Quan Yutianxia GL

They walked for two days when they came here, and when they got back, they rushed all the way from dawn to dusk. Before Haishi, Chu Ning and others rushed back to Huang County.

Huo Yunshu and Chu Rou greeted them outside the camp with their hands, and accompanied the accompanying soldiers to have dinner in the camp together with Chu Ning, while listening to the accompanying soldiers boasting to the remaining soldiers how brave they were and how they defeated the captain's personal soldiers, He boasted so much that Huo Yunshu was anxious and shocked when he heard it, he was even more nervous than himself when he was in the battle.

"Fortunately, no one came back with missing arms or legs." Huo Wanqing was very happy. In the battle with the captain's soldiers, the guards and soldiers were not seriously injured or killed. Unfortunately, as far as she is concerned, as long as it is not a matter of paying out money, Chuning can do whatever she wants.

Chu Rou has been treating Yan Lingge as an idol recently, while tossing the war horses confiscated from Jiaodong Palace, while training recruits, she doesn't care about Chu Ning going out to cause trouble at all.

Huo Yunshu thought a little further, but his rules of conduct have always been conservative, and he didn't want to cause trouble if he could, so he didn't approve of Chuning's radical behavior, and said worriedly: "Gao Zhimin is always the captain of the county, You are in charge of a soldier in a county, if you offend him so blatantly, you may suffer in the future."

"According to the situation at that time, even if I didn't do anything, I would have already offended." Chuning said disapprovingly, "Besides, it's not bad to see blood when the Weimin army left the country for the first time. The next impression of shrinking back and forth is a loss of prestige."

"But what about after the prestige?" Seeing that Chu Ning didn't take the captain of a county so seriously, Huo Yunshu was bitter in his heart, and said: "From now on, who will dare to give you good looks from the generals in Donglai County?"

"Uncle Huo, that's what you said, but it's not absolute." Chu Ning said, "It's true that Lieutenant Gao is older than me, but not all soldiers in Donglai County will obey him. Besides, as long as I defend the people The army is strong enough, who dares to show me face? I don’t understand the methods used by the imperial court, but the Weimin army can’t get involved in these things now, what the Weimin army needs now is blood! It’s vigor!”

Even though Chu Ning had already said this, Huo Yunshu still felt that Chuning was young and energetic, and his actions were not thoughtful enough. What he hoped more was that Chuning could bear his temper and slowly expand his strength step by step.

Chu Ning also saw obvious disapproval from Huo Yunshu. She could understand Huo Yunshu's thoughts, and at the same time agreed with Huo Yunshu's development strategy of seeking stability and keeping a low profile. There was no time left for Chuning to plan slowly.

After thinking for a while, Chuning took Huo Yunshu back to his office and opened a map.

This map was obviously made by Chuning. Not to mention the abstraction, it is also so messy that people can hardly understand it. There are only a few intermittent dividing lines with thin pens, and big rivers and rivers drawn with thick pens. Replace with text.

In the very center of the map, there is a big character 'Qing', which represents the power of the imperial court today. On the east side of Daqing, the word Huangxian is specially drawn in a circle, and outside this circle, there is an extension Several arrows point to Liaodong and Liaoxi counties and Wa Kingdom and other places, and the longest two extend to Jiaozhou, Chenla and Guishuang Empire in the south.

In addition, in the northeast of Daqing, "Donghu" is written, and in the north is "Xianbei", while in some places in the northwest and west of Daqing, "Xiongnu", "Qiang", "Di" and so on are written.

"The map that Uncle Huo saw is the situation that the Daqing court is about to face. Now the main battle faction is the most powerful in the court, and the edict to pay money and food has already been issued, and the day of conscription must be approaching." He said, Pointing to Donghu and Xianbei on the map, Chuning continued: "After the Eastern Expedition 19 years ago, although Donghu has regained some vitality, it is still in decline. Let's not talk about it for now, let's talk about Xianbei first. "

"Xianbei has no country, and the six major tribes are the most powerful. There are Murong, Yuwen, and Duan clans in the east, Tuyuhun in the west, Tuoba and Rouran in the north... However, even if they have no country and no king, as long as they When the six major tribes unite, they can easily gather a hundred thousand string-controlling people."

