Shanzhou is also holding a reception banquet at this time.
The reception banquet is set up in the post house.
Because there are a lot of merchants from the south to the north, so this post house simply operates a hotel, in this way, not only does not need the imperial court to allocate much construction funds, but can make a lot of profits, now this Shanzhou post house is a piece of Huawu, only the banquet hall has the upper hall, the lower hall, the main hall, the other hall, the east hall and the west hall several places.
The inner wall of the hall is shaded by bamboo mulberry, the hall and the corridor, and there is a pond with a radius of several acres, you can go boating, you can also fish, you can also enjoy the moon by the railing, the environment is very elegant.
Because it also operates a hotel and receives merchants from all walks of life, the pavilion is divided into different areas, and the area dedicated to receiving officials and messengers is separated from other areas by a high wall, with special dining rooms, livestock corridors, warehouses and so on.
It was Lou Shide's idea to take advantage of the large number of merchants from the north and south to open hotels for profit, and to make up for the lack of funds allocated by the imperial court to maintain the pavilion by concurrently operating hotels.
Lou Shide is an honest official, except for the fact that he does not take a penny, over the years, the black tooth Changzhi is in charge of the military and administration of the Qingyuan Army, and he is in charge of logistics and camp fields as a deputy, so to speak, he is in charge of money, but he lives in a humble room, and he can't even hire a few servants, and now Wang Xiaojie and Qiu Shenji came from Luoyang and asked him to hold a banquet in his own home, which he can't afford.
Fortunately, these two court officials came, and they should live in the pavilion, and the pavilion was responsible for food and accommodation, and it was logical for Lou Shide to feast them here.
In fact, Lou Shide still stained their light, otherwise this General Lou, as a local magistrate, would have no reason to go to the pavilion where officials come and go.
Lou Shide is the same age as Di Renjie, and he is also an old man with gorgeous hair, he is eight feet tall, with a square mouth and lips, and a wide heart and a fat body.
Lou Shide has a little disabled leg in one leg, he fought in the army when he was young, and his right leg was cut by the enemy's hook, and although the injury was healed, one leg was a little inconvenient to move, plus he was old and obese, so he took Qiu Shenji and Wang Xiaojie in, and walked into the pavilion together, but the two of them slowed down to walk with him.
Wang Xiaojie is also a border army general, and Lou Shide is an old acquaintance, much younger than him in terms of seniority, seeing that Lou Gong is having trouble walking, he is busy stepping forward to support him.
Lou Shide smiled and said, "Old man, there is General Lao Wang." ” Wang Xiaojie said respectfully: "Lou Gong is polite, Lou Gong guards the western region, works hard, and Xiaojie is a junior, so it should be so." ” Qiu Shenji, who was walking on the other side, glanced at Lou Shide and said lightly: "Lou Gong has been camping in the Western Regions for more than ten years, storing tens of thousands of grains, so that the soldiers in the border towns have enough food, which not only saves the court from the pain of transfer, but also saves countless money and grain for the court, and the saint is also very appreciative of this." ” Qiu Shenji's words seem to be a compliment, but in fact it implies that Lou Shide is just a Xu official who is good at managing Tuntian, and has no achievements in military affairs.
In the important areas of the Western Regions, no matter what strengths you have, you still have to focus on military affairs in the end, and if you have nothing to achieve in military affairs, how can you be qualified to be the commander of an army And Lou Shide is acting as Hei Zhi Changzhi at this moment as the ambassador of the Qingyuan Army and the general manager of the march.
Lou Shide heard Qiu Shenji's voice, but he only smiled faintly and did not defend himself.
On the contrary, Wang Xiaojie was upset with him, and said on the side: "General Qiu's words are wrong, since the first year of Yongchun, Lou Gong led his troops to fight with Tubo, eight battles and eight victories, and Weizhen is in the west.
