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Chapter 170 Yuzhou
Wei Zhuang's thoughts were completely confused by Zhuo Ran's words. It was originally a matter of Yuzhou and Yongzhou, but why did it suddenly involve Beili.He had heard a thing or two about the food and payment issue that Zhuo Ran mentioned, but he had only heard about it. How could Yuzhou be blamed?

His mind is in a mess, this young man is not simple.Although Zhuo Ran couldn't persuade Wei Zhuang to agree to his request, he could break his defense.The replacement of the state capital is not important to Wei Zhuang, because he doesn't care about rights, but he is afraid that he will hurt his family if he does something wrong.

Now he only has one daughter and one counselor left.

Zhuo Ran drank tea to moisten his throat, and waited for Wei Zhuang to speak.Originally, it was possible not to cause such a stalemate, but Zhuo Ran had no choice but to use threats and lures, because time was tight and tasks were heavy, and Wei Zhuang had to respond as soon as possible.

They didn't want to face Zhuo Ran's problem directly, and naturally understood that Zhuo Ran would not let it go, but would use other methods, but what Zhuo Ran said was too much in line with what they were afraid of, it seems that if they don't give Zhuo Ran an attitude today, Then today's meal must not be enough, and he can't think that Zhuo Ran can leave Yuzhou easily.

One point she raised was exactly what Wei Zhuang had been worried about.Yuzhou does have grain. In addition to meeting the basic grain supply, there are also stocks in the granary. He dare not use these grains. This is to compensate for the bad harvest a few days ago.But he will not give up on everyone who comes to take refuge, and his temperament will never allow himself to do such a thing, but the reality is that if this continues, Yuzhou himself will be hollowed out.Furthermore, although they have not been threatened by He Xi, this will not be permanent. Emperor Taiping has not slowed down now. There are no such good days.

Although Wei Zhuang is not very smart, he can see these things clearly.Naturally, Meng Weidao was more transparent than Wei Zhuang. He looked at Wei Zhuang and shook his head slightly.Wei Xun had been watching the words and expressions, and when he saw Meng Weidao's reaction, he knew that Zhuo Ran's calculation had come true.But next, whether Zhuo Ran will stay in Yuzhou to help them prepare for a rainy day or go back to Tuzhou to meet his elder brother first, he can't guess, but no matter which one, Zhuo Ran will definitely show his face in an upright manner.

Wei Zhuang pointed his fingers at the chopsticks, and said in a deep voice: "Zhuo Siye's words are not unreasonable, but what should be done in Yuzhou now. To be honest, we don't know about the food and salary, and we have no chance to understand other things. The state has nothing to do with the rest of the world, why is that so."

Zhuo Ran heard him let go, and naturally understood that Meng Weidao was the default.She thought for a moment and said: "Yuzhou is aloof from the world, but others may not think so. Emperor Chongwen didn't like to rule, and he didn't want everyone to be out of his control, so Yi Dong didn't dare to rebel, Beili He Xiqi was strangled by Li Xunchuan and Ye Baiqi, so Emperor Chongwen is still better than Emperor Taiping. Yuzhou hasn't communicated with Gaodu for a long time, and he doesn't know Yan Chengxuan's cruelty. For such a thing, we will definitely not give up the guarding of various places easily, it is only a matter of time."

Wei Zhuang is only worried about people's livelihood.Zhuo Ran could see that he was hesitating, but these hesitations were unreasonable but very important.She said: "But don't worry, the governor of the state. I have at least 2000 people under my command. If there is time, I can also seek help from Beili."

What Yuzhou thinks is that more things are worse than less things. Beili Champion Hou is a wanted criminal, how dare he ask Li Yuchuan's people for help.Besides, how could Zhuo Ran, a girl like her, be able to see the situation clearly? Just now Wei Zhuang let go of Meng Weidao's wink, but now he looked at Meng Weidao incomprehensibly, and sighed deeply.

Zhuo Ran knew that Wei Zhuang was still thinking about Yuzhou, she said: "Actually, Mr. Wei, you don't have to worry too much. Zhuo Ran said something unfair, Beili now has Li Yanchuan, but when I take the imperial city, Beili You can only unite with us, and we will only be allies at that time. Besides, Chi Yue and I have a deep friendship, so he can still help with this job."

