Chapter 0622 Are you Kou Ji's illegitimate child?!
Cao Wei sighed with an intriguing smile: "Yang Wenguang has accumulated a lot of wealth in Baozhou for many years. He went to the Western Regions before and did not use any of it. Now that he is facing the Liao people, he naturally can't hide it."
"family property?!"
Lu Yijian looked puzzled. What kind of wealth could Yang Wenguang have? The troops, horses, food, and armaments in his hands were all provided by the imperial court. How could he make use of the things provided by the imperial court?
Seeing Lu Yijian's confused look, Cao Wei just smiled in a low voice without explaining much.
Lu Yijian instantly felt like he was neither good nor bad, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Di Qing was a kind man. Seeing Lu Yijian sitting and lying restlessly, he guessed that Lu Yijian was eager to know what Yang Wenguang's family background was.
Yang Wenguang's family background is not a secret, and he does not need to cover it up for Yang Wenguang.
Lu Yijian helped him with his military exploits, and he reciprocated the favor, so naturally he should also help Lu Yijian resolve his doubts.
"Lv Gong, the soldiers and horses, armaments, food and wages in Yang Wenguang's hands are all provided by the imperial court. Therefore, there is nothing special about the things provided by the imperial court. They are similar to other soldiers and horses.
The wealth that Cao Shuai mentioned should be something Yang Wenguang obtained privately from my brother."
Di Qing explained in a low voice.
Lu Yijian was slightly stunned.
"Brother..."
Lu Yijian looked at Di Qing and said, "You mean Kou Ji?"
Kou Ji's current official title is very embarrassing. He will be demoted today and promoted tomorrow. It changes very quickly.
Di Qing could call Kou Ji Duke Yong in front of others, but he could not call Kou Ji Duke Yong in front of Lu Yijian and Cao Wei.
Firstly, the titles held by the two of them were higher than those before Kou Ji was dismissed from office; secondly, Kou Ji's title was dismissed and it was inappropriate to call him Duke of Yong.
Di Qing didn't know if Kou Ji's title had changed recently, so he could only use private titles to address him.
Everyone in Bianjing knew that Di Qing was Kou Ji's adopted brother, so when Di Qing mentioned his brother, Lu Yijian naturally thought it was Kou Ji.
Di Qing heard Lu Yijian's question and nodded slowly.
Cao Wei glanced at Di Qing and knew that he could no longer keep the secret, so he said frankly to Lu Yijian: "Yang Wenguang was recommended by Kou Ji. Kou Ji seems to be very optimistic about Yang Wenguang, so it is reasonable to help Yang Wenguang in private.
Yang Wenguang was previously in charge of the defense force and lived adjacent to the Tiger Army. Yang Wenguang was able to obtain more or less some of the armaments that the Tiger Army could obtain.
Yang Wenguang and his party from the Western Region got a lot of good things from Kou Ji, so Yang Wenguang's current family fortune is very rich."
When Lu Yijian heard this, he was thoughtful and said hesitantly: "Does Yang Wenguang have muskets and artillery in his hand?"
Kou Ji has always been generous, but he has always been concerned about the issue of muskets and artillery. When the imperial court sent troops this time, Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian, and Wang Zeng said many good things to Kou Ji sincerely, and then Kou Ji was sent to
Muskets and artillery used in the war in the Western Region were loaned out.
If Yang Wenguang had muskets and artillery in his hands, then Lu Yijian would have to write a long letter to Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng, asking them to exploit Kou Jibu.
Lu Yijian is shameless, right?
In order to borrow muskets and artillery from Kou Ji, he invited Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng, and persuaded Kou Ji to say a lot of good things.
If Yang Wenguang had easily obtained the muskets and cannons, Lu Yijian felt that he, Zhao Zhen, and Wang Zeng would be beaten in the face.
When Lu Yijian asked about muskets and artillery, Cao Wei roughly guessed Lu Yijian's thoughts. He laughed softly and said: "Kou Ji, that boy, guarded the muskets and artillery very tightly. At present, except for this batch in our hands,
Other than that, nothing else is exposed.
Although Kou Ji valued Yang Wenguang very much, he did not give it to Yang Wenguang.
When I say family fortune, I mean a hundred tigers running together."
Lu Yijian was stunned for a moment, curled his lips and said: "What's so strange about a hundred tigers running together? Nowadays, every army is equipped with it."
When Di Qing led his troops to quell the rebellion in Bianjing City, he showed off a hundred tigers galloping together.
After the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty saw the power of a hundred tigers running together, they became very interested in it.
Kou Ji also agreed to equip the Song Dynasty with all the imperial troops.
After more than a year, many imperial troops have been equipped with Hundred Tigers Running Together.
Each army also established a Hundred Tigers Camp accordingly.
So Lu Yijian didn't think there was anything strange about this matter.
Cao Wei glanced at Lu Yijian and said quietly: "In Yang Wenguang's army, there are ten thousand warriors and hundreds of tigers running together..."
Lu Yijian was shocked for a moment.
