With this great victory, Beirong seems to have stopped a lot, and has not attacked Caozhou City again for several days. And Ji Qingchen also went to the camp in the east and west of the city during this time, and the two cavalry who won a great victory this time personally sent the silver money and pension as rewarded. This made his image in the Black Eagle Cavalry and the Dragon Cavalry much taller, and many of the soldiers in the two cavalry had the idea of following him to the death.

Of course, he did not forget the brave soldiers who fought bravely in the battle to defend the city, and also rewarded them with money, and also condoled their lives and family situations in every way, so that the soldiers were moved, and they were determined to defend Caozhou City and live and die with Caozhou City, which made him gain a lot of die-hard people.

After a few days, the 40,000 Longxiang army infantry led by Cheng Qianfan reached Caozhou City, with these 40,000 people, the infantry of Caozhou City reached 60,000 people, and it was no longer a problem to hold Caozhou City for two or three months, so Ji Qingchen handed over the task of defending Caozhou City to Cheng Qianfan, Fang Wanqi, and Meng Li, and he himself was a little too idle. However, this time with the army also reached Mingyan, in his spare time, Ji Qingchen will read books or practice calligraphy, or paint and practice martial arts, Mingyan will play the piano for him next to him, so that his life is very comfortable.

But such a comfortable life ended because of Wei Ran's arrival!

Because in addition to Wei Ran's arrival in Caozhou City, she also came with Wei's spokesperson in King's Landing, the third son of the Wei family's head, Wei Huang, who is Wei Ran's third uncle.

In the past, Ji Qingchen was temporarily invited by Wei Ran to the Wei Mansion for a banquet and had a very happy conversation with Wei Huang.

Seeing each other again this time, the two of them seemed very cordial.

"Wei Ran, see Your Highness!" Wei Ran said.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, Your Highness is already in a high position, which makes Wei Huang envious!" Wei Huang laughed loudly.

"Miss Wei doesn't need to be polite!" Ji Qingchen said immediately. Since the last time he talked to the crown princess in the East Palace, he led the mastermind of the conspiracy against him to the crown princess and the Wei family, and his feelings for Wei Ran have changed, because he feels that he can't see through such a woman.

But to Wei Huang, he smiled much kinder, "Let Brother Wei make fun of it, this king is in a high position, but this is a big responsibility, and it costs money to do everything, and now it is almost Brother Kong Fang." ”

"Oh-" Wei Huang didn't expect Ji Qingchen to say that he was short of money as soon as he opened his mouth, which was unexpected, but he immediately replied, "This-if His Highness is willing, our Wei clan can solve a little difficulty for His Highness." ”

"Brother Wei said this, this king is very happy, come to the house and we will discuss in detail." Ji Qingchen said. Leading the way, Wei Huang and Wei Ran followed behind him for a moment before arriving at the hall of the Plum Garden.

After simply using the tea, Ji Qingchen asked Wei Huang and Wei Ran to rest, saying that he would entertain the two of them at a banquet in the evening. The two of them didn't come to Caozhou for dinner, so they naturally nodded and agreed, and followed the maid in the house to rest.

In the evening, the plum garden was lit up again.

As the commander of the three armies, Ji Qingchen held a banquet and set up a banquet to entertain the third son and eldest lady of the Wei family in Shangzhou.

In addition to the generals in the army, such as Xiang Ziyu and Xu Zizhang, Xu Dachun, Meng Li, Fang Wanqi, Bai Xiangcheng and Bai Yang, Yuwen and others, as well as Li Changzheng and other nine tiger generals and Caozhou Taishou Fang Datong. The senior officials of both the military and political parties in Caozhou have arrived, which can be said to have given Shangzhou Wei's face.

Because Beirong has not attacked Caozhou City in the past few days, the atmosphere of the war in the city has eased a lot, the generals feel a lot more relaxed, and there are more smiles on their faces, and the atmosphere of this banquet is very active. Coupled with the superb skills of Mingyan, a pianist, a song "The Wind of Saibei" popped up the momentum of Jin Ge Iron Horse, which made the generals present enthusiastic and high-spirited, making the atmosphere reach its peak.

At this time, Caozhou Taishou Fang Datong was very smart and asked for Ji Qingchen, "I don't know what happened to the third son of Lu Daowei to Caozhou City?" ”

"Dayan was bullied by Beirong, although Wei was not in the temple, he was still Dayan's courtiers, Caozhou soldiers fought bloodily, Wei could not go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and defend the country, he could only do his best." Wei Huang said impassionedly, "This time Wei Huang came to Caozhou City, he was ordered by his father to send money and food to the army. ”

"Oh-" Fang Datong showed a surprised expression, as the Taishou of Caozhou, his task is to be responsible for the supply of money and food for the army, the food of the imperial court has not yet arrived in the past few days, plus Ji Qingchen rewarded the three armies, now the rations of the officers and soldiers in the army have been reduced to half of the usual time, and it can only last for three days, but I didn't expect that at the critical moment, Wei took the initiative to lend a hand, which made him a little difficult for the Caozhou Taishou, I don't know what kind of transactions or secrets are in the road, no, no, It looks a little awkward.

"I don't know how many roads there are?" Fang Datong could only ask embarrassedly.

"500,000 stones of rice, 300,000 stones of flour, and 300,000 pieces of copper coins." Wei Huang said loudly.

Obviously, this is a large amount of money, 800,000 stone of grain is enough to last 200,000 troops for four months, and as for 300,000 copper coins, in addition to improving food, it is estimated that it will be enough to compensate the soldiers killed or wounded in future battles.

Therefore, when the lord in the hall heard the number reported by Wei Huang, his face showed joy.

Because this money and food have solved the urgent needs of Caozhou City!

