In the official room, Guo Song stood in front of the window with his hands on his hands, looking at the dark cloudy sky in the distance, feeling that the rain was about to come. At this time, Wang Yue was reporting behind him about the capture of spies Zhu Si.
"Judging from the current situation, Zhu Si's intelligence in Taiyuan is relatively weak. It should be because they did not pay much attention to Taiyuan some time ago. It is said that they have more than 300 spies in Chengdu."
"What are your thoughts now?" Guo Song asked.
Wang Yue bowed and said: "I feel that Zhu Si will not be satisfied with Tie Huolei's information. They will continue to put pressure on them and demand to know the details of Tie Huolei. We can use this trick to give them wrong information and lead them astray."
, for example, the Iron Fire Thunder was made of kerosene, which cost them a lot of time to develop. By the time they woke up and wanted to turn back, it was already too late."
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "We cannot underestimate the wisdom of craftsmen. The phenomenon of explosive saltpeter has been around for hundreds of years. It is impossible that no one has paid attention to it. I guess they have thought of this, but they don't know the formula and process.
We must not try to be smart."
Wang Yue felt ashamed and said: "It's too simple to consider a humble position."
Guo Song looked back at him and said with a smile: "Actually, your idea is not wrong. You took them in the wrong direction and wasted their time. This is something I have been thinking about. The key is how to do it."
Wang Yue was overjoyed and said quickly: "Please make it clear!"
Guo Song thought for a long time and said slowly: "Give them a correct direction. It is made of saltpeter particles and kerosene."
Wang Yue was surprised, "Really tell them saltpeter?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry! Just knowing saltpeter is useless. They won't be able to make iron fire thunder in ten or eight years. If you want him to believe it, at least give him a little hope."
"As a humble employee, I am worried that he will make paper fire and thunder, and he can also bluff people."
"Isn't that great? Let him scare Li Na and Tian Yue. This is exactly what I expect."
Wang Yue still couldn't understand it, but since his lord had an order, he could only carry it out to the letter.
"I humbly obey orders!"
Wang Yue resigned and left.
However, Guo Song picked up a piece of information from the table. This was the information sent by Tiance Tower from Chang'an. Zhu Si was about to ascend the throne. This was the news that Guo Song had been waiting for for a long time. It should be Li Shi's coup in Chengdu.
It brought excitement to Zhu Si, but Guo Song also vaguely felt that Zhu Si's ascension to the throne may have something to do with him. Capturing Hedong by himself brought a lot of pressure to Zhu Si, or maybe the jade tablet Zhu Si two years ago
Si has not forgotten.
Two years ago, Guo Song created a celestial sign for Zhu Si, but Zhu Si was not fooled. Guo Song has been unable to understand which link went wrong? If it is because of the Golden Body Pavilion, Guo Song thinks this is the reason
It's a bit far-fetched. He is still busy recovering the Western Regions and has no interaction with Zhu Si.
Later, Guo Song gradually understood that it was not because he doubted the heavenly omen, but because the time for Zhu Si to ascend the throne was not yet mature. Although the time for Zhu Si to ascend the throne was still premature, the situation had made it impossible for Zhu Si to wait any longer.
Guo Song has been waiting for Zhu Si to ascend the throne, hoping that he will destroy his foundation. Now many Guanlong forces support Zhu Si because of the existence of the Northern Tang Dynasty. Once Zhu Si ascends the throne, the Northern Tang Dynasty disappears. Many people who originally supported the Northern Tang Dynasty
All the forces no longer support him.
Guo Song knew very well what this meant. It meant that Zhu Si's taxes would be greatly reduced, it meant that many officials would not inform him, and it meant that the imperial examination held in Chang'an would face failure, draining the firepower and leaving Zhu Si with no political foundation.
It will slowly get colder.
This day is finally coming.
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As Zhu Si ascended the throne, the atmosphere in Chang'an began to become very depressing. Chang'an Shunfeng Tower deployed a large number of spies in Chang'an City, and Zhu Si's plum blossom guards also patrolled the city, monitoring the people, and it was strictly forbidden to talk about Zhu Si's accession to the throne.
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Shunfeng Tower and Meihua Internal Guard are special institutions established by Zhu Si three years ago. They are different in nature from the Tiance Tower in Taiyuan. Tiance Tower collects intelligence from the outside, while Shunfeng Tower monitors internally and assassinates all kinds of opponents.
Under Zhu Si's power, Taiyuan's internal guards were counter-intelligence agencies, while Chang'an's Meihua internal guards openly arrested and suppressed people who opposed Zhu Si.
