The results of the negotiations were very satisfactory to both sides, and the price of the grain that Yang Qing sold to the Wagang Army rose from twice the market price to three times the market price, and the amount was as high as 80,000 stones, including many old grains that had been used for many years.

However, as compensation for the Wagang Army's price increase, Yang Qing must be responsible for sending grain to Wagang Mountain, and the transaction time is eight months, that is, Yang Qing must send 10,000 stone of grain to the Wagang Army every month.

As the beneficiary Yang Qing, he made a windfall, and he made a net profit of 300,000 yuan by selling grain this time, almost hollowing out the accumulation of the Wagang Army for many years.

However, the Wagang Army is also the beneficiary, although it is a high price to buy grain, but the 80,000 stone grain will save the Wagang Army from extinction, and the Wagang Army has also planted a deeper strategy, planting the seeds of internal contradictions in the Sui Army.

As for the loss party, it can only be the Great Sui Dynasty, but in the face of his own interests, Yang Qing no longer cares about the interests of the Great Sui.

Sending Xu Shiji away, Yang Chengnian hurriedly came to his father's study, he saw his father standing in front of the window with his hands in front of the contemplation, so he didn't dare to disturb, standing at the door and saying nothing.

Yang Qing glanced back at him, "What do you want to say?" ”

"The child is a little worried!"

"What are you worried about?"

"Father, although this deal is good, but there are also difficulties in front of us, how can we send grain to Wagang?"

"Are you worried about Zhang Xutuo?" Yang Qing asked coldly.

"Exactly!"

Yang Chengnian hurriedly explained: "Send a few hundred stones up the mountain, maybe Zhang Xutuo will not find out, but if you send ten thousand stones of grain up the mountain, you will definitely be discovered and stopped by Zhang Xutuo." ”

Yang Qing snorted, "Wouldn't I have thought of this question?" ”

Yang Chengnian was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head, "The child doesn't dare!" ”

Yang Qing looked at his son for a moment, and then said slowly: "The Holy Lord's will to annihilate Wagang has not been revoked, and a new will has not been issued. I am still the commander of the Western Route Army, we can send troops to the Lingchang front line to surround the Wagang Army from the Western Front, isn't the food just sent to Wagang? ”

Yang Chengnian suddenly realized that his father wanted to use the army to send food, obviously to encircle Wagang from the Western Front. Secretly, he was sending food up the mountain, and Zhang Xutuo was in charge of the southern line, even if he knew, he couldn't interfere, but

"Father, isn't that too risky?"

"Risk?"

Yang Qing snorted extremely dissatisfied, "Zhang Xutuo exterminated Wagang, we are at great risk, and then he will be the king of the Central Plains, what am I, Yang Qing?" I'm going to let him know. In the Central Plains, Yang Qing and I have the final say, he Zhang Xutuo actually dared to come to grab my territory, he was impatient! ”

Yang Chengnian felt his father's dissatisfaction and anger, he knew that his father was very dissatisfied with Zhang Xutuo's failure to visit Xingyang, and at the same time he was very jealous of Zhang Xutuo's repeated defeats of the Wagang army.

There is a more important point, it is precisely because of the existence of the Wagang Army that my father can have military power, once Wagang is destroyed. The father would be stripped of his military powers, and then their situation would be precarious. The cunning rabbit died, the lackeys cooked, and the imperial court was not enough in terms of finance and taxes, and Yang Guang was likely to kill them to supplement his financial resources, which was what Yang Guang was best at.

Yang Chengnian can fully understand his father's worries and the importance of the existence of the Wagang Army to their family.

"And when did my father decide to send troops?" Yang Chengnian asked in a low voice.

Yang Qing said coldly: "Since an agreement has been reached. As long as the three thousand taels of gold from the Wagang Army are delivered, I will send troops immediately, and you can remind Xu Shiji. ”

Three days later, Yang Qing personally led an army of 20,000 to march to Dongjun again, and he served as the army of the Western Front. Occupied Lingchang County, surrounded Wagang Mountain from the western front, 20,000 troops set up a large camp at the foot of Wagang Mountain, participated in the siege of the Wagang Army, and Yang Qing's dispatch express was also sent to the imperial court

In late June, it had been ten days since the fleet of the Son of Heaven returned to Luoyang, and the weather in Luoyang was equally hot, the scorching sun scorched the earth, and at noon, there were few pedestrians on the streets as if they were on fire, and even the delivery coolies tried to run in the early morning, and at noon they all looked for shade and hid.

In the lobby on the third floor of the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant in Nanshi, Zhang Xuan sat alone at a small table by the window, slowly sipping the prestigious wine of Weitian Temple Pavilion.

Although Zhang Xuan didn't like the Tiansi Pavilion Wine Shop very much, the wine shop opened by the Dugu family left him a not very wonderful memory, but he also had to admit that the wine of the Tiansi Pavilion Wine Store had a strong attraction to him, not only him, almost all the generals mentioned Luoyang, the first thing that came to mind was the wine here, it was so mellow, luscious, and had a long aftertaste.

