Chapter 51: The Outbreak of Industry and Commerce (I)
"Tianxiang, you recently went to the West Surrender City, took over the defense of the northern part of Fengzhou, and prepared to respond and set off to assist the three tribes of Dinghu. The Assassin Mansion and I are about to launch a new development plan, and I don't think we can take care of this. In the military camp in the north of Fengzhou City, Li Xuanqing and Xu Tianxiang talked while walking, because they were about to prepare for military and political reform, so the western part of Fengzhou was handed over to Chen Fan, and he took over the post of commander of the first capital, stationed in Tiande City, collected the rest of the Tiande Army, as the eastern barrier, Xu Tianxiang was left in Fengzhou by Li Xuanqing to help formulate the army reform plan.
"Does the lord mean to really help Dinghu them? Hu people have a capricious temperament, so I am afraid that if we help them, we will be bitten by others in the end. Xu Tianxiang knew what Li Xuanqing and the Assassin Mansion were going to do next, but he was not optimistic about the plan to aid the Dinghu Three Tribes, so he was a little hesitant.
Li Xuanqing smiled slightly and said, "I also know that they may be at both ends, but as long as our strength is strong enough, the situation you said will not occur." Besides, they are the two targets I prepared, so let's not talk about this for the time being, and we'll talk about it later. I have one more thing to hand over to you and Chen Yu today, this matter is the main force for us to assist the Dinghu three tribes. After speaking, he ignored Xu Tianxiang's expression, turned back to Su Xiaohu and said, "Order the Flying Eagle Brigade to gather at the school field immediately." ”
Before the words fell, Su Xiaohu, the pro-soldier team who had been following the two of them for a distance of about three zhang, immediately blew a very strange horn, and the sharp sound penetrated the sky, and in an instant, several teams of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the barracks, dressed in gray-brown strange armor, hanging scimitars from their waists, holding spears, and longbows and arrows hanging on their horses.
"Lord, when did this cavalry be trained, look at the extraordinary posture." Xu Tianxiang saw the silent cavalry phalanx in the field, and praised it.
Li Xuanqing nodded, and smiled at Su Xiaohu beside him: "This is Xiaohu's credit, from the selection of soldiers to the daily training, he is single-handed." After a pause, he continued: "The Flying Eagle Brigade is another idea of army building, which is to train an elite, small-scale killer force to carry out small-scale battles or some special missions, such as sneak attacks, assassinations, beheadings, and so on. This is the opposite of the idea of large-scale warfare. ”
"Does the lord mean to let the Flying Eagle Brigade carry out the mission of assisting the Dinghushang tribe?" Xu Tianxiang reacted, his eyes a little surprised.
"Xuanyingwei has sent news that there are currently three main tribes that are hostile to the three tribes of Dinghu or are fighting them, the Naiban tribe in the north, the Keree tribe in the northwest, and the Heichemurwei people in the northeast. The people of Murowei can still be put aside for the time being, they are also making civil disturbances now, and with the suppression of them by the royal court of the Murwei, their actions can basically be seen as a temptation. However, Naiman and Kerebu were descendants of the northern Uighurs who had surrendered to Cheng, and they had no burden at all in dealing with the Dinghu tribes, and there were even rumors that the Ya Tent had been bought, turning a blind eye to the disputes between them and the Dinghu tribes. Li Xuanqing told Xu Tianxiang the news that Xuan Yingwei had heard recently.
"Give you and Chen Yu a month to improve their martial arts skills, find a way to increase their training and adaptability to complex environments, and turn them into real elites. Then execute this plan. Li Xuanqing handed him a booklet, "You study it and think it carefully." Then he took them to the city of the Western Surrender. ”
"I'll leave the rest to you, set off in a month, help the three tribes of Dinghu get rid of hidden dangers within three months, and if necessary, you can send cavalry disguised as Dinghu cavalry to participate in the battle, and it will be used as a training soldier." Li Xuanqing also ignored Xu Tianxiang's surprised eyes, turned around and got on the horse, and the voice came from afar: "Although the attitude of the people of Huanggas is very good towards us, the necessary secrets still have to be deployed. It took three months to complete the implementation of this plan, giving us a three-year buffer time to go south. ”
"Third child, don't worry, I will definitely help you win these three years and unify the world." After a long time, Xu Tianxiang finished reading the plan in his hand, stared at Li Xuanqing, who had already walked away, smiled slightly, and muttered to himself.
