Because Li Yu excused himself to be tired all the way, the reception banquet was set in the afternoon.

The banquet was set up in Wang Chao's house, among the five people, he has always been the leader, it seems that among these five people, he is either the first in terms of financial resources, or he is wise, just by his age and generation, he is impossible to serve the public. This kind of place, depending on who has a big fist, is not able to convince people with old people.

Li Yu went to Wang's house and found that the rich people in Longxi were really different from the rich gentry in Guanzhong, Luoyang, and Qizhou, and the rich people here were very good at hiding their wealth, and most of the time, from their clothes and their mansions, you could not see his breadth.

This fact is also related to the terroir of the northwest. Going out here in silk and satin? Will it keep out the wind and sand, or will it keep out the scorching sun? As for the building of the house, it occupies a big word, and it does not have the luxury and beauty of the Central Plains building at all.

Because whoever has spare money is too lazy to go to this place. If you plant some exotic flowers and plants in the yard, dig a pond and raise a few koi fish, a sandstorm will destroy them all. Carved beams and painted buildings, painted in bright colors? Sun, heavy rain, wind, sand, it won't take long to peel you clean.

Therefore, the Wang family is a typical northwest architectural style, the wall is made of yellow mud mixed with straw, and a layer of grinding bricks is pasted on the outside, so that not many bricks are needed, but the wall can be higher and thicker. Such a high and thick wall was obviously used to defend against horse bandits, but once it encountered a regular army, it was obviously not enough.

However, the walls of the house are not much thinner than it, which can not only effectively defend against wind and sand, but also have a better thermal insulation effect than pure masonry walls, which is warm in the east and cool in summer. The roof of the house is also made of yellow mud mixed with straw and mud, which is half a foot thick, and the wind and sand do not enter, the scorching sun is difficult to invade, and the cold cannot penetrate it.

In the summer, open the north and south windows, and the room will be extremely shady and cool in the light wind, as if using an air conditioner.

After entering the courtyard, Wang Chao, Wang Dong and others led Li Yu and Tie Wuhuan and several other subordinates to walk around. The large courtyard is set up with a small courtyard, and the small courtyard is built with a wall, turning east and west, and there is no place where the grandeur can drive straight in, which is obviously out of defensive considerations.

If there is really any horse bandit force breaking in, the Wang family's family will rely on the geographical advantage, and they will be able to let the invading enemy take down more than half of them before attacking the core of the compound.

Finally arrived at the living room of the Wang family, such a core area, finally let people see the luxury of the style. The wood of the table is very expensive and high-quality wood, painted black and shiny, and very textured. There are no calligraphy and paintings on the wall, such as the vassal elegance that the Central Plains people are accustomed to, but there is no lack of ivory, antlers and other decorative objects.

The seat is covered with bear skin, tiger skin for decoration, Li Yu sat on the leather seat, and the guest and host chatted for a while, just in the hall, the table came up like flowing water. The dishes are also full of northwest flavors, not so exquisite, but very appetizing to look at.

Five people invited Li Yu to sit down, invited him to sit on the top, Wang Chao clapped his hands, and there was a sound of music behind the compartment screen, which was different from the sound of silk and bamboo in the Central Plains, and this soundtrack was mostly suona, reed flute, drum, eggplant, gonghou, snail, etc., and the tune was tactful and brisk.

With the music, four slender orchids with bright eyes and bright teeth walked into the hall and danced. It seems that the four girls are all sixteen or seventeen years old, and their hair is combed into a bunch of small pigtails, and when their bodies spin, the pigtails at that end also fly with them, which is extremely playful.

The four girls are all tied with a belt at the waist and deerskin boots on their feet, which are pink and beautiful.

Li Yu only smiled and nodded. Anyone who sees such a lovely and beautiful girl will be full of admiration. However, his gaze did not stay for too long, and he immediately withdrew it, chatting with Chen Bin, Wang Xiaolei and others, although it was idle chatting between talking and laughing, but he began to understand the situation in this county without a trace.

Of course, these five old men could hear Li Yu's concern, and while inadvertently revealing the situation in Jixian to him, while quietly expressing their enthusiasm and loyalty to him, they gave Peng Feng eye medicine.

Of course, Li Yu will not listen to one side of the story, the problem is that there are many situations, the person sent by the fifth Ling Ruo inquired about it as a businessman, and has already reported to him, which is similar to what these people said, although these people are suspected of deliberately exaggerating Peng Feng, but even if they are more objective, Li Yu can't tolerate such a soil emperor who is more like him than him under his own system.

On the second day of heaven and earth, if this big tree is not uprooted, he Li Yu will not want to sit firmly in the position of the lord of Ji County.

