Ye Ming glanced sideways at Miaotong, thinking about giving her some more chicken blood.
But Miao Tong suddenly muttered something like "True Love Is Invincible". After a while, she regained her confidence and became lively and cheerful.
This makes Ye Ming very pleased. Very good, girl, you have learned to motivate yourself!
After regaining her confidence, Miaotong said again:
"Big... leader, let's go on, let's continue looking for the cat demon."
Ye Ming smiled, stretched, turned and headed towards the government office:
"I won't go, you can go by yourself!"
"Ah, how can this be done? You are the leader, you can't give up halfway!"
"The leader of the church is always commanding from the rear. How can anyone run outside every day? Do you think that's right?"
"Well, there are only two of us. If you continue..."
"Miaotong, you have to remember that as a great 'pure love warrior', you have to have the courage to fight against thousands of people. What about two people? What about being alone?
As long as the faith in your heart lasts, you will have endless power and the support of countless people in the world who long for true love.
Therefore, you are not alone, there are thousands of like-minded people behind you! "
"Yes, leader, I understand!"
"Well, good! Now, continue your mission!"
Miao Tong nodded repeatedly and left excitedly.
Seeing this, Ye Ming smiled and nodded:
“Everything is good, but it’s easy to forget the original intention and I need to remind you again and again, which is a bit troublesome.
We need to develop the instinct of self-motivation as soon as possible! "
After saying that, he glanced at Jia's house with a half-smile, then walked leisurely towards the government office.
...
There is a large lake in Pingbo Prefecture, named Wubo Lake.
This lake is the distribution center for waterway operations in Pingbo Prefecture and is very prosperous.
There are many large flower boats floating around the lake all year round. These flower boats are filled with beautiful prostitutes who are famous in Pingbo Prefecture.
These flower boats were the cozy homes, cash cows, and meeting places of the major families.
Today, on the largest flower boat in the lake, men from four businesses and three merchants gathered together, seemingly discussing important matters.
Even Mei Ji, who was usually called to accompany her, could only wait on the outer deck.
The first person sitting in the boat was Lou Fucheng, flanked by Lin Fuwei, the head of the Yan family who was the magistrate of Pingbo Prefecture, and the head of the Jia family who was in charge of the Pingbo Prefecture shipping company.
There is another group of people who are representatives of maritime merchants, ship merchants, and land merchants.
It can be said that the people on this boat are the bosses of the entire Pingbo Mansion, hiding the gossip.
Being called here suddenly, some of them didn't know what was going on.
The great maritime merchant asked first:
"Everyone, what big thing happened that requires all of us to discuss it together?"
After Lin Fuwei glanced around, he said slowly:
"Now that everyone is here, let me tell you the general situation!"
To put it simply, King Fu has a newly recruited army that needs to undergo combat drills.
This had nothing to do with them, so there was nothing to worry about.
But the bad thing is that the military exercise location chosen by this army is actually "Fuyin Mountain".
This Fuyin Mountain is not an ordinary place, but a famous blessed place in Pingbo Mansion.
It was the place where the great gentry families spent a lot of money to attract the attention of the masters.
Today, the ancestral tombs of major families are all located on Fuyin Mountain.
In particular, the ancestral tombs of the four major families are located at key points in the mountains.
It can be said that the four major families can be prosperous today, and their ancestral graves are indispensable.
Now that there are troops conducting military exercises in Fuyin Mountain, what is the difference between that and directly digging their ancestral graves?
Well, there is still a difference. At least the tomb robbers are definitely not as clean and thorough as the army.
As a big family, they are well aware of the urinary nature of those military commanders.
These people will never give up the God-given opportunity of digging their ancestral graves to earn money.
After everyone heard what Lieutenant Lin said, everyone looked gloomy.
It is true that they are the cowards of Pingbo Prefecture, but they do not have the courage to fight against King Fu who has a large army.