"Xianbei people make a living as nomads. As long as they take up arms, they are born elite cavalry. With the current situation of the Daqing court, even if they put all the power of the whole country, what can they do?"

Looking at this simple map, Huo Yunshu didn't need to think about it, but he knew the end that the Daqing court would face: "Today's Daqing, even if it puts all the power of the whole country, it will probably die in the First World War..."

Today's Daqing has long been nothing but empty air. If there is a real battle with Xianbei, whether it wins or loses, it will speed up the demise of the Daqing Dynasty.

"So, Uncle Huo, we don't have time to plot any more slowly." Chuning sighed, and said, "Unsurprisingly, the imperial court will definitely fight Xianbei next year. As long as this war goes together, the Xiongnu and Qiang people in the west will Even the Di people will not be safe, and the world will be in chaos, how can we protect ourselves with our strength?"

"But what does this have to do with Gao Zhimin?"

"Of course it has something to do with it!" Although Huo Yunshu is quite capable in internal affairs, compared with Bai Sulai and Jiang Wenxian, he still lacks the overall view. Chuning could only ask back: "Have Huo Shu ever heard of the Kyushu chess game?"

Huo Yunshu thought for a while, and said, "I heard a little bit."

"I once heard a chess master say that on a square-inch chessboard, there are golden horns and silver edges and grass bellies." Chuning said in detail: "I have checked many geographical maps and books of sages, and there are also statements claiming that, The geography of China's Kyushu also has four corners and four sides with a grass belly."

Huo Yunshu didn't expect this to be written in any manuscript, but he was very interested in it, and quickly asked: "Which four corners and four sides?"

Chu Ning pulled a piece of paper, ground it casually on the inkstone a few times, and said: "Qinzhong, Jizhou, Bashu, and Yangzhou, these are the four golden corners, and the four silver borders connecting these four golden corners , it is Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Jingzhou, Hanzhong, in addition to that, plus a hinterland of Zhongzhou."

Bingzhou is located between Qinzhong and Jizhou, Qingzhou is located between Jizhou and Yangzhou, Jingzhou is between Yangzhou and Bashu, and Hanzhong is between Bashu and Bingzhou. These four golden horns and silver borders tightly surround Zhongzhou. The straight lines in the drawing are connected to form a nine palace chess grid.

Although in fact these geographical locations are not so regular, but being drawn by Chuning in this way, it seems that the mountains and rivers of China's Kyushu are really organized.

"In this chess game, each of the four corners has its own unique geographical conditions, the superior mountain and river situation, the mountains and rivers to rely on, and the conditions for the development of agriculture and commerce. Shou; manage calmly, accumulate strength, and it is impossible to enter the world in the future."

"Besides, the land on the four sides is between two corners. Although the comprehensive geographical conditions are not as good as the four corners, the advantage is that they can communicate with each other. It is also an important place that must be contested in wartime."

As he said that, Chuning picked up his pen and wrote down the word Donglai next to Qingzhou.

In this way, without Chu Ning's explanation, Huo Yunshu also understood the importance of this place, and said: "The land of Qingzhou is connected to Jizhou in the north, Yangzhou in the south, and the Central Plains... Unfortunately, the fly in the ointment is that the hills and valleys are all in the south , the rest is the plain, and there is no way to retreat."

However, Chuning shook his head, and took up his pen to write about Wa Kingdom next to Qingzhou, and Youzhou above Jizhou, and then explained: "Looking from the land, it is indeed impossible to retreat, but if we add On the Shangshui Road, there is a lot to do here in Qingzhou."

As far as Chu Ning knew, if he went north to Youzhou, he would not only be able to establish a new base in the Northeast Plain, but also gold mines could be mined. However, half of the current Youzhou is in the hands of Donghu people, and half is under the horseshoe of Xianbei.

It would be easier to go to the Wa country. After all, the people of the Wa country are similar to the primitive people and are very easy to bully. Moreover, there are many gold and silver mines in the country of Wa, so it is very easy to accumulate capital in the early stage.

