Early the next morning, Wurong County, Xiantan Village Barracks.

"Let me out, let me out, I'm going with my sister!"

"Cui Erlang, you bastard who eats people's food and doesn't pull human shit, tricked me into Qingyuan, but locked me up in the barracks. Master Ben is not done with you! ”

"Sister, sister, I know you're outside, save me, hurry up and let Cui Erlang let me out!"

……

In a military tent, there were bursts of Su Dalang's dry howls, or threats, or provoked, or pleaded, the only purpose was to leave the barracks and go with Su Xiuxiu.

It turned out that as soon as he arrived at the Xiantan Village barracks yesterday, Cui Geng took the excuse to branch Su Dalang and had a detailed discussion with Su Xiuxiu.

Of course, he didn't talk about the "mother-lover complex". It's just that with Su Dalang's current ability, I'm afraid he won't be able to protect the Su family's foundation, and he must be specially trained. And the military camp is the most tempering place, so it's best to leave him in Xiantan Village to practice now.

Unexpectedly, Su Xiuxiu promised to be good yesterday, but this morning she regretted it a little.

She said in a low voice: "Uncle, Da Lang called me like this, which made me panic. Why don't we give him some time to get used to it? ”

Cui Geng hurriedly persuaded: "Sister-in-law, good medicine is good for illness, and good advice is good for action, don't you know this big truth better than me?" If you don't let Da Lang suffer a little, how can you change his bad habits? Now as soon as you let go, it's all over. ”

"But ......"

"Alright, it's nothing." Cui Geng said firmly: "I promise that in three months, Da Lang will be reborn and become a well-known and responsible man." ”

After a pause, he added: "This is also what your father, Old Man Su, meant." We can't just change it, right? ”

Comrade Su became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Su Xiuxiu finally stomped his foot lightly and got into the carriage.

Cui Geng breathed a sigh of relief, the first step of the plan to save Su Dalang was successful!

first pick out his bad problems here, and then throw him to Cao Yuechan's Jufenglong to learn to do business.

When it's okay, let Lao Cao and his baby son Xiao Cao take Su Li to Qing. Lou saw the world, let this kid know that there are not only his sisters who are good women in this world, in fact, there are more and better women waiting for him... The premise is that you have silver, and you can earn money!

The so-called close to Zhu is red and close to fat and fat, with these two bad friends, I'm afraid it won't be long before this kid will be good with others. Like a man, like a wild horse that has broken free, he will be happy when he sees a beautiful opposite sex.

Hehe, when he tastes the taste of being a man~ soul, how can he still have the heart to pester his sister?

I'm afraid that at that time, Comrade Lao Su should worry about his son spending money for women, and he will always be unable to save his heart.

Just as Cui Geng was thinking wildly, Feng Changqing stepped forward and said, "My lord, it's not too early, it's time to leave." ”

"Okay, let's go!"

Song Genhai's team stayed in the Xiantan Village barracks, Cui Geng, Feng Changqing rode horses, and several government soldiers accompanied them, escorting Su Xiuxiu's carriage, and went straight to Qingyuan!

Before noon, he entered Qingyuan City.

gave Feng Changqing and others a holiday, and Cui Geng himself drove the carriage back to the ancestral house.

When I returned to the old place, I thought of the piles and piles that happened here after I left, such as Fang Ming Meiji's seizure of property, the prodigal son of the little uncle turned around and took the property back, and he was forced by He Xu to almost never come back...... Su Xiuxiu couldn't help but sigh for a while.

