Chapter 124 Use barbarians to control barbarians
Chen Cao was right. Only half an hour after returning to the Tianshi Mansion, the messengers went up the mountain. Sun Chuanting went to Yingtan to negotiate with Lan Yingliu, the leader of the Xuxi She people. The result was not good. Then Sun Chuanting ordered Huang Degong to negotiate with Lou. Xingye and his two men led their troops straight to Xuxi and stormed the She people's lair.
"It's been three hours now. I don't know if Brother Boya got in."
Chen Cao was not worried at all. If something really happened, the person who reported the news would have come back long ago. Besides, he had absolute confidence in the firearms in his hands, not to mention that he brought four new tiger squatting cannons with him when he came. With the sophistication of the existing weapons, it shouldn't be a big problem to break into the She people's fortress.
Zhang Xianyong came to deliver medicinal tea again, and Chen Cao didn't dare to drink it: "Thank you so much, Little Heavenly Master. Why, didn't I ask Little Kun Gu to deliver it today?"
"Little sister?" Zhang Xianyong frowned, obviously he didn't know about Zhang Ruqian's good deeds.
When Chen Cao saw this, he stopped mentioning it and said with a smile: "Not really."
"My little sister said she felt unwell after lunch and was resting." Zhang Xianyong shook his head: "She is usually in good spirits. I heard that she drank cold water from the mountain at the pool at midnight yesterday. I think she caught the cold, so it's nothing serious."
Chen Cao felt nervous again, fearing that he would blush, so he quickly changed the subject: "If things are handled properly today, my uncle will leave Longhu Mountain tomorrow. If the little heavenly master is free, he can go to Jinling to talk about it. Bo will definitely entertain you warmly."
Zhang Xianyong said with a smile: "Uncle Dingwu is so kind, and Pindao will definitely accept it if he has the chance. Uncle Dingwu has come all the way this time, and my father specially asked Pindao to send Uncle Dingwu specialties from Longhu Mountain. There are not many things. Let’s express our feelings, and I hope Uncle Wu will accept it.”
Feelings were given as gifts, and Chen Cao quickly refused, but Zhang Xianyong had already ordered the Taoist priests to carry the things in, and left with a smile. Chen Cao couldn't stop him, so he shook his head with a smile.
After seeing Zhang Xianyong leaving, Zhao Xin carefully stepped forward to open one of the boxes, and then quickly closed it: "Uncle, it's all gold and silver. At least there are three thousand taels in this box."
Three boxes, which is close to ten thousand taels of silver, it seems that Longhushan is generous.
"Zhang Tianshi's sect is much more heroic than other Taoist temples. Hey, after all, he is also a national master. He can't be poor even if he is poor." Chen Cao opened the box and took a look: "Put it away and order people to load it into a truck and transport it away. I have a lot of thoughts." , if we don’t accept it, Master Zhang will think that we will say bad things about them in the future.”
It was not until evening that the messenger went up the mountain again, and this time he brought good news: "Uncle Qi, the guard group has broken through the stronghold of the Xuxi She people and captured Lan Yingliu alive, but the chief of staff has ordered his execution. We have captured Lan Yingliu and more than 70 of his family members, and asked Lan Yingquan, a She native from Yuexi, to take over Xuxi. The guard group has withdrawn to Yingtan Town and is waiting for the uncle's order."
"Well..." Chen Cao responded, then stood up and looked at Xin Zhao: "Let's go, follow me to say goodbye to Zhang Guoxiang. We will stay in Yingtan tonight and leave back to Nanjing early tomorrow morning."
Zhang Guoxiang heard that Chen Cao was leaving tonight and quickly ordered people to prepare food and wine. Chen Cao naturally refused to eat. After some excuses and thanks, he led people down the mountain. After checking several times, he did not see Zhang Ru in the farewell team. .
Chen Cao was very embarrassed. After all, he did something bad last night. Zhang Ru also knew that it was him and didn't want to face it, so he left without thinking too much.
When he was about to walk through the stone square, Zhang Ru appeared in front of Chen Cao. Chen Cao was stunned, so he waved to Zhao Xin and others to wait at the foot of the mountain.
"Hehe..." Chen Cao smiled awkwardly: "Little Kun Gu, do you have anything to explain?"
It was dark, and Chen Cao couldn't see clearly Zhang Ru's already red face: "You thief, what a good thing you did..."
Chen Cao did not dare to talk anymore, for fear that Zhang Xianyong or Zhang Guoxiang would know about it later. Zhang Ru did not embarrass Chen Cao when he saw this: "When...are you coming again..."
Chen Cao thought for a while: "If nothing happens, I probably won't come to Longhu Mountain again..."
"Then..." Zhang Ru seemed hesitant to speak. After a long time, he took out a pink embroidered bag from his arms: "This is for you. If you have time, bring me some tea..."
The thing was given to Chen Cao, and then he turned around and ran towards Tianshi Mansion.
Chen Cao was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. After smelling the aroma of the embroidered bag and Zhang Ru's body fragrance, he was actually reluctant to leave.
Seeing Zhang Ru walking away, Zhao Xin slowly came up to her and said, "Uncle, why don't you ask Zhang Tianshi to propose marriage? She's not his daughter. I guess my cousins won't object."
