Chapter 20: Chang'an (20)
Duan Ye is most proud of the intelligence work in his hands now, after all, Duan Ye knows deeply that the matter of intelligence cannot be false, and it is not allowed to be left to chance, and if there is a little bit of work that is not in place, everything will be done in vain.
Intelligence work spends a lot of money, especially in recent months, and the expenses have increased in a straight line, but Duan Ye knows that all this money should be spent, must be spent, and cannot be saved.
To a certain extent, figuring out the work is to rely on spending money, there is no big trick, and to engage in intelligence is actually to engage people, because when you collect intelligence, you mainly rely on people to inquire and collect. You need to have a stronghold, open a restaurant, open an inn, and open a green building. And since your main purpose is to gather intelligence, not to make money. So most of the time, it's actually going to be a loss.
Needless to say, you can't ensure safety, and that is definitely to give people appropriate benefits. Otherwise, why should people help you do things?
Fortunately, now, there are people from Duanye in the north and south of the river, inside and outside the Great Wall, and slightly larger cities, ports and transportation hubs all have Duanye's strongholds. Duan Ye's carrier pigeons are enough to cover most places, and between the big cities, there are fast horses going back and forth every day, there is news to pass on the news, and there is no news to traffic goods by the way.
Duan Ye's intelligence network is now confident that it is the most powerful in the world, but Duan Ye is not satisfied, he still has new pursuits!
That's logistics!
Duan Ye himself has come all the way, and he deeply knows how inconvenient the transportation is in this era, how difficult it is to transport the goods, and in most places, the carriage walks very slowly, it is very difficult, and it is a waste of time.
If you can quickly establish a logistics channel, you can quickly transport materials in times of war. In peacetime, it is also possible to transport goods in large quantities.
Duan Ye came from later generations and knew how much time and cost could be saved by transporting goods in large quantities in that era. And now, the urgency to build a logistics network is clearly even greater.
I also want to know how much profit it would be if Duan Ye could transport Goryeo's ginseng to Jiangnan, the silk from Jiangnan to Saiwai, and the tea from the Central Plains to the Western Regions. And if Duan Ye has its own network, a lot of things can be hoarded on its own nodes, just like a logistics separation station, in that case, the efficiency will only be higher. At that time, the arteries of the whole world are in their own hands, what else can't be done?
And back to the newspaper, it seems that all kinds of spending money have now achieved some results. Duan Ye looked at the thin pieces of paper in his hand, but he seemed to have seen Murong Rou standing in front of him.
"Your Excellency." Liu Guodao, "This Murong Rou also looks like a strange woman, resourceful and courageous, she should be able to compare with Miss Liu." ”
What Liu Guo said, naturally, was Liu Yiru, and the meaning in those words was very clear, Murong Rou, a woman, was not an ordinary person.
Duan Ye thought for a moment and said, "So, this Murong Rou can also be regarded as a dagger sent by their Murong family?" ”
"Yes." Liu Guodao, "Obviously, Murong Rou is also carrying out a lot of secret missions. ”
"Ugh." Duan Ye smiled bitterly, "How is this, a group of big men are not good, and they actually let a woman take the lead like this." ”
As soon as these words came out, Liu Guo and the others were very embarrassed. Duan Ye hurriedly said, "But I'm okay here, you guys are still very useful, hahaha." ”
……
After figuring out that this matter was probably done by Murong Rou, Duan Ye certainly couldn't sit still, and he definitely had to do it.
And the way to do it is very clear, you arrested the people of my Wanjia Silk Village, and I don't retaliate, then I'm sorry for you!
In just one day, the guest wine shop in the south of the city, the happy hall in the west of the city, and the Fuwei dart bureau have continuously disappeared important people. Of course, these organizations are actually spies left in the city by the Murong family.
The news soon spread to Wanjia Silk Village, Murong Rou sat in the study, looked at Murong Yong with a nervous expression, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you don't have to worry, I know who did this." ”
"Who?"
"Of course it's Duan Ye." Murong Rou said with a smile, "We have taken down these ten thousand families, and if he doesn't arrest a few of us, he won't be reconciled!" ”
"Will our people be in danger then?"
"No!" Murong Rou smiled, "Duan Ye is just telling us that he knows that these things are done by us, and he is very dissatisfied, that's all." If he goes too far with our people, he also has to think that the father and son of the Wan family are still in our hands! By the way, let's go and see Wancai. “
……
In the dimly lit basement, Wan Choi was dressed in plain clothes, sitting in a corner, and there was only one lamp in the room that barely lit, and it was obvious that he was a prisoner. But in fact, this was originally his home, and he was originally the master.
