Chapter 279: Sharpening the Knife

The team back to Beijing was not bloated;

First of all

It was the original Qincha team that was bound to go all the way back, and this group of people had already shown their ability to rush when they rushed to the Snow Customs to announce the decree.

Then, it was Uncle Zheng's side.

Three carriages,

In one carriage sat the princess and Uncle Zheng, and two carriages were loaded with goods.

Although there were several days of delay in the military parade, on the whole, the time to return to Beijing was still extremely generous, and the place where it should stop could be stopped, and the place where it should be rested could be rested;

As long as Uncle Zheng doesn't learn from Emperor Qianlong's micro-clothes to go out on patrol to tease Xia Yuhe,

There will be no problem of missing the deadline.

accompanied by the blind man, Fan Li, Jian Maiden, Gou Moli, Sword Saint, Chen Daxia, and 300 personal guards led by Gao Yi.

This afternoon,

The team camped down early in the pond of Mingchi.

Here is far from Wangjiang, there is more than two days of travel, wait for Wangjiang, to Yingdu and then from Yingdu to the border of Yanguo, there is already a new official road, the speed of the team can also be improved, and the complete post station system can also save everyone a lot of time for supplies and recuperation.

The most difficult section to walk is actually the road from Xuehaiguan to Wangjiang, because most of the entire eastern part of the country was the most severely affected area in the Savage Rebellion.

Looting in the early stage aside, it is a hammer sale, simply neat;

But in the later period, when the Great Yan Eastern Expeditionary Army came to the west side of the Wangjiang River, and the two sides began to stalemate, it was no longer a simple loot, but digging three feet into the ground to loot and replenish, which was simply digging roots!

After that, the Marquis of Jingnan defeated the main force of the savages, and the Qingluan army in Yupan City surrendered and was slaughtered, although the war was decided, but the entire Jin land from west to east was baptized by the fire of war in two or three years, and it took time to recuperate;

According to the meaning of the Marquis of Jingnan, if the two countries officially start a war, if they cannot defeat the main force of the Chu people's field battle in one fell swoop and burn the flames of war to Chu, then they have to retreat to the second, and the Yan army takes the initiative to retreat and let the Chu army enter Jin to open up the battlefield pattern and width, so as to give the cavalry a greater range of activities and initiative.

Therefore, for this area, which has been pre-designated as a "battlefield", neither Dayan nor Yingdu will choose to develop and resettle at this time.

Mingchi is a beautiful place, especially now, with its rippling lakes and green grass, giving people a feeling of relaxation and happiness.

The road of two hours less, resting here, is also a rare comfort in the long distance.

A long blanket with some food and wine on it, and the princess sat there, stuffing some food into Uncle Zheng's mouth from time to time.

Uncle Zheng rested his head on his hands and lay on the grass, admiring the sunset.

Not far away, the white-clothed Sword Saint sat on the shore of the lake, and beside him, sat the Savage King.

The Savage King has been locked up for so long, and at the same time, he has also suffered the erosion of the evil aura of the Shatuo Que Stone Zombie, and he first destroyed his face in order to escape from pursuit, making it completely like two people now and originally.

You don't need to be disguised or iron-faced, and you don't have to worry about being recognized.

again

Among the Great Yan, there are very few who have really seen the Savage King.

The relationship between the Sword Saint and the Savage King should be incompatible.

But in the snow customs, Juggernaut will also ask the blind man to help bring the savage king out of his prison from time to time, talk, and chat.

The Sword Master will talk about some things about Liu Dahu in the schoolhouse, and he will also talk about some things about his own woman's thrifty housekeeping.

Then, the Savage King, who was stuffed with a belly of dog food, had to deliberately attack several times each time to increase the coolness of the Juggernaut;

After all, he longs to come out and let the wind out, look at the sky, look at the clouds, and breathe in the fresh air;

At this time, the savage king was peeling chestnuts and stir-fried chestnuts in sugar, which was very flavorful and delicious.

The Savage King not only eats it himself, but also deliberately peels a few and puts them in front of the Sword Master.

Juggernaut is also welcome,

Enjoying the scenery and the lake breeze, from time to time I picked up a peeled chestnut and put it in my mouth and chewed it slowly.

"On the first day I went out of town, I was really shocked to see that you were also in the team, and to be honest, I was really taken aback."

"Afraid I'll kill you with a sword?"

"yes."

"If I want to kill you, I will kill you in the snow customs."

When he was in the Snow Customs, the Sword Master didn't even have to do it himself, he only needed to show Uncle Zheng that Uncle Zheng would definitely take the Savage King's head and put it in front of the Sword Master.

It is said that Fan Zhengwen can do business, but in this kind of business of human relations, Uncle Zheng has never lost money.

