"Brother Longsheng, why are you so ruthless, can you bear to see hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang being slaughtered by the rogue?" Li Xianfeng couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted angrily.

Wei Tongnian took a deep breath, "Brother Qingyang, it's not that the younger brother ignores the life and death of the people of Luoyang, but he is really powerless, I'll tell you today, without the nod of my unsuccessful son-in-law, no one in Shandong can move a soldier or a pawn." ”

Wei Tongnian's words are indeed the truth, the power out of the barrel of the gun is an unshakable truth, Pang Gang from later generations is even more impossible not to understand this truth, although he is very relieved of Wei Tongnian, a cheap old man, and handed over all the civil affairs of Jinan Mansion, Gunzhou Mansion and other places to him to deal with, but only the military power Pang Gang has always held it firmly in his hands and does not allow others to prying eyes.

"Okay!" Lu Weiqi, who had been silent, sighed, "The old man and the two went to Qingzhou in person to ask the general of Dingguo to send troops, this is always okay." ”

Wei Tongtong saw that the other party was still unrelenting, and couldn't help frowning: "If Chao Dong is willing to send soldiers and horses to Luoyang, the old man naturally has no opinion, but Qingzhou is also hundreds of miles away from here, the two of you are here today to rest for one night, and let the same year fulfill the friendship of the landlord, how about setting off again in the morning?" ”

Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng glanced at each other before nodding: "It's so disturbing!" ”

Two days later, Pang Gang also received these two dusty lobbyists in the Dingguo General's Mansion in Qingzhou, and after hearing the other party's intentions, like Wei Tongtong, Pang Gang was also embarrassed.

Looking at the expectant eyes of Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng, Pang Gang still shook his head like a wave drum.

"No...... No, if the official sent troops to Henan, the imperial court would have to give the official the post of the general of the country, would Lord Lu want to let the official betray the court? . ”

"Nima." As soon as Lu Weiqi heard this, he was angry, and his liver trembled with anger: "Are you kid doing less of those outrageous things?" How was Liu Zeqing driven away by you? How did Chen Xinjia go home to farm? How did Gao Qiqian die? Aren't you still sitting here in a good manner, you are a fool! ”

Seeing Lu Weiqi's face change, Li Xianfeng was afraid that Lu Weiqi would say something inappropriate, so he hurriedly stepped forward and blocked in front of Lu Weiqi and said: "General Pang doesn't need to prevaricate with this official and Master Lu, we all understand the reason, but the problem at the moment is that Liukou is almost in Luoyang now, and the situation is critical, I don't know what conditions are needed to be willing to send troops!" ”

Li Xianfeng was also refreshed, so he simply showed the cards and put on a look that you will never bargain with your own offer, which made Pang Gang slightly surprised, but he didn't expect that this governor who came all the way to beg him to send troops was quite a bachelor.

After pondering for a while, Pang just said slowly: "Governor Li, if it is not for the fact that this official will not save him when he sees death, in addition to the absence of official documents from the Ministry of War, the silver and grain and grass that this army will spend will be the sea." It's not the official's hypocrisy, the last time the official went to the capital to King Qin, the silver cost hundreds of thousands, and the Tartars also killed a lot, but how did the court treat us, it didn't even reward a chicken feather. As the saying goes, it is natural for a soldier to eat food, but now it's good, let's not talk about blood and sweat for the court, and in the end we have to eat ourselves, how can there be such a thing in the world. ”

Listening to Pang Gang's complaints, Rao Yi Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng, who have been in the sea for a long time, also felt fever on their faces, but it was too much for the court to live like this.

Lu Weiqi, who was on the side, stood up with a red face and said loudly: "Don't worry, if you win the battle, the old man will go door to door to borrow and take down your bounty." ”

In the face of Lu Weiqi's fierce voice, Pang Gang said tepidly: "Master Lu, don't comfort the official with those empty words, you give the official a truth, how much silver can Luoyang take out?" ”

Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly when they heard this, martial arts are martial arts, and they can't even decorate when they speak, so they said the things of Ah Du in a big way, but the other party is willing to bid, which is a good start.

Lu Weiqi thought for a while, stretched out five fingers and said: "Fifty thousand, if a huge number of people can send troops to rescue Luoyang, whether it succeeds or not, Luoyang will pay 50,000 taels of silver!" ”

"Fifty thousand!" Pang Gang was stunned, and then laughed angrily: "Master Lu, you really look down on this official, you are calling Huazi, you can also be in charge of the military department, haven't you thought about how much each soldier can get if the 50,000 taels of silver are distributed?" ”

"This ......" Lu Weiqi was also speechless, 50,000 taels of silver seemed like a lot, but if it was evenly distributed to each soldier who sent troops, it would not be much.

