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Originally, there were a majority of people who supported the war with Tang, but when the slogan of "voting to Tibet" was chanted, many people's grief and anger suddenly cooled down.They could have raised their troops to avenge the leader regardless, but what about after that?

It is bound to be difficult to stay in the Tang country. Do they really want to return to the Fan country and continue to repeat that inhuman life?Not to mention whether they can escape or not, even if they escape, will the Fan Kingdom accept them?Even if they are accepted, will they be given preferential treatment like the Tang Dynasty, so that they have time and capital to recuperate and recover their strength?

All kinds of worries make people despair.After a moment of silence, someone suddenly yelled: "What mistake did this idiot Bai Shi commit to bring such a catastrophe to the tribe! In the past, he was the leader of the defection to Tang, and we have already lost so many subordinates because of it. Now that he has finally settled down, is it necessary to donate more lives for him..."

Not only the core members of the Xifeng tribe were arguing about this catastrophe, but after the news gradually spread, the people from other tribes they originally annexed also began to gradually flee.

While chasing and controlling these fugitives, the Xifeng tribe was shocked to find that the guards from various states and counties who had ignored them before began to gather at road intersections, seemingly trying to block them here.

After understanding this, the leaders of the Xifeng Department finally realized that this time, a real catastrophe was imminent, and they had to fight bloody to have a chance of survival. Continuing to argue would only make the power more disintegrated.So even some leaders who were unwilling to go to war with the Tang State gave up their desire to beg for mercy, and began to gather troops to prepare for the war.

But even if it is a war, how to fight is also debatable. Should we take the initiative to attack, wait for work, or just break through the siege before the Tang army arrives?

It is true that Xifeng Baishi has a lofty prestige in the tribe, but now that he is dead, there is no one else in the tribe who can overwhelm the crowd.

Although Bai Shi also has a son, but now the tribe itself has different views on Bai Shi's death. Some people still regard him as a god, so naturally they are willing to follow Bai Shi's son and prepare to fight bloody battles with the Tang army for revenge.

But some people think that Bai Shi's death is not a pity. He was the one who decided to vote for Tang, and the tribe has paid a heavy price for it. Now he is the one who turned against Tang and was killed, and the tribe is even more implicated. Therefore, there is no lack of resentment towards Bai Shi, so naturally He didn't want to stay and fight a bloody battle with the Tang army, but still wanted to protect the whole family and break out of the siege.

Fight or go, stalemate, although in the end Bai Shi's son, with the cooperation of his confidants, eliminated several leaders who were planning to flee with their troops, but before they had time to further unite the troops, Guo Da had already led three thousand Tang Jun and the mob assembled by six or seven thousand Hus arrived at the Hezhou River Valley, and immediately launched an attack on the Xifeng Ministry.

It has to be said that the ability of the Xifeng tribe to escape from the Tuyuhun territory and enter Longyou from the Tuyuhun territory is indeed impressive in combat effectiveness.

Although the Zhuhu coalition forces are all brave, they are not in formation. In the first round of contact operations, they were killed by the soldiers of the Xifeng tribe, throwing away more than a thousand corpses, and were chased directly to the opposite side of the Yellow River before they could barely stop them. defeat.

Guo Daxin had to use him again, but he lost the first battle. Naturally, he was ashamed and indignant. The Hu chieftains followed their troops. He did not have much command over the Hu pawns. The Xifeng tribe started a tragic fight between the valleys.

Although the Xifeng troops were brave and showed great combat effectiveness in the desperate situation, they were far inferior to the Tang army in terms of battle formation and armament.

But while most of them were put into the frontal battlefield, the defense of the tribe was insufficient.Although Hezhou is rich in water and grass, there is no danger to rely on to defend it. The terrain is flat, and the strength of the troops is naturally obvious.

The Hu chieftains who accompanied the army saw that a large number of young men from the Xifeng tribe were attracted by the Tang army to the frontal battlefield, but their felt tents and herds were all exposed. Naturally, they would not be polite. In the rear, looting and fighting caused the riot to spread from the rear to the front battlefield.

