Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 751: The Man in Yang Skin
The next morning, the Longzhou tyrants, represented by Zeng Changqing, began in-depth negotiations with Yang Yuan.

If the two sides had only had tentative contacts before, they have now entered into substantive negotiations.

When dividing the interests, both parties must first calculate a bottom line that is more favorable to themselves.

But the problem is that Yang Yuan has the absolute initiative.

Especially after he demonstrated the benefits of firearms.

Fujiwara Takako and Liu Yanran appear to be the most gentle, but that is only when they are serving their men.

These two women who came out of the deep palace are not two harmless little white rabbits when it comes to calculating gains and losses. Instead, they are two wolves in sheep's clothing.

The detailed "cooperation plan" submitted by Zeng Changqing was ruthlessly rejected by them.

Yang Yuan was like he was taking his girlfriend shopping. Seeing how fiercely his girlfriend was bargaining, he began to worry about angering the seller.

The result surprised him. After some discussion, the powerful man in Longzhou actually accepted the conditions proposed by Duozi and Yanran.

Seeing Zeng Changqing leading the Longzhou gentry to toast him with smiles on their faces, Yang Yuan realized that even though the conditions he thought were very harsh, they were still making a lot of money?

Zeng Changqing had no idea that the negotiation plan put forward by Yang Yuan was drafted by Yang Yuan's two concubines who were about to give birth.

They just thought that this was Yang Yuan's decision, and they felt even more in awe of this iron-willed commander.

As the days passed, after Zeng Changqing and others returned to Longzhou, they began to rapidly establish the mining of the Laojun Mountain saltpeter mine and a series of industries that resulted from it.

As the former ruler of Longzhou, it was impossible for the Wu family to be unaware of the developments in Longzhou.

Wu Lin had no intention of being disloyal to the imperial court, but it was undeniable that he preferred the Wu family to have greater control over the local area.

Yang Yuan's various actions inevitably hurt the interests of the Wu family, which made him very unhappy.

Therefore, when he heard that Shierlang had mobilized more than 200 guards and these people were missing, I don't know if he realized anything, but he finally adopted a laissez-faire attitude.

He just summoned Shi Er Lang to the study after a family dinner and gave him a subtle warning:

My Wu family is the Wu family of the Song Dynasty. We have to take care of our family and our country.

No matter what you do, you must not let my Wu family go against the imperial court.

Otherwise, there will be consequences at your own risk.

On the Kuizhou Road side, Liu Qi quietly and cleverly captured the Kuizhou King Zheng Shiliang. After moving the government seat to Gongzhou, he began to carry out drastic reforms on Kuizhou Road.

All he did was to strengthen his control over Kuizhou Road.

Therefore, the powerful people in Kuizhou had only two choices: surrender or destruction.

This was an easy choice. In addition, Liu Qi's great reputation quickly won him the support of the Kuizhou garrison, and his control over Kuizhou Road was increasingly strengthened.

Taking the current situation as an example, if the court wants to rectify the Lizhong East Road and mediate the conflict between the Wen and Guo families, it only needs an imperial edict.

The Wen family or the Guo family in Lidong can no longer cause any trouble.

How to translate it?

It was surrounded on three sides by the adjacent Lizhong, Tongchuan Road and Kuizhou Road, so naturally they did not dare to rebel.

They would not dare to do so if they followed the example of some local officials who deliberately condoned the unrest caused by the laid-off officials when the court was cutting down on redundant officials.

At the beginning, those people deliberately instigated some laid-off officials to cause trouble. Everyone knows what the result was.

What was the reason behind this incident that the court acted so decisively and violently, contrary to its usual practice? The truth has now quietly spread.

He is the current Tongchuan General Manager and Pacifier and Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army stationed in the Central Route of Lizhou, Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan has been running Tongchuan Road for a long time, but he has only been busy with internal affairs.

It seemed that the Lizhou Central Route was also supported by the Lizhong generals in order to prevent the Wu family from interfering.

However, anyone who is not so blind can now see that Yang Yuan is a hungry wolf with sharp fangs and claws.

However, there are also some people who are not blind, they just don’t understand and don’t want to understand.

