Li Yan was busy following Fufeng and walked back around Longshan, exhausted both physically and mentally...
Zhao Guang, Zhang Jing and others remain neutral, at least give him the general face and promised to fight hard as long as the general has an order. Chen Shi, Wang Ping and other prime ministers are not that easy to speak, and they are not talking.
The meaning of all kinds of unpleasantness and perfunctory is very obvious.
Li Yan was very angry and wanted to order their post to be removed from office on the spot. However, he had been in the officialdom for many years and knew that simple and crude methods did not work often. In his current situation, if he was not careful, he might cause a mutiny.
At that time, Zhuge Liang happened to take him down with justification.
The tiger falls into Pingyang and is bullied by the dog and loses control of the emperor. Li Yan feels restrained everywhere and has no confidence in the war that is about to begin.
As soon as he returned to Chang'an, Li Feng told him a message: Fa Miao returned to his hometown, and made a short stay, and then returned to Chengdu.
Li Yan was shocked. Fa Miao was Wei Ba's confidant adviser. He should be helping Wei Ba's staff in the East China Sea now. Why did he suddenly want to go back to Chengdu? Could it be that his connection with Fa Miao was discovered by Wei Ba? No,
Although he had contacted Fa Miao, it was not detrimental to Wei Ba. Wei Ba was not so sensitive, not to mention that Wei Ba still needed his help at this time.
Li Feng smiled: Nominally, Fa Miao was in poor health and wanted to go back to Chengdu to recuperate. However, I heard the truth from his words. He offered Wei Ba the plan to hunt Bailang Mountain, but he was almost given to Wuqiu Jian.
Ambushed. If Wei Ba hadn't brought more than 200 horse armor and beat Wu Qiu Jian in turn, our chariot and cavalry general, Wei Ba, would probably die in Bailang Mountain this time.
Li Yan pondered for a while, and he heard more from Li Feng's retelling. Fa Miao was sent back by Wei Ba just because of his mistake in offering a plan? This reason is a bit far-fetched. Fa Miao's proposal is Fa Miao's business.
Whether to adopt it or not is Wei Ba’s own business. Wei Ba cannot take his anger on others because he is in danger. This is not what a mature general should do.
"Let's go to Li County." Li Yan then set off again and rushed to Li County.
When Li Yan saw Fa Miao, he understood halfway. Because Fa Miao smiled.
As soon as he sat down, Li Yan went straight in: "Boyuan, why did he come back from the East China Sea?"
"Come to help the general."
"Oh?" Li Yan's eyes turned and listened to the following.
"Although the general has a major general and General Fu, Guanzhong has many factions and complicated affairs, so the general is inevitably short of staff. The Prime Minister's intention must be clear. The general must also know the internal and external troubles, and the general does not need me to do my best.
Power?"
"Of course I can't ask for help from Boyuan." Li Yan smiled and said, "But Wei Ziyu also needs your adviser."
"There will be no major war in the East China Sea for the time being." Fa Miao explained: "At present, the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry is insufficient, so he can only take Jingzhou infantry in batches to the East China Sea for training in batches to be familiar with the maritime war. In less than two years,
He could not assemble enough troops to launch a real attack. All he could do now was to bluff, restrain Cao Wei's attention as much as possible, and buy time for the general."
Li Yan nodded and agreed, but still refused to speak.
"However, Cao Rui is not a stupid person. Wei State has many talents. Such bluffing will sooner or later be seen through. Therefore, strengthening the strength of Guanzhong is the most fundamental thing. I am from Guanzhong. If I come back to Guanzhong, maybe I will be able to do so.
It can help the general with one arm. Only when the general defends Guanzhong can the general chariot and cavalry have a chance. If there is any mistake in Guanzhong, the whole situation will be lost. The general understands this, and the general chariot and cavalry also understands. The general chariot and cavalry are actually very dissatisfied with the Prime Minister's arrangements.
In agreement, however, he could not influence the Prime Minister, so he had to take this roundabout plan."
"How are you going to help me?"
"I came back in the name of recuperation, and this is not a casual excuse." Fa Miao twisted his fingers and said slowly: "I will use the Tianshi Daozu of Guanzhong on the grounds of curing the disease.
Contact. When possible, I will take over the identity of General Cheqi and Cavalry, the great priest of the Great Priest of the Guanzhong Zhiyetou, and command the Tianshi Dao people in Guanzhong on his behalf."
Li Yan secretly let out a sigh of relief. This should be the real intention of Wei Ba's sect Fa Miao to Guanzhong. Whatever is bad health, what makes mistakes, and what helps him with advice are all different excuses to deceive different people, so that
Fa Miao returned to Guanzhong and used his identity as a Guanzhong person to take over Guanzhong's power was Wei Ba's real purpose.
After figuring this out, Li Yan was not surprised. With his current strength and Zhuge Liang, Wei Ba lacked confidence in him and had to make some arrangements to avoid the strength of Guanzhong falling into Zhuge Liang's hands after failure.
Miao came back to make some preparations, which was very in line with Wei Ba's interests. For him, Li Yan, although he didn't like Wei Ba to reach out to Guanzhong, he was obviously not a match for Zhuge Liang, and gave Wei Ba some benefits.
