Chapter 64: Blocking the Road
"This is it!" Panzhu Junxiu took Zhao Ziliang to the door of a large courtyard and said, "All the seriously injured generals and colonels in the army in Shule Town are recuperating here, and there are special military doctors here to heal and take care of the wounds."
Zhao Ziliang nodded, and a soldier with a gun at the door asked, "Who are you waiting for?" What's going on here? β
Zhao Ziliang took out his official voucher fish talisman and showed it to the soldiers, and said, "I am the lord of Tuoyun Castle, and I came to visit Captain Xi Yunqing!" β
"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Zhao Castle, please come in!" The soldier checked the official fish talisman, quickly returned it to Zhao Ziliang, and invited the two to enter.
Walking into the compound, Zhao Ziliang saw many people walking around in the courtyard from time to time, and said: "This place is picturesque, and it is indeed a good place to recuperate!" It seems that Lord Xibao is doing well here! β
Zhao Ziliang was talking to Panzhu Junxiu when he heard a shout not far away: "Ziliang, why are you here?" Hahaha, I want to drink 300 cups with you! β
Zhao Ziliang and Panzhu Junxiu turned their heads to see that there was a strong man standing under the eaves, who was not Xi Yunqing? Zhao Ziliang laughed and waved his hand to say hello: "Hahaha, Boss Xi, it seems that your body is very tough, and I am relieved!" β
The two walked together, looked at each other, and laughed at the same time.
"Boss Xi, it seems that you can't die, since you can't die, it's definitely no problem to drink!"
Xi Yunqing patted his chest and laughed: "Of course, drink!" Be sure to drink it! β
At this time, a sneer came from the side: "Drink? If you don't want to die, you can drink it, just drink it, and it's better to die early! β
Xi Yunqing was furious: "Who? Who said Lao Tzu can't drink? β
"Me!" This anger is even worse than Xi Yunqing.
Xi Yunqing turned his head to look, and when he saw the person who spoke clearly, he suddenly froze, and said quite embarrassedly: "Guo Langzhong, you are early!" β
Zhao Ziliang and Panzhu Junxiu saw a white-bearded old man walking not far away, and Xi Yunqing saw this white-bearded old man like a grandson seeing his grandfather, honest. Panzhu Junxiu saw that Xi Yunqing was still aggressive just now, and in the blink of an eye, he was like a frosted eggplant, he felt very interesting, and immediately laughed regardless of his image, which made Xi Yunqing very reluctant to find a crack in the ground to get in.
Xi Yunqing finally coaxed Guo Langzhong away, pulled Zhao Ziliang to the side and asked, "Ziliang, you are not in Tuoyun Castle, why do you have time to come here?" β
Zhao Ziliang said: "I came to Shule Town on some official business, I didn't come privately, I got the permission of General Fumeng!" As he spoke, he handed a jar of wine in his hand to Xi Yunqing and said, "I didn't bring anything, just a jar of wine, since Boss Xi can't drink, then this wine will stay here, and Boss Xi will drink it after his body is fully recovered!" β
Xi Yunqing looked at the wine in his hand, took it happily, and said with a smile: "Okay, only Ziliang knows my mind, and I will keep this wine!" β
Speaking of this, Xi Yunqing looked at Zhao Ziliang and said with a smile: "Now that Ziliang is in charge of Tuoyun Castle, it can be regarded as a real usefulness, pity me, I am trapped in this small courtyard and can't get in and out, I am about to suffocate to death!" β
Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Boss Xi doesn't have to worry, don't you know that General Fumeng wants to be of great use to you?" β
Xi Yunqing's eyes immediately widened when he heard this, and he said eagerly: "Ziliang, do you mean it really?" β
"Nature is true!"
"How do you know?"
"Today I went to see General Fumeng, he told me personally!"
"Did the general say where he wanted me to go?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "It seems that if you go to the city defense army to serve as a captain, it can be regarded as a high promotion, and the soldiers and horses under the command are no less than those of Tuoyunbao."
Xi Yunqing said helplessly: "Gao Sheng is Gao Sheng, but in the city defense and military management, this is really embarrassing for me!" However, there is a little advantage in the city defense army, and you don't have to worry about ordnance and food in the future like you did in Toyun Fort."
Food? Zhao Ziliang heard these two words, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, yes, now the news that the imperial court is going to send troops to the Tucai has not yet spread, and the grain prices in various parts of Anxi are still at a normal level. Why not take advantage of the fact that the news has not yet spread, and start hoarding a large amount of grain and grass as soon as possible, and wait for the future when grain prices rise, it will be too late to hoard.
Thinking of hoarding grain and grass, Zhao Ziliang immediately thought of a person's name, Jibham! At the beginning, in the Zhenbei warehouse in Shule Town, Jibham, the largest grain merchant in Shule Country, was among them, and Zhao Ziliang also had a relationship with this person, and forcibly detained all the food brought by this person, but Jibam also escaped the catastrophe.
Under the turn of his mind, Zhao Ziliang quickly made a decision, and he said to Xi Yunqing: "This is true! Now that Brother Xi is fine, Ziliang is relieved! Ziliang still has something to do, so he will leave first, and come back to visit in the future! β
Xi Yunqing saw that Zhao Ziliang was leaving, and it was not easy to force him to stay, this was not his place to stay after all, so he said: "That's good, I won't keep you anymore, when I settle down in the city defense army, if Ziliang comes to Shule Town, I must come to find someone to have a good drink!" β
"Definitely, definitely!"
After bidding farewell to Xi Yunqing, Zhao Ziliang said to Panzhu Junxiu: "Princess, I think of something, I want to do it immediately, I can't accompany you, now that General Fumeng is back, you should also go back to the town guard mansion and listen to it under General Fumeng's account, lest the general want to look for you but can't find it."
Although Panzhu Junxiu was a little reluctant, he also knew that Zhao Ziliang wanted to do business, so he had to reluctantly say: "Okay, when will you come to Shule Town again?" β
"I'll come over when I'm free!"
After separating from Panzhu Junxiu, Zhao Ziliang rushed back to the post station and took more than 20 cavalry guards to the outside of the city, "Castle master, are we going back?" β
"I'm afraid I won't be able to go back today, today this fort is mainly going to Shule Royal City to do something!"
More than 20 horsemen had just come out of the city, and a maid came from near the city gate to block Zhao Ziliang's way, Zhao Ziliang immediately stopped his horse and found that the maid who blocked the way turned out to be Mrs. Meng's maid Cui'e last night.
"General, the slave is polite!" Cui'e said a blessing.
Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "What's the matter with the girl stopping down?" β
"General, our wife has been waiting for the general here for a long time, please get on the carriage and see you!"
Zhao Ziliang screamed bitterly in his heart, turned his head to look, and found that there was a wide carriage parked on the side of the road, and weighed it in his heart, it seemed that it was not okay not to see Mrs. Meng, he beckoned to Chu Ge, the chief of the guard.
Chu Gece immediately stepped forward and said, "Castle master? β
Zhao Ziliang: "Chu Ge, you first take the brothers to Wangcheng to find an inn to live in, find out where the grain merchant Jibham lives, and then send someone back to Tuoyun Castle, and let Zheng San come over with the baggage team and all the carriages in the fort!" β
Chu Ge said worriedly: "Castle Master, you are aloneγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» your subordinates are worried about γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»."
Zhao Ziliang smiled, patted Chu Ge on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'll meet a friend for a while, and my friend will catch up with you soon!" β
"No!" Chu Ge agreed, and waved his hand back: "Let's go!" β