Chapter 10 Luzhou Travel (4)
"In the past, Wu and Wei fought against the army, and today the Chengping Mansion is open, and the fertile field wants to cover Huaidian, and the strong city still hugs Shushan back. Liutang Spring Water Reservoir Zhoupu, Lan Ruoqiu Wind Teaches Crossbow Platform, unique ruthless grass on the plain, green and green into the burn marks. ”
This is a poem by the Song people Yongluzhou, after the southern crossing, as an important town in Jianghuai, Luzhou has made great progress in politics, military and economy, and now after seeing it with his own eyes, Liu Yu understands why Xia Gui is unwilling to let go.
This is the birthplace of the predecessor of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, the birthplace of the State of Wu, when Yang Xingmi was a mere state of the land, he struggled to survive in several major forces, and finally laid down the entire Huainan Road. Not only that, the starting troops dominated by the Huai soldiers broke their army in the battle with the overlord Zhu Wen, and Zhu Wen did not dare to go south, and the courage of the Huai soldiers began to be famous all over the world.
Like Jiankang City, the restaurants in Luzhou City are also mostly built on the street and water, although the Jindou River that passes through the city is not as famous as the Qinhuai River, but it is also the same lively along both sides of the river. Liu Yu looked at the scenery outside the window, he knew that the river had become Huaihai Road in later generations, and became a prosperous commercial street, and the Jindou River was annihilated in history and turned into a term in the history books.
When Jin Ming walked into this building, Liu Yu had already finished his sad feeling and began to attack the food on the table, the two were too familiar to need those politeness. Liu Yu glanced at him and pointed to the table for him to be at will, and he picked up a piece of fish that was as thin as a cicada's wings and threw it into a small porcelain cup, mixed it and stuffed it into his mouth, and praised it.
"This fish is too raw, and eating too much is not good for the stomach, so it's better to eat less." Jin Ming took the wine jug and poured it for himself, he preferred large pieces of beef and mutton, Liu Yu pushed a plate of sliced cooked mutton on the table in front of him, Jin Ming ate quickly, and as soon as he went down, he could go to a small half.
"Jin Yan Yu, the southeast taste, you coarse person don't understand." Liu Yu shook his head and said with a smile, there are not many foods that can suit his taste in this time and space, but this fish tin can make him rush to it, and the dipping sauce called "Yan" is indispensable, a bit like the taste of shrimp paste, and spicy, but I don't see the shadow of chili.
The two of them ate opposite each other like this, and they didn't speak again, after a pot of wine bottomed out, Jin Ming also finished eating the last piece of meat on the plate, he pushed away the cup in front of him and stood up, walked around the wine table to Liu Yu's side, turned his back to the room and looked out the window, until Liu Yu also finished eating his share of yusheng, and took out a bag of tissues to wipe the corners of his mouth.
"You're going to deal with Xia Gui?" Jin Ming's words seemed very abrupt, and people who didn't know would definitely scoff when they heard it, who is Xia Gui, a fierce general with tens of thousands of troops in his hands, although he is a little older now, but this is in his lair, he has been in business for many years, who dares to say that he can be killed here?
"Well, what do you think?" Liu Yu took a sip of wine to suppress his stomach, although he liked it very much, he didn't dare to eat too much, Jin Ming unexpectedly guessed his intentions, he was an expert, Liu Yu never intended to hide from him, so he simply admitted it directly, after all, this is a big deal, and he also wants to hear the opinions of different parties.
"Do you know that the Tartar is close at hand, what will be the consequences if something happens to Xia Gui, or do you know that there will be Li Shuai in the state capitals along the river?" Jin Ming's tone was not high, there was no soundproofing here, and there were other diners around the building, so both of them kept their voices down.
