Liu Yuan sat cross-legged on the ridge of the ravine, although it was quite indecent with two dark circles under his eyes, but his interest looked very good.

Ge Cai is gone.

Yesterday, General Li Mi, who was stationed in Ezhou City, sent a large number of ordnance and supplies, mules and horses, and along with these things, there was also a female officer. This female officer came specifically to sneak Ge Caiti back.

Ge Cai, who was unmoved no matter how much Liu Yuan pleaded and threatened earlier, immediately meekly agreed when she saw the female officer, and after the female officer told her that the general ordered her to return to Ezhou City immediately, like a quail. Of course, looking back, the docile quail turned into an angry battle chicken, and the two boss's fists gave Liu Yuan a left and right shot, and then angrily packed up the package and saluted and left.

Liu Yuan ignored his previous suspicions, and sent them all the way for more than ten miles, telling each other all the way, until the female officer rolled her eyes, and it was not until Ge Cai raised her fist again that he reluctantly said goodbye, watching them disappear from his field of vision.

Today, they are here to deliver these ordnance.

Unlike in the past, when they patrolled with only a few dozen or more than a hundred people, today a full 3,000 people came, fully armed and heavily guarded.

Leng Feng held a grenade in his hand, tossed it up and down, walked to Liu Yuan's side, and sat down next to him.

"It's all good stuff! Our battalion has never distributed so many grenades and fire bombs at one time, and I really want to keep some of them. Leng Feng said.

"You can give it a try!" Liu Yuangan smiled: "I can pretend not to know." ”

"Of course you can pretend you don't know, but the Ombudsman will clean me up!" Leng Feng let out a long sigh: "What is this for?" So many good things are given to the other side, if we turn our faces and do it with us, our battalion will bear the brunt, and we are afraid that we will suffer heavy casualties. ”

"First of all, this is not a send, this is a sale!" Liu Yuandao: "And it's still sold for a good price." A grenade, as far as I know, costs about five silver dollars a piece, but when it is sold, it sells for twenty silver dollars, and a thousand grenades can sell for 200,000 silver dollars. Secondly, Liu Xinda has these things, in fact, he doesn't dare to fight with us, he will see the gap in strength, he will only run. This guy has been fighting with us for so many years, and he is too familiar with us, since he can't beat us, he will pick and bully us. This time we were able to get Jiujiang without bloodshed, and next time, we followed his ass, maybe we could get more places. ”

"Forego for me!" Leng Feng shook his head and said: "It's just that this Liu Xinda is a madman now, and wherever he goes, it will inevitably become a ruin, and some of the people will be uncomfortable." ”

Liu Yuan sneered: "Liu Xinda wants to run now, if he wants to stay away from us, he has to fight with others, he is now a rootless duckweed, and to earn with others, he needs to have stronger force than others, so he can only turn to us for help." And we can give it to him, but we need him to pay a high price, and he needs more money. Leng Feng, you say, how much money do ordinary people have in their homes for him to rob? ”

Leng Feng shook his head: "Jiangxi is good, Hunan is good, in order to get more money to expand the armament, their officials are constantly increasing taxes and endowments, and the common people are about to be tossed by them." ”

"That's right, the people have nothing to rob there. They are all so poor that they are tinkling, and there is still extra money there for Liu Xinda to rob. So he, Liu Xinda, can only rob those rich and rob those wealthy families. Liu Yuan said: "Clan rule." Hehe, when we were in class at Yixing Club, did you listen carefully? ”

"I listened carefully, but the more I listened, the easier it was to doze off!" Leng Feng replied seriously.

Liu Yuan laughed: "You should listen carefully." The clan rule in the south is more difficult than in the past in the north. Speaking of which, the chaos and battles in the past few decades have been far less severe in the south than in the north, so the clan rule in the south is also deeper than that in the north, and the people there are more accustomed to the rule of one clan and one clan. Why didn't we immediately send troops to attack people like Qian Wenzhong and Ding Taiyi when we had such a big advantage? ”

"Why?"

"Because they are easy to fight, it is estimated that the army will be destroyed by one shot, and then what?" Liu Yuanyi spread his hands: "Then what should I do to govern the place?" Those wealthy families, those landlords and rich families, and those intricate and complicated clan relations, it is our turn to deal with them. After these places in Dizhou surrendered back then, our magistrates are still fighting wits and courage with these rotten things and these guys! Many policies still cannot be implemented on the ground. It costs more money than rebuilding on top of ruins. How smart those guys are, they quickly learned how to maneuver with us within the rules we set. ”

"Speaking of which, they are also our people of the Tang Dynasty, and they can't directly cut them with knives." Leng Feng said.

