Yun Dingxing and Duan Da retreated, but Wang Shiyun did not leave. He was really uneasy. He made it happen by asking the Tang army ships to use Xiyang County. Now the consequences are beginning to occur. How can he explain to the emperor?

Wang Shichong glanced at him and sighed: "What I regret most now is that I shouldn't have exchanged Xiangyang County for Hongnong County. I didn't expect that Xiao Xian was so weak. The Tang army swept across the seven counties of Jingzhou within a month after entering Xiangyang County. This was clearly a matter of using Jingzhou County to exchange for half of Hongnong County. We suffered too much."

Wang Shichong had not realized that his deal with the Tang Dynasty had lost Zhang Xuan's trust in him. He just calculated the calculation based on the losses in the territory, and the huge losses made him regret it.

Of course, Wang Shichong would not think it was his own responsibility. It was caused by others, including his own brother. However, Wang Shichong did not believe Duan Da, Yun Dingxing and others at all. He believed that they would leave a way out for themselves and their family and would never be loyal to him.

The only person Wang Shichong could trust was his brothers and nephews, so he did not want to hold Wang Shiyun accountable.

"I ask you, how many copper ingots have you picked up?"

"Report to your Majesty, we have already harvested half of it. If we continue to fish, I will probably be able to recover 200,000 kilograms."

Wang Shichong nodded. This is almost the same. Danshui is not Hanshui, not that wide and deep. He only took out 80,000 kilograms, and he would never believe it.

"Just return the 80,000 kilograms of copper ingots to the Tang Dynasty, and the rest of the copper ingots were put into the treasury. We also need to mint coins. This batch of copper ingots came just right."

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Report to Your Majesty, General Wang Renze is here."

"Let him in!"

Soon, Wang Renze walked in quickly. Wang Renze was named Prince of Xingyang County and General of the Left Wu Guard. He was the one with the most commanding army among all the generals under Wang Shichong and was deeply trusted by Wang Shichong.

He came in and knelt down on one knee and saluted: "My minister Wang Renze will meet your Majesty!"

Wang Shichong walked up to him and said, "I guess the Tang army is going to take action against Xiyang County. Xiyang County is the gateway to Nanyang County and Jingyang County. Xiyang County is lost, Nanyang County and Jingyang County cannot be defended. You cannot make any mistakes at all. You can lead 24,000 troops to Xiyang County and take over the 6,000 troops of Xiyang County itself. You must use these 30,000 troops to defend Xiyang County, and do not allow the Tang army to step into Xiyang County again."

"I obey the order!"

Wang Shichong was confused for a moment and promised the Tang army to take advantage of Xiyang County. As a result, the Tang army was in a state of indifference and wanted to make a move.

Wang Shichong would not make the same mistake again. He knew very well the importance of Xiyang County. The important cities of Xiyang County were all along the Danshui coast. If he promised the Tang army to station troops along the Danshui coast, it would be like handing over Xiyang County to the Tang Dynasty.

Without the danger of Xiyang County, the Tang army could march straight into Nanyang County and Jingyang County. At that point, he would be the only lonely city of Luoyang.

......

In the south city of Luoyang, a ox cart slowly stopped in front of the Beishan fur shop. A man in a man's uniform jumped off the ox cart, tied the ox rope, and quickly walked into the store gate.

"Xiao Liu, have you had lunch?" The guys greeted him.

"After eating, where is the shopkeeper?"

"The shopkeeper is naturally in the shopkeeper's room."

The young guy quickly walked to the backyard, came to a room, bowed at the door and said, "Shopkeeper, the new goods from the north have arrived!"

This is a code word, meaning that with Zhongdu Xin information, Lu Ping's voice immediately came from it, "Pick it in!"

Most of the emergency communications between Luoyang and Zhongdu are through eagle letter exchanges. Only particularly important information will be sent to Zhongdu to deliver eagle letters. The Eagle Station of the Intelligence Agency is not in the city, but in a village outside the city. Every morning, Lu Ping will send people to get information. This guy goes outside the city to get eagle letters back.

The guy walked into the room, took out a tube of eagle letter and placed it on the table. Lu Ping, who was standing beside him with his hands behind his back, glanced at the message tube and asked again: "What else is there?"

"There is nothing else, this is the only one."

"Go!"

The guy bowed and stepped back. Only then did Lu Ping get the eagle letter. The thin letter tube was actually red, indicating that there was important information inside. Lu Ping pulled out the hat and shook out a bunch of thin silk from it. He carefully spread the thin silk, only a piece of the size of a palm, and it was densely written on it. It was written by Fang Xuanling, and there was no one who could write it on his behalf, which meant the secret and importance of the letter.

Lu Ping quickly finished reading the contents inside, put away the fine silk, and began to lower his head to think about it. It could be seen that Fang Xuanling gave him a difficult task.

After a long time, Lu Ping put on his coat and walked directly to the lobby outside, saying to several friends: "I'll go out for a while, I may not come back tonight. You guys close the door early."

"Shopkeeper, I understand!"

