On this day, His Highness Lu was the second prince of the Aolai Kingdom. He was the best choice in terms of literature, Taoism and military strategy. He was appointed as the prince very early. He fought in all directions without losing a single defeat. Not only did he have a high prestige in the country,
, they are all recommended among the coalition forces as
The leader heard the words of these three generals from other countries. There was already a golden-helmeted general with a look of dissatisfaction and ridicule on his face and wanted to speak. However, His Highness Tian Lu waved slightly to him and then smiled at the three generals.
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"Since the spies from your country have sent news again, I guess you know the situation in Wu Zuocheng very clearly?"
The three generals who spoke belong to the three kingdoms of Lu Ju, Hei Te, and Bali respectively. They are the main force to attack Wu Zuo City. They will lead the fleet to separate ways tonight and attack Wu Zuo. After hearing His Highness Tianlu's answer, they all
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"Yes, it should be quite clear."
His Highness Tianlu continued to smile:
"Then I dare to ask which country Wu Zuocheng belongs to?"
The expressions of the three generals changed, but they could only answer bravely:
"It seems, it doesn't seem to belong to any of the five countries."
His Highness Tianlu sighed and said:
"According to my information, this city was built by a prairie tribe called Sanlibu. Nomadic people like the prairie people are proficient in riding and shooting. However, the places they live in are tents made of cowhide and grass, surrounded by wooden fences.
From now on, we will treat it as a city wall. How effective do you think these barbaric prairie people are in renovating the city?"
Another general wearing a golden helmet had already stood out from the crowd and said with a loud voice:
"If the three generals feel that they may not be able to defeat Wu Zuocheng and affect our overall strategy, we, the Buyeo Kingdom, feel that we still have some spare strength, so why not give this place to our country? It's not too late to exchange attack locations with each other now."
The expressions of the three generals Lu Ju, Hei Te, and Bo Ni suddenly changed and they hurriedly said:
"Well, I don't need your country's help for this."
The reason why the generals of the three countries said this was because they had indeed received a series of news about Wu Zuocheng's military expansion and reorganization. However, despite such warnings, they actually did not take it seriously in their hearts. The reason why they were like this
It was said in this situation, but it was because the three countries were weak in national power and wanted to unite to gain more benefits.
For them, after occupying Wu Zuocheng, there is no need to worry about the ban on sending troops on April 5. After all, the radius of thousands of miles is not within the radiation range of the five Central Plains countries. They can quickly expand their power unscrupulously towards the grassland.
-----Among the war dividends obtained, the cattle and sheep on the grassland are high-quality meat, and the high-quality war horses on the grassland can be used to exchange food with the other countries in the East China Sea.
If you take the first step in this way, it can be said that you will seize a lot of opportunities. Not only that, the Three Kingdoms can expand towards the south of Dongxia, the northeast of Northern Qi, and the southeast corner of Northern Qi, without any conflict at all.
Have sufficient strategic space.
His Highness Tianlu could naturally see the little calculations in these people's minds. However, as the commander of the coalition forces, he knew that the countries of the East China Sea still had to unite to compete with the five countries of the Central Plains, so he took the overall situation into consideration and lightly ridiculed them.
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"Well, if you are really worried, I, the Aolai Kingdom, can privately provide 500,000 arrow clusters and 5,000 archers to help out. But after breaking Wu Zuocheng, I want 10,000 cattle, 5,000 sheep, 5,000
Horses as reward, plus 10% of prisoners, it depends on whether you are willing."
The generals of the three kingdoms Lu Ju, Hei Te, and Bali gathered together. After some discussion, they all felt a little hesitant. The archers of the Aolai Kingdom were very famous. With these archers, they would be better at attacking the city.
Suppression will definitely reduce casualties a lot.
However, the rest of the rewards His Highness Tianlu wants are okay, but 10,000 cows is really heartbreaking!
