The spies arranged by the Jinyiwei in the Gule Kingdom and even in the entire Western Regions were all under the jurisdiction of the Jinyiwei Yamen in Ganyang City, and the person in charge was a deputy general of the Jinyiwei named Tu Xiu.
Xiao Qiang, the captain of the Jinyiwei who followed Sun Hao and Luo Xuan back to Ganyang City, was successfully promoted to the captain of the Jinyiwei because he gave all the 10,000 strings of cash given to him by Sun Hao to Tu Xiu. He was able to stay in the Jinyiwei office in Ganyang City and no longer had to go anywhere else to be a spy.
Sun Hao's investment in Xiao Qiang soon paid off. Xiao Qiang accidentally discovered that Tang Jun, the leader of the Sanshui Society's Dongliufang Hall, was actually an undercover agent sent to Qingyun Society by the Jinyiwei.
The reason why Tang Jun joined the Sanshui Society so readily was actually the arrangement of Tu Xiu, the deputy general of the Jinyiwei. Tang Jun's official position in the Jinyiwei was higher than Xiao Qiang, who had just been promoted twice, and he had already been a captain of the Jinyiwei.
After Sun Hao learned that Tang Jun was a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he did not expose the truth to Tang Jun. Anyway, what Sun Hao did in the Sanshui Club should not cause the Embroidered Uniform Guard to take action against him.
Later, at Luo Xuan's suggestion, Sun Hao directly pushed Tang Jun to the position of the new leader of the Sanshui Society, and also transferred back the Five Tiger Generals of Liangshan, the three brothers of the Gao family, Shi Biao, and Li Mao who were unwilling to join the gang.
In fact, most of the brothels, prostitutes and gambling houses under the name of Sanshui Society were owned by Sun Hao personally. The entire Sanshui Society was left with only an empty shell except for its territories in various districts.
According to the new fee-sharing system formulated by King Yong'an, the 10% of the fees received by the Sanshui Club can barely allow the hall masters and the red sticks to support the minions under their command.
Now handing the Sanshui Club to Tang Jun can not only allow Sun Hao to get rid of his gang identity, but also avoid further entanglement with the Jinyiwei.
Moreover, as long as Sun Hao controls the military power, his influence in the Sanshui Association will not weaken.
Hearing Yong'an Prince Chen Su mention Tang Jun, Sun Hao asked in confusion, "Your Highness, does Tang Jun have another identity?"
"This king doesn't care whether you really don't know or whether you are pretending not to know.
Anyway, you will stay away from Sanshui in the future. I don't want the Grand Commander of the Western Regions Protectorate to be entangled with gangs. Do you understand?"
Sun Hao quickly responded, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will definitely draw a clear line between myself and the Sanshui Association and will not interfere in their affairs again."
Prince Yong'an Chen Su nodded slightly. "You are still young and have a promising future. There is no need to give the court a reason to criticize you for such trivial matters."
After meeting Prince Yong'an, Sun Hao met his father Sun Zhe again.
"Congratulations to father on his promotion to the Grand Commander of Huaide Protectorate. It's just that I came in such a hurry this time that I didn't have time to prepare a gift for him." Sun Hao said with a smile.
"There's no need for us to be so formal with each other, father and son. You should already know about the formation of the Western Expedition Army, right?"
"Father, Prince Yong'an just told me that the Western Expedition Army will be formed by the Left and Right Guards of the Ganyang Army, the Left, Front, and South Guards of the Huaide Army, and my Ganyang City Guards.
General Cao will serve as the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition Army, and you and Wang Lian will serve as deputy commanders."
Sun Zhe sighed, "So what do you think of the Western Expedition Army?"
Sun Hao pondered for a moment and said, "The Ganyang Army's Left and Right Guards have received many new recruits due to the battle with the Xiongnu.
The Huaide Army Vanguard and Huaide Army Southern Guard under your command have just undergone reorganization.
My Ganyang city guards are all new recruits and their combat effectiveness is very weak.
Only Wang Lian's Huaide Army Left Guard maintained the strongest combat power, but I'm afraid Wang Lian would not use 100% of his strength.
Therefore, I am not optimistic about this western expedition to Gule Kingdom, but since Prince Yong'an has made up his mind, we can only bite the bullet and fight."
Sun Zhe then said, “Because of what you said, I am also a little pessimistic about this Western Expedition.
However, Prince Yong'an has been very kind to my father and me. Even though we know that this Western Expedition will fail, we cannot retreat.
But your Ganyang City Guards have just been established. After I meet with General Cao, I will suggest that he arrange for the Ganyang City Guards to be responsible for escorting the grain and fodder."
Sun Hao was of course willing to take on the job of transporting grain, "Thank you, father.
By the way, father, you have just become the Grand Commander of the Huaide Protectorate, and you are reorganizing the front and rear guards and the north and south guards of the Huaide Army. I wonder if you are short of money?
I have ample funds now, so if you need it, two or three million guan would not be a problem."
Sun Zhe said with some satisfaction: "I am very happy that you have this heart.
But I'm not short of money right now. Prince Yong'an has allocated all the 10 million strings of cash paid by the Wang family of Quan'an City as labor and military expenses to the Huaide Protectorate."
Just when Sun Zhe and his son Sun Hao met outside Quan'an City, Tang Jun, the leader of the Sanshui Society, met Tu Xiu, the deputy general of the Jinyiwei, in a dilapidated house.
"How's the investigation going on with the thing I asked you to investigate before?" Tu Xiu asked Tang Jun in a deep voice.
Tang Jun shook his head. "General, we still haven't found any clues. It's as if those armored soldiers appeared out of thin air."
It turned out that a large group of armored soldiers appeared around Sun Hao from time to time, which had attracted Tu Xiu's attention.
However, Tu Xiu mobilized all the resources of the Jinyiwei Yamen in Ganyang City, but still could not find out where the extra armored soldiers around Sun Hao came from.
"Keep investigating this matter. So many people can't just appear out of thin air."
Tang Jun hesitated and said, "General, could it be true, as Sun Hao said, that those armored soldiers were left to him by his uncle, but some of them have just been found by him."
“Even if those armored soldiers were left to Sun Hao by his uncle, my men have been watching every gate of Ganyang City these days and haven’t found anything unusual.
But then, more than a thousand armored soldiers suddenly appeared around him, and almost half of them were heavily armored cavalry. Could it be that those thousand armored soldiers flew into Ganyang City?"
After a pause, Tu Xiu continued, "There's another reason why I asked you to come here today.
Now that the plan to march westward to the Kingdom of Gule is about to be implemented, our Jinyiwei must send some people to the Kingdom of Gule first.
But the government's funds are really tight recently. Can you help to raise some money?"
When Tang Jun heard this, he became furious.
"General, you can't always come to me every now and then to ask for money, right?
In recent years, not only have I not seen a single copper coin in salary, but I have also given you tens of thousands of strings of cash.
I've been undercover for you for almost twenty years, and now I'm the leader of the gang, but I haven't gained anything from you."
"You heartless person, I've already given you the rank of seventh-rank Jinyiwei captain, what else do you want!
Can you help me collect 10,000 strings of cash?"
"General, I'm afraid there won't be anyone else besides you who can so confidently ask for money from his subordinates."
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