Now that I'm facing this matter, my paws suddenly feel numb.
Someone said: "In my opinion, it is better to prepare more gifts, beauties, etc. and give them to the commander-in-chief of the army.
These soldiers are all stinky people who have never seen the world. A few women should be able to get rid of them. "
Lou Fucheng, who was sitting in the first place, shook his head and said:
“If it could be solved so easily, I wouldn’t ask you all to come here.
In fact, right after receiving the news, I sent someone to deliver three boxes of jewelry and twenty beauties.
As a result, after General Wang collected everything, he said that the location of the military exercise was designated by the prince and he had no right to change it. "
"Ah? Then the prince doesn't know that Fuyin Mountain is where our ancestors' tombs are?"
"Your Majesty is not from Pingbo Mansion, how do you know?"
Someone looked at the head of the Yan family and said:
"Master Yan, your daughter is the prince's favorite concubine. Can you help pass this matter on to let the prince know so that he can be more generous?"
As the head of the Yan family who was "unfortunate in his three lives, the magistrate of the county was attached to Guo" heard this and asked:
"Do you know why my daughter, who is not very beautiful, can become the prince's favorite concubine?"
When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, a little confused.
Master Yan said slowly:
"Because she is stupid, she only plays petty tricks and does stupid things all day long, and she knows nothing about political affairs.
Do you know why the prince’s favorite concubines died suddenly?
Just because they interfered in things that they shouldn't have interfered with, they all jumped into the water and fed the fishes. "
After everyone heard this, they also understood the difficulties faced by the Yan Family Master.
I'm afraid this path won't work. If we do it forcefully, it may be counterproductive.
This method didn't work, and other methods were discussed, but they were either difficult to implement or could not be spread to the prince's case at all.
After discussing it for a long time, there was no proper solution.
Many people looked at Lou Fucheng, who was sitting in the middle and had not spoken.
Some people couldn't help but ask Lou Fucheng if there was anything he could do.
Lou Fucheng, who had been silent all this time, glanced at everyone, and everyone fell silent.
Lou Fucheng said slowly:
"Everyone, don't forget, there is someone in the government office who can talk to the prince."
"Master Lou, you mean, Yuan... prefect?"
"He? Will he help us?"
Lou Fu Cheng glanced in the direction of the government office and sneered:
"This guy is probably waiting for us to beg him to intercede!"
"Master Lou, what do you mean?"
Lou Fucheng shook his head and said:
"There are some things that don't need to be said clearly. Everyone, now all my authority in the government office has been taken over by this person.
Although I still wear the title of a government official, in fact, it is no different from a false position.
What the other party is singing now should be what he needs.
This time I have called you here just to ask, should you submit or fight? "
Everyone present was not stupid. After looking at each other for a few times, no one dared to argue.
Seeing this, Lou Fucheng said:
"The prince now dominates Longzhou, and his arrogance is like fire. Maybe he is looking for an internal target to establish his authority.
Like all of you, I don’t want to be this person.
In this case, some losses must be endured. "
As soon as these words came out, everyone sighed and felt relieved at the same time.
For big families like them, it's okay to suffer some losses for a while. As long as the basic fundamentals are still there, the family can survive.
Next, after everyone roughly determined the bottom line of each company's losses, they selected three major merchants as representatives to communicate with the government official.
On the contrary, the four major families did not come forward.
Early on the next morning, three businessmen went to the government office to visit Yuan Zhixin.
Seeing these people arriving, Yuan Chi was very happy and planned to go out to greet them.
But before he started, he was stopped by Ye Ming.
"Sir, I agreed that I would play a game of chess with you today and then deal with official business. How can I break my promise?"
Ye Ming pointed to the chessboard and invited Yuan Chixin to sit down.
Seeing this, Yuan Zhixin glanced at Ye Ming and said with a smile:
"That's it, let's play chess."
In this way, the two of them played chess leisurely in the inner room, with Yuan Zhong guarding the door.
