"Can this kind of bean and war horse be eaten?"
"I'm afraid I can't. The war horses have to eat the tenderer green beans, but the price is high."
“How high?”
"It's 20% higher than this bean."
"Then I'll exchange something else for it? Do you want honey?"
"Use all honey, how much do you have?"
"We have a car, how many beans are you?"
"Hey, if you weren't in a hurry, I can give you a whole hundred cars of beans tomorrow."
"Stop blowing, hurry up and prepare the things, I'll send you honey."
There is a small market next to the Land Temple at the entrance of Xiaoman Village in Xieshui Town. The villagers from several nearby villages exchanged some unusable things. Occasionally, some small vendors would come to purchase goods. No one would come to stroll around. There was only one food stall, selling wild vegetable noodles soup and baked bean cakes.
A man wearing a straw hat quietly listened to a conversation between a foreigner and a local villager. When the foreigner urged a fellow villager to transport things, he walked over, bowed and asked, "Brother, where are you going to send the things you changed?"
The foreigner smiled and said, "I can't tell you about this profitable business."
The man smiled slightly and said, "I won't compete with you for business, but if you don't tell me, your business will not be done. Maybe I will detain all of you."
The foreigner was stunned, "Are you an official?"
The man nodded and said, "I am the county lieutenant."
When the foreigner heard that he was such a big official, he was a little panicked and said, "Mr. County Master, what we do is serious business..."
The man smiled and said, "Don't panic, I just ask, you probably don't know. Although our place is still stable, there will be wars across these dozens of miles. I have to see if the place you are going is insured."
The foreigner suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We will change some food for people and horses to send it to the Yuyang Palace where someone will receive it at a high price."
The man nodded and said, "Where are you all?"
A foreigner said, "We are from Zhoupizi Village, western suburbs."
The man said, "Where is the western suburb?"
The foreigner scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "The western suburbs of Chang'an."
The man was a little surprised, "Run so far to do business?"
Seeing that he was gentle and easy to speak, the foreigner completely let down his guard and was no longer nervous and said, "The county magistrate doesn't know that the people in the villages near us usually point to several military camps to live. Now that the people in those military camps are empty, we can only follow them to do business. We will follow them wherever the army goes. Fortunately, the military officials also think that our daily lives are difficult, so they even get some horses to tow for us and some capital on credit."
The man was stunned and said, "Then they don't care about you?"
"No matter what," said the foreigner, "Everyone can make money depends on their ability, but they all made some hard money."
The man said, "I mean they don't care what you sell, so you're here to change the food and grass this time?"
The foreigner explained: "I heard that some people from the army asked us to collect food and grass and send it to Yuyang Palace, and paid the deposit."
The man immediately said, "How much food and grass should be collected?"
"It's said that there are as many as you want." Foreigners said as many of them, "Qiujiazhuang, Laohuai Village, Lujiazhuang, and our Zhoupizi Village. Anyway, all you can notify me is said, and it will be delivered by tomorrow evening at the latest, so you won't pay if it's too late."
The man nodded, "Who of you received it and set off directly?"
The foreigner smiled and said, "Yes, if you can do a car business, you can do a car business. After handing over the goods as soon as possible, then see what the people in the army lack, and then come out to find out."
The man said again, "Now the army of Duke Pei is marching urgently, can you still keep up?"
The foreigner said, "The cavalry will definitely not be able to keep up. Their horses are fast. We are all old horses and we can't walk many roads a day, but we can keep up with their infantry. As for those who are most unable to keep up, we have people in nearby villages who know where they go, so just follow them slowly."
The man said, "As far as I know, Duke Pei's infantry should be in the Liangshan Palace area. What do you know?"
The foreigner said, "It's almost the same as Liangshan Palace and Gukou Town."
The man smiled and said, "Then you should do whatever you should do. Be careful when you go to Yuyang Palace, as there will probably be war."
"It's okay, at most I'll throw the goods away. Anyway, the official who gave the deposit said that if he could deliver it there, even if it was about to get robbed, he would give it money." The foreigner thanked, "Thank you for the reminder of the county magistrate."
The man didn't say much, and went to pick up his horse and urged the horse to leave.
Seeing the man riding horse speed like an arrow after he arrived on the road, the foreigner couldn't help but envy him, "This horse runs so fast. If I had two horse trailers like this, how much money would I make?"
"Come on," several villagers on the side immediately started to cheer, "We have never had any official loans for horses. If we had two horses like you, we would have gone out to do business and make a lot of money."
The man wearing a straw hat ran along the avenue and arrived at a wild ferry on the bank of the river. As soon as he jumped off his horse, two people ran out of the reeds and greeted him, "Prince Xue, what you want has arrived."
"Tell me and let him take his people and things to Nibo Town, and I will meet him there."
"You send me across the river first."
...
Lu Lotte lay in the carriage and fell asleep as he bumped.
This carriage is used to transport goods. Without a carriage, it is just a fenced carriage.
Lu Letian usually doesn't take a nap, but this battle makes him physically and mentally exhausted, and he needs a nap to recover.
