Chapter 223: Big Wedding (I)

Li Qi was very depressed.

The words he had prepared were not useful because no one heard him say it.

Zhang Shicheng disappeared, leaving only one Lu Zhen. This Lu Zhen did not make things difficult for him, but he was not the head of the company at all. Every time he talked to him, he would say, "Let's talk about it when my elder brother comes back."

"Then when will your elder brother come back?"

"I don't know, my elder brother is busy!"

Li Qi is about to collapse. If he doesn't take such a look at others, he is a dignified Gaoyou Prefecture, and he is also a court official. He came to look for the leader of the rebels in hushedly, but he still didn't see him!

He wanted to leave but couldn't leave, so he had to wait like this. When he felt Zhang Shicheng's attitude towards him, Li Qi felt a little upset. He couldn't do this job at all. One lion spoke loudly, and the other was an iron rooster. It was difficult to match him up!

Li Qizhen wanted to say that he might as well give up the position of Gaoyou Prefectural Order, and this job is really hard to do.

On the fourth day, Zhang Shicheng finally appeared in Xinghua City.

"I'm so sorry that I've been waiting for a long time. I've been busy with family affairs and have not come to listen to Lord Li's teachings. Please don't be surprised by Lord Li." Zhang Yang said.

Originally, Zhang Yang's words made Li Qi unable to get angry. This was so appropriate that he had a little bit of a subordinate's intention, and Li Qi's anger also disappeared.

"I wonder what family matters Mr. Zhang has?" Li Qi asked curiously, but then, he immediately regretted the question. Why are you worried about other people's family affairs?

"Oh, I'm going to get married soon." Zhang Yang said happily. "In order to prepare for the marriage, I was so busy that I didn't have time to write an invitation to Lord Li. It was initially scheduled for the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. At that time, Lord Li will remember to come!" He said as if he was a family.

Li Qi's pupils are enlarged, and he is married? Now, he may have to back up the "great gift". Before the negotiation is completed, he has to give the other party a generous gift first. If he is a friend, it would be fine. The person in front of him would want to peel off his skin and turn the Gaoyou Mansion upside down. In the end, he had to persuade him to surrender. He was really unwilling to accept it.

Thinking of this in my heart, but with a smile on my face, Li Qi said happily: "Young Master Zhang's wedding is a major event in our Gaoyou Mansion. At that time, I will definitely bring friends from all walks of life to congratulate Mr. Zhang. If Mr. Zhang is willing, I am willing to be your master of Mr. Zhang."

"Thank you, Lord Li!" Zhang Yang also said with a smile.

Zhang Yang was in a good mood to squeeze out Li Qi and get some oil: "I wonder if Lord Li is here this time, is there something important?"

"Oh, it's not for the last time." Li Qi seemed to be talking to his old friend: "Young Master Zhang, the province can't agree to those requests you made!"

"Oh?" Zhang Yang raised his eyebrows: "That's my lowest requirement. Otherwise, I would have done so vigorously and the province would not give me some rewards, wouldn't it be a loss?"

It's so vigorous? The more you do this, the more you want to kill you, so let's be arrogant for a few days now.

"Young Master Zhang, you are not unaware that the province is already very tolerant of Mr. Zhang's actions. This is a charge of beheading. The province has agreed to appoint Mr. Zhang as the Yin of Xinghua County and the Yin of Taizhou Prefecture. This is a great favor from the province. I hope Mr. Zhang will accept the appointment of the provincial government and serve the court in the future." Li Qi finally decided to go straight to the point. These conditions are the conditions. Whether he can agree or not has nothing to do with him.

Zhang Yang's mind circulated, asked for a lot of money and paid back the money by land. In fact, he kept keeping other places tightly, but he only had a legal identity. Now he occupied Xinghua and Taizhou, but he no longer let go of other places. Just agree?

Should I ask Li Qi to make a few more trips and take a little longer, or just agree?

"Since the province insists on this, I have accepted the conditions of the province to manage Xinghua and Taizhou for the province, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment." Zhang Yang said.

