Zhu Shou is a typical martial artist, when encountering things, the only way he can think of is to suppress them by force and solve the problem with his fists. Of course, this can indeed solve the temporary difficulties, but after making a fist, he has no means to support each other to govern the place, so the contradictions slowly accumulate. After reaching a critical point, it finally broke out, and the people's riots broke out one after another, and finally formed a vicious circle, so that under Yokohai's rule, almost no year could be spent peacefully.

"There is news from Henghai that this flood, Cangzhou and Dizhou are also suffering heavy losses, and the poor harvest this autumn is a sure thing." Li Ze said to Cao Xin: "Henghai itself does not have any savings, once there is a natural disaster, they are unable to support it, and there will be a man-made disaster immediately, and that is our opportunity."

Cao Xin was a little depressed: "Yizhou has also suffered a disaster, and the losses are also not small, this time in the war, my Yizhou has spent all my old books, and life is still not easy!"

Li Ze smiled: "Gong Cao, dare you to ask me to fight the autumn wind?" Well, this time I fought Texas, I did make a fortune, and I made a war profit, you open your mouth, tell me a number."

Cao Xin laughed: "Then I'm welcome, 500,000 guan."

Li Ze was taken aback: "Gong Cao, you are a lion with a big mouth. Although I said that I made a profit, there is not much left after this back-and-forth flower. To tell you the truth, I'm still counting on this money until next autumn's harvest."

Cao Xin sighed: "I also know that this is a lot of money, but isn't there no way?" Previously, most of the young people in Yizhou were drained, but when the flood came, there was no one at home, so they could only watch the crops in the field be destroyed. This battle has consumed a lot of original inventory, and there is no food in this hand, can you not panic? So I have to use the money to buy it outside."

"That's right." Li Ze nodded: "Gong Cao has always supported me and helped me so much, it is rare to open his mouth to me once, that is, to cut down on food and clothing, and I have to repay Gong Cao's favor." 500,000 guan, I gave."

"I won't take yours for nothing." Cao Xin smiled and said, "Actually, this time, I have something else to discuss with you."

"You say." Li Ze also understood that Cao Xin came to him, of course, not simply to thank or borrow money, if it was just that, sending Wang Mingyi to achieve the goal, why bother to run in person?

Cao Xin is not an ordinary person, he came to himself in person, and the political signal he sent was not ordinarily strong.

"Even if I borrow money from you and buy food outside, I may be slaughtered, everyone knows that we are short of food in Chengde this year, how can people not pinch the shortcomings and take a big reason?" Cao Xin said: "I know you have a way out now, don't you?"

"Cao Gong's nose is a little too smart." Li Ze smiled: "It was true that there was no before, but now, there really is. Didn't I make a deal with that high elephant? The trade road to the outside can basically be opened, although it has to pay a certain amount of money to buy the road, but compared to the profits that can be obtained, it is not worth mentioning, more importantly, through the trade road, the north and the south, the exchange of whether there is or not, we can also slowly embed in the south. Why does Cao Gong want 500,000 pieces of grain?"

Cao Xin smiled and said, "Your Yixingtang is very good at doing business, and now I want to merge the caravan under Mingyi's command into your Yixingtang, what do you think?"

Suddenly hearing this news, Li Ze couldn't help but be taken aback, Wang Mingyi's caravan was an important source of Cao Xin's wealth, without this caravan, Cao Xin was like a broken arm, why did he suddenly say that he was going to merge into Yixingtang now?

"Why did Cao Gong suddenly have this idea?" Li Ze asked in surprise.

"Not suddenly, but deliberately." Cao Xin said: "First, Mingren is gone, now I have no choice but to put my mind on Mingyi, my two sons are counting on them to enter politics, I am afraid that they will be eaten by others and even a little bit of bone slag, although Mingyi has been in contact with the military since he was a child, but he is a smart person after all, I know when I see him doing business, there is no lack of skills, I want to take him with me to train him well, but in this way, I can't take care of business matters, and I can't trust others."

Li Ze nodded, this is indeed an important reason.

"Second, in the past, the caravans of Mingyi were mostly moving around in Chengde, but now, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult, even this month, our caravans have been suppressed in various places, and the Shenzhou side has directly taken our business name, and people have been arrested. Even in Zhenzhou, there are countless people who make things difficult." Cao Xin continued.

"I was the one who dragged Cao Gong down." Li Ze arched his hand apologetically.

"The business inside Chengde is not good, so you can only take another way, and you happen to open up the trade road to the outside, you say, who else can I entrust this caravan to you if I don't entrust it to you?" Cao Xin spread his hands and said.

Li Ze groaned and said, "Gong Cao, there is one thing that needs to be said to you in advance, my Yixing Hall is a little special, and it is not quite different from ordinary businesses."

"Is it because of the Yixing Society?" Cao Xin asked.

Li Ze smiled and nodded.

"I know a little about Yixing Society, and Mingyi told me a lot about Yixing Society." Cao Xin said: "So Mingyi's business name is merged into Yixingtang, I will give up all management rights and recruit back the people in the Cao family, and in the future, I will only care about dividends, do you think it's okay?"

