Fu Tang

Zhou Zong looked at Li Congjia, and then he saw Li Congjia's eyes turned to Shi Xueting.

Shi Xueting?Zhou Zong was a little surprised, in fact not only he was surprised, even Shi Xueting himself was very surprised, even he might not be able to do well in this matter.

Li Congjia stroked his chin and said, "Master Shi Qingsong must be responsible for this matter."

Shi Xueting's first reaction after hearing this was that Li Congjia was making excuses, the purpose was to tell Shi Qingsong and the others to drive them out. In fact, he didn't understand. After all, Shi Qingsong had thought of killing Li Congjia before, but Li Congjia didn't kill him at the time. Shi Qingsong has already done his best.

Shi Xueting didn't speak, but Zhou Zong looked blank: "Shi Qingsong? What can they do?"

Li Congjia said: "Yanqi has always advocated Buddhism. Masters with profound Buddhism like Shi Qingsong and others will be regarded as guests of honor no matter where they go?"

Zhou Zong immediately understood what Li Congjia meant, didn't he just let Shi Qingsong and the others go undercover to help Long Lei kill his brothers?

Logically speaking, Shi Qingsong and the others are indeed good candidates, but Zhou Zong knew more or less what happened to these people before, and deeply felt that these people were unreliable, so he directly objected: "No." He couldn't do it in front of Shi Xue. Ting said that his master was unreliable, so he had to say: "Actually, it is better for Long Lei to send people to kill each other than to let those people kill each other."

Li Congjia was not angry when he was refuted, and asked with interest: "I also know this truth, but it may not be easy to do it, but the first assistant has an idea?"

Zhou Zonglue hesitated and said, "Actually, it's not too difficult to do this. These are the skills of Zonghengmen."

"A Zongheng family?" Li Congjia thought for a while and immediately realized: "You mean the Zongheng family? But...how can there be a Zongheng family now?"

Strategists are born to live in troubled times, and they come out of troubled times. However, these people are also very picky, and they will not help anyone. What's more, Li Congjia has never met these people before. The Western Regions... It is impossible for the Strategists to come to the Western Regions, right?

Zhou Zong smiled slightly and said, "The city lord really has Zongheng sects under his command."

Li Congjia's eyes widened: "Who?" Why didn't he know?

Zhou Zong didn't hold back either: "Han Chou."

Han Chou?Han Xizai's seven sons?How did he become a Zonghengmen?

Zhou Zong seemed to see Li Congjia's doubts, and explained: "Han Xizai is a Zongheng disciple himself, and Han Yuzi inherited his father's career. Among all his sons, he is the most talented one."

Han Xizai is a strategist?Li Congjia recalled Han Xizai's resume, and suddenly he didn't trust Han Yu a little bit. Zonghengmen are usually eloquent. In his impression, Han Xizai didn't have such qualities, and He Zonglianheng had high quality requirements for people. Very high, if you want to achieve the ultimate, you must have a good understanding of the general trend of the world and have enough solutions.

The most prominent one is probably Su Qin, who was appointed as Prime Minister of the Six Kingdoms, Han Xizai... not qualified, right?As for Han Yu...he is just 20 years old now, two years younger than Li Congjia, is it really okay to entrust him with such a heavy responsibility?

Seeing that Li Congjia didn't speak, Zhou Zong knew that he was suspicious, and couldn't help saying: "City Master Buman, it is almost impossible to kill all of Long Lei's competitive brothers in a short period of time. Take your time, and you don't have to worry, the war between the Long Family and the Guiyi Army has just begun and will not end soon unless one side is willing to surrender."

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows: "How to say?"

Zhou Zong replied: "Before we didn't know why the Long family suddenly went to war with the Guiyi army. Now that we think about it, it should be that the Long family reached some agreement with the Uighur side, which made the Long family feel at ease and boldly fought against the Guiyi army. Worried that the Uyghurs and orioles will be behind."

Li Congjia nodded, and Zhou Zong continued: "The two sides didn't move before, but now they are fighting suddenly, so the fight is likely to be a war of destroying the country."

But Shi Xueting said: "It's not easy to destroy the country. If the Long family has the Uighurs to help, the Guiyi army can't get any benefits. The area occupied by the Guiyi army is much larger than the Long family, and the people are also bigger than the Long family. There are many families."

Li Congjia added: "And now it seems that the Uighurs are only living in peace with the Long family for a while, and there is no real help, so it's hard to say who will win and who will lose."

Zhou Zong immediately said: "So now is not a good time to cause internal turmoil in the Long family. The Dragon King has a few sons who can be regarded as good at fighting. If the Guiyi army defeats the Long family, then what we need to face is after the integration of the Long family. The Guiyi Army, that is the real behemoth."

Li Congjia said: "But I don't want to face the Guiyi Army after taking down the Long Family."

