Waking up from a hangover, Wang Zuoguo had a splitting headache and couldn't help moaning. Hearing the movement in the room, the person waiting outside the door pushed the door and entered, and several trembling girls behind him brought hot water for him to wash. This is the Yuantian Sect stronghold on the edge of the Kurqi Desert, and the people in the village have all been imprisoned by him in the name of bandits, leaving only a few women and girls to serve.

The fragrant porridge in front of him couldn't arouse his appetite at all, so he drank two sips indiscriminately, and Wang Zuoguo asked him to take it down. Last night's anti-bandit operation ended in failure, Wang Zuoguo was disheartened, this time by Feng Gonggong and Han Dutong's trust, he originally wanted to be able to show his skills, in one fell swoop to take down the remnants of the Yuan Tianjiao, and made miraculous achievements, appreciated and reused by the Son of Heaven.

He was originally the governor of Bazhou, and because of his merits, he was mentioned in the Longwei Mansion in the capital to be pacified, and the secret guard was established and was asked by Gonggong Feng to go. Wang Zuoguo has real skills, and he is used to greeting each other, flattering both sides, and both Gonggong Feng and Han Dutong appreciate him very much. This time, the Son of Heaven asked the two guards to work together to arrest the remnants of the Yuantian Sect in Huazhou, Ning Wang played the book, and Wang Zuoguo stood out and became a special envoy.

Before leaving Beijing, Gonggong Feng and Han Dutong talked to him separately, and the matter was done, and the promotion and fortune were just around the corner. Gonggong Feng hinted to him that Xin Fei was married to a wife and would not stay in the secret guard for a long time, and her position as deputy commander was still vacant.

After Wang Zuoguo, who was full of confidence, came to Huazhou, he thought about how to take the credit in his hands. In the name of government affairs, Jiang Tingshi was removed from the purging and suppression, and Jiang Tingshi won the trust of the Son of Heaven, and he took at least half of the credit in it.

This time he came to Huazhou, Long Wei and the dark guard were strongly supported, and there were as many as forty-six good hands who came with him, Wang Zuoguo overwhelmed Xin Fei as a special envoy, and asked the Long Wei Mansion and the worshippers in the five states to listen to his command, and Xin Fei was set aside.

If you want the full support of your subordinates, you have to give benefits, Wang Zuoguo is deeply saddened by this, a lot of silver is sent to worship, and he promises a reward to Long Wei, who is close to him. Xin Fei's request for immediate action was delayed by him, and Wang Zuoguo needed time to allocate manpower, and this credit should be distributed to his team to reap the greatest benefits.

After thousands of calculations, but they didn't calculate that the Yuantian Sect bandits had fled, leaving only an empty shell, and the depression of the empty fist was secondary, Wang Zuoguo didn't know whether to give a mission to Beijing. Whether it is Gonggong Feng or Han Dutong, what he wants is actual performance, if he can capture the bandits, it goes without saying that the reward official will come, but the court spent so much effort, he actually let the thieves escape, the Son of Heaven is furious, and his fate is probably sad.

Wang Zuoguo shuddered, thinking that he was only in his early forties, and Rujin's future was still ahead, how could he be willing to go to a small place in a remote town in the remote state to be a small spy from now on, and he would be in danger, no, he had to find a way to blame others for this mistake.

His eyes were cold, and Wang Zuoguo chose a few candidates in his heart, and the first thing he thought of was Xinfei. This time, he suppressed Xin Fei as a special envoy, respectful on the surface, but secretly wary. Sometimes Wang Zuoguo looked at Xin Fei's cold appearance, the evil fire in his heart burned violently, and he complimented him with a smile, but the two eyes behind him were steaming with lust, and he couldn't wait to take the beauty in front of him into his arms and take it lightly.

But thinking about it, Wang Zuoguo didn't dare to do anything to borrow his two guts, Xin Fei's martial arts ranked in the forefront of the two guards, which annoyed her Wang Zuoguo estimated that this woman really dared to castrate him with a sword, and at that time he could enter the palace and be with Gonggong Feng as his companion, and the position of deputy commander was firmly seated.

