Chapter 391: Lies and Dangers
Men usually make friends in a simple and unpretentious way. In the past life, apart from passing cigarettes, talking dirty to each other was also one of the ways to quickly get closer.
Feng Yu knows this well.
Perhaps even the young and old in Shiqiao Village don't know why Feng Yu, who was born and raised in the village, has such crooked skills inexplicably. It can only be said that this is a talent. Some people are not born serious people, and some people simply cannot
Count people.
Of course, since Feng Yu came to Fan Yang, he often went to the land of fireworks, flirted with various charming women, and even did some unspeakable things, which indirectly lit up his unfair skill tree.
If Gu Qing, who was far away in Anxi, knew that he had spent the money of a boy from two lifetimes to become a vagabond, he would have been so angry that he had to build a brand new willow coffin for Feng Yu overnight.
"Brother Feng, when will the five thousand stones of grain and grass arrive at Pinglu?" Shi Siming asked with a smile.
Feng Yu said with a smile: "General Shi, don't be anxious. I have urged the people below to travel day and night. To transport grain from Henan to Huainan, we need to load grain from Xuzhou and take the Grand Canal all the way north to Youzhou. Youzhou will be entered by land."
Yingzhou will take some time."
Shi Siming did not smile. He stared into his eyes and said seriously: "I can't be impatient. This batch of food and grass is very important to me and is urgently needed. You must send someone to urge them to hurry up."
Feng Yu hurriedly bowed and said: "General Shi has an order, and I dare not disobey it. I will order my subordinates to go to Xuzhou quickly and urge them to ship and ship as soon as possible. This will not delay General Shi's business."
Shi Siming waved his hand and said: "You don't need to send subordinates. I will personally send my subordinates to urge you. You only need to write a letter to prove your identity."
Feng Yu was worried, his face quickly flashed a trace of nervousness, and then he showed a relaxed smile and said: "In compliance with the general's order, I will write a letter here and ask the general to send someone to the Xuzhou Canal Wharf, where my family is
The steward will take care of things."
Shi Siming stared at his expression for a while, then smiled and said, "That's very good. I'll arrange a place for you later, and then you can write a letter right away."
Feng Yu smiled as usual and said: "Yes, General Shi is busy with military affairs? I won't disturb the general anymore? I'm hosting a party in the evening. I would like to invite General Shi and his subordinates to meet him."
Shi Siming nodded. He thought this young man was very sensible. As expected of a businessman, he was a well-rounded person.
A personal guard took Feng Yu to a secluded courtyard in Yingzhou City. The courtyard was not particularly luxurious. Walking into the courtyard, there were many green bamboos planted in it. It was late autumn, and the leaves of the green bamboos were withered, giving off a sense of desolation.
Mutually.
The guards brought Feng Yu to the courtyard and then bowed and left. Feng Yu walked into the courtyard alone and found that there was no one inside. There was a lot of dust in the courtyard, and it was obvious that no one had lived there for a long time.
Feng Yu walked around the yard, strolling with his hands behind his back, casually opening each room, pretending to be curious and taking a look. It wasn't until he was sure that there was no other person in the yard that Feng Yu relaxed.
Tense nerves? No matter whether the railing on the porch was dirty or not, I sat down on the railing.
After closing his eyes and meditating for a long time, Feng Yu suddenly made a round shape with his lips, raised his head and whistled.
After the sharp whistle, a moment later, Li Jianjiu's slim figure appeared in the yard.
Li Jianjiu had been following Feng Yu to protect him secretly. When she found out that Feng Yu left Fanyang City with Shi Siming, she followed him from a distance to Yingzhou City and followed him to this courtyard.
Feng Yu couldn't help but smile when he saw Li Jianjiu from a distance. He smiled brightly. At this moment, he looked a bit like a sunny boy.
Li Jianjiu looked unkind, and stared at him angrily with anger hidden in his beautiful eyes.
"Just whistle and summon me. Do you think I'm a dog?"
Feng Yu blinked: "But... why did you come when I whistled? Could it be that you have already acquiesced in your heart that you are a dog?"
Li Jianjiu was furious and was about to draw his sword when Feng Yu hurriedly stopped her and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'm joking with you, don't be too serious, it's hard to make friends."
Li Jianjiu was still angry and said coldly: "Why did you call me out?"
Feng Yu suppressed his smile and said seriously: "I have a small problem right now. If it is not resolved, I'm afraid my identity will be exposed."
"What trouble?"
"Shi Siming wants to send a general to Xuzhou to urge the shipment of grain on my behalf, but I have no grain to transport in Xuzhou. The business I made with Shi Siming is purely to deceive him. Not only do I have no money, but also no grain."
Li Jianjiu said in shock: "What kind of business do you do with him if you don't have food? Aren't you afraid of exposing your secret?"
Feng Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Regardless of whether I have grain in hand or not, since others are in need, I must bite the bullet and accept the deal, otherwise how can I win their trust? I originally planned to ask someone to go to Henan Road to purchase grain tomorrow.
But I suddenly discovered that not only did I have no food, I also had no money..."
Li Jianjiu continued to be shocked: "Didn't you say that Lord Gu gave you a lot of money? Why is it gone?"
Feng Yu said melancholy: "The brothel is a gold-selling cave. I entertain those generals every day in Fanyang City, and I have all kinds of girls in my arms every day. Do you think these are free?"
Li Jianjiu was so angry that he gritted his silver teeth, and the anger in his heart kept boiling. He couldn't tell whether it was because of Feng Yu's prodigal behavior or because of something else...
