Chapter 662: Smuggling under the cover of sand pirates

Your Majesty's breath!

Wang Mang rushed into Cloud City before the gate of Cloud City was closed, and as soon as he entered Cloud City, Feng Tang in the city guard felt Wang Mang's breath.

Feng Tang is a general summoned by Wang Mang, and Wang Mang's breath is coherent, and the two sides can be connected with consciousness for a long distance, so Feng Tang can feel Wang Mang's breath, of course, there is also a reason why Wang Mang deliberately let go of the qi machine to make Feng Tang feel.

The city of blue waves?

As the commander of the clouds, Feng Tang has also recently gotten some news about the city of blue waves, it is rumored that there are heavy treasures in the city of blue waves, countless people on the grassland are rushing to the city of blue waves, and there are even rumors that this time the city of blue waves will appear eagles that will dominate the grassland for the next hundred years.

Feng Tang was originally dismissive of these rumors, but now that he felt Wang Mang's news, his mind turned, and he instantly understood that it was really strange that these rumors were not good.

"Minister Feng Tang see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!"

Just thinking about it, Feng Tang suddenly felt Wang Mang's breath clearly, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Wang Mang taking the two of them into his room.

Wang Mang motioned for Feng Tang to get up and said, "Feng Tang, I am here for a private visit to Weifu, outsiders don't know, do you want to tell everyone that I am in Cloud City so loudly?"

Feng Tang hurriedly denied it: "Your Majesty, the minister is a public heart, and there is no other meaning. ”

"I don't mean anything else, so don't hurry up. Wang Mang said.

Feng Tang got up a little embarrassed at this time, and looked at the two people around Wang Mang who were also looking at him, his expression was stunned, he felt a familiar aura in these two people, and one of them seemed to be quite familiar.

Wang Mang sat on the main seat, Feng Tang hurriedly brought tea, and said: "Your Majesty is here in private clothes, Feng Tang failed to meet him from afar, and he is guilty of death." ”

"You've been talking about it, no one knows about my coming this time, so don't say anything more about it. Wang Mang said: "I ask you, what is the current situation in the city of blue waves. ”

"According to the spies' report, there are many people in the city of blue waves, and then there are many rumors that are unknown whether they are true or false, Feng Tang can't be sure of the truth of these rumors, and it's not easy to explain them to His Majesty. Feng Tang said.

"What about the recent movements of the Blue Wave City?" Wang Mang said.

"Recently, the city of blue waves seems to be calm, but in fact, there is already a storm in the city. Feng Tang said: "The minister deeply felt that something big might happen in the city of blue waves, so he ordered a large number of spies to sneak into the city of blue waves and report the situation in the city to the minister at any time, but Your Majesty, after all, the minister has not been in Yunzhong City for a long time, and there are not many people available under him, so the situation is also limited. ”

"I'll go to Meng Tian. Wang Mang said: "Do you have an opinion about him specifically with Meng Tian?"

"Nope. Feng Tang shook his head and said: "General Meng Tian has guarded the border pass for many years, and his contribution is remarkable, if it weren't for the general here, this Cloud City would have already changed hands, Feng Tang came here to do the Cloud Order, General Meng helped a lot, and also sent thousands of men and horses to the minister, and the minister was grateful." ”

"You two get along well. Wang Mang said, but he understood in his heart that Feng Tang had a contradiction with Meng Tian, but he didn't know if it was a real contradiction or a fake contradiction for Wang Mang.

"Feng Tang, I heard that you sent some men and horses to clear the sand thieves on all sides of Yunzhong City?" Wang Mang said suddenly.

"Yes. Feng Tang nodded and said: "Cloud City is far away in the west of Great Qin, and there is a lack of materials, it seems that it is because of the lack of products, but Feng Tang thinks that most of the reasons for this should be the reason for the lack of business travel, and the lack of business travel is definitely not the reason for the lack of products in Cloud City, this is all superficial reasons, and the deep-seated reason is because of the rampant sand bandits around Cloud City, or the smuggling rampant under the cover of sand thieves." ”

"Smuggling?" Wang Mang frowned.

"Yes, smuggling. Feng Tang said: "Yunzhong City is located at the intersection of Daqin and the grassland, where you can see the terroir of the Central Plains and the wilderness of the grassland, it is the intersection of the Central Plains and the grassland products. Tea is sold to the grassland, and the beef and mutton of the grassland or even or the cattle and sheep can be bought and sold to the Central Plains, not to mention all kinds of rare treasures, if the business is done well, Yunzhong City can become the largest city in the west of Daqin, but it is precisely because of the rampant sand thieves that the trade route of Yunzhong City is almost cut off, and at the same time that the trade route of Yunzhong City is cut off, all kinds of grassland materials are bypassing Yunzhong City from the surroundings of Yunzhong City into the Central Plains, Your Majesty said that this is not strange?"

"How did you find out. Wang Mang said.

"When the minister came to Yundale City to take office, he came all the way, listened all the way, and knew everything he should know, and he also knew some things that he shouldn't know. Feng Tang said.

"Including smuggling?" Wang Mang said.

"Yes. Feng Tang said bitterly: "Your Majesty knows that for smuggling alone, my Great Qin's annual tax loss is no less than one million taels of silver. ”

"Does Meng Tian know these things?" Wang Mang said.

Feng Tang didn't speak, but Wang Mang nodded and said, "I understand, this is where the difference between you and Meng Tian lies, so according to what you can see, how much Meng Tian was involved in smuggling." “

"The General's Mansion did not participate much, but the children of the General's family participated a lot. Feng Tang said silently: "The minister wants to ask the general to uphold the public heart to govern the family, but the family and the country are all over the world, and the general is also in trouble, and the minister sees that he can't persuade the general, so he uses the general to give the minister's people to clean up the sand thieves around Cloud City, and now more than ten sand thieves rampant around Cloud City have been cleared, and it will not be long before real sand thieves appear." ”

"You're forcing Meng Tian to make a choice. Wang Mang said.

"That's right. Feng Tang said: "It is rare to have both worlds, and the general should always make a choice." ”

Wang Mang looked at Bai Qi and Cheng Buzhi and said, "What do you think?"

"Kill it. Bai Qi said indifferently: "Your Majesty gave an order, and Bai Qi went here to take Meng Tian's head." ”

White up!

Feng Tang looked shocked, he looked at Bai Qi with a shocked face, Bai Qi is his predecessor, like thunder, the name of killing gods has been passed down through the ages, this person is also His Majesty's general?

Cheng Buzhi shook his head and said: "There must be a reason for killing, even if you want to kill someone, you have to ask if you understand it and then kill it, and kill people without knowing it, it is easy to provoke civil unrest." ”

"Whoever dares to change the people will kill whom!" Bai Qi still had a face full of indifference.

Wang Mang was suddenly helpless, asking these two is almost equivalent to asking in vain, seeing Feng Tangzheng looking at the two of them with a curious expression, he said: "One of these two is Bai Qi, and the other is Cheng Buzhi, you should have heard their names, just like you, they are all my generals." ”

White up!

I don't know!

Feng Tang was sure of the guess in his heart, he couldn't hide the shock in his heart, and saluted the two of them: "Feng Tang has seen two seniors!"

Bai Qi nodded indifferently, and Cheng Buzhi smiled: "I've heard of you along the way, you are very good, and you are doing well in Cloud City." ”

After the three of them finished saluting, Wang Mang also made a decision, so he said: "I still decided to see the Marquis of Dingbei first, where is Meng Tian?"

(End of chapter)