the steps, he walked in first and led the way.
The garrison mansion is much smaller than the county government office. In addition, there are usually warriors living in it. There are not so many messy decorations, so it looks very simple.
The guard leading the way walked to the door of a room and said respectfully to the person standing at the door: "Steward Zheng, Dongzhu Xu and the others are here."
The person guarding the door was the long follower who came to Lingqiu with Zheng Shuqi, and now became Zheng Shuqi's housekeeper in Lingqiu.
"Come in, proprietors!" Zheng Fei glanced at Fatty Xu and the others, and then called them into the house.
The guard brought the person there and went back to work as a guard.
"The common people have seen the great master of the defense."
After entering the room, Fatty Xu and others saw Zheng Shuqi sitting on the main seat and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"I heard that you have something urgent and you want to see me?" Zheng Shuqi, who was sitting in the main seat, did not leave Gu Gu saying some useless nonsense, but directly asked them about their reasons.
He didn't have any good impressions of these local squires who were deeply involved with the Tiger Flag. If these people weren't still somewhat useful, he would have dealt with them long ago.
They are all grasshoppers after autumn, and they won’t be able to jump around for long.
Fatty Xu was the first to speak: "The common people dare to ask the garrison master whether the imperial court has issued an order and is preparing to take action against the Tiger Flag?"
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Zheng Shuqi slapped the table with his hand and immediately scolded: "What are your identities? You can inquire about the important affairs of the DPRK at will."
"The common people don't dare."
Fatty Xu and others were startled and hurriedly bowed their heads to apologize.
Zheng Shuqi's face softened a little, and he immediately said: "You are here to see me just to inquire about this matter. I have nothing to say. Zheng Fei will see you off."
An eviction order was issued.
"Master Guards, please calm down. When we come here this time, we really have something important to tell Master Guards, and we also ask the Master to allow the common people to show it." Fatty Xu's posture was extremely low.
He knew that if he and the Xu family wanted to continue to stay in Lingqiu and enjoy everything they had now, they could only hope to establish a relationship with Zheng Shoubei and clear the relationship with Tiger Character Banner.
"What are you talking about?" Zheng Shuqi waved his hand to Zheng Fei, indicating that he would chase them away later.
Fatty Xu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and then he said: "The grassroots received the news. The Tiger Character Banner summoned all the carts and took them to Dongshan. They took the miners from the Dongshan Iron Field to prepare to escape."
After speaking, he secretly looked at Zheng Shuqi who was sitting in his seat.
