"As long as they are greedy, you can temporarily buy them with money. You have brought so much money, if you don't use it now, when will you use it? If I use his port, it will be over if I give him money! Besides, they don't want Yan Yun.
The county has been taken over by Wanyan Pingqiu and the others, so I would rather hope that we useless Chinese people are still here...hehehe!"
"That's it. We are in urgent need of food now. As long as they are willing to rent the port, we will give it to them no matter how much money it costs! We can also give them some of the materials shipped by Shi Mingtao for free. In short, old man, you can do it yourself, no matter what
I will support you no matter what." Xiao Chen said.
"Haha, our money didn't come from the strong wind. How could it be such a disaster? If we feed them all at once, wouldn't their appetites become bigger and bigger? You don't have to worry about this, I will take care of it.
I know it well." Chen Jisheng stroked his beard and laughed.
"Sigh... It's a pity that we are too weak now. Otherwise, it would be best to give them a slap in the face first and then give them a sweet date... I will go with the old man. Let's see how strong we are with these three inches.
Tongue, fool them into confusion!" Ye Baiqing said.
"If Bai Qing is willing to go, then I will be completely relieved." Xiao Chen was overjoyed.
"What are you talking about? Are you worried about my feelings for me?" Chen Jisheng was angry again.
"I just don't worry about your old man's body! Look, you're almost as thin as Xiao Ye. You go there, but don't work too hard. If you fall down due to illness, you will be a burden!
"Xiao Chen said.
"Even if I am exhausted and dig a hole and bury it, you don't need to worry about it!" Chen Jisheng said angrily.
"How could you die? What should I do with my money if you die?" Xiao Chen and Chen Jisheng can quarrel anytime and anywhere.
"Father, this boss has good intentions. He is worried about your health. Look at your temper!" As the goddaughter, Liu Xiangqin knew that it was time to speak for herself.
"Am I so curious?" Chen Jisheng asked.
"I don't care about you either, you lousy old man! Please leave quickly so that I won't get upset every day I see you." Xiao Chen said.
"I get upset every day when I see you, you brat. As for today, why do you stay in their Xianbo camp! If Li Tanhua hadn't gone there in time, you would have lost your life!"
Chen Jisheng said loudly.
"I'm very lucky, let me tell you! Well, I'm too lazy to argue with you this late at night. I'll hold this for you, it's useless for me to try." Xiao Chen took out his governor's seal and handed it to Chen Jisheng.
"You should have taken it out a long time ago. What kind of treasure is a broken seal?" Chen Jisheng did his job and put it away without any politeness.
With this, it's enough. On behalf of Governor Xiao Chen, he can give orders to the whole county and do things conveniently. There is no need to give him any official title. He can be regarded as the governor's imperial envoy.
"Xiaosheng, who do you think is suitable to follow the old man and Bai Qing?" Xiao Chen looked at Zhuge Xiaosheng.
It is certain that Chen Jisheng cannot be given just 200 people, but at least 1,000 people are needed.
In fact, he already had a candidate in mind, but he still needed to seek Zhuge Xiaosheng's opinion because Zhuge Xiaosheng was now the commander-in-chief of the army.
"I'd better trouble General Lin Yue to go. Only if you go can I rest assured." Zhuge Xiaosheng thought the same as Xiao Chen.
Lin Yue is a talented general with both wisdom and courage. This important task can only be given to him.
He was here not only to protect the safety of Chen Jisheng and Ye Baiqing, but also to gather the remaining defeated generals, rearrange the defense of important cities in various states, maintain local security, keep roads open, continue to recruit and train new soldiers, and eliminate as many as possible those who were everywhere.
The wandering bandits...
No one without a certain overall view can take on this important task. In fact, this is tantamount to handing over the entire rear area to him.
"I obey your orders!" Lin Yue pondered for a moment and then said, "But if I leave, I must have at least two thousand soldiers and horses to cope with it."
"Okay, I'll give you two thousand men. In fact, two thousand is too few. But at present, I really can't allocate more troops. Moreover, I can't give you heavy cavalry and musketry battalions, nor can I give you light cavalry. I can only
Bring the new recruits just recruited from Yanyun County...but you can choose some grassroots officers to bring with you."
"There is still some food and grass stored in Yanyunguan now. You can take all of it with you. I will give you as many mules, horses and carts as you need, and I will give you twenty crossbow carts. You can also take some of the craftsmen with you.
In addition, I can give you some horses. Our trip to Niutoushan is mainly for defensive operations, so we don’t need too many horses."
