To say that there is really no news hidden in the Wei Palace of Anyi, at the beginning, it was just the guys in Heluo Restaurant who listened to the occasional talk from the guests, but a few days later, even the roadside vendors heard that Wei Jun was ready to support Zhongshan Guo and teach Zhao Guo a hard lesson. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info said that there are noses and eyes, even how many soldiers and horses, where the soldiers and horses, and even when they set off, where they are going to go, are all spread in the streets and alleys, and even the royal family who is deep in the Wei Palace's partial room can actually hear about it when they go out to buy something, and Zhou Bian can't help but believe one or two.

Of course, considering the political needs of Wei Hou to dominate the world, Zhou Bian also believed that Wei Hou would not still destroy Zhongshan by Zhao State.

But they all said that the major affairs of the country were in the Rong worship, but they didn't think that Wei would leak the news before the official announcement to the world, Zhou Bian first remembered that the king did not lose his country, and the ministers did not lose his body, and the Marquis of Wei had already held the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes, and formed an alliance to force back the Chu army that invaded the north, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be proud and careless, or arrogant and underestimate the Zhao State, thinking that this possibility is still very high, but Zhou Bian always feels that there is something wrong.

However, the facts made Zhou Bian dumbfounded, in mid-February, when Ning Yue was at a party with Gongzi Ang, he heard Gongzi Ang inadvertently say that Wei Hou had indeed decided to support Zhongshan to fight Zhao State, and this news came out of Gongzi Ang's mouth, but it was much more accurate than the market. At the end of February, while receiving the new paper workshop in the field of Linzi and putting it into production, Zhou Bian received the news that Zhao Jun continued to storm the capital Shoucheng of Zhongshan State, which naturally came from Zhou Bian's own intelligence network of the Central Plains that he had just set up, and then it was confirmed by Gongzi Ang, and the envoy of Zhongshan Kingdom came to rely in the Wei Palace, and to Zhou Bian's surprise, on the third day after Ning Yue returned from Gongzi Ang's night banquet, Wei Hou came to invite Zhou Bian, and the Wei State ministers were lined up in the main hall. At the same time, he also summoned the doctors of several other countries who happened to be in Anyi, and the Marquis of Wei solemnly announced that in the face of Zhao's atrocities in attacking Zhongshan, Wei would save Zhongshan!

Sure enough, as the rumors spread, Wei Hou was about to make a move. But this is not the most amazing, the most jaw-dropping thing for Zhou Bian is that Wei Hou actually really transferred troops from Hexi, which was heard from Sima Wang Cuo, which is very credible, but Zhou Bian couldn't help but think of the news he heard from the market nearly a month ago, and remember that Wei Hou was going to transfer troops from Hexi to fight Zhao, at that time Zhou Bian didn't believe it, Hexi was the land that Wei snatched from Qin, rich in products, because he was always facing the revenge of Qin, so he has always been heavy troops, But he didn't expect that Wei Hou would actually transfer troops from such an important but remote place, and Zhou Bian couldn't understand Wei Hou for a while.

Suddenly, Zhou Bian had an impulse, whether to pass the news to the Marquis of Qin, maybe this is the best time for the Qin State to recover the land west of the river, but after thinking about it, Anyi has long circulated the news of his Marquis of Wei's transfer of troops, maybe the Marquis of Qin has already known, so Zhou Bian was a little dazed, and just two days later, when Zhou Bian was still hesitating whether to spread the news and how to spread the news, he got the movement of 30,000 Wei soldiers in Anyi to the west, this is the news that his secret agent in Anyi talked about, There was even an agent who followed the army dozens of miles to the west, so it was very credible.

