After the two finalized the general direction of the future, they also discussed many details in a low voice.

Zhang Mengtan came to the Song Kingdom this time, and also brought a handwritten slip written by Zhao Ying to Wuxian, which did not have many words on it, but it was nothing more than a description of the situation in the country, and everything was fine at home. There are also a few summer clothes that Ji Huan brought over, and Zhao Wuxian was surprised to find the shoes made by Wei, thinking about it, she was taken by Ji Huan to the lower palace to be a personal maidservant, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

One of the most important pieces of information was that Zhao Ying revealed that in April, he would lead an army to attack Zheng Guo with the new ruling Zhizhi and Shangjun general Zhong Xingyin, but because Zheng Jun was not easy to deal with, he would not go deeper.

And in May, the Sanqing will lead his army eastward to attack the defense of the country and punish them for breaking the covenant. The combat effectiveness of the Wei army was low, so Zhang Mengtan thought that Sanqing would pick up soft persimmons and pinch them, and fight all the way to the city of Puyang, forcing Wei Guo to rebel against Qi and surrender to Jin again.

Wu Zhen said: "In this case, let's make some preparations first, go to defend the country in May, and maybe we can meet my father." ”

Zhang Mengtan also put forward a strategy of "taking advantage of the situation."

"Zitai, we can also use the offensive of the three secretaries of the Jin State to make some plans for the next step of entering Lu smoothly......"

After listening to him finish in detail, Zhao Wuxian's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but applaud, secretly saying that he really didn't choose the wrong person, Zhang Mengtan, seeking the country and the world's talents!

However, Zhang Meng's talk about this "talent for the world" is still a little immature, and he asked with some hesitation: "Zigong is a patriot, I don't know if he will have ideas if he does this?" ”

Zhang Mengtan can see that among the people who are still following Zhao Wuxian, the two people with the highest status are him, the "confidant", who delineates the overall situation. provide strategy; The second is Zigong, the "humerus stock", who earns money for Zhao Wuxian to eat enough soldiers, and sometimes makes a cameo appearance as a lobbyist.

For this. Zhao Wuxian was not very worried, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, he helped the enemy country attack the home country. Just the "Chu traitors" used by Chu Caijin can find a lot of them, and no one condemns them, but blames them for not cherishing talents by Chu State itself.

Just like when Cao Di was arguing, his villager said: "What is the point of the meat eaters? "It means, patriotism is such a thing, let the nobles care about it, what does it have to do with our people?

Spring and Autumn was a patriarchal society. The political power itself is an extension of family power, so there will be relatives and respect, the public family is born noble, and can take power when he is an adult.

Therefore, grassroots patriots such as Xiangao and Cao Di were a very small minority in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the attitude of the majority of Chinese people towards the state is quite similar to the spirit of contract in Western Europe in later generations:

If a wise ruler loves his people like a son. Cover it like the sky, and let it be like the earth; Then the people who serve their kings should love them as their parents. Respect it like the sun and moon gods. The monarch is a shepherd for the heavens, if the monarch makes the people's livelihood poor and the people desperate, then what else does the monarch do? It's better to expel him and get a new one.

This passage from the mouth of Shi Kuang shows that whether the people love the country in the Spring and Autumn Period depends on whether the monarch is worthy of service, and the mediocre monarchs of most countries at present are obviously not worth it.

The Duanmu family has lost its duty in defending the country, and there has been no Lumi for several generations. If Wei Hou is more virtuous, he will be better for the people. Na Zigong may also feel guilty when the Zhao Wuxian group does something that is not good for the defense of the country. But because of some special hobbies, the reputation of this "virtuous as lustful" monarch can only be regarded as average among the people.

The relationship between Zhao Wuxian and Zigong is now a little delicate. is like a collaborator, and like a lord and retainer in the relationship between the upper and lower levels, although Zigong has not yet committed his allegiance. Even, Zhao Wuxian felt that Zigong's sense of belonging to the Lu State was even stronger than that of the Wei Kingdom.

Besides, he didn't plan to let Zigong personally participate in that strategy.

Wu Xian said: "Zigong is running a business for me in Cao State, and I originally planned to build a wine shop in the capital of the Central Plains as a foothold and intelligence network for the trading house. The Song people are honest and simple, although they have savings, they don't know how to squander them, so if this wine shop is opened in Taoyi, it will be more lively. ”

Taoyi was the capital of the Cao Kingdom and the trading center of the north.

So in order to make more profits, Zhao Wuxian had to reach out there and compete with the powerful Zheng Shang and Qi Shang to gain a foothold.

However, according to the news sent back by Zigong, his business there does not seem to be going very well, and Zhao Wuxian also has a headache about this.

He said to Zhang Mengtan: "Whether we go to Wei Guo or Lu State, we must first pass through Cao State, and by the way, go there to help Zigong solve the troubles he encounters." ”

Unconsciously, the sky gradually darkened, and that night, Zhao Wuxian and Zhang Mengtan came to Le's mansion in Shangqiu City.

