It is indeed digging into the money in his own purse, and thinking about this, Xiang Zhen couldn't help but be silent.

"If you want to do great things, how can you be reluctant to give up a little money!" Xiang Xun suddenly laughed: "Money is just a matter outside the body, if you can do it without money, I am willing to throw away no matter how much money I have." Don't you understand the truth that your daughter will come back after being scattered? ”

Xiang Zhen nodded and said: "Of course, in this world, the most important thing is power, the big husband can't be without power for a day, as long as he is powerful, even if the money is scattered, it is easy to gather again." ”

"Not bad!" Xiang Xun said: "That commander of the sailors is really Pan Motang, the iron hook who was rampant on the sea back then? ”

"Exactly!"

"Since you are a pirate, is it possible to buy it?" Xiang Xun asked, "It doesn't matter if the price is high. ”

"The point is that this person doesn't offer an offer at all!" Xiang Zhen shook his head and said, "Taking the opportunity to settle them, I have tried to speak, but I have not responded at all." ”

Xiang Xun snorted coldly: "Pan Motang is not easy to woo, what about the other sailor generals?" ”

"The Tang Army's sailors, military discipline is extremely strict." Xiang Zhen said helplessly: "They won't get off the boat at all." Pan Motang asked us to send all the daily necessities to the ship, and even the food was made by themselves. We have no access to the most important people among their sailors, so we have no way of thinking of buying them. ”

"Guangzhou Port is also a prosperous place, these sailors have been on the sea for such a long time, and now they can still hold back and live happily without going ashore?" Xiang Xun was a little unconvinced.

"Father, when I came back from Wuyi, I told you that under Li Ze's rule of the Tang Army, the military rules were so strict that they were not close to people. You have also read the Tang Army Drill Dictionary I brought back, right? "Speak to the truth.

"I've seen it." Xiang Xun Yangtian sighed, "It's just that if we promote this kind of discipline throughout the army, I'm afraid that it won't be long before it will cause a mutiny." ”

"Li Ze uses high military salaries and all kinds of preferential military policies to maintain such strict military discipline, once a soldier is expelled from the army because of a violation of discipline, the loss is fundamentally what they are unwilling to bear, so they can do this, we really can't do it. But father, among our pro-army, it is completely possible to carry it out. Xiang Zhen said in a low voice: "Our pro-army, but more than 20,000 people, these money, can still afford it." ”

"I'm afraid that those officers are used to being idle, and mutiny will not occur, but passive resistance is inevitable." Xiang Xun smiled: "Do you want to give it a try?" ”

"As long as I think of everything I saw in Wuyi, I feel a little chill in my heart, but at the same time, I am extremely envious, that is the real Iron Army. Father, I met Right Qianniuwei in Wuyi, and Zuo Qianniuwei in Zhenzhou, it's not that I have the ambition of others and destroy my own prestige, they are really stronger than us. "Speak to the truth.

"Don't think about anything overnight." Xiang Xun warned.

"Severe cases need to be used with strong medicine!" Xiang Zhen took a deep breath: "Father, have you forgotten the 1,000 Tang Army Zuo Xiao guards from Pinglu?" ”

"How could you forget? Didn't Li Ze just take advantage of this incident to kill Qin Zhao, Jin Shiyuan and others all at once? Hey, didn't you make them your own soldiers? ”

"I'm going to use them as whetstones. Father, please allow me to pull the pro-army in front of us, one by one, to compete with them. This army is not the most powerful in the Tang Army, if we can't even defeat this army, what else do those generals have to say? They are dependent on me to live with the Xiang clan, and they won't know how powerful they are. ”

"Now that you've made up your mind, go for it!" Xiang Xun thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Even if there is a mistake, it is not impossible for me to wipe your ass again." ”

Xiang Zhen was overjoyed, stood up and bowed deeply: "Thank you father." ”

"What is there to be thankful for? You and I are father and son, and in the future, the Xiang clan will want you to support you, you are willing to take responsibility, dare to take responsibility, can take responsibility, I am too late to be happy! Xiang Xun said with a smile.

"Father, what are the requirements of Wuyi this time?" Xiang Zhen stood up, filled the teacup for Xiang Xun, and asked softly.

"I didn't talk about the general direction today, but the people below me talked about a lot of things." Xiang Xun said: "It is mainly a matter of business dealings in two aspects. Their supply and marketing cooperatives are to set up a branch here to deal with the two sides. ”

"What do they want?"