Zhou Bian suddenly realized, Wei is changing the guard, Zhou Bian suddenly understood Wei Hou's plan, Anyi soldiers have been following Wei Hou to Luoyang for the past two years, but the king of Chu is exhausted, and the Hexi soldiers have always held their positions, and have not experienced large-scale field battles for many years, it seems that Wei Hou This is training, just like the superpower of the United States in later generations, the following soldiers must take turns to go out to fight, so as to maintain the strongest combat effectiveness.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bian suddenly admired Wei Hou a little, and also touched his chin, and when he returned to Luoyang, he still tried his best to let the soldiers under his command experience actual combat from time to time.

However, half a day later, when he was walking and chatting with Fan Yu after dinner, Zhou Bian was suddenly startled and broke out in a cold sweat.

Seeing that the king suddenly stopped and looked panicked, Fan Yu was startled, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with the king?" ”

Zhou Bian waved his hand, "It's nothing, but I suddenly remembered something." ”

"What?"

"Wei Hou's dispatch of 30,000 troops to Hexi must have a deep meaning." After a long time, Zhou Bian sighed.

"Isn't it a defense?" Fan Yu wondered, this matter was also discussed together during the day.

"It's not a simple matter of tuning. Do you still remember the news from the well in Anyi market more than 20 days ago? Some said that they would transfer troops from Hexi to support Zhao State, but they did not say that they would transfer troops from Anyi to defend Hexi. ”

"Maybe some of the news leaked out inadvertently, and some didn't." Fan Yu said after thinking about it.

"No, it's not that simple." Zhou Bian affirmed, "The news of the transfer of troops from Hexi may have been known to the Qin State for a long time, but there is no news of the transfer of troops from Anyi to Hexi, and the Marquis of Qin may think that the Wei State is short of troops in the east, and plan to recover Hexi." ”

"yes, everybody thinks that."

"But Wei Hou secretly transferred 30,000 soldiers to Hexi, and the spies reported that they were all elite soldiers, Wei Wushu! 30,000 Wei soldiers can be 100,000 Qin soldiers. Perhaps the Marquis of Qin will send troops to Hexi after crossing the West River with the callback Hexi soldiers, but at this time, 30,000 Wei soldiers can secretly cross the West River and prepare to give the Qin army a strong blow, which is definitely outside Qin Hou's plan. Zhou Bian shook his hand and said. This West River is the north-south section of the Yellow River, separating the west of the river and the east of the river, that is, today's Shaanxi and Shanxi, the turbulent river is absolutely a moat in this era, seeing the Hexi soldiers cross the Yellow River, Zhou Bian believes that Qin Hou can do it, because put himself in his shoes, Zhou Bian will not be able to help it.

"Yes, as long as the Qin army is lured to fight, it can consume the military strength of the Qin State again, it turns out that Wei Hou deliberately controlled the leakage of news, and Wei Hou's intention is still in the Qin State." Fan Yu clapped his hands and said. As long as the soldiers left behind in Hexi drag the Qin army for a period of time, the elite 30,000 Wei soldiers will arrive, and even the Hexi soldiers who cross east will turn around and give the Qin army a fatal blow. However, the defense to the west is mainly not active, constantly consuming the strength of Qin, taking the initiative to attack the east, and dominating the princes of Shandong, which is the current national policy of the Marquis of Wei.

"Wei Hou really can't be underestimated." Zhou Bian sighed.

"No, you have to inform Qin Guo quickly." Fan Yu said hurriedly.

Zhou Bian looked around, it was already dark night, "Tell the people in the dark group at night to send someone to leave tomorrow morning, rush to Hexi as soon as possible, and spread the news." ”

In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the sky was bright, the city gate of Anyi was suddenly opened, and the soldiers who were still yawning covered their mouths and stood in the city gate hole with their spears, and saw a group of people of all kinds rushing out of the city, and then the city gate was full of people coming and going, all showing the economic prosperity brought about by the strength of the Wei State, of course, no one would notice a porter who went out of the city in the middle of the crowd, although it was obviously dressed for a long distance, but it was too ordinary and ordinary in the crowd, and no one would look at him more.

