At night the next day, at the Bashi Fort on the opposite bank of Tong County, Lu Jia, who was sleeping in his clothes, was woken up by a violent knock on the door.

"Who?"

Lu Jia asked his cronies to open the door, but he was dazzled by countless pine torches outside, but it was a group of Ba warriors, with willow leaf swords on their belts, and they were menacing, and the leading tiger shooting warriors still had blood on their bodies, and under their surrounding, it was Ba Zhong, who looked pale in the red light.

Lu Jia asked knowingly: "Ba Jun, what's wrong?" ”

Ba Zhong asked the warriors to retreat, took a deep breath, and then bowed to Lu Jia: "Mr. Lu, something is wrong!" ”

Next, Ba Zhong told Lu Jia everything that happened tonight.

"The county commander invited me to the banquet, but at the banquet let the county guard set up an ambush with a blade, wanting to capture me, fortunately, the county commander and I befriended me, and hinted to me at the banquet that the cronies I brought were brave, not only killed the county guard, but also the county commander and the lieutenant ......."

"Killed?"

Ba Zhong stared at Lu Jia's eyes and shook his head: "Tie up." ”

Lu Jia's face did not change, and he said in surprise: "For no reason, why do you want to capture and kill Ba Jun." ”

His face immediately changed drastically: "Could it be that someone learned that Ba Jun was hiding Mrs. Wuzhonghou?" ”

Ba Zhong sighed: "The county Cheng said that there were rumors that I wanted to rebel against the court and serve the Marquis of Wuzhong, so there is today's disaster, but it is ......."

A cold light flashed in his eyes: "My cronies are from the clan, there is absolutely no way to leak this news, I am strange, how did the county order know?" Sir, can you know? ”

It wasn't his own people who did it, naturally there were only "outsiders", Ba Zhong was the first to suspect Lu Jia - Ye Zijin stayed with him for a few months, because he was secretive and didn't have anything to do, why did Lu Jia have an accident as soon as he came.

"Do you need to talk about that?"

Lu Jia spread his hands and said: "Ba Shi has always been good friends with Wu Zhonghou, this matter is known to everyone in the world, I have heard, but all the friends of Wu Zhonghou's old department, no matter where they serve, most of them have been removed from their posts and arrested, and they would rather kill the wrong thousand people than let go of one, and now, it is finally Ba Shi's turn." ”

He was alarmist: "No matter what, the government's suspicion of Ba Shi is true, the matter has been settled, and it is difficult to turn around, Ba Jun, you might as well kill the county commander and lieutenant, and serve Wu Zhonghou!" ”

Ba Zhong hesitated: "The first emperor has kindness to our people, commends his mother for keeping the festival of chastity, makes her a virgin, and welcomes her to Xianyang, and builds a daughter for her to Huaiqingtai. ”

Lu Jia said with a smile: "The first emperor also had kindness to the Marquis of Wuzhong, so after the first emperor was killed by traitors, the prince and the marquis resolutely raised troops to Dai Xiao for the first emperor, and the Northern Expedition was difficult." Now the one in charge of the government is a traitorous minister, Ba Jun remembers the old feelings of the first emperor, they will not remember, the dangerous banquet tonight is the proof! ”

"If Ba Jun doesn't want to be harmed by daggers and poisons in the future, he still raises troops to respond to Marquis Wu Zhong, doing so is precisely to set things right, and he is loyal to Qin, not betraying Qin!"

Ba Zhong sighed, pointing to the huge stone castle behind him, as well as the surrounding Lilu who depended on Ba's life: "Having said that, once the army is raised, my family's gold industry will be wasted, and thousands of people will also be affected by the war." ”

Lu Jia laughed secretly, okay, after the scene was finished, it was finally the turn of bargaining.

Ba Zhong said so much, it was nothing more than asking Lu Jia in a roundabout way: "If I promise to raise troops, Marquis Wu Zhong, what can you give me?" ”

A businessman never does unprofitable business, not to mention that this matter is extremely risky, and the greater the reward he pursues.

Lu Jia said: "The first of the Ba clan started by boiling well salt, and then obtained the Dan cave in the mountains, and he was good at it for several generations, and his family was not happy. In Ba Jun's life, he was able to keep his business, defend himself with money, and opened up industries such as planting sugarcane, brown sugar, and slaves, and his family business became bigger and bigger, and he was known as the world's richest man with the Beidi Wushi. ”

"But since the death of Huai Qingjun, Ba's treatment is far worse than that of Wu's, dansha, well salt, and brown sugar have all been included in the franchise by the government, and Ba can only rely on opening the southwest and selling servants, barely making ends meet."

Although Lu Jia is a Confucian scholar and doesn't like businessmen very much, his current identity is a lobbyist and he can say anything nonsense.

"Among the Qin officials, the person who values the businessman the most is Wu Zhonghou, if Ba Shi is anyway, afterwards, Dansha, brown sugar, and well salt can all be returned!"

This is a promise of goods, and then there is a status.

"Wu Shi Lu than the king, when and the ministers to invite, the status of the monarch's mother, and Wu Shi Lu, so after his death, the world often with the honorific title of 'Huai Qing Jun', but unfortunately, this is not an official title, can not be passed on."

"Ba Shi is the queen of the king, it can be described as rich and expensive, there is a fact but no name, it is not appropriate, Marquis Wu Zhong promised, after the matter is completed, Ba Jun can be officially named Huaiqing Jun, and the descendants will continue this knight!"

Ba Zhong was moved.

