Chapter 584: Gift-giving

The things to be done in the capital have been successfully concluded, and Shi Bin has also put most of his heart away. Because as long as there is a war, no matter whether it wins or loses, the Song court must first fight a result with the Yuan people before peace talks are possible. In this way, as long as Shi Bin remains undefeated, he can continue to entrench himself in his original territory. Otherwise, the Yuan people may move their army south at any time to recapture a large area of land recovered by the Song court.

I don't think that Lu Wende has no eyes and no good officials in Lin'an City, Shi Bin believes that the news of Li Zong's support for the war against Yuan has been known to Lu Wende. Shi Bin also believes that Lu Wende is thinking about how to deal with this change, because once the war starts, Lu Wende will not be able to stay out of the matter, and will inevitably go north to support him, and this support will be exquisite.

Therefore, at a dinner party, Shi Bin asked: "Wang San, now that we are going to Lu Wende's, how do you think Lu Wende will respond to our request?" After all, I didn't believe what I said, and I lost Lu Wenfu's official. Now I feel a little embarrassed to talk to him about promises. ”

smiled helplessly, obviously feeling helpless that Shi Bin actually got into the tip of the horns again. Wang Sanchang sighed and said, "Big brother, when you helped Lu Wenfu to protect his official position, you didn't owe him anything to the Lu family. After helping the white-eyed wolf keep his official position, he didn't ask for anything in return, but increased his real power. Later, when he went to Yangzhou to ask for support from your father-in-law, Lu Wende just beat the side drum and took more than 300,000 stone of grain and a lot of equipment. After returning to Taiyuan, Lu Wende actually connived at Lu Wenfu to blackmail you, and it seems that there is no need to talk too much about credibility with such a person. What's more, Lu Wenfu was a beast before, you didn't move Lu Wenfu when you looked at his face, and it didn't take long for Lu Wenfu to have a bad heart again. So if you want me to say, it is already very benevolent and righteous to let Lu Wenfu lose his office, so as long as Lu Wende still has some conscience, he should be grateful to you. ”

"Well, you have a point. So how can you talk to him and work together to fight against the yuan? Shi Bin asked.

Seeing that Shi Bin didn't quite agree with what he said, Wang San then said: "Big brother, say whatever you want." You didn't throw Lu Wenfu into the prison, you are worthy of him Lu Wende. What's more, with all due respect, even if Lu Wende does not fully support it, as long as we act carefully, it may not be impossible to take Hebei. As long as there are no major accidents, there will definitely be no problem in withdrawing troops to keep Hedong and Shaanxi. So Lu Wende is not so important. ”

When Wang San said this, Shi Bin laughed at himself: "It seems that I am worried about nothing." This is to repay grievances with virtue, and it really has to vary from person to person. ”

These words made Wang San, Zhao Gang and Xu Feng feel a lot more relaxed, at least they didn't have to worry about Shi Bin affecting the negotiation because of the ridiculous 'embarrassment'.

After another day, Shi Bin explained the matter to Zhao Gang again and left Lin'an for Hongzhou (Nanchang, Jiangxi).

The speed of taking the water route is more than twice as fast as that of the land route, which originally took at least half a month, but the water route was completed in only six days.

Soon arrived at the city of Hongzhou, due to the persuasion of Wang San before, Shi Bin was indeed no longer a little uneasy, and it was absolutely natural. didn't come to Hongzhou to have fun, so as soon as they entered the city, Shi Bin and the others went straight to Lu Wende's mansion. In order not to seem too ignorant of etiquette, Shi Bin still bought a few boxes of fairly good pastries on the street as a meeting gift.

The porter of the Lu Mansion has long been very familiar with Shi Bin, even though he knows that his master has not had such a good relationship with this evil god recently, he still invited Shi Bin and the others into the living room very enthusiastically. After one person got a pot of good West Lake Longjing, he went to the inner courtyard to ask Lu Wende for advice.

"Wang San, do you think this Lu Wende will see us?" Shi Bin asked.

"I will meet naturally, but I'm afraid I don't want to see it so much. If the eldest brother feels that it is difficult to speak, then the younger brother will speak. If Lu Wende asks about Lu Wenfu's dismissal, please don't open your mouth, and the younger brother will deal with everything. ”

was worried that it was difficult to speak, and when he heard Wang San say this, Shi Bin couldn't wait for this, so he naturally agreed immediately. Just tell Wang San not to ignore and forgive people, and save some face for Lu Wende.

thought that Lu Wende would deliberately drag it out to show his dissatisfaction. But what was surprising was that before Shi Bin and Wang San finished their cup of tea, Lu Wende arrived.

Obviously, he was not very satisfied with Shi Bin's untrustedness, so when he greeted Shi Bin, he said, "Hello, Lord Shi." May I ask why you are here at the humble house? ’

Naturally, he wouldn't use a hot face to stick a cold buttocks, and Shi Bin said, "Hello, Lord Lu." Shi came only to fight against the Yuan. ”

"Anti-Yuan?" Lu Wende was very 'surprised' and said: "Lord Shi is not joking? We have already reached an agreement on the matter of resisting the Yuan before, so why should we discuss the matter of resisting the Yuan now? Speaking of this, Lu Wende paused for a moment and then 'suddenly realized', and immediately said 'angrily': "Isn't it that Lord Shi doesn't believe me Lu Wende, and thinks that I, Lu Wende, will turn a blind eye or even fall into the well when you are in crisis?" ”

"Lord Lu misunderstood, how could Shi think so? It's just that now that there are some variables in the imperial court, I'm worried that Lord Lu will be uneasy and unable to use troops with all his might. ”

"I see, please rest assured that Lord Shi knows what happened in the capital. You and Zhao Zaifu have teamed up not long ago to eradicate a lot of Yuan people spies, and now there shouldn't be any major crisis in my Great Song Dynasty for the time being, so don't worry that I can't use my troops with all my might. Lu Wende said with certainty.

