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Li Xin narrowed his eyes.

"Why, Brother You An is unwilling to take on this responsibility?"

Zhao Jia shook his head slightly: "I'm not suitable. I don't know how many things have to be dealt with in Jincheng every day. It's impossible for me to deal with the government affairs during the day and then deal with this thunder at night. I don't have time."

He took a deep breath and glanced at the paper.

"Master Hou, it's better to leave this job to other people. For example, Shen Gang who has been following you is a very good candidate."

Li Xin shook his head and said: "I have considered Shen Gang, but he has other things to do with me, so he can't stay in Jincheng forever."

Shen Gang is in charge of Li Xin's personal safety, as well as Li Xin's intelligence network. If he is not by Li Xin's side, it may be difficult for Li Xin to be sensible.

After all, it is not easy to cultivate a person who is absolutely trustworthy.

Zhao Jia hesitated for a while, then said slowly: "Otherwise, I will help Lord Hou choose someone to do this job, and I will not read this paper."

Li Xin shook his head helplessly: "Brother You'an, why are you so careful? I'm not the kind of narrow-minded person..."

"A gentleman should know how to advance and retreat. My authority in the southwest is already strong enough. I shouldn't and can't go any further."

Zhao Jia sighed and cupped his fists at Li Xin.

"I met Lord Hou once, and I don't want to be separated from my morals because of this incident in the future. It's better to start well and end well."

Li Xin stopped insisting, and said, "What does Brother You'an mean?"

"Beside Lord Hou, there seems to be a one-armed butler."

Chapter 885

Chen Shiliu has been with Li Xin for more than ten years.

Earlier in the Taikang period, Li Xin led his elder brother Chen Chuyi to send things to northern Xinjiang, and died in the battle of Xiaochenji. Later, Li Xin let the 15-year-old Chen Shi Liu took his brother's position and entered Habayashi Guard to work.

Then it caught up with the Renchen Palace Change.

That night, even Li Xin risked his life and rushed to kill him. Naturally, Chen Shiliu did not escape. Although his life was not in danger, he lost an arm in the palace change and was placed in Jing'an by Li Xin. In the Hou Mansion, he has been Li Xin's right-hand man for more than ten years.

Chen Shiliu is a man of few words, but he is reliable and trustworthy in his work. However, because he has a broken arm, Li Xin is not willing to let him do dangerous things, so this time he brought Shen Gang with him. , did not bring Chen Shiliu.

He frowned slightly: "Sixteen, he's in Yongzhou, so I'm afraid it's too late to get to Jincheng."

"In time."

Zhao Jia said: "Jincheng is almost two thousand miles away from Yongzhou, and the journey is slow at 01:30. It will take about 20:[-] months. Master Hou will send someone to Yongzhou to deliver the letter, and it will arrive in [-] days at most. The southwestern side asks the imperial court for exemption. It will take almost two months to send the book to the court and send it back, but when Steward Chen comes to Jincheng, there is enough time anyway."

Li Xin said slowly: "Sixteen, he only has one arm left, so it may not be convenient for him to dispense medicine."

"Then let Steward Chen bring two more people over to help. The left and right are people from Lord Hou's mansion, so nothing will go wrong. Hand over Fang Zi to Steward Chen. He only needs to be in the middle to direct, and the two people he brings will each be responsible for a part of it." , there shouldn't be any mistakes."

Zhao Jia said, "I will make arrangements for them so that although they work together, they will never see each other, so that they can be safe."

Li Xin thought for a while, then nodded.

"In that case, we will follow Brother You'an's suggestion. Later, I will ask Shen Gang to send someone to Yongzhou to bring Shiliu to Jincheng."

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused, and continued: "Sixteen is a bit inconvenient, Brother You'an will help take care of him."

After so many years, Li Xin has already regarded Chen Shiliu's family as his own family, and Chen Shiliu is no different from his brothers.

Zhao Jia smiled and said, "This is natural."

As he spoke, he put the thin paper back into Li Xin's hand, and said with a smile: "Master Hou should take this piece of paper back, I feel terrified holding it in my hand."

Li Xinruo reached out to take back the thin paper, stuffed it into his sleeve, and said helplessly: "Brother You'an is too careful, so what if you look at this thing, can I still turn against you?"

Zhao Jia said with a smile: "With the current character of Lord Hou, he will definitely not turn against me, but people will always change. In the history books, I don't know how many big people lost their hearts later, and no one knows what will happen in the future. Where will Master Hou be, and what will he look like?"

Sitting in the carriage, he cupped his hands at Li Xin.

"Zhao Jia and Lord Hou have known each other for almost ten years. Over the past ten years, we have shared sincerity and trust. I am grateful."

"Brother You'an is too polite."

Li Xin also had a serious expression on his face, and bowed his hand to Zhao Jia to return the salute.

"Brother You'an has helped Li Xin a lot these years. Without Brother You'an, Southwest would never be what it is now."

Zhao Jia turned around and got off the carriage, then bowed to Li Xin's carriage.

"I hope that in another ten years, I can still have a drink and talk with Lord Hou."

Li Xin also jumped out of the carriage, and patted Zhao Jia's shoulder with a smile.

"Brother You'an, you need to practice drinking properly."

After the two exchanged a few words, Li Xin boarded the carriage again and walked towards the gate of Jincheng. Zhao Jia and the other three rode behind Li Xin's carriage, and were going to see Li Xin off at the gate. leave.

The three of them walked side by side.

Mu Ying and Zhao Jia have been together for many years, and they have a good relationship. The black-faced general glanced at Zhao Jia curiously.

"Mr. You'an, what did Lord Hou tell you?"

Zhao Jia, who was dressed in white, smiled lightly.

"Hou Ye wrote down the prescription of Tianlei on paper, and he wants to give it to me, so that I can preside over the production of Jincheng Tianlei."

Hearing the word Tianlei, no matter whether it was Mu Ying or Li Shuo, their eyelids twitched.

The two of them knew very well in their hearts that the reason why Southwest has the confidence to be independent from the imperial court now is sixty to seventy percent because of this heavenly thunder, which is like a fetish. He sent his little brother Fa to Jincheng to take charge of Tianlei's affairs, but now, he let go to Zhao Jia...

Mu Ying was silent for a while, then said with a smile to Zhao Jia: "Then congratulations, sir, it's really enviable that master Hou has such trust."

Li Shuo, who didn't talk much, also cupped his hands.

"Congratulations sir."

Zhao Jia shook his head: "I didn't want it."

Mu Ying asked in astonishment, "Why?"

"When there is a surplus, there is a loss."

At this time, the weather was a bit stuffy, so Zhao Jia took out a folding fan from his sleeve and fanned it.

"I'm a scholar, and I don't even have a reputation. Being able to rule the Southwest is enough. If I want to get more things, I'm just not satisfied, and it's easy to get into trouble."