Chapter 34: The Gentleman and the Villain
"Thank you, Hirahara-kun!"
Before leaving, Zhao Kuo respectfully saluted and thanked Zhao Sheng, he had thanked him many times, but this time, probably his most sincere one, Zhao Sheng sent him to the city gate, from Pingyuanjun's mansion to the city gate, the carriage lined up in a long line, if it weren't for Zhao Sheng, Zhao Kuo would not be able to transport so much grain at all, Pingyuanjun and his doormen lent Zhao Kuo a full 300,000 stone of grain.
Zhao Kuo has to distribute two stones of corn to his subordinates every month, and this is already a good treatment, so a person needs to consume twenty-four stone millet a year, and the 300,000 stone grain can probably support more than 10,000 people for a year, of course, there are also the rest of the livestock, Zhao Sheng has three pastures, and there are a lot of livestock, he promised to send 4,000 sheep and 1,000 pigs to Zhao Kuo, since Zhao Sheng said it, then he will definitely not break his promise.
Zhao Sheng doesn't like to eat poultry, so there are no chickens and ducks, which is a pity, but Zhao Kuo didn't blame him, after all, Pingyuanjun's friends are all over the world, and they must be able to find poultry there.
ridicule is ridicule, but Zhao Kuo is sincerely grateful to Zhao Sheng, no matter what his motives are, he has helped Zhao Kuo a lot, he saved Zhao Guo, with these grains transported to Changping, General Lian Po can continue to insist, no matter how much food the Qin people have, it is absolutely impossible to hold on for a few more years, if the Qin people save so much grain, in history, they will not have to go to the pit to kill the prisoners, and they can also destroy the Zhao State at one time, instead of waiting for a few more decades.
Zhao Kuo did not stay overnight in Dongwu City, his time was very urgent, and Zhao Sheng did things quite quickly, as soon as the banquet ended, his retainers had already begun to transport grain to the carriage, at the same time, in several other counties, the same, Zhao Sheng in several counties, have their own grain depots, Zhao Sheng's doormen are very many, and there are many retainers, these people go to various counties, they will meet on the road, and go to Mafu together.
Zhao Sheng's carriage is not enough, but this is not a problem, Zhao Sheng's status in these counties in the east is too high, the nobles here heard that Zhao Sheng needed a carriage, without saying a word, they gave their own carriage to Zhao Sheng to use, several even their own drivers were sent out, the mighty convoy frightened the local people, but after they heard about Pingyuan Jun's righteous deeds, they couldn't help but praise it.
It's not a loss to Pingyuan Jun, for the sake of his friends, he scattered his family property, like this, where can Zhao Guo find a second one?
Zhao Sheng and Zhao Kuo walked together, Zhao Kuo looked at the carriage on the side happily, the carriage was full of grain, Zhao Kuo was very happy, Zhao Sheng looked at these carriages proudly, and said: "I have ordered them to set off, they will send the grain to Mafu, and the rest of the county is already on the way, maybe I can meet you halfway, I also sent people to the ranch, their speed may be slower, but I will let them send it as soon as possible." ”
Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Sheng and said sincerely, "Thank you Pingyuanjun." ”
"And...", Pingyuan Jun pointed to a group of people in the distance, these people were tall, leading horses, holding strong bows, belts and quivers, there were more than sixty people, Zhao Sheng said again: "You are carrying so much food, it is very unsafe, these people are sent by me to protect you, they will escort you to Mafu, and the rest of the county also sent escort knights, a total of more than two hundred." ”
Zhao Kuo was already a little speechless, he looked at Zhao Sheng seriously, and said, "I will never forget your kindness, I will definitely repay it." Zhao Sheng didn't care, he raised his head and said arrogantly: "What kind of kindness can these things be?" You don't have to be polite, just take it, for my friends, I can give my life, let alone these things outside the body? ”
"Of course I know what kind of person my uncle is, uncle, I have something to tell you...", Zhao Kuo looked around, lowered his voice, and said: "The so-called people are fine but not in the public, you don't ask the details of recruiting customers, it is inevitable that there will be people with bad intentions mixed in, which will harm... It will ruin your reputation, so please be vigilant. Zhao Kuo said, bowing to Zhao Sheng again.
