Chapter Sixty-Eight: Stealing Chickens Doesn't Make Rice
Zhao Chen found that he has now unconsciously become a soul cook, constantly boiling bowls of chicken soup for the soul, for Jiang Chao, Ji Ning'er, and many people in the hidden door.
The hasty death of the ancestor was like a pillar stone, which collapsed with a bang, making it difficult for many people to accept it for a while!
In fact, he himself was very uncomfortable with the death of the ancestor, but now at this time, even if he feels uncomfortable, he can only carry it, who let him take over the ancestor's position now!
Ji Ning'er's state is still very bad now, but fortunately, Jiang Chao, a guy who has been overflowing with atonement, is no longer so stubborn and kneeling here after his persuasion.
The school palace can't go back for the time being, the people of the hidden door, this is the time when the mood is extremely unstable, once Zhao Chen agrees to Jiang Chao to go to the island, it is estimated that someone will immediately jump out and make a fuss.
Anyway, it's just like that, it's better to stay in Nanfuzhou City for the time being, and it's only a few steps away from the School Palace, and it's no different from going up to the lake island.
The drizzle was still falling, shrouding the entire Nanfuzhou, shrouded in a cloud of smoke and rain, Zhao Chen accompanied Jiang Chao and entered Nanfuzhou together, and waited until Jiang Chao settled down, and then walked towards the empty courtyard of the Thorn Mansion.
In fact, yesterday afternoon, Ma Zhou came to tell him that there was a telegram from Chang'an, but at that time, he was accompanying Ji Ning'er and couldn't come down from the island.
"Master Hou!" In the empty courtyard, there was only one room, and when Zhao Chen pushed the door in, two hundred horsemen were sitting there eating. Seeing Zhao Chen coming in, he hurriedly stood up and shouted respectfully.
"Your Majesty has sent a telegram?" Zhao Chen heard this. nodded, turned around and sat on the chair brought by one of the hundred horses, looked at the two hundred horses and said.
"Received it yesterday afternoon!" When a hundred horsemen heard Zhao Chen's words, they dealt with Zhao Chen in their mouths, and immediately took out the telegram that had been translated long ago from his arms and handed it to Zhao Chen respectfully.
The paper of the telegram, which was enclosed in an envelope. Zhao Chen took the envelope and opened it in front of the two hundred horsemen. Pulling out the letter inside, he frowned and read.
"The likes of Meng thieves are the scabies of the country. Leave it for later. I am afraid that there will be a disaster, and now, Aiqing can find the Meng thief in time, and I am very lucky! At the beginning of the telegram, Li Er's solemn tone was at the beginning, looking at the content on it, Zhao Chen seemed to see that Li Er was carrying his hands behind his back when he said this. Frowning slightly, he stood in the hall of manna.
The content of telegram is a bit much. It occupies half a page of letterhead, presumably it was sent by Li Er a few times, but the first half is a bunch of lucky words from Li Er, which is naturally talking about Zhao Chen's exploits.
But in the second half, Li Er ended his previous words of good fortune and talked about the strategy of treating Meng Rang Lao'er.
Li Er means that since Meng Rang wants to rebel against Zhao Chen, then Zhao Chen might as well agree, and when the time is ripe, he will cut down Meng Rang and his gang to the roots!
On the telegram, Li Er had also made it clear to Zhao Chen that he had sent someone to Jianghuai, because, according to Meng Rang's resume, it was very likely that his men and horses were hidden in the Jianghuai area.
After reading the contents of the telegram, two hundred horsemen had already prepared the brazier, threw the telegram into it, and burned it to dust.
"That's really trusting!" When he left the empty courtyard and came outside, Zhao Chen remembered Li Er's words, suddenly raised his head, chuckled, and couldn't help but shake his head and said.
However, when these words fell, he couldn't help frowning slightly, Li Er said that Meng Rang's old man's men and horses might be in the Jianghuai area, according to what he knew about Meng Rang's past, it was very likely that Jianghuai was where Meng Rang's base camp was located.
But then again, if it was really Meng Rang's people, it would be in the Jianghuai area, and Zhao Chen felt that things were far from being as simple as Li Er and the others imagined.
It's not that if you want to deal with normal traitors, you can directly drive the Sixteen Guards army over and cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, if you really do this, it is estimated that Li Eryi's reputation will be ruined.
The first time Zhao Chen went from Lingnan to Chang'an, the voyage he chose was from the mouth of the Yangtze River, into the Yangtze River, and then through the Yangtze River into the canal.
And this route is precisely interspersed from the Jianghuai, so after this way, Zhao Chen also has a preliminary understanding of the Jianghuai Basin.
Compared with the wealth of Guanzhong and the Central Plains, the Jianghuai River Basin is equivalent to an undeveloped virgin/female land, which is only near the canal, and further inside, it will only be more primitive.
Therefore, if Li Er wants to completely pacify the Jianghuai Valley, it should not be that he directly dispatches a large army and wantonly wants to destroy everything, but instead changes his way to solve the Jianghuai problem from the source.
However, this is all Li Er's business, he doesn't want to get involved, and he doesn't have time to get involved, there are a lot of things in Lingnan, since he has taken over the expectations of the ancestor, he has to let the hidden door be properly arranged.
In his head, thinking chaotically, when he walked out of the empty courtyard and walked towards the front hall, Zhao Chen suddenly heard that there was chaos in the front hall, and before it passed, Feng An's shouting had already come clearly.
"The old man wants to see the Marquis of Chang'an, why do you always have to push back?"
