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"......" The two people glanced at each other, and then looked at the wasp who had already drawn out the steel needle and was ready to attack, no one replied, but the tall man took out something from his arms, shook it at Hong Tao's side, and carried it back.
"Go to the Chengdong Tongyuan Inn and wait for me...... Lian'er, check out. In a flash, Hong Tao saw clearly that the other party was holding a bronze plaque. Different from the general government waist card, this bronze medal is yang on both sides, there are no words, all are mathematical formulas, but the answers are different, one side is negative, one side is two.
If you want to ask why you can look so carefully after just looking at it, can't you have a perspective eye? No, this is a special waist card made by herself for Fu Ji, if she can't help herself, she will show the negative side, usually only use the side of two, which is a simple proof of identity.
Why is it a two? Because one is herself, she is the first assistant she receives, so she naturally ranks second.
As soon as the two saw Hong Tao knowing the goods, they turned around and left without saying a word, and soon disappeared in the street. Hong Tao was not in a hurry to leave, since Fu Ji's people had arrived, it would not be in the way to wait for half an hour.
"Can you try out what they're up to?" What Hong Tao wants to figure out now is the ability of these two people, if it were an ordinary person, he wouldn't be so embarrassed by the wasps.
"These two are from the forbidden army, that dwarf is especially vicious, if it is a head-on confrontation, Feng will not be sure of victory." Wasp is a person who never embellishes words, what it should be is what it is, whether the other party likes to listen to it or not, it seems that it has nothing to do with him, and he has never cared about face.
“…… That should be the second child of the Jiang family, pay more attention to him for the officials, don't expose his whereabouts, this person has been a stumbling block. After listening to the Wasp's evaluation, Hong Tao probably had a point in his heart about these two people. Having such a person by Fuji's side is both a help and a danger.
In addition, Hong Tao also thought of an overlooked problem, in Kaifeng City, there is a wasp alone enough to protect his safety, but in the border area, his assassin-like skills will be compromised.
For example, in today's scene, unless he is allowed to sneak attack and kill the enemy, the two forbidden soldiers will make him helpless. Your own safety can't always be pinned on an assassin, you must have a complete security system, it seems that you have to pick a few forbidden soldiers to bring when you go out in the future. They can become the elite of the Imperial City, and they can't think of it much worse than the horse stumbling just now.
When they returned to the Tongyuan Inn, the two had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and there were two gray-white camels with them, which made Hong Tao more sure of their identity.
"Your two surnames are Jiang, Da Lang and Erlang, right?"
"My lord Mingjian, it was the shopkeeper who asked me to wait to come ......" It was the Jiang brothers who came, they had been waiting at the dock these days on Fu Ji's orders, but they didn't expect to miss the target because of the boat queue, so they tracked it all the way to the inn. The two wanted to secretly follow for a while to see what the whereabouts of this person were, but they didn't expect to be discovered soon.
"Needless to say, lead the way to the dock of Baqiao Town first......" Hong Tao has always been cautious about Fu Ji's subordinates, and he doesn't want to contact him alone too early, he wants to go to the dock to bring reinforcements.
Back at the wharf in Baqiao Town, several tankers were still unloading, and the soldiers with the wings of the water tiger forcibly occupied a vacant land on the wharf as a temporary cargo yard, and also guarded it, and idle people were not allowed to approach.
Hong Tao handed over his official credentials to the crown and asked him to deal with the magistrates who might come to inquire after hearing the news, and then selected no one from the hundred forbidden troops of the Guards Division to follow the Jiang brothers to Fu Ji's residence with him.
It's not that I don't want to choose more, but the Water Tiger Wing is limited by transportation, and he didn't bring a few military horses, and together with these forbidden troops, he can only be an infantry for the time being.
Along the Bashui all the way to the north, about an hour later, a small town appeared in the distance, the scale is not large, 100 households, the most luxurious building in the town is the post station, the official road passes through the town.
"Official, please ......" Fu Ji was actually in the post station, and after seeing Hong Tao, he hurriedly greeted him, and the man was dressed as a man's courtesy, and he didn't have any title.
"Go and rest first, and take care of the horses." Hong Tao had a stomach full of questions, but he couldn't open his mouth in front of so many people, so he could only follow Fu Ji into the hospital.