Cui Geng said empathetically: "How is it? Sister-in-law? Is there a feeling that the flowers are similar every year, and the people are different every year? ”

Su Xiuxiu muttered: "The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year? That's a good point, it just goes to my heart. ”

After a pause, Su Xiuxiu was rarely playful, blinked his eyes, and said in a slightly narrow tone: "From the perspective of the slave family, the uncle is not "different every year", but "different day and night". How can I not see each other for a few days, and still learn to export chapters? ”

Cui Geng noticed that he had left his mouth, and changed the topic: "Sister-in-law, you are back, our family is reunited." I sent someone to find Mao Bo and Erniang, let's have a reunion dinner. ”

Strictly speaking, Xu Mao is a subordinate, and he cannot be regarded as a "family". However, Su Xiuxiu knew Xu Mao's personality, and did not correct it, and said: "According to my uncle's opinion, I will go to the kitchen to prepare." ”

It didn't take long for Mao Bo and Erniang to come.

Su Xiuxiu personally cooked and prepared a table of good dishes, which were full of color, flavor and taste, which was appetizing.

The family drank and ate, laughed and laughed.

Suddenly, Mao Bo put down the chopsticks, stood up, arched his hand, and said solemnly: "Erlang, Second Lady, Embroidery Lady, while everyone is here, the old slave has something to tell you." ”

Cui Geng stuffed a lot of vegetables in his mouth, whimpered and muttered: "Mobo, sit, sit!" If you have anything to say while sitting, you are not an outsider. ”

Su Xiuxiu also persuaded: "Mao Bo quickly sit down and talk, in this family, who will treat you as a subordinate and an outsider?" ”

Mao Bo sat down at this time, sighed slightly, and said, "Actually, the old slave has already told Erlang about this before. The old slave is old, his hands are shaking and his eyes are dizzy, and his spirit is not as good as before. If this continues, I am afraid that it will affect the operation of the brewery. Before, there was no one to replace me, so I had to do it first. Now that Mrs. Xiuxiu is back, the old slave can finally hand over all the power of the winery and continue to go back to the house to be my housekeeper. ”

When the long ~~

As soon as these words came out, the chopsticks in the hands of Su Xiuxiu and Erniang fell on the table.

Su Xiuxiu thought to herself, today's Cui's Liquor Workshop is the Imperial Liquor Workshop, and Mulan Spring Wine is worth 10,000 gold, how can I be at the helm with a foreign surname? But if there is a little mistake, how can I be worthy of my deceased parents-in-law and husband? No, it's too bold for me to afford.

And Erniang's heart was already dripping blood at this time.

She kept roaring in her heart, give it to me! Give it to me! Let me take care of Cui's Distillery! Cui Mao, you old coffin, you are sincere to do it with the old lady, right?

What does it mean that there is no one to replace you? I'm not human? How bad is the old lady than Su embroidery...... Well, it seems that everything is a little worse, but this good thing can't be her alone!

Moreover, you are old, and you are a hero of the Cui family, and you want to retire to enjoy Qingfu, and the old lady can also understand it. But if you retreat, you can retreat a little cleaner, why are you still thinking about the position of the original housekeeper?

You have become a housekeeper, do you still need a lady to run the house in the entire Cui Mansion?

Could it be that the old lady is only in her thirties, so she will start to retire directly?

No way! This must not happen!

Thinking of this, she picked up the chopsticks, laughed dryly, and said, "Erlang, Mao Bo retreats, I am in favor." However, with such a big industry as Cuijia Distillery, will it be a little powerless to let a weak woman take care of embroidery? The best way to do this is to ...... Get someone to help you out. ”

Of course, Cui Geng understood Erniang's thoughts, but on the one hand, he felt that Cui Xiuxiu was more than enough to manage the winery, and on the other hand, he was really a little worried about Erniang's temperament.