Wang Zuoguo broke out in a cold sweat, this girl is too powerful, forget it, besides, his husband Jiang Anyi is not a good fruit, and the saint is extremely long, and he may not be able to resist these two people.

The second is Qin Ziyan, as the commander of Huazhou Longwei Prefecture, he can completely say that he is not good at doing errands, and his command is not effective, so that he leaked the news. However, Qin Ziyan is Xin Fei's henchman, and dealing with him is also dealing with Xin Fei, so he should be put aside for the time being. His subordinates are still loyal, and let them bear the guilt for fear that people's hearts will be easily scattered, and the money they spent will be wasted and put aside for the time being.

The only thing left is Mei Hongmin, a strong general stationed in Huazhou, this Mei Hongmin is arrogant and untamed, relying on his background in the army, he dares to openly talk back to himself, Wang Zuoguo's eyes flashed with a snake-like light, and he was blamed.

Mei Hongmin is Zhu Zipu's favorite general, Wang Zuoguo knows that if Zhu Zipu is still the protector of Anxi, Wang Zuoguo will never dare to take Mei Hongmin. But now that Zhu Taiwei is old, Zhu Zipu is not liked by the Son of Heaven in the court, and these things have long been spread and known to the officialdom in the capital. Many generals sharpened their knives and swallowed saliva at the position of the captain, and the Zhu family was too busy to take care of themselves, afraid that they would not have much energy to maintain this command.

Secondly, Mei Hongmin was not pleased by the new Anxi Metropolitan Protector Yang Xiangliang, otherwise how could Yang Marquis let Mei Hongmin garrison Huazhou, in fact, it was exile in disguise and expelled him from the Anxi Metropolitan Protector.

Moreover, this Mei Hongmin and Jiang Thorn Shi are also at odds with each other, I heard that when Jiang Thorn Shi first came to Huazhou, he transferred his army to Pingkou, this Mei General actually grinded Jiang Thorn Shi thousands of taels of silver to send troops, and later Jiang Thorn Shi went to the military camp to select personal guards, and Mei Hongmin secretly instructed the generals to make it bad.

This is a natural target, if you don't cut him, you are simply sorry for yourself, Wang Zuoguo laughed silently.

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The two daughters-in-law of the Tian family made honey fruits in Sun Yuanwai's house, and each brought back fifty copper coins every day, which made the old and young people in the village admire Tian Laohan so much.

Ordinary people can earn a thousand more Wen, it is a good year for them, this joy is diffused throughout Huazhou, and everyone gradually knows that the honey fruit is the county order of the old man surnamed Jiang, and let the county order be taught to the people after he goes back, and make a way for everyone to make a living.

Yu Kai, a bachelor in the west of the village, said indignantly: "How did the skills taught by Lord Assassin Shi for free make the county order sold to the rich, and it is not that the officials protect each other, and the rich get rich." ”

Murazheng Yu Guanghua took a sip of his cousin and scolded: "As long as you can endure more, there are more than thirty people who can't get a wife, and if you have that spare time, you can cultivate a few more land, and plant melons in the coming year, maybe you can ask for a wife." ”

Everyone laughed, and someone said: "Yu Cunzheng, I heard that the county lords of some counties pasted the recipe of Lord Shi on the wall outside the yamen, and anyone can learn it, is it true?" ”

Yu Guanghua said astringently: "Whether it's true or not, who can afford to buy honey and clay pots for making honey fruits, don't just have three melons and two dates in your pocket, and think about being a rich man." ”

"Isn't it, today I went into the city to pull a few pieces of cloth to make a new dress for Niuniu, but the cost of the fabric rose to ten cents a horse, and the price of other things also increased. According to me, don't keep the money in your hands, buy what you should buy early, and you have to go up if you save the year. ”

The sun had set, the two daughters-in-law of the Tian family had not yet returned, and Tian Laohan was sitting in front of the door to collect dried melons, and a sense of foreboding welled up in his heart. When it was dark, the second daughter-in-law trotted back in a panic, and shouted when she entered the door: "Oh no, sister-in-law let the Xu family detain it." ”

