Li Cheng stood aside and lowered his head without saying a word, and Su Ren glanced at him: "Li Cheng!" ”

"The subordinates are here!"

"I'll give you a chance now, tonight you go to Zhuo Wangsun and tell him that I am going to open an iron-smelting workshop, and I will also seize his mine, so that he can get ready!"

"Ahh Li Cheng's legs weakened and knelt down again: "Captain, this, the subordinates don't dare, the subordinates will never do anything to sell the captain!" ”

Su Ren stretched out his hand and pulled Li Cheng up: "What are you afraid of?" If I let you go, you will go, and you must make Zhuo Wangsun believe that if you can't complete it, you will be punished for both crimes! ”

"This ......"

"Still not going?"

"No!" Li Cheng clenched his fists and withdrew from the camp gate.

Hawking and Gou Tianming watched Li Cheng disappear at the gate of the camp, and hurriedly gathered around: "Big brother, what is this for?" If you want to kill this guy, you just give an order, why bother so much? ”

Sima Xiangru twisted his beard with his hands: "The highest level of conspiracy is to let you prevent the unguardable conspiracy, knowing that it is a conspiracy but you can only jump in, this is the power of Mr.!" ”

Su Ren smiled: "Brother Sima still knows me, and I am the one who is the governor of the school governor's mansion!" ”

"Hahaha......" Sima Xiangru laughed: "Hey! Everyone is getting bigger and bigger, I'm good, I was still the county magistrate before, but now I'm just the governor of the school governor's mansion, and it will make the whole world laugh when I say it! ”

Su Ren poured a cup of tea for Sima Xiangru: "Don't worry, I promise to double the compensation in the future, and I can't say that I will pay homage to the marquis at that time!" ”

"Forget it, I still think the school captain is more suitable for me!"

The two laughed, and Hawking and Gou Tianming looked at each other at a loss.

Li Cheng walked alone on the way back to Chengdu, and took a turn at the Ghost Gate, feeling like he was the last to live after the catastrophe. None of the others who had knelt with him all night saw the morning sun, and now there were only about two dozen old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the county barracks, and many of the things that had been planned before were all in vain.

Li Cheng did not ride a horse, and the soldier who came to the gate of the city to guard the city was about to step forward, but he glared at him, and the soldier hurriedly retreated. No one paid attention, and Li Cheng returned to his home. The cold stove of the ice pot did not even have a bowl of hot water, and he raised his hand and knocked over a set of tea sets on the table to the ground, so that people did not dare to come in. He is Sima, although he is not a cronie of the former captain, he has some benefits, bought a house in Chengdu and hired two subordinates.

A person lost his temper and lay down on the couch to calm himself down. After a long time, he got up leisurely: "Someone! ”

A servant walked in. Li Chengdao: "Go, tell the housekeeper of the Zhuo family, just say that I have a confidential matter to find the shopkeeper Zhuo, remember, don't let anyone know!" ”

"No!" The subordinates ran out as if they had fled.

nested at home for a whole day, until Li Cheng changed his clothes in the evening, opened the back door of his house and went out of the yard. Familiar with the door, I turned around several times in several alleys, came to the back door of Zhuo's house in Baihua Lane, knocked lightly twice, and the courtyard door opened. It was the housekeeper of the Zhuo family who opened the door.

I followed the housekeeper into the courtyard, and the courtyard was darkly lit, and if there was no one to lead the way, I didn't know if I would go there. Since Zhuo Wenjun, the daughter of the Zhuo family, opened a wine shop opposite the gate of the Zhuo family, the door of the Zhuo family has never been opened, and everyone enters and exits through the back door, which has become a joke for Chengdu people.

Zhuo Wangsun prepared a table of wine and food, sat in the first place, and only nodded slightly when he saw Li Cheng coming in. The housekeeper invited Li Cheng to sit in the guest seat and poured him a glass of wine.

Li Chengyi craned his neck, drank the wine, and let out a long breath.

"Li Sima, what are you looking for me?" Zhuo Wangsun's face was cold: "Yesterday, Su Ren went on a killing spree in the barracks, and blackmailed the former lieutenant for 100,000 yuan, but you Li Sima didn't lose a single hair, what's going on?" ”

"Huh!" Li Cheng stretched out his hand and twisted a large piece of meat: "Not a single hair is missing?" Shopkeeper Zhuo really looks up to me, I walked away in the ghost gate yesterday, if I hadn't been a little anxious, this would have been cold a long time ago! To be honest, yesterday night was the hardest night of my life, and I shudder to think about it now! ”

"Then isn't Li Sima okay now?" Zhuo Wangsun looked at Li Cheng, who was feasting. Li Cheng hadn't eaten for a day and a night, and since he went to the barracks yesterday, he knelt in the school military field all night, and when he returned home, he lost his temper, and no one dared to enter his house, let alone eat.

Li Cheng ate very fragrantly, with a sip of wine and meat, and his face was full of satisfaction.

Zhuo Wangsun looked at it for a long time: "I'm afraid that Li Sima came to me late at night not only to eat, right?" Is there something Su Ren has for you to bring to me? ”

Li Cheng threw aside a big bone that had been gnawed clean, picked up the wine jug and drank the wine inside, and wiped his hands on his clothes: "Shopkeeper Zhuo is half right, it's not Su Ren who has something to bring to you, but it was Su Ren who said, now that Shu County is rebuilding the county soldiers, Shopkeeper Zhuo should know what is most lacking, right?" ”

"Food and armor!"

