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Chapter 1339 Winning over
Although his rise was short, the resources Wang Yan was able to mobilize were already considerable.

Saving the food of hundreds of households was a simple matter for Wang Yan. The only problem was transportation, especially the loss of food during transportation. A lot of food was wasted on the way.

In general, Wang Yan was losing money by transferring grain there.

However, profit and loss obviously did not look at it that way. He was not short of food. On the one hand, he purchased it domestically, and on the other hand, he shipped it by sea from South Vietnam. He was able to mobilize the food needed by hundreds of thousands of people.

What he lacks is this kind of heroic spirit. He is just a soldier who used to travel with him and he is willing to help him with such great effort. Then what about the people who do things for him?
I give one million to anyone who betrays me...

If this spreads in the future, the benefits to him personally will be immense.

But there are hidden dangers. After all, buying people's hearts is a great sin.

So after deciding to transfer grain to help, Wang Yan asked to see Yang Jian.

As a founding county marquis, he certainly had the qualifications to meet the emperor directly. In fact, he also had the qualifications to attend court, after all, his ranking was still very high. It was just that he had no position, so he didn't have to go to court.

So Wang Yan asked to see Yang Jian. He submitted his request on the first day and met him in the study of Yang Jian's office on the second day.

Yang Jian liked Wang Yan very much and enthusiastically asked the eunuch who was serving him to make tea, which was plain tea.

After more than a year, the popularity of pure tea has become quite widespread. Even the scholars who looked down on Wang Yan still felt that Wang Yan's words about tasting the natural fragrance of tea made some sense.

There are two factions on the issue of drinking tea. One faction believes that Wang Yan is right and they accept pure tea. The other faction believes that although Wang Yan has some truth in his words, making tea by oneself is the enjoyment of scholars and officials, and they still firmly drink the original tea.

Yang Jian liked the tea very much. He praised Wang Yan's wonderful ideas and said with a smile, "I was thinking of summoning you to the palace recently, but I just didn't have the time. I didn't want you to ask for an audience. But what's the matter?"

"There are indeed some small things, Your Majesty. When we destroyed Chen..."

Wang Yan recounted the past, and when he talked about the current situation when Zhang Si came to him, he told Yang Jian the truth, "So I want to transfer a batch of grain to help them tide over the difficulties. However, Your Majesty, I am afraid that there are thieves who are attacking me and buying people's hearts with ill intentions, so I would like to see Your Majesty and let Your Majesty make the decision."

Yang Jian smiled and nodded: "I know what you said. The grain has been allocated. Maybe someone is corrupt and has interfered. The grain is yours. If you want to take care of the old soldiers, go ahead. But once this is done, if the government soldiers have any problems in the future, they will blame you. What will you do then?"

It is obvious that Yang Jian is very aware of the people's desire to take advantage of others and understands the grassroots affairs. It is even more obvious that Yang Jian did not take the act of winning people's hearts seriously at all.

"If I can help, I will help. If anyone thinks it's their right, I am a founding marquis after all, how can I let them bully me?" Wang Yan said it simply and directly. If anyone went too far, he would punish them.

Seeing Wang Yan's angry expression, Yang Jian couldn't help but smile and asked, "Is that all?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I was unsure and did not dare to act on my own. Now that Your Majesty has given the OK, I feel relieved. I will go back and arrange for people to transfer the food."

Yang Jian took a sip of tea and said, "Thank you for your hard work on the Kaihuang Plow."

"I am a carpenter by nature. I was suppressing bandits in Yangzhou and had nothing to do. This is just an accidental gift. I am so lucky to be named after Your Majesty..."

Wang Yan flattered the emperor with nice words, without taking any credit for it. He said that it was all thanks to Yang Jian's divine help, that the inspiration came to him, Wang, and made him do it. In the final analysis, it was all thanks to Yang Jian's benevolence and Yang Guangxi's trust.

Yang Jian made him laugh so hard that he was extremely happy.

Wang Yan's flattery was not surprising, Yang Jian heard it every day. The key was that Wang Yan really did something, and his face and eyes were full of sincerity and loyalty. Yang Jian felt that his words were not flattery at all, but were truly sincere and heartfelt.

After laughing, Yang Jian asked the key question: "How is the progress of the maritime trade?"

Wang Yan knew that Yang Guang had been reporting the situation to Yang Jian, but since he was asked, he would definitely tell him. He knew that Yang Jian wanted to ask for more details, after all, it was impossible to write a long letter to explain the situation.

So Wang Yan talked on and on from beginning to end, clearly telling Yang Jian the whole story of maritime trade and the details involved.

