Out of Zongge City, the road to the northwest is smooth.
It's just that the farther you go north, the colder the weather.
So after leaving the boundary of Zongge City, Kou Ji couldn't sit still on horseback, found a carriage, and withdrew in.
Out of Zongge City on the second day.
An Ziluo's eyes on Kou Ji became very strange.
Kou Ji knew why An Ziluo looked at him with weird eyes.
An Ziluo should have known that he and Liu Heng conspired to stun Yilan, but did nothing.
That's why I looked at him with weird eyes.
Kou Ji didn't explain this much, and he was not even interested in talking about it with An Ziluo.
Repeat a few days.
The group arrived at Tsowenbu, Qinghai Lake for later generations.
Because when I arrived at Qinghai Lake, it was already night.
Therefore, Kou Ji did not enjoy the beauty of Qinghai Lake, but the vast starry sky.
A group of people camped on the edge of Qinghai Lake.
Accompanied by the cold wind, a bonfire was lit by the lake, mutton and wolf meat were grilled, accompanied by fine wine, singing and dancing, and the scene was very lively.
Wrestling is the favorite game of Qingtang Warriors.
Even in the winter, when the cold wind on the lake screamed, the Qingtang warriors dared to be shirtless and challenged the men patrolling the horse guards.
however.
The men patrolling the horse guards have never responded to the challenge of the Qingtang warriors. They all took out the prey they had caught during the day, and gathered around the bonfire to learn about barbecue skills.
It seems that in their eyes, barbecue is far more attractive to them than wrestling.
The Qingtang warriors challenged the guard patrolling guard but did not get a response. They could only choose one or two opponents from the Japanese soldiers to discuss the skills of wrestling with each other.
Kou Ji sat on a long withered tree trunk, wrapped in a thick leather jacket, and yawned lazily.
Liu Heng brought a roasted wolf leg to Kou Ji, handed Kou Ji a small gold knife, and let Kou Ji cut it and eat it.
Wolf meat is obtained by hunting wolves.
When they left Zongge City on the third day, they ran into a pack of more than a dozen wolves.
The men patrolling the horse guards threw out the first time and harvested the lives of a dozen wolves with a musket.
The wolf became the ration for Kou Ji and his group.
The small golden knife was seized from the horse thief.
Those horse thieves entrenched in the Qingtang area seemed to benefit from the team escorted by Song Dynasty.
So after seeing Kou Ji escorting grain and grass, I thought about it.
However, when they saw An Ziluo leading the Qingtang cavalry guarding them around, they gave up the idea of profiting from Kou Ji and his party.
however.
They gave up looting Ko Ji, but it does not mean that Ko Ji will let them go.
The spies of the Imperial City Division under Liu Heng found their tracks, and discovered that they had robbed Da Song's baggage team.
Kou Ji asked Liu Heng to take someone out.
Killed some horse thieves, and escaped some horse thieves.
Not much food and horses were seized, but a box full of gold and silver was seized.
The small golden knife is one of the seizures.
Kou Ji used a small golden knife to cut a piece of wolf meat and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing two bites, he frowned and said, "The taste has changed..."
Liu Heng sat down next to Kou Ji, holding half of a leg of lamb, took two bites, and stared at Kou Ji in amazement, "Didn't you like to eat this food two days ago?"
Kou Ji inserted the small golden knife in his hand into the wolf's leg and said, "I haven't eaten it before, try it. I just didn't expect this thing to taste for two days."
Kou Ji had eaten many delicacies of mountains and seas in Zhu Neng's Mansion before.
Only I have never tasted wolf meat.
Probably Zhu Neng was tired of eating wolf meat, so wolf meat has never appeared in Zhu Neng's mansion.
Now I have encountered wolves in Qingtang. After being slaughtered, Kou Ji naturally wants to try something new.
I just didn't expect it to change after two days.
"I'll give you something else..."
Liu Heng glanced at Kou Ji and suggested.
Kou Ji shook his head, "Forget it... Eat meat every day, I'm a little tired..."
Liu Heng questioned: "Why don't I get tired of eating?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Where did I know..."
Liu Heng chuckled and glanced left and right. Seeing An Ziluo sitting far away, he whispered to Kou Ji, "From the time he left Zongge City to now, An Ziluo has not secretly sent someone to contact your people. .
