Fei Yuxin is extremely fast, and he also adopts the ladder mode of the post station. After exhaustion, he will stop at the post station to eat and rest, and the copper pipe will be removed and installed on another Fei Yu to continue. So Zhang Yan had just started his journey, and before he even left Beijiang County, the news about Feiyu had already reached Yang Sheng in the palace of Yuanding Imperial City.
"You want gems?" Yang Sheng was quite surprised. He never thought that Zhang Yan would make such a request. I have thought that the other person wants money or power. But if you spend your own money to collect the "stone of longevity", this...
I wrote to him before just to give him enough face. A strong man with mysterious means is worthy of Yang Sheng's respect. Of course, the "strong" he respects does not refer to Zhang Yan's killing methods, but his ability to refine bone-strengthening pills, as well as the "Medicine to Refiner Skin and Flesh" and the kind of burning paper and then swallowing it mentioned by Princess Qingling. A way to gain powerful gains.
The letter was written by Xiao Shu himself to Yang Sheng. The above describes in detail how he negotiated the conditions with Zhang Yan, almost reciting the original words.
"For what method is the longevity stone important to him?" Yang Sheng muttered to himself and put the letter away.
Although the longevity stone is not cheap, it may not be the top or first-class gemstone. There are many outputs in Nanyuan Kingdom and even other places. The actual application is limited to a limited number of types of jewelry. There is a lot of stock, but sales have been mediocre.
Now that Zhang Yan wants to take away the longevity stones produced in the mines between Linxia and Yumen, as well as between the two places, this is not a big price for Yang Sheng. Even if it only depends on the value, it is not a big price. Easy to say. Even the government-run ore owners and the owners of private mines will be very happy. Because the longevity stone usually does not have such a large quantity and stable buyers.
"Go ahead, if there are longevity stones in the veins in the royal family's hands, keep them all and not sell them. You can also take some of the ones on the market outside." Yang Sheng didn't care if it would raise the price of longevity stones. What he cares about is that since the longevity stone is valued by Zhang Yan, it must be important. The Royal Household Office is not short of money, so it just stocked up on some longevity stones and looked at them while walking.
According to the journey, it would take Zhang Yan half a month to reach Yuanding at the earliest. The time should be able to catch up with the deadline agreed with Huayue Kingdom. As long as Zhang Yan is really as capable as Princess Qingling said. After that, the three competitions have a good chance of winning.
As for what to do if you lose? Yang Sheng was actually already considering it.
"Is there no reply from Shi Xuan yet?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Go to Jiuyu again to urge him! Letting him take charge of the Eastern Army does not mean that he will defend the Tonghu Pass, but that he can go south and give confidence to Vietnam and China. Once he is asked to move, he must give me A resounding answer!”
"It's your Majesty. I'm going to ask someone to give Commander Shi another Jiyu reminder."
The people below hurriedly went to prepare Jiyu's orders to the Eastern Army camp. This is already the third urgent letter the emperor has sent to the Eastern Army in the past half month.
Nearly 90% of the southeastern cross-water channel was cut off, which had a great impact on the entire eastern counties of Nanyuan Kingdom. Moreover, Chilin's Huayue Navy has repeatedly approached Yuezhong Water Village to provoke them. One of them was even late at night. If an oversight had not been discovered, no one could be sure whether Hua Yueguo would have been limited to "provocation." Because there are only two important figures in Huayue in Nanyuan Kingdom. With Guo Yulong's strength, it is not impossible to protect a Princess Baowen and sneak away.
Therefore, the entire southeastern part of Nanyuan Kingdom is now filled with the sounds of wind, cranes, and vegetation. There are no strong points to defend in the southeastern terrain. Once the defense line is breached, there is a risk of being defeated thousands of miles away. If the time comes to directly penetrate Yuanding, it will be fatal.
So Yang Sheng wrote to Shi Xuan and asked him if he could go south to fill the gap in the southeast at any time in the near future and provide strength support for the front line of Vietnam and China. Even if something unexpected happens, it can still block the possibility of Huayue Kingdom turning north and turning west to attack Yuanding.
This is the main reason why Yang Sheng placed Shi Xuan as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army and the general manager of the Eastern Army Road. Otherwise, although Beiwu is also a serious enemy, it is blocked by Tonghu Pass. How difficult would it be to break through and go south? Is it necessary to put nearly 30% of the main force of Nanyuan Kingdom there?
However, although he did not get the fastest reply from Shi Xuan, Yang Sheng never doubted Shi Xuan's loyalty. Without absolute trust, Yang Sheng would not put Shi Xuan in such an important position. He thought that Shi Xuan had other plans because he failed to reply in time.
Yang Sheng put down his pen. All the copper bars on the right hand side have been reviewed and approved. But there was still a roll of notes on the desk in front of him that he had taken out specifically to ponder carefully.
"Why......"
How about managing state affairs that is difficult? Not to mention a lot of things, various accidents always happen. The changes in the current situation are testing people's judgment and decision-making.
Huayue's shamelessness here made Nanyuan Kingdom feel the pressure from the upper country on the other side of the river. To the west, it was equally stressful. They were even killed until rivers of blood flowed out.
To the east of Nanyuan Kingdom across the river is Huayue Shangguo, and to the west is naturally Haoyue Demon Kingdom.
Unlike Huayue, the Demon Kingdom and the Nanyuan Kingdom never used any small tricks or tricks in the fight. They started with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The comparison is absolute hard power and toughness on the battlefield.
Chonglan County in the west became particularly stable because of Song Qinghe's appointment. That method called the Bagua Formation has achieved excellent results in the terrain of Yubei Mountain.
But this time, it was not Chonglan County that was anxious, but Xiyuan County in the southwest.
Chonglan County is coveted by the demon clan for the Yushan Fruit on the mountain. And what the demon clan covets in Xiyuan County is the vast fertile land. They don't farm, but they like to plunder. Comes every year. But this year, it has the momentum of sweeping Saiyuan County. Not only was the formation huge, but they fought all the way without collecting the food and withdrawing it as before. Instead, they made a move to continue advancing and attack the core town of Baishi in Xiyuan County.
What is now on Yang Sheng's desk is a joint request for help from Li Mi, the governor of Xiyuan County, and Wang Wuqi, the general manager of the Western Military Road. They hope to send at least 20,000 soldiers to Xiyuan County as soon as possible for reinforcements, instead of just relying on criminal soldiers rushing to reinforce the past, which is useless. It simply cannot solve Xiyuan County’s current difficulties.
But the more this happened, the less Yang Sheng dared to easily dispatch troops from elsewhere to rush for reinforcements. When Dongfang was also distracted by Huayue. It is even more impossible to mess up the position.
After unfolding the copper bar and looking at it carefully from the beginning. Yang Sheng suddenly gained a fierce arrogance. Finally, I picked up the red pen on the table and wrote eight words on the copper strip: Wait for my 20,000 forbidden troops to assist you!
"Draft the decree, and immediately mobilize 20,000 Imperial City forbidden troops to rush to Xiyuan County. Holding military symbols, report to the Ministry of War Yamen for endorsement, and order arrows to be sent to all gates of the Imperial City and along the way. Food and grass from various places are prepared in advance for the army..."
