At this time, a guard in the county government rushed from the rain to the courtyard where Cao Zhang's temporary room was located, and when he saw Cao Zhangli standing in front of the house, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, "My lord, Wei Ting asks to see you." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

In the middle of the night, Wei Ting also came to visit, so it can be seen that there must be something urgent, so Cao Zhang said: "Please!" ”

After saying that, let the guards take out an umbrella from their own house, cover themselves to the main hall in front of them to meet Wei Ting, the umbrella of the Han Dynasty is called '禦', Erya described it as "splitting bamboo into strips, covered with animal skins, closed like sticks, and open like covers", Cao Chang can be sure that the Chinese are definitely the first country to invent umbrellas.

Under the umbrella of the guards, Cao Zhang came to the main hall, Wei Ting was already waiting in the main hall, his clothes had been splashed by the rain, and he looked quite embarrassed, Cao Zhang smiled when he saw this: "The head of the Wei family came to visit late at night, what is the matter?" ”

Wei Ting said: "My lord, after today's rain, I am afraid that it will rain for more than two months, and it is such a torrential rain, and the mountain roads in Pingyang will be muddy in the near future, and it will be difficult to march, and I am afraid that the plan to sweep away Hulu will be temporarily shelved." ”

Cao Zhang was surprised when he heard this: "Why is it raining in Pingyang County all summer?" ”

Wei Ting replied: "That's right, sixty percent of the rain in Pingyang County falls in the summer, so it is common to keep going day after day, and now we have taken Linfen, the three big counties where Hulu is entrenched are all in the north of Pingyang, which belongs to the Luliang Mountains, the terrain is high, there is a lot of soil, there are often mudflows in summer, which is not conducive to marching, and it is only impossible to attack the three counties at this time." ”

Cao Zhang asked, "Which three counties?" ”

Wei Ting took out a roll of plain silk from his sleeve, unfolded it and presented a finely drawn map, only to hear him say: "It's the three counties of Beiqu, Huxi, and Puzi." ”

Cao Zhang found out the location of the three counties on the map, and found that the three county towns just formed a triangle, and the three counties were not more than two hundred miles apart, which happened to be the trend of the corner, so he said: "These three counties are the trend of the corner, and the whole body is moved, it is indeed not easy to attack, if it rains like this, it is troublesome enough to just transport grain and grass, let alone attack the three counties, the master of the Wei family, which three counties belong to the three forces of Hulu?" ”

Wei Ting said: "Beiqu is the territory of the Chen family supported by Huangzhong Yi Conghu, Huxi is the territory of the Yang family supported by Jincheng Yi Conghu, and Puzi is the territory of the Lin family supported by Tuoba Xianbei. ”

Cao Zhang asked, "Where are the forces supported by Xian Lingqiang?" ”

Wei Ting replied: "Xian Lingqiang supported the caravan between Pingyang and Qianghu, and did not have a fixed territory, but because they traded in all parts of Pingyang County, they had their influence everywhere, except for Jiangyi, which was controlled by my Wei family, and Xiangling, which was controlled by the Huo family. ”

Cao Zhang said: "So, even in Linfen, there is their power? ”

Wei Ting replied: "It is very likely, otherwise the enemy army will not suddenly burst out and want to use Linfen as a bait to encircle our army, and also intercept our army's food route, so it seems that they already knew it as early as when we pretended to be Qiang people to force Zhuangding to attack the city, but it takes time to integrate the sergeants, and the speed of the march is different, and the adults saw through their treacherous plans during the siege of the city, and they were able to break them one by one, so their treacherous plan was not successful." ”

Cao Zhang was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Master Wei, did you say that the caravan of Xian Lingqiang is still in Linfen?" ”

Wei Ting said: "It should still be hidden in the county, the Li family issued a grounding order when defending the city, and General Zhang also guarded the four gates of the county after capturing Linfen and did not let people out." ”

Cao Zhang asked, "Are these caravans Han or Qiang?" ”

Wei Ting replied: "There are both Han and Qiang people in the caravan, and the task of these merchants is only to collect information for Xian Lingqiang, tell him where he is richer, what to produce, and so that Xian Lingqiang can determine where to plunder and what to rob. ”

Cao Zhang nodded and said, "I see!" "Xindao, these Hu people are really professional horse thieves.

Then Cao Zhang stopped talking, but paced in the hall to think about the strategy, and after a while, he smiled and said, "Since we can't fight, let's talk to them!" In my opinion, Xian Lingqiang is an object that can be discussed. ”

Wei Ting muttered, "What do you mean............ Find out the caravan that first Lingqiang has and let it pass the word? ”

Cao Zhang said: "Exactly! Master Wei, this matter will be handed over to you, and I will let Xiahou Zilin, the captain of the Yue Cavalry, help you with all my might! ”

Hearing this, Wei Ting agreed: "The grass people take the order." ”

Cao Zhang glanced outside the house, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and suddenly smiled: "Master Wei, you don't need to visit late at night for such a trivial matter as the rainy season in Pingyang, right?" Is there anything else that matters? ”

Wei Ting suddenly snorted, and Cao Zhang smiled when he saw this: "Master Wei, if you have any requirements, just say it, now that the trouble of the foreign clan in Pingyang has not been eliminated, we should be more honest with each other, and only then can we cooperate." ”

Wei Ting arched his hand when he heard this: "Na Ting will be blunt!" After a pause, Wei Ting took a deep breath, as if he had made a lot of determination, and said: "There is a mineral vein eighteen miles northwest of Linfen, which was originally taken care of by the Li family, and now the Li family has broken, and it has become a helpless place, the Li family must have built a mine cave before mining the vein, and now the rainy season has arrived, if no one repairs and takes care of it, the rain will wash away the soil and may cause a landslide, so ....."

