Chapter 253: The Rich Man
On the third day of Fang Wen's boasting of Haikou, almost all his requests were met, more than he had requested.
There is no problem with one car, and the guards sent eighteen at once, but there is no one in the ten thousand taels of gold barracks, and they must wait until the capital of Shule State to withdraw it.
Fang Wen was generally satisfied, but he felt a little awkward about the escort team: the Dragon King himself actually had to go with him.
He recalled the legend of the strategist he had seen, as if he had not taken the master to lobby together, he went to the enemy alone, and after a few days, he was done, and the scenery returned, and the strategist himself could boast about the process during the period, and the dragon king followed him, and he had little room to play with the ten thousand taels of gold.
"Well, I see that the army of the Great Snow Mountain is not stable, and the Dragon King is leaving at this time, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate. Fang Wen still hoped to persuade the Dragon King to stay.
"It's not that I want to supervise the military advisor, but if I don't go there myself, no one will be able to withdraw the ten thousand taels of gold. β
The reason given by the Dragon King was very sufficient, Fang Wen could no longer refute it, and his reminder Gu Shenwei had actually thought of it a long time ago.
The time of the alliance of the five peaks tribes of the Great Snow Mountain has only been a few months, and the hatred of the past is far from being forgotten, Gu Shenwei relied on the unpredictable sword and the red-topped Dapeng who was afraid of the people surnamed Long, and he barely suppressed everyone, and any small thing could lead to a resurgence of infighting.
Leaving the barracks during such an unstable period, Gu Shenwei had a last resort, one was that the ten thousand taels of gold really needed to be withdrawn by himself, the second was that there was a shortage of food and grass, and he had to find a way to solve it, and the third was that he couldn't fully trust Fang Wenshi.
Long before a few years, he had already made up his mind not to trust anyone anymore.
Gu Shen designated Long Xiaoshi, the patriarch of Dan Duofeng, as the temporary commander, the most powerful swordsmen of Dan Duofeng, the most powerful, and the other patriarchs had no objections, and the Patriarch of Luoshen Peak, Long Capture Eagle, served as the supervisor, and there was only one task, to ensure that the Great Snow Mountain could not be held, no matter how provoked by the Shule Kingdom, do not go out to fight.
Each of the five patriarchs assigned one of the most important and closest descendants to follow the dragon king as a personal guard and hostage, and the direct descendants of the dragon capture eagle were all dead, and a young man with the highest prestige in the clan was sent, and announced in public that he would pass on the position of patriarch to him after his death.
Gu Shenwei also asked each clan to select two more children under the age of ten, male or female, to go to the capital of Shule with him to learn martial arts, "With the way of others, the people of Jinpeng Fort stole the children of the Great Snow Mountain in order to train them to become killers, let's just cultivate them ourselves, they are also killers, but the objects of allegiance are completely different." β
The selected children are all voluntary, and there are many people who sign up, so Gu Shenwei personally selects the ten best seedlings.
In this way, the lobbying team set off, Fang Wen quickly found that this was not what he imagined, the eighteen escort team included the dragon king and two young attendants, ten children of the Great Snow Mountain and five future patriarchs, none of them could listen to his instructions, even the horseman who drove the car was also a mighty swordsman, he spoke little, except for driving the car, he did nothing about the slaves.
Everyone's rations are carried by themselves, so although the ambitious strategist got on the horse and the carriage as he wished, the stack around him was not gold and silver satin, but ** dried meat, fishy, Fang Wen had eaten enough before leaving the barracks, as a perennial hungry scholar, his taste soared as fast as his ambition.
Shule was defeated in three battles, and was regrouping the army, and there was no offensive plan for a while and a half, and the lobbying team went around the wilderness for the first two days, but it was not intercepted, and on the third day, it turned into the main road, and there were many people, so it could not attract too much attention, and the heavy swords of the swordsmen were hidden in the carriage.
In this way, there is even less space left for the military advisor, Fang Wen is sitting upright, motionless, barely able to dodge those bright blades, saying that it is an car, but in fact it is not "safe" at all.
In the first town, Gu Shenwei hired two carriages for ten children to ride, but such a trivial matter caused a lot of trouble, and the children of Daxueshan were ashamed to take the carriage, and would rather walk than go up, and the five patriarch heirs persuaded them only after talking badly.
These temporary setbacks Fang Wen can bear, the heavens will descend on the Si people, he can endure the suffering, what makes him unbearable is the panic in his heart, since the Dragon King below, the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain are more silent than one another, often walking all day without anyone talking, only Tie Linglong is more lively, often say a few words to the military advisor, but she is young and less knowledgeable, she can't understand Fang Wen is that set, but is more interested in the flowers and plants on the side of the road, Fang Wen is omniscient, so he searched the intestines and scraped the belly from the ancient books to find out a lot of names to coax the little girl, but also the head is the way, it is a little relief from the depression, in addition, he can only keep chewing jerky to make his mouth not idleγ
On the thirteenth day of the team's departure, the capital of Shule was visible in the distance, Fang Wen had eaten up the last piece of dried meat, and decided to have a good talk with his master, "Dragon King, let's just enter the city like this." β
"How?"
"Look at these people, I don't mean you, you can be recognized at a glance that you are from the Great Snow Mountain, but I'm afraid that I haven't seen the Shule magnates, so we will be prisoners together." β
"I'm prepared. β
Since the Dragon King had already spoken, Fang Wen was not good at saying anything, but he doubted in his heart whether the young master's preparations were proper.
The group did not enter the capital that day, but turned into a hidden manor in the suburbs, where servants were already waiting, and clean clothes and sumptuous banquets were prepared.