In exchange for Wei Ba’s support, of course, it is also necessary.
In general, Fa Miao's return to Guanzhong would do more benefits than disadvantages.
How could he not welcome it?
Fa Miao did not go to Chang'an directly, but returned to Mei County to wait for him, obviously because he was worried that he would be rejected. If he did not come to Mei County in person, Fa Miao would still stay in Guanzhong, but it had nothing to do with him, Li Yan.
, it was purely to do some preparations for Wei Ba.
It was precisely because of this level that Li Yan personally rushed to Mei County as the lord of the general, which was also considered to be a play that cooperated with Wei Ba. Wei Ba "driven" Fa Miao away, but Li Yan was solemn.
The person who came to invite Fa Miao looked a little different from the spirit, and should be more in line with Zhuge Liang's expectations.
The truth is true and false, and the enemy cannot tell the difference between the enemy and the other. Disguise and counter-disguise are common tricks in the officialdom.
Fa Miao immediately offered a plan and recommended Ma Kai to Li Yan. Ma Kai only has the Wei family workshop in Xiangyang. If you want to buy it, you must pay a high price. But Li Yan knew very well that no matter how high the price, he
You have to buy it too. First, he needs these horse armors to enhance his strength, and second, this is also paying benefits to Wei Ba. There is no benefit, will Wei Ba help you? Anyway, he spends money from the country, and Li Yan himself
What's going on, at this critical moment, Li Yan will not be too concerned about this interest, and the most important thing is to protect his rights and status.
Without saying a word, Li Yan immediately sent someone to Xiangyang to order 5,000 sets of horse armor, paying part of the cash, and paying the other part with the iron from Wancheng. Compared with others, this is his biggest advantage, compared with
If he buys all with money, he will pay much less.
From this perspective, horse armor is more meaningful to him.
...
Outside Liaoshu City, it is very lively.
The merchants who came from Yangzhou and Jiaozhou with Wei Ba set up stalls of various sizes outside the city, set up counters, set up a wide range of goods, shouted and greeted the guests passing by.
He has rich experience and has been to Liaodong many times. He has been to Liaodong, which is half-baked. He has been to Liaoyang Mandarin for the first time, and some speak Luoyang Mandarin, some speak and some sing, boasting about the various advantages of the goods he sells.
People who came from all directions wandered in the ocean of exquisite goods in the Central Plains, lost their way and lingered.
One passes to ten, ten passes to hundreds, in less than five days, this temporary market is like a giant magnet, attracting Han and Hu people within fifty miles. People who are close can go home to stay, and those who are far away can
People simply set up a tent next to them and continue playing tomorrow. Even if they don’t buy things, they are happy to walk around here.
Salt, ironware, lacquerware, exquisite silk fabrics, overseas glazed and gold bottles, each of which is very popular.
The marten, deer antler and ginseng in Liaodong have also become very popular specialties, almost open to purchase and are not rejected. Merchants are unwilling to take money away, but they are more willing to take Liaodong specialties back, so they will not go back and forth without any further trip.
Empty can make more money.
Although these goods are very short, the prices are not outrageous, and fair transactions are not a problem. Most of the merchants these days adhere to the concept of honest business. It’s not that they are born with noble character, but rather,
As a national, businessmen must have a good reputation if they want to do business for a long time. If their reputation is bad, their business will not be completed. They are not officials and businessmen, without monopoly background, without reputation, they will lose everything.
In addition to the pressure of survival, their actions were related to Wei Ba's charge only a small amount of freight. They followed Wei Ba's warships all the way from the south, and Wei Ba was responsible for protecting their safety and providing food and accommodation.
But they only charge a very limited fee. For these merchants, Wei Ba's fleet is a mobile hotel and a large market, providing the most comprehensive service, but only charging the lowest fee. Their cost is low, of course
The price can be reduced a little, so that customers can feel more affordable.
How could Liaodong people not be moved by rare products and reasonable prices? How could they not flock to them?
However, not everyone is very happy, for example, local businessmen are not very happy. Their business is stolen by these foreign merchants. When the temporary market outside Liaosui City was in full swing, in Liaosui City,
The market is deserted.
The merchants couldn't sit still and raised money to meet Yang Zuo, the general guarding Liaoshu, and asked him to send troops to expel the merchants outside the city...
Yang Zuo did not see these petitioners. He and Gongsun Xiu, the secret envoy who came from Xiangping, watched closely the movement outside the city. He wanted to protect the safety of the prince and did not care about these merchants.
Gongsun Xiu was similar to those merchants, and he was also very uneasy. Wei Ba went deep into Liaosui, and clearly did not see the Yan army. If he did not send troops to fight back, it seemed to damage the power of the Great Yan, but if he really wanted to send troops, he would be
I am afraid that I will fall into Wei Ba's trap and suffer greater losses.
There is no way. Wei Ba now has cavalry equipped with horse armor, and even Youzhou Governor Wu Qiu Jian has become a prisoner. He has no confidence to say that he will definitely defeat Wei Ba.
"Are you just watching this?" Gongsun Xiu asked Yang Zuo: "If Wei Ba lets trade here, wouldn't my big Yan be sober?"