Chapter 208

Not long after Zhou Laojiu left, Zhao Chong, the commander of Zuoying school, arrived.

In the local military offices of the Tang Dynasty, the highest military officer was Zhechong Duwei. Depending on the size of the state, there were 800 to 2000 people under his jurisdiction. There are two Guoyi Duwei below Zhechong Duwei, who act as deputy. Pang Fei is now in this position. Next, there are four or eight school captains in each military brigade, who command a regiment.

The regiment of the Tang Dynasty is different from the present "regiment". In the military system of the Tang Dynasty, fire was the smallest system, with ten officers for each fire; five fires were one team, with chief and vice chief; two teams were one brigade, with brigade commander. Generally speaking, two brigades are formed into a regiment, and the post of school captain is set up. But Xiangzhou is Shangfu, each regiment has four brigades, a total of 400 people. There are four regiments in the whole family. They are stationed in the front, back, left and right of juntunli. Therefore, Zhao Chong is used to be called "Zuoying Xiaowei". Qin mubai, the highest official, Zhechong Duwei, will lead his own officers and soldiers of the pro Xufu to the Zhongying and command the three armies. Apart from Pang Fei, all the 30 Baiqi who came with him were Chinese military officers. He held the posts of Zhonghou, Sijie, SiGe and Zhiji respectively.

All in all, Zhao Chong is also a senior officer in Xiangzhou Prefecture. If the whole Xiangzhou military mansion is equivalent to a regiment headquarters, it is equivalent to a battalion commander.

Qin Mu Bai just like this one hand support Yi lightly wring eyebrow, the facial expression is more serious looking at Zhao Chong to come over, also don't say a word.

When he was called by Pang Fei, the "deputy commander", Zhao Chong was flustered enough, thinking that even the errand runner was a captain of Guoyi. It may be that you want to cut me off Seeing Qin mubai's expression again, Zhao Chong felt a sense of fear that he had never felt before, and he bowed down.

"I'll see general Qin The general will be damned. Please surrender

Qin mubai gently picked the corner of his mouth and said, "what's your crime?"

"Er, this..." For a moment, Zhao Chong's words stopped and he couldn't get on. Choked for a long time just said, "the end will not know respect face, offended general Huwei!"

"You've said that you don't know how to respect your face. As the saying goes, those who don't know are innocent. I don't blame you. Get up and talk." Qin mubai wrote lightly.

"The end will not dare!" A cold sweat on Zhao Chong's forehead is flowing, and he still remembers that he was kicked by Yuwen Hongtai in his cell. He thought to himself, these officials from the imperial families in the capital have a strange temper and a lot of airs. It's better to be careful.

"If you insist on kneeling, it's up to you." Qin mubai said, "but anyway, if you don't care about the charges of offending your highness and me, do you make any other mistakes?"

"This What does the general mean by this? " Zhao Chong raised his head and looked at Qin mubai in a bit of consternation and panic.

"Don't you really know?" Qin Mu Bai accentuated his tone.

"The general is dull, please make it clear!"

Qin mubai thought to himself that Zhao Chong was not as easy to bluff as Zhou Laojiu. That's all. I'm new here. Don't worry about it. It's hard to say whether the people in the military mansion collude with the water ghost. If I act rashly, they will all be on guard.

So Qin mubai cleverly digs off the topic: "that book will remind you. Which battalion is Yueqi a sergeant

"Ah Excuse me, general Zhao Chong was flustered and said, "when eight ghost ferry had an accident, it was an emergency. At last, he was ordered by general Du Chengyuan, commander of Guoyi, and led the sergeant to rescue. Finally, considering that the water ghosts are fierce and murderous, and the situation is urgent, we have to temporarily recruit them The elite of the general's Chinese army will ride to baguidu! "

Qin mubai gently touched the corner of his mouth: "according to the military law of the Tang Dynasty, if the military government transfers a team of less than 50 people to go out of the camp, it must be approved by the warrant of the officer above Duwei Guoyi; if it is more than 50 people, it must be approved directly by Duwei Zhechong. In addition, no one in the Chinese army has the right to move except the Zhechong captain. This time, not only did you use 50 riders, but you also directly transferred them to our army Zhao Chong, you are also a general. You've been in the military camp for a long time. Don't you understand this rule? "

"The general is indeed guilty. Please punish him!"

Qin Mu Bai Wei said with a smile: "come on! I think you broke the military regulations just for the sake of rescue and emergency. I'll forgive you this time. You have to remember the military law better in the future. "

"General Xie, forgive me Zhao Chong answered the promise in a deep voice, breathed a sigh, and thought to himself: what's the matter with me? It turns out that I'm still worried about you You haven't even taken office yet. Why don't your Chinese Army mobilize for emergency? Clearly is to find fault son teach me! ——Eh, what is this guy trying to do when he calls me here? Why am I getting more and more confused?

