After nearly ten days of hard work, the rear army completed the task of digging caves for the entire army and was rewarded by Doctor Jin Bi with a full meal. Lord Xinling is also proud of you.
Mr. Xinling carefully practiced all training subjects during these ten days and also participated in a large-scale joint training. He felt good about himself.
These days, the Qin people did not come back, but withdrew some from Huayang back to Qifeng. Everyone speculates that Huayang may have been included in the peace negotiation. This also seems to suggest that the only difference between Qin and Wei was war compensation: should Qin be given ten cities?
Lu Bo's work in Daliang was also very effective, and grains from Zhengdi were shipped to Huayang. As a result, the price of grain around Zhengdi also rose to fifty cents per stone, while the quoted price of grain in Zhengdi rose to one hundred cents per stone.
Lu Bo came back and asked Mr. Xinling if he wanted to buy it at this price. Lord Xinling asked what the price of grain was before and how much he bought. Lu Bo replied that the grain for the first ten days had been purchased for 50 yuan, totaling 2.5 million yuan. The elder said that the beams had bottomed out and money and grain had to be transferred from Xinling. Lord Xinling gritted his teeth and decided to buy another ten days of food. Lu Bo suggested that it would be more convenient for him to go directly to Xinling to organize it than to transfer the family to the Young Master's Mansion. Lord Xinling also agreed. In order to allow Xinling to cooperate with Lu Bo's work, Lord Xinling also sent two retainers to accompany him.
In the meantime, someone suggested taking the initiative to attack, or at least disturb the Qin army. Lord Xinling asked his disciples to discuss, and most of them believed that Wei and Qin were in peace talks. Now that the Qin army had reduced the pressure on Huayang, since they did not control the progress of the peace talks, taking the initiative may bring variables to the peace talks. Dr. Jin Bi also held the same view.
Dr. Xu Jia's treatment in Zheng also improved. Since being met by the King of Han, the meeting between Dr. Xu Jia and the Han ministers has seemed much smoother. Only three days later, he met Han Xiangping. Han Ping seriously discussed with him the issue of South Korea sending troops to rescue, including logistical support and post-war compensation. After several rounds of bargaining, the reinforcements in Han finally prepared their own food. After entering the territory of Wei, the food was borne by Wei; after the Qin army retreated, Wei and Han had five cities as compensation. Two days later, Dr. Xu Jia met with the Han general Baoyuan again and discussed in detail the route of the march, as well as when and where he entered the Wei territory. The details and details of the discussions about reinforcements made Xu Jia even doubt whether Wei still needed to continue peace talks with Qin.
Xu Jia reported the contents of the negotiations to Daliang and Huayang respectively. Everyone recognized Xu Jia's effective diplomatic work and allowed him to continue the negotiations until Han sent reinforcements to repel the Qin army.
As expected, Wei Ming of Dazaifu sent a team of 100 people to clean up the excrement, bringing with them a dozen wheelbarrows and more than 100 wooden barrels. The method is very simple. Dig a shallow pit at a designated location, half-bury a wooden barrel, and let the soldiers put their feces and urine in the barrel. The accumulated excrement is scooped onto carts and pushed to surrounding villages for sale. These people seemed to be professional excrement transporters. They were very agile and had a sound sales network. In less than five days, they cleared away the accumulated excrement and urine. The rest of the time is to empty the bucket of daily feces and urine into the car and transport it away. They were originally going to find a place outside the camp to make their own meals, but Dr. Jin Bi was worried and assigned them to various camps with free food and lodging.
Mr. Guo's reconnaissance work is also going smoothly. His Si Zhi map and Chen Si's detailed map are expanding into the distance day by day, and are already close to the outskirts of Qifeng. Mr. Guo said that many times they encountered Qin scouts. The unsealed scouts were released far away, almost twenty or thirty miles away, and they seemed to be very alert.
The weather was so cold that Mr. Xinling couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. Xiaonu and Gai Nie huddled on the same mat to keep each other warm. Lord Xinling gave them his quilt. After all, it was almost winter and they only had two single clothes. He put the warm clothes given by the Fourth Young Master in the hall. Whenever he was too cold to sleep, he thought of using quilts and other items, but after a battle between heaven and man, he finally restrained his impulse. To become a famous general like Wu Qi, although he cannot share food and clothing with the lowest rank of soldiers, sleep without a table, travel without riding, earn food from his own pocket, and share the labor with the soldiers. But it can't be too different from the other disciples. Those gentlemen don't all have quilts!
When he was awakened from his daze by the loud beating of drums, he felt that he had finally survived...
The biting cold wind outside the door flowed in through all the gaps in the clothes. The collar, cuffs, skirts...the lower clothes were simply defenseless. There are already many diners in the yard, each doing some exercise. As soon as Mr. Xinling appeared, one or two retainers came over and asked after a few words when the war would end. It was really cold today. If the battle continued, there would be no need for Qin people to kill him, and he would freeze to death. Lord Xinling couldn't answer, so he had to smile and encourage them to persevere - in fact, he didn't want to end the war as soon as possible, he was too cold!
After drinking a large bowl of hot porridge for breakfast, my body finally warmed up and gained some energy. Mr. Guo came over and said that he was going to enter the Qifeng Realm today and he was going to go there in person. Firstly, there are not many opportunities to observe Qin Feng's army at close range; secondly, if anything happens, it can be dealt with on an ad hoc basis.
Lord Xinling asked: "Who are you traveling with, sir?"
