Regardless of ancient and modern times, basic social rules must be followed.

For example, if you apologize, you must show your chest devoutly. For example, you must give a gift to your close subordinate you just met. Money is the most expressive and practical thing. You may not be able to buy loyalty, but you will definitely buy good feelings.

Looking at Han Jie and the hundreds of personal guards in front of him, Gu Qing smiled, but his eyes were particularly careful. He was guessing how many of the hundred people were the eyeliners arranged by Li Longji.

There is no need to exclude eyeliner, so keep it for the time being. Gu Qing’s current actions are nothing ulterior motives. If the eyeliner tells Li Longji the entire daily activities of Gu Qing, it is estimated that Li Longji will affect his mood when he hears Gu Qing skipping work in the morning and taking a nap. He should not stimulate him too much.

Each person gave him ten guan, and Gu Qing gave him one thousand guan in one sentence.

I feel so distressed, but I still have to keep a smile.

"Thank you for the reward of Marquis!" The guards bowed and bowed.

After spending all the big money, there is no need to care about the small money. Gu Qing thought for a while and said, "At noon, I will ask the housekeeper to book a restaurant, invite the robes to have a meal and drink, let go of their stomachs and eat and drink, and let them eat and drink, and they will be officially out tomorrow."

Han Jie and his personal guards thanked again.

After paying the benefits, Gu Qing then looked at his personal guards carefully.

According to Guo Ziyi, these people were all from the Zuowei Xiaoqi Camp, and half of them had been on the battlefield. Among them, more than fifty people fought with Tubo in the Anxi Protectorate Mansion. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were veterans of hundreds of battles. Later, the Protectorate Mansion changed their defenses, and these veterans were able to retreat from the distant Western Regions battlefield and be transferred to the Zuowei Guard Palace.

Gu Qing slowly looked around everyone and found that there were indeed some mature faces in his personal guards. Some were even in their thirties and forties, with dark faces and indifferent expressions. There was an indescribable killing aura in his eyes. The contact with their eyes made people feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts, just as in the eyes of these veterans, all creatures were about to become the souls of their swords.

Gu Qing suddenly felt very happy.

Only then did he realize that these personal guards of his own were treasures. He couldn't understand why Li Longji transferred such a precious veteran to him as personal guards, but Gu Qing's mentality had gone from resisting at the beginning to accepting him satisfiedly at this moment.

Gu Qing respects veterans very much. This is an education from his previous life. It is natural for soldiers, especially those who have fought for the country, no matter how high the courtesy they receive.

After staying in the Zuowei Mansion for a long time, Gu Qing led a hundred personal guards to the restaurant.

The restaurant was booked by Butler Xu. As soon as Gu Qing and others arrived, the guys immediately served hot meals, wine and meat.

One hundred people quickly filled the restaurant. Gu Qing sat in the main seat, smiling as the host, greeted the guards with a meal and drank. The guards got up to thank him and started eating. However, Gu Qing found that no one had touched the wine on the table. Everyone was burying their heads and eating. Everyone glanced at the eye-catching wine jar on the table.

Gu Qing narrowed his eyes, looked at Han Jie sitting next to him, and smiled and said, "All of them are yours?"

Han Jie put down his chopsticks and said, "Yes, the general of the Mo has just been transferred from the Left Guard's Cavalry Camp. General Guo ordered the general to transfer another hundred people from his command to serve as the Marquis' personal guards. They are all brothers of the Du General."

Gu Qing pointed at them and said, "I invite them to drink, why don't they drink?"

"The last general and his brothers are responsible for protecting the marquis. They are worried that drinking will make things worse. In the early years, the generals have issued military orders that the army must not drink alcohol until the New Year holiday, and those who violate the violation will be severely punished."

Gu Qing took a sip of wine and whispered: "There is something I don't quite understand. You and your brothers are here to be my personal guards. So from now on, will I have direct command over the personal guards?"

Han Jie said: "Yes, since the last general and his brothers are the guards of the marquis, they will naturally obey the marquis and serve the marquis."

Gu Qing stared at Han Jie's eyes and said, "Do you include it?"

"The Mo General is one of the Marquis' personal guards, so the Mo General will naturally obey the Marquis' orders."

Gu Qing smiled: "Then, I order now that all brothers can drink wine today. Please convey this order to Brother Han."

Han Jie stood up without hesitation and shouted loudly: "Everyone obeys the order, the marquis has an order, drink!"

With a bang, one hundred guards reached out to grab the wine jar on the table at the same time, and poured the amber three-slip sauce into the wine cup in front of them. Then the one hundred people moved in an orderly manner, and at the same time they picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one mouthful, then got up to salute, and said in unison: "Thank you, Marquis, to give wine."

Gu Qing took a deep breath, and a look of surprise gradually appeared in his eyes.

