"What's wrong?" Li Changkun heard the noise outside and came out, looking at the coachman from a distance with a puzzled face.
Bai Song turned around and smiled: "It's nothing, it's just that your coachman is a little curious about my things and wants to open the card and take a look."
When Li Changkun heard this, he frowned instantly: "Who told you to mess with other people's things? Come and help Mr. Bai!"
The driver was a little displeased, but under Li Changkun's firm eyes he finally handed over to Bai Song: "I'm sorry, sir."
Bai Song still smiled and waved his hands, not caring.
Bai Song was about to let someone take the cavalry to set off, but the driver didn't want to speak again: "Master Bai, stay here. I have one more thing to ask."
Li Changkun felt uneasy and was about to stop drinking again. Bai Song signaled that it was okay and said, "What's the matter?"
"Other families take gold and silver with them when they flee. It's really strange that Mr. Bai's family is carrying such iron lumps with them?"
"Each family has its own beliefs. Princes and generals like to erect stone lions, unicorns, etc. at the door of their homes. Our Bai family's business relies entirely on this iron knot to stabilize the house. Even if we are fleeing, we have to take it all the way back, so that we can still make a fortune.
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"Ah? Is there such a strange thing?" Li Changkun asked curiously, "What kind of iron lump? Can you take a look?"
Long Shanshan's brows jumped when he heard this, and he looked at Bai Song anxiously.
Bai Song remained calm and winked at Long Shanshan, asking him to remove the black cloth.
Long Shanshan hesitated for a moment, but finally did it.
The black cloth was uncovered, and three black Shenwu cannons were exposed to the sun. Li Changkun's eyes widened in curiosity!
"Wow, it's so big? It must weigh over a thousand pounds, right? What kind of shape is this? I've never seen it before."
"This is the totem of the Bai family, which will protect the Bai family for hundreds of years."
Li Changkun nodded seriously after hearing this, and bowed to the three cannons: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Jian Shisan became a little impatient and glanced at the coachman: "Can we leave?"
"Excuse me, everyone." Li Changkun stepped aside, walked to the coachman, and watched the twelve horses struggling to climb the mountain.
"What on earth is this?" Li Changkun was still a little confused and asked the driver in a low voice.
The driver frowned, but shook his head.
"You don't even know why you have such an expression?"
"This group of people is by no means simple, and what they say cannot be trusted."
"Then we haven't been honest with each other. In this chaotic situation, who can have no reservations?"
"Who do you think they are, then? The person just now has profound skills, but a villain can't see the depth of it. I heard that a group of martial arts people have sneaked into Shu with the intention of causing chaos. Could they be..."
"How is it possible? Didn't you see that there are women among them? How can they move in Shu with so many kilograms of iron? If they want to disturb the rear, they must be harassing everywhere. If they act like this, wouldn't it take two days?
Was it wiped out? Besides, it was a team of a hundred or ten people, not just a few scattered people."
"Then according to the Crown Prince, where did they come from?"
Li Changkun held his chin and thought for a while, and then said: "I heard that there are many hermit masters hiding in the world, just like the Mohist family. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were hundreds of schools of thought, each with its own strengths. I believe that the Mohist family is not the only one that has flourished to this day. Maybe these
People are like a big family that has been passed down for thousands of years. As long as I make good friends with such people, they will one day be of use to me."
The coachman's face showed surprise after hearing this: "So it turns out that the prince was enthusiastic about them at first because he intended to make friends with them."
"That's right, that young master is so extraordinary. How can he be a simple merchant?"
"Then why did the prince let them go? Why didn't you go and keep them?"
"It doesn't matter, as long as he stays in Shu, we will meet again one day."
"If it is as the prince thinks, and we can have the support of an ancient family like the Mo family, we can compete with His Highness the Second Highness..."
"Stop talking nonsense. Now that the big thing has not been accomplished, how can we tolerate internal fighting? Let's go, we have to go on our way."
…
One day later, a lonely carriage stopped outside Bajun City.
The city gate opened and thousands of soldiers lined up to greet him.
In the crowd, Li Changkun was as small as a drop in the ocean, but after getting off the bus, thousands of soldiers knelt down and shouted: "See you, Your Highness."
The shouts shook the heaven and the earth, and the momentum was huge.
Ba County guard Yu Wenji, who was covered in scars, dismounted and knelt down with all the generals in the city.
The soldiers all looked ashamed and bowed their heads.
Yu Wenji said: "My subordinates failed to suppress the bandits when they went out of the city. They lost troops and generals, which undermined the military prestige. I sincerely request Your Highness to punish me."
Li Changkun didn't say much and waved his hand calmly: "Get up, now is the time to employ people. You also know that the second brother will not kill you. Take your people and figure out how to make meritorious service."
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"His Royal Highness came here this time just to find out one thing. What is going on with the divine punishment mentioned in the military report? What His Highness the Prince cares about is not the loss of thousands of people, but he does not want to hear that you are fighting for
He made up random things to clear up his guilt, and even disturbed the morale of the army."
"Your Highness, Third Highness, this is definitely not a random fabrication by my subordinates. If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can go to the army and ask around, or you can go to Fuling City to check. The bandits were suppressed that day by more than a dozen meteorites suddenly falling from the sky. The battle had not yet begun.
From the beginning, our army was defeated."
Li Changkun frowned: "The things in the military situation are actually true?"
The generals who followed Yu Wenji all agreed, saying that they had personal experience.
Half a month had passed, and Li Changkun saw that the injuries on these generals had not recovered, which showed that the battle was really fierce at that time.
There was still a lot of burnt black on Yu Wenji's face, which showed that it was not caused by the fighting between the two armies. Besides, the enemy numbered only a hundred or so.
"Your Highness, Third Highness, we are all fighting with all our might, and we have no intention of slacking off in the fight. I beg you, Your Highness, to speak for us in front of His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Li Changkun nodded: "Since my Highness is here, I will report truthfully what I see. As for the divine punishment... I'm afraid it will be difficult to satisfy His Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince has said that if there is a meteorite falling from the sky, it must be caused by manpower."
Because, we must find out what is going on within half a month, and stabilize the morale of the military in the shortest possible time."
…
In a mountain forest less than twenty miles away from Chengdu, after going down a hillside and walking no more than two hundred meters forward, you can see the Holy Lotus Army stationed outside Chengdu.
Three Shenwu cannons were hidden in the grass forest and were tightly wrapped in weeds.
Long Shanshan wiped his sweat and returned to Bai Song. He looked down the mountain like Bai Song, and then sighed: "This thing is awesome, but it's just too inconvenient to move around. It took me so long to arrive in Chengdu.
I could go there and give those monsters a surprise, but I didn’t expect to be stumped by the last river.”
Yes, Bai Song encountered unplanned difficulties.
A river blocked in front of us, with a wooden bridge on it for people to walk on, but the Shenwu cannon couldn't cross it. It was too heavy and would definitely break the bridge.
As long as you cross the bridge, Chengdu will be within the range of the Shenwu Cannon.
