The five-silk hump is served with bacon meat, magnolia slices, dried shiitake mushrooms, leeks, and chicken breast meat, which absorbs the greasy nature of the hump, and the condiments are well matched, which is a bit of a bear's paw; Not to mention beef, the Central Plains prohibits the killing of cattle, that is, the wealthy dignitaries can't eat it a few times a year, Gaochang here, is the grassland and plateau transported from the cows, cattle; The white-cut lamb is made of lamb, and the meat is tender and delicious.

Gao Gong tasted the food, listening to Yang Chong's description of the course of the past six months, nodding frequently, Yang Chong did not exaggerate his own achievements, and the content reported to the center by all aspects of Gaochang County was similar; Gao Gong is an experienced official who knows that the battle between right and wrong is often only superficial, and the most important thing is the conflict of interests. Knowing that Yang Chong was now engaged in trade cooperation with the scholars of Gaochang, Gao Gong asked unexpectedly: "The school downstairs was opened at your own expense?" ”

Yang Yichen has actually been listening with his ears pricked up, and like Yang Chong, Yang Yichen didn't believe that Gao Gong would have nothing to do to wander around, hearing Gao Gong's question, Yang Yichen remembered the discussion of the officials of Shanshan and the last two counties. Wang Wei and Huang Fujuan's view that Yang Chong's purpose in running the school is to cultivate people who are grateful to him, and his heart can be punished; Cui Junsu disagreed, Yang Chong's school was not a holy place of the Four Books and Five Classics, and its purpose was to train skilled craftsmen, which was another copy of the private school of Shannan Villa in Chang'an, which was good for Gaochang assimilation.

Yang Yichen specially asked people to investigate, the school is mainly literacy, reciting the "Three Character Classic", focusing on arithmetic, and there is a class under the age of ten, which actually teaches manual classes and plays with wooden locks. Later, after chatting with Pang Huan, the mountain chief of the school, Yang Yichen learned that the wooden lock is a Luban lock, also known as a Kong Ming lock, without nails and ropes, completely relying on the connection and support of its own structure, and the concave and convex parts inside the splicing appliance make the mortise and tenon structure mesh, and become a cross cube that looks tight from the outside. The world's first master of this kind of lock is Shangshu Yu Wenkai of the Ministry of Industry, a total of twenty-seven kinds of designs have been designed, and there are several locks that are difficult for Yang Chong and Pang Huan to open.

Yang Chong replied easily: "A little selfish, I always want to train some craftsmen and businessmen for my own use." ”

Gao Gong's face was gentle, and he said very calmly: "The accusations made by the DPRK and China against you are nothing more than three points, the first is to act arbitrarily, and with the easing of the situation in Gaochang, this point is not lethal to you. But as a county warden monopolizes copper and iron and buys schools, this is not a general problem, especially in such a marginal area. ”

Yang Chong picked up a piece of fish fillet and said, "Then the imperial court should send someone over and transfer me back." ”

Gao Gong laughed and said, "You are like this now, wouldn't it be even more worrying to return to Chang'an." ”

Yang Chong spent half a year, no matter how much money he earned in Gaochang, but a large number of people on the Internet must be true, if Yang Chong took hundreds of people back to Chang'an to do business in the name of business, it would definitely be an impact on the Guan Sergeant clan and the Guan Longmen valve. Not to mention anything else, Yang Chong is to open an iron factory, and the Yuan family can't stand it, with the experience of Kesu Valley Iron Factory, Yang Chong's construction of an iron factory with an output of more than 50,000 catties a month is definitely not a problem; Not to mention other small businesses.

Yang Chong put the fish fillet on the plate in front of him and asked, "Gao Xiang, Yang Duhu is my uncle, what conditions can I say directly." ”

Gao Gong suddenly realized that everyone ignored a problem, that is, Hongnong Yang, Yang Chong and Yang Yichen are all people from the Yang Shenmu Hall, even if all the people in the Shenmu Hall have been stuffed into the Yang family by generations of emperors, but in the face of interests and power, the Yang family will definitely stand on the side of the Shenmu Hall. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty sent Yang Chonglai because he didn't trust others and asked Yang Chong to assist Yang Yichen and strive to achieve the self-survival of the six counties in the Western Regions.