However, the five of them were also full of doubts about Li Yu.

That's right, he is the baron of Jixian who was enshrined by the emperor, but it's useless to rely on this!

To control Jixian, he must have soldiers and money to have power.

What about his soldiers? Does he have any money?

Li Yu has just arrived, and he can't offend the entire ruling class of Ji County. Even if he really sits in this place one day, he still needs these people to take care of it, and it is impossible to do everything himself.

So between talking and laughing, Li Yu mentioned that Minzhou Mansion Zhichong Duwei Chengji, that was Benjue's former little brother, hehe......, as for whether it was ......, did they dare to ask Xugan Chengji in person?

The military commander of the state is his little brother? That's half the story!

Five small blessings are happy.

"What are you talking about, one ear is too guarded, and Ren Ren is transferred to Minzhou to be too guarded?!"

"Huh? Sir...... Do you know Ren Taishou too? ”

"Hahaha, you said that this is not a coincidence, Ren Taishou and I are friends in Lizhou! Hahaha, when he went to Longxi to take office, I also fought off a horse bandit and saved his life. ”

"The lord is actually Ren Taishou's life-saving benefactor?"

The five little blessings are full of joy, and the chief administrator of this state has actually received such a great favor from Lord Li? It's steady, it's all right.

As soon as they were happy, the five of them drank three glasses in a row, and their faces turned red.

Li Yu was full of surprise, inquired about the recent situation of these two "old friends" who had not spoken for a long time because of the inconvenient transportation in Longxi, and secretly complained: "What a egg!" Do you want to be so sad and complain that the old thing was transferred to Minzhou? I need to be careful. ”

"Huh? What did you say? Oh! Money! ”

Li Yu smiled faintly: "The emperor's holy grace is solemn, and he has allowed Benjue to use the money and grain of Jixian County for three years to be used by Benjue to open the government and build a mansion and reorganize the armament. ”

"Oh!" Liu Wei frowned slightly: "The emperor is really magnificent. It's just that the agricultural tax in Ji County can be ignored, and the commercial tax is difficult to collect, even if it can be collected in full, I'm afraid it won't be enough, right? ”

As soon as Liu Wei said this, the few people pricked up their ears.

Everyone has their own position, don't look at them trying to bring down Peng Feng, they also know that if they can bring down Peng Feng, their income can increase, and they have more room for growth. They also knew that if the knighthood here could be powerful and keep one side safe, they would not have to worry about war losses, but in fact, they did not have to pay tribute to all parties and build private armies to protect themselves......

However, once a heavy tax is imposed, it is to put money in other people's pockets, and no one is willing.

Li Yu sneered secretly, everyone's target at the moment was Peng Feng, and they seemed to be close to each other. But once personal interests are involved, they all return to their original shape. They wanted to bring down Peng Feng, not because they were not angry with Peng Feng's domineering, but because they just wanted to replace him.

It can be expected that in the process of dealing with Peng Feng, these people must have cooperated with him and were like a family. But once Peng Feng falls, they become representatives of their personal interests, and then they will either compromise or go to their opposites. And between the five of them, once they lose their current allies and future opponents, they will fight to the death.

This is also the reason why Li Yu didn't have illusions about them from the beginning, and wanted to use them to deal with Peng Feng, he couldn't completely change his appearance, he still couldn't completely control here, at most he would become their spokesperson, a representative of them.

But for now, Li Yu still needs to stabilize them and let them play as much as possible.

Li Yu showed a mysterious smile like a Mona Lisa: "Chang'an West City, have you heard of it?" The current rulers of Chang'an West City are twin sisters, and they ...... is Benjue's confidante. Hahahaha......"

Li Yu let out a burst of ambiguous laughter, raised the cup in his hand, and secretly prayed to Chang Jiannan, who was "daughter controlled", in his heart: "I'm talking nonsense, don't talk nonsense, how can I convince them?" I didn't have the idea of beating your daughter, don't come to me in your dreams tonight! ”

"Chang'an West City? Know! Know ......"

Chang'an West City, which is the first market in the world's largest metropolis, is more famous than many years later when outsiders mention Beijing Wangfujing, a west market, an east market, but it directly created a new term "thing" for later generations.

When we talk about buying "things" now, they all come from this, what kind of influence is that?

The landowners in Jixian County made their fortune not by land, but by businessmen, and of course they knew about Xishi.

Confidante?

Between men and women, how can there be real friendship!

Look at your smiling lewdly. Swing, we have a number in our hearts.

Everyone was relieved that since Li Yu's main source of wealth was not dependent on them, it was good to say anything.