"Ten thousand?"
Currently among the various Forbidden armies, the Dragon God Second Guard is the one equipped with the most Hundred Tigers Rush. The number of Hundred Tigers Rush among the two Forbidden Forces is only a few thousand. The Baosai Army led by Yang Wenguang actually has
Ten thousand?
Ten thousand Hundred Tigers rushed to the top of the city and fired volleys at the same time. Lu Yijian could probably imagine that scene.
A round of volleys was fired, and the place pointed by the arrow instantly turned into a forest of arrows.
No matter how powerful the enemy is, they can shoot you into a sieve.
As long as Yang Wenguang brought enough arrows, the Liao soldiers probably wouldn't even be able to touch the top of Yanmen Pass.
Lu Yijian was astonished and stared at Cao Wei and asked: "As far as I know, the cost of the arrows of Hundred Tigers Rush is not low. Even if Yang Wenguang has 10,000 Hundred Tigers Rush, they may not be able to use all the Hundred Tigers Rush arrows."
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Cao Wei smiled calmly and said: "I don't know how many arrows Yang Wenguang brought. I only know that if you spend more money and save a few soldiers, it will be worth it."
Cao Wei stared at Lu Yijian and said with a smile: "We, the Song Dynasty, are not short of money now, are we?"
Lu Yijian said with a somewhat bitter look on his face: "It's impossible to withstand such a thing. With one salvo, my salary for several years will be gone."
Cao Wei stared at Lu Yijian sideways and joked: "Then your salary is quite high..."
Lu Yijian said angrily: "Even if I receive a salary from the court for a hundred years, I will still be a drop in the bucket of your Cao family."
Cao Wei smiled dryly and did not continue talking about this topic.
The Cao family cannot withstand digging, and the more digging is done, the more people feel frightened.
The Cao family has been rich and powerful for decades, and has stood tall in the court for decades. Cao Wei knows how rich the family wealth they have accumulated is.
Cao Wei changed the topic and said: "I heard that muskets and artillery are more expensive and consume more money."
Lu Yijian said quietly: "Everyone in the world who knows about muskets and artillery doesn't know that they are expensive and consume a lot of money. But how many people can give up on them?
Qingtang and Xixia are more than a hundred times poorer than the Song Dynasty. They all stare at the muskets and artillery and can't take their eyes away. How could the Song Dynasty give up the muskets and artillery just because they are stingy with money."
Cao Wei said unexpectedly: "You speak much louder than before?"
Lu Yijian smiled lightly and said nothing.
The reason why he became so grand was because he led people to help Zhao Zhen clean up the accounts of Yizijiaozipu.
The amount of money stored in Yizijiaozipu is so huge that it is hard to imagine.
It was so huge that Lu Yijian did not dare to speak out about it.
Although Lu Yijian did not understand finance, he also knew that it was okay to transfer a sum of money from Yizijiaozipu to temporarily use it for state affairs.
If you have money at your disposal, the court can be generous.
Lu Yijian used to think that Zhao Zhen went to war for Yizijiaozipu, which was a bit exaggerated. After he learned about the money stored in Yizijiaozipu, he realized that Zhao Zhen went to war for Yizijiaozipu, which was not an exaggeration at all.
If he had taken the lead, Zhao Zhen would have done him even more cruelly and exaggeratedly.
Can anyone easily control so much money?
Even if Zhao Zhen personally controls all the members of Yizijiaozipu, Lu Yijian feels dangerous.
If Zhao Zhen were not young and powerful now, and did not show a mediocre attitude, Lu Yijian would have led the civil and military officials of the court without hesitation and asked Zhao Zhen to hand over Yizijiaozipu to the imperial court.
Lu Yijian did not tell Cao Wei the truth about Yizijiaozipu, so the two naturally couldn't talk about money.
After chatting for a while, Cao Wei issued a few military orders and everyone dispersed.
The next few days.
The army led by Cao Wei was stationed in Tongtai Pass and remained motionless.
When Cao Wei led the army to Tongtai Pass, Mi Liji decisively led his army to withdraw from Tongtai Pass.
Mi Liji led his army withdrew to Youzhou City and told the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu about the news about Tongtai Pass. The Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu was furious.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty pointed at Mi Liji's nose and cursed Mi Liji for a long time.
But after half a day, his attitude softened somewhat.
Not many people knew why Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao had softened his attitude. They only knew that Liao Dynasty sent a message to Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao Dynasty.
The content of the news, Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao Dynasty, did not inform everyone.
He just sent an order to everyone to wait in Youzhou City, waiting for Cao Wei to take the initiative to attack, and not to move without permission.
The civil and military ministers of Daliao were full of doubts about this, but no one dared to ask.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty acted in a truly domineering manner, unlike Zhao Zhen who did not leave room for domineering behavior.
Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu killed whomever he wanted to kill in Daliao, unlike Zhao Zhen who had many worries.
Cao Wei waited in Tongtai Pass for several days, but did not wait for Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty to lead the army to attack, so he sent people to Yanmen Pass to check the battle at Yanmen Pass.
