I'm playing tricks in Daqin

In the battle of the century, the coalition forces of Hongfeng and Qingchuan provinces crossed the river and stormed the Jianghuai River, losing troops and losing generals. Millions of coalition troops fled miserably.

In order to supplement the soldiers lost in the war, Lan Yun had to call up new recruits. In order to fill the provincial silver inventory, he also raised taxes, which aroused public complaints.

Wu You's so-called help means that the 1000-member special Ye Buchao formed by Beigong Chun's subordinates who were evacuated to Shuanghugang in the Qiyun Mountains for rest and recuperation will dress up as officers and soldiers of Hongfeng Province, and go out for activities to increase the number of local people. If the dissatisfaction with the army and the prefect Lan Yun can stir up a popular uprising, that would be great.

Li Wei, who had already repaid the sweetness of the robbery, readily agreed, and immediately sent a letter to Bei Gongchun, asking him to play by ear while preserving his strength.

Bei Gongchun, the leader of the special Ye Bubu, led 1000 people from his unit to sneak into Hongfeng Province for actual combat training. Because of the commotion, Lan Yun sent an army to round up, so he had to hide in Qiyun Mountain to avoid the limelight.

However, the five hundred special forces led by the deputy commander Meng Hai did a great job in Qingchuan Province, and even caught up with the Battle of the Century, making a lot of military exploits, which made Bei Gongchun and others envious, and they were already holding back With all his strength, he received Li Wei's hand letter, and immediately led a thousand of his men out of the mountain impatiently.

All of a sudden, bandits and robberies broke out again and again in Hongfeng Province, and Lan Yun had to mobilize an army to round them up, while various officers and soldiers took the opportunity to extort and blackmail the local people, and all kinds of disturbing cases continued.

Bei Gongchun led [-] special forces to take over at night, sometimes pretending to be robbers blocking the road, and sometimes pretending to be officers and soldiers with corrupt military discipline. The common people also robbed, the big households also robbed, and the officers and soldiers of the squad also robbed, causing the entire Hongfeng Province to be in chaos. Jumping, everyone is in danger. The common people not only have to guard against the hateful robbers who rob everything, but also guard against the government soldiers who are ten times and a hundred times worse than the robbers. The public anger is constantly accumulating.

The mid-autumn festival is approaching, and the people are busy preparing mooncakes for the festival, and Li Wei has become busier than before since he practiced health-preserving skills. For this reason, most of the time, he simply doesn’t even go home. Live directly in the barracks.

In fact, this is just an excuse.

Ever since he became famous, all kinds of small troubles have continued, not to mention those scholars and students who adore him desperately ask for his advice, or if he is fancy, they will jump directly into the dragon's gate, even if they are small officials. That's okay, at least he can be regarded as a person in the officialdom. In the future, he may not be allowed to be promoted to a higher rank, Guangzong Yaozong.

Those young ladies who are already in love and are waiting to be married find all kinds of excuses to wander around the prefect's mansion, hoping to "encounter" Master Li and write a romantic love story that people talk about.

Some young ladies from aristocratic families or scholarly families searched for various channels, used various excuses to enter the prefect's mansion, and then used their magical powers to curry favor with the prefect's wife Su Yuejiao, or to make friends with the young wife Kong Rong and so on. Dazzling means, so as to be able to enter and leave the prefect's mansion grandly, and unintentionally "encounter" with Master Li.

How could Su Yuejiao fail to see the thoughts of these little ladies?

Anxious to have a grandson, she followed the principle of having as many daughters-in-law as possible, not only pampering them, but even arranging gatherings of poetry, ci, antique calligraphy and painting according to their wishes. The little ladies meet and get acquainted by chance. If the two really want to flirt with each other, they can bring people into the mansion at any time and name them.

I don't know who sent the news. Master Li's original partner Mrs. Kong and his concubine Qing'er are still not pregnant. The old lady who is eager to have a grandson is jumping up and down like ants on a hot pot. They all burned incense and worshiped Buddha, praying to the God of Longevity to bless their grandchildren early.

This news was like a huge boulder thrown into the water, causing a thousand layers of waves in the elite circle, so those families who had young ladies or nieces and granddaughters who were waiting to be married were all moved.

Regardless of the young master's current great reputation, he is the future master of Jiayue. It is not a shame to be a concubine. After giving birth to a son, the status will be stable. The important thing is to hold such thighs, like a carp Leaping over the dragon's gate, the whole family is prosperous.

