Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2102 Xu Jingzong offers advice

"King Qin is a thousand years old, you can't agree to this request!" A group of people knelt on the ground and tried to dissuade them.

Guo Ye raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "Are you worried about my safety?"

Li Yifu said: "This trip is really too dangerous. Who knows if what Yang Sheng said is true or not? What if he colludes with Bai Man and wants to deceive you?"

Guo Ye shook his head lightly, and said: "This possibility is not great. Even if he succeeds in his plan, he will only kill me alone. There are many generals in the imperial court who are accustomed to fighting. How will he deal with another one?"

"That's not the case. If you kill you, there will be no more trust among Liao Han, and the Liao people who have been calmed down will surrender and rebel. With the support of these people, Yang Sheng's Liaowang will be worthy of the name. When the time comes, the Liao people will hide in the mountains, what can the imperial army do?"

"There is some truth to it." Guo Ye pondered: "However, this is just your guess. What if what Yang Sheng said is true? Wouldn't it be a great opportunity to appease them?"

"Then what's the matter? The reason why you want to appease Yang Sheng is that you don't want to be stained with Liaoren's blood. Now it's Baiman who wants to attack Liaoren. What's the matter with you? Liao is not angry, so you can go and beat Baiman. Let me tell you, it's just right for Bai Man to kill Yang Sheng, so as not to get your hands dirty."

"No, no, you're wrong." Guo Ye said, "The Liao people are also my citizens of the Tang Dynasty. How can I bear to see them as Baiman's slaves?"

Li Yifu was quite disapproving, and said: "You are too pedantic...that woman is kind."

Guo Ye shook his head and said, "Besides this reason, there is another reason why I have to go."

"what reason?"

"This time I was ordered to suppress the rebellion. Before I left, His Majesty gave me a task, which is to take Erhai to Tianzhu and flatten Baiman. The best way to complete this task is to make an alliance with Baiman. Now the opportunity It’s already here, how can I miss it?”

"This..." Li Yifu is also a person with a strong desire for fame and fame. Hearing that it is related to His Majesty Li Er, he is not so persistent.

He thought for a while and said, "Then how confident are you when you go to the alliance?"

Guo Ye smiled wryly and said, "I'm completely blind to Bai Man. Now I can say that I'm not [-]% sure. I just have to adapt to the situation. However, although I'm not sure, the danger is not as great as you imagined. "

"How do you say this?"

"I'm going to the alliance now, and I'll bring a thousand elites. Even if they really have some crooked intentions, if they can't beat them, they can always come back."

Li Yifu shook his head and said: "You are still too confident. I have heard that you once relied on a small number of elites to break through the siege and escape from great difficulties, and even turned defeat into victory in many cases, making the enemy ashamed. But This time is completely different from the previous situation.”

"What is the difference?"

"You used to be so proud because you are located on a plain with convenient transportation. But what about this place now? The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the roads are difficult to navigate. If you are not familiar with the paths, you can't even walk. Why are you talking about running for your life?"

"According to what you say, I still can't go?"

Li Yifu said: "Since your Majesty has an order, how dare you spare your life for the country? My younger brother thinks that it is better for you to go, but you can't go like this. Before you leave, you can make three preparations."

"Which three preparations?"

Li Yifu asked: "My little brother once heard someone say in Chang'an City that you have a way to control acne?"

"There is such a thing, its legal name is vaccination. It is worthless to put it bluntly, it is to use the pox cows..."

Li Yifu waved his hand and said: "You don't need to tell me in detail, as long as you have this method. Now the technology of vaccination has not even been spread to Jiannan Road, let alone the land of Baiman. We can send some people to the land of Baiman Promote the technology of vaccination."

"You mean to promote my benevolence?"

"Uh... not exactly. My brother went to see Yang Sheng twice, and on the way, he had some contact with Baiman, and he knew a little about their customs. The Baiman people believe in many gods, but the one they believe in most is the one called Da Hei Tian. gods."

"Dahetian? What does this god care about? What's the origin?"

