(Today I saw the reward from Yanke Shifang, and my nose couldn’t help but feel sore. I have been an old book friend for many years! I will write it very seriously. Of course, I am in the hospital now. Please wait for me to go out.

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The venue for the formal meeting was not any of the beautifully decorated wooden buildings here, but an extremely simple, spacious yet majestic stone building.

The four walls of the entire house are made of huge stones. The superb mortise and tenon technology allows these huge stones to be naturally interlocked.

Xiao Cheng has seen many wooden houses, and the towers use this kind of mortise and tenon technology, but this is the first time he has seen such superb construction technology used on square boulders.

There is a stone firepit indoors, and a small mountain of firewood inside is burning loudly. Sparks will fly out from time to time, and the flames will rise several feet high, making the place supposed to be very cold.

The room was also extremely warm.

Behind Tuoba Yangwei sat Tuoba Fenwu, behind Renduozhong sat Renduobao, and behind Xiao Cheng, sat cross-legged Wei Wu.

The three parties, across the fire pit, began their first formal meeting.

"I dare to ask Chongwen, do what you are doing, saying, and promising fully represent the wishes of Commander Xiao? Will Commander Xiao fully admit these things after he arrives?" Tuoba asked in awe.

"Naturally, what Xiao is doing and saying now will be endorsed by my brother. On this point, the two patriarchs don't have to have any doubts. Even if I do something wrong, my brother will bear the responsibility.

"Yes." Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

Tuoba Yangwei glanced at Ren Duozhong, and when he saw the other party nodded slightly, he continued to ask: "Looking at what Chongwen did in Shentangbao, there is no doubt that the strategy of killing chickens and scaring monkeys, hitting and pulling. And when it comes to

So far, it has been quite successful.”

Xiao Cheng was a little embarrassed. To a discerning person, these strategies could naturally be seen through at a glance.

"There is no doubt that Chongwen, your ultimate goal is to defeat Li Xu, the army in trouble, isn't it?"

"Yes." Xiao Cheng said frankly: "If you want to deal with the Dingnan Army, you must unite all the tribes in Hengshan and use Hengshan as the base of advancement. You can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat. Whoever holds Hengshan between the imperial court and Li Xu will win."

Seize the opportunity. If all of you can be of the same mind as the imperial court, Li Xu's fall will be inevitable."

Tuoba Yangwei smiled slightly and said: "Of course we can see this clearly, but Chongwen, I have a question with the Renduo elder clan leader, how can you ensure that our Hengshan tribes will not be extinct in the end, and Liang Gongzang

, The cunning rabbit is dead, what about the lackey? As far as I know, some people in the Great Song Dynasty like to do this kind of thing. If Chongwen doesn’t make this clear to us, we will never dare to give up everything.

, I am with you in the same boat."

Xiao Cheng nodded and said thoughtfully: "I don't want to hide this issue from you. There are indeed some people in the court who are clamoring that people who are not from my race must have different hearts.

Naturally I disagree, but if someone speaks lightly, it will naturally have little influence."

"How to solve this problem?" Ren Duozhong stroked his beard and asked, "Does Xiao Xianxing have any good ideas? If we don't understand the doubts in our hearts, it will be difficult for us to help each other."

"Actually, I've already started to do it!" Xiao Cheng said: "Sometimes, no matter how much you talk, it's more reassuring than doing it."

"Which trading company are you talking about?" Tuoba asked with a smile.

"Or, we can call it a community of interests." Xiao Cheng said: "Two patriarchs, there is no eternal friendship in this world, but there must be eternal interests. As long as our interests always remain on the same line, naturally there is no need to

Worrying about who will betray whom."

"This trading company of yours is just about making money!" Tuoba Yangwei shook his head in disagreement.

"Chief Tuoba, don't underestimate the word making money!" Xiao Cheng said: "The more money you make, the more food you can buy, the more medicine you can buy, the more weapons you can build, and the more money you can make.

Our strength is stronger. With more money, we can have more babies without worrying about being able to feed them, and we can train more doctors to ensure the survival rate of babies, ensure that young children do not die, and ensure that adults

You won’t give up just because of a minor cold. Two clan leaders, look at this world, sometimes they fight back and forth, but in the final analysis, isn’t it just for money?”

Tuoba Yangwei was stunned for a long time, and finally nodded: "It seems to make some sense."

"That's the truth!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "The wealth in this world is unlimited, but we need to use our own hands to create it. As long as we are willing to think and work hard, wealth will continue to roll into our pockets. Two

Patriarch, when you have too much money to spend, what will you do?"

"I seem to remember that a prime minister of the Song Dynasty once said that there is a lot of wealth in the world. If someone earns more, others will earn less!"

"He's farting!" Xiao Cheng suddenly cut off the other party's words, "A guy who knows nothing about economics."

Listening to Xiao Cheng's sudden swear words, Ren Duozhong and Tuoba Yangwei were stunned for a moment, and then they laughed, "I didn't expect that Chongwen is a man of temperament. In fact, I also think this is wrong."

