The Taibai Building in Phoenix City is a branch of the imperial capital Taibai Building, and it is also an intelligence base of Hu Wei. It's just that this intelligence base is independent of the military department. It does not overlap with the intelligence of the Waiting Three Special Regiments.

There are three sources of information for Hu Wei, namely the Dark Night Intelligence Department, which is controlled by the Dark Night Four Shadows, the Military Intelligence Department of the military, which is controlled by the Special Regiment, and the various restaurant and inn systems represented by Taibai Lou.

The three aspects of intelligence collection have their own emphasis, the amount of intelligence in the dark night is the smallest, but it is the most important confidential intelligence, and the intelligence of the military intelligence department should be more right, mainly military, and the wine inn is mainly civilian affairs, but sometimes, you will also get some unexpected information.

These three main sources of intelligence are equivalent to Hu Wei's eyes, so that Hu Wei can clearly see the movements in all aspects.

The wine and food of Taibai Lou are quite not partial, they must be colored, flowers and flowers, and they are placed on the table, and bursts of aroma are immediately transmitted. It's just that the people who sit down don't have any taste, and they are all worried, even if they eat dragon meat, there is no taste.

"It's okay for everyone to be casual, and you're welcome. Hu Wei smiled at the big guys, and just ate it. In the past few days on the road, I really haven't eaten anything good, and I'm so sorry for myself not to eat.

The big guys looked at Hu Wei and looked at each other a little. They all secretly guessed in their hearts what Hu Wei meant?

Some of them had already recognized Chen Mengjie who was sitting next to Hu You, and seeing that Chen Mengjie actually picked on Hu You's cloth vegetables with a gentle face, he was even more confused.

In the market, there are many rumors about Hu Wei, and a large part of them are related to the history of Hu Wei. Hu Wei is not only in China, but also has red leaves, Ximen Yufeng, a wealthy red fen, and it is said that he also has a good relationship with Ouyang Hanbing of the Ningnan Empire and Liang Yuyi of the Cangwu Empire.

Regarding the relationship between Hu Wei and Chen Mengjie, there are not many on the market, because although the first two are more noble and have reached the queen-level figures, they have not yet gotten married, so there is no problem in spreading lace news. But Chen Mengjie is the queen of the Lin Gui Empire, and ordinary people don't dare to spread this word to their faces. Even if there are any rumors, they are just secretly saying a few words in private.

And now, Chen Mengjie is sitting by Hu Wei's side so openly, looking at it, the relationship between them is quite close, which can't help but make people think about it.

When it comes to Hu Wei and Chen Mengjie's identity, the relationship between them no longer just refers to the two of them. Rather, it is the power they each represent.

Take the Red Fen Legion as an example, since Ximen Yufeng and Hu Youhao, although the Red Fen Legion still has a name, it has in fact already been incorporated into the Immortal Bird Legion. The reason why the Immortal Bird Legion was able to grow so quickly was inseparable from the relationship between Hu Wei and Ximen Yufeng.

People were once very worried that Renata of the Wolf Legion would also be like Ximen Yufeng, because she followed Hu Wei and merged the troops behind her into Hu Wei's troops. Now it seems that there is no such sign for the time being, but Chen Mengjie suddenly appeared by Hu Wei's side in such a high-profile manner, and it was so intimate, it had to make people think about it a little more.

What the Lin Gui Empire is like now, everyone knows very well, and they know that it is not much better than today's mandala. But there are still three catties of nails in the rotten ship, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the strength of the Lin Gui Empire is not something that the lord of a city can despise in this way.

Chen Mengjie, as the former first person in the military of the Lin Gui Empire, who knows how many forces she still controls at hand. If she also wants to hide like the undead bird legion, then who can't prevent her from revealing the cup

A worry has already made them restless, and there is another Chen Mengjie, where is this to make people numb, this is not much better than going to prison. ...,

While talking about something, Hu Wei observed the big guys sitting there, intentionally or unintentionally. Ten years ago, these people pulled out a random one, which was enough for him to look up, but now, the situation is quite the opposite. Hu Wei is sitting here, not to make them look up, but to make them afraid.