Just looking at the neat actions just now, we can see how strict the discipline of this 100-person personal guard is, which is amazing. A glimpse of the whole leopard is. This personal guard is definitely the elite level of the Tang army. If they are asked to rush to the formation, they will definitely be able to make ten under the formation.

Guo Ziyi transferred these elite troops from the army to be his personal guards, probably not his idea, but from Li Longji's instructor. These people are treasures in the army, and no general is willing to give the treasures to others as personal guards.

So the question is, why did Li Longji allocate such elite guards to himself? What is his purpose?

If you think about this question more deeply, it may be back to ten years ago when An Lushan sent a deadly soldier to assassinate Zhang Jiuling. This incident was not a secret at that time, but Li Longji chose to ignore it at that time. Now, Li Longji is somewhat wary of it. An Lushan sent a deadly soldier to assassinate court officials. If he could do the first time, he might do the second time. So Li Longji transferred elite troops as personal guards to protect Gu Qing's safety?

Everything is just Gu Qing's guess. Gu Qing cannot be sure. In the court, every tiny thing around him has deep meaning and inside information. If you don't think about it carefully, you will laugh and not take it seriously. If you think about it, you can't change anything. You can only be unconfused.

Han Jie next to him didn't know that Gu Qing had thought so far in the short moment. At this moment, he only knew that the young marquis in front of him was not as simple as he imagined. The marquis seemed approachable and had a very kind and gentle attitude. If he was not wearing official uniforms, he was just an ordinary young man who looked harmless.

However, in just a few short conversations with him, Han Jie saw the sharpness hidden under the appearance of Gu Qing.

With a few questions without any gunpowder, Gu Qing easily accepted the command of the personal guards, smiling from beginning to end, but his tone was unquestionable and determined to tell Han Jie very clearly that he would be Gu Qing who issued orders to the personal guards in the future, and no longer Han Jie.

Han Jie couldn't help but secretly awaken that he was awarded the title by His Majesty when he was young. It was indeed not a simple character. Gu Qing's ability was not just to save His Majesty's life on Mount Li.

At this time, Han Jie suddenly realized his position, so while the guards were drinking, Han Jie stood up to toast Gu Qing and whispered apologies.

Gu Qing blinked and smiled and said, "It's okay, I will have to work hard in the future. Brother Han and his brothers will protect me. After I have been together for a long time, you will know that I am from a poor farmer. I have never forgotten my roots or put on airs. Brothers will not treat you badly. As for the rules, I will not set rules. You can do whatever you want. Just do not delay the serious business. In my eyes, you are not personal guards, and you don't need any magnanimity in front of me. I invite everyone to drink today to celebrate my more than 100 friends."

Han Jie was stunned, then moved to keep his bow and drink all the wine in the glass.

Gu Qing smiled again and said, "Brother Han, what exactly does the personal guard do? For example, if I am bullied on the street, will you help me beat him?"

Han Jie said without hesitation: "Of course I have to beat him up. With General Mo and his brothers here, I will never let the Marquis be bullied."

Gu Qing said again: "What if I want to take the initiative to beat someone else? Will you help me with it?"

Han Jie hesitated for a moment and said, "Naturally...and naturally obey the orders of the Marquis."

"If I like a good woman on the street and ask you to help me rob her home and be a wife, and then beat her family up, what are you doing?"

Han Jie was shocked: "Steal the good woman? She wants to beat her family? This..."

After only a few hours of acquaintance, Han Jie's views began to shaky.

"Haha, I'm kidding you. With my upright character, how could I beat someone else's family for no reason?" Gu Qing laughed.

Han Jie didn't laugh.

He found that Gu Qing had missed a joke, so beating someone else's family is a joke, and stealing good women is not a joke?

Did this thunder be planted in advance?

…………

In the afternoon, the prefect of Jingzhao entered Xingqing Palace.

After three or four days of investigation, the real murderer who set fire on Mount Li was taken. The case was not as complicated as the monarchs and ministers in the court. It was just that in order to attract the officers and soldiers guarding the mountain, three escaped laborers used a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain to set fire to the mountain. It happened that Li Longji and Gu Qing were on the mountain at that time, so they were surrounded by a fire, and more than 100 people were almost burned to death.

After hearing the news, Li Longji remained silent for a long time, and his expression changed unpredictably.

The three real murderers were in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. After severe punishment, the three of them could not tell the behind-the-scenes envoy. They were tortured by torture instruments and were only begging for mercy in pain. After trial for more than half a day, the prefect of Jingzhao came to a conclusion that the case was a simple escape worker and arson, and it had nothing to do with anyone.

If it is necessary to implicate the officials in the prison, they will neglect their duties and be cruel to the corvee workers, causing the workers to escape, and almost causing a major disaster. The unforeseen disasters suffered by Li Longji and Gu Qing will be blamed for the officials in the prison.

In Xingqing Palace, Li Longji asked carefully several times, especially after asking whether the prefect was involved in the case of the prefect and the crown prince several times. Then he read the confessions of the three people again and again, and then he agreed with the conclusion of the prefect of the prefect with the suspicion.

