Chapter 237
"Uncle Meng, you have seen soldiers training like this before." Shang Chaozong asked.
Meng Shanming shook his head: "I haven't seen it."
Shang Chaozong: "Why don't we also pick some people over here to help practice?"
He dare not underestimate the tricks here, and feels that he can always come up with useful new tricks.
Meng Shanming: "I don't know why I am practicing. This kind of training is not suitable for the enemy and us to fight head-to-head on the battlefield. A group of boys are clumsy. It is just the beginning. This should be some basic drills. I don't know what tricks there will be in the future." Some clues can be seen at a glance.
Shang Shuqing, who was looking around, suddenly said, "Brother, the Taoist master is here."
Everyone looked back, only to see Niu Youdao leading a few people to come.
"My lord is here, I'm not far away to welcome you. Mr. Meng, Mr. Lan." Niu Youdao approached to give the gift. As for Shang Shuqing, forget it, as someone who is here every day, there is no need to be polite.
After the two parties were polite, Shang Chaozong asked Yuan Gang: "Brother Yuan, are you training soldiers?"
Yuan Gang: "That's right."
Shang Chaozong said with a smile: "This is the first time I have seen this kind of training method, why don't you let me send a few people over to learn a little bit?"
Yuan Gang: "My lord, I'm just practicing for fun. It's not suitable for battle formation collisions. Fighting in battle formations is not as good as the lord's practice. Speaking of this, Mr. Meng is an expert. If you have a chance, I will ask Mr. Meng to give some pointers to these boys." His eyes were full of anticipation, because he had heard of this man's reputation.
Yuan Gang did not dare to underestimate the famous general who had been on the battlefield for a long time. This kind of person is naturally unique. In some respects, he does not think that the experience of his previous life can compare with this one.
Meng Shanming nodded slightly, "As long as you don't dislike me as a cripple."
Yuan Gang clasped his fists in a rare way immediately, thank you in advance.
A group of people gathered around Meng Shanming who was being pushed in a wheelchair, walking and chatting around the entire venue.
"What is your order here?" Niu Youdao asked.
Lan Ruoting answered, "Master Dao, it's like this. You have been to the secret place too. Old Mr. Gongsun Tieniu has brought a group of disciples out of the mountain and wants to build weapons for the prince. There is a lot of open space here, and there are also many mages. You can take care of it. It is safer, so I want to choose a place near here to open the furnace. I don't know what you want?"
"I have no problem here." Niu Youdao agreed without hesitation, and then asked: "I wonder how the training of Yingyang Wuliewei on the prince's side is progressing?"
After establishing a direct contact channel with Hai Ruyue, the woman kept asking about this matter. Even if he didn't ask, he was quite concerned, and he didn't seem to see much movement.
Shang Chaozong: "It can only be said that it is the initial start, and we are selecting suitable sources of troops. The problem now is that a large number of cavalry requires a large number of horses. The procurement of horses is a problem. Tianyumen has sent people to Qi State, which is rich in war horses, to handle this matter, just..." Shaking his head.
Niu Youdao: "Not enough money?"
Lan Ruoting said: "In this regard, money is secondary. War horses are an important military resource for any country. No country will allow war horses to be exported to other countries to threaten them, and will set up obstacles along the way. The biggest problem is that Qi will control the export of war horses to other countries, and the control is relatively strict. This is more troublesome. The news from Tianyumen seems to have encountered quite a setback.
"Oh!" Niu Youdao nodded, understood, and didn't say a word. Tianyumen needs to make a lot of money here, so it should be made to work hard.
Shang Chaozong and others were busy with official duties, and Qingshan County was waiting for prosperity. There were many things to deal with, and there was no such leisure as Niu Youdao, so they didn't stay here for a long time. After some communication, they left.
However, as soon as we talked about Tianyumen here, people from Tianyumen came.
Peng came here in Fajia again, instead of going to the county, he came here directly.
It was expected by Niu Youdao that Tianyumen would come, so he withheld the wine here.
On the cliff, the two sides met, and Peng scolded at the beginning of the meeting: "Boy, what do you mean by withholding wine? Do you want to go back on your word?"
Liquor is booming, huge profits! This money is comfortable to earn, who would have thought that the supply would suddenly be cut off here, but Tianyumen had already collected deposits from some customers, and if they couldn't pay the goods at that time, it would not be one or two people who would be offended, and those who could buy such expensive wine were not ordinary people, they would be in trouble.
He immediately brought people to solve the problem. With the manpower here, there was no way to force Niu Youdao, and the people from the three sects of Liuxianzong were not vegetarians.
When it came to the wine, Fei Changliu and others who were standing on the side knew that Niu Youdao was fighting for their interests.
"Master Peng, don't worry, drink some tea to quench the fire." Niu Youdao motioned for tea.
"Stop doing this!" Peng waved his hand again, "I'll just ask you, do things that have been negotiated still count?"
Niu Youdao squinted at Bai Yao who was standing aside, "Didn't Bai Yao report my condition to your faction?"
Peng Youzai: "Stop talking, the price is whatever you agreed on, and you can change it however you want?"
