In Chengdu City, Xu Mugang returned from his inspection tour and hurried back to the palace.
"Lord, what's the situation?"
Xu Mu took a sip of tea and shook his head, "There is no trouble. However, because of Wenlong's plan to burn the warehouse, Nanlin County and Shunan are a little nervous."
"The strategy of burning the warehouse is designed to deal with the Grain King."
"That's right. I guess the Grain King is about to move. Chen Sheng said there is a man from An Shi Grain Company who wants to sell grain to Western Shu."
"Chen Anshi, Anshi Liang Company?"
Xu Mu nodded, "I have asked Yin Hu to investigate. If the evidence is conclusive, we can start from this grain store and find out the clues to the Grain King."
Jia Zhou thought for a moment and said, "The Grain King is not a simple person."
"I see."
Siege of Cangzhou, until the end, the King of Food did not appear. Instead, he simply gave up on the Demon Queen and went into hibernation again.
"By the way, before my lord left Chengdu, I received a letter from the King of Yuzhou, saying that he was going to Chengdu."
Xu Mu was startled, "What is he here for?"
"The letter said that anyway, winter is coming, Hebei has been pacified again, and there is no war. He will personally come to take Chang Wei back."
Xu Mu was a little speechless, but this was indeed like Uncle Chang's character.
"Lord, please keep the matter of the granary a secret from the King of Yuzhou."
"If he knew it himself, he wouldn't tell anyone about it. I understand him."
"My lord, you should know that at this time, the two of you are no longer in a business relationship. One sells rice to earn money, and the other buys rice to make wine... You two want to fight for the world."
Xu Mu listened silently.
No matter now or in the future, if he had other choices, he would not want to become an enemy with Toshiro.
Why? Chang Silang had a great opportunity due to the fact that the young marquis was on his side, but he did not take advantage of the opportunity to seize the entire inner city. When Ping Beidi invaded the border, no one in the world sent out troops. Only Chang Silang and him went to fight the national disaster.
He is obviously a protagonist and the most promising person to win the country, but he lives too loyally.
"Wenlong, when did this happen?"
"Four or five days ago, it arrived in a few days."
"Wenlong, if you and I are not talking about the war, we will just treat it as if I have an old friend coming from afar to have a happy gathering. Chang Silang dares to enter Shu personally, how can I, Xu Mu, with the heart of a villain, judge the heart of a gentleman."
"Listen to your lord." Jia Zhou was silent for a while and nodded, "Not to mention anything else, when I entered the inner city, it was the king of Yuzhou who helped me to save the family from being killed. But I still say the same thing, if your lord wants to gain hegemony, The land south of the Yangtze River must be occupied as soon as possible."
There is another sentence that Jia Zhou did not say. With the land south of the Yangtze River, even if the king of Yuzhou wants to take over the world in the future, Western Shu will also have the power to resist.
"Wenlong, I understand." Xu Mu answered humbly.
There was no snow in Shuzhou. When the weather was getting colder and colder, Chang Silang led more than a thousand horsemen and horses from Yuguan and arrived in Chengdu leisurely.
Xu Mu, who was greeted at the city gate, just raised his head and looked at Chang Shiro's horseback figure. The dogman was already on his horse, shouting at him.
"My son Xu Mu! Daddy is here to see you!"
The civilians and soldiers around him all looked startled.
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead and followed Chang Shiro's words and spoke in a somewhat depressed tone.
"My son Chang Xiaotang, father welcomes you."
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In the Chengdu Palace, even though Chang Silang was sitting, he didn't look like he was sitting. He crossed his legs and drank tea with his head raised comfortably.
"Originally I didn't want to come in person, but I miss you so much since I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm also afraid that if you go to war next year, hey, you might die on the battlefield if you're not paying attention."
Xu Mu directly chose to ignore this stupid scene.
"You don't know, when I left the inner city, my old counselor was running out of breath after chasing my horse, and refused to let me out of the city. I had to take action and plucked out a bunch of his beard, and he was embarrassed. Give up."