Just be afraid

This is exactly what Hu Wei wants, bringing Chen Mengjie with him, which is what it means.

Hu Wei knew that there were only about 10,000 people in Chen Mengjie's hands now, but those people didn't know. With one more Chen Mengjie sitting on the side, the deterrent power has doubled

Now everyone thinks that Hu Wei is very strong, but in fact, Hu Wei himself knows that he is playing with snakes and swallowing elephants this time.

Yes, the Immortal Bird Legion is very powerful, with two million troops, and with Hu Wei's development in the southern region for more than a year, the total number is about two and a half million.

But don't forget that the Mandala Empire was a military state, and every town had a local garrison. The Mandala Empire had seventy-two cities and 360 towns, each of which had the right to conscript 50,000 to 100,000 soldiers according to the size of the city, and the town was 1 to 20,000. How much does this account get?

According to the minimum base calculation, the local garrison troops in Mandala have more than 10 million, and what about those private soldiers and family guards?

In comparison, the two or three million troops in Hu Wei's hands are not a lot compared to Ben.

Of course, more people are not necessarily powerful, and there are more ordinary people, but they can always be the object of bullying. What's the reason for that?

Because of weapons?

No, because when it comes to fighting, sometimes weapons are not the most important. If you only have one person, even if you take a cannon on your back, you can't be a hundred opponents with bricks. You killed eighty of them with one shot, and there are still twenty, and before you could fire the second shot, they would beat you to death with bricks.

The reason why the common people are bullied is because they have no organization, and once they have an organization, they can also burst into powerful combat power. Look at the peasant uprising, which does not let the people in power fear.

In the same way, the reason why the local garrison is so large in number but has always been suppressed by the field army is also roughly the same. But there is one point, they are different from the common people, they are organized, but there are too many leaders, a city, a town has a person in charge, and this person in charge often takes their own interests as the basis for thinking about problems, and their opinions are too scattered to form a rope.

In the southern region of Mandala, including Youzhou and Jiangnan Prefecture, there are 23 cities and 92 towns, and there are more than 100 bigwigs sitting there, and the total military strength in their hands is 5 million, which is twice that of Hu Wei.

Hu Wei wants to eat them all in one bite, and the first point is not to let them unite. This is five million troops, even if the combat power is not high, but the destructive power is truly terrifying.

Don't think that they are pro-Red Fen Legion, they are easy to subdue. It's time for the brothers to start fighting, let alone them. The reason why they have a good relationship with the Red Fen Legion is that Ximen Yufeng was originally the number one force here. In peacetime, who would have their brains in the water to provoke Ximen Yufeng.

None of the people who can climb to the town to guard the city are fuel-efficient lamps. Once they feel that they can bully Hu Wei in turn, then their faces will be different immediately. Wolves and sheep, sometimes, are not much different.

Hu Wei's actions at this time were to make them feel that they could not defeat Hu Wei. Human beings are naturally afraid of things they can't understand and don't understand, and the more they can't understand them, the more they will be afraid.

Before Chen Mengjie came in, she heard Hu Wei say that she asked her to help with the vegetables, but she didn't quite understand what Hu Wei meant. But she has been getting along with Hu Wei quite happily these days, and since Hu Wei asked for this, she didn't think much about it. ...,

When she gave Hu Wei the first piece of meat, she immediately felt the solemnity of the atmosphere in the field, and after a few more dishes, she understood what Hu Wei meant. knew that Hu Wei was playing, this was taking advantage of the situation to oppress people.

At this time, Chen Mengjie was very careful to pick a thorn in the fish for Hu Wei on the surface, but in fact, she was secretly analyzing Hu Wei in her heart.

Getting along with people and learning knowledge, she never thought that a small cloth job could play such a big role.

"This kid doesn't know where he learned so many ways. Chen Mengjie cursed secretly in her heart, and put the fish meat into Hu Wei's bowl. She has decided to play her role well. Hu Wei is borrowing her momentum, why is she not using Hu Wei's momentum.