Ali Hague arrived in Huangzhou, and the troops he brought were about 30,000 people, and the Xia Guisuo troops who confronted him were also numbered, and the two armies were currently holding each other in the area of Macheng County. In Qizhou, our army has retreated to the territory of Luotian County, where it is next to Anqing Mansion, and Zhang Shijie's troops are stationing, and they should be able to worry about it. ”
Liu Yu personally took aside the uneaten dishes, unfolded a map of the two Huai and the surrounding terrain on the table, and he pointed to Huang and Qi to explain. The black bull is in Huangzhou with people, which is also the place where the Tatar forces have the most troops, Ali Hague does not have many mobile troops in his hands, and Liu Yu does not believe that he dares to cross the Dabie Mountain to invade the hinterland of Luzhou.
"If something happens to Xia Gui, will these people still fight with the Tartars? And so they descended. Jin Ming pointed out the key point, which is also the biggest problem of this trip, if because of Xia Gui's death, his subordinates have thrown themselves into the Tartars, what Liu Yu is doing is helping the enemy, which is also the reason why Li Tingzhi and others are unwilling to do it.
"I'll sell this matter first, there is an action tonight, I want you to see, why do you want to move Xia Gui, how about it?" Today's action is a very crucial step, and Liu Yu intends to convince Jin Ming with irrefutable evidence that there is nothing more suitable than Tartar.
"If I hadn't known you, I would have thought that you were addicted to this official, and he would not hesitate to murder people for the position of this road minister." Jin Ming turned around, looked at the map and shook his head and sighed.
"I won't hide it from you, I really want to be here, but you also know that even if Xia Gui dies, it will only be someone else who is cheap, what does it have to do with me?" Liu Yu's words came from the bottom of his heart, and after seeing it with his own eyes, he found that this was a good place for farming and riots, but unfortunately it was no longer up to him to control it.
"I hope so." At this point, Jin Ming didn't say anything more to persuade him, he didn't think Xia Gui should die, but he was worried that once he showed his feet, Liu Yu's future would be ruined, and it would be too worthless.
Putting away the map, Liu Yu took out a piece of white paper folded in half from his arms, which was about the size of A4 after opening, and a schematic map of a block was drawn on it. Among them, the set of yards marked by the red pen is the target, I have to say that the place chosen by this person is very smart, the left and right are sandwiched by local businesses, and the courtyard walls on both sides are shared, and the slightest movement will be known.
At this moment, Mr. Yi, who did not know that he had become a target, had just sent away a messenger, because the letter card was withdrawn, he could only send people out of the city during the day, almost on the day the angel arrived in Luzhou, he received the news, and then Zhu Huan ate the closed door, which he saw with his own eyes.
Unexpectedly, he was still thinking hard about how to advance this matter, and the Great Song Dynasty court gave him a big gift, he knew that Xia Gui was suspicious at this time, and let him change his job at this time and add fuel to the fire. Therefore, Mr. Yi decided to add another fire from the outside to force this slick veteran ruffian.
It's just that he went to the Shuaifu by himself, and he didn't see the marshal, and he was still a close staff member who received him. This person is an insatiable person, he doesn't know how much he does, he still has a dissatisfied face, he doesn't know what to ask, and he has to return to the commander to decide, which makes him angry but helpless.
After returning to his own shop, he stood in the shop in front of him and planned to go to the backyard, this kind of business was just a cover-up, and the profits and losses were not in his heart, and he just moved his steps. I heard the greeting behind me, and then a few pedestrians walked in, and when I looked back, it was the Jiangnan merchant I had seen a few days ago.
"The shopkeeper's good business, I took the liberty to come to the door and disturb it." Li Shiyi smiled and clenched his fists and said, he was dressed as a merchant, although he didn't look like a rich person, but it was still very good to pretend to be a caravan leader with a dusty face, and the two brothers of the forbidden army who were dressed as guards stood tall with great momentum, and there was no need to fake it at all.
"Where did Shopkeeper Li say, they are all Yi's distinguished guests when they come to this door, and they can't ask for it, they can't ask for it." Mr. Yi laughed, his style is indeed easy to make uninformed people feel broken, even if there is only one side of the acquaintance, he can say it like a spring breeze, no wonder he can mix up in this Luzhou City.
"Don't hide it from the shopkeeper, I have a business I want to talk to you, can I take a step to talk?" Li Shiyi said in a low voice with an unchanged smile, Mr. Yi nodded understandingly, and immediately let him go to the backyard, but the two guards were invited to another place by his entourage at the door, Li Shiyi didn't care, and followed him in.
