Wang Shichong smiled: "Isn't this good?" If we cooperate, then whoever will run it is actually the same, and you can also save your own money and manpower to go to other places in Jingzhou, and it will be better to operate. ”

He Ruobi said sharply: "Let your tongue be a lotus, this old man will not accept it, the old man has invested a lot of money here, it is impossible to give it to others, if you want to compete with the old man for this Yingzhou, then even if you let the horse come, when has the old man been afraid of others?" ”

Wang Shichong thought for a moment and said: "General He Ruo, if we let go of the fight here, it will only consume our strength in vain, and it will even be possible for Yang Guang to notice what we are doing, this is absolutely impossible, we must think of individual ways to solve it." ”

He Ruobi said angrily: "Solution? Let the old man give you this Yingzhou Bai Wang Shichong can solve it? The old man is not a three-year-old child, and he will not give in to you on this point. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "General He Ruo misunderstood, the junior said that since the conditions of our two families are too different to negotiate, it is better for the junior to make a bet with General He Ruo, if the junior wins, please ask General He Ruo to withdraw from this place and concentrate on managing Jingxiang, on the other hand, if General He Ruo wins, then the junior will never ask General He Ruo about the affairs of this Yingzhou in the future, and you will let it go." How is it? ”

He Ruobi's eyes were blazing, staring at Wang Shichong, thinking about what Wang Shichong had in mind. was silent for a while, but Wang Shichong looked at its color and knew that he had moved his heart and only owed the last fire. So he said: "If General He Ruo can't be the master, you can also talk to Gao Servant and General Changsun after discussing it." In this time, it is better to maintain the current situation for the first time. ”

He Ruobi couldn't hear this the most. He was proud all his life. Although he admired Gao Ying, he would never be willing to let others see him as a subordinate who followed Gao Ying, as soon as he heard Wang Shichong's words, he was immediately furious and roared directly: "Wang Shichong, you don't need to provoke the old man like this." Whatever bet you want to make, just ask. ”

After hearing this, Hu Sizheng opened his mouth to speak, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Wei Zheng looking at him with a smile. I was shocked, and swallowed back the words that came to my mouth.

On the other side, Shen Liusheng, who was standing behind He Ruobi's side, changed his face greatly, and said hurriedly: "Lord, this guy is treacherous and slippery, don't fall for him!" ”

He Ruobi didn't look back at Shen Liusheng, he raised his hand directly, and said in a deep voice: "Liusheng, the old man's words have been spoken, and there is no reason to take them back." The old man didn't believe that this kid could beat me. ”

Wang Shichong put away his smile and made a congratulatory gesture. said: "General He Ruo is really arrogant and extraordinary, and the world admires him." Last time, General He Ruo had a question, so that the juniors could judge the case, and the juniors won a game by luck, this time the juniors dared to gamble a business with General He Ruo, and they definitely did not take advantage of General He Ruo. ”

He Ruobi said impatiently: "Why is the young man talking so wordy, let's talk about what to bet." ”

Wang Shichong turned to Shen Liusheng and said with a smile: "Boss Shen, when you came to Jingxiang, you were originally engaged in the horse trading business, and in a few years, you have crushed all the more than ten horse merchants in the Jingxiang area, and dominated the horse market in Jingxiang, right." ”

Although Shen Liusheng didn't know what Wang Shichong was thinking, he still nodded: "Yes, so what?" ”

A sharp light suddenly flashed in Wang Shichong's eyes, and Shen Liusheng was shocked in his heart, and his face changed slightly: "Boss Shen, now General Chen Ling Chen is in urgent need of war horses, and I asked you about war horses in person last time." Why don't we take a month and show our powers, and see who can get a thousand war horses to sell to General Chen first within a month, and the one who can do this first wins? ”

He Ruobi shouted without thinking: "Okay, just do it, the old man bets with you!" ”

Shen Liusheng hadn't reacted yet, and when he suddenly woke up, he only saw He Ruobi with a smug look on his face, gently stroking his goatee there. But Shen Liusheng knew that He Ruobi hated his subordinates the most for making him lose face in front of outsiders, so he could only swallow back what he wanted to say, leaving a sigh in vain.