However, Feng Yu was still willing to challenge the limits of his life. He glanced at Li Jianjiu and said quietly: "Now you can imagine the joy of visiting a brothel every day, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jianjiu kicked Feng Yu in the chest. Feng Yu found himself flying backwards, then fell heavily to the ground. Only then did he feel a sharp pain in his chest.
Staring at Feng Yu who was rolling on the ground, Li Jianjiu said coldly: "Now can you imagine the joy of being a strong martial artist?"
"I know, I know, I was wrong..."
Li Jianjiu was too lazy to talk to him and said coldly: "You have caused such a big trouble, what are you going to do now?"
Feng Yu clutched his chest and sighed: "The only thing that can be done now is to send someone south to Xuzhou to act as a steward to meet Shi Siming's generals, and at the same time buy five thousand shi of grain as soon as possible..."
Li Jianjiu sneered: "To put it lightly, where is the money to buy food?"
Feng Yu smiled and said: "Ajiu, Xiao Jiujiu, Xiao Jianjian, I know you must have a way, right?"
Being stirred by Feng Yu's sudden nickname, Li Jianjiu's face turned red, he straightened his hair and hair as if to conceal it, turned his head away, and said in an indifferent tone: "For Lord Gu's sake... it's about money.
You don’t have to worry about it, I’ll find another way to solve it, but if you see Mr. Gu next time how to explain it to him, that’s what you should worry about. After spending so much money, Mr. Gu will definitely beat you to death.
"
Feng Yu smiled nonchalantly and said: "That will happen in the future. If I make great contributions to Lord Gu, Lord Gu will reward me before it is too late. How can he blame me for spending a small amount of money?"
"What achievements can a prodigal like you make? Mr. Gu Hou made a mistake this time and chose someone like you to come to Fan Yang."
Feng Yu said seriously: "With these five thousand stones of grain, I want to go and see the granary in Pinglu Military Town in an open and honest manner."
Li Jianjiu was surprised: "What do you want to do?"
Feng Yu said seriously: "This is a top-secret matter and cannot be discussed except by people close to you. If you call me 'husband', I will tell you everything."
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Outside Kucha City.
In the blacksmith shop, Juan, who was all dirty and full of joy, handed a finished iron pipe to Gu Qing with both hands.
"Master Hou, please take a look at it. This is the best craftsmanship in my life. The iron pipe is not only straight and flawless, but also has several positive threads drawn out from the inner wall. I have to say that the method taught by Master Hou is really amazing. Using a hook
The hundred-refined pull rod made by the knife broaching method is equipped with a hook knife on it. It is easy to pull out the perfect negative wire. Pulling the negative wire repeatedly for more than a hundred times becomes the positive wire. Fortunately, the old iron pipe that the Marquis wanted has been completed.
."
Gu Qing took the iron pipe, closed one eye and looked into the iron pipe towards the sun. He saw that the iron pipe was indeed made straight, as if it had been made by an industrial machine tool in a previous life, and the inner wall of the iron pipe had several lines visible to the naked eye.
The spiral positive line presents a regular spiral pattern on the inner wall of the iron pipe.
After carefully checking it several times, Gu Qing suddenly became excited and couldn't help but praise: "Lao Hu is so good at his craftsmanship! I'm right, you don't know if you don't push yourself, besides eating bananas, you can also walk through fire rings..."
"
Juan smacked his lips, feeling that this sentence was not a good word, and he was being discriminated against by the hateful Tang people again.
Gu Qing knocked on the iron pipe with his finger and said, "I want ten thousand iron pipes like this. Can you do it?"
Juan looked troubled, shook his head and said, "I can't do it. Even if I don't sleep, it will be difficult for me to make ten thousand sticks."
"I'll gather all the blacksmiths in the city and teach them how to make it. If a hundred blacksmiths can learn how to make it, will it be difficult to make ten thousand iron pipes?"
Juan hesitated for a moment and said: "That is feasible, but there are high and low skills. Some people are born in this industry and have high understanding. Some people just do it to make a living and have no talent. They can learn it after being taught countless times."
No, the iron pipes produced at that time would inevitably be of mixed quality..."
Gu Qing shook his head: "It must not be a mixed bag of good and bad. It is very dangerous. When the blacksmiths have trouble, I will find a solution. You are responsible for teaching. If you can teach a hundred blacksmiths, I will give you a big red envelope so that your family will not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives."
Juan saluted happily: "Thank you so much, Mr. Marquis, I will try my best."
After walking out of the blacksmith shop, Han Jie said curiously: "I will see that the Marquis seems to be very interested in this iron pipe. Lord Marquis, what is it used for? If this thing is a weapon, there seems to be no need for it to be on the inner wall.
Will it be carved?"
Gu Qing burst out laughing: "That's called 'rifling', not carving. If nothing goes wrong, it will become the great weapon of our Anxi Army, sweeping across the world and becoming invincible."
Han Jie said in surprise: "Just an iron pipe with a carved inner wall? Master Hou... are you still hungover?"
Gu Qing glanced at him lightly and said, "Han Jie, are you addicted to running circles?"
Han Jie hurriedly shut up.
Gu Qing raised his head and looked at the sky and said: "Let's go find Ge Shujieshuai. This guy has been eating and drinking freely in Qiuci City for more than ten days. I seriously doubt that he is not here to inspect at all, but to eat at a wealthy family.
Chapter completed!