When the eldest son Tian Yong heard this, he picked up the hoe by the wall and walked out, Tian Laohan hurriedly drank him: "Boss, are you going to die, listen to Lancao make it clear." ”

The second daughter-in-law, Lancao, stumbled and told what had happened. The place where she and her sister-in-law work is Sun Yuanwai's farm, Sun Yuanwai is a well-known wealthy businessman in Wuyun County, with dozens of hectares of fertile land and more than 10 shops in the county. Sun Yuanwai's eldest daughter married the third son of the Liu family of Zhaohe, and the Sun family took care of the trade route from Huazhou to the Western Regions for the Liu family.

There were more than 50 peasant women working in the Sun family, and the Sun family sent a steward to teach them how to boil the clay pots, how to steam the cut fruit in a cage drawer, and how to seal it and store it in a cool room.

From Chen Zheng to Youzheng, there is half an hour to eat in the middle, and it is a little hard to make more than 1,000 cans of honey fruits every day. However, as soon as the salary is paid a day, 50 yuan will be paid after work, and a meal of white flour steamed buns at noon will be pickled, and occasionally there will be some minced meat, and the women who come to work are all smiling, praising the benevolence and generosity of the family.

It was a happy thing for everyone, but it suddenly changed at noon today. Eight days ago, the first batch of honey fruit was opened and inspected, but the flesh inside was all rotten and smelled of wine. Sun Yuanwai, who came to check, was shocked, and uncovered dozens of cans of honey fruits in a row, and all of them were rotten in the first three days without exception, and they were also a little deteriorated on the fourth or fifth day, developing towards a rotten situation.

Sun Yuanwai was furious, saying that the people who did not operate as required, which made him suffer a lot of losses, and asked the workers who did the work to pay money, and each person paid five taels of silver at the cost price. Lancao and a small number of people were released to raise money for the family, and most of them were detained in farmsteads waiting for ransom, or they would be sold to pay off their debts.

Tian Yong slapped the hoe in his hand and scolded: "The surname Sun is too deceitful, I heard my daughter-in-law say that the method of honey fruit was taught by them, and some people watched, how to blame us for the accident, why do we want to lose money." ”

When the second son Tian Zhuang saw that his daughter-in-law was back, his heart was a little calmer, and he said with a sad face: "Ten taels of silver, how can our family have so much money except for selling land?" ”

"Go to the yamen and sue this gang of bastards." Tian Yong said angrily.

Tian Laohan squatted in the corner of the wall, his back was bent, and his wrinkled hands were subconsciously pulling on the ground, thinking that his family could have a good year this year, but he didn't know that he had suffered a tragedy, and went to the yamen to complain, that Sun Yuancheng and Bai County Ling often ate and drank and had fun together, how could that Bai County Commander with a white face and a black heart be in charge of his own family.

The daughter-in-law and the old woman wept lowly, and the two sons roared again and again, Tian Laohan simply sat down with his back against the wall, thinking nervously. It is impossible to lose money, a few acres of land at home is the foundation of a family's life, and a family will flee next year after selling the land, and how can a few small ones survive.

Tian Laohan spat on the loess fiercely, he couldn't survive and had to work hard, it was impossible to go to the county to sue the Sun family, but let the Sun family come to the door, the Sun family was powerful, and his family couldn't fight against it no matter what. went to the government to complain, and heard that the new assassin Shi was a Qing official, and he came up with this honey fruit method.

Thinking of this, Tian Laohan stood up with difficulty, his thin body shook a little, and he reached out to support the wall, Tian Laohan ordered categorically: "Prepare some food for me, and I will go to Huiye Mansion to complain." “

The overstepping complaint is going to hit thirty boards, Tian Laohan's eyes fell on the thin jujube tree in his yard, for this family, thirty boards are worth it.

The same thing happened in various parts of Huazhou, fermenting in various ways, and the joy of the previous few days turned into a thick sadness, like a thick dark cloud, hanging over Huazhou.