Standing in front of the towering gate of the Jishi City Military University, his lofty gaze fell on the monument carved from a whole piece of bluestone on one side, and the dense names on it remembered the 500 soldiers who died here in Jishi Mountain, many of whom were veterans brought out of Fufeng by themselves. Especially He Chong, who served as his own guard, if he hadn't died in that battle, he would definitely be a tiger general under his command now.

Walking to the bluestone monument, Gao Yuan silently stroked the cold monument body, but what floated in his mind were the veterans who came out with him at the beginning.

"Governor, now the students of the Military University must take an oath in front of this monument when they enter the university, and let the deeds of these sages inspire them." Yang Guopei hurriedly said behind him.

"Well done!" Gao Yuan nodded, "Latecomers should not forget the struggle of their ancestors, without the bloodshed and sacrifice of their ancestors, they would not be where they are today." ”

"Yes!" Yang Guopei said respectfully: "Governor, I think you spoke very well today, didn't you first say that you want to engrave the phrase always be ready in front of the school gate?" I thought it would be better to inscribe a couplet in front of the school gate. ”

"Couplet?" Gao Yuan glanced at him.

"Just, couplet, please go another way to get promoted and get rich, don't enter this door if you are greedy for life and fear of death, and you will always be ready for horizontal criticism. You see, right? ”

Gao Yuan suddenly laughed, in his previous life, there was a famous military school, as if there was such a couplet in front of the door, it has been many years since he came to this world, and the past has become more and more blurred.

"Just do as you say!" Gao Yuan nodded, and suddenly remembered someone, "By the way, that Cui Chengxiu, you pay attention, if this person can graduate with excellent grades, I am ready to transfer him to the Young Guards to serve." ”

"Yes. Governor, I will keep an eye on this man, and if he dares to relax a little, I will remind him with a leather whip. Yang Guopei said.

"That's it, tomorrow, Shangguan will come to you and pick up these three hundred graduates, and you prepare all the materials to make friends with him." Gao Yuan turned over his horse, waved his hand at Yang Guopei, and whipped away.

watched Gao Yuan disappear into his eyes. Yang Guopei turned around and walked towards the school gate, but he was reading a name in his mouth: "Cui Chengxiu!" ”

Let Gao Yuan disrupt the work schedule, for the current Zhengdong Mansion, is indeed a big deal, Donghu's negotiation envoy Tulu has arrived in Jishi City, will negotiate on Donghu and Zhengdong Mansion to negotiate peace, in fact, the two are now unable to fight, although Gao Yuan won the victory in the Hetao, but whether it is soldiers or financial resources. It is also a huge loss, so a temporary truce with Donghu is a must.

"Wang Shangshu, don't worry about still wanting to knock on the Donghu people. The Donghu people are not fools, and they also know that we also don't have the strength to fight down, and besides, the situation we are facing. I am afraid that they are more sinister than them, and when we look around, their enemy is only ours. We, on the other hand, are attacked on almost all sides. Tulu is a shrewd official, and if you want to blackmail him, there is no door. Watching Wang Wuyan sharpen his knife, Gao Yuan shook his head with a smile, and directly poured cold water on his head.

Wang Wuyan looked at Gao Yuan unconvinced, "Dudu, we are the victors, shouldn't the victors be rewarded, and the losers shouldn't be punished?" ”

"Li'er is this Li'er, but the specific things have to be analyzed in detail, Wu Yan, you are good at financial calculations and numbers, and the hook and the road here are too complicated for you, what about you, you don't have to think about it, anyway, you don't have to fight this idea." Jiang Jiaquan on the side also smiled and said. "Besides, we're not short of money now, isn't the plan to issue bonds going smoothly?"

"Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, one yard is one yard, besides, who would be afraid of more money?" Wang Wuyan muttered in a low voice, with a look of disappointment.

"Wang Shangshu doesn't have to be too disappointed, after the two sides signed the peace treaty, we still have money to make." Gao Yuan couldn't bear to look at Wang Wuyan's disappointed face, and comforted him with a smile.

"Is there really money coming in?" Wang Wuchang immediately perked up, and his waist, which had just been ricketized, immediately straightened up, and became radiant, and several important ministers in Gao Yuan's study laughed.

"We don't want to pay war reparations, because the Donghu people also understand that we don't have more energy to launch another large-scale attack on them in a short period of time, so although we are the victors, we are basically on the same level as the other side in this negotiation. And Tulu is also a veteran of negotiations. ”

"Where did the money come from?" Wang Wuyan asked puzzled.

"If the two sides sign a peace agreement, then the commercial exchanges that were previously interrupted by the war will continue, and our caravans will be free to travel between the two sides." Takato smiled.

