The most arrogant in history

Chapter 326: Jiangdong suffers heavy bleeding.

Huangfu Lin clasped his fists and accepted the order.

The next day, Yan Ju brought the Jiangdong delegation to continue discussing business with Ye Kun's people and finalized the transaction price and scale of some commodities.

Everything looks very much like what it really is.

Ye Kun requested that before the Chinese New Year, Jiangdong send 200,000 kilograms of crude iron in exchange for an iron pot.

Yan Ju agreed immediately.

Within seven or eight days, large ships from Jiangdong brought 100,000 kilograms of crude iron, as well as various sea fish and Jiangdong local specialties, which were traded in Chongqing in exchange for Shu brocade, iron pots and porcelain.

Jiangdong also stated that it would increase trading volume after the new year.

Ye Kun agreed readily without any hesitation.

Years ago, Ye Kun returned to Chengdu and presided over various sacrificial activities.

Zhuge Feng went to Tianmen City to help Huangfu Lin to crack Jiangdong's conspiracy of "crossing the river in white clothes".

Because of the mourning period this year, there will be no celebration activities in the Hanzhong Palace.

However, Ye Kun ordered that the common people should carry on as usual and not observe mourning for their mothers. They could eat, drink and play as usual.

This order surprised and grateful everyone.

The princes were like emperors in their own areas of rule.

According to the so-called ancient rituals, when the emperor's mother died, all the people in the country had to observe mourning.

Xie Tong pretended to persuade Ye Kun to take back his decision.

Ye Kun waved his hand: "My mother passed away, and mourning is my business. How can I disturb the people? The military, civilians and officials all have their own things to do. How can I disrupt the original plan because of my deceased mother? Let everyone have a good Spring Festival. After the New Year, we will start spring farming again."

"Lord Ye is wholeheartedly serving the people, which is unprecedented in history." Xie Tong immediately flattered him.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "You have been busy for a year, have a good New Year."

Every year, the New Year in Chengdu is still very lively.

Ye Kun wrote some new songs and asked the military song and dance troupe to rehearse them and perform them in the city to enrich the cultural life of the masses.

Based on his memories, Ye Kun also told love stories such as "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", "Xu Xian and White Snake", and "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", and asked Wen Axiu, Hongyu, and other literary and art workers to organize and adapt them into operas and storytelling, which were performed in the streets.

There are also blind date meetings in the spring.

Ye Kun paid money to help those young widows and young and middle-aged men without wives to rebuild their families and increase their population.

The first month of the lunar year was over and the joyous atmosphere in Chengdu had not yet faded, but in Tianmen City, a thrilling scene took place.

Ye Kun guessed correctly, Jiang Dong really played a trick of crossing the river in white clothes!

On the second day of February, more than a dozen large ships from Jiangdong, led by Yan Ju, passed through Tianmen County.

Yan Ju lied that the ship was full of crude iron, sea fish, and various minerals.

In fact, more than 2,000 Jiangdong soldiers were hiding in the secret cabin of the ship, making trouble at night and preparing to set fire to the water fort of Tianmen City.

Huangfu Lin and Zhuge Feng were well prepared. They sent out ambushes and launched a hail of arrows, killing most of the Jiangdong soldiers and capturing the rest alive.

Including Yan Ju.

Zhuge Feng unceremoniously confiscated all the ships in Jiangdong, threw the captives into prison, and then sent a pigeon to inform Ye Kun and ask for instructions on how to deal with the matter.

The next afternoon, Ye Kun received a letter via carrier pigeon. He was overjoyed and wrote back, asking Zhuge Feng to write a letter to Jiangdong, cursing Jiangdong's shamelessness and asking them to exchange Yan Ju and the prisoners for the rough iron.

Because Ye Kun didn't want a so-called master like Yan Ju. It would be better to kill him and exchange him for some rough iron!

Xiao Dequan from Jiangdong was furious, ashamed and angry, but he had to bow his head and pay another 300,000 kilograms of crude iron to exchange Yan Ju back.

