Licheng, Yin Mansion
In the study, Yin Biao was pacing back and forth impatiently, while Sun Jingan was sitting on a chair, sipping tea calmly... ···
After walking for a full cup of tea, Yin Biao, who was a little tired, sat down on a chair. Seeing this, Sun Jing'an smiled and poured him a cup of tea. Yin Biao drank the tea without any courtesy. , and then couldn't help but ask Sun Jing'an:
"Brother Sun, what does Fengwu Army mean?"
Sun Jing'an was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, shook his head and said:
"Brother Yin, my grandson is not the roundworm in the belly of Marshal Ye of Fengwu Army. How do you know what Fengwu Army means now?"
Facing Sun Jing'an's rhetorical question, Yin Biao said angrily:
"Brother Sun, didn't you meet with people from the Foreign Affairs Department of Fengwu Army a few days ago?"
Sun Jing'an nodded and said:
"I told the envoys of the Fengwu Army about the collusion between Han Wenbao and Xu Zhaojie. I also told the Fengwu Army that I would order 10,000 Weiyuan blunderbuss and 300 squatting tiger cannons from them!"
"Ten thousand firecrackers?"
Yin Biao was very surprised when he heard this. He hesitated for a moment before speaking:
"Brother Sun, the Fengwu Army is extremely greedy. The Weiyuan guns they used cost us fifteen taels of silver each, and the Tiger Crouching Cannon cost three hundred taels of silver each. The price of the ammunition is also calculated separately. "The things you want together cost at least 300,000 taels of silver. Does the Chief Secretary still have that much money in his treasury?"
Sun Jing'an shook his head and said:
"Brother Yin, don't you know about the few thousand taels of silver left in the treasury? Of course we can't afford so much silver now, but just because we can't afford it now doesn't mean we can't sell it in the future. This Weiyuan gun We can get credit from Fengwu Army first!"
"buy on credit?"
Hearing Sun Jing'an's thoughts, Yin Biao frowned slightly and said:
"Haven't we used this trick before? No matter what we say, they just won't give us the guns... ····”
Sun Jing'an shook his head and said seriously:
"In the past, we couldn't get fire guns on credit because we didn't have enough good bargaining chips. Now I plan to use Qilu's taxes as collateral to get 10,000 fire guns from Fengwu Army on credit!"
Hearing this, Yin Biao frowned even deeper. After hesitating for a while, he said to Sun Jing'an:
"Brother Sun, the Weiyuan blunderbuss of the Fengwu Army is indeed very good, but now I have obtained a lot of iron cannons from Dongdao. Although these iron cannons are not as good as the fire blunderbuss of the Fengwu Army, they are enough to fight Korean leopards. Really There is no need to spend such a high price to buy the Fengwu Army’s blunderbuss!”
Seeing that Yin Biao didn't understand what he meant, Sun Jing'an shook his head and said directly without going around in circles:
"These ten thousand Weiyuan guns are just accessories. I actually want to use Qilu's taxes in exchange for Fengwu's promise not to interfere with our attack on Han Wenbao!"
"If this deal is really completed, even if it is to get Qilu's taxes, the Fengwu Army will not interfere with our actions!"
Yin Biao suddenly realized when he heard what Sun Jing'an said. He lowered his head and thought for a while before asking Sun Jing'an:
"Brother Sun, do you think the Fengwu Army will definitely interfere with our attack on Han Wenbao?"
Faced with this problem, Sun Jingan said helplessly:
"Brother Yin, everyone knows Ye Mingsheng's intentions. If he really supports us in taking Qilu, he will not sell firearms to Han Wenbao and the others. Ye Mingsheng will not be satisfied with ruling Qilu in name only. , He did this just to use firearms to squeeze out our money and food, so that we and Han Wenbao would fight with each other, and both sides would suffer. When the time comes, he can clean up the mess and reap the benefits... ·········”
"What Ye Mingsheng wants is for us to fight Han Wenbao until we are exhausted, and now after this period of preparation, we have prepared 30,000 elite soldiers. As for Han Wenbao's group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, they are not yours at all, Brother Yin." Opponent, do you think the Fengwu Army will sit back and watch you unify Qilu and remain indifferent?"
"Sun doesn't know much about the art of war, but I think, Brother Yin, if you attack Bozhou, the First Army of the Fengwu Army stationed in Fengqiu will come to Licheng?"
