Humane Yongchang

Chapter 425

Xuan Xuan's sleeves fluttered.

Li Si (Chen Ping) turned around, smiled and shook hands with Ying Zheng (Liu Bang) who had just entered: "Big man Li Si (Chen Ping), meet your lord (general)!"

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Ying Zheng also bowed his hands and saluted with a smile, "Don't come here, Mr. Li!"

Ying Zheng, who is forty-six out of ten, is getting richer and more handsome, and his calm demeanor is set off even more grandly by wearing a large black coat with red stripes, giving people a feeling that even if he is in a solemn hall ten feet high, he is still The striking feeling of the absolute center.

Even Li Si, a big man who is used to seeing big scenes, was heartbroken when he saw it!
"Master Lao Ying is thinking about it, everything is fine for this old man..."

Li Si greeted Ying Zheng with a smile on his face, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart... This man's arrogance is exposed, if he is not removed in advance, he will be a trouble in the heart of a big man!
After the two of them reminisced about the old days, Ying Zheng turned sideways with a smile, pointed to Wei Liao who was wearing a vermilion uniform and introduced to Li Si: "I haven't introduced it to Li Gong, but this is Mr. Wei Liao from Yongzhou. Teacher, master, this is Li Sigong, the head of the Li family, the prefect of Chenjun, who I often mention to you, and I was taught by Li Gong when I was young."

Li Si and Wei Liao held hands together and said "Don't dare".

Then Li Si took the lead to salute Wei Liao with a smile: "Mr. Wei's virtuous name, I have heard about it for a long time, I cherish the fate, and I will finally see you today, which is enough to comfort the remaining life!"

Wei Liao returned the gift with a smile on his face: "Grand Li is too well-known. Mr. Li is in charge of the great man. He has all the mountains, rivers and society in his heart. I have longed for him for a long time. I can see Mr. Li today. I have no regrets in my life!"

The two smiled at each other, but they were already extremely vigilant in their hearts.

Confirmed eyes, is a difficult opponent!
"Both of you are great sages in the world, so don't be humble anymore."

With a smile, Ying Zheng took Li Si's arm with one hand and Wei Liao's with the other, and invited him into the hall.

"I have heard for a long time that the King of Han likes to drink tea, and I am also arty. I bought some rough tea from the land of Bashu, and asked Mr. Li to taste it and see how the tea soup in Bashu land is different from the tea soup in Jiangzuo... "

Ying Zheng asked Li Si to sit down, and said in a friendly way.

Hearing this, Li Si frowned secretly.

Is this really inviting him to drink tea?
Bashu is in Yizhou...

Li Si was thinking in his heart, but smiled nonchalantly and raised his hands and said, "Master Ying is also in love with my king? Then the old man has to keep his mouth shut!"

Ying Zheng waved his big sleeves, and said in a long voice, "I will definitely not disappoint Mr. Li!"

While speaking, a group of visitors brought charcoal fire and mountain spring water and placed them in the hall to cook tea soup.

Ying Zheng, Li Si, and Wei Liao sat on three sides of the hall, speaking the Yanzhou dialect, reminiscing about the customs and customs of Yanzhou.

It is also fate, although the three people in the hall live far apart, each holds one side.

But at its root, they were all born in Yanzhou.

Li Si Nai is from Chen County.

Wei Liao is from Daliang, Chenliu.

But Yingzheng was born in Handan and grew up in Changyi...

The three chatted for a long time, but never mentioned political affairs.

Not long after, the visitor offered three cups of green tea soup in front of the three people's table.

Yingzheng picked up the tea soup with both hands, and signaled to Li Si from afar: "Gong Li has come from a long way, let me replace the wine with tea first, and clean up the dust for Li Gong, please!"

Li Si also picked up the tea soup with both hands, and signaled to Ying Zheng and Wei Liao: "My lord, Mr. Wei please!"

After speaking, the three of them covered their faces with their sleeves and drank tea.

Ying Zheng put down the teacup and asked with a light smile, "How are you, Mr. Li?"

Li Si smacked his lips and sighed softly: "Forgive me, my lord, maybe I'm old and can't drink the tea that I cooked."

Ying Zheng's eyes flickered with a smile, and he said with a nonchalant smile, "Oh? Could it be the cooking method of this tea soup? What else can I say?"

"It didn't exist in the first place, but since my king started the trend of tea drinking, there has been..."

Li Si shook his head lightly and got up, walked slowly to the center of the hall, waved away the guests who were cooking tea, sat behind the tea table in person, rolled up his sleeves and cleaned his hands.