Wei Zhuang frowned.It is both exciting and regrettable to enter the capital Li Yuchuan and take the word Chi Yue. The champion Hou Yue crosses thousands of mountains and rivers. This is a pity.At that time, Li Yanchuan's hatred for Zhuo Ran even spread to everyone's heart invisible, it could be described as a sworn hatred, Zhuo Ran called Li Yanchuan's name at this time, and Wei Zhuang felt that the rumors from outside could not be fully believed.Li Xunchuan can represent the whole Beili, but not Xiao Qijing. The current King of Beili is not Li Xunchuan.

Zhuo Ran had to find a reason to ask for help, Yuzhou couldn't send him out just because of Zhuo Ran's words, Wei Zhuang was not a fool.Zhuo Ran said that she could ask Li Yanchuan to help, but in fact she didn't know what to do. She was worried about the situation Li Yanchuan would encounter after returning to Beili, but without using Li Yanchuan as a cover, it was impossible for these people to follow her hard.Zishatang is not to be used as cannon fodder. Zhuo Ran wants to have a perfect plan, but he must sacrifice something.

The only one who sacrificed was Zhuo Ran.

Only Nanxiang survived.

Wei Xun guessed Zhuo Ran completely this time, he didn't say anything but thought of going with Zhuo Ran.Zhuo Ran had no choice but to face He Xi in person, and borrowed He Xi to win Tuzhou and Yuzhou, and formally use the identity of Nanxiang to face the world.

But it was too risky.

Wei Xun took a step forward and handed Zhuo Ran a handkerchief to wipe off his sweat.Zhuo Ran raised her eyes to look at Wei Xun, and saw that there was worry in his eyes, but there was nothing to comfort him at this moment, she just cast her tenderly and indifferently, Wei Xun took a step back, and lowered her eyes.

Meng Weidao secretly thought that Zhuo Ting raised him, and he is worthy of being a descendant of Nanhuan. Zhuo Ran has a profound mind, which is far beyond the reach of ordinary people. After walking two steps towards Zhuo Ran, he was silent for a long time before, and now he thought it over before he said: "Zhuo Siye must have extra requirements, you might as well say it first."

Zhuo Ran calmed down and said: "Master Meng's words are very true. I really want to ask for something. I borrow Yuzhou to use it. I don't want Yuzhou to become my vassal. On the contrary, I want Yuzhou to be my vassal." Completely become an indestructible fortress, able to communicate with Yongxintu Sanzhou and Beili."

"Yuzhou has a unique geographical location," Meng Weidao said. "It is indeed a good place, but to develop Yuzhou into what Zhuo Siye said, it is useless to kill He Xi."

Zhuo Ran nodded lightly, and Meng Weidao went on to say: "He Xi is just an insignificant obstacle. The biggest obstacle lies in Niehan Mountain and the ancient Qiang people. After the fall of Yongxintu Sanzhou, it became like this. Zhuo Siye can Taking advantage of Nie Han Mountain to avoid the wind, but Zhuo Siye's plan will be ruined one day. Besides, if the ancient Qiang people are driven out here, they will only return to the ancient Qiang, and then it will be troublesome again. Zhuo Siye can imagine Well, how should these people be dealt with?"

Zhuo Ran raised her eyebrows: "Why do you want to deal with it? Master Meng, although we have grievances with the ancient Qiang people, these refugees are not. After the changes in the past few years, they are no different from us, and cannot bear the crimes of the ancient Qiang leaders. It's not fair to them. Master Wei Zhuang loves the people like his son, and he definitely doesn't want to see this happen. But what Master Meng said is naturally possible, but it doesn't affect it. I form an alliance with Nie Hanshan, and he will definitely think about it. There is no way to stop this kind of thing from happening, and we don't need to worry about it."

Wei Zhuang looked at Zhuo Ran and said, "Zhuo Siye has formed an alliance with Nie Hanshan, so Zhuo Siye thinks Nie Hanshan is trustworthy?"

"It's not unbelievable." Zhuo Ran said, "He holds the lifeline of Yongzhou in his hands. I haven't found out many things. Naturally, he also hides things from me. As long as I do my things well, he will There will be no chance of chaos, I can assure you two."

Meng Weidao shook his head: "Zhuo Siye still doesn't know what a wolf's ambition is. Nie Hanshan's purpose is not pure, Zhuo Siye should not steal chickens and lose money, and mess up the arrangements behind him."

Zhuo Ran smiled: "No."

Although she was smiling, she said these two words very solemnly.Meng Weidao praised that this person is really calm and elite, every word Zhuo Ran said has its own reason, although there are many things they don't know, but they can feel that Zhuo Ran has a firm mind, a well-thought-out plan, and more than tenacity.This is not fake.