"It's different." The Savage King shook his head and continued to peel the chestnuts with his head down, "There is a difference between being in the snow customs and being outside. ”

"It's different." Juggernaut nodded.

"I'm right."

"Well, inside the city, you are a prisoner, outside the city, you are a prisoner laborer, more than 20,000 savages who were captured more than a year ago, and now they survive, how many are left?"

The infrastructure and recovery of the Snow Customs, including the fact that it was able to maintain stability after absorbing so many people last winter, and the tens of thousands of savage captives can be said to have made a great contribution.

They did the most tiring work, they ate the worst food, they lived in the coldest nests, and batch after batch of savage slave laborers died on the construction site.

Now, only a few thousand people remain in hard labor, and the rest are either dead or disposed of after being crippled and left without labor.

At this point, Hirano Bofu can be described as extremely ruthless.

Of course, this is also what they deserve, they always have to pay it back, when they entered the Shanhaiguan to burn and loot, they were so happy, and after they were happy, they had to atone for their sins.

Uncle Zheng has not recruited troops from that batch of savage slave laborers, because there is no need for this.

First of all, the snow customs has always taken the elite route, which is a tradition and must be maintained.

Secondly, although the Snow Customs has absorbed a lot of barbarians, the people at the bottom are still the Jin people, and most of these people have been poisoned by the savages, and the punishment of these savage slaves can win their hearts.

Erecting a savage as a target of common hatred, with this external contradiction, then the contradictions that may be brought about by the people of Yan and Jin and the identity of Ping Ye Bo as a Yan person can be blurred as much as possible.

The Savage King thought for a moment and said:

"That's what it means, but I still want to live a good life, you know, I'm not afraid of Uncle Hirano now, because Uncle Hirano is the same person as me, and he can sell everything for profit;

But you're different, I'm not sure, if you want to see me live a good life. ”

Juggernaut wasn't going to answer that question.

He was not disgusted with Zheng Fan pulling the Savage King out to enter Beijing together, because he could see that Zheng Fan was a little worried about the reward for entering Beijing this time.

The Savage King didn't ask any further, but clapped his hands,

Road:

"This is Mingchi, right, it was the place where the Situ family erected a monument after the victory of expelling my holy clan."

Many place names and historic sites in Jin are actually related to the expulsion of wild people by the Jin people.

In the past, a certain head of the Situ family led the army to defeat the savages here, pushing the battle line across the Wangjiang River, further compressing the strategic turning space of the savages in Jindi, and at the same time laying the tone for the final and complete expulsion of savages from Jindi.

The head of the Situ family once ordered the carvers to erect a monument here to commemorate the battle.

The years have passed, too many things have been blown away by rain and wind, and the beautiful scenery of Mingchi has drowned out the fact that it was once an ancient battlefield, and it has become a place for Jin people to play, a holy place for flowers and plants.

In the early years, there were flower mills all over the lake, not only the red tents that made a living from the skin and meat business, but also many good family sons and daughters who spontaneously and voluntarily came here to be the bed of heaven and earth.

Resting in another world, it is a tourist attraction with the theme of "glamorous, encountered".

But right now,

The flower shop is gone,

Not even much of a city is nearby.

The flowers of the past are romantic, and only the flowers are not romantic.

"What about the inscription?" Juggernaut asked.

"I asked someone to dig it up and smashed it." The Savage King said.

Juggernaut nodded.

The Savage King also sighed, and there was a hint of remembrance in his eyes.

Long

The Juggernaut spoke, "Spoil things." ”

"Huh." The Savage King smiled.

In fact, he wanted to say that eight hundred years ago, the land of the Three Jin Dynasty was full of temples, inscriptions, and murals of the Savage Holy Clan, but now, can you still see it?

But he didn't bother to argue, because he knew that the Zhuxia people had always had a self-centered plot, their own things, things, their own music, their own heavenly sounds, their own ancestral halls, and sacred, while other races, whether savages or barbarians or Shanyue, were not worth mentioning, and even a little more would make their eyes dirty.

Then

Zhang Yuanshan walked to Uncle Zheng's side, slowly knelt down, and said:

"Uncle, this place is really a good mountain, a good water and a good scenery."

Uncle Zheng didn't say anything.

Zhang Yuanshan didn't realize that he had already become a fly, but continued: "Uncle, you say, if you want to completely pacify this part of Jindi, how many troops do you need?" ”

Uncle Zheng opened his eyes, glanced at Zhang Yuanshan, and smiled.

Zhang Yuanshan also smiled.

And then

Uncle Zheng closed his eyes again.

"........." Zhang Yuanshan.

"Uncle thinks it's boring to talk about this with his subordinates?"

Uncle Zheng nodded.

