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Chapter 82
The wind was so cold that everyone had to go into the forest and choose a shelter from the wind for a while.

They spread the felt on the ground, picked up the lichens and dead grass, and started a fire.Everyone was holding tin cans, filled them with snow, and put them on the fire to melt them.

Some people are very hungry, regardless of the dryness, they just pick up the Hubing and stuff it into their stomachs.But Tan Zong, a reckless man, directly forked a piece of cured meat, put it on the fire, and roasted the meat self-consciously.

Everyone saw Tan Zong dressed as a bald monk, but they couldn't help being sloppy. They were no longer surprised. What do you think about asking my family to take [-]% of the shares?"

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said suddenly, Li Hu pinched his beard and said, "Xiao Jiu, I don't see this matter in a hurry. Right now we are not in a hurry to spend money. Over the past three years, the bodyguard bureau has saved millions of dollars." .So let’s put this matter aside and let’s talk about when we want to use the money.”

Hearing what Li Hu said, Li Chongjiu said: "Didn't you say that you are going to open a bodyguard agency in Huaihuang Town?"

Li Hu chuckled, and said: "I have such a plan, but with the money now, it is enough to open a sub-escort agency. If a sub-escort agency is being built in Mayi County, it can handle it now. As for how many more? Well, Dad thinks the steps are too big right now, Xiao Jiu, I know you are eager for success, and I see that the Escort Bureau has done a good job in recent years, but you can't act too hastily."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Father is right, you really shouldn't be in a hurry, but my plan is to rebuild this Huaihuang Town and turn it into the foundation of our Li family. It's not enough." "The base!" Li Hu suddenly changed his expression, and asked, "Xiao Jiu, our Li Family Escort Bureau is just a merchant after all. Why do you want to separate the land? This is a rebellion! There is no such thing. "

Yes, from a commercial point of view, it was Li Hu's plan to establish a bodyguard agency, but Li Chongjiu wanted to build a city here. In Li Hu's view, this was definitely not a commercial consideration.

Seeing that Li Chongjiu didn't answer, Li Hu said seriously: "Xiao Jiu, I know you have ambitions. But you can't be dissatisfied. Right now, the Escort's life is safe and sound. There's nothing wrong with it. Why bother to imitate those refugees."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Building a city by yourself is still not a matter of separatist rule of the world. If you are worried that the imperial court will pursue this matter, you can rest assured that within ten years, the imperial court will not have that kind of thought."

Seeing Li Hu's disbelief, Li Chongjiu said: "The world is in chaos now. This year, the sage conquered Goguryeo for the third time. As a result, more than half of the soldiers conscripted were out of date, so the conquest of Liao was hastily dismissed. The situation of the court is precarious, and it can be said that it can't take care of itself." .”

"So it goes without saying that the imperial court is now advancing on the grasslands. It is good to be able to barely hold the front line of the Great Wall. Therefore, the imperial court will never restore these six towns and send troops to guard them. We will take over an abandoned town and trade with Mobei here. , what's wrong?"

Li Hu listened to Li Chongjiu's words, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "Yes, you see, I am too confused. We are not killing officials to rebel, nor are we here to become kings. We are just building a city." Hu figured this out, and said, "But Dad, do you understand the advantages of building a city here in Huaihuang Town?"

Li Hu nodded and said: "Of course I know. It takes three or four hundred miles to find the Xi tribe from Yanmen County on the Great Wall. If there is a place to stay here, the caravan has a place to supply. The distance is greatly shortened, and our Escort will have a place to rest halfway in the future."

Li Chongjiu said: "Father, you are right, but there is one more point, not only Yanmen County, Shanggu County also has to go here when they leave the grassland." Li Hu nodded and said: "Yes, I don't have that point. Come to think of it, it’s really a good place.”

In the current situation on the grassland, it goes without saying that the Turks are the most powerful in the East and West. There is no doubt about it, but the Turks are brutal and warlike. For them, it is definitely more convenient to grab than to trade.

Therefore, except for the large caravans under the control of several gentry who had a long-term cooperative relationship with the Turks, basically the smaller caravans did not trade with the Turks, but chose to start from Yanmen County and Shanggu County to find Xi Jinping. People do business with people.