After everyone washed and put on new clothes, the people of Daxue Mountain were not used to these light and soft cotton silks, one by one as if they were not wearing clothes, they were uneasy, they would touch their smooth necks, and they would pull the corners of their clothes, and they all felt that they were not as comfortable as the original felt.
Only Fang Wen felt that he was finally a bit of a military advisor, a whole set of new clothes and shoes, ornaments, and feather fans, and the dishes were a hundred times more delicious than jerky, but he knew the severity, and as soon as he had eaten, he went back to his room, hid in it and posed in the mirror to think about words, he hadn't debated with anyone for several days, he had to practice first.
That night, Fang Wen met the provider of 10,000 taels of gold.
Xu Xiaoyi now commonly uses his real name "Xu Yi", he has been in the capital of Shule for more than two years, and he is a well-known giant businessman here.
The title of "giant businessman" is a bit exaggerated on him, Xu Xiaoyi has not grown much, but he has a small mustache, which looks a lot more mature, many people will be deceived by the little man, thinking that they can take advantage of him, and finally find out that it is themselves who suffer.
Xu Xiaoyi had already gotten the news and brought gifts to everyone, especially respecting the new military advisor, and giving more gifts than others, but when he talked about ten thousand taels of gold, he frowned, "It's a little difficult, it has cost a lot to supply horses and grain and grass to Daxue Mountain in the past few months, and you have to spend money to build some checkpoints, and the little fur and herbs transported out of the mountains are far from enough, Brother Huan, take out ten thousand taels of gold, and we will see the bottom." β
Fang Wen guessed that such a large sum of money would not be easy to get, and he had already thought of his rhetoric in advance, "Otherwise, it is also a business to compete for hegemony in the Western Regions, but the scale is much larger, if you spend 10,000 taels today, you may be able to recover 20,000 or even 100,000 taels next year." β
"With this 10,000 taels of gold, I will definitely be able to recover 15,000 taels next year. Xu Xiaoyi is not interested in "maybe" things, he is now a shrewd businessman, "buy a batch of beautiful jade and spices to transport to the Central Plains, bring back silk, and you can earn more." β
Gu Shenwei didn't care much about money, but this was one of the issues he had to consider, "Exchange 10,000 taels of gold, let Mr. Fang use it as he pleases, and I will find a way to make up for the shortfall." β
Xu Xiaoyi didn't say anything, his heart hurt a little, although the capital was provided by Brother Huan, and it had increased a lot of value in his hands in the past two years, Fang Wen noticed that this rich man had a close relationship with the Dragon King, probably a confidant, and wanted to win his favor, so he immediately said: "I won't use it casually, the younger brother of the king of Shule Country controls the government, and if you want to see the king, you must pass through him, this person is greedy for money and lustful, and he can't look down on him if the money is too little." β
"It's good that my sister is here. Xu Xiaoyi sighed, but he still couldn't willingly take out ten thousand taels of gold.
Fang Wen was not sure whether the rich man's words were real or sarcastic, so he didn't dare to answer.
Xu Xiaoyi patted his head, "By the way, military advisor, the king's younger brother you are talking about is Prime Minister Shi Cheng, right?"
"That's right, Prime Minister Shi Xianshi, he is in charge of most of the affairs of Shule Kingdom. Fang Wen knew that all the countries in the Western Regions came from indirect information, and most of them were hearsay, but he didn't want to show his timidity, and his tone was very sure.
Xu Xiaoyi didn't refute, he remembered something else, "If that's the case, this 10,000 taels of gold may not be much, I heard that someone from Jinpeng Fort is coming, so I live in the Prime Minister's Mansion." β
"Who is here?" Gu Shenwei immediately asked.
"It's a coincidence, the people from Jinpeng Fort only arrived yesterday, and I haven't asked the specific situation yet, but there must be two young masters Shangguantian, and a Hong Gongzi or something. β
These two people are not afraid, Gu Shen is afraid of another person, "Is there anyone named Zhang Ji?"
"Someone is asking me if I'll get the full list early tomorrow morning. β
"Zhang Ji is a powerful killer?" Fang Wen was worried in his heart, he was good at arguing, if the other party sent a killer, he couldn't say anything about others.
"No, Zhang Ji is also a strategist. "That teacher had taught Gu Shen a lot of things, but he was not sure whether this person was friend or foe now.
As soon as he heard that it was a strategist, Fang Wen was not afraid, and patted his chest and promised, "Dragon King, don't worry, I'm ...... with me."
Fang Wen just said the first two words, the dragon king's face changed, and he jumped out of the room, the military advisor didn't react for a while, and after saying a few more words, he found that his front was empty.
Xu Xiaoyi is experienced, and when he found out that something was wrong, he immediately blew out the candle and hid under the table, no matter how rich he was, he still cared more about his life.
Fang Wen was a fledgling, he had no personal experience of the sinister rivers and lakes, curiosity overcame timidity, and he quietly walked to the door and looked out.
There was nothing, there was no one in the courtyard, not even the dragon king.
Fang Wen was wondering, suddenly there was another person in the middle of the courtyard, he didn't even see which direction it came from, and the next scene scared him into a daze, and he never looked at the Dragon King with a knife again.
Gu Shenwei had been hiding behind the potted plant at the door, and as soon as he found the target, he immediately jumped out, and the narrow knife swung silently, cutting off the intruder's head, and the person froze until the blood in his neck cavity was almost spurted, and then he fell down.
Chu Nanping appeared on the rooftop, carrying another human head in his hand, and nodded, indicating that the assassin was just these two people.
Neither of them is a master, but after Gu Shenwei swung a knife, he felt comfortable, like a wanderer returning to his hometown, and he felt kind to see the familiar scenery.
"The head of the dragons, the king of the five peaks" is just a mask, and he is now a killer again.
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