Li Yunian was placed in the mansion of a former high-ranking official, and was protected by soldiers from Toad Village outside.
Even though Cheng Dalei didn't think anything bad would happen if he lived in Liangzhou City, but if someone plotted against him and wanted to assassinate Li Yunian, the idle prince, he would really have to break up with Li Letian if he died in Liangzhou City.
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Li Yunian has been living in Liangzhou City these days and has never been idle for a moment. Every day he takes people for a stroll in the city. Sometimes Cheng Dalei is with him, and sometimes Cheng Dalei is not.
This time he came to Liangzhou with a mission. In addition to issuing an order to Cheng Dalei to go to Chang'an City, his other purpose was to spy on Cheng Dalei's situation. Cheng Dalei may not be aware of his purpose, but he opened the door to convenience.
Firstly, Li Letian does not have the strength to conquer Liangzhou now; secondly, even if he has the strength, Liangzhou will not be conquered first.
Within a few days, Li Yunian visited the craftsmen's workshop and military policy office in the city, and even rushed to Toad City to look at the mines there.
On the way back, Li Yunian remained silent, but his heart was rolling like waves.
The empire is so big that there are many people who hate Cheng Dalei, but there are also many who fear him. For such a mountain king who was born a bandit, even the Prime Minister's Office failed to deal with him, but made him grow bigger. As for Cheng Dalei's power
Generally speaking, no one has a correct estimate of how strong it is.
Now, Li Yunian has seen it with his own eyes. The army has strong soldiers and horses, and the soldiers have extremely strong discipline and undergo overload training every day; and the craftsmen's workshops and iron mines are never idle for a moment, producing weapons, bows and arrows, and various kinds of weapons every day.
A new type of weapon that Li Yunian had never thought of.
The residents of Liangzhou City, Shuofang City, and Toad City can be said to live and work in peace and contentment, which is also a rare thing in the entire empire.
He did not offend the people and strictly controlled the soldiers. Although there were not many soldiers in Toad Village, they had civil servants and military generals. His ability to occupy Liangzhou was not due to luck.
"What did the prince see today?"
Wu Yong and Li Yunian walked side by side, and his words suddenly made Li Yunian come back to his senses. After calming down for a while, he said: "Master Cheng loves the people like his own son, which is really admirable to me. Chang'an has a lot of comments about Master Cheng. It seems that
That’s why there are so many false rumors.”
Wu Yong nodded: "Although the boss sometimes does strange things, there are some things he does that really impress us."
Li Yunian's eyes fell on Wu Yong, rolled his eyes, and said: "I haven't asked where Military Advisor Wu is from?"
"I am from Qikou, Qingzhou."
"Qingzhou is a place where sages are born. Military Master Wu has a beautiful mind and a hidden world. Even in Chang'an, one can often hear the name of Military Master Wu."
"Oh...haha."
A smile appeared on Wu Yong's face. Li Yunian did not flatter him specifically. He said that his reputation was spread throughout Chang'an. It seemed to be true.
A light flashed in Li Yunian's eyes. He came all the way to Liangzhou this time for another purpose, which was to see if he could develop a spy within Liangzhou.
Naturally, people like Xu Shenji can't do it. Liu Bei has followed Cheng Dalei for too long, and there is almost no hope. On the other hand, Wu Yong has never heard of anyone like him in Chang'an, so it is impossible to impress him with wealth.
"Qingzhou and Liangzhou are far apart. How did Military Advisor Wu come here?"
Wu Yong sighed softly: "There is nothing we can do about the destruction of our home. It doesn't matter if we don't mention it or not."
"Tigers and leopards are hidden deep in the mountains, and unicorns are buried in the fields. Master Cheng's men are really full of talents. Military Master Wu will definitely be able to put all his knowledge and talents into full play here."
"This..." Wu Yong twirled his beard. He thought he had some abilities, but Cheng Dalei didn't listen to many of his ideas. As for what he learned, he actually didn't put it to use.
Li Yunian knew what a measure was, so he wouldn't say it here. He took off a jade pendant from his body and handed it to Wu Yong on the horse.
"This white carp jade pendant was a gift from the late emperor. If Commander Wu does not dislike it, I will give it to Commander Wu as a gift."
"This...I will never accept it."
"Alas, vanilla is always worn by beauties, and swords are given to heroes. I have no other intention. I just admire Military Advisor Wu's strategy. This white carp jade pendant is given to Military Advisor Wu, so it is not covered in dust."
The pearl is covered in dust, the carp leaps over the dragon's gate, Li Yunian feels that what he has said is almost complete. If Wu Yong is a smart person, he will naturally understand his purpose. Wu Yong's dissatisfaction can also be felt from the Chinese words he speaks. Is he the only one?
What the emperor's family can give is not as good as a bandit.
The situation of the Li family was very difficult. Although Li Letian held some real power, he was still hampered by the wealthy family. Faced with this situation, the royal family surnamed Li had to join forces to prevent the Li family from losing their country.
After all, when one is prosperous, both are prosperous, and when one is withered, both are withered.
After presenting the jade, Li Yunian rode forward. It seemed that the priceless jade was nothing to him, it was just a speck of dust casually brushed off his shoulder.
Wu Yong, on the other hand, burst into tears of gratitude. Looking at Li Yunian's back, his affection for him gradually increased in his heart.
"This Prince Li is an authentic man."
That night, Wu Yong showed off the matter. He hung the jade pendant on his waist and wandered around, which immediately attracted the attention of Xu Shenji, Liu Bei and others.
"Oh, this jade pendant was given to me by Prince Li. It is said to be something that Emperor Ming once wore. It is a small gadget."
Everyone looked at Wu Yong with a hint of jealousy. The things of the emperor were born with a certain amount of treasure. If I had known this, I should have walked around with Li Yunian.
Even Cheng Dalei heard about it, took it to play with, and gave it back to Wu Yong. He had a treasure house and collected many rare treasures, but he couldn't sell them. This jade pendant didn't count for him.
What.
Only Cui Baiyu saw it, but didn't say anything.
The only strange thing is that Li Yunian is too reserved in doing things. There is no one in Toad Village who is of high birth. Su Ying is the daughter of a merchant and theoretically is not qualified to wear silk. The only ones left are Xu Shenji and Liu Bei.
People all come from a poor background and have to deal with crops for half their lives.
For example, Wu Yong was once just a poor teacher, and some of his wits were just country people's dirty tricks.
For a person like him, no matter how much he thinks about it, he would never imagine that pearls are covered in dust and carps leap over the dragon gate.
Therefore, Li Yunian's words were probably just a waste of effort to wink at a blind man. When Wu Yong thought about it, he only thought that he had taken advantage and could not think of anything else.
In the entire Toad Village, Cui Baiyu was the only one who was well-informed and could probably guess Li Yunian's intention. But she wished that Cheng Dalei would ruin his family fortune, so naturally she would not point it out and let Cheng Dalei become a sensible person for once.