Chapter 412: Unexpected Deviation
At the foot of Puzi City.
Puzi County is located at the junction of high loess slopes and plains. There are many cattail grasses outside Puzi City, which can be found all over the mountains and fields. They even grow in some fold areas, but the city is not named after cattail grass.
It is said that there was an ancient sage here who served as the master of Yao and Shun and taught many things. Ancient books record that this ancient sage wore a rough coat made of cattail all year round, so people called him Puyi, or Puyizi. The place where this ancient sage lived in seclusion was called Puzi land.
?Later, Chong''er also came here, stationed troops and gathered the population. Later, Confucius also came here, opening a forum and giving lectures, and a large number of listeners gathered.
It was once a prosperous large county town, but now it looks dilapidated and decayed. Even the yellow land outside the city covered with cattail grass has finally revealed mottled ravines under the erosion of wind and rain, like the faces of an old man. wrinkles.
??Puzi County is no longer in the political and economic Sanjin zone like it was during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Instead, it has gradually moved away from affluence over the course of history and has become a marginal county that no longer attracts people''s attention.
??But the city walls made of solid loess and the gray-black bricks still retain their own deep dignity.
Fei Qian handed in the letter from Wang Yi, the governor of Hedong County, and was quickly invited to the county government office to meet the county magistrate and county lieutenant of Puzi County.
County Magistrate Chen Rui, whose courtesy name was Daoyuan, was from Yingchuan, and should belong to a branch of the Chen family. County Lieutenant Zhang Lie, whose courtesy name was Shucheng, was from Fenyang, and was considered a local person in Bingzhou.
For the sake of safety, Fei Qian did not identify himself when he first delivered the letter to Wang Yi. He only came in the name of an envoy. After meeting in person and confirming that there were no other variables, he truly identified himself.
Chen Rui and Zhang Lie met Fei Qian again and invited Fei Qian to sit at the top, but Fei Qian refused. After all, now is not the time to show off. The position is not the most important issue at the moment, but as soon as possible. Obtain soldiers to solve the problem of the White Wave Army.
Puzi County is affiliated to Hedong County, and this kind of lease between counties originally violates the court''s system. It is a mutual grant in private. The court will not recognize it, and naturally it is certainly impossible to support it. All The binding force of the treaty can only be observed by each county governor...
In other words, it is a private loan that is not protected by law, and there is no IOU written, and it is purely a verbal agreement.
Therefore, Fei Qian was worried whether Wang Yi would hand over the governance of Puzi County to Fei Qian without reservation, happily and selflessly in accordance with the terms agreed upon at that time. After all, when Wang Yi wrote the letter, Bai Bo The army had already set off south, and Wang Yi himself was in a hurry to rush to Xiangling to take charge, so the letter was written in a hurry, sealed and sealed. Fei Qian didn''t know what Wang Yi wrote in the letter.
Because the letter cannot be opened.
The paper in the Han Dynasty was very fragile, and it would have creases after being easily folded. What''s more, even if you can avoid the fire paint and take out the letter, what can you do? Feiqian doesn''t always have a professional with super high imitation skills who can take out a carrot and engrave it anytime and anywhere.
??If it is an ordinary official document, it can be faked to some extent because it has a fixed style. However, in a letter like this, the handwriting and wording must be difficult to imitate.
?Furthermore, Fei Qian and Wang Yi are more or less friendly forces and allies. The act of pretending and deceiving is justifiable when used on the enemy, but if used on friendly forces, if something goes wrong, the reputation will not be good...
After the greetings, Fei Qian started to get down to business without going around too much because the situation was urgent.
"Wang Shijun, did you explain that Pu County is temporarily on loan to Shangjun?" Fei Qian confirmed first. After all, this is the most important thing. As long as he explains this matter, he has the reason to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Puzi County. Otherwise, he will not be named. If the words are not correct, it is impossible to mobilize soldiers and horses.
??Chen Rui hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said, "There is indeed something to say."
? Feiqian felt that a stone had been put down in his heart. He gave Wang Yi, the humble gentleman, a thumbs up, and then said, "How many troops are there in the city today?"
Naturally, the county lieutenant who was responsible for the defense of the city and the suppression of surrounding bandits was more aware of the situation involving the forces in the city. Therefore, Zhang Lie responded at Chen Rui''s suggestion: "There are currently 250 swordsmen and shieldmen in the city, and 700 spearmen." There are 150 archers, 50 cavalry, 1800 auxiliary troops, and 400 corvées."
