Chapter 15 The Shaanxi and Gansu Banquet
On the way to Wenchang City, Shaanxi and Gansu Mansion, Song Zhenhai glanced at the empty official road, and said earnestly: "Son, maybe you will complain that I am in charge of my own affairs, and let you share the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with the Seven Great Sects and the corrupt imperial court, Shangguan girl is not an outsider anymore, and I will not shy away from it when I almost died in the hands of Waiyi many times in the battle just now for protection." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Soul Fengyun and Zhang Feiya did not hesitate to tear through the last layer of camouflage and attack us, and the competition for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" showed their ambition to conquer the Eastern Continent, and when there was no hope for mortal-level cultivators to advance to the immortal rank, they would have the pleasure of enjoying the glory and wealth of the mortal world and the power of the world. Although the Pinjintang was on our side in this war and helped us resist the worship of the foreigners, you should be soberly aware that the true intention of the Pinjintang is also to compete for the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Your Fifth Grandfather and Xu Xian Holy Pavilion Master are not fighting for it now because we are relatives, if other sects threaten their survival, they will also compete for the precious military book!
In the case that all forces are coveting "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and it is not clear that it still has mysterious annotations, the only way for us to get rid of being watched by the crowd is to release the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" without annotations, of course, the score of "Luo Shen Fu" is still in it, except for the descendants of the six-fingered demon sound old man, no one else in the whole world can evolve sound attack combat skills from this "Luo Shen Fu" score! At most, it can be regarded as a difficult score, so that the forces hidden in the shadows of all parties will focus on the Seven Great Sects and the Imperial Family of the Dayan Empire, thus reducing our crisis.
In addition, you tried to rescue Ai Senwenhao's concubine Ma, the original intention was good, the courage is commendable, what the father wants to tell you is that the patriarchal system of male superiority and female inferiority does not only exist in the mortal world, but also in the outer heavens, the immortal predecessors of the outer heavens came to the mortal world to find their favorite women to marry, and left their heirs, and when the heirs passed the lactation period, they took away the heirs, leaving the hard-working woman in the mortal world, and did not allow the woman to remarry, if there was misconduct or marriage, directly destroy her family or sect, Your mother is a mortal-level cultivator of the Xu family, and she can marry and live with me in the Outer Heaven for several years, and your third uncle and uncle are very envious of this, and I don't know if your grandmother is still in the world, it's been thirty years,......"
Song Taiping saw his father Song Zhenhai shed tears sadly when he mentioned his grandmother, and he was also sighing for the harsh discrimination of the heavens, and he knew more clearly that he wanted to change this patriarchal system of male superiority and inferiority of women, I am afraid that he would control the country and have the power to fight against the entire outer heavens, which is still too far away for himself, and his own uncle Kunwu ancestor, who only fell from the sky, if he did not have the help of the pair of swords behind him, I am afraid that he would be able to pinch himself with one of his claws, and he is still too weak, he should listen to his father's words, return to seclusion, and lift the seal. Otherwise, he had a cultivation that surpassed the legendary Star Realm, but he was killed by an immortal-level cultivator, and he would not have died unjustly.
From afar, I saw the heavily guarded Wenchang City, the tall city wall was full of bright armor and bright armor soldiers, the gate of the adjacent official road was wide open, the drawbridge was lowered, and a big fat man wearing a python robe and a purple gold crown sat on the seat in the middle, surrounded by the civil and military officials and guards of his fiefdom.
Song Zhenhai didn't hold it up, and immediately beckoned Shangguanyi and Song Taiping to get off the horse and get off the tiger, and stepped forward to salute the prince of Tuob Aiming, Tuob Aiming's greasy big hand patted Song Zhenhai's shoulders, and said with a smile: "I heard that General Song is going to stay in the king's Wenchang City, this king is very excited, and he waited here yesterday, behind you is Linglang Song Taiping's son, this delicate beauty should be the first pianist of the Dayan Empire, Shangguanyi girl, to be able to see the beauty in person, it is really a blessing for three lives, if it weren't for the order of Emperor Taizu, The kings of all parts of the country are not allowed to enter the capital without the summons of the Son of Heaven, and they are not allowed to leave the fiefdom, and the king must go to the court, come inside, and the king has prepared a feast to entertain you. ”
Song Zhenhai's face twitched a little, thinking that we were still dining in the black restaurant yesterday, and the fierce battle that only started in the early hours of this morning, the combat deployment was set in the early morning, you Tuob Emin was waiting for us yesterday, could it be that you and Xu Xiansheng Pavilion Master's deduction ability have a fight? It's really bragging, you don't even make drafts, look at your fat body, and there are so many hungry people outside, even the bark and grass roots in the mountains have been eaten, it's really mediocre to the outrageous level, but this guy is the identity of the prince after all, and he still wants to borrow troops from him, so he will make compromises, and beckoned Shangguan Yi, Song Taiping, and Kun Xianghu to accompany the prince of Tuob Aiming into the city.
