Du Ji laughed, took two steps forward, took Feng Lun's hand, and pointed aggressively: "Mr. Feng, let me introduce you, this is my eldest brother, our heavenly wolf in Mobei, the pride of Father Khan, the conqueror of Tiele, and the prince of Ashina. ”

Feng Lun respectfully bowed to Dubi with a Turkic hand to his chest: "No, Feng Lun, I've seen the eldest prince of Dubi." ”

Dubi returned the salute and said to Du Ji: "Second brother, is this the Mr. Feng you just mentioned?" I seem to have heard of it, it should be called Feng Shilang, he is a high-ranking official in the Great Sui, no wonder he can be the representative of General Yuwen. ”

Feng Lun's head began to sweat, and he hooked the corners of his mouth embarrassedly: "Eldest Prince, what you said is the old things in the past, in the next misfortune, I just sat down and was dismissed from office a month ago, and now I am a cloth cloth, this time as General Yuwenshu's staff and envoy, I came to meet several princes." ”

He let out an "oh" and glanced at Du Ji, a trace of inadvertent pride flashed in his eyes, as if to say: "Look, Mr. Wei is right, this kid is really a flat-headed person now." ”

A look of resoluteness flashed in Du Ji's eyes, and after he confirmed that Wei Zheng was speechless, he made an important decision, he turned his head to Feng Lun and smiled: "Mr. Feng, it's okay, I know that you Han people are different from us, there are a lot of things in the court for Tian Sheweng, and there are a lot of things in the Tianzi Hall. You are the niece and son-in-law of the Duke of Chu, and it is normal to be unlucky for a while to be implicated in his affairs. Besides, now you represent General Yuwen. That's enough for the two of us to work together. ”

Feng Lun smiled and nodded. The guest and the host sit separately. Feng Lun and Yu Wencheng sat on the two Hu beds on the left, while Du Bi and Tong Lifu sat on the two Hu beds on the right, except for the Hu beds here instead of the seats of the Central Plains, the customs were no different from those in Middle Earth, and several bewitching orchids offered yogurt and fruit bowls. Placed in front of the guests, Du Ji made a look, and all the idle people inside and outside the tent retreated, and even the sergeants guarding the door were far away.

Ji Zhengse said: "Big brother, Mr. Feng is also honest with us, even if he is white, he admits it, I think we should listen to him, now General Yuwen is in power, just like Yang Su back then, even Mr. Feng has decisively changed his court." Why should we refuse General Yuwen and Mr. Feng for the sake of Wang Shichong? ”

A hint of embarrassment appeared on his aggressive face: "But Wang Shichong is the richest man in the Central Plains after all, and we now have food and clothing on the grassland." Most of the daily necessities come from his trading house, if we defeat him this time, will there be nothing to buy in the future? You must know that our Mobei is a bitter cold land, except for the caravan of the Wang family's shop, there is no caravan from other families, and the hundreds of sets of armor and weapons you gave me at that time will not be able to feed the hundreds of thousands of people in my Mobei departments. ”

Feng Lun immediately said: "The eldest prince doesn't have to worry, it's not that without Wang Shichong, no one will do business in Dasui, after we get rid of Wang Shichong, General Yuwen will send a capable person to take over the Wang family's shop, and then the prince doesn't have to worry about any difference from now." ”

A look of doubt flashed on his aggressive face: "Mr. Feng, I'm afraid that things are not so absolute, our desert is not so easy to walk, even our tribe is constantly moving all year round, Wang Shichong's people have cooperated with us for many years before they have mastered our whereabouts, even if you take over his shop, his heads and shopkeepers, where do you find them?" ”

Feng Lun laughed: "These people are not Wang Shichong's personal soldiers, they have to serve him loyally and work hard, and who is not bidding for whom?" Don't worry, General Yuwen said that after overthrowing Wang Shichong, all personnel will be retained, and the salary will rise by two percent, especially the head of the Turkic line, the salary will be doubled, who will not be able to get along with the money? ”

