Tuoba Yangwei and Ren Duozhong stood side by side on the top of the mountain, looking far into the distance. In their eyes, Shentang Castle had become the size of a small box.

Except for Tuoba Fenwu and Ren Duobao, who were holding their horses and standing more than ten steps away from them, the other followers were waiting halfway up the mountain.

"How do you feel?" Tuoba said with a proud smile.

"It's a bit weird!" Ren Duozhong said: "The arrangement of the second son of the Xiao family is so interesting that I can't help but want to follow it all the way to see what this matter will turn out to be in the end!"

Tuoba Yangwei laughed loudly: "Heroes think alike. This Xiao Erlang is really an interesting person. He wants to make our Hengshan tribes into a force that is only related to his Xiao family, not to the imperial court.

The relevant forces are in trouble."

"You think this is exciting?" Ren Duozhong asked.

"Of course it's very exciting. Old Renduo, do you like to stick your butt out and kowtow to those officials?" Tuoba sneered in awe. "No matter what I said before, the imperial court still granted us a magistrate, even though it was just one

It’s an empty title, but from above comes a petty official who looks like sesame seeds and mung beans, with eyes on his forehead. If we are disrespectful to him, he will immediately start trouble with us.”

"They civil servants don't even look down on their own generals, let alone us, who they consider barbarians!" Ren Duozhong shook his head and sighed.

"So before, I actually supported Li Xu." Tuoba sighed in awe: "It's just that the situation changed too fast. In the blink of an eye, Li Xu was already in an extremely disadvantageous position. The Liao people and the Song people

If the peace between them continues like this, where will Li Xu have any chance to rise? And since Huang Song has set his sights here, changed his generals, and made it clear that he wants to deal with Li Xu, how can I dare to gamble with the fate of the tribe!"

"Compared to the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty, Li Xu is still too weak." Ren Duozhong said.

"This Xiao Erlang showed us another way." Tuoba Yangwei suddenly laughed.

"Do you think Xiao Ding will become the second Li Xu in the future?" Ren Duozhong asked suddenly. "I see that Xiao Erlang's series of plans all have this meaning!"

Tuoba looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "In my opinion, Xiao Erlang has no intention of rebelling, but it is obvious that he wants to make the northwest into the hall of his Xiao family. Look how willing he is to invest. What?

I won’t talk about caravans, but the hundreds of workshops in this plan are incredible. What does this mean for Lao Renduo? This means that we have always wanted to get it but couldn’t get it. Many of the advances of the Song Dynasty

Technology, with these, our waist will be straighter."

"Where do you have iron ore, but this time you got the biggest advantage!" Ren Duo said a little bitterly. "In the future, don't be short of weapons and armor, brother."

Tuoba showed his power and said, "Old Renduo, do you think I will still be in charge of this iron mine, including the workshop behind it? These all belong to Hengshan Trading. I'm great. It's just that I get the first-come-first-served position near the water and the tower, so I can take more.

It’s just a benefit. Haven’t you seen Xiao Erlang’s layout in the workshop and even the settlement site?”

"Is there anything fishy?"

"Involving each other." Tuoba Yangwei said calmly: "Look, I have iron ore and other metal mineral deposits there. Almost all the people in my Tuoba Department are involved in it. There is no more manpower to farm.

, herding, and these most basic things were arranged by Xiao Erlang to other tribes. In other words, if this development continues, our Tuoba tribe will only produce cold steel and various weapons in the future, and the rest

Everything you need to eat and drink has to come from outside. Do you still think I take advantage of it?"

Ren Duozhong was startled and thought about it carefully, it was really like this.

"This Xiao Erlang is awesome!" Ren Duozhong said. "I just don't know if Commander Xiao can fully accept this arrangement? If Commander Xiao can't fully accept it, it will be a big trouble."

"The two brothers will solve the problems here by themselves." Tuoba said in awe: "I just want to see if the two armies of Iron Kites and Bubazi are formed and they can support themselves without relying on the court.

Under your own circumstances, how will the court treat the Xiao family?"

"In my opinion, it is natural to wait until Xiao Ding kills Li Xu before recruiting Xiao Ding back to Bianliang!" Ren Duozhong said with a smile: "The Xiao family is all in Bianliang, and Xiao Ding doesn't want to rebel, so why not just

Can we just go back? Then send someone to take over?"

Tuoba said with authority: "According to Xiao Erlang's current arrangement, if we continue all the way, after Li Xu is destroyed, our place will definitely become a big success. Doesn't it matter whether Xiao Ding comes back or not? Come on, a new person, come and have fun here.