Zhou Zonglue thought for a while and said: "The Guiyi Army has always been very docile to the Central Plains Dynasty. If the city lord reveals his identity, maybe they can live in peace."

Li Congjia reached out to knock on the table, thought for a long time before saying: "Speaking of which, it is best to let both the Long family and the Guiyi army suffer losses, and no one can win. It is easier to start this matter with the Long family. Tell me... Han Yu really Can it be done? Han Xiang sent his son here, entrusting me in disguise. If he is sent to Long’s house, I’m worried..."

Zhou Zong asked, "Why didn't the city lord ask Han Chou what he meant?"

Li Congjia nodded: "Then let Han Yu come over."

At this time, Han Yu heard that the chief of the city summoned him, and he couldn't help but cheer up. He has been in the Western Regions for a long time, and he has almost understood the situation here. What he wants most now is to have a chance to show his talents.

It's just that the city lord has Zhou Zong and a monk who has been with him for many years, Li Ping and Zhu Yuan in wars, and Tian Wen in general affairs. He can't get involved in these things, let alone he is not good at them.

Han Yu knew that he came here to find a way out for his family. Datang seemed to be in trouble, Zhou Guo was eyeing him, but the saint was frightened. Be weak Li Congshan, such a country makes people see no hope.

Fortunately, King Yue made his way into the Western Regions. If Han Yu took advantage of this time to occupy a position first, it would be too late when Tang Dynasty really failed and those people all ran to the Western Regions.

This is the second time for Han Yu to meet Li Congjia. To be honest, he still doesn’t believe it until now. It’s amazing that such a handsome and gentle person dares to leave everything behind and go far away, and he can still build a territory. appearance.

When Han Chou heard Li Congjia ask him what he thought of the Long family, Han Chou expressed his thoughts very excitedly.

I have to say that the thinking of strategists is different from that of ordinary people. Even Li Congjia has learned a lot from it, but at present, I have to say that the son Han Xizai sent over is not bad. It seems that he does not want to be pure Leave it to the family.

Han Chou talked for an hour as soon as he said it. To be honest, if Han Chou was allowed to be a salesman in later generations, no one would be able to hold his mouth. Li Congjia felt that he would be placed in the position of any son of the Dragon King, saying Maybe even he would be moved.

It's just that he was also a little worried, fearing that Han Chou was just talking on paper, but that would really be a brain-dead thing.

Han Chou patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, the city lord. Although I'm not sure about this matter, I still have some clues. There is no trust between the Long brothers. It's so easy to separate people. Although we can't pull everyone into the water, we can clean it up." Two are sure."

Seeing that Han Yu didn't talk too much, Li Congjia couldn't help feeling relieved, and then said, "Are you sure you want to go?"

This was the third time he asked, and Han Yu still said firmly: "I also ask the city lord to agree."

Li Congjia nodded: "Alright, since you are sure, go. Yang Xin has opened restaurants in many counties in Suzhou. If you need help, you can ask him."

When Li Congjia said this, Han Yu felt that he was more confident. After all, he was not fighting alone, so it was okay.

After Han Yu left, Li Congjia sighed, "I'm really worried about doing such a dangerous thing at such a young age."

But Zhou Zong said: "I think it's because wealth and wealth are in danger."

After all, Han Xizai didn't have a daughter to marry Li Congjia, and he didn't have a close relationship with Li Congjia before, so if he wanted to get a share of the pie, he had to do more.

Li Congjia felt a little tired after finishing these matters, and said involuntarily: "That's it, everyone, go back and rest."

Seeing that Li Congjia's complexion didn't seem to be very good, Shi Xueting waited for Zhou Zong to leave, and then helped Li Congjia's pulse, and then said: "The city lord has been a little tired these days, please rest for two more days."

Li Congjia smiled wryly: "I really think, but now the Long family and the Cao family are inseparable. If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to do something, it may not be easy to find such an opportunity next time."

Shi Xueting said: "Actually, we don't need to do anything now, we just need to rest and recuperate. After all, there may be a fierce battle with the Long family in the future."

Of course, this is the worst plan. Li Congjia feels even more headache when he thinks of going to war with the Long family. Shi Xueting looked at him and said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about this. I just talked about Yang Xin. Yang Xin's recent progress is not good. It’s not small, I have contacted the Na family, the Ma family and the Sa family.”

Li Congjia was slightly surprised: "So fast?"

Shi Xueting explained: "It's just that I have some contact with the younger generation of these families."

After all, Yang Xin is still young, and it is a daydream if he wants to subdue the patriarchs of those families. After all, these three families are the three richest and most powerful families in Suzhou.

In addition to the Long family in Suzhou, there are four other families that are jointly in power. In addition to the three families that Yang Xin hooked up with, there is also a Ha family. These are relatively ancient surnames of Yanqi.

