Chapter 131: Connecting the World
The battle in Xiongzhou received a great impact. The men and women were kidnapped by the Liao people. Now it is time to be in trouble. Guan Wei and his friends rode into Xiongzhou City.
The city can only be described as a dismal place, with dilapidated everywhere. Many people have white paper hanging at the doors, and crying endlessly.
Guan Wei sighed. His duty was to guard peace and spy on military information. However, he still recorded the situation here and prepared to feedback it to Yang Yanzhao for him to deal with it.
Sun Xiu, Tang Long and others were a little shocked again. If Yichuan County was captured, I was afraid the outcome would be countless times worse than here!
Thanks to the person in front of me! Of course, I also had the efforts of myself and others. Thinking of this, they straightened their backs all of a sudden.
Guan Wei smiled slightly and didn't say much. He pointed to a tea shop in front of him with a poor management and said, "We have also walked for a long time and went over to have a cup of tea!"
Several people tied the horses, found a place to sit in them, and then asked for a pot of tea.
While drinking tea, Guan Wei told them some precautions for inquiring about information.
"Son! Woo-I regret it-" There were crying sounds outside.
Guan Wei felt his voice sound familiar. When he looked outside, he found a team of mourning to see him come from a distance. The mourning was an old man, and the deceased should be his son.
This old man was Lu Gu. When Guan Wei broke the rape and murder case, he met this person.
"Doctor, I ask, what's going on outside? Isn't this person the manager Lu?"
Dr. Tea sighed and said, "Isn't it the shopkeeper Lu? I heard that before the Xiongzhou City was broken, his friend Zheng Yuan invited him to Yichuan County. However, shopkeeper Lu felt that he was doing jewelry business and had no future in Yichuan, so he refused.
As a result, Yichuan County was finally defended, but Xiongzhou experienced a disaster. I heard that Zheng Yuan was in Yichuan County; Oh, the new Anshun Army developed well, but his only son was killed by the Liao people. The family has no roots, what's the use of earning more money?"
Guan Wei nodded silently after hearing this, picked up the tea and took a sip. Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared in his eyes. The man was dressed in a torn dress and begging along the street with a broken bowl. He was getting farther and farther away in the crowd.
"You guys wait a moment, I'll go and see!" Guan Wei suddenly stood up and chased after him. Sun Xiu and the others didn't know what was going on, so they were looking forward to it.
Guan Wei chased after him with big strides and soon caught up with the man.
"Tian Qing!" Guan Wei called out.
The person in front of him shook and slowly turned his head.
"It's you! You won't be a constable, your arm..." Guan Wei was stunned for a moment and found that one of Tian Qing's arms had broken from it.
"Guan, the moment." Tian Qing first exclaimed when he saw Guan Wei, and then hid his half-empty sleeves and the broken bowl for begging behind him.
"What happened?" Guan Wei asked with a frown.
"No, nothing. The Liao soldiers are here. I overestimate my ability to resist, but I was cut like this by someone with one knife."
"You are the country's tolerance, what about your pension? Do they dare to deduct this money?"
"No, no, this is not true. However, there are more places in the country that need pensions. Before the imperial court's money arrived, the treasury was robbed by the Liao people. Even if they want pensions, they can't do it."
Guan Wei frowned and said, "You follow me first! I will find a way to find a way to pay attention to the pension."
"At the moment, I, like this, I still have the face to see you?"
"Stop fucking nonsense! If you come with me, come with me! I was ordered to convene people to establish a special department. I need all kinds of talents. Follow me! I can always find your place."
There was tears flashing in Tian Qing's eyes, and he finally nodded and agreed. Guan Wei threw the broken bowl in his hand and smashed it, and then pulled him to the tea shed.
"Sir, who is this?" Sun Xiu, Tang Long and others didn't know Tian Qing, so they stood up to ask.
"This is a friend I met in Xiongzhou. When he solved the case in Xiongzhou, he helped me a lot. Unexpectedly, he was injured by the Liao people this time and also cut off his livelihood. I want to bring him closer to our team.
Tian Qing is not very young, but he is very clever. He is the talent we need. Sun Xiu, you can take him in the future!"
"Okay! The lord said it was good, that would definitely be impossible to be wrong! Is Tian Qing? Is this Sun Xiu, and we will be the first team in the future."
"Thank you, Sun Tou." Tian Qing was a little reserved, and he also thought that Guan Wei was a constable and agreed immediately. Everyone laughed, but they gave an introduction to each other, but they did not point it out.
Guan Wei asked Bao Yi to buy some buns, and they sat in the teahouse to eat and chat. Tian Qing was really hungry and couldn't help but stuff them into his mouth.
"Don't rush to eat slowly, there is something behind it!" Guan Wei said a few words with a smile, which almost made Tian Qing's tears flow down.
