"Mrs. Jiang?" Tantai Feng frowned and asked, "What is she here for?"
Tantai Feng and his party moved into the General's Mansion with Gu Jue yesterday. Because Luo Junyao left the city with Duoying and had not returned, the people from the General's Mansion placed them there.
Among them is naturally the current wife of the General's Mansion, Han.
Tantai Feng didn't have any objections to the Han family. After all, they were guests, and they were attentive and considerate to them without any slights.
It's just that she is used to being free and bold, and the people she usually interacts with are not very particular people, so naturally she has nothing in common with the families of these high-ranking officials in the imperial court.
Mrs. Jiang, in particular, looked very weak and timid, and Tantai Feng was afraid that he would scare her if he spoke too loudly.
In addition, several girls around him said that the servants of the General's Mansion always inquired about their affairs, which made Tantai Feng somewhat uncomfortable.
The girl at the door smiled and said, "I said I was bringing you some snacks for the island owner."
Everyone has said so, so there is no reason to exclude people.
Tantai Feng could only say: "Please invite her in."
After a while, Mrs. Han came in with someone. When she saw Luo Junyao sitting in the yard, she was startled for a moment, and then she quickly stepped forward and curtsied, "I have met the Princess Regent."
Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "Mrs. Han, there is no need to be polite."
Han's expression turned slightly gloomy, and he bit the corners of his lips lightly and said nothing.
Tantai Feng looked a little confused, but he didn't feel comfortable asking, so he could only say: "Thank you, madam. We often disturb you at the General's Mansion, so there is no need to be so polite."
Only then did Mrs. Han remember her purpose. She turned around and took the food box from the girl behind her and said, "You're welcome, Miss Tantai. You are a guest. If there is any indifference, please don't blame me. This is what I asked someone to prepare."
Girls, please don’t dislike some snacks.”
Tantai Feng took it and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "No, you are too polite."
"..." After the pleasantries were over, Tantai Feng didn't know what else to say. She had never understood any boudoir gossip, but she also knew that what she knew was not suitable to be mentioned to such a woman.
Han didn't seem to have anything to say, and the atmosphere became awkward for a while.
Tantai Feng looked at Luo Junyao, who was sitting next to him and holding a tea cup with a smile. He smiled at Mr. Han and said, "Is there anything else, madam?"
Han quickly shook his head and said, "No...no more. I won't disturb the princess and Miss Tantai anymore. I'll take my leave now."
Tantai Feng sent the person out of the courtyard with a smile, then turned back and asked Luo Junyao: "What does this mean?"
Luo Junyao opened the lid of the food box curiously, and there were just some ordinary snacks inside.
"It's not interesting. You are here as a guest. They come to see if you are living well. What's the problem?" Luo Junyao said.
Tantai Feng shook his head and said: "I always feel that the way Mrs. Jiang looks at me is a little strange, and she seems to hesitate to speak. Is it possible that there is something that you are embarrassed to say to others here?"
Luo Jun shrugged and said with a smile: "It's really possible. How about I go back first and look back to see if she will come looking for you again?"
"Forget it." Tantai Feng quickly shook his head and said, "I always feel that what she wants to say is definitely not something I can control."
Luo Junyao wanted to say, you may be overthinking. She may just think that you have something to do with Gu Jue, and she simply wants to please you and have a good relationship with you.
"Then let's ignore her affairs for now. What Sister Tantai said just now... The Tantai family is famous in Nanhai. Even if Sister Tantai doesn't come to me, I still want to find you for cooperation."
"Oh?" Tantai Feng became interested and immediately forgot about Han's matter.
Luo Junyao said: "I do have some plans, but now Sister Tantai has also seen it. I can't get away. Those plans are all in Shangyong. I can't explain them clearly just by talking."
Tantai Feng raised his eyebrows and said: "So, I have to wait for you to finish handling the affairs in the north before I can return to Shangyong with you?"
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "It doesn't have to be so troublesome. My uncle is handling the preliminary work. Sister Tantai can go back to my uncle directly to discuss it."
Tantai Feng raised his eyebrows and said, "I remember that you haven't seen your little uncle in all these years, right?"
Luo Jun shook his head and said expectantly: "I got married before, but my uncle didn't come either. Later, I sent someone to deliver a letter to Shangyong, saying that he was going to sea. Isn't my uncle particularly good-looking?"
"It's quite good-looking." Tantai Feng smiled and said, "But he doesn't look like you."
Nonsense, it would be a tragedy if he looked like her.
Her current appearance is very good for a woman. She is delicate and beautiful and can fool people, but she lacks a bit of the bright charm that she likes.
