People in the northwest are always hospitable, especially to old distinguished guests. Ye An finally knew what a big banquet was, roasted lamb chops, smoked lamb, and cooked most of the whole lamb and put it on the table.
, this is called a real whole sheep feast!
For the people in the northwest, only rich families can have such luxury, ordinary people cannot do such wasteful things.
The old uncle, like all elderly people, is a very talkative person. Ye An likes to talk to such people because you can always find the shining points of wisdom in him, which may be a reflection of life experience.
"Little Lao Tuo calls you Ye Hou. I wonder how much you know about the affairs in Huanzhou? How to quell the chaos in Huanzhou?"
Ye An got closer to his old uncle with just a few casual remarks about his family. Seeing that he had no airs, the old uncle stopped being restrained and started to "torture his soul".
This question is quite difficult to answer. Even Fan Yong could not explain it clearly in a few words. However, Cao Yi and Chen Lin beside them turned their heads slightly and raised their ears while enjoying their delicious food...
Ye An poured buckwheat wine for the old man and said with a smile: "Old man, this is the question you should ask Envoy Fan to appease. Ye An is not just the deputy envoy, he can only assist Fan Shizhi."
"Oh? Ye Hou doesn't have to be so humble. If you tell me, I'll feel more at ease, right?"
Obviously this is because the old man intends to take the postgraduate examination for himself as the deputy ambassador of comfort, but Cao Yi and Chen Lin don't even think there is anything wrong. Don't underestimate this elder in Lijiazhuang. Although he does not have any official position, he has a certain position.
political status.
For Lijiazhuang, he is the person with the highest status, and he can even speak better than the magistrate. If nothing else, a person like him just asks Fan Yong, and Fan Yong may treat him politely and answer easily.
That's the old man.
Of course, you can not care about it, but your reputation will definitely be damaged. In desperation, you can only smile and say: "The chaos in Huanzhou is not in Xiqiang. The scabies disease can be cured by medicine. Only the root cause is our country."
The most serious disease in the Song Dynasty should be in the northwest!"
The old uncle's eyes were frighteningly bright. He looked at Ye An in surprise for a long time before saying: "What Ye Hou said made the old man sigh. His eyes can be said to be insightful into the confusion! I wonder how Ye Hou knew what the party members were planning behind the scenes?"
Ye An took a bite of the mutton, which was soft and rotten and melted in his mouth. He nodded with satisfaction but said indifferently to the old uncle's words: "Nothing else, it's just a matter of interest. The people who benefited the most from the Huanzhou Rebellion are not the Xiqiang people, but also the Xiqiang people.
Except for our Song Dynasty, the only people who benefited the most were the Dangxiang people. The more chaos there is in Huanzhou, the more beneficial it is for the Dangxiang people. If farming declines and Huanzhou is turbulent, the Dangxiang people will have the opportunity to benefit from it, right?
To put it bluntly, if Huanzhou is really in ruins, the party members will sit back and watch the war in the border states of the Song Dynasty instead of going south to plunder? Old man, do you believe it?"
The old uncle took a deep breath, not because of what Ye An said, but because of Ye An's vision. This young man could actually see so far-reaching, maybe even the ordinary scholar-bureaucrats of the country could not match it, right?
“I wonder what Ye Hou’s countermeasures are?”
"We have stabilized Huanzhou and consolidated Bianzhou. As long as Huanzhou is stabilized, the party members will not dare to invade south. We will not know how to do it until we get to Huanzhou, but Qingzhou will also be implicated. Then...
…”
The old uncle was stunned for a moment. The matter in Huanzhou would involve Qingzhou and Lijiazhuang. He had thought about it, but he never thought that the war might affect them. To the old uncle, he and the entire Lijiazhuang were just ordinary people and hard-working farmers.
How can people be involved in the war? The most serious thing is to pay two taxes on grain.
The panicked old uncle asked tentatively: "I wonder what Ye Hou means by this?"
Ye Anfeng said calmly: "If we want to quell the chaos in Huanzhou, we must be on guard against the party members. By then, perhaps the entire Huanzhou will need to fortify its walls and clear the fields to defend against foreign enemies. If Huanzhou is like this, will Qingzhou be spared?"
The old uncle suddenly said in shock: "If Huanzhou is defeated and the party members go south... We, the people of Qingzhou, will naturally bear the brunt. How can this happen?!"
Ye An took his old uncle's hand and said: "Foreign enemies are currently present. If the Dangxiang people go south to plunder, they must respond accordingly. If the Dangxiang people dare not go south, it would be best. If they go south... several states will need to unite to resist."
, using fortresses, fortified cities, deep mountains, and ravines as barriers, the party members will definitely be unable to come back!!"
Ye An's words silenced the old uncle completely. He originally thought that the war was still far away from Qingzhou and Lijiazhuang, but he didn't expect that it had already hit him under Ye An's few words.
The old man has experienced war and knows the horror of war. Not to mention war, even a large group of bandits on the mountain can bring disaster to a small village.
At this time, he couldn't eat anymore, but Ye An was eating happily. He even started to build a barbecue grill and skewered the delicious mutton. No extra ingredients were needed, just a little salt sprinkled on it, and the rich fat could melt the food.
The deliciousness of the sheep is revealed.
What Cao Yi ate was like a piece of wind rolling residual cloud, and the thin branches fell into a hill at his feet. Chen Lin gave Ye An a meaningful look. He didn't think that Ye An was simply intimidating Lao Litou. There must be a deep meaning in doing so.
It’s just that it would be a bad idea to cause chaos in Gyeongju now!
He leaned close to Ye An and whispered his doubts, but Ye An handed over a mutton skewer and said with a smile: "Now that we are prepared, we will not panic. If we write down the documents in advance, do you think the people in Qingzhou can cope with it?"
Come over? It is impossible to mobilize the people only when the war is approaching. They will still be the ones who will be harmed then. It is better to let them know earlier and prepare earlier to take full measures!"
To be honest, Ye An didn't believe in the efficiency of local state capitals at all. The development of the war was sometimes as slow as a calm lake, and sometimes as fast as a forest fire. No one could grasp the rhythm and rules. Those who could control the rhythm and laws of the war
Regular people are undoubtedly great military "artists".
Since it is impossible to control the rhythm on the battlefield, the only thing that can be done is to plan everything in advance and try to keep the development of the war within a larger framework, that is, to prepare for the worst.
Ye An did not intend to spread the news through Lijiazhuang, where his old uncle was located. In fact, his next destination was to Anhua City, where Qingzhou was located.
After having a delicious tangyang barbecue feast in Lijiazhuang, Ye An sandwiched the mutton with several baked pancakes, wrapped it in paper and put it into a cowhide bag. This delicious food really made him linger and could only pass on
Simple ways to keep these delicious treats.
Lijiazhuang is not far from Anhua City. After half a day's riding on horseback, everyone arrived before sunset. It can be seen from the city's defenses and tight security that Zhou Guozuo, the prefect of Anhua City, felt quite worried.
But Ye An is not stupid. Even a big city like Anhua City pays attention to defense. It can be seen that the Huanzhou Rebellion has affected this place. At least something happened that worried Zhou Guozuo, which prompted him to do this.
Ye An and others no longer hide their identities. The more formal the occasion, the sooner they should reveal their identities.
After seeing the confessions of Ye An and Cao Yi, the soldiers guarding the city rushed into the city to report the news. The remaining soldiers politely welcomed everyone into the city. For them, Ye An alone was of such size.
The identity of the deputy envoy to appease him is already a high-ranking official.