Chapter 638 Night Banquet 1
General Wang is a frequent leader, and food and grass are a very important issue. The originally planned food and grass were not insufficient! However, when robbing the Flower God Palace, the soldiers found that there were too many gold, silver and jewelry in front of them, so they gave up some food and grass, and the final result was that there was insufficient food and grass.
To be honest, General Xiao Wang was a little embarrassed to say this and did not tell Zhao Yuan, but just told Zhao Yuan that there was no food and grass. Of course, Zhao Yuan did not ask.
When facing his father, General Xiao Wang did not dare to lie, so he could only tell the matter honestly.
General Wang's face sank when he heard this, and said, "Do you know that your behavior is just a joke about your own life and the lives of Master Yang and others!"
General Xiao Wang said in confusion: "Father, what do you mean?"
General Wang said: "You are a newborn calf. You don't know the dangers of the court. If you are told by those people, do you know what they would say? Will they say we collude with the imperial prisoners?"
General Wang said that he was a little worried. In fact, as generals, many people feared not the enemies in front of them, but the invisible swords behind them. Many of these swords came from the court. Many of them didn't care whether these generals were there or not, whether they could defend this barrier. What they only care about was how to use means to replace the political enemy and then replace them with their own people. As for whether this person has the ability to defend the border, that is another matter.
General Xiao Wang said: "The imperial court offended? Could it be that my father was talking about Xia Zizai?"
General Wang nodded and said, "It's indeed Xia Zizai. You know Xia Zizai's identity. That's Xia Yan's grandson. When the Xia family was killed, Xia Zizai was also guarding this pass. Later, after escaping, he established Zizai City. Although Jiayuguan had sent troops to attack him several times, it was thunder and rain every time, and it was not settled in the end! Let him take it wherever he is, on one hand, it can also intimidate the robbers and bandits to ensure the smooth flow of the trade route. However, the court let him leave it alone, but it does not mean that he can contact him. After all, he is still an imperial prisoner of the court. There are many people in the court who want him to die."
General Xiao Wang couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said, "The dog officials in the court only know how to hide in the bed and enjoy happiness. In addition to intrigue, they are intrigue. What do they know."
After all, General Xiao Wang was young and energetic, and he couldn't stand such things no matter how he was. He was not as angry as General Wang's Chen Mansion, so he said it.
General Wang looked around alertly and said, "Don't mention these words randomly, be careful of the sound of the wall!"
General Xiao Wang said a little angry: "Are we still afraid of them?"
General Wang said: "It's not that you are afraid, but that you have to be careful! Then I'm asking you, how did you get the food in the end?"
General Xiao Wang said: "Because the Master Yang and Xia Zizai are familiar with each other, we asked Master Yang to go and buy it after discussing it. However, Xia Zizai was careful and did not agree to us directly. Instead, he gave us a time and place to take our men to hijack the batch of grain. Later, Master Yang took his people to hijack the grain and grass. A little accident happened on the way. I wonder if the bandits had only more than 100 targeted the batch of grain and grass, so they also wiped out them."
General Wang thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Xia Zizai still seems to be self-aware and cautious. He also knows that although he can give you food and grass according to the transaction, this is true, but there will be a big problem, that is, as I said before, someone will catch the handle."
General Xiao Wang said: "But if I do this, why do I still feel that it is a bit concealed?"
General Wang said: "Indeed, although it is better to steal the bells in cover, at least it is better than not to steal the bells in cover. If someone interrogates, at least there are some remarks. In addition, the identity of this leader Yang is not simple. His other identity is still the hundred households of the Jinyiwei. Although only one hundred households may not cause any storm, on the other hand, he also made it clear that although this person has no status in the court, he has a great backer. In my opinion, his backer should be Lord Lu Binglu, the commander of the Jinyiwei."
General Xiao Wang said in surprise: "But he doesn't look thirty, he actually has such a backer?"
General Wang said: "Whether you have a backer has nothing to do with your age. I am not worried about this now, but what I worry most now is that so much gold and silver are transported back. Are you safe!"
General Xiao Wang said: "Is there anyone who wants to rob the gold and silver from the court?"
General Wang said: "This is not certain. I will mention it to him when he comes tomorrow. There are many experts around him. If he can send one or two of them to accompany you, then it will be safe!"
General Xiao Wang said, "Master? I have never seen them take action, and I don't know if this is a master? Moreover, the disciples of the Flower God Palace were all stunned by them and did not use any force at all."
What happened in the early stage? General Xiao Wang did not participate, and Zhao Yuan did not tell him the whole story, so he didn't know at all. When he went in, he saw that the disciples of the Flower God Palace who were all unconscious were carried out without any resistance. The next day he realized that they were all confused for no reason and did not fight with Yang Kai and others.
Therefore, General Xiao Wang still had some doubts about his father's master, or he had not yet understood what the so-called master in the martial arts world looked like.
General Wang said: "I have only heard of the masters in the world. At least this Master Yang can enter and exit our mansion at will without being discovered. When he came for the first time, I could think that we were short of manpower, so the second time I deliberately increased the manpower, but no one could find him, and he could still come and go freely! This is probably one of his abilities. Okay, let people strictly guard this place, and put seals on them, and tell those brothers that we can turn a blind eye, but they must also know how to restrain themselves and not reveal their wealth, otherwise they will not benefit anyone!"
