Fu Song

Chapter 170
To be honest, Xiao Cheng didn't enjoy the meal at Prince Jing's mansion at all.

Even if the host is very enthusiastic, he is quite conscientious in accompanying the guests. The taste of the food is definitely more delicious than that of Xiao's family. But Xiao Cheng just couldn't cheer up.

Because he found that the current king of Jing, Zhao Zhe, is like a carriage that is out of control. .

I have clearly informed Yelujun and others that they will never stand by at this time, and they will definitely send troops.Transferring the old border troops such as the Xin'an Army will definitely leave the front line extremely empty and give the Liao people an opportunity to take advantage of.

But King Jing didn't care.

Once the Liao people break through the defense line, the Song people on the border will suffer a lot.

It is impossible for Zhao Zhe, who has been in Hebei for a long time, to be unclear.

But now he needs these direct troops that he has been running for many years to go to Beijing to help him.

Walking out of the gate of King Jing's Mansion, Li Xin got on the horse back in a daze. Li Xin led the horse and walked slowly. He could also tell that Xiao Cheng was a little drunk.

Li Xin was a little surprised, because he knew Xiao Cheng's drinking capacity well. After drinking the wine produced in Tianxiang Pavilion, it would be difficult for Xiao Cheng to get drunk even if it was produced in a place like Seventy-two Main Store. of.

A gust of wind blew, Xiao Cheng was shocked and sat up straight all of a sudden.

"Erlang, what's the matter? Is something uncomfortable?" Li Xin quickly asked, "Would you like to find a place to sit and drink some hangover soup?"

Xiao Cheng didn't answer, but turned his head and looked in the direction of the palace in the distance.

The chaos in the Northwest has involved countless energy of Huang Song. The Liao people on the opposite side of Hebei Road must take advantage of the opportunity. How could they let go of such a good thing?

Such a thing, even I can guess, imagine it, the one in the palace can't think of it?Those people in the east and west prefectures couldn't think of it?

But why are they silent.

The one in the palace wanted to see where King Jing wanted to go.

As for those people from the east and west mansions, I am afraid that they have seen through the meaning of the officials, so they don't want to intervene in the fight between the father and son.

Suddenly, Xiao Cheng felt that he had seen through what the officials wanted to do.

Did the Liao people invade?
What does this count for?
After so many years of fighting between Song and Liao, who can win whom?It's just a tug of war.

Cui Ang had already taken some advantage earlier, but this time the Liao people called, they just returned the advantage.

But this is an excellent opportunity.

As far as the officials are concerned, they can use this opportunity to destroy the power that His Royal Highness King Jing has managed on Hebei Road, and turn His Royal Highness King Jing into a toothless tiger.

Xiao Cheng could not help but shudder.

Has the father-son jealousy reached this point?

Have you already bet on millions of people on Hebei Road?

"Erlang, is it cold?" Seeing Xiao Cheng shrinking his shoulders and neck, Li Xin asked again.

Xiao Cheng shook his head, "Don't go back yet, go back like this, don't worry the lady and sister, go to Tianxiang Pavilion to sober up first."

Li Xin chuckled: "That's right, after Erlang came back, he hasn't gone to Tianxiang Pavilion yet! It's time to go and have a look."

Xiao Cheng ignored what Li Xin said, as his confidant, Li Xin knew many things clearly.

Walking around to the back door of Tianxiang Pavilion, as soon as he entered, Xiao Cheng saw Jiang Yingxue waiting inside with joy and surprise.

"I thought it would take a few days for you to come here!" Stepping forward, helping Xiao Cheng get off the horse, Jiang Yingxue bit her lips lightly: "It takes a few months to go out, and there are always a lot of things to do when you come back. People have to socialize."

Xiao Cheng didn't mind saying a few words that the other party liked to hear at this time.

"No matter who it is or what it is, you will always be in the front row here." Holding Jiang Yingxue's soft and delicate hand, Xiao Cheng said with a smile. "Do you still like the gifts you brought back?"

Jiang Yingxue blushed and nodded again and again: "Of course I like it. Especially those few pairs of red fox skins are enough to make a fur coat. Red foxes are rare in the first place. You actually got a few pairs. You really have a heart."

"It's nothing, it's all sent by Tuoba Yangwei and Ren Duozhong." Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "But, don't let the third sister see it, or let him slip up and the lady finds out, it's inevitable To clean me up."

"It should have been given to the eldest lady. You can take it back later." Jiang Yingxue said hastily.

"Is there any reason to take back the gift you gave out?" Xiao Cheng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I also gave you a generous gift, and besides, the color red is too bright, so she must not like it." of."

Helping Xiao Cheng into the small hall, and placed him on the soft couch that belonged to him alone, Jiang Yingxue hurried to the small kitchen at the back, and personally made some hangover soup for Xiao Cheng.

