"Bold!" A light scold sounded from behind him. Xia Houhui and Xia Houxuan walked over quickly. Xia Houhui had a sullen face and glared at Wang Shuang, who was much taller than her. "How dare you be rude to my husband?
Aren’t you afraid that I will chop off your head right now?”
Wang Shuang grinned indifferently: "Which family are you from, and you dare to say such crazy things? If I am afraid of death, I am not a man from Xiliang."
"I am Xia Houxuan." Xia Houxuan coughed and pointed at Xia Houhui: "This is my sister and the wife of Young Master Wei."
"Xiahou...Xuan?" Wang Shuang was stunned, then put away his arrogance, rolled his big eyes back and forth twice, and respectfully saluted with clasped fists: "But is Xiahou Jun Taichu, the son of the former Zhennan General?"
Before Xia Houxuan could nod, Ling Dang rushed up from the side, grabbed the pardon order from Jin Dongliu, waved it in front of Wang Shuang, and said proudly: "Your emperor has issued an edict to pardon you people.
The crime of defeat. Now, you
Our lives belong to my uncle. If you surrender honestly, you will follow my girl and uncle from now on, and you will be able to enjoy the hot food and drink spicy food. If you don't obey, I will chop your pig head into pieces right now and cut it into ten pieces.
Eight yuan, use it as flower fertilizer."
Wang Shuang couldn't help but shudder when he looked at this little girl with a sunny face, cheerful and lively, but extremely vicious words. He touched his head, thought for a moment, turned over and knelt down in front of Xia Houhui: "Wang Shuang is willing
Follow the girl."
Xia Houhui's face softened slightly and he snorted: "You made the wrong mistake. You should be worshiping my husband instead."
Wang Shuang walked up to Wei Ba obediently and knelt down on one leg.
Wei Ba glanced at Xia Houhui and raised his thumb secretly. Xiahou Hui smiled playfully. Xiahou Xuan saw this but sighed secretly.
Jin Dongliu surrendered, Wang Shuang also surrendered. Those prisoners who were still hesitant had nothing to think about anymore. They prostrated themselves one by one in front of Wei Ba, willing to be loyal to the Wei family and to Wei Ba. Wei Ba immediately surrendered.
They composed a song, and Wang Shuang was appointed as a military marquis, and he rested for two days. After his physical condition recovered, he began to participate in the training of the Wei family's soldiers.
After arranging the prisoners, Wei Ba and Xia Houxuan walked into the study. As soon as they entered the room, Wei Ba first put away the drawings on the case. When Xia Houxuan saw them, he said sourly: "My sister followed you, even my name."
I don’t even have a share, and now I’ve helped you subdue more than a hundred soldiers, and you don’t even show me the blueprints?”
"I'll show it to you, but you won't be able to understand it. Instead, you'll get a bad reputation." Wei Ba spread his hands nonchalantly and said, "Do you want to see it? If you want to see it, I'll let you stay inside and watch it alone now."
Xia Houxuan was a little moved. He knew very well that Wei Ba was best at mechanical arts, and the things he studied were of course the most valuable things.
Just when he was hesitating, Xia Houhui pushed him and said angrily: "With your mechanical skills, you can still understand his hard work? You'd better stop having such wishful thinking. We have prepared a gift for you. You
Let’s continue honestly.”
Xia Houxuan laughed helplessly. Of course he knew that Xia Houhui was right. With his knowledge in machinery, even if the drawings were spread out in front of him, he might not be able to see why. But being despised by his sister, he
Still a little unconvinced: "Why, I can't understand?"
"According to me, not being able to understand is a good thing, but being able to understand is not necessarily a good thing." Xiahou Hui said quietly, and glanced at Wei Ba. Wei Ba covered his mouth and smiled, turning his head away.
Seeing their expressions, Xuan couldn't help but smile silently when he remembered that the armored ship drawings sent back by Xia Houhui caused the Wei army to lose almost the entire Jingzhou Navy.
The three of them chatted and laughed for a while, then sat down. Someone served drinks and then closed the door. Wei Ba first raised his wine glass and greeted Xia Houxuan: "Thank you for running around these days to chat with the common people. Thank you for your hard work."
Already."
Xia Houxuan smiled: "I'm not busy for you. Don't be too happy too early."
Wei Ba also smiled: "I know, in a small way, you are doing it for Yuanrong, and in a big way, you are doing it for Wei Guo. However, after all, you helped me, and I still want to thank you.
There seems to be no hope for the marriage now, but don't worry, I will definitely treat Yuanrong well and never let her suffer any injustice."
"With your words, I feel better." Xia Houxuan clinked the wine glass with Wei Ba and drank it all in one gulp. The wine was refreshed with well water. It was refreshing and pleasant. After one gulp, the heat was gone.
Xia Houxuan was in a happy mood and asked with a smile: "Now tell me, what kind of gift have you prepared for me?"
"Three hundred pieces of Sichuan brocade."
"Three hundred pieces of Sichuan brocade, isn't it too little? Such a small amount..." Xia Houxuan habitually wanted to bargain. Halfway through, his eyes suddenly widened: "What, three hundred pieces? So much?"
"Of course it's not all given to you." Wei Ba was very satisfied with the result: "We are still enemies, and the marriage has not been successful. If the amount of the gift is too large, I am afraid it will not be able to hide from others. These three hundred pieces of high-quality Shu brocade were sold to me.