Without a roof, the sunlight is a bit dazzling. Occasionally, the shade is covered by trees. When the shade suddenly loses, the sunlight shines directly. Even if he falls asleep, he feels bright and dazzling in the haze, just like the reflection of a blade with blood.
“Wake up.”
He didn't sleep well, so when Guo Que called him, he woke up immediately.
"That person came for us."
Lu Letian just opened his eyes and felt that the sun was dazzling and could not see clearly. Even after hearing Guo Que say this, it took him several breaths to see the rider ahead.
The man rode over in vain, stopped at the intersection in front of them, and asked directly, "Are you raising food and grass for Yuyang Palace?"
Lu Letian and Guo Que looked at each other, and both jumped out of the carriage, and Guo Que asked, "What are you?"
"I am Xue Jingxian, the magistrate of Chencang County." This person was Xue Jingxian. He felt the aura of these two people and was immediately overjoyed.
"Xue Jingxian?"
Lu Letian was stunned. He felt that he had heard of this name somewhere.
"What?" Guo Que could see that his expression was different and couldn't help but ask softly.
"Chencang County?" Lu Letian completely reacted at this time, thinking of some secret reports from his home before, and said: "You should be the magistrate of Chencang County now."
Xue Jingxian was also slightly stunned.
Lu Letian explained, "I know that Chang'an has issued your appointment document, but it is probably not possible to pass it to Chencang County now."
Xue Jingxian thought of Gu Liubai in an instant. He didn't expect that the young man casually said that the appointment was actually issued, and it came so quickly.
Guo Que looked at Lu Letian in surprise, with an expression that you even know this.
"My people saw the fire in the direction of Dongyun Village before, and I knew it was one of the army's food and grass transportation points." Xue Jingxian said: "I noticed that someone was raising food and grass for Yuyang Palace. It should be that Situ Qingcheng sent an army to attack there."
Lu Letian felt very surprised when he saw the secret report at home about the appointment of Chencang County Magistrate.
Chen Cang is already in the actual control area of ​​the rebel army. What is the use of issuing such an appointment document?
But looking at Xue Jingxian in front of him, he suddenly realized that there should be some powerful person who knew that Xue Jingxian was extremely capable and promoted first so that he could do things.
It was nothing to find that someone helped Yuyang Palace raise food and grass, but being able to appear in front of him and Guo Que so soon proved that this person is by no means an ordinary person.
"Yes, Dongyun Village has been lost, and the rebels have thousands of heavy cavalry and thousands of infantry to arrive one after another." Lu Letian said straight to the military information, and then said, "Mr. Xue is in a hurry to see us. What are the plans?"
Xue Jingxian also said very directly, "According to my inference, Situ Qingcheng will indeed attack the garrison of Yuyang Palace, but it is just a feint. His real intention is to concentrate superior forces and eat the army arranged by Pei Guogong in the Liangshan Palace area in one fell swoop. Losing the water transportation of Dushui River, the main force of Pei Guogong's army will inevitably be forced to counterattack. If Situ Qingcheng has enough time to deploy defenses in the Liangshan Palace area, or another surprise attack will come from Jiuqingshan Mountain, Pei Guogong's army will be unfavorable to advance forward, and the rear will be attacked again, and may be defeated."
Every time Xue Jingxian said something, Lu Letian outlined the sand table in his heart. After hearing Xue Jingxian say it, he was already sweating profusely.
Xue Jingxian looked at Lu Letian's face changing, and knew that the other party was indeed a smart enough general. He took a deep breath and continued, "Maybe for ordinary generals, the other party might think I was nonsense and thought out of nothing, but I know you are not an ordinary person. No matter how many tricks and arrangements Situ Qingcheng has, based on his current military use, I think he can only defeat this method. As long as we kill this possibility, no matter how he fights other places, I don't think he can win."
Guo Que was confused when he heard this, and he couldn't help but say, "Then will we still go to Nipiao Town, and will we still get the food and grass?"
Xue Jingxian said, "The matter of raising food and grass in Yuyang Palace continues, but when we arrive in Niping Town, we have to do more things. I don't lack manpower or money now, but I don't lack cultivators like you to help me form a private army."
"What are you doing to form a private army?" Guo Que was stunned.
Xue Jingxian said in a cold voice, "Let's go and block the pass of Jiuqing Mountain."
Guo Que was stunned, "Didn't he try to send a message to Duke Pei to beware of the other party's plan?"
"There may be problems in time, and it may not be that there will be no spies in the Duke of Pei's army. Situ Qingcheng's plan has been decided. If Duke Pei mobilizes the army to respond, he will naturally change." Xue Jingxian said in a deep voice, "We must let him proceed as planned. As long as we can block his surprise, even if it only forms a time difference, Duke Pei's army will win."
Lu Letian had already calculated clearly at this time. He wiped the cold sweat from his face, looked at Xue Jingxian, and said seriously: "Mr. Xue, I will bet with you."
Guo Que looked at Lu Letian and said, "Then if we succeed, is this contribution greater than the protection of the Yuyang Palace garrison?"
Lu Letian said, "I don't know how big it is."
Guo Que said, "Then you have to do this."
Chapter completed!