The Prodigal Son

acquaintance?

Qin Yu was taken aback. "Senior Ning? Senior Zhao? Or perhaps Steward Guo?"

"Go see for yourself later! He's chatting nonsense with Big Hammer in the front yard right now!"

Xue Chengdao smiled casually and asked, "Tell me first, where are you on your end?"

"You tell me!"

Qin Yu gave Jiang Bai a wink.

Jiang Bai understood and immediately reported their progress to Xue Chengdao.

Unsurprisingly.

When Xue Chengdao learned of the outrageous price of pepper in the Yan Kingdom, he was so shocked that he was speechless.

After holding it in for a long time, Xue Chengdao finally uttered two words: "He's gone mad!"

This is even more outrageous than they expected!

Before he came, he was worried that things wouldn't go smoothly with Qin Yu!

Now it seems I was worrying for nothing!

After recovering, Xue Chengdao asked Qin Yu, "Besides that, do you have any other good news?"

Qin Yu grinned. "Is the large-scale brewing of wine by the Yan Kingdom in Changping good news?"

"Brewing wine?"

Xue Chengdao was taken aback. "And they're brewing wine on a large scale?"

"right!"

Qin Yu nodded and smiled, "It's not just Changping; people in Wangzhou, Luzhou, and many other places are secretly brewing wine..."

Now, the four provinces of Hu, Wang, Lu, and Pang in the Yan state are all driven mad by pepper.

Those who had plenty of grain would secretly start brewing wine, and then use the money earned from brewing to buy pepper.

However, the unprecedented frenzy surrounding pepper has also led many people to have a low enthusiasm for brewing.

After all, brewing wine takes time!

But the price of pepper changes several times a day, and time is the most precious thing.

Therefore, many people with a lot of grain in their hands would rather sell the grain to quickly obtain silver.

This was something they hadn't expected.

But Changping is actively brewing wine.

Now, the aroma of wine permeates the entire city of Changping!

"OK!"

Xue Chengdao was overjoyed. "The Yan people are digging their own grave!"

The Yan state was already short of food, yet it used a large amount of grain to brew wine.

This is practically tantamount to suicide!

Qin Yu smiled. "There's more to it. Let Jiang Bai and Qingyi tell you. I'll go see who you brought!"

"OK!"

Xue Chengdao nodded slightly.

After leaving the room, Qin Yu immediately headed to the front yard.

Qi Dachui had stopped practicing martial arts and was sitting there talking to a bald man.

"Monk Dong?"

Qin Yu exclaimed in surprise.

He didn't see the person's face clearly.

But we already know who this person is.

Among his acquaintances, the only one with a bald head was Monk Dong.

Hearing the noise, Dong Liu turned around and gave Qin Yu an annoyed look: "What are you yelling about?"

Qin Yu quickened his pace and jogged over, looking at Dong Liu with surprise, "Why are you here too?"

"Why can't I come?"

Dong Liu countered with a question.

Qin Yu looked Dong Liu up and down, then tentatively asked, "Did His Majesty send you?"

"Your grandfather sent me!"

Dong Liu rolled his eyes at him. "Besides, I want to come myself!"

"Oh, you're interested in hunting down Yan too?"

Qin Yu asked with a smile.

"nonsense!"

Dong Liu, showing no semblance of a high-ranking monk, pointed to Qi Dachui beside him and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

He noticed something was off about Qi Dachui as soon as he arrived.

As a result, after dragging Qi Dachui around and asking him questions for a long time, they couldn't get a single thing out of him.

"That's a long story."

Qin Yu sat down next to Dong Liu. "I'll tell you about Da Chui later. Aren't you a monk? You can give him some advice for me!"

"That's not something I'm good at."

Dong Liu gently shook his head. "I think he's suffering from a mental illness! A mental illness requires a mental cure!"

"..."

Qin Yu was speechless for a moment.

Of course he knew that Qi Dachui was suffering from a mental illness.

He also knew the medicine that could cure him.

Unfortunately, this medicine cannot be forced.

