The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 196 The Same Complex Situation

In the casino, Yang Guozhong was hugging two girls, waiting for the dealer to open the market.

"Big, big, big!" Yang Guozhong stared at the dice cup with eager anticipation.

The dealer opened the dice cup, and the numbers "one, two, four" appeared in front of Yang Guozhong.

"Fuck you!" Yang Guozhong cursed, and took a look at the breasts of the girl next to him, saying, "Your breasts are so big, but it just happened to be small!"

As he said that, he pulled another girl over and said, "Your little one, you bet on my little one for me!"

The girl obediently bet on the small number for Yang Guozhong, but this time the big number came out.

The girl with big breasts said, "Ah Lang, if you keep chasing bigger ones, you will win this time."

"Go after your mother!" Yang Guozhong glared at the girl, gathered his saliva, pretended to cough, and spit it on the face of the dealer across the gambling table.

This banker was also from a local big family. If it were in the past, he would have definitely fought with Yang Guozhong. But now Yang Guozhong was a favorite of Li Lin, so he could only hold back and cursed in his heart: "How could the Hongnong Yang family produce such a rogue! He has no manners and is a disgrace to the clan!"

The dealer cursed in his heart, silently wiped off the saliva on his body, and then asked: "Is Yang Gong still playing?"

"Of course!" Yang Guozhong said proudly, "I have plenty of money!"

As soon as Yang Guozhong finished speaking, a man walked in and whispered something in his ear.

The man who came in was an informant bought by Yang Guozhong from Li Lin. What the informant told him was that Li Lin planned to send him to eastern Yunnan to pay tribute.

After listening to this, Yang Guozhong took out a bag of money and gave it to the informant, then looked at the dice on the table and fell into deep thought.

Yang Guozhong thought for a long time before he figured out Li Lin's intention behind this arrangement.

He weighed the pros and cons for a long time and felt that life was like a casino. If he wanted to make a lot of money, he had to place big bets.

So no matter what Li Lin thought, he had made his decision.

Having made up his mind, Yang Guozhong suddenly pushed all the chips in front of him out and said, "I like big ones, and this time it's still big! I'll open the pot!"

The dealer did not dare to stop him and pushed the dice cup in front of Yang Guozhong. Yang Guozhong opened the dice cup and got three sixes.

With just one hand, Yang Guozhong won back all the money he lost that day.

The dealer asked, "Mr. Yang is really lucky. Are you going to stop today?"

Yang Guozhong said: "Why stop? Of course we should pursue the victory! Keep betting!"

Yang Guozhong once again went all in and made a big bet.

But this time, he lost the bet.

……

The imperial edict first arrived in Jiannan and finally reached the remote Anxi.

When they arrived in Anxi, Li Heng had already returned.

It was already the second year of the Tianbao period, 743 AD.

Li Heng received the imperial edict, returned to his mansion and told Yang Yuhuan the news.

After hearing this, Yang Yuhuan smiled and said, "Congratulations, my dear. Are you going to Beiting again?" "How do you know?" Li Ying asked.

Yang Yuhuan said, "In recent years, you have been building water conservancy projects in Anxi, developing military farms, rectifying the administration, and stabilizing the military. You have not only focused on the big picture, but also on the small details. Now that you are in charge of Beiting, you must go to Beiting to rectify the situation."

Li Ying took Yang Yuhuan to sit on the swing next to him and said, "You know my style of doing things very well."

Yang Yuhuan said, "My dear, you didn't hide it from me. I know it naturally. But this time, we don't know how long we will be separated."

"No need to say goodbye this time." Li Heng smiled slightly, "I can take you with me."

"Really?" Yang Yuhuan was surprised and happy.

"Of course." Li Heng nodded. "This time we are going to Beiting, we are not marching to fight, so of course I can take you with me. Just think of it as our couple's trip. Are you willing to come with us?"

"Yes, I quite like it." Yang Yuhuan agreed immediately.

Li Heng said, "We have fought for such a long time from Shibaocheng to Bukhara. I haven't traveled with you for a long time. I heard that the scenery in Beiting is very different from that in Anxi."

"Yes." Yang Yuhuan dreamed, "We can climb snow-capped mountains and walk on grasslands."

"It's all right." Li Heng nodded. "Which places in Beiting do you want to go to? You can think about it in advance. I will go with you."

"Okay, I'll think about it in the next two days." Yang Yuhuan smiled knowingly, pondered for a while, and then said, "By the way, there are some changes in Jiannan."

"What happened?" Li Ying asked.

Yang Yuhuan said: "I have mentioned this to you before. I have a cousin named Yang Zhao. He wrote to me to seek a job but failed, so he turned to Prince Yong. And..."

Yang Yuhuan thought of Yang Guozhong offering his wife to please Li Lin, and she felt disgusted. She paused for a long time before continuing, "And he did it in such a shameless way."

Li Heng was not quite sure what Yang Zhao's method was, but by listening to the words Yang Yuhuan used and looking at her expression, he could probably understand that it was not a good idea.

Li Heng reached out and stroked Yang Yuhuan's face, and said with a smile: "He has his choice, you don't have to be angry about it."

Yang Yuhuan said, "I wrote to him before and told him that if he could stop gambling and cultivate his character, I would find a way out for him. But he not only didn't listen, but became even worse."

Li Ying was a little surprised when he heard this.

Li Ying was surprised by two things. The first was that Yang Yuhuan was becoming more and more upright. The second was that Yang Yuhuan stated openly that she was willing to find jobs for Yang's people.

Li Ying was stunned for a moment, then said, "Everyone has their own aspirations. He can do whatever he wants. Let him do it."

"Yes." Yang Yuhuan nodded and said, "That being said, after he followed Prince Yong, some of the Yang family members also defected to him. Now my uncle is quite restricted in what he can do in Jiannan. If Prince Yong really takes root in Jiannan, then..."

Yang Yuhuan did not continue, but turned to look at Li Heng and asked, "My dear, do you think Prince Yong will stay in Jiannan for a long time?"

"It's hard to say." Li Heng shook his head. "To the northwest of Jiannan is Tubo, and to the southwest is Nanzhao. The forces of all parties are intertwined and full of contradictions. If Prince Yong can balance the interests of all parties, he can stay for a long time, but if he is greedy for merit and reckless, it will be difficult to achieve great things. But if Prince Yong fails, not only will he not be able to stay in Jiannan, but it will also further affect the situation in Longyou and Guanzhong."

After hearing what Li Heng said, Yang Yuhuan smiled and said, "I finally understand why the saint gave Anxi and Beiting to you, my lord. The situation in Anxi and Beiting is much more complicated than that in Jiannan. If it were someone else, they would definitely make a mess of it."

Li Heng smiled and said, "You always praise me, which will make me proud, and pride leads to failure."

"I am speaking the truth." Yang Yuhuan stood up and analyzed seriously, "Now that my husband is in charge of Anxi and Beiting, we have the Huihe, Karluk, and Tuqishi to the north, the Western Regions to the west, and the Lesser Bolor, the Greater Bolor, and Tubo to the south. This is only the outside. The power of the local clans is also very large. If we are not careful, we will be attacked by all of them."

(End of this chapter)