"What does Li Cen want to do?" Yang Yi's words were slightly angry.

"Li Cen married his daughter to you, it is nothing more than the pursuit of interests, this kind of thing is mutual, he pursues his interests, and we pursue our interests, there is nothing strange about it."

Yang Yi frowned and thought for a while, and then said, "What is the purpose of the Linjiang delegation coming to Shuzhong this time?" ”

The reception of Li Cen's Linjiang mission was mainly handled by Lu Yuanliang.

Lu Yuanliang said: "Some commercial cooperation, in addition, Li Cen wants to join forces with us to attack the southern land of Daguang. ”

"Attack the Great Light Southland?"

Being troubled by Yang Yi like this, Lu Yuanliang's drowsiness also disappeared for the most part, and he raised his neck and said: "There are three states in the south of Daguang, Qianzhou, Qinzhou, and Zhuzhou, which happen to be in the middle of the Linjiang forces in our Shu, and Li Cen means that we will jointly crusade between the two places. ”

Yang Yi stood up and condensed: "This Li Cen is so powerful, on the surface, he is imposing on the south bank of the Linjiang River with a posture of wanting to fight Yang Jie to the death, but secretly Chen Cang is preparing to attack the three states in the south. If the three states of Qian, Qin, and Zhu are obtained by Li Cen, then he will have half of the country, and he will even be stronger than Yang Jie. ”

Lu Yuanliang nodded and said, "Yes, Li Cen just wants us to send troops together." ”

"You go into details." Yang Yining said.

"What Li Cen means is that he will advance from east to west from Qinzhou Mansion, and we will advance from Gyeongju and from north to south to Zhuzhou Mansion, and the two armies echo each other from afar."

"Kong Hong will borrow for us?"

If the Shu army wants to attack Zhuzhou, it is necessary to rush the pass with a sword, and go south through the Qingzhou Mansion, but Kong Hong has always had a gap with Shu in the history of the Qingzhou assassin, when the Qiongzhou incident occurred, Kong Hong had garrisoned tens of thousands of troops in three hundred miles outside the Jianchong Pass, once Yang Yi Qiongzhou did not go well, he would wave his troops straight into a piece of the pie, and now the Shu army wants to borrow from it, I am afraid it will be even more difficult.

Sure enough, Lu Yuanliang shook his head without hesitation: "Kong Hong will not only not give us a loan, but will also try his best to prevent us from going south, his covetousness for the three states in the south is no longer an overnight thing, and he will definitely not sit idly by, and... Among the princes of the Central Plains, he must be the only one who is greedy. ”

Yang Yi gently patted the lid of the tea bowl on the case, and fell into deep thought, both of them are smart people, and at this point, they have already seen the deep mystery in this matter.

Li Cen Ming invited Yang Yi to jointly conquer the three states in the south, but in fact, he wanted to use Yang Yi to help him drag down the princes of the Central Plains, so as to free up time for him, which was to use Yang Yi as a gunman.

Yang Yi stared straight at Lu Yuanliang, he needed Lu Yuanliang to explain, since Lu Yuanliang had already thought of Li Cen's conspiracy, but still arranged the marriage between Yang Yi and Li Yu, then he must have good intentions.

Lu Yuanliang took a sip of tea and said, "The reason is very simple, this is an excellent opportunity for us to enter the Central Plains in Shuzhong. ”

"Shuzhong, surrounded by mountains, is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, this is a natural danger given to us by God. However, there are naturally advantages and disadvantages, others can't get in, and we can't get out, and this natural danger also hinders our progress. Outside the Weiguan Pass in the north, there is Yu Wenmang of Wenzhou, and outside the Jianchong Pass in the west, there is Kong Hong of Gyeongju, these two men almost blocked our access to the Central Plains, and what is even more irritating is that both of them are at odds with us.

Even if we conquer the country of Da Yue and open up the waterway route, the road is far away, and our large ships are only in the research and development stage, so this road can only be used as an auxiliary, and cannot be used as the main direction of attack at present.

Originally, I thought we could wait a little longer, but the situation in the Central Plains of Daguang is changing too fast, and the expansion of the power of some princes is beyond my imagination. ”

Yang Yi nodded lightly, Lu Yuanliang's analysis is very reasonable, and the plan will never catch up with the changes.

Yang Yi himself grew up in the imperial capital, he knows better than anyone that the wealth of the Central Plains is far from being comparable to the current Shuzhong, if Yang Yi can be given twenty or ten years, he is very confident that Shuzhong will surpass the Central Plains, but unfortunately this is just an assumption, no one will give Yang Yi this time.

The struggle for rights and interests is actually the same as fighting in the ring, either you fight others, or others beat you, and it is just wishful thinking to be safe, and the result will only be that one party falls down and can no longer get up.

Yang Yi and Lu Yuanliang didn't want to be the one who fell, so they had to take the initiative.

Lu Yuanliang said with a smile: "Since Li Cen wants to use us, why can't we use him?" ”

"There are no eternal allies, only eternal interests." Yang Yi doesn't know how many times he has heard this sentence, the allies are actually just using each other, who can use each other to maximize their own interests, that is the final winner.

Yang Yi sighed deeply, Lu Yuanliang's opinion was not wrong, and even Li Cen's choice was not wrong, but Li Yu inadvertently became a victim of the competition between the interests of the two sides, which was a very cruel thing.

Yang Yi doesn't like his feelings to be infiltrated with too much conspiracy, but as the lord of Shuzhong, the first thing he has to consider is the future of the entire Shuzhong.

"I have no problem with this, but I need you to give me a detailed plan, and I can't miss any details, and I am not allowed to play any tricks with me!" Yang Yi stared at Lu Yuanliangdao.

Lu Yuanliang smiled: "Don't worry, I won't hide any details from you this time." After a pause, Lu Yuanliang looked at Yang Yi again and smiled: "It seems that you also care about that eldest lady of the Li family." ”

Yang Yi wanted to say something, but he just said after a long time: "Anyway... Try not to hurt her, she's innocent. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Yi met with the envoy group of Linjiang City, Li Yu did not attend, her identity at the moment was no longer suitable to participate in the official affairs of the two families, and the representative of Linjiang City was a close confidant of Li Cen, Yao Gongfu, the counselor of the Linjiang Assassin Mansion.

The two sides talked for an afternoon and worked out the main terms of the alliance between Shuzhong and Jiangnan, which were roughly divided into three categories, military, commercial and diplomatic. Of course, this kind of thing can't be said on the surface, and Yang Yi will let Lu Yuanliang secretly talk to Gongfu Yao about this matter.

Therefore, the focus of the talks between the two sides was on commerce and trade. If it was in the past, maybe Li Cen would not pay too much attention to the trade in Shuzhong, after all, no matter how good the Shu brocade is a specialty of Shuzhong, it is only one of the famous brocades in the Central Plains.

But now, Shuzhong has opened up the trade of the Great Yue Kingdom, and the goods of the southeast countries continue to pass through the Great Yue Kingdom, and then from Shuzhong to the Central Plains, anyone with a vision knows that this is a big opportunity, which is also the common purpose of all parties to make this time.

For Yang Yi and Shuzhong, they also need to have a close partner in the Central Plains, who can provide a stable channel for the Shuzhong caravan, instead of selling things all over the world and buying things all over the world as before, which not only increases the cost, but also greatly increases the risk, making it difficult to ensure the stability of the market.

Since Yang Yi has already acquiesced in his marriage to Li Yu, this cooperation goal naturally falls on the Li family in Linjiang City.