Entering the prince's mansion like a small palace, pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, landscapes and flowers, walls and moats, arrow towers are all available, the guards along the way are all big shoulders and thick waists, and the temples are high and bulging, all of them are martial arts people who have cultivated internal strength, and then look at the accompanying civil and military officials There are no less than fifty people, and their faces are by no means straw rice buckets, they are all capable, this Tuobu Aiming prince seems to be prepared to rebel against usurpation of power, but he is too extreme, only focusing on the training of his army and the large squires who win over the fiefdom, but ignoring the people's livelihood, It's still short-sighted.
Tuobu Eming invited Song Zhenhai and his civil and military ministers to sit down at the banquet, there were maids dressed in tulle to serve dishes and fruits on each table, and individual military generals and civil officials pulled the maids by hand, holding them in their arms and holding their hands, Song Taiping saw that Song Zhenhai and Shangguan Yi directly looked elsewhere and ignored these erosive absurd behaviors, and then looked at Kun Xianghu was not waiting for the host of the banquet Tuobu Aiming to move his chopsticks, he had already eaten up the meat in front of him, and stared at the meat on Shangguanyi's table with drooling, On the left side of Kun Xianghu, there really is no military general and civil official who dares to sit next to him, and naturally the only adjacent seat is Shangguan Yi on the right hand.
Tuobu Eming raised his wine glass, raised his glass in the direction of Song Zhenhai, Song Taiping, Shangguan Yi, and Kun Xianghu, and said arrogantly: "I have heard the name of General Song for a long time, and it is a pity that I failed to meet the general in the last Anxi Mansion War. ”
Song Zhenhai politely said, Tuobu Aiming vaguely expressed that he was willing to help Song Zhenhai guard the border five mansions, help him eradicate Aisen Wenhao, and help Song Zhenhai completely control the border five mansions, of course, he also needs Song Zhenhai to help him seize the throne, and directly promised to give him the title of prince, and he will be the king side by side, which shows that the emperor does not kneel, and the blade does not die, and he can pardon all capital crimes, and a series of promises to command all the soldiers and horses of the Dayan Empire.
Song Zhenhai refused without leaving a trace: "Thanks to the prince's attention, although I am a general of the imperial court, I am still eager to be promoted to the immortal rank and return to the outer heavens in my heart, but I can't bear to see the people of the Eastern Continent being miserable, so I temporarily lead the five provinces on the border and guard the gateway of the Eastern Continent for the people of the Eastern Continent." Without the backing of the people, there will be no increase in troops, and there will be no place for retreat. ”
Tuobu Aiming held the white hair in his hand, squinted his eyes and carefully understood Song Zhenhai's prompt, and the civil and military officials under his command also stopped the noise, waved his hand and retreated the beautiful maid in his arms, and also pondered Song Zhenhai's words, silent for a long time, Tuobu Aiming Fang laughed, his eyes radiated essence, and said heroically: "General Song, sure enough, his eyes are like a torch, and he has penetrated the disadvantages of my Shaanxi and Gansu fiefdoms at a glance. However, the amount of relief food needed is too large, and the prince of the state of the secretary, Tuobu Yuanqi, did not ask for a grain of grain, but issued an order to urge the payment of taxes, how should I deal with this matter? I also asked General Song to guide the maze. ”
Song Zhenhai took pity on the hungry people in Shaanxi and Gansu Mansion, and knew that directly proposing disaster relief to Tuob Aiming, the king of Shaanxi and Gansu, would definitely be contrary to the yang and yin, and it would be useless to the hungry people, so he threw out the argument of "those who win the hearts of the people win the world" from his son Song Taiping to arouse Tuob Aiming's appetite, and saw that he was really moved, and he only mentioned the people and did not mention the use of soldiers, even if the secret agents of the three princes reported it, he had room for exculpation, so he directly gave up his own concept of peace with the people:"