Yin Biao's face turned gloomy when he heard this. Sun Jing'an's words spoke to his heart. He has been arrogant in recent times, and his only intention is to destroy Han Wenbao, who has always been against him, to unify Qilu. He and Han Wenbao are mutually exclusive. They have known each other for twenty years, and he knows exactly how much Han Wenbao weighs, so he doesn't care about Han Wenbao.
In his opinion, the only thing stopping him from unifying Qilu was the seemingly neutral Fengwu Army. Although he did not directly fight with the Fengwu Army, the disastrous defeat of the Qi Army in the Hebei-Henan War also made him have a deep feeling for the Fengwu Army. fear, and what he was most worried about was that when he was trying his best to encircle Han Wenbao, the Fengwu Army was cutting his way behind him, so now he is so worried about gains and losses... ················
After thinking for a while, Yin Biao continued
"The Fengwu Army and the Luo'an Imperial Court are on the brink of war on the Yunbin battlefield. When the war breaks out on the Yunbin battlefield, the Fengwu Army shouldn't want to fight on two fronts, right?"
Seeing that General Yin Biao hoped that the Yun Biao battle could contain the Fengwu army, Sun Jing'an sighed and said sincerely:
"Brother Yin, the Fengwu Army naturally does not want to fight on two fronts, but the question is, can we have the ability to let the Fengwu Army fight on two fronts?"
Although Sun Jing'an said it tactfully, Yin Biao also understood what he was talking about. He couldn't help but look a little embarrassed and then said angrily:
"If it doesn't work out, I'll join forces with Xu Zhaojie!"
Hearing what Yin Biao said, Sun Jing'an shook his head and said:
"According to my observation, Xu Zhaojie's real goal should be Jiangnan. As long as he captures Jiangnan and owns the two richest provinces of the Zhou Dynasty, he can really compete with Ye Mingsheng and Shangguan Hongyuan. So his actions in Qilu It's probably just a false shot, and Ye Mingsheng is disgusting. He won't really send troops in, and then we will be alone against the Fengwu Army!"
Although he wanted to refute Sun Jing'an's words, Yin Biao didn't know what to say. In the end, he was so angry that he could only vent his fist on the table and cursed:
"This son of a bitch Ye Mingsheng is so fucking bullying! Not only does he make us kneel down, but he also rides on our heads to shit and pee... ·············”
Sun Jingan warned:
"Brother Yin, I know you feel aggrieved, but how can you not bow your head under the eaves?"
"Now Ye Mingsheng is proud of himself. We don't have the capital to fight against him yet, so we can only choose to be patient and bide our time. As long as Han Wenbao is solved and we control the entire Qilu, we may not be able to fight with Ye Mingsheng by then." Fight against each other!"
After listening to Sun Jing'an's words, Yin Biao sighed helplessly and said:
"I understand. Brother Sun, go talk to Fengwu Army! Get as many benefits as possible!"
"I know, I will do my best on this matter!"
Seeing Yin Biao agreeing, Sun Jingan also nodded slightly.
After talking about business, the two close friends chatted for a while, and then Sun Jingan said goodbye and left, getting on the carriage back home.
Sun Jing'an fell into silence while sitting in the carriage. After a cup of tea, he sighed slightly in the carriage. Although he had just talked loudly in front of Yin Biao about hiding one's strength, biding one's time and studying slowly, to be honest, what he said to himself was nothing. There is little confidence.
If we say that two years ago, when the world was still in chaos during the Great Zhou Dynasty, he and Yin Biao might still have a chance, but today the world has become two strong and one weak, and the three-legged force is in a strong position. , is already an extremely difficult thing!
And the opponent they need to face now is the heroic Ye Mingsheng of the Fengwu Army. In just a few years, he led the Fengwu Army to conquer such a large territory. He has single-handedly changed the structure of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In addition to In addition to being very brilliant militarily, what made Sun Jing'an even more uneasy was that the Fengwu Army's civil administration was also very successful... ·····”
Yin Biao, who is in charge of military affairs, may not know it, but he, the chief envoy, knows very well that the Fengwu Army's recent disaster relief and land distribution in Hebei and Henan has not only revitalized the ancient land of Hebei and Henan, but also Attracted the people of Qilu!