He replied vaguely: "This candidate is not easy to find!" ”

Erniang hurriedly answered: "Yes, yes!" The winery is very important to our Cui family, but we can't be negligent. This person must first be a trustworthy person, and secondly, he must not be too young, and he will not be able to do things well when he is young; You can't be too old, and you won't have enough energy when you're older. And the most important thing is to work closely with embroidery, preferably a woman. ”

Flutter~~

Cui Geng couldn't help laughing out loud and said, "Erniang, you just say who is going to give me up, isn't it?" As for such a roundabout thing? ”

was broken by Cui Geng's words, Erniang simply let it go, slapped the table lightly, and was a little bit of a scoundrel, and said, "What? That's what the old lady meant, you just say agree or disagree, right? ”

"Uh......" Cui Geng thought for a moment and prevaricated: "It's not that Erniang is not suitable, it's just that I think that sister-in-law may not be able to manage the wine shop alone." In addition, there are many people in charge, and there are many doors, which is easy to have accidents. ”

When Erniang heard this, she was anxious at the time, and said angrily: "How can you say that there are too many people and it is easy to have accidents?" On the contrary, it is easy to have an accident when there are fewer people, so let's just say that last time it wasn't Mei Ji who had the final say in the wine shop, where would it ......?"

When Cui Geng heard this, his face immediately sank.

Su Xiuxiu and Mao Bo's faces are not very good-looking.

Erniang knew that she was purring her mouth, and she said in a hurry: "Erniang is not for embroidery, and it is not close to today's events." I mean to say, the front car... The car ahead..."

Su Xiuxiu answered: "The car in front is overturned, and the car in the back is a lesson." ”

"Yes, that's the word. If our Cui family wants to make the winery a century-old foundation, we have to learn from this experience. ”

The words "Centennial Foundation" seemed to touch Mao Bo, who had been quiet, and he trembled his eyebrows as white as frost and snow slightly, and nodded: "Erlang, the old slave thinks that the second lady's words are not unreasonable!" There are no rules, you think about it carefully? ”

He still knows how to use his strength to touch Mao Bo's loyalty to the Cui family in a few words, and pull him to speak for himself?

This Erniang has grown a little bit lately!

Cui Geng couldn't help but look at Erniang a little impressed.

He looked at Su Xiuxiu and asked, "Sister-in-law, what do you think?" ”

Su Xiuxiu didn't have as many fancy intestines as Erniang, she only felt that the burden on her body was too heavy, and at this time, someone was willing to come forward to share the responsibility for herself, so naturally it couldn't be more welcome, and then she frequently bowed her head and said: "The second lady can come to the winery, and I, the junior, naturally can't ask for it." However, the second lady is an elder of the Cui Mansion, how can I be above her? It's better to let the second lady preside over the wine shop, and the concubine can do it by the side. ”

After listening to Su Xiuxiu's suggestion, Erniang was naturally moved, but she knew very clearly that Cui Geng would never agree, so she hurriedly excused herself and gave in.

In the end, Cui Geng made a final decision, and Cui's Wine Workshop was divided into two and handed over to Su Xiuxiu and Erniang. Su Xiuxiu is responsible for financial management, and Erniang is responsible for the daily output and management of the winery.

The days that followed were uneventful.

Ju Fenglong opened a branch in Putian as promised, with the support of Liu Youqiu and the care of Cao Yuechan, which was very prosperous.

Under the auspices of Su Xiuxiu and Erniang, Cui's Distillery has developed steadily and rapidly.

Guo Ke is stationed in the Xiantan Village military camp, and as long as Cui Geng's military rations are delivered on time, he will not ask.

Even He Xu seemed to have accepted his fate, and he didn't trouble Su Youtian.

Cui Geng's small life was very comfortable, until a month later......

On this night, there was a violent wind and rain outside, accompanied by the sound of thunder breaking the sky.

Cui Geng had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by a knock on the door, and when he opened the door, he saw that it was Xiao Jiu who led the chief of the Governor's Mansion Shi to knock on the door.

Feng Changqing put the armor on his body in the middle of the night, clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Lord Qiyu, Captain Guo is back, and he sent a lowly official to invite you to the palace to discuss matters." ”

Cui Geng was slightly stunned, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and asked, "Isn't Captain Guo in the Xiantan Village barracks?" When did you come back? ”

"It was the city that I entered in the rain tonight, saying that there was an urgent military business. Hurry up and get dressed, look at him like he's in a hurry. ”

Cui Geng didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly dressed up and came to the Governor's Mansion with Feng Changqing.