Do you want to open it? I even suspect that the newly appointed official will die inexplicably before he can get here by then. If this happens two or three times, a fool will know what is going on, right?"

Ren Duozhong burst out laughing: "The more you talk, the more interesting it becomes. I am a long time old, but I can still encounter such interesting things in the last stage of my life. It's interesting, interesting. I must take care of myself and work hard."

Live a few more years and see what kind of guy Xiao Erlang turns out to be in the end."

"That's right, that's right. Let's play this game together with the Xiao brothers. We won't lose." Tuoba Yangwei also smiled and narrowed his eyes.

In Shentang Fort, the garrison point, Xiao Dingzheng and Xiao Cheng were sitting opposite each other.

There was no earth dragon burning in the house. There was only a brazier placed between the two brothers. However, the brazier was burned with the finest silver charcoal presented by the tribes in Hengshan, and there was no smoke at all.

"Erlang, do you want me to be Li Xu's second best?" Xiao Ding was certainly not a fool. He calmed down and recounted what happened after Xiao Cheng arrived at Shentang Castle from beginning to end. He immediately discovered that

"No one in the court is a fool, they will soon discover the problem."

Xiao Cheng rarely showed a serious face in front of his eldest brother, saying: "Brother, it is difficult to feel these methods of mine if you are not involved in them. It is impossible to catch a glimpse of them from outside.

You understand the true meaning of it. So, you don’t have to worry. At least you don’t have to worry until Li Xu is killed."

"Second brother, what do you want to do?" Xiao Ding lowered his voice: "Is it possible that you have disobedience? This is impossible."

"Of course I know, and I don't have any disobedience!" Xiao Cheng said.

"Then what do you want to do?" Xiao Ding breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but ask.

"It's very simple!" Xiao Cheng said: "I don't want the rise and fall of our Xiao family to be tied to the thoughts of that person in the Long Live Palace of Bianliang. He is happy and the Xiao family is so prosperous, but he is not happy anymore

, the Xiao family has to stop its activities, why?"

"He is an official!" Xiao Ding said.

"Hehe, even if I want to build an official family, I can't decide the honor or disgrace of our Xiao family according to my own will!" Xiao Cheng said coldly. "Brother, can you think that you worked so hard to kill Li Xu?

After reorganizing the feudal tribes in Hengshan, was it finally possible to send him back to Bianliang with an imperial edict and replace it with another person to preside over all this?"

"Of course I don't want to!" Xiao Ding said angrily.

Xiao Cheng added: "King Jing and King Chu are now in Bianliang, and they are going to fight each other. I hope they will fight for a longer time, and no matter what, they will not separate in just two years."

It depends on the outcome. It's easy to say that King Jing wins, but if King Chu wins, what will happen to our Xiao family? By then, all our efforts will be to make wedding clothes for others, and whether the Xiao family can survive is a question."

Xiao Ding nodded silently. Xiao Cheng had analyzed this section with him many times, and he also accepted Xiao Cheng's point of view.

"So, brother, we must work hard to create a powerful force that is inseparable from our Xiao family. If we want to move the Xiao family, it will trigger a rebound from this powerful force, and this kind of rebound, let alone Shaanxi,

Even the official family of the Imperial Song Dynasty could not withstand such turmoil. Only in this way can the Xiao family continue to be rich and powerful. By then, the northwest branch will hold real power and be majestic, while the Bianliang branch will not have any real power at all.

But you can also enjoy wealth forever!”

"Is that it?" Xiao Ding asked.

"Brother, that's all for now. As for what to do in the future, it depends on your development trend. I have already laid out the chessboard, but it is you who will play chess next." Xiao Cheng said: "

I have finished the first stage. The second stage is when you, brother, start to step out of Hengshan and use troops abroad. The third stage is after Li Xu is completely killed. Let’s discuss what to do then!”

Looking at Xiao Cheng, Xiao Ding said somewhat dullly: "Erlang, I never thought that one day I would actually do these things."

"Brother, we can openly say that we are uniting the tribes in Hengshan and turning them into an absolute force of the Song Dynasty. No matter where we go, no one can find fault." Xiao Cheng sneered.

: "As for our personal small goals buried under the big goals, they are not enough for outsiders. Do you think that the princes of the two houses above the court will issue a policy and decide to do a certain thing?

, are you all dedicated to the public, and don’t think about your own Xiao Jiujiu in private?”

Xiao Ding was stunned.

"Public and private matters, this is the highest state." Xiao Cheng laughed and said: "Brother, what we are doing now is just matter of public and private matters. Not only will we not miss the important national events, but it will also allow our Xiao family to stand on the right path from now on.
Chapter completed!