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The city of Dengzhou has been replaced with the banners of Li Jing and the Zhendong Army, and there are tall soldiers standing above the city and in front of the city gate, and there are patrols and soldiers patrolling from time to time. Outside the south gate, a large number of people fleeing the famine gathered, and they hastily erected shacks outside the city gate. These people all knew that Li Jing was benevolent on Shamen Island, so they all rushed to Dengzhou, and more people were coming here.

Li Jing rode through this shack area, feeling countless oncoming eyes, and there were gratitude, excitement and even support in these eyes, but no one leaned up. No one spoke, and no one stood in the way, not only because of the officers and sergeants in the officer guard battalion beside Li Jing, but also because of Li Xiao, the king of Zhao, who was riding on a horse next to Li Jing. These officers and sergeants, as well as the Prince's dependence, made these homeless people a little afraid.

"There are more and more displaced people, not in the first half of the month, and all of a sudden in the past few days have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain." Li Xiao and Li Jing walked side by side, looking at those shacks and said lightly, there was no dislike in their tones. But there is no sympathy or pity. "The state city counted it. There are now almost 3,000 people. Hundreds of people still come every day. ”

Before, the Dengzhou soldiers and the Dengzhou sailors were fighting, and those homeless people naturally did not dare to come. Later, Li Jing entered Dengzhou again, and the situation with Dengzhou soldiers was also tense for a while. Now that the Dengzhou soldiers are gone, Li Jing has become the lord of Dengzhou, especially after hearing that Li Jing and the handsome Song Wei have become righteous father and son, the people know that this battle cannot be fought. Many people know that Li Jing is on Daxie Island, and the people on the island are doing well, although there is famine. But it didn't affect them at all. Now that there is no success, disasters for many years, and the people are helpless, they are all coming to Dengzhou.

"How are these displaced people settled these days?" Li Jing turned his head and asked.

Among the officials who were a little behind, a middle-aged man in his forties immediately urged his horse to step forward a little, half a horse's head behind Li Jing, and said in the back: "These days, there are porridge sheds in the state city, and all the victims who come to the disaster give porridge twice a day. ”

Li Jing nodded, and Song Wen left Dengzhou with his soldiers and horses. However, none of the civil officials in Dengzhou left. After Li Jing took over Dengzhou, he also made some adjustments. The original Mikami Sanaka. After the departure of Wang Jingwen, the position of Changshi became vacant, and the position of another Sima was also vacant. Long history Li Jing appointed Han Anmin, a member of the Han family on Li Jing's mother's side, Han Anmin, who is in his forties, is Li Jing's mother's uncle, was born as a jinshi, and once served as a county magistrate. Because when Qingzhou was captured, the Han family took the initiative to open the city, and Li Jing had several contacts with the Han family, and he had a good impression. Sima's position was taken over by the Xiao family.

The new Sima Xiao Dingbang is the second son of the old lady and Xiao Yulou's uncle. At the beginning, when Li Jing was just appointed as the general of Shamen Town, Mrs. Xiao happened to return to Qingzhou from Jiangnan, because the Han family's caravan had found Li Jing on Li's mother's birthday, and she has stayed in Dengzhou. At the beginning, the relationship between the Xiao family and Li Jing was high. Li Jing also borrowed usury from the Xiao family twice, and the Xiao family even sent ten children from the family into the army.

But now, as Li Jing expected, Li Jing's development speed is beyond the Xiao family's expectations. In a short period of time, Li Jing has become a strong party, holding heavy troops, and he is even more valued by the Son of Heaven, and the marshal thinks that he is a righteous son. At present, the Xiao family has burned the usury IOU, and explained that the money was a gift to Li Jing. The relationship between the two sides is now overturned, although it is not enough to say that the Xiao family is dependent on Li Jing, but at least the relationship between the two families is now on an equal footing, and Li Jing is still in an active position. Old Madam Xiao is very good at judging Li Jing's superiority, and she quickly corrected the position of the Xiao family. not only supported Li Jing with a large amount of money and food, but also took the initiative to provide Li Jing with all-round cooperation. This collaboration is not only commercial, but also other aspects. The Xiao family has people and talents, which are all needed by Li Jing.

Reciprocating the favor, Li Jing asked the second child of the Xiao family to serve as Sima, although it is not a very important position, but after all, the grade is here, which is an obvious signal.

