Chapter 307: A Fire in the Backyard
There was silence in the hall of the Fu Qi City Lord's Mansion, and when Li Bao woke up, he couldn't help but sneeze, and then he saw Yun Fang lying beside him.
This made Li Bao very puzzled, he clearly remembered that it was the city lord's wife who had a spring breeze with him here, but why after waking up, the city lord's wife was gone, but Yun Fang came to his side.
Did you have a dream? Li Bao looked around and found that he was still in the city lord's mansion, and the wine in this hall was very strong, he understood that he should have drunk too much, it was just a dream, but that dream was quite exciting!
Li Bao didn't apologize at all for having killed someone else's wife on someone else's territory, after all, it was a dream, and this kind of fantasy that was not put into action was harmful and fearful, anyway, only he knew what he was afraid of.
So Li Bao gently woke up Yun Fang, and seeing that the beauty was still sleepy after sleeping for so long, he immediately couldn't help but laugh: "Get up, little lazy pig, a little wine will get you drunk like this, it seems that you have really practiced well." ”
Li Bao stood up, his mind was still a little dizzy, he didn't care and tidied up his clothes again, then pulled up Yun Fang, who was still swaying from side to side, and the two of them swayed out of the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Li Bao explained a few words to the servants in the city lord's mansion, and then got into the carriage and went back to the inn. Zhuoma, who saw them leave safely, walked quickly to Ouyang Qingshuang's room in the backyard.
Zhuoma knocked lightly on the door, and Ouyang Qingshuang's lazy voice came from inside, "They're gone?" ”
"Back to the lady, Young Master Qin and his female companion have already gone back. They didn't have any suspicions, but when Young Master Qin left, he specially explained to the slave family, the soap and perfume he gave to the lady are the most suitable for women, and regular use can delay the aging of women's skin and appearance, and perfume can effectively increase the charm of women, please don't forget it. Zhuoma said, and kept slandering this young master Qin with strange words in his heart, and he didn't know who he was fooling.
After Ouyang Qingshuang listened to Zhuoma's words, she told Zhuoma outside the door to go down, and then she took a beautifully packaged small box from the table next to the bathtub, which read: Women's Daily Care Set, a few italics.
After opening the box, there are several objects neatly placed inside, and each object has a pink label on it, which says soap, perfume, and flower water. The soap was red, Ouyang Qingshuang picked it up and smelled it, and found that it was wine-flavored. This thing actually has the smell of wine, it's amazing!
The perfume and the flower water were packed in two white porcelain bottles, Ouyang Qingshuang picked up the two porcelain bottles, pulled off the cork and smelled them again, and found that the perfume was rose-scented, but the flower water was mint-scented. She wondered for a while, how should these things be used? Who made these things, could it be him?
Ouyang Qingshuang looked for the box again, and found that there was a pink letterhead underneath, her heart couldn't help but pound, could it be that he left a letter for himself in this box, and he did this on purpose today, could it be that he had already been intentional about himself?
Ouyang Qingshuang's hands trembled, she didn't know how to look at this letterhead, whether to read it or not? After hesitating for a long time, but in the end, she opened the letterhead despite her curiosity.
After reading it, Ouyang Qingshuang couldn't help but secretly take a sip of herself, it was really self-inflicted, this letterhead was an instruction manual, talking about how to use soap, perfume and flower water.
After reading this manual, Ouyang Qingshuang's mood relaxed a lot, today's incident should be regarded as a dream, anyway, it is irretrievable, let's look forward. It's just that when you face him in the future, how should you deal with yourself?
When Ouyang Qingshuang thought of this, he only felt more bored in his heart, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still had no clue, so he simply put it aside, and then picked up the soap and shouted at the bucket that had not yet been filled with water: "Hurry up and fetch water." ”
In the next few days, Li Bao visited the city lord's mansion a few times, but it was strange to say that once he went to the city lord's mansion, he could only see the city lord Yan Lilong Khan, and his wife never saw him again.
Li Bao felt strange in his heart, but it was inconvenient to inquire about his wife's situation in front of the Khan of Lilong, but the more he couldn't see the woman, the more suspicious he was in his heart. Was that day really just a dream? He later went back and asked Yun Fang again, but Yun Fang couldn't tell why she was by Li Bao's side later.
Li Bao also carefully examined himself, but he did not find any valuable clues or traces, so as time passed, his suspicions slowly dissipated.
Since he had already discussed the matter of trade between the two sides with the Khan of Yanlilong, the two sides then held several detailed consultations on the time, place and quantity of the transaction. In the end, the two sides reached an agreement, and Li Bao and Fu Qicheng reached a business alliance, and provided Fu Qicheng with 1,000 pieces of weapons and armor, 500 weapons such as Ma Shuo knives and guns, and 500 palm thunders every year.
In return, Fu Qicheng provided Li Baofang with 2,000 horses, 2,000 cattle and sheep, and 500 other precious furs every year.
