After the meeting was dismissed, Qiao Zhiqing, escorted by a wing's personal soldiers, went straight to Jinkui City.When the horse team arrived outside the southern city, Sheng Xuanhuai was already waiting at the gate of the city, and when he saw Qiao Zhiqing coming, he hurriedly greeted him."
Dashuai, my subordinates have been waiting for you here all morning, and you can be regarded as coming.""
You don't work in the county office, what are you waiting for me to do here, don't you know the way" Qiao Zhiqing looked at him with some displeasure on his face, he didn't like this bureaucratic style very much."
The marshal doesn't know, and his subordinates are about to be angry with that Shengbao.He is making a fuss in the county government now, and his subordinates can only wait here for you to come and make a personal decision. ”Sheng Xuanhuai's face was full of distress, and he followed Qiao Zhiqing's back and hung his head vigorously."
Oh, what's wrong with him again" Qiao Zhiqing slowed down a lot after crossing his horse into the city, and the pro-army team opened the way in front.It was already afternoon, and the streets were full of tourists.After Sheng Xuanhuai's care, the entire street on heaven and earth is more orderly, prosperous and orderly.The shops on both sides of the official road have also increased a lot compared to before, to Qiao Zhiqing's surprise, Pan Qiaoyu's clothing branch has also opened a branch here, and the business looks good, no wonder the big girls and little daughters-in-law on the street are dressed up to catch up with the trend of Suzhou."
Dashuai, this Shengbao doesn't know what kind of wind he has been pumping recently, and he doesn't care about Yangzhou being occupied by the Twist Army, but he has done the work of forcing good people to become prostitutes.I don't know where I kidnapped more than 200 young Han girls, so I had to prepare a shop for him on the street, saying that I wanted to find decent jobs for these girls.The subordinates knew that he must have moved the mind of opening a brothel, and you once said that all Han women were resolutely not allowed to do this business, so the subordinates persuaded Shengbao a few words.No, instead of listening, the dog Tartar placed these women in the county office.Every day, he keeps using his identity as a minister to press his subordinates, and his subordinates' ears have to grind out cocoons for him and those girls who cry all day long. ”Sheng Xuanhuai scolded fiercely, tightened the horse rope from time to time, and followed closely behind Qiao Zhiqing."
I didn't expect this big and three thick Tartar to have a bit of brains, and he also knew that this kind of business would make money.Our profit this month is clear, there is no approximate income of silver taels" Qiao Zhiqing snorted coldly, and asked Sheng Xuanhuai about the operation of a street in heaven and earth, last month's non-loss and non-profit has just been flat, and this month it should be a little bit of an entry."
Back to Dashuai, the more than 1,000 girls that Master Pan just shipped from Japan and Goryeo are all first-class goods.So this month we've added 10 more casinos, 5 high-end clubs, and 10 low-end brothels on this street.The business was very hot every day, and after the settlement of the day, excluding all kinds of expenses, the net profit was 30,000 taels of silver.I'll let the bookkeeper count all the accounts, and I'll give them to you later. ”Sheng Xuanhuai reported to Qiao Zhiqing with high spirits, he was born in a business family since he was a child, and when it comes to doing business, I am afraid that no one in the world can compare with his shrewdness."
Thirty thousand taels" Although Qiao Zhi was prepared early in the morning, he was still startled when he heard this number, thinking that when the Qiao family went south to Hunan to sell tea, it was nothing more than 350,000 taels of silver for one trip, which would take several months, and he was worried about his life at any time.This guy lost 30,000 taels a day, which was enough to feed 50,000 soldiers and horses for a month."
Are there any soldiers in the Shengbao Army who came out to play on this street" Qiao Zhiqing's eyes kept searching on the street, wanting to be sure if there was no need to keep the victory here."
Yes, the sea has gone, and they are all disguised as civilians and mixed in.Almost 10,000 taels of the 30,000 taels of profit were contributed by the soldiers of Shengbao, and the group of uncles who did not gamble or prostitute every day were uncomfortable sleeping. ”Sheng Xuanhuai laughed with relief."
That's good, this court is eccentric, taking out so much silver from the treasury every month to raise some rice buckets, and the Han people who can fight are raising their own salaries.It seems that this fat sheep will continue to be raised, and these military salaries should have belonged to us. ”Qiao Zhiqing snorted coldly, and got off the war horse with Sheng Xuanhuai at the door of the county office."
Hey, Brother Qiao, what kind of wind blew you here, I also said that I would take the time to go to Suzhou to see you."
As soon as the group entered the back house of the county government, they saw Shengbao coming out of the hall with a smile on his face."
Ben Shuai is here to send a letter to Brother Shengbao, doesn't the eldest brother really know the recent military situation" Qiao Zhiqing sneered, brushed Shengbao's body and entered the guest hall and sat down."
Brother Qiao, are you referring to the matter of Yangzhou, brother, I already know, my brother is thinking about dispatching troops to drive the Twist army out of Yangzhou.Unexpectedly, his subordinates suddenly came to report, saying that the Twist Army was building warships recently, and they were going to attack Zhenjiang in a few days, and they had no plans to operate in Yangzhou.Only then did my brother order that the generals would wait for the situation to be clear, and it would not be too late to make plans. ”Sheng Bao cheekily followed Qiao Zhiqing into the house and sat down beside Qiao Zhiqing."