Li Congjia didn't take it too seriously: "The younger generation is also good, as long as they can be talked about in the family."

There was some pride in Shi Xueting's eyes: "That's natural, he has already started business with young people from the Na family and the Ma family, buying grain and horses from them."

Li Congjia asked, "A horse? What kind of horse?"

Shi Xueting said: "Ordinary horses, after they are stabilized, there may be war horses, but...it's useless for us to have so many horses."

Li Congjia said excitedly: "Who said it's useless? We can sell it to the Central Plains, such as Beihan."

Shi Xueting understood what he meant in an instant. The Northern Han Dynasty is also living a relatively difficult life now, which is similar to the situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty. In fact, even the days when these two countries were destroyed are almost the same. The Central Plains lacks horses, and the Northern Han Dynasty naturally need these.

In fact, Nantang also needed it, but the price would not be too high if it was given to Nantang, and who to send was also a problem. After all, you can’t say that the King of Yue sent someone back to deliver the horse, right?

After all, now Li Congjia, like Li Hongji, is probably a dead person and cannot appear in public. It is difficult to explain if he really appears.

Li Congjia and Shi Xueting planned for a long time, and finally called Tian Wen over. Tian Wen said directly: "That's it, we can form a caravan with these horses."

Li Congjia thought, it's totally possible, anyway, they are not afraid of horse thieves, after all they are well-trained soldiers, but in order to get it done once and for all, Li Congjia decided to take the initiative to kill all the horse thieves running around here!

And the transaction with the Northern Han Dynasty is actually very simple. If you sell a horse, you must sell it to the Northern Han official, so that they don't want gold and silver, but weapons or iron ore. Then Li Congjia also needs some basic materials for configuring black powder. Need to come from the Central Plains.

Li Congjia thought for a while and said, "Call Yang Xin over."

Yang Xin was a little surprised when he came back. He heard Li Congjia ask: "Do those four families in Suzhou need things from the Central Plains? You can contact them, we can buy them back and sell them to them."

Yang Xin was stunned at the time: "Is this going to form a caravan?"

Li Congjia smiled and said, "That's right, it's just that our caravan sells not ordinary things."

These nimas are all strategic materials. Fortunately, the Northern Han Dynasty is not adjacent to them, otherwise the business may not be able to do well.

Yang Xin's eyes lit up: "Okay, I'll ask them!"

If there is such a line, Yang Xin will have the opportunity to talk to those four high-level executives!

With the caravan, the business will naturally be opened, but it is not suitable for the business to be handed over to Yang Xin. From the looks of it, Li Congjia directly handed it over to Tian Wen's eldest son, Tian Dalang. Follow Li Congjia wholeheartedly, not afraid of his tricks.

In this way, Li Congjia established a business line from the Western Regions to the Central Plains when the Long family and the Guiyi Army fought back and forth.

And through this business line, it also changed the previous situation of blocking news in the Central Plains.

So Li Congjia knew that the rebellious Zhao Kuangyin was... still alive.

Not only is Zhao Kuangyin still alive, but he is also doing well. Afterwards, he directly occupied the five prefectures of Xiazhou, Yanzhou, Yanzhou, Lingzhou, and Jinzhou, which can be regarded as having a large territory.

After Li Congjia looked at the map, he couldn't help yelling: "Guo Rong is out of his mind? What is he doing? He's leaving Zhao Kuangyin alone?"

There is also a basis for him to capture alive. From the map, these five states are all close to the Western Regions, and they are the main throats from the Western Regions to the Central Plains. That is to say, if Li Congjia wants to go from the Western Regions to the Central Plains in the future, this area cannot be bypassed. It must be opened.

In other words, if Zhou Guo couldn't get rid of Zhao Kuangyin, he had to fight Zhao Kuangyin first and win the fight.

Is this really fate?Why can't I get around this person?

Li Congjia couldn't be bothered, and he himself knew that such a mentality was wrong. Speaking of which, he even dared to plan for the Long family, and in the future he would wrestle with the Ganzhou Uighurs. Neither of these two seemed to be worse than the current Zhao Kuangyin.

But he was just worried, very worried that after working so hard for so long, in the end, Zhao Kuangyin was allowed to sit in the Central Plains. After all, there is a word in this world called Destiny's Child.

Shi Xueting said: "I'm afraid Guo Rong really has no time to take care of Zhao Kuangyin at this time. After all, they are fighting with Khitan now, and Zhao Kuangyin didn't bother Zhou Guo any more."

Zhou Zong didn't understand why Li Congjia cared so much about Zhao Kuangyin, he just said: "Zhao Kuangyin is probably like us now, he is resting and recuperating, and he is not willing to go to war."

like us?No... It's different, Zhao Kuangyin is sitting in five states, and the supplies he owns are not comparable to Li Congjia's Anning City. Anning City gradually improved after the opening of commercial roads and commercial banks, but the number of people is still at a disadvantage.