Niu Youdao: "That being said, you have to let others drink soup when you eat meat, right? They are also working for the prince..."
Peng looked at Fei Changliu and others and interrupted: "What are they doing for the lord? The land was taken down, and the ones who died were my Tianyumen disciples. It's fine for them to come here to take advantage of it. The matter of deterring the outside world is also covered by my Tianyumen. You let them talk about what they did for the lord after they came here? They didn't do anything, and half of Qingshan County was given to them. My Tianyumen kept my word and fulfilled my promise. Now I want to extend my hand? Is there such a thing in the world? Does it make sense?"
Niu Youdao: "Helping the prince guard the territory, assisting your Tianyumen, isn't that counted as doing something?"
"Hehe!" Peng sneered again, and finally sat down at the table, clapping his hands on his thighs, "Okay, there's no point in arguing about these arguments. It's better to take practical actions. Now the King of Yongping needs a lot of horses and cattle. Qi is a grassland land, and there is no shortage of cattle and horses. If you can go and buy cattle and horses, you have done something. We have nothing to say. Fei, Xia, Zheng, what do you say? ?”
Niu Youdao was speechless, he understood, this Ganqing didn't come to Xingshi to inquire about his crimes, but to take the blame.
Earlier, Shang Chaozong and others said that Tianyumen encountered some setbacks in doing this matter, but now it seems that the difficulty seems to be not small, otherwise Tianyumen would not be so easy to let go.
However, when it comes to this point, how can the three factions shirk, refuse to do things and still have to divide the money? I can't justify it!
Niu Youdao cursed secretly, this time he was tricked.
He didn't expect Tianyumen to play this trick suddenly. Recently, he was so absorbed in cultivation that he didn't pay much attention to other things, so he was taken advantage of.
Without grasping the specific situation, he had no way to deal with it for a while, and was caught off guard.
"Sect Leader Peng, Tianyu Sect is at a disadvantage from Qi State, right?" Niu Youdao said with a half-smile, and poked something out to remind the three sects.
Peng glanced at him again, Tianyumen indeed suffered a lot from Qi State, spent a lot of money to buy a batch of war horses, before they were sent out of Qi State, they were stopped by people, and hundreds of disciples were damaged, which can be described as a huge loss.
This loss is suffocating, and there is no way to retaliate if they want to retaliate. Tianyumen wants to go all the way to other people on the ground of Qi State to act wildly, but it is not enough time.
It just so happened that the price was going to be raised here, well, after discussing with the senior management of the sect, they decided to blame Sanpai.
They don't think that the three factions can do things that even Tianyumen can't do.
"It's none of your business. It's between sects and sects. While you're cooling off, I'm talking with the three sects. If they agree, Tianyumen will give up the benefits. If they don't agree, why should I do all the hard work, and they will take the benefits?" Peng put Niu Youdao aside in one sentence.
"Hehe!" Niu Youdao also sneered, with contempt on his face.
Peng You had a thick skin at this time, pretending not to notice, he brought tea and drank slowly.
Fei, Xia, and Zheng frowned. Although they had never done the matter of obtaining war horses from Qi, they knew that it would be difficult, but they could not refuse Tianyumen's concession.
The three of them temporarily evaded to the side and discussed for a while.
After returning, Fei Changliu said: "My lord is in need, we will naturally do our best in this matter, it's just the money to buy horses, who will pay?"
Peng pointed to Niu Youdao again: "He is willing to pay the prince to restore the people's livelihood. How can Tianyumen sit idly by and agree to pay the prince to support the purchase of war horses and cattle. As long as you can get them, Tianyumen will pay the money."
This is not a false statement. First of all, the huge profits on drinks gave them the confidence to make this investment. If they have money, they will naturally be generous. Without new sources of income, it is impossible to pay this money. The second and most important thing is that Tianyumen wants to take the territory of Nanzhou as their own, and also wants to gain more.
In the final analysis, no matter whether the three factions can get things done or not, Tianyumen is a beneficiary and will not suffer, otherwise they will not easily give in to the three factions.
The three of Fei Changliu looked at each other, and finally nodded together, "Okay, that's it."
The two parties negotiated on this, and at the request of Tianyumen, signed the agreement on the spot.
There is no way, the three factions themselves agreed, and Niu Youdao could only let the detained drinks go.
Chief Peng made a trip in person and settled the matter with ease. He didn't bother to stay here, so he took the drink and left.
After the people who watched Tianyumen put down their drinks and left, Niu Youdao sighed softly, "It's something that even Tianyumen can't handle, I'm afraid it will be troublesome for you to take over this matter."
Xia Hua smiled wryly: "We also know the trouble, how can we refuse when he says that?"
Zheng Jiuxiao sighed: "Do your best! We can't do anything if it can't be done."
Niu Youdao turned around and asked them, "Have you done anything about buying war horses?"
All three shook their heads, Fei Changliu said: "Probably I have heard of it, and I know it is a little troublesome, but I have never experienced such a thing."
Niu Youdao murmured slowly and said: "Then let's do it first. The matter of the war horse will be resolved sooner or later. It's better for your people to go to Qi State to find out the specific situation. If it doesn't work, let's think about it later."