Wei Yuan knew that Marquis Xiang could not provide food.
The harvest in the Western Jin Dynasty was poor. If you want to mobilize a large amount of grain, only civil servants and nobles can do it, not eunuchs. Transportation of bulk grain is also a big problem, so if the Marquis of Xiang wants to provide grain, it is best to mobilize it from Ningxi Prefecture.
It happened that all the grain that could and could not be sold in Ningxi Mansion was bought by Wei Yuan at twenty times the price. If the existing grain was sold again, the officers and soldiers would go hungry.
Soldier grain pills are a good thing. If you take one pill during the war, you will not be hungry for three days, and you will be full of energy and can fight continuously without sleep. The Marquis of Xiang took out 10,000 pills in one go, which is equivalent to half a million kilograms of military rations.
However, ten thousand military ration pills didn't take up much space, so a master delivered it. Now Wei Yuan wanted to see who could transport bulk supplies in Ningxi Mansion. This was called power, and the rest were just petty theft.
As for the opportunity mentioned by Marquis Xiang, Wei Yuan actually didn't care. This thing was invisible and intangible, it was nothing more than a pie in the sky. Wei Yuan didn't want to eat the pie, he just wanted something real.
Ever since he defeated the old man next to the princess in a fair one-on-one battle, Wei Yuan has grown a bit. Now that he can defeat the Dharma Prime Minister, his worth is naturally different from before. If he wants to win over, he has to spend more money.
Of course, Wei Yuan believed in his heart that the battle was quite fair.
The princess was placed there. Luck is innate. Who can blame the old man for not transporting enough magic power? In the end, Wei Yuan knocked him down with one move. After all, he can use the power of dozens of Taoist priests.
It is Wei Yuan's ability to release it in one breath. If it were the old man, with his weak body, he might not be able to hold on for even one breath and his body would explode.
In fact, what Wei Yuan really wants is a large number of spiritual plants, preferably saplings. If not, spiritual plant seeds will do. But these things should be able to be obtained by the Marquis of Xiang and delivered to him, and they will not be able to knock down the mountain and shake the tiger.
It is effective, and it is easy to expose your own needs. Moreover, these can be exchanged in the Hall of Merit, so it is not particularly urgent.
For the return route, Wei Yuan chose the military fortress stationed by guerrilla general Wang Kun, who killed Song Chao under his eyes last time.
Wang Kun must have ambushed troops from Yue Jinshan here, but Wei Yuan was also sure that these ambush troops would not come out of the city to fight. As long as he did not attack the military base, it would be fine.
If Wang Kun really turned his back and wanted to rescue the prisoners of war in his hands, Wei Yuan wouldn't mind giving him some advice. Fighting with 300 Daoji in the field? At that time, Wei Yuan only went out to the seventh team and fought with 6,700 people.
The battlefield was leveled. Wei Yuan didn't think that Wang Kun's army fortress could hold ten thousand people.
The safest route was the military fortress where General Liu was stationed. But it was rare to find a wise guard. Wei Yuan was worried that if he made two more trips, he would lose his official position.
Half a day later, a large group of people drove past the military base. Wang Kun on the city wall had no expression on his face. He remained motionless, but the captain next to him suddenly became excited, pointed at one of the prisoners and said: "Then, then
It’s Captain Zhang Ming! Isn’t he on duty in Bianning County? Why was he arrested?”
Immediately, everyone recognized several familiar captains. Wang Kun and Yue Qilin were good friends, and the officers under his command also had a good relationship with each other.
"General, do we want to rescue people?"
Wang Kun seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and said: "Why, you also want to go to Qingming to eat food?"
The captain remained silent.
He is familiar with the character of his general, and his next sentence will definitely be to ask, 'How many can you fight?'. This captain knows his own skills, and he may not be able to fight those masked knights one on one. There are already rumors that the Fifty Thieves in the Battle of Heaven
There are at least thirty Taoist priests among them. Although the captain doesn't believe it, he also knows that there are still more than a dozen Taoist priests.
Wang Kun just watched the prisoner go away, and suddenly smiled to himself and said to himself: "You should respect yourself when raising a prisoner... Hey! I'm afraid that this prisoner will get fat too fast and no matter how much you give him, he won't be able to eat enough."
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Bienning County.
Li Weisheng pushed a pile of official documents in front of Sun Chaoen and said, "Master Sun, these are official documents from Governor Yuan asking for money and food. What do you think should be done?"
Sun Chaoen read them one by one and said: "The writings made by Governor Yuan are really great. There is really no reason not to give them money and food."
Li Weisheng just smiled and said nothing.
Both of them knew very well that there was no food at all at the moment. Unless the officials were willing to cut down on meals, the governor, colleagues, deputy generals, etc. would no longer have banquets at their homes and would live on porridge and side dishes every day. This was absolutely impossible.
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Sun Chaoen said: "This matter is easy to handle. It can be said in just four words: support the invaders with self-respect."