Yang Jian listened very carefully, and would occasionally interrupt to ask questions. The information Yang Guang gave him was second-hand, and it was not as clear as what Wang Yan said.

He sighed: "I never thought there would be such wealth overseas. It's ridiculous that the thieves like Gao Zhihui were afraid of the sea and dared not go. Ziyan is truly a hero to China."

"It was just my luck." Wang Yan said, "Now we have made a good start and earned a lot of money. I will step up exploration in the future. As soon as I build a ship that can sail far, I will send people out to see what is on the other side of the sea. If there is another piece of fertile land, good days will come for the people of the Great Sui Dynasty. Your Majesty's name will be recorded in the history books and passed down through the ages as the greatest emperor in history. The Great Sui Dynasty will also last for thousands of years."

"Hahaha~"

Yang Jian laughed loudly, but he was very modest. "Where is there a dynasty that will last for thousands of years? It's just that we should do our best and leave the rest to fate. Ziyan, you did a good job."

"It's all thanks to your majesty's wisdom and the trust of His Royal Highness Prince Jin. If not for this, how could Wang Yan be where he is today?"

Yang Jian felt relieved, so he encouraged Wang Yan and gave him some big promises, but none of them were realistic. Then he sent Wang Yan to Dugu Jialuo.

Dugu Jialuo kindly cares about Wang Yan's life, and tells Wang Yan to be a good person, work wholeheartedly for the royal family, and treat Princess Qionghua well after marriage...

After this, Wang Yan finally left the palace.

Arrange personnel to gather food immediately and send it over with Zhang Si to rescue the fellow soldiers there.

Zhang Si cried with gratitude, left his child to work for Wang Yan, thanked him profusely, and left Daxing, returning home happily...

Outside Daxing City, Xiao Mei watched Zhang Si walk away and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is so generous that he dares to let you do such a thing."

There was an unspeakable irony in his words.

Wang Yan also smiled: "We are all family, and opening the imperial plow is also a great achievement. Your Majesty trusts me. I will definitely repay Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin."

"Yes, I must repay him well!" Xiao Meijiao laughed, laughing at the stupidity of Yang Jian and Yang Guang, who didn't know that Wang Yan, whom they trusted, was actually the most ambitious person and had already formed a force.

Xiao Mei handled many things, and she knew almost everything. She knew very well that the Wang family was rich in money and grain, and supported tens of thousands of strong men.

Apart from other things, there were more than 3,000 naval troops alone, all armed with weapons approved by Yang Jian, and their monthly wages were all paid by Wang Yan. Although Wang Yan always told them to be loyal to the royal family when he lectured them, in fact, they were all loyal to Wang Yan from the bottom of their hearts.

As I said, they didn't know which direction the emperor's door faced, and they had never seen the King of Jin. They only knew that the general was a good general, who would make them rich, help them marry wives, give them children, and let them live a good life.

These people are already a powerful force. There are also Yangzhou soldiers. Wang Yan has been running the Yangzhou army for two years. They are all his people, and they are all available. Just saying that Wang Yan dispatched the soldiers to go out to sea to earn extra money, and no news leaked out, you can understand how solid Yangzhou is. Of course, Wang Yan never did anything beyond the rules, and he always reported to Yang Guang and Yang Jian. But others don't know, and this is the key.

In addition, there are Wang Yan’s old subordinates in Bingzhou, as well as some people whom Wang Yan recruited when he was in Taiyuan.

In addition, there are dozens of farms and businesses that have been set up in various places in recent years, which require a lot of manpower, and there are thousands of able-bodied men in total.

In fact, the conditions for conducting some military operations are already in place now. We have soldiers, mines that can produce weapons and armor, money and food, and we can already raise a large and combat-ready team.

It’s just that Wang Yan is a loyal minister of the Sui Dynasty…

Xiao Mei looked at the confidently smiling 'loyal minister' and said with a smile: "My husband, yesterday Shi Wansui sent us an invitation, inviting us to his mansion for a banquet tomorrow afternoon."

Wang Yan nodded: "Prepare some gifts. It's not good to come empty-handed."

"It was ready yesterday."

"Madam is truly a good wife." Wang Yan put his arm around Xiao Mei's shoulders and walked back to the city unsteadily...

The relationship between the two has always been good, mainly because Xiao Mei is a generous woman, a capable woman, although a little short-sighted, but generally speaking, she is very good. More importantly, Wang Yan is casual and trusts Xiao Mei.

In addition, Xiao Mei is an open-minded woman who never hesitates to show off her sexiness, so their life is very stable.

If the two of them don't doubt each other and have fun together, then naturally it's good for you, me, and everyone else...