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Le Shi came from Song Dai Gong's son Le Fu Shu, after more than 200 years of inheritance, has developed three branches, Le Qi that branch is called Sicheng Le, is the family clan; Le Daxin's branch number Xiaocheng Le's; The third branch is the great Si Kou Lewan of the Song and Yuan dynasties, called the Si Kou Le.

After the continuation of ten generations, the blood relationship of each family has long been as thin as water, and now Le Daxin and Le Wei have disagreements, and they are still a little stiff.

Sicheng Le's mansion is very simple, adhering to the tradition of "not greedy" since Sicheng Zihan, the paint on the door is only brushed with one layer, and the temple is also soapy. After entering the door, there were sketches and ink everywhere, and Le Qi's funeral was not over yet.

It stands to reason that before Zhao Wuxian officially married Le Lingzi, he didn't even have to keep filial piety, but he still insisted on serving the three-month filial piety period.

In this way, coupled with the fact that he was banished from the country and took Le Qi's coffin home, he won the name of filial piety in Shangqiu, and the honest and simple Song people liked such a righteous gentleman the most.

Of course, this is the end of Wuxi's heart, because he has great ambitions, and he can't wait for three years no matter what.

Today, Le Wei and Le Lingzi are still serving their father's filial piety, so Wuxian eats very blandly on weekdays, and tries not to participate in large-scale banquets.

"Zhangzi, because of this, I can only wash the dust for you in the wine shop today, please forgive me. Stay here tonight, and then go with me to the manor outside Shangqiu City in a few days to see how well my minions are training. ”

Zhao Guangde also accompanied Wuxian to Shangqiu, and it was not until February that he returned to Wenxian with ten cars at the urging of Zhao Luo. However, he insisted on leaving the two hundred Wen pawns who were already proficient in crossbow machines to Zhao Wuxian. Coupled with more than 100 Chengxiang soldiers, this is all the weapons in Zhao Wuxian's hands.

It was impossible for these people to complete the Cele Clan's mansion, so Zhao Wuxian asked Zigong to buy a manor a few miles away on the outskirts of Shangqiu City. so that the soldiers can live and train.

The Battle of Jianjin had spread throughout the Song Kingdom, and the Song people were surprised. They also dare not underestimate this army under Zhao Wuxian, they are equivalent to enhancing the strength of Sicheng Le's clan.

After settling Zhang Mengtan, Zhao Wuxian was about to go to the Leqi Spiritual Hall for a routine worship, but met his eldest brother Ziming next to the garden.

Ziming is in his twenties, with a faint vertical beard under his chin, and his appearance looks a little obscene under the palace lamp, without the grace and righteousness of Le Qi. He was wearing a filial piety dress sewn from linen and plain ink, but he was doing something with a lot of etiquette: he was laughing with a beautiful concubine. While still going up and down, the sound of * reached the ears of Wuxian.

Seeing this, Zhao Wuxian sighed in his heart, this is not the first time.

His eldest brother's name is 溷, and the word is Ziming. 溷 means toilet and pigsty, so this name does not correspond to the meaning of the word at all, maybe Le Qi holds his expectation that he can suddenly turn decay into clarity after giving the word in the crown?

Le Wei is like a name but not a word, he is greedy, can't help being lonely, not at all like a secretary who presides over housekeeping. Instead, he is like an unreliable prodigal. According to the etiquette system, prostitution cannot be proclaimed during the mourning period, which must be seen by the master of ceremonies of the Song Kingdom. You must have to point at his nose and scold.

Zhao Wuxian was a little worried about the future of Le's after he left the Song Kingdom.

But fortunately, this eldest brother is not stupid to the end, but he knows that he is the most favored person except for Xiang Wei (tui). And the relationship with the Great Si Kou Huang Clan and the Shangda Doctor Ling Clan is very good, I just hope that Gu Bu Ziqing's prophecy is accurate, although Le Qi died in Jin, but his descendants can be ambitious in Song.

Wuxian originally planned to be out of sight and out of mind, so he simply bypassed. But when he thought of something, he approached and coughed lightly.

"Ziming. So you're here. ”

Le Miao looked left and right in a panic, and looked weak when he saw Wuxi. Only then did he become serious, waved his hand to drive away the concubine, and came over to greet Wuxian with a smiling face.

"Zitai, can the friends of the Jin Kingdom welcome back? Can it be placed? ”

"I'm worried about Ziming." Zhao Wuxian's face remained unchanged, but he secretly sneered in his heart, Le Wei's attitude change in the past few months has taught him what it means to be a former and a backward compliment.

Le Wei originally didn't have a good face for Zhao Wuxian, and he thought that he took more than 300 people to eat idle dinner. It wasn't until the various rumors of the Battle of Jianjin reached Shangqiu that his complexion looked better, and from then on he regarded Wuxian as a help, and once asked him proudly, since he was proficient in military affairs, would he like to be Le's family Sima?