Zhang Yuanshang pursed his lips and said, "But the subordinates still have a question, I hope that the uncle can solve the doubts of the subordinates, this is also what the Sixth Highness is thinking about."

That is, Uncle Zheng thinks, in the next step, will I take Chu first or do it first? ”

In fact

Zheng Fan's attitude towards Zhang Yuanshan became so cold, also because after the team set off, he finally received a letter from Xiao Liuzi.

Xiao Liuzi's messenger first staggered to the Snow Customs with Uncle Zheng's side, and then the Snow Customs sent three knights to catch up with the team and hand over the letter to Uncle Zheng.

In the letter, Xiao Liuzi first proudly gave birth to a son.

Then he talked about some of his recent things, including the recent trivial mood, well, and wrote two poems.

Actually, Uncle Zheng and Xiao Liuzi are more like a pair of pen pals.

The gossip is above, and the following is the serious words.

At the end of the letter, Xiao Liuzi focused on three things.

One is Yongping's planning for the import of money and grain to the snow customs in the first half of the third year.

One is that his father, Emperor Xuan, Uncle Zheng, entered Beijing with some of his views, which are very subtle.

And this implication means a kind of "hint", because this should be a very beautiful thing, why should you be subtle?

The third thing is that Feng Guan is a young eunuch who has recently been favored in the palace, and he is very utilitarian. Then the description of Zhang Yuanshan is:

Lone doesn't know if he's my person?

When a wise person speaks, it will be very simple;

It is also very simple for smart people to write letters.

The sentence "Lone doesn't know if he's my person" actually contains a lot of content.

Xiao Liuzi couldn't see through him, so Uncle Zheng didn't bother to look at him.

merely

Faced with Zhang Yuanshan's question,

Uncle Zheng replied directly:

"Take Chu first."

When the two talked about this topic, they didn't care at all about Princess Da Chu, who was sitting beside them.

"Why?" Zhang Yuanshan listened respectfully.

Uncle Zheng glanced at Zhang Yuanshan,

And rightfully so:

"Because I don't have anything to do with the country."

"......" Zhang Yuanshan.

Then the blind man came along,

To Zhang Yuanshan Road:

"Brother Zhang, this beautiful scenery and lake are poetic?"

Obviously, it was the blind man who came over to help Uncle Zheng take over this hot potato.

Zhang Yuanshan wanted to blurt out,

What does the scenery have to do with you, a blind man?

But he still held back, and could only accompany the blind man to recite poems.

When it's quiet again,

The princess whispered:

"I don't like that person."

"I don't like it either."

"Hmm." The princess nodded, as if she was happy that she and her husband had a common dislike.

forthwith

The princess asked tentatively:

"Xianggong, can you give him ......... on the road?"

Uncle Zheng looked at the princess and said with a smile: "Why is he so bold, he is so bad." ”

The princess looked at Uncle Zheng, who had several sets of royal robes at home,

Biting his lip.

Seeing this, Uncle Zheng thought it was cute, and reached out to touch the princess's chin.

Road:

"For people you don't like, you don't have to solve them all, and you can't solve them all, just treat them as a fly if they don't exist."

……

The rest in Mingchi was a small comfort for the team, and for the next two days, the team marched quickly without any delay.

Under Zheng Fan's instructions, the team moved slightly north, avoiding Yupan City, and passing through the Wangjiang River from upstream.

In the end, it is her own woman, and she usually needs to come out to help her support herself, which is "forced by life", but there is no need to deliberately let her touch the scene.

The place of "Yupan City" should be the sad place of the vast majority of Chu people now.

After crossing the Wangjiang River, the team did not rest, and in the middle of the night, entered Yingdu.

Yingdu is a big city, and it is the largest central city in the entire original country.

Because Jingnanhou led the army into Fengxincheng, it is not considered a military center, but other centers, it has not been left behind.

But whether it is Feng Guan's identity as a chaplain or Uncle Zheng's identity, it is not a big problem to shout to open a city gate late at night.

That's it

The team entered Yingdu City and stayed at the post station in the city.

Because the team was moving fast, no messenger was sent to the city in advance to inform them, and it was late at night, so even if it alarmed many powerful people in Yingdu, no one would choose to visit the starry night at this time.

So

In the inn,

It seems quiet.

And in the courtyard of the inn,

Gao Yi, who had just set up internal and external guards, saw the blind man walking towards him.

"Mr. North, what's the matter?"

The blind man tirdles his hands and goes before him,

Road:

"Pass on the uncle's order!"

Gao Yi and the two lieutenants beside him immediately knelt down,

"The last general!"

"The last general!"

The blind man breathed a sigh of relief,

Said slowly:

"Sharpen your knives."

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