Xi Feng and a cloth cloth man were drinking tea, the two of them occasionally chatted, most of the time they were quietly drinking tea, the cloth cloth man even stood up and went to the yard to take a look, no one stopped him, but if he wanted to go out, someone politely dissuaded him. [No pop-ups.].

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Liu Han strode in, clasped his fists with both hands, and apologized to Xi Feng and Luan Xuan: "Brother Xi, this, Mr. Luan, I'm sorry, Liu is back late." ”

"Come on," Rhino stood up and pulled him over, "It's all the people of the army, it's nothing, we didn't say hello beforehand." ”

"Have you eaten?" Liu Han sat down, and then asked, Xi Feng shook his head: "If you don't come back, I'll do it myself." ”

Liu Han laughed and asked outside, "Who is waiting outside?"

A subordinate came over and bowed: "The little one is here." ”

"When is it now, why didn't you prepare wine?" Liu Han's tone was stern, and the subordinate was about to explain, but Xi Feng had already hurriedly explained: "I didn't let it, he came to ask, I didn't let it, wait for you to come back." ”

Liu Han nodded, and the subordinate asked, "Lord, is it time to serve wine?"

Liu Han nodded, turned his head to Xi Feng and Luan Xuan and said, "Let's talk while drinking, Brother Xi, count your luck today, I'm back, sometimes, I don't go home for dinner." ”

Xi Feng smiled: "If you don't come back, I will ask someone to call you, Mr. Luan easily found the time today to meet you and talk to you." ”

Xi Feng is telling Liu Han that today is not between the two of them, but Luan Xuan talking to him, who Luan Xuan is, presumably you Liu Han knows.

In fact, there is no need to be reminded by Xi Feng at all, Liu Han understood as soon as he saw Luan Xuan.

"I know, no matter what it is, Mr. Luan can come, Liu is very happy, sit, wine!"

The wine and food had already been prepared, and as soon as Liu Han opened his mouth at this moment, he immediately sent it up, and Liu Han poured wine for Luan Xuan first.

"This is Jiankang's Jiangnan Spring, presumably Luan Xuan is very familiar with it, and Brother Rhino is afraid to drink less. ”

Liu Han poured wine for the two of them, Luan Xuan took a sip calmly, nodded and said, "Well, I haven't drunk Jiangnan's wine for a long time, I'm afraid this Jiangnan spring has been ten years." ”

Liu Han gave him a thumbs up, and then sighed: "The ,.... of more than twenty years"

"This wine is a little soft," Rhino Feng blinked and shook his head slightly: "Do you have a burning knife?" ”

"Okay!" Liu Hanchong ordered to come to the altar to burn the knife, and the maid who was waiting outside quickly sent the knife to burn, and Xi Feng drank a cup and nodded with satisfaction: "It's still strong enough." ”

"Although Jiang Nanchun is soft, he has enough stamina," Luan Xuan said: "Although burning knives is exciting, the stamina is a little slow." ”

Liu Han nodded: "What Mr. Luan said is that it seems to be a person who knows wine, Brother Rhino, this Jiangnan Spring will take twenty years to taste enough, but in these twenty years of Jiangnan Spring, the younger brother has no ability and can't get it." ”

Xi Feng was slightly surprised, and Luan Xuan explained to him when he saw this: "This Jiangnan spring comes from Fuyang Town on the bank of the Qianbai River in Wu County, with local rice and the mountain spring of Xiaohan Mountain, after seven steaming and seven drying, and then buried in the unique maple forest of Xiaohan Mountain, it takes three years to complete, and generally ten years is already the top grade, and twenty years is a treasure, and it is generally unearthed and purchased by the local gate valve or the local feudal king, and it will not be sold on the market at all." ”

Only then did Rhino Feng understand, looking at the altar of Jiang Nanchun, he quickly poured himself a cup, frowned and drank it, Liu Han laughed: "If Brother Rhino likes it, there should be two more altars, and when he leaves, Brother Rhino can take it away." ”

"So, thank you!" Xi Feng was overjoyed and hugged his fists in thanks.

While laughing, half of the jar of wine was gone, Liu Han poured it for Luan Xuan again, and then said: "Mr. Luan, I guessed some of Mr.'s intentions, to be honest, the prince's request, I can't agree to it." ”

As soon as these words came out, the banquet suddenly quieted down, Xi Feng didn't expect Liu Han to suddenly reveal the matter, after the last meeting, he had already reported Liu Han's meaning to Luan Xuan, Luan Xuan didn't say anything, he passed on the book to King Qin, two days ago, King Qin's letter came back, what he said, he didn't know, but Luan Xuan decided to come to Liufu today.

These days, Luan Xuan has been running in the imperial court, the emperor was going to summon him, but I don't know what is going on temporarily, and he pushed it again, as for when the summoning has not been decided, Luan Xuan is waiting while running around the various yamen of the imperial court, Duzhi Cao, Bing Cao, Taiwei Mansion, Qiu Mansion, running back and forth, hoping to get some money and food for Yongzhou, all the governments agreed, and in the end it was a sentence, asking the emperor to approve it.

Luan Xuan put down the wine glass and looked at Liu Han: "Since Brother Liu said it, it's good, Brother Rhino has already conveyed your meaning to me, and I also reported it to the prince, the prince understands what Brother Liu means, a Hanhai trading company can't provoke Yongliang and Liangzhou, to tell the truth, from the year before last to the present, Brother Liu has provided 50,000 taels of silver to the prince, this return is already very big, Brother Liu has not done anything wrong." ”

Liu Han listened silently, and couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart, looking at Luan Xuan in confusion, Luan Xuan sighed: "In the past few days, I have been running around the yamen of the imperial court, and every one of them is very good, but in the end, I am empty-handed, since I can't get anything." ”

Luan Xuan looked depressed and sighed softly, Liu Han was even more puzzled, he couldn't help asking: "Brother Luan, the prince is not without strength in the court, why is this so?"

