Zhuge Liang took off the cover of the lamp, put the letter in his hand on the lamp and lit it. The bamboo paper quickly burned, illuminating Zhuge Liang's eyes, and then quickly dimmed, turning into a ball of fire, slowly falling.
Zhuge Liang sighed again.
Zhuge Ke slowly walked over, took the lamp cover from him, covered it again, and helped Zhuge Liang back to the front of the case. I don’t know who sent the letter, even Zhuge Ke didn’t know, so that Zhuge
Ke was very surprised. But he didn't ask anything. Since Zhuge Liang didn't want to tell him, it was useless if he asked.
"Look for Xi Zhong."
"Here." Zhuge Ke turned around and arranged. When he came back, he found that Zhuge Liang was on his desk to check the map. Several white hairs hanged down from his temples and fell on the table. He shook gently with Zhuge Liang's rapid breathing, like
Floods break in the wind.
Zhuge Ke sighed secretly, sat next to Zhuge Liang, looked at the map, and understood the problem that Zhuge Liang was worried about.
"Uncle, have any problems?"
"The Wei family workshop in Xiangyang has produced new horse armor, which weighs more than 30% lighter than ordinary horse armor. Wei Ba defeated Wuqiu Jian's more than 600 horse riders with 120 horse armor, and was also in Bailang Mountain.
After playing a trick of a white wolf showing his spirit, the Wuhuan people were scared by him."
Zhuge Ke took a breath of air. He understood what Zhuge Liang meant, and even heard the murderous intent behind this meaning.
Wei Ba will climb Bailang Mountain with 120 cavalry and fight against Wuqiu Jian's more than 600 cavalry? Why does this sound so incredible? If this is another miraculous victory for Wei Ba, then Zhuge Liang
Why don't you have any expressions of happiness?
Zhuge Liang seemed to feel Zhuge Ke's horror. He raised his head, looked at Zhuge Ke, stroked his beard with one hand, and knocked on the table with the other: "Yuan Xun?"
"Ah, uncle." Zhuge Ke woke up as if he was in a dream and quickly retracted his mind, but found a layer of cold sweat on his back.
"Tell me, what impact will this have on the situation?"
"Hey." Zhuge Ke quickly sorted out his thoughts and was already calm when he spoke. "The Wei family created horse armor, which was a great help to Wei Ba's Liaodong offensive, but the greater impact was Yanyu.
Battlefield. If the Yanyu battlefield has obvious advantages and progress is too fast and cannot lead to a stalemate, there is no way to talk about the war in Guanzhong."
Zhuge Liang had a slight head. Among his nephews, Zhuge Ke's brain was obviously the best. If he could get rid of his arrogant habit, he was a pillar of talent, and he was even better than Zhuge Qiao.
Compared with him, the only one who is still a young child, Zhuge Liang often said in front of others that Zhuge Zhan was premature and his future achievements may be limited, but he was still very proud of his smart and lovely son.
"Secondly, Wei Ba kept the horse armor technology in Xiangyang, and probably had another purpose. Once the horse armor was released, the enemy and us would do their best to buy horse armor and equip their own cavalry in order to avoid being at a disadvantage. In this way, Wei
Feng’s wealth has increased, and the Xi family also benefited from it. My uncle’s plan to restrain Wei Ba as the eldest son of Wei Feng will probably fail.”
"In the end, Wei Ba had horse armor and made meritorious service in Liaodong, and the time left for his uncle... was less and less." Zhuge Ke looked at Zhuge Liang's eyes and saw a deep anxiety from it.
. "Uncle, Wei Ba is fighting for the initiative, forcing his uncle to be exhausted."
"Even if I am exhausted, he will not be able to do what he wants." Zhuge Liang suddenly laughed: "Yuan Xun, you are still young."
Zhuge Ke shook his head: "Uncle, I do want to compete with Wei Ba, but I know that I am not his opponent."
Zhuge Liang smiled even more. He reached out and picked up the teacup. Zhuge Ke immediately added some water to him. Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said, "What you are worried about is nothing more than the technology that Wei Ba has, right?"
Zhuge Ke nodded honestly.
"Yes, power struggle, you are not inferior to Wei Ba. Compared with Wei Ba, your biggest weakness lies in technology. Without technology, no matter how skilled power struggle is, it cannot play its due role." Zhuge Liang sighed softly: "This sentence,
It was also what Wei Ba told me, but I didn’t really understand it at that time, but now I understand it, but it’s a little late.”
"But you are still young." Zhuge Liang changed his tone and looked at Zhuge Ke with a bright look: "I have prepared some talents for you. When they join forces, they may not be worse than Wei Ba, or at least not much worse.
”
Zhuge Ke nodded, but there was not much joy in his eyes. He felt that Zhuge Liang was a little too optimistic. Wei Ba took the lead for so many years, and now the situation has come true. How could he easily let Zhuge Liang turn the situation back? But he was not right
Zhuge Liang said this. In his opinion, Zhuge Liang lived on these hopes now. Without hope, he didn't know how long Zhuge Liang could last.
And he needed Zhuge Liang to live. He claimed that he was not as smart as Zhuge Liang, but in terms of his prestige in Shu Han, he dared not compare with Zhuge Liang. In the Shu Han court, no one could replace Zhuge Liang.
At least not seen yet.
"Very good." Zhuge Liang was very satisfied when he saw Zhuge Ke's joy and anger.
...
Mrs. Xi personally welcomed her out of the door, took Xi Zhong into the mansion, and led her to the hall to sit down.
