Wentang

Chapter 295
"Have you ever caught a snake?" Yue Shan asked back.

"No, does this have anything to do with catching snakes?" Sun Fucai asked.

At this time Liu Rengui came in from outside the house, since Zhao Jingcheng was let go, naturally there was no need to go to his house to arrest him.

"Snakes are the best at hiding themselves. It is difficult to be found when they are lurking. Therefore, snake catchers will carry a very long pole and keep beating on the grass and trees. The snake will run out when it hears the sound. This is called Surprise the snake." Yue Shan explained.

The idiom "beat the grass to scare the snake" only appeared in the Song Dynasty, so he explained a lot.

Liu Rengui and Xi Junmai showed all their thoughts, while Sun Fucai said in surprise: "I understand. Zhao Jingcheng is the pole. You want to use him to muddy the water in Dezhou, so that those who hide in the dark will jump out." right?"

Yue Shan nodded, and said: "Actually, I hope that the Zhao family can honestly help me collect evidence, and don't be that pole."

"But in this case, how can we tell who is the enemy?" Sun Fucai asked in confusion.

"Why do we have to distinguish between the enemy and us? Just kill them together." Yue Shan said lightly.

"Ah?" Sun Fucai exclaimed, Xi Junmai and Liu Rengui also looked at him in surprise.

"There are too many things I have to do, and there will be great resistance. I have to use thunderous means to deter most people from the beginning, so that they dare not participate." Yue Shan explained.

"This..." Sun Fucai still couldn't accept it.

"Once my plan is completed, the country's annual revenue will increase by three or four times, and the common people will also be able to eat cheap salt. At that time, we will no longer have to worry about money and food, and we can form more troops to counterattack the Turks." Yue Shan continued. .

Turks can be said to be the heart disease of everyone in the Tang Dynasty, the enemy that every soldier dreams of defeating.So when they heard that Yue Shan's plan had affected the war against the Turks, the eyes of Liu Rengui and Xi Junmai immediately became firm.

In order to defeat the Turks, what's the point of killing some moths and rats?That is their pleasure.

"What if instead of deterring them, let them unite against us?" Sun Fucai still worried.

"That's why the sage asked me to bring Baiqisi with me and gave me the right to cut first and then play later. If you don't accept it, kill them. Let's see if it's the sharpness of the sword in our hands, or their hard neck." Yue Shan said .

Hearing these murderous words, Liu Rengui and Xi Junmai felt their blood boil, and they wished to draw their swords and kill the Quartet immediately.

However, the two of them did not see that Sun Fucai and Yue Shan looked at each other with complacent eyes.

Of course, these conversations were designed by the two of them, but they just never found a suitable opportunity to talk about them.The appearance of Zhao Jingcheng happened to be an opportunity, and the two of them took advantage of the opportunity to complete the plan.

It is helpless to do so.Baiqisi is both his safety guarantee and the knife in his hand.They must be truly on the same side as him, so that the follow-up plan can proceed smoothly.

How can Baiqisi support him unreservedly?The best way to do this is to shape a common goal.

"But... if you kill too much and it's hard to explain to the court, your own reputation will also be affected." Sun Fucai continued to ask.

"Compared with such a great enemy as the Turks, personal honor and disgrace are nothing. Even if the Turks are destroyed, there will still be Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, Liuzhao, Lingnan... We cannot leave these enemies to future generations." Yue Shan Dayi Ling Ran the way:
"Use my generation's sacrifice to bring about eternal peace for Great Tang."

"Use my generation's sacrifice to bring peace to the Tang Dynasty forever." Before Sun Fucai had time to speak, Liu Rengui and Xi Junmai shouted excitedly.

Yue Shan was also a little surprised, but he wisely didn't say anything when he saw the two frenzied fighters.He gave Sun Fucai a wink who was also a little surprised, the plan was completed, let's talk about something else quickly.

"I'm also curious, how did you realize that Zhao Jingcheng was pretending?" Sun Fucai changed the subject calmly, but he was really curious about this question.

Yue Shan explained his conjecture to the three of them, and finally said: "But at this time, I just doubted it, so I tried him, and he was scared in the end."

"So that's it. Is this what you mean by reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles?" Sun Fucai said admiringly.

"That's right. Learning is actually in life. We must be good at observing, discovering, and learning." Yue Shan said.

"Taught." Sun Fucai cupped his hands and said, "What about that postman, arrest him?"

"He's just an ordinary old man, don't worry about it. Just don't let him get close to our people in the future." Yue Shan shook his head and said.

During this journey, Yueshan finally had an intuitive understanding of the ancient post stations.

There are actually two types of post stations, one is the formal one, which is set up next to the national highway, and the buildings are relatively complete, and the staffing is generally four.There are also horses for the transfer of messengers.

This kind of post station is used by the military system to deliver important documents and military information.

Another kind is the current one, where a small yard is built next to a sparsely populated road, and there are three or five houses.If it weren't for a big "post" hanging outside, it would be no different from an ordinary farmyard.

This kind of post station usually delivers state and county official documents and letters, and occasionally is responsible for receiving passing officials.

Of course, it also provides the service of resting and eating for the passing messengers, but it does not provide the service of transferring horses, so this kind of post station does not raise horses.

Because of this, the post staff were not dispatched by the imperial court, but they found a small family or one or two people in the local area to guard them.

Naturally, no wages will be paid, but the land around the post station can be reclaimed and planted by oneself, and there is no need to pay the imperial grain and national tax, which is generally considered a good job.It is far away from the human habitation, too lonely.

Take the inn where Yueshan lives now as an example. There are only three houses managed by a local old couple.The old couple usually live in one of these three houses, and the rest are vacant.

If there are officials staying, they will move to their own small kitchen built with thatch.For example, now, after Yue Shan moved in, they automatically moved to the small kitchen.

It is said that the post station only accepts officials and messengers, and ordinary people are not allowed to come in and out at will, which is only the first type of formal post station.Ordinary ones don't matter so much.

As long as the normal operation is not affected, the local tycoons come and go as they want, and the postmen don't dare to control them at all.Even they will sell some news to the local big family to earn some extra money.

This is what Yue Shan encountered now. Xu Shanying and Sun Fucai sent him here to rest after he fell into a coma, never thinking of guarding against the postmen.

It is estimated that the postman overheard the military doctor when he was seeing a doctor, so he turned around and told Zhao Jingcheng's family the news.Of course, it is also possible that someone from the Zhao family came to ask, and he has no capital to refuse as a postman.

Anyway, no matter what kind it is, Yue Shan is not going to do anything to him, there is no need.

And he would also like to thank the postman for helping him lure Zhao Jingcheng here, otherwise he really didn't know where to start his plan.

(End of this chapter)