Hearing Bu Shitu's threat, Chen Guanyu showed a look of embarrassment on his face, hesitating whether to say yes or no.
"Why, you don't want to?" Bu Shitu asked, his face tensed, but his tone was clearly not that tough.
If Chen Guanyu dared to bluff like this in front of Bu Shitu a day ago, Bu Shitu would have had him pulled out and chopped down long ago. Because at that time Bu Shitu was full of confidence and firmly believed that his 100,000 Tatar army was enough
Su Hao's thousands of Ming troops crushed him, and he would not tolerate anyone who dared to disrespect him.
However, after yesterday's day's battle, Bu Shitu's momentum had been severely defeated. So far, he had not even seen his opponent's face, but he had lost thousands of people. He asked Chen Guanyu to go to Su
Hao sent the letter, nominally to give the Ming army a way out, but in fact he did not want to fight. Under such circumstances, Chen Guanyu refused to deliver the letter for him. Although he was very annoyed, he could not really treat Chen Guanyu.
What did the fish do?
Chen Guanyu was originally a charlatan who made a living by observing words and expressions. Over the years, the scene of his activities has become bigger and bigger, and he has become more and more accurate in seeing problems. From a few conversations with Bu Shitu, he has already felt that divination is
Shitu was timid towards Su Hao, so he felt very at ease.
"The prince has misunderstood. How dare I refuse what the prince has asked me to do?" Chen Guanyu said, "It's just that I'm worried that my senior brother...that is, Commander Su Hao, may not accept the conditions that the prince has given."
Promise."
"He doesn't agree?" Bu Shitu felt a little in his heart. Su Hao dared to refuse his conditions, which showed that Su Hao was confident. In the past, he didn't believe that Su Hao had any capital to compete with him, but now he has some confidence.
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Chen Guanyu said: "Your Majesty, I don't know something. My sect has some powerful spells, and my senior brother has learned all the true ones. There were fires everywhere in the camp last night. If I am not mistaken, it must be my senior brother's spell. I
Senior brother's magic is so profound that even a poor man cannot fully understand it. This time he led his troops into the grassland, relying on the power of magic, so if the prince asks him to withdraw, he will probably not agree easily."
"You mean, those fires last night were all Su Hao's spells?" Bu Shitu asked.
"Pindao is just guessing. I have only seen my master perform a spell like this once before, and the distance was not that far. If this spell is indeed cast by my senior brother, it means that my senior brother is better than my master in Taoism."
Your Majesty is a step above." Chen Guanyu said.
Of course Chen Guanyu knew that Su Hao had no magic power, and that Su Hao only relied on so-called science and technology. Chen Guanyu could not imagine how the Ming army could set fire without leaving any traces last night. He believed in divination.
The Lost Rabbit could not see the clues. Since Su Hao was able to make things so mysterious, Chen Guanyu naturally wanted to follow the trend and attribute the matter to a strange magic, so as to scare the Lost Rabbit to the maximum extent.
Chen Guanyu's words really scared Bu Shitu. He didn't particularly believe in ghosts and gods at first, but the fire last night was really strange. So many places were on fire, but there was no arsonist.
How could such a situation happen if there is no special magic? When Bu Shitu was suspicious, he listened to Chen Guanyu's explanation. He couldn't help but believe it in his heart.
To set fire in the air, the distance is at least a thousand steps. And to be able to set so many fires at the same time, this kind of magic is really shocking. He would not be afraid of ordinary Ming soldiers, but this kind of Ming army that can do magic,
He really didn't dare to mess with me.
"So, according to you, what conditions do I have to put forward for Su Hao to accept?" Bu Shitu's momentum was overwhelmed by Chen Guanyu, and he lost the confidence to speak. Unknowingly, he started talking to Chen Guanyu.
The fish talked about terms.
As soon as Chen Guanyu heard this, he knew that his nonsense had worked. If he didn't take the opportunity to deceive him at this time, he would not be Chen Guanyu. Thinking of this, he smiled slightly and reached out to stroke the tops of his chin.
Beard, said: "Your Majesty, in fact, my senior brother has already said that he has no intention of being an enemy of the Prince, he just wants to jointly develop the grassland with the Prince."
"Jointly develop the grassland?" Bu Shitu was a little annoyed, "I, the Tatar, are living well on the grassland. Why do we need him to intervene?"
Chen Guanyu said: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry to be blunt, but the life of the Tatars on this grassland is not so satisfactory. They only eat some beef and mutton, drink some milk tea, a little ironware, tea leaves and salt all year round.
It can only be obtained through mutual trading. Even if you are as noble as the prince, your life is not as good as that of an ordinary rich man in the Central Plains. How can such a life be considered good? "
"Let go..." Bu Shitu almost cursed, but it was because he was frightened by Su Hao's spell that he couldn't be too rude to Su Hao's "junior brother". In addition, what Chen Guanyu said
, In fact, it hit his weakness, didn't it? The wealth of the Central Plains people is unmatched by the Tatars. He is a royal grandson, and I am afraid that he is not as luxurious as an ordinary landowner in the Central Plains. How can such living conditions be possible?
