Chapter 17: Catching the Dead
Looking at the comments below, there are quite a few of them, adding up to dozens.
There are also a lot of private messages in the background, and without exception, they are asking about the source of the video.
Obviously, the video of the quicksand river has aroused the curiosity of many netizens.
But how could Lu Xiaoning tell them the source of the video? He's not stupid.
Lu Xiaoning closed the video platform one by one, and then opened the dynasty to enter the world of Datang.
The screen lit up, and I saw that Lu Wen had already come to another firm, and he was personally accompanied by Luo Jiuhu, the shopkeeper of the Daqin firm, and when he saw this, he knew that the cooperation with the Daqin firm had been reached.
This should be Luo Jiuhu accompanying Lu Wen to buy stone grease through the ghost market.
In fact, this business only sells raisins on the surface, but in fact it also sells stone resin secretly.
Anxi's Qiuzi, Khotan and other small countries began to use stone resin as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties to treat hair loss and other diseases, after the Tang Dynasty conquered Anxi and set up the Anxi Protectorate, began to prohibit the sale of stone resin.
Because the stone resin can be used as a firearm in the military, and it is extremely powerful.
At present, the resin mined in various mines in Anxi is handed over to the Ordnance Supervision Department for purchase.
However, the collusion between officials and businessmen has always existed, so the ghost market can still buy stone resin.
It took a while to assemble the two hundred barrels of stone grease, and almost the entire stock of the horse market was bought.
There is a camel team in the horse market that is specially responsible for transportation, and Luo Jiuhu led Lu Wen to find a camel team to carry it.
To transport 500 stone of grain and 200 barrels of stone grease [100 catties per barrel] from Khotan to Cyluburg, at least 180 camels were needed, and it took at least half a month to go back and forth, and the camel team asked for a total of 200,000 yuan in freight.
After arranging everything, the Daqin firm spent a total of 600,000 yuan, which was only a small amount of money for the firm.
Lu Wen felt like a dream, Xianzun deserved to be an immortal, and he did everything without spending a penny.
Lu Wen couldn't wait to leave overnight, because he knew that the food in SelΓΌburg was almost finished, and even if he saved food, he wouldn't last a few days, so he had to go back early.
But no matter how anxious you are, you can only wait.
Because the gates of the horse market have not yet opened.
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At this time, it was already the beginning of the child, and Li Siye was still busy.
First, because the morning and dusk of Anxi was an hour later than that of Chang'an, and second, because Cen Shen brought the military order of Feng Changqing, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, so that he could gather the troops of the states near Khotan Town and the garrison of the city, and prepare to send troops to the Great Bolu Kingdom.
Today's saint is 68 years old this year, and he will be 69 years old next year, and according to the custom of doing nine, next year the saint will be 70 years old.
The governors and envoys of various places have been secretly preparing birthday gifts.
Feng Changqing is an honest and self-disciplined official, and he can't take out rare treasures, so he wants to take a piece of war exploits as a birthday gift.
Therefore, Feng Changqing decided to send troops to destroy the Great Bolu Kingdom this year, and if conditions permitted, he would fight a decisive battle with the Tubo army in the territory of the Great Bolu Kingdom, and severely damaged the army sent by the Tubo State in a battle.
Then with this heavy military exploit, he went to Beijing to congratulate the saint on his birthday.
To this end, Feng Changqing began to mobilize materials in the second half of last year.
Preparations had already been made in Khotan and the surrounding states and the city of Defense.
So another thing that Li Siye is discussing with Cen Shen now is the action plan.
Feng Changqing's plan was for Li Siye to go to Quy Nhon to join the army first, and then send troops to the Great Bolu Kingdom together.
However, Li Siye had a different opinion, and he wanted to go deep into the territory of the Great Bolu Kingdom alone and directly attack the capital of the Great Bolu Kingdom, Hesalao, which was fiercely opposed by Cen Shen and his subordinates.
While they were arguing, a messenger walked into the room and handed over a secret letter.
After reading the secret book, Li Siye's face immediately showed a look of astonishment.
"Whoa." Cen Shencha sang a chorus and asked, "Envoy, what's the matter?" β
"That team in Cyruburg, what is Lu Wen's, I don't know what method was used, but he actually said that the Great Qin merchant generously donated 500 stone of grain, and also bought 200 barrels of stone grease from the ghost market."
Li Siye said as he handed the secret file sent by Wuhou Pu to Cen Shen.
"Is there such a thing?" Cen Shen also showed a look of astonishment on his face, and took the secret with both hands.