This is a very spacious compound, on the left is a row of cattle and horse sheds, and on the right is a warehouse, Mr. Yi saw that he was interested, and he did not shy away from it, and showed him his strength a little proudly, and waited until Li Shiyi nodded after reading it. The two of them walked further into a courtyard door, and they arrived at the residence of everyone in the merchant inn, and Mr. Yi's room was in the middle.
"What I saw along the way, Li was an eye-opener, and the shopkeeper was really doing a big deal in the north. Then so-and-so said bluntly, yesterday my official arrived in this Luzhou City, I have heard that the shopkeeper has a wide road, and he now has a business to figure out the guò shopkeeper, see if he can keep a safe when he goes north? ”
Li Shiyi wrote down the locations of various places in the courtyard in his heart, but he talked to Mr. Yi without any notice, how to impress the person in front of him, Liu Yu discussed with them for a long time, and now it depends on his performance.
"Guidong's family must be a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, dare to ask where the home is, what is sold, and the shopkeeper also knows that there are many differences between the north and the south, and I am afraid that Guidong will not know, and it will be bad if there is a misunderstanding." Mr. Yi said with a sincere face, everywhere is for others to conceive, Li Shiyi knows that it is a fake and it is also very useful.
"Don't hide it from the shopkeeper, this owner is a family in Jiankang City, the capital of Jiangdong." Li Shiyi paused when he said this, he keenly felt that Mr. Yi's eyes flashed when he heard the words "Jiankang City", very good, he enjoyed this feeling of fishing people, not to mention, this one in front of him was a Tartar secret agent.
"As for this goods, there are indeed some taboos, so I will come to disturb the peace of the shopkeeper." After Li Shiyi finished speaking, he took out an object from his sleeve cage and put it on the table beside Mr. Yi, while he himself picked up a cup of tea and sipped it there unhurriedly, and praised two words of "good tea" in his mouth.
Seeing the small thing on the table, Mr. Rao is Mr. Yi has always been calm, and at this moment he involuntarily changed color, it was a transparent small bag containing a small square box, this thing, Mr. Yi is sure, in this Luzhou City, except for him, no one knows what it is? For a moment, his breathing became a little short.
"Where is your owner now? Is it possible for someone to go and meet one or two? Mr. Yi looked at the bag in front of him repeatedly for a long time, trying to calm down his excitement, and then asked, Li Shiyi understood that the fish was about to be hooked, so he put down the teacup.
"Presumably the shopkeeper also understands, so whether this business is feasible or not, I hope to tell him clearly?" Li Shiyi leaned forward, obviously there was no one, he still lowered his voice and said,
"That's natural, you can agree to come down now, and you won't be disturbed by anything along the way." Mr. Yi patted his chest and reassured,
"You also know that it is not appropriate to put this thing anywhere, and besides, there are not small numbers, shopkeeper, you see this?" Li Shiyi said embarrassedly.
"It's okay, my brother also saw it, my yard is quite small, the warehouse in front of it has just been shipped, and it is empty, if your owner does not abandon it, put it here in Yi, even the required carriages and horses, if it is short, Yi can also provide it."
It is estimated that it is because of the large number of words that Mr. Yi was excited again, and finally said what Li Shiyi wanted to hear the most, and he couldn't help but smile slightly.
"That's it, then I'll start from the shopkeeper, although my officials have brought some people, I'm afraid there is still a shortage of manpower, I hope the shopkeeper here can also help, even so, I will leave first, I will come a little later, there is a lot of disturbance, thank you in advance."
After speaking, Li Shiyi refused Mr. Yi's retention and left, seeing their backs go away, Mr. Yi stood in front of the door for a while before turning around and walking into his shop.
"Call all the people back, and when the people arrive, they close the door of the store, hang up the sign that they are closed, and push others to find so-and-so." After another of the commands, his mood became very good, and even when he saw the dirty beggars across the street, he no longer felt that it was an eyesore. R1058