Wei Ba sighed a long time and said compassionately: "If you are not in good health, just have a good rest. Why should you be anxious for a while? The Prime Minister is a pillar of the country. If you have any conceits, it will be like the sky collapses. From Your Majesty,
Even the people cannot accept such losses. Why is he so unwilling to take care of himself? I want to write a letter to impeach him and ask His Majesty to summon him back to the court and recuperate well."
Fei Yi was shocked. Whether Wei Ba's previous words were true or false, they were quite sensational, but the words behind them were a little scary. Please ask Your Majesty to call Zhuge Liang back to Chengdu? What a joke? Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu, just by Jiang Wei's ability
If you have to pacify those old generals? Without Zhuge Liang in charge, you will not be unable to send troops. I am afraid that even if you are in charge of Guanzhong, it will be dangerous.
"Or... I'll go to Guanzhong to share the worries of the Prime Minister?" Wei Ba's eyes rolled and said happily: "Although I'm not talented, I'm still a little brave, so it's okay to be a front pawn for the Prime Minister."
Fei Yi was amused and crying. He knew that Wei Ba could not be a front pawn for the Prime Minister, and he also knew that the Prime Minister could not let Wei Ba participate in the war. Wei Ba is too popular now, and Guanzhong was the starting point where he started his business. He is still in line with the Heavenly Master.
Dao Guanzhong District Zhitou Jijiu's identity. When he arrived in Guanzhong, Jiang Wei had no chance to compete with him.
"Guanzhong has sufficient troops and you don't need reinforcements at the moment. Ordinary weapons are not bad, but only you have fire bombs. If you are willing to provide more fire bombs to the Prime Minister, it would be a great achievement. In addition, considering the war may be
Delay, sufficient grain reserves are indispensable. Your harvest this year is better than last year. Can you support the Prime Minister more food? In addition, if the Wu army launches a large-scale war, it may also be short of food. Can you sell some food to them?"
"That's more." Wei Ba slapped his chest and said with great righteousness: "The Prime Minister's Northern Expedition is a righteous army to restore the Han Dynasty. Although I cannot go to the battlefield and charge in person, I can be regarded as honored to do a good job in logistics for the Prime Minister.
Yan. Tell me, how much grain is the prime minister and what price is it?"
Fei Yi was originally smiling and full of joy when he heard it, but the last few words completely stunned him. What price? It turns out that you are not supporting him, but you still want to do business and make money from the national crisis!
"Are you going to sell grain... to the Prime Minister?"
"Of course, the Prime Minister wants to fight the Northern Expedition, so I will give priority to the Prime Minister."
"But... this is not the Prime Minister's personal matter, it is the country's affairs."
"The affairs of the country?" Wei Ba blinked: "Then do you have a letter from the General's Mansion? Or is there a document from the Grand Secretary?"
Fei Yi was speechless. He only had Zhuge Liang's private messages in his hand, so how could he have these official documents?
"So, Fei Jun has nothing." Wei Ba shrugged and said helplessly: "Then I have to be helpless. I will pay a lot of rent to Chengdu for a lot of money and ask me to get more money if I should pay.
, it is difficult to deal with without the official documents of the General's Mansion. If you are doing business, it will be much simpler. You can pay the money with one hand and the goods with the other hand. For the sake of the Prime Minister, I can give him a preferential price. As for Wu Guo
, I'm sorry, fair trade, no one owe anyone. Fei Jun, do you think this is good?"
Fei Yi smacked his lips and said nothing. He knew that his mission had failed, and Wei Ba did not intend to support Zhuge Liang at all. Even if Zhuge Liang transferred Wei Yan to the front line, it would be useless. If he wanted to get more from him
Apart from buying food and fire bombs, they can only be allocated based on the official documents of the General's Mansion.
Can Li Yan give this order? It's impossible.
Seeing Fei Yi's disappointment, Wei Ba smiled and said, "Fei Jun, it's rare that you can travel in person, and you can give you face. This way, I will give you another discount on the basis of the discounted price, you can
Delay payment.”
"Delayed payment?" Fei Yi was a little confused for a moment. "What is delayed payment?"
"Delayed payment means getting the goods first and then giving the money." Wei Ba explained and smiled: "Of course, since it is a delayed payment, there must be interest and mortgage. It's not that I can't trust the Prime Minister, but
That's the rule, and I'm no exception. You think so?"
"I still need a mortgage?" Fei Yi almost laughed out loud: "What mortgage do you want the Prime Minister to give you?"
"It doesn't matter, it's just a formality anyway." Wei Ba waved his hand: "Fei Jun, my concession has ended here. If I want me to make concessions, I will forgive my difficulty in obedience."
Fei Yi thought for a while: "How much can you provide?"
"I dare not say that if I have too much, it should be no problem. Five hundred thousand stones of rice and millions of fire bombs." Wei Ba said temptingly: "As long as the Prime Minister has a note, the Prime Minister will win the battle, and this amount of money will be fine."
Small money?”
"Okay." Fei Yi glared at Wei Ba helplessly, "I will report to the Prime Minister immediately, you should be ready for luck."
"No problem." Wei Ba patted his chest, "But you have to be fast, with such a large amount, I need to have enough preparation time. Once the wind leaks, I can't guarantee that I can get enough of these numbers. By the way, the Wu Kingdom side
How about it, how much do they plan to ask for?”