But at least this one doesn't look old, and he will still look very young twenty years from now.
However, if this appearance appeared on a man, probably not many men would be happy.
"Although your uncle is good-looking, he is not a fuel-efficient person." Tantai Feng couldn't help complaining, "It's impossible to talk about cooperation with him without being ripped off."
Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "No wonder Sister Tantai would rather come all the way to find me. It turns out she thinks I am easier to deceive than my uncle."
Tantai Feng nodded at her angrily and said, "Looking at you like this, I know I have found the wrong person. Maybe you are more evil than him."
"Don't be like this." Luo Jun shook his arm and said, "What's our friendship? It's all easy to talk about. Although I don't have time to deal with those things at the moment, there is a business that my sister can do."
"What?" Tantai Feng asked curiously.
Luo Junyao said: "I have a batch of silk cloth in Shangyong, and I can give it to you at 70% of the market price. It just so happens that Sister Tantai's ship cannot return to the South China Sea empty. Sister Tantai can load it at Dongzhou Port and take it back with her.
chant."
"Seventy percent?" Tantai Feng was a little curious, "How many?" Silk from the Central Plains is a hot commodity no matter where it is, so Tantai Feng is naturally interested.
Luo Junyao calculated carefully and said: "There are always three or four thousand pieces, and maybe there are some special pieces of cloth. You have to go to Shangyong to see it yourself."
Tantai Feng frowned and said, "That's not too much."
Luo Junyao said: "I just made a rough calculation, it's just a lot more. Besides, do you think I don't know how much money you can make by transporting a piece of silk and satin from the Central Plains to Nanyang or even further?"
Tantai Feng chuckled lightly and said: "Well, it's not that the Tantai family doesn't want to do the silk business. Unfortunately, several big silk merchants in the Central Plains have their own fixed trade routes. The share that can be given to us, even Sai Ya
There are not enough seams. It seems that, sister, you are building ships in the South China Sea just for these fabrics? Do you have a stable supply?"
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "Of course it's not just for the fabric, but I only have fabric at the moment. But if you are interested in other things, I can also help you match up." Just because she doesn't have the goods doesn't mean that others don't.
"Okay! Then I'll go to Shangyong first, and then talk to Lin Chengyu when I get back."
Luo Junyao smiled and said, "Okay, I'll write a letter to my sister, and you can just go find someone with my letter then."
"If you really make money, my sister will not forget your benefits."
"Then I'll wait." Luo Junyao smiled with crooked eyes, very sincerely.
After leaving Tantai Feng's yard, Luo Junyao glanced at the overlapping image that kept glancing at him.
"If you have anything to say, just say it." Luo Junyao said.
Duiying said: "The princess really plans to cooperate with Tantai Feng?"
Luo Junyao looked at him, "What's the problem?"
Duiying said: "Although the reputation of the Tantai family is not bad, it is the pirates who made the noise after all. If word spreads, the old antiques in the court may..."
Luo Junyao said: "You also said that the Tantai family has a good reputation. Do you really think that Sister Tantai traveled all the way to the north just to chat with me and earn some money for silk?"
The overlapping shadow said: "Princess, please tell me."
Luo Junyao sighed: "We are so poor in Dasheng, so we have to make money to live. There is not only money overseas, but also food, spices, gems and other things that are in short supply in Dasheng. If you want to make money, you have to open up trade routes. There are so many pirates on the sea, when will you
Can they all be wiped out? The Tantai family intends to submit to the imperial court and return to the jurisdiction of Dasheng. It is rare that the head of the family has a decent character. If we don't continue, will we really form a deadly feud? "
Because of these years of war, the islands and various forces surrounding the South China Sea have essentially escaped the control of the Dasheng imperial court.
They occupied various small islands in the South China Sea and established themselves as kings, and the court had nothing to do with them for a while.
They don't seem to be as wealthy as the Yingzhou Fang family, but in fact they are more difficult to deal with than the Fang family.
There is an island as big as Yingzhou, where the Fang family has been operating for generations, and there is no other place to stay within hundreds of miles.
But there are many small islands in the South China Sea. Even if the imperial court sends troops to encircle and suppress them, if they abandon the island and go somewhere else, and then become pirates and block the way, there is nothing you can do.
"The Tantai family wants to submit to the imperial court?" Duiying was a little surprised.
"What else?" Luo Junyao said with a smile: "No matter how well-known the Tantai family is, they are still pirates. Why would she want to get close to me, the regent princess, when she is idle? Besides, being a pirate is a life of licking blood from the edge of a knife. If you can bring the whole family with you,
Who wants to fight and kill people in a peaceful life?"