During this meal, Hu Wei didn't say a few words from beginning to end, but it made many bigwigs succumb in their hearts. Hu Wei is confident, which reflects that they have no bottom in their hearts.

At the tea party after the meal, the atmosphere changed again. Hu Wei said a lot of things at this time, but most of them were water words, and there was no main topic. In this way, many people who are ready to fight back against Hu Wei can't find a chance to fight back with Ben. If Hu Wei came up and demanded that they submit with a tough attitude, then they would be better to oppose it, and now Hu Wei is cutting meat with a soft knife, which makes them really uncomfortable.

It's like two negotiations, and when someone asks you if you agree, you can say no. Now that people don't ask, do you want to jump out and shout against?

That was the end of the first day of the meeting. Without mentioning any issues, Hu Wei had already seized the initiative. The local bigwigs were angry, but they couldn't express it.

"You're really impressing. On the other side of Hu Wei, Chen Mengjie sighed and said.

Hu Wei smiled: "I didn't do anything." ”

"Haven't you done anything yet, haven't you seen those big guys, all of them have very ugly faces?

"I didn't force them, I just had a meal and drank tea together. Hu Wei said innocently.

Is it really as simple as eating and drinking tea?

Chen Meng gave Hu Wei a blank look, she was not an ignorant girl, so she wouldn't believe Hu Wei's nonsense.

"Aren't we going back to Granny Ma tonight?" Chen Mengjie asked. I've been used to being with Yaya these days, but I haven't seen Yaya for a day today, and she thinks a little.

"What, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night? Hu Wei smiled.

Although it was the first time she heard the word 'pillow', Chen Mengjie still understood the meaning of Hu Wei. In the past few days, she has been sleeping with Yaya in her arms, and Hu Wei said that he would replace Yaya, doesn't that mean that she wants her to sleep with Hu Wei?

"You want to be beautiful," Chen Mengjie smacked her worries. The little face was a little red, but he was not angry. Along the way, Chen Mengjie has become a little accustomed to Hu Wei's mouth.

Hu Wei said proudly: "I've heard people say that when women say they don't want to, they often mean what they want." ”

"You still say"

"Okay, don't say it, don't say it. Seeing that Chen Mengjie had the intention of rushing over and biting, Hu Wei hurriedly raised his hand and surrendered.

"By the way, do you want to go out for a walk, I heard that the night view of Phoenix is good. Hu Yuti said.

"Okay. Chen Mengjie blurted out, and scolded herself in her heart when she was done. It's so unreserved.

The night view of Phoenix is really beautiful. In the southern region, the temperature is relatively high during the day, so many people like to go out at night. There is a market, and Phoenix is no exception, and the street market at night is also very lively.

"Wow, it's so fragrant, what is it?" As she was walking, Chen Mengjie suddenly smelled a very fragrant smell of meat, and couldn't help but take a deep breath. ...,

"Do you want to try it?" Hu Wei pointed to a stall on the side of the road.

The stalls are not big, but they are very lively. There is no table, but a lot of straw mats are spread on the floor, and a small hot pot is placed in the straw mat, and people sit around the hot pot in twos and threes.

"Okay. Chen Mengjie saw that they were eating very deliciously, and couldn't help but be a little eager to try. She is the queen of the Lin Gui Empire, and she has never sat on the ground to eat.

"Follow me. Hu Wei gently took Chen Mengjie's little hand and walked towards an empty straw mat.

Chen Mengjie struggled slightly, but did not break free of Hu Wei's hand, and let him pull it.

On this straw mat, there is also a hot pot, but there is nothing in it, it is a cold pot. Chen Mengjie was just about to call Xiao Er, Hu Wei shook his head at her, and said: "This way of eating is more special, it is called 'speechless', and no one will pay attention to you if you call Xiao Er." ”

"Speechless, what is that?" asked Chen Mengjie incomprehensibly.