Of course, these words cannot be explained to Huo Yunshu in detail. However, Huo Yaoshu is not stupid, but just lacks the overall situation. Looking at the two places that Chu Ning wrote down newly, he thought to himself: No wonder Master Bai To hire so many carpenters, it must be fake to make wooden boxes, but it is true to build ships and go to sea.

Thinking of this, Huo Yunshu suddenly felt his old face turn red. He had lived such a long time, but he hadn't seen things clearly before Chu Ning.

"No wonder Jiang Junshou wanted to give up the mission of the prime minister's office and come to this remote and desolate land of Dongyi." Huo Yunshu said with a wry smile: "I thought he lost power in Chang'an City and was demoted, but unexpectedly he has other plans .”

"If it wasn't for the great conspiracy, how could Bai Su not be satisfied with a good general like Yan Lingge? How could we have you and me today?" Chu Ning said with emotion: "Bai Su's wisdom is as deep as the sea, and his calculations are extremely deep, isn't it? It's a good time to be with your generation."

When Bai Qingmo paid the money to enter the city first, Chuning already knew that Captain Gao and Bai Su were not on the same side. With Bai Su's tough and domineering temperament, how could he tolerate such an intrusive existence?

Therefore, Chuning had to do something at that time. After all, Bai Su usually paid money and food, and gave what he wanted, so he didn't leave the guards with the choice of being a fencer.

Although Gao Zhimin was offended, but she had a sense of presence with Jiang Junshou, and it was blatant to tie the guards to their rope.

However, Chuning couldn't think through Bai Su's move to live in the barracks last night. Could it be that he did it deliberately for Gao Zhimin to see?Let him cast a mouse?

The two talked for a while, and when they were about to leave, Chuning conveniently destroyed the two pieces of paper.

Back in the county seat, he came to the door of the inn where Bai Su used to live, and was about to lift his foot to enter, but unexpectedly he was blocked by someone.

"Craftsman Du Min has seen Colonel Chu."

"The supervisor, Lao Du, will be waiting here for a long time." Chuning said with a smile, "I'll just go back to my room."

Seeing Chuning smiling kindly, Du Guanshi's expression became more and more embarrassed, and he said: "This...well, it's like this, because the boss is not here, this yard has been sealed...The things belonging to Mr. Xiaowei, the grassroots are so annoying Sent to the new house..."

"Haha... There is a new house to live in? That's great! You have Lao Du working hard!"

Saying goodbye to Guanshi Du with a smile, and turning the corner of the street, Chuning's complexion changed, his brows twisted, and he asked, "Is that how she sent me out?"

"Say! Did she kick me out?!!!"

"Ah? That's why you kicked me out of the house?"

Since Chu Ning woke up from serious injuries, it was the first time Huo Yunshu saw her so angry, so angry that he couldn't even speak clearly.

The new house was given by the Bai family for free. It is a large courtyard connected by flying eaves. Not only does it cover a large area, but there are dozens of rooms inside, large and small. Not far away, standing on the attic, you can still see the row of rooms where Bai lived.

However, Chuning was very dissatisfied, even though everything here was Bai Su's usual luxurious style, but in Chuning's eyes, it was just something to ignite anger.

She was still sleeping next to her last night, but today she swept the floor out of the house. This kind of behavior of flirting and throwing away after flirting is simply scum!

Standing on the attic, looking at Bai Su's room, Chu Ning swore inwardly: You are a big bastard, how dare you treat the captain like this, and when you beg me in the future, I will see if labor and capital will not trample you Crying!

"Come here! Move everything to the attic for the captain, and the captain will live here from now on!"

Captain Chu has always had a different mind. In winter, the master bedroom can't live in the downstairs with all the decorations. If he wants to come to the attic to blow the cold air, everyone is puzzled, but they have no choice but to let her go.

Huo Yunshu carefully checked the inside and outside of the courtyard, the more he looked, the more uneasy he felt.The inside and outside of this house have been completely renovated, using high-quality materials, not only the courtyard pond, but even the courtyard walls are painted white, it should be Bai Su planning to use it for herself, but for some reason, suddenly It was given to Chuning.

Thinking of Bai Su, Huo Yunshu thought of the rumors related to her, and then thought of Chu Ning's abnormal reaction today, and couldn't help feeling worried—could it be that Ning'er has been murdered?