Later, because it was Hei Zhi Changzhi who became the ambassador of the Qingyuan Army, and Lou Gong was the deputy envoy, in charge of the heavy grain, he rarely had the opportunity to fight. ” Qiu Shenji laughed twice, glanced at Lou Shide's fat figure and inflexible legs and feet, snorted, and said in a joking tone: "Fortunately, Lou Gong has never led his troops to the expedition since then, otherwise he will be famous in this life, hehe" Wang Xiaojie said angrily: "The general's martial arts are the ability to strategize and dispatch the three armies, is it possible that in the eyes of General Qiu, the commander of the first army relies on the personal martial arts of fighting in front of the battle?
Lou Shide pressed Wang Xiaojie's hand down, coughed and said: "The banquet is set up in this hall, the two generals are here by secret edict, it is not appropriate to publicize it, so the old man has not told the generals of the army, today only the old man is the only one to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the two generals, and please don't dislike the two generals, hehe, please inside."
Qiu Shenji and Wang Xiaojie came here, but they were actually sent by Wu Zetian to find out.
Wu Zetian sent two groups of people, one was Qiu Shenji and Wang Xiaojie, who rushed to Longyou to understand the actual situation of the Tang army's troops, combat power, deployment, grain, equipment and other aspects here, which was called a confidant.
In addition, 100 horsemen were dispatched to investigate the conflicts and contradictions between the troops, equipment, roads, fortresses, tribes, and various tribes in the area currently controlled by Tibet, so as to act at the opportune point and divide the situation.
Force is necessary, but it is impossible to defeat the Turks and Tibetans who have more advantages in force than the Tang Dynasty in the Longyou region, whether it is Yang Jian of the previous dynasty or Li Shimin of this dynasty, they can achieve brilliant results in the Western Regions, they are all skillfully using the contradictions within the foreign race, and finally supplemented by force to achieve a great victory.
This is the case with the so-called military strategy.
And Wu Zetian sent troops to conquer Tibet several times, all of which were hard to fight against by force, and as a result, our labor division went on an expedition, and the other party waited for work, and the combat power was not inferior to me, and the army still had an advantage, and there was a peerless famous general like Qinling, where did Datang still have a chance to win.
This time, Wu Zetian learned from the pain and decided to follow the methods used by Yang Jian and Li Shimin.
In terms of sending troops, Qiu Shenji was with Wu Zetian, because he wanted to take the opportunity to seize the power of Longyou's army.
At the same time, he was worried that the series of defeats in the past, coupled with the opposition of Di Renjie and other important ministers in the court, Wu Zetian would be forced by internal pressure and fear of another defeat and the aborted death of the plan to send troops, so he planned to create a conflict in Longyou.
He wanted to give the Tibetans or Turks an opportunity to continue to approach eastward, occupy a key town of the Tang army, create a bloody case, arouse the indignation of the government and the opposition, and ensure that it was inevitable to send troops to the Western Regions.
At that time, Lou Shide, as the commander of the party guarding the Western Regions, will inevitably bear the responsibility for the loss of the position, be executed or exiled, and this military power will naturally be handed over.
And before that, he still needs to use Lou Shide to gain Lou Shide's trust until this scapegoat completes his mission, after all, this black cauldron still has to be carried by Lou Shide, and it is not appropriate to make enemies with him before that.
Thinking of this, Qiu Shenji hurriedly changed his tone again, and said haha: "Why did General Wang say this, Qiu was just joking with Lou."
Lou Gong is like a god, and Qiu is also very admired. ” Qiu Shenji said, diligently holding the other side of Lou Shide, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Lou Gong, please" The waterside pavilion is pleasant, and the silk and bamboo are pleasant.
Two glamorous Persian orchids danced in front of the hall, the exotic dance was fascinating, and the seductive body of Na Na continued to conjure up the soft and graceful curves of water, and not only the men could not take their eyes off it, but even Duoduo and Qiqi were amazed.
Xiao Qi lay in Duoduo's arms, staring at the two big black eyes, and seemed to be stunned.
