Chapter 555: The King's Unparalleled Wisdom

The Wuliang royal court is in Yemi City, and Yemi City is at the foot of the Milu Mountain.

Yemi City is a very beautiful city, with the Milu Mountain behind it and the Suluoer Lake in front of it. There are green grasslands at the foot of the mountain and endless fertile fields by the lake.

Although the Wulianghu tribe is not good at farming, after Wutuo came to power, he still reclaimed a large amount of fertile land by the Suluoer Lake. This piece of fertile land alone can feed 100,000 Wuliang people.

It is precisely because of the large tracts of fertile land and fertile grassland that Wutuo can completely control the Wulianghu tribe.

At this time, Wutuo was sitting in the palace hall to entertain six vassal kings. There were countless delicacies on the banquet, and many dancers and singers were performing. The six vassal kings were respectful to Wutuo, and every word was full of flattery.

There are eight vassal kings in the Wulianghu tribe, including Xuanting, the leader of the Wula clan, and Cui Liang, the Liang king. However, the six old vassal kings of the Wulianghu tribe came to the banquet today.

In the past, these six old vassal kings were disrespectful to Wutuo's father and often followed orders but not orders. Especially after Wutuo buried 70,000 Hu cavalry at Guanshankou, these six old vassal kings had all kinds of thoughts about the royal court.

It took Wutuo four years to make these six old guys surrender.

Wutuo felt very satisfied with this. He raised his glass and said, "My uncles, I wish my Wuliang royal court a great victory in this battle!"

Wutuo had wanted to go to war with Darong for a long time. If it were not for the internal instability, he would have wanted to go to war with Darong three years ago.

Now that the Wuliang royal court has strong soldiers and countless food and grass, Wutuo can't wait to fight with Darong and avenge the previous shame.

Even if there is no Shenyang Sect secretly instigating, Wutuo will lead the army south next year.

"Congratulations to the royal court!"

"Congratulations to the royal court!"

The six vassal kings all raised their glasses with a smile and drank them up.

At this time, they had great confidence in attacking Darong, because the Wulianghu tribe was now strong enough, stronger than ever before.

The soldiers and horses that were lost before have now been restored, and are even stronger than before.

And Wutuo's ability and means also gave them more confidence.

In fact, they were not afraid of Wutuo's strength, but they were afraid of Wutuo's incompetence. They wanted a strong royal court, because a strong royal court could lead them to prosperity and strength.

How to prosper and become strong?

That is naturally to rob Darong's population and wealth.

Just when the hall was bustling, a close attendant walked to the side of Wutuo and whispered softly: "Your Majesty, just now the King of Liang sent someone to deliver a message saying that Beiyuan Town is mobilizing troops and food."

Wutuo was not surprised to hear this, but was happy instead.

"Haha~~ It seems that Duan Qifeng, the dog of Rong, can't help it!"

He laughed.

"Your Majesty, do you have any good news!"

Tang Wuxi, one of the six vassal kings, asked.

Wutuo smiled and said, "Good news, good news. Duan Qifeng is mobilizing troops in Beiyuan Town. He also wants to have a big fight with us! Haha~~"

He is not afraid of Beiyuan Town. After all, they have been fighting with Beiyuan Town for many years, and of course they have also cooperated with Beiyuan Town for many years.

The cooperation between the two parties is necessary for interests. The Wulianghu tribe needs Beiyuan Town to transport grain, tea, salt and iron, and Beiyuan Town wants to use the fur and herbs of the Wulianghu tribe to make a lot of money.

Since the West Road of Chongshan Town was destroyed, Beiyuan Town has replaced it and become the largest trader of the Wulianghu tribe.

The Wulianghu tribe needs the materials of Beiyuan Town, but Wutuo wants to occupy the territory of Beiyuan Town more.

Unlike the previous poverty of Chongshan Town, Beiyuan Town has a large number of fertile fields and horse farms, and Beiyuan Town has a large population.

Wutuo dreams of occupying Beiyuan Town.

Once he occupied Beiyuan Town, hundreds of thousands of Hu cavalrymen under his command could invade Longyuan. By then, they could obtain a large amount of supplies and population, and would no longer be restrained by Beiyuan Town.

Tang Wuxi was about fifty years old. He had a full beard and looked a little rough, but he was a cunning man.

"My king, there is no problem for us to attack Beiyuan Town, but how should Chongshan Town respond! You must know that Chongshan Town is very powerful now, and they have deployed a large number of troops on the grassland in the east!"

"Once we go to war with Beiyuan Town, Chongshan Town will definitely not stand idly by!"

Tang Wuxi said with some worry.

His territory is just to the west of the Ula clan. Once the Ula clan is defeated, the troops of Chongshan Town will threaten his territory. So he is more afraid of Chongshan Town than others.

"Haha, uncle, don't worry, I have already arranged it. By then, Chongshan Town will definitely be too busy to attack the Ula clan!" Wutuo laughed.