"Tian Qing, you are a local, and you will take a silver ounce to order a few rooms for us, take a shower, and change your clothes. I'll go to the yamen."
"Thank you!" Tian Qing agreed, and then started eating with a big mouthful of food.
After they finished packing up, Guan Wei settled the bill and asked them to rest first. He rode his horse to the yamen.
"On and under, Lao Jia informed him that Guan Wei, a member of the judicial officer of Anshun Army, requested to meet with Duke Deng."
"Judicial Joining the Army?" The two gatekeepers were startled. They looked at Guan Wei carefully. This guy was a bit too young. Will he be the judicial Joining the Army?
"Guan, Guan Wei? By the way, it's Captain Guan Shen. He is the Captain Guan Shen who solved the Xiongzhou case." Another person suddenly remembered something and exclaimed.
"Please wait, I'll go in and report immediately!" The gatekeeper heard this and ran in.
After a short while, the sound of progress was heard, and the tolerance ran out again and said, "Sir, our master is welcome."
"Thank you!" Guan Wei said, then walked in with big strides.
At the door of the living room, a tall and white-bearded veteran was standing there. Guan Wei felt a strong murderous aura on him. He knew that he must be Duke Deng, General of the Left Guard, and Zhang Yongde, the governor of Xiongzhou.
"Meet Duke Deng!" Guan Wei took a step forward and bowed.
Zhang Yongde laughed and said, "Everyone said that Guan Chengjun was young and promising. He only realized that his reputation was worthy when he saw him today."
Guan Wei quickly said modestly: "Duke Deng praised him, but he was ashamed of him."
"Please, please sit inside!" Zhang Yongde laughed, stepped forward and grabbed Guan Wei, and took them into the lobby.
The two of them sat down with the guest and the host. After the servant served tea, they stepped out.
"Why did Guan Chanjun suddenly arrive in Xiongzhou today? Could it be that some case happened? What kind of help do I need?"
"Not this, I'm going to be here on the way. But today I saw some things in Xiongzhou and wanted to discuss with Mr. Deng."
"Oh, I wonder what advice Guan Chanjun has?" Zhang Yongde's face turned apart.
"I also heard that after Duke Deng came here, he actively rectified his defense and the thieves' unique skills, so the Liao people dared not look at each other. The villain really admired him."
After hearing this, Zhang Yongde finally showed a smile on his face.
Guan Wei continued: "But I walked around the city and found that Xiongzhou was in trouble and the people were even more miserable."
Zhang Yongde frowned slightly and said, "I know what you said is true, but the relief from the court has not arrived yet. The warehouse in Xiongzhou was robbed by the Liao people. It is cleaner than my face. I can't do it if I want to save people!"
Guan Wei smiled slightly and said, "Duke Deng, villain has a way."
Zhang Yongde was stunned when he heard this and asked, "I wonder what the lord of the army can do? Should I ask me to increase taxes? Or let me exploit the people? You have also seen that the people in Xiongzhou are too hard, how can we bear it?"
Guan Wei smiled and said, "We want to save the people, how can we harm the people? That's right? Our Anshun Army has opened a new relay world, which is the money counter we have made. Where can we borrow some of the money from, come to provide relief to the people first, and return it to them when the money from the court arrives."
"Give money!" Zhang Yongde's face was a little cold. These guys put their loan sharks on his head. They were really looking for death!
Guan Wei saw his doubts and smiled slightly: "Duke Deng, first of all, this Huitong Tianxia can give money without interest, just to save the disaster."
"Don't have interest? Can these profiteers have such kindness?"
"The Duke and merchants are not all bad people. Besides, we are not ordinary money cabinets. Among them, there are 40% of the imperial court members."
"There are any officials from the court?" Zhang Yongde was really surprised this time, even a little unbelievable.
Guan Wei smiled and said, "Yes, I hope that Duke Deng can go to Anshun Army with time and see the Huitong World brand. This was mentioned by the official in person. In fact, this matter is not difficult to understand. The official is planning to make Huitong World really open all over the Song Dynasty, which will not only facilitate the lives of the people, but also facilitate disaster relief!
Just like now, we can immediately spend tens of thousands of guan to buy food and grass and transport it to Xiongzhou for disaster relief. Time is life. If the grain arrives one day earlier, won’t the people of Xiongzhou suffer less?
And now we have few shops, so we need to transport money from Beijing. When we have a shop in Kaifeng in the future, it would be better if the official puts the money into the Kaifeng store, even saving transportation?"
"There are such good things? Then how do you make money!"
Guan Wei smiled and said, "Duke, please think. It is so big that it is inconvenient for merchants to bring money with them? They can save money in their hometowns, and then go to Huitongtian to get it when they arrive at the place where they use it. There must be some handling fees.
Also, if someone thinks it is unsafe to put money at home, he can also put it in our Huitong World and also pay some storage fees.
Chapter completed!