Seeing the sudden change in the atmosphere at the dinner table, Guo Yi put down the chicken bones in his hand and said with a smile: "Of course, my meaning is very clear, are you willing to mix with me?" ”

"Mix?" Wen Boyan did not understand the meaning of the word.

"Just follow me from now on."

"Mr. Guo, you should understand that our origins, we all followed Mr. Ma and slowly climbed up." Shang Tianyin said.

"Heroes don't ask where they come from. As long as you do things well, with me Guo Yi a bite of food, there will definitely be a bite of you. How is it? Guo Yi was eating, the corners of her mouth were shiny, and it was a little funny to say this.

"Can you trust us?" Lu Yan spoke.

"Yes, don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people." Guo Yi drank the wine in the cup dry.

"Then ......" Lu Yan was about to say something more, but Wen Boyan interrupted him with a loud voice.

"Mr. Guo." Wen Boyan's eyes sparkled in the light, "If we follow you, what can you give us?" ”

Guo Yi became interested when she heard this question, held the empty cup in her hand, and asked rhetorically, "What can you give me?" ”

"We can give you the loyalty of the Quartet, and the intel of the entire north. What we give to Ma Dahai, we can give you everything that does not fall. ”

"How Ma Dahai promised you."

"As long as Tama Dahai is still in Datong City for one day, our children and grandchildren can also enter the Quartet Army to exercise, and finally inherit our position."

Guo Yi looked at Wen Boyan's eyes, he didn't expect that what this old thief was plotting was such a thing, the hereditary position of an officer was still somewhat attractive in Datong City, but he Guo Yi couldn't look down on it, and he was completely willing to give it away.

"If it's just like this, I can completely agree, as long as I, Guo Yi, am still in Datong City for a day, your descendants will be able to inherit your position, I promised." Guo Yi readily agreed to Wen Boyan's request.

Wen Boyan saw that Guo Yi agreed so happily, and suddenly felt a trace of regret, he always felt that the Quartet Army was faintly in his bag, why did he still confess to him Guo Yi and ask for the position of a small general. But looking at Guo Yi's face, which was a little red because of drinking, he recalled the afternoon competition.

Wen Boyan finally relented, left his seat, bowed to the ground, and said: "The last general is willing to follow General Guo's saddle before and after the horse, in order to serve the work of dogs and horses." When the other two saw Wen Boyan's movements, they also left the table and learned to bow down, and the words they said were exactly the same.

Guo Yi helped them up one by one, picked up the wine jug and poured wine for them, and said, "I trust you, and I hope you trust me." ”

"That's how it should be." Wen replied.

Now that the two parties have finished the sale, the atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became lively.

"General Guo, seeing that the war in the north has been ignited, do you think the 20,000 people of the Quartet Army are enough to protect yourself?" Wen asked.

Guo Yi listened to this question and shook his head a little solemnly. He is also thinking about this problem these days, if he is usually old and there is no war, it is more than enough for the 20,000 Quartet Army to protect Datong City, and the Black Wolf Army can also take the initiative to clean up the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom who harass the border people. But as soon as the big war began, the 20,000 troops were drowned in the battlefield, and I am afraid that not a single wave could be fought.

"How many soldiers and horses can the East Battalion hold?" Guo Yi asked.

"At least seventy thousand." In Guo Yi's puzzled eyes, Wen Boyan explained: "The Dongda Camp was originally built by General Yuyong during the Northern Expedition, and it accommodated 120,000 soldiers and horses at the most. Although many buildings are now used as warehouses, with a little repair, there is no problem for occupants at all. ”

"What about the Black Wolf Army, where is the camp of the Black Wolf Army?"

Speaking of the Black Wolf Army, Wen Boyan kept his mouth shut, Shang Tianyin didn't say much, only Lu Yan spoke: "The Black Wolf Army is stationed in the west of Datong City. Their newly built camp can accommodate 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, to say the least. ”

"If the two camps are all full of soldiers and horses, there will be 100,000 soldiers and horses in one town in Datong City." Guo Yi calculated a little and came to such a conclusion.

"Mr. Guo, this account can't be calculated like this." Seeing the topic, Wen Boyan bypassed the Black Wolf Army and said: "The grain, grass and ordnance of 100,000 soldiers and horses is not something that a Datong city can afford, and it is impossible for an army like artillery and muskets to expand too quickly, and it will take at least a year or two to train new soldiers. Even if you overcome all difficulties and really pull up a 100,000-strong army and horse, I am afraid that your opponent will no longer be Jin Guo, but Yuhuzi. Wen Boyan changed his words quickly, he was still calling the general yesterday, but now he is starting to call Yuhuzi.

The dishes on the table gradually got cold, and there were three stoves burning in the pavilion, but the temperature was not low.

"I learned some little secrets from General Chai today, and everyone here should know them."

"You say." Wen Boyan said.