Looking at the exquisitely crafted high-legged tables and chairs, Xi Zhong glanced at them enviously: "Girl, you are so rich now. If you put this set of tables and chairs in Chengdu, it will be worth at least ten gold."
"Where are you buying ten gold, there is not enough raw materials." Mrs. Xi covered her mouth and smiled: "Brother, do you like it? If you like it, I will give you a set, which will make you more majestic in front of your sister-in-law.
”
"Hehe, I'm already very majestic with an in-law like the Wei family." Xi Zhong couldn't help but be happy, sat down slowly, tried it, nodded and said, "Well, the workmanship is different, comfortable, comfortable.
”
"Serious, just say it just like you, and you have to turn around." Mrs. Xi gave him a blank look: "Okay, this matter is for me. Tell me, you came from Chengdu all the way, for the sake of
What?"
"For horse armor." Xi Zhong made a clear idea and explained his purpose: "The Prime Minister wants to customize five thousand sets of horse armor for the imperial guards."
Mrs. Xi's eyes turned and she seemed to be smiling: "Okay, I'll pay the deposit first."
Xi Zhong was speechless and smacked his lips. Before he could speak, Mrs. Xi said again: "Since you are here, there is a saying that I will just transfer it to the Prime Minister. The more than 40,000 yuan he owed my uncle, the IOU is in my hand now
If he has money, would he pay it back together?"
"IOU? What IOU?" Xi Zhong was puzzled. He was only entrusted by Zhuge Liang to come to Xiangyang to order horse armor. He didn't know that Zhuge Liang still owed Wei Ba money. More than 40,000 yuan? My God, this
What a huge sum of money it was, and it was not even worth paying off all Zhuge Liang's property. He was suddenly disrupted by Mrs. Xi's counterattack, and even forgot about his purpose.
Mrs. Xi told the situation again. Zhuge Liang owed Wei Ba more than 40,000 yuan, but he couldn't pay it back for a while. Wei Ba was embarrassed to urge him, but he also wanted money. What should I do? I had to give this IOU at a 30% discount.
The form was transferred to Mrs. Xi. In other words, Mrs. Xi only needs to spend 30,000 gold to get more than 40,000 gold. If she could get the money back, she could make more than 10,000 gold at once.
.Which Wei Ba suddenly cashed out 30,000 yuan, and with money on hand, it is naturally much more convenient to do things.
Mrs. Xi couldn't afford so much money, but she mobilized the strength of the various families in Nanyang and Xiangyang, and raised 30,000 yuan to eat up the business. In other words, the current creditor is not Wei Ba, nor is it.
Wei Feng, but more than a dozen families in Nanyang and Xiangyang, are more than a thousand golds, and are a few hundred golds. They invest in these debts and can get a lot of bonuses every year, and of course these bonuses are all Mrs. Xi.
Earned.
After a long circle, Mrs. Xi is actually paying huge dividends every year, so of course she has to hurry to get back the debt of more than 40,000 yuan.
Xi Zhong was sweating profusely when he heard this and looked at his sister in awe.
"Girl, your courage is amazing now. More than 30,000 gold foreign debt? My ancestors and ancestors of the Xi family have never done such a big business."
"That's because they don't have the strong support of my uncle." Mrs. Xi said disapprovingly: "The Prime Minister has money to buy horse armor now. Should I pay back the money first? I can wait for the money to be used now."
Xi Zhong opened his mouth and was embarrassed to speak again. Zhuge Liang was not rich. He said he wanted to order five thousand sets of horse armor, but he wanted the Wei family workshop to be unable to supply the goods to others for the time being. It would be not easy for him to hand over the deposit.
Then, let alone the debt of more than 40,000 gold.
"You have known my purpose long ago?"
"I don't know." Mrs. Xi shook her head with a smile: "However, we can roughly guess what kind of countermeasures the Prime Minister will come up with. Don't forget that it is not my family who want to collect debts from the Prime Minister. Our family often
Let’s think together when the Prime Minister can pay back the money.”
Xi Zhong was a little depressed. Zhuge Liang was going to make the public angry. It was unreasonable to have money to buy horse armor and not pay off the debt. Xi Zhong thought about it and asked again: "I see what you mean, debt collection is probably a vain."
Yes, it’s true that I don’t want to take on this business. Is anyone here to order horse armor?"
"Not yet, but we believe that the supply will be in short supply soon." Mrs. Xi smiled like a flower: "Brother, don't blame the younger sister for not giving you face. Give you a month to pay back the money within a month, regardless of whether there is any
No matter how profitable the business is, I will give you priority to completing the task. But if the Prime Minister refuses to pay back the money, then I will have no choice. Look at me, a whole family will have to have a meal, right?"
"Okay, you're ruthless." Xi Zhong pretended to be ruthless and said, "My daughter who was married and splashed water from the house, her elbow was turning out."
"You can't say that. My Xi family has a big share." Mrs. Xi squeezed her eyes: "Do you really think that your sister-in-law can't see the actual benefits, and you can live a comfortable life? This is my sister.
I don’t tell you if I spend money, I’m just afraid that you will be angry again.”
Xi Zhong was amused and crying.
"By the way, my aunt has a letter." Mrs. Xi turned around and went into the inner room, took out a letter and placed it in front of Xi Zhong. "My uncle is old and wants to retire and return home to support her. I want to arrange it for him.
When I returned to Chengdu, I said to Your Majesty that the Pang family has made great contributions to the country, so I can't say anything at all."