"You said you arrested all ten-year-old children and sent them to the front line?"
"Then why can't I see those people so far?"
"Where have they gone?"
"Where did it go?"
Zhou Ding questioned Zhang Dun.
"Where are they? How do I know?"
"We are all children!"
"Children who have not grown up!"
"Furthermore, the National Preceptor also has an order that requires someone over the age of twelve, do you understand?"
"This is the future of our Song Dynasty!"
"The future!"
"Can you just have the heart to let them come to the battlefield to die?"
Zhang Dun looked helpless and blamed himself.
"You are simply prevaricating and making excuses!"
"If you are incompetent, you are incompetent. Why should you look for excuses?"
Zhou Ding began to accuse Zhang Dun.
"Am I incompetent?"
"Do you have the ability?"
"Would you like to recruit me into the army?"
"I want to see how many troops you can recruit as the official of the entire Xiangyang Prefecture?"
Zhang Dun responded.
"Amitabha!"
"stop fighting!"
"Stop arguing!"
"Since you all have doubts about each other's ability to do things!"
"It's better to let Zhang Dun and Xu Zheng have full authority to handle the defense of Xiangyang City!"
"As for the matter of conscription, leave it to Governor Zhou!"
Fahai also knew that he needed the harmony of several people to help him stabilize his position.
But now, Fa Hai understands that he has indeed overestimated the ability of these people to do things, so instead of letting them live in harmony, it is better to let them fight, which will help him do things better.
On top of the Fancheng tower.
"Commander Yang!"
"We have been here in Fancheng for several months!"
"This warship is almost finished, and the soldiers are ready to cross the river to attack Xiangyang at any time!"
"When is the most appropriate time to attack Xiangyang!"
General Qu Shu seemed to lose his temper, so he came to ask Yang Polu.
"Your Majesty told me that I must learn the way of calmness. The victory of Xiangyang must be defeated by King Zhuge!"
"Now that Wang Ke is reluctant to come out to help, how can I rush to attack Xiangyang?"
"So I can only recharge my batteries here and wait for Mr. Wang Ke!"
Yang Polu responded.
"But it's not a problem to keep waiting like this!"
"And I heard recently that the Song Army is preparing a plan to counterattack us. If we keep delaying it, we may lose the opportunity!"
Qu Shu continued to remind.
"Of course I know this!"
"But I can't disobey His Majesty's orders!"
"How about this!"
"I'm going to visit Wang Ke for the last time today!"
"If it is unwilling to come to help, then we will cross the river in three days and fight against Xiangyang!"
Yang Polu also seemed helpless.
After all, because of Xu Xian's order, Yang Polu had already visited Wang Ke six times, but Wang Ke refused Yang Polu's invitation because his mother was seriously ill.
Outside Dengzhou City, near Denggang Village.
"Son!"
"Why did you go fishing again?"
"Do you really think of yourself as Grandpa Jiang?"
Wang Ke's mother said with a smile when she saw her son suddenly going out with a fishing rod and fishing basket.
"How can I, Wang Ke, compare to Taigong Jiang?"
"Mother, you are joking!"
Wang Ke responded with a smile.
"It would be great if you really had the talent of your grandpa!"
"What a pity!"
The Queen Mother couldn't help but said.
"Don't mention that grandpa!"
"I, Wang Ke, don't have a grandfather!"
"Mom, please don't always call that Wang Yanren from now on, but think of him as my grandfather, okay?"
Wang Ke couldn't help but said.
"But...but he is your grandfather after all!"
"All right!"
"You go fishing!"
"Remember to go home early, you know?"
The Queen Mother also seemed to be feeling emotional.
After all, Wang Ke didn't have a good impression of his late grandfather Wang Yan, a famous anti-gold general, because of what happened to his father.
After a while, Wang Ke came to the fish pond. As usual, he put down the fishing line and bait, pressed the fishing rod with a stone, and went to the side to fall asleep.
"snort…!"
"This young man is really interesting!"
"interesting!"
“I’m catching a fish, but I don’t even care about the fishing rod!”
At this time, a businessman was passing by. Seeing Wang Ke fishing like this, he couldn't help but stop and laugh.
"you do not know?"
"Does it fish like this every day?"
"And other people never catch as much as it does when fishing?"
"You don't have to come back for more than a few hours!"
"You'll know if it can catch any fish!"
A woman passing by responded to the businessman.
"Yeah?"
"Then I'll wait and see how many fish it can catch like this!"
"If it can really catch more than others, I'm willing to pay this ingot of gold to buy it!"
The businessman said as he took out a shining ingot of gold from his arms.
So the businessman went to find a place to rest temporarily.
A few hours later, the businessman came back again and saw Wang Ke still sleeping on the stone. Then he came to his fish cage to take a look.
I found that more than half of the fish were inside. When I looked at the other cages around me, I saw that there were only a few fish in it.
"Wake up!"
"Wake up...!"
"I want to ask you something!"
"What do you want me to ask you?"
The businessman was naturally surprised, so he came over and patted Wang Ke, who was sleeping soundly, on the shoulder.
