Chapter 655: The Yang Family's Ranch
As Gongsun Helan had expected, after learning about the current situation in Chang'an City, Gongsun Wude, the old man's buttocks, was like having a needle's eye, and he couldn't sit still. If it weren't for the emperor's order on his body, this old man would not have stayed in this remote place in the northwest for a moment, and would have run back to Chang'an to save him.
"Xiao Lan'er, you tell your uncle the truth," in the barracks, in the tent, Gongsun Wude said to his eldest nephew with a bitter face: "Do you really have a channel to buy Eli horses, and it really costs thousands of yuan to raise a healthy horse?" Don't give the old man a slap in the eye, was Wang Zhihong's kid blinded by you last time? ”
Regarding their Xiaolan'er's ability, Gongsun Wude has the same mirror in his heart, not to mention that he has been blinded by Wang Zhihong, even his old man himself, and he has tricks from time to time.
"Uncle, what you said seems to be that the little nephew is very good at deceiving people," carefully poured a cup of high-quality tea for the old man, and Gongsun Helan smiled shyly: "In front of your old man, when did Xiao Lan'er tell a lie?" Up and down the general's mansion, who doesn't know that the little nephew is a rare sincere gentleman? The words spoken by the little nephew were all nails in the wall. ”
The folding fan in his hand swayed back and forth, and Gongsun Helan held his head high and posed very decent.
"Oh, really?" Gongsun Wude pursed his lips disdainfully, and secretly said If your kid can't lie, then all the sows in the world will go up the tree.
"Lao Tzu knew a truth when he was three years old," took a sip of tea with a cup, Gongsun Wude glanced at Gongsun Helan very idlely, and said: "Talking counts, and telling or not lying, are completely different concepts, if you dare to fool Lao Tzu like this, be careful of Lao Tzu...... That one...... Hmmm......"
Gongsun Wude's little temper just rose, and suddenly he seemed to remember something, the old man's words were dumb all of a sudden, holding back an old face, waving his hands around, and he said this for a long time, but he didn't say a reason.
"That, the uncle wants to ask the monk to teach his nephew?"
Don't think about it, Gongsun Helan also knew what the old man wanted to say, so she moved her wrist very casually, and said to Gongsun Wude with a smile: "If this is the case, the little nephew is very much looking forward to it. If the uncle is interested, next door is the military exercise hall, which is spacious and full of all kinds of weapons, or let's go over with two uncles and nephews? ”
The reason why Gongsun Helan is so enthusiastic and looking forward to it is because the family law of the Gongsun family is very simple, the strong are respected, regardless of generation, regardless of respect and inferiority, whoever has a big fist, whoever says it makes sense.
And coincidentally, as the youngest generation of the Gongsun family, Gongsun Helan, as early as a year ago, had beaten his father and uncle very unreasonably. If you ask for family law at this time, the old man Gongsun Wude will undoubtedly ask for his own hardships.
Moreover, being beaten all over the ground by a junior looking for teeth, although there will be a little bit of joy in his heart that the blue is better than the blue, but if he really says it, Gongsun Wude can't afford to lose that person.
"Forget it, forget it, as the saying goes, you don't take your muscles and bones as your ability, and the old man doesn't want to sweat on this hot day." The old man raised his head and waved his hand cheekily, and slipped down the steps very generously, and said to his eldest nephew: "Besides, uncle has loved you since you were a child, where can you bear to let you be injured with fists and feet?" ”
"In this case, does the uncle believe the words of the little nephew?" In the eyes of Gongsun Wude, the smile on Gongsun Helan's face was very bright when he said this.
"Okay, okay, let's two uncles and nephews, we don't need such false and polite words," automatically considered Gongsun Helan's question, Gongsun Wude shouted loudly to Gongsun Helan: "In a word, the emperor wants you to take this line, do you give it, or don't you give it?" ”
"Uncle, you're asking the wrong person," Gongsun Helan pushed Twenty Six Five very comfortably, shrugged his shoulders and looked at Gongsun Wude with a very innocent look, and said: "'The owner of Yantian Ranch is Ji He, and the little nephew is just a small lieutenant in the first army, so he wants to give it in his heart, but this subordinate has no way. If the uncle wants it, why don't you go directly to the master of the field to discuss? ”
"So," there was no fiery thunder as he imagined, Gongsun Wude unexpectedly showed a smile on the ground from time to time, slowly put down the tea bowl in his hand, turned his head to look at Gongsun Helan, and said, "Is your kid not at all related to this 'Yantian Ranch'?" ”
"Yes!"
"That's good!" Seeing that Gongsun Helan pretended to be Sven and nodded, the smile on Gongsun Wude's face was even bigger, and in front of Gongsun Helan, he slammed the table and said loudly: "The old man is going to find that kid from the Yang family, and lead the troops to seal this 'Yantian Ranch' first." Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, he is a small ranch owner, in this northwest corner, can his hands and feet turn over the sky? ”
Bow first and then soldier, a small horse dealer, his Gongsun Wude has not yet taken it into his eyes, as long as he can achieve his goal and find Yili Jianma for the Tang Dynasty, it is his Gongsun Wude who will be a villain and cause an unjust case with his own hands, so what's the matter?