"You two, as long as the benefits obtained by this community of interests are large enough and no one of us can do without the other, will we be tightly bound together?" Xiao Cheng said.

"Those people who Chongwen refers to here are we?" Tuo Ba said in awe.

"Guangrui Army and Hengshan tribes!" Xiao Cheng said decisively. "Everything I am doing now is to build the future Guangrui Army and Hengshan tribes into one."

"Made into one?" Tuoba raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Cheng with a little doubt.

Xiao Cheng leaned slightly: "This is also the conclusion that my brother and I have discussed for a long time. As a commander, my brother has about 5,000 regular soldiers under his command. The current Guangrui Army only has 2,500 people. Many people, including the imperial court, believe that

After my brother arrives at Dingbian City, he will reorganize the Dingbian army and retrain it. But in our opinion, how come there is no time for this? If you want to train a weak army into a strong force, how can you achieve results without a few years of effort? And here in Hengshan

, there is obviously a more brave and capable team, why should we sacrifice the near and seek the far away and spend countless money and food to do something that may not be successful?"

"Do you brothers want to formally integrate the Tibetan armies in Hengshan into the Guangrui Army's system?" Tuoba Yangwei's voice was a little low.

"Why not?" Xiao Cheng said: "Chief Tuoba, you are also an official of the Song Dynasty. When the time comes, a memorial will be issued asking you to be the deputy commander of the Guangrui Army. Will the court still not approve it?"

"What's the use of just giving a name?" Ren Duozhong said with a smile: "Anyway, until now, I haven't received a penny of salary or a grain of rice from the Song Dynasty court!"

"Guang Rui Army is different!" Xiao Cheng looked at the two of them and said, "Since we are both Guang Rui Army, we will treat them equally. If others have it, you will have it too. There won't be a penny less, but there won't be a penny more.

.”

Tuoba raised his eyebrows and said, "As long as we treat everyone equally, then there will be no problem."

"In addition to the salary issued by the court, of course we should also have our own financial resources, because the little money from the court makes it difficult for people to have any enthusiasm. This is why I want to establish such a trading company.

The reason is that most of the salaries of the two clan leaders and the former Guang Rui Army were earned by my eldest brother through various means."

"Even if a trading company is run properly, how much money can it make?" Ren Duozhong shook his head.

"Old Patriarch Renduo, it's hard to say!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "With good management, there are people who can get 30,000 to 50,000 guan a year, and there are also people who can get 3,500,000 guan a year. Sometimes, even more

You can’t tell if it’s more. The key depends on what we do and how we do it.”

"These are all trivial matters!" Tuoba Yangwei waved his hand, "Money matters are trivial matters. Chongwen, you have just said one point, and you have to think about the second point, right? I am all ears!"

Xiao Cheng nodded and said: "Two clan leaders, the second point is to make yourself an indispensable person, a person who cannot be replaced by others."

"To put it simply, now that the imperial court wants to deal with Li Xu and capture the Nanyang Army, the Hengshan tribes are indispensable and cannot be replaced. And after we defeat Li Xu, will we lose it?

Of course not, because at this time, the imperial court must have prepared to launch a large-scale attack on the Liao Dynasty, and the fighting power displayed by the Hengshan tribes before this will naturally attract the attention of the imperial court. At this time, you are still irreplaceable

." Xiao Cheng said.

Tuoba said with a mighty smile: "As for the Liao Kingdom, a country thousands of miles away, if you want to conquer the Liao Dynasty, it will probably be difficult to achieve results without decades of effort."

"You can say that!" Xiao Cheng said: "Even if the people of Liao fail to live up to expectations, are beaten to a pulp by us, and are destroyed by us, we will naturally have ways to continue to become irreplaceable people.

"

"Even the Liao Kingdom has been destroyed, how can we create more enemies?"

Xiao Cheng smiled: "Go west. There are countless fertile fields, countless treasures, and countless wealth. The caravans alone can earn only one ten millionth of it in a year. If the army can follow,

What he earns is beyond what a mere caravan can compare with."

Tuoba stared at Xiao Cheng and said, "Will Guangrui's army keep heading west?"

"Of course." Xiao Cheng said: "Keep going west and build a large territory. The destruction of Li Xu is just the beginning. The defeat of Liao is just one of the tasks. Our real goal is to go west.

.”

Tuoba Yangwei suddenly laughed: "I'm afraid Chongwen's plan will conflict with the imperial court's strategy, right?"

"As long as we are big enough by then." Xiao Cheng said expressionlessly: "Two clan heads, as long as we are big enough, sometimes we can pretend not to hear the court's voice."

"What's the difference between this and Li Xu?"

"No, no, no, Li Xu wants to rebel, but we don't. We will bite whoever the imperial court wants us to bite. However, when fulfilling the imperial court's will, it does not prevent us from doing our own things quietly.
Chapter completed!