"How much does that huge man cost?" Now that the two sides have taken off the mask of hypocrisy, Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng are no longer secretive, and they have made their words clear.

Pang Gang stretched out a slap and shook it in front of the two, and said lightly: "500,000 taels of silver, plus 50,000 stone of grain!" ”

"What!" Lu Weiqi almost jumped up, pointing at Pang Gang's trembling uncontrollably, "You...... You ......"

"It's nothing, it's just this condition, if Lord Lu thinks that this condition can't be met, you can ask for another master." Pang Gang is still in the posture of "you begging me, I begging you".

Lu Weiqi turned his head to look at Li Xianfeng, and the meaning of the inquiry was obvious, Li Xianfeng was the governor of Henan, and the money and grain of Henan Province were all under his management, and he knew best whether there was silver in the treasury.

Li Xianfeng looked at Lu Weiqi and then at Pang Gang, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, if a huge person can relieve the siege of Luoyang, this official will have to scrape together 500,000 taels of silver and food for General Pang no matter what." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Li and the others said in their hearts, this Eighth Master Qiu should agree to send troops, but Pang Gang said next, "This official has never believed in empty words and white teeth, the ancients said: There is no basis for words, and I also ask Governor Li to leave a note, so that this official can have a bottom in his heart!" ”

"What? You...... Don't deceive people too much. "Now Li Xianfeng can't help it no matter how good he is, you let the governor of a province write an IOU, what are you doing, humiliating others?

"Where did Master Li start with this!" Pang Gang also frowned: "I'll tell you the truth, this time I sent troops to Pang Mou, but I took a big risk, isn't it too much to collect some silver and food?" If you turn around and don't admit that the bookkeeper wants the silver, of course we have to settle the accounts with our brothers! ”

The atmosphere in the living room began to become solemn with Pang Gang's words, and seeing that the negotiations were about to break down, Lu Weiqi hurriedly said on the side: "Don't be angry two of you, but it's not good for you to ask Governor Li to take off the note, if it spreads, where will you let Governor Li's face go." ”

Pang Gang said lightly: "If Governor Li can really send the grain and silver in time, this note will naturally be returned to you, what are you afraid of, or do you two go back and eat dry and are not ready to admit it?" ”

"This ......" Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the two of them really had this plan, and when Pang Gang led his troops to Luoyang and relieved the siege of Luoyang, they naturally had a hundred reasons and excuses to rely on this matter or only give one or two percent, anyway, what are they afraid of if there is no proof of death, is it possible that Pang Gang still dares to rebel? But once you write down the notes in black and white, it's different, and if you don't keep your promise, the other party will have enough reasons to attack you.

Looking at Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng, who had become a little hesitant, Pang Gang chuckled, "That's it, Master Lu and Master Li, you go down to rest, and it's not too late to reply to this official after thinking about it clearly." ”

After speaking, Pang Gang recruited his own soldiers to take the two of them and their entourage to the front yard and settle them. Looking at the figures of the two of them, Pang Gang sneered in his heart, he wanted to play the trick of the white wolf with empty gloves, and your heat was almost there.

Pang Gang, who was thinking about his thoughts, was just about to go out of the back door, but he saw Hua Yanzheng hurriedly walking in from the door, and after seeing Pang Gang, Hua Yan hurriedly shouted: "My lord, please stay, I have something to say." ”

Pang Gang stopped, turned his head to look, but saw Hua Yanquan sweating profusely, and his whole body was already wet with sweat, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Hua Experience, you are in such a hurry, what happened to you?" ”

Hua Yan said anxiously: "My lord, I heard that the Duke of Confucianism and Governor Li have arrived together, if the humble post is not bad, I must want to ask the lord to send troops to Luoyang, I don't know if it is or not?" ”

"Hehe, you're well-informed." Pang Gang smiled: "Yes, they are indeed here for this matter." ”

Hua Yan asked anxiously, "Then did you agree?" ”

Pang Gang nodded: "Although it hasn't been negotiated yet, the official estimates that it will be soon." ”

Hua Yan stretched out his hand and touched the sweat on his face, and said anxiously before he had time to wipe it: "My lord, can you promise them, it is thankless for us to send troops to Luoyang, we have nothing to do if we win, but we lose our troops and lose our generals, we can't do this kind of loss-making business!" You think, last time we sent troops to fight the Tartars, the court didn't even give us a reward of one or two pieces of silver. Besides, if we let the court know, the court may really attack us, and we will be passive at that time. ”

"Alright, don't talk about it." Pang Gang stretched out his hand to stop Hua Yan and said softly, "At this time, this official has his own opinions, and this official still has to think about it to see how to earn the greatest benefit for my Qingzhou, you go down first." ”

After speaking, Pang Gang walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back, but his slow steps showed that Pang Gang's mind was constantly thinking at this time......

(To be continued)