People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 355

In the private room of the restaurant, Qian Zhuo and He Lao sat facing each other, each with a fierce look in their eyes.

There was a celadon jug on the table, and in front of the two of them, each had a wine glass, which was filled with wine, but no one touched it.

A table of good dishes, but no one moved their chopsticks.

Qian Zhuo pressed his left hand on the table, but hid his right hand under the table.

Trembling slightly, out of sight.

I don't know if it's trembling or fear.

Under He Lao's extremely oppressive eyes, Qian Zhuo gritted his teeth and said: "Tang law, one crossbow, plus second class, two and a half years; one armour, three crossbows, two thousand miles; Five crossbows, twisted."

Carrying a knife is a small matter, but piercing armor is a major matter; one armor holds three crossbows, and three armors enter the underworld.

These families who build weapons have always paid great attention to this kind of thing, and they will never violate the taboo of the imperial court easily.

"A thousand weapons have been handed over, do you still care about this crossbow?" Elder He was not moved at all, a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he said disdainfully: "Tell me, how much money does it all cost?"

As soon as money was mentioned, Qian Zhuo's face softened immediately.

Who would have trouble with Yinzi, let me tell you earlier!

His expression calmed down, Qian Zhuo looked at He Lao, and said with serious eyes: "The king of Nanchang is too sensitive, and now he is in charge of Wuzhou, it is difficult to escape his eyes for large-scale military delivery, so sorry, all of this The transaction is not because my Qian family doesn’t want to do it, but because I really can’t do it.”

"Twice, twice the price of bows and crossbows on the market. I need two hundred crossbows. For each crossbow, you need to be equipped with twenty arrows." Elder He took a step back, but then pressed hard again. up.

"Why don't you go grab it!" Qian Zhuo couldn't help blurting out a sentence, he stared at He Lao angrily, and said viciously: "When is it now, the people of Nanchang King are almost watching all the weapons on the market Workshop, who dares to act rashly..."

The matter of Fang Yunxiu gave Li Xuan a reason to successfully target all the weapon workshops in Zhoucheng, and among them, the Qian family had the most.

"Three times, three times the price, if you can't do it, I will go find someone else." He Lao stood up immediately after finishing speaking.

Qian Zhuo's eyes narrowed immediately, this price has obviously reached the limit of Tianyin's teaching group.

But who knows.

"Four times, two hundred crossbows, I will get them for you even if I die." Qian Zhuo couldn't help leaning forward, his eyes revealing a fierceness that is difficult for ordinary people to see through.

He Lao's breathing suddenly became heavy, he stared at Qian Zhuo firmly, then backed away slightly, his face calmed down, and said with a sneer: "You are really good at taking advantage of the fire!"

"Don't dare, I'm just going to the market as you go. Besides, these things really want to help you take down Wuzhou City, but if you grab them casually, you can get everything back." Qian Zhuo smiled lightly, but immediately, his expression changed. Then he became serious again: "How to trade?"

"Ten days later, ten miles west of the city, Xujiazhuang Earth Temple." He Lao gave a name without hesitation.

"Ten days, is it that long?" Qian Zhuo frowned immediately.

"You, do you think it's long?" He Lao suddenly stared at Qian Zhuo.

In an instant, the atmosphere between the two became extremely stagnant, as if what the two were talking about was not the delivery of the crossbow at all, but something else.

Qian Zhuo was startled immediately, and then said with a smile: "Not long, not long, the time is still a little tight, it's not easy to get two hundred crossbows in ten days."

Elder He gave Qian Zhuo an angry look, then lowered his head, and said coldly: "I don't think it will take so long, but there is always a process to do things. If possible, I even hope that it will be half a month later. "

"After half a month?" Qian Zhuo suddenly realized, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes: "It turns out that you have a premise."

After half a month, the imperial court's summer harvest will basically be half completed, leaving only some remote places that need to be tidied up slowly.

By this time, the Tianyin Sect no longer needed to wait any longer, and could directly launch an uprising.

Take down the entire state city and snatch taxes and food.

But now, the time for their uprising is coming earlier.

Even so, Qian Zhuo felt that it was too late.

"If your Excellency is willing to cooperate, my teacher will naturally be able to move forward." He Lao looked at Qian Zhuo with a smile.

This smile made Qian Zhuo's goosebumps rise immediately.

"Forget it, forget it, I don't have the guts to get involved in your affairs." Qian Zhuo quickly waved his hand.

It's one thing to sell weapons to the Tianyin Sect, but it's another thing to directly participate in the Tianyin Sect's rebellion.

"By the way, the deposit, you need to pay a [-]% deposit." Qian Zhuo suddenly raised his head, looked at He Lao, and his expression became serious.

"Deposit?" A look of surprise suddenly appeared on Elder He's face. She put one hand on the table, looked at Qian Zhuo, and said incredulously, "Your Qian family still has the face to look for me." Your Excellency seems to have forgotten that the teacher requires a deposit, but I still have a batch of goods in your hands, and you haven't paid it yet?"

"Goods?" Qian Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly realized it.

By the way, earlier, because of the attack on the King of Nanchang, the eldest brother stopped the delivery of the last batch of goods from Tianyin Sect.

They didn't receive the final payment from Tianyin Sect, but they swallowed the deposit of Tianyin Sect directly.

"You can't blame us!" Qian Zhuo immediately called out Zhuang Tianqu, looked at Elder He, and said full of complaints: "If Fang Yunxiu hadn't decided to assassinate the King of Nanchang without authorization, our family would have been punished inside and out." People are staring at them, and they can’t move at all, otherwise the batch of goods will be delivered early.”