The two dancing girls are Persian Hu, with brown eyes and high noses, ice muscles and snow skin, and their facial features, eyebrows and eyes are charming and charming, and they are very moving.
Shen Mu nodded frequently, Yan Zhenhao stroked his beard and smiled: "These two orchids were bought from a big food merchant two months earlier.
She has a beautiful posture and bewitching limbs, especially good at singing and dancing, and is quite sensitive.
Childe came far away, the journey was lonely, I will send them to Childe, serve the pillow, study ink and sing songs, and relieve boredom. ” "Haha, Lao Yan, you're so polite, then I'm not welcome."
Shen Mu laughed, just after laughing, he suddenly noticed two arrow-like eyes suddenly shooting towards him, Shen Mu was shocked, and then he remembered that he had brought a vinegar jar, so he quickly changed his words and naturally changed his words: "However, Shen Mu is not young, how can there be such a young man's interest."
These two dancing girls, I plan to give them to Yu Erlang, Brother Yan, don't be surprised. ” Yan Zhenhao said with a smile: "Since the person has already given it to Gongzi, it is naturally arranged by Gongzi." ” Yang Fan was embarrassed, these two bright and enchanting Persian orchids were indeed extremely beautiful, as a man, watching them dance, Yang Fan couldn't take his eyes off it, but he was not at all comfortable with sending women back and forth like this.
Besides, he came to the Western Regions on official business, so what is the matter of bringing two orchids back.
Yang Fan waved his hand again and again and said, "No, Brother Shen should keep it for himself." ” Shen Mu was stared at by the big eyes of the Qiqi girl who could kill, how dare she accept these two troubles, although it hurt a little, she still laughed and said: "Since you are called my brother, and my brother gave it, you don't have to refuse." ” Yang Fan said: "No, no, no" He saw Zhang Yi in a blink of an eye, and immediately said: "Brother Zhang and I hit it off at first sight, and when we met for the first time, there was no gift to give. ” Zhang Yi never expected that such a beautiful fortune would fall on his head, and when he heard this, his spirits were greatly lifted, and he laughed and said: "In this way, then I will be ashamed of it hahaha, although Zhang and Erlang met for the first time, they did agree to agree, in the future, you and I will be a brother and a brother, haha" After the feast, the banquet was withdrawn, and all kinds of drinks, dried fruits, and candied fruits were put on the table, and everyone sat or walked and chatted.
Shen Mu gave Yan Zhenhao a look, and the two of them walked slowly along the pool side by side, Yan Zhenhao and Shen Mu walked slowly along the pool water.
On the water of the pond, several pairs of mandarin ducks swim leisurely.
Yan Zhenhao said softly to Shen Mu, when they walked slowly around the lake three times and returned to the hall again, Yan Zhenhao had already said to the end: "Don't worry, son, the first batch of grain has been sent safely." ” Shen Mu nodded and said: "Food, weapons, armor, these things must be provided in time, to contain the Turks and Tibet, it is not enough to rely on the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, the imperial court has paid huge casualties and countless money and food, and it may not be able to suppress their development."
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Moreover, Longyou is a long and narrow one, Tubo is in the south, the Turks are in the north, one south and one north hold us hostage, the side line is long, and you can attack anywhere, so that I Longyou cares about one and loses the other, and the abdomen and back are subject to the enemy, which is also a reason why they can repeatedly succeed and are very noisy.
It would be easier if we could get one of the forces to make some internal mess and concentrate on the other, defeat one and clean up the other.
It is a good way to support the Eastern Turks, its roots are also in the Turks, support it, let it go to the Western Turks to grab territory, grab tribes, and kill each other, there is no shortage of wise people in the court, they will not let go of this good opportunity, they can free their hands and concentrate on dealing with another tiger" Yan Zhenhao nodded frequently and said, "Childe thinks about the long-term, and his plan is very big, Yan understands."