A strange smile hung on Wang Shichong's face again: "General He Ruo, did you promise a little too quickly, do you want to think about it again?" ”

He Ruobi laughed: "Wang Shichong, you have underestimated the old man several times today, and the old man will not care about you for the time being, lest you say that I He Ruobi is bullying the small and embarrassing the younger generation." But your gambling old man has made up his mind, and within a month, the one who brings in the war horse wins, and it is a war horse, not another horse, understand? ”

Wang Shichong stretched out a hand and said, "Okay, since General He Ruo said this, Shichong won't say anything, you are a senior, and your vision and knowledge are much stronger than those of the juniors." Then let's high-five and swear, if the juniors win, we will ask General He Ruo to withdraw from Yingzhou, and I will buy those shops. On the contrary, if General He Ruo wins, the younger generation will no longer say anything about General He Ruo's activities in Yingzhou. ”

He Ruobi didn't say a word, stretched out his palm and hit Wang Shichong's palm "horn", and laughed: "This old man has won." ”

Hu Sizheng, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "Wang Tingshi, what if you can't transport a thousand war horses to this Yingzhou within a month?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled and said, "If we can't do this, then a month later, we will make an appointment for a new topic and fight again." ”

Shen Liusheng also blinked his eyes and shouted: "Wang Shichong, if you are shoddy and get some pack horses to be used as war horses, then Chen Ling has formed an alliance with you now, and he is your person, if he accepts your pack horses, then how can it be counted?" ”

He Ruobi had been smiling just now, but when he heard this, his face changed greatly, and he looked directly at Wang Shichong, obviously he didn't take this into account just now.

Wang Shichong's expression was calm, he waved his hand, and said: "Boss Shen doesn't have to worry too much, Shichong has always been honest, and the army has clear requirements for war horses, whether it is height, age, teeth, endurance, and especially temperament, they must be tested. If you think that the younger generation is shoddy, and use the pack horse to fill the war horse, the world will admit defeat. ”

He Ruobi's eyes flashed, and he said, "Okay." Brother Wang is really refreshing. We've just high-fived us. Then let each his destiny be secured. Please also ask General Chen to make a ward and let him openly buy horses in the market early tomorrow morning, so that we can have a legitimate reason to do this military horse business, after all, a thousand military horses is not a small number, and without the public procurement of the imperial court, others will think that we have bad intentions. ”

Wang Shichong nodded and arched his hand: "The juniors say goodbye." Then he turned around and walked out with Wei Zheng without looking back.

He Ruobi stood in place. His face sank like water, and the generosity and heroism just now disappeared without a trace, and he fell into deep thought for a while.

Shen Liusheng couldn't help but speak: "Lord, this Wang Shichong actually dares to take the initiative to gamble with us on this war horse, does he think that we can really only transport the southwest pack horse?" ”

He Ruobi shook his head: "He shouldn't be so stupid, he knows the relationship between us and General Changsun, as long as I say a word, General Changsun will arrange for Qimin Khan to send us horses, which is enough in one month." ”

Shen Liusheng glanced at Hu Sizheng, who was silent, and said, "Brother Hu Si has always been resourceful. What is your opinion on this matter? ”

Hu Sizheng has not spoken since Wang Shichong's proposal just now, but his mind has been spinning rapidly. Hearing this, he said thoughtfully: "Presumably Wang Shichong will know that we can get war horses from the Turks, but he has set a one-month deadline, and he should want to fight with us in terms of speed." ”

"Although Yang Su, whom he relied on, is now excluded, as long as he speaks, he can still do it at the official card posts along the way, such as detaining our war horses for a few days."