For example, the three barbarians of Xuzhou.

They heard that the governor of Tongchuan Road had been replaced.

When I heard about it, Tongchuan had already changed its owner for more than half a year.

The three barbarian leaders of Xuzhou just heard the news by chance.

After hearing it, they didn't take it to heart, they didn't care.

"Yerlang's arrogance" is a story, but also a psychology.

Sometimes, it doesn’t mean arrogance, but rather not understanding or not wanting to understand.

Because... he felt it had nothing to do with him.

What's the point of getting to know people and things that will never intersect?

The big devil of the three barbarians in Xuzhou didn't even know what the current reign title of the Song Dynasty was.

However, more than a month after Dao Feifei's wedding procession passed through Xuzhou, Xuzhou finally became turbulent.

After the three barbarian leaders had caused a big disturbance in the provincial government office but still failed to resolve the escalating feud between their Rong and Han people, they angrily united and launched a counterattack.

The "Mahu Man", "Nanguang Man" and "Shimen Man" joined forces to attack a Han logging force gathered in Longjiu Fort, Leshan, which marked the beginning of an armed resistance.

Xuzhou governor Ke Baiquan has been trying to smooth things over and prevent the news of the increasingly intense conflicts between the local Rong and Han people from getting out.

The reason why Ke Baiquan did this was because the relationship between the local Rong people and the Han people had always been very rigid and there were occasional disputes.

Haven't we come this far after all these years, with many bumps and bruises?

Based on the principle of reporting good news but not bad news, he did not want to appear to be incompetent in governing the local area.

So he kept the lid on it.

This time, even though the three great demon leaders led the clan soldiers to attack Longjiu Mountain, he still chose to conceal it.

The method he adopted was to close the trade market in Xuzhou and cut off the supply of food to the three major barbarian tribes, such as salt, iron pots, rice, etc.

He would first give the three major barbarian tribes a slap in the face, and then give them a date to eat, and the matter would be resolved.

He arrived in office only half a year earlier than Yang Yuan. Just three months after he arrived, the leader of the Mahu tribe had a fierce conflict with a group of Han armed forces over logging rights.

He used this method that time. After a period of blockade, he sent 200 pieces of silk to the Mahu tribe, and the leader of the Mahu tribe gave up the fight and retreated back to the mountains. This time, it should work too.

But, this time it obviously didn't work.

The three major barbarian tribes in Xuzhou, as well as their main tribes, "Du Zhang Man", "Luo Shi Dang Man" and "Yan Yi Man", held a swearing-in ceremony in Baojian Gorge, swore an oath of allegiance, and were determined to pay for the blood debt of their dead clansmen with blood.

The method adopted by Ke Zhizhou was to close the city gates tightly and allow the barbarians to plunder the Han people in the surrounding areas, burning, killing, raping and looting, committing all kinds of evil.

Once human's bestiality is unleashed, it is worse than that of wild animals.

There is nothing worse than human nature in this world.

After all, wild beasts kill lives just to fill their stomachs.

People can regard it as a means of entertainment.

Fortunately, Luxi noticed the problem from the situation in Xuzhou mentioned by the messenger of Dao Feifei's wedding party and informed his father in advance.

Old Man Song immediately sent people to Xuzhou to investigate the situation.

When the war broke out in Xuzhou, the prefect locked himself in the city and refused to report to the Tongchuan governor.

He stubbornly believed that these barbarians would leave the mountains, vent their anger and then go back.

At this time, Old Man Song's spies were riding at full speed towards Jianzhou.

At the same time, the rebellion in Xuzhou was also heard by Yang Liangao, a well-intentioned person, through merchants traveling from the Dali Kingdom.

"A big commotion in Xuzhou?"

Yang Liangao was horrified: "If Xuzhou in Song State is in chaos, the Song State army will be hindered.

I am about to start a rebellion, how can General Yang Fu send troops across Xuzhou to help me? "

Gao Shuyao was doing the "auspicious sitting posture", with her pair of snow-white feet resting on her left and right thighs, her back straight, and her fox eyes slightly closed.