Sheep can only be used to eat meat, while horses are used to form cavalry. They are very expensive to raise, which is particularly wasteful for them with limited resources. Only cattle can plow fields, and unlike
Horses need to be fed with concentrated feed. Ten thousand cattle means at least an increase in grain production of tens of thousands of acres!
So after the three people discussed it again and again, they still felt that the lives of the soldiers under their command were worthless anyway. If they died, they could be recruited from the country. With the help of archers from the Aolai Kingdom, at best, one less person would die during the siege.
Only two thousand people. And the value of these two thousand lives is not even comparable to that of ten thousand cattle, let alone five thousand sheep and five thousand horses? So he politely declined.
That night, the fleets of the countries in the East China Sea began to disperse. Viewed from a high altitude, it was as if a direct fist suddenly opened its hand. The five or six sub-fleets that separated seemed like five or six arrows. At the same time,
Straight into different strategic goals! This means that their first strategic plan has been launched. Wu Zuocheng is also under this front, and the sky is full of war, which is about to ignite over this wealthy city!
***
At this time, the capitals of the five Central Plains countries were still calm, and there was a scene of singing and dancing, completely unaware of the danger that was about to come!
What is Lin Fengjin doing at this time?
He was still at home at this time. He had just taken a nap and was in good spirits. Seemingly leisurely, he took a basket of fish food from the hand of the maid next to him and slowly fed it into the goldfish pond next to him.
For bait, many fat koi fish swam over one after another.
At this time, the inside of the Lin family can be said to be built with carved railings and jade, and it has a prosperous atmosphere. It seems that the aura of wealth is overwhelming, but it is just wealth. Personally, Lin Fengjin does not really advocate luxury and fighting for wealth.
Class, but you must have the enjoyment you should have, but the family tradition must be upright, you can enjoy it, but you can't waste it.
At this time, Zhang Lei brought a group of direct descendants to join him. After Lin Fengjin trained with them for a few days, he simply became the boss because he found that Zhang Lei was worthy of being the deputy commander-in-chief.
He is quite good at training soldiers, even better than Lin Fengjin himself. After just three days of simple training, the bodyguards and snipers assigned to him by Lin Fengjin have already been trained to take shape.
It has the appearance of a regular army.
Lin Fengjin adheres to the principle of employing people without suspicion and not using people who are suspicious. He holds the most important thing, food and salary, firmly in his hands, so he is not afraid that Zhang Lei and others can turn the world upside down. He also calls Zhang Lei and others
Secretly grateful to Lin Fengjin for his trust.
For Zhang Lei and other people who were in charge of the training, it was also particularly frightening. I had heard that the soldiers provided by Lin Fengjin were the traveling gang members of the Lin family's caravan, and they were a little embarrassed, because according to them
These people often have strong Jianghu habits. This kind of old fried dough sticks are not good at getting enough oil and salt, and it is doubly difficult to practice. So when they go there, they are even mentally prepared to kill a few first.
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Who would have known that as soon as they came into contact with these people, they discovered that these people could arrange themselves into a neat square formation. They acted uniformly and could also recognize simple numbers. After issuing orders, they could be executed quickly. Such recruits can be said to be already
Not inferior to the ordinary sergeants of the Middle Tang Dynasty, the training was naturally more effective with half the effort. No wonder it was quite a surprise to them.
Zhang Lei didn't know that Lin Fengjin had always been controlled by military law. How could these gangsters of the Lin family travel around like a bunch of loose sand? Without strict discipline, they would be the ones to protect the bandits.
Caravan, or caravan to protect them? Therefore, a series of rules have been formulated to train them as if they are reserve forces. Therefore, the Lin family's caravan travels all over the country, and it is rare to hear that anyone dares to mess with them.
Zhang Lei and others were amazed. Naturally, they wanted to ask the reason. The training rules for servants formulated by Lin Fengjin were not something that had to be kept secret, so they casually showed them to them. After the group saw it, they were surprised.