All of a sudden, those aristocratic families and other powerful families were moved, and the matchmakers were even more moved when they heard the news. They ran to the prefect's mansion every three days, desperately flicking their tongues and bragging. Big, it is definitely expected to have ten sons, and it is said that several thresholds of the prefect's mansion were trampled to pieces.

As the person involved, Li Wei couldn't bear such a heavy pressure, so he had to hide in the barracks and dare not go home under the pretext of busy military affairs.

In fact, the most stressful ones are the original wife Kong Rong and the concubine Qinger, who has no selfishness?Who doesn't want to monopolize Xianggong's favor?

They don't want to have a few more younger sisters to share their husband's favor.

It's just that if this stomach doesn't get bigger every day, there will be constant troubles and pressures. Mrs. Shan will not be able to pass this test. In desperation, the two can only form an alliance, and carefully fight against those ambitious and ready to move Huaichun little ladies outside and abroad. Ladies, the only thing that can comfort them now is that Xianggong's love for them remains unchanged.

However, the more Xianggong dotes on them, the more pressure and guilt they feel. If they can't give Xianggong a few sons, they will really be sorry for his love. However, Xianggong works hard almost every night. Why? Can't get pregnant?

The two women were very anxious, and they were very helpless. During this period, there was another woman who was very anxious.

Chapter 99 Mysterious Little Pill

These days, Zhuang Xi is also very anxious. Although the young master has made a private decision for life, the recent news really makes her restless. However, this seems to be a good time for her to marry into the Li family. However, the young master is very busy. Too busy to go home and spend time with my lovely wife, she is already living in the barracks, how could she bother the young master?

Just as anxious as her is her father Wei Haoran, who wholeheartedly wants to climb the big tree of the Li family. Although the prefect's wife Su Yuejiao has given him a clear answer and promoted him to a co-prefect, but All kinds of news outside made him unable to sit still.

If Xier is enough to go through the door now and give birth to a son before the young master's first wife, Kong Rong, and concubine Qing'er, he will be favored by the prefect's wife. You have to give it to an official like a magistrate or an inspector, right?He was anxious, but his daughter was not in a hurry. In desperation, he had no choice but to encourage his daughter's personal maid, Xiaoyu. Although Xiaonizi is smart, how could she know that her master would cheat others?

In addition to worrying about the little lady's eagerness, Xiaoyu found an excuse to escape, and ran to the military camp outside the city to ask Li Wei to see him, and said that the little lady had something to do, so she came over at night, and then hurried back to the mansion to serve her own little lady.

"Xiaoyu, what are you busy with?"

Seeing Xiaoyu busy up and down in the small kitchen, Zhuang Xi couldn't help asking curiously.

"Little lady, Xiaoyu just went shopping in the street and met Li Langjun."

With a mysterious and nervous expression on Xiaoyu's face, she said in a low voice.

"Ah, did he... say anything?"

As soon as she heard the name of her sweetheart, Zhuang Xi, who was originally languid, immediately lifted her spirits. The so-called caring was chaotic, and she neglected the small details.

"Li Langjun said he would come to visit the little lady at night."

Xiaoyu lowered her head, not daring to meet her little lady's gaze, after all she lied, feeling a little guilty, but this was also for her own little lady's benefit, and it could be considered a white lie.

"Really?"

Zhuang Xi was so happy that she jumped up, she hurriedly urged: "Then...Xiaoyu, hurry up and finish the cakes, Li Langjun will come over later."

Xiaoyu couldn't help chuckling, pulled his little lady out of the small kitchen, pointed to the sky and joked: "Little lady, look, it's still early, I can't eat hot tofu if I'm impatient."

At this time, the setting sun is still there, and the time is still early.

"Eat your head."

Zhuang eyelashes with red cheeks pinched her fleshy place, "Dare to laugh at me, isn't it the other way around?"

"Ouch, Xiaoyu was wrong, please forgive me, little lady."

Xiaoyu giggled coquettishly and begged for mercy, and the two of them laughed and laughed.

"Hey, hurry up and fix it, I have to shower and change."

Amidst the fuss, Zhuang Xi suddenly remembered that she hadn't showered, changed her clothes, and put on makeup. She was worried that she didn't have enough time, so she hurriedly urged Xiaoyu to finish the work at hand.

