Chapter 148: Grass on the Wall
Wen Chen was stunned and smiled casually.
"Master has a goal?"
Mo Buyu smiled, "Why don't you kid ask the old man, since you hate the people of Qinghe County so much, why do you want to learn from them to use this robbery to take advantage of the situation?" ”
Wen Chen shook his head, and randomly pulled a few weeds from the side of the road and played with them between his fingers, "There is no sin in planning to rob and take advantage of the situation, but the mistake of the Ma Tailor and his gang is to use this plan on their own people, thinking that with the character of the master, they will naturally not do such a bad thing." ”
"Good boy, the brain is really fast!"
Mo Buyu complimented, stretched out two fingers and slowly pinched out the folded map from Wen Chen's shirt, and then spread it flat on his knees.
"Where do you think my Dasheng enemy is?"
Wen Chen looked at the small pieces on the map that were divided by lines, and clicked on the location of Yuzhou, "This is a big trouble!" ”
Mo Buyu bowed slightly, "It is true that there are silver taels here, but it takes some time to pave the way, and it will backfire if you are too eager for quick success." ”
Not here?
Wen Chen touched his chin and nodded to the large area north of Yizhou, "If the king of Zhennan is worried about the inside, the Xiongnu are my Dasheng's external troubles, and the master should be talking about them, right?" ”
I didn't want to be silent but shook my head, "The Xiongnu in the entire Daur grassland are divided into three tribes, and there is occasional friction between each other, if it is indeed easier to set up a bureau, but these tribes do not have much oil and water, and the main asset is the livestock they raise, and if they want to convert it into silver taels, they still need to waste a lot of effort, and it is not the first choice!" ”
Xuanyang, who came with him, frowned, "Hey, old thing, you don't want to pit my father, do you?" ”
Mo Buyu expressed the idea of making quick money in and out of his words, the king of Zhennan is not good, and the Xiongnu are not good, so now there is a threat to Shangjing City, and the person who can still come up with three million taels of silver, the closest is his father, Liu Weiheng, the king of Pingbei!
Mo Buyu glanced at her lightly, and then looked at Wen Chen, "Disciple, do you think this is necessary?" ”
Wen Chen smiled embarrassedly, of course he understood what the master meant, and Xiao Heidou was still pretending to be innocent, in fact, the matter of the two of them, Mo Buyu had already seen it, but it was just that the face of the royal family was not broken!
How could Mo Buyu let himself work so hard to pit his father-in-law?
"The king of Zhennan in the south and the Xiongnu in the north are not the best choice, and those small foreign countries in the Western Regions have established diplomatic relations with my Dasheng for many years, so naturally it is not the master's goal, so what does the master mean to let the disciples look east and take a look?"
"That's right!" Mo Buyu smiled slightly, stretched out two fingers and focused on the position of Shang Jingcheng two inches to the right on the map!
Wen Chen's pupils shrank and he paused, "Gao Ju?!" ”
He originally thought that Master Mo Buyu was targeting Yingguo, who had been harassing the people along the coast of Dasheng all year round, but he didn't want Mo Buyu's fingers to be squarely pointed at the land of Gaoju!
Seeing Wen Chen's puzzled face, Mo Buyu chuckled, "Disciple, do you think that kind of person in the world is the least popular?" ”
"Enemy."
Wen Chen said without thinking.
"No, it's the grass on the wall." Mo Buyu explained, "The geographical location of this small place in Gaogu is very special, it borders the Daur grassland inhabited by the Xiongnu in the north, faces me Dasheng across the bank in the west, and in the southeast, there is the Yingguo Tiger's eye, no matter which of these three forces, it is easy to destroy it, but if you think about it carefully, why has Gaogu, the land of projectiles, been able to navigate between the three powers for a long time without being annexed?" ”
"It should be because of ...... Shameless, right? Wen Chen didn't know much about Gao Ju, so he could only guess based on the folk customs of a certain stick country that was in the same position in his previous life.
"Well summed up!" Mo Buyu nodded in approval, "My Dasheng naval army is not strong, and there are many ports along the coast, sending troops to recruit Gaoju to work hard and lose money and not get too many benefits, although Gaoju will give me Dasheng money and treasures every year, in fact, he often sends sailors to disguise themselves as Japanese robbers to harass and rob the fishermen in the area of my Dashengjinkou." ”
"But since most of them are petty fights, the first emperor and His Majesty are too lazy to retaliate against them during their reign."
