Chapter 124 Secret Scheme
The murder of the family and the abduction of his wife and daughter as concubines and slaves for sexual pleasure have happened in this land in the past few decades. A fierce woman who is really unwilling to be humiliated and does not hesitate to die with the enemy and thieves is extremely rare.
After all, as long as you are human, you will have a strong desire to survive.
Therefore, Han Qian kept Mrs. Xi by his side, and Gao Shao and Tian Cheng only thought that they should keep an eye on it in the early stage, and slowly resolve their intention to die, and they didn't think that even if a desperate woman practiced her hands and feet again, she could really do anything earth-shattering.
Seeing that Han Qian left Mrs. Xi in the house for a day and two nights, he instructed them to go to the craftsmen of the Engineer Academy to build a pair of silver ring ankles with bells according to the size of Mrs. Xi's ankles.
Han Qian kicked each of them.
The silver-ringed anklet bracelet was very convenient to make, and the Engineer Institute sent someone to deliver it at noon.
I don't know if it was Gao Shao who specially ordered them, in addition to the ankle bracelet can be fastened with rivets, the silver bell is also a two-layer hollow structure, and it is difficult to stuff foreign objects to prevent the bell from ringing.
From then on, as long as the silver bell could be heard ringing in the yard, it would be known that Xi Ying was walking.
Watching Xi Ying raise his feet and let the craftsman buckle the ankle bracelet and rivet him to death, Han Qian secretly thought in frustration, if he really had any thoughts about Xi Ying, wouldn't the guards guarding the courtyard be able to hear the length of his time and the intensity of his movements through the ringing of the silver bell?
Looking at Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, Yang Qin and the others standing aside and exchanging glances, secretly thinking that most of these guys were also thinking about the same dirty thoughts, Han Qian thought to himself, how could he come up with this stupid idea of cocooning himself again?
After the craftsman riveted the anklet to death, Han Qian couldn't wait to let people prepare horses and go to Guanyue Tower for a banquet.
Xi Ying washed and changed into a skirt, under the leno, the flesh color was faintly revealed like jade, and the bandeau was even more undulating snow white.
At the same time, Xi Ying is two years older than Zhao Ting'er, and the places where his body should grow have also grown, in addition to his bright and moving face, his round hips and straight chest posture also reveal a more seductive charm.
This made Han Qian feel more and more that putting an ankle bracelet and silver bell on Xi Ying was a stupid idea.
Xi Ying rode on horseback, revealing snow-white slender ankles under the skirt, and with the movement of the horse's hooves, the silver bell made a crisp sound, and it was particularly eye-catching through the streets and alleys.
Xi Ying still didn't adapt to this kind of "humiliation" that was almost like a public display, and when she walked into Guanyue Tower and saw the guests in the building running over to salute Han Qian, her eyes were so weird that she felt uncomfortable all over.
It's just that her tenacious nature forces her to fight against this uncomfortable feeling, which also makes her exude a fierce temperament.
Han Qian asked the shopkeeper to empty the elegant house in the backyard of Guanyue Building, and told the shopkeeper that he liked to eat duck, and asked the chef here to make a few more duck dishes for him to taste.
Even if there is no movement these days, Han Qian, as the son of the assassin history, will not dare to meet this request; Han Qian took the initiative to let Hu Wei block the passage in and out of the backyard house, so that other guests would not have the opportunity to come and disturb him.
Xi Ying didn't know what Han Qian's intention was by doing this, not to mention that Guanyuelou was not famous for making ducks, and there were not many people who raised ducks and poultry in Xuzhou, thinking that maybe Han Qian really liked to eat ducks in Jinling.
After the men in Guanyuelou put a table full of dishes, Gao Shao brought in two men dressed as captains, wearing straw sandals, and with mud on their feet, and she saw clearly that one of them was Gao Bao, who was very close to his brother and brought the news that his brother was killed by Han Qian, her beautiful eyes widened.
Gao Bao saw Xi Ying's fierce staring, and his heart was empty, but he was really worried that Han Qian would kill Xi Cheng in order to please the beauty, and then hand him over to Xi Ying.