Xiaoyu could only smile wryly and shake her head. When her little lady heard that Li Langjun was coming, she was dizzy with excitement, but if it was her, she might feel the same way, right?

During this period of time, it was extremely difficult for Zhuang Xi who was in an extremely excited mood. After the bath, she sat on the dressing table and put on her makeup meticulously. She looked at the prismatic bronze mirror countless times until she felt satisfied. , just lying on the platform, desperately looking at the small door in the backyard.

As the sun went down and the sky gradually dimmed, Zhuang Xi immediately urged Xiaoyu to wait for someone at the back door, for fear that the servant would lock the back door and the sweetheart would not be able to get in.

Zhuang Haoran had already ordered his servants to keep the back door secret, and even sent someone to watch at the alley. When the young master came, he would report it immediately.

"Xiaoyu, when the young master comes later, you pour this into the wine."

Zhuang Haoran sneakily stuffed a small porcelain bottle into Xiaoyu's hand.

"Master, this is..."

Xiaoyu was so frightened that her pretty face was pale and bloodless, thinking that the master wanted to harm the young master.

"Pig, such a good son-in-law can't be found even with a lantern, and it's too late for my master to like it."

Zhuang Haoran scolded angrily: "The bottle is filled with medicine, which is called lady's joy. If you cook the raw rice and hook the young master's soul, he may not be willing to marry Xi'er. The rumors outside , you have heard it all, if you want to help the little lady, just listen to my master."

Xiaoyu's smooth jade cheeks turned red, what the master gave her was actually an aphrodisiac, how could she feel so bad?

But think about it, what the master said is really reasonable, my little lady is so anxious because she heard the rumors outside, if she really cooks raw rice into cooked rice, it will happen naturally.

"Xiaoyu, whether the matter between Xi'er and the young master can be completed depends entirely on you, remember?"

Zhuang Haoran repeatedly urged, until Xiaoyu nodded desperately, he was relieved, and went back to the room with his hands behind his back, smiling and waiting for the good news.

After the sky completely darkened, Li Wei really came along the alleyway surrounded by a group of personal guards.

The servant who was guarding the alley to release the wind ran back to report, and then disappeared tactfully, Xiaoyu was waiting for someone at the back door.

Dozens of guards blocked the backyard of the Zhuang Mansion, and Li Wei, led by Xiaoyu, swaggered up to Zhuang Xi's attic.

"Miss Zhuang."

"Li Langjun."

Li Wei hugged him into his arms, and pushed Zhuang's eyelashes halfway. The two usually meet in a tryst, except that they haven't crossed the last gap, and it's normal to have a warm exchange of words and hands.

Xiaoyu put the wine jug with lady's joy on the table where the dishes and pastries were placed, then blushed and walked out of the little lady's bedroom with her head bowed.

When she came to the outside room, she held her breasts in her hands and took a long breath. Her heart was beating so hard. One was nervousness, the other was shyness and curiosity, and all kinds of wild thoughts. There are mixed feelings in my heart.

Just as she was thinking wildly, she heard the rapid panting and low groans from the inner room, and her pretty face couldn't help but slowly flushed red.

Although she is not a human being, Li Langjun has trysts with his little lady from time to time. As a personal maid, she naturally sees their various intimacy behaviors, and her little lady will make this kind of weird, seemingly painful , but it was inexplicably heart-pounding and blushing.

She glanced into the room with her head, and immediately exited with a blushing face, put down the heavy curtains, and closed the door, then took a deep breath, and went downstairs to report to the master.

Zhuang Haoran was in a good mood, rewarded Xiaoyu with ten taels of silver, told her to wait on her carefully, and then went into the concubine's room with a smile on her face.

Neither Li Wei nor Zhuang Xi thought it was Zhuang Haoran who instigated Xiaoyu to do it. They just thought that they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they missed each other. When they met suddenly, it was inevitable that they would become impulsive.

The deal is done, there are no more taboos, Li Wei simply doesn't live in the barracks, and sneaks into Zhuang Xie's attic at night, enjoying the fragrant and exciting world of two people.

A few days later, arranged by Su Yuejiao, Li Weihuan happily brought Zhuang Xi into the mansion.

However, Li Wei's honeymoon was interrupted by a letter from Shuanghugang, Qiyun Mountain, Hongfeng Province.