"So the Wei family master wants to send someone to guard that mine?" Cao Zhang smiled, he knew that building a mine in ancient times was a time-consuming and laborious thing, and if there was a ready-made mine cave not to take over, it would be an absolute fool, the Wei family had already obtained Cao Zhang's promise to give them the mineral mining rights of Pingyang County, but at the moment, Pingyang was undecided, and it was naturally inappropriate to accept the mine in such a hurry, so Wei Ting still needed Cao Zhang's nod in this matter.

Wei Ting nodded and said: "That's right, Ting also knows that this request is a bit excessive, and it also makes it difficult for adults, so it's difficult to speak." ”

Cao Zhang asked, "I don't know what kind of ore is in this vein?" ”

Wei Ting replied, "It's iron ore." ”

Iron ore is the most widely used mine in the Han Dynasty, compared to copper ore, gold ore, silver ore is much more widely used, no wonder Wei Ting is so anxious, a rain rushed to ask to see himself, thinking of this Cao Zhang said: "The master of the Wei family can send someone to take over the mine, if the manpower is enough, you might as well send people to guard all the mines near Linfen, after all, now Linfen is also under the rule of our army, and I also said before, the mining rights of Pingyang minerals to Wei Huo two people at the disposal." ”

Wei Ting didn't expect Cao Zhang to be so easy to speak, and he didn't come back for a while, after all, it was already a luxury to get a mine, and now Cao Zhang wanted to let them mine all the minerals in Linfen, which was a very generous approach, but after all, he was the head of the family, so he still reacted after being stunned for a while, knowing that Cao Zhang was so generous and would have something to ask for, so he said: "Thank you, my lord!" We, the Wei family, are willing to go to the soup for the adults, and we will not hesitate. ”

Cao Zhang smiled secretly in his heart, although the Wei family is a big family in Pingyang, but to put it bluntly, it is still a county family, and it will go to the soup to fight for a few minerals, which is why there is only one reason for the emperor in ancient times, most people no matter how rich you are, how many strong men you have, how many manors and land, your vision is still limited to the place you control, and those who can be emperors are some bold people, only such people will not be limited by the affairs in front of them, Cao Zhang is also determined to be in the world now, so release a few mineral veins, It's nothing to him either.

Cao Zhang waved his hand and said slowly: "There is no need to go to the soup and the fire, as long as the head of the Wei family does two small things for me." ”

Wei Ting hurriedly said, "My lord, please speak!" ”

Cao Zhang said: "The first thing is to ask the Wei family master to take some farm tools, grain, and seeds, and open a Huimin warehouse in Linfen, so that the surrounding people can borrow these things to produce again, and the returned principal will belong to the Wei family master. I only set two cents of profit, but I didn't make much money, I just wanted to buy some wine for my brothers to drink. ”

Wei Ting readily agreed: "Don't worry, my lord, this matter will definitely be done!" "The Wei family has been controlling Jiangyi for many years, and they have accumulated a lot of savings, and some farm tools and grain seeds are naturally not a problem for them, Cao Zhang has given him such a big benefit to the Wei family, and this requirement is naturally nothing."

Cao Zhang continued: "The second thing, in the surrounding villages, the prime of life has been captured by our army disguised as Qiang, so most of the old and weak women and children are left in the village, it is better for the Wei family master to let the unmarried men of Jiangyi come to Linfen to join the family, I think it is not a difficult thing to come, the mining of ore veins around Linfen, the Wei family master might as well let these miners take root around Linfen, be closer to home, and be more energetic." “

Wei Ting nodded when he heard this: "My lord's move is cheap, my Wei Ting, how dare Wei Ting not do it?" “

The defense of men and women in the Han Dynasty is not very strict, remarriage often happens, plus Pingyang and Xianbei, Qianghu junction, the atmosphere is more open, so let the men of Jiangyi come to Linfen and enter the vicinity There is no problem of etiquette, and in ancient times, in addition to men and women from large families such as Cao Zhang, Cao Pi, Xiahou Juan, etc., there will be leisure to talk about love, the first task of ordinary people is to survive, followed by inheritance, their own man is dead, eager to recruit a door, only a few people will not forget the deceased husband.

Cao Zhang asked Wei Ting to do this also to make the people of Linfen prosperous again, so that he would get good results by opening Huimin Cang, and now Pingyang is undecided, so he can't introduce Juntun, so he can only let the Wei family do this temporarily, which is also Cao Zhang's means to win the hearts of the people.

Hearing Wei Ting's promise, Cao Zhang said: "The head of the Wei family can call someone to guard the vein at any time, there is no county order in Linfen, I will personally write an approval document to grant the ownership of this vein to the Wei family, but Zhang Youyan said first, the people of the Huo family asked me for the mineral mining right in Pingyang, and I will give it, I hope the head of the Wei family understands." “

Wei Ting replied: "This is natural, the Huo family and my Wei family are in the same breath, and it is the same for everyone." ”

At this time, the rain gradually weakened, and Cao Zhang said with a smile: "The rain is getting weaker, and it won't disturb people's dreams, and the Wei family master can also sleep well!" ”

This word was a pun, Wei Ting's old face turned red, he laughed embarrassedly, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye, Cao Zhang stopped after getting up and sent him to the hall door, picked up the map of Pingyang left by Wei Ting, and observed it carefully. (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )