Fu Song

Chapter 189 Dirty
Light rain pattered down, hitting the leaves in the yard, but there was a pattering sound again, the rainwater gathered on the leaves, and then flowed down like a line, falling on the grass in the yard, above the stone path.There seems to be a layer of white mist floating on the pond, but the beautiful fish that were most active in the past have disappeared.

Spring rain is as expensive as oil. If there is such a timely rain at this time, everyone should be happy, but in the current Bianliang City, they are really not happy.

Everyone is anxious and suffering for the two wars on Hebei Road and Shaanxi Road.

Xiao Cheng half-lyed on the bench above the corridor, leaning against the pillar, holding a book in his hand, but he didn't turn a page for a long time, his eyes stared blankly at the misty pond, I don't know what to think.

The sound of light footsteps also awakened Xiao Cheng from his contemplation. When he raised his head, he saw Jiang Yingxue was walking toward him with a fruit plate in his hand.

"Erlang, the fruit just delivered from Zhuangzi." Jiang Yingxue put the fruit plate on the wooden stool and said with a smile, "Let's try it!"

There were only two items on the plate, pomegranate and plum.

Jiang Yingxue picked up a plum with two fingers, and brought it to Xiao Cheng's mouth, "Try it, Zhuangtou said it was very good, so I picked the best one and sent it here."

Opened his mouth, revealing two rows of white teeth, making a gesture to bite Jiang Yingxue's slender fingers, Jiang Yingxue giggled, and kept retracting her hands, but stopped when Xiao Cheng stopped, and even moved forward Give it away, until the distance between the two has reached the point where breath can be heard, Jiang Yingxue blushed and stuffed the plum into Xiao Cheng's mouth.

With a snap, Xiao Cheng took a big bite and chewed vigorously. The next moment, his face froze.

Then he turned his head, and with a bah sound, he spat out the plum residue in his mouth into the pond, and the fish that had been missing before all of a sudden rushed out. Lying in the waters below this cloister.

"Is it sour?" Jiang Yingxue put half a plum in her hand into her mouth with some doubts, chewed it a few times, and said, "It's okay, don't plums taste like this?"

Xiao Cheng laughed a few times, he was completely different from most people in his experience of sweet and sour fruits, at least, he felt that he would definitely not be able to eat this kind of plums now.

"Eat the pomegranate, peel the pomegranate and eat it!" He ordered two small pomegranates on the plate.

"Yeah!" Jiang Yingxue nodded obediently, "Later, I will pit the plums, soak them in honey or frosting sugar, and bring them over for you to eat."

"This variety is really not very good, it needs to be improved!" Xiao Cheng said while playing with a plum in his hand.

"Improvement? The tree is like this, how can it be improved?" Jiang Yingxue asked while peeling the pomegranate.

"Of course." Xiao Cheng smiled and said, "I know a technique called grafting, which can improve the variety and taste of fruits."

"Grafting?" Jiang Yingxue kept her hands on her hands, but her big eyes looked at Xiao Cheng full of doubts.

"For example, you can connect plum seedlings to the stump of a peach tree. Once the tree survives and bears fruit, the new fruit may have the advantages of both plums and peaches." Xiao Cheng smiled. road.

"This is also okay?" Jiang Yingxue was shocked. "Where did Erlang know about this grafting?"

"Look blindly, just read blindly in the book! I forgot that it was written in that book, maybe it's Strange Tales, or the script!" Xiao Cheng smiled and said, "That's all I said, you can let Zhuangtou Give it a try, maybe it will work!"

"You can really give it a try." Jiang Yingxue nodded and said, "It's just that it will take several years!"

"It might not be enough!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "You can also try other methods, such as hybridizing plums with other fruit trees."

"What is hybridization?"

"It's just that when they bloom, you collect one kind of pollen and smear it on the flowers of another kind of fruit tree." Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Maybe there will be surprises too!"

"Let Zhuangtou try it later!" Jiang Yingxue said with a smile: "It doesn't cost much money, it's just some hard work, and it's okay to fail. If the result is successful, then it can make a lot of money."

"You have money in your head!" Xiao Cheng smiled and stretched out his hand to poke the other person's head.

