Late Tang

In the small courtyard under the twilight, the smog was lingering. Song Wentong and Chen Bing finally couldn't hold back the temptation, and each of them lit a Yema brand tea and smoked.In addition to the fact that the two of them were a little uncomfortable at the beginning, and their faces turned red when they sucked too much, they finally realized this novel way of eating tea later.

Chen Lun took a deep breath, the red light of the cigarette flashed and flickered, he swallowed the smoke a few times, and then opened his mouth to blow it out, the white smoke formed a circle in the air, floating gently, the chic Chen Bing and Song Wentong couldn't help feeling a little envious of their appearance.This little brat really knows how to play.Song Wentong also tried to blow out a few smoke rings, but failed once, but only made Chen Lun smile triumphantly, which made him extremely annoyed.

A cigarette was smoked quickly, until it was hot, Song Wentong threw down the cigarette butt and stamped it out with his foot.A feeling of extreme comfort rose in his heart, and he, who was exhausted before, felt exhausted and refreshed.I have to admit that this tea smoke is more refreshing than boiling tea or brewing tea.

Chen Bing also felt the same way. After thinking about it for a long time, the two decisively confiscated Chen Lun's remaining half pack of Mustang cards, which made Chen Lun jump anxiously. I got it from the head, and for this, I ran a lot of legs for the team leader. He himself was reluctant to smoke it, but it was only used to show off on his body.Who knew, she showed off too much and was ruthlessly confiscated in the end.He wanted to take it back, but faced with the unreasonableness of Song Wentong and his father, he was helplessly suppressed in the end.

"Who invented this tea cigarette? It's really powerful. You must have made a lot of money?" Song Wentong had already lit the third Mustang tea cigarette, breathing in the clouds with half-closed eyes.

Chen Lun managed to get one to smoke, squatted there and nodded, "Well, it is said that this tea cigarette was invented by His Royal Highness King Qin, and now it is handed over to Madam Xiao to take care of it, and a cigarette factory has been specially built, which is a monopoly operation. Except for them, no one else has the formula. The business of this cigarette factory is really good, and the supply is basically in short supply. I heard that we must first ensure that the export is overseas, and then a small part of the quota can be supplied to all parts of Datang. Our navy and marine corps all I am proposing that this tea will be included in the distribution of military supplies in the army in the future.”

"It's just that the tea tobacco has to use tea leaves. This tea leaf is originally a franchise, and the output is limited. No matter how good the tea tobacco business is, it will be difficult to scale it up." A Bing said.

Chen Lun shook his head, he always liked to refute his father. "There is more than one kind of this kind of smoke. There is the highest-grade tea smoke, called cigar. It is made of the best tea and added with dozens of precious medicinal materials. It is thicker than a finger, and the production process is also excellent. It's quite complicated, but it tastes much better than ordinary wild horse tea. However, the production of this kind of cigar is lower. I heard that in the Qin Dynasty, only officials above the third rank can supply it. Then the following , is the kind of tea tobacco we smoke now, mainly tea leaves, and ingredients such as honeysuckle, among which there are different prices according to the price of tea leaves, such as Yema brand, which is just ordinary tea cigarettes. After tea cigarettes, there are also Some of the more popular ones are cigarettes. This kind of cigarettes does not use expensive tea leaves, but uses many common herbs such as mugwort leaves and lotus flavors as materials. This kind of cigarettes is called cigarettes, and the price is quite high. Much cheaper."

After Song Wentong inhaled the first sip, he was a little obsessed with the taste and feeling.Not only its taste, but also the feeling of swallowing clouds, which makes people intoxicated.

"Brother Guangming, Allen wants to go to Ryukyu. I don't think it's a bad thing. Young people are motivated and passionate. Let him go for it. This is a wealth of wealth. Don't restrict them too much. .I am optimistic about Allen, and he will definitely have great achievements in the future, and his achievements will far exceed those of you and me."

Chen Bing glanced at his son, took another two puffs of cigarettes, and said slowly: "I'm just worried that he has no experience, so eager to go out, and it's still so far away, I'm afraid he's just a 3-minute heat. Wait. He hasn't arrived in Ryukyu yet, and if he changes his mind and doesn't want to go, then he can't help it. I think this may be an opportunity for him, but he must think carefully and carefully confirm that this is him. The life he wants. If he really wants this kind of life, I, as a father, will never stop him."