Mr. Guo said: "It is extraordinary to enter Qifeng today. Hundreds of people have expressed their wishes, and each has his own way."
Lord Xinling said: "In the former, there were only a dozen people, but now hundreds of people have come out. What can I do?"
Mr. Guo said: "Qifeng is an important place in the Qin Dynasty. The relationship is there, and the defense must be tight. If you go in sequence, it will be noticed by it, and it will be difficult to do anything later. Therefore, you should take advantage of its unpreparedness and go in and out quickly. Explore it. It’s not necessary to have too many places, it’s to be quick.”
Lord Xinling said: "Sir, there is a miraculous change, and its timing is hard to predict."
During the conversation, Zhang Noi suddenly interjected: "I also want to go to unsealing the seal. Can I go with Mr. Guo?"
Mr. Guo said: "I am traveling with the fourth brother Chen, who is father and son, and has been acting for many days. What are you doing with Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Noi thought for a while and said: "I would rather not have a retainer!"
Mr. Guo said: "How can a savage in the countryside have retainers! What does Mr. Zhang want to see?"
Zhang He said: "But I want to see the state of Qin's soldiers."
Mr. Guo said: "I have a way up and down from the waterway. If you want to see the Qin camp, you can go there. There is no big problem if there is one more person on the waterway. But you are not allowed to go near the shore. You can only go along the water."
Zhang Noi said: "Fortunately, sir, I taught you a lesson!"
Mr. Guo led Zhang Ye to the two retainers and said, "Mr. Zhang wants to see the Qin camp. You can go all the way. Mr. Lin is in charge of everything on the way. Mr. Zhang should not be free."
Mr. Lin quickly saluted Mr. Zhang and said, "How lucky that I have to go with you, sir!"
Zhang Ye also said very politely: "I am willing to listen to the lesson, but I will not dare to disobey it!"
Mr. Lin took out a map of the Four Peaks of Huayang and pointed out: "Today we will go south from Huayang to Zhengjiao and east to Weishi. Then we buy a boat and go up the chasm to Daliang. On the way, we will see the landforms and shapes. Every intention is expressed in the heart, and it is recorded in the map."
Zhang Ye asked: "How many directions does it have?"
Mr. Lin said: "From Huayang to Liang, it is two hundred miles. If Dao Wei goes back, it will be another two hundred miles, so it must be four hundred miles."
Zhang Noi said: "Is it going to happen in one day?"
Mr. Lin said: "How can we get there in one day? Traveling against the road and having food and lodging should take two or three days."
Only then did Zhang Ye realize that this trip was not that simple.
Mr. Lin said: "This is when I came out. First I was short brown, and when I got to the suburbs of Zheng, I became a merchant. When I got to the Wei family, I became a merchant of Chu." Zhang Noi had to respond one by one.
Mr. Lin and his companion Mr. Fan patiently changed Zhang Ye's clothes, packed his baggage, and carried his money. When they set off, it was already sunrise.
The three of them passed through the military camp, sneaked onto the road, and headed towards Zheng, as if they were three idle farmers visiting a neighboring country. When no one is around, they come together and share their experiences with each other. When there are people around, they leave each other and pretend not to know each other. This road had been explored earlier, so there was no special mission, so I just walked quickly towards Zheng Di.
When they arrived in Zhengjiao, the three of them found Chen's car dealership, went in when no one was around, and showed their talisman. The shopkeeper hurriedly led him inside, put on his long robe, hitched an ox cart, and headed east along the avenue. The three of them observed the surrounding scenery respectively and remembered them one by one. When I encounter a settlement, I stop to buy water and fodder, chat with the villagers, and learn about the situation here. It wasn't until it was dark that we saw the tall Weishi County town.
Weishi is a border town of Wei. It has a tall and solid city and a daily garrison of 1,500 soldiers. After the Qin people occupied Qifeng, they did not continue to attack the Wei family. They only purchased grain and other supplies from the village where the Wei family belonged. Wei's order did not dare to go out of the city, let alone control it. They just closed the city gate tightly and defended it strictly. In Wei's hometown, Gu Zheng's power is so strong that it is usually difficult to subdue him. Once the Qin people seduce him, they immediately ask for food and supplies, and they only care about the suitability of their own business.
There is also Chen's car dealership outside Weishi City. The three of them drove the car into the garage, and the guarantor came out to welcome them in. The shopkeeper arranged the room, and Mr. Lin deliberately used Chu Tan to talk to the shopkeeper: "One day, if you want to go to the rafter, will you get it?" He agreed wholeheartedly and said, "Nothing will be lost." The three of them entered the room. The shopkeeper asked very considerately: "Sir, do you need a lamp, but one for a price."
Mr. Lin said: "That's right. The lamps used are folded together every day. What are we going to do for dinner?"
The shopkeeper said: "There are millets and vegetables in the kitchen. If you need some salted plum sauce, you can get it yourself, and we can cook it together every day. If you need wine and meat, there is a restaurant across the street, and we don't know if there is some wine and meat left."
Mr. Lin said: "In that case, we can prepare our own food, so there is no need to bother."
So Zhang He went to the kitchen to cook some porridge, and Mr. Lin and Mr. Fan checked what they saw under the small lamp. After a while, the porridge was ready. He served it out and invited the second gentleman to have a meal. The three of them had a clean meal and took a rest.
The straw mat in the guest house is thick and the quilt is soft. The three of them had been freezing in Huayang for several days and couldn't sleep. Now it was warm and they fell asleep soon.
