Chapter 11: Ruthless
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There's one more chapter later.
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It is located in the Prince's Mansion on Tianbo Street, which symbolizes the power and status of the capital city of Liangguo, and the powerful gather.
Entered the house, all the way through the house, across the four seasons like spring, the courtyard full of flowers, there is a small lake with the wonder of the carp leaping dragon gate, until arriving at the core of the whole mansion, you can see a separate open up of the house, the house is not conspicuous, and the ordinary rooms around, there is not much difference, although there seems to be no one guard at the door, but in fact, the defense of the whole house is extremely tight, from the master of the net, all around the whole house, or hiding in the flowers, or hidden behind the rockery, to say that the defense here is tight, in the entire capital, it is second only to the palaceγ
As always, the house did not open doors and windows, allowing the dazzling sunlight outside to let in, but it did not look dark, on the contrary, because dozens of candles were lit, it was as bright as day, and it did not affect the vision of the people in the house at all.
Behind the desk where the entire southern land was stacked, and behind the most confidential documents, Gu Cang slowly put down the documents in his hand, which were full of small characters, and then closed his eyes, breathed a long sigh of relief, frowned, and gently rubbed his temples on both sides with his thumb to relieve fatigue.
On the other side, as one of the two intelligence yamen of the Liang Kingdom, the leader of the ground network, who arranged manpower full-time to carry out assassination and beheading tasks, as soon as he entered this room, he knelt on the side like an ordinary maid who did not know the world, with his hands folded in front of his abdomen, Xiaolu, who had been waiting for the order, couldn't help but raise his head and asked tentatively: "Why is the prince worried?"
Hearing this, Gu Cang slowly opened his eyes, looked at the person in front of him who was full of anticipation, and suddenly began to miss the maid Ning Shuang, who was still angry with him, so he didn't want to come to face him alone.
People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless?
But he was the only one who didn't dare to take care of Cang, and he didn't deserve it.
Looking at the suddenly empty eyes in front of him, looking at the prince who was quietly in a daze in the distance, Xiaolu couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Prince?"
Gu Cang finally came back to his senses, skillfully gathered his full heart, and explained to him with a smile: "It's not a big deal, it's just that the people from Weiguo have sent back news, saying that several counties near Qilian Mountain have suddenly issued a tuntian order, and the Qilian army and idle soldiers from all over the country will cultivate the idle farmland of the people on their behalf." β
Although Xiaolu held an important position, he was not the one who was the main one to attack and defend the strategy, and he was not very sensitive to these strategic things, so he didn't have the meaning of this information at all, so he just laughed and said: "Let the soldiers go to farming, there must be a lack of training, and the prince will definitely be able to destroy the defense of the country in one fell swoop!"
In this regard, Gu Cang just shook his head lightly, sighed and said, "Alas, where is it so simpleγγγγγγ β
He just wanted to open his mouth to explain a few words to him, but looking at Xiaolu's face in front of him, he suddenly came back to his senses, and suddenly swallowed back the words he was about to say with some interest, and didn't say anything more, just waved his hand lightly, and ordered: "Go and call the frost." β
Xiaolu lowered her head, a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes, but she was familiar with the prince's temperament, so she didn't say anything, and still agreed as well-behaved as before: "Yes, prince." β
With that, he stood up directly, and after giving a blessing, he turned around and walked towards the door.
Gu Cang turned his head and watched the door slowly close, not thinking much about the problems of these children's affection, but frowning and contemplative.
"Wu Heng, although it is just a small trick, but it can be seen through so quickly, and come up with a way to deal with it, it is a bit of a skill, it seems that this Illuminati is really not simple. β
Gu Cang, who was in the room, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Wu Heng, who was sitting in Qilian Mountain, guessed right, Liangguo deliberately let out a rumor before, and let the merchants on the border buy a large number of Weiguo's silk at a high price, just to let the simple people of Weiguo, under the persuasion and instigation of the businessmen who were born to pursue profits, give up farming for the sake of tenfold and hundredfold benefits, and instead devote themselves to the more profitable silk industry, planting mulberry trees, collecting silkworm cocoons, and weaving silk.
When the people all ran to plant mulberry trees and gave up the rice that was not very expensive, once the war started, the food supply within the country would not be able to be supplied at all.
But this is actually not a particularly clever means, at least in his Gu Cang's opinion, this is not very clever, first of all, Wei Guo can borrow grain, although the Jin State next to it is corrupt in officialdom, and the upper class is greedy for enjoyment, but the two states under the rule are close to the sea, very rich, and the land is fertile, it is also used to grow rice and other crops, the yield of one acre of land is three times that of Wei Guo, when the time comes, as long as you share a little profit, you can naturally help your allies tide over the difficulties, not to mention that Wei Guo has made a lot of money from here, and you can go to other places to buy food, such as Nanyang, one of the princes of the Atrium, as long as the Qi Lian Army can hold on to the arrival of new grain, Liangguo is completely stealing chickens and rice.
The basis of this level of trade war is because the national strength of Liang is already stronger, and the whole country, from the nobles to the common people, is very rich.
Otherwise, even if he Gu Cang deliberately let his mother Empress Su and some noble women wear Wei Jin to show off everywhere, and lure other people to follow suit to buy it, others don't have so much spare money, and they are willing to spend ten times and a hundred times the price to go to other countries to buy silk and satin made of not particularly good material, so Gu Cangcai feels that this strategy is not particularly clever.
Only those who can help the weak defeat the invincible strong can be regarded as the best policy, and those who can help the equal two sides defeat the opponent are considered the middle policy, but it is not a good ability to help the strong win over the weak.