"That's what you're talking about?" Wang Wuchang shook his head in disappointment, "In our past, theirs will also come over to make money in business, so it can be grabbed quickly!" ”

Gao Yuan couldn't help laughing, this Hubu Shangshu looked like a mountain king at this time, "That's not what I said, you know, what is urgently needed in Donghu?" Food, daily necessities, these things, in our place that is the price of cabbage, but where they are, they can top the money, we are raising the price, greatly raising the price, and making a lot of money. ”

"Are they willing to be the wrongdoer?"

"They don't have to be right, they want to import these products, the land route can only lead to our territory, if you go by sea, hehe, not to mention that the price is higher, and the quantity can't meet their needs at all, so, of course, we have to knock them hard."

"What if they retaliate?"

"What do they need?" Gao Yuan asked Jiang Jiaquan.

"There are still a lot of good things in Liaodong, but the Donghu people don't have this talent, if we occupy that place, it is possible to make it become full of treasures, they, forget it, the most valuable thing is their war horses, but we are not short of war horses." Jiang Jiaquan laughed, "So, Brother Tiancheng, are you ready for the Four Seas trade?" ”

"This is already in preparation." Cao Tiancheng's face was a little haggard.

"The matter of Sihai Commerce's share expansion has not been negotiated yet?" Looking at Cao Tiancheng's appearance, Gao Yuan knew it in his heart.

"There isn't much agreement from the major shareholders." Cao Tiancheng shook his head, "I'll go and do the work slowly, I will never miss the governor's matter." ”

Gao Yuan smiled coldly, "How can there be so much time to grind, tomorrow you will go to the meeting of all the major shareholders, let Tianci also attend, it seems that it is not possible to give them a little pressure, it seems that they still do not realize that the Four Seas Trade is the Four Seas Trade of Zhengdong Mansion, not their fact, we can do without them, but they can't do without us." If, after tomorrow, there is still someone who disagrees, then he will be expelled from the four seas trade. ”

"Isn't this a little too drastic?" Wu Kai must still maintain the true character of a businessman in his bones, and the Wu family is also one of the major shareholders of Sihai Commerce, so he can't help but want to persuade Gao Yuan to take a step forward.

"No, for them, we have always been gentle and gentle, which makes them forget our thunderbolt methods, sticks and turnips, and no one is missing. That's it! Gao Yuan said categorically.

"This really can't be delayed!" Jiang Jiaquan is also helping to raise shares from the public, not only to expand the scale of the four seas of commerce and trade, to solve the current financial crisis of the Zhengdong Mansion, there is a deeper reason, that is, to dilute the voice of those major shareholders in the four seas of commerce, as the scale of the four seas of commerce and trade is getting bigger and bigger, the right to speak in the Zhengdong Mansion is also getting heavier and heavier, the Zhengdong Mansion has felt the pressure from the four seas on some matters, diluting their shares, is a gentle cup of wine to release the military power, to raise shares from the people, It is impossible for the vast number of people who have bought shares to hold shareholders' meetings and participate in decision-making, and in the end, it is only Zhengdongfu who can represent them.

"Let's talk about the details of the negotiation with Tulu!" Takato changed the subject, Tulu was a veteran of negotiations and had to be dealt with carefully.

Several people put their minds on Tulu, the intelligence from the Supervision Yuan, there is a detailed introduction to Tulu, from the idea of dealing with military affairs, to what you like to eat, what color you like, everything, the personnel of the Supervision Yuan specializing in analysis, from which Tulu's personality and hobbies were sorted out, as one of the bases for the Zhengdong Mansion to judge Tulu's mind in the negotiations. And these departments are also established with the support of Gao Yuan, a special intelligence analysis department, which is probably unique among the intelligence agencies of this era, and other people such as Yan Lingwei, Hei Bingtai, and Haw Par Cavalry also have such people, but there is no such large-scale classification analysis like the Supervision Yuan.

"Governor, please see President Cao of the Supervision Yuan." At the door, the voice of the guard was heard.

"Let him in." Gao Yuan frowned, at this time, Cao Tianci came over, I was afraid that it was not good news.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Looking at Cao Tianci, Gao Yuan asked.

"Governor, we just received information that there is another group of people in Donghu who have been ordered to send envoys, but the purpose is not ours, but Jicheng." Cao Tianci said. "The leading envoy is an old acquaintance of ours."

"Old acquaintances? Who's that? Regarding the collusion between Donghu and the Yan court, Gao Yuan was also prepared, and he didn't seem to be surprised.

"Huo Tianliang!" Cao Tianci said.

"Huo Tianliang? This guy is really a nine-life Xiaoqiang, and he is still alive and well. Gao Yuan smiled, "Which way did they go?" By water or by land? ”

"Waterways. They went to the country of Qi first, and then from the country of Qi to Jicheng. Cao Tianci said. (To be continued......)