His elbows rested on the armrests of the chair, one foot rested neatly on the other, and his conversation was still the same as before.Although Chen Bing himself is only a small officer, he has spent most of his life in the Fanzhen army. Compared with his young son, his life experience is undoubtedly much richer and more mature.While he was talking, he drank iced wine and couldn't leave his cigarette. After a while, he had already drank two glasses of iced wine and smoked three cigarettes.

Later, Song Wentong began to ask him about the situation in Chang'an, asking him some superficial questions about the mission.Chen Bing suddenly sat upright and straightened his crooked fingers when making gestures. His tone became firm and his eyes were very sharp.

"Huang Chao is about to die!" He said, "Huang Chao is already like a grasshopper after autumn, and it seems that it won't be able to jump for a few days. After Huang Chao is finished, the emperor will return to Beijing. I believe you know that the emperor is now the king of Qin and us. Qin Fan's attitude is not good. In the past, the emperor was in Chengdu, and Chang'an was occupied by Huang Chao, so it didn't matter what he thought of us. But now it is different. Once Huang Chao is destroyed, the emperor returns to Beijing. At that time, the imperial court and the emperor's prestige There is bound to be an upward recovery. The emperor is still young, and no one knows whether he will be overwhelmed with confidence at that time, thinking that he has regained control of the world. If he has such an idea, it will not only be for him, but also for For us, it is also dangerous. Although we are not afraid of anyone, if the little emperor really sets us up as an opponent regardless of the consequences, it will still be very troublesome. Therefore, now that we go to Chang'an, it is We must try our best to collect the attitudes of the emperor, the imperial court, and the ministers who returned to Beijing, and collect all the information. At the same time, we have to be responsible for wooing and contacting those ministers and families, and half of them will be drawn to our side. Especially this time in Huangchao In the chaos, those ministers in the court have suffered a lot of losses. If we can bring rich gifts at this time, and with the current prestige of King Qin and the strength of our Qin Fan, we will definitely be able to attract many people who are vacillating. people."

"Huang Chao is really a fucking useless person." Chen Bing said, straightening his elbows, holding his chin with one clean hand, and pulling it casually with the other, "although He has made a lot of noise in the past few years, even taking down Luoyang and Chang'an, but in fact he has become more and more regressive, and finally completely lost his head. If he can be smarter, he occupied Luoyang and Chang'an for dozens of times. He can hold on to the state's territory for a longer time. In that way, we Qin Fan can also have more time to develop. But now, this damn salt dealer is about to perish in just a short time. He is dead It doesn't matter, but once he dies, the biggest opponent of the imperial court will be gone. This is bad news for us. Once Huang Chao dies, there will definitely be many guys who will focus on us. Now the whole In the world of the Tang Dynasty, what we Qin Fan need is time, so we need a target to block these open swords and dark arrows for us and attract attention. The emperor is a huge reality that must be faced. Zhengchen, the emperor does not like us, and it can even be said that he is resenting us Now the information shows that the Son of Heaven doesn't even trust Tian Lingzi anymore, he began to trust Yang Fugong and Yang Fuguang brothers, Yang Fuguang was in Luoyang some time ago, and took in eight godsons in a row, do you know who these eight people are?"

"I know!" Allen rushed to say, "Li Keyong, Li Quanzhong, Zhu Quanzhong, Zhuge Shuang, Qin Zongquan, Wang Chongrong, Lu Yanhong, Zhou Ji! Almost all the commanders-in-chief of the feudal towns between Chang'an and Luoyang have become Yang Fuguang. His godson. Even a guy like Li Keyong worshiped Yang Fuguang as a righteous death, and it can be seen that Yang Fuguang is not simple."

"That's right, look at these people. Li Keyong has always been against us. Now that we have just taken away the foundation of his hometown, how can he let us go? And that Li Quanzhong, he was kicked out of Hebei by us. Yes, how can we not hold grudges, Zhu Quanzhong, formerly known as Zhu Wen, is a deserter and traitor who went out from our place, and he will not get along with us in peace. The rest of them have nothing to do with us. Yang Fuguang wins over such The meaning of a group of people getting together is obvious, and it is obvious that they want to deal with us. The emperor has already formed a coalition army through Brother Yang Fuguang, and if they add more time, they can gather more troops. It's not good for us, but we can see that Tian Lingzi was obviously left out when the Yang brothers were punished. We have information that Tian Lingzi has a very tense relationship with the emperor. If we go to Chang'an, we can actually try Want to cooperate with this dead eunuch."