Suddenly I felt like I had found a treasure, and I studied it all night. I discussed adding my own experience summaries to it, and felt that almost all of them were as famous as the Art of War, Meng De’s New Book, etc.
However, although Lin Fengjin did it, he told the truth that he should not have been so entrusted at this time. He should have stayed in Yedu, but should be near Sisheng Pass. Unexpectedly, Lin Yuanwai was caught by the cold in the spring.
, as a result, he was bedridden and could only come back to serve him.
At this time, the old man recovered from his illness and entered the recovery period. Calculating the time, it was time to go to Wu Zuocheng, so he thought about leaving tomorrow. Feeding the fish now was just half a day's leisure.
At this time, a maid suddenly rushed to the side. After crossing her hands and saluting Lin Fengjin, she whispered:
"Master, the third shopkeeper is here."
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin felt a little surprised. These three shopkeepers were usually quite capable in handling affairs, but today they came over when they shouldn't have come to the door. I wonder what happened? So he said:
"See you in the living room."
As soon as the three shopkeepers saw Lin Fengjin, they stood up and whispered:
"Master, something happened."
Lin Fengjin saw that there was no anxiety on his expression, so he pressed his hands and said:
"Speak slowly."
The third shopkeeper said:
"Young master, you know that I have been presiding over the affairs of the No. 1 Soup in the World..."
Of course Lin Fengjin remembers this, even the best soup in the world was delivered by him personally, and Lin Fengjin knows better that the best soup in the world is nothing, only the outstanding employees who have adapted to his business philosophy.
It is the greatest wealth, so we all keep it. With them and the right opportunity, we can create an industry that is ten times more profitable than the best soup in the world in minutes.
In addition, those who took over were eager to have as few people as possible from their former employer so that they could place close associates there, so there was no difficulty at all.
These three shopkeepers are also talented people, so although Lin Fengjin is shrinking the industry now and there is nothing to be done by him, he and the previous main backbones of the No. 1 Soup in the World are still paid according to their usual salaries.
, there is no shortage of New Year gifts, and they are told that they will have new jobs after a while. Together with these kinds of treatment, the Lin family's clerks and shopkeepers are very loyal, and no one else can poach them away.
At this time, the third shopkeeper came to the door, and the Lin family treated him with great courtesy. Suddenly, when he heard him talk about the best soup in the world, his heart suddenly moved:
"Oh? What?"
The third shopkeeper then said sadly:
"Although the villain has left, he is still quite prestigious among the workers in the No. 1 Soup in the World. After we withdrew, many remaining workers were unhappy with certain conditions and came to talk to me one after another. I hope
I can come forward to solve the problem for them, but...I am no longer in that position, what else can I say?"
"The new bastards only know how to put money into their own pockets and don't care about the store's affairs at all. I heard that the store lost 17,000 silver in the first month after handing it over.
I managed to survive the famine for the first month by looking for familiar people to buy goods, and the third month has just begun... The owner who suffered a loss also knows that he is unlucky, and he is not allowed to borrow any more debts, and even more
It's just blocking the front door and asking for debts."
Lin Fengjin nodded slightly and sneered:
"It's an expected thing. What good things can these bastards do?"
The third shopkeeper said:
"That's all. Do you remember Xu Ba from our Seventh Branch Store? He was the guy with three fingers missing from his right hand and a slight limp in his left foot. This guy has very good arm strength and is very good at chopping firewood. His wife has tuberculosis and needs to be nursed back to health.
The modulation was fine when we had it, but after changing owners, their bonuses were deducted in the first month, and only half of the wages for work and food were paid in the second month, and in the third month they were paid directly
In arrears.”
"In this winter, Xu Ba's wife was weak and had no money to take care of her when she was sick. Xu Ba saw that he had no choice but to go to the house to find someone to reason with. In the end, he was beaten up and thrown out. He was sent to the hospital by a kind person.
