After several months of training and training, Yang Lian had absolute command over this new army, and built a well-equipped army with the people brought by Yang Lian as the backbone. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is also Yang Lian's luck, these few months, most of the days the weather is very good, Haizhou's salt field has been maximized, every day can produce thousands of catties of salt, such a production is undoubtedly huge, Haizhou's salt merchants every day from the salt field to transport 100 catties of salt, sold to all over the place.

These merchants originally had their own channels, Yang Lian's salt price was relatively low, the color and taste were much better, and it was transported to the Han Kingdom and Khitan, which was very sought-after, and the rich people bought the most, and some people even offered it to the princes and nobles, and it is said that some people got official positions and were responsible for buying salt with salt merchants. When Yang Lian got the news, he couldn't cry or laugh. The big sale of salt made Yang Lian rich and gathered a lot of wealth in a short period of time.

Yang Lian used part of the money to buy grain, ships and iron tools, and on Yuzhou Island, under the auspices of Lin Renzhao, he recruited a group of experienced blacksmiths to make armor by himself, and Yang Lian took time to inspect from time to time. The reason why Yang Lian chose the location in Yuzhou is because Yuzhou is a relatively large island, and as long as the seaside is controlled, no one can land on the island. No one knew what was going on the island, so his plan was carried out.

It's a pity that Yang Lian has no iron ore in the two states of Haichu under his control, so he needs to go to the Han Kingdom to buy it. In the first few months, there was some unhappiness with the Han Kingdom, and even almost fell out, but after Yang Lian's salt entered the Han Kingdom, he quickly squeezed out the salt of Shandong, and after Liu Chengyou ate it, he no longer cared about it, but proposed to buy salt from Yang Lian, at least 2,000 catties per month, to meet the needs of his court.

If you don't make money, you are a fool, Yang Lian quickly agreed, and the relationship between the two countries became stable, Yang Lian didn't understand a little, maybe Liu Chengyou felt that these people were not important. At the beginning of the trade with the Han State, Yang Lian also asked for money, and later directly replaced it with iron ore, which was convenient and direct, and the iron ore was dragged to Yuzhou Island to make iron directly, and the experienced blacksmith master recruited was soon vacated, and Yang Lian also announced that if the iron could be smelted more strongly, there would be a heavy reward.

Yang Lian didn't understand ironmaking, so he handed it over directly to people who are familiar with ironmaking, as the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards, and ironmaking is the same, after a period of hard work, the iron smelted has been greatly improved, and the superior quality also makes the iron strong, sharp and not brittle, after testing, the quality of the iron made of this iron is much better.

With high-quality armor and blades, Yang Lian is equipped with all the recruits, at this time, the new army is only trained and successful, but it is not yet an elite soldier, the real elite soldier has to go to the battlefield, sees blood, kills people, is courageous, and the soldier of a hundred battles is completed. Yang Lian originally wanted to use the Huaibei group of thieves to train his troops first, but judging from the current situation, it seems that it will not work.

In the past few months, the Huaibei group of thieves in the Han State is very fierce, Liu Chengyou sent a veteran Gao Xingzhou, who is nearly seventy years old, led 5,000 troops to suppress the bandits, the group of thieves hid in the mountains, relying on familiar geography, and Gao Xingzhou, both sides have losses, but each other is helpless, Gao Xingzhou can not exterminate the Huaibei group of thieves, Huaibei group of thieves can not beat Gao Xingzhou.

The Huaibei group of thieves once wanted to ask Yang Lian for help, and this idea was naturally won by Zhang De, but Yang Lian refused, he needed iron ore, and naturally he couldn't make too much trouble in the Han Kingdom, but Yang Lian said that he could secretly provide a certain amount of food and weapons to improve the living conditions of the Huaibei group of thieves.

Zhang Desheng had no choice but to accept this condition and returned to the mountains in a gloomy manner.

The more chaotic the Han Kingdom, the better, otherwise Liu Chengyou, who lacks brains, doesn't know when he will kill the ministers of the DPRK and China. At the same time as the Han civil strife, the Tang Dynasty achieved results in Chu, Ma Xicao and the barbarians defeated Ma Xiguang and besieged Tanzhou, he captured Ma Xiguang, killed him without hesitation, established himself as the king of Chu, and handed over all the affairs of Chu to Ma Xichong.

It's just that Ma Xichong is also a fool, Ma Xicao is absurd and unreasonable, he is similar, Yang Lian always feels that the situation in Chu is not stable, and it may be chaotic. However, Chudi became friendly with the Tang Dynasty, but broke off relations with the Han Dynasty, and the reason for this was that when Ma Xicao rebelled, the Han did not support him because of civil strife, so Ma Xicao was deeply hostile to the Han.