Hearing this, Li Qi couldn't help but be happy. His errand was over so soon?

"However," Zhang Yang made Li Qi's heart rise to his throat again.

"But what?"

"Xinghua's salt field is mine."

"Of course." (I can't catch it anyway, so it's yours for the time being.)

"But, my salt cannot be sold."

"this…"

"The Salt Market has to agree that the salt in my salt farm can be directly sold in the province without the approval of Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau."

Li Qi was stunned. He proposed this condition last time and took it out again this time. He no longer asked for the land and started to demand the power to sell salt. How is this possible? Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau is not under the jurisdiction of the provincial government.

"This seems a bit difficult," Li Qi said.

"I have given up Gaoyou, Baoying, Hai'an, Tongzhou, and have made the biggest concessions. Please tell the province that if you want to sue, please show your sincerity!"

"This..., I'll try it!" Li Qi said.

It is indeed time to show some sincerity. The other party made a concession and negotiated, and both sides made a concession and were happy. Although Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau definitely disagrees, you can find a compromise method.

Having completed part of the negotiation tasks, Li Qi immediately went to Xinghua again and went to Yangzhou.

Zhang Yang looked at Li Qi's back as he walked away, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month is more than half a month away. Although it is a happy day, Zhang Yang doesn't mind using the blood of the Tartars to add a little red to his happy day.

In the past few days, the Tianque gun has been continuously equipped into the team, and the soldiers are also in intense training. They all know the great power of the Tianque gun. In order to avoid being eliminated, they become spear soldiers again, and they are training day and night, and the team's combat effectiveness is rapidly improving.

On the wedding day, it is time to take away Gaoyou! The team has become elite soldiers, and the work of dividing the fields in the west of Taizhou and Xinghua has been completed. These places will be firmly in their hands. The year is approaching, and there is a hypnosis of peace talks. The defense of the defenders in various places must be very relaxed. As the saying goes, soldiers will never be tired of deception, this is a good opportunity! At that time, if people like the prefect Li Qi come to Xinghua to congratulate them, it will be a good pot. If they don’t come, they will also be beaten up in Gaoyou Mansion.

"Sir, this time I fulfilled my mission and finally persuaded Zhang Shicheng." Li Qi returned to Yangzhou and immediately went to meet with Zhao Lian, the governor of the province.

"Well, you're doing a good job." Zhao Lian was also happy when he heard that Li Qi's recruitment had been successful, "Did Zhang Shicheng agree?"

"Yes, at first he wanted more Gaoyou, Baoying, Tongzhou and other places. After the various lobbying of Xiaguan, he finally agreed and accepted the provincial arrangement to serve as the governor of Xinghua County and the prefectural prefecture of Taizhou, and no longer ask for other land."

"Well, Zhang Shicheng is also very cognitive. A master of the times is a hero. I cherish him a little hero." Zhao Lian said.

You are worthy of being a hero? Always pushing me in the front, why don’t you negotiate with Zhang Shicheng in person? Li Qi thought dissatisfiedly, but he smiled and said, “Yes, sir, Zhang Shicheng will hold his wedding on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. Should you go and have fun?"

The wedding? Zhao Lian felt aroused, "This, the year is approaching, and there are still many business tasks to be busy with, so I won't go. By the way, I will prepare a generous gift for him. You can bring it to me at that time. At that time, I guess the official appointment document of the court will be released, and he will be considered a double happiness."

"Sir, Zhang Shicheng has some other small requests." Li Qi continued, and said with great joy to see how to deal with this matter.

"Tell me, what he wants to do, let's try our best to satisfy him."

"Even the salt farms in Xinghua belong to him. He thought that the salt produced in these salt farms could be legally sold in the entire province."

"Of course, he belonged to the court, and the salt farm belonged to the court, so of course he could sell it legally." Zhao Lian said. He had forgotten these days. In fact, Li Qi had already mentioned this matter to him last time.