However, Wu Heng's response to this is very good, and the Tuntian plan is indeed Gu Cang's nemesis, not only earning the money of the people of Liangguo, but also hoarding a large amount of grain and grass for wartime use by the way, and the fertile land in the country will not be barren, it is simply a multiplicity.
Gu Cang was playing with a small wooden sign in his hand, on which the word 'Wu Heng' was written with a brush, he stared at the brand, and muttered to himself: "You can easily pacify the southern land? You are too proud, right? If Gu Cang holds the land of six states in his hand, and in the end loses to you but two states, then what is there to talk about changing the human race, heh, it's really ridiculous." β
"Squeak. β
Just as Gu Cang lowered his head and thought seriously, the door was suddenly pushed open by a pair of calloused hands.
The maid Ning Shuang, with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes lowered, walked in with her hands in hand, and walked all the way in front of Gu Cang, only then did she commit herself slightly and ask him for peace: "Prince." β
Seeing her like this, Gu Cang could only sigh softly in his heart, and then quickly put away his uncomfortable mood and asked in a deep voice, "Is there any news from the fifth brother?"
Ning Shuang held up his hands, presented a delicate scroll, and said softly: "The news that just came from my subordinates, the fifth master has gone back to Huangsha County. β
"Oh?"
When Gu Cang heard this, his spirit suddenly perked up, and his whole person's spirit was mobilized, and he quickly put down the small sign in his hand and stood up, reached out and grabbed the file in Ning Shuang's hand, and then hurriedly unfolded it, lowered his head and read it.
Ning Shuang lowered his head and continued to explain: "The fifth master was surrounded and killed before, fell off the cliff, and then was rescued by two patriots to Qilian City, because Qilian City was suddenly under martial law before, and the internal and external blockade was very tight, so the news has not been able to spread. β
While listening to Ning Shuang's words, Gu Cang carefully looked at the intelligence file that had just been transmitted back from Weiguo in his hand, and gradually showed a fierce light in his eyes, and he was full of anger.
"One of the fifth brother's eyes is ruined?" Gu Cang slammed the file in his hand on the table, and scolded hatefully, "Fuck! With so many soldiers and horses mobilized, why didn't there be any clue before? What are the people on Weiguo's side doing for food? Ah? Are you staying outside for a long time, and even your mind has changed? Do you think that if you go to Weiguo, I, Gu Cang, can't control them!"
When Ning Shuang heard this, he quickly knelt on the ground, hanging his head, and his voice was not emotional.
"It's all the slave's fault, and I ask the prince to calm his anger. β
When Gu Cang saw it, he suddenly became even more irritable, but he waved his hand impatiently, turned his back and said, "I'm not blaming you!"
Ning Shuang, who was kneeling on the ground, continued to say in the same tone: "The slave is in charge of intelligence matters, and if this kind of thing happens, it is naturally the slave's fault." β
When Gu Cang heard this, his body stiffened, and even his voice became low, and he said a little tiredly: "Forget it, forget it, then Wu Heng is not an ordinary person, he is very smart, and the people who are mobilized are all horse bandits in the sand sea, and there is no manpower arrangement over there, it is normal for them to not notice it, it is not anyone's fault." β
Ning Shuang, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly fell to the ground and continued: "Please also ask the prince to punish the slave maid." β
Gu Cang turned his head to look at the frost that was crawling on the ground in front of him, motionless, and suddenly became even more excited, but he tried to keep his tone calm, and pretended to order casually: "Forget it, you go down and let Xiaolu come over." β
When Ning Shuang heard this, he didn't even change his tone in the slightest, but agreed in a low voice: "Yes, prince." β
With that, he slowly got up and carefully retreated.
Gu Cang watched her close the door and leave before turning her head.
He knew that she was still angry with herself, but so what?
How could he explain it to her?
It is the real cruelty to shatter her hope after giving her hope, and to destroy her hope as soon as possible may be a good thing for her and for herself.
Gu Cang could only shake his head slightly, then looked up at the ridge of the house, silent.
Is this providential?
Maybe it's providence.
But he didn't have the leisure to worry about anything else.
I only hope that after experiencing this incident, the fifth brother will not give up on himself, but will be able to be reborn in Nirvana, and speed up his pace, because their time is really running out.
He sighed, lowered his head, took a piece of paper, picked up the pen, filled the inkstone with ink, and began to write a letter to be sent to Gu Xuan.
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Outside the door, Xiaolu had actually been eavesdropping on the conversation between the two inside, and as Gu Cang scolded out, and then he opened his mouth to drive away Ning Shuang and summon herself, a smile gradually appeared on her face.
She is not a fool, on the contrary, as the leader of the ground network, she is very smart as the commander of half of the Liangguo Intelligence Yamen.
So she can completely see the feelings of the person in it for her sister, but they are also personal maids who have been by her side since she was a child, why did he deliberately alienate himself just by being close to Ning Shuang?
She was neither puzzled nor reconciled to this!
But now for some reason, after my sister angered the prince a few days ago, she has gradually fallen out of favor, and this is her chance to show off.
She knows the temperament of men.
And who can be content to be a humble subordinate?
She still has a good life, and she is not satisfied with her life and only hides in the dark, doing things that cannot be seen.
She doesn't want to do anything bullshit at all, even if many people talk about her name, but to this extent, where can she enjoy the kneeling of hundreds of officials in the Jinluan Palace, and the majesty of the mother in the world?
She Xiaolu also has her own goals in life.
is the so-called building near the water to get the moon first, isn't there no predecessor who has made a good demonstration to these maids?
As long as the prince likes it, anyone can be the crown princess, right?
Even if she is just a side concubine for the time being, it is not impossible to correct in the future, as long as she can please the prince enough, she will be able to block the mouth of the ministers in the future.
She is confident that she is playing tricks, and she should have played with the deep boudoir eldest lady of the Zhang family, right?