Reaching such an agreement is a win-win for both parties, as the Tuyuhun people in Fuqicheng lack industry, lack iron tools and an industrial base, and with the supply of Weizhou, their strength will become stronger and stronger. The Tuyuhun people, whose power has expanded, are bound to look at the surrounding area with their expanding eyes. In this way, Li Bao's strategic goal of causing civil strife in Tibet could be achieved.
Li Bao found a fixed source of war horses and meat for Weizhou through the agreement, and also reached a mercenary agreement with the Tuyuhun people, once Li Bao wanted to launch the Tubo strategy, the Tuyuhun people were his fierce thugs.
However, he also had to guard against the danger of biting him back after the Tuyuhun people grew stronger, so he made a move on the palm thunder of the Tuyuhun people, since he was going to do foreign trade, this weapon naturally had to be weakened and confused.
In order to prevent gunpowder from being mastered, Li Bao adjusted the proportion of the palm thunder formula of foreign trade to the proportion of small power, and increased the confusion in the ingredients, such as increasing the sun-dried clay and stone powder, etc., and made the original three ingredients into a mixture of more than ten ingredients.
Another foreign trade version of the palm thunder is deified packaging, that is, prayers and burning talismans must be done before each use, so that it can be used. Most of the nomadic people like the Tuyuhun people are illiterate, and in ancient times, due to the lack of technological development, the magic of gods and witches was very popular, and Li Bao did this to enhance the sense of deification of the palm thunder.
After the Khan got the palm thunder, he found that this thing was so troublesome to use, and his impression of it dropped a lot, and although this thing was very loud after use, its lethality was very limited, and its smoke was very large. It was far less worry-free than his warrior feather arrows, so he was no longer interested in palm thunder.
However, Ouyang Qingshuang was very happy after getting the real thing of the palm thunder, and she immediately arranged for someone to send a full set of usage methods and a few real objects to Liangzhou to ask her father-in-law for credit. She despised the short-sighted behavior of the Khan, but she did not point it out to the Khan.
The Khan of Lilong became more and more indifferent to her, and she didn't bother to pay attention to this half-dead bad old man, she still misses his father-in-law the most in her heart now, but as time goes on, more and more Li Bao's shadow flashes in her heart, she was very distressed about it, but she was helpless, and finally had to let go of her thinking.
In addition to making a deal with the Khan of Lilong, Li Bao also released a secret agent to find out the details of the Khan of Lilong, and he wanted to cooperate with someone who did not know the roots, but Li Bao was still not at ease. As the investigation deepened, Li Bao had more understanding of the Khan of Yan Lilong, who laughed all day long.
Yan Lilong's original name was Duilong Duoji, he was a slave of the Tubo nobles, because of his courageous nature, and brave in battle, so he became a small leader under the Tubo nobles when he became an adult, and later with the war in Tubo, he took advantage of the chaos to break away from the Tubo master, and became a small mountain bandit in the West Sea (Qinghai Lake).
Originally, Duilong Duoji's life may have stopped at a small mountain bandit, but there was a turning point in his life, after that turn ten years ago, his power became bigger and bigger, and he gradually ruled the surrounding areas of the West Sea, becoming the largest Tuyuhun force around the West Sea.
So Duilong Duoji changed the name given to him by the Tubo nobles, called the Khan of Quan Lilong, this name is the ancient language of Tuyuhun, which means "the rebirth of Kwarlu", after changing the name, Quan Lilong led the people to capture the ancient royal city of the Tuyuhun people, and called himself the lord of Fu Qi City.
Although this Lilong Khan is not simple, Li Bao is not afraid, after all, Fu Qi City is still far away from Weizhou, it is impossible for him to cross the Hexi Guiyi Army to attack him, and there are many hostile forces around them. Besides, the Weizhou army that has gone through several major battles is not vegetarian, if Yan Lilong dares to turn the gun to deal with Weizhou, the artillery under Li Bao's hand is not an ornament, and then it will directly bombard these barbarians crying and calling their mothers.
After everything was discussed, Li Bao also planned to continue to set off, after all, Fu Qicheng had only reached the outside of Tubo, and he had not yet penetrated deep into the interior of Tubo, but his plan was interrupted by a letter from Weizhou.
The letter from Weizhou is very simple but very important, Fengxiang mutiny, Fengxiang Jiedu envoy, Tang Situ, and Zheng Jin, the commander of the camp on all sides of the capital, fled to Shuzhong and was intercepted by the Weizhou Right Army patrolling the Weizhou border.
After waiting for the news, Li Bao was anxious, the "mutiny" was like a sharp thorn hanging in Li Bao's heart, which made his heart beat, at this time, the chaotic soldiers were like bandits Before he left Weizhou, Zheng Yan was still in Fengxiang, how is she now? The secret report did not mention it, so he had to put down everything in the city and hurry back to Weizhou.
After hearing the news that the young master of the Qin clan was in a hurry to return because of an urgent matter at home, the Khan of Yan Lilong looked as usual after receiving the news that the cooperation was going on normally, while the city lord's wife was confused but helpless. She just stood on the tower of the city gate, looking at Li Baoyuan's back and lamenting.