He seems to be worried about the musket..."
Kou Ji said calmly: "He is not only concerned about the musket, but also about the heavy armor."
Liu Heng raised his eyebrows slightly.
Kou Ji explained: "If he is simply thinking about the musket, he will not contact my people. Instead, he will find you and me. Now he is not looking for you and me, and he keeps staring at those people under me. Obviously, I am worried about two things, the musket and the heavy armor."
Liu Heng pondered: "Would you like to remind your people?"
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "You regard me as a club, don't you see An Ziluo's mind?"
Liu Heng thoughtfully said: "It's no wonder those Qingtang warriors have repeatedly provoke your men, and your men have ignored them.
After a pause, Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji and said, "But people have weaknesses. If An Ziluo grabs the weaknesses of your people and draws them in, it won't be good. So you still have to guard against it. "
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng, and said calmly: "No doubt, no doubt about employing..."
Liu Heng stunned: "That Zhang Yuan is also under yours, so why do you guard against him strictly."
Kou Jiyou quietly said: "Zhang Yuan is different from them. Zhang Yuan is the one I convinced by means. I only control Zhang Yuan's people, not Zhang Yuan's heart. So Zhang Yuan must be guarded strictly.
They came from Baozhou, and I have a life-saving grace for them.
They were determined to repay me with their lives and were loyal to me.
Their heart is in me, so there is no need to guard against it. "
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng and continued: "Moreover, if Zhang Yuan betrayed me, it would cause more harm than they betrayed me."
Liu Heng nodded musingly, and then said: "Then why don't you secretly find people to defend Zhang Yuan, but send people to defend him in an upright manner?"
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Zhang Yuan is very smart. If I don't have a smarter person to check and balance him, then I can only send someone to guard him honestly.
If I send people behind to guard him, it is easy for him to see through, and it is easy for him to confuse him, and it will cause him a lot of suspicion.
On the contrary, it is easier for him to betray me.
Therefore, it is not advisable to guard him behind his back.
I just sent people to guard him, but he didn't dare to confuse him easily, and he wouldn't have a lot of suspicion in his heart.
He will always remind himself that I am guarding him.
My people will always remind him that I hold his life in my hand.
He is not easy to betray me. "
Liu Heng pondered for a while, staring at Kou Ji and said, "Smart people always think more than others. Therefore, they do more stupid things. To deal with smart people, honest methods are more effective than secret methods. ?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "If your aunt can implement this principle, she won't end up where she is today."
In the days when Liu E asked the political affairs office, Liu E held the best card on the battlefield of power of the Song Dynasty.
If she could deal with the dissidents in the court by fair means, she would not be at the end.
It is a pity that she was only smart once, and that was to defeat Kou Zhun with upright arrogance.
Since then, he has never been smart again.
All sorts of faint moves and all kinds of insidious methods came out, stupefied with a good hand to hit the worst ending.
"Hey… "
When Liu E was mentioned, Liu Heng had mixed feelings in his heart.
He was not good at evaluating Liu E, so he could only express his feelings with a long sigh.
Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji and said, "My aunt is dead, so don't mention her. Let's talk about An Ziluo's plot on the musket and the heavy armor. Will you sell the musket to Qingtang?"
"Probably... Yes."
Kou Ji said something unsure.
Liu Heng's eyes widened in astonishment, "Such a weapon, do you really want to sell it to Qingtang?"
Kou Ji pondered: "You can sell it, but it depends on the timing."
Liu Heng asked, "How do you tell?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "If Qingtang can become the pawn of my Da Song, I naturally don't mind selling them the rifle. If it can't, it will have to wait a long, long time."
"how long?!"
"Maybe three to five years...maybe thirty to fifty years..."
Liu Heng said blankly: "The span is so big? Why?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Of course it depends on my mood. If I am in a good mood, I take the time to make better things. I will naturally sell them the bad things. If I am in a bad mood and can't make better things, then Qingtang may not have a chance with the musket."
Liu Heng opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
"So... can you make something better?!"
After a long time, Liu Heng asked in surprise.
Kou Ji gave an uncertain answer, "Maybe... Maybe..."
Liu Heng almost fainted by Kou Ji's words.