Xu Tianxiang's words Li Xuanqing couldn't hear it, at this moment he had already ridden his horse to the gate of the Fengzhou Thorn Mansion, and Cen Tianshi spent so long finally finding the person he wanted - a businessman. It's time for Toyoshu's industrial and commercial development to explode.
"My lord is back, everyone, come out with me to meet you." Cen Tianshi, who was entertaining guests in the Assassin's Mansion, stood up and said with a smile when he received a report from the guards.
Li Xuanqing had just dismounted and was about to enter the door, when a large group of people came out of the hula inside, led by Cen Tianshi. "I've seen the lord every day, and I've seen the inspector later." Before Li Xuanqing could speak, Cen Tianshi had already led everyone to pay homage.
"Sir, don't be polite, please get up." Li Xuanqing smiled slightly, and when he helped Cen Tian up, he smiled at everyone: "Everyone, Xuanqing is in military affairs, and he is late, please don't be surprised." Let's go in and talk. ”
Everyone went back to the house and sat down again, Cen Tianshi introduced the identities of today's people to Li Xuanqing, who was sitting in everyone's seats, one by one, and after a salute, Li Xuanqing also figured out the identity of today's people. The Yuwen family of Taiyuan Mansion in Hedong represents Yuwenli, that is, Cen Tianshi's Taiyuan friend; Jinyang medicinal material merchant Sun Jia's second son, Sun Dazhong; Wei Zhong, the head of the Wei family in the river; He Wenjin, the son of the He family of Yizhou CD Mansion, is a friend of Cen Tianshi's Yizhou; Xu Xingxia of the Xu family of Jinzhou in Shannan West Road, Pei Shixun of the Pei family of Jinling City, and Yelu Yaqi, a descendant of the grassland merchant Hui Hui, plus Murong Hanhai of the local Murong family in Fengzhou, happen to be the eight families.
Li Xuanqing nodded, and said with a smile after a move in his heart: "You are not afraid of the difficult road, you can come to my Fengzhou to do business, it means that you can afford Fengzhou, I thank you on behalf of the Fengzhou Thorn History Mansion and 170,000 people, and at the same time, I solemnly promise that the business development trend of Fengzhou and the output of local handicraft workshops will definitely satisfy everyone." ”
"The inspector was polite. Recently, I heard that the battle of the Hetao not only shocked the enemy in one fell swoop, but also gave me the confidence to come to Fengzhou. Yu Wenli, as Cen Tianshi's friend, stood up at this time and said with a smile: "Before, Cen Tingshi wrote that I still had doubts about the new look of Fengzhou, but now it has all disappeared. I, Taiyuan Yuwenjia, am willing to open a branch in Fengzhou, and I am willing to contribute to the prosperity of the people of Fengzhou. ”
As soon as he said this, the others present scolded one after another, didn't the people who came today want the Fengzhou Thorn Mansion to give preferential conditions? How can you talk about the conditions when the tone is so high? Is the Yuwen family still planning to do business? However, the scene didn't dare to say so, and they all stood up and echoed Yu Wenli's words, and even Murong Hanhai stood up.
"To contribute to the prosperity of the people of Toyozhou, then Toyosu must come up with relatively equal conditions, right?" A shrill tone suddenly came to mind in the perfunctory words of greetings. I saw that Wei Zhong, the only one present who did not stand up, interrupted the atmosphere by making a cold noise, and suddenly made the scene cold.
Li Xuanqing and Cen Tianshi glanced at each other, and a trace of essence suddenly burst out in their eyes, and they disappeared in a flash. At the moment, he smiled quietly: "The people's livelihood in Fengzhou is closed, and Xuanqing has been in charge of Fengzhou for less than half a year, so it is the time when you need your help." Xuan Qing is not very good at business, so Mr. Wei may as well say it directly if he has something to say, and Xuan Qing listens to him. ”
Wei Zhong was not stage frightened, and when he saw Li Xuanqing asking, he only bowed slightly, and said: "Wei Zhong is only a principal of the Wei family, and he is not qualified to guide the inspector on behalf of the master." At the time of the visit, the head of the house instructed that it was up to the inspector to decide what kind of preferential treatment he could provide. ”
Although he said this, no one in the present could despise him. The Wei family has survived thousands of years in the river and is a first-class family. Although it is a troubled time now, and the envoy of the river festival is fighting with Li Keyong again, the two sides have no crime against the Wei family's business, and the reason is that the Wei family is too rich. Although the end of the Tang Dynasty was not the era of big landlords and wealthy families like the end of the Han Dynasty, the wealth and connections accumulated over the years allowed the Wei family to still be able to eat in this era. To put it mildly, the Wei family was able to come to Fengzhou to give Li Xuanqing and Fengzhou face.
