Huayuan 1679, Bianliang.

When Cao Guangbi's envoy Lin Yi arrived, Zong Han's advance had already arrived at Baisha Town in the upper reaches of the Jinshui River from Zhengzhou, and he was only half a day's away from Feng. Lin Yi came to the temporary marshal's mansion in Bianliang City under the guidance of the officials, entered the gate, crossed the corridor, and listened to a person inside through the door: "Master Zong, the situation is so critical, please ask Princess Luan to take refuge in the south!" Otherwise, I'm afraid ......"

Lin Yixin said: "Another one who has no guts!" Now there's a bird to run away! ”

When I entered the door, I saw two people sitting in the hall, playing a game, the person on the left had white hair and was dressed in Confucian clothes, it was expected to be Zong Ze, who had been powerful in recent years, but on the right was a young man under the age of thirty; There were three people sitting next to him, and one person was standing, all four of them were restless, and they were all civil officials in their attire.

Zong Ze didn't answer the words of the civil official, and then smiled: "Why do you have to be so emperor? I have already arranged it outside the city, and the princess is not panicking, and she also went to the market in the morning to inquire about the price of vegetables and rice, what are you panicking about! ”

After Zhao Tanger's return from overseas, she was quite concerned about the people's vegetable baskets, and ran to the market every three or five days, some civil officials thought that this move was quite unrespectful, but other scholars praised the princess for being close to the people.

Lin Yi saw that Zong Ze noticed him, stepped forward to salute, Zong Ze nodded, "It's from the party, right?" I saw you last time in Weinan. Lin Yi reported his name, and Zong Ze said: "Sit down first, and then come back to talk after I finish this game of chess." Lin Yi stood aside at the moment and didn't say much. Zong Ze saw it with a lot of appreciation, smiled and glanced at him, and then glanced at the civil officials, as if to say: "Look at the people!" This is the courage and calmness that officials should have when facing the enemy! At this time, the young man opposite him chased after him, and Zong Ze saw it and exclaimed: "Good chess, good chess!" ”

When those civil officials saw that Zong Ze actually regarded the chess game as more important than the war, they were all angry. Zong Ze didn't care about them, he just concentrated on the game.

There was about a pillar of incense, and a general came outside and asked: "The four walls are controlled, please close the door just in case!" ”

Zong Ze reprimanded: "Shut up! Order all the generals, all the doors are wide open, if there is really an enemy horseman, it will be punished! ”

The general took the order, and Zong Ze immediately concentrated on the chess game again. One of the civil officials finally couldn't sit still, stood up and said to the leader: "Lord Hu, look at this ......."

Lin Yi looked at Master Hu, and saw that although he was wearing an official uniform, he did not have a bit of bureaucratic atmosphere on his body, and his face was more like a scholar, but he saw him smile slightly: "Since Zong Rulin is so sure, Bianjing must be worry-free!" With that, he walked out the door.

The remaining civil servants looked at each other, and they didn't know what to do, when suddenly a report came from outside the door: "Good news!" The Jin army advanced to Zhongmu, General Liu Yan choked its approach with 30,000 soldiers and horses, the Jin army saw that it was difficult to win, and was about to retreat to Baisha, ambushed on the way back of the Jin soldiers, Yue commanded the ambush to the end, the two phases were flanked, the Jin army was defeated, our army beheaded 500, captured 1,300 enemies, and got 600 horses. ”

The civil officials were overjoyed when they heard the news, Zong Ze also shouted, and dropped the chess pieces on the ground, Lin Yi watched from the sidelines and shouted: "Good chess!" ”

Zong Ze smiled slightly, and then turned back to the general who reported the victory: "Let Yue Fei act cheaply, and Liu Yan will return." Report the victory to the princess and the soldiers and civilians of the city. Then he concentrated on the chess path again.

Lin Yixin said: "Yue Fei? Is that the person? He's here again. The second general also praised him as a genius, but unfortunately he was at odds with the deputy commander of the king...... Well, I heard that he was once the old department of the Zongda, and it is not strange to come to Bianliang to attach himself to the old boss. ”

Although those civil officials were overjoyed when they heard the good news, they saw Zong Ze being so "nonsense", they glanced at each other, shook their heads and went out together. Zong Ze and the young man played this game of chess for another half an hour, and the young man in the middle failed to counterattack twice, and did not give up until the last moment to admit defeat.

Zong Ze smiled: "At such a young age, he actually has such tenacity. ”

The young man smiled and said: "It's not surprising that young people have long strength, but it's 'Grandpa Zong' Jiang who is old and spicy, I gained the upper hand soon after the beginning, who knew that I would be pulled back by you." ”

Zong Ze smiled: "I am only the same generation as your father, how dare I accept the title of your 'grandfather'?" ”

The young man smiled and said, "Master Zong, don't you know? Now the lower-level soldiers of the Jin Army will be in awe of you, and they will all call you Grandpa! ”

Zong Ze laughed and said: "I don't care if they call me Taigong, but it's your batch of weapons......"

