On this day, His Highness Lu was the second prince of Aolai Country. Both his literary and military strategies were the best choice, and he was also appointed as the crown prince early on. He had not defeated the battles everywhere. Not only was he very prestige in the country, but he was all elected as the leader in the coalition forces. Hearing the three generals from other countries, the rest had a golden helmet general showing resentment and ridicule to come forward to speak. However, on this day, His Highness Lu waved his hand slightly at him, and then said to the three generals with a smile:

"Since your country's spies have heard news again, I believe you know very clearly about the situation in Wu Zuocheng?"

The three generals who spoke belonged to Lu Ju, Hei Chi, and Bo Ni. They were the main force of attacking Wu Zuocheng. They would lead the fleet to part ways tonight and head straight to Wu Zuo. After hearing His Highness Tian Lu's answer, they all bowed:

"Yes, it should be quite clear."

His Highness Tianlu continued to smile and said:

"So, I dare to ask which country Wu Zuocheng belongs to?"

The faces of the three generals changed, but they could only answer with a tough bullet:

"It seems that it does not seem to belong to any of the five countries."

His Highness Tianlu sighed and said:

"According to my information, this city was built by a grassland tribe called Sanlibu. Nomads like the grassland people are proficient in riding and shooting, but they live in tents made of cowhide and grass. After being surrounded with wooden fences, they will regard it as a city wall. How good do you think these barbaric grassland people have for the renovation of the city?"

Another general wearing a golden helmet had already emerged and said with a loud voice:

"If the three generals think that they may not be able to defeat Wu Zuocheng and affect our overall strategy, I, Fuyu Kingdom, feel that there is still more strength. What if I give up this place to our country? It is still time to exchange attack locations with each other."

Lu Ju, Black Tooth, and the generals of Bonini suddenly changed their faces and hurriedly said:

"This, you won't need your country's help."

The reason why the generals of the Three Kingdoms said this is because they did receive a series of related news about Wu Zuocheng's expansion and reorganization. However, despite such warnings, they actually disagree. The reason why they said it on such an occasion is that the national strength of the Three Kingdoms is weak and they want to unite and get more benefits.

For them, after occupying Wu Zuocheng, there is no need to worry about the ban on sending troops on April 5. After all, thousands of miles are not the radiation range of the five Central Plains countries. They can quickly radiate and expand their forces to the grassland unscrupulously. Among the war dividends they have obtained, the cattle and sheep on the grassland are superior meat, and the high-quality war horses on the grassland can be used to exchange food with the other East China Sea countries.

If you take the lead in this way, you can say that you will seize a lot of opportunities. Not only that, the Three Kingdoms can expand towards the southern part of the Eastern Xia, the northeastern part of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the southeastern corner of the Northern Qi Dynasty. There will be no conflict at all, and there will be sufficient strategic space.

His Highness Tianlu could naturally see the little calculations in these people's hearts. However, as the commander of the coalition forces, he knew that the countries in the East China Sea still had to unite to compete with the five Central Plains, so he took the overall situation into consideration and sarcastically mocked them for a moment and said:

"Let's do this. If you are really worried, I, Aolai Kingdom, can provide 500,000 arrow clusters and 5,000 archers to help. But after breaking Wu Zuocheng, I want 10,000 cows, 5,000 sheep, and 5,000 horses as rewards, and 10% of the captives, it depends on whether you want to."

Lu Ju, Hei Teeth, and the generals of the Boni Kingdom gathered together. After discussing it, they felt a little hesitant. The archers of Aolai Kingdom are very famous. With these archers suppressing the attacking city, the casualties will definitely be reduced a lot.

But the rewards from His Highness Tianlu are easy to say, but ten thousand cows are really painful!

Sheep can only be used to eat meat, while horses are used to form cavalry, and they are very expensive to raise. For those with limited resources, they are particularly wasteful. Only cattle can plow the fields and plow the fields, unlike horses that need to feed essence. Ten thousand cattle can at least increase the yield of tens of thousands of acres of grain!

So after the three of them discussed it over and over again, they still felt that the soldiers under their command were as bad as paper, and they would be recruited from the country after they died. With the help of the archers from Aolai Country, at best, one or two thousand people would be killed less when siegeing the city. And for these two thousand lives, even ten thousand cattle are worth not as valuable as ten thousand cattle, let alone five thousand sheep and five thousand horses? Therefore, they politely declined.

That night, the fleets of the countries in the East China Sea began to disperse. From the sky, it seemed like a fist that was hit suddenly opened its hand. The five or six fleets of divided were like five or six arrows, and they were directly inserted into different strategic goals at the same time! This means that their first strategic plan has been opened, and Wu Zuocheng was also under the enemy's front, and the war was about to ignite over this rich city!

