Twenty days later, the supplies of the army were ready, and Yu Zhongwen led the army to set off for the end of the county, with chariots and chariots, horses and horses, and pedestrians with bows and arrows at their waists; Yang Chong led the Nanping camp and sent it back thirty miles outside the city of Nanping. The Xue family had already taken the first step to Gaochang in the carriage, and the family members of Tianwolf Village were on the road behind under the escort of Liu Dapeng, the old nine of Tianwolf Village, just because of the drag of the family and a large number of luggage, which delayed the trip.

Turpan Commercial Bank prepared a house for the Xue family in Gaochang City, as well as two maidservants and two servants, Xue Daoheng's eldest son Xue Shang was grateful, and took his three younger brothers and Fang Xuanling to Nanping City to thank Yang Chong. 1,700 catties of copper, although it is not a small number, but compared to Yang Chong's intention, it is nothing at all; For Yang Chong's invitation, the four brothers of the Xue family refused, but agreed to help Yang Chong do things, Xue Shang, Xue Xin, Xue He taught, Xue Zuo and two nephews Xue Wen and Xue Cheng entered the Turpan Commercial Bank.

During Yu Zhongwen's stay in Gaochang County, Yang Chong has always been very careful, and he has been with Jiang Fei at private parties, and he took Zhang Guolao and Kou Jiuhui as apprentices in public scenes, and Luo Shixin was transferred as a scholar. Meng Chuan stared at the military camp even more, Yu Zhongwen may not have this mind, but who knows if there are any killers in the army allocated by Chang'an, and bid farewell to Yu Zhongwen's army, Yang Chong and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief and put their minds back on their own affairs.

The first thing Yang Chong did was to have a showdown with Tang Bi and Ling Jing, and after a few months of observation, Yang Chong decided to recruit the two for himself, not for the Great Sui; Tang Bi and Ling Jing were very happy, in their minds, Emperor Yang of Sui insisted on the second eastward expedition to Goguryeo, regardless of victory or defeat. The signal sent by Yang Chong was to make a move, which was in line with their ideal of Emperor Xiangning.

The second is Tuoba Anhu, no problem, the Nanping Battalion, like the Hunter Battalion, has long been about to become Yang Chong's private army, Tuoba Anhu has only one condition, if Yang Chong occupies the Western Regions, find a place for Tuoba Qiang to live on the plain. Tuoba Anhu knew that Yang Chong was the one who could do this, Yang Chong was extremely hostile to foreign races, but he did not have any discrimination against all ethnic groups in the Great Sui, whether it was in business or other matters such as being an official, he could treat everyone equally, and there was a way to treat everyone equally. Yang Chong agreed, let Helan Yi rescue the Qiang people when Tuyuhun failed, and it was okay to adopt it, and it was okay to spend money to buy it.

The third target is Fang Xuanling, Yang Chong chose to talk about this matter in Tiandi County, sent someone to inform Fang Xuanling, arranged work, and went to Qingqing together.

In February, the spring breeze was like scissors, and the two sat on the ridges, feeling the breeze that seemed to be absent, watching the soldiers and farmers plow; The fields are a combination of one man and one cow, and they are busy and methodical. This is the crystallization of the wisdom of Yang Chong and Du Yan, when Yang Chong first thought of the crank plow, even Fang Xuanling didn't know what it was, only Du Yan had seen it in Jiangnan, and finally drew the figure of the crank plow; Yang Chong said the idea of the bull's nose piercing ring, which greatly impressed the officials and people of Gaochang.

Fang Xuanling has an elegant temperament, and it is rare to be idle, so he sits comfortably and enjoys the scenery in the distance; Yang Chong pointed to the Weishen City in front of him and said, "In a few years, Weishen will be able to set up a county." ”

Weishen City is currently only a town, but the population is close to 5,000, almost equal to the population of a county in Tianshan County and Puchang County, which is very prosperous, and is known as the second town of Gaochang after Nanping City. After Liu Zhuo traveled all over Gaochang, he lived here to give lectures, attracting a steady stream of scholars from Gaochang to ask for advice, Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "You won't really set up Liu Lao's academy here, right?" Too remote. ”

