Early the next morning, Tang Xiaobei left Baling County on a merchant ship and headed to the next city.
In this city, she will auction another jade bead in exchange for a batch of food.
Tang Xiaobei was raising food in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. Thousands of miles away in Jinchuan, the sports meeting was also in full swing.
The three items of weighted cross-country, sprinting and hand crossbow are okay, and the selection speed is very fast, but the selection of heavy crossbow and catapult is too time-consuming.
Especially for catapults, the filling must be readjusted after each firing.
The rewards set by Jin Feng were so attractive that almost all the female workers in the textile factory signed up to participate. It took more than ten days to determine the top ten for each project.
Today is the final day of the first Xihewan Textile Factory Games.
After a day of competition, the winner was finally decided.
Naturally, Jin Feng would not break his promise. He fulfilled his promise on the spot, awarded awards to the winners, and announced that he would hold another sports meeting next spring to encourage female workers to continue their efforts.
Under the stimulation of Yin Zi, many female workers took the initiative to start practicing without Jin Feng's encouragement.
This is the effect Jin Feng wants.
After a period of time, Jin Feng not only spent time in the glass workshop, but also in the laboratory, and also began to write elementary school mathematics textbooks.
On this day, Jin Feng was immersed in grinding lenses, and Guan Xiaorou ran into the laboratory.
"Master, Xiaoyu is looking for you!"
"Xiaoyu?"
Jin Feng frowned slightly.
After Xiaoyu formed the women's brigade, she devoted herself to intelligence work again. She has been absent from the village recently, and even Jin Feng doesn't know where she has gone.
Coming back suddenly now must be something big.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiaoyu saw Jin Feng, she quickly said: "Sir, something happened. I don't know who is spreading rumors recently, saying that the Ninth Princess has a corrupt behavior in the capital, so she has been refusing to get married.
Rumors also say that the Ninth Princess is having an affair with her husband, so she made a special detour to our Xihewan."
"Nonsense, the head of the family has never known the Ninth Princess before. After the Ninth Princess came to Xihewan, other people were present when she met the head of the house. How could she be involved?"
Before Jin Feng could say anything, Guan Xiaorou first defended him: "Isn't this harmful to others? Can rumors about the princess be spread casually?"
"Xiaorou, it's useless to talk about these things now. If you start a rumor, you will lose your legs by trying to refute it. Once the rumor comes out, it will be difficult to explain clearly."
Jin Feng said helplessly.
Compared with his reputation and that of the Ninth Princess, he was more worried about the intentions of those who spread the rumors.
"Have you ever found out where the rumor first spread?" Jin Feng asked.
"I'm checking, but I don't have a clue yet. It seems like it started spreading in many places overnight." Xiaoyu replied.
"Is there any reaction from Dangxiang and Tubo?"
"I don't know, there's no news coming yet." Xiaoyu shook her head.
Jin Feng paced back and forth, thinking about the possibilities.
There was a knock at the door.
Guan Xiaorou opened the door and saw Da Liu standing at the door holding a letter.
"Madam, a letter from Nishikawa."
Da Liu handed the envelope to Guan Xiaorou.
Guan Xiaorou took it and handed it to Jin Feng.
Jin Feng glanced at the words on the envelope and knew it was from the Ninth Princess.
After taking it apart and reading a few lines, my face became very ugly.
"Master, what's wrong?" Guan Xiaorou waited until Jin Feng finished reading and asked quickly.
"The Ninth Princess wrote a letter saying that Tubo did not agree to the marriage, and said that Dakang sent an unclean princess to marry, which was an insult to Tubo!"
Jin Feng said: "The Tubo people used this as an excuse to demand that Dakang cede Xichuan Prefecture and the counties under its jurisdiction, otherwise they would send troops to attack Dakang!"
"What?!" Guan Xiaorou exclaimed.
Although she doesn't understand the world situation, she also knows that it is already very difficult for Dakang to resist Dangxiang and Khitan. If there is a fierce Tubo...
The consequences could be disastrous.
Jin Feng put away the letter and sighed: "The party members are so cruel!"
"Sir, do you think it's a rumor spread by party members?" Xiaoyu asked.
"The purpose of the Ninth Princess's marriage was to win over Tibet to deal with the party. It would be in their best interest to sabotage the marriage, so they are the most suspect."
Jin Feng said: "Of course, Tubo is also a possibility, but the Tubo tribes have been fighting among themselves in the past few years, and they probably don't have the time to plant so many hidden lines in Dakang, so I think it is more likely that the party members will take action.
The worst possibility is that Dangxiang and Tubo join forces."
"Aren't Dangxiang and Tubo always at war?" Xiaoyu asked.
"There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests." Jin Feng said: "What's more, now that Feng Sheng has fled to Tubo, don't forget that he has long been in cahoots with the Dangxiang people."
"If this happens, it will be a disaster for Dakang!" Xiaoyu also felt very heavy in her heart.
"Master, what should we do?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
"let me see!"
Jin Feng was also a little confused.
It was also the first time that he encountered such a situation involving political struggles in three countries.
After a while, Jin Feng slowly raised his head and said, "Xiaoyu, inform the escort agency to send a batch of heavy crossbows and catapults to Xichuan as quickly as possible."
When Qing Xinyao promised to give Jin Feng the right to make salt and the right to sell salt to Guangyuan, the condition was that Jin Feng would provide him with weapons.
Two batches have been sent before, but the quantity was not very large. It was not enough to guard a Xichuan City.
"good!"
"If nothing happens, the Qingyuan Army and Changxin Army will be transferred back to guard the gates soon. Inform Brother Liang to suspend the bandit suppression and come back as soon as possible."
Jin Feng continued: "In addition, we also informed the Chamber of Commerce that we will no longer expand into new markets in the near future and try to withdraw some of the escorts.
And over at Maomao Mountain, ask Lao Zheng to speed up the training of new recruits and prepare for war!"
"Yes!" Xiaoyu asked, "Sir, is there anything else?"
"That's all for now," Jin Feng said, "You go ahead and do your work."
"Okay!" Xiaoyu nodded and left.
Only Guan Xiaorou and Jin Feng were left in the room.
"Xiaorou, please go back and pack your things. Tomorrow morning, I will take you and Xiao'e to the dock. You go to Jiangnan to find Xiaobei." Jin Feng asked.
"Are you going, the head of the house, too?" Guan Xiaorou asked.
"How can I walk through such a big place in Xihewan?" Jin Feng said helplessly.
"If the master doesn't leave, I won't leave either." Guan Xiaorou grabbed Jin Feng's arm: "Master, please don't drive me away, okay?"
"Why do you say it's so aggrieved? It's not like I don't want you anymore?" Jin Feng said with a smile.
"I don't care, I don't want to go to Jiangnan."
Guan Xiaorou, who had always been obedient, now hugged Jin Feng's waist tightly: "Wherever the master goes, I will accompany him."
"Okay then," Jin Feng rubbed Guan Xiaorou's head.
It is impossible for the Tubo people to abandon Xichuan City and go straight to a remote place like Guangyuan.
When the Tibetans really came, he should have time to evacuate.