In the sixth year of Zhenguan, at the beginning of December.

Li Chengqian has left Chang'an for more than a year, and he has also been in the prosperous Tang Dynasty for more than a year.

It is no exaggeration to say that this year has been more wonderful than the decades of his previous life.

From the initial panic and anxiety to survive, to his slow foothold and ambition, his mentality has also changed with his situation and his own abilities.

I still remember that when he first crossed over, he just wanted to escape from the Tang Dynasty, because in his cognition, Li Chengqian didn't win anyone, and finally ended up depressed and died earlier than Li Erdu.

He wanted to escape, even if he was in a remote corner, as long as he could escape from Li Er's clutches, he was willing.

At that time, living safely and smoothly was his greatest desire.

I am also careful in everything I do, afraid of this and that.

Do you remember when he left Chang'an?

Even if he had the opportunity to overturn Cui Lu and the others, he still didn't dare to do things too much.

It's not an exaggeration to say that I can't swallow my anger.

It can be seen how cautious Li Chengqian was at the beginning!

But what about now?

Now he wants to plot Tuguhun, he wants to occupy the pit and not, even if others are not in Chang'an, he doesn't want to be touched by others in that position in Chang'an.

He has changed, and his mind has been subtly changing for more than a year.

may be because his own strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the goal he is chasing is getting bigger and bigger.

I don't know when he started, he has linked the throne of the Tang Dynasty with himself.

Desire is difficult to peace, this is human nature, no one can escape.

"Your Highness, the caravan steward is asking for an audience outside the palace." At this moment, Chunhua came in and said.

Li Chengqian nodded.

After a while, a man in his twenties walked in: "Tang Yueming see His Highness." ”

Tang Yueming?

That's a funny name.

"It's been more than a year, but I've worked hard for you." Li Chengqian said with a smile when he heard this.

"Your Highness is serious." Tang Yueming also said with a smile, "To be able to serve Niangniang and His Royal Highness, why do you have to say that it is hard." ”

If you really want to talk about it, they have been quite hard this year, although they haven't done any business, but a caravan hasn't earned a penny for more than a year, and for people who are bent on messing around, it's natural to be desperate.

But if you have a little pursuit, who doesn't want to make some achievements?

Therefore, the more than a year that Li Chengqian has been hanging has really put them under tremendous psychological pressure.

"As the old saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise soldiers, and this time it's time for you to appear." Li Chengqian said, "It's just been idle for more than a year, and the caravan is ......."

"Your Highness, rest assured." As soon as Tang Yueming heard this, he immediately understood what Li Chengqian meant, and immediately said, "I heard that His Royal Highness called his subordinates into the palace today, and more than 300 people up and down the caravan were all excited. ”

What he said is not a lie, although now the big guy has no every day, and he is still nourishing every day.

But having come to this point, who doesn't want to make some achievements and rise to the top?

You know, they have a unique advantage.

Li Chengqian nodded: "Okay, go back and prepare, this king has a big business to hand over to you." ”

When Tang Yueming heard this, his face suddenly became happy.

It's been here, it's finally here.

Over the past year or so, he has seen Li Chengqian's ability to Tao Zhu Gong, and Li Chengqian said that it was a big business, so naturally it would not be small.

This time, they can finally return to their hometown.

Speaking of which, he has not returned to Chang'an for more than a year, just because he has achieved nothing and has no face to go back.

"My subordinates will go back and make arrangements." Tang Yueming immediately bowed and retired.

Li Chengqian nodded, didn't say anything, and after Tang Yueming left, he looked back at Chunhua and asked, "Is this Tang Yueming really called this name?" Shouldn't he be a eunuch? ”

Chunhua sneered when she heard this: "Your Highness may not know something, this Tang Yueming was born in the Jinyang Tang Clan, and he is also from a famous family, but he is not an internal servant."

As for his name, it's a coincidence. ”

She naturally knew what Li Chengqian meant by asking, and she also explained it at the moment.

……

And where Tang Yueming and they landed, everyone was also looking forward to it.

After coming out for more than a year, they are actually in a hurry.

Li Chengqian's thoughts sometimes are not entirely right.

The bigger reason why these guys were willing to come out of Chang'an in the first place was that they wanted to make some achievements.

If you are bent on messing around, how can you be willing to come thousands of miles to this bitter cold land in the northwest.

But Li Chengqian didn't squeak, and they could only be in a hurry.

"Steward Tang is back." Just then, someone shouted.

Seeing Tang Yueming coming back, everyone immediately asked, "Steward Tang, what do you say, what does Your Highness mean by this?" ”

"All ready, Your Highness may have business to hand over to us." Tang Yueming immediately said, "Carriages, harnesses, horses, forage, anyway, all the needs for a long journey are ready for me."

If someone messes me up, don't blame me for not saying hello in advance. ”

"Don't worry, we wipe that harness every day, and it's already shiny." Someone immediately said.

Suddenly, many people also shouted.

It can be seen that they have been waiting for this day for a long time.

Even if they heard Tang Yueming's meaning, they might have to hurry on the occasion of this cold winter wax moon, and no one complained.

……

When the Ming court was thriving.