It was dawn, after practicing swordsmanship, he reached out and took the sweat towel handed by the maid Tian Qian, Zhou Bian silently calculated in his heart that maybe it was several miles out of the city. But when he got up this morning, Zhou Bian thought of another thing, when the 30,000 Wei soldiers pulled out the camp to the west, they didn't do any hidden work, and it was difficult to guarantee that Qin State also had spies to find out and report back to Qin Gong, after all, there is only one mortal enemy of Qin State, that is, Wei State. Then the news that he sent someone to Hexi for a walk was a superfluous move, but Zhou Bian didn't stop it, it could be regarded as training soldiers, or maybe the Qin people didn't pay so much attention to intelligence.

It's just that what is Wei Hou's idea? Zhou Bian suddenly found that he had never understood Wei Hou.

Seven days later, a small piece of news began to spread in Hexiyi, that is, Wei Hou transferred Hexi soldiers, and transferred Wei Wushu, just to attract the Qin army to fight, which attracted a lot of people to spread, after all, tens of thousands of Hexi soldiers went east to worry the Hexi people for a while, you must know that although Hexi is the hometown of Qin, but Wu Qi has changed the law here for many years, and the richness of Hexi has long exceeded that of the Weihe Plain, in all fairness, Hexi people actually do not want to return to Qin.

And on this day, at the foot of Lishan Mountain, the army of tens of thousands of people seemed to be boundless, but it only circled outside Yongcheng and returned to the barracks. This news will also be heard by Hexi's spies from the mouths of merchants from Yongcheng not long after, and then into Zhou Bian's ears, which makes Zhou Bian slightly surprised, of course, in this era when communication is not so developed, this is already more than twenty days later.

Also on this day, thousands of miles away in the coastal country of Qi, obviously at this time, Qi Hou is far away from Wei Hou ten days ago publicly announced that he will rescue Zhongshan Kingdom, and a few days away from the scout Phi Xing Dai Yue, Linzi is still as calm as ever, of course, it is not absolutely calm, just like the paper that was listed some time ago, it is still in short supply.

To the west of Linzi, in the evening, in a newly renovated small manor, the owner of a tired day, surrounded by a group of sword guards, sat in a luxurious four-wheeled carriage with a shed, and returned to the manor, greeted by the butler and several young men.

Like many manors outside Linzi City, as soon as you enter the door, there is a small hall, and there are beautiful little maids waiting at the door, and as soon as you enter the hall, you will immediately help you take off the cloak outside, and at the same time, there is a cup of hot tea.

The owner of the manor looked to be only thirty years old, in the prime of life, and he did not smile, and his well-defined face, knife-like facial lines, and the small mustache on his chin all showed his wisdom and fortitude, but the fine lines at the corners of his eyes and the slightly rough skin all spoke of his daily hard work. Yes, as the newest aristocrat of Linzi, but the most reused by the Marquis of Qi, although he is only a doctor of Changguo, but he is responsible for the selection and training of the skilled fighters that the Marquis of Qi has high hopes for, Duan Ganpeng is worried all the time.

The chief seated in the hall, the housekeeper of the manor took his leave, and the young men knelt humbly on either side.

"You are all the elites of my Duan Gan family, and now the prince of Pengmeng will not give up, and he has entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, and you should share more for a certain one." Duan Ganpeng's voice was deep but crisp and powerful.

"It is our duty to share the sorrow of the Lord's house." The young people replied in unison.

"Well, let's start with Duan Ganming." Duan Ganpeng waved his hand and said, obviously this was an internal family report meeting.

"No," the young man who was first in line on the left hand arched his hand, "Go home, a certain person has just returned from Langya, and there is a big family Wang who obstructs the king's recruitment." ”

This is a state affair, Duan Ganpeng nodded and secretly wrote it down.

Then there were some training skills, but I saw that the dry friends didn't use a pen, and they only remembered it in their hearts.

