The Reborn Noble Daughter

Chapter 219 219. Hold the troops

The letter was sent, but they didn't know if they would receive the news. Both the mother and daughter of the Feng family were very worried.

As distressed as they were, General Xiao Ji was guarding the city in Liangzhou in the northwest.

Seeing that the Beidi army had been surrounding Liangzhou City for more than half a month, they still did not attack.

If it were normal, he would have suspected that the enemy wanted to defeat them without a fight, and besieged them until the city was broken.

But the situation today is different. Beidi people are warlike by nature. With such a large group of grassland soldiers gathered here, if they don't attack them, there will probably be internal conflicts. Besides, they don't have enough food and armaments. When spring comes, the flowers bloom. Sometimes, people may be able to fight, but horses have to thrive, so cutting through the mess quickly should be their strategy.

Why now, they are standing still, which makes him confused.

"He Qiu, did the spies we sent get any news back?"

"Wei Zeng, general, what are these Beidi people thinking? Are they deliberately trying to weaken our morale and wait until we are all tired before sending our troops south?"

The two stood on the city wall, staring at the Beidi King's flag in the distance, talking while looking at it.

"It's hard to say. I always feel that the Beidi people's approach this time is very different from the past. Maybe there is someone behind the scenes. Tell the soldiers guarding the city to divide them into six shifts and alternate rest. If they don't come one day, we will do one. Don’t let your guard down.”

"yes!"

No one can sleep well with a knife hanging over their head.

But some people regard the life-threatening knife as a weapon to cut through the obstacles ahead, and it is very easy to use.

This is the Liang family at this moment.

When the imperial decree of transfer came down, everyone in the Liang family was grateful for the emperor's kindness. At the same time, they were eager to follow Duke Wei or the Ninth Prince to the death.

In the afternoon of that day, the Liang family father and son went to the Duke Wei's mansion to express their gratitude. The Duke did not refuse. He just talked to Liang Quanbin alone for a long time. After waiting until Liang Pan was a little tired, he saw his father walking out with empty steps.

"Father."

Liang Pan rushed up to meet him, supported his staggering body, and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with my father? Why did he end up like this after just a short conversation with his grandfather."

"It's okay. I've been standing for a long time so my legs are numb. Let's go back early."

"Yes." Liang Pan supported Liang Quanbin and walked outside, feeling quite dissatisfied with Duke Wei for letting his father stand for so long.

He has now gone to the Ministry of Rites to report, and he is indeed a small official.

Not to mention Zheng Shangshu, even his immediate boss had never met one. He spent the whole day dealing with the principals and followers. They didn't know much about Liang Pan's identity, so they didn't compliment him.

In addition, it was spring in March and everyone was busy, but no one came to trouble him.

He helped with a few things and it was quite satisfactory, so he was able to take root in the Ministry of Etiquette.

It's a pity that he didn't care about this in his heart. Sure enough, his father was right. In such a civil service career, I don't know when I will have a chance to climb up. I'm either facing files or ethics all day long. , almost annoying me to death.

On the carriage, Liang Pan wanted to tell his father about the recent situation in the Ministry of Rites, but saw that his eyes were closed tightly and the veins on his forehead were looming. He was obviously thinking about things. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with father? The Wei family What did your grandfather say to you that made you so uneasy?"

Opening his eyes and looking at his son Liang Pan, Liang Quanbin was still digesting what Duke Wei Guo just said.

"Since you are going to take up the post in Jinling City, there are some things you should know." After saying that, he handed over a booklet. Liang Quanbin took it with a smile. He opened it and looked at it, and he became more and more surprised.

It was densely packed with records of the amount of official rations that the two Zhejiang and Thirteen Divisions had to pay tribute to the Wei family.

He didn't take a closer look, but after flipping through a few pages, there were already hundreds of thousands of stones. However, considering that the thick book added up, tens of millions of stones were probably too small.

He was sweating profusely and asked Duke Wei, "What do you mean by the Duke of Wei?"

"In our position and in our political affairs, as we are in-laws, we naturally have to help each other. With you looking after Jinling City, I believe that the food and stone tributes in the future will not be worse than those of the previous Governor Cao. What do you think? Right, Master Liang!"

When Wei Guogong said this, he seemed to be talking about an ordinary thing. But Liang Quanbin had no choice but to retreat at this moment and could only bite the bullet and agree.

"Don't worry, Lord, as long as I'm here, I won't let you lose even one bushel of official rations."

"Okay, I feel relieved after Mr. Liang's words. I hope Mr. Liang can put more thought into this appointment. After all, there are many jealous people, so it's best if nothing goes wrong."

"yes."

Seeing Liang Quanbin looking like this saved Duke Wei a lot of trouble with his words, so he made a favor.

"I heard from the noble concubine that she is very fond of Miss Liang in the palace. When the Ninth Prince returns to the court after winning the victory, I will definitely tell His Majesty that he will accept Miss Liang as his concubine and take charge of the backyard!"

With such a guarantee, he almost gave up the position of princess, but he felt that Liang Quanbin's official position was not enough to help the ninth prince, so he only promised the position of concubine.

A son and a daughter are all in the hands of the Wei family. They want them to live or die. It seems like a supreme honor, but in reality, they really have seven inches of his hand.

Thinking of this, Liang Quanbin couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

"I didn't say anything. I just told my father about some things about Jinling City. Pan'er, you must be careful when doing things in the Ministry of Etiquette. It doesn't matter even if you move slower. Don't be too pushy and shoot the first bird. Our Liang family can’t bear it, remember?”

"Don't worry, father. My son has his own sense of discretion and will not act rashly."

Seeing his quick and affirmative reply, Liang Quanbin felt relieved a little.

Now in this situation, it is impossible to even think about boarding the Wei family's boat, so we can only follow it farther and farther.

As Wei Guogong said, nothing in this world can be achieved without fighting. If you want to be rich and powerful, you will naturally have to take some risks.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think hard.

The position of Director of Water Transport finally fell to him. Now he is only the second rank. In the future, he will be the first rank, the first rank, or even the first rank.

If the Ninth Prince really takes the throne in the end, judging from his relationship with the Wei family and the things he will do for the Wei family in Jinling City this time, he must have a high position and power.

When he thinks about his future, the prospects are limitless, and the Liang family will rise in the court because of this. They will no longer be rounded and flattened in the past. At this moment, he has left all those worries behind, but I don’t know that once I leave, there is no time to return.