"If we do this, His Majesty the Emperor will not agree, and Chun Yu Yue Shangshu and his disciples and grandchildren will also fight with us." Liu Yuandao: "The lecturer who lectured to us said that since we have formulated the rules, then we must first abide by them, even if we find that these rules have loopholes, we can only modify them slowly, but before they are modified, we must also follow the previous rules." said that this is the rule of law in the country, only when our officials and people are accustomed to this way of doing things, our Datang can last for a long time. ”

"It's just too unpleasant." Leng Feng shook his head and said.

"Governing the country, where does it come from?" Liu Yuan let out a breath and said: "I heard that the person who said these words made His Majesty greatly appreciated, and now he is using it in Chunyu Lao Shangshu!" And it was precisely because of this discipline that the imperial court decided to temporarily stop the pace of conquest and first use some other means to see if it could solve these problems at a smaller cost. It's easy to fight, but it's really hard to govern well. ”

That's why I had this plan to kill people with a knife. In this way, when we pass in the future, the resistance in these places will almost disappear, and we will not have to bear the stigma. Leng Feng suddenly realized. This ploy is vicious! ”

After saying this, he looked at Liu Yuan and looked at him coldly, and he understood in an instant.

"I like it, though."

He hastened to add.

"And it's not all!" Liu Yuan said: "Isn't this going to fight Tubo?" A lot of manpower and material resources of the imperial court have to be tilted in which way, and His Majesty does not want to start a war on both sides, so of course it should be easier if it can be easier. ”

"General, tell me about such a bitter cold place in Tibet, what are we going to do when we fight it?" Leng Feng said puzzledly: "I have a fellow villager, who was a soldier over there, and when he was on vacation last year, he happened to meet him returning to his hometown and province, and he said that the place was really not a place for people, and when he first went, it was difficult to even take a breath, and many people died." ”

"Strategic security!" Liu Yuan said: "Over the years, as long as Tubo is a little stronger, it will condescendingly attack and harass us, and a few years ago, even our Western Regions were robbed. What kind of person would His Majesty now, how could he tolerate such a fellow sleeping soundly beside the couch? Of course, it must be taken down completely. No matter what the place is? But there must be no enemy of ours there. ”

"Understood, precautions are better than prevention. The reason why these Tibetans are respectful to us at the moment is that they can't afford to provoke us because we are strong, and they can't win the war, and if we are weakened a little, they will pounce on us and bite us. So simply do it once and for all. ”

"That's what it means!" Liu Yuandao.

There was a loud sound of military trumpets behind him, and the two people who spoke stood up together, and in the distance, smoke and dust were billowing out, and it was obvious that a large group of people was approaching. Without Liu Yuan and Leng Feng's orders, the three thousand Tang troops who were resting behind them were immediately ready for battle.

One is one and two battalion generals, but they are standing at the forefront easily, staring at the smoke and dust in the distance.

A moment later, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and a group of about 1,000 soldiers and horses appeared in front of their eyes. When they were about three miles away from them, most of these people were foot soldiers, but there were quite a few chariots and horses with them, and Liu Yuan laughed happily looking at the boxes and cages loaded on the carriage.

It was full of his gold and silver treasures. It is the money that the other party uses to buy these ordnance from them.

Several horsemen and horses rushed over, and the person who took the lead was Teng Jian, whom Liu Yuan had seen earlier.

"General Liu." Teng Jian turned over and dismounted, his eyes swept over the row of boxes placed on the side, dozens of boxes didn't take up much space, but they asked for a full 400,000 taels of silver.

"General Teng, where's the money?" Liu Yuan looked at the other party with a smile: "Pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." ”

"It's okay, we can pay first!" Teng Jian took a deep breath and said generously.

Leng Feng behind Liu Yuan rolled his eyes, pretending to be generous. Anyway, if we don't sell it to you, you won't have the land to buy it.

Boxes of gold and silver were carried over, and they were opened in front of Liu Yuan, Leng Feng and thousands of Tang Army soldiers, and the yellow and white ones were really dazzling people's eyes.

Teng Jian looked at Liu Yuan and Leng Feng's indifferent expressions, and when he saw the soldiers behind them, he didn't even look at them, but only focused on his entourage on the opposite side, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The two forces are indeed not on the same level.

After personally inspecting the grenades and fierce fire bombs, Teng Jian watched his subordinates carry these things away and lead some of the war horses over, and then he was relieved.

To be honest, he was really worried that the other party would eat black.

"General Liu, I will leave here, and there will be a period later. When our itinerary is decided, we will let the general know. ”