Pham Duong Festival House.

Shi Siming knelt down on one knee in front of An Lushan, touched his chest with his right hand, and performed Turkic etiquette.

Shi Siming is a Turkic person, and interestingly, An Lushan is a Sogdian ethnic group who was born in the Kang State among the nine surnames of Zhaowu.

Gu Qing, who was far away in Anxi, should really take out the prince Kang Dingshuang and smoke it, and ask them what happened to Kang Guo.

An Lushan looked at him kindly, his eyes were full of appreciation, and he personally stepped forward and bent down with difficulty to help Shi Siming up.

"You and I are like brothers, why do you need to do this salute, Si Ming sees the outside." An Lushan said with a smile.

Shi Siming still hung his head and said: "The festival marshal has the grace of knowing the last general, and the last general sees the festival marshal like seeing his parents, how can he not worship." ”

An Lushan laughed happily.

Life is full of all kinds of strange circles, An Lushan called himself Li Longji's righteous son when he was in Chang'an, respected Yang Guifei as his mother, and his sycophants can be described as numb and flattering, but when he was in Fan Yang, Shi Siming also thought that he was his righteous son, and at the same time let An Lushan be his son, he also felt the happiness of being a father, three generations in the same house, and enjoyed the family.

An Lushan smiled happily, obviously enjoying the joy of being a father.

However, there was no smile in his eyes.

Shi Siming's sycophant routine is what he left over from playing in Chang'an, and it is really difficult for such an explicit sycophant to resonate with him, he only feels hypocritical, because he is also hypocritical.

After inviting Shi Siming to sit down, An Lushan's smile gradually rose, and he said in a deep voice: "How is the preparation of the Pinglu Army?" ”

"The 45,000 soldiers and horses of the Pinglu Army have been completed, and the Han generals have been gradually eliminated by the last generals, leaving only a few Han people who are willing to serve the Jieshuai."

An Lushan nodded with satisfaction: "The Han people are not credible, and we must be careful to beware of the few Han generals who stayed, the Han people are the most insidious, one on the surface, one behind the scenes, they say allegiance, and when they turn around, they report to the court, or we foreigners are the most upright, and we are never hypocritical." ”

Shi Siming lowered his head and said, "Is it true that the marshal said? After the last general returned to Pinglu, he replaced the few Han generals who remained. ”

An Lushan asked again: "How are the grain, grass, war horses and weapons prepared?" ”

"There are nearly 30,000 war horses, and the weapons are all allocated by the imperial court over the years, and there are still leftovers? Only the grain and grass...... Some are not enough? Will you do your best to raise food? Now only 100,000 stone has been raised, which is only enough for the Pinglu army for more than half a year, if the war is not carried out smoothly? In the later stage, there may be a risk of food shortage. ”

An Lushan frowned: "This marshal secretly ordered your town envoys to secretly raise food two years ago?" Why hasn't it been raised enough to this day? ”

Shi Siming was stunned and hurriedly said: "Jie Shuai Mingjian, is it really because the grain is too eye-catching?" The imperial court has arranged a lot of eyeliner to our three major military towns in the past year? The last general is worried that the food raising is too ostentatious? Everything can only be done in secret? Therefore, very little food and grass were raised. ”

An Lushan said with a gloomy face: "Not enough food? Do you have to speed up your grain storage after you return to Pinglu? This battle is dangerous, it may take a long time, if there is not enough food and grass, the army's morale will be chaotic, and the chance of victory will be lower. ”

Shi Siming stood up and saluted, "Yes?" Preparations will be stepped up immediately. ”

Paused? Shi Siming said again: "After Fan Yang in the end?" The ministry introduced me to a big businessman? He has a large amount of grain and grass in his hands, and after a bumper harvest in Henan Province and Huainan Province this autumn, he is buying a large amount of wheat in both places? It is said that there is a lot of hoarding in his hands. ”

An Lushan said with interest: "Big businessman? Is it in Fanyang City? ”

"Yes, he is not a big businessman, he is actually the only son of a big businessman, and he went out to experience at the order of his father, and he can be regarded as a son inheriting his father's business, and he will do business after going out."

An Lushan said suspiciously: "Who is he?" Can you be trusted? ”

Shi Siming hesitated for a moment, and said: "He is from Yizhou, his family has done a lot of business, and he has a wide range of contacts, he has been in Fanyang for a few months, and many of the generals of the festival have a friendship with him. ”

An Lushan snorted and said, "It's better to be careful, send someone to Yizhou to inquire about the origin of his family, see if it is consistent with what he said, and test his identity again to rule out the possibility that he is the eyeliner of the imperial court." Also, when buying grain and grass from him, don't trust him too much, first try to buy a small part to check the condition, and then buy a large amount if there is no problem. ”

Shi Siming smiled and said, "The last general did the same, the first batch only bought five thousand stones from him, and if it can be handed over smoothly, the last general will buy a large number of them." ”

An Lushan nodded, and then his expression became more and more gloomy, and he said coldly: "Chang'an eyeliner came to report, the treacherous minister Yang Guozhong gathered a lot of courtiers to jointly sign up, and asked the Son of Heaven to cut the degree of military power, among which the old man's three towns are the focus of their targeting, Yang Guozhong asked His Majesty to divide the three towns into one town, and the other general, the original intention is to say that I am obese, and I am afraid that I will not be able to bear the heavy burden of the military and political affairs of the three towns, in fact, Yang Guozhong is clearly to cut my military power. ”

Shi Siming was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Marshal, Yang Guozhong is quite favored by His Majesty, he and the courtiers are jointly sparse, and the possibility of Your Majesty agreeing is very high......"