The old counselor is Liu Zhongde. It should be that he was worried that Chang Shiro would be assassinated if he entered Shu. But Xu Mu had no such plan.
"I have heard about the Chengdu granary. I asked you to make the album for Lian Nu earlier to stop the mouths of those aristocratic families. Otherwise, when there is a military discussion one day, these people will jump out and make a lot of noise. My ears hurt."
"Don't be afraid, I will send you some food and grass later."
Xu Mu was moved.
"It just so happens that when autumn comes in Liangzhou, a batch of good foals are born. I will send them to you when the time comes."
Chang Shiro smiled and raised his hand, pointing in the direction of Xu Mu.
"You are always like this, too cautious. My little master, from now on, you and I will not talk about the war, but just treat me as a distant guest who came to get together after not seeing each other for a long time."
"I think so too."
The world was in chaos, no matter what the future fate would be, at least for now, he and Chang Xiaotang were real old friends.
"Commander Jia, please don't think too much." Chang Silang turned his head and cupped his fist at Jia Zhou.
Jia Zhou also stood up and bowed, "This time the king of Yuzhou enters Shu, it is a blessing for me in Western Shu. I, Jia Wenlong, naturally welcome him respectfully."
"Compared with my Zhongde, you have a rare calmness. Otherwise, I will give you ten thousand taels a month. Hey, you can come and forget it with me."
Xu Mu looked speechless, and Jia Zhou also smiled and sat down. Anyone who knows Tsuneshiro well knows that this little brat is having fun again.
"Where's Sihu? I heard you got a wife?"
"I'm married, and I'm hiding in the house driving piles now."
Changshiro was stunned, laughing so hard that his eyes burst into tears.
"Back then I only ate steamed buns, but now I'm finally sensible. Look at Shahu's body. I don't know which girl belongs to a certain family. She sleeps like a mountain of buns every day——"
Xu Mu hurriedly signaled for Chang Silang to shut up.
Chang Shiro was startled, and when he looked back, he didn't know when Si Hu was already squatting in front of the palace gate, a pair of tiger eyes glaring at him.
Seeing this, Chang Shiro didn't change his expression and took a pack of oil paper from his arms.
"Changyang City's braised beef weighs three kilograms. Chengdu doesn't have such good stuff. I treat you as an old friend. If you stare at me again, I'll throw it to the street to feed the dogs."
Si Hu hurriedly ran over happily, grabbed the braised beef, and hurried aside.
Chang Shiro retracted his movements with satisfaction and looked at Xu Mu again, "My dear boss, as for you, I also brought a gift. However, you can open it after I leave."
Changshiro continued to touch his arms and took out a letter.
"What is this?"
"Although I won't talk about the war, I have heard about the situation in Xishu in recent times. I had nothing to do, so I asked several big families in the inner city and found out some things. It's all in the letter. "
After receiving the letter, Xu Mu didn't move for a long time.
"You are so stupid that you really want to thank me and give me another five thousand foals——"
"Okay." Xu Mu nodded.
This time, it was Tsuneshiro's turn to be stunned.
"I'm just telling you, you really agreed. Damn it, I should have known that I would have said 50,000 horses." Changshiro beat his chest and stamped his feet.
There is no shortage of horses in the inner city, especially after Yanzhou was captured. Xu Mu only felt that Chang Shiro's friendship was worth a lot of things.
"My son Chang Xiaotang."
"My son Xu Mu, what's wrong?"
"I remember that day you said that when the world is at peace, you and I will spread out a straw mat among the green mountains and green waters and have a good cup of old friend tea."
"Of course, I brought little Taotao's spiritual tablet with me, and the three of us sat together. I think he will be very happy."
Xu Mu smiled.
Changshiro raised his head and said in a carefree voice, "Whenever we really have to fight, no one will hold back. We are all bastards. Whoever wins will be a good fucking emperor."
"If you don't do it well, you will bark like a dog and call daddy three hundred times after you get to hell."
"Hey, my son Xu Mu is so good."
"I'll fuck you, uncle!"
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