Chapter 747 Leading by the nose
Just when Wang Yun and others were at a loss, Wu Ren came over.
Wang Yun, Tuoba Jin and others were quite confused. What was he doing here?
But despite his doubts, Wang Yun still asked someone to invite Wu Ren in.
After Wu Ren came in, he didn't waste any words and directly stated his purpose. This was the master's instruction.
Wang Yun, Tuoba Jin, and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. "You said Pingzhou wants to join forces with Dali and Xianbei to host a polo match?"
Wu Ren smiled, "Yes. Don't you think the gameplay at Qingzhou Racecourse is too monotonous?"
Wang Yun and Tuoba Jin looked at each other and thought, don’t you think the gameplay at your Qingzhou District Racecourse is still monotonous?
Wang Yun and the others just thought Wu Ren was showing off and boasting. Did Wu Ren know how much wealth this novel way of playing had brought them?
Wu Ren continued, "Now that we three have signed a ceasefire agreement, aren't you upset that there won't be a fight? Why don't you form a few teams and go play on the battlefield? It'll help your soldiers vent their excess energy."
Wang Yun and Tuoba Jin felt that his words were full of provocation. "Okay, tell me, how do we play?"
Just form a few polo teams to compete. Do you think I’m afraid of you Pingzhou people?
Wu Ren smiled faintly, having fallen for the trick. "We have three parties, each with three polo teams, so nine teams will compete. We'll establish a competition system, and after a few rounds, we'll determine the champion, runner-up, and third place."
"The top three should receive generous rewards. How about we, Pingzhou, Dali, and Xianbei, jointly sponsor this reward?"
Harvest, harvest, just harvest!
"I have a question." Tuoba Jin asked impatiently.
Wu Ren looked at him, "Second Prince Tuoba, please speak."
"You said that the prizes for the top three will be sponsored by the three of us. Does that mean that if we, the Xianbei, contribute as much as you, Dali and Pingzhou, will contribute as much?" Tuoba Jin's eyes sparkled, as if he had already regarded the prize money sponsored by the three parties as a sure thing.
"Of course. We in Pingzhou can contribute as much as the Xianbei and Dali can. We don't have much else in Pingzhou, but we still have some money."
The people present thought, there are so many rich people in Pingzhou, like you, Wu Ren.
Wang Yun asked solemnly, "How will the prizes for the first, second, and third place be distributed?"
“This is negotiable.”
"How about setting the award ratio for the champion, runner-up and third place at 7:2:1, or 6:3:1?" Wang Yun said tentatively.
It's pretty much a winner-takes-all situation.
"Sure, let's make it 7 to 2 to 1." Wu Ren's answer was what they wanted.
Wang Yun and Tuoba Jin exchanged a glance and agreed. Regardless of whether Dali or Xianbei came first, they would both take home the lion's share of the sponsorship.
"Okay, we agree to this, but I think we need to reconsider the sponsorship amount. How about this? Let's sit down together and decide on this in seven days."
"Okay, it's up to you." Wu Renxin said, no matter how much you offer, we in Pingzhou will follow.
Finally, Wu Ren emphasized a point, "However, this time, we only accept gold as sponsorship. We cannot use your Dali gold notes as sponsorship. I'm sure you won't accept us using Pingzhou treasure notes either."
"So, to be fair, let's use gold."
Tuoba Jin was the first to respond, "I think so."
Anyway, they don’t have Xianbei treasure notes or Xianbei gold notes, he thought sourly.
Wang Yun was embarrassed.
Wu Ren looked at the two sides whose friendship was overturned because of his words, and thought to himself, what a shallow brotherhood.
After discussing the matter, Wu Ren said goodbye. He was busy and had no time to stay and stare at them.
Southland, the main tent of the Southern Expedition Army
"General, two secret letters."
Xie Zhan took it and opened one of the letters casually.
When Xie Zhan read the first letter, he was very excited. After working so hard for so long, there was finally some progress.
But the second letter made him frown.
"General, what's wrong?" Fan Yang asked.
"Wang Yun is confused and was led by Pingzhou by the nose." Xie Zhan handed him the letter casually.
Fan Yang took the letter and read it, feeling puzzled. "Why does it seem that Wang Yun is being led around by the nose by Pingzhou?"
"He shouldn't have taken this step. The horse racing game in Qingzhou District was originally created by Pingzhou. He was tricked, and he still thinks he's smart!"
Wang Yun and his men didn't take the common people seriously enough, so they didn't realize that they had fallen into a trap set by others. He had been like this before.
However, after several battles with Lu Songli, Xie Zhan has gradually realized the importance of the people, and has also more deeply understood Mencius' words: the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least important.
If the people are extravagant, they will plunder the people; if the people rebel, they will plunder the merchants.
Fan Yang said, "But if he doesn't plunder, someone else will, right?" If he does it himself, at least he can save some money.
Xie Zhan shook his head. "You all think so, but let's see what Pingzhou does."
Fan Yang was skeptical, "How did Pingzhou do it?" Could it be that Pingzhou would not reap the people in its territory even with such a good opportunity?
"Pingzhou is cracking down on illegal horse racing dealers in the country." Xie Zhan has been collecting information from Pingzhou, so he knows it very well.
Fan Yang is stuck.
Xie Zhan has recently been reflecting on how Pingzhou has developed step by step to its current scale, and his answer is the people's will.
It is undeniable that Lu Songli has her own means, but her means are more about manipulating the hearts of the people.
"Wang Yun is going to make Dali lose the support of the people by doing this. Originally, thanks to the publicity from Pingzhou's newspapers, the people of Pingzhou were living a slightly better life than those of Dali. With Wang Yun's actions, the people's lives will only get worse."
"He has sucked the blood of the people of Dali dry. With the example of the people of Pingzhou right before them, if something happens again, the people of Dali will no longer be attached to their homeland and will flee to Pingzhou."
After Xie Zhan's analysis, Fan Yang also realized the seriousness of the situation. "General, is this a conspiracy in Pingzhou?"
"Of course." Xie Zhan was very sure that this method was too similar to Lu Songli's.
"Who has bewitched Lord Wang?" Fan Yang couldn't help but ask.
Others had a different opinion. "General, I don't think so. It could be said that after Pingzhou started this, the interests involved were too great, and Lord Wang couldn't help but be tempted."
Xie Zhan: "When facing the enemy, don't rely on luck."
Fan Yang said, "Then I'll have someone check it out."
Xie Zhan nodded. He also planned to send a secret letter to Song Mo.
It would be best if he could stop this, but if he can't, what happens in the future will confirm what he said today, increase his weight in Song Mo's heart, and win an important point for him to return to the center of power later.
Thinking of this, he immediately ground ink and spread paper, and wrote a secret letter to Song Mo.
After giving the written secret letter to his confidant to send out, Xie Zhan picked up the first secret letter and started reading it.
Zuo Anmin had made a great contribution. If this could be accomplished, Dali would no longer fear the threat of war from Pingzhou. This good news was the most gratifying development since he switched from being an open official to a covert one.
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