"Sir, what he means is to bypass Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau and sell it directly by himself." Li Qi saw Zhao Lian's appearance and knew that he did not understand that the current sales of salt are sold by Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau. After the salt merchant bought the salt transfer, he went to the salt farm to support salt and trafficked it to the destination indicated on the salt transfer. During the whole process, there was no silver in the salt farm, and the one who was rich was Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau. Zhang Shicheng would definitely not do such a thing. Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau got the silver, and the salt merchant went to his salt farm to support salt, so he would definitely not be able to pay it out.

"This is impossible. If we agree, Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau will not let us go, and the court will not let us go. Isn't this selling private salt?" Zhao Lian said.

"Sir, I know this is difficult to deal with, but this is Zhang Shicheng's only request. If we are not satisfied, I'm afraid he will not agree to the recruitment. Besides, Zhang Shicheng's rebellion is just a fancy to the salt field? As long as he is asked to guard the salt field and make money, he will probably stay honestly and stop making trouble for us." Li Qi said.

This makes sense. Why are so many people in rebelling? Isn’t it because they have no money and can’t survive? When they have money, they will keep the money, become honest and settle Zhang Shicheng. This can be regarded as a solution to a problem that is close at hand. But how can we solve this problem? The court will not agree!

"Sir, I thought about it for a long time and felt that we didn't need to reject this question. If he wanted to sell it, he would let him sell it. However, this range will be limited to Xinghua and Taizhou first, and slowly, it can be expanded to Gaoyou. Anyway, the output of those salt fields is not very high. At most, he will be sold to several places east of Taizhou. In this way, the resistance will be much smaller." Li Qi said.

Anyway, Xinghua and Taizhou are also owned by others. He sells whatever he wants. Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau can't manage it even if he wants. At most, with the areas in Gaoyou and eastern Taizhou, his salts are sold enough, which greatly simplifies the difficulty and has an explanation from the above.

Zhao Lian pondered for a moment. If he wanted to recruit the rest, he had to agree to the other party’s request. “Okay, let’s agree to the other party’s request for the time being.”

When the army led by the Right Chief came back, everything was fine.

Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief, his legs were about to break, and this matter was finally settled. This year can finally be passed safely.

"Uncle, Ruohan is the only relative of you, so the marriage is naturally all up to you." Liu Ruohan blushed and said to Liu Tongyu.

"Ruohan, if your father was alive, he would be able to see how good it would be when you got married. Moreover, your husband is still such a hero who stands tall and strong." Liu Tongyu said with emotion.

When talking about his father, Liu Ruohan's eyes were also a little wet. His father worked hard all his life and had not had time to enjoy a day of happiness, so he called for justice and died. Brother Shicheng avenged his father. Since then, she has regarded herself as a member of the Zhang family.

"Look at me, this happy day is coming soon, why are you talking about this?" Liu Tongyu said: "I have already discussed with Shicheng's mother. The wedding date is scheduled to be the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. It is a good day for the old to build a new one. The two of you are just in line with each other, and the five elements are in line with each other. The location is set in a big house in Xinghua City. At that time, the wedding team will set off from Xinghua, beat drums and drums all the way to the village, and then send you to Xinghua City in an eight-carriage sedan. There is a flowing mat there, which can be eaten for about two or three days. The dowry is ready for you, and they are all placed in the outer room." Liu Tongyu said.

"Uncle, we are not a big family, so we don't have to be so grand, right? It's a bit too wasteful." Liu Ruohan said. In fact, every girl hopes to get married in a grand manner. However, as an ordinary salt family, Liu Ruohan never thought that her wedding would be like this.

"This is what Shicheng means. Now Shicheng is already a big shot, so he naturally has to do something big to meet his current identity." Liu Tongyu said.

In fact, Zhang Yang doesn't care how big the show is, and Liu Ruohan doesn't care. The happiest thing that people in love can be together is the happiest thing. What Zhang Yang yearns the most is not how big the wedding is, but to take his fiancée to Sanya, Hainan to get married. However, once a person is in a high position, he cannot just rely on his own temperament. Moreover, Hainan is probably still a sparsely populated place. Zhang Yang is now the actual controller of Xinghua County and Taizhou. The wedding is too cold and will be despised by others, and the influence is subtle. Moreover, the biggest reason is that only by making the wedding shocking and making the people around him pay attention to it, there will be a greater chance to take Gaoyou down.

