Qi Xiuyuan is the fourth-rank general of the West Camp on Lizhou Road, and the highest commander of the West Camp.

Xiying was stationed in Xingzhou Mansion under Xingyuan Mansion. Guo Xia of Xingzhou Mansion was Shunzheng County. The army was stationed five miles south of the county, where Xingcheng Pass was located. The task of Xiying was to guard Xingcheng Pass. Because the county of Xingzhou Prefecture is located in Shunzheng County, there are three groups of forces in Xingzhou Prefecture.

One is the county government of Shunzheng County, which is located in the east of the county, the government office of Xingzhou Prefecture is located in the north of the county, and the offices of these generals are located in the south of the county.

Although Qi Xiuyuan said he would take them back to the barracks, there was nothing in the barracks, and Qi Xiuyuan didn't want to wrong his younger brother, so he took him back to his house in Shunzheng County first, and arranged for his younger brother and cousin before leaving his own. The confidant called to the study.

The Qi family is just a small family in Lin'an Mansion, and Qi's father, Qi Feng, is just a fourth-rank censor Zhongcheng in Yushitai, the same rank as Qi Xiuyuan, and apart from their father and son, there is no other member of the Qi family who has become an official.

Although civil servants are now more noble than military officials, it is really difficult to tell who is more important, the fourth-rank military general in charge of military power and the fourth-rank Yushi Zhongcheng, the adjutant of Yushitai.

And Qi Xiuyuan was able to be promoted so quickly after he became a military officer, not only because he had been a bodyguard beside the Holy One for half a year, but also because his two uncles were both military generals, and because he dared to fight, almost desperately fighting on the battlefield Only by accumulating illustrious military exploits can he be promoted from a sixth-rank lieutenant to a fourth-rank general within two years.

Qi Xiuyuan's discord with his father is something his confidantes know. He ran to the border at the age of sixteen. It is admirable not to rely on the Qi family to get to this point, but the Qi family is a scholarly family, and Qi Xiuyuan joined the army. He had already had opinions on not studying, even though he was already the fourth rank, no worse than his father, but he was still ashamed to mention it.

Qi Xiuyuan's connection with that family is his direct brother Qi Haoran.

Who knew that half a month ago he received news that his younger brother left a book and left, and even his cousin disappeared.

Qi Xiuyuan only felt that he was burning with anger. Although his younger brother was naughty, he knew how to measure it, not to mention that his cousin was a delicate person, so he could force the two of them to leave a book and leave. He didn't know how his father and that woman forced his younger brother.

After the anger, there is worry. Today the world is not peaceful, there are many bandits everywhere, and the folk customs are tough. Both the younger brother and the cousin are only twelve years old, and the two have never traveled far. I am afraid that they don’t even know how much a bun is. Qi Xiuyuan is anxious. With blisters at the corners of his mouth, he had to send his own soldiers all the way south to look for him.

The younger brother ran away and could only come to him besides the uncle. The elder brother and the uncle, the younger brother would naturally choose him. Qi Xiuyuan anxiously asked people to search all the way south along the avenue, but there was no news.

Yesterday afternoon, he received a report from the spies who stayed in Mingshui County, and only then did he know that the two boys had come to Xingzhou Mansion, so he hurriedly rode his horse to find them.

Although Qi Xiuyuan hasn't seen his younger brother for two years, but he keeps writing letters every month. He naturally knows that what his younger brother cares most about is the baby fat on his face. Every time he writes to him, he complains that his round face makes him look smaller. The classmates who study together look down on him.

But this time when he saw his younger brother, not to mention the chubby cheeks disappeared, his whole body was quite emaciated. If he hadn't cared about his elder brother's majesty, Qi Xiuyuan would have cried in his arms long ago.

Now that he had comforted his younger brother, Qi Xiuyuan no longer suppressed his low air pressure, and kept releasing the air-conditioning, so cold that Shi Jian and a few confidantes who came to listen to orders shrank their necks.