"The biggest arms grain and grass dealer in the north is the rudder of the Jinli Commercial Bank and the Beiyan Province."

Hearing Guo Yi say this, the three of them were a little inexplicable - is this still a secret in the north?

Suddenly, Wen Boyan thought of a possibility, an absurd possibility, and said, "Could it be that the general army also wants to rely on doing some business to supplement military expenses?" ”

The other two were surprised when they heard Wen Boyan's words. The dignified general soldier, if you do some business things, I am afraid that you will be drowned by the spittle of the people in the court. Even if there is a big Buddha standing behind you Guo Yi, but you are not Xu De after all, people don't dare to scold Xu De, don't you dare to scold you Guo Yi?

"I had this idea, of course, it was also improvised when I returned to the city from Dongdaying, I don't know if it can be realized."

"If you want to do business to the point where you can subsidize military expenses, Guo Zongbing, your business must at least be equal to Jinli Commercial Bank in Beiyan Province." Lu Yandao.

"Is this possible?"

"Basically impossible." Wen Boyan thought for a moment and said: "The roots of Jinli Trading House are too deep to pull up, if we insist on squeezing it, I'm afraid we won't be able to please ourselves." ”

"However, if we can cooperate with it, the benefits of the north will be half for one person."

"Why did Jinli Firm give us half of the business?" Wen hit the nail on the head.

"That's the problem." Guo Yi leaned back with his hands, stretched his back, and said, "As long as we figure out what we can exchange for half of the business of Jinli Commercial Bank, our army will be able to pull up." ”

The four people at the table all fell into silence, Lu Yanshang and Tianyin were not used to mixing these twists and turns, they just pretended, but Guo Yi looked at Wen Boyan expectantly.

After a while, Wen Boyan's brows furrowed more and more, and he thought of one possibility, and the only one he could think of. But he was wondering if Guo Yi would really dare to do such a thing. He raised his head and looked directly into Guo Yi's eyes, only to see Guo Yi also smiling at him.

"I think of a possibility." Wen Boyan said.

"I can only think of one." Guo Yi smiled, he guessed that Wen Boyan probably knew what he thought.

"It's really hard to say." Wen Boyan even had a smile on his face.

Seeing Guo Yi and Wen Boyan playing dumb riddles, Lu Yan simply said: "What the hell is it, you can also tell my monk uncle." ”

Wen Boyan glanced at Lu Yan, dipped his fingers in the glass with a little wine, and wrote a word on the table, with the help of the candle, Guo Yi saw clearly, that word was exactly the possibility he had in mind.

Lu Yan turned sideways and saw that the reflective liquor constituted a military character. Shang Tianyin saw this word, his eyebrows furrowed, his face was terrified, he looked at no one around, and said in a low voice: "Whoever does this kind of thing will be killed!" You are so daring! ”

The reason why Xu De commented that Jinli Trading Company was an invisible country was because it had never been able to control military power, so it could only indirectly change the situation between the two countries, and could never bring out its own army. If Guo Yi helped them get an army, a powerful army, they were completely willing to take out half of the business of this small Beiyan Province and give it to Guo Yi. For Guo Yi, this army was trained by him, and he didn't have to pay for it himself. For the Jinli Firm, this is an army that belongs to it, and it is in a joint land like the North.

It's a win-win situation.

"Do you really want to do that?" Although Wen Boyan was a little scared, he was also vaguely excited in his heart, since Guo Yi wanted more soldiers and horses, it meant that his ambition was not in the small city of Datong. As long as Guo Yi becomes stronger, these few of them will eventually be able to get in touch with greater wealth.

"Let's see, if I have the opportunity, I will start this plan directly."

"The rudder of Jinli Commercial Bank in the North Yanxing Province is located in the main city of Yan." Shang Tianyin reminded.

"I will have a chance to enter the main city of Yan, and it will be soon." Guo Yi picked up the wine glass, which had just been filled with wine by Lu Yan, and he said, "One more toast to everyone, we will be grasshoppers on a rope in the future." ”

For this statement, the three of them were obviously very useful, and they raised their glasses one after another and drank all the wine in the glass.

Soon, Guo Yi got up to say goodbye, before he left, he still asked the three of them to keep it secret, this plan, now only the four of them know, if it is leaked, it will only be the four of them who will die. After speaking, Wen Kang led the way and returned to the General Soldier's Mansion.

And Wen Boyan and the three of them sat in the pavilion and did not go for a long time.

Wen Boyan looked at the two of them and said, "What do you say?" ”

Shang Tianyin didn't speak yet, but Lu Yan stood up and said, "It's a big deal, it's worth it." ”

Shang Tianyin listened, looked at Wen Boyan, and said, "Since Da Yi and Zang Feng have been sent out, we can't do nothing. ”

Wen Boyan listened to the words of the two and said, "Since this is the case, let's prepare well." ”