Chapter 119 Visiting Fang Jing (Subscribe!)
Ye Mingsheng was quite pleased with Ye Tie's flattery, but he still waved his hand and said:
"If I can be sent out this time, I will most likely be reused. When that happens, I will do my best to help you get promoted directly to the position of sentry commander. It's unlikely, but I can probably help you get an official position!"

Hearing the words "official status", Ye Tie, who has always been calm, couldn't help but get excited. Born in the outlaws, he was trapped in the forest by the government, and was chased up and down. He had a natural yearning for the words "official status"...
Although his identity was cleared by Ye Mingsheng through his connections and he served as the captain of Ye Mingsheng's personal guards, he still had some status in Ye Mingsheng's camp. For Ye Mingsheng's sake, even Chen Yannian, Wang Xian and others would nod when they saw him.

But he was at best called an "official" and not an "official". In the Great Zhou Dynasty, only those who reached the ninth grade and eighteenth level could be called officials. In other words, Ye Mingsheng meant to help him, at least to reach the ninth grade!

After figuring this out, Ye Tie took a deep breath, knelt down in front of Ye Mingsheng, and said in a deep voice: "I will follow you till death, young master!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded with satisfaction at Ye Tie's reaction. This was exactly the effect he wanted. Ye Tie was his most capable and loyal subordinate at this stage. He occupied a very important position in his next plan, so now was the time to give him some motivation so that he could be more motivated to do things!
Ye Mingsheng personally helped Ye Tie up, and with a serious expression, he looked at Ye Tie and said:
"If you want to do great things, you must not be afraid of losing yourself. If you don't venture into the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger cub? If we want to gain military power, we have to be willing to invest."

"I understand. Master, I will do what you said!" Ye Tie said with an extremely firm expression:

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng smiled slightly, and under the dim light of the candle in the cellar, he whispered in Ye Tie's ear.

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Early the next morning, Ye Mingsheng, carrying silver bills, brought Ye Tie and Ye Kui to Yankangfang in Luoan.

As the saying goes, "there is no time to lose." Although Ye Mingsheng was still tired after the long journey, he wanted to transfer his official position and get rid of the threat from Xu Zhaojie. He decided to start the operation from today. What he had to do today was to visit his fellow villager, Hu Jie Imperial Guards, and the fourth-rank commander Fang Jing.

Although he had a good relationship with Fang Jing, since he was visiting him and wanted to ask him to do something, he naturally could not go empty-handed.

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng came to Guiyun Tower in Yankangfang. The signature wine in Guiyun Tower, Zhenzhuquan, was Fang Jing's favorite.

Ye Mingsheng had also drunk this Pearl Spring wine. This wine is mellow in the mouth, with a long aftertaste, rich cellar aroma, and long aftertaste. It does not make you drunk. It is a rare good wine. But unfortunately, although this wine is good...
However, due to bad weather in recent years and some human misfortunes, the harvests in the Great Zhou Dynasty have been poor year after year. In order to save food, the court led by Prime Minister Shangguan Hongyuan has imposed heavy taxes on the wine industry to suppress the brewing industry.

Therefore, the Pearl Spring can be said to be an absolute luxury item now. The price of a pot is as high as two taels of silver, and the price of a jar is ten taels of silver, which is more than the annual salary and reward of a soldier of the imperial guards.

Although Fang Jing was a fourth-rank commander and a senior military officer of the imperial guards with a high salary, he had little say in the family because he married the daughter of Duke Wei. Even the financial power of the family was in the hands of his wife. Therefore, he could not drink his favorite Pearl Spring at ordinary times. Only when there was a happy event, he could drink a pot of it to satisfy his craving...
So it was most appropriate to buy a few jars of Pearl Spring and visit Fang Jing. After buying two jars of wine for Fang Jing at Guiyun Tower, Ye Mingsheng did not go directly to Fang Jing's house in Tai'anfang, East City, but came to Puningfang next to Yankangfang. Although he was going to visit Fang Jing, Ye Mingsheng was still very clear about who was the boss in Fang Jing's family. Fang Jing's wife, Tang, was only the concubine of Wei Guogong Tang Di, but she always thought highly of herself and acted arrogantly in Fang Mansion. Not only did she not allow Fang Jing to take a concubine, but she also complained about Fang Jing's care for him, who was of humble origin and poor family.

The original owner, who was good at scheming, had thought about trying to please Mrs. Fang and see if he could get close to the Duke of Wei, a powerful nobleman. But unfortunately, in the end, he ended up being rejected. Not to mention getting any relationship with the Duke of Wei, he couldn't even get a smile from him.

Although Mrs. Tang has an arrogant personality, she is not too difficult to deal with. Every time you visit her, give her some rouge, powder, expensive cakes and other things. Although she will not be very nice to you, she will not say anything unpleasant to you or embarrass you.

So every time he visited Fang Jing, the original owner would buy something for Mrs. Fang to shut her up.

With the experience of the original owner, Ye Mingsheng naturally would not be reluctant to spend the money. After buying some beautifully packaged pastries, he took the gifts and went straight to Fang Jing's mansion.

Because the original owner would often visit Fang Jing during the holidays to contact the only senior military officer of the Imperial Guards that he could establish a relationship with, the Fang family's doorman also knew Ye Mingsheng, so even without an appointment in advance, he was allowed to enter the Fang Mansion directly.

Because his arrival was somewhat sudden, Ye Mingsheng waited for a while in the main hall before Fang Jing rushed over from the study.

"Hello, Uncle Fang!" Seeing the tall, handsome middle-aged man walking towards him, Ye Ming stood up from his seat, bowed respectfully and said:
"No need to be so polite! Take a seat!"

Looking at his fellow villager in front of him, Fang Jing, who had a good personality, smiled and nodded, asked Ye Mingsheng to sit down again, arranged for a maid, and poured a cup of fragrant tea for Ye Mingsheng. He seemed to remember something, looked Ye Mingsheng up and down, and then asked curiously:

"Mingsheng, are you transferred back from Gongdu? Didn't the war report from the Ministry of War say that your Xuanwu Army is still in Gongdu to clean up the mess?"

"My battalion was severely damaged in the palace, with only about 400 people left, so Commander Xu arranged for me to lead my troops back to rest first!" Ye Mingsheng explained respectfully:

(End of this chapter)