Li Xuanqing's eyes narrowed, but he always had a smile on his face, raised three fingers, and said word by word: "Everyone who came to Fengzhou must also be optimistic about Fengzhou." And what Toyosu can bring to you is different from other places. There will be no privileges for you, and there will be no concessions for you. There are only three points: fair and just laws, peaceful and stable environmental protection, and novel and abundant products. In addition to this, the Toyoshu Thorn Mansion will not provide any privileges that undermine fairness and justice. ”
Li Xuanqing's words made the people present fall into silence again, to be honest, Li Xuanqing's conditions were actually not bad. As long as the businessmen have these three guarantees, they will not worry about profits, but the people present are basically representatives of the big businessmen, and the most unfortunate ones are the state and county families, who have long been accustomed to the privileged and monopolistic business environment. There is no privilege, only relying on these fairness and justice, do you want to let them sit in a row with those small people who are ascending to the bucket?
So this silence only lasted for a while, and then it was broken. Wei Zhong stood up and arched his hand at Li Xuanqing and said, "Thank you for the inspection envoy's advice, hurry back to the river immediately, report to the head of the family, and then give Fengzhou an answer." After saying that, he walked out directly.
As soon as he left, Sun Dazhong and Pei Shixun got up one after another to say goodbye, and their words were basically the same, and they went home to report the details, and asked the head of the family to make a decision.
As soon as the four of them left, the living room suddenly became deserted, but Cen Tianshi and Li Xuanqing laughed and didn't say much, but they were a little curious about Xu Xingxia and Yelu Yaqi, who had not spoken or left in the field.
Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "My lord, please forgive me, these families actually came after hearing about the victory of the Hetao, and their purpose is not for business. ”
"They were ordered to come to inquire about Toyoshu." Before Cen Tianshi finished speaking, Xu Xingxia, who didn't speak on the side, suddenly became speechless.
"Oh? Xu Gongzi is very well-informed. Li Xuanqing smiled slightly, a little strange for the silent Jinzhou businessman in front of him, this guy doesn't look like a businessman, he doesn't have the long-sleeved good dancing of a businessman, but he is the kind of person who is silent and boring.
Xu Xingxia also raised his head when Li Xuanqing looked at him, glanced at Li Xuanqing, shook his head slightly, and said: "It's not that I'm well-informed, but Xingxia is also the same as them, and Yang Shouliang, the envoy of Shannan West Dao, also explained before leaving." After all, the great victory of the patrol envoy Hetao has spread all over the world at this time, although Fengzhou is lonely, but the geographical location is very important, and the entire northern situation can be contained at the same time. ”
Li Xuanqing nodded and sighed: "Thank you for telling me, to be honest, Xuanqing, an upright person like Your Excellency, has not seen much, and he is also very moved." It's just that after you tell me this, how will you explain to Lord Yang when you go back? That Lord Yang is not a good person. ”
"That's why I stayed." Xu Xingxia smiled rarely, with a hint of inexplicable brilliance in his eyes.
"Very well, I'll do this for you." Li Xuanqing was stunned for a moment, then laughed and turned his head to look at Yelu Aceh.
"Don't look at me, the inspector is a Hui, and my business is originally in the north, to be precise, I am a merchant who travels to the grassland. Fengzhou is adjacent to the grassland, so when I hear the call of Cen Thorn Shi, I will definitely come. Moreover, if you destroy me and return to the Hui, the patrol envoy can defeat the Dinghu people, and I will come both in public and private. Please rest assured, I have decided to move the entire Yelu family to Fengzhou and settle down. His words can be regarded as a statement of position, so Li Xuanqing smiled and said: "The head of the Yelu family is polite, Fengzhou welcomes the move of the head of the family, I believe you will be able to take root in Fengzhou." ”
"Okay, everyone who should go is gone. Lord, is it time for us to get into the show? Cen Tianshi smiled at Li Xuanqing.
Li Xuanqing nodded, waved his hand to let the pro-soldiers outside the door stand guard, and then sat back on the main seat, nodded towards Cen Tianshi and said, "Mr. Lao will talk to you." ”
Everyone was surprised to see that Li Xuanqing actually set up a guard, and immediately sat up straight one by one, quietly waiting for Cen Tianshi's next step.