The frowning brows finally stretched: "If that's the case, there's nothing to worry about, second brother, I don't have any opinions, what do you say, brother, I'll just do it." ”

A complicated look flashed in Du Ji's eyes, and he said to Du Bi: "Big brother, we have been in contact with Wang Shichong for a long time in Monan, he may know about our trade with General Yuwen's family about pig iron, and we don't say secret words in front of the Ming people, we also know that over the years, the pig iron you have there has been provided to you by Wang Shichong, right?" ”

Dubi's face changed greatly, he almost stood up, and finally sat down, his face sank like water, and he said in a deep voice: "Second brother, how can you say these things casually in front of distinguished guests?" ”

Tong Lifu smiled: "Big brother, anyway, this time we want to bring down Wang Shichong, after defeating him, you only need to deal with General Yuwen and Mr. Feng, the younger brother and the second brother promised, if the eldest brother is willing to contribute this time, in the future, the pig iron that General Yuwen will transport to us in the future, the eldest brother will get forty percent, and the second brother and I will get thirty percent, how about it?" ”

A hint of joy flashed in his eyes, and he didn't see it: "Then what do you want me to do?" ”

Ji Haha smiled: "It's simple, just ask the eldest brother to contact Wang Shichong, and advance the pig iron traded this year to the tenth of next month, and the location will be near Yulin in the north of Xiazhou." ”

Aggressive's face changed: "How do you know the location of my transaction with Wang Shichong?" ”

Ji Ji smiled and waved his hand: "Big brother, brother is not stupid, you have developed faster than us in Mobei over the years, and the ironclad cavalry is more than our brothers combined, is this possible?" So since the year before last, the younger brother has quietly sent someone to follow the eldest brother's tribe, it turns out that you have been trading with Wang Shichong in the Yulin area in the northwest of Xiazhou. ”

Aggressive's face turned red: "You, you actually peeked at my pig iron transaction with others?!" ”

Ji Ji hooked the corners of his mouth: "The eldest brother is angry, and the younger brother has no malice, otherwise he would have sued his father Khan in the morning." ”

Aggressively "snorted" heavily: "You dare, aren't you also smuggling pig iron to build your own iron cavalry unit?" The same goes for the third brother! Don't think that if you go to your father, I will be afraid of you. Hum! ”

Duji laughed: "Big brother." Don't be so excited. We are the younger brother, peeking at the big brother's deal, it's the younger brother who is wrong, but the younger brother is also strange how the strength of the eldest brother can develop so quickly, and I want to ask for a lesson or two, our father Khan is cowardly, and the grassland is also a well-known thing, otherwise there will be no you and my brother to develop separately. So that's where we are today. ”

Dubi's anger seemed to have subsided a little, and he said: "Okay, let's go back to this matter, you want me to trade with Wang Shichong in advance, do you want to set up a bureau to arrest him?" ”

Du Ji nodded: "That's right, Wang Shichong's background is very deep, the background is very hard, most of the high-ranking officials and important ministers of the Sui Dynasty have a part in him, the so-called pulling a hair and moving the whole body, General Yuwen doesn't want a Wang Shichong to complain to everyone." Yes, Mr. Feng. ”

Just now the two brothers quarreled. Feng Lun has been watching coldly, carefully observing the expressions and expressions of these two people, most of the Hu people's joy and anger are colorful, and they don't seem to be fake, so he also let go of this heart and said with a smile: "Two princes, please listen to my Feng Lun's words, Wang Shichong has never traded with the second prince and the third prince, even if the second prince and the third prince have the intention to earn him, he will not be fooled, so this matter must be the eldest prince." ”

He gritted his teeth and said: "It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that Wang Shichong is extremely shrewd, every time he trades with me, he agrees on the time and quantity of goods one year in advance, he said that this pig iron smuggling is strictly forbidden by the Great Sui, once it is found, it is to raid the family and exterminate the clan, and he doesn't expect to make money from this at all, purely to maintain friendly relations with me, this year's transaction has been carried out, just over a month ago, what, second brother, don't you know about this?" ”

