In front of the Wuyuan County Office, Gao Gong accepted the decree of the proclamator to read out the will in public, and Yang Guang named him the internal history order and the doctor of the department, and ordered him to enter Beijing immediately to take up his post, for Gao Gong, he had to accept this will, unless he did not recognize his Sui ministers.

Gao Gong and the others said goodbye and followed the proclamator on the road to the south......

In the room, Yang Yuanqing stared out the window with his hands down, his heart was full of helplessness and frustration, he finally realized that he had made a mistake, he took out Gao Gong prematurely, with Gao Xi's reputation, how could he not attract Yang Guang's jealousy?

Although Gao Gong as the main exam can attract the attention of the world's scholars, but this is to the price of his later loss of Gao Gong, a gain and a loss, obviously the loss is greater than the gain, if it is in the later period of hegemony and then take out Gao Gong, then he gains a political advantage that is difficult for any party to compare, but now...... Yang Yuanqing sighed lowly.

On the side, Du Ruhui cautiously persuaded him, "Chief, although Gao Ge Lao was recalled to the imperial court, after all, the world already knows that Gao Ge Lao supports the general manager, and will also make many people follow Gao Ge Lao, and Gao Ge Lao's influence will appear in the future, besides, with Gao Ge Lao's current age, he may not be able to support it until then, and it may not be a mistake to let him be the main exam." ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "A mistake is a mistake, Changshi doesn't need to comfort me anymore, the key is to learn the lesson of this mistake." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing asked him again: "What lesson does Changshi think I should learn?" ”

Du Ruhui lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I think it's because the manager has been too smooth during this time." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "You are right, I have indeed been too smooth in the past few months, successfully seized military power, successfully consolidated military power, successfully gained everyone's support, and the power expanded smoothly to the south, and had a smooth journey, which made me a little carried away, dizzy, and actually pushed Gao Gong out to be the chief examiner, but I forgot that Gao Gong's fate is not in the hands of me Yang Yuanqing, nor in his own hands, but in the hands of Yang Guang, a holy decree will recall him back, and those who underestimate the enemy will be defeated, this lesson of mine is painful!" ”

Du Ruhan smiled slightly: "Actually, I think it's a good thing for Gao Gong to leave." ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced back at Du Ruhui and asked puzzledly, "How do you say this?" ”

"The governor can't always rely on others, and without the high weight, will the governor lose politically? Without Gao Gong, the general manager can only rely on himself, do every little thing well, Corporal Lixian, treat the people well, accumulate thick and thin, so that the accumulated reputation is not Gao Gong's reputation, but the reputation of the general manager, everyone is no longer because of Gao Gong to take refuge, but because of the fame of the general manager to take refuge, Gao Xi's departure, in fact, moved to the general manager to rely on the big stone, no harm. ”

These words have been suppressed in Du Ruhui's heart for a long time, not vomiting or unhappy, Du Ruhui's words made Yang Yuanqing's heart slowly brighten, he nodded silently, he felt that his heart had become calm, and the frustration and pressure caused by Gao Gong's departure also disappeared at this moment.

Yang Yuanqing said with a smile: "Anyway, this incident still taught me a lesson, we can't get carried away because it went well, we still have to keep a low profile, as long as the court does not violate our interests, we don't want to do anything to stimulate him, burying our heads in food and saving money is the king." ”

……

The time gradually enters December, which is the coldest season of the year, the entire Guanlong area is covered with heavy snow, the field is empty, people are hard to find, and there is a snow-covered world everywhere.

In the north forty miles of Heshui County, Honghua County, there is a small county seat, this small county town is called Honghua County, the county seat is very small, the circumference of the city is only eight miles, the population is more than 500 households, if it is not surrounded by the city wall, this is a town.

Two miles north of Honghua County, by the Maling River, dozens of huge warehouses were built, this is the warehouse built when the Yuan family rebelled, a large number of strategic materials were stored, and most of the wealth stored by the Yuan family was spent on preparing these materials, after the Yuan rebellion was quelled, most of the materials were transported to Chang'an, and most of the warehouses were also destroyed, but there were still a lot of materials left, guarded by a battalion of soldiers.

On this morning, a middle-aged man came to the Ping'an Inn in Honghua County, this person's surname is Zhao, called Zhao Sanbao, is a famous snake in Honghua County, he looks thin and dry, a pair of eyes are extremely flexible, he is a local, his hands and eyes are all over the sky, the relationship is very wide, he has a way in black and white, and even the slave thief Bai Yusa can find him, specializing in matchmaking and charging commissions to get by.

Zhao Sanbao walked into the inn, and the thief asked, "Old shopkeeper, where is the person looking for me?" ”

The shopkeeper pointed to the back yard unhappily, "The first yard is." ”

Zhao Sanbao slipped into the first courtyard like a weasel, and today someone brought him a message, and a big businessman wanted to make a deal with him.

He walked away from the courtyard and saw two entourages standing in the courtyard, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "In Xia Zhao Sanbao, is someone looking for me?" ”

One of the attendants glanced at him, "You come with me!" ”

The entourage took Zhao Sanbao into a room, only to see a middle-aged man sitting in the room, with a kind face, wearing a black satin robe and an octagonal hat, typical of a businessman's dress.

"Li Dongzhu, he's here."

This proprietor Li is dressed as Li Jing, who was ordered by Yang Yuanqing to pretend to be a businessman to come to Honghua County to make a deal.

