Northern Prefecture Rivers and Mountains

Chapter 25 Money

"Brother is awake."

With the careful care of his family, Liu Yu woke up the next day, but he was injured and could not get out of bed.

Zang Aiqin was crying and snotting.

Niece Liu Xingdi burst into tears.

Xiao Wenshou said uncomfortably, "The Diao family is so cruel. It's really hateful."

Liu Yu's entire back was beaten to pieces. It was a fatal blow. If it had been any later, who knows what kind of torture he would have suffered.

Liu Yu's voice was hoarse: "Why are you crying? Those who survived a great disaster will surely have good fortune in the future. I have finally passed this test. I will remember this grudge against the Diao family for now and will avenge it one day."

The house suddenly fell silent.

The Liu family is in this situation and it is lucky that they can just make ends meet. They will definitely not be able to defeat the Diao family.

Xiao Wenshou said, "Thanks to your third brother, he ran around everywhere to plead for you."

"Agui is brave and resourceful. He will surely make our family prosperous and we will have no worries in the future." Liu Yu could still laugh at this time.

"I've been thinking about this for a long time these past two days. If the Liu family wants to rise again, it still depends on the Northern Palace Army. When my brother's health improves, you and I will join the army together."

Liu Daogui tried every possible way, but no one else's words worked.

These days, if you have no family background and no backing, you can only rely on yourself and carve out a bloody path with the knife in your hand.

Wang Mi has already said that the imperial court will sooner or later take action against the Tianshi Dao, and then he will have a place to use his skills.

Poorness leads to change, and change leads to continuity.

The mountains and rivers of Jingkou were gradually annexed by the Diao family. The Diao family had more and more people and their appetites were getting bigger and bigger. As long as the Liu family was still in Jingkou, they would run into them sooner or later.

"You are right. Now that we have joined the Northern Palace Army, the people from the Diao family will not dare to harass us anymore." Liu Yu said a few words and then closed his eyes tiredly.

Zang Aiqin cleaned him, applied medicine, bandaged him carefully, and covered him with two straw mats.

Liu Daogui was not idle. He took the straw sandals and straw sandals woven by Xiao Wenshou and went to report his safety to Xiang Jing, Meng Huaiyu and other families, and also returned a favor.

Finally, he went to Liu's house with Liu Huaisu to thank Liu Jingxuan.

He had helped with almost everything he could, but he was powerless to do anything that was truly beyond his ability.

He had tried his best to ask him to rescue Liu Yu before, but unfortunately Liu Laozhi was unwilling to help.

"It was actually Wang Changshi who came to the rescue?" Liu Jingxuan was surprised.

Wang Mi served as the Chief Clerk of the Central Army and the Minister of the Imperial Household. Although these were not prominent positions, he was someone who could speak to the emperor.

In just one sentence, Diao Kui was recommended to be the governor of Guangzhou.

"You two brothers have met a noble person and have managed to climb up the high branch of the Wang family of Langya."

"Young General, you're joking. I just gave you some pointers. It's not like you're trying to curry favor with me." Liu Daogui didn't reveal everything.

"You don't know Wang Changshi's temperament. Huan Xuan used his connections before, but he didn't even give him a straight face. But he only looks at you two brothers with new eyes. It's really strange."

This matter is indeed unbelievable, and Liu Daogui is still confused.

Liu Jingxuan could only treat it as a strange story.

After chatting for a while, we finally got to the point.

"If you two brothers want to join the army, I'll take care of it. We are brothers from the same clan, and I will never treat you badly." Liu Jingxuan patted his chest.

Liu Huaisu and Liu Daogui smiled at each other and said, "Thank you, Major General."

Liu Jingxuan took the responsibility, "What's the point of saying no more generals? Since we are from the same clan, we should address each other as brothers. From now on, you can call me Ah Shou. We are equals. This time, I will definitely find a good future for you two brothers and glorify the reputation of the Pengcheng Liu family."

Liu Daogui felt happy. Although they were close before, it was not to this extent. It was probably because of Wang Mi.

Wang Mi gave so much face to Liu Daogui and his brothers. Liu Jingxuan would never suffer any loss as they were on equal terms. If this got out, he might even get some credit from the Wang family of Langya.