I'm here, you don't have to worry, once it is supplied, there will never be a delay. ” Shen Mu nodded and said: "In this way, I am relieved, I am here in Longyou, and there are still some things to do, but these things have nothing to do with you."
You are a businessman, as long as you do these things well, so that I have no worries, it is the greatest help. ” Yan Zhenhao snorted and said, "Don't worry, Childe" After the topic was finished, the demeanor of the two of them relaxed, and Yan Zhenhao quipped: "I remember that when I was in Chang'an last year, Gongzi was still a frequent visitor to the romantic party.
I bought these two orchids for a lot of money, I have never touched them, I thought that I would send them as part of the congratulatory gift when my son celebrated his birthday this year, how did my son change his sex."
Shen Mu complained: "You still said that you would send it, but you want to send it with such fanfare, you let me be in front of seven, alas, how can I receive it" Yan Zhenhao said suddenly: "Among those two women, there is one of them who is a son, and you don't want to offend, let me guess, well, it should be the girl with a noble temperament, elegant manners, and a light blue dress."
Shen Mu was silent, only heartbroken.
Yan Zhenhao said with a smile: "Childe is really a red luan star, and he has had a lot of encounters, that girl is really good."
Hehe, I didn't think about this matter, I thought she was just an ordinary woman next to you, and I didn't want her to have a big background, so let's wait for me to look for two excellent orchids and send them to my son. ” "No, no" Shen Mu said with a smile: "Fortunately, Yang Er refused to accept it, and gave it to Zhang Yi, I was just polite to Yang Er, but his kid was not polite, hehe, after leaving here, I will ask him to come over." ” As soon as Shen Mu said this, he saw Zhang Yi crooked his eyebrows and slanted eyes, and walked out of a fork in the forest with a satisfied face, followed by the two orchids, with hairpins and sideburns, disheveled clothes, and two touches of spring on his cheeks.
Seeing Shen Mu at a glance, Zhang Yi immediately greeted with a smile: "Ha Gongzi, these two girls are really delicious, those butts are round and big, and they are fascinated."
Shen Mu looked at Zhang Yi, then at the two orchids in the back, and said with a glare: "Where are you doing business?"
Zhang Yi tilted his thumb back and said triumphantly: "I haven't touched a woman's body in the forest for two months, and it's really comfortable today." ” Shen Mu looked up to the sky and sighed: "How can I forget, you are called a little flying general, and it doesn't just mean that your arrows are fast."
When Shen Mu and the others left the Yan family, Yan Zhenhao opened the middle door and sent them off ceremoniously.
In order to prevent people from paying attention, Yang Fan did not want to return his big car, but handed the car to Shen Mu to take away, and happened to change a orchid who was transferred to Zhang Yi into the same dress as Duoduo, holding a baby-like burden in his arms, getting into the car first, and deliberately rolling up the curtains so that people could see it loomingly.
Shen Mu walked out of the house, and had a long conversation with Yan Zhenhao in front of the mansion, then boarded the car and swaggered to the Huangshui Post House, which was the most high-grade place among the local pavilions.
Yang Fan and Duoduo hugged the child, and while they were pretending to be noisy in front of the gate, Mrs.
Gong personally sent them to the corner gate of the backyard and left in a hurry.
Before leaving, the steward of the Yan Mansion had already mentioned a few words to them, so that they knew the pattern in this Huangshui City, and knew which area had houses for rent and sale, so after leaving the Yan Mansion, they went directly to the south city.
Due to the large number of merchants coming and going in this city, there are many shops, inns, wine shops, green houses, etc.
Since then, the whole city has been divided into relatively obvious areas, the east city is the residence of the civil and military officials and the mansions of the wealthy merchants, the west city is the center of various shops and sales, the north city is dominated by various entertainment venues, and the south city is the area where the local residents are concentrated.
Therefore, if you want to rent and buy a long-term residence, it is easiest to find it in Nancheng.