Liu Ruohan looked out the window, the cold wind blew the branches, and the withered yellow leaves were falling one after another.

Brother Shicheng is not a thing in the pool, so he has long seen it. Otherwise, how could he fall in love with him? Now, the two have a skin-loving relationship and are about to get married. They are born from the Zhang family, and die, and are the Zhang family ghosts.

"Wow." Suddenly, a stream of sour water ripped in her stomach and she wanted to vomit. She covered her mouth with a silk palette and tried her best to calm the discomfort.

"What's wrong? Ruohan?" Liu Tongyu asked.

"It's okay, maybe I'm a little infected with wind and cold, just take a break." Liu Ruohan said.

"Brother, the land in Taizhou has begun to be distributed in an orderly manner. By the end of the year, it will be able to allocate five acres per household, and hundreds of acres of military land can be left." Li Shanchang said.

"The land in Xinghua has been allocated and will be all planted in the spring of next year," said Shi Nai'an.

The yamen in Xinghua are now filled with people. On both sides of Zhangyang are Li Shanchang and Shi Nai'an, next are the commanders of several major camps, and then downward are the centurions of the base camp and several confidants from the salt field.

This is a very high-level military conference, and all the core figures attended the conference.

"Brother is about to get married, this is our top priority right now." Shi Xin said from the side.

"Yes, yes, congratulations to brother." The other brothers also said.

"This is a private matter, so there is no need to mention it." Zhang Yang said with a smile.

"Now the province has appointed my elder brother as the governor of Xinghua County and the governor of Taizhou County. It is a double blessing." Shi Xin continued to say carelessly.

?Tang He's face suddenly changed. For so long, although he was not from a salt farm, Tang He was already Zhang Yang's confidant, so he asked bluntly: "Brother, the purpose of our uprising is to fight the Tartars. How do we surrender to the Tartars now? He also became the little sesame official of the Tartars?"

When he heard Tang He's words, even the Shixin, who likes to speak out the most, closed his mouth. These words were simply questioning the elder brother. This is the following crime!

Zhang Yang didn't care at all. Tang He had been guarding Taizhou and had no idea what was inside. His question proved his hatred for the Tartars, which was a manifestation of loyalty.

"Today we are gathered to call everyone for this matter, and appoint me as the Yin of Xinghua County and the Yin of Taizhou County is just a temporary solution. Our obedience is to drive the Tartars out of the Central Plains. This purpose will never change!"

"That brother is still..." Tang He asked in confusion.

"This is very simple. Everything is just to buy time. Since the Tartars want to play negotiation tricks with me, then play with them." Zhang Yang explained that these things must be explained clearly, especially for senior generals in the army. Once they have misunderstandings about themselves, they will divide their own strength. If they may not do it well, they will shoot themselves in the foot.

"We occupied Xinghua and Taizhou, and what we need most is time to digest these territories. At this time, if the province wants to recruit me, I will use my plan and negotiate with them. Regardless of whether the negotiation is completed or not, we can always delay time. Especially after attacking Taizhou, we obtained precious blacksmiths. The problem of insufficient production capacity of Tianque gun has been alleviated. Yuanheng, how much is your fourth battalion, Tianque gun equipped?"

"Report to my brother, three hundred-man teams have all replaced the Tianque gun. Now, even if the Tartars come to attack Taizhou, I am not afraid." Bian Yuanheng said.

"How effective is the combat power? How good is the shooting level?" Zhang Yang continued.

"Don't worry, brother, I just conducted a shooting assessment of 200-step fixed target the day before yesterday, eliminated more than 20 people, and added them from the remaining two hundred-man teams. According to brother's training method, anyone who fails to meet the standards must be eliminated, and those who stay will become sharpshooters." Bian Yuanheng said.
Chapter completed!