Xi Ren has always been hospitable and hospitable, he has no scheming in making deals, and he is not very wary of the shrewd calculations of businessmen, so he is in line with the plans of profiteers, and it seems that people here are foolish and quick to make money.As long as the caravan trades with Xi Ren, as long as they don't encounter horse thieves or the like on the road, it is at least two or three times the profit, and there are also ten times more.

Li Chongjiu took a bamboo stick and stood in a fairly flat snow field, and said, "Father, look here, this is Huaihuang Town."

Li Chongjiu poked a spot on the snow, Li Hu came forward and watched carefully.Li Chongjiu said: "The southwest of Huaihuang Town is Yanmen County where we came from, the south is Shanggu County, and the southeast is Zhuo County."

From the sketch drawn by Li Chongjiu, it can be seen that an area like Huaihuang Town is the most ideal right now.

First of all, this place has been the default sphere of influence of the Northern Dynasty since the Northern Wei Dynasty. Back then, where the six towns were located and where heavy troops were hoarded, the grassland ministries did not dare to go south to graze horses.Although the Great Sui Dynasty has declined, the tiger's prestige is still there. In less than ten or twenty years, grassland people will not leave their sheep and horses here to graze.

However, the imperial court has failed in the three expeditions to Liaodong, and the court's power has declined. It would be good to be able to defend the Great Wall. The six towns like Huaihuang Town have long been forgotten, and they have withdrawn from the imperial court's default range of influence.

So along the Great Wall, there happened to be such a gap, which can be regarded as a land of no man.

In the chaos of the world in the future, the Central Plains will definitely be in full swing. Even if Li Chongjiu said in the future that a powerful force will appear in Yanmen County, Shanggu County, and Zhuo County, according to the consistent style of Chinese people, they must first settle inside. , under the premise that there is no unity within the Central Plains, they will never use troops in the direction of the grasslands, so Li Chongjiu is very relieved about this.

Huaihuang Town is very safe for the Central Plains Dynasty.Hearing Li Chongjiu's analysis, Li Hu couldn't help nodding, but still said: "Xiao Jiu, you are right. I originally had this thought in my heart, but I couldn't express it vaguely. It will be clear. You can put it in the south."

"However, the gap between the grassland tribes and the court you mentioned is only a few years. In more than ten years, what if the court declines in the future and the tribes on the grassland come to fight? I heard that the Turkic people are as tough as tigers and come and go like the wind. What if they come here to rob?"

"You need to know that the establishment of a bodyguard agency requires less than a million dollars, and the establishment of a city does not count the latter. We have invested at least tens of millions of dollars in the front. If the Turks came to plunder, wouldn't it be a loss? I don't think so. No."

Li Hu's consideration is quite meticulous.

Li Chongjiu is currently in the south of Huaihuang Town, marked Yanmen, Shanggu, and Zhuojun respectively, and then turned to the north. This is the direction of the grassland. Li Chongjiu said: "The west of Huaihuang Town is the Turks, and the northeast is the Xi people. Wubu, further north is the Mu people, and to the west of the Xibu are the Khitan, Shiwei, and Mohe, and Goguryeo is close to the sea."

Among these forces, the Turks are not mentioned, because the Turks really want to send troops, and no place along the Great Wall, or even north of the Yellow River, is safe, especially when the national power declines at the end of the Sui Dynasty.Otherwise, Xue Ju, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Li Gui, Gao Kaidao, and even Li Yuan would all have to submit to the Turkic North.

However, Huaihuang Town is just a fly for the Turkic people at the moment, and they will not come all the way from thousands of miles.Khitan, Shiwei, and Mohe are too far away to talk about it, let alone Goguryeo on the sea.

Therefore, the only forces that can really affect Huaihuang Town are the Xi Department and the Qi Department.Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Father, you are right. The imperial court and grassland tribes have no time to take care of the gap. It only takes a few years, but a few years, isn't it enough? In a few years, the city has been repaired long ago, and the soldiers and horses have already been repaired." Now that everything is ready, are you still afraid of being invaded by others?"

(End of this chapter)