Fu Song

Chapter 109 Interview
(I saw Yanke Shifang’s reward today, and I couldn’t help but feel a sore nose. I’ve been an old book friend for so many years! I’ll be very serious and write very seriously. Of course, I’m in the hospital now, everyone wait for me to go out !)

The place for the official meeting was not any of the beautifully decorated wooden buildings, but a very simple, spacious and yet very majestic stone building.

The four walls of the whole house are all made of huge stone blocks, and the superb mortise and tenon technology allows these huge stone blocks to be naturally occluded.

Xiao Cheng has seen many wooden houses and towers using this mortise and tenon technique, but this is the first time he has seen such a superb construction technique on a square boulder.

In the room there is a firepit made of stones, inside which is like a hill of firewood burning. From time to time, sparks will splash in all directions, and the flames will rise several feet high, making the place that should have been very gloomy and cold. The interior is also extremely warm.

Behind Tuoba Yangwei sat Tuoba Fenwu, behind Ren Duozhong sat Ren Duobao, and behind Xiao Cheng, sat cross-legged Wei Wu.

The people from the three parties started their first official meeting across the fire pit.

"May I ask Chongwen, do what you do, say, and promise fully represent the meaning of Commander Xiao? After Commander Xiao arrives, will you fully admit these things?" Tuoba Yangwei asked.

"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 did something wrong, my brother will also fully bear the responsibility." It." Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

Tuoba Yangwei glanced at Ren Duozhong, saw the other party nodded slightly, and continued to ask: "Looking at what Chong Wenlai did in Shentangbao, there is no doubt about the strategy of killing chickens and scaring monkeys. So far, it's been pretty successful."

Xiao Cheng was a little embarrassed. In the eyes of a discerning person, these strategies can be seen through at a glance.

"Without a doubt, Chongwen, your ultimate goal is Li Xu, the Dingnanjun, isn't it?"

"Yes." Xiao Cheng said frankly: "If you want to deal with the Dingnan army, you must unite with all the tribes in Hengshan, use Hengshan as your base for advance, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat. The imperial court and Li Xu, whoever holds Hengshan will win Take the lead. If you can unite with the imperial court, Li Xu will perish forever."

Tuoba Yangwei smiled slightly and said: "We can see this clearly, but Chongwen, the old patriarch Renduo and I have a question, how can you ensure that our Hengshan tribes will not be exhausted in the end, Liang Gongzang As far as I know, some people in the Song Dynasty like to do this kind of thing the most. If Chongwen doesn’t make this point clear to us, we dare not let go of everything , with you in the same boat.”

Xiao Cheng nodded, and pondered: "On this issue, I don't want to hide it from you. In the court, there are indeed some people clamoring that they are not of my race, and their hearts must be different. Naturally, I don't agree with it, but anyone who speaks lightly will naturally have little influence."

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

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

"The trading company you're talking about?" Tuoba asked with a pretentious smile.

"Or, we can call it a community of interests." Xiao Cheng said: "You two patriarchs, there is no eternal friendship in this world, but there must be eternal interests. As long as our interests are always on the same line, naturally there is no need to Worrying about who will betray whom."

"Your business company is just making money!" Tuoba Yangwei shook his head to express his disagreement.

"Patriarch Tuoba, don't underestimate the word making money!" Xiao Cheng said: "The more money you earn, 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 give birth to more dolls without worrying about feeding them, and we can train more doctors to ensure the survival rate of babies, to ensure that young children do not die young, and to ensure that adults You won't let go because of a small cold. The two patriarchs, look at this world, sometimes you fight back and forth, after all, isn't it just for money?"

Tuoba Yangwei was stunned for a while, and finally nodded: "It seems that there are several reasons."

"This is the truth!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "The wealth in this world is unlimited, but we need to create it with our own hands. As long as we are willing to work hard, the wealth will flow into our pockets endlessly. Patriarch, when your money is too much to spend, what do you want to do?"

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

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

Hearing Xiao Cheng's sudden swear words, Ren Duozhong and Tuoba Yangwei were both taken aback for a moment, and then laughed, "Unexpectedly, Chongwen is a man of temperament. Actually, I also think this is wrong."

"You two, as long as the benefits obtained by this community of interests are large enough that none of us can do without each other, will we be tightly bound together?" Xiao Cheng said.

"Which people does Chongwen refer to here?" Tuoba said arrogantly.

"Guangrui Army and the Hengshan Fans!" Xiao Cheng said decisively. "What I'm doing now is to integrate the future Guangrui Army and the Hengshan Departments into one."

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

Xiao Cheng bowed slightly: "This is also the conclusion I have discussed with my brother for a long time. As a commander, my brother has about [-] soldiers under his command, and now the Guangrui Army has only [-] people. Many people, including the imperial court, think that After my brother arrives in Dingbian City, he will reorganize the Dingbian army and retrain it. But in our opinion, how can there be enough time? If you want to train a weak army into a strong army, how can you achieve results without a few years of hard work? Here in Hengshan , there are obviously more brave and skilled teams, why should we go far and spend countless money and food to do something that may not be successful?"

"You brothers want to formally bring the Hengshan Zhufan army into the Guangrui Army's system?" Tuoba Yangwei's voice was a little low.

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

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

"The Guangrui Army is different!" Xiao Cheng looked at the two of them and said, "Since they are both in the Guangrui Army, they naturally treat them equally. If others have it, you naturally have it too. You won't lose a penny, but you won't have a penny too much." .”

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

"In addition to the salary issued by the imperial court, of course we should also have our own sources of income, because the little money from the imperial court really makes it difficult for people to work hard. This is why I want to establish such a business company. The reason. The two patriarchs, the Guangrui Army in the past, most of the salaries were earned by my elder brother using various means."

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

"Old patriarch Renduo, that's hard to say!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "If you manage well, you can get [-] to [-] guan a year, and you can also have [-] to [-] guan a year. Sometimes, even more There may be more. The key depends on what we do and how we do it.”

"These are trivial matters!" Tuoba waved his hands in a pretentious manner, "The matter of money is a trivial matter. Chongwen, you have already mentioned one point just now, but there is still a second point, right? I am all ears!"

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

"To put it simply, the imperial court is going to deal with Li Xu and win the Dingnan Army. The Hengshan tribes are indispensable and cannot be replaced. And after we defeat Li Xu, will we lose Is it worth it? Of course not, because at this time, the imperial court must be ready to attack Liao on a large scale, 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 smiled and said, "As for Liao, a country with thousands of miles, if you want to conquer Liao, it will be hard to see the effect if you don't have decades of effort."

"You can also say that!" Xiao Cheng said: "Even if the people of the Liao Kingdom don't live up to their expectations, we beat them to shame, and we destroy the country, we naturally have ways to make ourselves irreplaceable. "

"Even the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, how can we create enemies again?"

Xiao Cheng smiled: "Go west, there are countless fertile fields, countless treasures, and countless wealth. Only relying on caravans, what you can earn back in a year is only one in ten million. If the army can follow, His gains are beyond comparison with mere caravans."

Tuoba Yangwei stared at Xiao Cheng and said, "Will the Guangrui Army go west?"

"Of course." Xiao Cheng said: "Keep going westward to create a large territory. Destroying Li Xu is just the beginning, and defeating 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 plan at some time?"

"As long as we are big enough at that time." Xiao Cheng said expressionlessly: "You two patriarchs, as long as we are big enough, sometimes we can pretend not to hear the voice of the court."

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

"No, no, Li Xu wants to rebel, but we don't want to. We will bite whoever the court wants us to bite, but it doesn't prevent us from quietly doing our own things while fulfilling the court's will. "Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)