After Long Xiao said goodbye to his second brother Long Chong, he changed his route to the west and came to the base camp of Longyun in Western Xinjiang. 『『Long Yun's base camp is at the eastern foot of the Chisong Mountain on the border, the Chisong Mountain Range stretches for thousands of miles, it is a natural barrier, and it has always been an important town of the Sui Dynasty, and has always been stationed with the heavy troops of the Sui Dynasty. After Long Yun came, he increased the number of troops to 5o thousand, and with the military tun that Long Yun implemented at the beginning, the actual number of troops had already reached 5oo thousand. However, in order not to make the court suspicious, in addition to the 50,000 regular army, the other 450,000 are sergeants who are reclamation soldiers, and they are farmers in peacetime, unless there is a war, otherwise they can't see that they are the army.

After Long Yun came, when he learned that Chisong Mountain had long been subdued by Long Xiao, he secretly sent someone to contact Yelu River in Chisong Mountain, therefore, Yelu River's gold transportation route was smoother, that is, some Mongolians in Simon Country, learned that it was the green forest heroes of Chisong Mountain, passing from the grassland every month, transporting grain to the west, and transporting gold back without the slightest check.

In the beginning, Chisongshan still purchased grain from the interior of the Sui Dynasty, although it was cheap, but the distance was far away, and it was very inconvenient. Since Long Yun came to Western Xinjiang and started the military camp, more and more cultivated land has been cultivated, once reaching 5oo million mu, equivalent to the area of five counties, and the production of this grain has become a major item of the army. The base camp in Western Xinjiang stored food that could feed the army for several years. So, Long Yun discussed with Yelujiang that Chisong Mountain would buy 6oo million catties of grain every year, and Yelujiang would pay 6oo thousand taels of silver.

This price is far higher than the purchase price in the mainland, but the army's guarantee of Yelujiang's route for transporting gold is equivalent to collecting protection fees, and Yelujiang is also willing, anyway, Long Xiao has confessed that he has autonomy in addition to giving 6oo thousand catties of gold to Hu's money every year. Even if you give the barracks 6oo taels of silver, which is equivalent to 60,000 taels of gold, it is nothing. Since then, the rules have been formed, and the heroes of Chisong Mountain will buy 6oo million catties of grain from Longyun's military camp every year, and give 60,000 taels of gold to the military camp from the cottage. In this way, Longyun's military camp has a virtuous cycle of grain, and the sergeants who reclaim the famine have enough silver, and their enthusiasm for growing grain has always been very high.

Long Xiao came to Long Yun's barracks, and when he saw the continuous barracks and neat houses, he sighed very much, it seems that the third brother's strategy is high, not only has a thick city wall level been built between the two mountains, but the continuous military camp is scattered, it seems that the third brother is prepared. Long Xiao saw the third brother Long Yun: "Third brother, it turns out that you haven't been idle in the past few years", Long Yun: "Western Xinjiang is different from the northern Xinjiang of the eldest brother and the southern Xinjiang of the second brother, it is sparsely populated here, if you want to gather popularity, you must implement the military tun, although the imperial court gives some military expenses, but the treatment of the soldiers is still not high, I can only start from the food, as long as there is food, the military heart is stable, how to say, it is also more comfortable than the people in the mainland, there have been a large number of immigrants in recent years, the number of my military camps, in fact, has reached 5oo thousand, That's the equivalent of five counties."

Long Xiao: "However, third brother, you still have flaws, you should know the practices of the eldest brother and the second brother, I think you should learn from the practices of the eldest brother and the second brother, you are too slow to show yourself, or the support of the imperial court, if you allocate billions of taels of silver every year, it will be much faster than your own exhibition." Long Yun smiled: "I also want to ask the court for silver, but there is no reason", Long Xiao: "This is easy to do, you just report the matter of the military tun, plus the strength of Simon Country, it is more dangerous, the court will be afraid, it is not a trivial matter to allocate funds to you?" ”。

When Long Yun heard this, he was very interested: "Fourth brother, what do you say?" ", Long Xiao: "This is easy to do, you just say that you want to conquer Simon Kingdom, no, the second brother is about to conquer the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, if you play to the court at this time, I think the emperor will definitely agree, Simon Kingdom has a vast territory, equivalent to one-tenth of the Sui Dynasty, if you can recover it, this is a great achievement."

