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"My lord, I haven't received a letter from South Street for half a month

Zhang Shiqiang said in a low voice, and everyone who heard it understood what it meant, and the habit here was that Wang Tong would send a secret letter to Jingshi every two to three days. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info a letter from a minister to the Son of Heaven. As usual, it was presented to the General Administration, and the secret letter was directly handed over to the eunuchs under the celebrant supervisor.

However, now the palace master of ceremonies Emperor Wanli can't intervene, and some words in Wang Tong's secret letter can't be seen by unrelated people, so the letters sent here are sent to South Street, and Zhao Jinliang has a fixed time to come to South Street every day to see the maintenance of the Delicious Hall and the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Hall as usual.

This is also an order of the Wanli Emperor. After all, this is where his best memories in the past few years are. It is at this time that the messenger delivers the secret letter to Zhao Jinliang, and then he forwards it.

The letter from Emperor Wanli to Wang Tong was not so complicated, and it was generally handed over directly to the Department of Public Security, and a trustworthy person was arranged to deliver it.

Since the two sides began to communicate in this way, it was almost six letters sent to Tianjin every month. Jingshi sent back four letters a month, and in case of major and urgent matters, this number will increase.

However, since these days, although the letters from Wang Tong's side are still the same, the replies from Jingshi's side have become increasingly sparse, and Zhang Shiqiang is responsible for the delivery of the letters. So there is this to say.

Maintain regular correspondence with the Son of Heaven. Jane is in the emperor's heart all the time, which is a guarantee of safety for Wang Tong, especially in this situation where he is attacked everywhere, only by obtaining the protection of the Son of Heaven from time to time can he rest easy.

Wang Tong's expression didn't change, but he said indifferently there:

"As the New Year approaches, Your Majesty's side is busy. In addition, it is inevitable that he has just gotten married. ”

Every day after breakfast, Cai Nan and Yang Sichen would come to Wang Tong's side with all the affairs of yesterday's birth, and later, Zhang Shiqiang, Sun Dahai and General Zhen and others also checked their respective affairs.

All decisions and judgments on military and political affairs, civil affairs, and business, which do not need to be signed by Wang Tong personally, will be notified at this time and make up the formalities. There are also decisions that have been made, to see what everyone has to add, what to do next, and plans to inform each other.

It's almost a morning meeting and a meeting office meeting, after Wang Tong proposed, everyone started. Especially those martial artists, they all feel very unaccustomed and annoying, and after a few months, they have become habits, everything is in order, and everything is handled smoothly, so they are also comfortable.

At this time, there were Wang Tong, Zhang Shiqiang and Cai Nan in the house, looking at what Wang Tong said lightly. Cai Nan, who was born in the palace, understood this better than others, and whispered anxiously:

"My lord, it's not a busy political affair over there, haven't you seen the news from your father-in-law? Sun Hai, the commander of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, is leading the Long Live Lord to play in the West Garden, this is not the same as what we did in the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Hall, if the Long Live Lord is less interested in us, I am afraid that someone will take advantage of the loophole! ”

Everyone shares honor and disgrace, if Wang Tong is good, everyone is good, if Wang Tong is defeated, no one can get anything good, Cai Nan was belittled in the palace. Now that I have finally got the position of a prison army, I don't want to suffer any more twists and turns.

He was more anxious than Wang Tong, who was engrossed in looking at a scroll, holding a goose feather pen in his hand, and writing a few words on it from time to time.

After reading the paper and putting it down, he raised his head and showed Cai Nan's anxious expression, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, and he asked aloud:

"Cai Jianjun, then what do you say Wang should do?" This rhetorical question made Cai Nan open his mouth, but there was no answer, thinking about it carefully, there was really nothing to be done about this matter, could he go to Jingshi to meet the Son of Heaven. Now Sun Hai can come up with all kinds of tricks in Xiyuan to please the Son of Heaven, and Wang Tong returned to Beijing. In addition to the old feelings, what else can be done, is it obviously unrealistic to toss in martial arts halls and restaurants anymore.

Seeing that Cai Nan couldn't answer, Wang Tong shook his head and said with a smile:

"This kind of thing is helpless, what does this official want to do deliberately, I'm afraid it will have the opposite effect."

Only, don't we do anything? ”

"Are we idle now?"

Wang Tong asked with a smile, and seeing that Cai Nan and Zhang Shiqiang had confused looks on their faces, he asked leisurely:

"When the official was in Beijing, he ran a delicious restaurant, a tiger and a martial arts hall, and His Majesty punished villains in Beijing, at that time, His Majesty's trust in the official was the same for a while, but the palace and the court hated it, in the end, he still drove the official to Tianjin, the official was just a small hundred households, and he was still so wary, this Sun Hai is a dignified imperial horse eunuch, a big man in the palace, he came to him like this, what do you think Gonggong Feng and Gonggong Zhang will think, how will the old Zhang Ge think about the two queen mothers?"

