It was May, a season of bright spring and sunny weather. Lucheng became more and more prosperous. With the expansion of the influence of the market, more and more Mongolians and Dai Viet merchants came here to trade and trade.

Sima Rui, the owner of Lucheng, who makes tens of thousands of dollars every day, naturally has a lot of money in his pocket. All merchants who intend to make a fortune here, regardless of their background, the first thing they do when they come to Lucheng is to come to him.

Worshiping the dock, it is better to be in charge than to be an official now. It really offends him. If you make a small stumbling block, the loss will be huge.

The Lucheng army is now firmly in the hands of Sima Rui. Sprinkling large sums of money will naturally gain the support of his generals, including Yao Meng, Ding Zhuang, Qu Lu, Li Jian and others.

Instead of being poor in the past, they now had a lot of money in their pockets to spend, which made them more loyal to Sima Rui.

Sima Rui has never believed in loyalty. He only believes in using enough benefits to keep everyone close to him.

Logically speaking, Sima Rui should be feeling proud now, but today, he is frowning.

"Wenzhuang, how do you think we should deal with this matter?" He looked at his mastermind, She Wenzhuang.

The weather was not very hot yet, but She Wenzhuang was holding a folding fan in his hand, shaking it constantly, and gently stroking his neatly groomed mustache with the other hand, looking at Sima Rui, "General

, which thing do you mean?"

Sima Rui smiled bitterly, "How many things can you stand now? Of course it's the massacre of Yunjia Village. The person sent by the imperial court is Xu Wei, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, who is known as the iron hammer. This man has a very hard temper and a soft temper.

If you don't eat it, if it falls into his hands, no matter who you are, he will smash it down head-on."

She Wenzhuang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether he is an iron hammer or a wooden hammer, the general doesn't have to worry about this."

"How can I not worry? When it comes to this matter, I can't get rid of it."

"Of course it cannot be divorced from the relationship, but what the general is responsible for is simply his inability to protect the people on the border, which led to the Mongolians rampaging against the people on the border, leading to this tragedy."

"Even this crime is not a trivial matter. The court can at least give me an evaluation of dereliction of duty or lack of talent. That would not be a good thing for me!" Sima Rui shook his head.

"General, please come forward to apologize. The general has only been in Lucheng for more than half a year. The military discipline of the frontier army in Lucheng has been lax and cannot bear a battle. In the past six months, the general has been working to rectify military discipline and improve morale. Unavoidably, he is somewhat unable to deal with the harassment by the Mongols.

"We are currently negotiating with the Mongols on this matter and are preparing for war at the same time. If the Mongols do not give us a satisfactory answer, we will send troops to the desert as revenge." She Wenzhuang said with a smile.

Sima Rui was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands, "Wonderful, this rectification of military discipline and improvement of morale is a real thing, I didn't hide it at all, I believe Xu Wei will see it when the time comes, and I said I am ready to raise troops

The desert is used to show that Lucheng's combat power is now strong, which is different from Feng Congyi's time."

"The imperial court is now negotiating peace with the Mongolian people. Naturally, it will not allow the general to raise troops in the desert because of this incident. However, the general's intention has been expressed, and the imperial court has no reason to blame the general anymore. Maybe it is also because of the general's toughness towards the Mongolian people.

You should know that the imperial court has always been hostile to the Mongols." She Wenzhuang said with a smile. "By the way, I also gave Feng Congyi a slap, which kills two birds with one stone!"

"Yes, but I'm very confused. It's just that a small village in Yunjia Village was wiped out. This kind of thing has happened many times before. Why is the imperial court so aggressive this time? They actually sent the left minister of the Ministry of Justice down?"

She Wenzhuang smiled: "Without it, it's just a fight between gods."

"You mean?" Sima Rui looked at Shewenzhuang inquiringly.

"Whose person is Xu Wei?"

"Fourth Prince!"

"Yes, the fourth prince is a powerful opponent of the eldest prince. Now that the fourth prince is at a disadvantage in the court, he has finally caught the eldest prince's hand. Is there any reason not to cause trouble? The drunkard's intention is not to drink.

, Otherwise, a mere Yunjia Village and hundreds of lives can make the Fourth Prince go to war in such a big way? In the eyes of these big shots, we are just pawns, let alone the common people. Do you think the Fourth Prince really loves the people like his own children?

No, it’s just that this matter concerns the eldest prince’s disciples, and the fourth prince wants to open a gap from here.”

"You mean Xu Wei's original intention was not to come here for the Yunjiacun case!"

"Yes, what Xu Wei really wants to find out is why the great prince's disciples appeared in Lucheng? And since they have connections with the Mongols, the fourth prince will not believe that the great prince's disciples will really come to Lucheng for a woman, and

Where does the huge amount of money spent by the eldest prince come from? This is also a question that puzzles the fourth master? You know that the fourth prince is in charge of the household department, which is very tight. "

Sima Rui stood up excitedly: "Then this matter is of great importance. If Xu Wei finds out any clues, we will all lose our heads."

She Wenzhuang shook his shoulders lightly and said, "General, there is no need to worry. Firstly, the troops on the border in Lucheng are now united. Xu Wei came to investigate. What can be found? Secondly, how can the great prince just sit back and do nothing? I believe that it will not take more than two years."

God, there will be new news coming, and the prince will definitely add some sand to this investigation in order to echo us."

"The Lucheng border army is not yet united. At least one person is happy to see us having problems!" Sima Rui said solemnly, "I believe that Xu Wei will be able to see this situation when he comes, and this person

They are the best at taking advantage of loopholes, so we have no choice but to do so."

"You mean Wang Min?"

Sima Rui nodded, "The fact that we assisted Wu Siyuan in smuggling arms can't be hidden from others. I'm afraid we can't hide it from Wang Min. At least he knows a little bit about it. When the time comes to stir up trouble in front of Xu Wei, we will be passive."

"General, do you mean to make him disappear?" Shewenzhuang put away his fan excitedly.

Sima Rui shook his head, "Wang Min is the deputy general of Lucheng, a dignified fifth-grade general. If he dies in an unknown way, wouldn't it mean that we don't have three hundred taels of silver here, and we will bring it upon ourselves?"

"General, what do you want?"

"I have a way to make him unable to speak, and he doesn't dare to speak!" Sima Rui thought for a while and said suddenly.

"This is foolproof. As long as we handle it properly, Xu Wei will definitely gain nothing from this trip. General, during these days, you must tell Qiao Zifang that the soldiers of the second battalion are not allowed to leave the barracks without orders."

"Yes, Wenzhuang, you immediately inform those Mongols to get out of the city. Without my notification, they are not allowed to step into the city again. The matter of ordnance and fine iron has been temporarily stopped."

"Wenzhuang understands!"

The two of them discussed some details carefully for a long time, and finally confirmed that everything was in order. A smile finally appeared on Sima Rui's face.

"Wenzhuang, are the Mongols still urging us to send troops to destroy Yingzui Rock?"

"Now he has changed his tune and said he is willing to send troops with us."
Chapter completed!