Zhang Keji's words were a bit rebellious, but none of the three people sitting here took the Son of Heaven seriously.

Li Mingfeng said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is really a wonderful person, Brother Jiang didn't know how to react when he heard this. ”

Jiang Anyong said: "My brother is grinding and grinding things, scruples about this and that, the current emperor treats him like this, and he is still bent on working for him." The emperor ran out of money, and he thought of my brother again, why didn't he come forward to help when my brother was in prison. ”

Zhang Keji said: "The lord is loyal and acts with many scruples, but Zhang is different, as long as it can be beneficial to the lord, there are no taboos." There are 20,000 soldiers and horses in the Great Qi State, and it is located between Rong Mi and Weiche Country, the geographical location is very critical, the limit of the main public army is 50,000, 50,000 soldiers and horses want to destroy the country, it is almost impossible, if you can get the help of the Great Qi State, you can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"The Son of Heaven promised the lord to use troops abroad, not to let the lord destroy the Western Regions fairly, but to ask the lord to seize more gold and silver materials", Zhang Keji showed his usual ridicule on his face, and said: "As long as the money is in place, the Son of Heaven will only do not know about the lord's slight transgression." ”

Li Mingfeng was born in the Yuantian Sect, and he didn't have a good impression of Zheng Guo's court at all, and asked: "Mr. asked me to go to the Great Qi Kingdom, and he won't let me go to empty words, right?" ”

Zhang Keji said: "The lord's side is nothing more than to unite the Great Qi State with troops against the horse thieves and Rong Mi, Wei Che, Xiu Li and other countries, and it can't be noisy, put it on the bright side, as for what benefits you can get, you go to the Great Qi Country to ventilate, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings, this is the greatest kindness." ”

Zhang Keji smiled and spoke, but there was murderous aura in his words, don't look at the Great Qi Kingdom in the Western Regions, but after all, there are only six cities, the people are only hundreds of thousands of people, and they are in a foreign country, and they are still in a foreign country. Although Huazhou is a state, its strength is much stronger than that of the Great Qi State, and 50,000 soldiers and horses are enough to sweep the Great Qi State. If Jiang Anyi chose the Great Qi Kingdom for the first battle, the Son of Heaven and the courtiers who wanted to come to the capital would be greatly excited.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Mingfeng is still biased towards the Yuantian Sect, and since Zhang Keji pointed out a way, Li Mingfeng will try his best for the brothers who grew up together. The next wine was hot, Li Mingfeng asked slowly and thought carefully, this wine has been eaten for more than an hour.

By the time Zhang Keji and Jiang Anyong came out of the Li Mansion, it was already the middle of the moon. Looking at the bright moon in the sky, Zhang Keji stroked his beard and smiled: "The sky will change, and the deer will lose its place, so we should strive to chase it." ”

Jiang Anyong said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Zhang, I don't read much, so you don't say something I don't understand." ”

Zhang Keji laughed and said: "An Yong, I mean God has given you a chance, and you have to grab it yourself." ”

Jiang Anyong smiled slyly: "Mr. Zhang is saying that my brother will not reach out when he sees the benefits, so let's fight for him." ”

"An Yong is a person who understands, you must firmly hold the soldiers and horses with the stone in the army, and hold the Anxi camp in your hands. So much money and food are spilled every year, so that those soldiers understand whose food they eat, and when the time comes, the lord will have his life, and he will be ordered to the army. Zhang Keji said.

Jiang Anyong said casually: "Who dares to bare his teeth in Huazhou and break his legs." Rest assured, Mr. in the army, I have a number of stones, and most of the soldiers are grateful to my brother, plus

Guan Du Du helped, and a few people couldn't afford to turn the wind and waves. Shi Shi and I took turns to lead the troops to the military town to garrison, and General Guan had already promoted me and Shi to the military department. ”

Jiang Anyong is General Mingwei at this time (from the fourth grade), and the stone is one order lower than him, and he is the Dingyuan general on the fifth grade, if both of them can be promoted to one order, then in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, in addition to the chief and deputy governors, only Sima in the army has the power to supervise them, and Sima in the army is also fed with silver, and the expansion of the Jiang family in the army is only visible.