The Wang family and the Ma family shared the world, and half of the Jin Dynasty's territory belonged to the Wang family. If the Sima family's path didn't work, then of course they had to go the Langya Wang family.

Wang Mi only promoted Liu Daogui slightly, and immediately the value of the two brothers doubled. This is the charm of the top family.

It is no wonder that so many families, for generations, have tried their best to climb up the ladder. The taste of power is really hard to get rid of.

However, he saw through it but did not say it out loud. In any case, Liu Daogui was very grateful to this fellow clan member.

The Liu family of Pengcheng were originally in the same boat, so it was natural for them to promote each other.

Liu Daogui thanked Liu Jingxuan profusely, said goodbye to him and returned home.

In the next few days, Liu Daogui took on the burden of the Liu family and went out with Liu Zun to chop wood, fish, tend to crops, and occasionally go out hunting.

Without oil, meat, and only some bran and coarse grains, it is impossible to withstand such heavy work.

What's more, there is a bedridden patient at home.

However, hunting was not so easy as a large number of refugees poured into Jingkou. Not only were there no wild animals, but even the grass and trees had been stripped clean. In midsummer, everything was bare.

After so many incidents, the Liu family is now short of food, medicine and money.

It is not easy to support a family with food, clothing, housing and transportation.

In the past, I always had support from my uncle Xiao Yuanzhi, but now that he has gone to Jiankang, the support is gone.

Liu Jingxuan promised to help Liu Yu and Liu Daogui find a future, and worked with Liu Huaisu everywhere.

Every man has his place, and the same is true for the Northern Army. If it is an ordinary soldier of the Northern Army, there is naturally no need to go through so much trouble, but if it is a person from a certain background, it will naturally take some effort.

Liu Jingxuan is not Liu Laozhi. He has no military merit, no official position, and no family background. Currently, he is just a Ningshuo Sima of the fifth rank.

"I've found a way, but it requires some... money." Liu Huaisu stammered.

What you fear will come to you, and even a penny can make a hero fall.

Liu Daogui glanced at his "humble abode". There was a bed, two straw mats, and the door was still broken, making a "clang clang" sound with the draft.

A gust of wind blew, and with a "creak", the door panel fell straight down from the door frame, raising a cloud of dust.

"Pah, pah, pah, this door panel of yours has been passed down for three generations. It's time to replace it." Liu Zun was the closest and got the most dust.

Liu Daogui and Liu Huaisu stared at each other, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Although the Liu family was not penniless, they were almost there.

"How much is needed?" Liu Daogui stretched out his hand to fan away the dust.

Liu Huaisu held up two fingers and said, "Fifty...thousand."

"Why don't you just go and rob? Ahem—" Liu Daogui took a breath, inhaled a lot of dust, and choked on the ash.

If I had been able to come up with 50,000 yuan, I wouldn't have risked my life to kidnap Diao Zhan at Sushan...

"This is still based on Xun's connections. For Ah Shou's sake, if I had gone through Ru Qianqiu's path, it would have been at least 130,000..."

Ru Qianqiu was Sima Daozi's favorite minister and he monopolized this business.

When the Jin Dynasty was founded, selling official positions and titles had become a common practice. Liu Yi, a famous official at the time, publicly criticized Sima Yan: "Emperors Huan and Ling sold official positions, and the money went into the government treasury. Your Majesty sells official positions, and the money goes into private pockets."

Emperors Huan and Ling of the Han Dynasty sold official positions for the sake of the country, and the Han Dynasty was already terminally ill at that time. Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, was the founding emperor and openly sold official positions for his own extravagance...

By the time of our dynasty, this had already become a common practice, and people at that time commented on our dynasty as "officials were promoted by bribery, and the politics and punishments were absurd and chaotic."

From top to bottom, if you want to make progress, you have to spend money...

"I just bought a corrupt official..."

Liu Huaisu said quietly, "It's not the turn of our humble family to get a clean job. With 50,000 coins and two corrupt officials, others wouldn't even be able to get a chance..."

"Don't you have another set of armor? Why not exchange it for money?" Liu Zun suddenly said with his eyes wide open.

(End of this chapter)