"Mr. Wan!" Murong Rou was dressed in a snow coat and walked over elegantly with her hands behind her back, "What, has Mr. Wan thought about it?" “
"Don't you think about it!" Wancai said disdainfully, "I took it once, and I have already betrayed Master Duan, and you have also succeeded, what do you want?" “
"Oh, don't say that." Murong Ju said, "Think about it, he treats you well, but everything you owe him has already been repaid!" You've done so much for him over the years, you have nothing to be sorry for him! “
Wan Cai listened, but did not speak.
Seeing this, Murong Rou thought that there was something to be done, so he said: "Mr. Wan, the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose the lord to serve, before you chose Duan Ye, it was certainly a wise choice, but now, the situation is different. ”
"You don't understand!" Wancai said suddenly.
"What?"
"I mean, you don't understand!" At this time, Wancai's eyes suddenly burst out with a strong self-confidence, "You are a woman, yes, you are a very powerful woman, Wen Taowu is very strong, but you are still a woman after all, you can gain insight into human nature, you can understand the world, but the world of men, you don't understand, it's not that you don't want to understand, it's that you really can't understand, I'm afraid you will never understand!" ”
Murong Rou never expected that Wan Cai would say such sharp words at this time. What's more important is that he can't find the words to refute him for a while.
Seeing this, Wancai continued: "Please go back!" Master Duan can trust me, I did something sorry for him, and I will find a chance to break it off in the future, but since I was wrong once, it is not good to be wrong again, what you say will not work, and you don't want to threaten me, threaten this kind of thing, threaten once, it's fine, and then go down, not only is it not beneficial, but it is humiliating yourself, why bother? “
As soon as Murong Rou heard this, she knew that there was no possibility of progress today. She didn't expect that this time, she actually let Wancai educate her, which is really incredible.
In desperation, Murong Rou had no choice but to say, "Then Mr. Wan, you can rest well." “
Wancai looked at Murong Rou's back, and after so many days, he finally smiled.
And Murong Rou had just returned to the study, and before she had time to discuss with Murong Yong, someone came to report and said, "Princess, there is a letter." “
"Oh?" Murong Judo, "Whose is it?" “
"Say you'll know if you see it."
Murong Rou took the letter, opened it and saw that there were just four sentences on it: be kind to ten thousand families, choose a day to exchange prisoners, don't act rashly, and ask for more blessings.
Murong Yong took it and looked at it, and immediately said angrily, "This is too arrogant!" “
"This is Duan Ye." Murong Ju said, "It seems that he has completely mastered the initiative, hehehe, this guy really has a big temper." “
"So what do we do?"
"What to do? That's not easy. Murong Rou smiled bitterly, "We must not move Wancai, otherwise our people will not be able to keep it, and Duan Ye can arrest them, which means that his power in Chang'an is still very strong, at least it will not be weaker than us, and we can't act too rashly, so in this case, don't we have to listen to him." ”
"Alas!" Murong Yong sighed, "This Duan Ye is too powerful." ”
"Yes, this is a soldier who surrenders without a fight, he didn't force us, but we had to do it, this is the ability!"
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"Of course Duan Ye is amazing!" Fu Bao said, "Qiu'er, do you remember, a year ago, after Yao Chang's rebellion, his subordinates all suggested that Chang'an should be used to control the world first, which means that at all costs, Chang'an should be conquered first, but fortunately, Yao Chang said that he would move his troops to Lingbei, collect money, and then take it from the arch, so that he could sit in the world without blood, alas, thanks to this guy who doesn't know how to be flexible, otherwise we will be in danger." But if you look at Duan Ye, it's different, if he has the opportunity, he will pounce on it like a leopard, and he won't hesitate at all, when he joined the army before, he didn't have any soldiers in his hands, and there was no one around him, so he dared to make bets, let alone now? ”
Qiu'er smiled and said, "Princess, that's your business, such a man, you can control him, princess." ”
"Well, that's not necessarily." Fu Bao said, "Don't you see, Murong Rou's sassy hoof has also come to Chang'an recently." ”
When she said this, Fu Bao bit her lower lip and squinted her eyes, looking like a very jealous child, which Qiu'er had never seen.
Qiu'er couldn't help but sigh in her heart, is this the power of love?
"But princess, just a year ago, you didn't seem to say that about Murong Rou."
"That's when I was too honest to find out about her wolf ambitions!" Fu Bao said dissatisfiedly, "Anyway, you have to stand by my side when the time comes!" “
"Princess, when did the slave stop being on your side?"
"What I mean is that when you enter the Duan family in the future, you are your own person! A lot of questions need help! ”