Your cost price is ten thousand yuan per horse. After you get it back to Luoyang, how much you can earn depends on your own ability and has nothing to do with me. If you think this business can be done, we can maintain long-term contact in the future."
Although Xia Houxuan is a noble man and doesn't care much about worldly things like money, he has been in Chengdu for so long and knows very well what the price of three hundred pieces of high-quality Shu brocade will be when shipped to Luoyang. Excluding various expenses on the way, he can at least get it out of it.
Earn a profit of fifty gold.
Fifty gold, no matter how you say it, is a generous gift, which far exceeded his expectations.
"The Wei family is in dire straits, and there are many places where money is needed." Xia Houhui explained: "Ziyu has just taken over the affairs of the Wei family. If he wants to convince others, he must make some achievements. Training of military soldiers is very expensive.
, If we cannot increase revenue and reduce expenditure, we will definitely not be able to support it for long with our current savings alone, so Ziyu asked the Prime Minister's Mansion for a sales quota of three hundred pieces of brocade, and I will leave it all to you."
Xia Houxuan pondered for a moment, then said with a bad smile: "It's not rude to come back without reciprocating, you won't just reward me as simple as that, right?"
"Of course." Xia Houhui nodded without thinking: "Prime Minister Zhuge is very strict. He basically controls all the goods that can make money in Yizhou, leaving little room for us. Especially iron, the Wei family has a lot of it.
Gap, after you go back, see if you can find some way."
Xiahou Xuan understood. He stretched out his finger, pointed at Wei Ba, and then pointed at Xiahou Hui: "I'm telling you, you won't be so easy on me. This thing of iron is not only strictly controlled by the Shu Han, but also controlled by our Wei State."
It’s also very strict, you are posing a difficult problem for me.”
Wei Ba smiled. If the Wei family wants to raise a large number of soldiers, they not only need more food to feed them, but also provide them with armor and weapons. This requires a lot of iron. Salt and iron have always been materials controlled by the government.
Since Zhuge Liang intends to control the development of the Wei family, it is impossible for him to give Wei a hand in this regard.
With so many opportunities left for his family, Wei Ba must find another way. Wei State has salt and iron in Hedong, which is very close to Guanzhong. In the foreseeable future, Hedong will be under the control of General Cao Zhen, as long as Cao Rui turns a blind eye
If you close your eyes, the salt and iron from Hedong can be continuously imported into Guanzhong and come to Chengdu.
Iron is a strategic material. Cao Rui cannot be ignorant. If he wants to let him go, there must be someone who can speak with enough weight and enough benefits. The three hundred pieces of Shu brocade are not so much a gift to Xiahou Xuan.
It's for Cao Rui. This kind of high-quality Shu brocade has a price but no market. I believe Cao Rui may be tempted by it.
Wei Ba knew very well what made Cao Rui willing to make peace with him. To put it bluntly, he wanted to cultivate a force within Shu Han that could rival Zhuge Liang. Therefore, he believed that Cao Rui would give him support. Of course, the strength of this support was controlled by Cao Rui.
But for now, the amount Cao Rui can give him is enough for him to take the first step steadily.
Xia Houxuan thought for a long time: "I can go back and try. Whether it can work or not depends on whether His Majesty is willing to do so. You should also know that this matter is too big. If someone gets caught, even His Majesty will not be able to tell the crowd."
Please explain."
"Of course I understand this." Wei Ba said, "I will arrange for reliable people to contact you when the time comes."
"Who can I meet?"
"Of course, he is Miwei Mizilie. As long as you make it clear, he will immediately send someone to Luoyang to contact you." Wei Ba paused and then said: "This matter is of great importance, I'm afraid of you
One person can’t afford it, so he has to contact another person.”
"Who is it again?"
"Cao Yan." Xia Houhui said: "Actually, these three hundred pieces of Shu brocade are nominally a gift from His Majesty to his two sisters."
Xia Houxuan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly. The Cao Yan they were talking about was the son of Cao Chun, the former Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Commander. His mother was none other than the two daughters born to Liu Bei by Mi Wei's aunt, Mrs. Mi. They were growing up.
Banpo was captured by Cao Chun, and was favored by Cao Chun because of his beauty. Although Cao Chun died early, he died of illness in the fifteenth year of Jian'an, and his official rank was not high, but he
During his lifetime, he commanded Cao Cao's most elite bodyguards, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and was one of Cao Cao's most trustworthy people. He died young, and Cao Cao missed him very much, and this feeling naturally transferred to Cao Yan. When Cao Chun died,
Cao Yan was just two years old and could not inherit the title. When he turned thirteen, Cao Cao immediately held a crown ceremony for him and let him inherit Cao Chun's title.
It is of course perfect to have such a person to pull the strings, at least sharing the pressure on Xia Houxuan's shoulders.
"That way, I feel more confident."
"Of course, you are Yuanrong's brother, and I don't want anything to happen to you." Wei Ba raised his glass again: "I hope we can have a happy cooperation."
"Alas." Xia Houxuan sighed with complicated emotions and raised his cup. For the happiness of his sister and the interests of Wei State, he had no choice but to cooperate with Wei Ba. But Wei Ba was an enemy after all, so this cooperative relationship could be maintained.
How long, it is really hard to say, it is almost inevitable that they will face each other on the battlefield in the future. He doesn't know how he will deal with it then, so he has no choice but to not think about such problems for the time being, in order to have peace of mind for the time being.
With a good start, the next things will be much easier to talk about. Wei Ba took out a list and discussed it with Xia Houxuan item by item. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! )