On the city wall in the central city, the whispers of the Xianbei chieftains intensified, but looking at Zhang Shiping, who was standing next to Xi Zhicai, he was afraid of Guo Bin's decisive methods before, but he didn't dare to speak. Although everyone doesn't know the identity of Xi Zhicai, they are very familiar with Zhang Shiping, the actual person in charge of the three cities outside the Saiwai. In their eyes, now that Guo Bin is not showing up, Zhang Shiping is naturally in charge of the city.

The reaction of these people naturally fell into Zhang Shiping's eyes, but he stood behind Xi Zhicai with a calm face and said nothing.

Seeing Zhang Shiping's calm and calm expression, the chiefs did not dare to act rashly, so they obediently went down the city wall and went to their respective residences in the city. In order to stabilize the order in the city, and in order to prevent people with ulterior motives from making trouble in the city, echoing the Xianbei army outside the city, Zhang Shiping once suggested that Xi Zhicai arrange these Xianbei chieftains into the county government, but was refused.

At that time, Guo Bin had already left the central city and headed for the Shenglong Valley, and before leaving, he entrusted the three outer cities to Xi Zhicai, and asked him to coordinate the affairs of this defense. Zhang Shiping is such a character, he naturally knows that Xi Zhi is the person who Guo Bin has followed around since the beginning of his business and has been cited as his right-hand man. Therefore, although Xi Zhicai's prestige among the three cities outside the Saiwai is not high, and many things need to pass through his hands, he does not dare to blow up his hair in front of him. However, with the familiarity with the three cities outside the Saiwai, it is still appropriate to occasionally express your opinions and show a sense of existence. After all, this is also one of the means of communicating with Xi Zhicai.

Moreover, for Zhang Shiping, Xi Zhicai will not have too much prejudice like ordinary scholars, which is largely influenced by Guo Bin, after all, Guo Bin also rose rapidly through business. In addition, a hero like Xi Zhicai maintains an independent mind in the face of Guo Bin, and is never easily swayed by other people's opinions. He has communicated with Guo Bin many times about things like heavy agriculture and suppressing business, and he can see the root causes and ins and outs of it clearly, and with a high-level understanding, he will naturally not be disturbed by the insights of mediocre people.

Therefore, for Xi Zhicai, all he can afford are capable people; And what he looks down on are people who have no ability, but he will never fall into the cliché and arbitrarily evaluate a person based on his origin or status. Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, since they put into service, have been careful and conscientious in their work, although they are businessmen, they have managed the three cities outside the Saiwai in an orderly manner, which is extremely high talent. Therefore, Xi Zhicai, like Guo Bin, also attaches great importance to the two of them, and is willing to remind them appropriately in many cases.

In the face of Zhang Shiping's proposal, Xi Zhicai said: "The lord often says that it is rare to be popular. At this time, the three cities outside the city were besieged by 20,000 Xianbei iron cavalry, and the people in the city were panicked, and they were also counting. But it is precisely because of this that the truth of the matter cannot be concealed from everyone, because the more it is concealed, the more people will speculate, and it is easy to breed incidents. If the Xianbei chieftains are trapped in the county government and isolated from each other, won't there be chaos? If they don't see them for a few days, how can their men not be in a hurry? When the time comes, if there are still people with ulterior motives hidden in the city to instigate, there will be civil strife in the city! ”

Zhang Shiping nodded when he heard this, but after Xi Zhicai finished speaking, he still spoke: "However, in the current situation, these Xianbei chieftains will inevitably think crankily, if they rebel, what should they do?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Before they get the exact news of the lord, although they will indeed be a little hesitant, they dare not act rashly. Moreover, even if someone like Shahanlin wants to cause trouble in the city, he will not succeed. ”

Zhang Shiping's eyes lit up, and he said with great joy: "Could it be that the lord and the military advisor have already made arrangements?" ”

The corners of Xi Zhicai's mouth turned up, and he said incomprehensibly: "As early as a year ago, the lord had already made arrangements. ”

Zhang Shiping pondered and said hesitantly: "The lord is far-sighted, and he is beyond our reach. It's just that what the arrangements are, please show the military advisor! ”

From the construction to the exhibition, these three cities outside the city were presided over by Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, if you talk about the understanding of this place, I am afraid that Guo Bin can't compare to them. If Guo Bin had made arrangements for today's events a year ago, how could he hide it from the two of them? Therefore, Zhang Shifang was very interested in the "arrangement" in Xi Zhicai's mouth, could it be that Guo Bin concealed what the two of them had done to make another arrangement?