"Really!" Tang Wuxi was a little unconvinced.

"Of course, uncle will know when the time comes. I promise that uncle will not have any worries!" Wutuo said confidently.

"That's good. The king is wise and resourceful. I believe in the king!"

Tang Wuxi no longer hesitated and raised his glass to flatter.

The others also toasted Wutuo happily.

Wutuo raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, and said with a smile: "Then please make preparations, uncles and aunts. After the beginning of next spring, we will march south in a big way."

"Okay, haha~~"

Everyone laughed, as if they had seen countless wealth and women waving to them.

...

Yang Zhengshan was not aware of the unusual movements in the north. He went to the martial arts pavilion the day after he returned to Kyoto.

From September last year to now, he has only been to the martial arts pavilion a few times in the past year. He stayed in the martial arts pavilion for a few days before Yang Wanqing got married.

As a martial arts master, he was somewhat incompetent. He actually left the martial arts pavilion and ran away to play for more than half a year.

Over the past year, Yanwu Pavilion has undergone great changes. This year, Yanwu Pavilion once again recruited 800 disciples, and the total number of disciples has exceeded 2,000.

There are more than 300 disciples graduating from Yanwu Pavilion this year. Almost all the disciples recruited in the first year have graduated. Most of them have joined the frontier army, and a few have joined Shangwu Temple or the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion as mid-level military attachés. , and some joined the three major naval divisions.

This year should be the first year for the Yanwu Pavilion to rise to prominence. Three hundred Yanwu Pavilion disciples have joined the army. Although this number is not very large, each of them has acquired fourth-level cultivation. As long as they join the army, they can at least find a deputy. household position.

It is a pity that when these disciples graduated, Yang Zhengshan did not see them off in person.

After arriving at the Yanwu Pavilion, Yang Zhengshan walked around the Yanwu Pavilion and added spiritual spring water to the wells everywhere.

If the spiritual spring water is not put in for nearly a year, the spiritual spring water in the well is probably almost consumed, which will affect the cultivation speed of the Yanwu Pavilion disciples.

Yang Zhengshan spent a whole morning pretending to inspect the entire martial arts pavilion, and found many problems at the same time.

There are many officials in the Yanwu Pavilion, and many of them are greedy. When Yang Zhengshan was in the Yanwu Pavilion, they did not dare to cause trouble, but when Yang Zhengshan was not around, these guys could not suppress the greed in their hearts.

It is too easy to embezzle some money and training resources in Yanwu Pavilion. Although Yanwu Pavilion is just an inconspicuous small yamen in the court, Yanwu Pavilion is extremely rich inside.

Various medicinal materials, weapons, and even pills needed for cultivation can be obtained with a little effort to get hundreds of taels of silver.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan was in the medicinal material warehouse of Yanwu Pavilion. He looked at the medicinal materials in the medicine box and frowned slightly.

"Go and call Bao Lang!" Yang Zhengshan ordered his followers.

The follower responded and went to find someone, but after a while, the follower came back alone.

"Master Marquis, Mr. Bao was transferred from the Yanwu Pavilion five months ago. The current supervisor of the Yanwu Pavilion is Mr. Sun Anyang! But Mr. Sun is not in the Yanwu Pavilion. I have already sent someone to invite him!"

Yang Zhengshan's frown deepened, Bao Lang was actually transferred away!

There are three officials in charge of Yanwu Pavilion, namely Si Ye Hong Yanfeng and Wan Shu. The supervisors Bao Lang, Hong Yanfeng and Wan Shu are mainly responsible for teaching the disciples. They are somewhat similar to the teaching director. However, if Yang Zhengshan is not around, they are responsible for the general affairs. Lead all things in the martial arts court.

Jian Cheng is responsible for supervising all officials and disciples of Yanwu Pavilion.

Yang Zhengshan is still very satisfied with the three people. In the past three years, these three people have managed the martial arts pavilion in an orderly manner, which has made Yang Zhengshan worry-free.

But now someone actually transferred Bao Lang away?

It was just a transfer, but he didn't tell him in advance.

Well, he's not here, and if anyone wants to tell him in advance, they can't find anyone.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at Ambassador Ku who was shivering next to him, and then ordered: "Go and find Hong Yanfeng and Wan Shu, and by the way, Jiang He! Let them all come over!"

The warehouse ambassadors and warehouse ambassadors are the warehouse managers of major yamen. Generally speaking, the warehouse ambassadors and warehouse ambassadors of the Chief Envoy Department are from the ninth grade, while the warehouse ambassadors of prefectures and counties have no grade.

The warehouse ambassadors of the Yanwu Pavilion are also from the ninth level, and there are three warehouse ambassadors and three deputy ambassadors in the Yanwu Pavilion, respectively responsible for the three warehouses of food, medicinal materials, and armor.

They are not only responsible for warehouse management, but also for the entry and exit of materials in the warehouse, and even for procurement.