Chen Cao looked sideways at Xin Zhao, who was so frightened that Xin Zhao hurriedly retracted. Chen Cao turned around and looked at the back of Zhang Ru who had walked away dimly: "Are we going to have any detectives in Guangxin Mansion?"
"There is one in Guangxin Fucheng."
"Arrange people to be stationed in Guixi County to keep track of news about Longhu Mountain."
Xin Zhao nodded thoughtfully: "I understand, I will make arrangements."
Arriving at Yingtan Town, torches were already lighting up the sky. Such a night journey had only been experienced in Liaodong. Chen Cao dismounted and immediately asked Sun Chuanting who came up to him: "How many casualties are there?"
"Sixty-seven people in the guard group were injured and one person died. After breaking through the mountain stronghold, they fell into the cliff. The bodies have been found and placed, and were sent to Yugan County first." Sun Chuanting answered.
"Well, arrange the dead ones well and don't ruin the reputation of our new army," Chen Cao said, "Come down and prepare the whole army. Let's go back early tomorrow morning."
Chen Cao's movement speed was unusually fast. It really only took him fifteen days to come and go. Half a month later, he appeared at the Longjiang Ferry. The new army returned to camp and was reorganized, and he quickly returned to his home.
After being away for a long time, I inevitably miss my family.
"Uncle..." The maid didn't dare to enter the study, so she shouted softly outside the study.
"What's the matter?"
"Someone came to the Duke of Wei's mansion and sent a lot of things outside the mansion, but they have already left."
Chen Cao: "Send someone to find Zhao Xin."
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"Uncle," Zhao Xin's appearance may be similar to what Chen Cao is doing at home, but Chen Cao's family has a large population, and it may not be possible for the rain and dew to get wet all at once: "Are you looking for me?"
"The Duke has sent a lot of things to express his gratitude. You can convert these things and distribute them to the injured and injured brothers. By the way, bring some to the brothers in Jinyiwei. Remember, everyone has something."
"yes..."
"Uncle..." Xu Kaixian walked quickly, and if you look closely, you can see that his feet are not very flexible: "Shandong spies came to report that Liu Kongzhao wrote a letter to impeach the uncle at the court a few days ago. The Donglin Party therefore He made a big fuss and criticized him in court about his establishment of a bank. I heard that your majesty couldn't bear the attacks of hundreds of officials and has ordered people to come and check."
"Hey..." Chen Cao sneered: "There are really some people who are not afraid of death."
Xin Zhao clasped his fists: "Uncle, why not let all these people die in the hands of Shandong thieves?"
"We are not bandits," Chen Cao shook his head, but then he smiled and said: "But there have always been thieves in Shandong, and Shandong Dusi has always been able to suppress them, right?"
Zhao Xin smiled evilly, then clasped his fists: "I'll take my leave first..."
"I'm about to go on an expedition against Japan. They actually don't think about how to deal with Wei Zhongxian. They actually want to deal with me. They are really in a panic. They can't even protect themselves. They still think about me here. They are really stupid." Chen Cao laughed and scolded, then looked at Xu Kaixian and said, "Before I left, the people from Guangxin gave me a lot of money, which can be converted into 40,000 to 50,000 taels. I ordered them all to be sent to the capital."
"Yes..." Xu Kaixian responded, but when he was about to leave, he remembered something: "Uncle, there is one more thing. Because they went to Jiangxi those days, Song Ninghou and his gang have long wanted to see you, uncle."
Chen Cao pulled on his uncomfortable trousers, and then nodded: "Go to Qinhuai Tower to arrange a banquet, get all these people there, and tell them I will treat them to a drink tonight."
"yes..."
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"The so-called learning from the barbarians and gaining skills to control the barbarians, these She people are just uncivilized barbarians. Once they become familiar with Han culture, they will be able to understand the power of it. If they attack and kill for a long time and become exhausted, then let the local Xuan people Wei Si will deal with it and move them all to the county town as long as they disobey, but I want to see what kind of trouble they can cause in a place where Han people gather. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"
Chen Cao was telling Feng Kelie and several nobles what happened in Jiangxi. He didn't mention the last time they were imprisoned at all. It felt to Feng Kelie and others as if it had never happened at all.
Feng Kelie couldn't bear it any longer, and after being looked at by Zhou Rui and others, he took the initiative to speak: "Uncle Dingwu, look at this..."
Only then did Chen Cao come back to his senses. He had been talking to himself for too long and did not give these people a chance to play. He quickly picked up the wine glass and said, "Here, let's drink first..."
After three glasses of wine, Chen Cao immediately changed his expression and said seriously: "Since you guys want to see me, I, Chen Cao, will regard you as my brothers. Although everyone here is older than Chen Cao, but here we are." At this time, it is better for me, a young eunuch, to speak more easily..."
Several people looked at each other, not daring to speak. Chen Cao smiled and shook his head and continued: "Let's get straight to the point. Do you want to follow me, Chen Cao, or continue to fight against me?"
Several people had already discussed it. After spending more than half a month in Zhenfusi Prison, who would want to go back and live on the charge of confiscating their homes and exterminating their clans?
Feng Kelie handed over his hand and said, "Uncle Ding Wu, please give some advice to us."