The civil strife in Chu is a good opportunity for the Tang Dynasty, it depends on whether it can be grasped, but Yang Lian feels that even if Chu is taken, it seems that no one in the court can hold it, and the reason is very simple, the situation in Chu is special, there are many barbarians, and the economy is relatively underdeveloped, so it is easy for things to happen.

Before the autumn harvest, Yang Lian invited merchants from Haichu and Chu Prefectures to explain a few things, and went to the Han Kingdom and other places in the Tang Dynasty to buy grain. Yang Lian is still exchanging salt, the best-selling salt in the past six months has made the businessmen make a lot of money, and when they heard the orders of the Jiedu envoy, everyone nodded and agreed.

After the autumn harvest, after more than half a year of careful cultivation, the yield has been improved, and the castrated pork has no smell, so that more and more people have begun to raise pigs on a large scale, and the pig manure is used for fertilization, forming a good cycle.

The bumper harvest of grain made the people of Haichu and Chu rejoice, and in the troubled times, it was already out of reach to be full, but now, the people of Haichu and Haichu were not only full, but also could eat meat every three or five times, and if they ate well, their bodies would be better, and the half-grown boys of Haichu and Haichu were much stronger than the people in the Han Kingdom.

A year is going to pass in a blink of an eye, Yang Lian is a little busier, but his body has become stronger, Yang Lian has not spent much time in the Jiedu Embassy, most of the time is on patrol, checking the border defense of Haichu and Chu Prefectures, of course, the most important thing is those unsightly things on Yuzhou Island, today's Yuzhou Island is like a siege, it is difficult for people outside to get in, and it is difficult for people inside to come out.

It's time for the New Year again, and there must be a lot of routine return to Beijing to report on work, Yang Lian wrote an excerpt and handed it to the Son of Heaven, and the King of Qi also has a copy. After explaining the matter, Lin Renzhao was still asked to preside over the affairs of Haizhou, Lu Duoxun and Liu Zheng acted as agents of Chuzhou's government affairs and military affairs respectively, and Yang Lian returned to Jinling.

Back in Jinling, Yang Lian sighed a lot, and Jinling also changed, first of all, Miyagi. Yang Lian promised to give the Son of Heaven salt Yang Lian gave twice as much, which made Li Jing angry, he except for a part of the wine to enjoy, the rest was sold out, and he made a lot of money, you must know that now Haizhou's salt has doubled because of its good appearance and good taste.

More importantly, Yang Lian put the sales target on the Khitan and Han countries, with the purpose of absorbing the financial resources of these two countries, but the sales of Datang were relatively small, so the price was relatively high.

After Yang Lian returned to Jinling, he first went to see the Son of Heaven, and routinely talked about the situation in Haichu and Chu Prefectures, and especially reported on the construction of the fleet and the Huaibei group of thieves, Li Jing couldn't help nodding again and again, Yang Lian said this, he already knew through the excerpt, but listening to Yang Lian, it was different.

Li Jing also knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and Yang Lian was actively working in Haizhou, which would be of great benefit to the recovery of the Central Plains in the future. In contrast, Li Jing is interested in how Yang Lian produces salt. Yang Lian smiled faintly and briefly mentioned it, but he just said that he had changed the method of Tantian, and did not say that he was drying salt in the pool.

Li Jing didn't understand this, and nodded again and again when he heard it. Yang Lian talked to Li Jing for a while, and then returned to Yang's mansion.

"Yang Lian's dog thief is back?" In the Yanwang Mansion, Li Hongji gritted his teeth. Since the last time things failed, Yang Lian counterattacked, his conspiracy to collude with Wu Yueren was exposed, and the Son of Heaven was furious, although he did not kill him, nor did he deprive him of his princehood, but he had already let him think about it behind closed doors at home, and now it has been more than half a year.

Therefore, Chen Dongshen, who lost his official position, was also very dissatisfied with this, of course, his dissatisfaction was not with King Yan, but with Yang Lian. King Yan's loss of power means that he has also lost power, and his career is over, how can he not be depressed and hate Yang Lian to the core? But today's Yang Lian is very popular with the Son of Heaven, and he is almost unshakeable.

Li Hongji is naturally unwilling, but there is no better way.

Chen Dong thought about it carefully and said, "King Yan, in recent months, there has been a kind of Haizhou salt in Jinling, which seems to be made by Yang Lian. This salt is forbidden, although Yang Lian is an official of the imperial court, he is not qualified to make salt, why not use this to impeach Yang Lian? ”

Li Hongji shook his head quite wisely, it was obvious that he knew something, so he refused to do so. Chen Dongshen saw that King Yan shook his head and was silent, so he had no idea.