Duji lost his voice and said, "What?!" The one at the beginning of the year, was your deal this year? ”

Dubi nodded: "Do you trade multiple times a year?" ”

Du Ji said to Feng Lun in disappointment: "Mr. Feng, I'm afraid that the matter is troublesome, in January, the eldest brother did trade with that Wang Shichong's person in Yulin, which is also what I saw with my own eyes, but I am afraid that if you want to harm him, you will have to wait until next year." ”

Yuwen Chengdu suddenly shouted: "No, my grandfather said, this year is the Supreme personally out of the plug to inspect, so I want to catch this Wang Shichong, the Supreme is also quite appreciative of this Wang Shichong, if it is just the matter reported below, he will probably not believe it, and Wang Shichong's friends will intercede for him." It is necessary to let the Supreme see with his own eyes that Wang Shichong is smuggling pig iron to the Turks, which is ironclad and irrefutable, which can kill him, and only in this way can the nobles of the family who have business dealings with him dare not speak out to intercede for him. ”

Dubi pondered for a while and said, "Since Yuwen Gongzi said so, then I have a way, I don't know if it's feasible." ”

Feng Lun's heart also sank to the bottom of the sea all of a sudden, but after hearing this, his eyes lit up and said, "What is the great prince's plan, say it quickly." ”

Du Bi nodded, and said: "Although Wang Shichong will personally trade pig iron with me once a year, but in addition, he will also send a caravan over and trade other things with me a few times, using ordinary silk, tea, copperware, fat powder, etc., to exchange for our Turkic war horses, cattle and sheep, which is a legal trade, and it is mostly carried out in our tribes in Mobei." ”

"If you want to harm Wang Shichong this time, I have a way, that is, to plan and frame, Wang Shichong is not born iron, but your Yuwen family can come out, when the time comes, transport this pig iron to my second brother and third brother first, and then my two brothers will transfer it to me, I will send someone to quietly stuff these pig iron into Wang Shichong's caravan, and ask them to meet in Yulin, just when your emperor will parade to the Yulin area, and then catch it, isn't this the best of both worlds?"

Feng Lun's eyes were blazing: "Why do you want to be in Yulin, not in Mobei like before?" ”

Du Bi smiled slightly: "Because in previous years, we were trading these daily necessities in Mobei, but this year is different, this year because Yang Guang patrols the border, I also came to Monan, and when the time comes, I may accompany Yang Guang to the west with my father Khan, until Xiazhou and Yulin, in this case, you can find an opportunity to meet with Wang Shichong and discuss next year's transaction, isn't it natural?" ”

Feng Lun stroked his long beard and said, "Didn't you agree on next year's pig iron deal last time?" ”

Dubi shook his head: "At that time, Wang Shichong said that the wind was very tight, and the imperial court was investigating his previous bribery recently, and it may be worse." Most of this official position cannot be kept. We'll talk about that later. So I asked him to take the opportunity to meet him this time, and he shouldn't give up this opportunity. Unless he doesn't want to trade with me in the future. ”

Feng Lun gritted his teeth and continued: "With Wang Shichong's shrewdness, how could you possibly mix these iron ores into his caravan? Also, don't you have any iron ore there? Why did General Yuwen send this year's goods in advance? ”

Aggressive's face changed, and Du Ji hurriedly said: "Mr. Feng, every year your iron ore is smuggled over, and it is only hundreds of thousands of catties. As soon as these goods arrive, we will refine hundreds of sets of iron armor steel knives in more than 20 days, and now it has been more than a month since the last transaction of the eldest brother, but I am afraid that these iron ores will be gone for a long time. ”