Lord Wang, my words are serious, please forgive the general for speaking bluntly, in each town to raise millet from the official warehouses and large households, boil it into porridge and give alms to the hungry people, shelter the hungry people as military households, establish a fort in the suburbs outside the city, can prevent bandits, can take care of each other with the town garrison, and take the reclamation of the wasteland around the town and the cultivation of crops as the main business, allocate the wasteland to the households, implement low taxes or exempt taxes for one year. As soon as spring begins, laborers are recruited to plant trees and vegetation in the mountains and sandy areas of Shaanxi and Gansu Province to prevent the land from becoming desertified, so as not to turn the entire Shaanxi and Gansu Province into a desert. In addition, it is necessary for the government to pay for craftsmen and recruit people to build reservoirs, which can be irrigated in times of drought and flood control, and there are other wonderful uses in wartime, and there will be floods after a long drought, and it is necessary to repair the reservoir as soon as possible this year to prevent floods. ”
Tuobu Amin nodded frequently, until Song Zhenhai finished speaking, he was still unsatisfied, and asked unwillingly: "General Song, is there anything else?" ”
Seeing Song Zhenhai shaking his head slightly, Tuobu Aiming turned his head to look at the civil official who recorded what Song Zhenhai said with the pen at the banquet, and said majestically: "Can you understand?" If there is still something unclear, why don't you ask General Song for advice? After the banquet is over, it will be executed immediately, and if any bastard dares to delay the process, he will be killed. ”
Song Zhenhai naturally did not say all the concept of peace of the people, now this Shaanxi-Gansu king Tuobu Eming can be an ally, it is difficult to say whether he is an enemy or a friend in the future, when the subordinate officials of Tuobu Aiming asked him for the details, Tuobu Aiming took out the copper bell and shook it three times, a sturdy, handsome man thirty miles away strode in, pushed the golden mountain and the jade pillar fell to the ground and bowed to Tuobu Aiming, Tuobu Aiming let him get up, coughed lightly, and the civil officials under his command stopped asking.
Tuobu Eming introduced: "General Song, this little guy is my grandson Tuobu Yuanzheng, this time I sent a total of 8,000 elite soldiers from four towns in Shaanxi and Gansu Prefecture to be commanded by Yuan Zheng, and followed General Song to kill the enemy, after the battle, let this little guy follow General Song to be a small guy, and these 8,000 elite soldiers were also sent to General Song." ”
Tuobu Yuanqi knelt in front of Song Zhenhai and said respectfully: "Boy Tuobu Yuanqi, I am willing to follow General Song and swear allegiance to the death." ”
Song Zhenhai noticed that this Tuobu Yuanqi did not have six pigtails, but pulled up a bun on the top of his head like a Yan people, looking at the pace when he entered, calm and light, there should be a martial arts master pointed kung fu, close to see its temples slightly raised, there is a thick callus on the tiger's mouth on his hand, it should be a long-handled blade, there is a certain amount of internal cultivation, it is likely to be a fierce general who will fight immediately, although it cannot be ruled out that Tuobu Yuan is studying and serving for the king of Shaanxi and Gansu to seize the throne, in a short time, he can become a general under his own command, Listening to Xu Xiansheng's words from the master of the Holy Pavilion, all the military attaches of the five mansions should be beheaded, and they are not available, so they can't let their son and Shangguan Yi lead the troops, and there are such good generals who come to serve, so they naturally have to accept it.
Song Zhenhai got up and left his seat to help Tuobu Yuanzheng up and let him sit next to Kun Xianghu, also to consider whether this emperor has arrogance and arrogance, and how brave he is? You must know that Kun Xianghu's demonic aura cannot be restrained, ordinary mortal-level cultivators will be shocked by it when they approach, and ordinary people who have not cultivated are all close to it, and their legs and feet will not obey it.
I saw that Tuobu Yuanzheng sat next to Kun Xianghu with a calm expression, and saluted Kun Xianghu respectfully, Kun Xianghu twisted his hairy head to look at Tuobu Yuanzheng, arched two tiger claws and shook it, and returned the salute, and when the maid served the dishes and wine and fruits for Tuobu Yuanzheng, he called the maid and ordered Kun Xianghu to serve a large portion of meat, and brought his share of meat to Kun Xianghu's table.
Tuob Yuanzheng was very talkative, and saw that Song Zhenhai and his entourage were not interested in the singing and dancing of the bewitching girl in the middle of the banquet, so he took the initiative to introduce the situation of the five border prefectures: "In the north and south of Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces, the Northern Shaanxi Mountains and the Gannan Mountains are covered with ice and snow all the year round, towering into the clouds, and there are many cliffs, which directly cut off the connection between Shaanxi and Gansu Mansions and Sanjiang Mansions and Qin'an Mansions, and only a small hilly area two kilometers wide is connected due west, and the Nujiang towns of Shaanxi and Gansu Mansions guard this choke point.