It's just that these five people have never had a big head-on conflict with Peng Feng, although there are constant small frictions, and the two sides can maintain a peaceful posture on the surface, now they have decided to throw themselves at Li Yu, and they will have to be tense in the future, and they don't know more, they are so desperate, and they are not at ease.

Wang Xiaolei said with a smile: "If the lord wants to gain a foothold in Ji County, he must let Peng Feng bow to the lord." But as the old saying goes, a strong dragon is not a snake, and we are certainly willing to follow the tail of the lord, but Peng Feng is powerful, so don't be careless. ”

"Hahaha, do you think Benjue is so arrogant? This time he came with a light car, and he was so sure that he would definitely be able to clean him up Peng Feng? ”

Li Yu shook his head: "It's not me who wants to clean him up, it's the way of heaven and the general trend, so he has to fall, and he can't do it if he doesn't want to!" ”

Wang Chao put down the cup in unison, leaned forward, and looked at Li Yu seriously.

Li Yu scolded Fang Xuan and said: "Hexi, connecting Guanlong and the Western Regions. Sandwiched by a line of road, hanging alone for two thousand miles, controlling the Western Regions in the west, separating Qiangrong in the south, and covering Hulu in the north, once my Datang controls Hexi, it can be controlled and strangles the Western Regions, and retreats can defend Guanlong, which is the gateway and the throat. And vice versa? ”

Five Rich Men of the Land???!!!

This plum fish has suddenly risen to the national strategic level, and with all due respect, everyone here has become garbage.

These five people are not shrewd, scheming, resourcefulness, and authority all have merits, but they really don't have such a high realm and vision! When they listened, they just felt so tired! So tall! What exactly is he talking about? If you hold back your words, you will show timidity!

Li Yu smiled faintly: "My Tang Kingdom is set in Chang'an, in Guanzhong." Once something happens in the Western Regions, the dynasty will be unstable. There is no need for any strong enemy to enter the pass from Guanlong, but there is no rule here for a long time, and the imperial court needs to consume countless money and grain, defend Guanlong with heavy troops, and the enemy will attack and defend me. ”

Hearing this, a few benevolent brothers gradually tasted it, and they really didn't understand the strategy of the great country, but if they replaced this relationship with them and Peng Feng, they would understand.

Why did Peng Feng suppress them? When they rise, they have to beat Peng Feng down, this is not negotiable, the territory is so big, if you don't go down, I can't be the boss. But why the stalemate now? Neither side is sure to win.

On the side of Longxi, although the imperial court has used soldiers, it has always been good to seek peace, and its business strength is far less than that of Guanzhong and the Central Plains...... Still?

Li Yu said lightly: "Just like today's Zi Shengming, the Central Plains has been operated in an iron bucket, the next step is to pass through Longxi, everyone, you say, the imperial court can tolerate the existence of arrogant figures like Peng Feng?" ”

Reasonable! I heard that this Lord Li took office, and the Li family in Longxi was escorted to Jixian before leaving, with the power of the Li valve in Longxi, a prime minister and they can't make a sycophant, let alone a little baron, this is not for Li Yu, this is clearly for the emperor to see, to show tame to the emperor, to show loyalty? “

The five rich men immediately raised their glasses and expressed their admiration to Li Yu even more enthusiastically.

"I know that the lord once served in the imperial court, and he is a celebrity in front of the emperor, and only the lord can know that the court is so secret, and now the lord is willing to tell him frankly, that is, he does not treat us as outsiders, come and come, I will wait for another cup of the lord!"

Li Yu snickered in his heart, raised his glass, and watched them drink it all with reserve, but only took a thin sip. That's called a calm and graceful, if he knows that there is a "fire" in the backyard of the inn at this moment, but he doesn't know if he can still be calm.

In the backyard of the inn, the warbler Yanyan, the group of female porridge porridge, the auspicious girls came back from shopping, and they were elated, but the little girl stepped forward early, and told the work that there were a lot of fox spirits at home.

The four girls were stupid when they heard this.

Old Man Long went to the town and hasn't come back yet. But Li Yu's line, the most is the old man Long from the Longjiazhai brought out of the people, more than half of this team surnamed Long, Long Zuo raised his eyebrows, a command, and ran out of many Long family soldiers when he landed, followed the eldest lady to kill the back house.

auspicious, deep, pretentious, unswerving, and firmly stood on the side of Long Zuozuo, followed closely, and went together, and the Pan lady who was coaxing the child to drink porridge was so anxious that it was called a panic, and quickly handed the child over to the nurse to take care of, and he hurried away......

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