The reason why Yang Yichen helped Yang Chong suppress Huangfu Juan was because of Gaochang's geographical location, as long as Yang Chong held Gaochang steadily, Yang Yichen would be able to completely solve the problem of Xihai County with the strength of the Western Regions Protectorate, so as to defeat Tuyuhun. Before Tuyuhun Fuyun was captured, as long as Yang Chong did not rebel, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty and Yang Yichen, the protector of the Western Regions, would not move Yang Chong; Yang Chong saw it better than anyone else, so his plan was to keep Gaochang, desperately collect money, and wait for a year or two later, and leave Gaochang with a smile and a smile on his face.

Gao Gong took a sip of Fengle alcohol, the entrance is better than the agar wine, that is, the hot stimulation of the agar wine is gone, it is very suitable for the sultry weather of Gaochang, Gao Gong tasted the taste and said: "The center hopes that you will promote some local scholars, and will also transfer a group of officials from Chang'an and other places to help you, I will bring a list and a few people this time." ”

Gao Gong said vaguely, Yang Yichen and Yang Chong both understood, this is to grab the fruit, Yang Chong through a tough hand and a lucrative alliance to subdue the local scholars, there is a long period of harmony behind, the central arrangement of the people is to pick up this achievement, even the list is prepared in advance, indicating that the local people to be promoted are not people who rely on Yang Chong. Yang Chong didn't ask about the list, it seemed to be a dispensable thing, and asked lightly: "Is the place where the sailors gather in Dengzhou or Yangzhou?" ”

This sentence was so informative that even Gao Gong became serious, guessing what Yang Chong meant, and replied, "Dengzhou." ”

Yang Chong breathed a sigh of relief, even if history deviated from time and individual figures, it was still the original trend in the overall situation, the Jiangzuo Naval Division was originally stationed in Yangzhou, and could directly fight across the sea, landed in Goguryeo, and built another naval division base in Dengzhou, which was just a kind of complex of the Jiangzuo Shi clan, believing that assisting Yang Guang to ascend the throne and contributing countless money, and now is the time to repay it, ignoring the waste of manpower and material resources and the people's resentment caused by this change.

If there is really a big drought in the Central Plains this year, at most next year, Wang Bo will sing the song "Song of the Death of the Waves of Liaodong" in Changbai Mountain, and bring thousands of farmers to rise up. The problem is that the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo is likely to be a year earlier than in history, there are too many uncertain factors, Yang Chong is not a god, and he feels that he can't grasp all the opportunities, so he thought about it and said: "It's rare for Gao Xiang to come to Gaochang, do you want to rest for a few days before talking about business?" ”

Gao Gong had a strange feeling that he would feel nervous in front of this young man, and announced in a deep voice: "Goguryeo does not obey the courtesy, and the Son of Heaven is ready to decide to conquer Goguryeo." Yuan Hongsi, the governor of Youzhou, has been ordered to build 300 ships to Donglai Haikou; The edict gathered the armies of the world and converged on Zhuo County; 10,000 sailors, 30,000 crossbowmen, and 30,000 Lingnan platoon fighters were requisitioned south of Jianghuai; The household department arranged for Henan, Huainan, and Jiangnan to build 50,000 trucks to be sent to Gaoyang to load clothes and armor curtains, and at the same time to levy and distribute civilian men for military supplies. ”

Yang Chong still smiled: "Gao Xiang came to Gaochang, didn't he come to rest because Pei Ju disappointed you?" ”

It was Pei Ju, the squire of the Yellow Gate, who persuaded Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty to send troops, and Pei Ju persuaded Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to coerce the King of Goguryeo into the court on the grounds that Goguryeo was originally the land of the Jizi and now did not obey the courtesy. The Goguryeo king Gao Yuan was unwilling to come to the court, that is, he did not follow the ceremony, so Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, decided to conquer Goguryeo. Yang Chong was not wrong, Gao Gong just wanted to be out of sight, and even curryed favor with Yang Guang, so he stayed out of the matter.

(End of chapter)