Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 673 Competing in the Central Plains (98)

Republic 460 Spring (678)
Tang Empire

Cochin
"You guys, are you willing to set me free?"

Wang Bo looked at the pirates of [Caiwei Pirates] in disbelief.

"It's not us, it's Missy!"

"Miss saw that you missed your hometown all day, so she decided to let you go."

Hearing what the pirates said, Wang Bo had mixed feelings in his heart.

In the past half a year, he has become acquainted with Li Huamei. In the past, he always felt that the other party was not ladylike enough, and sighed, "You are a beautiful woman, but you can't be a thief", but when you really separated, you felt a little bit reluctant.

Things in the world are like this. When they are easily available, they will not cherish them. Only when they are lost will they understand how precious they are.

Wang Bo took a carriage to the mansion where his father lived in Jiaozhi County.

Boom boom boom!
"Who?"

The servant in the mansion complained impatiently, then opened the door, and it was Wang Bo.

"Master, son?"

The servant was shocked, he thought he was delusional, rubbed his eyes, and after confirming that he was not mistaken, he asked in confusion: "My lord, you are not dead...er..."

"They all said that son, you were killed at sea, and the old man even held a funeral for you."

The servant's movement alarmed the others, and other servants and maidservants in the mansion also came to look at it. They were all surprised when they found that the son Wang Bo, who had been said to have sunk into the sea and died, was still alive.

After a while, Wang Fuzheng was alarmed, and when he saw with his own eyes that his son, who had sunk into the sea, was still alive, he couldn't help but shed tears excitedly.

"Just come back."

"Hurry up, come in and rest."

Father's love is very simple. Wang Fuzhen did not rush to ask Wang Bo what happened in the past six months, but let his son go into the house to rest first.

"You guys, what are you still doing? Hurry up and boil the water for soaking your feet! Remember to sprinkle spices!"

The mistress reprimanded the maidservants who were standing stupidly beside her.

After returning to the house to rest, Wang Bo recounted his experience in the past six months.

However, he did not dare to say that he was kidnapped by pirates and became a slave, so he only said that after being shipwrecked, he was rescued by a group of sea merchants, and then he took the ships of those sea merchants to travel to Tianzhu.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Cochin County Magistrate Wang Fuzhen was very excited, but he didn't show it.

At this time, the maids came into the house with a basin of boiling water for soaking their feet. Some spices were sprinkled on the hot water, and a piece of soap made of spices was placed beside it.

[Soap] is a luxury product in the Yan Kingdom. Since the Tang Dynasty banned the sea from the Yan Kingdom, it takes a lot of effort to buy spices made from spices in the Yan Kingdom.

The maid dipped the [soap] in hot water, and then rubbed the soap on the [wool cloth] soaked in hot water until many milky white foams appeared.

[Wool cloth] was also smuggled from the country of Yan. The Central Plains generally used linen and Gebu. Commoners used linen, wealthy small landlords used Gebu, and dignitaries used silk.

The price of [wool cloth] in Yan State is a little higher than that of linen and a little lower than that of Gebu, but its practical effect is much higher than that of linen and Gebu, second only to the precious silk, so it is very popular among the people.

The dignitaries of the Central Plains naturally disdain to use the woolen cloth of Yan State. After all, they have more luxurious silk to use.

Even the glass cups placed on the table next to them were smuggled from the country of Yan.

A maid was making [sugar tea] for Wang Bo, that is, adding some brown sugar to the tea.

Tea and brown sugar were also smuggled from Yan.

Although Datang also produces tea and brown sugar, the price is more expensive than smuggling from Yan.

The price of commodities in Yan State is really too low, which is why merchants from the Central Plains are tempted to smuggle Yan State's products even at the risk of beheading.

The maid was washing his feet, while his father was talking about what happened soon.

"The imperial court promoted me to Qizhou as the chief historian. In a few days, we have to leave for Shandong."

Qizhou, also known as Qi County during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, was once attacked by Hou Jing, the envoy of the Shandong Province of Yan State.

The reason why he was transferred to Qizhou was that in the past two years, his thinking had changed, and he was no longer blatantly friendly to Yan State, and he knew Yan State better, so he was transferred to Qizhou.