Long Yun thought it was good, but he was also worried: "What if the emperor doesn't agree?" I heard that the emperor is very suspicious." Long Xiao: "The more worried you are, the more suspicious the emperor will be of you, the more bold you are to think about it, the more the emperor will praise you, plus you are the county horse, and the backer will speak for you." Long Yun: "Then I'll try?" Long Xiao: "I won't go back for the time being, help you plan it, you can do it with confidence."

Long Yun drafted a memo for the imperial court, and sent it to the imperial court in an urgent 8oo. He said three things: first, the matter of Juntun, which he was already doing, but he lacked silver and hoped that the imperial court would allocate it. second, it is a sign that the capital of Simon has moved eastward in recent years, and it is hoped that the imperial court can increase its troops, just in case; The third is that if the imperial court is willing, he is willing to bring 2oo troops to subdue Simon. The emperor smiled when he received Long Yun's reckoning, summoned the backer king into the palace, and said: "Your two sons-in-law do not give in to each other, one wants to recover the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, and the other wants to recover the Simon Kingdom, how do you think I will reply?" ”。

Backer King: "This is a good thing, Long Yun wants to recover Simon Kingdom, which is one-tenth of the land area, and the territory of our Great Sui Dynasty will be expanded by one-tenth, this is an ancient record, I think the emperor should support it, and allocate it to Xijiang according to the military expenses for your southern Xinjiang battalion, if you can recover Simon Kingdom, you will reward Long Yun as the King of Simon, and if you lose, you will be asked to be punished and beheaded."

The emperor laughed: "This is your son-in-law, and you are willing to do it?" ", the king of the backer: "Long Yun dares to play, he has this courage, which shows that he is completely sure, the country is just paying a little silver, just 5o billion taels a year, I think it is still worth it." The emperor was overjoyed, so he approved Long Yun's twists and turns, allowing Long Yun to expand his army by 2oo thousand, and allocate 5o billion taels of silver every year, waiting for the opportunity to recover Simon Kingdom.

Within a few days, there was a reply from the imperial court, and the minister sent by the minister sent sent a holy decree, ordering Long Yun to expand the army by 2oo thousand, prepare grain and grass, and train the sergeants. At the same time, allocate 2oo billion taels for war preparation, if you win, allocate 5o billion taels of military spending every year, if you fail, you will be asked for the guilt, and Long Yun will be escorted back to the capital. When Long Yun received the holy decree, he discussed with Long Xiao: "Fourth brother, look at it, the emperor has given a death order, only success is allowed and no failure is allowed, if it succeeds, King Simon will be crowned, if it fails, it will be a dead end."

Long Xiao smiled: "It's okay, have you seen it, this is just a reason to take the opportunity to increase troops with the imperial court, in fact, the Simon Kingdom has always been friendly to the Sui Dynasty, although it is now moving eastward, but, in my opinion, as long as you send an envoy, you can subdue the Simon Kingdom, and you don't need to move a single soldier at all." Long Yun was surprised: "Fourth brother, you are so sure, how do you know that Simon will obediently return to the Sui Dynasty?" ”。

Long Xiao: "My gold convoy has been in the country for many years, as long as the name is reported, the army of Simon Kingdom will be released, which shows that Simon Kingdom is not willing to anger the Sui Dynasty at all, just by virtue of this, I am sure that as long as the army presses the border, it will be fine, there is no need to go to war at all, you can rest assured." Long Yun was still a little uneasy: "Fourth brother, this is a national event, it's not a child's play, I have made a military order with the imperial court, if I succeed, it's fine, if I fail, it's a big crime, maybe I will lose my head."

Long Xiao: "Third brother, it's okay, with me, you can rest assured, the eldest brother has made great achievements in northern Xinjiang, and the second brother is about to start a war against the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, what are you afraid of, as long as I am here, I guarantee that you are carefree." Long Xiao saw that the three were still a little uneasy, so he called the third brother Long Yun to the wild, and let Long Jiao transform into a huge dragon, and Long Jiao sprayed clouds and fog in the sky, and the fire burned half of the sky. Long Yun was scared... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］