"Don't be impatient, the lower official has already said that the Marquis of Chang'an has been busy with important things these days, and he will meet with the county prince when he is done!"
"The old man has been waiting here for a few days, and Sima always said that Chang'an Hou has something important to do, so there must be a time!"
"This is also asking the county prince to atone for his sins, Ma really doesn't know, when will Hou Ye be free!"
"What do you mean?"
"Ben Hou has been busy these days!" Just as in the front hall, when Feng Ang opened his mouth to ask Ma Zhou, Zhao Chen walked in from outside, looked at Feng Ang with a somewhat unhappy face and asked, "But I don't know, what is the matter with the county prince looking for Benhou?" ”
As soon as he heard Zhao Chen's voice, Ma Zhou, who was still a little struggling to cope just now, couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
And Feng An, who was next to him, was slightly stunned with an expression on his face, and then looked at Zhao Chen and said, "Chang'an Hou is finally reluctant!" ”
"The ancestor has passed away in the past few days, and there are a bunch of things to deal with on the island!" Zhao Chen frowned slightly, and as he spoke, he sat down on a chair at the top of the head, and asked in a lukewarm tone: "What is the matter that the county prince is so anxious to find Benhou?" ”
When Zhao Chen came in, Feng Ang and Ma Zhou were both standing in the front hall, and when Zhao Chen sat down, he was not polite to Feng An.
Although he has a cold face on his face, his attitude at this moment has already explained everything!
"The old man is here, and he wanted to explain the matter of the Gaozhou defense line at the beginning, but he was afraid that this matter would make His Majesty misunderstand with the Marquis of Chang'an!" Feng Ang also seemed to have seen Zhao Chen's attitude, and chuckled at Zhao Chen and pouted: "It's just that the old man seems to have heard in the past few days that the Marquis of Chang'an wants to move Gaozhou Wharf to Guangzhou, is this true?" ”
"Gaozhou Wharf moved to Guangzhou?" Hearing Feng An's words, Zhao Chen seemed to be extremely surprised, frowned slightly, raised his head and looked at Feng An, and said, "Doesn't this matter sound a bit ridiculous?" Gaozhou Wharf, right in the county duke, Ben Hou doesn't seem to have the power to move the county duke's things, right? ”
"Again!" Zhao Chen's voice fell, and without waiting for Feng Ang to speak, he continued: "As for the county princess just mentioned, the problem of the Gaozhou defense line, I am afraid that Benhou will have a misunderstanding, which is even more inexplicable!" ”
Zhao Chen sat on the chair, frowned slightly, chuckled, looked at Feng Ang and continued: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, why would the county prince think that Ben Hou had a misunderstanding? ”
Damn, don't you want to pretend to be confused? Then simply, let's pretend to be together, and I don't believe that Feng Ang can't be cured!
"Not moving?" Hearing Zhao Chen's words, Feng Ang automatically ignored Zhao Chen's second half of the sentence, but frowned slightly, looked at Zhao Chen with a slightly surprised expression and asked, "So, the news that the old man heard was miscommunicated?" ”
Not only Feng An, but also Ma Zhou on the side, after hearing Zhao Chen's words, the expression on his face couldn't help but be stunned.
Relocating Gaozhou Wharf and building Guangzhou Wharf was something Zhao Chen told him a few days ago, but now, Zhao Chen actually said that he would not move, which made him not react for a while.
"Naturally, it's misinformation!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he chuckled at Feng An, and then, when Feng Ang was obviously relieved, he looked at Feng Ang and suddenly said: "However, Ben Hou said that if he wants to build a wharf in Guangzhou, it is estimated that some people think that Ben Hou is going to abandon Gaozhou Wharf!" ”
After saying this, Zhao Chen suddenly seemed to hear a big joke, looked at Feng An, whose face turned blue a little bit, and opened his mouth to let out a loud laugh.
"What does Chang'anhou mean by this?" Feng An's face had completely turned pale, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Zhao Chen coldly and said, "That means that in the future, will the business road in Nanfu be changed to Guangzhou?" ”
"Well, when Ben Hou came, he came from Guangzhou Mansion!" Zhao Chen saw Feng An's face was pale, and suddenly felt very happy and said: "Compared with Gaozhou, the conditions in Guangzhou are much better, so Ben Hou decided to build the wharf of Guangzhou Mansion, what does the county think?" ”
"Not how!" Feng An's face was already pale, and after hearing Zhao Chen's words, he looked at Zhao Chen coldly and said: "Gaozhou Wharf has just improved, if Chang'an Hou is so rash, it will inevitably lead to the complete decline of Gaozhou!" ”
That's my business!
Hearing Feng An's words, Zhao Chen couldn't help but say something fiercely in his heart, but on the surface, he still said seriously: "The county prince is wrong, Benhou is building a wharf in Guangzhou, but he didn't say that he wants to cut off Gaozhou's commerce, how will Gaozhou decline?" ”
"I'm just afraid, it won't be like this then!" When Feng Ang heard Zhao Chen's words, he secretly gritted his teeth, stared at Zhao Chen and said: "Guangzhou Wharf can't be built, no matter what, once Guangzhou Wharf is built, it will be a direct blow to Gaozhou!" ”
"Huh!" When Zhao Chen heard Feng An's words, he couldn't help but sneer, his eyes suddenly stared at Feng Ang and said: "Whether the Guangzhou wharf is built or not, it seems that it is not the county government that can have the final say!" (To be continued.) )