Qizhou is too close to Dengzhou/Guangzhou, and may be looted by Yan State at any time.

"Has the country of Yan reached Shandong?" Wang Bo asked.

"Yes." Wang Fuzhen nodded: "Not long ago, the imperial army assembled in Hexi to attack Zhou State, so Yan State took the opportunity to invade Shandong, and it is said that it has already captured several counties in Dengzhou."

Yan country?Shandong?
Wang Bo suddenly thought of the figure of the pirate girl. He vaguely remembered that one night, under the starry sky, Li Huamei was lying on the deck with him, admiring the twinkling stars. He accidentally mentioned that she was going to take the pirates to Shandong participated in the war and pledged its allegiance to the Republic.

Wang Bo didn't know which country the Republic was, and mistakenly thought it was the self-proclaimed Yan State.

"When the war broke out again, I don't know how many people will suffer." Wang Bo shook his head. Although he is a great poet and has a great reputation in the world, he is unable to intervene in major political affairs after all.

Regarding the imperial court's attack on the snow-covered plateau, he had a vague feeling that it might fail disastrously.

"The famous general Xue Rengui was unable to conquer the snow-covered plateau. How can he defeat him now that he is using his strength?"

Wang Bo was not very optimistic about this expedition of the Tang court.

There have been many wars between Zhou State and Datang in these years, and there is a rule, that is, if you fight on the snowy plateau, Zhou State will win, and if you fight outside the snowy plateau, Datang will win.

Zhou Guo was really familiar with the terrain of the Snowy Plateau. On the Snowy Plateau, they were invincible. Once the elite warriors of the Tang Dynasty arrived on the Snowy Plateau, they could only be slaughtered by others.

But once they leave the snow-covered plateau and fight in the Western Regions or Hexi, the Zhou people will be beaten to the ground by Datang, and they are not Datang's opponents at all.

This is very similar to the Yan-Tang War. Although Yan State could not defeat Datang in the Central Plains, and when he saw the main force of Datang, he had to run back to Liaodong in fright.

The snow-covered plateau and the vast sea have become great obstacles to Datang's expansion.

another few months later

Autumn of the eighth year of the Republic 460 (678)
When Wang Bo's family arrived in Qizhou and settled down again, a shocking news came.

Datang, defeated!
The 20 troops of the Tang Dynasty went on an expedition to the snow-covered plateau. They were short of food and water, lack of oxygen, unfamiliar terrain, freezing weather, and ambushes. Almost the entire army was wiped out. , fled back to Hexi in a hurry.

With the defeat of Datang on the snowy plateau, a series of chain reactions also appeared.

First of all, the countries in the Western Regions began to lose control and wanted to rebel and become independent.

Then there are the Turkic people in the grassland, who also want to take the opportunity to restore their country.

Finally, the Khitan people and the Kumoxi people, after learning of the defeat of the Tang Empire, decided to beat the dog in the water, decisively stopped paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and re-aligned with the Yan Kingdom to plunder the Youyun of the Tang Dynasty and even the Hebei region.

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The Tang Empire fell into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts. If it attacked Yan, it would lose Hexi and the Western Regions. If it attacked Zhou, it would lose Youyun and Shandong.

The [Anti-Tang Alliance] formed by Yan and Zhou began to play a role.

However, no one would have imagined that the Three Kingdoms of Yan, Zhou and Tang, who beat you to death, would have even more exciting alliances in the future.

A friend can be an enemy, and an enemy can also be a friend. This sentence is vividly reflected in the Three Kingdoms of Yan, Zhou and Tang.

When the Yan and Zhou countries formed an alliance to form the "Anti-Tang Alliance", did they ever think that one day in the future, Yan and Tang countries would also form an alliance to form an "Anti-Zhou Alliance", and did they ever think that there would be another day in the future when the Tang and Zhou countries would form an alliance 【Anti-Yan Alliance】.

There are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends. ——"General History of the World Song Dynasty Li Qingzhao"

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The great republic, in order to save the people of the Central Plains and free the people of the Central Plains from the dire straits of dictatorship, formed an alliance with another great country, Zhou, to form a democratic alliance against dictatorship. This is a progress in human history and a symbol of human civilization. lucky. ——"General History of the World Song Qin Hui"

(End of this chapter)