Chapter 98 Negotiation
?In early September, an attack in Anlu, Xiaochang and Yongyang gradually subsided. The big game planned by the Yuzhou General Administration made Anzhou vomit three liters of blood but not hurt the bones. The situation of confrontation between the two sides was still the same through Tongbai Mountain.
Anlu, a carriage slowly drove towards Xiyang County Duke's Mansion surrounded by guards, but finally stopped at the gate of Angu County Duke's Mansion next door. The servant who had been waiting carefully lifted a man with a head tied with gauze and a wooden board from the car.
"Be careful, don't touch your arm." Yuwen Wen reminded him that the man was his father-in-law, Yuchi Shun, the Duke of Angu County, and his wife Wang followed him worriedly.
A few days ago, Yuchi Shun, the commander of the Anzhou East Route Army, was attacked when he was passing Wuyang Pass and was suddenly attacked. He was carried down the slope and fell into the valley. Everyone present thought it was a bad accident, but when they sent people to search, they found that Yuchi Shun was stopped by a big tree on the bank of the slope and survived.
His life was saved, but he suffered a lot of crimes. Yuchi Shun had broken his left arm and had many contusions on his body and bruised his nose and swollen face. After the military doctor treated the wound, his subordinates did not dare to delay and quickly sent him back to Anlu. The army was temporarily led by the deputy commander. Fortunately, the road from Wuyang Pass to Anlu was easy to walk, so it took only three days to return to the mansion.
"I didn't expect Pingyang to be a poisonous bait." Yuchi Shun sighed. He had learned about what happened in Anlu, Xiaochang and Yongyang a few days ago. At that time, he and his generals saw that there was a flaw in Pingyang City and successfully attacked and moved the people to Anzhou, but they fell into the strategy of the Yuzhou Army. If the opponent succeeded, the situation would be really reversed.
Yuwen Wen comforted that no one would think about this kind of thing. Now that the situation has been decided, the other party can no longer cause any storms. As the saying goes, Sima, the general manager who saved his life, is probably going to rest at home for three months.
"Father-in-law relaxes his heart and heals his wounds. In a while, Sanniang and Jilang will come to see you."
Not long ago, Yuchi Chifan gave birth to a legitimate son for Yuwen Wen. Because he experienced a difficult childbirth storm, the little guy's nickname was Jilang. The eldest son Yang Lihua gave birth to him is now three months old and he is about to be named. Yuwen Wen was troubled by turning books on this matter.
"The son-in-law has told Mr. Li to withdraw any medicinal materials if they need here." Yuwen Wen and his mother-in-law Wang had a brief hand. The property of his father-in-law's family in Chang'an was completely wiped out in Anlu and there was no business in Anlu. With the salary of Sima, the general manager, it was difficult to maintain such a large house, so the daily expenses in the Angu County Duke Mansion were borne by him, the son-in-law.
Before leaving, Yuwen Wen specially told Fu Youcai, the deputy leader of the guards who were following him to do the same. The guards in the house here must also be concerned. The Angu County Duke Mansion is next to Yuwen Wen's mansion, and the servants in the mansion were also transferred from him. Even if Yuchi Shun is unable to move, there is no need to worry about who will bully Wang and Yuchi Mingyue.
"I am meeting guests outside at noon today and told the mansion that there is no need to leave lunch."
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In a private room of a certain winery, Xu Shao and Hao Wu Bo were drinking tea. The steps from time to time from time to time made them turn their heads and look at the door. Today is a critical day and a moment is an important moment. For them, it can be said that success or failure is a one-stop move.
"Sizong, you just said that Xiyang County Duke also drinks tea?" Hao Wu Bo asked. Today, Xu Shao introduced him as an intermediary to meet with Xiyang County Duke Yuwen Wen to discuss important matters. Because the two of them had a house in Anlu, they had lived in Anlu last night so they would not be able to catch up today.
