Chapter 46: The Eve of the Great War



(XX website.xxx.***) (XX website.xxx.***) (XX website.xxx.***) Wu Zhi saw that the third sister looked at Zhu'er vigorously and said with a smile! "Is the little girl famous?"

Third Sister Hu retracted her gaze and nodded, "I've heard my brother talk about it." ”

Wu Zhi smiled, "What? Isn't Hu Cheng still giving up? ”

Hu Sanmei said lightly: "What does it matter if you don't die?" The martial arts master is too sensitive. ”

Wu Zhi said: "Really? ”

Hu Sanmei said: "Some things that are yours are yours, and you can't ask for them!" Since Miss Zhu'er is the owner of Wuzhuang, what's the use of her brother thinking about it? ”

Zhu'er couldn't help but feel hot on her face when she heard Hu Sanmei say that "Zhu'er is the master of Wuzhuang", but her heart was sweet.

Wu Zhi smiled, "The girl's opinion is clever, but I am not as free and easy as the girl, someone thinks about my things and always seems to have a thorn in their hearts, how can the girl teach me?" ”

Third Sister Hu frowned slightly: "It's good to get used to it." ”

Wu Zhi said: "I'm not used to it, and I can only be comfortable by pulling out the thorns." ”

Hu Sanmei looked at Wu Zhi and said lightly: "I still say the same thing, if the master of Wuzhuang wants to move the third sister's family, first ask the third sister about the sword in her hand." ”

Wu Zhi smiled and was about to speak, but he felt that his sleeves were gently pulled, and he turned his head to see Zhu'er looking at him with an uneasy face, and said, "Master, ......", his eyes were full of pleading.

Wu Zhiqi said: "What's wrong? If you have something to say, say it! ”

Zhu'er said with a frightened face: "Don't be angry with Zhu'er, it's all because Zhu'er is not good, and it always annoys the master......"

Wu Zhi shook his head: "How can I blame you?" It's not good to help some cats and dogs! ”

Zhu'er spoke quietly, but Wu Zhi's voice was very high, and Hu Sanmei could hear it clearly, and she glanced at Wu Zhi a few times, but she didn't speak.

Zhu'er listened to Wu Zhi say loudly, "A cat and a dog". panicked, instinctively stretched out his little hand to cover Wu Zhi's mouth, stretched out halfway, only to find that something was wrong, hurriedly put it down, the panicked look made Wu Zhi laugh: "What to do?" ”

Zhu'er looked up at Third Sister Hu, leaned her small mouth to Wu Zhi's ear, and whispered, "Miss Hu will be angry." ”

Wu Zhi laughed: "Miss Hu doesn't care about these subtleties, she is a fairy-like character." Who cares about the words of our laymen. ”

Zhu'er glanced at her master helplessly, turned her head to the third sister Hu and said: "It's all Zhu'er's bad, it makes the master and Miss Hu upset, Miss Hu wants to blame Zhu'er...... "As he spoke, he gestured to stand up.

Wu Zhi sat up helplessly. said to the third sister Hu: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about the anti-Liao." Seeing that Zhu'er seemed to have the intention of going up to apologize to the third sister Hu, she pulled Zhu'er and sat down, Zhu'er didn't dare to disobey Wu Zhi's wishes, so she had to sit down next to Wu Zhi, and looked at the third sister Hu with apologetic eyes.

The third sister suddenly said to Zhu'er: "Miss Zhu'er, my brother can't stand you, and the third sister has made amends for you here." As he spoke, he got up and looked at Wu Zhi dumbfounded. Open your mouth wide and speechless.

Zhu'er was even more hurried, and said hurriedly: "Third Miss, Mo ...... Don't kill Zhu'er ......", you must know that in Sanzhuang, the name of Hu Sanmei is simply mythical, and in Zhu'er's careful thinking, it is even more worshipful of Hu Sanmei. Although she has seen a lot of big scenes after following Wu Zhi over the years, the position formed by the third sister Hu in her heart when she was young is not something that can be easily shaken, and today she can say a few words with the third sister Hu, Zhu'er is already happy and tight, and she is 120,000 uneasy when she sees the old man and the third sister Hu quarrel for herself. Now that I suddenly see the third sister Hu apologizing to herself, where can Zhu'er stand it? Like a frightened rabbit, he hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Seeing Wu Zhi's stupid appearance, the corners of Hu Sanmei's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile. said in his mouth: "Does the master of Wuzhuang think that the third sister is a barbaric person?" ”

Wu Zhi came back to his senses, and the unhappiness in Fang Cai's heart had already dissipated, and only surprise remained, but he didn't expect that this proud girl like a snow lotus would apologize to others? It's incredible.

