After Gao Taiming's explanation, Gao Shengtai slowly calmed down, and now that he is facing the complex civil strife in Dali, he really shouldn't have unnecessary misunderstandings with the powerful Li Nan.

After a while, Gao Shengtai said apologetically to Li Nan: "General Li, I have been worried about too many things recently, so I lost some of my temper just now, I hope you can forgive me." ”

When Gao Shengtai said threatening words just now, Li Nan felt a few cold breaths enveloping him, knowing that it must be the Gao family guards hidden in the shadows.

No matter how weak the Gao family is, no matter how troublesome it is, after all, this family has existed in Dali for hundreds of years, and there must be a lot of good players in the family, if you really want to kill yourself here, it will be easy, so he said magnanimously: "It's okay, I understand your situation." ”

Li Nan and Gao Shengtai have their own taboos, so the scene is quite calm for the time being.

Originally, what Gao Shengtai did in Dali was like Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but since he couldn't wait to force Baoding Emperor Duan Zhengming to abdicate and become the emperor himself, he knew the pain.

In terms of military and economic strength in Dali, the Gao family is the strongest, the Duan family is the royal family, and the Yang family and the Dong family are behind.

When the Duan family was the emperor, in order to keep the throne, the Duan family could only work closely with the Gao family to suppress the other two major tribes, and many small and medium-sized tribes did not dare to rebel, but when Gao Shengtai became the lord of Dali, the situation changed dramatically.

Now not only are the Yang and Dong clans ready to move, but the forces loyal to the Duan family are also dissatisfied with Gao Shengtai's actions, and the Gao family is no longer able to suppress these fragmented local forces.

The Gao family is now in dire need of a strong ally, and he had secretly contacted Li Qiande in Jiaozhi before, but the other party put forward harsh conditions before giving up. So far, Li Nan is undoubtedly the best candidate.

Gao Shengtai is also a masterpiece of a generation, and he understands the current form, and he said to Li Nan in a harmonious voice: "General Li, I also know a little about your ambitions, and now I am connected to your Guangnan West Road in the east of China, and bordering Jiaozhi Qiyuan Prefecture in the south, so you need to station most of the troops in the two places, which is a little unfavorable for your future war!" ”

The crown prince Gao Taiming also persuaded him: "What my father said is true, as long as General Li and my sister Anping get married, then our two families will become a family." After you support our Gao family to completely eradicate those disobedient tribes, the whole of Great China will inevitably become your powerful help! ”

The Gao family's father and son said that it was lively, and Li Nan also had his own plans.

Many people make friends and like to find someone who is weaker than themselves, or ugly, because the other party is not as good as you, so they will be relaxed and at ease, and the same is actually true between national forces.

For several generations, the Gao family has regarded the Duan clan as a puppet and ruled the Dali Kingdom behind their backs, such a person is not a tiger or a leopard, but can also be regarded as an aggressive beast like a jackal.

It is too dangerous to cooperate with the ambitious Gao family, just looking at Gao Shengtai is not satisfied with being the prime minister, and the greedy appearance of wanting to be the emperor knows that if Li Nan really helps them eliminate the chaos in the country, I am afraid that they will not be satisfied with the status quo, and Li Nan, who is closest to Dali, will inevitably suffer first.

Li Nan didn't want to promise them anything in his heart, but now that he was alone in this city, if he really forced the father and son to be anxious, the consequences would be a little unpredictable, who knows if they would take risks and leave safely to save their lives, which is the most important thing at present.