"Indeed, when I went to the county palace to serve as a guest, the servants brought the guests to the hospitality. "
"I never thought that the people of the North were not afraid of this water disaster?"
Water malfunction refers to drinking tea. The trend of drinking tea gradually became popular since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but the attitudes of the southerners and northerners towards it were very different: the southerners drink tea, northerners drink cheese, and with the changes in the political situation, many southerners live in the Northern Dynasties. Northerners are not very acceptable to drinking tea, so they often call drinking tea "water malfunction".
Even when the trend of drinking tea in the Southern Dynasty was not yet popular, many people were quite resistant to drinking tea. During the Jin Dynasty, Wang Meng, the Situ, had a good time drinking tea whenever someone came to the mansion to visit. The literati and officials were very embarrassed about visiting Wang Situ's mansion. Whenever they were about to go, they would say that there would be "water disaster" today.
"Chengye, Xiyang County Duke seems to be very helpful in drinking tea. I think I have tasted a lot of good tea in Chang'an." Xu Shao said not sure, and thought about it and added: "If you visit the mansion in the future, you can use the tea cakes as a gift."
The two were talking outside the door. When they heard the waiter outside asking for help, the "county Duke" and the two hurriedly stood up to greet each other. After the door opened, Yuwen Wen walked in with a fan and said, "You have been waiting for a long time after the crime."
After the greetings, the two sides sat down and politely spoke a few words before immediately turning to the topic to discuss the ordering of the Liulijing. After the attack on the Yuzhou army was concluded, the Uncle Hao returned home and discussed with his father to discuss with his father that Xu Shao had the opportunity to deliver it to him: Yuwen Wen, the Duke of Xiyang County, had the Western Regions Liulijing, and the supply was sufficient and the price was fair.
Hao Wu's father Hao Podi was the governor of Mianzhou and his grandfather Hao Jiong was the prefect of Jiangxia in the Southern Liang Dynasty. After Hou Jing's rebellion, the civil war between the Liang Kingdom led to the Western Wei soldiers going south. Jiangling fell into the Anlu area and was occupied by the Western Wei, so Hao Podi became an official in the Western Wei - later Northern Zhou -.
The Hao family still had many relatives and friends in the Southern Dynasty, so there were still some ways to do business. If they could purchase goods at a low price from Xiyang County Gong and then transfer them to Jiangnan, it would be a profit of thousands of chunks. Hearing that his son had this path, Hao Podi naturally agreed.
Yuwen Wen was a little surprised that Xu Shao had attracted customers so quickly. Since the June war, his income has declined a bit mainly because Wang Yue, who had originally contracted the sales of Liulijing Jiangnan, had an accident. Now, after more than three months, he saw more and more deficits, and he couldn't help but get anxious.
Several of the partners in Anlu were all wealthy merchants. When these old foxes saw that Yuwen Wen's sales in Jiangnan seemed to be broken, they began to pretend to be crazy and sell less and try to bargain. Their reason is very simple: Anzhou is now fighting with the imperial court and the business is broken, so this glass mirror is not easy to sell.
The glass mirror is not broken and does not take up space, so no one believes this kind of nonsense, but Yuwen Wen has no choice but to watch the purchasers come to lower the price. After returning to Anlu from Jiangling, he thought that Xu Shao’s “circle of friends” was very wide, so he made a decision, so he promised a “commission” to lure him for profit.
Everyone is acquaintance and talks about money that is "harmful" so after initially confirming the intention to cooperate, they hand it over to their respective shopkeepers for detailed discussion. Yuwen Wen also brought Wang Yue to the banquet this time, so that he would be responsible for the relevant matters in full and specifically fight wits and courage with all kinds of tyrants. Hao Wu Bo's shopkeeper is also a veteran Chinese and Chinese, and after both parties met, they began to "detailed discussion" in the private room next door.