Zhuge Xiaosheng has already planned everything for him.
"Thank you, General." Lin Yue said he had no other questions.
In fact, Uluolan has not officially withdrawn his troops yet, but Xiao Chen and the others have already begun planning and arranging their next actions in advance. This is the awesomeness of their team.
Wu Luolan arrived as promised at noon the next day. She only brought two people with her, one was General Qiu Muling, and the other was an old man with a hunchback and gray hair, shabby clothes, wrinkles on his face, and a sad expression.
The old man also carried a mottled broken harp on his back, looking like a slave.
Xiao Chen and others found it strange that the identities of the two men led by Wu Luolan were so different.
"This is General Qiu Muling, and this is my groom, Old Man Mogan." Wu Luolan introduced to Xiao Chen.
I don’t know why she brought a groom here?
Xiao Chen has already prepared a sumptuous banquet. Since Qiu Muling is here, Zhuge Xiaosheng will naturally also attend. This is called equality of standards.
Then there were the old man Chen Jisheng, the Zhishen monk Li Tanhua, Ye Baiqing, and the general Lin Yue. This was a formal meeting at the highest level, and no one else participated.
The groom, old man Mogan, was squatting on the ground outside the Chinese army's tent guarding the three horses. He took out a dark pancake that looked like dried vegetables and grains from his arms and ate it with difficulty.
"Grandpa, it's too cold outside. Is this dry food of yours too dry? I think you can't even bite it. Throw it away. Come on, I'll take you into the tent to have a hot meal." Duan Ling'er, a little boy
The girl is kind-hearted.
"No, I have to guard the horse." Old Mogan smiled at Duan Linger to express his gratitude, but he also sat still.
"Hey, who is that, Xiao Ye! I'm just talking about you! Go to the kitchen and get me some boiled mutton, and whatever you have bacon, some big meat buns, and get some boiling water, I'll be right here
Let's eat with this old man!" Duan Ling'er also sat down in front of the old man, and she didn't mind the withered grass on the ground being dirty.
It is said that there are only two people who can instruct Xiao Ye like this, one is Xiao Chen and the other is her.
Xiao Ye got the food, sat down, and started eating with the two of them.
Although old man Mogan was very old, he had a large appetite, but he only ate silently, without speaking or raising his head.
He ate very gracefully, but he never stopped, and he chewed slowly and carefully. He had to suck the oil in the buns cleanly when it touched his hands, and even gnawed a piece of sheep bone until it was a bit whiter.
It won't be put down until there's no meat left.
Maybe only older people know how to cherish food, right?
Chapter 231 The Spirit of the Lark
"Grandpa, what kind of piano is this?" Duan Linger expressed curiosity about his broken piano.
"Morin fiddle." Mo Gan said.
"Ah, can it still play if it's so broken? We have many skilled craftsmen here, how about I ask them to help you repair it?" Duan Ling'er said.
"As people get older, the piano will naturally become old as well. No matter how much you repair it, it can't be made new!" Mo Gan said casually, but it also implied many principles of life.
"You speak Chinese very well, but you look like a Chinese." Duan Ling'er is a chatterbox.
"I am originally from Xianbo, but when I was young, I lived in the south of the Yangtze River in China for a few years. It is very beautiful there, but it is not as bleak and desolate as the north."
In fact, old man Mo Gan was not good at words, but when faced with such a cute and well-behaved girl like Duan Ling'er, he started to talk a lot.
"Jiangnan is so good, why do you want to come back?" Duan Linger said.
"The south of the Yangtze River is very good, but the north is my hometown. The water is floating and the leaves are falling back to their roots. These old bones will eventually be buried on the grassland." Old Man Mogan's words and deeds do not sound like a person.
Groom.
"But you are so old, why do you still come out to fight with them and suffer?" Duan Linger had so many questions.
"In life, no matter where you are, you suffer. What difference does it make where you are?" Mo Gan said.
"Eh? Grandpa, what you said is so profound, I can't even understand it." Duan Linger asked in her heart, Grandpa, can you have a good chat?
Being so nagging is just like my psycho boss.
"You'll understand when you get older." The wrinkles on old Mogan's face spread slightly, and he looked like he was smiling.
"Sigh... Actually, I'm stupid. I'm afraid that when I'm as old as you, I'll still be as confused." Duan Linger sighed, and suddenly said, "Huh? Why didn't I see you yesterday?"
Her mind is jumping around without any rules at all, and she just says whatever she thinks.