When releasing Yan Ju, Zhuge Feng sent him to the riverside, gave him a small boat, and said with a smile:

"Master Yan, although your plan failed this time, it was still very clever and can go down in history. You lost hundreds of thousands of pounds of crude iron, but you also got a few of our iron pots in exchange, so it's not too bad."

Yan Ju hung his head in dejection and asked, "Who saw through my plan?"

Zhuge Feng shrugged: "Of course it's our King of Hanzhong."

"Monster, monster."

Yan Ju shook his head and got on the boat.

Of course, when this guy returned to Jiangdong, he was inevitably scolded by Xiao Dequan because it was he who came up with the bad idea of ​​crossing the river in white clothes.

Ye Kun was in Chengdu and issued an order to reward Huangfu Lin and his navy to celebrate the fact that he had caused Jiangdong to bleed heavily again.

In mid-February, Gongsun Erniang returned home exhausted.

After not seeing each other for a year, Gongsun Erniang's eyes had lost a lot of sharpness and looked much more vicissitudes of life, as if she had aged five years.

During the attack on Yong and Liang states last year, Gongsun Erniang brought several hundred Mohists with her to infiltrate the two states as spies, spying on the enemy's military intelligence and cooperating with Ye Kun in military operations, making great contributions.

After conquering Yong and Liang states, Gongsun Erniang led her men to promote ventilation stoves on the spot, cooperated with Qin Chou to promote agricultural technology, and also carried out cultural and health propaganda, understood the people's sentiments, and supervised officials.

It can be said that the Mohists who have received training are all omnipotent and very upright. They have ideals and beliefs, take it as their mission to love all and not to attack, and are not afraid of hardship or fatigue.

With the help of Gongsun Erniang, Ye Kun is like a tiger with wings!

Because these days, there are too few people who can go deep into the grassroots and do practical work.

"Junior sister, you've worked hard." Ye Kun personally poured tea for Gongsun Erniang and asked with a smile, "What's the current situation in Yong and Liang states?"

Gongsun Erniang took a sip of tea and reported:

"Almost every household has a ventilation stove over there. This is the first thing I did. The second thing is that we developed 300 Mohists in Yongliang and Liangzhou. They are all honest and upright people who can endure hardships. Third, I found a group of officials who were corrupt and abused their power, and the evidence is solid."

After saying that, Gongsun Erniang took out a handful of white paper files, which were all evidence of the corrupt officials' crimes.

"Junior sister, you are amazing." Ye Kun thanked her sincerely and took the file to read it.

There were more than twenty corrupt officials in this group, most of whom were local officials from Yizhou and Yongliang states.

The two biggest corrupt officials were Wang He, the prefect of Mianzhu, and Xue Peng, the prefect of Luocheng.

Wang He is Xie Tong’s brother-in-law, and Xue Peng is Xie Tong’s cousin!

Moreover, Xue Peng and Han Chun are also in-laws.

The relationships among the gentry are also very complicated.

Gongsun Erniang looked at Ye Kun and deliberately asked, "Brother, Wang He and Xue Peng are both Xie Tong's men. Can you take action to deal with them?"

"It must be dealt with, and dealt with severely!"

Ye Kun pointed at the evidence and sneered, "Based on the evidence, it is not too much to punish all of their clans and behead them ten thousand times. Junior sister, wait for me. Tomorrow morning, we will go to Mianzhu first and capture Wang He. Then we will go back to Luocheng and capture Xue Peng."

Fighting the rich and robbing the wealthy is Ye Kun’s favorite project.

Killing Wang He and Xue Peng would not only save him a lot of money, but also win people's hearts and weaken Xie Tong's power. Why not do it?

The next morning, Ye Kun gathered two thousand personal soldiers, took Ma Zhao, Wu Qiong and Gongsun Erniang, and headed straight for Mianzhu.

We also brought professional financial personnel.

Xie Tong didn't know what was going on and asked Ye Kun where he was going.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "A large iron mine was discovered in Qionglai Mountain. I'll go over and take a look."