"It's not a matter for the victims to gather in Dengzhou like this." Han Anmin said, "Do you want the counties to bring people back?" ”

"It's useless, now that the disaster is so serious, the disaster is already a top priority. With so many displaced people, it is not enough to just give porridge. Li Jing shook his head, as soon as the displaced people gathered, it was easy to cause chaos. How's the party planning for today? ”

Li Jing originally planned to invite only some of the most famous wealthy families in Dengzhou to the dinner, but this rumor was revealed, and the wealthy families in Dengzhou who had a little bit of face wanted to participate.

Li Jing thought about it for a while and understood that Li Jing's status in Dengzhou is different now, not to mention that Li Jing now has a heavy army and is strong. It is said that the Son of Heaven favors and appreciates, and Song Dashuai, who has Ziqing, took a fancy to him and accepted him as a righteous son, no matter which aspect he says, the world of Dengzhou is Li Jing's world at the moment.

In particular, the Zhendong Army's half-month anti-bandit appeasement action before, and the beheading outside the city for half a month, is still more than 1,000 wooden stakes in the suburbs, and the fried human heads on the wooden stakes are still exposed to the sun there.

In such a situation, Li Jing wants to hold a grand banquet, who doesn't want to participate. This is not only to get closer to Li Jing, but these people are also interested in the redistribution of benefits after Dengzhou changed owners.

Although there are not many major changes in Dengzhou, as long as you look at the current Han Anmin of Qingzhou as the chief historian and Xiao Dingbang of Lanling as the Sima, you can know that Li Jing has received the full support of the Han family and the Xiao family, and then there are those people left by the Cui family in Qingzhou, it can be said that the largest families in Qingzhou have already stood on Li Jing's side, how can they miss it.

This banquet, which was supposed to celebrate the success of the bandits, was postponed again and again. And the number of guests scheduled to attend the banquet has also increased again and again.

"The famous people in Dengzhou have basically made posts. Except for those families of the eunuchs. Even those big merchants and big landlords also posted according to the orders of the envoy. As soon as he returned to the Assassin's Mansion, Zhang Hong, who was now also serving as the state secretary and participating in the military, immediately said to Li Jing. Recording and participating in the military, this position is equivalent to the secretary general of the state government office, and the specific chores are shouldered, and the real governor of the state government.

Now in Dengzhou City, there are some head-on characters. When we meet, we always ask, "Did you receive the post?" If you receive it, you will be quite proud and proud: "I received it, I received it yesterday." And if you haven't received it yet, you can't help but bow your face, and you feel that you are a head shorter in front of people. Even some large merchants who did not have a high status now carry the post with them every day, and when they see someone, they will always deliberately take out the post and make it proud.

Shinong industry and commerce, even in the late Tang Dynasty, when the etiquette system began to collapse a little, no matter how rich the merchants were, their social status was not high. Often a wealthy businessman who keeps money is not as high as a rural landlord with a thousand acres of land.

But Li Jing doesn't think so. No farming, no stability, no business, no wealth. Especially in Dengzhou at present, if you want to get rid of this famine, get through this difficulty, and want to make Dengzhou rich again, businessmen are indispensable. It just so happened that everyone wanted to go to Dali this time, so Li Jing simply took this opportunity to make this banquet bigger.

This is not only a simple celebration banquet for the suppression of bandits, but also a great opportunity for Li Jing to absorb the local power of Dengzhou.

On June 18, this banquet, which had been prepared for a long time and had been awaited for a long time in Dengzhou, finally began.

In the afternoon of the same day, there was an endless stream of guests from the four counties and townships of Dengzhou, and the carts and small cars were parked outside the Assassin's Mansion. This banquet was held in the Assassin's Mansion, and there were too many people coming, even if Li Jing had repeatedly selected the list of banquets before, he still sent out more than a thousand posts in the end.

There are so many people, fortunately, Zhang Hong and others are in charge, and Li Jing doesn't have to worry about it.

The people who came to the banquet were either rich or noble, either officials, famous families, or local landlords in various counties and townships, and at the very least, wealthy businessmen with a lot of money. Being able to participate in this banquet is a reflection of identity and grade, the officials get the bronzing stickers, the family is the silver stickers, and the landlords and the powerful are all bronze stickers, although the rest of the rich businessmen are also invited, but the posts they get are ordinary posts. But even so, the wealthy businessmen were still very excited to participate in such a banquet attended by the most prominent people in Dengzhou.

Coming to the banquet, of course, these people could not have come empty-handed. Almost everyone brought heavy gifts, at least more than 100 times. Especially for those who are in the world, the gifts they give are not only precious but also very rare.

"Wendeng Qingning Township Du Yuanwai, give 10,000 yuan of money!" Today, Zhang Hong specially arranged for eight scribes to receive gifts and keep accounts at the door, and also arranged for eight strong men with loud voices to shout salutes.