Li Cheng stretched out his thumb: "It is worthy of Zhuo's shopkeeper, and he got to the point, if you want to build an army, grain and grass soldiers are indispensable, Su Ren officially took over as the captain of Chengdu today, and the rest of the county soldiers in Chengdu are some old, weak, sick and disabled under the instruction of Tang Duwei, and none of them can fight, so Su Ren is ready to find someone from those bandits in Yuanshan." ”

Zhuo Wangsun had a cold face and said nothing. He was analyzing what Li Cheng said, he already knew what happened in the barracks yesterday, the former captain was slaughtered by Su Ren, as Sima Ruo, who stayed behind, said that Su Ren did not embarrass him, then there are only two possibilities: first, this guy has taken refuge in Su Ren; Second, this guy took refuge in Su Ren and was waiting for an opportunity to take revenge.

"Taishou has agreed to find someone from Yuanshan, so Su Ren's soldier problem has been solved, the second point is grain and grass, the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce has occupied most of the shops in Shuzhong, and Su Ren is the behind-the-scenes figure of the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce, if he wants food, he can get as much as Su Ren wants, and I believe that Zhuo has no objection to these two points!"

"Therefore, if you want to jam Su Ren's neck, you can only work on the third point, that is, the armor! The remaining soldiers in the barracks are not enough to arm a hundred people, not to mention that according to the establishment of the imperial court, the soldiers of Chengdu County should be more than 1,500, so Su Ren's purchase of armor is the most difficult thing for him! Li Cheng took a sip of water: "Zhuo shopkeeper is our largest iron smelting merchant in Chengdu, and it is also the largest ordnance manufacturer in Shu County and even in the entire Shu, as long as Zhuo shopkeeper does not sell weapons to Su Ren or Shu County Taishoufu weapons, then Su Ren's county soldiers will not have any way to form!" ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! The housekeeper of Zhuo Mansion looked happy, glanced at Li Cheng, and then looked at Zhuo Wangsun.

Zhuo Wangsun snorted coldly: "Hmph, as an iron-smelting merchant, what do we eat if we don't sell weapons?" Being in Shu County but not selling soldiers to Shu County, Li Sima is the official who made me offend the entire Shu County? ”

"How can Shopkeeper Zhuo sell if he doesn't have weapons?" Li Cheng stretched his legs straight, he knelt all night yesterday, and now his knees are still hurting, and he can't stand it anymore.

"Even if I don't sell it, how can Su Ren have no way?"

"Hahaha......" Li Cheng laughed: "We all know Su Ren's ability, other things may not be difficult for him, but this armor alone is his weakness, you must know that the most needed to build weapons and armor is iron, and the iron ore in Shu County is all controlled in the hands of Zhuo's shopkeeper, as long as Zhuo's shopkeeper controls the iron ore, let him Su Ren have the ability, it is also difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." ”

"And, I heard a secret!" Li Cheng got up and moved to Zhuo Wangsun's side: "It is precisely because Shopkeeper Zhuo controls the iron smelting in Shu County and controls Su Ren's lifeline, Su Ren is ready to make a move on Shopkeeper Zhuo, and is also ready to build his own iron-smelting workshop in Chengdu, and is also ready to snatch Shopkeeper Zhuo's iron mine, Shopkeeper Zhuo must be careful in this matter!" ”

"He dares!" Zhuo Wangsun immediately became anxious, and suddenly calmed down again, looking at Li Cheng: "How did you know about such a confidential matter?" ”

"What Su Ren said!" Li Cheng did not hide anything, and told Zhuo Wang Sun He what happened from last night to this morning, of course, the source of the news used eavesdropping to cover up Su Ren's explanation.

"Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, it is better for Shopkeeper Zhuo to be careful!" After Li Cheng finished speaking, he got up and patted his buttocks: "Okay, my business is done, farewell!" ”

Zhuo Wangsun did not stay, and Li Cheng also walked away. The housekeeper hurriedly sent Li Cheng out of the mansion, and when he returned to the lobby, Zhuo Wangsun was still kneeling in the same place. With a wave of his hand, the butler drove out all his servants and servants.

"Master, there is some truth in what Li Cheng said, whether it is true or not, do we also have to protect ourselves?"

Zhuo Wangsun glanced at the housekeeper: "How to protect yourself?" Su Ren is an official, we are the people, if he doesn't care about his face, what can we do? ”

"Otherwise, let's send someone to Huainan to see if there's any way over there?" The housekeeper said tentatively: "Or send someone to find those people, if Su Ren dares to mess around, we have a way to deal with it!" ”

Zhuo Wangsun shook his head: "It's useless!" Looks like our workshop is going to be shut down for a while! Zhuo Wangsun's eyes suddenly became cold, and the housekeeper glanced at it and hurriedly lowered his head: "Go, hide all the built armor, from tomorrow all our workshops will be suspended, and the mines will also be closed, I want to see how Su Ren robbed my Zhuo family's mines!" ”

"No!" The housekeeper agreed, got up and walked towards the door, walked to the door and turned back to ask, "Then do you want to find Huainan and those people?" ”

Zhuo Wangsun thought for a long time: "Find!" Since we are together, we have a problem here, and they must help! Put pressure on Su Ren from the imperial court to see what he Su Ren can do! ”

The barracks were darkly lit. The barracks, which originally accommodated more than 1,500 people, now have only a few dozen people. After a bloody day, no one had the intention of sleeping. A large group of people gathered in a heap, all bowing their heads and silent around a fire. Su Ren arranged the rest of the people in a hut in the far corner of the barracks. They have heard the news that they will be of no use to the new lieutenant and that they will all be dismissed tomorrow.

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