"That's good." Seeing that Lu Wende gave such an answer, Shi Bin was naturally very happy.

However, before he was happy, Lu Wende opened his mouth and said coldly: "If Lord Shi is in crisis, Lu will definitely go all out to rescue him to repay the grace of his previous life." It's just that Lu still wants to ask here, why was my brother Lu Wenfu dismissed again? ”

Lu Wende's words made Shi Bin very uncomfortable to listen to. The first sentence seems to say that once he, Lu Wende, also saved himself once, he will have nothing to do with himself. The second sentence feels like a question.

Knowing that Shi Bin was not good at answering such questions, Wang San spoke before Shi Bin spoke: "Master Lu, you and my eldest brother have always been friends and support each other. How can you say it so raw now? As for the matter of Brother Lu Wenfu, I don't blame my eldest brother, it's what we mean. ”

Although he knew that it must be Wang San, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng, Shi Bin must have known, but he chose to turn a blind eye and definitely couldn't shirk his responsibility.

"You said Shi Bin didn't know?" Lu Wende snorted coldly and expressed disbelief.

"Master Lu, you didn't know about your brother Tongyuan before, right? If you don't know this, can't my eldest brother not know that? You probably forgot that my father-in-law is a pacification envoy of Huainan and Huainan, and he doesn't need to let my eldest brother know if he wants to do something. Wang San then said: "Lord Lu, with all due respect, your brother really doesn't know what to do, and you are too protective. Even though my eldest brother is a little dishonest, he is actually helping you. If Lu Wenfu is allowed to go on like this, I am afraid that not only Lu Wenfu will not have a good result, but even you yourself will have an accident. I'm afraid I'll regret it then

And. ”

"I don't need you to interfere in the affairs of the Lu family!" Lu Wende said angrily.

"Lord Lu, this is not only a matter of your Lu family, but also related to my eldest brother and us people, we don't want to be affected because of Lu Wenfu Tongyuan! What's more, he repays virtue with resentment! Therefore, letting Lu Wenfu leave the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty is a good thing for you and me, and we have to do it as a last resort, because you can no longer control Lu Wenfu! Wang San retorted unceremoniously.

Being hit like this, Lu Wende was so angry that he could only gasp.

I came to repair the relationship with Lu Wende, not to quarrel. Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Shi Bin immediately smiled and said: "If the lights are not picked or lit, the words are not clear." Now that we've said it thoroughly, I think it's going to be much better. Master Lu, I believe you won't think that I, Shi Bin, are here to quarrel with you. ”

looked at Shi Bin coldly, Lu Wende didn't say anything, but obviously agreed with what Shi Bin said.

"I came this time for two purposes, the first is to make it clear to Master Lu about Lu Wenfu's dismissal before, and now it has been made clear. The second is to send you a gift in the hope of repairing our relationship. Shi Bin smiled.

Although he quarreled with Wang San, Lu Wende was indeed a lot more comfortable in his heart. Because it is indeed as Wang San said, since Lu Wenfu was dismissed, he has settled down a lot and no longer always causes trouble for himself.

As soon as he heard that Shi Bin had come to give him benefits, Lu Wende's face immediately improved a lot. Because Shi Bin has always been generous and true to his word, Lu Wende immediately stopped caring about Lu Wenfu's affairs and directly asked about the benefits sent by Shi Bin.

"Lord Lu knows that the emperor has changed his attitude towards Yuan, and he is ready to fight, right?" Shi Bin said.

"yes, just knew."

"Then Lord Lu, has you ever thought about getting some benefits from it?" Wang San asked slyly.

Advantage? As soon as he heard this, Lu Wende immediately understood that the benefit was nothing more than eating empty salaries and so on, what else could there be?

"Lord Lu, once Song and Yuan go to war, you must be my eldest brother's first reinforcement. As long as we get the plan done now, are we afraid that there won't be enough benefits at that time? ”

"Get the plan right?" Lu Wende still didn't understand, "Didn't we already make a plan before?" ”

"Lord Lu, that was the previous plan, and this time it's a new plan. It's also a little compensation from my eldest brother for you. The reinforcements we discussed before were less than 30,000, but once the war starts, we will ask the imperial court for 50,000 of your reinforcements. But you don't need to send 50,000, as long as you have 30,000 elites. It's good enough for us. Wang San said very sincerely.

This time, Lu Wende understood what Shi Bin and Wang San meant, this was to send a large amount of food to himself. The conditions are simple, as long as you can keep your promises.

The salary of 20,000 soldiers is definitely not a small amount, and just thinking about it can make people crazy. Knowing that Wang San was telling the truth, Shi Bin would also be true to his word in this matter. Therefore, after thinking about it, Lu Wende said, "Then thank you." If the imperial court really wants me to send 50,000 reinforcements, even if you only need 30,000 elites, I will send at least 40,000 elites to support you, and no one will say that I, Lu Wende, am too greedy. ”

With Lu Wende's promise, Shi Bin and Wang San were relieved, saying that it didn't matter how much, as long as it was not less than 30,000 elites.

In this way, Shi Bin and Lu Wende reconciled again.