When night fell, the city of Yingchuan County was brightly lit, and Tan Feng stood on top of the city tower, staring at the star-like lights that stretched from his feet to the distance, from here to there.

"See? That's Yingshui City. Raising his hand, Tan Feng pointed in the distance, and in that direction, there was a bright light standing high in the night sky, much higher than the lights in other places.

"It's hard to imagine that this is the front line of the confrontation between the two armies." Mr. Zhao shook his head and said, "If you were a newcomer, you would think it was a city." ”

Tan Feng said with a smile: "In the past, there was a huge wilderness in the middle, and it was perfect to use it as a battlefield for the confrontation between the two armies. But now, this place that should have been a battlefield has become a bazaar, and that long dark place is the Yingshui River, we are on this side of the river, and they are on the other side of the river. ”

Mr. Zhao turned his head, looked at Tan Feng's angular side face, and said thoughtfully: "If you build another bridge over the river, it will almost be indistinguishable from each other." ”

Tan Feng laughed, "Don't say it, there is really a Han businessman who approached me and asked to build a bridge over this river at his private expense, do you want to know why he did this?" ”

"Needless to say?" Mr. Zhao also laughed, "This person must have the background of the Han Kingdom, build a bridge, and nowhere do you want to make it more convenient for them to fight when there is a war in the future!" ”

"Wrong!" Tan Feng shook his head and said: "The two sides really want to do it, is there a big difference between having a bridge and not having a bridge?" Mr. Zhao, you are not a member of the military, and you don't know much about war, do you? ”

"Oh, what does this merchant want to do? It costs a lot of money to build a bridge! Does he want to be a great good man? Mr. Zhao said in surprise.

"He doesn't want to be a good man!" Tan Feng sneered, "He wants to make money, he came to tell me." He had already negotiated with the Han side, and as long as I agreed, he would immediately be able to build a bridge over the Yingshui River, a reinforced concrete bridge, and the cost would be 500,000 taels of silver. ”

Hearing this number, Mr. Zhao was obviously taken aback, "So expensive?" ”

"Yes, mainly because steel is too expensive."

"How can he make money when it's so expensive? What to make money with? Do you buy road money? I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, and I want to cross before the mountain. Leave to buy road money? Mr. Zhao joked.

Tan Feng smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao is right, he just wants to set up a card on the bridge and collect money at both ends." Does Mr. Zhao know how big the flow of people is on both sides in a day? How many horse-drawn carriages are brought in by boat every day? This man brought me a statistic, which really surprised me, and said that these merchants really did everything to make money, and this man took his river plan and guarded the Yingshui River for a month, just to count the heads. Count the vehicles, count the goods stranded on both banks, according to the statistics of this person, if he is allowed to build the bridge. In just two years, he will be able to recoup his investment. Then, it was pure earning, and he promised to let it go as long as I allowed it. Give me 20% of the profit every year. I believe that the number he promised to the Han army may be the same. ”

"500,000 taels, two years to pay back, if it is the latest reinforced concrete bridge construction technology in the Han Kingdom. A bridge can be managed for at least a few decades, so it is a profitable business. The only risk is that if the two countries go to war, he may lose money, but as long as this model exists for a few years, then he will make a steady profit, and they all say that the Han people are good at doing business, and they are really powerful. Mr. Zhao said.

"I was really moved at the time, there is a bridge or not, for the war between the two countries, there is not much difference, but the benefit of 20% is a huge number for me, but after thinking about it, I still gave up." Tan Feng shook his head and said.

"Why give up? In this way, isn't it a matter of two benefits? Mr. Zhao was puzzled.

"Mr. Zhao think about it again, this shouldn't be difficult for you, right?" Tan Feng said with a smile.

Mr. Zhao was silent for a moment, "I understand, for political reasons, without this bridge, you can still withstand the pressure from Xianyang, but with this bridge, I am afraid that the doubts from Xianyang will be able to crush you." ”

"That's right! Sometimes, the right thing doesn't always work. Tan Feng shook his head with some regret. If there are dividends of tens of thousands of taels of silver, I can train one more army. ”

Mr. Zhao was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "General Tan, can you introduce this businessman to me?" ”

"Why not?" Mr. Zhao smiled: "Since there is such a high profit, this is a good business, why not do it?" The mountains and rivers in our Great Chu are crisscrossed, and for this businessman, there are business opportunities everywhere! ”

Tan Feng smiled dumbly, shook his head, and said after a while: "Mr. Zhao is not in a bar among drunkards, what you value is the skill that this businessman can build a bridge across Yingshui!" ”

"I want technology, it's not something money can buy, but it's also important to make money, if you can get both, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

"No problem, this businessman is still in Yingchuan now, he has no intention of dying, he will come to pester me every few days, I am a little annoyed with him, if you can take him away, it will help me a lot." Tan Feng said with a smile. "But can you take him away, it's not for me to be the master, he's from the Han Kingdom, Mr. Zhao, I want to say it first, you can't use force, this person is also a well-known businessman in the Han Kingdom, and the Han people are the most protective of the short, if such a person disappears from me, it will be a mess, do you know, who is stationed on the other side now?"