But he didn't forget to hint at the safety issue, believing that the wasp would understand that no matter what happened, he and the Janissaries had to keep themselves out, so the horses could not be left to outsiders to take care of.
This place is called Weiqiao Town, 37 miles northeast of Chang'an City, Weishui in the north, Bashui in the east, and bridges and wharves are equipped. The town and the riverbank fields are all owned by the Huangzhuang, and Ji has made a handover with the waiter in the village, and the construction can start as long as the officials check it clearly. As soon as the door closed, Fu Ji immediately put away her shy posture and bent down respectfully to report her gains.
"Well, this thing is done well, have you ever inquired about the location of the Si Yamen?"
It sounds like Fu Ji's efficiency is good, and this Huangzhuang has complete transportation and water conservancy, making it a good place to start a workshop. But Hong Tao is not satisfied, the front station is not only to find a station, but also his own official office, so he can't live in the post station.
“…… Ji asked for dozens of miles around Chang'an, but did not mention the Yamen. Previously, the pit smelting and minting money were all in charge of the transfer envoy Yamen, and Ji did not dare to go to the official mansion without the permission of the officials. ”
Fu Ji had a very difficult answer to this question, and she couldn't figure out why her own officials came from the capital to take office, but she couldn't even find a yamen. It's too official for her to come forward, so she can only wait.
“…… I'm sure they've fooled them again! These grandsons are officials, and I forcibly snatched power from the hands of the transfer envoys, and Zhen Nyima is broken! ”
As soon as he heard that Fu Ji had been here for more than half a month and hadn't found the Yamen, Hong Tao understood what was probably going on. I let someone be used as a gun, this person may be the emperor, or it may be one of the two prime ministers.
The Jingzhao Mansion had not mentioned the Yamen of the Pit Smelting and Casting Money Division before, and this position was really temporarily increased. Thinking that this transfer envoy must have been a member of the new party or the old party, and if he wanted to perform the duties of the promotion department, he would inevitably offend the other party, and if he caught up with the other party, he would have a violent temper, and maybe he would have to clash head-on.
The result of the conflict must be that the other party is unlucky, and he has become a bad official who acts recklessly with imperial power. Killing two birds with one stone, not only using himself to fight against the forces of one party, but also putting himself in a situation where people are disgusted with dogs, it is difficult to have a good relationship with the magistrate.
If you don't say that you really can't stay in Kaifeng City for a long time, compared with these professional politicians, the thick black learning in your stomach is really not enough, and people are old with tricks, and they have just figured it out.
"How can that make ......" Fu Ji doesn't know much about real court politics, and there is still a big difference between the palace and the court. As soon as I heard that the officials said that they wanted to fight with the transfer envoys, they were also embarrassed, and none of the transfer envoys were easy to get along with, all of them were important ministers with great power.
"Behind us is the emperor and the imperial court, what can't we do? I think it's good here, from tomorrow...... No, from now on, this is the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion to mention the pit smelting and casting money! The following matters will be discussed between the officials and Gao Cuifeng. ”
In front of his subordinates, Hong Tao can't show weakness, whether he is bragging or not, he has to stand up first. How to do it in the end, I really have to ask Gao Cuifeng, the government secretary. It's just that I can't ask now, Gao Cuifeng is a little unaccustomed to the water and soil, and he is sick on the boat, vomiting and diarrhea and fever.
When it was dark, the large army of Water Tiger Wing finally entered Weiqiao Town, accompanied by hundreds of local people. The equipment on the ship all needs to be transported by carriage and horse, and the Water Tiger Wing does not have this ability, but the crown has a way.
He paid a high price to hire porters on the docks to help transport them, and anyone who dared to stop them would be knocked over and detained by the Praetorian soldiers. Even if the local officials heard the news and arrived, it was useless, Wang Guan took out Hong Tao's official certificate, and asked this master of the supervision department if there were any questions, and he didn't know anything else.
Who dares to stop it, do you see it, the forbidden army of the Imperial City Division only recognizes the prison department and does not recognize people, no matter what position you have, they will all be knocked to the ground, just so arrogant!
In fact, the official document of the appointment of the commander of the Governor of the Horse had already been sent, and the local officials just pretended not to know, and planned to give the newly appointed supervisor a dismissal.