Jiang Anyi acquiesced to Li Mingfeng and took Sanhei and others out of the customs to go to the Great Qi State, as Mr. Zhang said, to attack the countries of the Western Regions is inseparable from the cooperation of the Great Qi State. Zhang Keji sent a messenger to Shasu at the same time, Long Gai had already secured the throne, Park Tianhao became the general of Shasu Guo under the alias Park Hao, Rao Si'an became Long Gai's personal guard, and Yan Qingze became a guest secretary, and Long Gai obeyed him. As for Tian Weiguo, Qianglan Kingdom and Shasu Kingdom are allies, it is more convenient for Shasu Kingdom to come forward to communicate.

If you want to use troops against the Western Regions, you naturally have to discuss with the Anxi Protectorate, and Guan Pingzhong also received a secret decree from the Son of Heaven, and he is clear about Jiang Anyi's intentions. The Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate was naturally decided by the Dadu Governor Guan Pingzhong, but Ma Chenguang died in battle, and the court appointed a new deputy governor, Feng Siyan, the general of the Left Leading Guard, who secretly competed with Guan Pingzhong after arriving at the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, co-opted the generals, and spread the news that the Son of Heaven intended to transfer Guan Pingzhong to the Taiwei Mansion so that he could take over as the new governor.

Of course, Guan Pingzhong would not tolerate Feng Siyan's small actions, and sent the dirty work to Feng Siyan, taking the opportunity to find the wrong and reprimand, after receiving the secret decree of the Son of Heaven, Guan Pingzhong planned to arch Feng Siyan out to kill the horse thief. Most of the soldiers and horses in the Anxi battalion were recruited from Huazhou, these Huazhou soldiers were very loyal to Jiang Anyi, and most of the low-level captains were the personal guards of the Jiang brothers. After the establishment of two military towns, Jiang Anyong and Jiang Anyi's disciple He Xigui took turns to lead the troops to defend, in fact, it was a training of soldiers, it was originally a chore in the Gobi Garrison, but the soldiers who came back were all smiling, it is said that they could get nearly 50 taels of silver for three months, and the soldiers of the large battalion were all scrambling to go.

Guan Pingzhong was secretly frightened about Jiang Anyi's prestige and strength in Huazhou, if Jiang Anyi had a different heart, Huazhou would become his feudal town in an instant. However, he can't stay in Huazhou for a few years, as long as the money given by the Jiang family is enough, there are some things that don't need to be taken care of. Thinking of Huazhou Longwei Mansion, Guan Pingzhong sighed secretly, this Huazhou Longwei Mansion is clearly the Jiang family.

Above the handsome hall, Feng Siyan looked at Jiang Anyi, the envoy of the strategy on the other side, and he also knew the will of the Son of Heaven to order Jiang Anyi to lead the army to the Western Expedition, in his opinion, the Son of Heaven was clearly a chaotic life, Jiang Anyi was a civil official, why let him lead the army to conquer the Western Regions. If you can grab more gold and silver from the Western Regions, the position of the governor of Anxi will be your own, and then you can win over a group of generals through military merits, and you will be able to gain a firm foothold in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. He is not yet the year of the Mandate of Heaven, and there are at least ten years left to be the governor of the capital, Huazhou is a treasure land, even if he is the governor of the capital for ten years, he can be full of gold and silver.

Feng Siyan glanced at Guan Pingzhong, who was sitting in the center, this kid was really lucky,

More than ten years ago, he was just a Xuanwu general, with the same rank as himself, since Jiang Anyi came to Huazhou to serve as the assassin of the history, he fought several big battles one after another, was promoted to the governor of Anxi, became the general of Huaihua, and was knighted to protect the marquis, this luck can be regarded as unique among the generals.

