Outside the north gate of Liujiabao, on a small hill, Liu Feng, Guo Chongtao and other people are resting here for a while, the weather in summer is already a little hot, the grass and trees are wilted, there is no spirit, the land under the mountain is a little barren, this mountain originally had dozens of villagers, but the southern end of Liujiabao wantonly opened up the wasteland to recruit people, and they all went to Liujiabao to seek a way to survive.

"Look, what a vast land this is, and how many people can be fed if it is cultivated! But it's so barren! I was persuaded that there are enough people in our fort, and I am afraid that I will not be able to accommodate them! Liu Feng glanced at Guo Chongtao and said,

Guo Chongtao couldn't help laughing and said: "The land is vast, and it is also attractive!" They are worried that there will be an influx of displaced people, and the ruler will not have so much food to feed them. What's more, this side of the land is not our Liujiabao. ”

Liu Feng was silent for a moment and said, "Anshi, what do you think is the biggest problem of our Liu Jiabao now?" ”

"In the land of four wars, there is no danger to defend in the north, and there is no way to retreat in the south!" Guo Chongtao replied quickly

"In a word! As you said, now we in Liujiabao are in a dilemma, and we can't defend or retreat in the face of wolves. Liu Feng sighed, and then said: "Meng Fangli of the Luzhou Zhaoyi Army, but he is also a guy who eats people and does not spit out bones, if we seek his help, it is tantamount to luring a wolf into the house, and those weak guys in the Southern Tang Dynasty will not wade into this troubled water." General Guo of the Hedong Army is also powerless when he thinks about it! I think that to resolve the crisis, we have to rely on the strength of our Cizhou! ”

"The commander is going to Cizhou!" Guo Chongtao asked

"Now there is a better way than to fight with Cizhou? Isn't that what you want? Or you're bringing me here?! Liu Feng asked with a smile

"How does the Commander plan to unite the Magnetic State?" As if admitting Liu Feng's question, Guo Chongtao then asked,

"The truth of cold lips and teeth, Zeng Yu and Yu Taisheng should understand, the contradictions between our families, at this time of life and death, when they are dying, should be put aside. As for the others, it is nothing more than a conflict of interests, our Liu Jiabao is now rich, so why not let him have some. Thinking about it, he Yu Taisheng Zeng Yu is not so short-sighted. Liu Feng waved his hand and said,

"Commander, the concession of interests still has to grasp a measure, and you can't blindly retreat, it is said that wealth is moving. If Cizhou feels that we Liujiabao are scared, it is inevitable that there will be many incidents. Guo Chongtao said

"Wealth is moving! Good! Well said! Liu Feng laughed and said: "Originally, I was still a little worried about whether the United Cizhou could succeed, but it was your words that reminded me." Wealth, in the eyes of our Liu Jiabao, it can be easily earned now, can I let the poor ghosts in Cizhou join the gang to make money? ”

"Is this possible? Give them our business to make money? Guo Chongtao asked with some surprise

"Don't worry, even so, we will make money much faster than before, not to mention, when we merge Cizhou into Liujiabao, I only think their business is small at that time." Gao Yuan said with a smile. "At that point, our money will only be taken from our left pocket to our right pocket."

"Never! Wouldn't that be distrustful! Guo Chongtao said with some eagerness

Liu Feng patted his forehead and said helplessly: "Business tax!" By the way, on the issue of commercial tax, you have to pay more attention, there will be more and more businessmen coming and going to our Liujiabao, what this means, you should understand. ”

"I see, my subordinates will pay attention!" Only then did Guo Chongtao understand why Liu Feng was willing to give up the huge profits, it turned out that there was another reason. Thinking about it, as long as Cizhou and Liujiabao are tied to the same chariot, it is only a matter of time before the two places are merged together by Liujiabao's means.

Liu Feng was also sighing at this time, Guo Chongtao's appearance solved half of Liujiabao's predicament, and suddenly gave Liu Feng's next action a direction, and an important message was conveyed to everyone in Liujiabao at the wine table that day. made Liu Feng himself full of longing for the future, and let those who follow Liu Feng have goals. With clear guidance, these people will not do things, like headless flies, but steadily move forward towards the set goal step by step!

"I'm going to go to Cizhou City tomorrow! If I want to completely unite with Cizhou, I'm afraid I'll have to stay in Cizhou for a few days, and after I leave, Mr. will have to worry more about the big and small matters in the fort. ”

"Although the commander can rest assured, the arrangements for the auction have been almost prepared, and it is estimated that the rest of the month will start on time, and the rest of the month is enough time for the commander to deal with the affairs of Cizhou." Guo Chongtao replied confidently

"Cizhou! It's really exciting! I don't know how Yu Taisheng and Zeng Yu can calculate me! Liu Feng shook his head helplessly

"Then I wish the commander a success!" Guo Chongtao ignored Liu Feng's helplessness and said loudly

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Cizhou, the city guards the house.

Zeng Yu, who had just been the city guard, looked gloomy, and sat according to the case, the captain Yu Wenqiu Zeng Rong and the Cizhou assassin Deng Junliang were on the left and right, all with solemn expressions, and Zeng Yu's eldest son Zeng Xiangru was also listed on the table to participate in the discussion.

Zeng Rong is Zeng Yu's brother, in order to better control the military camp, Zeng Yu had to put this reckless brother in the position of captain of the left battalion, but fortunately, he was brave enough to be brave but the soldiers in the battalion were also convinced by him. Deng Junliang was born in a Cizhou family, a scholarly family, and he was quite strategic, and when Yu Taisheng was in power, most of the political affairs relied on Deng Junliang to take care of it.

Zeng Yuben was ambitious, and after being the defender of Cizhou, he took drastic action, relying on the prestige of the Zeng Yu family, plus Deng Junliang, who was very good at internal affairs. Cizhou was also governed for a while, and the villagers lived in peace. If Zeng Yu can be given some more opportunities for development, I think it will also allow the villagers in Cizhou to live and work in peace and contentment.

It's a pity that the drought that occurred during the spring plowing made all the efforts of Zeng Yudi go to waste!

With the drought, the villagers wandered around, and Cizhou already produced less grain and had insufficient grain storage, not to mention that the Khitan wolf had to ride a tribute after the autumn. For a while, there was no extra money and food to help the villagers. Within a few months, the entire Cizhou villagers fled, and their efforts were destroyed.

Zeng Yu muttered: "The people in the city are short of food, and they will face the wolf rider in a hundred days, do you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" to solve the current dilemma. ”

Zeng Rong was reckless by nature, but he was quite brave, and at this moment he was already angry and angry, and said sharply: "Big brother, what's the difficulty, it's nothing more than the soldiers coming to block, the water to cover the earth, and the wolf riding is coming, so I will lead the camp to fight with him, so as to teach him that the wolf rider does not dare to offend our Cizhou City." ”

Zeng Yu frowned and said: "In previous years, we used to have a bloody battle with the wolf rider first, and then we went to supply and demand, but now it is different from the past, your brothers in the camp, how much combat power do you still have?" Brother Rong, don't be brave for a while! ”