In front of the entire Tang Dynasty, the square inch of 'Yantian Ranch' is indeed pitifully small.
Really!
Gongsun Helan slapped his forehead, and sighed in his heart, he is not afraid of polite gentlemen, nor is he afraid of cool officials who enforce the law like a mountain, and he is not afraid of those corrupt officials who are as black as charcoal, they are coming, and they have a way to deal with it, and they are not enough to worry about. However, Gongsun Helan was afraid that he would encounter a brute bull like Gongsun Wude who was unreasonable and unscrupulous to achieve his goals.
Not pedantic, not money-loving, disregarding the law, and having some real and effective power in their hands, this kind of person is terrible when he starts to do it.
In Chang'an City, Gongsun Wude's official position is not big, and it is far from being high and powerful, but there are many people who obviously suffer losses, but they still don't want to mess with this madman, and a large part of the reason is because of this. No one likes to have anything to do with a reckless man who is unreasonable when he comes up with his temper and leads troops to rush into other people's mansions at will.
"Okay uncle, don't play in front of the little nephew, it's tiring." Gongsun Helan waved his hand lightly and said, "Brother Yang will not lend you a soldier, if you want to forcibly recruit 'Yantian Ranch', you will die of this heart." ”
Now, Gongsun Helan had to use his other killer weapon, slowly serving a bowl of drinks, rolling his eyelids and glancing at his uncle, and said, "This ranch was opened by Uncle Yang." ”
"Huh?" The old man was stunned again, lowered his head and asked their little Lan'er: "Yang Bofang? Yang boy, their old man? ”
"Yes, yes." Seeing the uncle's surprised and stunned expression, Gongsun Helan shook the folding fan very coquettishly, and said sourly again.
"If it's him, then it's no wonder, it's just that when did the old boy remember to open a ranch?" Gongsun Wude's brows were relaxed for a while, tight for a while, and it could be seen that the old man was very entangled now.
Carrying Yang Bofang out, everything will have a reasonable explanation, Yang Bofang has wealth, Yang Kun still has soldiers, if their father and son are connected, it is indeed very convenient to open a ranch in this northwest frontier. This also explains very well why Wang Zhihong's kid would say that the owner of 'Yantian Ranch' is skillfully related to their family Xiao Lan'er and Yang Kunshang.
It's just that if this happens, the wishful thinking on the emperor's side is afraid that it will come to naught.
If it is an ordinary small merchant and hawker, the court may be able to forcibly requisition, but Yang Bofang's business is not good. Not to mention that the general guarding the northwest is his biological son, but it is his identity, status, and his influence on those old ministers of the former dynasty, this matter cannot be done in disregard of the law and discipline, otherwise, Chang'an will have to make a fuss.
"This kind of thing, why didn't you kid explain it to the family earlier? It hurt Lao Tzu to travel for several days and run away in vain. A slap was on the back of Gongsun Helan's head, and Gongsun Wude scolded and shouted.
"This kind of thing, Uncle Yang originally did it secretly, and he didn't want to be known to outsiders, so as not to have any bad impact on Brother Yang's reputation." Gongsun Helan quibbled: "Collusion between officials and businessmen, that is a serious crime, and whoever will publicize it outside is the little nephew, and he only learned about it after the previous Lord Wang came." ”
"Okay, okay, you just don't say this kind of thing, Lao Tzu can figure it out." Interrupting Gongsun Helan's words angrily, Gongsun Wude waved his hand to Gongsun Helan and ordered, "You go and talk to your uncle, let him start packing his luggage now, and after half an hour, the old man will hurry up and return to Chang'an." ”
The affairs in the northwest were hopeless, the military affairs in Chang'an were tight, and the old man couldn't sit still.
"Uncle just came, why don't you stay longer before leaving?" Knowing that the big thing had been decided, Gongsun Helan smiled and said: "Although the weather in the northwest is dry and rainless, and the area is extremely barren, the grassland in the northwest still has a unique flavor, and it is rare to see it in Chang'an." ”
"The war is tight, Chang'an is in danger, how can the old man be in the mood to see what scenery here?" Gongsun Wude glared at his eldest nephew.
"The war is tight? Chang'an is in danger? Gongsun Helan pursed his lips disapprovingly, and said: "Come on, uncle, with Li You's means, if the emperor wants to destroy him, it won't take a day at all, you rush back to Chang'an like this, it's just a waste of time on the road back and forth, the emperor will know, at most he will praise him on his lips, and he won't take it to heart." ”
"Or listen to the words of the little nephew, through the name of the Qincha, and hang around in this northwest leisurely for a few days, and when the war in Chang'an stops, it is not too late for the uncle to set off again."