Li Jing smiled and said, "You are Zhao Sanbao, who is very well-connected?" ”

Zhao Sanbao patted his chest and said: "There is nothing I can't do in Honghua County and Heshui County, as long as you pay the starting price, I can do anything, even if you want to marry the daughter of the county order, I have a way." ”

Li Jing smiled and waved his hand, "Please sit down!" ”

Zhao Sanbao sat down, and an attendant brought him another cup of hot tea, and when the hot tea was in his stomach, Zhao Sanbao immediately became more energetic, "This master, please speak!" What do I need to do? ”

Li Jing pondered and asked, "Do you go over to the dozen or so Yuanjia warehouses in the north of the county?" ”

"How could you not have been?"

Zhao Sanbao smiled and waved his hand, "I don't know how much I have to do with that Captain Ma, and I can't make a mistake with my eyes closed in that more than a dozen warehouses." ”

"Oh? What do the average person buy? ”

Zhao Sanbao guessed a few points, and estimated that this businessman was also here to buy things, so he said: "The main thing is to buy grain, cloth and tents, these are the three things that are valuable in those warehouses, and the others are worthless groceries, and no one wants them." ”

"Do you have any weapons?" Li Jing asked.

Zhao Sanbao was startled, and hurriedly shook his head: "There are no weapons, they have been transported away, pig iron has also been transported, in fact, most of the money, grain and cloth have been transported back to Chang'an, but there are only 20,000 stone grain and thousands of cloths left, as well as a lot of useless groceries, if you want it, you have to hurry, it will be gone next spring." ”

In fact, Li Jing wanted those groceries, they got the news, Honghua County's Yuan warehouse is stacked with a large number of raw materials for making bows and arrows, dry, horn, tendons, glue, silk, lacquer, arrow shafts, feathers, etc., the imperial court is successively transporting the materials in the Yuan family's warehouse back to Chang'an, because winter is coming, the transportation is suspended, and these materials will all go away next spring, these raw materials for making bows and arrows are the strategic materials that Fengzhou needs, in any case, Fengzhou wants to get these materials.

Li Jing asked again: "What are those groceries?" ”

"It's all cow tendons, horns, glue, paint, etc., which are probably used to make bows and arrows, and there are a lot of flags and gongs and drums, which are piled up like mountains anyway."

Zhao Sanbao suddenly reacted and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that you want these groceries?" ”

Li Jing nodded, "Find the captain who guards the supplies for me, and you will benefit from it." ”

…….

The captain surnamed Ma, who was responsible for guarding the Yuanjia warehouse, was the county military captain of Honghua County, leading three hundred soldiers to guard the warehouse, the so-called backing the mountain, this horse captain made a fortune by reselling the grain and cloth in the warehouse, he heard Zhao Sanbao say that someone was actually interested in those groceries, so he asked Ma Sanbao to bring people to the warehouse.

Captain Ma is dark and fat, and his appearance is rude and stupid, but he is actually an extremely shrewd person, he knows that those groceries and raw materials are military supplies, and ordinary businessmen and civilians will not want them, and the people who come to buy them must not be ordinary people, it is very likely to be a thief in the Central Plains, Gaojibo or Wagangzhai?

In fact, he doesn't care about who buys these things, he cares about the price, the troubled times are coming, most of the low-level officers are thinking about how to protect themselves, and the phenomenon of stealing and selling weapons and military funds by military governments in various places is very serious.

Captain Ma bowed his hand to Li Jing, "I heard that this shopkeeper wants to buy those sundries?" ”

Li Jing smiled faintly, "Let's take a look at the goods first!" ”

"Please!"

Captain Ma took Li Jing and walked towards a huge warehouse, "After the New Year, there will be officials from Chang'an to liquidate these raw materials, if you want to, buy them as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no chance." ”

"The lieutenant doesn't seem to be worried about his own responsibilities."

Captain Ma laughed, "Can't you just push it on the thief?" Isn't that what the Central Plains side does? ”

The two walked into the warehouse, only to see all kinds of materials in the wooden box, hundreds of large wooden boxes piled up like a hill, the wooden box with charcoal on the horn tendons, glue wire, pole feathers, etc., Li Jing quickly estimated, these materials at least ten thousand bows and thirty to five hundred thousand arrows, this is just a warehouse, there are a total of more than a dozen warehouses, although not necessarily all of them store raw materials for making bows and arrows, but it will never be the only one.

He picked up a wooden pole from a wooden box for making arrows, the pole was more than two feet long, and could make a bow and arrow, and the wooden pole was straight and uniform in texture, and it was a fine birch.

Captain Ma squinted his eyes on the side and said: "This is made of birch wood produced in Zhangye, high-quality goods, if you want, 10,000 taels of silver, I will sell 30% of the materials in this warehouse to you." ”

"I want them all!"

Captain Ma was startled, and shook his head again and again, "It's impossible, take it all, I can't explain it, I can only sell it for thirty percent at most, and it's only limited to this warehouse." ”

Li Jing sneered in his heart and nodded, "Okay!" We have made up our minds, and tomorrow morning I will bring the silver. ”

…….

At night, the dark clouds were low, the fog was filled, and the defenders of the Yuan's warehouse, as usual, hid in the room to warm up, gambling and drinking, and Captain Ma squinted his eyes and drank a little wine in the room, thinking about tomorrow's ten thousand taels of silver.

At this time, a soldier came out of the room with a curse, walked to pee in the corner of the house, suddenly, he felt something, walked a few steps, squinted his eyes and looked at the other side of the Maling River, under the cold moonlight, I saw dense black spots in the snow, getting closer and closer, it turned out to be a cavalry.

The soldier was so frightened that he cried out, "The slave thief is coming!" The slave thief is coming! ”

He fled in the direction of the city, and the other soldiers also scrambled to flee to the city, and thousands of cavalry rushed into the warehouse in an instant, engulfing the entire Yuan warehouse.

……