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The Banner Enters Yanyun Chapter 126 Under Salt and Weapons

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    "It makes the noble man laugh!" The butler responded: "My ancestors discovered this when they were cleaning out the house. I don't know when it was built. It must have been to find a way out when a disaster struck!" Zhou Ping clicked.  Nodding, there is more than a mile of this tunnel alone. The tentacles on the walls on both sides are smooth and cold. They should be made of blue bricks. It takes an unknown amount of manpower and material resources to do this, let alone such a  When a large project is completed, it is impossible to avoid the eyes and ears of everyone. I don¡¯t know which big shot prepared the secret escape route for him many years ago. I didn¡¯t expect that Li Chuwen was now advantaged. I don¡¯t know how many hidden moves this old fox left behind.  , I really can¡¯t underestimate it.  After walking for more than a mile, Zhou Ping felt a cool breeze blowing from the opposite side, and then heard the butler say: "My lord, be careful not to hit your head, it's the end!" Zhou Ping hurriedly bent down, and then he saw  There was a bright light coming from the front, but it was a wooden ladder. When I climbed up, I saw a woodshed all around.  "The two nobles will stay here for a moment, and let me go and report to the master!" The housekeeper saluted Zhou Ping, made two gestures to the old man in the interview, and went out.  The old man brought hot water to the two of them. Zhou Ping wanted to get some useful information from the old man, so he asked casually: "How old is this year?" "Ah, oh!" The old man screamed a few times.  He made a loud sound and pointed to his mouth, which turned out to be a mute.  "What a Li Chuwen, he even thought of this!" Zhou Ping couldn't help but smile bitterly. He casually took out more than 20 coins from his waist and threw it to the old man, treating it as tea money.  At this time, there were rapid footsteps outside.  Then he saw Li Chuwen entering the door. He bowed his hands and said, "Deputy Envoy Zhou, why are you here in such an emergency? What's the matter with you?" "But I have something to trouble my subordinates!" Zhou Ping laughed.  As he stood up to return the salute, he saw a man in brocade clothes who was about the same age as him followed closely behind Li Chuwen. His eyebrows looked similar to Li Chuwen's. He should be Li Shaofu, who was rumored to have had an affair with Xiao Puxian.  "This one behind you must be your son, under Li's family!" Zhou Ping said with a smile.  "Yes, it's Quanzi!" Li Chuwen turned around and said to him: "Xi'er. You haven't paid a courtesy to Deputy Envoy Zhou yet!" "I'm going to see the Ambassador of the Shangguo!" Li Shi said to Zhou Ping.  Zhou Ping returned the gift with a smile and said with a smile: "I heard that your young master is very promising and is already a young eunuch of the Shaofu. Congratulations!" "Your envoy is so complimentary!" Li Chuwen said a few perfunctory words.  Obviously he didn't want to delay with Zhou Ping for too long at this time.  After seeing this.  Zhou Ping said directly: "A certain family came today. But they borrowed a hundred stone salt from the Li family, and three hundred pieces of armor, which match the bows and crossbows!" "Borrowing salt and weapons and armor?" Li Chuwen was stunned.  There was a puzzled look on his face, and he asked: "Your mission to our country is for the sake of reconciliation between the two countries. What do you need salt and weapons for? Besides, Li is not in the military, so salt is all. This weapon and armor  Where is it?" "Really?" Zhou Ping smiled and said, "You can probably get some armor and weapons if you ask your noble master!"  Much tougher: "I don't know what you mean. If there is nothing else, please go back. Otherwise, it will be bad for you and my father if outsiders see it!" "Really?" Zhou Ping said with a smile.  : "Perhaps it is inconvenient for someone to have a private meeting with the envoys of the Southern Dynasties, but what does it mean to privately recruit warriors and gather soldiers and armor?" "Private warriors and gather soldiers and armor" are like a bombshell.  When they reached the heads of Li Chuwen and his son, their expressions suddenly changed. The difference was that Li Chuwen's face turned pale, while Li Shi turned livid and reached out to touch the handle of the knife at his waist.  "Bah!" Li Cheng shouted loudly when he saw this. He took a step forward to block Zhou Ping behind him. He had already pulled the sword out of its sheath with his right hand. The atmosphere in the small woodshed suddenly became tense.  "Xu'er, stop it!" Li Chuwen turned around and held down Li Shi's arm. When he turned around, his face had calmed down.  "Deputy Envoy Zhou, it's not easy to talk here. How about we go to the study to discuss it in detail?" "Then thank you Li Men!" Zhou Ping put Li Cheng's sword back into its sheath without missing a beat.  Everyone entered the study and sat down separately.  Li Chuwen sighed and asked: "Deputy Envoy Zhou is not actually a private warrior who gathers soldiers and armor. The Liao Dynasty is different from the Song Dynasty. The princes and ministers of the Khitan and Xi tribes all have their own tribal armies, but more or less  That's all. The emperor has great trust in our family, so many Khitan nobles hold grudges. Now that the emperor is ill in bed, my son is just doing this to protect the family. " Zhou Ping heard this and knew what Li Chuwen was doing.  What he said is also half true and half false. What I said before about the Khitan nobleman having private soldiers and having a grudge against him is true.?He was a Han minister, but he held a high position, was involved in secrets, and was closely associated with Xiao Fengxian, a traitorous minister. There must be not only a company, but also a platoon of nobles in Yanjing who wanted to kill him.  