Straight man of steel

Chapter 141 The Hope of Marquis Cheng

Deep in the palace, Yelang Hou Duotong and Tang Meng did not discuss in the main hall, but went all the way into the waterfall.

The things they were going to talk about were too secretive, so none of the palace guards brought them with them.

"General Tang, your envoy from the Han Dynasty insisted on forcing me to count the household registration. If it becomes a common practice in the future, then your Han Dynasty will definitely control the increase in the population of Yelang Kingdom. It seems that our plan cannot be carried out. "

Duotong's attitude at the beginning was very indifferent, and he didn't even say that Zhang Yuan threatened him to send troops to Yelang because of this.

Tang Meng didn't want Duotong to have such an indifferent attitude. If one of the two partners expressed indifference to the plan, then such a cooperation would be considered broken.

"Don't worry, he won't succeed. As long as you keep going, Marquis Yelang, if Zhang Yuan is unable to complete the mission over time, His Majesty will definitely send someone to ask and urge him. By then, he will be as restless as an ant on a hot pot." gone."

Dutong didn't know where Tang Meng got his confidence from. Zhang Yuan didn't look like someone who gave up easily.

"They have told me clearly today that the mission will leave in half a month."

Tang Meng was overjoyed immediately.

"Wouldn't that be better, they won't care about us after they leave, so I'll take property and you take others.

The best of both worlds, when the time comes, I will report to His Majesty the expanded land of Yelang Kingdom, divide it into counties, and let your clansmen serve as officials. In this way, the Southwestern Yi will still be under your command, and I will also be able to expand the territory because of the expansion of the territory. It is also possible to be a passer-by Hou Dangdang for his credit. "

Seeing that Tang Meng was still delusional about becoming a Marquis, Duotong suddenly felt that he had chosen the wrong partner for cooperation. He was originally an arrogant person, but now Tang Meng is even more inflated than him.

"Zhang Yuan has already said that when he returns to Ba County, he will ask your emperor for an order, saying that Yelang is rebellious, and he will recruit the captains from the south of the three counties of Bashu to attack Yelang."

Because of the existence of the county captains, these captains in the three counties of Bashu are not high-ranking, but the military power under their hands is much stronger than Tang Meng.

The number of frontier troops stationed in the three counties of Ba and Shu alone has reached [-]. Tang Meng's own [-] soldiers were all drawn from the captain of Ba County, and generally speaking, they belonged to other people's establishment.

In Tang Meng's view, there is no need for so many people, just three thousand soldiers from Captain Mianzhu of Guanghan County can wipe out the whole territory of Yelang.

Even though Duotong said so, Tang Meng still maintained his composure and preached to Duotong with a smile on his face.

"It's okay, don't talk about whether Zhang Yuan can convince His Majesty Chao, even if he can, Marquis Yelang, you have a hundred thousand elite soldiers, how can we be afraid of that mere army of tens of thousands?"

Tang Meng finally reached Duotong's heart.

"It's good that General Tang knows. All these years, I don't want to tear myself apart with the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, it's hard to say whether you three counties of Bashu are here or not."

Duotong's appearance caused Tang Meng to scold him severely in his heart.

"That's that, Yelang is powerful, and he is one of the most powerful countries in the southern border of my Han Dynasty. Now Yelang Hou also values ​​me, which is why I set up counties here. How can I not know Yelang Hou's mind.

If that Zhang Yuan forces Yelang to be an enemy, I will definitely use all the power in the court to make him disappear, and you can rest assured that there will be no war between the big man and Yelang. "

Tang Meng said so, but he made up his mind to talk to Zhang Yuan after leaving the palace for a while.

A person is not necessarily an enemy before he wins him over, anyway, Tang Meng thinks so.

As long as things go smoothly, it's okay to give some benefits to Zhang Yuan.

"I believe in the sincerity of General Tang. This time it is also the officials of your Han Dynasty who look too ugly.

I, Yelang, are not a weak country. If you are in a hurry, farmers will pick up sickles and put on rattan armor to fight you to the end. "

Duo Tong said seriously, Tang Meng could only nod frequently, echoing his statement.

There is such a large iron mine in Yelang Kingdom, but the soldiers still hold bronze weapons in their hands, and the sickles for cutting corn are even sharper than those weapons.

Because the Huns are worse than the Han people in terms of weapons and armor, the Han people have extremely strict control over the export of ironware.

Yelang merchants can buy silk and grain in Bajun and Shujun, but no one sells them weapons.

Buying weapons in a blacksmith shop requires a proof of identity. Liu Bang stipulates that merchants, craftsmen, medical workers and other occupations cannot hold soldiers. If these conditions do not exist, then this decree will become an empty document.

"General Tang, you are going to the post house to find the Han Dynasty envoy later."

Not to mention Duotong's intelligence is still there, but he is just a little arrogant.

Tang Meng nodded and said.

"Naturally, we need to negotiate with Zhang Xingren. If we don't use the power in the court, we will not use it. If there are more favors, we will still have to repay them in the future."

Tang Meng gave Duo Tong a reason to see Zhang Yuan. As for whether Duo Tong believed it or not, from Tang Meng's point of view, he actually didn't care.

"It's fine to do this, but after seeing the envoy, General Tang sent someone to the palace to tell me the news as soon as possible, so I can deal with it as soon as possible."

Tang Meng made a bow and replied.

"That's natural."

Zhang Yuan in the post house hadn't waited for Huang Changshi to send the news, but he waited for Tang Meng who he least expected.

"Can Zhang Xingren talk about it alone?"

Before Zhang Yuan could answer, Erdan took a step forward and refused.

"No."

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yuan could only sigh in his heart, he shouldn't have brought Er Dan here on this trip.

In this way, the hostility of several of them towards Tang Meng was spread out.

"General Lang, please wait outside the door. I'll put on my robe and come right away."

Tang Meng smiled meaningfully, bowed to Zhang Yuan, then turned and went out the door.

Now is not a good time to reprimand Erdan, so I can only stare at him, then take the robe and follow Tang Meng out.

Er Dan stood there with a confused expression on his face, so he had no choice but to ask Zong Xing.

"Did I say something wrong just now?"

Zong Xing was also quite speechless, and the job of explaining still had to fall on him.

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just saying all the Patriarch's opinions on Tang Meng."

Erdan touched his head, and now he didn't understand even more.

"Didn't I just say no?"

"As a Lieutenant General, the escort mission has come all the way to the capital of Yelang, if there is something important to discuss with the Patriarch, why not.

You and I have no official positions, so it is reasonable to guard against us.

In the end, you couldn't say something, didn't you just say clearly that you think Tang Meng might harm the Patriarch. "

"Isn't it?"

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(End of this chapter)