Watering River County is unusually wonderful.

First of all, under the instigation of Huang Song and others, Yang Lao Er finally embarked on a smuggling journey.

For Yang Lao Er, this is something he has always thought about.

Yang Lao Er is a person, he always feels like he is seriously ill, maybe because he is young and doesn't like that kind of stable life, so he likes this kind of day of licking blood from the knife.

Speaking of which, what kind of business is he? How good it is to be a bandit!

So, if he is not unlucky, who is unlucky?

As soon as his team set off on the front foot, Huang Song and the others sold it to the king of Dingcheng on the back foot.

If you want to say that Huang Song and the others have a deep hatred with Yang Lao Er, in fact, there is none, in the final analysis, it is just the existence of Yang Lao Er that threatens their future future, it's as simple as that.

Can you say they're wrong?

Actually, it's hard to say.

As far as Yang Laoer's character is concerned, the future is indeed a time bomb, and when they are in a high position, it is really possible to pack them all up and take them away.

They can't afford such a risk.

People are selfish, what's there to say?

Watering River County.

The king of Dingcheng had also just returned from Fuqi City.

This smuggling of ordnance can be regarded as taking advantage of him.

First, it made Murong Fuyun satisfied, secondly, it also made those guys earn a lot, and the most important thing was to humiliate Murong Xiaojun, which made his reputation among the kings of Tuyuhun skyrocket.

It's also ironic, when Murong Xiaojun was deeply trusted by Murong Fuyun in the past, who dared to bars his teeth with Murong Xiaojun?

But this time is different from the past, and who doesn't want to step on Murong Xiaojun to climb up.

"Lord Wang, there is news that a smuggling caravan has entered the Ming Dynasty?" Just when the king of Dingcheng was triumphant, a subordinate came to report.

As soon as he heard what his subordinates said, King Dingcheng's face suddenly became happy.

What is he lacking now?

is lacking in the political achievements in combating smuggling, if there are also proud achievements in this, then what does Murong Xiaojun compare with him?

"Where?"

The subordinate immediately said: "I have already entered the country, but the person who sold the news said that the first cooperation, I want fifty percent of the total price of the goods, and we must give it to him first, if we don't want it, he is ready to sell it to King Gaochang." ”

"Give it to him!" King Dingcheng didn't know that the price was actually ridiculously high, but did he care about this? What he cares about is political performance.

What's more, in his opinion, even if he gives fifty percent, he still earns.

As for whether the guy would lie to him, he really wasn't worried.

There are really not many people who dare to blatantly deceive him as the king of Dingcheng.

The commander nodded, and immediately retreated, and the king of Dingcheng quickly gathered his troops and horses, as long as there was news back, he would attack as soon as possible.

While the King of Dingcheng was busy fighting smuggling, Murong Xiaojun listened to his subordinates' report with an angry face, especially when he heard that Murong Wanqiu was almost attacked before, he slapped the table hard.

"How daring! This king endured and endured, and they dared to attack this king's beloved daughter! Murong Xiaojun was furious, "Come on, order all the soldiers and horses, this king will personally go and ask this old man what he wants!" ”

Tuyuhun people are like this, their personalities are as violent as fire.

Murong Xiaojun was able to suppress his temper in other matters, but in the case of Murong Wanqiu, he lost his mind a little.

Of course, the main reason is that during this time, King Dingcheng and others have gone too far.

He was also really aggrieved, and when he heard that Murong Wanqiu was attacked, where could he still suppress his anger?

As for whether this news is true, is there any need to doubt it?

Didn't King Dingcheng just come back from Daming before, isn't this just right?

If there wasn't something important, why would the King of Dingcheng go to Daming to take an adventure in person? Once his identity is discovered, he will be in big trouble.

On this day, the county of Douhe is called a lively.

As soon as the king of Dingcheng took his soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress Yang Laoer, Murong Xiaojun led people to smash his station.

In a fit of rage, he didn't see the main master, so it was natural for Murong Xiaojun to take his station to put out the fire.

Not to mention this kind of thing in Tuyuhun, even in Datang, it is not uncommon.

And when the king of Dingcheng received the news, the whole person was also stunned, followed by a rage.

"You go on, this king will go back to Murong Xiaojun to ask for an explanation!" King Dingcheng gritted his teeth and said, "Later, I will catch the smuggling caravan, and I will kill all of them for this king!" ”

He's really mad at this point.

His own station was smashed, was that his station smashed?

That's a smash in his face!

If he doesn't breathe out, he can't raise his head in his life!

When his subordinates heard this, they were also filled with righteous indignation.

If it weren't for the king of Dingcheng to explain otherwise, they would be eager to go back.

But for this reason, they are also on the road non-stop now, and they want to deal with those smugglers as soon as possible, and then go back.

In Douhe County, Yang Lin frowned after hearing the news.

Everything was in a hurry, which caught him off guard.

"Is there a problem with Yang Er's side?" After pondering for a while, Yang Lin raised his head and asked.