The next afternoon, Wang Yan took Xiao Mei to Shi Wansui's house for a banquet as promised.

"My dear brother, I miss you so much." As soon as he saw Wang Yan, Shi Wansui came up to him enthusiastically, "Come in, come in."

The two men were friends on an equal footing, and were very close, despite being younger than the older brother.

Shi Wansui complained, "My dear brother, you have been back to Beijing for a long time, why don't you go drink with me? Why do you have to ask me to treat you?"

Wang Yan smiled and said, "No, I'm really busy. I have a lot of things going on at home, and you know it. I was just thinking of going out for a drink with you these days, and you sent me an invitation first. Don't blame me, after you're done with your work, we can go out for a drink every day."

"Just drink the Zui Bai Meng you sell. That's really good wine."

"Brother likes to drink, so let's have someone bring a cart over tomorrow."

The two chatted and laughed as they sat down and drank. Shi Wansui said, "I heard that you transferred some food to help the soldiers who had traveled with us?"

"This is all due to your Majesty's virtue. Without your Majesty's approval, how could I dare to do this?"

"Anyway, you did a good thing. I like that about you. You remember your roots and are willing to help those poor people."

"I also come from a poor family, brother, how dare I forget that." Wang Yan said with a wry smile, and then asked, "How are you doing recently, brother?"

"Don't mention it." Shi Wansui took a sip of wine, "Last time I went south to suppress the rebellion, that old man Yang Su became the prime minister, but I, your brother, was promoted to a general. How boring."

Yang Su became Shangshu You Pushe, and shared the government with Gao Jiong. Shi Wansui was given 100,000 yuan as a family gift and was appointed General of the Left Army. He was already one of the highest decision-makers in the Sui Dynasty's army, and his career was basically over.

However, it is clear that the greatest achievement was won by Yang Su. Shi Wansui was also the general commander of the army, leading 2,000 soldiers to march alone, crossing mountains and ridges and fighting for more than a thousand miles. After more than 700 battles, he pacified Cai Daoren and Wang Wenjin, defeated countless rebels, and his record was quite impressive, so it was normal for people to be dissatisfied.

But it is not wrong that Yang Su got the greatest credit. After all, Yang Su led the army to attack head-on, chasing the rebels all the way, and even captured the highly intelligent bandit leader, so his military achievements were indeed greater.

However, when he was envious and jealous, he didn't care about so many things. Shi Wansui was a serious warrior. He just thought that Yang Su was not that awesome, and he just didn't accept it. There was nothing wrong with that.

Wang Yan comforted him: "Brother, don't worry. I heard that the surrounding barbarians are not honest recently. Brother will definitely have the opportunity to make great achievements again."

Shi Wansui shook his head and smiled: "You are still trying to comfort me? My dear brother, you are the one who has it hard. An invincible general who was made a marquis in one battle, instead of defending the border for the country, he went to Yangzhou, that comfortable place, brewing wine, frying tea, and doing carpentry all day long. It's really boring."

"Brother, you are wrong. My family was born in a humble family. It is good enough that I can get to where I am today. What's more, the royal family has married a princess to me, which has raised my status. I am already content. Even if it is worse, at least I have enough food and clothing, and I eat delicacies from land and sea. It is much better than when I was a soldier. I am content..."

Shi Wansui stared at Wang Yan, as if trying to tell whether Wang Yan was sincere or not. However, he saw only sincerity on Wang Yan's face and in his eyes, as if Wang Yan really thought so.

"A real man must have great ambitions. Zi Yan, you are an invincible general. The battlefield is where you should go, not the gentle land of Jiangnan."

"Many people tried to stop me from going up. What should I do?"

"You can't just eat and wait to die!" Shi Wansui was angry at Wang Yan's lack of progress.

"Brother, only when you are content can you be happy. I have a fortune, but I still want to enjoy it."

"No ambition!"

Wang Yan laughed and asked, "Brother, what do you think of His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin?"

"He has a deep mind and ambitious eyes." Shi Wansui's words were very accurate. He was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Brother, are you placing your hopes on the King of Jin?"

"Otherwise, I have no other way out. I can only support His Royal Highness Prince Jin. We will prosper together and suffer together."

Shi Wansui is a warrior, not a fool, and he has understood Wang Yan's intention to win him over.

So he laughed and raised his glass: "Brother, let's not talk about these annoying things. Come on, come on, I'll toast you a glass, and win!"

Wang Yan shook his head in amusement, but raised his glass and drank with him.

The two of them did not talk about positions anymore. They just talked about gossip about officials, scolded Yang Su, discussed war, reviewed the battles, and compared military tactics. They were still so happy chatting...

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