***

At this moment, the capitals of the five Central Plains countries were still calm and peaceful, and there was no way to know the danger of the crisis coming!

What was Lin Fengjin doing at this time?

He was still at home at this time and had just gotten up from his nap. He seemed to be leisurely and took a basket of fish food from the maid next to him, and slowly fed bait into the goldfish pond next to him. Many fat koi swam over.

At this time, the Lin family can also be said to be carved railings and jade-making. It is a prosperous atmosphere, which makes people feel that the atmosphere of wealth is impressed, but it is just wealth. For Lin Fengjin personally, he does not advocate luxury and fighting for wealth. However, the enjoyment that should be had must be possessed, but the family style must be upright, and enjoyment can be done, but it cannot be spent.

At this time, Zhang Lei brought a group of direct subordinates to join. After Lin Fengjin followed them for a few days, he simply became the boss because he found that Zhang Lei was worthy of being a deputy general and was very good at training in the army. He even had a good way of training than Lin Fengjin himself. After only three days of training, the escorts, tramplers and the like hand-in-arms handed over to him were trained to a certain extent and had the style of a regular army.

Lin Fengjin adhered to the principle that he would not doubt people and would not use them. He held the most important thing in his hand tightly, so he would not be afraid that Zhang Lei and others would be able to make a comeback. Zhang Lei and others also secretly thanked Lin Fengjin for their trust.

For Zhang Lei and the people who were in charge of training, they were also particularly shocked. I heard that Lin Fengjin provided the soldiers who were traveling around the Lin family caravan, and the like, and they were a little embarrassed because according to their experience, these people often have a strong habit of martial arts. This kind of old fried dough stick is not in the middle of the process, and it is very difficult to practice. So once you go, you are even prepared to kill a few of them first.

Who knew that as soon as they came into contact with these people, they realized that these people could be arranged in neat square formations, with uniform actions and simple numbers. If the orders were issued, they could be executed quickly. Such new recruits could be said to be no less than ordinary soldiers in the Middle Tang Dynasty, and the training would naturally be twice the result with half the effort. No wonder they could be said to be quite surprised.

Zhang Lei didn't know that Lin Fengjin had always been under the control of military law. How could the Lin family's friends traveled around the world and traveled around like a scattered sand? Without strict discipline, should the bandits protect the caravan or the caravan protect them? Therefore, a series of rules have been formulated to train them, just like a reserve service. Therefore, the Lin family's caravan traveled around the world and rarely heard that those who had robbed the road dared to provoke them.

Zhang Lei and others were amazed. Of course, they had to ask the reasons. The servant training rules formulated by Lin Fengjin were not something that must be kept confidential, so they just threw them to them. After reading them, they immediately felt like they had a treasure and studied them overnight. They discussed adding their own experience and other summaries, and felt that they were almost all military books that were as famous as Sun Tzu's Art of War, Meng De's new books, etc....

However, although Lin Fengjin did the hand-off manager, he told the truth that he shouldn't have been so arrogant at this time, and he still stayed in Yedu, but should have been near Sisheng Pass. Unexpectedly, Lin Yuanwai suffered from a cold in the spring, and he was too ill to bear the sanitation and had to come back to serve.

At this time, the old man's condition was cured and he entered the recovery period. It was time to calculate the time and go to Wu Zuocheng. He thought about leaving tomorrow. The feeding of fish at this time was just a half-day leisure.

At this time, a maid suddenly rushed over from the side, and after crossing her hands, she saluted Lin Fengjin, she whispered:

"Young Master, the three shopkeepers outside are here."

After hearing this, Lin Fengjin felt a little surprised. These three shopkeepers are quite capable in their daily affairs. When he shouldn't have come to the door today, he ran over. I wonder what's going on. So he said:

“See you in the living room.”

As soon as these three shopkeepers saw Lin Fengjin, they stood up and whispered:

"Young Master, something happened."

Lin Fengjin saw that he looked at his expression but was not anxious, so he pressed his hands down and said:

"Speak slowly."

The third shopkeeper said:

"Young Master, you know that the villain has always been in charge of the world's No. 1 Tang..."

Of course, Lin Fengjin remembered this incident. Even the world's No. 1 soup was given by him. Lin Fengjin knew even more that the world's No. 1 soup was nothing. The outstanding employees who adapted to their business philosophy were the greatest wealth, so they were all kept. With them, with the right opportunity, they could make ten times more profitable in minutes.

In addition, the people who took over were eager for the fewer people left by the former boss, the better, so they could put their confidants in it, so they did not make any embarrassment at all.