Duoduo held the child, followed behind Yang Fan, like a little daughter-in-law, turned directly from Dongcheng to Nancheng, inquired about the news of local people renting and selling houses all the way, and entered the first alley in Nancheng separated by the cross street.
In the alley, in a house with two courtyards in front and back, a young man wearing only a pair of calf-nosed pants and a swarthy and very strong tendon was chopping firewood under a tree.
There are traces of deep firewood stacks on the side of the wall, but except for the bottom layer of chopping firewood, which is old, the firewood stacked high above is just chopped.
There is a flat bluestone in front of the firewood stack, the young man holds an axe in one hand, erects a wooden stake, then brushes the ground and an axe down, and splits the wooden stake in half cleanly, it seems that so many chopping firewood by the wall are the fruits of his labor today, and the firewood is with fresh chopping ballast, but he chops up the firewood is still accurate, steady, fast and powerful, these two arms really have a bit of arm strength.
There was a stool under the shade of the tree, and a woman in her forties, wearing a half-new beige breast-length dress, sat on the stool with one leg and counted him: "You said you, the boss is not a small person, why can't you even go on a blind date, well, you are so capable when you go to be a fine work, pretending to be a dragon like a dragon, pretending to be a tiger like a tiger, but when you see the parents of other girls, you are clumsy, and you can't beat a fart with three sticks."
The young man didn't say a word, but just chopping firewood, the woman was annoyed, and said angrily: "Do you know that every time you go out and come back, you will chop a wall of firewood for the old lady, no matter how much firewood you chop, it's not that the old lady lives alone at home without a daughter-in-law, let alone the eldest grandson.
I said Sheji, although our Gao family has declined, but after all, you are a descendant of the Goguryeo royal family, if you can't even say a daughter-in-law, isn't our Gao family going to die?"
"Smack" Two more pieces of wood fell to the ground, and the young man turned back helplessly and said, "A-Niang, look at what you said, I'm only in my twenties, why am I worried about the aftermath." ” The woman said angrily: "You elm head when you were a child, the crow who played with you in the mud was only fifteen years old and became a father, and now the four girls in his family will call Dad, you are in your twenties and still think it's not too late, you can't even go on a blind date, chop wood, chop wood, you can chop firewood, your daughter-in-law and the doll can still find the door by themselves."
As soon as the woman said this, the knocker knocked a few times, and a crisp girl's voice came from outside the door, and she raised her voice and asked, "Excuse me, is there anyone in the house?"
The woman glared at her son, got up and walked to open the courtyard door, and saw a handsome and beautiful woman with a child in her arms, standing under the lintel and asking her, "Auntie, do you have a house for rent and sale?"
The woman looked her up and down, and asked hesitantly, "Is there a vacant house, whether it can be rented or sold, girl."
Duoduo listened to her words and turned around happily, and beckoned into the distance: "Second brother, don't look for it, this family has a house for rent and sale."
Hearing the call, Yang Fan, who was asking at the door of the other house, immediately ran over.
The woman looked at them and asked, "You are a husband and wife."
There are also some women who have become relatives in Longxi, and they are commensurate with their brothers, so this woman is a little unsure of their relationship.
Yang Fan said with a smile: "Auntie misunderstood, this girl is my sister-in-law, and I accompanied her to find a place to live." ” The woman let out an "oh" and said, "Come in and talk about it." ” When Yang Fan and Duoduo entered the courtyard, they saw a strong man with black braided hair, with a sturdy upper body and a sharp axe in his hand, standing there and looking at them coldly.
The young man was silent, but the woman was talkative, and took them to the courtyard and sat down, and began to talk to them.
It turned out that this woman was Park, and the young man was her only son, called Gao Sheji.
Mother and son, there are two back and two houses in the house, the house is not a beautiful mansion, it is the most common local yellow mud adobe house, the roof is yellow mud mixed with grass, and covered with a layer of thin tiles of ordinary houses.
