Chapter 79: Release a Carrier Pigeon

Shifeng ancient city, an unexpected visitor.

There was silence in the main hall of the palace, and everyone lowered their heads very low, for fear that the emperor would call their names.

Emperor Zhengde sat on the dragon chair, glanced at the officials, and said slowly: "All the love ministers tried their best to persuade me to withdraw the feudal clan, but now Lian Jingxiao took the San Francisco to take down eight cities in less than three months. , what can you say?"

Everyone lowered their heads, and Emperor Zhengde narrowed his eyes slightly: "The eight magistrates of mine were replaced, and more than a dozen households were confiscated. The people in the city were all overjoyed, seeing off the rebels in person... what a jerk!" After Emperor Zhengde finished speaking, he slapped the armrest heavily, and threw the memorial in his hand far away, and he knew that he was very angry at a glance.

The crown prince Tuoba Mi thought for a while and wanted to go out, cupped his hands and said: "Father, please calm down. Although we lost eight cities, we didn't lose many troops, only tens of thousands of defenders, and the San Francisco rebels were only momentarily proud." .”

The Minister of the Ministry of War also said: "Yes, and Zhongyonghou has already led his troops to Shifeng City. There are 60 defenders in the city and the soldiers and horses he brought with him. Moreover, Shifeng City is a century-old city with strong and towering walls, easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is no way the rebels can go any further."

When Emperor Zhengde heard this, his anger subsided a little, and then he snorted coldly and said: "Xiao Qishan is now committing crimes and meritorious deeds, let someone tell him that Shi Feng must be guarded by me, otherwise, he won't have to come back !"

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Qin Yang took the secret letter from Lian Jingxiao's hand, and after reading it, he said, "So, Xiao Qishan already arrived at Shifeng half a month ago?"

Lian Jingxiao nodded: "The shadow guard reported back, strengthened the city wall, and built defenses, but he was not idle."

Qiao asked: "Xiao Qishan brought 20 troops from all the Xiao family. The defenders in the city and the defenders from other cities were all sent to Shifeng by Emperor Zhengde. Now there are almost 60 troops in the city. Emperor Zhengde is afraid I'm going to stay here."

Qin Yang couldn't help but glance at Qiao Wen, and Lian Jingxiao smiled lightly: "Prince Zhenxi has a very powerful eyeliner in the palace."

Qiao asked in embarrassment: "He told me, isn't it the same as telling you."

After hearing this, the two of them just smiled lightly and said nothing. Qin Yang thought for a while and said, "If we attack the city, the casualties may be huge."

Lian Jingxiao nodded, and then said with a smile: "Xiao Qishan hates me to the bone, not only wants to avenge the third prince, but also wants to know the whereabouts of his sons, he must be eager to start a war with us, so let's leave him alone."

Qin Yang smiled and nodded: "Xiao Qishan must be more worried about food and grass than we are."

When the army could see Shifeng City in front, Lian Jingxiao ordered to set up camp, facing the defenders on the tower, but far away from all attack ranges.

Standing on the city, Xiao Qishan watched the soldiers on the opposite side set up tents, lay stones to set up pots, dig and build defenses, everything was in order, and he wished he could rush over and hack the opponents to death.

The next three days passed without any movement from either side.

Several people were sitting in the big tent, Qiao Wenzhi frowned and said: "This Xiao Qishan is really calm, if we don't move, he won't move?"

Qin Yang said with a smile: "He knows where his advantage is now. He is waiting for us to attack the city, so why would he send troops out of the city to fight us?"

Lian Jingxiao tapped Xiaoji lightly: "Yingjiu, go to Zhuangzi and bring some young masters here. Master Hou is here to welcome you."

Qiao Wen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Now let's see if Xiao Qishan can sit still."

Qin Yang hesitated for a moment and said: "Not necessarily, Xiao Qishan will not leave the city easily if he knows there is a trap."

Chi Canghai on the side suddenly said: "On the other side, are there spies watching our every move?"

Qiao asked: "Naturally, it seems that we are also sending spies to watch what's going on in the opposite city."

Chi Canghai tentatively asked, "What do we use to deliver messages? Carrier pigeons?"

Ying Jiu: "We have our own method. We don't use carrier pigeons to deliver messages."

Chi Canghai nodded: "Then go and help me find a carrier pigeon."

Ying Jiu was taken aback: "I don't know what the imperial concubine Shi Zi wants?"

Chi Canghai: "Yes, help me find one that is very easy to be caught."

Ying Jiu: "..."

Soon, Yingjiu really got the pigeons over, and there were more than one. Chi Canghai wrote a text message and handed it to Yingjiu, asking him to seal it in the letter box on the pigeon's leg, and then wrote another one, Joe Asking was really curious, he walked behind Chi Canghai to read the content of his letter, and then said with a twitching corner of his mouth, "This...he will believe it too?"

Several other people also came to read the letter, Lin Danyang raised his eyebrows: "I am here, where are you going to send the letter you wrote to me?"

Chi Canghai looked at Ying Jiu: "I don't know, but the Shadow Guard should have a way."

Ying Jiu was stunned for a moment, then said: "Subordinates go and do it."

Chi Canghai smiled triumphantly, see?Shadow Guard is capable.

Qin Yang shook his head with a smile: "It's well known that you two are not on good terms, do you think Xiao Qishan will believe it?"