"Send a letter to Jiang Ze, telling him not to come back for the time being, go to Lin'an to find out what happened, why did the Fourth Young Master and Biao Young Master run away from home?" If the Qi family found it, they would chase it out. How could they not find it following such obvious traces?

"No," military adviser Rong Xuan hurriedly stopped him: "Xiuyuan, Jiang Ze has an official position, and generals are not allowed to enter the capital without an order. Once someone finds out, the consequences will be disastrous. Let him be called back. Ask Fourth Young Master and Biao Young Master directly, as to why the Qi family did not find them," Rong Xuan sneered, "Isn't this obvious? Your stepmother is naturally unwilling to find your brother back."

Qi Xiuyuan frowned, "That's just an aunt."

"Yes, yes, it's my aunt, not my stepmother," Rong Xuan followed suit, "It's better to call Jiang Ze and the others back, anyway, they've already been found. It just so happens that Fourth Young Master wants to learn martial arts? Let Jiang Ze teach him."

Qi Xiuyuan just pondered for a moment before nodding his head in agreement, "Then send an order for Jiang Ze to come back, Jinyu, don't call the fourth son a cousin, they are younger than you, you just call them by their names, otherwise call them Xiaosihe Xiao Er."

Rong Xuan, whose name is Jinyu, is the military adviser of Xiying. He followed Qi Xiuyuan all the way from Lin'an to here, and is Qi Xiuyuan's confidant.

Qi Haoran is the fourth in the family, Qi Xiuyuan is the eldest, and the second and third children in the middle are all concubines. Naturally, now that their biological mother has been righted, she has already claimed to be a descendant.

After talking about the private matters, it's time to talk about the business, Qi Haoran said: "I heard something in the restaurant today. It's the autumn harvest time, but the price of rice and noodles in the grain shop has increased."

Mo Xiong, Qi Xiuyuan's bodyguard, frowned and said, "Could it be that this year's harvest is not good?"

"Impossible," Rong Xuan said with a frown, "I just inspected some time ago, and the crops in the field are pretty good, and the weather has been good recently, so how could the harvest not be good?"

Qi Xiuyuan looked at He Ming, the military adjutant who lowered his head in thought, "What is the price they charge for the grain and grass we want to buy?"

"One tael and one stone of rice is two cents less than the market price."

"Zhao Guang agreed?" Qi Xiuyuan asked in a deep voice. Zhao Guang is the quartermaster of Xiying.

"Yes, just wait for the local government to send up the soldiers' salaries and then you can buy them."

A cold light flashed in Qi Xiuyuan's eyes, and he snorted coldly: "The rice in the grain shop is one or two or three renminbi, but the grain they collect is only four renminbi and twenty renminbi."

The complexions of the few people changed slightly, and they looked at each other, "This, are we being tricked?"

Rong Xuan frowned and said: "This matter needs to be investigated. We are going to be stationed in Xingzhou Mansion. If the people are forced to rebel too hard at this time, we will be the ones who will suffer."

"That's right." He Ming's face was also a little ugly, "We didn't get any benefits, but we took the blame for them."

Qi Xiuyuan nodded in satisfaction, "I will leave this matter to you. It just so happens that every year besides us, we have to buy additional military supplies. Taking advantage of the autumn harvest, He Ming, you might as well go and buy some grain from those villagers. You don't have to press down on the price. Trust them." Will be happy to sell it to you at the right price."

He Ming wanted to take advantage of the cheap grain to buy a batch of grain at a low price, but seeing that the general didn't want to hurt the people, he nodded and said, "Don't worry, general, I will handle this matter well."

Qi Xiuyuan said: "I remember that Zhao Guang is a direct branch of the Zhao family, a local gentry. Jinyu, you go and check this person. I don't believe he doesn't know about these things."

Jinyu knew that Qi Xiuyuan couldn't tolerate Zhao Guang anymore, so she nodded in response.

Qi Xiuyuan made some simple arrangements, and then walked to the backyard.

Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin slept for more than an hour and woke up hungry.

They rushed back after lunch. It was already dark and they were hungry, so the two fumbled to get up to find something to eat.

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