Although Xiao Cheng was full of smiles, the intelligent Jiang Yingxue could see the faint bitterness under Xiao Cheng's smile.

This is very unusual.

Isn't everything great?The news from the trip to the northwest went well, so why did you feel worried when you came back?
The hangover soup was cooked, and when it was served, she saw Xiao Cheng on the soft couch, staring at the north in a daze, and didn't even notice that she had come in. big.

"What happened?" Gently put the bowl on the table, Jiang Yingxue reached out and took Xiao Cheng's hand: "Can I help?"

Xiao Cheng shook his head: "No one can help, I finally figured out why Xia Jie stayed on Hebei Road all the time. King Jing ruled Hebei, and he didn't leave, and Cui Ang went again, but he still didn't leave. Jing Jing It’s reasonable for him not to leave when the king was there, but it’s strange that he stayed here after Cui Ang went. Along the way, there are two great gods, what do our officials want to do?”

Jiang Yingxue blinked and looked at Xiao Cheng, he knew that Xiao Cheng was not asking her.

"It turns out that the government needs the great god Xia Jie to clean up the mess in Hebei, and at the same time take the opportunity to rectify the influence of His Highness King Jing." Xiao Cheng continued: "Only Xia Jie who has been in Hebei for a long time can do this. , in order to preserve Hebei's strength to the greatest extent without too much loss."

Hearing this, Jiang Yingxue understood: "Is Erlang talking about a father-son battle between the officials and King Jing? Hearing what you said, His Highness King Jing is going to lose?"

Xiao Cheng sneered coldly: "Innately deficient, and he doesn't know how to back down, how can he not lose! It depends on how much he will lose this time. I understand that the original direct line troops of His Royal Highness King Jing, like the Xin'an Army, simply won't pass. No Daming Mansion. At that time, they are afraid that they will be sent to the front line by Xia Jie, and under deliberate arrangements, even if these troops are not completely wiped out, their strength will be greatly damaged."

"How could this be?" Jiang Yingxue looked at Xiao Cheng in shock: "This, isn't this a joke about the Emperor Song army and the people of the Emperor Song Dynasty?"

"To them, it doesn't matter at all!" Xiao Cheng's face was livid: "The common people are just pieces on their chessboard. You are, and so am I. You can play whatever you want."

"Erlang!" Seeing Xiao Cheng's expression was extremely bad, and he was panting and swearing harshly, Jiang Yingxue hurriedly whispered to comfort him.

"I don't want to be such a pawn to be fiddled with at will. Over the years, I have been working hard, but the time is too short, and finally I can't control myself." With his hands crossed in his hair, Xiao Cheng felt a little painful.

"Once His Royal Highness King Jing loses in this battle, the Xiao family?" Jiang Yingxue asked in a low voice.

"Then can there be a good one?" Xiao Cheng sneered, "Besides, it depends on how far the father and son have fought. We have to speed up the pace. How are things in the south arranged?"

"It's been going on all the time," Jiang Yingxue said. "The factories, manors, and tea mountains we have invested in have reached a scale of nearly one million. Of course, only we know these data, and outsiders don't know the internal connections between these industries at all. .”

"Continue to invest more in which side." Xiao Cheng whispered. "Places such as Kuizhou Road and Guangnan West Road in the southwest must be arranged."

"Which places need to be arranged?" Jiang Yingxue exclaimed: "They are all barbaric places!"

"Who told you which places are barren places!" Xiao Cheng shook his head: "They are all good places!"

"In that kind of place, the power of the government is extremely weak, and the local tyrants, tribal chiefs, and chieftains are the real masters of the house. It may be difficult to do business in a serious way." Jiang Yingxue shook her head.

Xiao Cheng laughed: "Yingxue, you make it sound like we've always been serious businessmen?"

"Of course we are serious businessmen, we just do it once or twice!" Jiang Yingxue argued strongly.Seeing that Xiao Cheng was finally happy, Jiang Yingxue also became happy: "Erlang, in this way, our next focus is to open up these wild places."

"If King Jing loses, and loses badly, maybe only those places will have a place for us." Xiao Cheng said: "In this world, money alone is not enough, you have to have big knives. But in In a well-ordered place, our big knives can only hide in the dark and cannot see the light. But in the land of Yunnan and Guizhou, our big knives can exist openly if they change their appearance."

Jiang Yingxue nodded: "Who will be in charge of this matter?"

"Two people should have come to you with my letter yesterday?" Xiao Cheng said.

Jiang Yingxue was startled: "You mean Yang Wanfu and Fan Yifei who came yesterday? Didn't they join you just now? Can you entrust such a crucial matter to them?"

Xiao Cheng sat up straight, drank the hangover soup in one gulp: "Call Yang Wanfu, and I'll talk to him."

(End of this chapter)