Chapter 51: The Lobbyist
Li Xing is a young man, very energetic, with a hint of bookish breath on his face, and he seems to be a literati. It's just that the powerful figure and the thick calluses on the palms of his hands accurately reveal his identity, a farmer, and a farmer with good martial arts.
This kind of thing should have been done by a literati, and at the worst of all, a few local gentry and celebrities should have been found to be the right person. It's just that in a wild place like Pingyuan County, it is no less difficult to find a literati than it is to find only a lake in the desert.
And the few gentry who fled after hearing the news that the Yuan soldiers were coming. In desperation, Li Sijiu could only pull the general out of the house and send him over, who had barely attended a private school for a few days. In order to make him look like a person with status, he also deliberately gave him the name Li Xing.
Even if a pig's nose is stuck with green onions, it can't hold an elephant! Li Xing, who was still digging in the soil a day ago, obviously could not adapt to the change from a peasant to a lobbyist in such a short period of time.
Especially since the purpose of his visit this time is not so bright, he has no confidence. Pingwu County is about to face the attack of the Yuan soldiers, and at this time, please ask this demon general who is said to be the reincarnation of the Zhenwu Emperor and the savior of Pingwu County.
No matter how you look at it, it's like inviting a sheep into the mouth of a tiger. Li Xing, who still has only a trace of peasant simplicity and conscience, obviously can't be a real lobbyist, and can send people to death without shame.
Therefore, at this time, he was restless in this hall, thinking about how to deal with the questioning of the Demon Sweeping General, and thinking about what to do if the Demon General did not go to Pingwu County!
Fortunately, he had also heard the rumors of this demon general, and he knew that the demon army was a real righteous army and never embarrassed the people. It made his heart go down a little. You must know that many of the current rebels are said to be rebels, but they are actually no different from bandits. Who knows if Lu Dao will pull himself out of Lu and cut him as soon as he heard that he invited him to Pingwu County?
"Squeak!" The door of the hall was opened, and Li Xing quickly stood up as if he was frightened.
A figure walked in from outside the door, walking in a dragon and a tiger, with a kind of imposing momentum. Although Li Xing is a farmer, since he was selected to be a lobbyist, he still has a bit of cleverness in the end, although no one introduced him, he immediately knew that this was the demon general Song Qingshu he was looking for.
At the moment, he hurriedly stepped forward, "Poof!" and knelt on the ground and shouted: "Xiaomin Li Xing, meet the Demon General!"
"En?" Song Qingshu glanced at Li Xing in surprise, and he didn't expect that this local person had a little bit of eyes, and he actually saw that he was the Demon General.
He didn't know what to do, he was the president of a listed company who led thousands of people in modern times, and every word and deed had a law, and he naturally had the momentum of a superior person. In addition, this period of time was decisive in killing, and it was contaminated with a trace of the murderous aura of a battlefield general. They may not be aware of it, but the people below are very sensitive to it.
"Get up, are you Li Xing, a county citizen of Pingwu County?" Sitting on the first seat, Song Qingshu said lightly.
"It's Xiaomin. Li Xing stood respectfully under the hall and said solemnly.
"Pingwu County sent you here, why did you do it?" Song Qingshu asked lightly.
"It is the people of Pingwu County who have heard that the general is benevolent and righteous, and the Demon Army is a righteous army that really thinks about the people, so we want to invite the general and the Demon Army to go to Pingwu County for food, in order to show the gratitude of the people!" Li Xing said respectfully.
This is what Li Sijiu told him before he came, although Song Qingshu is the person designated by Ye Fan to save the world in Pingwu County, but Li Sijiu does not dare to believe in the matter of ghosts and gods. Besides, I don't know the true character of Song Qingshu. What if he didn't dare to come if he told the truth? So he came up with such a way to deceive Song Qingshu first.
Thinking selfishly, after tossing back and forth like this, when Song Qingshu arrives in Pingwu County, I am afraid that Yuan Bing should also arrive. When the time comes, Song Qingshu will regret it and it will be useless, so he can only join them together to fight against the Yuan soldiers.
As for whether Song Qingshu will settle accounts with him afterwards, it is obviously not within Li Sijiu's consideration. As long as the people of the county can get through this difficulty, even if he gives this head to Song Qingshu to make amends, it is worth it!
As for letting the Demon Army eat in Pingwu County and reward the Demon Army, this is not lying. When the gentry fled, because of the hurry, they could only take some gold and silver with them, and they could not take away the grain in the granary.
Li Sijiu is also a bold person, and directly led the people to smash open the granary and forcibly occupy the grain. And these grains are the capital he uses to reward the Demon Army.
It's just that I'm afraid he never dreamed that Ye Fan's identification of Song Qingshu as the reincarnation of Emperor Zhenwu and the savior of Pingwu County was a good show written and acted by Song Qingshu himself, and Song Qingshu knew everything about Pingwu County's every move, so how could he hide it from him!
"Whew!" Song Qingshu slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Presumptuous! Little Diao Min dares to deceive General Ben like this! It's just nonsense!"