In Le Wei's view, it is normal for exiled nobles to be retainers, and now Bao Guo, the secretary of Qi State, was the head of Uncle Shi Xiao of Lu when he was young.

But Zhao Wuxian's mood is extremely high, how can he be willing to be subordinate? Not to mention that he wanted to take Le Wei as the head of the family, so he politely refused. So Leyu's attitude cooled down for the second time, and he ignored Wuxi.

In the past month, Zhao Wuxian let Zigong buy the "Forget to Return" liquor store completed, wheat flour from Le's Lingyi and manor were successively produced, and the "Zhao porcelain" of the Jin Kingdom was also pulled by a car, and the price was higher than that of pearl jade.

Seeing Zhao Wuxian's monthly gold gains, Le Wei's eyes turned red again, he was like a businessman, bargaining with Wuxian, to raise Le's share of the wheat he received. He opened his mind again, and proposed that since Wuxian was good at the way of money, it was better to be a master in charge of the market, concentrate on goods and breeding, and make profits for Le's.

Master Chu was just a sergeant position, Zhao Wuxian couldn't cry or laugh, and politely refused, and today, Le Wei made a suggestion for the third time.

"Zitai, can you think about what I told you the day before yesterday? Your filial piety has passed, and it is not a long way to be idle all the time. It's better to send more Zhao porcelain to the office, and then I will say something for you, and let the king seal you a thousand-room city as a doctor of the Song Kingdom. As soon as the filial piety period of Lingzi is over, I will arrange for you to get married and go to Fengyi to live a stable life, what is it? ”

Staying in the Song Kingdom as a feudal doctor, this is the path that Zhao Wuxian has long denied. The situation in the world is unpredictable, his clan and relatives are all in the Jin Kingdom, seeing that the upheaval is getting closer and closer, how can he spend time here?

His fate should be arranged and fought by himself!

Doctor Song Guoxia can't control his ambition at all!

So Zhao Wuxian bluntly stated the purpose of tonight: "Ziming, I plan to leave Song in May." ”

Le Wei frowned: "Leave Song? Where are you going? ”

Wuxian said: "I want to go north to Weilu and meet my father, but I don't have enough troops in my hands, so I'm afraid that the bandits along the way will attack and disturb me." ”

"So, before leaving, I want to recruit troops in Le's territory......"

In Le Wei's opinion, Zhao Wuxian, as the son of the exiled secretary, is still a concubine, and this life is at the end, at most, he will be a doctor in the Song State and get a small town, so there is not much value in marriage.

For a few months, he once wanted to snatch the half of the jade in Zhao Wuxian's hand, because when the head of the family was away, he could temporarily mobilize the Le family's soldiers. He also wanted to regret the marriage after the funeral, let Zhao Wuxian love him, and then marry Lingzi, a sister who is famous in Shangqiu and proficient in medical skills, to one of the Xiang brothers, or even a certain son-in-law.

Because Yin Shang is different from the Zhou people's "same surname and no marriage", there have always been remnants of intra-clan marriages, such as Emperor Wuding and Nu Hao (son), which is the relationship between cousins and sisters. Song Guoqing's doctor and even the monarch also practiced the tradition of "marrying within three generations", and relatives with the same surname and the same clan within three generations can also marry.

However, after listening to Chen Dingguo, a priest who had experienced the Battle of Jianjin, recounted the experience, Le Wei knew that these people under Zhao Wuxian were able to defeat a larger number of Fan soldiers. If it annoys him, if nothing else, it is possible to turn Le's upside down.

Le Wei was stunned for a moment, and later saw that Wuxian could make money and goods, and he could have a good relationship with Song Gong and the Xiang brothers, so he changed his flattering face and wanted to get a piece of the pie.

But one yard is one yard, there is only one thing, which Le Wei must not give away, and that is the pillar of the survival of a Qing clan, the soldier.

Therefore, when Zhao Wuxian said that there was a shortage of soldiers, Le Wei expected that he wanted to borrow soldiers.

He opened his mouth and refused: "Zitai should know that the soldiers of the Le clan are all temporarily recruited countrymen and savages, who work in agriculture in three seasons and perform martial arts in one season, and they have to repair the walls and harvest beans, and they are already very tired, so they can't travel with you." And the armor of the Le family's private family, he has already fought a battle with you last year, and he needs to rest, and he also has to defend the clan and the feudal ......"

Zhao Wuxian looked at Le Wei's exaggerated performance with a smile, and he suddenly changed from a debaucherous and mediocre scholar to a good lord who loved the people like a son and thought about the people everywhere.

He patted Le Ming's shoulder and said, "Ziming, you heard clearly, I want to recruit soldiers, not borrow soldiers!" ”

Speaking of this, Le Wei also suddenly understood the words that Zhao Wuxian said, and his eyes suddenly widened.

"Recruitment? What is Recruitment? (To be continued)

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