"They want sugar, tea, tung oil, hemp, palm, etc., and of course, the most important thing is food!" Xiang Xun said: "On our side, we asked them to exchange ordnance, animal skins, horns, tendons, war horses and other materials. ”

"It's a fair deal, now Li Ze has basically controlled the south and north of the desert, and has a large number of Fanyi people under his jurisdiction, these people can't farm the land, the craftsmanship is not good, but they are all good at raising livestock, things like skins, where they are quite cheap, but when it comes to us, it is expensive." Xiang Zhen said: "But father, this supply and marketing company is not just for business, if they are allowed to set up a branch here, they still have to be more careful." ”

Xiang Xun laughed: "You can't help but underestimate ourselves, this is Guangzhou, even if he is a dragon, he has to be coiled for me, and if he wants to make trouble on my territory, then he can't find himself." ”

"That's right!"

"In addition, Shenglong Money Village is also going to set up a business here."

"This should be rejected!" Xiang Zhen said directly: "In Wuyi, Han Qi, Xue Ping and when they talked to me deeply, they all talked about one of their households, a money village, which is a place that they didn't understand at all, and they couldn't get into it at all, but they respected these two parts very much, and when Xue Ping left, he also warned me that if the cooperation between the two sides is successful, you must be careful of Wuwei Qianzhuang, this Shenglong Qianzhuang is just another name for Wuwei Qianzhuang outside." Xue Ping said that this money village is the master who eats people and does not spit out bones. If he eats it, it will be impossible to get out. ”

"So alarmist? Isn't it just a money bank? I have already asked the next person to agree to go down, let him open a business, with our Xiang family's own money bank, keep his business light, and it will be impossible to open in three or five months. ”

"Father, it's not so simple, since there are so many large business cooperation between the two sides, they must pass through Shenglong Qianzhuang on their side, how can they be crushed by us?" Xiang Zhen shook his head.

"Just look at it, just be careful." Xiang Xun disagreed, "It's just a money bank." We are not in the north here, here, we have the final say! ”

Seeing that my father was stubborn, and that these things were sandwiched into a package of things to talk about together, it was obviously impossible to refuse in one go, and now it can only be like this.

"I heard that every few days, Zhang Gong will give a lecture at Qiwu Academy for a day?"

"It's not one day, it's ten." Xiang Xun said: "Zhang Gong is famous, and today during the banquet, someone put forward this invitation. No matter who Zhang Gong is working for now, his academic attainments are still extremely admirable. It was a great event for him to be able to give lectures with us for 10 days. Son, civil governance and martial arts are indispensable! Li Ze in the Northland, in this regard, has come a long way, we are beyond our reach, a Wuwei Academy, now almost to include the world's talents. ”

Xiang Zhendao: "Father, now we are catching up, it is still too late, in the past, even if we opened the door of convenience, no one would vote to our door, but in the future it will be different, there will always be loyal and patriotic people, who will come to us." After a long time, Li Ze's face will inevitably be exposed, and at that time, people like his father will inevitably get more support. ”

"This is the reason why I strongly advocate sending Lan Yatou to Wuyi. We Xiang need this name and this stage! Xiang Xun said: "You were reluctant at the beginning. Lan Yatou is your eldest daughter and my eldest granddaughter, if you love her, I won't love her? Besides, this time I didn't go to endure hardship. ”

"Even if it's not hardship, life is bound to be difficult." Xiang Zhen sighed: "When Xue Ping was demoted, the emperor wanted to send it away, but he had to deceive Tian Lingzi to break out, obviously even his actions were not free. Father, I want to send a team of people to follow Lan Yatou to Wuyi at that time, I think Li Ze won't refuse, right? ”

"How many people can you send? A thousand or ten thousand? ”

"Five hundred." Xiang Zhen whispered: "If something happens in the future, maybe you can protect Lan Yatou and escape alive." ”

"If you really want to go to a certain point, you will say that you are 500 people, that is, 5,000 people, and how can you escape?" Xiang Xun sighed: "That's it, the left and right are your father's heart, just your heart." I'll talk to Gong Zhang about this. ”

"Thank you, father!" Xiang Zhenxi said.

Xiang Xun looked back at the huge map on the wall, and said: "Now Li Ze occupies the north, Zhu Wenxiong lives in the Central Plains, and is trying to develop to the south. Time is running out, and when we send away Lan Yatou, we should do it. ”

"Yes, now that Zhu Youzhen has captured Wuning, the next step must be Huainan and Eyue, once we take Jiangxi, we will face him head-on."

"It's always going to be right. What's the difference between earlier and later? Xiang Xun smiled: "Don't forget, now we are the descendants, and we are the most loyal guardians of the Tang Sheji." In the future, Lan Yatou will have an heir, and that will be the future Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. When we reached that time, the Xiang clan was really able to get out of the way. ”

"That's a good idea!"