After half a ring, only one person said, "General Tian Ji has frequent contacts with the Guo family in Linzi today, and it is rumored that the Guo family wants to marry the little girl to Tian Ji." ”

This is gossip, but Duan Ganpeng obviously doesn't think so, only to see his eyes widen and order, "This matter must be investigated." ”

After talking for a while, one of them finally talked about something new recently: paper.

"The head of the family, a certain was ordered to settle in the newly built paper mill as a representative of my Duan Gan's family, and it has been ten days since the paper mill began to operate, and the paper began to be produced on the fourth day after operation, which can be regarded as alleviating the demand for paper in Linzi, but it is still in short supply." This person was apparently Duan Ganpeng's representative, in charge of monitoring the newly built paper mill.

Besides, a few days after the opening of the Linzi paper mill, the inventory transported from Luoyang was sold out, and a few days, the second batch of goods was also sold out, and there was no paper to sell for many days, but the Luoluo had long expected this situation, so he chose the land early, bought some slaves, and built a paper mill, otherwise from Luoyang to supply, where can it be supplied? Of course, this paper mill is also within the scope of protection negotiated with Duan Ganpeng, otherwise where can the papermaking technology be hidden?

Duan Ganpeng nodded after hearing this, only to hear the young man continue, "But those people are too cautious, if they don't let me see it at all in the paper mill during production, they can only let me see the incoming and outgoing goods and the equipment used every morning and evening, and when it comes to making paper, they invite me out for various reasons, although they are extremely respectful, but they are still like a thief." So, I haven't touched the doorway of papermaking yet. ”

Duan Ganpeng smiled when he heard this, "It's okay, of course it's best to learn a thing or two, if you can't learn it, it's also a proper thing, and it has been negotiated a long time ago to not let Duan Gan's family get involved in manufacturing." ”

"With the Zheng family's early knowledge workshop, we won't build it ourselves, so why should they be so tight-guarded?" This young man is obviously close to Duan Ganpeng, otherwise with Duan Ganpeng's strictness, even ordinary children in the clan would not dare to complain in front of the head of the family.

"Duan Ganlei, a businessman, if he does not keep it secret, it will be difficult to protect his property and even his life. If you don't believe in the faithfulness of my Duan Ganpeng, Linzi can be close to the prince, how much more can I Duan Ganpeng! ”

"Ray, you have to remember that the trader is still like this, and the executive, if he does not keep it secret, it is even worse." Duan Ganpeng was obviously very concerned about this dry thunder, and he actually clicked it.

The young man who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old hurriedly said yes.

only heard Duan Ganpeng ask again, "Did the people behind the Zheng family find out?" ”

Duan Ganlei shook his head, "The Zheng clan is meticulous, and his subordinates are extremely tight-mouthed, and they haven't been found out yet. However, a certain still suspects that there may be giant businessmen from Han and Wei operating behind the scenes. ”

"That makes sense." Duan Ganpeng rarely praised lightly. "Zheng used to be just a grocery store, and even if he was lucky enough to get this paper, he couldn't afford to hire so many craftsmen and guards. It's just that if it's a giant businessman, how can it be attached to me? Could it be that Zheng Qiaoyan borrowed a huge amount of money from a giant businessman? Behind this, it was obviously Duan Ganpeng talking to himself.

"You still have to pay attention, you don't care about the accounts that come in and out there, but also look at the people who come and go, if there are clues, don't alarm the Zheng family first, report to me first, and then check on." Duan Ganpeng commanded.

"No!" Duan Ganlei arched his hand, obviously this was one of his growth experiences.

"But it doesn't matter if you can't find out, it's just a businessman, and the people who come and go are nothing more than money, and they are attached to me, but they are just interests. Ray, you have to remember that the most important thing is actually power, and in front of power, money is just a floating cloud. Duan Ganpeng said solemnly, and the group of young people all bowed their hands and said yes.

"When you are in power in the future, you will all be in a high position, and you will be the pillar of my Duan Gan family and the Qi country." Duan Ganpeng said in a deep voice.

