Yang Chong smiled and said: "I'm not Li Yuan or Wang Shichong, I don't want to set up an emperor to embarrass myself, the kind of thing that coerces the Son of Heaven and makes the princes boring; I treat you as my own family, and it's okay to talk about it. I just don't want the two of them to be killed by Li Yuan and them at this age, as for where they want to live, I won't interfere; But there is a saying, I want to say in the front, only this once, if they are determined to be in the world, next time I will not come forward to save people. ”

Yang Chong's words were a blatant warning, saying that he would not support the two as emperors; Yang Ciyou was a little disappointed, Yang Chong sealed all the shortcuts, which was very different from what Yang Shanjing envisioned. Cui Yao smiled and sandwiched a piece of fish meat for Yang Ciyou and said, "This is sweet and sour carp, the meat is very tender, try it." Princess, don't worry too much about coming, according to me, since you have come to Hedong, you might as well stay for a long time, Yang Yu and Yang Tong are older, and you can't be their master. ”

"Stay?" Yang Ciyou had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and Yang Chong said: "Yang Zhuo will come over in a few days, he is now worth tens of millions, you can discuss with him, and we will do business together just like when we were in Chang'an." Cui Yao has the final say in my business in Hedong, and you can still have a companion. ”

Yang Ciyou smiled weakly, the world has changed, and the descendants of the Son of Heaven actually have the feeling of being under the fence; Yang Chong pondered and continued: "For Dingxiang County, I see it this way, according to the current trend, the Turks, we, and Li Shimin will not bother you, you must first reclaim wasteland in Dingxiang and Loufu to strive for food self-sufficiency, and in addition, I will open the mutual market squeeze between Shizhou and the Turks in Loufu County, and you will make some price difference and taxes from it." ”

Yang Ciyou said in a low voice: "Yang Chong, you also know the Turks, who are arrogant, rude, and unreasonable; The people we came to Dingxiang this time are all clan daughters and family members, and we need to build a team to protect ourselves. ”

Yang Chong's face changed, and he said sharply: "Princess, this is unrealistic. If the Turks want to do it, you can defend yourself by building an army of two or three thousand people? You have stayed in Dingxiang, you don't know that it is Li Shimin's Taiyuan, and the Turks also go there whenever they want, looting people and property. It's good that you don't have an army, but if you have an army and attract the attention of the Turks, it will be more than worth the loss. ”

Yang Ciyou raised his head, stared at Yang Chong and said, "Aren't you the Duke of Yue of the Great Sui, who has hundreds of thousands of troops and swept through the northwest?" The Turks see you as a devil, why can't you send someone to protect us, or let us go south to another place? ”

Yang Chong did not evade, and said with a smile: "In your eyes, everything in the world is yours; But in the eyes of Li Yuan and Wang Shichong, Sui lost his deer, and the world chased him. In my eyes, you are just the blood of the Son of Heaven, when the Turks and Yang Shanjing get you to Dingxiang County, you will become a card of the Turks, you say, will the Turks let Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao leave? ”

Yang Ciyou's eyes were like lightning, and he asked in a sad voice: "Why don't you call yourself the emperor and show your ambition like Wang Shichong, do you know?" What you do is give hope to others, and then it is you who squeeze out the hope of others. What kind of purgatory, what kind of pain is that for me? ”

Yang Chong nodded and said, "I know, but if you don't think about making a comeback and don't want to take revenge, there won't be this kind of pain; Even Yang Gongren was silent when Li Yuan was proclaimed emperor, indicating that an era was over. In Dingxiang City, including Yang Zhengdao, they are actually tools, and those who have their own brains are only Queen Xiao and Princess Yicheng; In this way, I still give you a little hope, and let me prepare a thousand sets of bright light armor and a thousand sets of leather armor for you below. ”

Yu Yu sighed, Yang Chong's heart was still not hard enough, and Yang Ciyou's father, Yang Guang, was replaced by Yang Ciyou, and he drove people directly, it didn't matter if he spent money, how could the two people who had been emperors be safe and stable; Zhang Guo tasted the dish with relish, and suddenly said: "Yang Chong, this is the dismantled silver carp head you figured out, it looks a little ugly, but the taste is really good, it should be added with chicken soup and chicken offal to have that kind of fusion taste." However, if you want to launch it in a restaurant, you need to add some color to the exterior. ”

Zhang Guolao spoke at a wonderful time, Yang Ciyou would definitely not be satisfied with two thousand sets of armor, Yang Chong would not continue to add chips, and if it continued, it would be a stalemate; Cui Yao followed and picked up a pair of chopsticks, and after eating, he echoed: "Guo Lao is right, Yang Chong, you discuss it with the cook, and add some vegetables on it." ”

Yang Chong set his eyes on the table and said: "Add some vermicelli and shiitake mushrooms to increase umami, although the fungus is also fine, but it is all black, and it cannot increase people's appetite; Princess, you come to taste, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, sometimes the ingredients determine the method and taste of the dish. ”

Yang Ciyou calmed down, and found that he was too excited, now Yang Chong has shown his true colors, he is a warlord, and he came to ask for help, fortunately, Yang Chong did not turn his face, Yang Ciyou got up and said goodbye because he was unwell; Kou Jiuheng arranged for someone to send Yang Ciyou back, and people couldn't have anything wrong on Yang Chong's territory. Cui Yao looked at Yang Ciyou's Xiao Se's back, and said with a little sympathy: "The people of the royal family gave up the Great Sui and suffered Empress Xiao and Yang Ciyou. ”

Yang Chong said indifferently: "The emperor's house is a shackle, like everyone in the Shi clan, it is a weight that must be borne from the beginning, if you don't want to bear it, just like Yang Gongren, let it go." ”

Cui Yao's body was shocked, and he seemed to understand something, Zhang Guo and the three were silent, unlike others, they regarded Yang Chong as a friend in their hearts, and they were also not keen on the competition for the world. But things in the world are so wonderful, some people's wishes come true, and some people are pushed by fate to a stage that they can't think of at all, enjoying lonely applause.

As soon as Yang Wang's letter went, Wang Shichong sent Wei Jin as an envoy to Hedong to negotiate, and offered a price of 2,000 war horses, which Yang Chong readily agreed; Wang Shichong was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he immediately asked for a deal, sent Yang Tong's family to Changping County, and accepted the war horse. Yang Tong almost became a human being in two lives, and when he met Qu Tutong, Cui Deben and others in the Shili Changting in Danchuan County, he cried loudly, and how many days of grievances, uneasiness, and perseverance were released at this moment.

Qu Tutong helped Yang Chong sit down in the long pavilion and talked about their experiences; After Yang Tong returned to normal, he unexpectedly found that Qu Tutong was not enthusiastic about fighting back to Luoyang, and couldn't help but get angry and said: "General Qu Tu, you just sit and watch Wang Shichong get away, and when I arrive in Jiangxian, I must tell Yue Guogong to defeat Luoyang and kill Wang Shichong, a madman." ”

(End of chapter)