Outside Du Yuan, Qingning Township, he is naturally the richest man in Qingning Township, and the Du family, the husband of Li Jing's fifth sister. The Du family was originally just a merchant, although they started by running maritime merchants to operate grain, rice, cloth, silk, etc., but they only had some fame in Qingning Township. But the identity of the businessman was very limited to the Du family, and later the Du family let their children study, and in this generation, the Du family finally produced a jinshi.

When Old Man Du saw that Li Jing, who was a fellow villager, had a relationship with the Cui family, he made the decision to let his son, who was not an official, follow Li Jing to do things. Who would have thought that this decision was really the right one. Now Li Jing has become a marquis, a general, and a state assassin. His son has now become a big official, not only in the Zhendong Army as a cangcao in the military, but now in the state capital as one of the six cao cangs, this is an official position from the seventh grade. And what made him even happier was that his son not only won Li Jing's attention, but also married Li Jing's own sister as his wife.

Now in Wendeng County, the Li family can be said to be the most prestigious family, and his Du family in Qingning Township is also rising. He had already heard of the grand banquet this time. When Li Jing sent someone to deliver the silver sticker and personally picked him up, he was very excited. The Du family used to be good in Qingning Township, but when they arrived in Wendeng County, it was nothing, let alone Dengzhou.

When he came, the county magistrates of Wendeng walked with him, and their attitude towards him was much more affectionate than before. This time, Du Yuanwai also brought a heavy courtier, 10,000 yuan, even in the Du family, it is also a huge amount of money. However, Du Yuanwai did not have heartache, and the money was worth spending.

shouted out 10,000 yuan, and many of the guests who gave gifts in front of the house couldn't help but talk about it after hearing it, asking which one of these Qingning Township Du Yuanwai was.

"This Du Yuanwai is the father-in-law of Li Yuanjun's fifth sister, who turned out to be just a wealthy businessman in Qingning Township, but now it is different, and his status has risen greatly." A guest who knows the road said that he said to someone he knew well.

Some of the merchants who were waiting in the back for gifts couldn't help frowning when they heard about it.

At this moment, they were singing and drinking again.

"Lanling Xiao Clan, 100,000 yuan in money, 100,000 stone in grain!"

"Qingzhou Han Clan, 100,000 yuan in money, 100,000 stones in grain!"

"Qingzhou Cui's family, 100,000 yuan in money, 100,000 stones in grain!"

Like a thunderbolt, three loud singing and shouting in a row stunned the guests who had just given 10,000 huge gifts to the Du family. This gift had to shock them. Not to mention the Lanling Xiao family, the Qingzhou Han family, and the Qingzhou Cui family, they are all famous families in the entire Tang Dynasty, especially the Cui family and the Xiao family, which can be ranked in the top ten of the world's major families. Such a big family came to the banquet, even if they didn't bring gifts, they all raised the level of the banquet.

But the three families came, and they even brought such a heavy gift. According to the current price of grain, this 100,000 stone grain is worth at least 400,000 guan, plus cash, that is a full 500,000 guan. Even a top wealthy family like the Shaw Brothers is amazing to give such a gift.

Before the mouths of the crowd could be closed in astonishment, another richly dressed steward presented a post and a gift slip to the scribe who received the gift. Then I heard the singing and shouting again.

"The congratulatory gift from Duli Town has arrived, 50,000 sheep and 500,000 stone of grain!"

"Liaodong Shicheng congratulatory gifts, five hundred cattle, one hundred war horses, and one thousand sheep!"

"The congratulatory gift of the Liaodong Shiren Pillar has arrived, the rice is 3,000 stones, and the money is 10,000 yuan!"

"The congratulatory gift from Silla Qinghai Town has arrived, 1,000 cattle, 800 horses, and 100,000 yuan!"

The rich gift list was sung out loudly, and those who were present were stunned. Xie Xuan, the head of the Xie family, a merchant in Dengzhou City, looked at the gift list in his hand, three thousand yuan, and some spices and other things, gritted his teeth and tore it directly. Then he said to the steward: "Hurry home immediately, let the family immediately get together 10,000 yuan of money, and then open the granaries in the north of our city, and take a warehouse of grain as a gift from our Xie family to Li Yuanjun." ”

The steward was taken aback, and the granaries in the north of the city stored 8,000 stones of grain in each warehouse. These grains have been hoarded since last year, and according to the current situation, the price of grain will only rise steadily in the future, and there will be no market for it, and 8,000 stone of grain plus 10,000 guan of rice will add up to 40,000 or 50,000 yuan of gifts. However, seeing the gaze of the head of the family, he still nodded and hurried back. (To be continued......)