I went to a warm water store and it took two or three days to recover. But when I got home, I found that my wife had coughed up blood and died on the bed, and a six-month-old child had died of cold and starvation in the bed...
."
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin also took a breath of cold air, and his heart was heavy. After all, I didn't kill Boren, and Boren died for me. If he hadn't given away the best soup in the world, what would Xu Ba do?
He wouldn't be reduced to such a situation. He was silent for a while and said:
"Then what?"
"After hearing about this matter, the people who took over the shop naturally wanted to suppress the matter. However, at this time, Xu Ba, who was heartbroken, had already arrived in front of the Meridian Gate, and he was the guard commander guarding the door.
An old subordinate of the Snake-Eating Army was nostalgic for his career after his rise to prominence, and hurriedly invited him to sit in the greenhouse. As a result, Xu Ba took advantage of the cold and took advantage of him. He knelt down on the stone steps in front of the Meridian Gate and wiped his own neck with a knife. Before he died, he
I wrote six words of injustice with my own blood..."
"Once Xu Ba died, the rest of the wounded and disabled snake-eating soldiers who worked in the No. 1 Soup in the World were also pitiful. What's more, they were owed three months' labor and food money, and they couldn't even spend the New Year comfortably. Maybe they felt a lot in their hearts.
The hostility and resentment that I felt could not be calmed down, so I carried the body and took the whole family to kneel down at the place where Xu Ba was killed and cried loudly."
"When these people started to make trouble, the government officials and city guards in Yedu wanted to take care of it but couldn't. These wounded and disabled people in the Snake-Eating Army had bad tempers. At this time, they were filled with grief and anger, and if they offended them, they would be punished with white knives.
In and out of the Red Knife, and among the Ouchi guards and imperial guards, at least more than half are from the Snake-Eating Army. Seeing these companions who have been through life and death being bullied into this state, it would be good not to jump out to help. I hope they will come.
If you want to make peace, don't even think about it. If someone is ignorant and wants to expel him, someone will naturally pull him aside to say hello and tell him to mind his own business. If he doesn't listen to this, he will be caught while walking carefully at night.
The man covered his head with a linen bag and beat him to death!"
Speaking of this, the third shopkeeper was also a little red-eyed:
"Although this Xu Ba may be said to be a little irritable and rude, he is a solid person. He doesn't do things sloppily. He doesn't cheat when he is asked to chop firewood. How did he suffer such a tragedy? Hey, sir, let's make the world's best soup
What a great situation it was when it was handed over to those bastards. In less than three months, it has been completely defeated!"
Lin Fengjin pondered for a while and said:
"Then does your Majesty know about this now?"
The third shopkeeper shook his head and said:
"I don't seem to know. There doesn't seem to be any reaction in the palace."
Lin Fengjin was slightly startled. Lu Yu's ears and eyes had always been very clear, and according to Lin Fengjin's understanding of Lu Yu, he might be the boss of other matters, but it was absolutely impossible to ignore matters involving the Snake-Eating Army.
. But according to the third shopkeeper, these disabled snake-eating soldiers have been crying outside the Meridian Gate for almost a day, and there is still no response...
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Lin Fengjin's mind flashed with such words. There is only one person in the world who can hide this matter for so long! That is Cui Zhijie, Lu Yu's most trusted eunuch.
, it seems that he is not only involved in this matter, but also deeply involved.
Lin Fengjin sighed and said: "If you don't seek death, you won't die!"
On that day Cui Zhijie came to Lin Fengjin's house and asked about the details of taking the national seal this time. Lin Fengjin wanted to know what Fan Yadu and Xiang Xiong who went together said, so he owed Eunuch Cui a
Love, so when Eunuch Cui left, Lin Fengjin reminded him. He said that the water in the world's best soup that he donated was very deep, so don't step into it.