Speaking of martial arts, Guo Ke's face sank like water and he sat in danger, a brigade commander under his command, and eight captains and deputy captains looked solemn, sitting in two compartments.

Song Genhai is also among them.

What kind of rhythm is this?

Cui Geng hurriedly turned pale, respectfully gave Guo Ke a military salute, and said, "See Lord Duwei!" ”

"Cui Changshi is exempt, please take a seat!"

"Yes!"

After finishing on the chair beside Guo Ke, Cui Gengcai opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know what happened when Lord Duwei summoned him late at night?" ”

"Cui Changshi and sit down first, here's the thing......

It turned out that in the evening, Feng Pu, the assassin of Quanzhou Prefecture, sent someone to send an urgent letter of order, asking Guo Ke, the commander of Wurong County, to lead 400 guards under his command, and he must arrive at Quanzhou Port the next day and temporarily garrison for three months.

As for the governor's mansion that was originally stationed in Quanzhou Port, it was transferred to Chang'an City, and the Gongwei Imperial Capital was rotated for three months.

After listening to this, Cui Geng frowned slightly and said, "My lord, it's not that the rotation is one month, why is it three months this time?" In addition, Quanzhou Port is not only the largest port in Wanbang Laitang, but also a place of heavy taxation for business travel. Still so sudden? ”

Guo Ke seemed to be very puzzled, shook his head and said, "Even if there is anything boring, it is not aimed at us." As far as I know, not only Quanzhou Port, but also the major Zhichong Prefectures in southern Fujian have all been transferred to Chang'an. Moreover, all the staff were transferred, and there were no garrison soldiers left at all. ”

The major Zhichong prefectures in southern Fujian have been transferred to Chang'an? This is even stranger.

Cui Geng secretly pondered, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty knew that even if they didn't talk about the Quanzhou Governor's Mansion, the other Zhichong Governor's Mansion in the six prefectures of southern Fujian and Lingnan Road were rarely transferred to Chang'an.

Because these two places are the places where the Empress Wu places her henchmen and officials. Those who are transferred back and forth like this know that it is the normal transfer of the imperial court, and those who don't know think that they want to add sand to the forces of the Empress Wu.

Why is it so abnormal now?

It's not like a simple rotation.

Wait a minute~

It looks like it's the end of August!

In the second year of the first year, in September, hiss......

Like a bolt of lightning swept through Cui Geng's mind!

Cui Geng was shocked and said: "It's difficult... Could it be ......?"

Suddenly, seeing that Guo Ke was at the moment, he finally couldn't help but blurt out.

Guo Ke was surprised: "Could it be what? What do you know? ”

Cui Geng shook his head, tried his best to calm his face, and said, "No...... It's nothing...... Just now, the lower official wanted to say, could it be that there are only 400 soldiers left in the entire southern Fujian prefectures? The great states of southern Fujian... There are only 400 military garrisons, this Quanzhou Port is not only a place of heavy taxation for business travel, but also a sea port that all countries must pass through to Tang, which is the face of our Tang Empire to the outside world, and our pressure is too big, right? ”

"Alexander?"

Although Guo Ke didn't know the origin of these four words, he guessed the meaning of Cui Geng's words, and he didn't doubt him, and said with an awe-inspiring face: "Because of this, we should be more conscientious and loyal, report to the emperor, and go down to An Lishu." ”

"That's, that's, Lord Du Wei is loyal to the country, and the officials admire it."

Cui Geng responded casually, but his heart was full of shock, and he muttered lightly: "In the second year of Zaichu, in the early autumn of September, the Tang Dynasty was usurped and the Zhou Dynasty was changed, and the Empress Wu was proclaimed emperor...... Oh my God, how did I forget about this stubble? ”

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