Han Qian saw Xi Yingxing's eyes staring at Gao Bao, looked at Xi Ying and said: "Xi Cheng has to be loyal to Feng Changyu and fight for the tiger when he is dying. And Gao Bao sneaked back to Jingyun Village, and he also acted according to my orders, and it was also his secret cooperation that I was able to capture Ji Kun - if you can't suppress this resentment, it seems that there is no need for our cooperation to continue! ”
Xi Ying took a deep breath before taking her sharp eyes off Gao Bao's face, she never thought that the Han family's father and son had just arrived in Xuzhou for a day, and they had already made Gao Bao and Feng Xuan use for them.
Xi Ying is quite familiar with Gao Bao, and usually disdainful of his greedy nature, thinking that if he is caught by Han Qian, it is normal for him to be used by Han Qian while being greedy for life and afraid of death, but Feng Xuan is quite famous in Xuzhou, how could he easily betray Shanyue and be used by the Han family's father and son?
Han Qian motioned for Gao Bao and Feng Xuan to sit down and speak.
Seeing that Han Qian took everything on his head, and he didn't summon him to kill and please the beauty, Gao Bao reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead, sat down at the table with his empty ass, and hung his heart before falling back from his throat.
Feng Xuan saw that Mrs. Xi was present, and heard Han Qian say that he had any cooperation with Mrs. Xi, but his mind was puzzled, he didn't know what cooperation Han Qian and Mrs. Xi had secretly negotiated, and what orders he had ordered to summon them secretly this time.
Han Qian asked everyone to sit down, and before raising the feast, he said:
"Mrs. Xi promised that within ten years, she would lead the children of the Xi family to be loyal to Zuo Si. Feng Xuan, from now on, you must do everything possible to redeem the children of the Xi family who are scattered in various villages as slaves, and I will give you all the money you need! ”
Hearing Han Qian say this, everyone suddenly thought that Xi Yi was actually the only heir of the Xi family.
Although the Shanyue tribes also have a tradition of passing on male succession, the chieftain's heirs are not good, or there is no male inheritance, and it is not that there are no examples of female protagonists.
The most famous is Xian Zhen, the lady of the Lingnan Lady more than 400 years ago.
The Xi family used to be a wealthy family with a big surname that was not weaker than the four surnames between the two states of Chenxu, but under the blows of Ma Yuanheng and Feng Changyu and others who spared no effort for more than ten years, it can be said that they were wiped out at this time, and the last remnants of the clan were already sold by Feng Changyu to the land of Chenxu and Shaoheng as slaves.
The Xi family has been destroyed, and the identity of Xi Ying, the heir, is useless, but if the Xi family can be reunited through redemption, won't the Xi family be reborn from the ashes?
At this time, Xi Ying's identity can play a vital role, making the Xi family's disciples obey Han Qian's orders.
Feng Xuan's heart was a little bitter, he understood that Han Qian wanted him to come forward to buy the Xi family's disciples, on the one hand, he undoubtedly wanted to be able to hide people's eyes, but on the other hand, when the time came, the Xi family's children under his command would gather more and more, and on the surface, he Feng Xuan's power in Xuzhou would become bigger and bigger, but in fact, he was more and more tightly controlled by Han Qian.
In the end, unless Mrs. Xi had different intentions, he didn't expect to get rid of Han Qian's control at all.
When the Xi clan was completely defeated by Feng Changyu in the sixth year of Tianyou, more than 3,000 people were sold to various places as slaves.
This population, if it is placed in other places, is nothing at all, after all, there are only three or five hundred brave people who can be used for conquest, but in Xuzhou, the Xi clan can be secretly gathered, and in the end, the cohesion and centripetal force of the Xi clan can be re-assembled through Mrs. Xi, it will be a force that cannot be ignored and hidden in the shadows.
This is much more realistic and feasible than asking Feng Xuan to form a force that can compete with the four surnames in Xuzhou within three or four years under the premise of not having much foundation, and under the premise of being guarded and infiltrated by the four surnames.