Chi Canghai said indifferently: "If it is someone else, I'm afraid they won't believe it. It's just that at this time and place, I specially sent pigeons to deliver the letter, and the opposite side is the Xiao family who is always scheming about others. If they judge others by themselves, they will probably believe it, even if they don't believe it." It doesn't matter." After finishing speaking, he left cheerfully.

Within two hours, the letter on the pigeon's leg had been delivered to Xiao Qishan by the soldiers. Xiao Qishan looked puzzled after reading the letter: "Didn't it mean that Chi Canghai hated the Chi family deeply?"

The military adviser pondered for a while and said: "The rumors are so, but if you hate it deeply, Chi Canghai has not touched the Chi family's father and son until now. It wasn't Chi Canghai who did it."

Xiao Qishan frowned: "So, the content of this letter is true? Chi Canghai was worried about the safety of the two father and son, and asked Lin Danyang to escort them to a safe place?"

The military adviser said with some embarrassment: "This... If it is false, there is really no need to write such a letter."

Xiao Qishan sneered: "It turns out that all the previous actions were just to deceive others. Chi Canghai, I will let your relatives die in front of you!"

Soon, a spy reported to the camp: "A group of cavalry set off from the border town and headed for Huainan."

The few people in the tent were stunned for a moment, then they couldn't help shaking their heads, Xiao Qishan really believed it, he really went to the doctor in a hurry, really... so stupid!

In the days that followed, the two sides had several surprise attacks on each other, San Francisco seemed to have expected it long ago, each time they were able to resist quickly and retreat completely. In comparison, the surprise attacks of San Francisco caused Xiao Qishan to lose a lot of soldiers , making it more violent.

Apart from checking the health of the soldiers every day, Chi Canghai spent the rest of his time taking care of the newly opened businesses. What attracted the most attention was his canning shop. The most important thing was that he had an excellent reputation. The people who make the method are all full of praise for this thing. Although the current output is enough for him to sell, Chi Canghai still wrote to Hong Fu, asking him to expand the workshop, increase the number of employees, and rush to work overnight. It became popular in Western Myanmar and became a must-have for every household.

It's just that glass is really fragile, and the workshop consumes a lot of it during production and transportation. It would be great if it could produce tin cans... Chi Canghai knows that he should already have this kind of material outside the feudal domain, and even more Many of the crafts that he needs will appear soon, but they are not within the reach of Lin Danyang's caravan.

Qiao Wenzhi looked at the thicker and thicker account books in Chi Canghai's hands, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "When other people fight wars, unless they rob their homes, they will become poorer and poorer. Good reputation...Cang Hai, when will your glass bottle go to Shanxi to sell it?"

Chi Canghai was happy: "It's already on the way."

Qiao asked for a moment, "...really going?"

Qin Yang looked at Qiao with a funny face and asked: "Qinbei has already started selling, and Canghai really doesn't let go of a single place."

Qiao asked puzzled, "Qinbei is like spring all the year round, so there is no need to store fruits and vegetables, so what's the use of buying bottles?"

Qin Yang said: "There are many hunters in Qinbei, and it takes more than a month to enter the mountain once. Although there are fruit trees on the mountain, they are not guaranteed to be encountered. It is always more convenient and safer to use this."

Several people were talking, when suddenly a soldier came in to report: "Shi Zifei, there is someone outside the tent asking to see you."

The people in the tent all looked at him, and Chi Canghai was also taken aback: "Looking for me?"

The soldiers nodded: "The person who came said that he was looking for the concubine of the Prince of Zhennan, and... she looks very weird. All the soldiers stopped to watch this way, and now they are waiting outside the tent."

Chi Canghai nodded: "Let him in."

The soldiers led the order to go out to call for people, and then the two people who came in were both blond and blue-eyed. They were all taken aback when they saw it, but Chi Canghai raised his eyebrows slightly: Yo, foreigners.

Chi Canghai got up and nodded to the two of them as a greeting: "I'm Chi Canghai, I wonder what the two of you are looking for?"

The two people were not surprised when they saw their attire, but they were a little surprised, and they were even more surprised when they saw each other's appearance. It was not until Chi Canghai frowned slightly that he regained his senses.

One of the men wearing a hat said to the other in a foreign language: "Is this man really a man?"

The other glanced at Chi Canghai, nodded and said, "Indeed, I heard that he is the man's wife of the man who is now competing with Emperor Manxi for the throne."

The one in the hat sneered, "Isn't it called molestation in West Maine?"

The other nodded and said, "It's just a plaything."

The man in the hat glanced at Chi Canghai again, and said to the other, "Go and ask him how much I want to buy his bottle."

The other nodded and said in a somewhat broken Burmese dialect: "I heard that you made the glass bottles that are sold at the Huainan border now? We want to learn how to make bottles, and you have to pay a price."

From the time the two of them started talking, Chi Canghai already knew what the other was talking about. Looking at the other's rudeness and arrogance, Chi Canghai just asked calmly: "The two... who are they? As aliens, Actually appearing rashly in the west of Myanmar, I can actually capture you first and then burn them to death."

The translator was obviously taken aback, so he told Chi Canghai's words to the hat-wearing man, who was also stunned for a long time, looking at the other people in the room, all looking at him calmly, not at all like him Like the other people I saw in Mansi, I was in awe of him, and after thinking about it, I frowned and said, "Tell him, I am the ambassador of Fulan, and I have a document that King Fulan sent me to do business with."

The author has something to say: continue tomorrow~

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