What else could Bailang say? He couldn't say a word, at least he couldn't promise anything.
But not agreeing is to leave a way out for yourself, and it also prevents the other party from feeling that you are easy to control. But some intentions can be expressed.
For example, Bailang sent Chen Shen out of the door and gave him a hand when he got into the carriage. This kind of flattering gesture clearly expressed a certain attitude. Chen Shen, who had not received the letter in the end, felt much better.
Isn't this a hint that is close to expressing one's stance? You are all helping me, don't you think you are a subordinate? Chen Shen thought to himself. So he nodded and said goodbye to Bailang and left.
And Bai Lang naturally knew what his actions of helping Chen Shen get into the car just now meant. To put it nicely, it means taking a stand and giving yourself a dwarf. To put it mildly, he was pretending to be a grandson in front of Chen Shen.
What does this little bit of self-deprecation mean? In the knife shop, Bai Lang often pretends to be a grandson in front of others. It's not a crotch humiliation, it's just a few words to soften it, a few bends, it's a trivial matter.
After coaxing Chen Shen away, Bai Lang returned to his study at home with a straight face and a worried look on his face, and did not go out again. He needs to think through his thoughts.
After leaving, Chen Shen went directly out of the city and returned to the military camp outside the city.
Liu Jianyu is playing with the sand table that was just completed this morning in the big tent. This sand table took his scouts more than half a month to work on, repeatedly comparing and refining it, and finally it was finalized and placed in front of him. Now he can most intuitively look at the geographical conditions around Yongchuan City and make more precise arrangements for defense.
"General."
"Back? What do you mean?" Liu Jianyu didn't look at Chen Shen who walked into the tent after the roll call. He continued to watch the large sand table with a radius of more than three feet in front of him circling around.
Chen Shen bowed and replied: "General, that Bailang City Mansion is not bad. You didn't take advantage of me at the beginning. Later, I forced you into a corner, so you reluctantly gave me a "we can talk" attitude. And He is obviously very tempted by the terms you gave him.”
"I'm tempted by the conditions, but I don't dare to express my position directly. I can only hint, leaving a hole for myself to move around. Is this what you mean?"
"Yes, General. I can feel that Bai Lang has no real loyalty to Feng Mingyuan. They are all forced and have no choice."
"Yes! I don't have a choice! What right do those gangsters in the knife shop have to choose? You have to eat shit if you are told to eat it, and you have to hold it in a shit tank if you are told to. They are treated like dogs all day long and may be beaten at any time. Just clean it up and replace it with a clean one. Who can be so loyal?
So I ask you to poach people. Now it looks like the problem is the same as I thought before. There is no trouble for Bai Lang. All he needs to get him away from Feng Mingyuan is enough benefits. The main problem lies with Feng Mingyuan.
Guess what Feng Mingyuan will think if you go to Bailang this time? "
Chen Shen also smiled and replied: "General, Feng Mingyuan will either be suspicious of Bai Lang, or he will let Bai Lang stumbling upon our recruits. Anyway, they are not on the same path as us, so there is no way they can do anything good."
"There is also a possibility that he will ask Bai Lang to pretend to surrender."
Hearing this, Chen Shen was quite surprised. He hesitated and said uncertainly: "General, does Feng Mingyuan really have such confidence in Bai Lang? Where did he get his confidence?"
Chen Shen felt that what his general said just now was a bit unbelievable. How could anyone regard someone who they always use as a tool and change at will as a die-hard loyalist? Aren't you afraid of betrayal?
At this time, Liu Jianyu turned his attention from the sand table, looked at Chen Shen, and said with a smile: "Confidence? You are not from an old aristocratic family, so naturally you will not understand the "natural" confidence of an old aristocratic family. The ones in their hands Everyone has a handle or has been trained by them. Naturally, they have a lot of confidence. Once they form a habit, it becomes a habit to be loyal and play casually that everyone takes for granted.
But Bailang was different. You also had it checked. The innocent locals of Yongchuan City really gained power by relying on their own killing methods and brains. There is no original loyalty cultivated by the family behind Feng Mingyuan.
There is a possibility.
But once we join the army, can we get any leverage into our pockets?
In the past years, perhaps the Feng family had this ability. But now, dream! "
After Liu Jianyu finished speaking, he walked to the table and sat down. He picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip. He then said, "Don't be stingy about the benefits you give Bailang. The deputy general of the partial camp is actually what should be given to him. After all, he is leading the manpower." Those who came here, and those scoundrels in the sword hall are good at fighting bad battles, and they are all warriors. These people may need to be trained to use them normally, and at the same time, they must be prevented from causing trouble in the camp. But now the city is being defended That would be no problem, leave it to Bailang to take charge, and maybe he can even become a rare soldier.
You can continue to give him more after that. Whether it's spiritual stones or elixirs, even magic methods and techniques cannot be considered.
It's not about friendship. Any talk of great righteousness is false. Only benefits and harms are real. The more you give him, the more you know how good we are, and the more you feel how uncomfortable it is to be with Feng Mingyuan. After a long time, Bailang is a smart man. How could he not know that in this war-torn world, there is nowhere safer than staying in the military?
And you also speculated before that the Ministry of War Yamen might really force us to take action at knife shops in various places. This may also involve some high-level games in the temple. Coupled with the current situation, it should be the general trend to integrate knife shops. The city lords of each city should not obstruct it on the surface. But there will definitely be constant little tricks in private.
So what could be a better outcome than putting one of your own into someone else's arms and acting as the guilty party? "
When Liu Jianyu was in Yuzhong Military Mansion, he had some contact with children of aristocratic families. There are many people from both new and old families. I often thought in my mind that after all, there was no war at that time, so if you wanted to join the army in the Hong Dynasty, you would have to move among the old and new families. So I have learned a lot of useful things over the years. Regarding "confidence", this is one of Liu Jianyu's own conclusions.
"General, should we go directly to Feng Mingyuan?"
"What are you going to do there? The last time Feng Mingyuan invited us to discuss the industrial park, it turned out that the Liao family, Xu family and the other four families messed up, and then nothing happened with Feng Mingyuan immediately. This person is a thief, and He likes to show off his family's reputation. It's tiring to deal with such people.
Send him a handwritten letter. You write it and I'll print it and sign it. Then attach the urgent order from the Ministry of War to them. Let them look at it and then return it. "
"What if Feng Mingyuan refuses?"
"No?" Liu Jianyu was silent for a while and then said with a smile: "Then force him to conquer!"
(End of chapter)