Feng Xuan couldn't refuse, even if he didn't want to, he could only nod his head and agree, and then said that Feng Changyu asked him to talk to Jingyunzhai yesterday.
The four surnames could not refuse the conditions put forward by the new assassin Han Daoxun, and also agreed to accept the formation of a fleet with Feng Xuan and his subordinates, transport Xuzhou products to Jinling, and trade with the warehouse to which Zuo Si belonged.
However, in addition to ensuring the cultivation of the existing fields in the village, Feng Xuan transferred out all the men who could be used, and there were less than forty people, not to mention that Feng Xuan did not have a ship that could transport goods.
Feng Changyu found Feng Xuan, and the four surnames will each send out two thousand-stone ships, with a capacity of one hundred stones to equip the standard of one captain sailor, plus the necessary guards, how can eight thousand-stone ships need to use a hundred people.
Feng Changyu's suggestion to Feng Xuan was that Feng Xuan would send out twenty people from the village, and twenty people from each of the four surnames, so as to gather enough manpower to form a fleet.
In fact, it was a promise to let Feng Xuanxu receive the wages of twenty people every time he took a boat.
Based on the strength of two liters of japonica rice and ten cents a day, even if he spends half of the time on the boat in a year, Feng Xuan can receive 60,000 or 70,000 yuan in vain.
This can be said to be a huge amount of money in Xuzhou, which is poor and bad, you must know that Feng Xuan's village, with a small population of 200 people, may not be able to have 350,000 yuan or 180 stone of grain in a year.
"I didn't ask the young master, and I didn't dare to agree to Feng Changyu casually, but I just told Feng Changyu to let me think about it for two days." Feng Xuan said.
"You go to reply to Feng Changyu, and say that the four surnames in the fleet can each produce ten people, and your village has few people, so you should let the four surnames each sell ten village slaves to you to make up for the lack of manpower, but don't deliberately mention the Xi family's village slaves," Han Qian said, "Also, even if the village slaves are sold cheaply, you have to pay the account with the four surnames first." ”
Feng Xuan's village, regardless of men and women, is currently only a hundred strong laborers, if he can get forty village slaves at once, his strength is equivalent to a direct increase of three or four percent.
Although Feng Changyu sold the slaves on his side, he would not sell the entire family of slaves to Feng Xuan, and most of the family members of the slaves would be separated and sold to Feng Xuan, forming a certain degree of containment, but it didn't matter, after all, these were only the first steps; At the same time, for the first time, you can't deliberately pick the slaves of the Xi clan to buy them.
However, as long as the four surnames do not deliberately guard against Feng Xuan and make a few more boats to Jinling, Feng Xuan, with the support of Han Qian, will secretly gather more and more financial resources, and more and more village slaves will be redeemed, especially more and more Xi family village slaves, and it will soon condense into a rising force in Xuzhou that is not controlled by the four surnames.
This force is not only unaware of the four surnames, but even Tanzhou is impossible to guard against!
Thinking of this, Han Qian was also quite proud, took a piece of duck breast meat with chopsticks, took a bite, frowned and said, "This doesn't taste right!" ”
Gao Shao and Tian Cheng changed their colors in a panic, and said: "We specially let people stare at the back kitchen, and we also made people do tricks? ”
"It's that the taste is not authentic, it's not that you're drugged, what are you nervous about?" Han Qian sandwiched another piece of duck lo-mei, tasted it, and frowned even tighter, "When I came back last time, I was thinking about receiving gifts in my heart, but I didn't seriously taste the dishes of Guanyuelou, this lo-mei actually has a trace of sourness, it seems that the cooking level of restaurants in Qianyang City needs to be improved urgently!" Gao Shao, you send Feng Xuan and Gao Bao away, and then call the chef over, I want to ask him where he learned the craft, it is so rough! ”
Feng Xuan and Gao Bao looked at each other, not knowing what Han Qian wanted to do, or was it that the owner of Guanyue Tower gave the young officiant a light gift that day? However, Han Qian had already ordered Gao Shao to send them away, and they were afraid of revealing their whereabouts, so they didn't dare to stay longer, so they retired first......