Fu Song

Chapter 394
Luo Gang became darker and thinner, and seemed to have returned to the days when he and Xiao Cheng returned from Hengshan.

It's just that Luo Gang, who returned to Bianliang from Hengshan, has calmed down in his work, but his temperament is still generally jumpy, and he is always the second-rate temperament of that wealthy and noble son.

But this time, Xiao Cheng felt that the other party had changed too much.

Luo Gang even grew a beard.

The neatly trimmed and meticulous beard, coupled with the always frowning brow and serious expression, made Luo Gang look much older than his actual age.

Xiao Cheng really felt sorry for this brother and friend.

Judging from the news that Huiyuan brought back from Liao Kingdom, the younger sister is probably still alive.But Xiao Cheng would not tell Luo Gang this news no matter what.Because this will only deal a second blow to Luo Gang, and, maybe this guy will really go to Liao Kingdom to find Sanmei.

I'm afraid he is courting death!
"It's right to work hard, but when it's time to relax and enjoy, you can't suffer yourself." Xiao Cheng cooked the kitchen himself, cooked a large table of dishes, and served the last plate of braised pork. On the opposite side of Gang, Dao.

"I didn't hurt myself!" Luo Gang unceremoniously put a piece of braised pork into his mouth, it melted in his mouth, and the aroma seemed to rush straight to his forehead from between his mouth and tongue, "Compared to when I was in Hengshan, the craftsmanship has improved A lot!"

"During that time, I was so busy that I couldn't touch the ground all day long, so I could only make do with it." Xiao Cheng smiled and took a piece of meat for Wang Zhu who was next to him, "It's like now, when I'm too busy all day to panic, It’s time to study these things carefully.”

"Master said that gentlemen don't go near the cook, are you afraid that he will teach you a lesson?" Luo Gang glanced left and right. Speaking of which, Mr. Cen left him with a lot of psychological shadow, and now Mr. Cen is here. Bangzhou, he is guilty.

"Occasionally, it can also relax your mind!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Besides, just keep him from knowing."

Luo Gang curled his lips: "You are one way before people, and one way after people are behind."

"You're being polite, you can just say that I'm a human being to my face and a ghost behind my back!" Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "Why are you so polite now?"

"Because the more I know about you, the more I know, the more I'm afraid of you!" Luo Gang reached out and took a piece of stewed chicken feet, and said while tearing: "When we went to Hengshan, we were friends. I am helping you. At that time, I, the yamen of the Xianggong’s family, had more face than you in front of those officials! Back in Bianliang, we are friends, and I am your brother-in-law. At that time, I can naturally be unscrupulous , dare to say something. It’s different now, I’m here to join you, and now I’m your serious subordinate. Can you still be as unobstructed as before?”

"It's okay." Xiao Cheng smiled and said, "I'm still the same as before, nothing changed."

Luo Gang sighed, "It's a lie to say it's the same as before, I've changed a lot, let alone you."

The smile on Xiao Cheng's face slowly disappeared, and he said after a long while: "Yes, it has changed a lot."

"So, we will never go back to the past!" Luo Gang waved his hand, "The relationship between you and me is extraordinary, but it's just a personal relationship, and there are always differences between the upper and lower Yes, as time goes on, this division will become more and more obvious. Affection is a thing, you can use it once, but it will be used up once, and it will be used up if you are unscrupulous. But I want to keep these affections as much as possible It will not be consumed, so you have to be careful."

"Is this what your old man told you?" Xiao Cheng asked with a smile.

"Not to mention, what he said is very reasonable." Luo Gang said: "I thought he would send someone to arrest me when he knew I was here, but the result was beyond my expectation , He even wrote a letter asking me to seriously serve as an official here. Although he didn’t say it clearly in the letter, he also knows that you are the real master here!”

Xiao Cheng snorted: "He didn't dare. If he dared to send someone, I would dare to chop off the claws of those who came."

Luo Gang sighed sadly: "After all, you are still angry with him, thinking that he didn't help your Xiao family at a critical moment."

Xiao Cheng shook his head, Luo Song had nothing to do with the death of his parents, and he couldn't help much.