The guy said, "No problem, I've already arranged it over there." Speaking of this, the guy asked with some curiosity, "Uncle, the little nephew doesn't understand, Yang Lao Er has nothing to do with us at all, and this time it's obvious that Huang Song's guys want to him, why should we save him?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this." Yang Lin said, "You should immediately send someone to take a shortcut to contact Murong Xiaojun, the thousand-captain who has been helping us smuggle, and tell him the news of Yang Laoer's smuggling exposure."

He's a smart guy and knows what to do.

No, you go in person, the old man is afraid that others will go and say it clearly. ”

Yang Lin said at the end and added.

When the guy heard this, he immediately nodded in response, and immediately withdrew.

After the guy left, Yang Lin pondered it carefully and took out a lot of news for comparison.

Soon, he realized that Watering River County was going to be in chaos.

But this kind of chaos is not enough for him or for the Ming court.

Yes, not enough.

At best, it is just the rivalry between the king of Gaochang and the king of Dingcheng.

This kind of chaos is still within the scope of control.

Not enough, far from enough.

At least if you want to achieve Li Chengqian's goal, it is really far away.

Thinking like this, Yang Lin walked out of the door and shouted, "Come on, let the shopkeeper come over, the old man has something to ask him." ”

After a while, the steward of the leather shop returned to the backyard, and this guy was also Yang Lin's nephew.

"Uncle has something to do with his nephew?" The steward asked.

Yang Lin asked: "In our shop, who have gone to other tribes to collect skins recently?" ”

"Recently, the little nephew went in person." Said stewardly.

Yang Lin nodded and said, "You recently went to other tribes, how are they there?" The old man asked about the comparison with Douhe County. ”

"How can that be compared?" The steward said, "Although King Gaochang is a bit domineering, he still cares about the life and death of the herdsmen under his rule, as for the other tribes, I am afraid that the situation is not very good this winter, I heard that many people have died."

Anyway, every time I went before, I could hear such news.

Moreover, the big guys don't have much food in their hands, and this winter, they are afraid that it will be difficult. ”

This is not to say how good Murong Xiaojun is to the people under his rule, mainly because he has seen how Murong Shun was destroyed in Chishuiyuan, so since the beginning of winter, he has paid attention to this matter.

As for the other kings, they didn't really see the fall of Murong Shun at that time, in their opinion, the reason why Murong Shun fell was just because Li Chengqian had the Tang Dynasty behind him, what did it have to do with those herdsmen in Chishuiyuan?

Of course, there is another reason, that is, the land of Tuyuhun is originally about natural selection.

It's not which part or place that has suffered from natural disasters, everyone is suffering from natural disasters, why should they help you? I don't have the ability to survive a natural disaster, who do you want to blame?

And, most importantly, every natural disaster is a reshuffle for the tribes.

Some people rise, and some people fall, and this has never changed.

After Yang Lin listened, he immediately said: "You immediately take people to Tuyuhun to collect leather goods now, of course, the main purpose of your visit this time is not to really collect leather goods."

This time, your main purpose is to spread the wealth of Dohe County in all departments, and the richer it is, the better, so as to attract the herdsmen of those tribes to come to Dohe County! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Lin sighed and shook his head, "It's still late, if we had thought of this stubble earlier, we wouldn't have been in such a hurry at this time." ”

In the final analysis, Yang Lin is just a businessman after all, and it is actually very good to do this.

When the steward heard this, he immediately walked out and began to make arrangements.

On the other side, the guy who walked out from Yang Lin's side, after hurrying slowly, also rushed to the thousand-commander's camp.

When the commander heard this, he immediately scolded the guy with his head and face.

If this matter is known to the king of Dingcheng, he will definitely use this to attack the king of Gaochang, after all, people are released from him.

To put it bluntly, he is one of the umbrellas.

If the king of Dingcheng learned of this, then he would be even more troubled.

"Don't be annoyed, General." On the way here, the guy thought about it and said, "It's happened, and we can't do anything else, but it's not without room for a twist." ”

"How?" The commander immediately asked.

When the man heard this, he said with a treacherous face: "Didn't the general receive a secret report, saying that the king of Dingcheng was smuggling with others, and then decisively sent troops, captured both the stolen goods, and wiped out all the thieves?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" When the commander heard this, he immediately became excited, "You kid, you really know how to do things." ”

"Where, where." The man smiled, "The letter has arrived, and the little one will not bother the general and take his leave." ”

With that, the guy turned and left.

And the commander quickly gathered his troops and horses.

At this time, he didn't dare to delay.

Not long after, another team of soldiers and horses headed towards Yang Lao Er.

Speaking of which, Yang Lao Er is also unlucky enough.

The first time he smuggled it, he encountered two waves of people who wanted to put him to death.

If it weren't for Yang Lin arranging someone to rescue him, he wouldn't even know how he died.

In the afternoon of the same day, the commander of the thousand men and his more than 1,000 men slaughtered the caravan of the king of Dingcheng and Yang Lao Er in a valley.

And it is from today that the entire watering river county is finally about to start its most chaotic era.

The slaughter will completely invade this once peaceful land.

All this is just because one person has a heart for this place.

There is no right or wrong, and there is no right or wrong.

After all, it's just that they are running around in the circle of interests.

(End of chapter)