It turns out that the eldest brother has known about this for a long time, and I am always worried about you, even if you have to be a brother.That's good, a few days ago, I heard that some people in the imperial court still participated in the eldest brother's lax management of the army and lost Yangzhou's crime.Since the eldest brother is confident, the brother is also relieved. ”Qiao Zhiqing took a sip of the tea bowl and stared at Shengbao with sharp eyes."
Who, who is so bold and dares to participate in Lao Tzu.Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, who has not been defeated, even if he was a national domain, he was broken by the Taiping army in the past, and he still jumped into the river to die or live. ”As soon as Katsuho heard this, he scolded violently, but his tone was obviously weak."
The brother said a few heartfelt words to the eldest brother, and the court only looked at the results.Big brother, do you know what it is to lose Yangzhou and lose your official position, let's not talk about it for the time being, it's good if you can keep your head, big brother, don't forget, that Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, the eyes of the minister of regimental training don't stare at you.You take the military salary, but let the Han people's regimental training work on the battlefield, who do you say will be happy, people are eager for you to have some problems, so that you can be impeached in the court.Don't believe it, in less than two days, there will definitely be an edict from the imperial court. ”Qiao Zhiqing squinted his eyes and reminded Shengbao with a few words of fright.Sheng Bao really settled down immediately, struggled in his heart for a long time, nodded yes again and again, looked at Qiao Zhiqing with almost pleading eyes and asked, "Since the brothers have said it so clearly, the eldest brother will not pretend to be hard with you."
In less than two days, the imperial court has already issued an edict, and it is good to tell the brothers, those old and cunning Han people are really not things, and they are making tricks behind their backs, and it is not good for the court to impeach the brother and suppress the thieves, so that the twist army will sit big, and now the power is all over North China, and it will threaten the capital.The two queen mothers couldn't sit still, and the edict was sent urgently for 800 miles, ordering the elder brother to recover Yangzhou within three days, and if he couldn't take it, he would be dismissed immediately and investigated.My brother also had no choice, so he was anxious to go to Suzhou to find you. ”Qiao Zhiqing sneered a few times in his heart, this dog tartar, you still want to cheat me, just see if you are not in a hurry.But he still pretended to be worried and spoke for Shengbao, "Yes, the generals of the Hunan army and the Huai army are all old treacherous and cunning, brother, don't look at the brothers and they are eating under the same flag, but the brothers are not people like them, one by one.My brother doesn't have any plans to capture Yangzhou now, and if he can use his brother, he just asks. ”"Don't say anything, with these words of brother, my brother and I will be content in my heart.In the past, my brother always made trouble for my brother, and my brother knew that it was wrong, so he said that the more than 200 girls in this mansion were also given to my brother, and my brother knew that you didn't like Han girls to do that, and my brother didn't do it anymore.The Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers under my brother, my brother also knew that relying on them to fight would not be able to take Yangzhou City even if I gave my brother a year, so this time I had to come forward with my brother's Qingzi army.My brother promised you that if you relieve your brother this time, my brother will listen to you in the future. ”Shengbao apologized to Qiao Zhiqing vigorously, and almost knelt down with Qiao Zhiqing in tears."
If the eldest brother can say such things, the brother's heart will be open.Since our brothers are destined, why don't you choose a good time to set up an incense altar to worship" Qiao Zhiqing laughed secretly, this Shengbao's face is really thick, no wonder he can even eat defeats and mix in the officialdom for so long, and now he just has a relationship with him, and he will still be of great use in the future."
Brother's words went to my brother's heart, my brother has long wanted to find a chance to worship you, let's not pick the time, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, it's better to worship now."
Shengbao's eyes were about to fall out, with such a powerful brother as Qiao Zhiqing forming an alliance, who would dare to impeach himself crookedly in the court in the future.After the two set up an incense altar and made a bloody alliance, Shengbao cried bitterly and explained to Qiao Zhiqing his true purpose of coming to Suzhou.It turned out that it was really Prince Gong who was wary of him, and deliberately asked Shengbao to bring the army to guard against him.If Qiao Zhiqing is found to have any misdeeds, he will contact all parties to eradicate it immediately.Shengbao did find a lot of violations of etiquette in Suzhou and Jinkuicheng, for example, the magistrate of Jinkuicheng was originally appointed by the imperial court, but Qiao Zhiqing was a prefect of the official position, but Sheng Xuanhuai was in charge here, obviously not taking the imperial court seriously.But Sheng Bao also left a way back, he knew in his heart that Qiao Zhiqing would always be useful, and even if he fought all the troops in his hand, he might not be able to gnaw Qiao Zhiqing's hard bone, so he didn't report to Prince Gong in detail, but just picked up some irrelevant ones and played two sentences.Qiao Zhiqing told Shengbao a few words, asking him to immediately compromise with the imperial court, and said that he would guarantee to take Yangzhou City within three days.By the way, Qiao Zhiqing praised Qiao Zhiqing fiercely in the excerpt, saying that Qiao Zhiqing was loyal to the emperor and had no two hearts, and this time he would also assist himself in exterminating the Twist Army.The two kept talking about the dark night, and Qiao Zhiqing didn't stay long, and returned to Suzhou overnight with the account book made by Sheng Xuanhuai, and commanded the battle to exterminate the Twist Army
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