Meng Weidao nodded, glanced sideways at Wei Zhuang, and said, "Then what is Zhuo Siye's arrangement?"

***
If the snow in Beili is to fall, it will be endless, but this year, the temperature has only dropped sharply, and there is no sign of snowfall at all.Li Junyi would prepare winter clothes for Li Yuchuan every year, although he didn't know when he would come back.Li Junyi asked the women in the camp to help buy clothes for the imperial army, and only after a few words with Li Xunchuan, Shang Luoqiu and several veterans came back, and when they saw that Li Xunchuan's armor hadn't been removed in time, he called them into the big tent Asked.

There are many things this year. Li Junyi has been worrying about the war between Xiao Qijing and Gu Qiang since the birth of his little daughter at the beginning of the year. Gaodu is in turmoil and Beili is not peaceful. Before he has time to prepare clothes for Li Yuchuan, Li Junyi can only take out the changes from last year.Li Xunchuan lost a lot of weight, Li Junyi hastily measured his size, turned on a lamp at night, hooked up a needle and thread.

Xiao Ziyi was coaxed to sleep by Li Yuchuan, and now he was holding Xiao Qijing's arm on the couch, humming softly from time to time.Li Junyi frowned slightly, walked over and took Xiao Ziyi's little hand away, covered him with a quilt alone, shook Xiao Qijing's cold hand again, and stroked his eyebrows and eyes lightly.

Xiao Qijing's fingertips moved slightly, Li Junyi grabbed his finger in surprise, and called softly: "Ah Jing..."

Xiao Qijing struggled to open his eyelids, he concentrated for a moment before regaining his clarity and seeing Li Junyi's face clearly.He pulled his lips and smiled, touched Li Junyi's knuckles, and said in a hoarse voice, "Ah... Has Ah come back?"

"I'm back." Li Junyi leaned down and said softly, "I'm back, don't worry, the master and the general are also back, and they are talking with Ah Yang in the tent right now."

Xiao Qijing nodded when he heard the words, Li Junyi looked at him with the faint light, Xiao Qijing's eyes were reflected with a very light color, he raised his hand to caress the wound covered with gauze, and Li Junyi pressed his hand.

"Don't worry, I'll send someone to call a military doctor." Li Junyi said softly, "I'll go see how they're talking and call them over."

"Let me go over." Xiao Qijing was about to stand up after finishing speaking, Li Junyi hurriedly pressed his other shoulder, and turned his eyes to the couch, Xiao Qijing looked back and saw Xiao Ziyi was in a deep sleep, but looked at Li Junyi incomprehensibly .

"Listen to me." Li Junyi covered the quilt for him, turned around and left the tent.

Shang Luoqiu was very happy to see Li Yuchuan come back, but after saying a few words, he felt that he was not as excited as before.His worn out old armor was stained with blood, he only took off the helmet and talked to Li Yanchuan, and at the moment he was halfway through the conversation before slowly removing all the arm armor and so on.They had something to discuss, so there was no one serving in the big tent, so Shang Luoqiu threw the armor on the long table behind him.

Sitting on Shang Luoqiu's left and right is Beili's left and right commander. The fierce-looking one has been Li Yanchuan's master for a few days and taught him a good set of boxing techniques. His name is Zuo Qiuhong.Although the other face is benevolent, his behavior style is the same as Shang Luoqiu's. He used to be Shang Luoqiu's partner, and the relationship between the two is also a teacher and a friend. Their name is Tao Qianzhu.Both of them were Li Yanchuan's right-hand men at that time, and when they saw Li Yanchuan came back, they were full of things to say and ask, but they always felt that Li Yanchuan's temperament had completely changed, which made them dare not make more movements.

It's hard to say exactly what changed in Li Xunchuan, but they could see from Li Xunchuan's words that he didn't seem to have completely forgotten that he was a champion.

Li Xunchuan and Shang Luoqiu talked about the ten tribes of the ancient Qiang. Whether it was the border or Beili, the ancient Qiang people were everywhere.Shang Luoqiu said in a deep voice: "Aggamura only showed his face once, and after hurting Ah Jing, he went back with Baier. The one I met near Cangshan Mountain is the Baishi tribe."

"It's not unreasonable to start with a zero part. As long as Agamula still exists, their backbone will not be changed." Shang Luoqiu said, "According to what you mean, that Zhe Shicuo has been attacking the border. If Ye If Bai Qi does not guard, then Yongxin Tu Sanzhou will be completely gone."