In the past six months, the caravans often brought over some people who could not live in the Central Plains, but the number was still small. Later, Li Congjia had to start recruiting foreigners, and Anning City also built an outer city outside the valley. All foreigners lived in the outer city, and only people from the Central Plains could live in the inner city. However, Li Congjia had quarreled with Zhou Zong many times in terms of household registration.

Zhou Zong meant that there should be an inclusive atmosphere, and there should be no distinction between people from the Western Regions and people from the Central Plains, but Li Congjia disagreed, and he insisted on having two household registration systems.

Li Congjia looked at Zhou Zong seriously and said, "Even in the Central Plains, the household registrations of foreigners and natives are not the same. How can we not distinguish clearly in the Western Regions?"

Zhou Zong frowned: "But after all, we are in the Western Regions now, how can we oppress those Western Regions people?"

"How do you call it a squeeze? We collect much less tax than other places, and they don't have any complaints."

Zhou Zong said: "Don't worry about being few, but worry about unevenness."

Li Congjia sighed: "I know, but there is no way. Our numbers are a disadvantage. If we really let everyone be treated the same as people from the Western Regions, believe it or not, in a few years, this city may be full of people from the Western Regions. They will occupy the houses of civilians, and even try to advance to the top."

Zhou Zong's complexion changed, he was bad, he just thought about cultivating Li Congjia's vision, don't be too fussy, why did he forget about this matter?The Western Regions may not be as good as the Central Plains in terms of culture and science, but when it comes to political struggles, the whole world is actually more or less the same.

Seeing Zhou Zong's serious face, Li Congjia knew that what he said had an effect, so he didn't worry about it. He changed the subject and said, "The Dragon King sent another letter asking us to help kill Xuanquan Yongyan, and promised that as long as we beat it down, Xuanquan It's up to us, what do you think?"

Zhou Zong came back to his senses and said: "If you want Yongyan but not Xuanquan, Yongyan is between Xuanquan and Ziting. If you give us Xuanquan, it will not be easy to manage at that time."

Li Congjia thought about it, and couldn't help but sighed: "The Long family and the Guiyi army have been fighting for half a year. It seems that they have lost each other, but the Long family has suffered a bit. No wonder the Dragon King came to us for help."

Zhou Zong said: "It just happened to let those people from the Western Regions see blood."

The people from the Western Regions mentioned by Zhou Zong are the special assault cavalry team newly formed by Li Congjia. The people from the Western Regions are probably born to be good at riding horses. Anyway, this cavalry team is easy to train. Of course, this cavalry team belongs to Tiance government.

Li Congjia thought so too, after all, if he wins Yongyan, his current territory will be the size of a state, but it's just like Xiazhou.But it's still a big place, and the Dragon King is giving him very generous treatment now. Although he still collects taxes, he doesn't dictate to Li Congjia and his management. Long Lei can be said to have contributed a lot to this.

This time to attack Xuanquan and Yongyan, Li Congjia did not continue to go on the expedition. He was afraid that someone would attack him after he left, but Zhou Zong and the others felt that Li Congjia did not need to lead troops in person in such a war. Rong and the others are not the same, they are not real generals, before...before they were really rushing ducks to the shelves.

Now Li Congjia besides dealing with political affairs, what Li Congjia does most every day is researching explosives!Yes, it's the Thunderbox. Li Congjia thinks it's too restrictive. After all, this thing doesn't distinguish between enemy and friend. It can be used for sneak attack from a distance, but it is afraid to use it on the exact battlefield.

Then it's better to come up with something else, such as a bazooka.

Li Congjia doesn’t want to think about pistols or anything like that. That requires very high craftsmanship, and his men may not be able to do it, but the large rocket launcher can be used for a while, and even the artillery can be tried. Speaking of the development process of the use of gunpowder, in fact It is from big to small, when the production of artillery is relatively mature, the research on muskets is started.

Thanks to the deep mountains and old forests behind the inner city of Anning City, you can go to the mountains and forests for various experiments without fear of being discovered. Of course, the Gunpowder Workshop is in the deep mountains. Otherwise, it would be a death toll.

Li Congjia was discussing the production method of the gun barrel with the craftsman, and Zhou Ye hurriedly came from the outside and said, "City Lord, I just received a letter from Han Yu."

Li Congjia's eyes lit up. In the past six months, Han Yu wandered among the nobles in Suzhou, and rarely sent letters back, but every time he sent a letter, it was very important information. Wanlixiang Restaurant and Fuyuan Commercial Firm were able to rise rapidly in a short period of time. These messages are also relevant.

Li Congjia took the letter, opened it and glanced at it, then couldn't help but change his face and said: "Immediately call the Chief Assistant, Master Xueting, Li Ping and Tian Wen to Hanyuan Hall to discuss matters!"