Qin mubai looked at the more suspicious he was, and he wanted to laugh. Calmed down, he said: "Zhao Chong, in the military mansion, you have direct jurisdiction over more than 400 brothers, whose position is not low, and whose power is not small; in Xiangzhou, you are also a figure. I think you should be very familiar with Xiangzhou. I have something to ask you

"Please show me!" Zhao Chong's heart was tight, and he replied.

"When I first came here, I heard that the water ghosts in the west river channel were very fierce. Killing people and stealing goods, flouting the king's law, and committing crimes will be punished. " Qin mubai said, "as a military officer, it's your duty to maintain the local peace. Have you ever led the troops to chase down the water ghosts?""Yes." Zhao Chong replied, "there are several pursuits every year, and there are many battles with water ghosts. But We have never dealt them any substantial blow. At most, we can arrest or kill a few people sporadically. In order to compete with the water ghosts, the Junfu specially built the "Shenyu spaceship" and trained the "white wave water army". Although it can completely defeat the water ghosts in terms of force, it can't kill them completely. Finally, I feel very ashamed and distressed! "

"Shenyu spaceship, white wave water army Well, that sounds good. " Qin mubai said, "what's the reason that the officers and men of the imperial court can't deal with several water ghosts?"

"The general doesn't know. The water ghosts are all sly and tight. They usually hide well and don't appear at all. Occasionally, they gather on the river and make a case, and then they can quickly disappear without trace. Because they are all active on the water, even if they are surrounded, they usually recover the goods at most. Those people, like loach, have no trace when they get into the water. They can't catch at all! " Zhao Chong yelled angrily.

"Is it?" Qin Mu Bai grinned coldly, "isn't your claw claw claw hook spear very powerful? Haven't you caught one? If you can grab one or two of them and pry them open. Are you still afraid that you can't find out the chief culprit, and that you can't annihilate him at one stroke? "

"This..." Zhao Chong inadvertently gently stirred up a trace of mouth, said, "the end will be incompetent, really did not catch the living."

"A few years, did not catch a living person?" Qin mubai asked.

"Exactly." The corner of Zhao Chong's mouth again slightly however of stir up, return a way. "Even if they are caught, they will be released by the government for no reason. As for the reason, I don't know. In short, the conclusion is that these people who will be captured are not real water ghosts. "

After hearing this, Qin mubai thought: looking at Zhao Chong's disdainful and resentful expression, it seems that he is dissatisfied with the governor's office of Xiangzhou and Xiangyang County Government? Watching color and listening to music, Zhao Chong seems to know something. But I don't want to tell you He should have some scruples. Well, I'm not in a hurry. Let's have a look first. Xiangzhou is a bit more complicated than I thought. When I get to the bottom of the situation, it's not too late to trace it.

"In Junfu, who is in charge of Shenyu spaceship and Bailangshui army?" Qin mubai diverged and asked.

"It's the last general." Zhao Chong replied. "The last general is responsible for eliminating water ghosts all the year round. The Zuoying of the Junfu is the garrison camp of the water army, and the warships are under the control of the last general. On that day, the case happened on the shore. The general's cavalry was not strong enough, so he had to use the general's Chinese army to ride more. "

"Well At the end of tomorrow, gather your Zuoying Navy and warships to baguidu. Ben is going to review it. " Qin mubai said.

"The end will take orders!" Zhao Chong made a solemn promise.

"It's all right. Go Qin mubai said.

"Well Will the general dare to ask when the general will take office in the Junfu? " Zhao Chong asked, "our colleagues didn't meet the general in the assassin's mansion today, so they all went back to the barracks to reorganize the officers and soldiers of the three armed forces, waiting for the general together, to help the general clean up the dust."

"On the ship of tomorrow. I'll meet you. The bandits were so fierce that they didn't want to have a feast. Go back and spread the word that the custom of taking over the wind and washing the dust will be avoided. Tomorrow, all the officers above brigade commander will come to your Shenyu spaceship and wait for me. " Qin mubai said.

"I will obey you!" Zhao Chong just left.