Hearing Yang Liangao's annoyed muttering, Gao Shuyao opened her naturally charming eyes and looked at him with disdain: "The chaos in Xuzhou is obviously very helpful to your cause, why are you upset?"

"It will be beneficial to my cause? Shuyao, why do you say that?"

Gao Shuyao curled her lips and said, "The three barbarians are difficult to destroy. It's not that the Song soldiers can't defeat them, but they are just a group of monkeys hiding in the mountains. It's not worth the effort to catch them.

Do you think that if the Song Dynasty sends troops, the three barbarians of Xuzhou can stop them?"

Yang Liangao asked doubtfully, "That's true, but if they cause trouble and rob the Song army's food supply, it will cause a big headache for the Song State, right?"

Gao Shuyao chuckled.

She was not smiling at Yang Liangao in a coquettish way, and even had a hint of arrogant disdain.

But, just like some people are born with a pair of peach blossom eyes, they look at dogs with deep affection.

Gao Shuyao was born with foxy eyes, and whenever she smiled she always had a hint of alluring charm.

"Yes, so, after the Song Dynasty sends troops to help you suppress the domestic grievances and help you ascend the throne of emperor, do you think the Song people can really defend Liangshan Prefecture?"

Yang Liangao's eyes lit up, but he immediately hesitated and said, "If the Song people feel that Xuzhou and Wumeng are not peaceful, and I cede Liangshanzhou to him, but he can't keep it, will he still send troops for me?"

Gao Shuyao giggled.

When she smiled, the wrinkled bra fluttered, as if two little rabbits were jumping playfully inside.

The smile on that face, coupled with a pair of natural fox eyes, is particularly charming and enchanting.

Even a man like Yang Liangao, who was obsessed with his career, couldn't help but feel his heart flutter after seeing this.

"You fool, what does Yang Yuan want? It's the great achievement of expanding the territory! What do you want? It's the throne of Dali Kingdom."

Gao Shu smiled and said, "As long as Liangshan Prefecture is returned to him, his great achievements will be in his hands. Do you think he will really send officials to govern?

At most, they are like the Seven Barbarians of Wumeng, completely autonomous, and they don’t even have an official.”

Gao Shuyao's fox eyes curved into crescents again: "When the time comes, you will gain the benefits and he will gain the reputation. We will each get what we need."

"Yup!"

Yang Liangao crossed his fists and palms, and was about to grab Gao Shuyao's slender hand.

Gao Shuyao raised her eyebrows slightly, suddenly formed a seal with her hands, and flicked her little finger, hitting Yang Liangao's pulse.

Yang Liangao's palm felt numb and he failed to hold Gao Shuyao's soft hand.

Yang Liangao smiled awkwardly, withdrew his hand as if he didn't care, and said softly:
"Cousin Shuyao is indeed amazing. When I conquer the world, the position of Queen of Dali will definitely be yours."

"Tsk, do you think I'm precious?"

Gao Shuyao curled her lips, and Yang Liangao's smile froze slightly.

Gao Shuyao is really not pretending to be noble.

The prime minister of the Dali Kingdom was hereditary from the Gao family.

The Gao family occupied eight states, while the royal Duan family occupied only one state.

The Yang family actually occupied only one county, but they had believers in every state and county.

Therefore, the Gao family is the uncrowned king of the Dali Kingdom.

This is also one of the reasons why almost every generation of Dali emperors chose to become monks.

Of course, the people of Dali believe in Buddhism, but the emperor's frustration is also an important reason.

Even if Yang Liangao replaced Duan and became emperor, he would still be the same as Duan, just a signboard held up by Gao.

Therefore, for other Dali women, becoming a queen is a great achievement.

For the direct descendants of the Gao family, they really don't care.

Even though she is not a queen, her dignity is not necessarily less than that of a queen.

Yang Liangao smiled awkwardly, but he was furious in his heart:

I tried my best to please you, but you just ignored me.

If you don't take me seriously, why do you smile at me so coquettishly?
Little bitch, when I become emperor, I will beg my uncle to marry you to me.

When the time comes, let’s see how you can still be so arrogant under me!
(End of this chapter)