Chapter 1149 The most comforting thing is a bowl of noodles
Wherever there are clouds, there must be peace and joy.
Just now, Yun Chu put down the book in his hand and took a look at the noisy stone city, and then at the green forest outside the city. Not only were the flowers blooming on the high slopes of the grassland, but there were also cattle and sheep everywhere.
A clear river rushed down from the mountain stream. After arriving at Shicheng, it became calm and flowed gurglingly, as if it was worried about disturbing someone's dream.
The blue sky was a bit dazzling, and the white clouds hung low, making it look a little dirty. However, after a small solar rain, the white clouds returned to pure white, flying with the breeze.
Two huge centipedes crawled quickly in the grass, and in an instant they reached the bamboo chair under Yun Chu. Then they skillfully climbed up along the legs of the bamboo chair, and finally stopped on Yun Chu's robe, coiled into two furry bodies.
The pancakes seemed to be enjoying the sunshine at the moment.
Although he was already very proficient with these two things, Yun Chu couldn't help but frown. Li Si playfully rolled a bamboo whistle in his mouth and made a low-pitched squeaking sound. Then, two centipedes came out.
He immediately left Yunchu and quickly got into Long Po's loose floral clothes.
"Don't show off this thing in the future. I'm very worried. If you play with this thing again, you may not even be able to enter the palace in the future. Witchcraft and witchcraft have been taboo for the royal family since ancient times."
Yun Chu stretched out his hand, and Li Si put the teapot in his hand.
"The reason why the royal family is afraid of witchcraft is because they don't know enough about it. If they understand it thoroughly, no one in the palace will be unlucky because of the disaster of witchcraft."
"What the royal family wants is uprightness."
"Put it down. The most secretive things in the royal family are secretive thoughts. With these two poisonous dragons in charge of the house, it is impossible to say that it will become upright. They are all a group of people who only care about eating and not fighting.
I have a poisonous dragon because I don’t want to enter the palace.”
Yun Chu curled his lips and said, "It's up to you. You're an adult anyway. You can do whatever you want, as long as you can bear the consequences you cause."
"Aye really doesn't care about us?"
"Dream, Yun Jin is less than seventeen years old, you can't even think of getting married!"
"Why, I'm nineteen, I'm already old."
"A man's body is not fully developed until he is eighteen to twenty years old, and the same goes for women. When Yun Jin comes back, you must be careful. If you two do something embarrassing for me, do you think I will break your legs.
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"The young ladies from other families can get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen."
"That's because those men can't control truly mature women and show off their power in front of young girls."
"Ah - you said that many men in the Tang Dynasty were beasts?"
"I didn't say that. Don't try to set a trap for me. I know that Emperor Taizong got married at the age of fourteen. However, premature childbirth was the reason why Queen Wende's life was short.
You really feel unsure. We will get you two engaged after we return to Chang'an this year. After completing the three matchmaking and six certificates, Yun Jin will be seventeen, and we will get married by then."
"Well -" Li Si walked away angrily.
After Li Si left, Zhang Donghai walked over to Yun Chu and said softly: "Commander, Cuan Hongda wants to see you."
Yun Chu waved his hand and said, "The people he should meet are Li Yuance and Jiang Xie."
Zhang Donghai said: "Cuan Hongda is willing to sacrifice ten thousand gold just to see the commander-in-chief."
Yun Chu said: "Wanjin? What is the Wanjin method?"
Zhang Donghai immediately said: "Ten thousand taels of gold, not ten thousand copper coins."
Yun Chu looked straight at Zhang Donghai, sweating on Zhang Donghai's forehead, and said quickly: "He gave me a thousand gold coins."
Yun Chu sneered and said, "In a life-or-death situation, ten thousand taels?"
Zhang Donghai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I am just here to pass on a message."
Yun Chu waved, and two guards immediately came to help him. Yun Chu pointed at Zhang Donghai and said: "Hit him with thirty military sticks."
"Ah? Marshal, please spare my life."
Yun Chu snorted coldly and said: "One thousand taels of gold can force you to spread the word. Fortunately, you have fought with me all over the country. I didn't expect you have such short eyelids. I teach you to be a good boy today and you will get thirty military sticks."
Then I can ask Cuan Hongda for a new price!"
Zhang Donghai said in surprise: "Am I missing something?"
Before he finished speaking, he was dragged down by the guards. In order to save the face of his deputy commander, he was beaten with thirty army sticks in a deserted place.
However, it can be seen from the fact that this guy can still get up after being beaten and continue to make noises around Yunchu, those who wield sticks must be merciful.
Yun Chu said indifferently: "Since Cuan Hongda wants to follow the path of this commander, he should follow the rules, first be a guard, then join the army, then become a doctor in the military department, and then become an army commander, marching commander, and deputy general.
Handsome, finally I am handsome.
In my army, there are all the best. When you have money, you should try not to miss anyone. Only by keeping the guards until you are fat, will it be my turn to get rich in the end. Do you understand?"
Zhang Donghai rubbed his buttocks and inhaled while saying: "It seems that the subordinate has failed the commander-in-chief's good intentions."
Yun Chu nodded, then pointed to the cattle and sheep on the hillside and said: "There are not many cattle and sheep. They are far inferior to the cattle and sheep I saw in the Western Regions. Let Cuan Hongda make up for it."
