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Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province surrounded by mountains, is almost equivalent to its capital for the Qing Dynasty in the seventeenth year of Shunzhi, after all, the emperor's line has been set up in Jinan for a year, and even decades ago when the Qing army entered the customs, and Jinan City was burned down together with the Dewang Mansion, in the past year has also been repaired, become the emperor's palace. As for many central ministers of the DPRK and China, they were also stationed in Jinan.

So many people poured into Jinan at once, although it brought such and such inconvenience to Jinan, but it also made Jinan prosperous suddenly, attracting merchants from all over the world to do business here, and because of this, when Gong Chengqi came to Jinan, although he was originally worried, lest he be arrested by the government as a "fugitive", when he could enter the city, the soldiers guarding the city did not even look at him, after all, today's Jinan Mansion not only gathers merchants from all over the world, but also attracts many northern scholars, Trying to get a career here.

After coming to Jinan, Gong Chengqi finally found an inn to settle in, and then he immediately inquired about the residence of the minister he was familiar with. In the past month, Gong Chengqi's experience is indispensable, from the prefect of a prefecture to Jiangbei, from the intention of seeking a background in Jiangbei, and now he has come to Jinan alone, intending to serve the Qing Dynasty again. Although this Jinan city is easy to enter, it is not so simple to achieve the goal.

For Gong Chengqi, who finally came to Jinan, he is still facing a problem,

Who are you going to meet?

Sitting in the room of the inn, Gong Chengqi looked at the names on the paper, he has not been idle in Jinan these days, but it only took a little thought to learn from others that there were those ministers who accompanied him, and then he began to think about who among these ministers had old friendships and who could give him some help.

Looking at the names on the list, Gong Chengqi's heart couldn't help but become annoyed, these old friendships are just fourth- and fifth-grade petty officials, big people who can help him, but none of them.

What can I do?

He muttered like this, and finally he looked at one of the names on the list and muttered to himself.

"I'm afraid I'll have to see you!"

Although this Jinan is the capital of a province, compared to the capital, this Jinan is too small, so that the city is now looking around, full of officials wearing official uniforms, after all, now as the emperor is stationed in Jinan today, there are thousands of ministers, and so many officials live in the city at once, only to make the city suddenly crowded, so that the large and small houses in the city are requisitioned by the government, even so, ordinary courtiers can only count people in a house, so that they can barely live.

It is precisely because of the shortage of houses in the city that the few high-gate mansions in the city often represent the identity of their owners, and the mansion where Suke Saha, who is the commander of the guard, lives is one of the few high-gate mansions in this Jinan city.

When he came to Sukh Saha's house, according to the rules, he first handed over the worship sticker, and then stuffed fifty taels of silver into the concierge's hand, Gong Chengqi sat outside the concierge like everyone else and waited for the summons, and while waiting for the summons, he saw that there were not many people who came to visit Sukh Saha. However, there were only three or four people, except for a few who looked like martial artists in the army, and one of them, a person dressed as a rich son, attracted his attention.

Jin Wenbo, who was originally sitting on the chair, only glanced at him slightly when Gong Chengqi looked at him, and then closed his eyes and waited for Suke Saha's summons, and kept thinking about how to convince the commander of the guard.

As a member of the Jin family, in fact, Jin Wenbo could originally visit other people in other ways to achieve his goal, but in the end he still chose Suke Saha, and the reason why he chose this person is also simple - he is the commander of the army, and he is the emperor's side, and compared to Sonny and others, Suke Saha is more willing to show his ability in front of the emperor.

If Gong Chengqi knew that Jin Wenbo thought so, he would definitely shout "I know", he also had the same thought, this Suke Saha, as an important minister in the court, is not very conspicuous, compared with Sony and others, his prestige is still shallow, coupled with his background, he is naturally more eager to make merits, and Gong Chengqi chose Suke Saha precisely to send a great merit to him, and Jin Wenbo is the same.

However, compared with Gong Chengqi's bumpy road, Jin Wenbo came to Jinan without much trouble, after taking care of everything in Macau, he directly took the Dutch merchant ship to Haizhou under the rule of Jiangbei, and then from Haizhou to Qinghe and then along the canal north into Shandong, and then compared with the previous thousands of miles of land, this sea route is not only fast, but also extremely safe.

However, he did not return to Beijing along the canal, but came to Jinan, because now that the emperor is in Jinan, if he wants to achieve his goal, he must work hard in Jinan.

However, although he is a member of the Jin family, but because he is the son of a concubine of the Jin family, he naturally has no reputation in Beijing, and when he handed out the post, the people just glanced at it, and then let him wait here. And this is half an hour.

However, Jin Wenbo was not in a hurry, just when he closed his eyes and waited calmly for the summons, the servants from the mansion over there came over.

