"What? You are crazy! Cui Jiuming jumped up from the chair at once, the piece of meat on his stomach shook up and down, and Cui Jiuming was almost shaken down: "The movement we worked so hard to come up with, you gave it away so easily?" Do you know how much we invest? Today I know what it means to treat money like dung! You are a living example, no, this must not be! ”

Su Ren rolled his eyes: "What does it have to do with you, the money invested in Yuanshan is mine, and your point is negligible!" ”

"Negligible? Do you know how much money I invested? ”

"Then you will deduct the money from the sale of cattle and horses, and this business will have nothing to do with you in the future!"

"You!" Su Ren's shamelessness, Cui Jiuming already knew it clearly, took a deep breath, and sat down again: "What the hell do you think?" ”

"Who? Who else is there in this Shu County besides the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce? Taishou doesn't take care of things very much, Changshi gives tens of thousands of money every month and sends it away, as for that Tang Meng who only wants to recover the northern part of Yelang and be a Taishou, who else? ”

Su Ren shook his head and sighed: "I said that you couldn't see the truth clearly, but I really said it, Brother Sima, you said!" ”

Sima Xiangru had been sitting next to him, listening to the two arguing. In the old days, the two of them would quarrel about many things, this was the case when they supported Wonsan, they were still like this when they took in servants, and they are still the same today. Sima Xiangru has seen a lot, so it is not surprising.

took a sip of tea and moistened his throat: "Don't say anything else, why did Bing Cao ignore Taishou and Changshi to stop this matter, didn't Shopkeeper Cui think about it?" Also, although Tang Meng didn't speak, he naturally knew about the matter of us sending money to Changshi, and he didn't think it was possible in his heart? ”

"It's even more interesting if it's farther away, Shu County is a remote place, because the surrounding conditions are not good, it's not an exaggeration to say that it is a poor mountain and bad water, but after recovering Yuanshan, go to the threat from the west, Tang Meng can immediately wave his troops to Yelang, those Tang Meng's political enemies will not be happy to see it, and Ebony Cliff, a little further, neither the imperial court nor Huainan Kingdom is willing to watch us control Yuanshan."

"Stop!" Cui Jiuming interrupted Sima Xiangru: "Why do I get more and more confused the more I listen, those uncooperative bureaucrats in Bingcao and Shu County will prevent me from understanding, why should other people?" What does our control of Wonsan have to do with them? ”

"You don't understand this!" Su Ren said: "Why do we want to control Yuanshan? To put it bluntly, it's still horses! ”

Sima Xiangru nodded: "In the past half a year, there has been a steady stream of horses transported back from Qiangdi, and we have hoarded more than 3,000 horses in our hands, and there will be more in the future, the soldiers of the imperial court need horses, and Huainan also needs horses if they want to rebel, and Ebony Cliff definitely wants to control this trade route in their hands for their own interests, each family has its own plans, so they don't want to see us dominate!" ”

Although Cui Jiuming is a little tough, he is not stupid, and after listening to Su Ren and Sima Xiangru's words, he also understood: "Is it that our strength can't withstand it now?" ”

Su Ren smiled: "Our strength? Where do we have the strength? Over the years, we have only cared about doing business, and other aspects are a mess, and now it is unprecedented to be able to control Yuanshan, if people want to really do it, we have no way at all. ”

"That can't be handed over so easily!" Cui Jiuming stood up again.

Su Ren smiled and pressed Cui Jiuming back into the chair: "Don't get excited, isn't there still ten years?" In the past ten years, although Yuanshan has nominally returned to the imperial court, in fact, it is still in our hands, according to the current income of Yuanshan trade routes, there are tens of millions of money every year, do you think you have made less money in ten years? Brother, be content! ”

"Hey!" Cui Jiuming sighed: "I admit that what you two said makes sense, but I still don't want to!" ”

Sima Xiangru smiled slightly: "Mr. is also forced to do this, if there is no care from the imperial court, it is indeed difficult for us to continue the operation of Yuanshan, let Yuanshan belong to the imperial court, there is another benefit, from now on the needs of Yuanshan will be handled by the imperial court, we only manage the trade routes, and the rest do not have to worry about it, it will definitely earn more than before!" ”

"Hahaha......" Su Ren laughed: "I didn't expect Brother Sima to also learn to make money, it seems that the Cuixiang Building is not in vain!" ”

Sima Xiangru smiled helplessly: "I'm afraid this is what it is, the one who is close to Zhu is red and the one who is close to the ink is black, I have been messing with you two for a long time, and I have some smell of blockage." ”

Although the Wen Party's recital had not yet been approved by the imperial court, the 3,000-mountain bandit captives had already set off for Wonsan. Hawking and Gou Tianming personally escorted them, without using a prisoner car, only using a rope to tie everyone together, far more freedom than the way prisoners were treated in the past. From Chengdu to Yuanshan, the distance is not far, and it takes only three days to go back and forth.

Su Ren wrote a letter to Zhou Zhong and Sun Er Mazi, explaining his plan, hoping that Yuanshan would send someone to negotiate with Shu County as soon as possible. As for the result, everyone understands that in the end, it must be according to Su Ren's proposal. With Zhou Zhong as the Yuanshan Order, and Sun Er Mazi as the Lieutenant of Yuanshan County, from then on, Yuanshan would be included in the territory of the Han Dynasty, but he still obeyed Su Ren's dispatch.