Shunfeng Tower is in the dark and Meihua Neiwei is in the light. These are two terrorist organizations that frighten the people of Chang'an and Guanzhong.
Chang'an Jinfeng Restaurant, Zhang Leizheng and Li An were drinking on the second floor. Zhu Si strictly prohibited the use of grains to make wine, which made fruit wine very popular in Chang'an, mainly wine.
Among them, Meishou Wine still firmly occupies the high-end market, while the mid-range market is divided between three wines from Zhangye, Zhangye Wine, Jiuquan Wine and Xiliang Wine. Among them, Zhangye Wine is the business of the Hexi Military, and Jiuquan Wine is the business of Anjia
Xiliang wine is the industry of Li family in Longxi.
Zhang Lei is the proprietor of Meishou Wine and the general distributor of Zhangye Wine. In Chang'an, he is known as the King of Wine.
Li An is also the leading businessman in Chang'an. He is not only a famous jeweler in Chang'an, but also the largest cloth merchant in Chang'an.
Jubaolou is a partnership between Li An and Zhang Lei, each of whom holds a half share. In addition, Li An's cloth shop also sells cotton from the Western Regions, and the cotton is mainly provided by Li Wenyu's trading company.
Zhang Lei poured a glass of wine for Li An and asked: "I heard that Zhu Si will officially ascend the throne tomorrow. Will it lead to a wave of killings?"
Li An picked up the wine glass and smiled slightly: "Why is there killing? It should be an amnesty!"
"I'm not talking about ordinary people, but the royal family in Chang'an. I heard that Zhu Si has put many people under house arrest. Lao An, many of the royal family are your big patrons. You should be very aware of this matter. How are they doing?
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Li An shook his head, "So you are ignorant. There are seventy-seven members of the royal family. Yesterday, Zhu Si sent someone to send them out of the country with gifts. They went to Chengdu."
"You actually let them go?" Zhang Lei was stunned.
"What's the point of killing them?"
Li An smiled lightly and said: "At least let the people of the world think that he, Zhu Si, is still kind and does not kill the nobles of the old dynasty, which slightly reduces the accusation of him treason and usurping the throne."
Just then, a bartender rushed over and whispered: "Stop talking!"
The two of them turned around and saw five or six men with knives wearing brocade robes embroidered with plum blossoms walking up the stairs. They were the ruthless plum blossom guards.
Several plum blossom inner guard sergeants glanced at everyone. All the drinkers lowered their heads to eat, and no one dared to say a word. At this time, a thin man stood up and pointed to the two drinkers next to him. They were talking loudly about the emperor just now.
After Li Yuan's end, several Meihua guards immediately rushed forward, drew their swords and shouted: "Follow us!"
The two drinkers turned pale with fright. They stood up and bowed tremblingly: "We didn't say anything nonsense!"
One soldier grabbed one of them by the front and swung him hard, throwing him downstairs. The other drinker was so frightened that he rolled down and followed him.
There was a sudden silence in the restaurant. The leader of the Meihua guards sternly said to everyone: "Eat well and don't talk about government affairs, otherwise you will be killed!"
With a wave of his hand, he escorted the two drinkers away, and the thin man followed, but the shopkeeper did not dare to stop them and ask for money.
Zhang Lei lowered his voice and said to Li An: "The thin one just now is Shunfeng Er?"
Li An nodded, "It's them. We should be careful what we say in the future."
Zhang Lei felt as if someone was eavesdropping on their conversation. He quickly cleared his throat and said: "Lao An, I'm really sorry. This year's cotton is mainly supplied to Hedong, and there is really no extra inventory."
This was the main reason why they met today. Cotton has excellent thermal insulation effect and is gradually becoming popular in Chang'an. The only ones that supply cotton are Li An's several cloth stores, but they have no stock, so Li An made an appointment with Zhang
When Lei went out to drink, I just asked him for goods."
"I don't care. You promised me last year that you would give me 20,000 jins of cotton this year. You only gave me 5,000 jins. This year you will give me at least 10,000 jins."
"I'll try my best! You know I have to convince my wife. Hey, I have a big head too!"
Li An smiled and said: "I plan to start planting cotton. Lingzhou and Fengzhou are good places with good water and heat. Planting tens of thousands of acres is more profitable than growing grain."
Zhang Lei curled his lips, "You think growing cotton is too simple. Growing cotton requires a lot of hands, especially when picking cotton bolls, and ginning also requires machines. Peeling cotton seeds by hand will kill people."
"There will always be a way. I can take my time."
"That's up to you. Don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes."
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