Hu Wei explained: "There is no language communication between the diners and the stall owners. ”

"How do you call something then?" Chen Mengjie looked strange. The world is so big, it's really strange. The store opened a store and ignored the guests, which is quite big.

Chen Mengjie has never eaten this kind of banquet meal, so she doesn't understand the meaning of it.

It's not a matter of having a big spectrum, it's a matter of having a small spectrum, but for a reason.

As we all know, there are grades to food. For example, beef is more expensive than pork, and abalone is more expensive than vermicelli, which is the grade of food. It's just that they're graded by price, so it's not so obvious.

And in Phoenix, there are several foods that are generally considered to be low-level, so low-grade that they don't qualify for the table. But these foods taste very good, and there are certain groups of people who like them. So what to do, someone has an idea and can't eat on the table, so it's better to eat on the seat. So there was a way to put it on the ground and eat it.

And the people who sell this kind of food also feel that the status of this kind of food is not high, plus the guests eat on the ground, Xiao Er stands there and talks to the guests, as if he is high, not too polite. Especially some regular customers, you have to say hello when you come. If you eat anything else, it's nothing, but these foods are already low-level, and if you say 'you're here again,' doesn't that mean scolding people for eating this kind of thing? Over time, this method of eating called 'speechless' appeared. You sell, I eat, and neither the buyer nor the seller communicates.

This thing is all told by Ximen Yufeng to sù Hu Wei, of course Hu Wei can't sue Chen Mengjie. As for what she had eaten, he wouldn't explain why that was the case.

"Look at how I do it, and you'll know. Hu Wei smiled, picked up the chopsticks that had been used in the small hot pot, and knocked them one by one.

The guy at the stall had already noticed that there was a new customer sitting down here, and when he heard the sound, he hurriedly ran over and stood three steps away.

Hu Wei smiled at Chen Mengjie, and then knocked it on the small hot pot casually. Every time Hu Wei knocked, Xiao Er quickly drew something on Xiaoli's notebook, and Hu Wei's voice stopped, and he left.

During the whole process, neither Hu Wei nor Xiao Er said a word. Chen Mengjie saw that Hu Wei had already ordered food, and Xiao Er also knew what Hu Wei wanted, but she didn't understand, she sat in a daze, like a fool.

Chen Mengjie has been confident in her intelligence since she was a child, she endured it and decided not to ask nonsense, and decided to figure out the key to it herself. First of all, she put the object of suspicion on the percussion sound of Hu Wei, but when she thought about it, she felt that it was wrong. Because the sound of Hu Wei's beating is basically the same every time, besides, if you set up a stall, you can't ask every diner to be a musician, so let's play a small hot pot tune.

It's not the sound, then the problem is the pot. After looking at it carefully for a while, Chen Mengjie found the answer. It turns out that there is a circle drawn on the side of the small hot pot. Although the paintings are already very blurry, you can still see the general idea of what the pictures are above.

"Knocking on the top of the pot is a bar?" is a lot of words," Chen Mengjie smiled a little proudly. Just now, Hu Wei knocked three times on the top of the pot, and nothing was painted on the top of the pot. In the picture that has been drawn, there is no wine, which is not too difficult to guess.

"Sure enough, Bing Xue is smart. Hu Wei raised a big finger and smiled: "Then can you guess what we eat?"

It's a bit difficult, and a lot of the pictures are not animals, but the feet of an animal, or the intestines or something. Chen Mengjie tilted her head and thought for a while, and suddenly a flash of inspiration reminded her of an ancient saying - dog meat must not be on the table.

"It's dog meat," Chen Mengjiao said.

"Amazing, to be precise, it's a dog in the water, I haven't eaten it. ”

On the way back, Chen Mengjie was a little drunk. The dog water includes dog intestines, dog belly and the like, which doesn't look very good, but Chen Mengjie likes the taste very much. Under Hu Wei's persuasion, she couldn't help but drink too much.

Hu Wei half-hugged Chen Mengjie, and was just about to enter the room, when he suddenly smelled a smell of blood, and secretly screamed 'not good'...... ，