The timing of the team's departure was very accurate.
They said that they would arrive in Yizhou on the second day after the rendezvous.
When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's team arrived at the city gate of Yizhou, the Chens had already met up with Duo Shi's spies who were hiding in the city.
They introduced the new contact to them, and at the same time indicated that they might not be able to trade with the other party in person in the future. This was because Xiaobei and the others now had a lot of evidence and could discover the problem with their family at any time.
At that time, they might reveal the secret, so they asked the other party to leave immediately. They also had to secretly communicate with the new contact to confirm the contact method in the future.
Sure enough, not long after Chen Guanghou left, the Chens' portraits were posted in all the public places in Yizhou, saying that they were guilty of colluding with the enemy. It was no longer a financial problem as previously suspected.
What followed was a citywide search to find the contact between Duo Shi and the Chens. The people in Tonghua County's yamen had been replaced, and the original ones were nowhere to be found. Some said that they were sent to work, and some said that they were directly shot.
While the search was going on in Yizhou, the local yamen did not move. They were all brought by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. This made the spies sent to Yizhou by various countries sigh in relief.
It was not that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were not capable, but according to common sense, the local people were more familiar with the local situation. Since the local forces were not mobilized, in the end, they only found a dozen local gangsters who wanted to become gangsters. All of them were arrested and sent to repair the road.
The local people found that the place where they usually lived was peaceful. The meat sellers no longer encountered situations where they only received three or four copper coins for a piece of meat that was supposed to be five copper coins.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's team camped in the field of the local garrison outside the city, and they themselves led a small group of people into the city.
The restaurant in the city had been emptied a few days ago. They no longer received any foreign guests, and only waited for the arrival of the main family.
*****
"It's time for a battle of wits. To be honest, I'm very angry now." Zhang Xiaobao sent someone to inform the local forces that they were not allowed to visit him now. He sat at the top of the Blue Sea Silver Sand Restaurant and looked down through the window as he spoke to Wang Juan, who was grinding coffee.
Wang Juan unhurriedly shook the coffee-grinding machine. When she heard Zhang Xiaobao's words, she asked, "What's wrong? You haven't come up with a good idea yet? "
"No, I really hate them. Of all the times to cause trouble, why did they have to wait until we were about to take action? I hope that the Meteor Battle Squad's speed can be a little faster. After the results are out, maybe I can have a flash of inspiration and figure out a way to harm others to benefit myself. "
As Zhang Xiaobao spoke, he got up to get snacks, sugar, and salt. He was going to have a cup of coffee with Wang Juan later.
Now, there were a lot of coffee beans stored at home, but he had never taken them out to sell. He didn't even send them to Gao Lishi. He wanted to wait for more coffee to be planted in Hainan before taking them out to form a new employment industry for Tang Dynasty.
Just like now, they were looking for unsuitable places to plant tea trees. They were using various methods to make tea leaves and piling them up in the warehouse. Then, when the fleet was free, they would ship them to farther places and conduct a 'fair' trade with the locals.
"Xiao Bao, I remember that you don't like to drink coffee." When Wang Juan saw Zhang Xiaobao busying himself there, she didn't think that he was specially serving her.
"I suddenly thought of selling tea. The locals might not like to drink tea. If we sell it boat by boat, the price of the tea will definitely not go up. Things are expensive when they are rare, so we have to sell them as luxury goods, especially good tea. The current coffee is expensive because it's rare. If we don't want it to be rare, we have to add some vegetable fat into it. "
What Zhang Xiaobao meant was that the coffee in front of him was expensive, so he could drink it.
Wang Juan was amused by Zhang Xiaobao's words. "Things are expensive when they are rare. Can rare and thick be the same? In the past, I never put anything else in my coffee. Coffee with seasonings is the same as tea with salt and ginger. The taste looks like a lot, but it loses the most primitive thing.
A simple coffee doesn't mean that it's boring. Simple coffee can also be long-lasting. Coffee without adding anything doesn't mean that it's bitter, but that it's simple and pure. In fact, many things are the same. If you think too much, you will be blinded by prosperity in the end. "
While talking, Wang Juan's coffee was ready. She poured a cup for herself and another cup for Zhang Xiaobao.
Zhang Xiaobao looked down and blew into the cup, using his face to test the temperature. He found that it was too hot to drink, so he said, "Your coffee is too simple. There are still dregs in it."
"If there is, then there is. When coffee was first drunk, there weren't so many processing equipment. Just like the novel Journey to the West said, the world is not complete, so why make everything perfect? Art has always represented flaws. Perfect things are not called art, but end. "
Wang Juan had reached the realm of selflessness at this moment, swimming in the sea of philosophy, so she casually took a pair of chopsticks and stirred the cup just to cool it down.
Zhang Xiaobao suddenly stood up, walked over to open the door, and said to the two people standing at the door, "Go and call the people from the action team."
After a while, ten people came in one after another, each with a writing pad under their arm.
"Sit." Zhang Xiaobao motioned, but didn't invite them to drink coffee together, because they had to start recording immediately.
"This is my order." As soon as Zhang Xiaobao said these three words, the ten people picked up their pens in unison.