In the evening, Qin Yu hosted a simple banquet for Xue Chengdao.

As a result, they had just finished eating when the old man arrived, looking travel-worn.

It's been almost a year since the grandfather and grandson last saw each other.

Upon seeing Qin Fumeng again, Qin Yu was momentarily stunned.

He didn't know if it was because they hadn't seen each other for too long, or if the old man had been burdened by military affairs, but he felt that the old man seemed to have aged a lot.

Only those eyes remained bright and piercing.

"grandfather!"

While Qin Yu was lost in thought, Luo Qingyi and Nan Que'er quickly and respectfully performed a grand salute.

"Arise! Arise!"

Qin Fu strode forward with a powerful stride, helping the two women to their feet with a benevolent expression. But when he looked at Qin Yu, he immediately began to bristle and glare, "You haven't seen this old man in so long, you can't even bow properly anymore?"

Qin Yu opened his mouth slightly, "Grandpa, you're getting old..."

"old?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Fumeng was immediately displeased and arrogantly declared, "I can still fight for another ten years! Who dares to say I'm old?"

"Can't you live without bragging?"

Qin Yu knew the old man didn't need his help, but he still stepped forward to support him and instructed Luo Qingyi and Nan Que'er: "Go cook a bowl of noodles for Grandpa, and tell Qin Xiong to bring the dried meat I brought."

"Um!"

The two women nodded repeatedly and walked away quickly.

"Stop being so pretentious with me!"

Qin Fumeng glared at his grandson with disdain, but still sat down with Qin Yu's help.

Xue Chengdao pushed the teacup in front of him towards them. "Is everything arranged at Wuguan?"

"It's all arranged!"

Qin Fumeng grabbed the teacup and gulped down a few mouthfuls before continuing, "Guan Tingshan is personally leading troops to guard Wuguan Pass, and Shangguan Xun has already rushed to Panyang! He should have arrived by now."

"Is the follow-up army ready?" Xue Chengdao asked again.

A cunning smile appeared on Qin Fumeng's old face. "The 20,000 cavalry from Wuguan have already been stationed in Dingzhou and can be transferred here at any time..."

Qin Fumeng and Xue Chengdao are workaholics.

They didn't even have a basic chat; they went straight to talking about military affairs.

For this campaign against Yan, including the Wudang Flying Cavalry, Da Ning has prepared an army of nearly 130,000.

After the war begins, another 50,000 troops will be transferred here.

However, the current 130,000 troops are sufficient.

Although they seemed to have no numerical advantage over the Yan state's forces.

However, the Yan state still needed to divide its forces to defend against the Northern Qi.

Moreover, the Yan state only had 90,000 to 100,000 troops in the entire Wangzhou region.

Once they defeat the troops in Wangzhou, the difference in troop strength between the two sides will be negligible.

Moreover, the Yan state is currently completely unprepared.

Once they break through, the Yan state will be unable to mobilize all its available troops to defend against them in a short period of time.

The battle of Wangzhou was the most important.

We must quickly capture Wangzhou, and ideally, Shangxing County in Luzhou, to open the gateway to attack Luzhou.

Then, a standoff ensued with the State of Yan, and an attack was launched when the State of Yan was in great turmoil.

After a brief exchange, Qin Fumeng asked, "Guo Yang has arrived at Wuguan. Have Ning Huang and Zhao Po arrived yet?"

As he spoke, Qin Fumeng glanced at Dong Liu again.

Dong Liu naturally understood his meaning, but simply smiled calmly.

When he went to deliver the imperial decree last year, Zhao Po did not kill him, so naturally he will not kill him now.

As for Zhao Po's attitude towards him, he didn't care at all!

This time, he came only to attack Yan!

"They'll arrive before the tenth of the month!"

Xue Chengdao chuckled and said, "To deceive Bei Qi, we need to make them show their faces in Zhenzhou a few more times."

"Got it!"

Qin Fumeng laughed heartily, his eyes flashing with a burning light.

Attack Yan!

They've been waiting far too long!