According to incomplete statistics so far, nearly 100,000 people have moved to Hebei and Henan with their families. Although other people have not moved away, they are also secretly looking forward to the early entry of the Fengwu Army into Hebei and Henan. Sun Jing'an was also very shocked by Ye Mingsheng's courage!
Everyone knows that if you want to get enough money and food, you need to start with the gentry and wealthy families. Those poor people have been squeezed to the point where they have very few money left. How much money can you squeeze out even if you beat them and suck out their marrow?
But this matter affects the whole body, so everyone is tied up, fearing the wolf before and the tiger behind, for fear of offending the entire interest group. Only Ye Mingsheng dares to think and do it, using iron and blood to force his will!
Faced with Ye Mingsheng and the Fengwu Army he led, even if Sun Jing'an was optimistic, he would not think that Yin Biao had much chance of winning. If Yin Biao wanted to win, there might be only one possibility, and that is God's blessing, Ye Mingsheng died suddenly, and the Fengwu Army was torn apart. But I heard that Ye Mingsheng was very young, he had just turned thirty this year, and he was in very good health, while Yin Biao was almost sixty. It seems that Yin Biao died suddenly. The possibility is higher!
To be honest, if he and Yin Biao were not close friends, when he was dealing with Cao Changping, Yin Biao would have followed him without hesitation, making Sun Jing'an feel that he owed Yin Biao a favor, otherwise he would have jumped to Fengwu now. The army is over there!
After all, as a civil servant, in today's troubled times, he is destined to have no possibility of becoming the boss. He must choose a lord to follow. Since he is choosing a lord, he must choose someone who seems to have a good future, and Ye Mingsheng Put together with Yin Biao, any fool knows how to choose...
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Yijing, Governor's Mansion, evening
Looking at the swaddled baby who was neither crying nor fussing, Ye Mingsheng asked the midwife worriedly:
"There won't be anything wrong with the child, right?"
After having a child, he is no longer the ignorant first brother. He knows that when the child is just born, it is healthier to cry loudly, but it may be abnormal if the child does not cry or fuss!
Faced with Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, the midwife hesitated for a moment and replied to Ye Mingsheng very cautiously:
"I'm telling you, Mr. Governor, there should be nothing wrong with the young master. He cried for a while when he first came out. Now he may be tired, so he stopped crying and making trouble. But this is a premature baby after all. Who knows what will happen in the future? I can’t say for sure!”
Ye Mingsheng glanced at his second son again, sighed secretly in his heart, and then said to the midwife:
"You have worked hard too. Take good care of Mrs. Shen. After serving Mrs. Shen well, go and collect the reward from the housekeeper!"
Upon hearing that there was a reward for the money, the midwives also looked happy, and they quickly assured Ye Mingsheng:
"Thank you sir, we promise to take good care of Mrs. Shen!"
After explaining the explanation, the midwife Ye Mingsheng also came to Shen Yutong. It can be seen that after knowing that she gave birth to a son, Shen Yutong was still a little excited. Ye Mingsheng calmed her down for a while and told her that he would treat their mother and son well in the future. ···························
After doing this, seeing that there was nothing he needed here, Ye Mingsheng looked at his second son again and left Shen Yutong's small courtyard.
Ye Mingsheng stopped when he walked out of the courtyard. Looking at the huge Ye Mansion in front of him, he was a little confused for a moment, not knowing where he should go tonight.
From a rational point of view, he should go to An Miaoyi. On the one hand, this is to continue to send out signals to support An Miaoyi. On the other hand, although An Miaoyi has never expressed it, and Shen Yutong was pregnant during her pregnancy, She has been busy trying to find the best doctor and the best midwife, but now that she knows that Shen Yutong is giving birth to a son, her heart must be very complicated, and she should calm her down at this time.
Although he thought he should do this from a rational point of view, Ye Mingsheng didn't really want to go in his heart. This didn't mean that he was tired of An Miaoyi, but that he had already dealt with military and political affairs for a day since 6 o'clock in the morning. , physically and mentally exhausted, and just now he was by Shen Yutong's side, fulfilling the obligations of a husband and a father to provide her with emotional value.
Now when he thinks of comforting An Miaoyi and continuing to provide emotional value to An Miaoyi, Ye Mingsheng really feels a sense of frustration. He feels that this is really too tiring. He doesn't want to do this at all, at least at this moment. Do this...
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Mingsheng walked towards the southeast. He had to follow his inner choice!
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