When he woke up the next day, the temperature dropped suddenly. Chuning hugged the quilt and refused to get out of bed, stretched out a paw, and was immediately frozen cold. After comparing the temperature in the previous life, he knew how much below zero it had dropped Spend.

Wrapped in a warm silkworm quilt, I stood on the window sill and went to the yard to take a look, and saw that the pond in the yard had been frozen solid.

It's a good weather for sleeping and being lazy!

Lie down on the bed with the quilt in his arms, Chuning planned to continue to sleep, when he heard a faint voice from downstairs.

"Mr. Huo, Lord General is still asleep."

"When is it? Why are you still letting her fall asleep? Quick! Go and wake up!"

"But...Mr. Huo, there is a difference between a man and a woman...Your Excellency is really, why isn't he like Neng Bai being the head of the family, bringing a few maids by his side..."

Indistinctly, Huo Yunshu said a few more words, but the voice was so low that Chuning couldn't hear it clearly.

After a while, Chu Ning heard footsteps going upstairs, hugged the quilt and looked towards the stairs, but it was Zhu Erxi who had climbed up.

"What are you doing here?" Chuning's face darkened immediately.

Zhu Erxi laughed foolishly a few times, and said: "Mr. Huo asked me to come up to deliver a message. The person looking for charcoal has returned. Please send the master down."

"understood."

After hearing this, Chu Ning stopped lazing on the bed, got up and opened the suitcase, wanting to change clothes for himself, but saw that the suitcase was full of brand new winter clothes.

Or a small jacket sewn with silkworm wadding, or a precious fur coat, or a gorgeous cloak...

Chuning was silent for a while, then put his things back, found his old clothes, dressed them in twos and then came downstairs.

When Chu Ning came out after washing, Huo Yunshu and He Wuzheng were talking in the living room with the same man in sackcloth. When they saw Chu Ning enter the door, they immediately got up and saluted.

"I heard that the charcoal has been found?" Chuning gave a little support, motioned for a few people to sit down, then lifted his clothes lightly, and sat down behind the main case, asking, "Where did you find it?"

"If you go back to the general, it's in Liang Village in our county." He Wu pointed to the man in sackcloth and said, "This is the head of Liang Village, Liang Ping."

"Liangcun..." Chu Ning found the place on the county map that Huo Yunshu handed over, and saw that this place is not far from Huang County.

He Wu also lifted the things up at the right time. It was a big black basket. When Chuning saw it, he smiled and got up and said, "It's this thing! Let's go, let's go to Liangcun now."

Coal is coal, which was used by people in the former Dynasty and Han Dynasty. In today's Daqing, people often take it to light a fire. It is not a rare thing, and no one takes it seriously.

When Chu Ning saw this, he was overjoyed with expressions, as if seeing a peerless treasure, which surprised Huo Yunshu. You must know that when Chu Ning entered the door just now, his face was still dark.

Going to the camp to fetch the horses, regardless of the cold weather, Chuning rode the horses all the way and rushed to Liangcun in less than half an hour.

In the city of Donglai County, there are two three-story pavilions, one of which is called Hongyan Pavilion.

As the name suggests, the building is full of confidante businesses. From rouge, gouache, and fancy clothes to gold, silver, pearls and jade ornaments, as long as it is something that concubines all over the world like, most of them can be bought here.

Today, I heard that there are good things coming from Hongyan Pavilion. The official wives and rich mistresses who often take care of Hongyan Pavilion's business have sent their maids to come early with the cold wind in their hands, hoping to win the first place. You can take it out to show off in front of others.

Opposite Hongyan Pavilion is another three-story attic named Sanpinxuan, which is a tea house.

At this moment, in the private room facing the window on the second floor of Sanpinxuan, four people were sitting facing each other.

On the left is the landlord Chunfeng who is still wearing a veil and the young man in Chinese clothes who calls her Sister.

The person sitting first on the right is Gao Zhimin, Lieutenant of Donglai County, and on the second seat is a frail middle-aged man with a handsome beard.

"When Bai Su entered the city the day before yesterday, he brought a total of 64 carts of goods." Gao Zhimin said first, "When I left the city yesterday, I counted them myself, and I didn't see a few."