Before the people sent by Cao Wei arrived at Yanmen Pass, the battle in front of Yanmen Pass had already begun.
The deputy of Daliao inspected Yeluye, the 12th squadron of the northwest road army, Tu Lugu, the commander of the relic army of Prince Xi's palace, Huang Pian, his deputy Daguzhi, and Dujian Heshi, five of them, led by 100,000 people.
The soldiers and horses arrived at Yanmen Pass.
Hundreds of thousands of Liao people marched southward.
The soldiers inside and outside Yanmen Pass were extremely nervous.
Only Li Zhaoliang was not nervous at all, and even looked a little weird.
A row of tens of thousands of hundred tigers ran together, mounted on the city wall, mixed with crossbows, bed crossbows, and heavy crossbows. They spread out from the Yanmen Pass to the left and right of the city, and spread to the Sanguan Village at both ends of the city wall.
The scene is very spectacular.
Li Zhaoliang looked a little dazed, staring at Yang Wenguang who was standing in front of the city gate building at Yanmenguan, wiping his sweat nervously, and said with a look of astonishment: "Kou Ji gave you 10,000 Hundred Tigers Running Together?"
Yang Wenguang shook his head slightly and said: "Brother Kou Xian gave some, and I replaced the others."
Li Zhaoliang asked blankly: "What did you get in exchange for it?"
Yang Wenguang smiled dryly and said: "The loot captured in Huangtou Huihe."
Li Zhaoliang murmured: "That's not enough, is it?"
Most of the rich areas of Huangtou Huihe were in the south. The southern border was occupied by the Qingtang people, so Qingtang took away a lot of wealth from Huangtou Huihe.
Yang Wenguang and others captured the city and territory in Huangtou Uihe, as if they were in uninhabited territory, and captured half of Huangtou Uihe's territory, but did not seize much wealth.
After Yang Wenguang and Zhang Yuan shared the money, they rewarded the soldiers according to their merits. However, what he received was actually not much.
That little money is not enough to buy A Hundred Tigers Running Together.
Not to mention the boxes of arrows piled up in the back of the army.
Faced with Li Zhaoliang's questioning, Yang Wenguang could only smile and tell the truth, "It was Kou Xiandi's own idea to help the Yuanshan tribe attack Huangtou Huihe, and the imperial court neither agreed nor objected.
I led the army to fight in the territory of Huangtou Huihe, which can be regarded as an outstanding achievement, but the imperial court did not reward me greatly for this.
I just rewarded the soldiers under my command as appropriate.
Kou Xiandi knew that we had suffered a loss, so he compensated us accordingly.
Although I don't have a lot of money in my hands, after excluding labor costs, I can roughly afford so many of them.
As for these arrows, Brother Kou Xian gave them to me half-sold and half-gifted."
Li Zhaoliang stared blankly at Yang Wenguang, "A Hundred Tigers Are Running and you paid for the materials? The arrows were simply picked up for free? With Kou Ji's stubborn temper, how could you actually take such a big advantage from him?"
Are you Kou Ji's illegitimate son?"
Yang Wenguang's face turned dark when he heard Li Zhaoliang's words, "General Li, the soul of my late father is still here. Don't talk nonsense."
Li Zhaoliang curled his lips and whispered: "It makes no sense for Kou Ji to be so kind to you."
Li Zhaoliang glanced at Yang Wenguang and said: "You have never flattered him, nor have you helped him get any benefits, yet he is so generous to you? Does he think you are honest and honest, or does he just appreciate your temperament that doesn't like to flatter him?
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Yang Wenguang was also a little confused when he heard what Li Zhaoliang said.
He was also a little confused as to why Kou Ji was so kind to him.
Everyone in Bianjing City knows that Kou Ji has the kind of temper that is like a goose plucking his hair.
When delivering ordnance to the imperial court, the accounts must be clearly settled, and not a single penny gained should be allowed to the imperial court.
When doing business with Li Zhaoliang, Cao Yi, Zhu Neng and others, the accounts must be settled clearly.
Not only did he not let Li Zhaoliang, Cao Yi, Zhu Neng and others take advantage of him, but he also took a lot of advantage from them.
For example, Li Zhaoliang's story about the gold mine discovered outside Xiliang City.
Kou Ji didn't do anything. He just used his sharp tongue to get a few percent of the share from Li Zhaoliang.
It can be said that when it comes to money matters, Kou Ji is a Pixiu person who only eats but does not eat.
But for such a person, he was surprisingly generous to Yang Wenguang.
When doing business in the Western Regions, I thought about Yang Wenguang and dragged Yang Wenguang into several of their businesses in the Western Regions, so that Yang Wenguang could get a share of the pie.
When the land in Hexi was divided, Yang Wenguang's people were still returning to Hehe in Huangtou, so Kou Ji first reserved Yang Wenguang's share.
When purchasing ordnance, other people's labor costs, material costs, transportation costs, etc. are added together. Yang Wenguang only needs to pay the minimum material cost.