Because there are only two people in the family, and the son is not often at home, I want to rent out or sell the back of the house, so as not to leave it vacant.
If the house is sold, the buyer only needs to build another wall between the two houses, and open a door on the original back wall, so that he can enter and exit through another alley, and there is no need for major works.
Originally, this was just a solution that Park had come up with when she was planning to sell her house, but when she heard about the pretty girl's identity, she changed her mind.
It turned out that Yang Fan also discussed with Duoduo on the way here, thinking that it was not suitable for her to live here as a married woman, after all, she still had to get married, and besides, she was actually unmarried and childless.
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What happened in Luoyang would not have spread so far away, and Wu Youyi didn't even know that the person he was looking for had already given birth, so it was better to choose a place to live as an unmarried woman, so that she could start her own life.
As for the child, it is said that he is the son of her eldest brother, and the brother and sister-in-law were killed when they encountered horse bandits, and she and the child were rescued by Yang Fan, who was uneven on the road.
Duoduo thought about it and reasoned, so he agreed to his arrangement, and Park, who was suffering from his son's inability to find his daughter-in-law, heard about the life experience of the Duoduo girl, and at the same time shed tears of sympathy, he suddenly thought of his son who couldn't find his daughter-in-law.
Park immediately said enthusiastically: "This is really a poor girl, then you can live here with me, it is a dilapidated house, just give three dollars and two children."
You are a girl's house, and you have a child, in my opinion, don't build a wall in the middle, and don't need to open another door, we live in the front and back yards, and we also have a look for each other. ” Yang Fan glanced at the taciturn young man with some concern, and asked, "Is there only two mothers and sons in the eldest mother's family, and Ling Lang has never married?"
Park slapped his face and said with a smile: "Hey this, you don't have to worry, we are our own family, my son is especially honest, and ah, he is a soldier, he is an errand under Ambassador Lou, and he will not do those evil things." ” "Oh" Yang Fan seemed to believe it or not, Park was anxious, ran into the back room and took his son's military uniform and waist card, put it in front of Yang Fan and asked him to take a clear look, and said: "Look at it, that's right, if it weren't for my son being a soldier and often not at home, the old body would not sell the house in the back."
This strong man, you can rest assured, we have lived here for decades, obeying the king's law, how dare you do things that do not conform to the rules, the old body is very close to this girl, let her live here, the old body is usually at home alone, is bored and panicked, and each other also has a companion. ” Park said, as if he was afraid that his son's fierce appearance would scare away the girl, so he glared at him and said, "The old lady is talking to someone here, you are listening to it sullenly, go and chop firewood."
Gao She's chicken knife sharpened with an axe and chisels on a well-defined face without any expression, and was reprimanded by his mother, and he didn't say a word, just silently carried the axe, turned around and went to chop firewood, Park laughed twice, and said to Duoduo diligently: "Girl, what do you think?"
Yang Fan also cast an inquiring glance at Duoduo, the girl Duoduo looked at the kind and kind Pu family, and then turned her head to look at the Gaoshe chicken chopping firewood in the yard, but did not feel that this taciturn and fierce-looking young man was in any danger, but felt that he was reliable and reliable, so she nodded to Yang Fan.
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Okay, Duoduo, you and Aunt Park will be neighbors from now on."
When Yang Fan left Gao's house, Duoduo held the child and sent him to the alley accompanied by Park, when Yang Fan asked her to go back again, Duoduo suddenly handed the child into Park's hands, knelt down, and solemnly kowtowed to Yang Fan three times, bursting into tears.
Walking on the long street, thinking of this scene, Yang Fan couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time had some relaxed feelings.
In any case, all this is over for the time being, he will not forget the great mother Chun Nier who was buried alone under the No. 7 grain cellar in Cangcheng, Luoyang, if she has a spirit in heaven and finally sees her son return to his hometown safely, she should also smile Jiuquan.
Longyou's trip, this matter is over, and next, it's time for him to fight for his goal To be continued: