Chapter 452 I just won’t give you face

Under the gate of Fengjiang City, there is an endless stream of visitors.

The business of tea stalls and wine shops has been booming in recent days.

It's not because there are more monks from outside the country. After the Cave Heaven Paradise, there are obviously many fewer monks in the border area than in the past. But the reason why the paving business is still the same is mainly because of the war at the Dali border.

If the people were placed in an ordinary county town, they might have packed up their bags and moved south to Qidali.

However, the Fengjiang people were a little different. Not only did they not show any fear, they even watched the battle at the wine and meat stalls every day.

Then he began to talk about the battle between the two sides and arrange the troops.

It's as if everyone knows how this war between dynasties should be fought.

It is interesting to say that at first, many foreign monks thought the remarks of these ordinary people were ridiculous.

But over time, you will become infected and join in unknowingly.

Then we would argue every day and it would be very lively.

This scene is really a bit dumbfounding, and the people in other counties and cities in Dali are extremely nervous.

On the contrary, Fengjiang, the city closest to the battlefield and the most dangerous, seemed particularly relaxed and leisurely.

The Dali army in Guandao Pavilion next door was fighting fiercely every day, but the people here had no fear and didn't even know that Xue Jingkang had been here a few days ago.

"Hehe, let me tell you, it's not my fault. If I were allowed to command the entire army, I would definitely kill the people of Nanjing!"

"Come on, just you?"

"What's wrong with me?"

"The Lord of the City gave you hundreds of pills, right? You can eat them like jelly beans. You are still at the peak of your physical body and have not yet broken through the body refining realm. Are you going to become a general?"

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"Besides, what does being a general have to do with realm? Being a monk is not my strong point."

"Hmph, Xiao Zhang, you can't do it. The old man and I have the best plan. Charge the Dali cavalry, and then let the Dali monks cover it with firepower!"

"Old man Zhou, were you feeding pig food to your pigsty at that time? It was covered by fire, so you just sprinkled it and it was over? Right?"

"Hmph, you are too superficial. You just say that the two sides are playing against each other. It's like playing chess. The first step is very important. The so-called starting with the first gun, do you understand what it means to be the first gun?"

"What?"

"That's a show of force! The first thing is momentum and appearance. I don't know what our guy from Dali thinks. Don't stay in the military camp for so many days and don't know how to show it to the other side."

"What are you showing? Your son's beautiful little wife?"

"piss off!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

At this time, every location in Fengjiang City was very lively.

Chatting and arguing, talking about random things.

He completely ignored the number of carriages parked outside the city gate.

The people in the feudal frontiers knew very little about red tape.

After all, survival was the top priority at the beginning, so no one would pay attention to these things.

There is no teacher to teach, no wealthy scholar, and no high-ranking officials from the capital.

So my horizons must be a bit shallow.

Whenever a family from other counties and cities saw the carriage with a big gilt roof outside, they would respectfully stand up to greet it.

Because this is the carriage pattern of the royal family of the Dali Dynasty.

However, the people in Fengjiang don't know this. No one from the royal family in Dali Capital has ever been to Fengjiang once, so it's normal for them not to know.

Some people took a second look while chatting.

Just think of them as those noble, outgoing monks.

There are often a lot of aristocratic monks who pass by here. Those who are more sophisticated are indeed the ones that many people in the borderlands look up to.

Not to mention this kind of carriage with a big gilt roof, even the pets they keep are extremely luxurious.

So when you see Song Zhenque's carriage, you must take a few more glances, but that's about it.

Inside the carriage.

Song Zhenque and his officials looked at the comfortable scene in front of them strangely.

This is completely different from the border closure they thought.

Even when I went to a roadside tea stall, I had mixed feelings when I heard the words spoken by the people from Fengjiang.

It's not because the people from the borderlands are so good at analyzing the battle situation and arranging their troops.

I was completely confused by this comfortable and leisurely state.

Is this what a border county should look like when it is about to face a war?

Why are you acting like nothing is wrong?

Or are you really ignorant to a certain level and don't know the threat that Nanjing's army poses to the border?

Aren't you all afraid of death?

Everyone was filled with doubts.

After the carriage was away from the city, its progress began to slow down.

Before Song Zhenque decided to come, he had asked Gu Shouzhi to pass the news to Shen Mu.

However, Chen Mu was still shopping in the mountain col at that time, so the matter was finally passed to Cao Zhengxiang.

At this moment, Cao Zhengxiang stood inside the city gate, with his hands raised and his sleeves raised, looking at the people coming from Dali with a smile.

Xiao Nanhe, Gu Shouzhi, Wang Beixuan, Xu Cunhe and others are naturally there.

But when they saw Cao Zhengxiang standing inside the city gate, several people sighed helplessly and smiled bitterly to themselves.

Some things may not be possible after all.

Chen Mu did not greet him personally, but asked Cao Zhengxiang to come. Cao Zhengxiang did not leave the city gate, but stood inside the city gate to greet him. This seemingly small move also expressed his attitude and stance.

People in the Dali Dynasty were not fools, so they naturally saw the secret behind this.

If the city of Fengjiang becomes independent, you can't refuse to worship another dynasty.

Secondly, you came to us to discuss business and did not go out to wait for you to come. The priority is also clear. It is you who came to beg me, not me who went out to beg you.

The atmosphere inside the carriage was a bit strange.

Originally, many people were quite confident along the way, thinking that their battles had given Fengjiang a lot of face, and Shen Mu should not be ignorant of the praise.

As a result, as soon as this happened, he was quietly given a blow.

I have yet to see that county and city see the emperor of the dynasty in person and not go out of the city to welcome him.

The key is not only Shenmu, but also the people in Fengjiang don't seem to care about them.

This is too shameless!

"Your Majesty, this Chen Mu is too arrogant. Does he really think that without him, we will be unable to survive in Dali?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we cannot give him a chance to show off his power, and if word spreads, how will our Dali's face be saved?"

"Your Majesty, should we go back?"

Song Zhenque's expression was not very good at this time.

But there was one thing he understood very well, that is, their army in Dali really needed to support vitality rice and elixirs as soon as possible.

If we cannot outdo our opponents in this aspect, it will be impossible to level the battle lines.

He will be defeated soon.

After pondering for a long time, Song Zhenque sighed helplessly. If he did something wrong, he would always have to pay it back. If Dali Capital had made other choices about Fengjiang, maybe it would be different now, and a man like Shen Mu was a monster.

, and can be used by him.

It's just that it's too late to think about these things now.

"Don't be impatient. You are here. Remember the purpose of our trip. We are going to get the vitality rice and the thirty-fold increase in elixir. As for the other... Dali is facing a difficult situation right now, it doesn't matter.

Let’s go to town…”

Song Zhenque finished speaking.

The car became quiet again.
Chapter completed!