Chapter 724: Annexation
After sending Agoura and the others away, Shi Bin finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, it was not difficult for Agoura to deal with, but it was only because Alexander couldn't make the slightest mistake that Shi Bin felt very tired.
Knowing why Shi Bin is tired, it is nothing more than because the interests involved this time are too great. Therefore, after Agoura and the others left, Xu Feng immediately stopped talking, just sent Shi Bin to rest, and ordered the guards not to allow anyone to disturb Shi Bin for an hour.
Soon an hour passed, Shi Bin also rested enough, felt relaxed, and full of joy, because there were almost 100,000 Yuan people who were good at riding and shooting under his rule, and nearly 50,000 Yuan people were young and strong. If it is used well, it can definitely be worth 150,000 elite infantry, which is a lot of wealth. This kind of joy naturally has to be shared by someone, since ancient times, it is 'it better to be happy alone than to be happy with all', so as soon as he woke up, Shi Bin asked the guards to call Xu Feng in.
Seeing Shi Bin with a happy face, Xu Feng was naturally very happy, so he smiled and said, "Lord Wang, we have made a lot of money this time!" β
"It's really a big profit, and the widow didn't expect to make so much money." Shi Bin nodded again and again: "I originally thought that the more than 30,000 old, weak, sick and disabled Yuan nobles would not want it, and they would be thrown in the Great Song Dynasty, after all, those people may not only not be able to help, but will become a burden." It's just that they didn't expect that they were reluctant to give up even these people, it seems that the Yuan people were really miserable by the snow disaster this time. β
"What the prince said is that they are reluctant to even help with these people who can only help with grazing, and their strength must be greatly reduced, and pulling these old, weak, sick and disabled back should be a faΓ§ade to prevent people from other tribes from having bad intentions."
"Do you think the people of Agoura will keep their promises?" Shi Bin asked.
"Lord Wang, I'm afraid it's difficult. They won't completely break their promises, but it's almost impossible for them to keep their promises completely. β
Shi Bin very much agrees with Xu Feng's opinion, and thinks that this time the Yuan people have suffered a lot of losses, and after the first few transactions that keep their promises, most of them will only be given to the horse. And Xu Feng persuaded Shi Bin to be sure not to see the rabbit or the eagle, and not to be soft-hearted, because the life or death of Agoura and others had nothing to do with them.
Although it feels a little too ruthless, this is everyone's interest, not him Shi Bin alone, so Shi Bin had no choice but to agree with Xu Feng's opinion after thinking about it repeatedly.
"Xu Feng, then do you think the widow will stay here to observe or return to Lin'an to preside over the overall situation?"
"Lord Wang, depending on your humble position, you should probably stay in Jizhou." Xu Feng said an answer that surprised Shi Bin.
"Why? At most, they only accept those thousands of Mongolian horses, and there are still many things to be resolved in the court, and the widows are worried that Wang Yi will not be able to control the overall situation. β
"The prince doesn't have to worry, the emperor is just mentally handicapped, and he has been hollowed out of his body for many years, and now he is out of breath when he walks a few steps, and he can't turn over the big waves." Xu Feng continued: "Even if Wang Yi, Li Shao, Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan are not enough to control the overall situation, the prince should not forget that there are also Zhao Gang and Li Xu, they are the iron buddies of the prince, and they hold the power of the army. β
Saying this, Shi Bin put his mind at ease, so he asked again: "There must be a lot of things to do here and now, the question is what to do?" The widow hasn't figured it out yet. β
After hearing Shi Bin's words, Xu Feng asked for guilt and said that Shi Bin was not resourceful enough, and Shi Bin needed to find a more talented person to be a staff officer, and now Wang San, the envoy along the river, is the best candidate. I haven't seen Wang San, a good brother and a great thinker, for a long time, of course, Shi Bin immediately agreed, and sent someone to Bianliang to invite Wang San to Jizhou.
Although he was in Bianliang City, Wang San had long known what was happening in Jizhou, and he also knew that Shi Bin had personally arrived in Jizhou. Therefore, he had already prepared to go to Jizhou to see Shi Bin, and as soon as the messenger arrived, Wang San immediately set off. Within three days, I went to Jizhou to meet Shi Bin.