"Brother Yi Gao, it doesn't look like this Hongyan Pavilion is Bai Su's business?" The young man in Huafu thought for a while, then asked again: "Are there any other caravans coming in and out in the past few days?"

"Of course there are." Gao Zhimin said: "The New Year's Eve is coming soon, there are countless small caravans coming and going, and there are more than a dozen big ones. It's really hard to be sure."

"So, we don't know anything about Bai Su's business other than food and cloth?" The young man in Chinese clothes knocked on the table and said irritably, "But the prince has issued a death order, so it must be This Bai Su will be wiped out!"

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to accomplish." Gao Zhimin was also full of frustration: "Not only do we not know how much money Bai Su has, but we don't even know who is behind her. If we act rashly, we are afraid that we will suffer a big loss."

"Mr. Liu Ling, isn't the person behind Bai Su Jiang Wenxian?" asked the Bazihu ​​who had been sitting silently.

"Not only!" said the handsome young man named Liu Ling, "Jiang Wenxian alone, it's not their turn to be so insolent. The prince guessed that Bai Su might be the eldest prince behind him."

"Prince Waste?" Hu's expression froze, and he said in surprise: "Prince Waste has been out of power for many years, hasn't he?"

"Who can explain this clearly? Don't forget, no matter how the abolished prince loses his power, he will be destroyed three times and established three times." After speaking, Liu Ling paused, and said: "I just hope that everything will go smoothly for the prince to enter Beijing this time. "

"It must be smooth and smooth." Bazihu ​​said with a smile: "Nowadays, most of the ministers in the court only look at the benefits. The prince has brought a lot of money this time. As long as he wins two or three more important officials, he will surely get what he wants."

"As long as the prince's affairs are successful, Mr. Zixu's benefits will definitely be indispensable." Liu Ling said, and then said to the landlord of Chunfeng: "Sister, Mr. Zixu is extremely talented, this time it is all because of his advice that the prince's predicament was solved."

"Oh? Really?" Chunfeng said: "It seems that Mr. Zixu came up with the idea of ​​robbing Huang County and relocating wealthy households?"

When Mr. Zixu heard the words, he twitched his beard and said, "It's right here."

"This move is nothing more than killing the chicken and taking the eggs, what's your opinion?"

"Then, if the egg is not taken, how will the prince go to Chang'an?"

"Spreading rumors and getting a bad reputation is Mr. Zixu's opinion?"

"It doesn't matter if you have a good opinion, but it still has some effect."

Seeing that the two were not in the right momentum, Liu Ling had no choice but to speak up for Mr. Zixu, after all, Mr. Zixu was his: "Sister, there was news from Duan Jie in the morning that Bai Su had sent the girl's school to him. The lieutenant rushed out the door."

When the owner of Chunfeng heard it, his eyes turned cold, and he said: "You don't understand Bai Su at all, how can you judge it according to common sense? How do you know that she is not acting?"

"How is this possible?" Liu Ling said with disbelief on her face, "No matter what you say, she is also a woman, how can she not care about her reputation?"

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether Bai Su cares about her reputation or not." Mr. Zixu said leisurely, "This trick is not just for the purpose of damaging her reputation."

"Why is that?" Gao Zhimin asked.

"The first reason is to ruin her reputation, and the second is to bury a gap between her and the captain of Chu." Mr. Zixu said: "These two people, one is in charge of the army and the other is in charge of wealth, both of them are quite talented. The generation of the two, the two phases merged, so that you have no way to start."

"But think about it again. From ancient times to the present, no matter men or women, as long as they are talented people, how many people are willing to submit to others?" Speaking of this, Mr. Zixu took a sip of tea slowly. Continued: "The rumors I let you spread have demoted Chu Ning to nothing and nothing. If she finds out, how can she be reconciled?"

"As long as she is not reconciled, she will harbor resentment, and Bai Su will also be driven out of the house. Even if Bai Su tells her that she is acting, will she believe it?" Mr. Zixu swept his eyes and asked: " If it were you, would you believe it?"

The three of them thought about it, Gao Zhimin was the first to shake his head, and then the owner of Chunfeng also expressed his disbelief, but Liu Ling asked back: "If it's Captain Chu, is he really worthless and useless?"