“We will mobilize 50 cavalry, 100 sword and shield bearers, 500 pikemen, 100 archers, and 800 baggage troops. We will also prepare supplies. When can we prepare them all?”
??Zhang Lie was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The materials are all in the public treasury, and they can be prepared in just one day..." Zhang Lie said this, but he glanced at Chen Rui, the magistrate of Puzi County.
??Chen Rui cupped his hands and asked, "I wonder if Fei Shijun has a royal scepter, or... Yiwen?"
In the Han Dynasty, troops could only be mobilized with tiger talismans. Later, due to land issues, peasant uprisings continued to occur frequently. In particular, the barbarians in the border areas also rebelled against the border many times. It was too slow to obtain tiger talismans from the central government. Therefore, the local government gradually The scepters of Xing Prefect, Zhou Mu and Zhou Governor were also often used as tokens to mobilize troops.
But after all, there was only one scepter and it was impossible to break it into several pieces for use, so there was a transfer message with a seal, and small-scale troop movements could also be carried out. However, this kind of transfer is only valid within this county. That is to say, only the seal transfer of Wangyi Hedong County Governor can mobilize the troops in Hedong County. When it goes to other counties, or from other counties like Feiqian, Transferring text is of no use.
The question is where did Fei Qian get the transferred text?
Fei Qian suddenly realized a problem, but judging from the current situation, although Wang Yi had explained the matter of temporarily borrowing Puzi County, he either did not explain it clearly or had reservations. Anyway, it was not as Fei Qian thought. As explained clearly, from now on, you can have full authority to handle the affairs of Pu County... "What does the letter from Wang Shijun say?" This was a bit troublesome, Fei Qian frowned.
“I dare not hide anything from Fei Shijun,” Chen Rui smiled bitterly and said, “The prince only said that after Baibo is over, he will provide Fei Shijun with two years of money and food, and nothing else...”
Fei Qian listened and became very angry.
Just two years of money and food...
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?This Wang Yi is really real!
I won’t suffer any loss at all!
Perhaps Fei Qian seemed a little greedy at the time and his demands were a bit like taking advantage of others. Therefore, although Wang Yi finally agreed to temporarily lend the Puzi County seat to Fei Qian for two years, he only followed the agreement at the time and did not leave any money. Tell Fei Qian what loopholes he can exploit.
?But this is completely far from all Fei Qian’s expectations!
??Now Fei Qian needs to mobilize troops to attack Yong''an City. There is no need to wait for the Baibo Army to be pacified for two years to have money. This kind of afterthought is of no use to Fei Qian now!
To complete his strategic layout, he must borrow troops to capture Yong''an County, but now Wang Yi has not mentioned the transfer of military power at all.
What to do now?
Fei Qian actually had a headache for a moment...
The messenger in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is an extremely terrifying job.
Whether he is dead or alive, most of the messengers themselves are confused...
Chapter 63
It was reported that he was sent by General Zhang... Yan Yan was furious and scolded: "How dare a common man be rude!..." He called the warriors to cut off the soldiers'' ears and noses, but put them back... He flew his fingers and said with hatred: "If I catch you, this old man..." Common man, I will eat your flesh myself!”
If they disagree with each other, their ears and nose will be cut off.
PS: Zhang Fei talked about eating human flesh. It can be seen that it is very common like scolding someone in later generations. Think about it if in later generations you cursed someone and said you would cut off and eat the other person''s flesh... This... I think it''s scary...
Chapter 79
Liu Feng read the book and was furious...so he tore the letter to pieces and beheaded his envoy.
He didn’t even say a word, just moved his head.
Chapter 45 mentioned:
Suddenly it was reported that Cao Cao had sent an envoy to deliver a letter. Yu called in. When the envoy presented the book to be read... Yu was furious and refused to read. He tore the book into pieces and threw it on the ground. He shouted and beheaded the envoy... Then he beheaded the envoy and took his head back to the servant.
I didn’t even read the letter, I just moved my head.
Chapter 11
Cao Cao read a book and cursed... He ordered the envoy to be killed... Guo Jia admonished... Cao Cao followed his words and kept the money for the envoy...
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There’s no exact number at all…
So, those who hope to use their words to gain a head start must also see whether others will give them the opportunity...
(End of this chapter)