Jiang Yingxue shook her head and said, "Of course it's all money. Erlang, you don't know. If you want to open up Kuizhou Road, the money will be spent like running water. The officials there are so high that the emperor is far away. With a black heart and a long hand, it is even more difficult to dismiss than the officials in Bianliang! We outsiders, no matter in the southern regions, pay a much higher price than the locals. This year, just It costs more than [-] guan to open all kinds of joints."

Xiao Cheng nodded: "Spend what should be spent."

"Erlang, why do I feel that you are in a hurry? If we are not in a hurry, we can take our time! Just because you are in a hurry, we are also in a hurry. Those people in the south are all treacherous. Seeing our state, Raise the price immediately!" Jiang Yingxue was a little dissatisfied.

"As long as you buy these places, it doesn't matter, you can earn it back sooner or later." Xiao Cheng restrained his smile and said seriously. "I'm really in a hurry, because I want to build another nest in the south in a short time."

"Why is it in Jisuo Prefecture? It's really hard to gain a foothold in those places!" Jiang Yingxue sighed: "We have already lost more than a dozen men. Those who went to pioneer in the early stage died for no reason. , we can’t even avenge them.”

Xiao Cheng sneered: "So I sent Yang Wanfu and Fan Yifei over there. The reason why they are in Jisuo Prefecture is because these places are lawless! They want to have a bigger fist than anyone else, so try it! Yingxue, in these places You don’t want to do business in a peaceful manner, so you have to put something else in your head, as my God of Wealth, you have to get your hands on some things.”

Jiang Yingxue nodded.

What Xiao Cheng said was nothing more than two words, stained with blood.

If possible, Jiang Yingxue certainly hopes to do business in a legal and orderly manner.With the current strength of Tianxiang Pavilion, it is also possible to do business in a well-behaved manner.

Tianxiang Pavilion has passed the period of severe growth.

Except for some people who competed with Tianxiangge back then or still remembered the cruel methods of Tianxiangge, others only knew that Tianxiangge was a super big firm with strong strength and a terrifying background.What is even more striking is that the owner of this super big firm is actually a woman.

In fact, what people see in Tianxiang Pavilion is just the tip of the iceberg, and the one that really sinks under the water is the big head.

In the past two years, Xiao Cheng desperately moved the things under the iceberg to the south, to the poor mountains and rivers in the eyes of everyone. Although Jiang Yingxue was puzzled, she still faithfully carried out Xiao Cheng's orders.

It seems that there is a steel knife chasing him behind Xiao Cheng, forcing him to run non-stop, as if running to those places can escape the disaster in his heart.

"I've been watching Erlang frowning for the past two days, are you worried that the big brother in Xingqing Mansion will not go well in the war?" He scooped the peeled pomegranate seeds with a spoon and brought them to Xiao Cheng's mouth.

He opened his mouth and sucked a spoon full of pomegranate seeds into his mouth. Xiao Cheng shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about Big Brother. The decisive battle in Xingqing Mansion will definitely end with Big Brother's victory. What I'm worried about now is The battle on the Hebei Road."

Jiang Yingxue smiled and said, "Erlang, you are worried about the Northwest because of where the eldest brother is, and what happened on Hebei Road has anything to do with us? Is it possible that the Liao people can call here?"

"It's impossible to say!" Xiao Cheng said seriously, "Once Hebei Road falls, the Liao people may really drive straight in, approaching Bianliang! Otherwise, the current situation of Hebei Road, how could the court be in such a state of chaos? Woolen cloth?"

"Didn't you just say that you lost some border villages a few days ago?" Jiang Yingxue asked in surprise.

"Just received the news last night that the four frontier armies of the Xin'an Army, Guangxin Army, Ansu Army, and Baoding Army were almost completely wiped out." Xiao Cheng's face was so gloomy that water dripped down his face.

"This is an elite from the frontier, isn't it said that it is no worse than the Guangrui Army of the elder brother? Why was it beaten up by the Liao people?" Jiang Yingxue was so shocked that she almost knocked the fruit plate over to the ground.

"A raging soldier, a raging nest!" Xiao Cheng sighed: "Who let them set up a pacifier who commanded indiscriminately! It's nothing more than predicting the enemy's mistakes. In such a big battle, they are still self-willed and do not listen. According to the opinions of the generals below, he insisted on going his own way. As a result, the elites of the four armies and more than [-] people disappeared. I don’t know how many will survive in the end. I heard from my father that after receiving the news last night, King Jing directly He turned the table over."