He Ruobi gasped: "Even now, it will take two or three days to go to the Eastern Capital to report the news, and Changsun Sheng will have to wait for another ten days at the earliest before he can send someone from Dali City to drive the war horse south, there are many checkpoints along the way, and any guy who will be stuck with us for three or four days, it will be too late in time." Hus, since you've thought of it just now, why don't you say it? ”

Hu Sizheng smiled slightly: "If we don't dare to compete in our best horse business, we will only let the surname Wang look down on me, lord, didn't you say, don't lose your momentum under any circumstances." ”

He Ruobi shook his head: "Then what should I do now, my mouth is happy, but if this bet is really lost, Yingzhou, which we spent nearly half of the Jingxiang industry in exchange, will really cheapen Wang Shichong's kid." ”

Hu Sizheng said confidently: "Lord, don't worry too much, knowing that the other side can win a hundred battles, Wang Shichong thinks he knows us, but we can also guess the source of his war horse." ”

He Ruobi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Come on, where can his war horse come from?" ”

Hu Sizheng said: "Do you remember that when Yang Liang was pacified, Wang Shichong once led the Xiaoguo cavalry to Shuozhou and Daizhou to help?" ”

He Ruobi reacted suddenly, and laughed: "Hu Si, you are really thoughtful, Shuozhou Assassin Yang Yichen is now an official in the court, and he has become a servant, Shuozhou was handed over to Yang Su's distant relative Yang Kuo to take over temporarily, as for that Daizhou, Assassin Shi is the whistleblower Qiu He who lost Puzhou and became an official by betraying his friends, this person is a hardcore brother with Shangguan Zheng, the general of the right Xiaowei, and Shangguan Zheng is the mortal enemy of Yang Su's father and son. ”

He Ruobi paced while analyzing, and when he said this, he stopped: "So Wang Shichong will definitely go to Shuozhou, find Yang Kuo's help, and let his people go out of the customs to buy Turkic war horses." ”

Hu Sizheng bowed his hand: "The lord is wise, and there is another point, that is, that Youzhou." Now Li Zixiong, recommended by Yang Su, is there to temporarily act as the governor, although Youzhou is far away from here, but you can also buy Turkic war horses, which is also a channel for Wang Shichong, presumably he will not bet on one place, he will definitely buy war horses on both sides, and then come to Yingzhou at the same time. ”

He Ruobi had no doubts in his heart, and said to Shen Liusheng: "Liusheng, you have worked hard, go to the Eastern Capital immediately, let General Changsun say hello to the Qimin Khan for us, and quickly give us 1,200 war horses to go south." In addition, let him close the horse market with my Da Sui for a month, and not a single horse will be sold to the Han people! ”

After He Ruobi gritted his teeth and gave the order, he smiled proudly: "Wang Shichong, I see what you are fighting with me!" ”

In the small lakeside building in the Yingzhou Thorn Mansion, Wang Shichong and Wei Zheng sat opposite each other, Wei Zheng and Wang Ren also sat down, and Zhang Jincheng consciously stayed by the lake, with a light breeze blowing from the lake, so that the people in the house were in a comfortable mood and smiled.

Zhang Jin said that he and Wang Ren went to arrest Zhu Cang a few days ago, but unfortunately the man got the news early and escaped, and Zhu Liufeng, the father of the Zhu family, had a stroke in bed. When he heard the news, he was also angry. The dead are greater. Wang Shichong had no choice but to let go of the Zhu family. On the one hand, a sea fishing document was issued, and Zhu Cang was wanted; On the one hand, he put Na Zhu on death row, and reported the case to the imperial court together with the case of Na Qi Daofu's killing of Liu, waiting for the approval of the Criminal Department.

Wei Zheng had a smile on his face, picked up a bowl of sour plum juice in his hand, took a sip, and it was cool and indescribably comfortable. Putting down the soup bowl, he said to Wang Shichong: "Lord, I'm afraid they are wondering at this moment, why do we dare to make this bet with them." ”

Wei Zheng pursed his lips and smiled: "Lord, our friendship with the heroes of the world in the past few years has finally worked. A few days ago, we also just notified Gao Baoyi of Daxing to come to the Eastern Capital, and now we can find him to mobilize war horses. ”

Wang Shichong's face was still stern, he shook his head, and said: "Don't be careless, although Prince Lu and Gao Baoyi have done business from Daxing to Luoyang, they may not be able to transfer thousands of war horses in such a short time. We still have to be in place. ”

His gaze moved to Wang Renze and said, "Renze." Can you find time to go to Jincheng Xue Ju and ask him if he can help and get some war horses?"

