Chapter 129: The Beginning of the Edge 5
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Lin Ruo's slender fingers drew a circle in the areas of Danzhou, Youzhou and Suizhou, and finally nodded heavily on Danzhou: "Uncle Ji and Brother Junyang are ready. The news that there is a gold mine in Danzhou comes out, and it will not be long before at least half of the Dai Guojun who were originally stationed in Suizhou and Youzhou will be requisitioned and transferred to defend Danzhou; The cavalry of the Northern Expedition are also eyeing this gold mine. All of them are insufficient, and the defenders of Youzhou and Suizhou are insufficient, and it is easy for the prince to capture these two important border towns, and he will not pay too much price, nor will he hurt too many innocent people. Suizhou and Youzhou were included in the territory of Donglu, and Danzhou, which had lost its barrier, naturally became the bag of the northern army. ...... then"
At that time, without the protection of the national army of Suizhou and Youzhou, not only will Danzhou lose two barriers for support, but the iron cavalry of Beiqi will no longer have such unscrupulous capital. On the contrary, it is the Northern Army, which can go straight into the hinterland of Beiqi and let Beiqi feel the fear of hanging a sword on his head! ”
Murong Chong's heart was full of pride, and he sincerely admired Lin Ruo for being able to come up with such a clever plan: "I'm really curious, how did you come up with such an ingenious plan?" I have heard that the fifth lady of the Dian Guogong family is very smart, and she has been personally trained by the old Guogong since she was a child, and she is not inferior to her brothers in the art of war and strategy, and she is not inferior to her brothers. The emperor specially named her the 'Governor of Fengyang' and allowed her to lead troops to kill the enemy. However, in my opinion, your attainments in the art of war may not be inferior to hers. ”
Lin Ruo smiled faintly: "The prince has won the award." The Duke of Dian is loyal and martyrful, and he uses soldiers like gods. Miss Qu Wu, known as a virtuous person, she has really seen the two armies fight on the battlefield, if she is a man, she and the prince should be chess opponents. However, in all fairness, I cannot compare with her in the matter of the two armies fighting, but if it is only about strategy, I am not boasting, she may not be my opponent. ”
Murong Chong hooked the corners of his mouth and raised his eyebrows: "Ah Ruo is not modest!" ”
"The prince also thinks so in his heart, but the praise is just subtle after all. Are you afraid of my pride? ”
Murong Chong raised his eyebrows, and did not answer Lin Ruo's delicate cross-examination, but smiled slightly, and said: "Then I have to test you again, your plan is taken from Sun Tzu's battle chapter: 'Wise generals eat the enemy', and taking the enemy's money and food for their own use is indeed the best policy." However, the envoys tend to be the enemy, and the gold mines of Daiguo and Beiqi Indan Prefecture are enemies, but if Daiguo loses Suizhou and Youzhou, and loses gold mines, won't Beiqi and Daiguo join forces again and become enemies of Donglu together? ”
"That's why I'm going to the North."
Murong Chong pursed his lips and thought for a moment, and asked, "Aren't you going to learn from Zhuge Wuhou of the Three Kingdoms and break the covenant between Beiqi and Daiguo with a three-inch tongue?" ”
Lin Ruojiao smiled: "Those who know me, the prince is also." ”
Murong Chong narrowed his eyebrows and asked curiously: "The Northern Qi soldiers are strong and strong, but they are short of money and food; Compared with Donglu and Zeguo, the alliance between Daiguo and Beiqi is a small friction, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Tell me how you can convince them to renounce the covenant. ”
"Lord, you forgot, I'm a businessman, so naturally I use the way of a businessman~"
Murong Chong groaned for a moment and asked in a low voice, "You want to make a deal with the Beiqi people?" ”
Lin Ruo nodded: "That's right." ”
Murong Chong's heart was full of anger, but he didn't attack immediately, but the blue tendons on his forehead showed his anger at the moment: "Beiqi is a nomadic people, he doesn't work as a farmer, he has no fixed place, and he connives, but he can't become a deadly threat to Donglu. But if you trade with it, with this foundation, you can build a city and settle down, cultivate and trade, and with the iron cavalry to attack the city and pull out the village, this hidden thorn will become a real enemy! ”
Lin Ruo sighed and said, "Lord Wang, I am not as good as you when you conquer and decide; But in trade and trade, you are not as good as me. What is the situation of the grain lords in Bian'an City now, and the prince forgot it so quickly? ”
Murong Chong was stunned, how could he forget that not all those who did business with Lin Ruo made a lot of money, and some lost all their money!
Thinking of this, the corners of Murong Chong's mouth hooked up a smile: "Then, if Zeguo comes to stir up troubled waters, what are you going to do?" ”
Lin Ruo held his chin and said thoughtfully: "Then talk to Meng Jiugong about how Donglu and Zeguo will carve up the vast territory of Beiqi." ”
Murong Chong frowned: Meng Jiugong?!
"Could it be that you also have dealings with Meng Jiugong?"
Lin Ruo smiled incomprehensibly, but did not explain much.
On the second day, Lin Ruo returned to the Lin Mansion, although Murong Chong was still curious about how Lin Ruo could be involved with Meng Jiugong, who was in the high position of the Ze State, but he was busy with the generals in the military department to deploy the confrontation with Beiqi and Daiguo, so he left the matter behind.
In the Lin family's priceless sandalwood study, there are only Lin Ruo and Lin Qian.
