Chapter 76 Do you want to feel good first?
Chapter 76 Do you want to feel good first?
Han Qianhu glanced at Pei Yuan who was at a loss, and continued to copy the scriptures.
"I'm an humble servant, I'm an humble servant..." After all these years of deceiving people, this was the first time Pei Yuan felt so panicked that he was about to lose his faith.
He didn't even know how to defend himself.
Using false information to trick Han Qianhu into using the imperial tax money to gamble on whether the Bazhou rebels were feinting an attack, what's the difference between this and gambling with Han Qianhu's head?
Although Pei Yuan came to his conclusion based on various data and was full of confidence, what would Han Qianhu think if she were in her shoes?
The side hall fell silent, with only the slight noise made by Captain Han copying scriptures.
After a while, Han Qianhu paused, frowned and looked at Pei Yuan, "Grind the ink."
Pei Yuan then quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked forward quickly.
He took a quick glance, took some water from a white porcelain cup and poured it into the inkstone, then slowly began to grind the ink stick.
When Pei Yuan saw the white porcelain cup, he thought of the small white porcelain cup that Han Qianhu usually played with, and then he thought of Cheng Zhihu's trembling appearance at that time.
Han Qianhu glanced at Pei Yuan who was grinding ink in a panic, then looked up at Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan hurriedly bent down and lowered his head, wanting to hear what Han Qianhu had to say.
Han Qianhu frowned and covered the collar of his Taoist robe.
Pei Yuan was absent-minded to begin with, and when he saw Han Qianhu like this, he first wondered if he had missed something, and then he felt really wronged.
This time he really didn't look around.
When Pei Yuan saw that Han Qianhu didn't say anything, he suddenly realized that this was Han Qianhu's chance to explain himself.
He said quickly, "I do have some information channels, but I don't want to show it to others, so I asked Song Chunniang to help cover it up. I definitely don't have the intention to harm Qianhu."
Han Qianhu nodded, not knowing whether he believed it or not.
Han Qianhu dipped the pen in ink, picked up the pen and wrote two lines, then said leisurely, "I can allow bad people under my command, but I cannot allow stupid people under my command. You were very stupid just now."
As he spoke, he seemed to want to look up, as if he remembered the embarrassment just now, and just paused before continuing, "I have always been optimistic about you."
Pei Yuan suddenly felt ashamed.
Han Qianhu wrote the scripture slowly, "For example, although I know you have other calculations. But once Huai'an is attacked by the Bazhou rebels, prices will inevitably plummet. This is always true, right? This is an idea I have never had before, and it is very useful to me."
"You made me see this useful possibility among those useless calculations, so your calculations have value to me."
Han Qianhu blew on a page of scriptures he had copied, covered the collar of his Taoist robe, looked up at Pei Yuan who was grinding ink, and asked seriously, "As you saw just now, even Song Chunniang could see that the rebels in Bazhou were unable to attack Huai'an, so how could they cause panic in Huai'an? If Huai'an didn't panic, how could they gain several times the benefits?"
Pei Yuan then realized why Han Qianhu had not given up his plan even though he had seen through his little tricks.
Because as long as Huai'an is attacked, the prices of the mountains of supplies in the city will inevitably plummet. As long as this core logic exists, the entire plan will still make sense!
Pei Yuan also took his attitude seriously and replied, "This is not a problem I need to consider. I am far away in Yingtian, have never led troops, and do not understand battle formations, so naturally I do not know what to do."
Han Qianhu frowned, leaned back slightly, and stared at Pei Yuan, "What do you mean?"
Pei Yuan said firmly, "Because this is something Liu Liu and Liu Qi need to consider."
"Sir, can we think this way? If even a woman like Song Chunniang can see that the Bazhou rebels might be feinting their attack on Huai'an, then how can Liu Liu and Liu Qi hide it from Lu Wan and achieve their goal of luring the tiger away from the mountain?"
Then, Pei Yuan expressed his judgment in the most resolute tone, "They will definitely do their best to put Huai'an in the most dangerous situation, break the psychological defenses of Lu Wan and Gu Dayong, and crush the people of Huai'an."
In addition to the analysis and judgment of history, there is another reason why Pei Yuan dared to make a promise, that is, there is a prefect in Huai'an who is courting death. Han Qianhu thought about it silently, and was about to ask Pei Yuan again when he heard someone outside announcing that Song Chunniang was back.
Captain Han immediately asked someone to come in. Song Chunniang greeted him awkwardly and then presented him with the big bag of silver in her hand.
Han Qianhu didn't count them, and just smiled and said to Song Chunniang, "Okay, from now on you will be the chief flag officer of the Zhenxie Qianhu Office, and you will be under the management of Pei Baihu."
"Ah?" Song Chunniang was obviously a little surprised. She looked at Pei Yuan with some reluctance, but she also knew that this was a rare opportunity.
Han Qianhu looked at Pei Yuan and said, "I asked her to follow you. When you see her next time, you should think more about the stupid things you did today."
Seeing that Han Qianhu didn't want to investigate further, Pei Yuan let out a long sigh and guaranteed with his bankrupt credit, "I will never forget it."
Han Qianhu hummed and said softly, "Don't let me down."
Then, Han Qianhu flipped through the documents he brought with him, took out a blank certificate, and said to Pei Yuan, "She will be yours from now on, help her fill it out. By the way, it's better to change her name, otherwise it won't look good in official documents if she gets promoted or rewarded in the future."
Pei Yuan respectfully took the blank certificate and looked at the nervous Song Chunniang.
Then he apologized, took a pen from the table, and filled in a new name for Song Chunniang, Song Tie!
Captain Han was obviously not looking at this side, but he chuckled.
"Okay, go ahead. I'll report to the Jinyiwei in Nanjing and have her come to the government office to get her badge, weapons, official uniform, and luggage."
Pei Yuan didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly took Song Chunniang out.
After Song Chunniang came out, she kept looking at Pei Yuan with the sidelong glance.
He seemed to have no idea how to face his new identity, nor how to face the superior who had just appeared next to him.
That's it? She is now the chief flag officer of the Imperial Guard?
"What should I do?" Song Chunniang asked.
Pei Yuan was in no mood to pay attention to her at the moment.
A man of the world like Song Chunniang inevitably has a complicated background, and Pei Yuan has no confidence in her loyalty at all.
There are many things that can be communicated with Chen Toutie and Cheng Leixiang that she cannot know at all.
Pei Yuan said in a deep voice, "Go pick up someone first. He is also your future colleague. His name is Chen Toutie. You should have met him before."
Pei Yuan was now out of people to work with, so he had no choice but to ignore hurting Sun Keding's personal feelings and first called Chen Toutie, who was said to be delivering a letter to the north, to do the job.
"Oh?" Song Chunniang had just entered the workplace and didn't know how to be a seventh-rank military officer in the Ming Dynasty. After hearing what Pei Yuan said, she just responded in silence.
Chaotian Palace itself is near the Qinhuai River, and the journey is not far. The two walked one in front and one behind.
Pei Yuan thought about what happened before and couldn't help feeling depressed, and he let out a long sigh.
Song Chunniang stole a glance at Pei Yuan for a while, then suddenly raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "You are my boss now, do you want me to make you feel good first?"
(End of this chapter)