"Yes, it must be like this." Li Jiancheng was convinced that his idea was correct.
However, it didn't take long for Li Jiancheng to discover that the carriage was heading southwest and that Jinyang Palace was in the southeast of Taiyuan City. He clearly guessed wrong again.
"Perhaps Wang Junlin is not in Taiyuan County. After all, he has just occupied eight counties in Hedong. It is normal to visit other counties." Li Jiancheng speculated again.
"It's just that after walking such a long way, there are no soldiers or horses to escort me. Aren't you afraid that I will be rescued?" Li Jiancheng thought this way, opened the curtains and looked around. It was a wide open place, and there was no way anyone could be hiding nearby. , which means that there is no one in the Far Eastern Army to guard him secretly. There is really only a one-armed disabled old man and this... witch in front of him.
Li Jiancheng thought of this and glanced at Nie Xiaoyu secretly. Unexpectedly, Nie Xiaoyu, who had been silent and ignored him, suddenly said: "I will tell you a story, do you want to listen?"
Li Jiancheng was startled for a moment and couldn't help but feel flattered. He quickly said: "Listen, I am willing to listen."
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Almost at the same time, Shen Guo'er was also escorted out of the guard area, and left Chang'an City, heading northeast.
However, compared with the two people escorting Li Jiancheng, Nie Xiaoyu and Chunqiu Nu, the team escorting Shen Guoer was extremely large.
Not only did the sword god himself ride in a carriage with Shen Guoer, in addition to hundreds of masters, there were five thousand elite cavalry all around, blocking the carriage tightly.
"That is, King Qin An is willing to exchange the eldest son of the King of Tang for other heroes in the world for a subordinate, and also a woman. There is no way he would do such a stupid thing." Sword God played with a glass bottle in his hand, while He said with some emotion.
Shen Guoer did not look at the Sword God, but stared at the glass bottle in the Sword God's hand. To be precise, he was looking at the small silver snake in the glass bottle.
The glass bottle was produced by the Fanyang County Glass Factory under Wang Junlin's rule. In later generations, it was just the cheapest and most common thing, but now it is a real luxury product.
Although it is a hostile force, this does not prevent the Li Yuan Group from being the main customer of Fanyang County Glass Factory.
There is no way, the Li Yuan Group has gathered most of the world's rich and powerful families, and only these big nobles can buy a glass bottle with ten taels of silver.
Although Li Yuan, Li Shimin and others knew that Wang Junlin had earned a lot of money from various wealthy families through various glass products, and had discussed with various wealthy families and even ordered them not to buy glass products from Fanyang County, it was obvious that such a thing was simply not possible. It can't be banned.
Because under the joint operation and publicity of Xiaoyu Theater and Fanyang Chamber of Commerce, glass products have become a symbol of status in the world. If there are not a few glass crafts in the home, and if the cups for drinking tea and drinking are not made of glass, how can they be worthy of it? The identity and family status of a powerful noble family.
And a wealthy family that considers itself to be the most noble and superior in the world will never allow anyone to slight them in this regard.
What's more, although many aristocratic families have always disliked Wang Junlin before, this does not prevent Wang Junlin from becoming a living legend of modern warfare and a deified figure among the people.
Under the publicity of Rain Theater, the appearance of this glass has a beautiful and catchy story, and this story is related to Wang Junlin.
With Wang Junlin's current reputation and status, even giants from millennium-old families such as the Seven Sects, Five Surnames and the Dugu Family have to look up to him, and things related to him have naturally become symbols of status.
In fact, the largest market for glass products is in Jiangnan.
Although most of the seven sects, five surnames and aristocratic families are in the north, since ancient times, the richest people have always been in Jiangnan. This has not changed even in the modernized societies of later generations.
According to the proportion of economic income under the rule reported by Fanyang Chamber of Commerce to Wang Junlin at the end of last year, the income of the glass factory has exceeded that of the cement factory, brick factory and shipyard, Guoshan Winery, Lihua Perfume Workshop, Xiaoyu Theater and other industries, becoming Wang Junlin's government
This is one of the most lucrative businesses among many.
The reason for this is that, in addition to the successful marketing strategies of Fanyang Chamber of Commerce and Xiaoyu Theater, the most important thing is that the cost of glass products is too low compared to other industries. The gap between the selling price and the cost price can even make people reduce the cost.
The price is simply ignored.
In this regard, Wang Junlin said with some regret when chatting with Nie Xiaoyu that in peaceful times, especially in prosperous times, the profits of glass products would be huge!
Seeing that Shen Guoer ignored him, the Sword God was a little angry and snorted coldly: "Although I can't kill you, I can cut your little snake in half with one sword."
Shen Guoer's expression changed and she said coldly: "If you dare to kill my little silver, when I exchange for the prince of Tang Dynasty, I can let Master Xiaoyu chop off one of Li Jiancheng's arms and one leg, as long as I guarantee that he will not die.
That’s it.”
Thinking of the stunning girl who was chasing him a few days ago, the Sword God touched the wounds on his left arm that had not yet healed, his face suddenly darkened, he snorted and stopped talking.