Asked by Wang Shichong, Wang Ren smiled: "Don't hide it from my uncle, the Xue family has always been a wealthy family in Longyou, and the children of the clan have been taught to ride and shoot since they were young, and they also have dealings with many horse farms in the Longyou area. My white jade lion skull is from Hexi. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "I have heard for a long time that Tuyuhun has always produced good horses, and the last time I saw you, the mount was extraordinary, it turned out to be the legendary Qinghai Skull, no wonder it feels different from my jujube red horse." ”

The corners of Wang Renze's mouth hooked, and he said with a smile: "Uncle, your jujube red horse is a bloody horse in the Western Regions, and my horse is Qinghai Gong, the legend says that there is a big lake called Qinghai where Tuyuhun is located, with a radius of thousands of miles, and there is a divine island in the lake." Every winter, when the heavy snow freezes the surface of the lake, the Tuyuhun people will release the Hexi mares on the island, and the next year they will send people to the island before the spring thaws, and those mares will be pregnant. ”

"The horses born to these mares are all tall and strong, with strong limbs and extremely strong endurance, and they are natural war horses, known as Qinghai skull. And my white jade lion skull, is the best in Qinghai skull, when my father bought it back and wanted to build it for my eldest brother, but unfortunately I was sick in the first few days after it was built, and I couldn't tame this horse, so my father gave me a gift. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "What was said in the "Northern History" and "Book of Wei" turned out to be true, and I still read it as a myth and legend. ”

"Ren Ze, in this way, do you have a channel to get these Hexi war horses?" Wang Shichong blinked and looked at Wang Renze.

Wang Ren smiled: "Lord, you really found the right person, you have less time at home these years, you may not know, the little nephew has always liked good horses, and he used to raise hundreds of horses at home, but in the last years of the emperor, Wang Shiji, the governor of Liangzhou, was killed because of rebellion, and he sent some good horses to Gao Xi at that time, and Gao Servant was dismissed from office. Later, when Yang Yong, the king of Fangling, was abolished, he was also charged with raising war horses. Therefore, the third uncle was afraid of getting into trouble, so he stored those war horses in some horse markets and racetracks in Daxing. ”

Wang Shichong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "How many horses are there?" ”

Wang Ren tilted his head, blinked his eyes, and said, "There should be eight or nine hundred, they are said to be horses in the racecourse, in fact, if our family wants to ride, they can be taken out at any time there." ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "I see. ”

Wei Zheng also nodded: "The last time the emperor died in the thrilling incident in Daxing City, why didn't the lord think of going to the racecourse to mobilize these horses?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "The city is full of streets, and the war horses can't gallop, and besides, those disciples of ours are not professional cavalrymen, and they don't have armor and long weapons, so it's useless to ride on horses, and the most important thing is that time is tight at that time, and there is no time to go around to the horse farm outside the city to get horses." ”

Shan Xiongxin also echoed: "Yes, Mr. Wei, fortunately I didn't go to fetch those horses at that time, otherwise I would definitely be more jealous of Yang Guang." ”

Wei Zheng smiled and said: "But in this way, there are thousands of horses in the horse farm of the lord's family, this time Yang Guang moved the capital to the eastern capital, and places like the racecourse have not had time to move over, those horses should still be in Daxing, I think we had better send someone to Daxing and get those horses over." ”

Wang Shichong's heart suddenly thought of something, and his face became solemn: "There is another thing that is very troublesome, that is, the sentry post along the way, the steepening of thousands of war horses is not a trivial matter, and people who don't know or guys with ulterior motives may take the opportunity to say that we are plotting against us and want to rebel." ”

As soon as Wang Shichong said this, the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared without a trace, and they glanced at each other, frowning slightly, and couldn't help but start worrying.