Chapter 100 Currency Wars

The letter was written by Shengnan Zhongli. In the letter, besides telling the pain of lovesickness, it also mentioned mineral deposits. During a hunting operation, the soldiers accidentally found rich minerals in the mud and rocks of a high mountain near Shuanghugang. Minerals such as copper, iron and silver are quite rich in reserves, and it is estimated that they should be enough to be mined for 40 to [-] years.

To Li Wei, this news was like a big gold mine falling from the sky. He was so excited that he didn't even care about his bride, Zhuang Xi. event.

To be honest, he was too excited to sit still.

From today's iron smelting technology and technology, it can be seen how backward the technology of Cangyun Continent is, not to mention how backward the prospecting technology is. Mining is all purely manual labor tools are extremely backward, and the iron ore that can be mined in a day is pitifully small So much so that all empires have listed iron ore and ironware as contraband. Violators will be beheaded in the lightest, and their families will be ransacked in severe cases.

Jiayue Province also has its own iron mine, but the reserves are not large, and the mining cost is so high that Li Wei would rather be like a beggar with an iron pot, kitchen knife, hoe, etc. Dongdu is all about robbing, and one robbing can be worth your year's mining and smelting, and the cost is very low.

It is a great fortune for the country to discover an iron mine with a very high reserve, and there are also copper mines and silver mines, which are tantamount to a treasure house bestowed by God, at least there is no need to worry about the national stockpile of silver.

You must know that the main currency in circulation in Cangyun Continent is copper coins, and silver and gold are also in circulation, but as precious metals, they are generally only used for large-value transactions or storage. If you find copper mines, you can make coins, just like It's like a modern money printing machine, you can print as much as you want, silver is more expensive, at the general market price, one tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver is worth a lot of money, that is, 1000 copper coins, wouldn't Li Wei drool happily?

Of course, even if he owns this precious mine, Li Wei, who comes from a high-tech society, knows the serious consequences of printing banknotes indiscriminately. There will be serious consequences.

Li Wei has his plan. Copper coins must be minted, and some are reserved for emergency needs. Some of them are mixed with other minerals, minted into bad coins, and used abroad to buy various materials. With the influx of a large amount of bad money, prices in the region will inevitably rise wildly, and people's hearts will be unstable. This is the so-called currency war.

Don’t you see, Japan in its heyday once called for buying Midi’s Wall Street. As a result, Midi wiped out a square agreement, and the economy went back for 30 years, making this one of the four Asian tigers. This is the horror of currency wars.

He also knows that to launch a currency war and want to hurt the enemy country, it must be backed by a military force that is so powerful that the opponent fears it. He does not have this strength, but it is still feasible to disrupt the enemy's prices.

This is also the reason why he can't wait to call a meeting of his confidants, that is to say, he can't sit still now and wants to annex Hongfeng Province in advance.

Not to mention that he can't sit still, even the cheap father Li Gang and all the confidants and old courtiers can't sit still. It's all money. With that mine, Jiayue's financial resources have skyrocketed, so there is no need to worry about the lack of various expenses. .

However, Jiayue Province has just implemented the new policy and is in the development period. The new army has just been formed and has not yet conducted sufficient military training. The reserves of food, grass and weapons such as arrow feathers are insufficient. The current food and grass reserves are only enough to support an army of [-] Consumption in March.

Moreover, winter is coming soon, and the marching, fighting, transportation and other aspects are extremely unfavorable to the attacking side. If a war is launched hastily, if the expected strategic effect is not achieved and the stalemate is reached, the consequences will be serious.

Most of the civilian advisers headed by Tian Ce firmly opposed it, while Wu You, the right army officer, and a few veteran officials supported Li Wei. Of course, there are risks in launching a war, but risks and opportunities coexist, and after calculation, the winning rate is at least [-]% to [-]%. It's a big gamble.

There are only a small number of supporters, and Li Weicai is still too young to really take power. With his current prestige, he is not enough to convince the public. The final decision is still in the hands of Li Gang.

"beat!"

Under the gaze of all eyes, Li Gang, who had been thinking for a long time, expressed his opinion, "However, we have to wait until after the beginning of spring. In the past few months, we will make various pre-war preparations."

His decision was supported by many civil servants and counselors. Even if Tian Ce and a few counselors opposed it, it would be useless. The old magistrate decided to fight, and that was the real fight. They had no choice but to make suggestions and assist Li Wei with all their strength. , Make careful preparations for the war after the spring.