On the frontal battlefield, there were already quite a number of fine-sealed troops who were unwilling to fight to the death with the Tang army, and wanted to break out of the encirclement and flee. Seeing that the back road was robbed, their fighting spirit became more slack, and they either turned back to their tents, or simply rode their horses to the edge of the battlefield Wander away.

As a result, the battle formation of the Xifeng tribe on the frontal battlefield also collapsed, and the huge tribe collapsed.

Chapter 0610 huge sums of money, each has its own income

It was half a month later when the coalition forces that attacked and killed the Xifeng Ministry returned to Shancheng.After returning to Shancheng, Guo Da pleaded guilty to His Royal Highness King Yong.

"The servant really doesn't have the ability to command an army. To crusade against a mere small seal department will waste a lot of effort and damage troops. It is hard to praise the fact that you have to rely on the subsidy of General Xue and other elite troops to stop all the small seal troops. .”

Guo Da felt ashamed and blamed himself, he was really dissatisfied with the results of his first battle leading the army.

"People have their own specialties and abilities, and Shiro doesn't have to blame himself too much."

Not only Guo Da, but Li Tong was also not satisfied with the result of this battle, not to say whether he played with prestige, no matter whether he was majestic or not, the Hu tribes in Longyou were also younger brothers.

What really made him dissatisfied was that Guo Da didn't hold back his fighting spirit, and led [-] troops to attract the main soldiers of the Xiaofeng Department on the frontal battlefield, which caused hundreds of casualties.

In fact, this battle is quite brave. A tribe as big as the Xifengbu only lasted for a day or two before it completely collapsed.

The whole war took the most time because of the follow-up siege and interception of the fleeing people of the Xifeng Department. The army led by Xue Ne and the training of the capture and defense regiments in various counties also participated, but it still took more than ten days to capture the fine soldiers. The seal department was completely outflanked and intercepted.

But this battle is essentially killing each other with bullshit and consuming each other's strength. Li Tong can't wait to fight head-on on the battlefield for days and nights.For him, it is not worth losing any Tang soldiers in this battle.

During Guo Da's trip, he didn't fully mobilize the forces of the Zhuhu coalition forces, and let them just fight along side by side.Li Tong was still a little dissatisfied with this, and felt that Guo Da was brave, but lacked strategy and was not suitable for dealing with such a complicated situation.If Guo Yuanzhen went there, both sides in the war might be killed.

Originally, he planned to let Guo Da represent him in charge of this armed group, but now it seems that Guo Da is not a good candidate.

It's not that Li Tong never thought of handing over the matter to Guo Yuanzhen after Guo Yuanzhen returned from Tubo.Guo Yuanzhen's ability is unquestionable. Once the matter is entrusted to him, he may be able to create a great momentum in a short period of time.

But this was precisely the reason why Li Tong was hesitant. Regarding this mercenary agency, he was also exploring and trying, and he was ready to stop it immediately when he realized that the momentum was not good.Guo Yuanzhen's energy is too high, and his mind is full of coquettish operations. If he really wants to tell him the matter, he may get out of control every minute.

After thinking about it, Li Tong still decided to call Tian Shao'an, Tian Dasheng's son, to Longshang to manage the company to be established on his behalf.

Although Tian Shaoan's ability is not outstanding enough, he is more loyal than others. Moreover, he ran the old clothing club in Guanzhong earlier, and has contacted all kinds of religions and nine streams, so he has more experience than Guo Da.In addition, with Feng Wu and Feng Yansi, who is well-known in Chang'an City, and some backbone forces from the old clothes club, the stall can be set up.

As for the moment, Li Tong still has to personally preside over the distribution of the results of the siege of the Small Seal Department.

He once again hosted a banquet for the Hu chiefs who participated in the matter in the inner city of Shancheng. Compared with the last banquet, the atmosphere of this banquet was undoubtedly much more cheerful.All the Hu chieftains returned victorious, and they were all looking forward to King Yong's distribution of benefits.

Li Tong didn't deliberately put on any beating gestures, and sat down directly in the hall with the battle report in his hand, and ordered his servants to distribute a brief report of the results to the Hu chiefs present. The content was not complicated, but a rough record of the gains from this battle People and goods.

But even so, most of the Hu chieftains present looked at the briefing full of words, their eyes were wide open, and they didn't know what to say at all.

It's no wonder that although the Hu chiefs accepted the control of the Tang Dynasty, they were quite reluctant to respond to the matter with the etiquette of the Tang people, let alone literacy.

Although Datang has always had a tradition of enrolling protons in the Guozijian or Zhisuwei, not all Hu tribes are treated like this, at least they must be at the level of the governor of the Jimi Mansion.As for some small tribes, if you stay calm and don't make trouble, you basically just ignore them.

After Li Tong saw this, he simply assigned a state official to each of the Hu chieftains present to explain the content of the briefing to them.

This battle has gained a lot. All the households of the small seal department are almost outflanked. There are more than 5 people gathered from all walks of life alone. Of course, most of them are old and weak women and children. The real adults are not even enough 5000 people, as many as [-] people were killed in various battlefields.Coupled with some fish that slipped through the net, it can be said that the fine seal department has completely disappeared.

The even more astonishing gains were all kinds of supplies, including hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock, nearly 20 horses that reached the level of war horses, and nearly 5 pack horses.There are countless grass fodder and felt tents, more than [-] dendrobium grains, more than [-] pieces of important strategic materials such as wild horse crotch skins, and more than [-] pieces of large timber.

The people, livestock, and various materials obtained, if measured by market prices, are at least five million yuan.But in fact, many materials cannot be measured by value.In short, the harvest this time was so great that Li Tong, who was used to seeing the market, was speechless.

As for the Hu chiefs present, after getting a preliminary understanding of the approximate figures, they were even more surprised from ear to ear, and couldn't help but wonder how much they could get this time.

"According to the foreword, the rewards this time should be distributed to the people who made contributions. However, there was an agreement to form an association later, and coupled with the large number of counselors this time, especially if the counties hadn't captured the counselors to surround them, the harvest would be inevitable. Sharp reduction. Therefore, in terms of distribution of funds, we should also donate to Zhuzhou counties and counties for training as appropriate for the army. Since you have asked me to lay off the affairs, then I will be the master. [-]% of the income from this battle will be allocated to the local treasury. Do you have any comments?"

Regarding how to allocate, Li Tong had already made a plan, and he said it directly after seeing that everyone had a preliminary understanding.

"No problem, as it should be, Your Highness is really fair!"

Everyone would not have any objection, even without considering the awe of King Yong, this statement is indeed justified.The Small Seal Department is really too big, if it is only six or seven thousand mobs of them, they may not be able to fight head-on, let alone outflank their property directly.

Not to mention only [-]%, even if King Yong concealed the results of the battle and just leaked some oil and water to them, it was enough to make them happy, and they didn't dare to question it at all.

"A lot of troops have been lost in this battle. Since they were envoys sent by me, they are not souls without an owner. Another [-]% of the battle damage will be allocated to pay for the dead. In the future, we will form associations and follow this rule!"

Li Tong went on to say: "All of you check and report the damage, and you must award these compensation funds to the deceased's respective family members."

Hearing this, all the Hu chieftains couldn't help showing their strange colors, thinking that it was unnecessary to do so.The generals and soldiers of the Tang army who died in battle needed pensions. They had no objection, but their entourages were their subordinates, and even their private property. Even their lives were their own. What kind of pensions do they want?

Although I was quite disapproving in my heart, no one objected to it face to face.Anyway, the pension was distributed by them, and King Yong could not go deep into their respective tribes to inquire. After those subordinates died in battle, their lives could still be sold for money, so they would not lose money no matter what.

Li Tong could vaguely guess that the Hu Chiefs had their own thoughts, but he didn't correct it. It was dangerous.Anyway, in the future, the soldiers from the respective tribes will join this club, and they will always be able to learn about the relevant content. At that time, they will naturally lose their sense of belonging to their tribes.