A few days ago, while Nie Xiaoyu was fighting with the King of Killers No. 1, he suddenly appeared and snatched Shen Guoer away. Nie Xiaoyu and the King of Killers No. 1 chased her all the way, but he arranged in advance for 10,000 fine cavalry
Accommodate yourself.
Although Nie Xiaoyu and the No. 1 Killer King were forced back by 10,000 fine cavalry, Nie Xiaoyu shot thirteen arrows in front of the ten thousand troops, killing hundreds of people, including thirteen generals.
In order to protect one of the generals, the Sword God was caught in a flaw by Nie Xiaoyu and shot his arm with an arrow.
The Sword God is a very vengeful person, so in order to take revenge, he made some preparations for the hostage exchange between the two parties three days later, and even made a deal with a certain existence at the mercy of compromise.
He didn't expect to be able to kill the witch named Nie Xiaoyu, but he had to at least kill her to eliminate the hatred in his heart.
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Day 15, March 7th.
The junction of Hedong and Guanzhong is Tongguan.
Tongguan is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north and on the mountainside in the south. "Shui Jing Zhu" once recorded: "The river flows south of the pass to Tongjiguan Mountain, so it is called Tongguan."
Tongguan City was built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It is the truly recognized east gate of Guanzhong since ancient times and has always been a battleground for military strategists.
Because Tongguan is located at the ferry of the Yellow River, it is located in the east of Hedong, Guanzhong, and the Central Plains. It is the key to the post road from Chang'an to Luoyang. It is the key to entering and exiting the Three Qin Dynasty, so it has become the key to entering the Central Plains from the east since the end of the Han Dynasty.
When entering Guanzhong from the west, it is the only place and key defense pass in the Western Regions. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. It ranks second among the top ten famous passes in China. It is known as the "First Pass", "The First Danger in the Territory" and "The Throat of the Four Towns".
", "Hundred Second Pass" and other reputations.
In fact, this is indeed the case. The Far Eastern Army's army attacking Guanzhong from Hehu was firmly blocked here. If King Junlin of Japan wanted to send troops to Guanzhong, he had to capture Tongguan City first.
However, today's Tongguan City is no longer the Guancheng built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but was built on the loess plateau. In the fourth year after Yang Guang became emperor, he was obsessed with touring the world, but he did not know that it caused great harm to the local area and the people.
Regardless of the burden, he likes to point out and change some things wherever he goes, leaving a place that can be passed down for many years or that future generations will know that he visited this place, so as to demonstrate what he considers to be his cultural and martial arts skills.
That year, Yang Guang visited Tongguan City and heard that Tongguan City was the place where the emperor personally decided to build Guan City during the Eastern Han Dynasty. He didn't know what kind of brain circuit he had, and he didn't care about his decision.
How much people's fat and money would be spent? With one order, 50,000 people were transferred, 300,000 taels of silver and 500,000 shi of grain were collected from the local area, and the entire Tongguan City was forcibly moved several miles to the south.
At that time, the Sui Dynasty was still building the Great Wall in the north, the new capital of Luoyang, and the Grand Canal. It recruited millions of people from all over the world and left the barren fields to carry out infrastructure projects.
Now, the reason why Li Yuan and Wang Junlin chose this place to exchange hostages is not because it is a dangerous pass, but it is related to the specific topography of this place.
The situation in Tongguan is very dangerous. It is surrounded by mountains and peaks, deep valleys and cliffs. The mountain is high and the road is narrow. There is a narrow narrow path in the middle, which can only accommodate one car and one horse. In the past, people often said that "the narrow road is dangerous and the monkeys are competing with each other."
", "The road to the world stops at Tongguan Pass" to compare the danger of the situation here.
In such a place, it is difficult for both sides to spread out their armies and prepare more manpower, and each other does not have to worry too much about ambushes or other means.
Therefore, Nie Xiaoyu only asked Chunqiu Nu to drive a carriage and drive Li Jiancheng here.
As for the Li Yuan Group, after leaving Tongguan City, the Sword God and a coachman drove Shen Guoer forward, while five thousand cavalry and more than a hundred masters stayed in Tongguan City.
After arriving here, looking at the majestic Tongguan City from a distance, if Li Jiancheng still didn't understand that he was going to be rescued by his father's exchange, he might as well just die in Tongguan City and go back to be the prince of the Tang Dynasty.
It's just because Nie Xiaoyu never said much except telling him some strange stories and doing some strange things along the way, and he didn't dare to ask more questions.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng still doesn't know how important his father's side was in the Far East Army, so that Wang Junlin was willing to exchange him, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty.
However, Li Jiancheng thought this way most of the time, and sometimes he would have the idea deep in his heart that Wang Junlin didn't take him seriously at all. Whenever he had such an idea, he would
He was very depressed, which made him even more depressed and painful than when he was disappointed by his father since he was a child.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng was still secretly regretting and unhappy that Wang Junlin did not meet him from the beginning to the end, and he was also curious about the person he was exchanging with.