"My king likes tea drinking, but he doesn't like the sour taste of boiled tea soup. He once said that tea drinks can taste like drinking tea or drinking water. If good tea can be mixed with good water, the taste can complement each other. Add oil and salt Sauce and vinegar, star anise and cinnamon, neither tea nor water, like meat soup, put the cart before the horse!"

While explaining, he took out a set of clean tea sets again, picked up the tea knife, skillfully took a little tea leaves from the tea bricks, added them to the teapot, poured boiling water to wash the tea, washed the cups, and then added water to brew the tea leaves , Pour it into three teacups.

He picked up the handkerchief to clean his hands, and said with a smile: "My lord and Mr. Wei, please have a taste of my big man's tea!"

Even if some visitors came forward, they took two cups of tea and sent them to Ying Zheng and Wei Liao's case.

Yingzheng picked up the teacup and saw that the amber tea soup was crystal clear, with an elegant and dense fragrance. This appearance alone was countless times better than turbid boiled tea soup.

Take another sip, the tea soup is slightly bitter in the mouth, but it does not astringe the tongue. After swallowing, there is still a faint tea fragrance between the lips and teeth. linger.

"What a way to be simple, what a hardship to come!"

Ying Zheng laughed and exclaimed, "The King of Han is a great talent!"

Wei Liao in the other room put down the teacup, there was surprise in his eyes, but he didn't say much.

Li Si didn't seem to notice the expressions of the two of them, he gently put down the teacup in his hand with a regretful face, and sighed: "It's a pity!"

Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, then smiled lightly and said, "Why do you regret it?"

Li Si shook his head and said with regret: "Although the tea in Bashu has a good location and full of tea flavor, it is not in the right season. The tea is fried in a wrong way, the tea is stored improperly, and the taste of the warehouse is difficult to get rid of. There is no good water to complement it, and there is no way to complement each other." It's wonderful, but it's hard to get into the top grade."

Wei Liao chuckled lightly, stroked his beard, and said, "The old man disagrees with Mr. Li. The location is hard to find, the weather is predictable, and the water travels in all directions. It is unfair to judge success or failure based on the advantages and disadvantages of the moment."

Li Si nodded and said: "Mr. Wei has a great idea, but I have heard that it is futile to work hard for the near and far. Since the top-quality tea of ​​my man is available everywhere, why do tea lovers in the world need to work hard to get the tea from Bashu?"

Wei Liao shook his head and said, "No, it's not true. As the saying goes: 'Water flows away from other lands, and the bones of the hometown are buried in the ground'. The tea in Bashu will be improved by the tea lovers in Bashu. We just have to wait and see. How is it different from Dahan tea?"

Li Si also shook his head and said: "This old man also sat down with Mr. Wei. As the saying goes: 'Move trees to die, people move to live', if everyone sticks to their hometowns and stands still as Mr. Wei said, wouldn't the Kyushu have to do it their own way?" City? No more traveling from south to north?"

Wei Liao asked in surprise, "Aren't we talking about tea?"

Li Si was also taken aback: "Yeah, it's not about tea, what are we talking about?"

Ying Zheng, who hadn't spoken for a long time, calmly picked up the teacup to smooth things over and said, "Hehe, you two are indeed great sages at that time, and you can taste so many thought-provoking truths when tasting tea. Come, drink tea..."

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"Hahaha……"

Liu Bang, whose Chinese clothes were in disarray and with a high crown tilted to one side, was wearing boots on one foot and a dusty foot bag on the other. He rushed into the room quickly, and helped Chen Ping up with his enthusiastic hands: "Master Chen!" There are too many gifts, a certain family is looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally they are looking forward to your husband!"

As he spoke, he glanced at the cup of tea soup where Chen Ping was sitting, immediately let go of Chen Ping's hands, turned around and stepped out of the house, angrily said: "You are so full of distinguished guests, how dare you take a bowl of bitter water?" Treating guests? It scares your dog eyes! Hurry up and serve good wine and good meat, Fan Kuai, go and get some singers to welcome our distinguished guests!"

In the bright and bright courtyard, there was a burst of chaos, and the servants and guards were in a mess.

Chen Ping stood calmly in the house, watching Liu Bang's performance with a smile.

"General, your boots..."

After a while, a beautiful woman with a graceful figure, but her dress was also in disarray, and her steps trembled, walked quickly into the courtyard surrounded by a group of entourages, panting with a boot in her hand. He gestured to Liu Bang.

As soon as Liu Bang lowered his head, he seemed to realize that he had lost a boot at this time, turned his head to Chen Ping and said in embarrassment: "Master Chen laughed!"

Chen Ping instantly switched to a look that was moved to tears, and said with his hands in his arms: "What is the virtue and ability of this officer, to be treated so courteously by the General!"