Thinking of this, Li Nan nodded and said without concealment: "What the two of you said is reasonable. You also know my affairs, sooner or later I will have to fight with the Great Song Dynasty, and I don't want to garrison most of my troops on the border of Dali at that time, but what do you need me to do? What do I get? ”

Hearing Li Nan's change in tone, Gao Shengtai was overjoyed and said: "Actually, it's very simple, as long as you can send a message to recruit 5,000 elite soldiers, then I can be sure to pacify all the tribes in the country." After Great China is stable, when you start a war with the Song Dynasty, I, Great China, am willing to help you with all my might! ”

"Thank you for your kindness, the Great Song soldiers are strong and strong, I really need to go all out." Li Nan asked: "But isn't there a little bit of 5,000 soldiers and horses, otherwise how about I recruit more?" ”

Hearing Li Nan's words, the crown prince Gao Taiming hurriedly said: "No, no, no, five thousand elite soldiers are enough!" ”

The Gao family's father and son calculated very accurately, borrowing 5,000 elite soldiers from Li Nan, plus more than 10,000 soldiers loyal to the Gao family, this is enough to sweep away any tribal power, if they really get 10,000 or 20,000 people, they are still afraid of changes, and 5,000 people is a suitable number in their hearts.

As long as the people under his command arrive, everything will be easy, Li Nan smiled secretly in his heart, five thousand elite soldiers will definitely surprise you.

"Good! Bring a pen and paper, I will repair a book and order the five thousand soldiers of Qiyuan Prefecture to enter the country! ”

The father and son of the Gao family got Li Nan's promise, and immediately excitedly ordered the maid to send paper and pencils.

After Li Nan wrote a letter with a pen, he handed it to Gao Shengtai and said: "Just hand this letter to Spartacus, the First Infantry Regiment of the Zhennan Army stationed in Qiyuan Prefecture. ”

Gao Shengtai carefully read the letter several times, and after confirming that there were no other mysteries in the letter, he recruited a personal leader of the imperial guard.

After handing over a gold medal and a letter to the head of the guard, he instructed him to take people to Qiyuan Prefecture quickly, and in addition to delivering the letter, he also wanted to ensure that Li Nan's 5,000 elite soldiers could enter smoothly from the Dali Bua Prefecture Pass.

Now that the conditions of the two sides have been negotiated, Gao Shengtai still married his daughter Princess Anping to Li Nan in order to preserve the alliance with Li Nan, and the two families have formed an in-law.

In the next few days, Li Nan was given a certain amount of freedom, except for not being able to leave the capital of Dali, the rest of the places could be visited.

This city is not as good as Tokyo in the Great Song Dynasty, but there is one place where Li Nan is really interested, and that is the Duan family.

For Li Nan, if he can't see Duan Zhengchun and Duan Yu and others when he comes to the capital of Dali once, it will be like going to Hainan and not going to the sea, and going to the north without skiing, which is really a pity.

In the palace hall that day, Li Nan saw Duan Zhengchun from afar, but the distance was too far away, and there was no conversation, so he specially came to Duan's mansion today to visit.

Although Li Nan does not have any official position now, he has been recognized by the lord of the country, Gao Shengtai, and has become the concubine of Princess Anping, which is still rumored to be boiling.

After the porter reported Duan Zhengchun, the two vermilion lacquer doors were soon opened.

Knowing that Li Nan was visiting, a man in his forties soon came out to greet him, and this person was Duan Zhengchun, the current head of the Duan family.

Although it was the first time that the two really met, Duan Zhengchun changed the wooden expression in the palace hall and invited Li Nan into the mansion affectionately.

Duan Zhengchun led Li Nan all the way to the main hall living room, Li Nan secretly observed while walking, and found that in this huge Duan family mansion, there were not many servants and maids, and there were only a dozen people such as guards and guards, which did not look like the Dali royal family at all.

When I entered the room, I saw a beautiful young woman of twenty-five or sixteen years old sitting inside, with a beautiful face, glamorous and charming, exuding a mature femininity.

Duan Zhengchun introduced Li Nan: "Hahaha, this is the sister of the current saint, my wife, if you and An Ping get married, then you should also call her an aunt." ”

Li Nan had long heard that Duan Zhengchun married Gao Shengtai's own sister as his wife, and today he saw that the genes of the Gao family were good, and the eldest princess was also as beautiful as a flower, but the careful Li Nan found that there was a trace of loneliness between her eyebrows, but this is normal, after all, few of the victims of political marriages are happy.

The other party was not the princess Dao Baifeng, which made Li Nan slightly disappointed, but he still greeted with a smile: "Nanfeng has seen the eldest princess." ”