"What's going on?"
"I'm sleepy!"
"tired!"
Wang Ke seemed to look tired.
"How on earth did you catch these fish?"
"Could it be that you heard me just now saying that I wanted to buy your fish with an ingot of gold, and you deliberately wanted to defraud me of the gold and let someone catch so many fish in advance?"
The businessman questioned Wang Ke.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm catching a fish here, and you're still meddling in my own business!"
"Could it be that this fish pond belongs to your family?"
"But I, Wang Ke, have been fishing here for so many years, and I have never heard of anyone who owns this fish pond?"
Wang Ke responded.
"You...you!"
"Did you catch all those fish by yourself?"
"How could you catch so many fish?"
The businessman continued to question.
"Don't make any noise!"
"Don't make any noise...!"
"My fish is hooked...it's hooked!"
Wang Ke said, immediately stood up and ran towards where the fishing rod was.
Then he removed the stone and pulled up the fish tank, and sure enough, a plump crucian carp was hooked.
I saw Wang Ke catch the fish, take it off, put it into the fish basket with lightning speed, then return to the same place and fall asleep leaning on the stone.
"Old sir!"
"Old sir...!"
"This weirdo, did the fish in his cage really catch by himself?"
The businessman still looked unconvinced and went to ask an old man nearby who agreed to fish.
"How does it fish, how do I know?"
"Don't you know how to read it yourself?"
The old man responded.
The businessman then turned to stare at Wang Ke and found that Wang Ke had already run back and forth twice while he was asking the old man about the time.
Looking at the fish cage again, I found that two fish had indeed been added to it.
"You're such a weird person!"
"You actually lie down while fishing. I don't believe you can still catch hundreds of hits!"
The businessman was naturally not willing to give away the ingot of gold in his hand to others in vain.
So the businessman continued to wait and see. Unexpectedly, after a while, Wang Ke got up and closed the pole. He went back and forth several times and was able to catch the fish every time!
After a while, the fish cage was almost full.
At this time, the businessman had no choice but to believe that this weirdo was very skilled at fishing.
"I don't know what your surname is!"
"Can I ask for advice?"
The businessman's previous arrogant attitude is gone.
"My name is Wang Ke!"
"He's just a country man!"
"What do you want to ask me?"
Wang Ke closed his eyes and responded with a contented expression.
"Sir, you are so humble!"
"Too modest!"
"I would like to ask, sir, how on earth did you catch the fish while lying down and sleeping like this, without caring about the fishing rod?"
the businessman asked.
"Jiang Taigong is fishing, and those who wish will take the bait!"
"You don't understand!"
Wang Ke replied.
"I've heard of Taigong Jiang too!"
"I heard that Jiang Taigong used a straight hook when he was fishing, so he never caught any fish. He finally caught the fish when King Wen of Zhou passed by!"
"But you are so good at catching hundreds of fish, which I have never heard of, so I am very puzzled!"
This businessman has read a lot of books.
"I've already said it, how can I, a peasant from the countryside, explain it to a noble person like you?"
"By the way, you just said that if I could catch more fish than others, you would be willing to buy them with gold, right?"
Wang Ke said suddenly.
"Did I say such a thing?"
"Why don't I remember it myself?"
The businessman immediately pretended to be confused.
"Whether you said this or not, I believe the old fishing man over there must have heard it, and the aunt who passed by before also heard it!"
"As the saying goes, to deceive oneself and deceive oneself is to deceive oneself and others!"
"Is it possible that all you businessmen behave like this?"
"But I, Wang Ke, have heard that big businessmen value trust and are not confused by petty gains. If you give up, you will gain, and if you give up, you will gain. Since you have lost even basic trustworthiness for the sake of petty profits, how can you talk about doing business?
Woolen cloth?"
"It seems that sir, this is the reason why you haven't made any money in business these years, right?"
Wang Ke reminded.
“Sir’s words are indeed as good as gold and jade!”
"I, Zhao Wanjiu, have learned a lesson!"
"Sir, please accept this ingot of gold!"
When the businessman heard Wang Keneng say this, he suddenly understood that he had met an expert.
"Zhao Wanjiu, this is a good name. It seems that you will be promising in the future!"
"All right!"
"I'll take this gold!"
"But I really like that horse of yours, can you give it to me too?"
Wang Ke said and walked to the merchant's horse.
"Although this horse is used by me, Zhao Wanjiu, for transportation, if your husband likes it, there is no harm in giving it to him!"
Zhao Wanjiu was quite generous at this time.
"Yeah?"
"good!"
"Then I'll ride this horse away!"
After Wang Ke finished speaking, he jumped onto the horse's back.
"They are all external things!"
"Things outside the body!"
"It doesn't hurt to give it to your husband!"
Although Zhao Wanjiu was reluctant to give up, it was his first time meeting an expert, so he couldn't be too stingy, so he reluctantly agreed.
"good!"
"Thank you then!"
"Goodbye Brother Zhao!"
After Wang Ke finished speaking, he waved his riding whip and disappeared in an instant.