He could understand that so many jewelry were transported in, and the soldiers secretly hid one or two pieces in secret. They were all away from their hometowns and ran to this place where birds did not shit. Although it was called defending the country, it was actually just to make a living and keep their wives and children hungry. But then again, if one day they died in the battlefield, how much pension would their wives and children get? Can they ensure that their wives and children have no worries about food or clothing, or can their children grow up?
General Wang didn't know about this. In fact, many soldiers could not even find their bodies after their death. They didn't know that the soldiers died in battle, and their wives and children could not get the pension that was a little pitiful. Therefore, they hid some secretly, General Wang turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it. This was just a little compensation for them. However, this compensation could not be known to others. Once they were known and pursued, they would be blamed. The same was true for them. After all, the things they snatched back were all things in the court. The secret treasures were to keep the treasures of the court. The crime was not small. General Wang did not want his soldiers to die on the battlefield, but died in the hands of some people with ulterior motives, so General Wang told them well.
General Xiao Wang said: "Yes, the child has told them before, and now I will tell them again!"
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The next night, Zhao Yuan took Shang Qianfei to the General Manager at the invitation of General Wang and went to the General Manager's Mansion. Only General Wang and General Wang had dinner together.
After sitting down, he made some polite remarks and drank a few glasses of water and wine. General Wang asked, "Sect Master Yang, I have always been very surprised. You didn't take any action at all. When we went in, we didn't find any traces of fighting. How did you easily take down the Flower God Palace?"
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "For this matter, my wife will answer the general."
After saying that, Zhao Yuan looked at Shang Qianfei next to him.
Shang Qianfei smiled lightly and said, "This military strategy is obvious. Know yourself and your enemy, and you will win every battle! To deal with the Hua Shen Palace, it is not just a matter of killing in. In fact, because of the special nature of the disciples of the Hua Shen Palace, there is no way to fight them directly. To deal with extraordinary enemies, we must use extraordinary means. Therefore, we had planned this matter two years ago!"
General Xiao Wang suddenly glared at his eyes and said in surprise: "Two years ago?"
Shang Qianfei said: "Yes, two years ago, this was a relatively short time. Some time was longer, five years, or even ten or twenty years. In order to find out the news, time is not a problem at all!"
After a moment of pause, Shang Qianfei continued: "Two years ago, we asked a caravan to go to a small herders' town twenty miles away from Huashen Palace by doing business, and began to sell some things from the Central Plains, such as cloth, iron tools, etc. Among them, these iron tools are the most popular, and they are quickly snatched away every time. As for why they are very popular, the two generals also knew very well that most of these things were melted and made into weapons. However, in the early stage, we had to do this for their trust, and then gradually decreased. After two years, we finally came down.
Perhaps those irons can only make twenty swords, which is much less than the weapons they escort a caravan at will. In addition, the various goods we sell are of guaranteed quality, and the prices are fair, and they will not ask for a sky-high price. When collecting their fur and other goods, they will not deliberately lower their prices. It can be said that the price is very fair! Because of this, they will not be hostile to us. We are full of us in the town. In order to find out the news, we are just the first step!"
General Xiao Wang was stunned when he heard this and said in surprise: "This is the first step?"
Shang Qianfei said: "Yes, this is the first step! After getting familiar with the herdsmen in the town, we carried out the second step, that is, adjustments to goods! Unlike herdsmen, the disciples in the Flower God Palace are all women, and they are young and beautiful, and their clothes are actually not much different from those of the Han people. Moreover, their disciples often come to the town to buy some things they need. So we added silk, rouge and other things that our daughter used frequently on the goods. At first, the quantity and variety are not large. They were attracted to many people and they were unable to buy what they needed."
When General Xiao Wang heard this, he was somewhat puzzled and said, "I know your solution is to get familiar with them and find out about the Huashen Palace. But if they don't buy what they want, how do you find out the news?"
Shang Qianfei smiled slightly and said, "I wonder if General Xiao Wang can already be married?"
General Xiao Wang said in a little puzzled manner: "I've been married, what's the matter?"
Shang Qianfei said: "If you have this question, the general's wife may know better than you. Only women in this world can understand women better. If the general doesn't believe it, you can ask the lady to come and ask it."
Of course, General Xiao Wang didn't believe it, so he immediately sent someone to call his wife. Originally, this lady would not attend such a banquet, but she was a little surprised to call him to go, but she still went. After sitting down, she heard General Xiao Wang say that, the lady smiled and said, "My husband, it's really as this lady said. You don't understand it too much. According to your military tactics, this may be called a tactic of hard to get, although it's a bit forced."
General Xiao Wang said, "Take a move? What do you mean?"
His wife said, "According to the guess of my family, they prepared very few things before, so that the female disciples of the Flower God Palace could not buy them, but did not completely reject them. They might ask the female disciples to write down what they wanted, leave a list and leave a name. This would have two benefits. First, they knew their names, and second, they knew their preferences. Next time when the caravan arrived in the town again, they would meet the disciples of the Flower God Palace, and then ask them to tell the disciples who left the list, saying that the things they brought to them had already been brought. What?
Chapter completed!