Is it considered good?
"Chen Daozhang, the life of the Tatar people is indeed somewhat difficult, but this is also because the grassland is bitterly cold and they can only graze but cannot cultivate. It is not as fertile and rich in products as the land in the Central Plains. Mr. Su said that he is willing to jointly develop the grassland with the prince. Does he have anything?
Can gold grow on the grassland with clever means?" Xia Bangxing interrupted at the side. He saw that the fortune teller had been silenced by Chen Guanyu, so he came out to rescue him. What he asked was actually
This is exactly what Bu Shitu wants to ask, but with his identity as Bu Shitu, how can he ask this question directly?
Before Chen Guanyu came to the grassland, he had received a secret tip from Su Hao, asking him to wait for an opportunity to publicize the benefits of jointly developing the grassland to the nobles on the grassland. Su Hao was not a person who liked killing, and he did not intend to conquer the Tatars simply by force.
Instead, he wanted to resolve the border threat through economic cooperation. Seeing that Bu Shitu's attitude was showing signs of loosening, Chen Guanyu naturally wanted to quickly instill Su Hao's ideas into Bu Shitu.
"Mr. Xia has a good question. My senior brother is indeed capable of making gold grow on the grassland. Otherwise, why would he have to mobilize all the troops to come to the grassland?" Chen Guanyu said.
Xia Bangxing said: "Su Hao's magic can really turn stone into gold?"
"No, no," Chen Guanyu said, "Speaking of which, my senior brother also has the ability to turn stone into gold. However, there is a way to turn stone into gold that defies heaven. My senior brother will definitely not do it casually. What he wants to do
, I mine underground gold mines with the prince, and my senior brother’s mining skills are unparalleled in the entire Ming Dynasty.”
"So that's it." Xia Bangxing understood somewhat. He nodded and said to Chen Guanyu: "Daozhang Chen, I still allow my prince to consider this matter. You can go down and have a rest first, and then I will declare you after the prince has thought about it."
"Yes!" Chen Guanyu stood up, saluted Bu Shitu, and then exited the tent under the guidance of the Tatar guards.
“Mr.
Bu Shitu didn't mind. He had always treated Xia Bangxing as an important adviser, and believed that Xia Bangxing had a reason to do so.
Xia Bangxing cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think this person's words are at least 70% credible."
"How is this possible? How can we jointly develop the grassland with the Ming people?" Bu Shitu asked.
Xia Bangxing said: "According to my subordinates, Su Hao went out of Daxiakou and entered the grassland. In addition to annihilating the Kuaibai tribe, he did not do any harm to other Tatar tribes. He even presented iron tools, tea and other items to these tribes.
In the past few months, in addition to transforming the original camp of the Abai tribe into Helan Fort, the Ming army also built several mining areas. It seems that they really want to mine and profit from the grassland.
The subordinates have always found it strange that Ming people rarely have the opportunity to go to the grassland, but how they were able to find mineral veins and build a mining area in just a few months. Now after hearing what this old man said, the subordinates somewhat understood
Well, maybe this Su Hao really has the ability to prospect, otherwise it would be impossible to explain all of this."
"Mining..." Bu Shitu was a little excited. The Tatars have always lacked the ability to mine. All the metals they need come from the Central Plains and are extremely expensive. If it is really possible to mine on the grassland, even with Ming people
Sharing the benefits of mining, the profits must be very considerable. With money, you can buy all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, and live a good life like the rich people in the Central Plains. This is no more serious than fighting and killing.
valuable?
"But, doesn't this mean that Mingren will share the grassland with us? What if Mingren wants to harm us?" Bu Shitu said, and he couldn't tell whether these words were his true thoughts.
, or find reasons for yourself.
Xia Bangxing said: "We are only cooperating with Mingren to mine, and we will not accept any other conditions. In this way, Mingren's influence on us can be controlled. In fact, there are many Mingren doing business in our Tatar territory now.
, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are profit-loving but timid, so there is nothing to fear."
Bu Shitu nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. Not fighting the Ming army is still a choice. However, so far we have only heard one-sided words from Chen Guanyu. Su Hao's true story
We don’t know what the idea is. What if this is just the rhetoric of this veteran, but we believe it to be true, wouldn’t it be a joke?”
Xia Bangxing said: "Your Majesty's words are reasonable. I believe that the most urgent task is to get in touch with Su Hao. I am not talented, so I would like to be a messenger and go to meet this Su Hao."
Bu Shitu said: "It's okay, I can still trust Mr.
.You can also make it clear to Su Hao that if he dares to attack our Tatars, I will definitely send troops to fight him to the death."