In the border five provinces are mostly hilly areas, and the annual monsoon rolls the waves to wash the land of the border five provinces, so that Sanjiang Province, Qin'an Province, Jianghai Province and Beihai Province can not grow crops, only a small number of areas in Anxi Province can grow crops, Sanjiang Province, Qin'an Province, Jianghai Province and Beihai Province are very profitable to go to sea to fish and salt farms, but under the competition between Pinjintang and local warlords, so that fishermen and salt farmers can not survive, and have fled, now most of the population of the five provinces on this side is a slave trade. The big households have a close relationship with local officials and even high-ranking officials of the imperial court, forming six major families, and their power in the five border provinces is like the sky.
In the Anel Mountains bordering the Anxi Mansion and the Western Continent, although the Northern Shaanxi Mountains and the Gannan Mountains that guard the north, south and east of the East Continent are extremely dangerous, they have the ginseng, lingzhi, snow lotus, ice silkworms, spirit stones that cultivators need, and the eagles, giant pythons, and snow leopards that the powerful like to keep in captivity; In addition to a large number of fish, shrimp, crabs and shellfish, the North and South China Seas also produce precious pearls, corals, blood bird's nests, turtles, and crocodiles, all of which are valuable treasures. It's just that I don't know how many lives I have to fill in, as far as the kid knows, there are no less than fifty mortal-level cultivators who have died and disappeared in the sea areas and mountains near the five border mansions, and those mortal warriors and slaves have died and disappeared in tens of thousands. ”
Hearing this, Song Taiping asked curiously: "Uncle Tuob Yuanzheng, what are the ice silkworms, spirit stones, snow leopards, blood bird's nests, turtles, and crocodiles?" ”
Tuob Yuanzheng glanced at Song Taiping in surprise, it is normal for creatures in the sea not to understand, but this spirit stone is a commonly used cultivation resource for mortal cultivators, although this Song Taiping is young, but it is an out-and-out mortal-level qi refining period, has he not used a spirit stone?
Tuobu Yuanzheng explained in detail: "Little boy, this ice silkworm is recognized as the most poisonous creature in the world, and it is usually necessary for cultivators who contact the poison system exercises, and the ice silk it spits out is not afraid of fire and knife cutting, and it is the best armor material, but the ice silkworm is extremely rare, and you need to try your luck to see this creature, it is said that this creature looks like a bean worm, the whole body is crystal clear, moves quickly, has strong attack power, feeds on large beasts, and likes to eat giant pythons and poisons."
The spirit stone is the crystallization of the aura of heaven and earth, currently only found in these large mountain ranges, most of them are gravel-like, such as the size of the finger belly is already a treasure, the appearance of the crystal is different due to the different attributes, and presents different colors, when collecting the spirit stone, it is necessary to chisel out the stone skin wrapped outside, once the stone skin is broken, it will be dissipated in one day, so the extraction of the spirit stone needs to be chiseled from generation to generation of spirit stonemasons, to avoid the destruction of the heavens.
The snow leopard is a rare beast that lives on the snow-covered mountain top, can easily jump more than ten meters in the mountain stream, can climb on the cliff, can climb the tree, and can glide in the air for a short distance, the speed is as fast as lightning, its whole body is as white as snow, it is a more beautiful and ferocious creature on land, but the adult snow leopard is extremely difficult to tame, only the newborn snow leopard can be tamed.
As for the turtle and the crocodile, we have one in each of the palaces, and after a while, I will take the little boy to see it. ”
Outside, a guard hurriedly came in to report: Ai Sen Wenhao, the squire of the Criminal Department, led 5,000 cavalry of the Four Governments Alliance Army to arrive at the gate of Wenchang City.
Tuobu Emin waved Kabuki back down, and led everyone to greet Eisen Wenhao side by side with Song Zhenhai. Song Taiping's plan to see turtles and crocodiles could only be abandoned, and as soon as Aisen Wenhao came, his father Song Zhenhai should also raise troops to exterminate the invaders of the Star Sect and the Boer Empire.
Under the gate of Wenchang City, Song Zhenhai said calmly: "Lord Aisen Wenhao, we will leave for Nujiang City now, stop for a while, send scouts to reconnoiter the enemy, after nightfall, when the sea is on fire, the soldiers will attack in two ways, I will bring eight thousand soldiers and horses from Shaanxi and Gansu Mansions, and the other four provinces will be commanded by adults, don't confront them head-on, our troops are still less, to raid and surround the enemy's small forces, eat the enemy little by little, we have reserve grain and grass support, and the enemy does not, the longer it drags on, The enemy has no power to fight! ”
Aisen Wenhao asked the accompanying staff to record Song Zhenhai's instructions, then he gave his hand and took his leave, and led the cavalry to Nujiang City first, and the eight thousand elite soldiers of Shaanxi and Gansu Mansions were already on standby in Nujiang City.