After deducting the appropriation to the government and pensions, there is still [-]% of the war gains.Fortunately, King Yong didn't say how much he would withhold for other purposes, but directly talked about the distribution plan.

"The matter of forming an association was still under discussion before. Now take this opportunity to finalize it directly. The distribution of shares and income in the future will be finalized."

Speaking of this, Li Tong distributed the letter of appointment that had already been drawn up to everyone. The name of the agency was tentatively named Xihe Agency. [-] soldiers.

Of course, it was impossible for the 3000 Tang soldiers to join the club, but next Li Tong would recruit some members of the Old Clothes Club to join in, so he took the [-]-person quota first.

Personnel accounted for one-third of the company's capital, and the rest was materials, resident and various labor services.

Among the supplies, Li Tong first invested two thousand pairs of swords and armor, and requisitioned a batch of vehicles between the prefectures and counties, including the future residence of the Xihe Travel Agency, which is tentatively the outer city of Shancheng. These are all the capital he provided. .

After all the calculations, in the future, Li Tong will account for [-]% of the share capital of the Xihe Company, leaving only [-]% for the Hu chiefs present to share equally.

Hearing this, the faces of the Hu Chiefs were somewhat unnatural. They didn't know the mechanism of this calculation, but they could still understand the simple three-seven ratio.

Take this war as an example, if the harvest is calculated on the basis of 500 million min, 250% of it has been dug out first, and there are 170 million min left, and King Yong takes 75%, that is [-] million min, and the remaining [-] thousand It was the turn of everyone present to share equally.

In fact, no matter how much King Yong took, they had no opinion, and they dared not have any opinion. It is true that there are 75 coins left, and there are too many people participating in the equal share, there are seventy or eighty people.

After being busy for more than half a month, I was very excited to see the harvest, but in the final calculation, each person was only tens of thousands.

Of course, this can be considered a considerable amount of income. Some Hu chieftains who have been eating soup are already very satisfied, but large tribes like the Shatuo tribe feel that the gap is a bit big, and then the Hu chieftains present are a bit displeased. , thinking about whether to get rid of a few.

"I don't dare to doubt what His Highness said, but I just want to ask, can we increase the share capital a little bit? There are quite a few people in our department. If we stop here, the harvest is still a bit meager..."

After bowing his head and meditating for a while, Zhu Xie Jinshan of the Shatuo Department raised his hand again and spoke.

After Li Tong heard the words, he said with a smile: "At present, all things are created in the first place. Only when they are custom-made can they be profitable. I am not greedy for money. I just like you and wait for Zhuangyong before I propose this matter. When all the counselors get used to it Here, I will gradually reduce the shareholding, so that you can compete for profits. As for now, we still have to maintain this fixed pattern, there is no doubt about it.”

Then he said something that excited the Hu chiefs present: "The reward in the preface was wrong because of something, but I am by no means a person who breaks my promise. This time, my share of the collection is still given to the person who made the contribution. "

"Your Highness is benevolent and righteous! I am willing to follow His Highness and form this society, and I will never violate it!"

Hearing this, those rewarded Hu chiefs kowtowed to express their gratitude.

Chapter 0611 Jincheng gathers goods, flying money into Hu

Hearing King Yong's statement, those powerful Hu chieftains who were originally unhappy were not moved for a while.In contact with people, if the relationship is to be maintained for a long time, integrity must be the main thing after all.

How to calculate the capital of this company is actually difficult for most of them to understand.And if King Yong was really dishonest, they would have nothing to do.If they really want to turn their faces and make a noise, they will be the next fine seal department.

But King Yong was still willing to abide by the agreement, spending tens of thousands of dollars at will, even if they were not eligible for rewards, at least this attitude made people feel at ease.

Although they are dissatisfied with the meager profits, in all fairness, they have not paid much.If this Xihe agency continues to operate according to such a model, they only need to send a few hundred young men from the clan here, and they can always receive money.