Lu Ping left with his hands behind his back

Half an hour later, Lu Ping came to a martial arts hall near Shangdongmen in Luoyang. He had already disguised himself and turned into an old man with gray hair and thin face. He looked like he was sixty years old. He was completely two of him like him before, and even the guy might not recognize him.

Since the Sui Dynasty entered the turbulent times, martial arts halls have been booming in major cities around the world. There were more than fifty martial arts halls in Luoyang at its peak, but after mergers and elimination, there are only seven or eight martial arts halls left. Each martial arts hall has a strong background. They are no longer just about transporting warriors, but also secretly doing some illegal activities. As long as they can afford to pay, they will do whatever they want to kill and rob.

The martial arts hall found by Lu Ping was called Hexi Martial Arts Hall, which is the most powerful of all martial arts halls. Everyone knows that its backstage is King of Han, Wang Yingshu. Wang Yingshu is the second son of Wang Shichong. He is a very powerful man. He has no official position in the court, but he is responsible for Luoyang intelligence and surveillance. The infamous police team in Luoyang City is under his full control.

Lu Ping made a fortune and gave the disciples guarding the martial arts hall ten taels of gold as soon as he entered the door. He had already alarmed the martial arts hall. The deputy director Liu Shun personally met him in the guest hall.

"I am a businessman named Wu, Jiangxia, who has encountered some business troubles recently. I would like to ask your library to help solve it."

Lu Ping's pseudonym was Wu Qian, a merchant from Jiangxia, and made his own request straightforward. He came to ask the martial arts hall to help solve the problem. This is of course the way to make money in the martial arts hall. There was no such thing as a gangster in the Sui Dynasty, but there were also many things that required the gangster to come forward. Most of this situation was solved through various forces, and the martial arts hall was also one of the forces.

Liu Shun smiled and said, "Since Lord Wu has found us, I must know our background. Let's say that! As long as we are in Luoyang City, there is no trouble that we cannot solve. Lord Wu first talk about what is going on, and then I can give it a price."

"That's right. I had a big business with a Chang'an businessman. The business was completed, but the other party's money was reluctant to give it to me and found various reasons to shirk it. I was unfamiliar with people in Luoyang, so I wanted to ask your museum to come forward and teach this bastard a lesson for me."

"Haha! This is a trivial matter. Was it solved in Luoyang?"

“That’s right!”

Liu Shun pondered for a while and asked again: "Does the other party have a backstage? How much money is involved? Please tell me clearly by Master Wu!"

"The other party is from Chang'an. There may be a backstage in Chang'an, but there is no in Luoyang. However, he invited several guards with good martial arts skills. The key is to defeat these guards. As for the money, there are a total of 8,000 guan of Kaihuang money."

When Liu Shun heard that the cash is worth 8,000 guan, he laughed secretly in his heart. This is really a fat sheep!

He pondered for a moment and said, "This is how we will not only teach the other party a lesson for you, but also make the other party promise to repay the money. Our commission is usually 20% of the value of the goods, a one-time price, and a hundred taels of gold."

Gold is extremely valuable in the Luoyang market. The official price is one tael of gold for ten jin of Kaihuang money, but the black market price has reached one tael of gold for twenty jin of Kaihuang money. Liu Shun saw that the other party was a foreign businessman and made a fortune, so he opened a high price and slaughtered.

Lu Ping thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid I'll meet with blood this time."

"Of course, even if you kill someone, we will bear it. But I am ugly saying that, if you really kill someone, Master Wu will have to pay another hundred taels of gold. We also need to manage some government officials. If Master Wu runs away, don't blame us for going to Jiangxia to find someone."

"When will this be paid?"

"Now pay half of it first, and then pay the other half before taking action. If something happens, Master Wu will have to come again."

Lu Ping immediately took out fifty taels of gold and put it on the table, "This is half. I will inform you of the specific time and location of the action. It should be these two days."

Huang Chengcheng's gold turned Liu Shun's eyes into a crack. Nowadays, people are actually paying their bills with gold. How can this fat and stupid guy be worthy of him if he doesn't blackmail hundreds of taels of gold?

Lu Ping stood up and said goodbye and left. Liu Shun immediately ordered his two subordinates, "Look at this person and see where he lives?"

Lu Ping had already made arrangements. He found an inn near Nanshi in advance, and registered it with the name Jiangxia and Wu Qian. He also specially bought a set of merchants' outfits, and piled up some messy goods in the room. No matter how you look at it, they are all merchants.

He moved into the inn that day. The subordinates sent by Liu Shun found out his details and went back.

At night, Lu Ping came to the VIP Hotel, which was the place where Zheng State received distinguished guests. Whether it was the envoys of the Tang Dynasty or the envoys of the Sui Dynasty, they usually lived here. At this time, the VIP Hotel was heavily guarded, hundreds of soldiers stood at several gates, and three teams of soldiers patrolled around the surrounding high walls, protecting the VIP Hotel like an iron barrel. Everyone around knew that this was the envoys of the Tang Dynasty.

Lu Ping found a letter to the concierge, which was Lu Ping's style of work. He would make friends with some small people in key positions, and the director of this VIP hotel is one of them.
Chapter completed!