Wang Shichong continued to talk to himself: "And Xiao Miao's person is now in the Eastern Capital, and he is still He Ruobi's partner, I don't rule out the possibility that He Ruobi will make it bad, and secretly let Xiao Mi Tong Guò Empress Xiao make it bad." Although we know that Xiao Mo wants to stand on his own, but Chen Ling helped him cover, Empress Xiao still doesn't know how ghostly this nephew is, presumably Xiao Milling can influence Yang Guang through Empress Xiao and manipulate the checkpoints along the way. ”

Wei Zheng smiled: "Lord, this is just the worst possibility, we can also counteract." After all, our ally Yang Su is the secretary of the imperial court, and he can also say that the Turks are about to move recently, and they want to spy on the reality of our dynasty, so it is advisable to temporarily ban the Turkic caravan from entering the Central Plains. ”

Wang Shichong said "um": "This should be able to stop He Ruobi and them for a few days, but Changsun Sheng must have a way to persuade Yang Guang to let them go." Also, how can we solve our problems? ”

Wei Zheng lowered his head, took another sip of sour plum soup, he took the sweet and sour soup in his mouth and rinsed it, and finally raised his head, his eyes became firm: "Lord, I don't think it's as good as this, we have a three-pronged approach, on the one hand, trouble Ren will go to Daxing, take out the more than 1,000 good horses we have stored in Zài Daxing Horse Farm, and rush all the way to this Yingzhou, by the way, don't forget to find Chen Ling to get an announcement on the requisition of military horses before leaving." ”

Wang Ren nodded and said, "That's a good idea. With the official documents of the government in hand, the checkpoints along the way should not dare to look for trouble. ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "It's not that simple, if you want to stop you, you have to go all the way from Daxing to Yingzhou to more than a dozen states and counties, all of them are doing tricks and feet in inspections, and one place will drag you for two days, and it will be impossible to reach Daxing within a month." ”

Wang Renze's heart that he had just put down suddenly rose again, his face changed color slightly, and his voice also revealed an anxiety: "Then what now?" ”

Wang Shichong suddenly said: "This thing is easy to do, Ren Ze don't go alone, just follow Zhang Jincheng brother for a while." He is the guard of our royal family, and I wrote a letter to the family and asked him to pass it on his behalf, and no one could say that there was any problem, and that he would bring the horse with him when he returned, which was reasonable and beyond reproach. ”

Wei Zheng's eyes flashed, and he said: "In addition to Daxing, we also have to go to the Eastern Capital, and ask Gao Baoyi to drive his Malay to Yingzhou according to the plan, now he is a partner of the Duke of Yue after all, as long as the Duke of Yue is willing to send someone to follow, it will not arouse the suspicion of others." ”

When Wei Zheng said this, his eyes turned to Shan Xiongxin and smiled slightly: "I'm afraid this matter will require Xiongxin to work hard." ”

Shan Xiongxin nodded: "It's nothing, I also have to find Chen Ling to get an official document first, right?" ”

Wei Zheng said: "Yes, if you don't have this thing, you will give people braids." But don't put the official document in your hands, but ask Gao Baoyi to hold it, so that others can't see that we are implicated with Chen Ling here, and only let Gao Baoyi say that he got the news himself. ”

Shan Xiongxin said in a deep voice: "It's the same for me all the way." It's just that I don't know that Gao Baoyi, I'm afraid that he may not be able to trust me. ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand: "This thing is not difficult to do, for more than a year, I have always been in contact with Gao Baoyi through Guò Xuancheng. When the time comes, after you return to the Eastern Capital, take my token and go to Gao Baoyi, and there will be no problem. ”

After everyone calmed down, Wang Shichong looked at Wei Zheng: "Xuancheng, so let's take care of both of them, and then let Yang Su find a way to block the road for He Ruobi and Sun Sheng to get the war horse from the Turks to go south, it should be okay." (To be continued......)