Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 484 Lingnan Big Stick
"It's done well." After Li Yuan praised him, he turned his head and said to Feng An: "Aiqing has a good son, and I decided to confer the title of General Zhongwu and Earl on this son. This Westport firm is well run, and everyone will advance to a higher level. "

Feng An immediately got up and thanked Feng Zhidai together.

General Zhongwu is a fourth-rank military officer, which also means that the Xigang Company has become a royal company, and it officially has military power, commercial power, and most importantly, the right to conquest within the scope of external approval.

"Full drink!" Li Yuan swept away the haze of the Chang'an Rebellion, and raised his glass boldly.

That night, Feng An came to the place where Liumu was resting.

As soon as he entered the room, Feng An laughed.

Liu Mu was sitting alone on a low stool throwing sheets of paper into the fire, and Feng An sat beside Liu Mu and snatched the stack of papers that Liu Mu was about to burn.

This is a Huairou assimilation proposal.

The cover page was not burned, and Liu Mu was still a little bit reluctant.

It says on the cover, Annan Monkey Training Project.

Feng An put an altar of Annan local fruit wine in front of Liumu: "Brother, you are right. You are a very powerful strategist. You impressed me when you first arrived in Lingnan. I have chatted with the saint these days. A lot, and know a lot of things that ordinary people don't."

"For example?" Liu Mu asked back.

"For example, the current chaos in Chang'an, without you in it, the outcome is still unknown. But I believe that the sage may not know everything. From my old brother's point of view, I must have some unknown secrets. But today Don't mention this, just talk about the battle of Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Shuofang. My brother respects you."

"Okay, let's drink." Liu Mu poured the bowl of wine into his stomach with a large bowl in his hand.

After putting down the wine bowl, Feng An folded the cover and put it in his arms: "You also said, it's a monkey. You can't treat monkeys like you do to people. Any reasoning is under a steel knife."

Liu Mu was taken aback, what Feng An said was too classic.

Feng An said again: "Before I didn't put forward any opinions on your ideas, even if I didn't approve of Huairou's plan, I didn't object to it. The excuse I gave to my subordinates was that you are a benevolent person when you first arrived in Lingnan. , I want to give you this face."

"What about the truth?"

"I can't figure out the court's attitude. Although Jiaozhi is still a place of the Tang Dynasty, it is not a place of the Tang Dynasty. If there is no reasonable explanation for using foreign troops, it is not appropriate."

Liu Mu couldn't understand now: "At that time in Aizhou, you prepared to fight with heavy troops."

"No, it was just defensive at that time. Just look at your attitude by the way."

"now what?"

"Now, what do you think? Drink it up." Feng An laughed loudly holding the wine bowl, some words need not be said clearly.The Emperor Datang had released Feng An, the fierce tiger, and it was obvious that Feng An was about to make a big move.

Feng An wants to attract all the contradictions in Lingnan to Jiaozhi.

Lingnan is stable, making money, and win-win.

More importantly, Feng An offered his loyalty and bravery to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In the future, the top aristocrats of the Tang Dynasty will have a place in his Feng family. People in Lingnan cannot see the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but Feng An can see it clearly.

After three consecutive bowls of fruit wine, Liu Mu asked, "Are you going to storm Aizhou?"

"No, don't worry. The monkeys should also be subdivided into monkey kings, monkey heads, obedient monkeys, and restless monkeys. First, take a little time to clean up the restless monkeys. Your manual, Mr. Brother, I have read it more than ten times, doesn't it mean to control the leader?"

Control, control; collar, territory.

Feng An's understanding is a piece of territory outside the territory that is controlled by one's own side.

"The meaning is deeper than that. As early as our Han Dynasty, there was a big country in the far west that was no smaller than the Han Dynasty, and its national power was weak. They called themselves the Roman Empire. They extended their power to the inferior small states and Small countries plunder and enslave everything on the ground, not limited to resources, property, and people."

Liu Mu used Rome as an example, but in fact he was talking about the working style of the East India Company.

Feng An listened carefully, and nodded silently: "It sounds like Huairou is still a good move."

"That's right." Liu Muxin said that Feng An finally understood what he meant.

But Feng An said again: "However, it's not too late to be submissive first and then Huairou. Huairou is for obedient and honest monkeys."

"Okay, you won." Liu Mu knew that although Feng An's method was cruel, it was more effective.

Two days later, Liu Mu and Feng An came to a newly built market in the west of Jiaozhou City. Merchants from all walks of life in the South of the Five Ridges had already gathered here. There were too many raw materials here, but raw materials were not easy to preserve. It will be shipped to Chang'an, and ordinary businessmen are very concerned about such business.

Liu Mu and Feng An changed into the same clothes as ordinary businessmen, and each brought four guards to the market.

Not long after entering the market, Feng An pointed not far away: "Look over there, that is an obedient monkey. And over there is my Datang man."

Liu Mu looked in the direction Feng An pointed, and his first reaction was whether Feng An pointed wrongly, or reversed.

Because the former is the color of the Han people, but the latter is a style with strong national characteristics.

"They look like Han people, but they are Jiaoren. Everything is learning from the Central Plains and imitating the Central Plains. They even think that Jiaozhou is their capital city. They have had the idea of ​​​​establishing a country since before the Sui Dynasty."

After listening to Feng An's explanation, Liu Mu nodded to express his understanding.

Feng An then pointed to the man in the clothes of a foreign race: "That's a Yi from Panyu. Although he said that he rebelled several times and made trouble for Lingnan several times, he is still a Lingnan person. Like Wenjing, he occupied a piece of land in Aizhou and established himself as a Wang’s Panyu Yi people are only a minority. Now, since they have money to earn, they will not rebel again.”

"Yes, yes." Liu Mu nodded again.

Feng An took Liu Mu closer, and heard the two people arguing fiercely with words he couldn't understand.

Feng An translated to Liu Mu: "They speak the Jiaoren dialect, which is actually not much different from the Central Plains language, except that the pronunciation is weird, and you will understand it after listening for a long time."

Under Feng An's translation, Liu Mu knew that the two sides were bargaining.

For the purchase price of indigo grass, the author organized hundreds of people to go into the forest to collect a lot of things, and then went to the market to find corresponding merchants to sell different plants.

"The new rule is that the Westport Company is responsible for purchasing all kinds of primary processing items, and then pays according to the price of different grades. The work of collecting and primary processing is divided, and the Westport Company also needs to let other people drink soup when eating meat. There are also some smart people among the friends, they understand that only obedient people can earn money.”

After letting Liu Mu finish watching this place, Feng An then took Liu Mu to the depths of the market.

There are some high-priced items traded here, such as high-quality medicinal materials.

Then there were slaves.

(End of this chapter)