Li Kuo opened the note written by Brother Nan and looked up at the plaque above his head.
"Jiyuan Restaurant!" This is it.
Ever since he learned that he had become a hermit, Li Kuo was secretly happy. Regardless of the prospects after becoming a hermit, simply being valued by His Majesty the Emperor and being cultivated as a confidant was enough for the young man to be happy for a while.
Brother Nan repeatedly urged him to come to this hotel to meet with the shopkeeper after he recovered from his injuries. It seemed that he had an important mission. Three days ago, since his brother, Marshal Shu Han, rushed to Hexi with hundreds of soldiers, Li Kuo felt the atmosphere in Chang'an City.
Changes. In the past, the busy Yala Restaurant now has few drinkers except some old customers. The leather shop and spice shop opened by the Tibetan people seem to be cursed, with only a handful of buyers coming in all day long.
The Tibetan envoys in Honglu Temple also seemed to be ostracized and neglected by officials from other countries, and could hardly speak a few words. The assassination of the Tibetan prince was also ignored under the deliberate suppression of His Majesty the Emperor. In the end, the envoys who first clamored for a deadline to solve the case could not
He had no choice but to hang his head and roll back to Luoche City in disgrace to recover his life.
I'm afraid His Majesty is going to use troops against the west! The young man shook his head. After this incident, the conflict between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty has become irreconcilable. I'm afraid that even if Your Majesty wants to endure it, the Tubo barbarians will show off their spears and machetes mercilessly.
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After entering the restaurant, Li Kuo walked straight into the back hall. He had a handwritten letter from Brother Nan, and he only needed to find a shopkeeper named Guan. It was not yet dinner time, and there were very few customers in the store. A man wearing a jacket
The middle-aged man in Tsing Yi, wearing a t-shirt and a headband, was sitting in front of a desk, fiddling with the abacus. From the looks of it, he must be checking last month's money income.
"Excuse me, is this eldest brother, shopkeeper Guan?" Li Kuo cupped his hand at the middle-aged man and asked in a low voice.
"The man stopped the abacus in his hand, looked up at Li Kuo and said, "It's Guan. I wonder if this young man wants to be a master or stay in a hotel?"
Li Kuo waved his hand lightly and said, "I'm not here for dining and lodging, but to discuss business with Shopkeeper Guan."
"Oh?" The shopkeeper surnamed Guan suddenly became interested and looked at the young man in front of him carefully.
Li Kuo cleared his throat and lowered his voice:
"Hidden as golden scales, when encountering wind and clouds, three inches of minions will appear."
The shopkeeper surnamed Guan trembled when he heard this, nodded, and replied:
"A scholar is a confidant. How can the world be different if you meet the emperor's orders?" After saying this, he actually took out a jar of secretly brewed wine, lightly opened the lid of the jar, and pushed it towards the young man.
"Brother Guan!" Li Kuo was overjoyed. Since this man answered the hermit's code, he must be a hermit.
"I wonder what you call this little brother?" Shopkeeper Guan poured a bowl of wine for Li Kuo, his face full of charity.
"My surname is Li, and I am the seventh in the family. Brother Guan, please call me Xiaoqi." Li Kuo responded in a calm and relaxed voice.
Looking around and seeing no one around, shopkeeper Guan smiled lightly: "In the past few days, I heard from the organization that a military attache was coming to discuss sales with me. I was waiting to see if he could come, and I was just thinking
Go find out what's going on, Xiaoqi, you're here."
Li Kuo scratched his head and said with a smile: "Didn't I just learn about the mission? If Brother Nan hadn't urged me so urgently, I might still be calculating the plan now!"
Shopkeeper Guan sighed and frowned slightly: "This matter is urgent, so I will tell you briefly. Your Majesty has recently intended to use troops to the west. You must know this better than me in the army. This Jiyuan Restaurant is obviously
Gao Qianqi's property is secretly a place for hermits to communicate. This time, the superiors ordered that a batch of ordnance be transported to Wuwei, which required military escort. This matter was done secretly. Your Majesty did not want the news to leak, so it could not be escorted by the Ministry of War. I
The leader of Jiyuan Cargo Company will come forward to pull a caravan out, and your regiment will be the escort."