Zhao Sheng slowly put away his arrogant face, and patted Zhao Kuo's shoulder with a smile, "You don't have to worry, I have my own measure, take care on the road." ”
Zhao Kuo nodded, he also sent his carriage out to transport grain, he could only borrow a horse from Zhao Sheng to ride, fortunately, Zhao Kuo had also ridden a horse before, so as not to show timidity, Zhao Kuo turned over the horse, his legs tightly clamped the waist of the horse, holding the reins, leading everyone to leave here, the carriage slowly drove away into the distance, and the knights sent by Zhao Sheng patrolled back and forth around, repulsing passers-by in front.
The carriage was still flowing out of the city gate, but Zhao Kuo's figure was no longer visible, Zhao Sheng stroked his beard and looked into the distance with a smile.
"He's still a sentient person, not a pure villain." , I don't know when, an old man walked out from Zhao Sheng's side, although the old man was wearing simple clothes, but he still had a different temperament, his eyes revealed wisdom, the old man was very thin, but the skeleton was very large, it can be seen that he was also a warrior when he was young, hearing the old man's words, Zhao Sheng smiled and said: "Yes, I don't know how Zhao Sheng has such a son!" ”
"Hahaha~~~", the old man stroked his beard and laughed.
"Originally, I also arranged for someone to provoke him and let him leave by himself, who knew that at his age, he could be so forbearing, and he could treat it calmly in the face of such a reprimand, I am really a little envious of Zhao Hao now." Zhao Sheng sighed with emotion, turned around and walked towards the city, the old man followed by his side, and said: "However, he can be regarded as a great help to you, if it weren't for him, there would really be no way to support Changping." ”
"yes.. This kid must have thought in his heart that I was hypocritical, didn't care about the lives of the soldiers, and only cared about his own reputation, so I simply gave him a performance of the Plains King in his heart... How can I, the true Son of Jew, who is always on the watchful side of me, wary of me in every way, not a hypocrite? If you're not careful, you're trying to win over the soldiers and intend to rebel...."
Zhao Sheng said helplessly.
"But it's different now, you just borrowed food for Zhao Kuo, and the food was sent by Zhao Kuo, so he wouldn't be afraid of a child?" The old man said, raised his head again, and said seriously: "It's a pity that you bear all the food, but this fame has become Zhao Kuo's, and the soldiers will not accept your affection." ”
"Hahaha~~", Zhao Sheng turned around and quipped: "You are too deep in the play, Zhao Kuo has already left!" I am the son of Zhao State, Zhao State is my country, and it is only natural that I die on the battlefield for Zhao State, not to mention just sending some grain and livestock? ”
But the old man said firmly: "If you are the king of Zhao State, Zhao Kingdom will definitely not fall into such a fate, I..."
"No need to say more!" , Zhao Sheng's face became solemn, and he said, "If you say such things again, I will cut off my ears." The old man sighed helplessly, looked up at the sky, and said: "I know that you are worried about the notoriety of treason, but you must know that rebellion is an act of killing a king and disrupting the country, your starting point is to save the country, and the final result must be to repel the enemy and protect the people, your purpose and result do not meet the criteria of rebellion, how can such an act be a rebellion?" ”
Zhao Sheng didn't say anything, he pulled out the short sword from his waist and put it on his left ear, the old man was helpless and hurriedly closed his mouth.
Zhao Sheng put down the short sword at this time, he didn't talk about it anymore, and said: "However, what Zhao Kuo said is also very reasonable, although I have received a lot of villains under my command because of unavoidable things, but I can't allow them to go too far, Mr. Gongsun, please help me clean up some people who behave badly, don't clean them all up, leave some, so that my son can rest assured." ”
Mr. Gongsun nodded, Zhao Sheng walked into the mansion at this time, and saw a few guys with smirks on their faces in front of him, even if he was disgusted, he still said with a smug face: "Today's matter is not worth disclosing it, you don't have to talk about it to the outside world!" The people nodded and sent Zhao Sheng away, and then walked out of the house with a mutter.
"This stupid thing, who has been cheated by Zhao Kuo for so many things, still wants to publicize his deeds?"
"Forget it, he's good to us, let's go and make this matter known to everyone, maybe there will be a reward!"