He sneered: "Mr. Feng, so far, do you not believe our three princes, or do you just want us to take risks, and you don't have to take any danger yourself?" It's not that I don't know your abacus, you don't have to come out here, even if it's trading pig iron with Wang Shichong. After the news spreads, I will also give my father Khan a heavy responsibility, and maybe I will have to rush further to the North Sea region. You don't want to do this thing, I don't want to do it yet, it's not bad to maintain a friend relationship with Wang Shichong like this, why do you have to cut off your own money? ”

Speaking of this, Du Bi turned his head and said to Du Ji: "Second brother, I thought about it this time, you should ask another master, I drank a little more wine just now, and my brain was a little dizzy, but now I come back to my senses, the benefit of forty percent per year, this benefit is not enough for me to take such a big risk." You will be wise, and take your leave. ”

With that, he stood up and walked towards the tent door.

Du Ji hurriedly got up as well, trotted two steps and grabbed Dubi, with a smile on his face: "Big brother, don't be rash, let's discuss with our brothers, come, sit, sit." ”

Dubi was still angry and extremely reluctant, and he gave a good talk to Ji Ji and Tong Lifu to deadlift, and then reluctantly sat back, but he didn't want to look at Feng Lun.

Ji Ji didn't return to his chair, turned to Feng Lun and made a face: "Mr. Feng, your attitude is really uncomfortable, if you want to cooperate, it should be risk-sharing, benefit sharing is, if I am the eldest brother, I will definitely not be angry, I think your Yuwen family should come out with more sincerity, that kind of benefit distribution, our three brothers can discuss it slowly in the future, but this time the iron ore used to plant stolen goods, our three brothers now have no catty, only rely on your Yuwen family, what, are you still afraid that we will betray your Yuwen family?" ”

Feng Lun smiled and said continuously: "How could it be, I lost my words just now, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." He walked up to Dubi and threw a long bow to his waist, "Your Royal Highness, please forgive me for being an ignorant and selfish person." ”

He waved his hand impatiently: "Mr. Feng, I repeat, it's not that I don't want to cooperate with you, over the years, Wang Shichong has been doing business with us, and the price reduction is indeed too ruthless, everything is up to him alone, and I haven't been happy with him for a long time, so when the second brother mentioned this matter to me, I was reluctant to do it, one is for the power of General Yuwen, and the other is to change partners, but if you only care about yourself like this, then I think it is better than Wang Shichong." Why should I take such a risk to change to a more unreliable business partner? ”

Feng Lun nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, the eldest prince should not be allowed to take such a big risk, I think so, according to what the eldest prince said, when the time comes, we will let General Yuwen send someone to send 500,000 catties of iron ore over, and it will be received by the second prince or the third prince in the old place where Xiazhou has been trading, and then the second prince will transfer these iron ores to Yulin overnight, to the eldest prince, the eldest prince does not have to come forward in person, and then let a subordinate meet with Wang Shichong in Yulin and bring the iron ore to the trading site. When the time comes, we will come forward to catch a positive one, there are 500,000 catties of iron ore, which is naturally transported from the Han land to the Turks. ”

Dubi and Duji glanced at each other, laughed, and calculated, all without saying anything.

Tong Lifu followed and said with a smile: "This time, the two sons of the Lao Yuwen family can come to the scene in person, and the three of us also want to talk to Yuwen Shizi about in-depth cooperation in the future, and eat Wang Shichong's family property, and the scale of our cooperation in the future can not be just hundreds of thousands of catties of iron ore every year." Mr. Feng, you should prepare early. ”

Feng Lun's face was full of excitement that he couldn't hide: "Don't worry, I'll leave this to me, and I will definitely let the two Yuwen princes come in person." ”

Three years of great cause, March 23, Daxing.