It has been ten days since Zhang Xuan returned to Luoyang, but he still hasn't started to report on his work, the military department just asked him to wait patiently, counting that he has left Beihai County for almost a month, which greatly exceeds the original plan, which makes Zhang Xuan have a bad feeling, Yang Guang, the son of heaven, seems to be reconsidering his arrangement, maybe as he worried before, Yang Guang will appoint him to Jianghuai to suppress bandits.

Zhang Xuan has always had an inexplicable worry these days, a kind of helplessness that is difficult to grasp his fate, it is now the eleventh year of the great cause, and in two years, he will come out, but it is these two years that make him feel tormented, perhaps as Pei Ju said, his military rank is high, and he has begun to enter the sight of the Son of Heaven, which may not be a good thing for him.

Zhang Xuan drank all the wine in the cup and filled another glass for himself, and at this moment, the guy walked over with a few guests talking and laughing.

"Brother Wen Xiang, when do you plan to take office?"

"In a few days! After getting the official appointment of the ministry, I will set off, and everyone will go to Suichang County in the future, and the board and lodging will be all on me! ”

Zhang Xuan glanced at it, and sure enough, the road was narrow, it was Cui Wenxiang and several of his family friends, and he saw Cui Wenxiang with a spring breeze on his face and a look of ambition.

After the imperial examination, Cui Wenxiang was appointed as the county governor of Yi County, Shanggu County, but because of the serious banditry in Shanggu County, Cui Wenxiang refused to go, and his father gave him a few more months of operation, so that he was finally appointed as the county magistrate of Suichang County, Boling County.

Suichang County is one of the three rich counties of Boling County, with a large population, fertile land, rich in grain, and it is easy to make political achievements.

Cui Wenxiang is proud of officialdom, but it's a pity that his love field has suffered setbacks, and a marriage that is nine out of ten is actually yellow, which makes him proud, but also a little disappointed.

"What happened to Brother Wen Xiang and his cousin, it has been delayed for so long, there should be an explanation!" Next to him, Li Qingming asked with a smile.

"Don't mention it, I don't know what's going on, don't talk about it, I'm in for a treat today, let's have a good drink!"

Everyone came to the seat next to Zhang Xuan, and the bartender smiled politely: "A few sons, how is this seat?" It was spacious and comfortable. ”

Cui Wenxiang frowned, "It's a pity that the seat is not by the window!" ”

He wanted to change his seat by the window, but when he looked up, he happened to see Jang Hyun sitting in front of the window.

Cui Wenxiang never expected to meet Zhang Xuan in the wine shop, he was a little stunned for a while, and several people next to him also saw Zhang Xuan, and they couldn't help but be stunned, but Bai Xinyang didn't know the grievances between Zhang Xuan and Cui Wenxiang, and stepped forward and said in a weird manner: "It turned out to be General Zhang, who is famous all over the world, and it is said that he won the battle, is this a reward for returning to Beijing?" ”

Zhang Xuan's eyes closed slightly, ignored him, and continued to look at the street scene outside the window and drink, as if Bai Xinyang was talking to others.

"Xinyang!"

Cui Wenxiang drank Bai Xinyang's provocation, he stepped forward and hugged his fists and saluted, "General Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Zhang Xuan glanced back at him, picked up the wine and got up and said, "I thought that Cui Gongzi had already taken office, why are you still waiting for the official?" ”

Cui Wenxiang couldn't help but say proudly: "I was appointed just now, and I will serve as the county commander of Suichang County." ”

"I see, then congratulations to Cui Gongzi."

He raised his eyebrows, and asked Li Qingming with a smile: "I heard that Li Gongzi was also admitted, has he been appointed?" ”

Li Qingming is a smart person, he knows Zhang Xuan's current status, and hurriedly bows to Zhang Xuan, "Back to General Zhang, Xiaosheng is still waiting for the official." ”

"It's not easy to be an official!"

Zhang Xuan sighed softly and said: "Not long ago, I went north with the dragon boat of the Son of Heaven, and met thousands of scholars who were admitted to the imperial examination to seek officials, and the situation was really miserable. ”

Li Qingming was overjoyed, he also heard that the bandits in Qingzhou had subsided, and there were many vacancies for county commanders and other officials with real power, and these were all official positions that the officials refused to take out easily.

What's more important is that even if it is appointed by the ministry, if there is no Zhang Xuan's approval, he will not want to get a good official position, everyone knows this kind of thing, and he doesn't want to say it, since Zhang Xuan took the initiative to put it forward, then there is hope for his future, so why is Li Qingming not ecstatic.

"Thank you General Zhang for your recommendation!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, and smiled at Cui Yuanhan: "If Brother Cui is willing to bend down, he can also come to our army to join the army, of course, Brother Cui has a strong family background, so I shouldn't need to do much." ”

The reason why Zhang Xuan recommended Li Qingming was completely for Li Jing's face, Li Qingming was Li Jing's nephew, so Zhang Xuan opened this mouth, he wanted Li Qingming to be the Cheng of Shouguang County, as for finding Cui Yuanhan, Zhang Xuan wanted to reconcile with the Qinghe Cui family. (To be continued.) )