These three shopkeepers are also talents, so although Lin Fengjin is shrinking his industry and has no need to leave anything to him, he still pays money to him and the main backbone of the world's No. 1 soup according to his usual salary. He has no shortage of gifts for every New Year, and told them that there will be new work to do after a while. These treatments are combined, so the shopkeepers of the Lin family are very loyal and cannot be dug away even if others do it.

At this time, the third shopkeeper came to the door, and the Lin family treated him very well. Suddenly, when he heard him talk about the world's number one soup, he immediately moved his heart:

"Oh? What?"

The third shopkeeper then said with pain:

"Although the villain has left, he is still quite prestigious among the workers in the world. After we quit, many workers who stayed behind were angry about certain situations and came to me to talk to me, hoping that I could come forward to solve them, but... I am not in that position, what else can I say?"

"The new turtle lambs only know how to get money in their pockets, and don't care about the matters on the shop at all. I heard that the shop lost 17,000 yuan in the first month after handing over. In the second month, I just tried to find a familiar purchaser to get famine. The third month just started... The company that suffered a loss knew that it was unlucky, and it was not allowed to pay any debts at all, and it even blocked the door and asked for debts."

Lin Fengjin nodded slightly and sneered:

"What expected, what good things can these bastards do?"

The third shopkeeper said:

"That's fine. Do you still remember Xu Ba from our 7th branch? He just had three fingers missing on his right hand and a little lame on his left foot. This guy has very good arm strength and is very capable of chopping firewood. His wife has tuberculosis and needs warmth and conditioning. It was fine when we were in our hands, but after changing to the boss, they deducted their dividends in the first month, and in the second month, they only paid half of the work and food money, and in the third month, they were directly owed."

"In this winter, Xu Ba's wife is weak and she has no money to see if she is sick. Xu Ba's eyes had no choice but to go to the door to find someone to make a decision. She was beaten and threw it out. She was sent to the warm water shop by a kind-hearted person. After two or three days, she recovered. But when she returned home, she found that her wife had been coughing up blood and died of death on the bed. A six-month-old child died of cold and starvation in the bed..."

After hearing this, Lin Fengjin took a breath and felt heavy in his heart. After all, if I don’t kill Boren, Boren died for me, if he hadn’t sent the world’s number one soup, Xu Ba wouldn’t have fallen into this situation. He silently said for a while:

"Then what?"

"I heard about this. The people who took over the shop naturally wanted to suppress it. However, at this time, Xu Ba, who was so disappointed, had already come to the front of the Meridian Gate. The guard guard was his old subordinate of the Snake Swallowing Army. After his success, he was nostalgic and hurriedly asked him to go into the greenhouse to sit. As a result, Xu Ba slapped Lengzi while the person was unprepared. He knelt down on the stone steps in front of the Meridian Gate and wiped his neck. Before he died, he dipped his blood and wrote six unjust words..."

"As soon as Xu Ba died, the other disabled people in the Snake Swallowing Army who worked in the world's No. 1 soup were also saddened by the rabbits and foxes. Moreover, they were also owed three months of labor and food and silver, and they were not even comfortable during the Chinese New Year. The more or less the anger and resentment in their hearts were difficult to calm down. So they carried the body and knelt down at the place where Xu Ba was hit and killed, and cried loudly."

"As soon as these people started to make a fuss, the yamen runners in Yedu, the city guards wanted to take care of them, but they couldn't. The disabled people of the Snake Swallowing Army had bad tempers. At this time, in grief and anger, they would have to get out of the red knife when they provoked them. At least half of the Snake Swallowing Army were born and born in the Snake Swallowing Army. Seeing these fellows who had been born and died in this way, it would be nice not to jump out to help. If they hoped to make peace, then don't think about it. If there were ignorant people who wanted to expel them, naturally someone would pull him aside and say hello to him and let him meddle in other people's business. If they didn't listen, they would be beaten to death with a linen pocket when they walked carefully at night!"

Speaking of this, the third shopkeeper was also a little red in his eyes:

"Although Xu Ba was a little irritable and rude, he was a solid person. He was not dragging his mind on things and did not let him chop firewood and was not cheating. Why did he suffer such a tragic incident? Hey, young master, what a good situation when we handed over the world's No. 1 soup to those turtles. In less than three months, we were defeated!"

Lin Fengjin pondered for a while and said:

"Does the Lord know about this now?"

The third shopkeeper shook his head and said:

"It seems that I don't know, there seems to be no reaction in the palace."

Lin Fengjin was slightly stunned. Lu Yu's eyes and ears were always very well-informed. However, according to Lin Fengjin's understanding of Lu Yu, he might be the manager of the rest of the matter, and it is absolutely impossible to ignore the matters involving the Snake Swallowing Army. However, according to the third shopkeeper, the disabled people of the Snake Swallowing Army had been crying outside the Meridian Gate for almost a day, but still had no reaction...

