Chapter 170: A piece of a puzzle

In order to recuperate from the wounds of the soldiers who came back, Yuan Chonghuan stayed in the reed beach for another three days. Although this matter was not in accordance with the rules, this time even the Jinyi Guard did not say much.

This is the gap between Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chuanting.

Yuan Chonghuan was just a good soldier, while Sun Chuanting was a more qualified imperial politician. In less than ten years, Sun Chuanting's position will definitely be far above Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan stared at his subordinates.

Sun Chuanting stared at the naturalized city not far away - Hohhot, a cyan city on the grassland.

Zhu Youzhen, on the other hand, stared at Lake Baikal, and in his mind, the northern side of the empire should at least envelop this large lake in his arms. All he lacked was a train spitting steam and rushing through Siberia, and a black airship hovering in the sky.

Therefore, Fang Yuling is a piece of the puzzle for Yuan Chonghuan to become a famous general, and he hopes that his troops will become an invincible sword for the empire.

The Duoyan tribe is a piece of the puzzle in Sun Chuanting's eyes of the Naturalization City, with the Naturalization City, he, the governor of Xuanda, can push the battlefield with Manchuria to the north, so that the dilapidated and leaky defense line in his hands can have a respite.

But the Naturalization City is a piece of the puzzle in Zhu Youzhen's eyes of the huge empire, beyond the Naturalization City, he has the opportunity to create an extremely vast energy production area and grain farm for his Ming Empire in the north of the empire.

So, even if it's the same thing, in the eyes of different people, it's a different role.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting was more disgusted with Yuan Chonghuan's stay on the reed beach of the Tuotuo River. He wrote the recent events densely on the secret fold, sealed it with fire paint, and instructed the old officials beside him:

"Send it over."

The old official saw that his master had not slept all night, took over the secret folding box, and was about to help blow out the candles and clean up the documents on the table, but was stopped by Sun Chuanting with a wave of his hand.

"You go and deliver things first, people will leave soon, don't delay the hour, always let the heralds of the imperial court wait for me."

Then, he sorted the documents in his hand page by page, and some of them were thrown directly into the brazier at his feet, pounded with fire chopsticks, and watched it burn to ashes. Some of the documents were carefully folded and put into the locked iron box at hand.

His Majesty was about to go south, Sun Chuanting raised his head, and his eyes seemed to follow the wild geese returning south in the sky, returning to the still warm Jiangnan.

"Ahh, Ahhhh

It was his butler who came in, holding a wooden tray with a bowl of steaming mutton noodles and a few rare greens floating on it, and next to it was a plate of oily red spices and Sun Chuanting's favorite Shanxi vinegar.

Sun Chuanting looked at it, and Sun Da hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty sent a batch of them this time, saying that it is good for the cold and can sweat, so I specially let you taste more."

As soon as he heard that it was his Majesty's opinion, Sun Chuanting did not hesitate, and poured it directly into the mutton noodles along the plate. The bowl of noodles, which was originally a clear soup, was immediately dyed red, and there was a little choking taste. As soon as you enter it, it is a little stimulating, and it is more than the usual seasoned dogwood and yellow mustard, and it is hot in the mouth. After eating a large bowl of noodles, Sun Chuanting was sweating profusely. During this time, he fell in love with the taste of the Northwest.

Sun Chuanting, who was warm, threw away the blanket spread on his knees, reached out and pushed open the window, letting the cold wind on the grassland in early autumn blow in.

"You send a letter to the two tribes who do business in your family, and tell them to concentrate on the path of Shanghai County, and don't think about it, and don't listen to the nonsense of those who have nothing to do with it. Tell your son, but if you are disobedient, you will be directly demoted from the Sun family, and the clan meeting will not be opened. How do you think, you still dare to block the business of Zhangjiakou's fur, mushrooms and jerky, do you really not know how sharp the knife of the imperial court is? ”

He also muttered that he was sitting on the ground to collect money, forcing people to a dead end, so he was ready to sell at a low price and at a high price. This is the court of the Ming Dynasty, do you really think it is the court of Jiangnan? You tell those two tribesmen that they don't have any such thoughts, but if they have this kind of mind, they don't need to be done by the court, and I will send someone to cut off their heads. ”

Sun Da hurriedly nodded, indicating that he was clear.