Listening to the third sister Hu's question, Wu Zhi smiled: "That's not it, it's just a little strange......"

Hu Sanmei said: "When I saw Miss Zhu'er today, I realized that my brother was just delusional, Miss Zhu'er's Lan Xin was wise, she was such a well-behaved and lovely little girl, and my brother was not worthy of it." ”

Zhu'er's face turned red when she was praised by the third sister, and hurriedly said: "How can Zhu'er be so good, don't make fun of Zhu'er in the third miss." ”

Wu Zhi laughed, grabbed the bamboo, and said, "Miss Hu is not talking nonsense, our bamboo is already likable." ”

Zhu'er was ashamed and happy, looked down at her toes, and didn't speak again.

Wu Zhi turned his head with a smile and said to the third sister Hu: "Hujiazhuang is ready for the autumn harvest?" ”

Third Sister Hu nodded slightly, turned her head to look at the north, and said softly: "I don't know how many Liao people will come this year?" ”

Wu Zhi said with a smile: "Let him come as much as he wants, and he will not be able to return to the north to shepherd sheep!" ”

Hu Sanmei turned around, "What is the wisdom of the martial arts master?" ”

Wu Zhi said: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, Miss Hu just needs to watch the excitement when she arrives!" ”

Hu Sanmei said: "Do you want the third sister to serve?" ”

Wu Zhi nodded: "That's natural, our Liangzhuang Alliance, if you let go of a clever thug like you, God will despise Wu." ”

Hu Sanmei listened to him talking nonsense, but for some reason there was no impatience in her heart, but she liked to listen to him like this. His eyes looked at Wu Zhi, as if asking how to cooperate.

Wu Zhi said: "Don't worry, I'll send someone to inform you in a few days!" ”

Hu Sanmei nodded lightly, was silent for a while, and said, "You sing the song well." ”

Zhu'er said: "Yes, the master's song is the best singing, a hundred times more beautiful than those songs in the capital...... Ah, Zhu'er shouldn't compare the old man with those bad women in the Qinglou...... "Speaking of which, Zhu'er realized that it was really disrespectful to compare the old man with the woman who sang in the capital, and hurriedly covered his mouth.

Wu Zhi smiled: "It's okay, no one is necessarily nobler than anyone, and who is really low?" It's all about living. Bamboo, you don't have to learn to look at people's heights indiscriminately! ”

Zhu'er's big eyes sparkled, and she nodded vigorously: "Zhu'er has written it down!" ”

The third sister also bowed slightly, although Wu Zhi's words were novel, but after thinking about it carefully, there was some truth in it.

Wu Zhi looked up at the sky. La Zhu'er got up, "It's time for me to go!" "Zhu'er" sighed, and hurriedly said: "Third Miss, Zhu'er farewell." ”

The third sister bowed: "I'll sit for a while." ”

Wu Zhi pulled Zhu'er and strode away, and the third sister looked at his back, a smile flashed in her eyes.

Slowly galloping back to Zhuangzi along the path, Zhu'er looked back all the way, and seemed to be reluctant to leave Hu Sanmei, and waited in front of the village. Wu Zhi picked up Zhu'er and teased, "Do you want to give you to Miss Hu as a follower?" ”

Zhu'er smiled embarrassedly, followed Wu Zhi and walked towards Zhuangzi, and said softly: "The master will not give Zhu'er to others." ”

Wu Zhi was stunned and turned his head to look at Zhu'er. Has the heart said that the sky has changed? In the past, the little girl always looked nervous when she teased her when she laughed and talked about giving away, why is she so sure now?

"How do you know that I won't give you away, master?" Wu Zhi asked with a smile.

Zhu'er said: "In short, Zhu'er just knows." Thinking of the fierce appearance of the old man when the third lady talked about Hu Cheng, Zhu'er's careful thoughts were full of sweetness.

The two were talking and laughing, when they suddenly heard a clear voice next to them: "Master Wuzhuang, is this the owner of Wujiazhuang?" Wu Zhi turned his head to look, and a middle-aged scribe was pacing next to him, with long sleeves and fluttering, looking chic and elegant, but it was not Wu Yong.

The guards stopped Wu Yong, but he didn't care. He looked at Wu Zhi with a smile.

Wu Zhi secretly screamed, he wanted to dry him for a few days, who knew that this guy was so cunning, how did he know that he had returned to Wujiazhuang? How do you know that you are the owner?

"You are?" Wu Zhi pretended to be confused and made a confused look.