Fei Yi sighed. The person with a market price in front of him was not a young talent with great ambitions, he was simply a wealthy slave.
Fei Yi lamented in his heart, but did not dare to neglect. He knew that Zhuge Liang was waiting for his reply. Although Wei Ba's reply was not the result that Zhuge Liang hoped, it was not far from that. As long as Zhuge Liang had a note, Wei Ba agreed to send it first.
This is not much different from free support.
Fei Yi immediately asked Zhuge Liang for a letter and informed Zhuge Liang of the outcome of his negotiations with Wei Ba.
At the same time, Wei Ba wrote a letter to Ma Su, asking Xie Guanglong to return to Chengdu quickly. Xie Guanglong did not dare to neglect it, and went back to Chengdu in just half a month and handed over Wei Ba's letter to him.
Ma Su.
After reading the letter, Ma Su smiled meaningfully. He sat quietly all night and went to the General's Mansion early the next morning.
...
Li Yan's face was as cold as water, and he wanted to get up and slap Ma Su. The news brought by Ma Su really made him angry. Wei Ba said that he did not support Zhuge Liang, but he used a method of delaying payment. Zhuge Liang even had a single money
You can get support from him without having to go out. If you win in the future, you will pay for these supplies with spoils.
What is the difference between this and unpaid support?
Moreover, Ma Su is so relaxed and proud, obviously he is colluding with Wei Ba. They joined forces to establish their own business and compete with him and Zhuge Liang. This result is not unexpected, but it comes too fast, faster than he imagined.
.In his plan, this is at least three to five years later, and it should not be now.
It seems that Ma Su and Wei Ba both realized his selfishness. They were unwilling to be restrained and wanted to resist and fight for more rights and protection while the outcome between Zhuge Liang and him were not decided.
Li Yan regretted it a little. It was unwise to anger Ma Su and Wei Ba without completely defeating Zhuge Liang. These two people are smart and powerful, especially Wei Ba. Although the territory he controls is not as strong as Yizhou,
He was the only one in that land, without any restraint, and it was easier to do things. He also had the skills to dominate the world, which was enough to control the situation in the world.
With Wei Ba's support, Zhuge Liang may really take down Bingzhou, so he has no advantage. To overcome Zhuge Liang, he can only send troops to attack Wu, and attacking Wu is also inseparable from Wei Ba.
The support of the fire bombs Sun Quan bought from Wei Ba might have fallen on his head.
Li Yan was furious, but he was helpless. Wei Ba's wings were already formed, and the ordinary tricks in the officialdom could not shake his foundation. Instead, they would only anger him and cause greater disasters.
So he could only bear it.
"Young Chang, Ziyu is a talent." Li Yan laughed rare. "The Prime Minister did not let him visit the front line, but used a person like Jiang Wei, which was the biggest mistake. This is not only the glory of the Wei family, but also the old Zhao family.
The general's teachings are inseparable. The old general Zhao is also blessed. His two sons and one disciple are all promising. After Zhao was appointed as the General of the Hu Ben, the Hu Ben and his men were reborn and had a new face."
Ma Su smiled. It seemed that the Zhao family father and son were about to be promoted again. With Wei Ba's strong backing, it felt different. It was right to form an alliance with Wei Ba, otherwise how could Li Yan take him seriously?
Talk to him with a pleasant face.
Sure enough, a few days later, Li Yan wrote a letter to His Majesty, praising Zhao Yun for saving His Majesty in Changban. Now he has good teaching. His son and disciples are both pillars of the country. He is hard to be loyal and brave, and has outstanding achievements. He is difficult to redeem his merits. He should be promoted to nine.
The emperor was listed as the title of Marquis of the Imperial Palace. As soon as Li Yan submitted his memorial, many people agreed. Although the emperor was willing, he did not dare to be self-disciplined and immediately sent people to Guanzhong to ask Prime Minister Zhuge Liang for instructions.
Zhuge Liang quickly replied, and discussed the general's memorial. So the emperor issued an edict, proclaiming Zhao Yun as the Weiwei, and granting Zhending Marquis, and immediately returned to Beijing to take office.
The news reached Linyuan, and Zhao Yun sighed to the sky. He had fought for his whole life, but his official position was only a general, and his title was only a marquis of rank. In his twilight years, he did not fight for a long time, but instead promoted his title. This had nothing to do with his own merits.
It was just a struggle for power and profit in the court. Because he had a strong disciple, he was ranked among the Nine Ministers.
Zhao Yun felt ashamed and was about to write a letter to resign. Before his memorial was sent out, Wei Ba's letter arrived first. Wei Ba told Zhao Yun that these official titles are what you deserve, but you are late, so don't have them.
Any uneasiness. Furthermore, there may be changes in the court. You need someone like you, Master, to be in charge, so that you will not cause chaos. Please ask Master to make plans for the country and do not refuse to be promoted this time.
Zhao Yun read the letter and was puzzled. He knew that the undercurrents were surging in the Shu Han court, but he could not see what Wei Ba said was changing. However, he understood that Wei Ba was one of the three major forces in the court.
, he has a better understanding of some internal stories and trends than he knows. Since he said that, he must have a reason. This time, the promotion of the title may be the result of Wei Ba's intentional operation.
Zhao Yun tore off the memorial and handed over Wuling's affairs to Deng Yang, Heisha and others, and returned to Chengdu.