"Isn't that good?" Mr. Zixu said: "Under the order of Captain Gao, Bai Su was arrested directly, and after the examination of the family property, all of them were confiscated, so there is no need to worry about it."

A few people thought about it, and it seemed that this was the reason. The owner of Chunfeng also apologized and said: "Mr. is a great talent, but my concubine is short-sighted. I offended you. I hope you don't mind, Mr. Ling'er needs Mr. help to share your worries."

"It's normal for madam to have doubts when we meet for the first time." Mr. Zixu then asked: "I think madam knows Bai Su quite well, but there are some connections? I don't know if I should talk about it or not?"

"Of course, I hope you can learn more about this person and find a way out for Ling'er."

It turned out that the real name of the owner of Chunfeng Building was Liu Wei. When he was a teenager, he took refuge in Chunfeng Building for some reason and changed his name to Su Mingyue.

When Bai Su was a young wanderer, he passed by Donglai County City. At that time, the wind and snow were long and the sky was freezing. Bai Su had nowhere to go, so he took shelter under the eaves of the Chunfeng Building.

It happened that Liu Wei got up at night and saw Bai Su at that time, and couldn't bear it, so she lent Bai Su a corner of the Guangsha, dressed in fine clothes and copper coins.

"My sister was very young back then, and she was living a very hard life, and with me being a burden, she also gave Bai Su the only remaining copper coin." Liu Ling took the conversation and said angrily: "But Bai Su completely disregarded our situation, collected the clothes and took the money, but she was still so cold-hearted and extremely arrogant."

Mr. Zixu was extremely curious about how a cold-faced and cold-hearted person is so arrogant that people can't forget it for many years, so he asked: "What kind of arrogance?"

"After she took the things, she didn't even say a word of thanks, she just said..." Liu Ling said angrily: "If there is a favor, I will repay it; if there is a grudge, I will repay it; Revenge, I have the final say, you can't choose, and you can't ask for it."

It was really arrogant. Mr. Zixu was startled by these words, and almost knocked over the teacup he was holding in his hand. After finally tidying it up, he immediately asked: "What happened later? Did Bai Su come back? "

Liu Ling said: "Five years ago, she returned to Donglai, found my sister, and helped her take down the Spring Wind Building."

Mr. Zixu smiled and said: "It seems that she came back to repay her kindness..."

Liu Ling gritted her teeth and said, "But she took another 1000 taels of gold from my sister!"

As soon as these words came out, Mr. Zixu overturned the teacup immediately, and even Gao Zhimin was shocked. Is this a repayment of kindness?Should it be for revenge?He couldn't believe that in this world, there would be someone like Bai Su who would avenge his revenge.

1000 taels of gold is almost [-] guan copper coins. Although places like Chunfenglou are called gold-selling caves, they spend a lot of money on daily expenses and various aspects of management. Although [-] guan is not enough to remove the name of Chunfenglou, But it must be hurting, no wonder the siblings tried every means to trouble Bai Su.

A few people talked for a while, mostly about Bai Su's matter, and Mr. Zixu sighed again and again.

After seeing off Mr. Zixu and Gao Zhimin, Liu Ling asked Su Mingyue, "Sister, do you think Mr. Zixu is trustworthy?"

"Whether it's credible or not, I don't dare to jump to conclusions." Su Mingyue pondered: "But there are two points for talent."

"Fan Cong went to Jizhou, and now my manpower is a bit tight. If not, I would not be so eager to use him." Liu Ling said with a bitter face, "Back then, the ancestors were surrounded by a cloud of talents, There is a counselor like Zifang, who is so thirsty for talents like me, but can't take advantage of talents... I only hope that Mr. Zixu will be my Zifang."

"Isn't Duan Jie from before very handy?" Su Mingyue said, "They are all left by my father, so they should be trusted."

"Hmph, I was obedient before." Liu Ling said angrily, "But since they were rescued from Donglai last time, they have been unable to do anything about it. They said that the two of us, a prostitute and a staff member, can't make a difference. Hooked up with Li Yan."

"How unreasonable!" Su Mingyue was furious!

The author has something to say: Dajiang: Refers to the Yangtze River

Dahe: refers to the Yellow River

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