In the country of Cuba, the Emperor was divided into five clans, namely the Ba clan, the Fan clan, the Yu clan, the Xiang clan, and the Zheng clan, which constituted the ruling class of the Ba country, called the "inner five clans", located in the core area, among which the Ba clan was the most expensive, second only to the royal family surnamed Ji. In addition, 賨 (cóng), Pu, Tho, Gong, Lu, 獽 (ráng), 夷, 蜑 (dàn) are the "Outer Eight Divisions", which are located in the surrounding areas of the country of Pakistan.

Now that the country of Ba has been destroyed for a hundred years, the royal family surnamed Ji has died, but the five clans and the eight tribes have continued. Therefore, the widow Qing's husband's family can be described as rich and expensive among the Ba people, named Shangjia, but she is actually the female chief of Tusi, and she has always lacked an official title.

At present, Heifu has promised Ba Zhong the position of "prince".

Although it is still far from the position of "Ba King", it is a huge breakthrough.

Seeing that Ba Zhong was becoming more and more shaken, Lu Jia made persistent efforts and said: "Ba Zhong can think about it the other way, if he kidnaps Mrs. Jun's mother and son at this time, and then cooks Lu Jia, can he dispel the suspicion of the government?" ”

He shook his head: "I'm afraid not, in the eyes of the government, Ba Jun is just a lowly businessman, out of Tong County, any small official can tie you up and kill you!" ”

"But if you serve the Marquis of Wuzhong, you can be a prince, and the goods and property of Ba County belong to Ba Shi, why not?"

"Good!"

Ba Zhong thought about it, he had turned his face with the local government, whether he rebelled or not, he couldn't tell clearly, so he ordered his cronies: "Send someone to kill the county commander and lieutenant, and no one of his family members will be left!" ”

Why did this man suddenly become ruthless? Lu Jia said: "...... over there in Tong County"

Ba Zhong laughed and pulled Lu Jia to the edge of the stone castle: "Mr. Lu, please look!" ”

The two of them stood hundreds of feet high, looking at the other side of the river, where the lights were bright, and they were all Ba warriors holding torches, and the river was flushed.

After deciding to move, Ba Zhong's tone seemed to have become a little different, and he said proudly:

"Tong County is my family's territory, and the order of Tong County is just to come here to hang a name, since the government has done it to me first, I can only fight back, and Tong County is now under the Marquis of Wuzhong!"

Lu Jia clapped his hands and said: "This is very good, I will immediately report this good news to Mrs. Jun, without further ado, I hope that Ba Jun will quickly send someone to Yufu, break through the soldiers of Ba Jun Lieutenant, and take Wu Chen into Ba!" ”

But Ba Zhong didn't do it honestly, but looked at Lu Jia strangely: "As a scribe, does Mr. Lu still know how to march and fight?" ”

Lu Jia heard a hint of something wrong, coughed and said: "This is the military strategy set by Marquis Wuzhong, Ba Jun, since he has joined the Northern Expeditionary Army, it is best to follow it, Junhou is a famous general in the world, and he has never been defeated for more than ten years, listening to him, it will not be wrong." ”

Ba Zhong shook his head: "Marquis Wu Zhong has never been to Badi after all, there are some things that he doesn't know very well......"

Then he smiled and said: "Of course, I am a businessman and I don't know how to fight, so it is better to ask the head of my family's samurai." ”

As he spoke, Ba Zhong beckoned the nine-foot-tall giant man over and introduced:

"This is Danhu, a warrior of the Cóng people, a hero who shoots tigers, he is crammed into a cabin, and the old acquaintance of Marquis Wuzhong has gnawed a piece of salt, and once took my servants to fight against the Southwest Yi, and he knows a little about military affairs. Danhu, tell me, what should you do next? ”

Danhu patted his chest embroidered with tiger stripes, and said angrily in the language of the Ba people.

Ba Zhong nodded and repeated: "Danhu said that Tong County is more than 600 miles away from Jiangguan, and the mountain road goes south, and it will take at least half a month to gather people to go over. ”

"And Jiangzhou County (now Chongqing) in the west, that is, Ba County County, is only two hundred miles away from Tong County, and the road is easy to walk, if it is fast, it only takes a few days!"

"Instead of giving up the near and seeking far, it is better to lead people to attack Jiangzhou County, the county soldiers are exhausted, the county is empty, and there are only more than 1,000 guards, after seizing the county seat, I will hold high the banner of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and order the whole county Ba people, five clans and eight clans, to respond together!"

The Ba people are brave, even women can fight with swords, if they can really gather the five clans and eight clans, the strength is nearly 20,000!

Lu Jia looked at Danhu and then at Ba Zhong, and was suspicious, but this was someone else's territory, so he finally swallowed his words back and said with a smile:

"The battle of Muye, Ba Shi Yongrui, as a striker, singing and dancing to Ling Yin people, killing Yin people to bleed and drift, so the world is called it: King Wu cut down, before singing and dancing also. That being the case, I only hope that Ba Jun can follow the example of his ancestors and be the vanguard of the benevolent army......"

"That's how it should be."

"Lu Jia still has to report to Mrs. Jun, can you send me to Beizhuang overnight?"

This time, Lu Jia refused to sit on the sliding pole and chose to walk down the mountain, before leaving, he glanced back, looked at Ba Zhong who was standing by the stone castle, raised his eyebrows, and said secretly:

"It's really careless, but he underestimated this Ba people, he wants to take Jiangzhou County first, and he wants to respect himself!"