"Ah Ruo, are you so presumptuous?" Talking about Lin Ruo's recent arrangement, Lin Qian's eyes couldn't hide some worry, "In the Shangyu flood, the Lin family first donated food for disaster relief, and then distributed porridge for free treatment, although it won the name of benevolence, but it also made the Lin family a bird. Then you married into the palace, claimed accounts with the grain lords in the city, and tore your face in public with the Gu family in the palace, which pushed you to the forefront. Now, you are going to the north again, and when you come back, there will be a matter of picking up the star tower, won't it make the emperor jealous? ”
Save on ridicule, and increase resistance to the extreme.
The self-alert banner still hangs in the study.
Lin Ruo smiled faintly and said solemnly: "Uncle, you don't know anything, it is precisely because of this that the emperor will not be jealous." ”
"Why is that?"
"Uncle, do you know why the emperor pampered me so much?"
Lin Qian was stunned, although he knew some things between Emperor Mingzong and his eldest sister Lin Yuan'er, but at this moment, Lin Ruo asked in person, but he didn't know how to answer, so he could only say euphemistically; "Of course, it's because of your mother and your sister."
Lin Ruo shook his head: "Although the emperor values feelings, he is not an emotional person, otherwise, he would not be able to sit in that position." If a person has been high for a long time, his doubts will become heavier over time, he will be jealous of whether his courtiers and sons have different intentions, and he will wonder if the people around him have two intentions. The more flawless a person is, the more suspicious he will be. And I, in the eyes of the emperor, am an orphan girl, with hatred for the Gu family, no heart for power, and nothing to rely on in the family world. If I had been cautious every day, he would have suspected that I was a thoughtful man, and he would have doubted him. I was pampered and arrogant, reckless and domineering, but he was more at ease. As long as I don't touch his bottom line, he will still indulge me, because I have enough power in his hands to make him think that he can completely control me, and make him feel that I can only rely on him, and the Lin family can only rely on him. ”
Lin Qian pondered Lin Ruo's words carefully, and suddenly found that this was indeed the case.
Since ancient times, the military generals who hold military power in their hands have always been the most feared people by the emperor, but they are the officials and ministers who have repeatedly rebelled against the emperor but have no power to restrain the chicken, and the king will be more tolerant. And none of the generals who can not arouse the emperor's jealousy and get a good death are all well-behaved, well-known, and deeply loved.
It is true that the emperor wants courtiers who are loyal to the monarch and patriotic, but the good name and praise of the courtiers have overshadowed the limelight of the emperor, which is called "merit is higher than the master", and it is not far from death.
Lin Qian lived for decades before he realized that he hadn't understood Lin Ruo. Compared with his cautiousness, it is really not as good as Lin Ruo's willfulness, which is more reassuring to the emperor!
Seeing that his uncle understood his thoughts, Lin Ruo continued: "As for letting Uncle Luo go to Jiangnan to build a grain road, as well as raising the Star Picking Tower in Bian'an, it is not a rash advance, it is just a step-by-step process, it is all within my plan." Uncle, the Lin family can have today, and it is closely related to the blessing of the emperor and the emperor's grandmother. However, the imperial grandmother is old, and the emperor has passed the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the will of heaven is unpredictable. ”
In the last four words, Lin Ruo lowered his voice, and Lin Qian listened to it with a daze.
"King Ye and the crown prince, no matter who ascends to the position, it is difficult for the Lin family to have such a heavy imperial grace. In contrast, we need to prepare a little bit in advance. After all, the only thing that can compete with the supreme imperial power is the wealth of the rich world! ”
This sentence was what Lin Ruo had always thought, but for Lin Qian, it was the first time he said it.
It's not a rich country, it's a rich world!
Lin Qian's heart jumped. But thinking about it carefully, although Lin Ruo's words were very rebellious, they were reasonable.
No wonder Lin Ruo would send the most powerful shopkeeper of the Lin family to other countries, each running a business, taking care of each other, it turned out that she had already planned such a grand plan in her chest!
As if he had recognised this niece, Lin Qian took a deep breath, a wave of enthusiasm rose in his chest, and he responded: "Okay! You can rest assured to go to the north, be more careful, in Bian'an, there is me. When the time comes, everything will be ready for the Star Picking Building, just wait for you, the big shopkeeper, to come back and open it! ”
"There's Uncle Lao." Lin Ruoying smiled, thought of something again, and said: "Uncle, if there is anything in Bian'an, you don't need to tell me along the way, just pass it on to Danzhou." ”
"Why is that?" Lin Qian was a little puzzled.
"There are some things, it's better not to let the prince know. It is in our interest to keep a hand in all things. Moreover, what happened in the capital, someone would come to inform the prince, and there was no need to use the power of the Lin family. ”
"I see."
"Oh, yes, there's one more thing." Lin Ruoqiao smiled and handed a scroll to Lin Qian, "Uncle, I left Xiao Qi a map, which records the Lin family's business all over the world in detail. Xiao Qi has grown up slowly, and it is time for him to slowly take over the Lin family's business. ”
Lin Qian frowned: "What about you?" ”
Lin Ruo smiled: "After all, I am a woman, I can teach him how to do business, I can help him protect the Lin family, but I can't be the helmsman of the Lin family for him." He is the true heir of the Lin family. ”
"Ah Ruo, you actually ......"
"Uncle, I know that you treat me as a daughter and treat me as your own, and I also regard Xiao Qi as my own brother. But there are some burdens that he still has to carry. That's it, you tell him, let him write down this map, and when I come back from Danzhou, I have to test him! ”