In the flower hall of Taiping County, Xu Ping asked Shi Quanbin next to him with a smile: "Pavilion chief, do you still see the decorations in this hall?" I don't know if it's what you want or not. ”

"It's not just a passing eye, it's just wonderful! A thousand times better than I could have imagined! Shi Quanbin laughed loudly and looked at the strange scene in the hall, "Quick, let them play it again, Yunxing, you can tell me well, and when I return to Beijing, I will have something to say in front of the official family!" ”

Xu Ping pulled up Shi Quanbin: "Okay, let's look at it all the way and say." ”

Near the doorway, there are two wooden slopes on the table, on which are hung miniature rolling stones, and on the back are three tiny stone cannons of each family.

Xu Ping pointed to the table and said: "The pavilion chief has seen the Jiaozhi people attacking the hillside on the mountain, everything should be understood, with these few props, the saint will definitely be able to speak wonderfully in front of him." ”

Shi Quanbin pointed to the rolling wood and said, "Can these move?" ”

Xu Ping said: "Nature is moving, what's the meaning of not being able to move?" ”

As he spoke, he gestured to the soldier at the table. The soldier shook his fingers and rolled a few logs up and down the wooden slope, imitating the scene of a hillside defense.

Shi Quanbin nodded and pointed to a few stone cannons the size of wine bottles: "The key is these stone cannons, these must be able to be fired." Yun Xing, these things have your ingenuity in them, as long as the performance is wonderful, the official family will naturally be able to see the way, and it will be good for you in the future! ”

Xu Ping put so much effort into putting up this kind of battle for the sake of future benefits. After staying in Yongzhou for six years, he naturally understands the importance of leaving a good impression on the emperor.

According to the system at this time, Shi Quanbin's inner servants have no power at all. But the officials of the foreign dynasty still tried their best, why? It's not because as long as they cooperate, one point of credit can be said to be seven or eight points, and they can always grasp the emperor's mind.

Empress Dowager Liu is in her last years, and it is impossible for Xu Ping to change the impression in her heart, so she can only take a long-term view. Make up your mind on the emperor. Shi Quanbin is inconspicuous now, but he has been by the emperor's side for many years, and he has been an internal servant for several generations, and he will definitely help a lot in the future.

The inner servants love money, but there is another side to people like Shi Quanbin, his ancestors have been serving as commanders of the army as internal servants for several generations, and they are high-ranking lords. He doesn't just look at money.

The biggest source of the Northern Song Dynasty's internal servants is these internal servant families, and the characteristics of the times are that in addition to the commonality of eunuchs, there is also a very strong characteristic of ordinary military ministers, the same pursuit of meritorious service, and the addition of officials to the knighthood.

Seeing the soldiers carefully operating the stone cannons, and shooting out the peas one by one as stone bullets, Shi Quanbin laughed: "Okay." Good! This soldier did a good job, and then he went with me to the capital to face the saint. Yunxing, you want to release people! ”

"That's natural, how dare the pavilion chief not let go!"

This is a big event for Shi Quanbin to help him show his face in front of the emperor, and of course Xu Ping fully cooperates.

After looking at the stone cannon and the slope, and then in front of the two simulated earthen walls in front of him, Shi Quanbin's face became serious, and he said to Xu Ping: "There is still a trail ahead. This one is very particular, but it can't be sloppy. Whether it's a crossbow on the earthen wall, or a cannon behind the wall, not only do you have to have these gadgets, but it's best for me to bring a few real things back to Beijing. There must also be people who really understand this thing. told the official family that if the official family wanted to let the capital make these utensils, it would not be impossible to make them. ”

Xu Ping nodded: "Someone's." ”

But he still muttered to himself about this thing. Of course, he can find out the craftsman who can say that he can do it, but if he really wants to explain the doorway inside, I'm afraid he will have to come forward himself.