"These troops are King Jing's painstaking efforts for many years. If they are gone like this, they must be angry." Jiang Yingxue whispered.

"That's not the point, the point is that after the loss, Cui Ang actually pushed all the mistakes to the generals below, and a memorial came up, accusing these generals of disobeying orders and acting on their own, and not letting him as a conciliator go. In my eyes, the leaders headed by Liu Kuan did not die on the battlefield, but they were captured and beheaded by this Cui Ang after the defeat." Xiao Cheng shook his head and said: "When a person dies, he even poured a pot of water on him. The dirty water is given to others, the key is that this basin of dirty water was even poured on King Jing, do you think King Jing is angry? Do you hate him?"

"King Jing is far away in Bianliang." As soon as the words came out, Jiang Yingxue stopped.

These people are the generals that King Jing has supported vigorously over the years. They can be said to be the confidantes of King Jing. Cui Ang accused these people of not obeying his orders, so whose orders do they obey?It is already clear who is being pointed at in the words.

"Did Cui Ang actually want to drag King Jing into the water in order to shirk responsibility? Doesn't he know what consequences this will cause?" Jiang Yingxue asked in astonishment. "This will cause chaos in the world."

Xiao Cheng sneered and said: "At this time, in order to get rid of the crime and preserve his own glory and wealth, Cui Ang can't do anything? He is a rotten army commander, but he is indeed a qualified politician. After recruiting, he immediately drew all his attention to King Jing."

"King Jing will definitely fight back!" Jiang Yingxue looked at the furious Xiao Cheng, and reached out to gently caress his back.

"After my father came back last night, he was frowning!" Xiao Cheng said: "Cui Ang is really impeccable in doing this kind of thing. Before he killed these people, he found a lot of contacts between them and King Jing. What is even more detrimental to King Jing is that in these recent letters, King Jing did express some views on the war situation in Hebei."

"The prince and the general of the army have close relations in private. This is a big taboo! Even a woman like me knows that this will give others a handle!" Jiang Yingxue's expression also changed drastically.

"I'm afraid that none of them expected such a big defeat?" Xiao Cheng sullenly said. "You may not know that Cui Ang is putting his mind on this matter now. I heard that he has captured several surviving frontier generals. No matter what method he uses, once these people are used by him , that's big trouble."

"This person is the highest official on Hebei Road. If he doesn't care, who cares?" Jiang Yingxue was stunned.

"Cui Ang knows very well that even if he wins the battle next time, he will not be able to get rid of the crime in the future. If he wants to get rid of the crime, he has only one way now." Xiao Cheng was extremely disgusted.

"Accuse King Jing?"

"Yes, accuse the King of Jing!" Xiao Cheng said: "He knows that someone in Bianliang needs this. The King of Chu wants it, even if the officials also want it. As long as he gets the real evidence, he will be innocent and meritorious. .So his mind, why would he put his mind on the crisis of Hebei Road, not to mention, there is Xia Jie there! If my prediction is correct, Cui Ang must be claiming to be sick now and handing over part of the power of the pacifier to Summer Commandments."

"Erlang, didn't you say that Xia Jie is a treacherous old man? He will take over this mess? If he can't do it well, it will fall into his own hands."

"If it is done well, it will be a great achievement! It will go down in history!" Xiao Cheng sighed: "In terms of vision, skills, and ability, Xia Jie is more than one grade higher than Cui Ang. Now, he is afraid that Zhengxing Gao Cailie has taken over the power from Cui Ang and is ready to show off her power."

"In other words, the situation in Hebei will not be too bad!" Jiang Yingxue said.

"According to my guess, it is like this. Xia Jie has been on Hebei Road for many years, and Cui Ang is not comparable in terms of popularity or connections. Not to mention being able to counterattack or something, there must be no way to stabilize the current situation and defend the Daming Mansion." It's a problem." Xiao Cheng said: "As long as this is achieved, it's enough. Yelujun will also know how to stop moving forward, and will only propose harsh conditions to Da Song to end the war."

(End of this chapter)