Needless to say, the fate of the three escaped workers was beheaded in the street and abandoned the market, and there was no need to wait for the later death to beheaded. As for their families, they were exiled for thousands of miles. In the end, the officials who were about to serve in prison could not escape. A supervisor was beheaded by Li Longji. Several officials below the supervisor were dismissed from office and exiled. The expansion project of the Huaqing Palace in Mount Li was suspended. All officials and labor workers were investigated and screened one by one to see if there were any fish that missed the net.

The dignified emperor of the Nine Five, the prosperous Tang Dynasty, was almost burned to death by three escapees who could not bear the labor service. The truth of the matter was really ironic.

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The shopkeeper of Longji Porcelain Store in Dongcheng City, Chang'an, was a distant relative of Hou Liang Guodong, Yiling County.

There were many powerful industries in the Tang Dynasty, and powerful and officials could not do business in person. The way of merchants has been despised by the world since ancient times. Powerful and powerful officials would be criticized by themselves and would be laughed at by others. They would even be impeached by the censors and sued for the crime of "competing for profit with the people". Therefore, the powerful and powerful have always avoided merchants. Whether they recognize merchants or not, they must show contempt on the surface. Not despising merchants is not sociable.

But there are so many industries under your name, and the powerful need to make money, and the industry needs people to manage it. What should I do?

So the powerful and powerful relatives from afar became their fig leaf. Everything was done by their relatives, and they had nothing to do with me. I was still the middle-aged man, without any change. I only read books with my fingers and never touched the stinky stuff.

In the evening, Manager Liang walked into the Yiling Marquis Mansion.

The property of the Hou Mansion was handed over to several shopkeepers, and Manager Liang was one of them. He controlled about one-third of the income of the Hou Mansion.

Sadly, Manager Liang, who provided one-third of the income of the Hou Mansion, was not welcomed in the Hou Mansion. The housekeeper of the Hou Mansion was very indifferent to him and was far away from him when he led him into the side hall, for fear that he would get close to him and get involved in the charity of the merchants.

Liang Guodong, the Marquis of Yiling, met with Manager Liang in the side hall.

Liang Guodong's attitude towards Manager Liang was even more cold and his expression was quite impatient.

After all, Manager Liang is a businessman. His skin is definitely qualified. He is still full of smiles when he is so cold and looks like he is spitting on his face.

"Don't blame the marquis for being a silence in the marquis."

Liang Guodong closed his eyes and rested without even looking at him, and said lightly: "If you have something to say something."

Manager Liang laughed and said, "Yes, it's just a small matter. Two months ago, a porcelain shop opened in the East City, selling porcelain from Shuzhou Qingyao. Marquis Mingjian. Last year, our Tang Dynasty and the Great Food Kingdom fought in Talas, but the business roads in the Western Regions were lost to the hands of the Great Food. Hu merchants in the Western Regions were blocked by the roads, and the number of people was much smaller than in previous years. Therefore, this year's trading of our porcelain shop is quite difficult..."

Manager Liang was talking nonsense, and Liang Guodong said impatiently: "What do you mean by the business matters? Do you want me to worry about this?"

Manager Liang hurriedly apologized and said, "The villain was just afraid that the marquis would not understand, so he talked about the cause and effect, so he talked a little bit. Marquis, the transaction of the porcelain store this year is already difficult, and suddenly a Shuzhou Qing Kiln appeared. Our porcelain store is becoming more and more difficult. The silver and money income from the Fuhou Mansion this year is probably 30% less than in previous years..."

Liang Guodong finally opened his eyes.

He had to open his eyes. Manager Liang's words had already touched the income of the Hou Mansion and the wallet. No matter how impatient Liang Guodong was, he would pay serious attention.

"What does it mean? Why is it 30% less? What do you do when you manage the porcelain shop? Why should I keep you so incompetent?" Liang Guodong said in a bad tone.

Manager Liang said anxiously: "Mr. Marquis, you can't blame the villain. The villain has tried his best to manage the porcelain shop, but the quality of the porcelain sold by the Qing Kiln in Shuzhou is indeed better than our porcelain shops. Hu Shang is not a fool, so he naturally prefers better porcelain. In the past two months, Shuzhou Qing Kiln has stolen many of our regular customers..."

Liang Guodong said coldly: "Is the porcelain sold by the Qing Kiln in Shuzhou really better than ours?"

Manager Liang sighed, "I've been more than the villain, and it's really much better than ours."

Liang Guodong snorted coldly: "Then eat up the shops in Qingyao in Shuzhou and turn them into our shops. Do I need me to teach you how to do this?"

Manager Liang said with a bitter face: "Mr. Marquis, I'm afraid I can't eat it..."

“Why?”

"Shuzhou Qingyao bought a total of four shops in Dongshi. The shops were managed by two Shuzhou merchants, but the people behind the shops have their origins."
To be continued...