But now it seems that Cui Zhijie obviously turned a deaf ear to Lin Fengjin's words.
It is true that the No. 1 Soup in the World has nearly 20 branches in Yedu. If the up and down industrial chain is added up, at least millions of dollars flow through it every year, and even the slightest contact is extremely fat.
However, it is true that the greater the risk, the greater the profit. The dough pancakes used to make mutton soup sold in the store are even involved in a series of links such as the sale of old grain from the official treasury -----
---This official stock of grain is a hot commodity, so the person in charge must have business acumen like Lin Fengjin and have a wide network of contacts. Everyone must give in, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain the shop's capital.
!
Lin Fengjin threw out the best soup in the world, and he had some intention of venting his protest against Lu Yu. Unexpectedly, Cui Zhijie still couldn't control the money, so he jumped in.
Well, if you are greedy for money, just be greedy for money. As a member of the "Qiandi" who has followed Lu Yu since he was in the palace, accepting bribes is not a big deal. Everyone knows that eunuchs are greedy for money, as long as they don't Even if he reached out to the treasury, Lu Yu would only scold or temporarily belittle Eunuch Cui for a period of time.
But Eunuch Cui made a mistake while he was busy. He probably wanted to hide it from Lu Yu for a while, so that he could have the disabled snake-eating veterans who had been wronged first be dealt with, and then the big matter was reduced to a trivial matter. However, Cui Zhijie was invisible. This is a big taboo in officialdom!
Lu Yu handed over his intelligence system to Eunuch Cui, which was a sign of trust in him and let him serve as his eyes and ears!
However, these "eyes and ears" suddenly have their own thoughts. They hide things they don't want the king to see in private. They only show you limited things. This kind of behavior is very bad. The king is very jealous to begin with. , he is said to be a loner, and Eunuch Cui betrays his trust, that is bullying the emperor!!
The serious crime of deceiving the emperor is completely different from the level of embezzlement.
Eunuch Cui thought he could hide it for a while. But could he hide it for a lifetime? This is a typical mistake made while busy, a small loss makes a big difference! Of course, this is because he has been in a high position for too long and has enjoyed too much glory and power, so gradually Because of this, he lost his vigilance. If it were Eunuch Cui in the Royal Palace, he would be very cautious and would never make such a big mistake.
Lin Fengjin talked to the third shopkeeper for a while, sent him away, and then called a boy:
"Go and ask the Lin Fu family if they can pass a message to Princess Mingzhu in the palace?"
Not long after the boy went out, he came back and said:
"It happened that the big shopkeeper over there came to the accounting office to give last month's cost money and said it was no problem."
Lin Fengjin nodded and said:
"I think the Eunuch Li who takes care of Princess Pearl is a good man. Ask someone to pass a sentence to me. Just say that the Central Plains is empty... Forget it, this guy seems to have no knowledge, so just tell him directly. , Cui Zhijie, this bastard who is messing around, is going to step down, let him handle it by himself."
***
That night, Lu Yu didn't know why, he was upset and couldn't sleep at night.
In the middle of the night, his mount, Mr. Hong, channeled his spirit and galloped to the front of the palace. The guards did not dare to stop him. When Lu Yu heard Mr. Hong's neighing, he immediately became alarmed. He drove away the palace maids and scolded the concubine who was sleeping with him, and came to comfort him. Mr. Red.
Mr. Hong knelt down and asked Lu Yu to ride it. Lu Yu knew that this mount was psychic and thought that there was a big change in the palace. He did not dare to ignore it and hurriedly mounted his horse. Then Mr. Hong took him outside the Meridian Gate and saw the group of people carrying corpses and kowtows. Que's Snake-Eating Army veterans and their families, it turned out that one of them was Mr. Hong's groom at that time, and had served this demon horse. At this time, he had not exhausted all the water and rice all day and night, and was dying, so Mr. Hong missed the old relationship. , brought Lu Yu over. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)