But to say that it was just to protect the family would be a lie. After all, his son Li Shi controlled the imperial guards who guarded the palace. It might be a little worse to rebel, but it was enough to protect the family.  The semi-open recruitment of such desperadoes is obviously an evil intention.  "Li's words are serious!" Zhou Ping smiled slightly: "Since there are no outsiders in the study today, I will open the skylight and speak frankly. I don't want these salt and armor weapons for anything else, but to recruit heroes in the north.  To prepare for emergencies, the two armies are currently facing each other in Baigou, so they have no choice but to go to the Li family!" "Haha!" Li Shi sneered, "You must be joking to do this.  It's just a trick, and you want my father to help you with it, Deputy Commander Zhou, you are too bullying!" "Brother Li, don't worry, listen to me first before making any conclusions!" Zhou Ping said with a smile: "My disciple,  At present, among the seven states under the jurisdiction of Youzhou Road, apart from Yanjing, the only ones that can be controlled are Yizhou, Zhuozhou and Shunzhou, right?" "That's right!" Li Chuwen nodded, Zhou Ping's question was very knowledgeable.  , among the seven states of Yanjing, Tanzhou, Shunzhou, Jingzhou, Zhuozhou, Yizhou, and Jizhou, Yizhou and Zhuozhou are the southern gates of Yanjing. To resist the attack of the Southern Dynasty, these two states must be controlled.  Therefore, Yelu Chun placed his main military forces in these two states, and Shunzhou was very close to Yanjing.  Although the other prefectures and counties were still nominally obeying Yanjing's orders, they were recruiting troops to collect food. It was okay for Yelv Chun to be alive, but once Ye Luchun left, it might not be possible.  "Anyway, I won't do anything in this Yanjing City. Maybe I can distract Xiao Qian and the others. If I, the Song Dynasty, enter this Yanjing City in the future, the one hundred rock salt and three hundred under Li's family will  The deputy armor soldier is the proof of great achievements. Are you reluctant to part with this little salt and weapons?" With Li Chuwen's cunningness, he immediately understood what Zhou Ping meant.  Obviously, the most determined fighting faction in Yanjing City is the Khitan and Xi nobles and the troops they control. For them, both the Song people and the Jin people are their mortal enemies.  The wealthy Yan family, represented by Han bureaucrats, are just outsiders. They don¡¯t care whether the future owner of Yan is a Song or a Jin person, as long as that party is able and willing to protect their interests. Anyway, as long as they are not Khitan people.  Just fine.  Because they do not trust the power of the Han people, once the Southern Dynasty sends troops, the Khitan nobles headed by Xiao Qian must lead the troops personally, and then the center will definitely be controlled by the Han bureaucrats headed by Li Chuwen. In this case, if Yelu Chun dies,  In fact, the more chaos outside Yanjing City, the better. The more chaos Xiao Qian and others have, the less time they have to deal with Li Chuwen inside the city. When Li Chuwen takes control of Yanjing City, he can hide inside the thick city wall and watch the storm with a smile.  After there is a result outside, wait for the price to be sold, and find the best buyer to sell it.  What Li Chuwen feared most was to be surrounded by the Song or Jin Kingdom in the city and be dragged to death by those Khitan people.  So he quickly made up his mind.  "There is no problem with the salt, but we can only give two hundred sets of weapons and armor. These are weapons of the military state. They are usually under the control of the Privy Council. They are the territory of the Khitan people. No matter how much they have, I may not be able to justify it in front of your two majesties!"  "Okay, I need more crossbows and arrows!" "Okay!" Li Chuwen nodded cheerfully: "But Deputy Ambassador Zhou also has to agree to a condition!" "Agree to you a condition?" Zhou Ping was stunned and asked.  "What's the matter?" "Shi'er!" Li Chuwen turned around and whispered a few instructions to his son. Li Shi looked at his father in surprise, but finally turned and left.  After half a cup of tea, when he came back there was a seven or eight-year-old child behind him.  Li Chuwen stretched out his hand to bring the child over, caressed his head lovingly, and said with a smile: "I have nine sons and five daughters in total. This is the youngest child and the one I love the most. His name is Li Sheng."  Having said this, he sighed, suddenly pushed Li Sheng forward, and said: "Deputy Envoy Zhou, I will entrust this child to you!" "Li Men, what are you¡ª" Zhou Ping had just finished speaking.  , then understood what Li Chuwen meant. Obviously the other party knew that the future of Yanjing City was uncertain, so he handed one of his children over to him and asked him to take him to the safety of the Southern Dynasty. He could be used as a hostage to show his  Determination; secondly, in case of failure, a stream of incense can flow out.  Thinking of this, Zhou Ping couldn't help but be moved by the old man's painstaking efforts. Su Rong bowed his hands and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Li, a certain family will definitely report your matter to the prime minister. If something goes wrong and Zhou has no brothers,  He is Zhou¡¯s younger brother!¡± ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll thank Brother Juncheng!¡± At this time, Li Chuwen also changed his name to Zhou Ping and bowed deeply to him, and Zhou Ping didn¡¯t shy away.  I accepted this gift from him.  (To be continued, please search PiaotianLiterature and novels are better and updated faster!
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