Wu Yong said with a smile: "The student is from Yuncheng, Shandong, and his surname is Wu. I have a business I want to talk to the owner. ”

Wu Zhiqi said: "Business? Wu has no business in Shandong. ”

Wu Yong said: "It's the students who want to come to Hebei to do business, so they are looking for the owner to talk about some business, which is a big business!" ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "Big business? Well, I'm going to hear about it. He waved his hand to make the guard retreat, and said, "In that case, sir, please come with me." ”

Wu Yong smiled and nodded. Following behind Wu Zhi, he went straight to the martial arts compound, entered the living room, and Zhu'er poured tea and water. After retiring from the busy work, Wu Zhi motioned to Wu Yong to use tea, and said with a smile in his mouth: "What kind of big business, let's hear about it." ”

Wu Yong has been in Hebei for a few days. After the alliance of Huangshigang, Chao Gai sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, let Wang Qing and Wang Jin fight hotly, without the slightest intention of helping Wang Jin, Wu Yong bought Wang Qing's subordinates, blowing the wind in Wang Qing's ears, saying that Shandong Qunhao has no intention of going south, Wang Qing and the Mu family have been fighting even more inseparable, and there is no time to look north, when this opportunity arises, taking advantage of Wang Qing's immaculate doppelganger, Chao Gai will keep his eyes on Hebei, this is a piece of fat.

However, Hebei is Tian Hu's territory, its subordinates are good like clouds, its power is deep-rooted, but it is not so easy to shake, Wu Yong naturally put the breakthrough on Chai Jin, if Chai Jin helps, Chao Gai and Tian Hu have to fight, unexpectedly after seeing Chai Jin, Wu Yong is disappointed, it is better to be famous than to meet, although Chai Jin is famous, but it is an out-and-out gentleman, talked about a few times without the essentials, Wu Yong only depressed and returned.

Who knows that after a few days, the situation in Hebei is changing, Tian Hu does not know what bad luck he has gone, and he was suddenly crowned with the crime of "rebellion", under the official family clearance, all the party henchmen were captured in a net, Tian Hu was killed on the spot, the news spread to Shandong, Chao Gai was overjoyed, this is a rare opportunity, and Wu Yong discussed the matter of Hebei, Wu Yong frowned, although I don't know how Tian Hu offended your king, but the view of the noble king's actions, it can be said that he can do whatever he wants, and suddenly he can lead the army to kill Gaizhou, and also take the people Gaizhou Zhizhou by the way, Looking at the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, there are few who act so unscrupulously, and they themselves and others enter Hebei, begging for a living under the noses of such people, I really don't know whether it is evil or auspicious, and it is really frightening to think about it.

Wu Yong told Chao Gai what he was worried about, Chao Gai was immediately poured cold water, and he felt uneasy after thinking about it, if he entered Hebei in a big way, and then accidentally provoked the king, he sent troops to suppress it, then he would be wronged.

The two discussed for a long time, and finally Wu Yong came up with an idea, it is better to cooperate with others in Hebei, after all, if you go to this private goods without the support of the government, it will not last long. The first place that comes to mind for the co-op candidate is, of course, Chai Jin, Wu Yong is single and then returns to Hebei, and he is bound to learn from Zhuge Liang's tongue and Confucianism. Fool Chai into the Chao Gai lineup.

After living in Chaijiazhuang for a few days, Chai Jin was moved by Wu Yong's words and agreed to cooperate with Chao Gai. During the days when Wu Yong was in Chai's house, he collected intelligence from time to time in Hebei, and suddenly found that there was such a place as Wujiazhuang, annexed Zhujiazhuang, broke the Liao army several times, and even got the equipment of the forbidden army. Wu Yong's eyes lit up at that time, and all kinds of signs showed. The owner of Wujiazhuang has some background, not to mention that Wujiazhuang is adjacent to Liaojing, which is one of the channels for trafficking illicit goods. With the cooperation of the three parties, the fat meat of Hebei can no longer fall into the mouths of others.

This is the Wu Di Wujiazhuang line, I heard Zhu Wu said that the owner of the village is not there, Wu Yong can only temporarily stay and wait, I don't want this morning, the guards of the martial arts compound suddenly became strict, Wu moved with his heart, played with his tongue, and said from the mouth of the Zhuang guest, the owner of the village has arrived at the Wujiazhuang. Inquired about the appearance and characteristics of the owner, etc., and didn't ask anything else, but the owner of the village inadvertently said that he had a special white horse, and Wu Yong was walking around in the village at the moment, no coincidence. When he saw Wu Zhi, his eyes were so vicious, he could see at a glance that Wu Zhi was different from ordinary people, and when he saw the jade lion behind Wu Zhi, he was even more determined in his heart, so he stepped forward to greet him.