"The prince is noble, and those who follow him are all people who admire him, but in today's court, most of them are disciples of Lilu, and the power of the prince is much smaller than it seems. There was a bit of bitterness in Luan Xuan's tone, but Liu Han still understood.

Although the King of Qin has an excellent reputation in Shilin, but whether it is in the period of Emperor Taiding or now, the real power in his hands is very weak, and the financial resources are insufficient, Liu Han once sent silver to the officials in the court and the central government for him, those are all low-level officials, and those who did not send cash were all given in the form of annual gifts, and the average of each official was only a hundred taels of silver, just like the reinforcements sent this time, and the highest cultivation was only the lower grade of the martial artist.

Don't say that compared with the King of Qi, or even compared with the King of Huainan or the King of Taiyuan, it is far inferior.

"The prince is in charge of the two states alone, and he is the pride of one side even in the locality," Liu Han sighed and said slowly: "Over the years, the prince has been diligent in government affairs, and Yongzhou has suffered natural disasters every year. ”

"Although the prince is worried, but the two states of Yongliang are barren and weak," Luan Xuan sighed, but his expression was still very calm: "Over the years, the imperial court has been empty, and the support for the two states of Yongliang is very small, and most of the wealth has been provided to the two states and Youzhou, Yongliang and Yongliang, all these years have relied on the prince's persuasion to maintain, and now it is only the beginning of summer, and the treasury of Yongzhou is empty, and it will take three months to wait for the autumn tax to enter the warehouse." ”

Liu Han frowned slightly, listened silently, Luan Xuan drank the wine in the cup, put the cup lightly on the table, looked at Liu Han and said: "Brother Liu, I am not trying to persuade you to come up with the silver, the prince knows very well that with the financial resources of the Hanhai Trading Company, let alone the two states of Yongliang, even if this battle is out of the fortress, it will not be able to support it." ”

Liu Han breathed a sigh of relief: "That's very good, but, Brother Luan, please tell me what you want to do today?"

Luan Xuan hugged his fist at Liu Han: "Luan is incompetent, he failed to complete the prince's entrustment, Brother Liu has been in the imperial capital for two years, and he has traveled extensively, and he also asks Brother Liu for guidance." ”

The exam is coming, Liu Han knows in his heart, instructing? Luan Xuan was born in a family, has been under the account of King Qin for many years, and is familiar with the situation of the imperial court, so he needs to guide.

After thinking for a while, Liu Han sighed: "Brother Luan, the situation in the imperial court seems to be calm now, but in fact, the waves are surging and unpredictable. ”

Luan Xuan and Xi Feng couldn't help but be slightly shocked when they heard this, and Liu Han sighed again: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, three strategies have been implemented, Chen Guo has cleared the land, Yangzhou salt government has been reformed, and Du Zhicao has investigated the arrears of silver; ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" Xi Feng couldn't help but ask, Liu Han shook his head: "I don't know what the hell is going on, but I am very uneasy, Brother Luan, tell the prince that it is best not to set foot in the imperial court for the time being, and concentrate on governing the two states of Yongliang and Liang." ”

Luan Xuan's expression was solemn, and Liu Han continued: "As for this dispatch," he shook his head: "The imperial court will not let Yongzhou send troops, the prince should be careful of Liangzhou, I estimate that the emperor will summon you soon, Brother Luan, don't worry, wait patiently." ”

"Liangzhou?" Luan Xuan smiled bitterly: "This is even more troublesome, the prince didn't expect Liangzhou, and also reminded the imperial court to pay attention to the movements of Tubo, in recent years, Tubo has been in turmoil, and I always feel that it should be in chaos for two years, according to the news from Tubo, Tubo actually has the potential to invade Liangzhou." ”

Liu Han didn't speak immediately, but looked at Xi Feng, who frowned very tightly: "Last year, after noticing the instability outside the Saiwai, the imperial court ordered the transfer of Fang Da's department from Liangzhou to Yongbei, and now Liangzhou's troops are empty, and the only strong forces are the Black Panther commanded by Qiu Ge and the Ma Jiajun commanded by Atletico Ma, and the other troops can defend the city, but the field battle is not good." ”

"How many troops are there in Liangzhou now?" Liu Han asked, and Xi Feng replied: "There are originally three battalions in the Huqiang General's Mansion, the long cavalry battalion, the middle base battalion, and the flying cavalry battalion.

The total strength of the Huqiang General's Mansion is only 14,000, and the Liangzhou Prefecture Army commanded by Ma Atletico has more than 8,000 people, of which more than 4,000 Ma Jiajun commanded by Atletico is the main force, according to the will of the first emperor, the Liangzhou Prefecture Army is commanded and mobilized by the Huqiang General's Mansion.

Therefore, if Tubo invades the territory, Duanmuzheng can mobilize about 22,000 troops.

As far as I know, Atletico has 3,000 people in Huangsha Pass, and it is very difficult to hold Huangsha Pass. ”

Liu Han didn't listen to the specific deployment of the Liangzhou border army, these things are not for him to talk about, Xi Feng and Duanmu Zheng naturally know what to do.

Luan Xuan looked at Liu Han with anticipation in his eyes.

(End of chapter)