The two followers hurriedly left. Yang Zhengshan turned around and went to the weapons warehouse next door. He picked up a long knife from the weapons rack and pinched the knife with his fingers, and the long knife broke with a click.

"Haha, very good, really good!"

Yang Zhengshan laughed angrily.

With his strength, ordinary long knives would be broken by him, but this crisp breaking sound showed that the quality of these long knives was very poor.

Then he went to the nearby granary, opened a few bags of grain, took out a few grains of rice and tasted it.

Well, the rice is all new and not moldy, so it’s pretty good.

But he came to the cattle shed and sheep pen of Yanwu Pavilion again, and looked at the few cattle and sheep inside, with a sinister look in his eyes.

Rice is worthless, so naturally you won't do anything with it when trying to make money in Yanwu Pavilion.

But cattle and sheep are different. A cow is worth twenty or thirty taels, enough to buy ten stones of rice.

Can a warrior practice without eating meat?

Don't be ridiculous, warriors are all big eaters, and all of them enjoy themselves with all kinds of meat.

You can't even eat meat, and you're still practicing nonsense.

Therefore, there are special cowsheds, sheepfolds and chicken coops in the Yanwu Pavilion, and cattle, sheep, chickens and eggs are purchased regularly.

Last year, there were more than 20 cows and hundreds of sheep in the cowshed here, but now there are only one in ten.

Soon, Hong Yanfeng, Wan Shu and Jiang He hurried over.

"Greetings to the Marquis!" the three of them said.

Yang Zhengshan looked at them, "The Ministry of Revenue did not allocate any money to Yanwu Pavilion this year?"

Hong Yanfeng sweated on his forehead and said, "It's been allocated, and it's been increased by one hundred thousand taels this year."

"Then where did you spend your money?" Yang Zhengshan asked coldly.

The money for Yanwu Pavilion is allocated regularly by the Ministry of Revenue. According to the number of disciples in Yanwu Pavilion, it is almost the standard of two hundred taels per disciple per year.

This was the request that Yang Zhengshan made to Emperor Yanping when he established the Yanwu Pavilion.

Hong Yanfeng and Wanshu were extremely nervous. Yang Zhengshan looked at Jiang He, "Why, you don't know either?"

Jiang He lowered his head, "My Lord, these are all done by Sun Anyang!"

Jiang He was also very depressed. He was only the chief clerk of the Martial Arts Pavilion. When Yang Zhengshan was there, he played the role of Yang Zhengshan's assistant and could participate in all matters.

But when Yang Zhengshan was not there, he could only do his own job and he could not get involved in other matters.

This was not because Hong Yanfeng and Wanshu excluded him, but it should be so.

"Sun Anyang! What's his background?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"The eldest grandson of the second house of the Suning Marquis's Mansion!" Jiang He replied.

Yang Zhengshan immediately understood what was going on.

It is normal for the children of nobles to find a job. The official positions of the Martial Arts Pavilion can be said to be civil or military positions, so it is completely no problem for the children of nobles to enter the Martial Arts Pavilion to be officials. As long as they can get through the Ministry of Personnel, they can do it.

The Suning Marquis's Mansion usually does not show its true colors in Kyoto, but don't forget that the Suning Marquis is a congenital warrior. With the reputation of the Suning Marquis's Mansion, the Ministry of Personnel should cooperate well in arranging an official position for their own children.

However, Yang Zhengshan really wanted to knock open this guy's head to see if there was water in it when he came to the martial arts pavilion to make money.

Others are afraid of the Suning Marquis, but Yang Zhengshan is not afraid!

"Did you two participate?" Yang Zhengshan looked at Hong Yanfeng and Wan Shu again.

The two hurriedly shook their heads, "No, absolutely not!"

Wan Shu also said: "Marquis, we also persuaded the second son Sun, but he didn't listen and we had no choice."

Yang Zhengshan glared at the two of them fiercely, "What are you afraid of? How can I allow him to do whatever he wants here in my territory!"

"Uh, Marquis, aren't you not in Kyoto?" Hong Yanfeng said aggrievedly.

Yang Zhengshan was speechless for a while.

He really couldn't refute this reason.

Hong Yanfeng and Wanshu had no background, no status, and they really didn't dare to provoke the Suning Marquis' Mansion.

So all this can only be blamed on Yang Zhengshan himself!

Who let him run away and ignore the martial arts pavilion?

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand, "Go check the accounts, check every penny, and I will go to the Suning Marquis' Mansion to collect the debts in person later!"

"Damn, the Suning Marquis' Mansion is so poor!"

Hong Yanfeng and Wanshu heard the words as if they had been pardoned, and hurriedly ran to check the accounts.

About half an hour later, a young man in his twenties ran in a hurry.

Sun Anyang came to the door of the warehouse with sweat on his forehead, and saw Yang Zhengshan standing in front of the door, and his heart was shocked.

"The subordinate Sun Anyang greets Lord Yang!"