"I don't have the heart to play dumb riddles with you, and I won't do some things that people do before and after. Every word I say is the original meaning of the word. Do you understand? ”

I don't know if it's because I ate the chili pepper, or if I read the information sent to him by Zhu Youzhen, Sun Chuanting is very short-tempered.

Sun Da withdrew, and Sun Chuanting once again unfolded the information that His Majesty the Emperor had given him.

The materials transferred from Zhangjiakou to the mainland were blocked in Henan, Beijing. The emperor is holding back the bad yin this time.

Only the Four Seas Trading Company was allowed to hand over the furs, mushrooms, jerky, and skins collected from the grassland to Zhangjiakou, and then used seven or eight different merchants to prepare for transportation to the south along several directions such as Jingshi and Henan. As a result, some people's goods can be transported, some are not wanted, and some simply capsize in the middle of the transportation.

The emperor spoke lightly in the letter, telling him not to worry, as long as he used trade to make the people in the steppe who had gathered him richer as soon as possible. However, Sun Chuanting could think of His Majesty the Emperor's expression when he saw this information. This time, the emperor told himself about his plans and ideas to go to Fengyang to worship and sweep, and Sun Chuanting knew that Fengyang's offering table must need a lot of heads as sacrifices.

He took out Han Ying's reply again, this one asked him to ensure that Xuanda's defense line was good, and the imperial court would not deduct his money and food this year, but there was nothing superfluous.

It's just that at the end of the letterhead, he said lightly that the situation in Henan and Shaanxi is very bad, and he is very bad, so he should not block himself no matter what.

Lu Xiangsheng wrote a letter that was much more straightforward, and he directly told himself that His Majesty the Emperor had transferred a hundred students from his School of Administration, and there was absolutely no problem for these people to be governors, and now His Majesty the Emperor was giving lessons. It is estimated that the target of the delivery is oneself here. But this was only a guess he had guessed from the mouth of His Majesty the Emperor and the map in the classroom, so please get ready.

guessed it, Sun Chuanting didn't believe it.

It's not that Your Majesty doesn't know that you have a good relationship with Lu Xiangsheng, these are just what Your Majesty wants to tell yourself through Lu Xiangsheng's mouth.

Why?

The emperor, the first assistant, and his colleagues were all reminding themselves, but they couldn't say it clearly, there must be a reason for this. The newspaper said that Shousuke was also assassinated, what does this mean?

Officialdom is like this, this is the biggest test for the imperial court. If he wants to go up, in addition to doing things well on the surface and showing his ability, he can guess the thoughts of the superiors, and stand in the right position at the critical time, which is the most important.

His eyes wandered over the map in front of him, and his mind was churning with countless thoughts.

"Murder! Killed! ”

With heart-rending weeping and wailing, his camp was in chaos again.

The slogan of "no tax, no tax" issued by the Duoyan tribe soon spread throughout the grassland, and countless small tribes and lone herdsmen rushed to the place with Lele carts.

Seeing that autumn is coming, these people can't enter the Xiangyang Grassland and the Autumn Grassland of Eilechuan under the Yin Mountain that are still under the control of the princes and nobles, so they can only come to them to try their luck.

As more and more people came, the camp became more and more cluttered. Violent incidents of all kinds are endless, and more than a dozen can erupt in a single day.

He didn't have to worry about these things, but Sun Chuanting, who was interrupted from his train of thought, was furious.

"Call Li Sanshi over!"

His tent was next to the middle tent of the army, and in the middle tent, the overseers, staff officers, and adjutant generals were all busy. Li Sanshi was promoted by himself in Datong, and today he is a duty officer in the entire army.

"Governor."

"Where is Yuan Chonghuan's department now?"

"The last telegram was still at the Tuotuo River supply station, and according to Admiral Yuan Chonghuan's reply, it should leave at noon tomorrow and is expected to arrive the day after tomorrow."

"Send someone to urge him and tell him that the wounded can lie in the car, and how many people have died, and he Yuan Chonghuan is still not working?"

Naturalization City is not far away, and the people sent by Manchurian Huang Taiji are also on the way, what is the matter with him guarding a few wounded?

Just when Sun Chuanting watched the 30,000 herdsmen of all colors quickly gather around him, and when Yuan Chonghuan burned the soldiers who died in battle into ashes and put them in the jar, the people sent by Manchuria also appeared at the end of the grassland.