An Lushan said with a gloomy face: "Why do you think Yang Guozhong suddenly targeted me?" said that it was a joint name, but in fact, it was clearly His Majesty's intention, Yang Guozhong was just catering to the holy will, and the person who really suspected me was not Yang Guozhong, but the Son of Heaven! ”

Shi Siming was shocked: "Could it be that Your Majesty knows that we are about to start an incident?" ”

An Lushan shook his head slowly: "There shouldn't be, but he must have some suspicions, two years ago Chang'an made an anonymous letter, which framed me a lot, and then His Majesty personally came forward to suppress it, saying that this letter was maliciously framed, but Your Majesty may have doubts in his heart, even if there is no evidence, but it is a fact that I have 150,000 soldiers and horses in three towns, and Your Majesty is already uneasy about the excessive military power I hold." ”

Then An Lushan sneered a few more times, and said: "There is another matter, last year, His Majesty secretly sent the lieutenant official Fu Baolin to the three towns to secretly visit, and I bought him with a lot of money after I learned about the rumors, but this summer came from Chang'an City to report that the lieutenant named Fu Baolin had been secretly killed by His Majesty. ”

Shi Siming said in a panic: "Could it be that Your Majesty has already ......"

An Lushan snorted and said: "Your Majesty is more or less suspicious of me, thinking that I may be opposed, otherwise I will not send someone to visit secretly, but when Fu Zhaolin returned to Chang'an, he described me as too loyal, and His Majesty was even more suspicious of me, and the cane killing Fu Zhaolin fully shows that he does not believe in Fu Baolin, nor does he believe in Fu Zhaolin's performance, on the other hand, he thinks that I am not as loyal as he said in the song......"

Shi Siming hesitated: "If Chang'an is ready......

An Lushan interrupted him and said, "Chang'an has already prepared, Your Majesty set up a new Governor's Mansion between Xingzhou, Jinzhou, and Gyeongju last year, and appointed An Chongzhang as the Governor, why do you think Your Majesty is like this?" ”

Shi Siming is also a general of the three towns, and his basic military literacy is still not lacking, and he blinked his eyes a few times, and immediately sketched a topographic map of the three states in his mind.

Then Shi Siming suddenly said: "If we march into Chang'an, these three states are the only way for our righteous army, and the Son of Heaven has set up a governor's mansion between these three states, obviously to guard against us." ”

An Lushan sneered again: "Do you guess who Your Majesty appointed as the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion?" It is An Chongzhang, after the founding of the country, the original Zhengzhou Thorn History, his people are the best at defense, His Majesty used this person as the governor, and the intention was in a 'defense' word. From the establishment of the governor's mansion to the appointment of generals who are good at defense, the piles and piles are all aimed at the three towns of Fanyang. ”

Shi Siming said with a calm face: "Jieshuai, since the Son of Heaven has suspicions, we must start an incident immediately, don't wait for the imperial court to make more preparations, hinder our great cause of tilting the Tang Dynasty, and fear of change." ”

An Lushan nodded and said, "It's really going to happen, I'm afraid the date will have to be advanced, and if it drags on, our chances of winning will be lower." Siming, you will return to Pinglu tomorrow and step up the preparation of grain and grass, and when the grain and grass in Pinglu are ready, we will start an incident! ”

An Lushan's fat and swollen old face showed a hideous look, gritted his teeth and said: "The national fortune of the Tang Dynasty has come to an end, and it should be my turn to do it, when I enter Chang'an City, the first thing I will do is to kidnap Yang Yuhuan, such a peerless beauty serves a faint monarch in his last years, it's a pity!" ”

…………

Shi Siming returned to Pinglu City, and Feng Yu walked with him.

In Shi Siming's eyes, Feng Yu is a rich second generation who is generous and has a bit of business acumen, and it is a little inaccurate to say that he is a gentleman, after all, he is still a little shrewd when talking about business, and it is not accurate to say that he is a son inheriting his father's business, he has a common problem that all young people have, that is, he is young and vigorous.

If a rich second generation is young and vigorous, then it is inevitable to be domineering, Feng Yu is a very domineering person, Shi Siming has not known him for a long time, but he has seen Feng Yu beat that guy half to death because the shop guy accidentally spilled soup on his clothes.

He also saw Feng Yu hugging the woman's waist in the Qinglou, arching the woman's chest like a pig arching cabbage.

Seeing Feng Yu's domineering appearance and his shrewd appearance, Shi Siming trusted Feng Yu quite a lot.

If a person behaves flawlessly and cannot find any fault with him, he should be especially wary of this person, because a person who is too perfect means danger, especially in the high-risk professions such as An Lushan and Shi Siming, who take rebellion as their own responsibility, and they should be even more careful to guard against people who are perfect.

Feng Yu is not perfect, and even judging from his words and deeds, he has more shortcomings than advantages, but such an imperfect Feng Yu is perfect in Shi Siming's eyes, and Shi Siming has gradually trusted him, and he feels that Feng Yu is a living person who lives a very real life.

Such a person doesn't look like a spy sent by the imperial court.

Following Shi Siming's personal guard cavalry, Feng Yu rode into Pinglu City, looking around curiously along the way, as if he felt that everything was very novel.

Shi Siming looked at his appearance in his eyes and chuckled: "Brother Feng has never been to Pinglu? ”

Feng Yu snorted and said with a smile: "General Shi is strange to speak ugly, I heard that Pinglu City is quite dilapidated, I don't like it." The city I like to go to, there must be at least one green building in it, there must be a beautiful woman in the green building, the beautiful woman must be obedient, I use the money to smash it, she will lie down, I use the money to smash it, she will spread her legs ......"

This is a topic that all men understand, Shi Siming and Feng Yu laughed, and the laughter rippled with the breath of spring.