With his anger, the momentum of the innate master suddenly permeated, mixed with the murderous aura of the battlefield general, and suddenly the entire hall was like a Shura ghost!
Li Xing was just a small person, where could he withstand such momentum, he immediately collapsed to the ground, trembling and speechless.
"Hmph!" With a cold snort, Song Qingshu put away his momentum, glanced at Li Xing coldly, and said lightly: "What is the truth, don't you say it quickly! Is it true that General Ben will not dare to kill you?"
After this fright, Li Xing was frightened, how dare he hide it anymore, and immediately poured beans into the bamboo tube and told the inside story completely.
"In the future, you will lure General Ben to Pingwu County, this is to put General Ben to death. Song Qingshu said coldly.
Hearing Song Qingshu's words, Li Xing, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing like pounding garlic, suddenly stopped his movements, and he didn't know where he got the courage, so he raised his head, looked directly at Song Qingshu, and said, "The general's words are wrong! Xiaomin admitted that the way we invited the general to Pingwu County was indeed not bright.
But in all fairness, we are just seeking to die and survive! In troubled times, human life is as cheap as a dog, and the life of a small person like us is even worse than a dog! The general is the life-saver in Pingwu County as pointed out by the head of Huoyun Dao, and it is our only hope, in order to invite the general to Pingwu County, we can only make this decision!
But we really don't have the heart of a general, although the Yuan soldiers will come, there will always be a day or two. If the general goes now, he can reach Pingwu County today, and then he will naturally know the actual situation of the road, and whether to leave or stay at that time will naturally be decided by the general, and how can the small people and others be able to influence it?
Besides, for the sake of the general, the general is a righteous army, and he is already inseparable from the Yuan court, where to fight the Yuan army, not to fight? Although it is a little dangerous to go to Pingwu County, it is a dangerous thing to seek wealth and wealth, as long as the general can save the lives of the small people and others, and the small people and others have no way to retreat, they will inevitably swear to follow the general to the death, and the general will also be able to greatly enhance his strength at that time!
Song Qingshu looked at Li Xing, who was talking eloquently, in amazement, and secretly sighed: "What a lot of talents in the recklessness! This Li Xing looks inconspicuous, just a peasant who has skimmed a few books, and he can't imagine that he has such insight! Should this mean that the education of the ancients was not popularized, so everyone who read a few days of books was talented? Or should it be said that people's potential is infinite, and under the persecution of desperate situations, they can always perform amazingly?"
There was a flash of brilliance in his eyes, but he saw a white pillar of luck suspended above Li Xing's head. Is it just a white life? The life of a hawker pawn also has such knowledge? Song Qingshu was confused for a while. But then I thought about it, maybe this is the legendary heart is higher than the sky, and life is thinner than paper.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Guo Jia had ten thousand scrolls in his belly and hidden armor in his chest, but he died at the age of about thirty. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Quai's military talent was even more shocking, but he died of illness at the age of nearly twenty. It seems that throughout the ages, it is not uncommon for people whose personality and talent are not commensurate. Perhaps, this Li Xing is also one of them.
"Perhaps...... , Forget it, this matter is not certain, and we have to verify it well, let's talk about it first. Song Qingshu suddenly had a thought, secretly thinking.
Song Qingshu did not reply to Li Xing, but his face showed a slight hint of emotion and a hint of hesitation. This is not that Song Qing is pretending to be forced, but that acting has to play a full set. The reason why he planned that the people of Pingwu County must come and invite him to go was for this. People never cherish things that are too easy to come by.
The effect of making them go up by themselves is completely different from making them beg to go by themselves. Only if they take great pains to invite themselves will they be treated as if they were gods.
And only in this way can he lead them to survive the attack of the Yuan army. He had already inquired about Tianyun Stone in detail, and saving Pingwu County did not mean that this wave of Yuan troops would be repulsed. Rather, it is to ensure that Pingwu County will not be destroyed for at least three months!
If only this wave of Yuan troops is repelled, with the current strength of the Demon Army, they can give it a try, and there is no need to use Pingwu County at all, and even without their knowledge, Song Qingshu can solve it himself.
But if you want to lead the entire Pingwu County to support for three whole months under the threat of the Yuan army, if there is no heartfelt support from the people of Pingwu County, it is simply a fool's dream!
Fortunately, Li Xing did not disappoint him, and when he saw that Song Qingshu had an expression of interest, he hurriedly stepped forward and agitated his tongue, begging Song Qingshu bitterly. And after he pleaded repeatedly, Song Qingshu finally reluctantly agreed that he would go to Pingwu County to help them fight against the Yuan army.
Of course, among them, Song Qingshu asked for countless conditions. For example, all the people of Pingwu County must obey Song Qingshu's command, and there must be no opposition to conscription and grain requisition, and there must be sincere support, etc.
And Li Xing, of course, agreed, after all, in his opinion, as long as Song Qingshu is willing to go to Pingwu County, it will be blessed by God, and everything else is trivial!