"Of course, this matter has to be consensual, but since the Han people can sell anything as long as they have money to make, I think I can still convince him, by the way, who did you just say is stationed on the other side? I really don't know. ”

"In the past, the Chinese army battalion of Xu Yuan, commander of the Northern Field Army of the Han Kingdom, was stationed in Yingshui City opposite, and tens of thousands of Han soldiers were squeezed into the small Yingshui City, but now, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers left on the opposite side, and the top military leader is only a division commander, but this person is very famous, his name is Ye Feng."

"Ye Feng? Gao Yuan's brother-in-law? Mr. Zhao was slightly stunned, "How old are you to bring an army of 10,000 people?" ”

"In the Han army, young generals abound, of course, this Ye Feng can come up, and this relationship is indispensable, speaking of which, this person is also related to your Chu people!" Tan Feng laughed.

"Got a relative?" Mr. Zhao said confusedly: "Ye Feng is from the Langya Ye family, what is the relationship with my Da Chu?" As far as I know, the Langya Ye family has never had a record of intermarriage with the Chu people! ”

"This generation has it." Tan Feng said: "Ye Feng's wife's surname is Qiao, her name is Qiao Rongniang, and she is your Chu people. It's not a secret, the young general cares about the beauty, and the story of saving the beauty and the end of the fate is now made into a book and sung in the Han Kingdom! ”

Mr. Zhao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw that Tan Feng didn't look like a joke, and laughed dryly: "Is there really such a thing?" That's really worth listening to, but come to think of it, only such a gentleman can do such a thing, right? If someone else dares to do this, they will not be hacked alive by Gao Yuan. It's also strange, such a thing that greatly dishonors the dignity of the Wang family, and Gao Yuan also allows them to spread everywhere? ”

Tan Feng smiled and shook his head, for this woman, the Han Kingdom used their elite action team of the National Security Bureau, Gao Yuan is really precious to this brother-in-law, of course, the version circulating outside is of course Ye Feng's hero to save the United States, running thousands of miles, but it satisfies the heroic plot of ordinary people. When it comes to decency, Tan Feng doesn't think Gao Yuan will value it much, the newspaper still says that he is chasing the Hubu Shangshu in order to ask for a salary, the guy who wrote this story is now famous in the Han Kingdom, and I don't see what Gao Yuan did to him. Thinking about it, suddenly the mood became heavy again, in the territory of both sides, although they are brightly lit, but there is still a very obvious difference, that is, on the opposite side, there is a dense moving firelight, that is the lantern when pedestrians walk, the cities up and down the Han Kingdom, there is no one who implements a curfew policy, even if it is a border city like Yingshui, it seems that the opponent's defense is very lax, but think about it again, this is not a performance of self-confidence?

The gap between the national strength of the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, and even if the Qin State is really chasing now, I'm afraid it's too late. Fan Xiang is in the dynasty to change, there are many resistances, and now there is a chaos in Shu County, I am afraid that the situation is even more difficult, Tan Feng has written a book, suggesting that Fan Sui must do his best to extinguish the rebellion in Shu County, because Tan Feng saw the shadow of the Han people meddling from the inside, and Zhou Liang's thousands of soldiers were buried in the battle of the canyon It is too strange, Zhou Liang He knows, with this person's talent, he will never enter such a Jedi as Bian Danya so inexplicably.

Mr. Zhao noticed Tan Feng's sudden uneasy attitude, and arched his hand and said: "General Tan, I have also disturbed the general for a day today, and I am really a little tired, I want to go back and have a good rest, so I will leave." ”

Tan Feng came back to his senses, "Is Mr. still used to living in the post house?" ”

"People who have been running away for a long time can live there, not to mention, your post house here is much stronger than other places. I should have said goodbye tomorrow, but now it's been a few days since I was disturbed. Mr. Zhao said with a smile.

"It's okay!" Tan Feng waved his hand.

Where can Mr. Zhao sleep when he returns to the post house? In these days in Yingchuan, he did confirm Shoufu's judgment of Tan Feng, this person is indeed talented, but he is not easy to control, say that he is loyal to the Qin State, but his attitude towards his proposal is warm, saying that he is not loyal, what he did in Yingchuan, but he is indeed doing his best for the Qin State, a very complicated person. Chu State wants to recruit this person, but he is afraid that he will have to be cautious.

After writing this letter, I picked up my pen again and wrote another letter, but it was about the bridge. (To be continued......)