Chapter 236: Borrowing Wine and Scolding
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As soon as Tang Zhangwei got off the boat, he ran into Wang Ran, an old fool who borrowed wine and scolded him.
A drunken old guy walked in front of Tang Zhangwei for no reason, and scolded Tang Zhangwei for a while, this stupid guy seems to have a bit of a problem with his intelligence.
Tang Zhangwei was stunned by the scolding, he thought that he had no grievances with this old thing, why did he scold himself?
The old guy Wang Ran used to be a small official in the Tang Dynasty, and later when Tang Zhangwei's army went on an expedition to the Eastern Roman Empire, he responded to the call and moved to the Eastern Roman Empire with the immigrants of the Tang Dynasty.
Contrary to what everyone thinks, in fact, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Leo VI, still used those immigrants and officials of the Tang Dynasty very much, after all, these people represent advanced civilization.
Of course, in terms of technology, many of the military technologies and machine manufacturing industries of the Eastern Roman Empire are far ahead.
However, the huge size of the Tang Empire, and the ability to imitate, far surpassed the Eastern Roman Empire. After all, the Eastern Roman Empire was a second-rate empire under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.
The old king broke away from the bureaucratic system of the Tang Dynasty, because the Tang Dynasty did not need so many officials in the colonial provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire.
In these places, a large number of Tang bureaucrats joined the ruling apparatus of the Eastern Roman Empire, and these people served the Eastern Roman Empire's Emperor Leo VI.
However, by the time Tang Zhangwei set foot on the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire again, Wang Ran, as a low-level minor official of the Eastern Roman Empire, had already retired.
Wang Ran was in charge of overseeing the Tang Dynasty proper, and conducting random inspections of trade with Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
In this position, there are not many people who can retire peacefully.
Wang Ran didn't know if it was because he was timid or for other reasons, he didn't participate in the collection of black money that many people did.
Because of this, this old guy is psychologically unbalanced.
Every day, Wang Ran wandered around the docks of the Golden Horn in Constantinople. The person waiting for the pitch curries favor with him in order to sell what he has on hand.
The old thing Wang Ran will be fooled by those who sell it, and after a long time, everyone knows that this old guy is greedy and domineering.
Wang Ran's son, Wang Yuanzhang, was a scribe, he was strong and intelligent, but because he was too upright, he was ostracized many times.
In Wang Ran's opinion, Wang Yuanzhang, a scribe, is a ridiculous person, but Wang Yuanzhang, an upright person, is using his tenacity to change the world little by little, and he has tried his best to make this world a better place.
The old guy Wang Ran was full of scolding when Tang Zhangwei and the others got off the boat.
This is a habit of Wang Ran, in Wang Ran's opinion, it seems that the whole world owes him, but this world has its own set of operating rules, and a poor worm like Wang Ran will only be bullied and eliminated by society, and no one will pity him.
Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said to Tang Zhangwei: "You don't pay attention to him, you can pay some money and let others clean him up." ”
Tang Zhangwei said: "Your method is good, and you can let others help you get things done with some money." ”
Bai Cunxiao said: "This old thing, talking nonsense all day long, really wants to tear his dog's mouth." ”
Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said: "The old thing's mouth is disgusting, in the past, this old thing had a little power in his hands, and others swallowed it, but now this old thing is not bullshit, so no one pays attention to this old guy." ”
Tang Zhangwei said: "No matter what, old things shouldn't be angry with others when they are unhappy." ”
Princess Suining said: "This kind of old thing takes the money, and is always dissatisfied, pointing and scolding, you see their stinky face, like an old toad." ”
When the old guy gets angry, he does look like an old toad.
This old guy is an idiot, don't bother with him, it's an open secret, but many people don't remember it. They only know that they have been insulted, so they want to seek revenge on these bastards.
The old thing borrowed wine and scolded the seat, which was not a big deal when the Tang Dynasty army was stationed here in large numbers. However, later, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Leo VI, continued to send people to the Tang Dynasty to make trouble, and Tang Zhangwei continued to reduce the Tang garrison in order to reduce expenses.
At this time, the army in the Eastern Roman Empire could only play a deterrent role, but because Tang Zhangwei had transferred the Tang garrisons from all of Europe to exterminate and annihilate the rebellious armies of European countries, these people in the Eastern Roman Empire did not know whether the Tang army of the Eastern Roman Empire was really withdrawn, or was ambushed in a corner they didn't know, and these people were very conflicted.
General Tang Zhangwei's large number of transfers led to the shrinkage of the Tang army of the Eastern Roman Empire to a ridiculous level.
However, it is a secret, and like the secret of the Nile, only a very small number of people know about it.
There are very few people in the Tang garrison who know about this, everyone only knows that the generals of the Tang army garrison treat the emperor of Eastern Rome very favorably, and they never imagined that there are so many articles behind this preferential treatment.
Thinking of his weak military strength in the Eastern Roman Empire, Tang Zhangwei was sensitive to the fact that he couldn't get angry, as a smart person, he just knew when he could attack the enemy and when he could endure it.
However, that old thing Wang Ran was quickly cleaned up, and the old thing's mouth was too cheap, so he was naturally retaliated against.
A good man who could not bear his insults stabbed a knife into his stomach.
That barbarian, because he couldn't bear the insults of the old thing's foul language, he resisted angrily and harvested the life of the old guy Wang Ran with one sword.
When the old thing Wang Ran fell to the ground, his eyes widened in disbelief.
The old guy Wang Ran, he couldn't imagine that he had worked hard to become a screw in the Tang Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, but in the end, he lost his life because of a few words.
After Tang Zhangwei found out, he smiled, and he informed Bai Cunxiao, Princess Suining, and Han Yong, the head of the mercenary group, who were busy, the good news.
Tang Zhangwei built a new intelligence network among the Tang immigrants of the Eastern Roman Empire, which was used to monitor the emperor Leo VI of the Eastern Roman Empire, and also supervised other low-level forces of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Tang Zhangwei is a tiger who eats meat for thousands of miles, and he relied on his own hands in the Eastern Roman Empire to reopen a piece of the world.
In the vicinity of Constantinople, there were many villages and towns that fled because they were too much to be exploited by the tax collectors.
These people fled to the steppes of Eastern Europe, where they sought hope and a happy future.
The Tang immigrants, and the barbarian tribes, together protected these fugitives from the Eastern Roman Empire.
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