Men are always more interested in making achievements, but for women, it's just a way to kill time in their spare time.
After realizing that Mrs. Cao was no longer mentioned, Cao Ruishen's smile deepened. How could everyone not understand? They were all men, so who didn't understand who? Everyone laughed, and the discussion about the situation became more heated.
After saying that, someone immediately followed up: "What's this? What's even more amazing about Lord Cao is that he was able to set up this trap quietly. That Changning County Lady thought she was smart. After she captured the Qiu family, she thought she was amazing and really caught the traitor. Who knew that Lord Cao deliberately let people reveal the flaw to prepare for her suspicious nature? She captured the Qiu family, but we used this incident to test their strength, and took the opportunity to design to lure Tang Yuan out of the city. Killing several birds with one stone, not only did Lord Cao get the job of transporting grain, he could just come out to report the news, and..."
Hearing this, Cao Ruishen smiled more, but still shook his head modestly: "Wen Sheng praised me too much, I just took advantage of the situation. The Princess of Changning was suspicious by nature, so I wanted to test her. It just so happened that I learned from my wife's cousin that she was suspicious of the information channel, so I simply thought of playing along... Everything that happened afterwards was just luck."
Everyone started to refute.
"How can it be a fluke? It's obvious that you are more skilled than me!"
"Yes, yes! If you hadn't been prepared, how could things have gone so smoothly? Now that Tang Yuan is dead, what can the seven thousand people in the city do? Now Kunming has become an orphan, at the mercy of others."
After the praise, someone said loudly: "Lord Cao should be credited with the first merit!"
Although it was a rebellion, they did not feel too much - Yunnan had never completely belonged to the Great Zhou since Taizu of the Great Zhou. Those who came here to serve as officials were not valued by the court. After they came here, they were either cannibalized or had already died.
After all, people like Liao Jingxu are a minority.
The same goes for Cao Ruishen, his roots have long been in Dali Prefecture.
He smiled and said, "Well, if you guys keep praising me like this, I will be ashamed to death. Now, let's talk business!"
He said meaningfully: "The food and grass have been robbed twice. What do you think we..."
In fact, when talking about this matter, Cao Ruishen and everyone else felt a little annoyed.
Because the situation on the battlefield was not as they had reported, that the imperial court was losing ground. On the contrary, it was Xiao Heng who was unstoppable and took over Yao'an Prefecture, Chuxiong Prefecture and Anhua Prefecture.
Even though they had obstructed the first two grain transports, Xiao Heng actually used war to support the war. Somehow he started with the largest households in the states that resisted the most, and actually managed to hold on.
Of course, this batch of food cannot really be given to Xiao Heng as a supplement.
On the contrary, food plays a more important role.
A flash of murderous intent flashed across Cao Ruishen's eyes, and his entire body was gloomy and indifferent: "How do we send it to His Highness?"
One of the counselors laughed, causing everyone to look at him.
Cao Ruishen recognized that he was Wen Sheng, who was also from Fujian, so he slowed down his tone and smiled a little: "Wen Sheng must have a good idea?"
"It's not that I have a good idea, but..." Wen Sheng laughed twice: "Our superiors have already thought of it for us. We are just about to tell you that our people are waiting in Yaozhou now. They have prepared a batch of food and fodder."
Cao Ruishen's eyes sparkled: "Oh?"
Wen Sheng smiled and stroked his beard: "The batch in your hand will be sent to Dali Prefecture, and their batch will be sent to His Highness and his family."
Cao Ruishen raised his eyebrows: "How was it after eating?"
Wen Sheng chuckled: "The army has become a sick cat."
Everyone realized that there must be something wrong with this batch of food.
Cao Ruishen seemed to be thinking: "The master behind Wen Sheng is really...powerful. I wonder what our chieftain can do to help you?"
It is worth their effort to help Mu Tong win this battle.
Wen Sheng smiled but said nothing.
Cao Ruishen knew that he would not speak, so he smiled and said, "I don't know what happened in Kunming. What a pity."
Unfortunately, he didn't say anything.
Instead, everyone started discussing it again.
In the city of Kunming, which was the subject of much discussion, the atmosphere had become more and more uneasy since Cao Ruishen's men had left the city. At the beginning, a small number of local soldiers were causing trouble, clamoring for an explanation from the government as to whether the division of the silver was still valid.
Liao Jingxu tried every means to appease them, and after much persuasion, he finally managed to calm them down and stop making trouble.
But within two days, another rumor came that Tang Yuan was dead, and there were only 7,000 soldiers in the city. Mu Tong had already joined forces with Xundian Prefecture and Cheli Xuanwei Office to attack Kunming.
The news spread like wildfire, and the people in the city were in a panic.
Mrs. Liao was so anxious that her mouth was full of blisters.
Madam Yuan also heard the news and ran to tell Su Yao, seeming to hesitate: "Yaoyao, there are only 7,000 people in the city..."
Only 10,000 people were left behind before because they felt that Wuding Prefecture and Huijiang Prefecture were both pro-imperial, and with Tang Yuan around, he would be able to keep the two prefectures under control. The generals of the two prefectures were all Tang Yuan's former comrades, and they were very friendly with each other.
But now, once Tang Yuan got into trouble, the situation suddenly became bad.
Su Yao hummed, and said without raising his head: "With Prince Consort Tang around, those people will still be cautious, and some neutral forces can still remain neutral, but if Prince Consort Tang gets into trouble, all the evil spirits will come out."
Mrs. Yuan felt a chill all over her body when she heard what she said. She looked at her hesitantly and asked, "Well, then, what do you think is the worst case scenario?"
Worst case scenario
Su Yao looked up at the sky outside, then at Madam Yuan, and said expressionlessly, "Those people will join forces with Mu Tong's people and take the opportunity to attack Kunming. By then, Your Highness will be attacked from both sides and will be in a difficult situation."
Upon hearing this answer, Mrs. Yuan dropped the things in her hands to the ground.
Mrs. Liao, who came in from outside, also looked pale and had to hold on to the table to stand firmly.
Both of them looked at Su Yao speechless.
Su Yao remained calm.
At this moment, a huge vibration suddenly came from somewhere. The vibration was like an earthquake, but the difference was that it just shook for a while and then there was no movement.
Mrs. Yuan and Mrs. Liao stood still in panic, looked at each other, and trembled uncontrollably.
Only Su Yao could still laugh.