A trace of disdain flashed at the corner of He Lao's mouth, and he said sarcastically, "So, now you can move?"

"Now, of course it's okay, because Fang Yunxiu is dead." Qian Zhuo's eyes became darker, and then he said in a low voice: "Nanchang King, as well as officials at all levels in Wuzhou, have determined that Tianyin Sect will not attack again. The ability of Zhoucheng, so they have relaxed in all aspects, not to mention that now, the summer harvest is about to begin."

He Lao was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

Although Fang Yunxiu's death caused Tianyin Sect to be passive inside and out, his death successfully made Li Xuan relax his vigilance.

Coupled with the fact that the most important summer harvest is about to begin, the state government doesn't pay so much attention to Tianyin Sect now.

He even thought that the Tianyin sect no longer had the strength to attack Wuzhou.

This is a good thing.

"Indeed, if the many decrees of the King of Nanchang continue to be enforced, it is really possible that my sect will never have the chance to attack the city. Therefore, we must slow down the implementation of these decrees." He Lao frowned slightly. He frowned, and at the same time subconsciously looked at Qian Zhuo.

"No way, the king of Nanchang is watching too closely, there is no chance at all." Qian Zhuo quickly shook his head, and said with emotion: "The king of Nanchang is so unconstrained, no one knows where he will end up next, plus The tricks on him are ruthless..."

"What if the King of Nanchang is gone?" He Lao said suddenly.

In a word, Qian Zhuo froze there directly,

His whole face became very embarrassed in an instant, but what He Lao said kept reverberating in his mind.

In case, the King of Nanchang is really gone.

In a blink of an eye, Qian Zhuo's thoughts were pulled back. Looking at He Lao, he suddenly smiled: "Nanchang royal clan nobles, who are virtuous, are the hope of the government and the public, and the world pays attention to him. If something happens to him, nothing else will be said. The emperor will definitely let all the families in Wuzhou be buried with him."

Qian Zhuo is not stupid.

The assassination of Inspector Wang Fanglin within two months had already made the emperor wary.

Although Wang Fanglin was assassinated by the Tianyin sect, the emperor didn't need to look at any evidence at all. He knew at a glance that those who did these things secretly must be their Wuzhou family.

That's why he sent the king of Nanchang.

The aristocrats of the clan are shrewd, ruthless, and full of conspiracies.

In addition, he didn't focus on checking the fields. In Qian Zhuo's eyes, such a person was even more difficult to deal with than Wang Fanglin.

Not to mention that although he has only been in Wuzhou for a few days, he has been assassinated one after another.

If he really died, then I also know that the emperor will never let it go.

Although Qian Zhuo didn't know much about the affairs of the court, he had heard his elder brother Qian Zhuo talk about the emperor's viciousness many times.

Muzhou.

At that time, Chen Shuozhen of Tianyin Sect took Muzhou as his foundation, and most of his subordinates were Muzhou's children.

After the First World War, the Tianyin Sect collapsed, and the people of Muzhou were killed and injured. However, the emperor still didn't show compassion for the people, and doubled the tax instead, so the people of Muzhou fled one after another.

As an emperor, does the emperor not know how to govern the country?
No, he knew that by doing this, he was actually warning and deterring the Wuyue family.

Although many people scolded him for Sui Yang's tyranny in private, most of them were doing something secretly, no one dared to do anything.

Those aristocratic families in Muzhou have a bloody lesson waiting for them.

The people fled, and even if the local aristocratic family in Muzhou wanted to exploit the people, who would they exploit?

Without the people, the state government has to complete 100% of the imperial court's tax collection, so where the money comes from, it is naturally those Muzhou aristocratic families.

You must know that aristocratic families are different from ordinary people. They cannot move at will like ordinary people.

Once they become refugees, their foundation in this world will be gone, and they can only suffer hard.

As for why the other aristocratic families didn't speak up on this matter, it was because Muzhou was down, but they were full.

Qian Zhuo looked at He Lao with firm eyes, shook his head and said, "My Qian family will not participate in any of this."

"No participation at all." Old He smiled, she looked at Qian Zhuo, and said softly: "If the old man's memory is wrong, when Wang Fanglin was assassinated, the news about him was provided by your Qian family, right?"

"What do you want to do?" Qian Zhuo stood up suddenly, stared at He Lao, gritted his teeth and said: "That matter has nothing to do with me or our Qian family, so don't talk about it."

"Crapping around." He Lao raised his head, looked at Qian Zhuo with a half-smile and said, "At the beginning, it was your people who inquired about Wang Fanglin's route back to Yamen, and then asked him to send someone to pass the news to us... Why don't you ask that person over now?"

"Do you know who he is?" Qian Zhuo's face suddenly darkened, and he looked at Old He with murderous intent.

You know, they were very careful about that matter back then, and even Qian Zhuo didn't show up much.

The information transfer between the two parties is through a third party, or even a fourth party.

Just to worry about being caught by the other party one day.

like now.

"Don't worry, I didn't ask you to directly assassinate the King of Nanchang. I don't want to see him killed like that. What I need is for him to die quietly." He Lao said his plan softly.

"Are you going to poison?" Qian Zhuo's face suddenly showed a funny look, he looked at He Lao and said, "You don't know, the teacher of Nanchang King is the medicine king Wei Xuanzang, do you think poisoning is useful? "

"What if it's a colorless, odorless medicine that can't be diagnosed, but it just keeps making people weak?" He Lao's eyes showed a hint of poison, and then he said softly: "I believe that, with your people's Ability, should be able to send such a drug into the meal of King Nanchang?"

(End of this chapter)