And this kind of thing?
Wen Chen was a little surprised, "What about Yingguo and the Xiongnu?" Also so used to them? ”
Mo Buyu waved his hand lightly, "The lord of Gaoju is much more clever than you think, they are very close to the Xiongnu tribe who control the grasslands in the east of Daur, and they often send a large number of fresh sea fish and shellfish pearls to that side for free, and ask the Xiongnu tribe to send cavalry to defend the territory of Gaogu, although the Xiongnu are not good at water warfare, but with excellent combat power on land, they can still ensure that Gaogu will not be occupied by the Japanese invaders!" ”
"What does Master mean is that there is a lot of friction between Gao Gu and Yingguo?"
"Definitely!" Mo Buyu denied again, "As far as the old man knows, Gao Gu's annual offering to Yingguo is more than five times that of Dasheng to me, but Yingguo sees that they are easy to bully, and will still take advantage of them at sea!" ”
Hey?
This is really the same as my own perception of these two small countries in my previous life, one likes to hug his thighs and fight against people, and the other is insatiable and wants to expand his territory all day long.
"In this way, Gao Ju does look like he is underbeaten......" Wen Chen said.
"I wonder what kind of bureau Master wants to set up to blackmail them?"
"Natural and man-made disasters!" Mo Buyu stroked his beard, and said seriously, "The old man watched the sky at night, in recent months, I have frequent rain in the coastal area of Dasheng, it should be a hurricane on the sea, although it is not powerful, but Yingguo and Gaogu, who are close to the eastern sea, must have been affected a lot, when the old man sent someone to set off by boat from Jinkou, taking advantage of the night to harass the people along the coast of Gaogu, making a big noise, and then blaming the Yingguo Wakou, you will send Gao Gu in the name of the Dasheng envoy, propose to resist Yingguo for them, and then ask for compensation, isn't this plan done?" ”
"Huh?" Wen Chen scratched his head suspiciously, "But Gao Ju has a local Xiongnu stationed, what reason is there to spend a lot of money to ask us to help?" ”
Mo Buyu showed a deep smile on his face, "Then I have to ask the lord of Xuanyang for a favor, as long as the king of Pingbei sends a war letter to the Temur tribe in the east of the Daur grassland in advance, the Xiongnu will definitely withdraw their troops in Gaoju to prepare for war, without the backing of Gaogu, you can only let you ask for a price, and then you can promise them some benefits, won't the silver be in hand!" ”
When Wen Chen heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Wonderful!
The king of Pingbei only announced that he would not fight, and he basically did not need to pay any price to deter the Temur tribe, and Yingguo, who had just experienced a natural disaster, was taking care of himself, and he could not prove himself at all, at that time, Goju Kingdom would be a fish on the board, and he could slaughter it as he wanted!
"I just don't know if the Lord of Xuanyang is willing to help with this little favor?" Mo Buyu looked at Little Black Bean with a smile on his face.
Xiao Heidou was about to agree, but after thinking about it, he felt that being too refreshing might expose his relationship with Wen Chen, so he hurriedly pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Dispatching troops has always been the final word of the father, and besides, this dog slave will not give Bengong any benefit if he earns money, and Bengong has no reason to help him......"
Mo Buyu let out a long "oh", "The old man understands. ”
"Wen Chen, tonight you will communicate with the county lord to communicate your feelings, success or failure is in this move, you have to do your best!"
Little Black Bean's face was overjoyed when he heard this.
But the corners of Wen Chen's mouth twitched, and his face was slightly unnatural, "The apprentice doesn't understand what Master means......
"The three elegant things in life, appreciating flowers and exploring the secluded tide, do you want the old man to teach you these things?"
With that, he got up and patted the dust off his body and walked into the distance.
Little Black Bean looked at Wen Chen with a blank expression, "What is this old man talking about?" ”
Wen Chen watched Mo Buyu grope his way to the carriage with one foot and one shallow foot, and exclaimed, "My master is really a master!" ”