Chang Shi played chess with Tang Meng in the house, and the game was Su Ren's latest invention of chess. This kind of chess is simpler than the previous Go, easy to play, win or lose at a glance, and soon became popular in the upper echelons of Shu County, and even some high-end restaurants have people playing games every day, becoming Su Ren's third major contribution after tables, chairs and tea soup.

Both of them have just started, and they are half a pound and eight taels. Seeing the opportunity, the red car went straight to the bottom line, laughing and shouting: "General! Tang Duwei, you're going to lose this game! ”

Tang Meng immediately returned to the cannon and blocked the road: "There is still a chance, don't worry!" ”

Often, occupy the middle palace. Corporal Tang Meng, who often jumped off the horse, broke Tang Meng's elephant priest in three or two times, and had already won the battle, and began to sit up straight triumphantly, picking up the tea and tasting it slowly: "I heard that Zhang Dequan has asked Ying to go to Yuanshan to be a military candidate?" ”

Tang Meng, who always paid attention to chess and thought about how to crack the general, nodded: "Hmm! This time Chengdu suppressed bandits, Zhang Dequan was forced by his subordinates, no matter what, he is no longer suitable to lead the county soldiers, and it may be a good opportunity to go to Yuanshan! ”

Chang Shi nodded: "Although the opportunity is good, I still advise Tang Duwei to restrain Zhang Dequan." ”

Tang Meng raised his head and looked at Chang Shi: "I'm afraid I don't need to talk about this, he has already gone!" ”

Chang Shi smiled, lowered his head and pointed to the chess game: "Hindsight plus two rooks, you lost this game of chess, don't do useless struggles!" ”

Zhang Dequan was going to Yuanshan, and Su Ren also knew. The battle of Flying Fox Ridge, Su Ren is Zhang Dequan's savior, although the soldiers who held Zhang Dequan hostage were punished, but it was really dangerous at that time, if it wasn't for Su Ren and Tang Meng arriving in time, Zhang Dequan only died to atone for his crimes, and he didn't control his subordinates, but the defeat was too miserable, more than half of his subordinates died in Flying Fox Ridge, and it was painful to sleep every day.

As the only candidate who was about to go to Yuanshan to be a military candidate, Zhang Dequan specially came to ask Su Ren for advice. When he stepped into the county barracks, Zhang Dequan was infected by the hot training. The county soldiers are the worst soldiers and horses in the country, and they are responsible for arresting bandits and urging food in peacetime, no more than the border army, and even less than the northern and southern armies of the imperial court. And the county soldiers in Chengdu not only have high morale, but the self-confidence that comes out of their hearts is not much even for the two armies of the north and south.

Under the leadership of the gatekeepers, when he came to the Chinese military tent, Zhang Dequan tidied up his clothes, and then followed the soldiers in. Su Ren sat on the main seat and chatted with Sima Xiangru, not knowing what he was talking about, with a smile on his face.

Zhang Dequan knelt on the ground and saluted, startling Su Ren and Sima Xiangru. Zhang Dequan is the deputy general of the captain, and he is also the lieutenant in terms of official rank, and a lieutenant bows to the captain, and in ancient times with strict hierarchies, he would die.

Su Ren hurriedly jumped up and dodged aside: "Lao Zhang, you're trying to kill me!" ”

Zhang Dequan was pulled up by Sima Xiangru and sighed: "I am here to thank Captain Su for saving his life, and this worship has nothing to do with official positions." ”

Su Ren waved his hand: "We are colleagues, you are still the deputy general, the matter of Flying Fox Ridge was originally discussed by us, one attacked and assisted the other, and this matter cannot be mentioned again in the future!" ”

Zhang Dequan nodded again and again. Su Ren invited Zhang Dequan to sit down and let people serve tea: "I heard that Lao Zhang is going to go to Yuanshan by surrendering to the army?" ”

Zhang Dequan sighed: "Hey! This is also a helpless move, Yuanshan was subdued by Captain Su, one is to thank you, and the other is to ask Captain Su to mention something, so as not to get Yuanshan to cause any trouble to the court! ”

"That's what I said, Lao Zhang, I didn't know where I was when you joined the army!" Su Ren smiled: "But if you want to talk about this Yuanshan, I may know a little more than you, the Yuanshan thieves are not willing to be thieves, but due to the situation, there are currently more than 30,000 people in Yuanshan, and 6,000 caravan guards, if you return to the imperial court this time, you can form a thousand county soldiers, and I still think it is better to continue to be a caravan guard for the other 5,000." ”

"Yuanshan is the throat of the Qiangdi trade route, you also know that the Qiangdi is not peaceful now, with these guards can ensure the safety of the caravan, Yuanshan does not have much arable land, can only rely on the caravan to feed, so the caravan is the main source of income for Yuanshan."

"As for Zhou Zhong and Sun Er Mazi? Zhou Chongben is a county magistrate in Tsing Yi County, he has to be a bandit, this person is also capable, Sun Er Mazi is a honest person, as long as you are sincere to him, he will never fail you, Lao Zhang only needs to do two things well, to ensure that the future is immeasurable, the first is to train the county soldiers and caravan guards, and second, to ensure that the Yuanshan trade route is smooth. ”

Zhang Dequan nodded again and again, and arched his hand: "Thank you for the captain's explanation, I will definitely protect the trade routes and train the county soldiers and caravan guards!" ”

"Hehehe! Lao Zhang is too polite! You went to Yuanshan, that is your own person, in the future, my caravan will rely on you to take care of it, come and come, after the business is finished, let's drink tea! ”

Zhang Dequan smiled cautiously, picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.