"Young Master Jin, master, please come over."

Young Master Jin?

Could it be someone from the Jin family of the Internal Affairs Bureau?

Gong Chengqi thought to himself, and then saw that Young Master Jin stuffed a piece of silver into the hand of the minion.

As the Qing Dynasty's Baya Lama Zhangjing, that is, the commander of the protector army, Suke Saha was originally a close attendant of Dolgon, and after Dolgon's death, within three months, he and Zhan Dai and Mu Jilun privately prepared "eight supplements of yellow robes, Dadong beads, Suzhu, and black fox coats" and "conspiracy to usurp". As a result, Sukh Saha immediately gained the emperor's appreciation, and was immediately promoted to the commander of the army.

And now for Suke Saha, who went south to Jinan with the holy car, he was also worried for a while, as a close minister of the emperor, he naturally knew what kind of predicament the emperor was facing now.

A dilemma.

Originally, the emperor's personal expedition was a good thing that inspired people and boosted morale, but who would have thought that after arriving in Jinan, the emperor would have more than 100,000 troops stationed here, and the reason why he was stationed in Jinan was that although it was the meaning of the queen mother, everyone knew that the army was stationed in a small year, not because of other reasons, but because the court had no silver!

Even now, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Eight Banners outside Jinan City have not been paid silver for half a year, although the minions of the Eight Banners will not disperse without pay, but without pay, the army naturally cannot go south. Nowadays, not only is there no money to pay, but even food has become a problem.

"Jin Family ......"

Looking at the worship sticker, although I don't know who this Jin Wenbo is, but I think that the imperial court has borrowed money from the Jin family for a while, why did this Jin Wenbo visit him Suke Saha today?

If that's right, the people of the Jin family have always looked down on him.

"Slave Jin Wenbo knocked to see Master Su."

As soon as he entered the door with his front foot, Jin Wenbo hurriedly knelt down to salute, but because he was a slave of the Internal Affairs Office, that is, the emperor's domestic slave, he naturally couldn't say that he had knocked on the "master", but although he was the emperor's domestic slave, it can be seen that Suke Saha also had to call himself a "slave".

"Excuse me!"

Sukh Saha, who was sitting on the chair, said that he was exempt, but he did not mean to be exempt, and he did not say until the other party had kowtowed and finished saluting.

"Jin Wenbo, you're polite, sit and talk."

Although he is not the master of the Jin family, as an important minister of the Zhengbai flag, Suke Saha is not a pose, after all, no matter how rich the Jin family is, they are all slaves in front of banner people like them, even if they see a full-fledged banner soldier, they have to kowtow.

A slave will always be a slave, and a master will always be a master!

A slave has to keep his duty.

Jin Wenbo naturally knew very well how to be a minion, and after kowtowing again and thanking him for the reward, he got up and sat on the chair, and only sat on half of his ass, he was just a minion, and the master asked him to sit, so he had to guard the duty of a minion.

"I don't know Jin Wenbo, this time I came to Jinan on the orders of Lingzun?"

Su Ke Saha looked at Jin Wenbo and asked, if it was Jin Liangyu who came, Su Ke Saha would definitely be polite, after all, Jin Liangyu was the emperor's cronies and slaves, and as for Jin Wenbo, he was just the concubine of the Jin family.

"Back to my lord, the slave came from the south!"

Jin Wenbo didn't hide where he came from.

Coming from the south?

Looking at Jin Wenbo in surprise, Su Ke Saha's eyes were puzzled, he came from the south? What does that mean?

"My lord, at the beginning of this year, my father thought that Jiangnan was now a pirate territory, and it was difficult for Jiangnan Cao grain to be transported to Jingshi, and if Beijing Shi did not have Jiangnan Cao grain, it would be difficult to continue. Therefore, the slave was ordered by his father to go to Lingnan to prepare grain and grass to relieve the ...... used by the imperial court."

Of course, Jin Wenbo would not say that the reason why he went to Lingnan was to find another way for the Jin family, in fact, the reason why he came to Jinan was to add a new bargaining chip to the Jin family's "way of life".

Jin Wenbo, who knows the people of the Jin family, knows very well that if he wants to leave the capital with the Jin family and the family business accumulated for several generations, it is obviously unrealistic to just rely on a few foreign ships.

When he was in Macau, in order to be able to safely bring the Jin family and several other families out of Beijing, Jin Wenbo racked his brains, and in the end, he learned a news from the captain of the Western Captain that made him make another decision. It is precisely because of this that this trip to Jinan was born.

Jin Wenbo's words made Su Ke Saha glance at him, and that gaze even became complicated.

"Oh? Go to Lingnan to prepare grain and grass? Ling Zun has a heart. ”