After adjustments, the civilians recruited when the vanguard was dispatched have completed their tasks, most of them have returned to Youzhou, and the rest continue to assist the vanguard to complete the power expansion plan.

After the expansion, the forces employed are all local people, who are familiar with the local situation and can earn some money to improve their lives, which can be regarded as some benefits after belonging to Youzhou.

As long as you work, you can get paid, and there is no concept of getting something for nothing, so there is no such thing as using profit to win over the newly occupied area.

For the local gentry, the attitude of the nobles is the same as that of the common people, and of course, there are things that are not benevolent to the rich will be liquidated.

These will be taken over by the internal guards led by Qin Qiong, and the local security patrols will be arranged.

The speed of the vanguard is very fast, without the blockage of the Tang State, the forces of the Central Plains are being integrated by Youzhou, and many forces are very cooperative, and they do not solve the problem by force.

At that time, the area that became the power of Youzhou will no longer recognize the existence of various forces, and it must be thought that there are caravans and other forms, so it is naturally necessary to respect the rules of Youzhou.

The restrictions are still very large, either accept it or disband, and if it comes out because of small forces, it will be severely sanctioned.

Over time, many of the original forces have all transformed into merchants, and their subordinates have all become registered caravans, which are regulated and subject to their constraints.

When Pei Qingxuan led people to act, Li Shimin in Wagang City was also in action, and although Li Jiancheng had left in the Tang Kingdom, Li Shimin was still expanding.

His aim was to take advantage of this opportunity to triple the area occupied by Wagang City, and after waging a war against all three forces, he was victorious.

It's just that in terms of income, it is better to pay tens of thousands of soldiers, and they have thought about this problem before against the vanguard, but the strength does not allow it.

After receiving Li Yuan's letter again, Li Shimin was very helpless, and united with Taiyuan Mansion to send troops to stop the vanguard soldiers who might directly attack Chang'an.

Li Shimin had to cooperate with this, he knew that once the vanguard chose to go west, they would use all their combat strength to fight, and the Tang State might not be protected at that time.

It is essential to react before the threat happens.

With the strength of Wagang and Taiyuan Mansion, it should play a role.

"I really have to do it, how is the situation of the Mowgli Vanguard now?"

"According to the spies, the vanguard has already occupied two-thirds of the area, and they are advancing slowly but taking over everything they get to wherever they go."

"According to their speed, it will not take two months for the Central Plains region to be fully occupied by Youzhou, and there is no division of troops to garrison it at present."

Li Shimin fell into thought, if it is said that those who occupy cities and counties must leave soldiers and horses, according to normal inference, they should not leave no people, otherwise it will be better to manage in the future, and any force can do whatever it wants.

He also thought about how Youzhou would arrange troops to occupy the Central Plains, didn't he plan to garrison troops to guard, what was the difference between that and not occupying it.

The Tang delegation hurried to Youzhou, and the people of the mission immediately found Li De and asked for the redemption of the third prince of the Tang State.

This is just an excuse, and above all they want to be able to resolve the issue peacefully, at a certain cost.

"Metropolitan Governor, I am the representative of the mission for this negotiation, Yan Song, I hope that you can release Li Yuanji, the third prince of the Tang Kingdom, who was captured in the battle for the Central Plains."

"The Central Plains Dispute?"

"It's really a good statement, since you are so proactive, then tell me what you are willing to pay in exchange for Li Yuanji."

Li De was very direct, and he also wanted to know in his heart how much courage Li Yuan wanted to keep his country.

"We recognize that the Central Plains belong to Youzhou, and guarantee that the two sides will not have swords in the Central Plains."

After Yan Song finished speaking, he decided not to participate in the affairs of the Central Plains, and even if they did not admit that the Central Plains would still become a Youzhou force, there was no meaning at all.

The words that come out are passable on the face, and as for the sword soldiers, they take the initiative to make peace, but these are all attitude issues, and the actual things have not been said yet.

"Well, I see that Your Majesty of the Tang Kingdom is very sincere, so do you accept that the initiator of the Central Plains War needs to pay compensation?"

"We are very sincere, and we ask the Metropolitan Governor to speak up for compensation."

Yan Song's answer was very pleasant, this was clearly the rhythm of compromise, and since this was the case, Li De was not polite.

"Three million yuan to compensate, and give up the Central Plains area occupied by Wagang City."

Yan Song gasped, three million guan is the tax revenue of the Tang Kingdom for two years, and the money can continue to be discussed, but it is difficult for the strongman to let Li Shimin of Wagang City give up the area he has occupied.

Others don't know, doesn't Li Dehui know that the contradictions between the two brothers of the Li family are irreconcilable, and their majesty can't be Li Shimin's master.

Yan Song was really embarrassed, but as a representative of the mission, he was only responsible for negotiations, and it was not up to him whether Li Shimin would agree or not.

"Metropolitan Governor, if you compensate, you can have it, but the price has exceeded the price borne by Tang Guo, and you can only pay 200,000 guan at most."

Li De is not annoyed, three million guan may not be a big deal in Youzhou, but compared to the tax revenue of the Tang Kingdom, it may need to be accumulated for two or three years, and even if it is accumulated, it is really uncertain how much will be left in the end.

It can be said that the lion opened his mouth, but Li De did not have any sympathy at all.

"200,000 Guan, do you want the vanguard soldiers to come to Chang'an?"

Li De's attitude suddenly became stronger, the gap from 3 million to 200,000 is too big, can you not be angry.

The sweat on Yan Song's head came down, and he suddenly felt that His Majesty of the Tang Kingdom was cheating on him, people in Youzhou are not bad for money, 200,000 guan is really nothing to others, but he can't agree to 3 million guan.

Li De's conditions were beyond his authority, and the negotiations reached an impasse.

"Metropolitan Governor, I will report the situation back to Chang'an."

Yan Song knew that the negotiations could not continue, so he could only send someone back to deliver the letter.

After Li Yuan got the news, the whole person was not good, it was not that he couldn't get three million yuan, but this money was the key to the development of the Tang Kingdom, if he really agreed, it was equivalent to giving the future of the Tang Kingdom directly to Li De, how could he agree that it would definitely not work.

He hoped that the two sides would not go to war, the price paid was something he could not bear, and if the compensation of millions of guan was paid so easily, wouldn't it be that the Tang Kingdom would have no hope of competing with Youzhou in the future.

Half a month later, after negotiations, Li Yuan was only willing to give one million yuan to redeem Li Yuanji, and he did not agree to Li Shimin's expanding power.

Of course, the reason why he was willing to pay one million yuan was also to pay for Li Shimin's affairs, and in the end Li De agreed, but at the same time, he also offered additional conditions.