You can collect tens of thousands of money in half a month, and that is a huge sum of 30 to [-] money all year round, which makes people feel excited when they think about it.Even if those tribesmen stayed in their clan, they would just graze a few cows and horses all year round. What kind of cows and horses could sell for such a high price?

Thinking about it this way, the Hu chieftains became enthusiastic again, thinking that this matter was a big deal.The only point of dissatisfaction is that there are too many people participating in the distribution of profits, so they cannot enjoy King Yong's favor exclusively.But if they can use this to maintain a good relationship with King Yong, they can interact in other ways.

Li Tong doesn't care much about the loyal stance of the Hu chiefs, as long as you participate, I don't care if you disobey or not.Anyway, as long as the heat is up, I will kick you and go it alone.

Many things, once you have seen it, you can't go back.The reason why people feel that they have no choice is mainly because they have too little knowledge.

The most obvious one is the Gar family, the powerful officials of Tubo. In the past, when faced with such problems, Tubo surrounded the country and directly supported it. This is the variety of choices brought about by a wide field of vision.

These Hu chiefs thought that sending some people to join the Xihe Society would not damage their strength and have little influence.

But these people have broadened their horizons through all kinds of experiences in the Xihe Bank, so how can they still endure the closed environment of the tribe in the past? In the world of Tang Dynasty.If these Hu chiefs want to completely control the tribe, it will be difficult.

Regarding this point, the Turkic "Que Teqin Stele" has a profound understanding. The inscription repeatedly warns the people to stay away from the Tang Dynasty, not to be confused by the sugar-coated shells of the Tang people, and to unite closely around the Khan.But not long after the inscription was inscribed, the Turks officially perished afterward. It is really a story of blood and tears to read.Nothing can stop people's yearning for a better life!

After the distribution plan was agreed upon, it came to the formal distribution process.

Of course, it was impossible for Li Tong to let these Hu chiefs divide up the supplies directly, and he still had to rely on the harvest this time to enrich the treasury.

Facing the expectant gazes of the Hu Chiefs, Li Tong continued: "This time, there are many kinds of things, with different values ​​and uses. And you and others must have their own needs and diseases. How to measure the allocation is also a headache!"

This is true, although all the Hu chieftains are now gathered together, but their respective tribes are located in various directions in Longyou, and the market prices of various items are naturally different.In some places, the price of cattle and sheep is high, and in some places there is a shortage of salt and rice. There is no unified market in itself, and there will naturally be many disputes over distribution.

"I don't begrudge my goods, but I don't want all of you to be noisy because of this. So as a compromise, all goods are discounted by [-]% of the market price in Chang'an. For example, a cow, the price in Shancheng is only more than [-] yuan, but in Chang'an The price of a three-year-old cow is ten min, even if it is half, it is still five min. Are you satisfied with this calculation?"

"Satisfied, of course satisfied!"

After the Hu chiefs heard the words, they nodded again and again. With such a price difference, a fool can estimate how much profit they will make.There are flocks of cattle and sheep in Longyou, which is really not a rare item. The fur, tendons and horns of their respective clans are all moldy. Even if there are merchants who go to buy them, they will always lower the price to death.

Now in Longyou, it is directly discounted to Chang'an's market price, it's almost like waking up from a dream.Some people even couldn't help asking whether the accumulated goods in their respective clans could also be converted into the Xihe Bank at this price.

To this, Li Tong just sneered and didn't answer. I was doing business without money, and I just robbed it directly. Do you really think I want to sit here and do business?

Such a disparity in price has created a new problem, that is, if they receive the real goods directly, it will really be a loss to grandma's family.Although among these harvests there are Chang'an that are cheap and Longyou that are expensive, but they are only a few after all, and everyone is staring at them, so it is even more difficult to divide them.

"Have all of you seen this thing?"

While speaking, Li Tong took a flying money order from his hand and showed it to everyone: "This thing is called Feiqian, and it was issued by Chang'an Baoli Bank, and it passes on behalf of the money. A mere piece of paper is worth [-] coins. Twisted paper enters the market and returns with a full load, that’s what it’s about.”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but widen their eyes. Although they were in awe of King Yong, they couldn't believe it: "Just a piece of paper, can it cost a hundred dollars? Can it be worth one hundred thousand dollars? Aren't the people in Chang'an City all stupid?"