"Serve the head of the family!" In response to Duan Ganpeng, it was a neat voice.

Duan Ganpeng nodded with satisfaction, and in the midst of everyone's congratulations, he got up and left first.

That night, it was late at night, in the south of Linzi City, in an inconspicuous courtyard, he waved his hand and let the people who came to report the news leave.

In the dimly lit hut, Luo Luo picked up the stick that plucked the wick, and Zheng Wuwei on the side immediately grabbed it, and after a few clicks, the room was really much brighter. After coughing lightly a few times, he said, "I heard it just now, Duan Ganming should be credible, just when he came back from Langya, he passed on what he had just discussed in Duan Ganpeng's house, and that Duan Ganpeng really still had the heart to peep, but he was also a reasonable person, and if he cooperated, he had to find such a person, and everyone had a sense of proportion." ”

"That's what the lord said." Zheng Wuwei bowed down and said, "Compared with what Duan Ganlei has done in my paper mill these days, what this Gan Ming said should be true, congratulations to the master!" ”

"That's natural, Duan Ganlei signed a huge amount of money in Langya gambling, I paid him off, and on the way back to Linzi, he met Haoqiang and set up an ambush to intercept him, and it was my people who rescued him, how could he not obey me." Gou Luo smiled slightly, and his tone revealed some self-satisfaction.

"It's just that this person is still extremely loyal to Duan Ganpeng, and he is only willing to reveal some things about the paper mill, and he can't take on the big responsibility as the head of the family thinks." Zheng Wuwei said. Indeed, when he rescued Duan Ganlei, he revealed that he was a person from the paper mill, and wanted to know how Duan Ganpeng viewed the paper mill.

"Keep cultivating, and one day, he will be completely used by us." There was some confidence in his tone.

"Hey, just for one Duan Ganlei, the main family spent money not to mention, and lost two samurai, I don't know if it's worth it." Zheng Wuwei sighed.

"Duan Ganpeng will definitely be in charge, with Duan Ganlei in the middle, he will be of great use in the future, if he can do the king's great cause, money, and a few warriors, what should he do?"

"Hey, the main family gave up business and entered politics, and since then I have served the Zhou family, not to mention, the main family has used a lot of manpower and financial resources of my family to do things for the Zhou family, hey, the slave doesn't know how to say good." Zheng Wuwei sighed again.

In fact, cultivating a house slave like Zheng Wuwei who is loyal and capable, and whose relationship is not yet known, even if it is a former old nobleman like the Wu family, and now a big businessman, it also takes decades of effort, such as Zheng Wuwei is grandfather was selected as a house slave, and brought Zheng Wuwei's father to Linzi to develop alone, and when Zheng Wuwei came here, he became an old Linzi person, and no one knew the relationship with the Luoyang family, such a hidden power was used in this way.

I only heard Lu Luo smile and said, "If you are only a businessman, why did you change your surname to Zheng in the first place, so that no one can know even a trace of your relationship with my Wu family?" Apparently for today. ”

As the Gan Peng said, in front of power, what is the use of more money? Now, the Zhou room will be prosperous, and the opportunity for my family to be a family has come! He clenched his fists as he spoke.

"By the way, that dry thunder also has to let your kid have more contact with him, and it may be useful to invite him to go to places such as the wine shop and the music fang."

"No!" Zheng Wuwei bowed and replied.

Waving his hand to let Zheng Wuwei retreat, he was still not sleepy, he walked to the courtyard alone, looked up, but saw the stars in the sky, and couldn't help but feel that he was suddenly broad-minded.

On such a night, the spies of Qi were still desperately hurrying, and in the several huge barracks outside Anyi City, there was already a sound of snoring, and in the Qin Palace in Yongcheng, Qin Hou was still tossing and turning. Who knows, and perhaps everyone knows, that the situation in the world is like the wind and clouds in the sky, constantly changing.