"You don't have to recruit people back." Li Zedao: "Those people are all familiar with business, and Cao Gong's people are not outsiders!" When they enter the Yixing Hall, as long as everything follows the rules of the Yixing Hall, they are no different from the old people of the Yixing Hall."

"In that case, it's settled." Cao Xin slapped his face, "I'll let Mingyi do this when I turn around."

"Okay." Li Zedao: "I will let Xia He and Wang Mingyi hand over when I go back, and Cao Gong can rest assured, I will never let you suffer."

"Naturally, I'm not worried." Cao Xin said: "This matter is decided, then let's talk about the second thing."

"What else is going on with Gong Cao?"

"Earlier, we talked about the matter of crossing the sea." Cao Xin said: "The best opportunity is that after this autumn, we suffered a disaster, they are even worse, we can still hold on, but Zhu Shou absolutely can't hold on, this matter needs to be considered in the long run, after all, there are hundreds of miles of no man's land in Texas, Zhu Shou can't come, and we can choke enough in the past."

Li Ze smiled and asked, "Gong Cao, what do you want to say?"

Cao Xin said with a smile: "Wang Wenshu is now You Yong's lieutenant general, and the matter of righteousness has hit him too hard. He is now bent on finding trouble with Zhenwu, and wants to destroy Wang Feng's nine clans! Regardless of his current body and bones, he really hurt his original body in this battle."

"Wang Beijia's feat in Shenzhou, even if I heard from others, I am also bloody, I heard that in that battle, if it wasn't for Wang Beijia's reluctance to attack, the victory or defeat would still be between the two!" LI Xindao.

"Not only Wang Wenshu, but also Suning. One yard to one yard, that battle was lost to the two of them who fought and rushed regardless of life and death." Cao Xin sighed: "So I want to ask you, the general of Qianniu Weizhonglang, to be my other driver in Yizhou, and you don't have to worry about anything else, just take charge of the army, how about it?" Will you give in?"

Listening to Cao Xin's words, Li Ze was really a little stupid this time.

Cao Xin, which one is singing? Actually willing to give him the military power of Yizhou?

Picking up the teacup, taking the opportunity to drink tea, he thought about the meaning behind what Cao Xin said about this in his mind.

Cao Xin was not in a hurry, and slowly sipped the tea, waiting for Li Ze to make a decision.

"Gong Cao, I became a don't drive and received the military power of this Yizhou, so the army of this Yizhou will not be raised by me in the future, right?" Li Ze put down the teacup and said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Cao Xin laughed, "Little boy, I'll just say it directly, and Cao Xin will follow you in the future. If you want to be the assassin of this Yizhou, there is no problem, I can let it be given to you, even if the name is not right, take care of him!"

"Cao Gong laughed." Li Zedao: "But if you want to attack Henghai, it is indeed a good thing that our two families can concentrate their military power. After all, we may not be able to count on any support from Zhenzhou Zhaozhou. Now that I'm doing my best, I'll probably be able to equip 3,000 armor soldiers, so where are you?"

"I brought back 3,000 armor soldiers from the Deep State, and then I dug out the treasury and got another 2,000 sets of armor out of the house." Cao Yi said: "Five thousand armor soldiers, this is owned by Yizhou, but in this way, there are nearly 10,000 armor soldiers in two families, and raising so many armor soldiers, the annual expenses are amazing."

"No matter how much you spend, you have to spend!" Li Ze said: "Otherwise, what will you do to fight Henghai?" Besides, I can see it clearly, I really laid down Henghai, and copied Zhu Shou's house, maybe I can get all the military expenses out. Cao Gong, since you said so, then you are not welcome, all the armies in Yizhou are unified and reorganized, unified command."

"Okay, in this way, I will also breathe a sigh of relief, and in the future, I will be a good logistics housekeeper for the little boy." Cao Xindao." Run the Wing State well."

"Cao Gong, you entrusted me with my heart today, I naturally regard you as a humerus, you are a person who has been in the Jinshi, looking at this world, how many people can there be? How can your future be limited to the tiny Yizhou?" Li Ze said with a smile: "Gong Cao, conquering Henghai is just our first step, and then I will take Chengde in one fell swoop, and then send troops to Lu Long, Gong Cao, after we take down Lu Long, then let's see what the situation in the world is, and then talk about what to do next, right?"

"Look north and look south." Cao Xin's eyes lit up, "Wait for the opportunity."

"Of course, I'm not a fool of Zhang Zhongwu." Li Ze said with a smile.

"The little boy must not underestimate Zhang Zhongwu, this person is really a masterpiece in the world, and his demeanor and spirit are really very impressive." Cao Xin shook his head and said.

"Of course, strategically despise the enemy, but tactically we must pay attention to the enemy." Li Zedao: "This person's vision is not long-term enough, but without him as a bird, we will not be able to go bright in the future. In a few years, it will be a good time to really compete in the world, and now, Datang is still breathing!"