While the two were talking, the housekeeper came in and said, "King Yan, someone is asking to see you." ”

"Who is it?" Li Hongji asked.

The housekeeper shook his head and said, "King Yan, this person said that he refused to reveal his identity, but he said that there were benefits for King Yan." ”

Li Hongji narrowed his eyes, what is the identity of this person? Could it be Wu Yue again?

Chen Dongshen shouted: "Who is so bold, arrest him, kill him with a knife, see if he still dares to do this?" ”

The housekeeper laughed with him, not knowing what to do.

Li Hongji waved his hand and said, "Okay, you bring him to see me in his study." With that, Li Hongji stood up and walked towards the study.

"King Yan, this person's identity is unknown, if he is an assassin, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable."

Li Hongji laughed, disappreroving, no one would assassinate him at all. And even if he died, it was much better than staying in this Yanwang Mansion every day. After a moment in the study, the butler brought someone in. The man was dressed in thick black and wore a hat on his head, making it impossible to see his face.

After the housekeeper retreated, the man took off the hat on his head, saluted Li Hongji, and said, "I've seen King Yan." ”

Li Hongji looked him up and down and said, "Who are you?" ”

The man pointed to the north and said with a smile: "Han people." ”

"You are from the Han Kingdom, what are you doing here?" Li Hongji asked straightforwardly.

The man smiled and whispered, he first identified himself, this person turned out to be Guo Rong's confidant, and he came to Jinling to give Li Hongji a certain degree of support. It took a lot of effort for Li Hongji to figure out that Guo Rong was originally the adopted son of Guo Wei, the commander of Li Shouzhen in the river, who had stayed behind in Yedu and was now attacking Li Shouzhen in the river.

Li Hongji was very surprised, if it was said that the Son of Heaven of the Han Kingdom secretly sent people to support him, it would make sense, but it was the young Guo Rong, could it be said that he had any intentions? Li Hongji was so distracted that he forgot for a moment that there were still people in the study.

That person was not in a hurry, waiting for Li Hongji to think, after all, this matter is a big deal, and it is normal to need a while to think.

Li Hongji thought more far-reaching, with the lesson of Wu Yueguo the previous time, he would never give others a handle again, the Qian family was capricious, not only using him, but also using Yang Lian, and even handed over the evidence to Yang Lian, this so-called Han man would not be guaranteed to betray him in the future.

Li Hongji also knew that these people also wanted to mess up the Tang Dynasty and profit from it. Among them, it doesn't matter if you make a profit, but you can't harm his interests Li Hongji, this is the bottom line. Li Hongji suffered a loss once, and he will not eat a second time. Li Hongji thought for a while, shook his head and disagreed.

The man was not reluctant, but took out a letter, put it on the desk, and retreated.

Li Hongji tore open the letter, opened it and saw that it was a handwritten handwriting written by a man, with a generous font and a very common demeanor. Of course, in Li Hongji's view, this person's calligraphy is much worse than his father's.

After reading the letter, Li Hongji closed his eyes, he couldn't understand that this Guo Rong actually made such a big move for a woman, although this woman has a special identity, but it is not worth letting him do this at all, right? Beautiful women are everywhere, is that Fu girl worth it?

Li Hongji thought about it for a long time, read and read the letter, and he felt that this so-called Guo Rong was very likely to be Yang Lian's subordinate, who deliberately took it out to test himself. You must know that Yang Lian has been in the Han Kingdom for more than half a year, and he wants to get rid of a lot of people, so he wants to get rid of himself, so he made such a play, if he is fooled and really raises a group of dead soldiers in the Han Kingdom, then he will be in danger.

Moreover, this Guo Rong also said that after killing Yang Lian, he can also kill the King of Qi, so that as the eldest son, he will be made the crown prince by the Son of Heaven and ascend the throne as the emperor in the future, which is a reasonable thing. And what he wants is just a woman.

Li Hongji couldn't help laughing, this Guo Rong, do you really think that everyone in the world is a fool? He, Li Hongji, will not be fooled. Li Hongji stood up, brought the letter close to the candle flame, lit it, and watched as the letter was completely engulfed in flames, burning only a pile of ashes, then he stood up and walked out.

At this time, the sky was already dark, Li Hongji stared at the moon in the sky, and was in a bad mood, Yang Lian seemed to have a mind about him, and the purpose was likely to kill himself. Do I really want to be killed? Li Hongji doesn't want to, and he doesn't want to, he is still young and has a better future, but what is the best way to bring down Yang Lian?

At this time, Yang Lian was already asleep, he didn't know what happened in Yanwangfu, and he didn't know that Li Hongji had suspected that he was the main messenger behind this matter. )