The people from Sanshang could not see Yuan Zhixin for a while, so they had to wait in the lobby.
This wait lasted for an hour, which was really worrying.
Normally, if they encountered this kind of situation, they would have thrown away their sleeves and left.
But at this time, they were responsible for the safety of their ancestral graves and could not tolerate their willfulness, so they could only wait here obediently.
A man came to Yuan Zhong and asked:
"Excuse me, sir, how long will it take?"
"My lord is very busy. I won't see anyone for the time being, and no one will be allowed in."
Yuan Zhong blocked the door, preventing the man from looking in.
The man had no choice but to turn around and go back to the hall to sit down when he saw a young girl jumping in from the outside and directly past Yuan Zhong.
Yuan Zhong had no objection to this.
Seeing this, the man asked:
"Why can this girl come in?"
"She is a mage hired by the Lord at a high price, so naturally she can enter."
"..."
Just as he was talking, he saw Jiang Xinlin coming in with a pamphlet, but Yuan Zhong still didn't stop him.
"Why can he enter?"
"It's a secret, do you want to know?"
"..."
Come on, how could you not know that this was done on purpose?
But they didn't dare to lose their temper yet, so they could only wait patiently.
After a while, after several "Shumin Pavilion" officials came in and out, I finally heard a greeting coming from inside.
Only then did Yuan Zhong allow them to enter.
Upon entering, Yuan Chixin and Ye Ming were leisurely packing up the chess pieces. Apparently, they had just finished playing a game of chess.
Ye Ming didn't look at these people, but smiled and said to Yuan Chi:
"Sir, you are so busy with things that you don't have enough time to play a game of chess. I'm afraid you can only enjoy the game when there is peace and quiet."
Yuan Chixin also smiled and said:
"It's not easy to have such a leisure time in such a busy life. If the world is settled in the future, you and I can meet again, and we will talk about it till nightfall."
The two said and laughed again.
After that, Yuan Chixin turned his target to a few people.
Knowing that these people were the representatives who were pushed out, Yuan Chi was not polite. He first pretended not to know, and then pretended to be surprised.
Then he began to express his difficulties and pointed out that the prince needed salt, iron, grain, etc.
The three merchants had already anticipated this and immediately promised to provide the prince with what he needed.
Seeing this, Yuan Zhixin nodded with satisfaction and planned to agree to the matter.
However, Ye Ming interrupted, saying that Pingbo Mansion was short of manpower and hoped that four families and three merchants would take on the task of transporting these things to the prince.
Naturally, the three merchants did not want to take on this matter, but they did not dare to refuse, so they had to agree.
In this way, things were roughly settled.
Specific matters will be discussed in detail by members of the "Shumin Pavilion".
After sending the representatives of the three merchants away, Yuan Chixin looked at Ye Ming and said:
"Sir, you are really smart. You have four merchants from three merchants personally escort the things. This not only saves the government soldiers, but also prevents them from tampering with the goods during transportation."
Ye Ming smiled and said: "It's just a small trick, and there is one more thing."
"What?"
“The people of the four families and three merchants do not have regular troops under their command.
If you want to escort this large amount of supplies, you will inevitably mobilize a large number of young and strong laborers as well as major escort agencies.
In this way, their power in Pingbo Mansion will be greatly weakened.
And isn’t it that adults are currently lacking an opportunity to shake their foundations?
This is a God-given opportunity! "
After hearing Ye Ming's analysis, Yuan Chixin's eyes lit up:
"Yes, yes, God-given opportunity, God-given opportunity!"
"However, once the adults start trying to pry the foundations of these families, it will undoubtedly make both sides fight to the death.
Then your lord will also bear their wrathful vengeance. "
"It doesn't matter. When a gentleman behaves in the world, how can he be afraid of hardships and dangers and stop at nothing?
No matter what methods they have, I will take them! "
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