"Hello, lord." Wang San saluted very properly after seeing Shi Bin.
"Hahaha, Wang San, you are still as cautious as ever. It doesn't have to be like that between you and my brothers, right? Why do you call me the prince, it's right to call me the eldest brother. Shi Bin smiled.
"Big brother, there are no rules! It's a rule to call 'Wangye' when you meet, and you allow me to call me big brother so that I don't abide by this rule. β
Helplessly pointed at Wang San and shook his head, and said, "Okay, whatever you want." You're so clever that you must already know why I called you. β
"I guessed a rough idea, the eldest brother wants the younger brother to help arrange these new Yuan people."
"Indeed it is. Also, I feel that this matter is not over, and maybe there will be a follow-up. Shi Bin muttered, "So I want my brother to help me as a staff officer." Of course, if there is no turmoil within half a month, you and I will have to go back to our respective positions to preside over major events. Shi Bin said.
"The eldest brother's expectations are probably not bad, and this matter should not be over. And the little brother won't let it end. The younger brother estimated that the group of Yuan nobles would come to see the eldest brother again in about ten days. Wang San said with a smile very confidently.
Brother for many years, Shi Bin knows that Wang San will never talk nonsense, and he must rely on it to speak like this. However, this time, Shi Bin didn't want to ask Wang San what he relied on, but discussed with Wang San how to arrange these Yuan people.
It didn't take long for the method to be discussed-arrange some Yuan people to live in Liaoning, and some to live in the Hexi Corridor, and select the strongest 30,000 young men to be directly incorporated into the army to form a real cavalry.
This kind of thing is easier said than done, ten days passed quickly, and only 20,000 young people suitable for forming cavalry were selected. At this time, Agoura and the others really went and returned, and came to see Shi Bin again.
You don't have to think about it to know why they came, so Shi Bin decided to dry them first, let them know that it is not so easy to do things, and don't be too greedy. Two days later, Shi Bin and Wang San met with Agora and the others.
"Agoura, why are you here again?" Shi Bin asked 'dissatisfied'.
understood that it was not good to go and return, so Agoura and the others were very embarrassed, and finally Agoura stood up and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Agoura came here to ask for something. β
Actually straight to the point? This situation was something that Shi Bin did not expect. Most of the people who ask for things have to be foreshadowed, otherwise they will suffer a lot of losses, and now Agoura actually talks like this without doing any foreshadowing, which is really surprising, but this also makes Shi Bin very comfortable, eliminating the intention of deliberately making things difficult.
"Agoura, you're direct." Shi Bin smiled, "What do you want me to do?" You are a powerful person in the Great Yuan, and I am the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, so it stands to reason that you shouldn't always be in contact, which is not good. β
"King Chu is right, we really shouldn't have contact repeatedly, but we have to get in touch."
The word 'had to' was used, and Shi Bin immediately became interested, so he asked why.
"With the wisdom of the prince, most of them have seen that several of our tribes have suffered a lot of losses, and only the more than 30,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people are not enough, I am afraid that they will not be able to survive this crisis. So I want to ask the prince to give us the 4,000 young men you promised first, so that we can bring them back. β
I never thought that Agoura would dare to open his mouth like this, not only did he not give a horse but also wanted to take away all four thousand young people, which was really unbearable! Suddenly, Shi Bin's face was like black iron, and he saw that a volcano was about to erupt.
Of course, he didn't dare to really anger Shi Bin, so Agula immediately said again: "Don't misunderstand, prince, we just want to bring some young people to help the emergency first." If the prince is not happy, please give me two thousand first, no, one thousand, eight hundred, eight hundred! β
Looking at the few helpless Yuan nobles in the room, Shi Bin and Wang San laughed secretly in their hearts. When the two looked at each other, Shi Bin gave Wang San a look, and Wang San immediately said: "Agoura, this matter is a bit big, and the prince is a little tired when he just came back from his inspection." Otherwise, let the prince go and rest for an hour first, and then talk to you about this later. β
As long as they were not blown away, the Agoura were very happy, because this meant that there was still something to talk about, and their tribe would not be annexed by others, and they would still be nobles.
in the bedroom.