A soldier stuffs gunpowder into a miniature cannon, usually a pea in it, lights a fire, and only hears a "bang", and the pea flies out.

Hit the wall and the peas fell on the table, Xu Ping and Shi Quanbin laughed together, it turned out that the peas had been burned by the gunpowder in the cannon, and the peas had been charred and blackened, and they had become cooked beans.

Shi Quanbin shook his head and said, "This is not appropriate, isn't this a fried bean?" Or replace it with a lead pellet, that one doesn't burn out, it looks like it. ”

Xu Ping said: "It's okay to change lead beans, but I'm afraid of hurting people, and it's not appropriate in front of the saint." ”

"It's okay, just be careful. It takes a lot of effort, but it must always look like a good thing, otherwise the officials will watch it like a child, and they will inevitably take the war here lightly. ”

Shi Quanbin was still familiar with the affairs in the palace, so Xu Ping had no choice but to nod in agreement.

After looking at everything, Shi Quanbin had a number in his heart. After some calculation, this formation can be set up in the side hall and roughly demonstrate the battle in Langzhou.

This thought is not only for Xu Pinghua, but also for himself. came out on a trip, and caught up with a rare big victory, and went back to tell the official family not by mouth, but also by the first share.

Returning to his seat and sitting down, after taking a sip of tea, Shi Quanbin asked Xu Ping: "By the way, a few days ago, it was said that a large clan of thousands of people returned from Jiaozhi to the Song Dynasty, which didn't cause any turmoil, right?" ”

Xu Ping said: "It's not a big deal, when the Sang patrol went to respond, I was encountering soldiers and horses chasing from the military camp by the Fuliang River. Seeing that we had a lot of soldiers and horses, the Jiaozhi people did not dare to be presumptuous, but they just asked the Sang Inspector to hand them over, saying that they would take them back for disposal. ”

"And then?"

"The place is the place of my Great Song Dynasty, and the people are the people of my Great Song Dynasty, even the commanding soldiers and horses that the Chen family attacked and destroyed also fled back to the border of my Great Song Dynasty, how could they hand over people to them? It's nothing more than some saliva from the Sang inspection fee, which makes the Jiaozhi soldiers and horses slip back. ”

"The people of Jiaozhi are much more honest."

Xu Ping smiled: "In the battle of Langzhou, I don't believe that Jiaozhi people dare to be as domineering as before!" Now they have learned the truth of being a human being, and they have not fought with the Sang Patrol. ”

Even if the two countries are hostile, they have not reached the point where their eyes are red and they fight together as soon as they meet, and Jiaozhi needs to shrink his forces to calm down the situation and get out of the predicament as soon as possible. Xu Ping occupied the key place of Langzhou, and it also took time to slowly digest and consolidate the results obtained, and the two sides chose a temporary peace together.

After careful consideration, Xu Ping finally chose to focus on stability. The priority expansion direction of the sugar industry shifted to Menzhou and Langzhou, and then it took two to three years to build roads from Menzhou to Guangyuan Prefecture, so as to completely stabilize the results in hand. With the organizational ability of the advantages of the cane sugar business, backed by the West Guangnan Road, it slowly competed with Jiaozhi for the area north of the Fuliang River. The geographical situation of these places is similar to that around Yongzhou, and sooner or later they will gradually become the sphere of influence of the sugar cane business. By pressing the Cochin people across the Fuliang River, they completely lost the ability to expand northward.

Of course, this is only Xu Ping's plan, and the specific implementation depends on the next cane sugar promotion, as well as the future administrative plan here in Yongzhou. A large number of Tuzhou was canceled, and the territory of Yongzhou appeared to be too large and would inevitably be divided. How to govern after the division is not something that Xu Ping's current identity can decide.

Xu Ping has Xu Ping's thoughts, and of course Jiaozhi also has his own ideas, it depends on whether they can endure this breath and let Xu Pingping leave his post and return to Beijing safely. (To be continued.) )