Guan Pingzhong is not only prosperous in official luck, but also good in wealth, Jiang Anyi is known as the "golden hand" by the world, there is a way to make money, Guan Pingzhong and him wear a pair of pants, and there is a chance to make a fortune Jiang Anyi will naturally not forget him. I have only been in Anxi for half a year, and I heard that Jiang Anyi gives Guan Pingzhong at least 100,000 taels of gold and silver every year, and many of Jiang Anyi's industries in Huazhou have dark shares, so Guan Pingzhong will let Jiang Anyong and He Xigui promote and appoint cronies in the army.

“…… Jiang was ordered to eliminate horse thieves, mobilize troops and horses, and supply ordnance, grain and grass, and hoped for the support of the metropolitan governor. Jiang Anyi said.

Guan Pingzhong said with a smile: "Since there is a will, the governor of Bendu will naturally fully cooperate with Lord Jiang, and I hope that Lord Jiang will pacify the Gobi horse thieves as soon as possible and protect the safety of merchants coming and going." ”

Feng Siyan listened to Guan Pingzhong and Jiang Anyi talking about official words, and knew that the two of them were acting for themselves, and the two of them called each other brothers in private, how could they be so polite. Feng Siyan sneered in his heart, the Son of Heaven had heard of the close relationship between Guan Pingzhong and Jiang Anyi, and before sending him, he had hinted to himself in the imperial study that after arriving in Huazhou, he should pay attention to the connection between Jiang Anyi and Guan Pingzhong, and prevent them from colluding to deceive the court.

Thinking of this, Feng Siyan said with a smile: "Master Jiang is really capable and hardworking, and he is a good hand at managing civil affairs and increasing taxes, so he is even a master at marching and fighting, which really makes Feng embarrassed." The court is using the opportunity of money, Feng thinks that Lord Jiang should spend more energy on increasing taxes, this time sending troops to exterminate horse thieves, Feng is willing to serve Lord Jiang. ”

Jiang Anyi was stunned for a moment, the use of troops in the Western Regions involved his connection between Shasu Kingdom, Great Qi Kingdom, Tian Wei Kingdom and Teng Gongli, these things could not be known to the court, and Jiang Anyi was a little idle and panicked, and he missed the feeling of riding a horse and wielding a gun on the battlefield.

Guan Pingzhong faintly threw a look at Jiang Anyi, he had secretly talked to Jiang Anyi several times about Feng Siyan's actions after his arrival, and several times Guan Pingzhong had opposed the appointment of Feng Siyan, a close confidant of the Jiang family in the army, this Feng Siyan may have been sent by the Son of Heaven to monitor the two, maybe there is a secret will of the Son of Heaven.

Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "Deputy Governor Feng's kindness Jiang has received it, but the Son of Heaven has a decree to order Jiang to lead the army to fight, and Jiang can't resist the decree and disobey it." Besides, Jiang has been in Huazhou for some years, and he has been out of the customs several times, and he also knows the whereabouts and base of the horse thief. Killing chickens with knives, cleaning up horse thieves and such a trivial matter did not dare to work Deputy Governor Feng. “

Feng Siyan was bent on making meritorious contributions to the Western Expedition, of course he refused to let go of the opportunity, and said with a smile: "Since Lord Jiang is not at ease with Feng, then Feng is willing to be a general under the Lord and obey the orders of the Lord's generals." Feng came to Anxi to protect the mansion, and the Son of Heaven once told Feng to ask the adults for advice, especially the matter of resisting the Western Regions, the adults did not dare to disobey the order, and Feng did not dare to disobey the holy order. ”

Guan Pingzhong was secretly happy, he wished that Feng Siyan would die outside the pass, and immediately took over the conversation and said: "Since it is all the will of the Son of Heaven, then the commander will be in charge, and Deputy Governor Feng will train the soldiers and horses first, and then the Lord Jiang will select the best and go out of the customs to suppress the thieves together." ”