"Want to hear the details."
Sun Chao'en said: "Horse bandits are now rampant in the county. Even the Zhao State envoy has been looted. I heard that the princess has been wronged..."
Speaking of this, Li Weisheng had an expression on his face, leaned forward, lowered his voice and asked, "Do you think the horse bandit succeeded?"
Sun Chaoen also leaned over: "It is said that I have eaten this bite, but I swallowed it a little hastily?"
"How urgent is it?"
"Swallow the jujube!" Sun Chaoen said with certainty, just like what he saw with his own eyes.
Li Weisheng took a deep breath, with a complicated expression on his face, ranging from worry to joy, and said, "I don't know what this jujube tastes like."
Sun Chaoen said: "I swallowed it whole. I swallowed it too quickly. I only knew it was delicious. How could I have time to taste it?"
"It's a pity, it's a pity..." Li Weisheng sighed repeatedly.
Then the two officials sat upright and continued talking about business.
Sun Chaoen continued: "... Horse bandits are rampant in the county. On the one hand, we have to carry out a heavy encirclement and suppression campaign. This encirclement and suppression requires money and food; on the other hand, the money and food we send to Ningxi County are also easily robbed. If nothing else,
General Feng’s defeat this time has destroyed half of General Yue’s old team.”
Li Weisheng understood with his heart.
Everyone knew what Feng Lin wanted to do. It was just that he couldn't raise enough soldiers, so he had to get rid of some of them so that he could continue to eat the empty quota. Now that Feng Lin was unable to guard the envoys, Princess Zhao was furious, so Li Weisheng had sent him
He is in prison and there is probably no chance of his coming out.
But Feng Lin cleared half of the positions, and the benefits were real, but they all fell into the hands of Li Weisheng and Sun Chaoen.
Li Weisheng muttered: "The name of the Zhantian Gang is too loud, and the big tree attracts the wind. It is best to change the name."
Sun Chaoen said: "I guess they will change it soon."
Li Weisheng said: "Although this plan is good, there is one thing that makes people worried. The area where Yuan County Governor is is peaceful, but our area is infested with horse bandits. This doesn't sound good! Yuan County Governor is a former official, so he must be involved in our memorial.
There won’t be any less.”
Sun Chaoen smiled slightly and said: "I have a lot of memorials."
Li Weisheng said: "Oh, you have written something recently, can you let me know a little bit about it?"
Sun Chaoen took out a stack of jade papers and handed them over. Li Weisheng picked them up and looked at them. They were all copies of recent memorials, but when he looked at the contents again, his expression became strange.
"Your Majesty, how are you today?"
"Your Majesty, I respectfully wish you thousands of blessings and a golden peace!"
"Your Majesty, I have found a precious medicine, and I will give it to you."
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"Your Majesty, how are you today?"
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Li Weisheng put down the jade paper, dumbfounded: "What are you writing here? Do you have to play hard even if you have nothing to do?"
"A little trick to prevent the king from forgetting me." Sun Chaoen said with a smile, and then he looked serious and said: "I heard that the people of Quliu Town under the rule of Yuan Junshou were all moved into the realm by Wei Yuan. He is also
He was a man who did his best, and simply drove the scattered people in. So there should be no one under his rule now. Without people, there would be no taxes, no money and food. But his military power is real, and every day
It costs a lot of money for people to eat horse chews.
Sir, you have someone in the court, and Commander Yuan cannot touch you. All you have to do is sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, and after a while, all the border army generals will know that they have to come to you if they want to have a full meal!
Won't we just go up to the court this time to criticize the wind?"
Li Weisheng thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more reasonable he felt, and then said: "Master Sun is really talented. This plan is very clever, but why should you tell me? If I am transferred because I am ineffective in governance, you will not be the county governor.
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Sun Chaoen said: "Master Li has been promoted to a high position, and I am also a county guard. Besides, only you, Master Li, can use this strategy. You are sitting in this position, and Commander Yuan cannot lift you. If it had been me, I would have been torn apart long ago."
I swallowed it to pieces. I have no foundation. To put it nicely, I have thrown myself under the door of the Right Prime Minister. But the threshold for the Right Prime Minister is too high, how can I get in?"
Li Weisheng nodded slowly and said: "Master Sun is showing off his talents in this corner of the country. I think I will be able to enter the court sooner or later. It's just that I can't govern a corner of the country above the court. I have to have a strategy to govern the country. I
I should be sitting in this position for a while, Master Sun can think about it carefully during this time."
"Actually, I've already thought about the strategy for governing the country, and I'm about to ask Mr. Li for his comments."
Li Weisheng became interested and said, "Let's talk and listen."
Sun Chaoen sat upright, his aura gradually growing. At this moment, he no longer looked like a slippery official, but like a fledgling scholar who was ready to teach the country.
He said every word: "Everyone is in full swing!"
Chapter completed!