Wu Yong faintly felt that Wu Zhi was somewhat familiar. But after thinking about it hard, I can't think of where I've seen Wu Zhi, and I can only attribute it to Wu Zhi's extraordinary momentum, which seems to be more powerful than Brother Chao. It's because of yourself that you have a familiar feeling.

Wu Zhi knew that Wu Yong's eyes were vicious, although he was either disguised or wearing a mask when he met him, but it was difficult to ensure that this old boy saw any clues, and he immediately opened his mouth to ask about cooperation.

Wu Yong listened to Wu Zhi's question, and smiled slightly: "The owner of the village is not in a hurry, when the young student first came to Guizhuang, he saw that the outer city wall of the village was majestic and heavy, and the village gate was more comparable to the important town of the state capital, the students were shocked at that time, speaking of which the students were also well-informed, but they have never seen any village that can be compared with the Wujiazhuang, that is, the Zhuangzi of the Cangzhou Chai Daguan, which is far worse than the Wujiazhuang, which is really admirable and admirable!" Speaking of this, Wu Yong was amazed, and then changed the conversation and said: "It's just that this kind of momentum will cost the owner a lot of money, right?" ”

Wu Zhi frowned and looked at him with a lotus flower on his tongue, and said helplessly: "Sir, Wu is a rough man, but I also understand what Mr. means, let's go straight, don't go around, you say, what kind of big business, if it really makes money, Wu will naturally not miss it!" ”

Wu Yong was embarrassed for a while, dared to go around for a long time in vain, and glanced at Wu Zhi a few times, well, this guy is a character, not comparable to Chai Jin, with a whole look, and said with a smile! "The master of Wuzhuang is straightforward, but he is a little pretentious. En dare to ask the owner of Wuzhuang where to buy salt on weekdays? ”

Wu Zhi looked at Wu Yong and smiled again: "It turns out that Mr. is a salt lord, what's the matter?" Want to cooperate with Wu to sell illicit goods? ”

Wu Yong thought that he would explain to Wu Zhi in simple terms what was going on with private salt and how to make a profit from it, but he didn't want people to reveal his identity in one word, Wu Yong couldn't help but look at Wu Zhi a few times, and said with a smile: "The owner of the village also knows the way of smuggling." ”

Wu Zhi was slightly shocked in his heart, he was too shrewd, he didn't see any flaws in this guy, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Mr., Wu used to know some salt merchants and tea merchants, and he knew a little about them, but Wu couldn't figure it out, how could Mr. think of looking for Wu to cooperate?" Is there no salt lord in Hebei? ”

Wu Yongzi didn't talk to him in detail about Tian Hu and other things, and said with a smile in his mouth: "The owner of the village only knows that it is beneficial to sell salt, tea, wine, incense, iron, etc., but I am afraid that he doesn't know that porcelain, silk and other things are more profitable, right?" ”

Wu Zhixin said, I naturally know that Wang Jin is not selling these things overseas to get a lot of profits. In fact, these are not the most profitable places, the South China Sea countries lack copper, Fang Lashi smuggled copper money that is called making money, the South China Sea countries all hoarded Song money in the treasury, regarded as the treasure of the town treasury, there were a few years of money shortage in the Northern Song Dynasty for this reason, Wu Zhi was ordered to stop the business of smuggling copper money, no matter how much money can not dig the corner of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, Wu Zhi pretended not to understand, and said strangely: "How much money can you make with these things?" I know a few businessmen, and I haven't heard of how profitable they are. ”

Wu Yong smiled and said: "Naturally, you can't make a lot of money in the Great Song Dynasty, if you can sell ......" pointed to the north with his finger, "The silver money earned at that time can be increased dozens of times, hundreds of times!" ”

Wu Zhi: "Oh? With a sound, his eyes immediately became hot.

Wu Yong nodded slightly, it seems that there is a door.

Wu Zhi pondered for a while, and said with a smile to Wu Yong: "This matter is very important, Wu needs to think about it, it is the autumn harvest season recently." Wu has no time to take care of this matter, how about giving a reply to Mr. after some time? ”

Although Wu was anxious in his heart, he also knew that what Wu Zhi said was the truth, so he only nodded and said: "That's fine, the student lives in Cangzhou Chaijiazhuang these days, and if the owner of the village has something to do, he can send someone to carry a letter." "It's okay to say in my heart, I can take the opportunity to firmly control Chai Jin, and by the way, I have a good touch on the bottom of Wujiazhuang, and I haven't really cooperated yet. I came here in a hurry, it doesn't matter what I talk about, if I really want to cooperate, I can't feel at ease if I don't find out the underground of Wujiazhuang.