"It is said that one day the Emperor of Heaven heard the false accusation of the God of Ear Reporting, and felt that the people were sinful, so he sent the God of Heihe, who was in charge of the plague, and gave him a bottle of poison. People are spared."

"and after?"

"Later when Daheitian came to the human world, he saw his father, his son, his son, his filial husband, singing his wife's footsteps, which was completely different from what the gods said. He couldn't bear the suffering of the people, and he didn't dare to disobey the order of the emperor of heaven, so he ate the bottle of poison himself, and his whole body blew up. Black and die. The white barbarians are grateful for their kindness and sacrificed for generations."

Guo Ye hesitated: "Is there anything that can be used by this Dahei Tianshen?"

"Of course. We can let the person sent out to vaccinate claim that you are the reincarnation of the God of Darkness. You can restrain the plague that has plagued the people for thousands of years. What are you if you are not a god? And the God of Darkness was originally The god of plague is not far-fetched."

"This is a way of thinking. It gives me some prestige among the white barbarians. Even if I escape for my life, it will be a little more convenient. But..."

"how?"

Guo Ye said: "That's just talking is better than nothing. Yang Sheng flattened the Bamboo King Temple, and he didn't see the Liao people dissociated from their virtues. I'm afraid it's not enough to influence Cuan's decision by this."

"Don't worry, this is my first way. I have a second way."

"What's the second way?"

"The Baiman is not monolithic. There are many tribes within it, and the Cuan clan is just the most powerful tribe. If the position of the leader of the Cuan clan can be destabilized, they will not dare to make mistakes."

"But how to make their status unstable?"

"Use money, to be precise, use copper. Among the Baiman tribe, the most respected thing is the bronze drum. Whichever tribe's bronze drum is bigger and the number is more respected, the reason why Cuan is respected as the head of Baiman , mainly because they have the most bronze drums in the tribe."

Guo Ye said: "You mean you want me to give bronze drums to other tribes?"

"Yes. Not only do you have to give it away, but you have to give it more, and you have to make Cuan feel threatened."

Hearing this, Li Yuankui snorted coldly and said: "Captain Li, your idea is too fantastic. Sending a bronze drum can calm Baiman? Why can't others come up with such a simple idea? Are you the only smart person in the world? "

"Is this... Could it be that Mr. Li's consideration is a bit inappropriate?"

"It's so incompetent. Baiman's bronze drum requires that the whole drum be made of bronze, ranging from a hundred catties to nearly a thousand catties. A good bronze drum can be worth thousands of cows. Where do you find that?" How much copper?"

"It's just a matter of money. Even if a bronze drum costs a thousand catties of copper, it's still less than a thousand guan. The government can't even come up with this money?"

"Of course the money can be taken out, but the copper of our Jiannan Road is different from the copper of Baiman, you can tell it at a glance. The bronze drums made of our copper are not recognized by Baiman at all. Of course, there are always some white people. Man's copper flowed into Jiannan Road, but if we talk about casting bronze drums, I'm afraid it's not enough."

Guo Ye knew that the so-called difference in copper between the two places was mostly due to the difference in copper mines and the different impurities contained in them.

He said: "I understand. In fact, what the Baiman tribes are competing for is actually the ability of each tribe to make bronze drums, not the bronze drum itself. It is difficult for us outsiders to intervene."

"exactly."

"That's easy."

"Okay... easy? What do you mean by that?"

Guo Ye said: "Brother Li's method won't work, but a slight change will do. We don't give money to other tribes, but teach them the technology to increase copper mine production. In terms of smelting techniques, is it better than Baiman? Beat us Han people?"

Chapter 2103 Dong Mao is really unconvinced

Li Yuankui smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid I will disappoint you. In terms of copper smelting technology, we Han people may not be as good as others."

Guo Ye said lightly: "That's it...that's okay. I'll go and study with those craftsmen to see if there is any way to improve the copper smelting method."

"What? You can improve the copper smelting technology by researching it?" Li Yuankui said with a look of disbelief, "The art of copper smelting is a university question. Is your statement a little... a little..."