Liu Heng curled his lips and said, "So... Qingtang might not have a relationship with the musket... What An Ziluo is doing now is in vain?"
Kou Ji pondered: "That's not necessarily."
Liu Heng frowned suspiciously.
Kou Ji's words are obviously inconsistent.
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and said with a faint smile: "When I don't want to sell the muskets to Qingtang, Qingtang is not unable to get muskets. It's just that the number will not be too much."
Liu Heng was stunned, his face darkened, and he whispered: "Fourth brother can't believe me?!"
The meaning in Kou Ji's words is very obvious, why Liu Heng couldn't hear it.
When Kou Ji was unwilling to sell the muskets to Qingtang, and Qingtang could not get muskets through diplomatic means, Qingtang had no choice but to use nepotism if he wanted to get muskets.
Liu Heng is Qingtang's son-in-law and Kou Ji's best brother.
Kou Ji can not sell the musket to Qingtang, but he will certainly give the musket to Liu Heng.
As long as Qingtang conquered Liu Heng, he could still get a musket.
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "It's not that I can't believe you, but it's a reminder."
Liu Heng said with a sullen face: "How can the fourth brother be sure that Qingtang will definitely get a musket if he walks my way."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "You can't get it, can't you get it from your wife?"
Liu Heng pondered for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "An Ziluo loves Neizi very much, and he will never embarrass her."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "Family affection is certainly valuable, but family affection is worthless compared to family and country matters. You should understand this truth."
When Liu Heng heard this, he fell into silence.
The lamb in his hand has also become dull.
If one day, his wife finds him for a musket, he really doesn't know how to refuse.
He knew how cruel the battle in the field of power was.
He has also adapted to the cruelty in the power field.
It can also be ruthless.
But deep in his heart, there is a particularly soft place.
That's feelings.
In the face of anything, he can remain sensible, but he can't face emotions.
He does not want to see that one day, because of the power field, he and his wife will go to the opposite side.
Seeing Liu Heng unhappy, Kou Ji laughed in a low voice, "You don't have to think about it so much. The muskets I made are difficult for others to imitate. Three or five muskets exposed to Qingtang will not change.
If Qingtang really had the intention to make muskets, it would be a good thing for me, Da Song.
From when they got the muskets, to when they made the muskets.
The manpower and material resources needed in the middle are far more than my Da Song.
It's impossible for more than ten years.
By the time they made the musket, I must have made something better.
During this period, Qingtang must be unable to expand, nor to pose any threat to our Da Song. "
Liu Heng gritted his teeth and said, "But..."
Kou Ji interrupted Liu Heng's words, "It's nothing good. You don't have to be estranged with your wife. The reason I told you this is to avoid the estrangement between you and your wife.
She abandoned everything, and it was very difficult for me to marry as far away as Da Song.
If it's because of the musketeer, caught between you and An Ziluo, I'm afraid I won't be happy forever.
If it is because of the muskets that you and your wife part ways, it is not what I would like to see.
If you really love her, you should treat her well.
It's just a musket.
If she is entrusted by An Ziluo and asks for a musket, you will give it to her. "
Liu Heng said in a bit uncomfortable heart: "Four brother, you still guard yourself strictly, if it is because of my relationship, let the guns be exposed, how do you let me face you in the future."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and whispered: "Are you stupid?!"
Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji in amazement.
Kou Ji continued: "Actually, I worked out the musket a long time ago, but I haven't taken it out. Because I know that once it is taken out, it will be revealed.
After the world sees the power of the musket, it will definitely be missed.
At that time, it will be not only Qingtang, but Xixia, Liao, Wa, Dali, Gaoli and so on.
Anyone who sees a musket will try his best to get a musket from my Da Song.
When people all over the world are thinking about putting on the musket, do you think we can hold it and keep the musket from showing
Maybe then there is no need for people to be more tempted.
I, Song, myself, would steal the musket and sell it. "
The human mind is the most complicated.
As long as Xu's profit is huge, there will always be someone who will take the risk.
Since Kou Ji took out the musket, it would be a matter of time before the entire army of Song Dynasty was equipped.
When the muskets are equipped in large quantities to the entire army of the Song Dynasty, there will always be people who take the risk and sell them out.
No amount of strict secrecy laws can stop greedy hearts.