Liu Bang quickly entered the house and helped him up again: "Master Chen must not be so polite. Although a certain family has lived in Xiyi for a long time, they still love Yanzhou. When Master Chen comes to a certain family, he is home. A certain family and you are here. Like a brother!"

Chen Ping burst into tears of gratitude: "The general is respectful to the corporal, and the subordinates remember the five things, and dare not forget each other without teeth."

Liu Bang pretended to be angry and said: "If Mr. Chen sees you like this, a certain family will really leave!"

Chen Ping quickly grabbed Liu Bang's arm: "Brother, forgive me, brother, I know my mistake!"

Liu Bang grabbed Chen Ping's other arm and said with satisfaction: "My brother, there is no right or wrong!"

"General..."

At this moment, the beautiful woman outside the door had pushed back a group of followers, and came in with a boot in her hand, calling softly shyly.

"Women are just ignorant, haven't you seen someone reminiscing with your brother?"

Liu Bang reprimanded with displeasure on his face, then opened his ape arms and hugged the beautiful woman, and introduced to Chen Ping with a smile on his face: "I am going to introduce to my virtuous brother, this is brother Jing's wife Liu Lu, He is also from Yanzhou."

Chen Ping hurriedly bowed his hands: "Little brother Chen Ping, pay my respects to Mrs. Liu!"

"What do you call her wife, you should call her sister-in-law!"

Liu Bang laughed and patted Chen Ping on the shoulder, then put his arms around Lu Zhi with one hand, and took Chen Ping's arm with the other, and invited him to sit in the main hall.

Because Chen Ping was secretly sent to Liu Bang as an envoy, this place is not Liu Bang's General's Mansion, but a remote residence.

After the three of them were seated as host and guest, servants soon brought wine and meat.

The three of them chatted while drinking.

Chen Ping described the changes in all parts of Yanzhou, especially in Pei County. Yan Chaozhong would send money, food, wine and meat to Liu Taigong every new year.

Liu Bang recounted anecdotes about being a general under the command of Meng Tian in the Dangshan camp in the past, and he also said convincingly that he fought side by side with Chen Shou, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and His Royal Highness Chen Sheng, the king of the Han Dynasty. I dare not drink any more.

After drinking for three rounds, Chen Ping put down the wine cup, bowed his hands solemnly and said, "I'm not going to hide it from Brother Xian, the younger brother came this time to seek a better future for Brother Xian!"

"Oh?"

Liu Bang also put down the wine cup, and returned the gift seriously: "Please teach a certain family!"

"How dare little brother teach brother Xian?"

Chen Ping shook his head, and said slowly: "Brother Xian is in a high position, with 20 troops in his hands, and the general situation in the world. Brother Xian must be more aware than my younger brother. My king is wise, powerful, talented and general. It is a sure thing to rule the world and carry on the past. No matter how much he struggles with Taipingdao and Yongzhou Yingzheng, he is determined not to be able to stop my master Wang from unifying Kyushu... Does Brother Xian have any objections to this?"

Liu Bang looked at each other with Lu Zhi while drinking, and both of them saw hesitation in each other's eyes.

Liu Bang is naturally far from being as rough as he appears on the surface.

On the contrary, with his high talent for strategy, he may be the No.1 in the world!
Even Ying Zheng and Chen Sheng may be inferior compared to them.

Don't ask why he has this talent, he would still be the head of the pavilion for many years before the chaos of the world.

Gein is time, power, and fate...

Now he is in a high position, with more than [-] soldiers and horses in his hands. Although he has not been involved in the Kyushu hegemony, his strength is enough to rank among the top five in Kyushu!
This status and strength are enough to develop his scheming talent to the extreme!

It is precisely because of this talent for scheming that he can see clearly that the unification of Kyushu by the great Han is indeed the general trend!
Unless Tian sent a murderous plan and beheaded the King of Han in Changning Palace.

Or launch a murderous plan to destroy 30 red-clothed soldiers on the battlefield.

Otherwise, the great Han will dominate Kyushu, and no one can stop it!

However, if he was asked to give up the foundation he had achieved through all kinds of difficulties, and return to Pei County to become a rich man or a small official, Liu Bang would never agree!

Chen Sheng's power may be just a tool, a tool to realize his ideal.

And Liu Bang's power is greater than his life, he would rather die than lose his power.

Before Liu Bang could figure out how to reply to Chen Ping, Lu Zhi laughed and said in Yan Yan's coquettish voice, "Didn't Uncle Chen say that he wanted my general to seek a future? What does the King of Han's unification of Kyushu have to do with my general's future? If the King of Han does not rule Kyushu, my general will lose his future?"