"I went to herd the horses. The weather is getting colder and colder, and the horses will have nothing to eat!" Old Man Mogan didn't take it seriously, and he answered whatever was asked.
"Grandpa, why do you think our two families have to fight?" Duan Ling'er said, "Today you come to beat me, and tomorrow I will go to beat you. We beat you back and forth. So many people died, but it was all in vain.
died."
Duan Ling'er is a very contradictory girl. She is the daughter of a general, so she has always been brave and not afraid of death, and she does not blink an eye at murderers.
But she is very kind at heart. If you ask her to kill jackals, tigers, leopards, and ferocious enemies, she will never show mercy. But if you ask her to kill chickens, sheep, or old women and children, then she will do anything.
.
Originally, she had never thought about these things, but after following the boss Chen Jisheng and Zhuge Xiaosheng for a few years, she always listened to them talking about these things, and occasionally she would think about it in her little heart.
It's like Li Wanjiang took over the Han Dynasty and killed so many people, including his own family. Girl, I really hate him to the core!
However, the Han emperor and his parents and brothers had killed many people before, and the Han Dynasty had also been wrested from others.
In the end, it seemed that except for the change of dynasty, nothing else changed, except that so many soldiers and people died.
Now the elder brother is going to rebel again. Regardless of whether he succeeds in the future, many, many people will definitely die...
The boss is a good person. If he becomes an emperor, he must be a good emperor. He will definitely be well regarded by the people. But what about the future? Will his son and grandson still be good emperors?
When the time comes, people will rebel again, and the dynasty will change, and everything will start again, ending tragically, and the reincarnation will be endless and never-ending.
You can't think about this kind of problem, it will make you confused.
But the boss once said that if he became emperor, he would pacify the whole world, including the Western Regions, the Southern Border, the East China Sea, the North, and all ends of the world.
In this way, everyone will become one family. From now on, they will live in harmony and be as close as brothers, and there will never be any wars again.
It feels so magical...nervous.
In short, she couldn't figure out these things and didn't quite understand them.
Old Mogan couldn't answer her either.
But the look he looked at her was strange, as if he didn't expect this yellow-haired girl to ask such profound questions.
"Grandpa, are you willing to fight? And have you ever fought in a war when you were young?" Duan Linger stepped back and asked the next question.
"No, don't you see that I have a hunchback and a disability? But I can't join the army to fight. And we, as ordinary people, certainly don't want to fight." Old Man Mogan felt that Duan Linger's questions were getting harder and harder to answer.
"Actually, I originally hated you Xianbo people, but then I heard Mr. Chen and others say that we also killed people from your tribe back then, and it seemed that we also killed you quite miserably, so now I don't
How come I hate you, but if there is a fight, I will still kill you!" Duan Linger said that her position has not changed.
But many of her previous thoughts were gradually and unknowingly changed by her boss Xiao Chen...
"Little girl, what's your name?" Old Mo Gan had already looked at Duan Linger with admiration.
"My name is Duan Linger, the spirit of a lark." Duan Linger said hurriedly.
"Well, your voice is really as beautiful as a lark, did you know? In the legends outside, larks are the messengers of peace. Whenever their cries are heard on the grassland, everyone
They will put down their swords and guns..."
Old Mogan looked at the sky with his cloudy eyes, as if a lark was flying quietly in the distance.
The negotiation between Xiao Chen and Wu Luolan went very smoothly. Perhaps because they were so disrupted by She'etu yesterday, both Wu Luolan and Qiu Muling felt sorry for Xiao Chen, so they made big concessions when negotiating terms.
In other words, they all saw the current situation clearly.
But at present, they can only talk about Xianbo's withdrawal and handover matters after their withdrawal. As for future mutual trade, Uluolan said that it is not yet certain.
Because her father's attitude towards her is very ambiguous now, she doesn't know what will happen to her when she returns. Maybe she will be directly relieved of her military power and her title of prince will be revoked.
She could only try her best to persuade her father, but presumably her father would agree to something that was extremely beneficial to both parties.
Wu Luolan promised to return all the plundered people to Xiao Chen, as well as more than half of the property and food. This was already very rare. Xiao Chen and the others were basically satisfied and did not make any more stringent demands.
Out of consideration for the current complicated situation, the two parties did not sign any written treaty, but only formed an oral contract.
Xianbo people attach great importance to contracts. Once they make a promise, they will never go back on it.
The next step is to discuss details such as the time and location of the handover. Both parties feel that the sooner the better, and it is best to complete the handover today.
Because everyone wants to act quickly, no one wants to delay too much here.