"Currently, Feiqian is only used in central Sichuan and Guanzhong, so many people in Longbian don't know about it. But in the future, Feiqian will go as far as the Western Regions, and there is nowhere to go. If you have the opportunity to enter and exit Guanlong in the future, you can first Store the goods in the treasury of the state city, and bring them into the customs, so that you will not be afraid of bees and robbers, and you will not be wasted on the way."

Speaking of this, Li Tong put away the flying money again. Seeing that everyone still looked surprised and doubtful, he continued to laugh and said: "Empty talk is not enough, so let's do it. In a few days, a large caravan will leave from Lanzhou Jincheng." When you enter the country, you can go shopping by yourself. I will give you the same amount of money you get this time, but the goods will be stored here and will not be transferred. If you have nothing to buy in Jincheng, you can return to Shancheng to get it back Inventory separately."

In order to increase the persuasiveness of his words, Li Tong said: "If these materials are not put into the official treasury, they will be guarded by the disciples of the Xihe Bank."

Although everyone still couldn't understand the existence of Feiqian, they were a little relieved to hear that their respective tribes were guarding the supplies.King Yong's words made people feel unimaginable, but there is no harm in trying. If you really can't buy the goods in Jincheng, you can just come back and get back what you got.

Seeing that everyone nodded and agreed, Li Tong also laughed sincerely. So far, his intention can be said to have been basically achieved.Borrowing the power of these Hu chieftains, they killed such a large tribe as the Xifengbu, and the harvest was kept intact.

As for the caravan that was about to arrive in Jincheng, he was the one who informed Chang'an City to organize it.

Merchants seek profit, even if there is no government organization, they will frequently travel between Guanlong and Guanlong for trafficking.

Now, in order to enrich Longyou's supplies, Li Tong instructed the government to gather together merchants who were going to Longyou in the near future and go to Jincheng in Lanzhou.

Merchants are also very satisfied with this. The most important thing for a business to make a profit is that the goods can be quickly circulated and realized. Now the customer base is ready. As long as the goods can be shipped, they can be sold quickly, which greatly shortens the business cycle.

And with the overall protection of the government, the security has also been greatly improved.In previous years, there were vicious incidents in which merchants in Longbian were directly besieged, killed and looted by the Hu people because they brought too much money into the Hu tribe to do business, so that they dared not trade casually.

Not to mention, there is also a large tribe with tens of thousands of accounts in Shancheng who owns all the family savings materials. After they arrive, they can purchase and transport them back to Guanzhong.Of course, the price is definitely not as low as their private purchases, but still the same sentence, large quantities, safe and fast, fools will not come!

As for the cost of merchants buying goods in Shancheng, Li Tong's unified rule is to use grain, and even the price can be relaxed.If the government rashly raids the people, it may provoke a strong backlash, but merchants always have their own channels.

Even if these merchants couldn't get together the large amount of grain and goods needed for the exchange, Li Tong had already prepared for them to purchase, that is, those Shangzhu states in the Longbian states who cultivated a hundred hectares of land!

Now all the prefectures are collecting and reporting relevant information one after another. Most of these local tyrants in Longyou are martial artists, and they are still very interested in the name of Shangzhu Kingdom, so many people are reporting their land properties.

But a rather strange phenomenon is that these people who reported the land property are not too much, almost 120 hectares, and they can achieve [-] rounds of meritorious service, and they have won the rank of Shangzhu Kingdom.

This shows that there must be some guys who make false reports to make up for it, or hide the report and don't want their wealth to be completely revealed.

But this list is still very informative. If the government directly visits the door to purchase, they will more or less resist it. However, if private merchants come to the door, even if these local tyrants are keen to hoard, it is nothing more than a matter of price. .

Therefore, in order to raise food and supplies for the army, Li Tong mobilized three forces in a very short period of time.