There must be a demon when something abnormal happens. Lin Fengjin's mind flashed with a flash of lightning. There is only one person in the world who can hide this matter for so long! That is Cui Zhijie, the eunuch who Lu Yu trusts the most. It seems that he is involved in this matter, but also involves it very deeply.

Lin Fengjin sighed and said, "If you don't commit suicide, you won't die!"

On that day, Cui Zhijie came to Lin Fengjin's mansion and asked about the details of the collection of the imperial seal. Lin Fengjin wanted to know what the poisonous fangs that went together had said to Xiang Xiong, so he owed Eunuch Cui a favor. When Eunuch Cui left, Lin Fengjin reminded him that the water in the world he donated was very deep, so don't step in it.

But now it seems that Cui Zhijie obviously took Lin Fengjin's words as a warning.

It is true that the world's No. 1 soup is close to twenty branches in Yedu. If the industrial chains are combined, at least millions of silver will flow through each year. If you pass by a little, you will be so fat that you will feel oily.

However, it is said that the greater the risk, the greater the profit. The dead-old cake sold in the store for mutton soup is even involved in a series of links such as the sales of the official warehouse's old grain. This official warehouse is a hot item, so the person in charge must be as business-minded as Lin Fengjin, who has a broad mind and has a wide range of friendships. Everyone should give in, otherwise it would be difficult to maintain the store's capital!

Lin Fengjin threw out the world's best soup and was already venting his intention to demonstrate to Lu Yu. Unexpectedly, Cui Zhijie still couldn't control the money and then went on.

Well, if you are greedy for money, just be greedy for money. As one of the members of Lu Yu’s "convention" who has been following Lu Yu since the royal palace, accepting bribes is not a big deal. Everyone knows that eunuchs are greedy for money. As long as they don’t reach out to the treasury, Lu Yu will at most scold or temporarily derogate eunuch Cui for a while.

However, Eunuch Cui made a mistake in his busy schedule. He probably wanted to hide it from Lu Yu for a while and let someone deal with the disabled veterans who had suffered aggrieved before talking about it. He turned it into small things. But Cui Zhijie invisibly committed a taboo in the officialdom!

Lu Yu handed over his intelligence system to Eunuch Cui, which was a manifestation of trust in him, and let him serve as his own eyes and ears!

However, the "eye and ears" suddenly had their own thoughts. If you don't want the king to see things, you will hide them privately and not let you see them. Only show you limited things, this behavior is very bad. The king is originally suspicious and calls himself a lonely person. When Eunuch Cui lets down his trust, he is deceiving the king!!

The serious crime of deceiving the king is different from the level of corruption.

Eunuch Cui thought he could hide it for a while, but he could hide it for a lifetime? This is a typical mistake in busyness, and he lost his big mistakes because of a small loss! Of course, this is also because he was in a high position for too long and enjoyed too much glory and power, so he gradually lost his vigilance. If it were Eunuch Cui in the British Palace, then he would be cautious and would never make such a big mistake.

Lin Fengjin talked to the third shopkeeper for a while, sent him away, and then called a servant:

"Go and ask Lin Fu's side, can you please send a message to Princess Mingzhu in the palace?"

Shortly after the servant went out, he came back and said:

"It just so happened that the big shopkeeper over there came to the account to deliver the cost of last month, and he said it was OK."

Lin Fengjin nodded and said:

"I think the Eunuch Li who takes care of Princess Mingzhu is a good person. If you ask someone to hand me a word in, it will be said that the Central Plains is empty... Forget it, this guy seems to have no knowledge, so he just told him directly that Cui Zhijie is going to step down in a mess and ask him to do it himself."

***

At that night, Lu Yu was upset and unable to sleep at night for some reason.

At midnight, Mr. Hong was psychic at the mount. He ran to the front of the hall. The guards dared not stop him. When Lu Yu heard Mr. Hong's hissing, he immediately gave a warning sign, shouted the palace maid, scolded the concubine who was serving in bed, and came to comfort Mr. Hong.

Mr. Hong knelt down and asked Lu Yu to ride it. Lu Yu knew that the mount was psychic. He thought there was a major change in the palace and did not dare to ignore it. He hurriedly got on the horse. He was taken outside the Meridian Gate by Mr. Hong and saw the group of retired soldiers and family members of the Snake Swallowing Army carrying corpses and knocking on the palace. It turned out that one of them was Mr. Hong's groom back then. He had served this demon cavalry. At this time, the water and rice had not been exhausted for a day and night, and the breath was dying. Therefore, Mr. Hong was grateful for his old love and brought Lu Yu over. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations. Monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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