Pang Fei came in and said, "my teacher, I just heard you talk. My teacher asked me a lot, but he answered carefully. The mouth is very tight. I think Zhao Chong knows a lot about the water ghost, but he doesn't want to tell us. "

"Smart, strong." Qin mubai stood up and said with a smile, "he seems to have said a lot to me, but in fact he didn't say anything meaningful. But I vaguely felt that he was dissatisfied with the officials of prefectures and counties. Today, the Tang Dynasty is in a peaceful and prosperous age. Isn't it unusual that Xiangzhou, a small place, has water devils and green forest factions? If there is no yamen or Junfu to open a convenient door for them, how can this phenomenon be repeated? I don't believe that they have nothing to do with water ghosts. "

"I think so, too." Pang Fei said, "these water ghosts dare to kill people and steal goods openly under the heaven and earth, and then escape without trace. This is so unusual and unreasonable. After all, it's crowds of people and big brown goods. Even if people hide and hide, how can the goods disappear? "

"Well said, to the point!" Qin mubai stroked his hand and said with a smile, "it seems that you also see some clues. If you want to wipe out the water ghosts, you must rely on the force to encircle them directly. When the enemy is dark and we are clear, they hide and do not commit crimes. When we relax, they gather quietly to commit crimes. In this way, we are always passive. If we want to turn passive into active, we have to grasp their seven inch key - that is, the large number of stolen goods. How did they get rid of it? "

Pang Fei blinked a few times: "look at the master's situation, it seems that he has a good idea?"

"Ha ha!" Qin mubai said with a smile, "it seems that you are not in vain in Baiqi. You have a good practice in checking your appearance. I just deliberately asked Zhao Chong to go back and spread a message that tomorrow's military parade was to confuse them and confuse the public. Early tomorrow morning. You and I dress up and go around the state. After noon, I'll come back here and get ready to go to the eight ghost stream parade! ""My teacher is wise, and everything has been arranged!" Pang Fei happily arched his hand and said, "follow your teacher, you can learn good things!"

"Don't be a teacher all the time." Qin mubai patted him on the shoulder. He said with a smile, "now you are also a great captain of Guoyi. You should have your own opinions and opinions, and learn to stand alone. Just now you have seen that Zhao Chong, a school captain, is so tough and tough. In the future, you need to work harder in the military mansion! "

"Yes

That night. Qin mubai sleeps in the Inn and has no dream all night. Until early in the morning, Pang Fei knocks on the door to wake him up. After hastily eating some breakfast, he changed his clothes and disguised himself as a business travel master and servant. Qin mubai and Pang Fei, together with five or six people, went to the city.

Xiangzhou is a port city with active business travel. Although it is not as grand and luxurious as the west city of Chang'an, its liveliness is not inferior. Especially in the port city of Beicheng, many goods transported from the port trade directly here, which is extremely prosperous. There are lots of shops, cars and people coming and going.

"Master, the port city of Xiangzhou is really bustling!" Pang Fei said with a smile, "what do you really look like? How dare you look at the merchant's manners and expressions? Did you learn from the Wudang family?"

"A lot of nonsense." Qin mubai said with a smile, "I'm taking advantage of the fact that few people in Xiangzhou know me, so that I can make a thorough investigation. Everyone should pay attention. If you see any shops or official names selling salt and rice, please let me know. "

Pang Fei's eyes brightened and he came over and said in a low voice, "my teacher. Do you mean Is it possible that the stolen goods were resold through official grain stores or salt stores? "

"Isn't it possible?" Qin Mu Bai said with a smile, "with so much food and salt, can the water devils eat by themselves or sink into the river? What they want is not food and salt, but money. But with so much grain and salt, it is impossible for them to transfer, let alone resell. so The best way is to sell the stolen goods directly to the grain and salt companies! "

"But My Tang Dynasty's "grain, iron and salt cloth" is monopolized by the government Pang Fei was surprised and said, "all the grain companies and salt companies must be franchised by the government. Each state and county can only have one business. Moreover, whether it is the source of goods or the market, whether it is the purchase price or the selling price, it is determined by the government. The grain and salt companies only earn a very small price difference as a profit. "

Qin Mu Bai said with a smile: "is it meager? I don't think so. Originally, the most profitable goods in the world are the basic necessities of life, especially grain and salt. Think about it. Who doesn't eat food and salt in the world? If anyone in Xiangzhou city can get the grain and salt management right of the government, it means that all the people in Xiangzhou city are making money for him. Even if everyone only makes a penny a day, it's an amazing amount. Therefore, generally speaking, most of the merchants dealing in grain and salt are the richest people in the region. The analogy says, "Zheng Fengchi of Chang'an!"

"Oh I understand Pang Fei suddenly nodded, "the official grain and salt stores are provided by the government, so the profit is low. But if it's the stolen goods given to them by the water devil That's a big profit! What's more, these stolen goods are the same as the official grain and salt. It's impossible to distinguish them from each other at all. My dear teacher, it's very possible to make such an analysis! "

Qin Mu Bai Wei said with a smile: "I thought you had figured it out already!"

"Er..." Pang Fei scratched his head awkwardly, blushed and said with a shy smile, "if I had a mentor in my brain, I would have been a teacher long ago, hehe!"

"Cut the crap. Take your brothers around the city and find the grain company and the bank. We have to go to baguidu parade in a short time. Time is urgent! " Qin mubai said.

"Good! I'll take my brothers with me and look for them right away

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