These rhetorical questions made Cai Nan stunned over there, and said to himself in a low voice:

"The eunuch Zhang Jing and Zhang Jiangong are the confidants of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, and Sun Hai is the person of the Empress Dowager Chen. Even them,"

Speaking of which, "I was shocked. Hurriedly closed his mouth and took a fancy to Wang Yong and Yu Madman, Zhang Shiqiang had already lowered his head.

Wang Tong smiled and continued:

"The soldiers we trained in the Tianjin Acropolis, the gold and silver that we have continuously sent to the Beijing Division, this is what we are doing, this is to really add strength to the saint, as long as we are doing it. Look at the silver, see the soldiers over here. The Holy One will always remember us in his heart, and there will be no change in our grace. ”

Cai Nan, who said this, nodded again and again, and the worry on his face disappeared a lot, rubbing his face and saying with a smile

"It's still Lord Wang who understands things, but our family is confused, and Lord Zhang and Brother Zhang are busy first. Today, our family is going out of the city to the other side of the Haihe River, and the roster of the 500 young men drawn by Pan Ming has been made. Check it out with the Jian brothers. ”

As he spoke, he stood up with the account book in his hand and saluted the king. said hello to Zhang Shiqiang and went out

Finish.

Cai Nan left, Zhang Shiqiang was also going out on an errand, but he was stopped by Wang Tong before he moved, but when he turned around, he was shocked, but Wang Tong's face did not have the calm smile of Fang Cai, but it was heavy and abnormal.

"Brother Zhang, I have a letter here. You will send someone to the Yihe and Lu Wancai of the Beijing Division in the morning, so that you can take a good look and see what Sun Hai's recent actions have in our intentions. Zhang Shiqiang hurriedly stepped forward to take the letter. Wang Tong added:

"The eyeliner stakes inside and outside the city must be ordered, so that everyone should be careful. Don't be taken advantage of, there are too many variables first, let's be careful step by step. ”

The most prosperous place in the Tianjin Acropolis is at the canal outside the city, but the reception of officials is carried out in the city. Therefore, there are also some neat and elegant restaurants and inns in the city, which are exclusively for the use of these officials.

There is a big inn on a street to the south of the military station, called the Sifang Inn, this inn stands almost one-third of the street, and the dwellings are all available from the shop, the upper room to the separate house, and on the side of the inn façade, a two-story building was set up separately, and three houses were opened. Used as a wine banquet, the wine and food of this Sifang Inn are also very famous in Tianjin Wei.

Baoding Mansion sorghum shochu, fish and lamb leg stewed "first fresh" are all signboards, the owner of the Sifang Inn has been a magistrate of Zhending Mansion for a term, a general judge, a person's background.

With this background, the official face is more or less careful, and there is less right and wrong, and the business has been going smoothly. Plus the shopkeeper knows the rules and retreats. Therefore, most of the official banquets and entertaining guests are here, and the business is very good.

Wang Tong has also eaten here a few times, the soju is fine, the first fresh is very good for his appetite, and he went back to learn to do it a few times, but he didn't make this taste, so he came to eat it once in a while.

During the lunar month, everywhere is not to go back for the New Year. It's just that the end of the year is busy, and the business of the Mingfang Inn is also a lot lighter, but the lobby of the inn is very lively today.

More than a dozen big men wearing mandarin duck battle jackets are eating breakfast there, the mandarin duck battle jacket is the uniform of the Ming soldiers, but the layers of buckles, the things worn on the soldiers are tattered, it can be seen that it is not easy to come to the battle jacket.

However, being able to have breakfast at the Quartet's guest money and wear a brand new battle jacket is not an ordinary soldier.

Look at the meal on the table, even though it's breakfast. But there are also fish, shrimp, cattle and sheep, and they are very rich, and more than a dozen of them occupy three tables and eat and drink there.

There were also a few scattered guests in this lobby, all of whom avoided from afar, not daring to approach.

"This errand is heartwarming, he will go to work after the New Year, and our brothers can't go home for the New Year."

"It's cold, it's generally cold, it's so warm in our outer house, it's as uncomfortable as an ice cellar here."

"Man, man, drink that soju yesterday and bring a jar to the master, remember to warm it first."

Hearing this loud voice, the guy came over with a bitter face, and said with a smile

"A few military masters, the small shop doesn't sell alcohol in the morning and at noon."

"Fuck your mother, grandpa doesn't give you money when he eats here, take out the wine quickly. This Tianjin bastard place, except for this soju, there is no benefit, bring it to grandpa! Otherwise, I will cut you over with a knife!! ”

After the man said this, the soldier who asked for wine had already stood up, pointing at the guy and shouting and scolding. The shopkeeper behind the counter hurriedly ran over and explained:

"The officials and military masters who live in the small shop are all errands, and the owner of the small shop is also afraid that you will drink and miss your business, so it is decided. The rule of not selling alcohol in the morning and afternoon, since the military master wants to drink"

"Rough barbarians

As he was explaining, a sentence came from the corner of the shop, and although the voice was very clear, everyone could hear it clearly. Dahan immediately stood up and glared angrily. The day o8 old Shanchun book is full of ridicule