"So it turns out that this is my subordinate's short-sightedness." Duiying said a little embarrassedly.
Luo Junyao sighed and said, "Actually, I quite like Sister Tantai. I wonder if there is a possibility between her and my little uncle."
"Ahem, Princess, after all, the head of the Lin family is a descendant of a high family, so I'm afraid it's not suitable."
Luo Jun waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I won't interfere with other people's feelings. It's natural for my uncle to decide who he likes. Anyone who messes up the relationship will be repaid."
Tantai Feng was a cheerful person, so he took Luo Junyao's letter and set off for Shangyong that night.
Luo Junyao and others were not idle either. Early the next morning, together with Gu Jue and Jiang Yan, they led troops towards the direction of He Ruomudi's garrison.
After watching them leave, it was difficult for others to say, but Han breathed a sigh of relief.
Both Luo Junyao and Tantai Feng put a lot of pressure on her.
Han couldn't help but feel a little afraid of returning to Beijing. If Mrs. Yueyang Hou was like these two, she...
Han looked at Jiang Guanmu in front of him, feeling both sour and sweet in his heart.
The atmosphere in Heruomuti's army was very solemn.
Since the troops withdrew from Jianling the day before yesterday, a low and tense atmosphere has been lingering in the army.
Not only was the morale of the Gaoyu soldiers low, but the remaining former Yanzhou Army officers were even more panicked.
They were not the same people as the Gaoyu people, so they were led by Wu Yi to join the Gaoyu people. However, within a few days, Wu Yi disappeared and left the 30,000 Yanzhou troops behind the Gaoyu people.
in the army.
They followed the Gaoyu people to attack Jianling, and the Gaoyu people still hid everything from them. As for the disastrous defeat the day before yesterday, they had no idea what happened from beginning to end.
Now that Gaoyu was defeated, the atmosphere in the army was tense, and the tension between Gaoyu and the people of the Central Plains was even more intense.
The people of Gaoyu suspected that these Yanzhou troops were crafty, and these Yanzhou troops were also very aggrieved.
Several generals secretly greeted all the eighteen generations of Wu Yi's ancestors.
Some people even began to envy those comrades who surrendered directly on the battlefield. They were just soldiers. If they were captured, they wouldn't all be executed, right?
Even if he goes back and is punished, it is still better than staying in Gaoyu's army.
For a time, people's hearts became more and more excited.
In the camp, several generals of the Yanzhou Army were sitting with serious expressions on their faces.
A man walked in quickly, and the curtain of the big tent behind him was fluttered.
"Damn it! Gaoyu people are bullying others too much!" He cursed angrily as soon as he came in.
Others raised their heads and looked at him, "What happened?"
The man's face was gloomy and full of anger, "Just now He Ruomuti came to me and said that the two generals of the Zhenguo Army, Gu Jue and Jiang Yan, each led their troops out of the city and came towards us in two groups. He wanted Yan
The state army goes to meet the enemy!"
The others secretly took a breath, that was the Zhenguo Army!
The Gaoyu people themselves have not received any benefits, and now they want to use them as cannon fodder?
"Isn't he afraid that we will take the opportunity to defect?" someone couldn't help but ask.
The man sneered and said, "How can it be that easy? Give them the troops and horses, and they can command them themselves."
Everyone was silent. If all the soldiers and horses under their command were gone, then who were they?
"It's all damn Wu Yi's fault!" someone said bitterly.
"What's the use of talking about this now?" Another person whispered: "Ordinary soldiers can just pay back. If we people go back... one by one, I'm afraid we will all have our heads dropped."
After all, few of them are innocent.
When Wu Yi persuaded them, they themselves also had some thoughts. Otherwise, how could Wu Yi easily control the 30,000 Yanzhou army by himself?
Those who really refused to surrender were killed by them.
Why did they believe Wu Yi's lies in the first place?
"Then what should we do now?"
The man who just came in glanced at the others, gritted his teeth and said: "There is no other way now, why not go and join the Cao family as Wu Yi originally said?"
"Wu Yi himself ran away? Can his words be trusted?"
"It is a fact that the Cao family has raised troops in Qingzhou, and they are heading north. Now apart from this road, the only way left is to be used as cannon fodder by the Gaoyu people. What do you think?"
There was silence in the big tent for a while before someone said hoarsely: "That's the only way it can be."
"It's done! If the Gaoyu people really take over the military power, will we still have a way to survive? There are so many of us, and if we want to take over, the Gaoyu people may not be able to stop us!"
"Exactly!"
The man who made the suggestion first looked around at everyone and said solemnly: "Is that it?"
"deal!"
"Okay, let's discuss carefully how to proceed."
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