Zhang Donghai nodded repeatedly, clasped his fists and saluted, and then limped to Shicheng.
Li Yuance and Jiang Xie, who had been waiting for Zhang Donghai's return, saw him limping back. He had obviously been beaten with a military stick. The commander didn't even give Zhang Donghai face. They both sighed, and it seemed that they were about to
The windfall was gone.
"Master, no?" Jiang Xie asked Zhang Donghai with his last hope.
Zhang Donghai rubbed his buttocks and gritted his teeth and said: "Shit, the commander-in-chief dislikes us for being short-sighted."
Li Yuance exclaimed: "Oh my God, ten thousand taels of gold..."
Zhang Donghai said angrily: "According to the commander-in-chief's wishes, if we want to blackmail Cuan Hongda, first of all, we must have a precise understanding of Cuan Hongda's family property and the family property of the two Cuan clans in the east and west. Then,
Based on the numbers obtained, targeted extortion will be carried out.
When we have extorted enough, it will be the commander's turn to extort himself."
Jiang Xie said in surprise: "That's what the commander said?"
Zhang Donghai said: "Of course the commander-in-chief would not say that. This is what he did when he was in Liaodong. Otherwise, do you think that during the war, the commander-in-chief gave your majesty tens of millions of copper coins and how he made all the soldiers in the Chang'an government so fat?
Coming back?"
Li Yuance said: "I'm afraid that if I do this, I will force Cuan Hongda to rebel."
Jiang Xie, who had been deep in thought, waved his hands and signaled the two of them to shut up. He thought for a moment and said: "The imperial court requires that Cuan Hongda, the governor of Ningzhou, be comforted as much as possible. Do you think our commander-in-chief is the kind of person who is willing to let go?"
Do you think that those who ignore the death of six thousand soldiers and fifteen thousand civilians will lower their bodies to appease Cuan Hongda's people?"
Li Yuance said in surprise: "The commander-in-chief's purpose is to force Cuan Hongda to rebel?"
Zhang Donghai leaned on the table and said: "The commander-in-chief has used seven hundred dandies to completely destroy the youth of the Wuman people. Now one hundred thousand Wuman bandits have been sent to Cangshan and Erhai. No matter how Sheng Luopi kills them,
That's not a hundred thousand pigs, and he couldn't even hope to pacify it within a year and a half.
Calculating this, the youth of the Wuman people will definitely be ruined, and the situation of the Baiman people will definitely not be much better. When the time comes, the commander's army will enter Cangshan and Erhai again, and kill off another batch of the youths of the White barbarians.
Since the young men of Wuman and Baiman are gone, why would the Cuan family be allowed to dominate?
Could it be that the commander-in-chief has worked hard for two years just to make wedding clothes for Mr. Cuan?"
Jiang Xie punched his palm and said: "Now that the commander-in-chief is approaching the city, the knife is placed on Cuan Hongda's neck. If he dares to say no, the commander-in-chief will wipe out the five-hundred-year-old Cuan clan."
Li Yuance gritted his teeth and sucked in the cold air and said: "I used to hear that the commander-in-chief was the most merciful... Nowadays, the most merciful people are like this. It's hard to imagine that Ying Gong, Cheng Gong, Su Gong and others were..."
Zhang Donghai chuckled and said: "Su Gong was able to capture the entire Baekje Kingdom and then rebel again. Hahaha, the commander-in-chief really has the style of a veteran general from the Tang Dynasty."
Jiang Xie smiled and said: "In that case, it's a little early for us three brothers to get ahead."
Li Yuance said: "Then let the staff general deal with it. When the staff general reports to us, our brothers will take action. However, the gift Cuan Hongda sent earlier..."
Zhang Donghai clicked his lips and said: "That little gold was given to the primary school students for drinking."
Jiang Xie spread out the map, pointed at the many red dots on the map, and finally said to Zhang Donghai and Li Yuance: "When the commander-in-chief's troops entered Shicheng, they had already formed a siege on Langzhou, the home of the Cuan family."
Zhang Donghai glanced at it and said, "It can be broken in three days."
Yun Chu always believed that since a large army had been sent out to conquer, it would be hypocritical to offer words of comfort, especially what the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty hated the most was when the generals suddenly stopped fighting and wanted peace talks when they saw the person who made a fortune right in front of them!
Let’s talk to your mother!
Either we should have peace talks before I come, I have not walked hard, and my desire to make a fortune has not been aroused, so peace talks are just peace talks.
Either we can negotiate for peace after I get rich, then I will make enough money, and it will be good for you to negotiate for peace and save money.
For problems that can obviously be solved through military war, peace talks will only delay the outbreak of the crisis for a period of time. In Yunchu's view, only border lines that have truly experienced the baptism of war are truly valuable border lines.
After scolding Li Si Yatou during the day, Yun Chu was worried that the child would feel wronged, so at night, he personally made a large bowl of beef noodles for the girl and sent it to the escort.
This child has grown up beside him since she was born, and she is just like a daughter. Speaking of it, among the children of the Yun family, this child is the stupidest and the ugliest.
Even though she was usually arrogant and chattering, she was the most insecure among all the children. Now, as she got older, she suddenly realized that she was not as good-looking as Yun Jin, so she began to worry about her marriage inexplicably.
She was afraid that the husband she had been guarding for more than ten years would be snatched away by some charming bitch if she was not careful...