"Jiangyin Reserve Bureau, open the dry seafood warehouse and use automatic cargo ships to transport the seafood here at the fastest speed. A large amount of dehydrated vegetables in Jiang Province and the black gunpowder stored in Baling are to be transported to Yi Province immediately.
Lu Zhou, send a small fishing patrol team to arrest the fishermen of Zhenla Dynasty on the grounds that they are stealing Tang's fish. Also, ask the Zhenla Dynasty to give us a satisfactory explanation.
Huainan and Henan Provinces' grain is to be transferred to Shannan East Province, Shannan East Province's grain is to be transferred to Shannan West Province, and Shannan West Province's grain is to be transferred to Jiannan Province. Those who stay in the capital are to send the plan to His Majesty. Everything will start in three days. "
After giving the order, Zhang Xiaobao picked up the cup of coffee that had cooled down a little and looked at Wang Juan.
At this moment, Wang Juan was drinking coffee. Her coffee was pure, but she was eating salty French fries.
When she heard Zhang Xiaobao's words, Weiwei was stunned. When she saw the look Zhang Xiaobao gave her, she nodded and said, "Have you … made up your mind?"
"Yes, from now on, I won't pursue perfection. I'll pursue art. No one can control the process of war. It's like a one-wheeled bicycle that needs to find balance in motion. Since we are facing the unknown, let's take action first, muddy the water, and find what we know from it. "
Zhang Xiaobao made this decision after hearing Wang Juan mention coffee.
Wang Juan took a deep breath, put down the cup of coffee, and said to the people of the action group, "Send a report to the troops stationed at Xindu River. Three days later at noon, they will launch an attack on the garrison of Duoshi Wuchang.
Order the troops stationed in Tibet's Great Balu to cross the mountains at the border and attack the troops of Duoshi Army in Minasiddo. Order the Nepal Commandos to advance toward Guangyan City and destroy any enemy lives along the way. Order the artillery directly under Lhasa City to arrive near the river that runs from east to west and be prepared to attack the enemy's troops at any time. Order the Annan Protectorate to take out 80% of its troops and block the border with Zhenla. "
A pile of military orders came out of Wang Juan's mouth. The time of the attack was set to be three days later.
In the morning, the new administrative orders would be published in the capital in the form of newspapers. At noon, the battle would begin.
Zhang Xiaobao needed these two actions to support the implementation of the new plan. As for whether Zhenla would start a war, there was no need to consider.
Originally, they treated Zhenla as a frontline war. Now, they combined it with the war against Duoshi. If it didn't attack, they would let the navy go around it. If it attacked, they would treat it as Duoshi and extend the frontline.
In any case, the frontlines from east to west and north to north were long enough. This was because Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan not only wanted to attack Iran and Pakistan, but also a large part of India. Otherwise, it would be difficult to rule.
With the Himalayas in the way, they might as well take this opportunity to firmly occupy the other side of the mountain.
If they didn't attack now, they would have to readjust the domestic situation when they invaded India after the war with Duoshi.
At the same time, it was not beneficial for Zhang Xiaobao to make plans outside of the war. They had to give Zhang Xiaobao a strategic territory where he could attack and retreat, and an environment where there was absolute military power to suppress him. Only then could he display his abilities.
It was said that economic aggression was powerful, but the prerequisite was that there was military power to protect it. Otherwise, Zhang Xiaobao couldn't do anything. Even if he played tricks with economic means, when the time came and people said that they would directly confiscate his things, he could only hold on.
If Wang Juan fought well, Zhang Xiaobao wouldn't have to worry about someone finding a groundless excuse to confiscate his operating capital. Similarly, Wang Juan also didn't have to worry. She only had to ensure that her military strength was enough to deter the enemy, or that she would constantly win in small skirmishes. That way, the soldiers wouldn't have to risk their lives.
It was very simple to say. It was just the theory of Yin and Yang, a rule that nothing in the world could escape. In fact, the ancestors had spent a lot of effort to study it, but the descendants didn't inherit and develop it well for various reasons.
For example, when the sky thundered and it rained, the ancestors explained that Yin and Yang combined to form rain, and at the same time, Yin was born from Yang, and Yin was born from Yang. The supplement to Yin and Yang was the three forces and five elements of heaven, earth, and man. Wisdom could be said to be soaked in thousands of things, but there were always problems in turning the theory into practical people and the promotion of the era.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were in such a situation. One Yin and one Yang had to cooperate well before they could transform into other aspects.
The thing that the two of them didn't want to happen the most was … barbarians using simple means to destroy the normal development of Chinese civilization. In history, it seemed that at every critical moment, they would be dealt with by others, and they felt helpless and distressed.
Thus, when the two of them had just developed an industrial system, they first let their own countries collide economically and ideologically, and then made the Great Leap Forward, and then resolved it through war.
This way, not only would the neighboring countries always be under the shadow of war, but it would also be convenient for them to plunder resources, then come back to research technology, promote weapons, and continue to expand.
The two of them were riding the development of the Great Tang like a bicycle, not fixed to the left or the right, but always wandering between the two.
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