This is true.The three states of Yongxintu and the others have not been fully included. Speaking of which, these three places are treasure lands for prey to eat and divide. The left side of Yongxintu is the Luxi mountain stream. But Agamula is not afraid, he still has Baier, and so many tribes, he believes that Beili will be defeated because of the civil strife in Dayu, and because Li Yanchuan has become the target of public criticism.

But the fact seems to be not as simple as they imagined, because Zhuo Ran hasn't shown his limelight yet.Li Xunchuan knew that Zhuo Ran must have a way to take down these three states, but he must need his help. If the people in Zisha Hall really wanted to face the people in He Xi, they might really have problems.But now he needs to confirm his status to everyone, so that he can arrange for people to go to Yongzhou to help.

Li Yanchuan is the champion, and Xiao Qijing is the king of Beili, but this king of Beili was only named after Li Yanchuan left. Now that Li Yanchuan is back, is he a prince or a prince? Hou Gao is first class.This is an explanation for the entire Beili.

Besides, now that Li Yanchuan has returned to Beili, it is completely reversed.Shang Luoqiu raised his eyes and looked at Li Yanchuan: "Ah Yang, tell me, what do you think?"

Li Xunchuan had been thinking for a long time when he came, he didn't want to replace Xiao Qijing as the prince, because it was unreasonable, he still had the forbidden army, if the forbidden army really couldn't adapt to Beili, how should he properly arrange the forbidden army.More importantly, he didn't want to embarrass Zhuo Ran. Now that he proclaims himself king, that would be a disrespect to Zhuo Ran. The Beili people don't know about Zhuo Ran yet. Seeing Li Yanchuan hesitate, he couldn't help feeling even more anxious.

Zhuo Ran is going to be the emperor, he believes that Zhuo Ran can take that position, but now he must find a way to subdue Beili and those who hinder Zhuo Ran from moving forward.He can't talk to them about Zhuo Ran yet, Beili is facing more important matters now, and he can't delay the business.

Li Yuchuan's face remained unchanged, and he said, "I'll be Lord Hou. My brother-in-law knows the situation in Beili better than I do these years. But these are really not important to me. Master, I followed Jun'an and Zhe at the border. Showing a fight, they all replaced with more sophisticated weapons, among which firearms are even more powerful. They used kerosene. I had this idea in Gaodu before, but I stopped temporarily for some reasons. , I didn’t expect them to be one step ahead of me.”

"Firearms?" Shang Luoqiu thought for a while and said, "We also have firearms. In fact, it is also possible to speed up the transformation, but you have to take out the blueprints first."

Li Xunchuan spread his hands.Zuo Qiuhong glanced at him sideways: "Master Hou, do you still have something to tell us?"

"Huh?" Li Yanchuan raised his eyebrows, "No."

Shang Luoqiu said seriously: "I heard that you escaped from Gaodu together with Ye Ji. I didn't expect Xiqi to turn against him."

Tao Qianzhu went on to say: "Ye Wei is definitely not willing to rebel, it must be Ye Ji's request. But I think Lord Hou and General Ye did the right thing. Emperor Taiping ascended the throne, so naturally he has to find a way to restrain Beili and Xiqi. We are now Take down Gu Qiang and build a defense line in Beili, no matter how he restrains us, it will not have any effect."

"That makes sense." Zuo Qiuhong said, "Emperor Taiping also heard that he imprisoned his father's student, named Wen Rongxi, and stayed with him in the harem all day long. I don't think this man is very good. In this way, this emperor will definitely not last long."

Shang Luoqiu kept looking at Li Yanchuan's expression, and he said, "Ah Yan has been frowning, but do you have any ideas?"

Li Xunchuan shook his head when he came back to his senses, and said, "Master, it's nothing. I was just thinking that we should deal with Gu Qiang well now, and we don't care about Emperor Taiping's affairs. Anyway, I have turned my back on him now, and General Zhonglang If he doesn't care about the border, Emperor Taiping must find a way to deal with this matter. He has lost Ye Ji and Ye Baiqi, and he must find another person to take the top. We don't have to be afraid of what Emperor Taiping will do, just find a good time .”

Shang Luoqiu looked at him sideways: "What happened to Gaodu at that time? I heard that Ye Ji also kidnapped Yan Qingyao."

Li Xunchuan blinked and said, "That's General Ye's business. She has a grudge with Yan Qingyao, which has nothing to do with me. To be honest, I don't think it's called abduction. Ye Ji treats Yan Qingyao the same way she treats Ye Lan. So, I didn't see anything wrong with it."

(End of this chapter)