"Cooperate with Tian Lingzi? He assassinated King Qin before." Song Wentong said in surprise.

"Indeed, but we are only cooperating temporarily. First, we will join forces to deal with the common enemy. In the future, of course, we will go our separate ways."

Song Wentong got up and went to get some ice cubes and wine, and Allen asked a few questions about Huangchao and the soldiers and horses of Zhuzhen.A Bing told his son that the so-called coalition forces of various towns are actually just a group of loose alliances.When Huang Chao was defeated, they were naturally willing to add insult to injury and beat the dog in the water.But if it is said that they have really become the loyal ministers of Emperor Li Tang, it is not true.By now, almost all the feudal towns have become separatist feudal towns, and most of the feudal town commanders were not directly appointed by the emperor, but came to power through mutiny and other means.They respect the emperor on the surface, but in fact, this respect is also limited.Under the banner of the Tang Dynasty, but not willing to work for the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.In the various towns, even Li Keyong, Zhu Quanzhong, and Li Quanzhong are all united under the banner of Tang Ting to fight against us, not because they are really loyal to Li Xuan.Although we actually have to be wary of the alliance of these guys, there is no need to worry too much because of this.If the emperor declares war with us, there will definitely not be many feudal towns that are truly willing to side with the emperor and send troops to deal with us.However, if our situation fails, there will never be fewer people who will make trouble.Therefore, what we need most is to keep ourselves strong. "

"Then it is rumored that the King of Qin is planning to completely stop using troops in the pass, and is planning to spend three to five years to absorb the expansion of the past few years and stabilize the fundamentals. Is it true?"

After drinking another glass of wine, A Bing, who was sitting upright, bent his waist and talked too much. He talked endlessly about various "insider" information he knew, and talked about his judgment on the current situation in the world. If it weren't for the badge on the chest of his military uniform that indicated that Lieutenant Yihui was just a low-level military attache from the seventh rank, others would have thought that he was an envoy of the Staff Council, pointing out the country, and flying passionately.

He smiled and told Song Wentong that going to Chang'an would not be so dangerous, in fact, it would be a very easy job.Because they will stay in Chang'an as officials of the Qin Fan Academy in Beijing, even if the emperor is dissatisfied with King Qin and Qin Fan, they will be very safe in Chang'an.In Chang'an City, maybe they just need to go to some parties every day, visit some targets, drink wine, make tea, chat, even play ball, and collect information by the way.

"Let me tell you, Zhengchen, you will like this job. The special agent of the Military Intelligence Bureau will have an aboveboard cover." He looked at Song Wentong, then at his son, with a smile on his face, "And I Let me assure you, if it is as long as a year, if it is as short as three months, we will come back, and at that time, your official rank will be raised by one or two ranks."

Song Wentong smiled wryly and said: "Actually, I would rather stay in the army, with horses and long spears, charging into the battle, how refreshing and exciting, just thinking about it makes my blood boil. Brother Guangming, tell me why a person like you has been working as a spy all the time Work?"

"Blame me for doing this job so well." A Bing said complainingly, "You know that when I first joined the Qin Army, I was assigned to be a spy because of my little skills like fortune-telling. Fortune-telling as a cover. Great job the first time, and have been doing it ever since."

"Damn, you are really good at this. Last time I was in Yanmen, I was completely deceived by you. I really thought you were an old blind fortune-teller. Especially your face, with squinted eyes, really looks like a Like a blind man."

"After the triumph, I was promoted to three levels in a row. I was not happy for two days, and finally I was promoted to two levels, and then there was an order to let me go to Chang'an." A Bing said, he couldn't tell whether he was proud or proud. lost.

"You don't have to go either!"

"But the director said that if we can complete the task, we might be able to go up two or three levels after we come back. Damn it, there's no way, let's do it."

Song Wentong's eyes also flashed with heat, yes, how can there be such a promotion opportunity? Although the task seems a bit dangerous, it is indeed worth gritting your teeth and stomping your feet to accept the task.

"Done!" (To be continued.)