"Listen to Sizong. A few days ago, when Xu Envoy was assassinated by Xiaochang, Hao Langjun was a guest at the mansion and was working a lot to quell the rebellion?" Yuwen Wen began to talk about other topics. Hao Wu Bo smiled and said that the tricks of the devil were not worth mentioning. The Hao family and the Xu family were considered family friends, so it was appropriate to draw their swords to help each other.
'Good friend, lifelong." Yuwen Wen thought in his heart that he had no impression of Hao Wu Bo in history, but another 'thousand-year-old demon' Yang Jike knew the inside story: in history, Xu Shao and Hao Wu Bo were in-laws.
"Since he is a friend of Sizong, I will just say it..." Yuwen Wen got to the point directly. He would go to Bazhou to serve as the governor, but because of his "infamous reputation", "no one is willing to help", so he wanted to ask if Hao Wu Bo was interested in becoming an official.
Hao Wu Bo had already received Xu Shao reminding the Xiyang County Duke that he often spoke inconveniently, so he was not surprised that the other party was "infamous". As for what he said, "No one is willing to help" as the governor, it is even more ridiculous.
He did not politely and confessed that he had no problem, but his father had to agree. Xu Shao also told him about this matter in advance, so there was nothing surprising. The fact that the second son of the Yuwen family was going to be the governor of Bazhou is no longer a secret in the upper circle of Anzhou. As soon as General Manager Yuwen opened his mouth, he wanted his family to follow him to "help" where did it come from? No one was willing to help.
Just because General Yuwen built a large-scale construction project in Xiyang City, Bazhou Prefecture, it can be seen that he attached great importance to his second son's appointment. Xu Envoy of Yuezhou was very smart and thought that he took advantage of the bets made by his son Xu Shao and Yuwen Wen and took the lead. Others could not find it even if they wanted to find opportunities because this Xiyang County had a strange and tricky public opinion and deeds that made people at a loss.
"I am a person who causes trouble, so when I arrive in Bazhou, I can't say that I will be in chaos." Yuwen Wen smiled slightly. He didn't want people to misunderstand that he was just going to be a state official to gild, so he would let people follow him to enjoy his fortune and gain qualifications. If there is any local snake who dares to do something random, he will really 'draw his sword and cut blood and flow into a river'.
"The governor is in charge of the military and political power of a state. If there are powerful people, if there are powerful people, they will naturally understand the law and punishment." Hao Wu Bo talked happily. His father was the governor of a state, so he was influenced by the intrigue between the provincial officials and local powerful people.
If the governor cannot suppress the local tyrants, he will be undermined. But being too strong may cause civil unrest - naturally, he will be manipulated by the local tyrants. If the family can provide strong support, the governor will always carry troops to manage various civil unrest when he takes office, because then the soldiers of the prefectures and counties may be slacking off and making jokes.
Hao Wu Bo knew that the man in front of him had trained nearly 3,000 warriors who had experienced great wars since June. He was shocked by these 3,000 people, probably no local tyrants dared to cause trouble.
Seeing that Hao Langjun did not refuse on the spot, Yuwen Wen was quite happy. He went to Bazhou to make some achievements, so he lacked a reliable assistant. Xu Shao naturally had no objection. When he asked what other good candidates there were, the other party directly reported the name of his friend Hao Wubo.
Although these two people are considered third generations of officials, if they are just adults, if they become officials, they will definitely send people to help them. So they will not be blinded by the clerks when they get started quickly. With the basic administrative base and the three thousand new army stations, he doesn't believe that there is anyone who dares to make trouble.
"My father has no time to lead troops in Jingzhou to fight, so he still doesn't know when I will take office. I think there will be a result at the end of the year." Yuwen Wen continued to brief, everyone was his own, so he had to say what he should explain, so he would not have misunderstandings. The three of them had a good conversation and then had a good time. After a while, the shopkeepers of both sides agreed to a deal and signed a contract. Today's banquet was a happy time.
Chapter completed!