Nan Jiyun had mentioned this matter to him many times, and Li Kuo already knew it in his mind. He nodded lightly and said to shopkeeper Guan: "Brother Guan, if this is the case, I will go back and tell the brothers in the camp. Anyway, God
Sooner or later, Cejun will have to go to Longyou to take up his post, so he should leave a few days early."
Shopkeeper Na Guan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "If you don't leave a few days early, you have to start tomorrow!"
"What!" Li Kuo was shocked and shouted loudly. "Why is it so urgent? How can my brothers and I explain this?"
Shopkeeper Guan pressed his hand down and signaled the young man to calm down: "Don't be impatient, just listen to me and explain it slowly. This matter is the way of the inner government. Because he doesn't want too many people to know about it, Gao Piao
The cavalry did not report it to the Central Government. However, since it was His Majesty's order, he had to ask for some oral instructions. Gao Qianqi had already greeted the Ministry of War in his own name. You just need to recruit all the soldiers in the camp and you can set off! As for the
The departure date has been delayed for a long time. The border is not as good as Chang'an, and the soldiers are living a life of licking blood on the edge of a knife. This armament, food and salary cannot be postponed for a day. Since His Majesty has made a decree, we can just carry it out.
I have already organized the merchants in the caravan, now we are ready to prepare the troops, and we are waiting for the martial arts masters!" Shopkeeper Guan joked with a smile and patted the young man on the arm.
Li Kuo frowned slightly and said in confusion: "Since this matter is so important, why should we organize some business? What should we do if military secrets are accidentally leaked?"
"You don't understand this, right?" Shopkeeper Guan smiled mysteriously and slowly explained: "The more confidential things are, the more they have to be aired for others to see. How many times does our Jiyuan cargo station go on business trips outside the Great Wall every year? There is never a time when businessmen gather here.
, they all gathered under our merchant flags to take care of us? If all of a sudden the caravan turned into a piece of junk, how could it not arouse suspicion?"
"Oh!" The young man touched his forehead and suddenly realized.
"Don't worry, these are old brothers I'm looking for who have been on the road for many years and know the rules of the caravan. They will never ask questions that they shouldn't ask. They just want to stay together for safety." See the young man.
Still a little doubtful, shopkeeper Guan nodded lightly and reassured.
"You go back and make arrangements. We'll meet at Mingde Gate tomorrow morning!" Shopkeeper Guan was very straightforward, and at that moment he gave Li Kuo a death order.
Although Li Kuo's public identity is much higher than that of Shopkeeper Guan, and he is a military academy captain. But in fact, Shopkeeper Guan's status in the hermit organization is quite high, and the young man has absolutely no qualifications to rely on in front of him!
"I heard from Gao Qianqi that the saint was really angry this time. On the one hand, the Tubo people sent envoys to beg for peace, but on the other hand, they even allowed their soldiers to burn, kill and loot the people on the border of the Tang Dynasty. What is even more outrageous is that Hexi and Long
The generation on the right actually circulated a song called Luoshu Jue. Nowadays, many people in Guazhou and Liangzhou have been bewitched by Tubo barbarians and joined the Five Fighting Sect. It is really unreasonable!" Shopkeeper Guan said this, thinking in his heart
His anger was hard to calm down, and he hammered the case several times angrily.
"Your Majesty, he only gave us one sentence. The men of the Tang Dynasty are not cowards who can be bullied by others (Note 1). Anyone who robs the people of the Tang Dynasty behind their backs will slap the men of the Tang Dynasty in the face. If he is a man,
, we will whip him back in front of him, with a crackling sound, and make him kowtow and admit his mistake. Anyone who offends our power of the Tang Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away, the court of the Tang Dynasty will never allow a barbarian to show off his power in the Central Plains!"
Li Kuo's chest felt hot, and he felt a warm current rising up. Yes, we are men, we are men of the Tang Dynasty. We have things that need to be protected, and we have dignity that needs to be defended. Anyone who offends the power of the Tang Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away he is.
, this is more than just a slogan.
No matter whether he is a Tibetan or a Turk, he will never bully our fellow villagers on the land of the Central Plains. This is the promise made by the men of the Tang Dynasty, and we will prove and protect it with iron and blood!
Note 1: A coward: a Guanzhong dialect that describes a person who is timid and fearful of things and lacks responsibility.
ps: We have things that need to be protected, and we have dignity that needs to be defended. Anyone who offends the power of the Tang Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away he is! Guys, the life of an iron horse is about to begin, are you ready?
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