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Chapter 292 The key to success or failure

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    "My lord governor, since April 12th, within three days, our Jiangning mansion has recruited 4,125 young men, and all of them have been registered and compiled into an army. Except  In addition, the 1,216 artisan workshops in Jiangning City have all been organized and mobilized to forge various weapons for our Qing army. Within one month, at least three sabers can be made for our Qing army.  Ten thousand handles, five thousand sharp sword handles, eighteen thousand spears, one hundred and fifty thousand arrows, three thousand pairs of plate armor, two thousand pairs of bows"

    Standing bowed in front of the governor of Liangjiang, Xie Xu, Xie Dong, the prefect of Jiangning, did not look at the official document in his hand, and recited a series of memorized numbers without blinking his eyelids, without pausing.  A Xixu nodded again and again, very satisfied with Xie Dong's work, and asked, "What about the horses? How many horses can you provide for our Qing army within a month?"

    "Back to Governor, right now Wu's traitors are in chaos, the horse roads are impassable, and the price of horses in Jiangning Mansion is soaring, and there are often prices but no market." Xie Dong finally showed some embarrassment on his handsome face, hesitated before saying: "  However, it was also the result of the emperor's blessing. The merchants of Fusang Kingdom heard that the price of horses in the south of the Yangtze River was soaring. The day before yesterday, they transported 800 high-quality war horses from the sea to Jiangnan for sale. They were all the best Kiso horses in Fusang Kingdom. This kind of war horse is strong.  , good at galloping and sprinting, and not easy to get sick, easy to adapt to the water and soil, but the price is a bit more expensive, a horse costs as much as fifty taels of silver."

    "As long as it is a good horse, no matter how expensive it is, you have to buy it!" Master Ashish waved his hand and said vigorously: "At present, our army is in short supply of horses, and we have bought all 800 of the best war horses."

    "Go back to Governor, I have already bought all of them." Xie Dong respectfully replied: "There are also 1,500 high-quality Japanese knives sold by this group of Fusang merchants, and I have also bought all of them, and they can be sent to Hong Kong at any time.  The front line was used for military use, and it was donated by the rich and powerful merchants in Jiangning, Leshu. This is the list of money and expenses. Please have a look at the governor. In addition, the humble official bought more than 600 horses of various colors from the people, and informed merchants from all over the place  With overseas merchants, let them transport more horses to Jiangning to sell, and the humble workers must buy them all at a high price."

    As he said that, Xie Dong held a list in front of A Xixu with both hands, and A Xixu took it and looked it over carefully, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, okay, Mr. Xie is indeed the one that Mu Zhongcheng strongly recommends to me.  As expected, you are a shrewd and capable official, capable of handling things, much better than Zhang Chaozhen, the useless chief minister! With you and Mu Zhongcheng helping me with my errands, I will be much more relaxed, work hard, and wait for me to participate in Zhang Chaozhen's memorial and criticism.  Come down, I will strongly recommend you to take over as Jiangsu chief envoy, officially replacing that useless Zhang Chaozhen!"

    "Thank you, Governor, for your cultivation!" Xie Dong quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, then took out a stack of banknotes from his bosom, and said flatteringly: "My lord, I heard that my lord is planning to send someone back to his hometown in Liaodong to renovate the ancestral grave next month  , It is very inconvenient to think about it at hand, this is a small meaning of a humble position, and I hope that the governor will not refuse."

    "Why are you here again? Last month, my unfilial son lost more than four thousand taels of silver in the casino, and you paid it back" Lord A Xixu showed a displeased look on his face, very  He said unhappily: "It's inconvenient for me to renovate the ancestral grave, but I'm as clean as water and as clean as a mirror, so how can I accept your money?"

    "Your Excellency, you must not say that. Isn't this killing the humble office?" Xie Dong said sincerely: "The humble office starts from the magistrate, and it can be promoted to six levels within seven years. It's not all thanks to the Governor.  Cultivation and promotion? There was a vacancy in the prefect of Jiangning last year. I don¡¯t know how many officials in the world are staring at it. If the humble position is not recommended by Meng Mufutai and promoted by the Governor, how can this position be considered a humble position? The Governor¡¯s kindness to the humble position, the humble position will be smashed to pieces  It's hard to be sure, a small gift is just a small gesture of humbleness, and I ask the governor to accept it."

    "I promoted you because you are shrewd and capable and effective, so I can serve the country as a worthy man" Mr. Ah snorted, looked at the thick bank note in Xie Dong's hand, and finally nodded and said  : "Well, let's not make an example." Xie Dong was overjoyed, kowtowed quickly to thank him, carefully placed the bank note on the coffee table beside A Xixu, and then left, leaving Master A Xixu in the living room happily  Count the banknotes.

    When leaving the governor's office, Xie Dong happened to meet Mu Tianyan, the governor of Jiangning, in front of the gate. After paying his respects, Mu Tianyan casually asked Xie Dong about his business affairs these days. When he learned that Xie Dong had formed a new army  After the progress went smoothly, Mu Tianyan was also very happy, praised Xie Dong a few words, and then explained: "I have been busy building ships and guns, preparing food, grass and military salaries, and I will leave all the recruiting of new troops to you. Take care."  Do it, Zhang Chaozhen, the chief minister who is not dealing with the governor, is definitely finished, and the job is done, and when the governor and I recommend you to be the chief minister in the court, we can speak louder."

    ? "Thanks to Mr. Taiwan for being humbled.He didn't have the courage to continue talking, and when he raised his head to look at Kang Mazi in fear, he found that Kang Mazi was already dumbfounded, and when he turned back to look at the two ministers of the Ministry of War, Mingzhu and Wang Xu, he found that they were also dumbfounded.  After a while, Kang Mazi asked tremblingly, "When did this Xie Dong become the magistrate of Jiangning? How come I don't remember it?"

    "Back to the master, the slave has no impression." Suo'etu replied tremblingly: "Historically, the selection of officials at the prefect level has always been selected by the Ministry of Officials unless there is a special purpose. Please ask Nanshufang for approval. Probably  Because this Xie Dong was too inconspicuous before, so the servant, didn't didn't notice, forgetforgot."

    "Bang!" Before he could say anything, the inkstone on Kang Mazi's pseudo-dragon case had already hit Suo'etu's head, causing Suo'etu's head to bleed and his face covered in ink.  Immediately afterwards, the ugly howl of despair like a wild beast echoed frantically in the Hall of Mental Cultivation

    "Hurry up! Eight hundred miles to rush to A Xixu, and immediately suspend Xie Dong, the magistrate of Jiangning! Removal! Take it down! Cut it off¡ª¡ª! Lu Yifeng, a thief! Xie Dong, a thief! They two thieves,  I must have hooked up together¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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