Xi Zhicai saw Zhang Shiping's appearance of suffering from gains and losses, and said: "Don't be so nervous, the lord has great trust in the two of you, otherwise it would be impossible to hand over such an important task to the two of you." The arrangement made by the lord has actually started outside the city of Changshe, and he has never hidden it from anyone. ”

Zhang Shipingqi said: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Xi Zhicai glanced at the Xianbei cavalry outside the city, his eyes flashed with disdain, turned around and came to the rather narrow city tower, and after inviting Zhang Shiping to sit down, Fang said slowly: "Do you know, how many residents are in this central city?" ”

With such a simple question, where can Zhang Shiping not be clear? At the moment, he said without thinking: "There are always more than 200,000." ”

Xi Zhicai nodded and said, "Then may I ask, who are these residents?" ”

Zhang Shiping said without thinking: "This problem, I'm afraid the whole world knows, they turned out to be Yellow Turban captives!" When he said this, he immediately sat up in shock and said, "It's difficult, isn't it?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "That's true. Taiping Road is a disaster for the Central Plains, but it is always my descendants of Yan and Huang, and the people of the Han Dynasty. The lord is kind and benevolent, cherishes the people's power the most, and is not willing to kill more. They had no choice but to follow the thieves, so they did not avoid the hardships and dangers, and took them to the outside of the fortress. ”

Zhang Shiping said: "The open-mindedness of the lord is admirable. ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Do you know what the Lord set up the Three Cities outside the Saiwai For? ”

Zhang Shiping said: "Naturally, it is to open up trade with Fu, and there is no exchange with other ethnic groups. The trade income from the establishment of the city was really something that Zhang could not have imagined at the beginning. ”

Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "The so-called trade profits are just small profits, with the wisdom and martial arts of the lord and the open-mindedness, how can he be diligent in this?" Without waiting for Zhang Shiping to ask, Xi Zhicai continued: "The ambition of the lord is lofty, but it is really only seen in the life of a certain play. Therefore, it is the immediate goal to set up the three cities outside the Saiwai, trade and profit, and strengthen itself, but it is also a move to control the grassland and get rid of the thousand-year-old tumor of the Central Plains Dynasty. ”

Zhang Shiping refilled a cup of tea for Xi Zhicai, and said, "Dare to ask the military advisor for advice." ”

Xi Zhicai took the teacup, took a sip of fragrant tea, and said: "The lord often says that if something can be solved through trade, don't resort to force. At present, the most business of the three cities outside the Saiwai is to exchange luxury goods from the Central Plains, such as soap, fine wine, silk, salt, etc., with horses, mules, cattle and sheep, butter, cheese, felt and other goods produced on the grassland. Think about it, is the value of the goods in the Central Plains high? Or is the value of the property outside the plug high? ”

Zhang Shiping said without hesitation: "Naturally, the value of my Central Plains is high, a jar of fine wine, or even a few horses of silk, can be exchanged for a horse or a few cattle and sheep on the grassland, where else can I find such a good deal in this world?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Not bad! So do you say that the products of my Central Plains are useful, or the products of the grasslands are useful? ”

Zhang Shiping listened, but muttered in his heart, and hesitated: "If it is useful, it seems that the products on the grassland are more useful, after all, horses can make them pull goods, cattle and sheep can be milked, dairy products can be made, and when it is really difficult, they can be slaughtered and eaten meat, that is, felt, can keep out the cold." But my goods in the Central Plains, except for table salt, do not seem to have any necessary products. ”

Xi Zhicai looked appreciative and said, "Not bad! Those who can afford to use the materials of my Central Plains are always the nobles of the various tribes on the grassland, and where can ordinary herdsmen afford silk and soap except for eating a few grains of salt? Seeing Zhang Shiping's approving expression, Xi Zhicai continued: "But whether it is horses, cattle and sheep, or butter, cheese, felt and other things, which one is not produced by ordinary herdsmen on the grassland? Seeing that the aristocratic lords took the things they had worked so hard to produce in exchange for silk and wine, and indulged in pleasures, how could they have no opinion? ”

Zhang Shiping slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "That's true!" It's a good strategy! ”

Xi Zhicai said slowly: "This trick is called dividing the crowd. In addition, since horses, cattle and sheep, butter, cheese, felt and other things on the grassland can be exchanged for many luxury goods in the Central Plains, the herdsmen on the grassland will consciously produce more of these things, and over time, they will become the source of raw materials for various factories in the Central Plains. If nothing else, it is Yangzhai clothing, and the felt on the grassland is indispensable. When the peoples on the grassland make a living by producing felt and other materials for the Central Plains, we can be regarded as holding their economic lifeline! ”

What kind of character is Zhang Shiping? His years of experience in business made him extremely sensitive to commercial issues, and he figured out the joints of this method of economic colonization that was customary to the great powers after the great geographical development of later generations. For Guo Bin's very forward-looking strategic arrangement, he admired it more and more in his heart: "This kind of method can be said to be able to take the Xianbei people outside the Saiwai without a single soldier." The wisdom and strategy of the lord is really vast! ”

Immediately, Zhang Shiping was puzzled again: "These arrangements show the long-term vision of the lord, but in the current situation of the three cities outside the Saiwai, it seems..." ”

Xi Zhicai was not annoyed, but said appreciatively: "Not bad! It is true that these strategic plans are of little use at the moment. The layout of the lord a year ago was nearly 500,000 residents of the three cities outside the city! ”

Seeing that Xi Zhicai talked about the 500,000 residents again, Zhang Shiping said: "How does the lord plan? ”

Xi Zhicai said slowly: "Try your best to stabilize the Xianbei chieftains in the city, if you can't do anything, you can mobilize the residents in the city to rise up and defend the country!" ”()

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