"Brother, do you think this matter is profitable?" Shi Bin smiled slyly.
"It's really profitable, I just don't know if Big Brother is on the same page as me." Wang San also smiled slyly.
"Maybe it's the same, maybe it's not the same, but whether it's the same or not, it's definitely for everyone. In this way, you and I will write a word in each hand, and we will compare it later. β
"Okay, then write." Wang San said.
After a while, the two spread their palms. Shi Bin has a word 'swallow' written with saliva, and Wang San has a word 'and' on his hand. After seeing it, the two laughed out loud.
"Brother, tell me how we can annex them?" Shi Bin asked.
"Big brother, this matter can't be rushed, they need to take refuge on their own, otherwise it is very easy to provoke Brother Ali Bu, which is not good for Big Brother."
"I understand, how do you get them to take refuge on their own? It's definitely stressing them out at first, but then what? How can I be sure that they will come to me and not to other tribal leaders? After all, they will also have relatives and friends, and maybe even a few of them will join forces on their own. Shi Bin said.
"Big brother has a point, big brother should make a deal with them. Show that you are willing to protect them, but only if they are loyal. If they're scared, tell them you don't want them to betray Dayuan. In the future, even if there is a conflict with Ali Buge, they will not be asked to go into battle to fight. β
"Will they believe such nonsense?" Shi Bin shook his head and asked?
"If they don't believe, they have to believe. Big brother, don't forget that there is a fist on the grassland, even if they take refuge with relatives and friends, sooner or later they will be made into an empty nobleman, and they no longer have any real power. As long as the eldest brother keeps emphasizing this, everything will be easy. β
After discussing it, Shi Bin 'rested' and met with Agoura and the others again.
"Adults, it's not impossible for me to give you a thousand young men in advance, but that would be too much of a loss for me. It's not that the widow doesn't trust you, but the hearts of people are separated from each other, what if you become an old man and don't keep your promises? Shi Bin frowned and said.
"Lord Wang, a few of us dare to swear to Changshengtian that we will keep our promises."
"Agoura, it doesn't have to be this way. Actually, after all, you are still afraid of being swallowed up by other tribes when you are weak, right? I have a solution to your crisis. Shi Bin smiled.
Seeing that Shi Bin told the reason, Agoura and the others no longer hid it, and they all bowed their heads and said yes. and asked Shi Bin what his method was.
"It's easy, as long as you submit to me."
As soon as they heard this, the people immediately panicked, and repeatedly said that it was impossible, and they would never be the ones who betrayed the leader.
"Everyone, you have misunderstood, the King of Chu will not ask you to attack Ali Buge against the water, but just ask you to help us pay attention to the situation of Dayuan." Wang San spoke, "Don't forget, my eldest brother and your emperor are righteous brothers, and they won't harm him. But some of you Dayuan have some guys who instigated Ali Buge to clash with my Da Song Dynasty, and we have to guard against it. β
Although I know that this is just an excuse for Wang San to annex them, this is actually a fact, there are indeed people who provoke Ali Buge to invade the Great Song Dynasty, but there are very few people like that, and Ali Buge also resolutely disagrees. In order not to offend Shi Bin, Agoura and the others did not dare to refute and had to remain silent.
"Agoura, I know you don't want to betray Ali Buge, and I won't want you to betray Ali Buge. But if you refuse to submit to me, and refuse to do even the simplest things for me, then don't blame the widow for not helping you. Shi Bin said coldly, "You know, these tens of thousands of widows just won't return it to you, and you have nothing to say." β
Shi Bin's words are very correct, and none of them are die-hard loyalists of Ali Buge, and they are all self-interested. Therefore, after Shi Bin promised that he would not ask them to directly confront Ali Buge, several people agreed to submit to Shi Bin and help Shi Bin keep an eye on the situation in Dayuan.