Wu Zhi smiled and sent Wu Yong straight to Zhuangmen, and the carriage walked a long way. Wu Zhi turned around and entered the village, Zhu Wu didn't know where to come out, and said with a smile: "This guy has a bit of a ghost idea." ”

Wu Zhi nodded and said solemnly: "This guy has a lot of ideas, you have to be careful when dealing with him!" ”

Zhu Wu saw that Wu Zhi said solemnly, and hurriedly nodded yes.

Time flies, and in a few days, the wheat field outside Zhuangzi is already golden, and in a few days it should be time to harvest, strangely so. The Liao people did not have the slightest movement, the more like this, but it made people feel uneasy, and they had to be more careful, and after a few days, the wheat field was harvested. The Liao people still didn't move, they only made Wu Zhi angry, he wasn't angry, although he didn't know what the Liao people were doing, but he also knew that the Liao people would definitely come to attack, and he couldn't just leave. Thinking that I don't know how long I have to delay in Wujiazhuang, my heart is very angry, why didn't the Liao people hurry up and let themselves be killed?

A few days later, good news came from the Daimyo's Mansion. Shi Qian has already succeeded in Chaijiazhuang, Liu Shanke is still living in Chaijiazhuang for the time being, and Shi Qian and Jin Dajian have returned safely.

Of course, Chai Jin will not care whether Liu Daguanren's two friends live or die, since Liu Shanke lives freely in Chaijiazhuang, he has no intention of leaving, Chai Jin is also happy to be a good person, and it seems that he has no intention of calculating Liu Shanke for the time being.

Wu Zhi smiled slightly when he saw the letter, and when he returned to the Daimyo's Mansion, he had to find a way to get Liu Shanke out.

And in the past few days, Wujiazhuang Zhuangke has caught a few Liao people who are fine, and they didn't ask what is ugly after being tortured.

On this day, Wu Zhi climbed the north wall, looked to the north, at this time the sky is high and the clouds are light, the sun is in the sky, you can see several miles at a glance, the northern river veins and forests, and the towering mountains in the distance are faintly visible.

Wu Zhi sighed, when will the threat of these barbarian nomads in the north be cut off? Now fighting with Liao is just an appetizer, but the big drama is still to come.

Thinking of the Liao people learning to be obedient this time, they have repeatedly sent out detailed works to check the reality of Wujiazhuang, Wu Zhi is also a little worried, when did the Liao people become so cautious? If he finds out the truth, I am afraid that the Liao people will not come again, but if they don't put back the fine work, the Liao people will not come to attack.

Wu Zhi was worried, suddenly heard a commotion under the wall, looked down, several Zhuang guests were grabbing a blue-faced man, pushing and shoving, the big man shouted as he walked: "Let go of me!" I'm not a Liao man! ”

Wu Zhi slowly walked down the wall ladder and said, "Caught the Liao people again?" ”

The small leader of the Zhuang Ke said respectfully: "It's the lord of the land, this guy is from the north, but he just doesn't admit that it is the Liao people, and he is clamoring to see the owner of the village." ”

When the blue-faced man saw Wu Zhi, he said loudly: "Are you the owner of Wujiazhuang?" How can you arrest people indiscriminately? ”

When the Zhuang guest next to him saw that he was rude, he went up and slapped him, and scolded in his mouth: "Dog thing!" Dare to talk to our master like this! ”

The blue-faced man glanced at the Zhuang guest a few times, and said angrily: "Don't regret it!" ”

Wu Zhi looked at the blue-faced man with a smile, what does this guy have to rely on? It's amazing that the tone is so tough in the hands of others!

Zhuang Ke saw that Wu Zhi was silent, as if he had received tacit approval, he rushed over and hit his head and face, and scolded in his mouth: "Lao Tzu regrets? I don't regret seeing you! ”

The blue-faced man was kicked to the ground, and Zhuang Ke wanted to go up and kick a few feet, but Wu Zhi smiled and said, "Forget it, pull him up!" ”

Zhuang Ke pulled the blue-faced man up, and Wu Zhi asked with a smile, "Who are you?" How did you come from the North? ”

The blue-faced man's eyes were about to burst into flames, and he said loudly: "You bird village don't want it anymore!" Lao Tzu Zengtou City Yu Baosi, dare to beat Lao Tzu ......" The voice did not fall, and with a "snap", he was beaten by Zhuang Ke again: "Shit Zengtou City, Lao Tzu is beating you Zengtou City!" ”

Wu Zhi smiled slightly, these Zhuang guests have a good temper!