Li Zuoguo said: "Grandpa, stone grease is a forbidden thing, do you need to send troops to arrest people?" β
Cen Shen hurriedly said: "Envoy, just arrest people, Lu Wen is doing this to defend the city." β
"Arrest people, arrest people, arrest whom? You don't catch what you should catch, but you are quite positive when you shouldn't. β
Li Siye glared at Li Zuoguo, and said: "Lu Wen probably borrowed Yinzi money from the Great Qin Firm, and this person did not hesitate to borrow Yinzi money to guard the border city of the fortress for the Tang Dynasty. β
"What the envoy said is very true." Cen Shen had already finished reading Miza, and then echoed and said, "If you can help Lu Wen transport these five hundred stone grain and two hundred barrels of stone grease back to Cyruburg, then you can stay for at least one more month." β
"It's not enough to have food and paraffin." Li Siye said solemnly.
"The envoy still wants to send troops to Cyruburg?" Cen Shen frowned slightly.
"No GIs." Li Siye waved his hand, and then said, "Only send a Modao team to go." β
Speaking of this, Li Siye shouted at the door of the straight room again: "Come on, summon Cui He quickly." β
Cui He is Li Siye's righteous son, and he is also a catcher under Li Siye.
[Capture General: A low-level officer of the Tang Army, similar to a special forces captain]
In less than a moment, Cui He, the general of Khotan Town, came to the public house.
Everyone looked back and saw a giant man like an iron tower walking in proudly.
Cui He's height looks about the same as Li Siye, about seven feet, and he is the same pound and waist round.
This is also normal, without a strong body, you can't dance the Mo knife at all, even if you can barely dance it, you can't play the powerful lethality of the Mo knife, and all the Mo knife soldiers must be giant spirit men with big pounds and round waists.
"Whoa!" Cui He sang a fat song to Li Siye, and said, "Cui He, meet Grandpa." β
Li Siye hummed and said in a deep voice: "Cui He, give you a task, take your people to Khotanese City early tomorrow morning to find Lu Wen of the Quy Nhon Army, and then obey his dispatch." β
"Whoa!" Cui He didn't ask much, and turned around and left after receiving the order.
This is undoubtedly a standard army, with only military orders in its eyes.
Seeing Cui He leave, Li Siye said to Cen Shen and the others: "Then talk about what happened just now, I think so, the Tibetan army is now storming Syruburg, so the country of Dabolu must be empty, and my army in Khotan Town will raid the city of Hesarao at this time, and it will definitely be able to go down with one drum, so that the Tubo army in Cyruburg will have no way to retreat." β
"However, it is too dangerous to send troops directly from Khotan Town to the Great Bolu Kingdom and to cross the Ni Python Mountain." Cen Shen objected, "Since ancient times, no army has been able to climb the Niboyi Mountain. β
[Ni Python Mountain, that is, the Karakoram Mountains, part of the Green Ridge]
"Judge Cen is wrong, how can no army be able to cross the Ni Python Mountain?"
Li Siye retorted: "Didn't the Quy Nhon army Zhenglu Wen and his cavalry team cross the Ni Python Mountain? And didn't the Tibetan pursuers who intercepted and killed them also crossed the Ni Python Mountain? There is also a detour to the west side of Sayluburg, isn't it also from the Great Bolu Kingdom over the Ni Python Mountains deep into the Tulun moraine and then detour to the west of Sayluburg? β
Cen Shen was speechless, because what Li Siye said was irrefutable facts.
At this time, Li Zuoguo retorted: "The men and horses may barely be able to climb over the Ni Python Mountain, but the baggage will definitely not be able to overcome, and if there is no baggage, the army will not have the strength to fight for a long time, and if the attack is not smooth, the army will be under the fortified city, and the advance and retreat will be lost." β
"Don't worry about this, as soon as the army appears under the city of Hesarao, the Tibetan army and the Dabolu army will definitely be in disarray, and the city of Hesalau will definitely be able to fall with one drum." Li Siye seems to have made up his mind.
Cen Shen, Li Zuoguo and others did not persuade more, and persuasion was also in vain.
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Lu Xiaoning edited the video of Khotanese and posted it to various platforms, and it was already past two o'clock, and he fell asleep.
Although he had stayed up late for several days, Lu Xiaoning still woke up very early the next day, lit up the screen and saw that the bell tower in Khotan's horse market was ringing the morning bell.
The shops in the horse market are also busy.
Lu Wen had already gotten up and was following the camel team to load the stone resin.
was busy, and suddenly saw a group of Tang troops with phoenix wings on their heads and black bright light armor coming in a queue, and all the business travelers on the street dodged one after another.
Because the oppressive force of this team of giant spirit Han Tang Army is too strong.
Lu Wen's gaze fell on the weapons in the hands of this team of Tang Jun, and said awe-inspiringly: "Mo Dao Team!" β