"Shen Guang, you take them down and go to deal with specific matters! Oh! By the way, let everyone drink a bowl of water when you leave. Wang Junlin had already achieved all his goals, so he no longer wanted to waste more effort, waved his hand, and ordered Shen Guang to take people down.

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Nothing was said all night.

The next day, at dawn, the sun was rising.

After a night of weighing and selection, the nobles and landowners left their sons or nephews and notes early in the morning, and bowed respectfully to Wang Junlin one by one, and then hurriedly left Heishi Mountain with their whole family and went back to prepare food. Wang Junlin took a look, and there were dozens of nobles and big landlords around them, and there were hundreds of guards around them, and it could be seen from the looks and figures of these guards that they were all good hands, and these guards added up to nearly a thousand people, but they didn't resist at all last night.

"I'm afraid it's not just my reputation for being famous." Wang Junlin said thoughtfully.

"Master Hou, as far as I know, all the family lords are worried that the power of the noble landlords will develop too quickly and threaten their status, so they have oppressed the local ordinary nobles and landlords very much, and the Li family of Longxi has been the same in the Yongzhou territory for many years. This time, these aristocratic landlords dared to oppose the Hou Ye, but in fact, they were really persecuted by the Li family in Longxi. Hou Ye asked them to leave their sons and nephews to be errand by Hou Ye's side, and after thinking about it last night, they felt that this move was clever, but it was useful to kill two birds with one stone. Shen Guang saw Wang Junlin staring at the guards of these noble and large landowners, and said in a low voice.

Wang Junlin's eyes flashed, and he said: "Shen Guang, you are in charge of the 'Ghost Eye', not only to collect and probe information, but also to analyze and reason the ability is also very important, you can tell me what are the benefits of letting them leave their nephews as hostages." ”

Shen Guang sorted out his thoughts for a while, and said: "It seems that there are at least two major advantages in terms of humility, first of all, having hostages in hand can make these noble and large landowners obediently serve food. Secondly, Hou Ye did not just lock up their children and nephews, or raise them idle, but let them work as errands by Hou Ye's side, and even as personal soldiers, these aristocratic landlords are all human spirits, how can they not see the benefits of this, although Hou Ye did not say it explicitly, they have already regarded it as an opportunity to cling to Hou Ye. ”

"Hmmm! Although the individual forces of these aristocratic and large landowners cannot be put on the stage in front of the Hou Ye and are far from being able to compete with the Li clan in Longxi, if they can unite them, they will be a force in Yongzhou that is not weaker than the Li clan in Longxi in terms of financial resources and connections. At least in Yongzhou, this place has been able to compete with the Li clan in Longxi. ”

"In fact, the only shortcoming of these ordinary aristocratic landlords compared to the Li clan in Longxi is that there is no backer in the court, but now there is the Hou Ye taking the lead in it, which can be regarded as their backer, if this force is used well, it is not simple to deal with the Li clan in Longxi in the humble view, and it is of great benefit to the Hou Ye to run the entire Yongzhou."

Wang Junlin showed a look of approval, turned around and patted Shen Guang on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Yes, you have made rapid progress recently. You're missing one, though. ”

Shen Guang was excited when he was praised by Wang Junlin for the first time, but when he heard that this move turned out to be a triple win, he couldn't help but be very curious: "Please teach Master Hou." ”

Wang Junlin turned around and watched the last noble landlords disappear from the mountain stream, and said solemnly: "Since I won the military power of the 30,000 army in Zhangye County from Li Fengyun last year, I have carried out a purge from top to bottom, I have to say that the Li clan in Longxi has a strong infiltration control over these 30,000 troops, of which one-third of the officers are directly from the Li clan or the door, and the other one-third are Li Fengyun's henchmen, some of these people have been killed by me, and some are ready to do it next, the reason why they are not in a hurry to do it, It's because I don't have any manpower around me, you may have noticed it when you see me this time, there are only ten of the more than 100 guards I brought from the capital, and the rest are all sent by me to the troops below to serve as officers, but although these guards are consciously trained by me when they are by my side, they are all illiterate big-headed soldiers, brave and combat experience, but with their ability, most of them have served as the commander of a hundred people, and a very small number of awakened ones may be able to serve as the regiment leader, but there are almost no who can serve as captains. ”

"Gaotaicheng Zhou Hu, Jiang Muchang, Li Xiang and Su Changqing I personally took them with me to force them to read and write, learn the art of war, and it took more than half a year to train them. And the sons and nephews of these aristocratic landlords have all read, and even many of them have practiced martial arts, what they lack is only experience and experience, I will take them with me, a little training and honing, and then go through a few battles, I can cultivate them and become my henchmen, not to mention, through them, but also let these noble landlords more or less for my use. ”

"Master Hou is far-sighted, kills three birds with one stone, and admires his humble duties." Shen Guang said sincerely.

Wang Junlin smiled slightly, and no longer talked about this topic, the reason why he explained it to Shen Guang in such detail was because the latter was his right-hand man, what he thought in his heart, as well as some core strategic purposes, Shen Guang also had to understand, this was conducive to Shen Guang's initiative, and even without him saying more, Shen Guang would naturally understand what news to inquire about next and what to focus on.

"Li Fengmu is going to be optimistic, it's still useful for me to keep him." Wang Junlin remembered something and said solemnly.

"Humble duty understands." Shen Guang looked solemn, paused, and said, "Master Hou, when are we leaving here?" ”

Wang Junlin pointed to the top and bottom of the Black Stone Mountain with an unfathomable face, and said, "What do you think of this place? ”

Shen Guang was stunned for a moment, thoughtful, and said: "This place is located in the remote place of Jincheng County, nearly a hundred miles away from the nearest villages and towns, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but this black stone mountain is stacked with mountains and green, trees and stones compete for strangeness, surrounded by streams, all kinds of wild beasts, small beasts, dried fruits and wild vegetables, etc. This Chen Xuanpeng has some vision, and chose such a good place as his nest. ”

Wang Junlin nodded and said, "You're right, this place is indeed a good place for bandits to build a village, but it is also a good place to hide soldiers. ”

Shen Guang was shocked and said, "Master Hou wants to hide these three thousand Turkic dead soldiers here. ”

Wang Junlin took a deep breath and said, "Being in the court is really dangerous, and we are still too thin compared to the power of the family gate. ”