For all civil servants and generals, if they don't perform at this critical moment, when the young master takes power in the future, they must eliminate the core of power, and there will be no chance to stand out in this life. Who would dare to slack off?

Once the war machine is activated, everyone will be busy. Civil officials plan and military generals deduce to ensure the smooth completion of military operations.

During this period, a large number of civilian craftsmen and carpenters were recruited. The recruits worked together day and night to refine steel, make catapults and thunder chariots, and forge weapons and armor. Li Wei required at least [-] sets of heavy armor and Mo Dao, to ensure that the most elite soldiers of the three thousand camps can be used on the battlefield during the war, and then they will try their best to build three-edged arrows, as many as they can make.

Artillery, long-range fire strikes and cover make it have the reputation of the god of war. In the era of cold weapons, apart from catapults and other cumbersome large-scale long-range heavy weapons, bows and arrows are counted. Without cannons, bows and arrows should be used as much as possible. The power of long-range attack.

The training intensity of the recruits has also increased, and the regular military training courses have also been accelerated. The recruits whose treatment has been greatly improved are still training seriously as usual, and they do not feel that the war is coming.

The members of the Universal Chamber of Commerce, which is composed of many aristocratic families and giant merchants, have also become busy. More than [-] caravans under the name of the Chamber of Commerce purchased a large amount of food in the neighboring empires of Wei and Tang Zhou. Really made a lot of money.

At the same time, a large number of secret agents of internal guards sneaked into Hongfeng and Qingchuan provinces in various identities, and a small part of them sneaked into the Tang Empire under the cover of the Bailishi caravan in Jingnan to wait for orders.

At this time, Li Wei was deeply aware of the serious shortage of manpower, and hesitated for several days. He decided not to transfer the [-] special forces under Bei Gongchun's department and let them stay in Shuanghugang to wait for orders.

Meng Hai's 300 special forces gathered at night to stand by. He planned to divide them into two groups. Meng Hai led a group of 200 people to sneak into the Tang Empire, and another group of [-] people sneaked into Qingchuan Province to stand by.

Once a war is launched against Hongfeng Province, Kong Ning, who is in charge of Qingchuan Province, will certainly not sit back and watch the Lan family perish. Let Jiayue Li's family grow up, and will definitely send troops to attack Chongyang and other cities to contain their own side, so as to ease the pressure on Hongfeng Province.

If the [-] special forces are not collected at night, they will take advantage of the chaos and turn Qingchuan Province upside down as much as possible, leaving Kong Ning in a state of distress.

Li Wei and his team of think tanks have taken into account the so-called influence of the whole body, various problems and unfavorable factors, and what they are most worried about is the reaction of Tang Empire.

Chapter 1 and One hit the arrow

Li Wei and his think tanks had to pay attention to the reaction of the neighboring Tang Empire after the war broke out. A few months ago, the Tang Empire went undeclared war and suddenly invaded the border. The two provinces of Jiayue and Qingchuan sent out large troops to resist. The "invented" catapults frightened the Tang army with terrifying power, broke through the Tang army's camp, and the Tang army was defeated, and the coalition forces of the two provinces took the opportunity to regain their lost ground.

The war of the century between several great empires against the Jin Empire has only ended for about a month. Although the Tang Empire also suffered heavy losses, it is a centuries-old empire after all, and it is by no means a single province that can compete with it. During the siege of Chongyang, if the Tang army took the opportunity to launch an attack, it would be a big trouble.

If possible, Li Wei would rather take a diplomatic offensive. Under the slamming of gold, there must be ministers who will jump out to help them speak well and oppose the Tang king's sending troops. Unfortunately, a province and an empire are not at the same level, so he had no choice but to take risks. Arrange Meng Hai and his three hundred subordinates to stir up trouble, turn the Tang Empire upside down, and divert Tang Wang's sight and attention.

With the cooperation of these conditions, the Jiayue Army must quickly capture the entire territory of Hongfeng Province within a month, and end the war when the Tang Empire reacts. The next step is to argue with Chang'an Qingchuan Province. The territory of Maple Province caused the fact of occupation.

Although it can't hold the ground in righteousness, in the age of the weak and the strong, whoever has a strong fist has the right to speak, and the new policy is quickly implemented in Hongfeng Province, giving certain benefits to the local powerful families to gain the support of them and the people , as long as these problems are solved, they will be able to gain a firm foothold in Hongfeng Province.