What made Xiao Cheng angry was that the younger sister left the Liao Kingdom.

Luo Song can completely stop this matter.

But in the end, he didn't do it.

Either because of the important national affairs in his mind, or because of the future of his youngest son Luo Gang.

If Luo Gang were to marry his younger sister, then his official career would have ended before it even started.

Luo Song's actions cannot be blamed, any parents will plan for their children.

But Xiao Cheng was very angry.

Xia Jie, Luo Song, Chen Gui, Li Guang, the ministers of the two prefectures, and of course, that skinny and dry little old man sitting in the palace, you will pay the price for this.

"Wang Zhu, eat more." Turning his head to look at Wang Zhu who was obviously restrained, Xiao Cheng picked up a few more chopstick dishes for him.

On the other hand, Luo Gang stretched out the bowl in front of Xiao Cheng, signaling that he needs to pick up vegetables for himself.

"Didn't you just say you wanted to keep some distance from me?" Xiao Cheng angrily pinched a crystal elbow to him.

"I am your subordinate now, and I am a subordinate who is working hard for you. Wang Zhu doesn't do as much work as I do!" Luo Gang puffed up his cheeks, "This guy only has two things, one is training soldiers , The second is to kill people. I have to do all kinds of work, and I can't sleep until the third watch every day. It is normal to stay up all night. As a boss, you have to praise me. After all, a subordinate like me, It’s hard to find these days.”

Wang Zhu on one side nodded again and again: "The county lord is right. Compared to me, the county lord is much more tired. Now that Guanling can look like it is now, it all depends on the county lord's good governance."

Luo Gang and Wang Zhu were specially placed in Guanling by Xiao Cheng, and Xiao Cheng wanted to use it as a forward base for attacking Dali in a few years.

"It can be seen!" Xiao Cheng smiled and poured wine for the two of them again. In the past year, there have been hundreds of warehouses and military camps in Guanling. After a comprehensive renovation to strengthen the foundation, the gangsters and bullies who ran rampant in the countryside either became soldiers under Wang Zhu's command, or their heads were hung on tree poles as sharp weapons to intimidate others.

Luo Gang didn't put much effort into farming and mulberry. Instead, he tried his best to develop commerce, making Guanling an important commercial hub, where a large number of materials were gathered and traded. Xiao Cheng's staunch troops in Guanling did not seem abrupt.

It has to be said that the Luo family has family traditions in governing civil affairs. Luo Song is a good hand, and when it comes to Luo Gang, he is not bad at all.

And Wang Zhu, as the military commander there, has quietly expanded his soldiers to [-].

One thousand is placed on the bright side.

Others exist under various names such as group training, yamen servant arrest, caravan guards, and so on.And there are still some people who are not on the right path. Those people were broken into pieces, some sneaked into the Luo family's territory in the north, and some ran westward to Dali territory. These people became the people in these two places. Recalcitrant.After playing for a while, I sneaked back to rest, replenish a group of people, and then find the right opportunity to do another vote.

These people will become the pioneers of the federation to attack Dali in the future.In Dali, these people have built several villages.

"Dali's frontier forces are being drawn back on a large scale, and the defense force is extremely weak, giving us an excellent opportunity to gain a foothold there!" Wang Zhu said: "I never thought it would be so easy to take root. Yes, it seems that there is a big problem in their country."

"Of course there is a big problem!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Dali's land area is really not small. It is not impossible to exaggerate and say that he has a million armor. For us, it is indeed A huge monster, if there are no internal problems, and it is a fatal problem, how can we give us the opportunity to swallow the big with a small one? Your Luo Xianzun told you about these things?"

"I only said that there seems to be a conflict between their emperor and the chief assistant." Wang Zhu said.

Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Dali, we have divided eight prefectures, four counties and four towns. The eight prefectures are Shanchan Mansion, Weichu Mansion, Tongshi Mansion, Huichuan Mansion, Jianchang Mansion, Tengyue Mansion, Moutong Mansion, In Yongchang Prefecture, the four counties are Dongchuan, Shicheng, Heyang, and Xiushan, and the four towns are Chengji, Menghe, Zhenxi, and Jining. It seems that Dali is similar to our Song Dynasty, but in fact, Dali is It is firmly controlled by the powerful family."