In the Daxing Palace in Daxing City, in the Liangyi Palace, Yang Guangzheng was sitting behind a slightly old rosewood case, frowning, reviewing dozens of twists and turns in front of him, this city made him extremely unhappy, and he didn't want to come at all, but this time the northern tour needed to start from Guanzhong, mobilize the Guanlong nobles and Guanzhong defenders, all the way through Puban, out of the state, to Zhuo County, and then from east to west out of the fortress, until Yulin, deterring the Turks in the second, appeasement of the Guanlong nobles is also an important purpose, Although Yang Guang doesn't like these stinky martial artists, he also understands that the rough work of the country to fight and kill people is not necessary for them.

It's just that this simple case really makes Yang Guang uncomfortable, this is still a temporary one he built when he first ascended the throne, compared to his father's twenty-year-old broken elm copy, it is much better, but compared with his own ambergris rosewood jade case in Luoyang Ziwei Palace, which exudes a faint fragrance, it is really shabby, and even the criticism and folding writing are so awkward.

Yang Guang looked at the few books in front of him, he was upset, waved his hand, and several little eunuchs hurriedly took out these books, Yang Guang stretched his waist and said to himself: "How hard it is to be an emperor, now I understand it, I really don't know how my father has come over for so many years." ”

A little eunuch rushed in from outside: "Qi Yue Supreme, Zuo Yiwei's general Yuwen asked to see him, and he is waiting for the order outside the hall." ”

Yang Guang lazily leaned back in his chair and replied, "Xuan! "Last night, he was the eighth lady at night, and when he got up early this morning, he was dizzy, and after changing more than a dozen copies, he was drowsy, and he didn't even want to say a word.

Yuwenshu's familiar footsteps came from far and near, and the smell of salted fish on his body became more and more obvious, Yang Guang wrinkled his nose in disgust, sat up straight, and squeezed out a smile: "General Yuwen, what's the matter?" ”

Yu Wenshu smiled slightly: "Wei Chen is here to report a good news to His Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang sat up straight and said softly, "Oh": "What a joy?" ”

Yuwen Shu Zhengse said: "After His Majesty awarded the national military aircraft to Wei Chen, Wei Chen knew that his responsibility was heavy, and he was afraid that he would have the ambition to conquer the four seas and make a good name in the world. ”

Yang Guang hooked the corners of his mouth, this Yuwen Shu has recommended more than a dozen of his cronies in the past two years, and every time it is almost this kind of opening statement, which makes him a little annoyed, he softly "oh": "What kind of general is General Yuwen going to recommend this time?" ”

Yu Wenshu grinned, revealing a row of Bai Sensen's teeth: "This time, what Weichen recommended to the Supreme is not a general, but a craftsman!" ”

Yang Guang was confused: "Is there a difference?" ”

Yu Wenshu nodded seriously: "What Weichen said is a craftsman's craftsman, not a general's general." ”

Yang Guang suddenly became a little interested, his spirit was also lifted, and he sat up straight: "Who is this person and what is his ability?" He thought of the gorgeous dragon boat He Chou built for himself and the magnificent palace that Yu Wenkai built for himself, and suddenly became looking forward to the person recommended by Yu Wenshu.

Yu Wenshu smiled slightly: "This person is none other than Yun Zhaoxun, the father of the former King of Fangling, Yun Dingxing!" ”

Yang Guang's face changed, his smile froze on his face, and he said angrily: "Xu Guogong, are you here today to find me happy?" That Yun Zhaoxun is a demon girl who bewitched the former prince, and she gave birth to a child in the field outside before King Fangling took her into the palace, such a woman obviously lacks family education, what kind of good person can her father be? ”

Yang Guang scolded and scolded, and suddenly his heart moved, his nominal sister-in-law only heard of her name, but she had never met, she could fascinate Yang Yong so fascinated, and even abandoned many beauties, and gave birth to a bunch of children with her, it can be seen that it is really a stunner in the world, Yang Guang was born with no interest in those little girls who have nothing to do and can only lie on the bed like wood, but he has always had an innate freshness for this kind of person - wife - mature - woman, he couldn't help but say: "This Yun Zhaoxun, no, this Yun family prisoner, Where is it now? (To be continued......)