"It's a big deal for my brother!" Ji Qingchen said with a smile, "I don't know what the Dao Wei clan wants for this big gift?" ”

As the commander of the three armies, Ji Qingchen negotiated a deal with Wei Huang in front of everyone and was open and honest, which made Wei Huang a little surprised. But after thinking about it, Wei Huang understood what Ji Qingchen meant. Regardless of whether this is a deal or Wei's resources to fund the Northern Liao army, as long as he is open and honest, at least no matter what kind of trouble arises in the future, Ji Qingchen, as the commander of the three armies, will not cause trouble and will not be impeached by the imperial history.

Thinking of this, Wei Huang couldn't help but admire Ji Qingchen's wisdom, he had already established his invincible position long before he made a move.

Then he said with a smile, "At the moment when Dayan is in trouble, how can the Wei family ignore his own private interests and ignore Dayan's safety?" Therefore, the money and food that funded the army this time were all a modest effort that Wei did for Dayan, and he did not ask for anything. ”

Wei Huang thought that when he said this, the Northern Liao Zhu would be very grateful to them for the Shangzhou Wei Clan, and as the chief general of the Northern Liao army, he would also be greatly moved to appreciate the Wei Clan's Gao Feng Liang Festival. But he never thought that Ji Qingchen would say this, "Alas, it's still not enough!" ”

Wei Huang, who was about to accept Ji Qingchen's appreciation, heard this, and was choked by the wine he drank, cough cough cough - cough cough non-stop. And Wei Ran, who was on the side, heard Ji Qingchen say this, and his eyes widened and he looked at Ji Qingchen in disbelief.

"For brother, what are you?" Ji Qingchen asked with a concerned face.

"Uh-no, no, no!" Wei Huang was choked and said with a red face, but he was bitter in his heart, because Ji Qingchen's words were clearly asking him for money, but he was ordered to send so much, and if he sent him again, he would not have this right!

"Oh-that's good!" Ji Qingchen said softly, but sighed in a low voice, "It's still your Wei family who is rich!" ”

Nima!

Wei Huang is about to collapse, and he has repeatedly said that Wei's is rich, isn't it just to let himself express his stance and send some food and copper money to the Northern Liao army? But you can't be the master of this!

Wei Huang couldn't sit still, "Your Highness-" It's just that as soon as he opened his words, he was stopped by Wei Ran, and he heard Wei Ran say, "Your Highness, the Wei family does have some money, and now it is at the juncture of the Dayan crisis, so it is natural to help, but the Wei family's business is distributed in the four corners of Dayan, and he has done his best!" ”

Wei Ran still didn't have Wei Huang's calm temperament, and a little girl was forced by Ji Qingchen like this, so she retorted, which made the originally active atmosphere in the hall fall into embarrassment.

"Miss Wei is too worried!" Ji Qingchen smiled faintly and said, "This time, the Wei clan took both money and food to help my Northern Liao army too much, what else is this king not satisfied with?" ”

"Yes! Ran'er, you are too presumptuous, how can you look at Your Highness like this? Don't hurry up and apologize to His Highness. Wei Huang immediately reprimanded.

He doesn't want to let Wei and the Northern Liao army have a bad relationship because of Wei Ran's relationship, now Ji Qingchen's Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor, the nominal and actual rulers of Shangzhou in the future, they can't afford to offend, and it is precisely because of this reason that seeing Ji Qingchen have achieved a great victory, the position of the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor is firmly seated, and the Wei family will make such a big blood investment, the purpose is to please the generals in the Northern Liao Army and Ji Qingchen.

Wei Ran felt that with Ji Qingchen's usual modesty, when she heard her third uncle's words, Ji Qingchen would politely say no, so that she took the opportunity to step down and apologize to Ji Qingchen, but Ji Qingchen did not do what she thought, but looked at her with a smile, waiting for her to apologize.

This made Wei Ran ashamed and annoyed, but he disobeyed his third uncle in public, so he could only say with a smile, "Wei Ran's words were reckless just now, and I asked His Highness to atone for his sins." ”

"Excuse me!" Ji Qingchen said lightly, but in his heart, he was thinking that he was still too young, not as calm and generous as his sister and princess!

"I wonder when the grain of the third prince of Daowei will be able to reach Caozhou City?" At this time, Fang Datong immediately made an inquiry, which broke the embarrassing atmosphere in the banquet hall very appropriately.

"Probably in two days!" Wei Huang said, "However, when the transport team arrives at the border of Caozhou, it must be escorted by His Highness's army along the way, otherwise it will be hijacked by the Beirong cavalry." ”

"Yes! This brother can rest assured, this king will send Xiang Cheng to lead the Black Eagle Cavalry to do a good job of escorting the mission. Ji Qingchen said.

However, hearing Wei Huang say this, he suddenly had a brilliant plan to deal with Beirong in his heart, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

However, Wei Huang didn't know what the meaning of Ji Qingchen's smile was expressed, seeing that he was smiling so deeply, a chill suddenly rose in his heart, and when he looked at the smile on Ji Qingchen's face, he found that this smile looked very strange, which made his heart sink, and he immediately withdrew his gaze, and did not dare to look at Ji Qingchen's gaze anymore, so he could only bow his head and drink.

With such a small episode, there was no interest in continuing the banquet, and everyone hastily drank a few glasses and left. However, just as everyone was leaving, Ji Qingchen summoned Xiang Ziyu and Xu Zizhang, Xu Dachun, Meng Li, Fang Wanqi, Bai Xiangcheng and Bai Yang, Yu Wenshu and others to the study and began to discuss the plan he came up with.

It was only at midnight that the generals left.

Then in the dark night, the cavalry of the eastern city and the east and west lit up again.

In an instant, the two cavalry left the camp and went out of Caozhou City in the dark.