The young man said cheerfully: "Within three days, it will be delivered!" I lost this chess, and according to the gambling agreement, I only charged half price. ”

Zong Ze was overjoyed, and said: "The matter of military rations ......"

The young man said, "I have a lot of weapons on hand, but I don't have much military rations. ”

Zong Ze said: "But I know that there are a lot of grain merchants you know, and the grain and grass they transported to the party this month are 100,000 quintals!" If you can also help me transport this amount, Bianliang will be able to last for an extra month or two! ”

The young man glanced at Lin Yi and said with a smile: "The way of the grain merchant, there are people here who are better than me!" Master Zong asked the mountain road, why did he give up the woodsman and ask the fisherman? After speaking, he said goodbye to Zong Ze and Lin Yi respectively.

Lin Yi said: "After watching this brother's chess for half a day, I still don't know what to call it." When I report to Master Zong, if it is convenient, I will invite the Qilin upstairs to have a drink and make friends. ”

The young man laughed and said, "We've been friends for a long time, but we haven't met. ”

Lin Yi's heart moved: "Chen Chu? ”

The young man smiled and said, "Yes, it's Chen Chu!" ”

After Chen Chu left, Lin Yi saluted Zong Ze again.

Zong Ze said: "You know? ”

"Yes." Lin Yi said: "He has done a few businesses, and his reputation is very good, but today is the first time I have seen him." ”

Zong Ze bowed his head and said: "Yes, I have often heard that he is not only reputable, but also that his weapons are only sold to the righteous masters who resist Jin, and sometimes they are even half sold and half given away, such righteous deeds are admirable." Although he abandoned Confucianism and became a businessman, the career he did in this troubled era was more useful than a hundred Confucian students! Then he sighed: "It's just that he does business like this, I'm afraid that no matter how big the family business is, it can't withstand the toss!" ”

Lin Yi knew that Chen Chu was fine, so he smiled slightly when he heard it, and said in his heart: "No matter how big his deficit is, as long as there is no corruption and the law is in line with the instructions of the Seventh General, there is naturally a Han Privy Secret to fill him with military expenses, what kind of deficit are you afraid of!" But the mouth did not break.

Zong Ze said again: "Listen to Gongzi Chen, do you have a way to grain and grass?" ”

Lin Yi said: "Not bad. In the last years of Xuanhe, when I was in the Zhongwu Army, Tong Guan deducted the money and food of the Zhongwu Army very badly, and we had no choice but to raise money and food to support the soldiers and defend the country! Therefore, I am very familiar with the northern grain road. ”

Zong Ze sighed: "No wonder Yan Song and Cao Lingshou switched to the north and south, there is no shortage of money and food, it turns out that there are geniuses like you!" ”

Lin Yi hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare." He didn't dare to say this, but it wasn't entirely modest. Although his ability to transport and transport is excellent, it is impossible to create something out of nothing after all, and the supply of money and food for the old and new loyal military forces will not be endless without the support of the Han Army. However, the road between the Zhongwu Army and the Han Dynasty was often cut off by war, and Lin Yi was able to ensure the supply of the Zhongwu Army when the war stopped, and his ability was indeed not small.

Zong Ze asked Lin Yi if he could raise some money for Bianliang, and Lin Yi smiled and said: "Cao Tong sent me this time, the first is to want the two sides to communicate in terms of strategic arrangement, and the second is to see if there is any mutual benefit and complementarity between the two sides." Now Zongfu is watching Shandong, and the Qilu business road is difficult to pass for a while. However, a batch of supplies that I had booked in the East China Sea were angered by my merchant friends, and I spent a lot of effort to transport them from the Huai River to enter Bianjing through the old canal. The meaning of Cao's control system is to hope that the Zong Lord can send troops to bring this batch of grain and grass into Bianjing first, half of which will be transferred to the Zong Lord, and the other half will be transferred to the Shangdang. But I don't know if Master Zong can deploy manpower. ”

Zong Ze was overjoyed, asked about the amount of military rations, and thought about it for a while: "I'll help you bring in this batch of grain and grass, but such a large batch of grain and grass may cost a lot of money, and I can't raise it for a while, I don't know if I can postpone the payment?" ”

Lin Yi said with a smile: "Master Zong said that the meaning of Cao Tong was originally to give this batch of grain and grass to Lord Zong, and we did not charge a penny. ”

Zong Ze hurriedly said: "How good is this! ”

Lin Yi said: "Last time I intercepted the Jin people, although I failed to welcome back the second emperor, I was lucky enough to win a lot of gold and silver. These gold and silver books came from Bianliang, and now the grain and grass purchased are still returned to Bianliang, and it is the things that belong to their owners, so why should the Zong people refuse? ”

Zong Ze was overjoyed and said: "Cao Tong's open-mindedness is admirable!" Zong Ze will definitely play the knowledge of the saint and make his work! ”

Lin Yi smiled and said: "The loyal army is begging for the royal car to go north to fight against Jin as soon as possible, as for the glory of the officials, how can we ask for it!" ”

When Zong Ze heard these heroic words, he was unhappy but gloomy, let out a long sigh, and sat heavily in the chair and coughed.

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