"A powerful family?" Wang Zhu frowned, as if remembering something.

Xiao Cheng said: "The clans in Dali are different from those in the Song Dynasty. The clans in Dali are much better. They really hold the real power and can interfere with or even abolish the imperial power at any time and anywhere. The Duan family is the main one in Dali. The Dong family, the Yang family, and the Gao family are all dominant, and they can be regarded as leading the coquettish for decades!"

Luo Gang turned the wine glass and said: "The Gao family who is in power now came to power after defeating the Yang family ten years ago. In fact, a few years ago, the Yang family defeated the Dong family to come to power, and Dong As for the Duan family, it abolished the Gao family who came to power. Anyway, for hundreds of years in Dali, the power has been transferred among these few families. , but at this time, the few of them are in a group, and the Duan family does not dare to punish them to death. Once the Duan family is weak, the next few families will fight to the death. But there is one advantage, fighting is fighting, but no one can fight. You can't make the other party go to extermination."

"In fact, they can't do it, because these companies are all overlords. As long as these companies don't want to start a civil war, this cycle will continue."

"It really is a barbarian!" Wang Zhu said disdainfully.

Xiao Cheng smiled: "It's also thanks to them. Otherwise, with Dali's territory, population, and financial resources, it could really cause big troubles for the Southwest of the Song Dynasty. These years have also passed steadily. But now, it is very different."

"Because we want to get them?" Wang Zhu asked.

"It's not just us who want to mess with them. In fact, Gao Yingde, the chief assistant of Dali, also wants to mess with us." Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Gao Yingde is tired of being the first assistant and wants to be the emperor himself." It’s not easy to achieve this goal.”

"It's no wonder that the Dali frontier army has been shrinking back for so long this year. Is it possible that the chief assistant is about to rebel?"

"Emperor Duan was abolished, and then he immediately started a war with us." Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "At that time, the people of Dali will concentrate all their attention on the war with us. Well, I have to say, this Gao Yingde's calculations are cracking."

"Who made our current Da Song so sick!" Luo Gang on the side said sadly: "Gao Yingde just saw such a weak Da Song, he just caused some troubles in the southwest, Da Song There is nothing he can do about it, if he really secures the position of emperor, Bianliang might send someone to confer the title to recognize his position!"

"You won't be so shameless?" Wang Zhu's eyes widened: "Although I'm a rough person, I also know that if Bianliang admits that Gao's plot to usurp the throne, wouldn't it be a great loss of morality? If others want to rebel against him, he probably won't be able to say anything."

"Blood is bleeding from my butthole, and I still care about other people's life and death!" Luo Gang rarely said a foul word. "When it really comes to that time, I'm afraid that what Bianliang is asking is for the people of Dali to stop making troubles and keep the southwest peaceful."

"So, this is our chance. If we win Dali, we can turn him into our territory!" Wang Zhu said.

"That's the reason!" Xiao Cheng knocked on the table: "But this matter is not easy. The military is only a part of it. The main thing is that we still need to push them to do it themselves first in the country, and let Gao Yingde Part of our strength is consumed in the civil war, and then we have our chance."

"Has the monk gone already?" Luo Gang asked.

Xiao Cheng nodded: "It's been more than two months."

"All the people in Dali worship Buddhism, the monks are profound in Buddhism, and they are famous. If you go there, you can see the fish in the sea and the birds in the forest. You can play your tricks as much as you want." Luo Gang laughed.

"Wang Zhu, we still have to make a final decision on the military! When the time comes, you will be the vanguard, so you have to be prepared."

"The last general is always preparing." Wang Zhu took a deep breath.

"Very good, before cleaning up Dali, let's practice with Luo Shi first!" Xiao Cheng said lightly.

Luo Gang was taken aback: "Why do you want to deal with Luo Shi all of a sudden?"

"The definite information came, someone backed Luo Shi, and they were ready to attack us." Xiao Cheng said: "Since that's the case, you don't have to be polite, it's just a matter of time to train soldiers."

"Who?"

"Chu King Zhao Jing." Xiao Cheng said.

(End of this chapter)