Chapter 499 Haze
Wang Buxi found Wang Jiuhe in the Hongfu Theater Building in Huaishuo Town.
As soon as she saw Wang Buxi, the proprietress of the Hongfu Theater Company's eyes gleamed, as if she had seen a savior: "Master Wang, you are finally here, come and persuade the imperial envoy!"
After the girls in the Hong Fook Troupe learned that there was going to be a war, they all expressed that they wanted to go to medical school to learn nursing knowledge so that they could help the wounded in the future.
The proprietress also felt that no one liked going to the theater at this time, so she planned to close the Hongfu Theater Company.
Most of the guests understood, and they were busy with other things and really had no time to come to the troupe. Only the imperial envoy wanted to drink and stayed in the building, insisting that the girls perform "Five Finger Mountain" for him.
The landlady tried to persuade me, but she couldn’t do it, she was angry and anxious!
Wang Buxi waved to the landlady. The landlady breathed a sigh of relief as if she had received some promise, and wisely left the huge theater to the two of them.
"What? Your Majesty Wang wants to perform "Under the Five Fingers Mountain" for me personally? I wonder if Mr. Wang intends to play Tathagata Buddha or Sun Wukong?"
Wang Jiuhe shook his head. Some empty wine jars were thrown away with dissatisfaction.
Wang Buxi moved a few steps to the left, and the wine jar hit exactly where he was standing.
"There are no idle people in Yunzhou. Who has time to act? The official said that I will give you a look at the battle plan. When you have time, I will send it to Kyoto."
Wang Buxi put the battle plan to you. The plan unfolded for a while, but before Wang Jiuhe could see it clearly, he quickly took it back.
"Have you finished reading? After reading it, I will leave."
Wang Jiuhe hummed a tune and drunkenly looked at Wang Buxi's leaving figure. When he was completely out of sight, the corner of his mouth He raised it slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile.
This clan brother was born as a proud man, and he had never taken other people of his generation seriously. Naturally, he didn't know that he actually had a photographic memory!
No matter how fast Wang Buxi retracted, Wang Jiuhe still memorized the battle plan at a glance!
Wang Jiuhe stood up unsteadily, walked to the window, opened it, opened his drunken eyes, and looked out the window boredly.
Hmph, I knew Wang Buxi would send people to keep an eye on him!
Wang Jiuhe returned to the table, opened a new can of fruit wine, returned to the window step by step, and poured wine into his mouth without restraint.
The drink flowed down the corner of his mouth and soaked his clothes.
Wang Jiuhe burped and sang loudly: "Singing over wine, what's life like? Come on, buy me a pound of braised mutton!"
He was ordered to monitor below. Wang Jiuhe's group looked at each other, and one of them, a small one, quickly ran toward the foot of the alley.
In the entire Huaishuo Town, there is currently only one shop selling braised mutton. It is because the shopkeeper has bad legs and feet and is a lame, so he did not follow Shopkeeper Xia and others out of the city.
The mutton seller heard that the imperial envoy Wang Jiuhe wanted to eat a pound of mutton. His eyes flashed and he cut off two pounds neatly: "We only charge one pound. We in Yunzhou are at a critical moment. Serve that one well and don’t let him cause trouble.”
The man in charge of running errands muttered and complained: "No, it's because of him that we have several brothers tied up! The general is short of people, alas!"
The shopkeeper glanced at the man sympathetically, and then took the jar , planning to go to the theater with him: "Oh, just bear with it a little longer. Forget it, I'll go with you! The braised mutton must be freshly cooked to be delicious!"
"How does this work?"
"It's okay. Anyway, I stay in the store all day long and there is no business. I make this trip so that the imperial envoy can be less evil and the brothers can relax. "Sure."
"Okay, thank you, shopkeeper. I don't know when Shopkeeper Xia and the others will be back. The food purchase went smoothly." Shopkeeper Xia and the others did not go well.
They originally planned to go to Shuozhou first and then to Henan County in Hezhong.
But the next day after they bought food in Shuozhou, they heard some bad news.
"The officials ordered that in order to prevent unscrupulous merchants from maliciously hoarding and raising the price of grain while the country is in crisis, it is also to prevent people from looting. Starting from the 15th, all grain stores in Dazhou will implement Purchase limit. Each person can purchase more than one kilogram of food per day!"
Shopkeeper Xia was shocked. It starts on the 15th, doesn't it start today?
Fellow businessmen were also worried. The price of food in Shuozhou was not cheap. They only spent half of their money in Shuozhou.
As soon as the imperial edict came out, the remaining half of the funds could not be spent!
“Shopkeeper Xia, what should we do?”
Shopkeeper Xia’s right eyelid is twitching. I don’t know why, but his heart is pounding, jumping up and down, and there is no stable moment. .
Mr. State.”
"Of course I can trust you!"
"Is it enough to bring two or three people? The world is a bit chaotic now, so bring a few more!"
Shopkeeper Xia nodded: "Okay! I will bring you Five people! Without further ado, I will take people out immediately to see if we can make a time difference!"
Hezhong County is a fortress on the north-south waterway, and many merchant ships will transit here.
Some grain transport ships from the south of the Yangtze River also have to pass by Hezhong Mansion.
Shopkeeper Xia wants to go to Hezhong Mansion to see if he can find the right opportunity to contact those grain merchants in private, instead of going to grain stores and doing secret transactions!
It’s not that I can’t trust the court, it’s just that the court’s actions are too slow!
The Yunzhou army is about to set off, but there is still no movement from the reinforcements.
In the past few days, Shopkeeper Xia also visited He Yunyan, the governor of Shuozhou.
He Yunyan's official information is much more accurate than the private information. According to him, Duke Ji is still ordering troops in Kyoto!
A recruitment list was rejected several times by the officials!
Officials say that the reinforcements are related to the security of the entire Yunzhou and the entire Zhou Dynasty. They must be selected from the best, and the best from the best! In order to prevent there being spies planted by the Tatars, the family background of each soldier must be verified!
Hearing the news, Shopkeeper Xia’s eyes darkened, and his cheeks became swollen just by brushing them!
A total of 50,000 soldiers are investigating one by one. How long will the investigation last? !
Tong Taishi said that if it didn't work, he would transfer all the Jinwu Guards and Baiyu Army.
Li Gelao disagreed, saying that the Jinwu Guard and Baiyu Army were to protect Kyoto and protect the safety of the official family. They were the last line of defense of the Zhou Dynasty and could not be moved!
Over this matter, the court quarreled for several days.
When Master He said these things, Shopkeeper Xia was so anxious that he could not wait to rush to Kyoto and shout at them: "Send someone! Send someone quickly! The general is about to set off!"
Because of this incident, Shopkeeper Xia is even more worried about transporting grain to Kyoto!
“Let’s go now!”
When they learned that Shopkeeper Xia was going to Hezhong County with someone overnight, the manager of Shuozhou Station of Baida Station immediately brought about twenty people to escort Shopkeeper Xia.
"Shopkeeper Xia, don't worry, our Baidu Post Station also has a station in Hezhong County. I will give you a token. You can go to them with the token. If you can raise food, you don't have to worry about manpower. Leave it directly to us Baida Express!”