As soon as Lu Zhi opened his mouth, Liu Bang's heart relaxed, and he pretended to bow his head in thought, without opening his mouth to interrupt.

Chen Ping glanced at the calm Lu Zhi from the corner of his eye, and then at the silent Liu Bang, feeling awe-inspiring... The Special Operations Bureau never told him that Liu Bang's mother-in-law was worse than Liu Bang Deal with it!

"Sister-in-law, what's the matter? The younger brother came here for this matter. How can it make Brother Xian unaccountable?"

Chen Ping smiled and performed a Tai Chi move, and then said with a drawn out tone, "But..."

The attention of the couple in the hall was immediately attracted by his voice.

Liu Bang asked impatiently, "But what?"

Chen Ping said sternly: "But Brother Xian, did you vote for my big man before I unified Kyushu, or did I vote for my big man after I unified Kyushu, did you take the initiative to raise troops to vote for my big man, or did you have to wait until my king's soldiers came to the city before you had no choice but to vote for my big man... ...here said, but it's too big!"

Liu Bang raised his head angrily and took a big gulp of wine, and said, "Could it be that my virtuous brother is playing tricks on you?"

Chen Ping hurriedly raised his hand: "Young brother, how dare you joke with the elder brother? It's just that the words are not rough. Since the virtuous brother once fought side by side with my king, then the virtuous brother must be more aware of my king's demeanor than the younger brother. My king is benevolent and virtuous." Generous, always repaying others, and especially emphasizing friendship. My king has millions of people in armor, and my king regards them as brothers and sisters. The younger brother knows that he has never had any conflicts with my master, so he dares to do this. It is said that once the soldiers under Brother Xian fight with my master of the Great Han King, both sides will be injured... I am afraid that Brother Xian will want to vote for my Great Han, and my king may not agree to it!"

When Liu Bang heard the words, he immediately thought of the Lu family of Langya who was killed by the King of Han last year and lost his family and heirs, and his heart was dark.

But immediately, someone said unconvinced: "Your brother is exaggerating, isn't Meng Tian now a Han general? He, Meng Tian, ​​is a Han general, and a certain family can't do it..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Zhi secretly tugged on his robe, and Liu Bang swallowed the word "Han General" back in an instant.

However, Chen Ping had heard his bottom line from it, and immediately smiled unhurriedly: "How can General Meng be compared with Brother Xian? No matter how great the military exploits of General Meng are, he is only a general. Brother Xian will be a prince and a wife People of Yinzi!"

"What's more, if you can sit together happily and drink and eat meat, why do you have to wait until you tear your face and then forcefully sit together and make friends? You don't look good, and my king feels uncomfortable. Why bother? "

"Could it be that brother Xian still has doubts about my king's unification of Kyushu?"

The problem eventually came back.

But this time, both Liu Bang and Lu Zhi felt that what Chen Ping said was really fucking reasonable!

Yes, since no matter how hard you struggle, you can't stop the King of Han's unification of Kyushu, why do you have to wait until you have offended the King of Han to death, and then raise your troops to vote?
Offended Han Wang to death, what good juice can the couple have?
When you think about it, the sky is wide!

Liu Bang looked at Lu Zhi again by drinking.

Lu's pheasant was cutting up the barbecue on the dinner plate with a knife.

Liu Bang had a good idea, put down the wine cup, sighed and said: "Brother, brother, let me tell you something heartfelt, it's not that a certain family doesn't want to vote for His Highness the King of Han, and a certain family is still neighbors with His Highness Han, if His Highness can do it Son of Heaven, a certain family will be happy for His Highness the King of Han when they are asleep. In fact, the brothers under a certain family are not all of one mind with a certain family. Many of them are still loyal to Dazhou. I can’t convince them to surrender to Han!”

The general direction of cooperation has been finalized.

Next, it's time to talk about conditions.

Hearing this, Chen Ping smiled with confidence: "Brother Xian, don't be upset, the younger brother is here to secure a good future for Brother Xian!"

Liu Bang praised him with kindness: "Oh? What good strategy does my virtuous brother have? Although speaking, if it can be effective, I will thank my virtuous brother for my brother's generation..."

Chen Ping: "Brother Xian, you're being polite... If my younger brother remembers correctly, Ji Lie, King of Wei in Ji Zhou, is still alive, right?"

Liu Bang nodded suspiciously: "The old man urged a certain family to send troops to attack the Han. The certain family is not stupid, how can it be an enemy of His Highness the King of Han?"

Chen Ping nodded, and asked again: "Brother Xian, have you ever heard of the name of my great man Zhong Wuhou?"

　I wrote too much, I didn't notice the time... [-] words, isn't it short?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)