Yang Chong smiled and said: "Uncle Liu is famous all over the world, Gaochang is too young, the academy where he is the head of the mountain should be in Chang'an, at least in Liangzhou." ”

Liu Zhuo relied on Yang Chong, a nephew to live a nourishing life, with Liu Zhuo's own strength, how could he afford to open a academy, land, houses, books, daily expenses, which one does not need money; What's more, Liu Zhuo is very old, and it is no problem to teach for an hour every day, but it is very difficult to run a college. Unless Yang Chong and Liu Zhuo were together, Fang Xuanling's body was shocked, he turned around and looked at Yang Chong, and said word by word: "That's a road of no return." ”

Yang Chong stretched his waist and said lazily: "If the Hongnong Yang clan participated in the Great War of Imperial Unification and even raised troops, do you think I can stay out of the matter?" ”

Fang Xuanling thought about the people he knew, and asked Yang Chong with a gloomy face: "It's Yang Xuangan." ”

Sure enough, it was a talent who manipulated the world, and Fang Xuanling guessed the answer with a simple hint from Yang Chong; Yang Chong nodded, his eyes were clear, and he said to Fang Xuanling: "Whether I participate or not, Su Wei Pei Ju and they will not let me go, to be honest, I am afraid of death, and I am not ready to be arrested." ”

Fang Xuanling looked at Yang Chong gratefully, with Yang Chong's wisdom and means, he could have waited until the end and designed a bureau to coerce himself into subordination, but Yang Chong still chose to talk openly and honestly with himself, which was to give himself the opportunity and time to get out. Fang Xuanling was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Don't embarrass me, if you don't report it, you are an accomplice, tell me your judgment of the entire overall situation." ”

Yang Chong picked up a few small stones, swept them in the palm of his hand, and said: "After Yang Xuangan raised his army, riots and mutinies would continue to break out in the Central Plains, and within five years, the sparks would burn the plains. In the end, it was the people who held the military power to decide to go, if it weren't for my own people in the Hongnong Yang clan, I would still be prepared to delay it for a few more years, it would be safer; However, Gaochang is located in the Western Regions, and if we drag it back, we will lose the right to choose the trend, and if one of the opponents comes to power, it will be an even greater tragedy. ”

"Tang Guogong Li Yuan." Fang Xuanling hit the nail on the head and said, "You seem to be too jealous of Li Yuan, but now you don't need to choose, Yang Xuangan will push you to the front." After Li Jing's death, I secretly investigated all the weapons depots and armory workshops in Gaochang County, not to mention that I had never heard of the fire-breathing weapons I had seen. Now I understand, Yang Xuangan did this for you, once something happens to him, you can't argue, and your political enemies won't give you a chance to explain at all. ”

Yang Chong nodded solemnly and said: "In terms of politics, I am still too tender, and I can be regarded as seeing the viciousness of the methods of the wealthy." That weapon was called Greek Fire, and it was designed by my Great Qin friends Lanos and Rohan; Through Li Jing's death, I found that Yang Xuangan's strength is beyond imagination, and the Western Regions are like this, so how many characters like Xiang Yang are there in Henan and Guanzhong. Rather than being controlled by others everywhere, it is better to take a chance. ”

Fang Xuanling stood up, didn't even dust off the dirt on his body, walked back and forth a few times, stopped and said, "I gambled with you, can you tell me about your plan?" ”

After more than two years of relationship between superiors and subordinates, Fang Xuanling naturally knew that Yang Chong was a master who took one step at a time and looked at ten steps, and finding himself to find out means that Yang Chong had already considered it all, and only the arrangement of personnel and timing remained. Fang Xuanling is not optimistic about Yang Guang's prospects, and even agrees with many pessimistic views, the Great Sui has signs of the death of the country, so Fang Xuanling does not have much psychological burden.

Yang Chong stood up with a smile, patted the dust and loess on his body and said: "While Yang Xuan is raising troops, control some areas of Hetao Longyou, and then sit and watch the situation in the Central Plains, and then decide whether to enter Bingzhou or Guanzhong." ”

Fang Xuanling understood that the occupation of the state was still a local separation, and to enter the Guanzhong was to seize Chang'an, which was a gesture of winning the championship.

(End of chapter)