"No! Absolutely not! Ma Chongming screamed: "Why do you want my money to build you a city!" I don't promise! ”

The fat man jumped up from the chair and circled around the chair, with an expression of burning his buttocks on his face, and his anxious voice changed his tone.

Wang Huan maintained an indifferent expression, standing motionless, as if he didn't hear Ma Chongming's heart-rending shout. The gaze is like autumn water, without a trace of fluctuation.

"Horse-headed man, don't be impatient!" Qin Liangyu also frowned, and scolded loudly: "Wang Huan must have his reason for doing this, you sit down first!" Surprised, what it looks like. ”

Ma Chongming returned to his seat stupidly, spread his legs and put his hands on his knees, and looked at Wang Huan with a pair of eyes as wide as copper bells, as if Wang Huan was about to rob his wife.

Qin Liangyu slowly said to Wang Huan again: "My son, tell me your reasons. ”

Wang Huan had a kind of respect for Qin Liangyu in his heart, just now he suddenly made such a terrifying request, the old lady didn't even move her brows, she still sat calmly, and her steady attitude seemed to be talking about not a big silver mine that rivaled the richness of the country.

Wang Huan coughed, quickly sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and said slowly: "There are three reasons, one is to resist the enemy, the second is to secure the people, and the third is to plan for the future." ”

He paused, looked at the puffed up Ma Chongming and the calm Qin Liangyu, and explained: "The first enemy, my stone pillar is located in a remote area, surrounded by high mountains and heavy mountains, it is not easy to march, and it is unfavorable to occupy it, like chicken ribs, so the thieves and the Qing army are disdainful, and they are unwilling to spend grain and grass on the labor army, and my stone pillar can be in a corner of the troubled times." But that was before, and what about the future? What happens once the news of the silver mine spreads? As the saying goes, wealth is not exposed, no money is cared for, there is no money and thousands of people are looking for it, the Qing army does not need to say, sooner or later it will enter Sichuan; Zhang Xianzhong's wolf ambition and most money-loving will definitely covet the output of my silver mine and enter the prison in a big way; These two are like wolves and tigers, how can we fight each other? If it can't be defeated, isn't this silver mine a wedding dress for others? It will also bring a disaster to the stone pillar! ”

When this paragraph came out, the faces of the two people in the hall changed, Ma Chongming's expression was stunned, and he sat on the chair unable to move, Qin Liangyu showed a thoughtful look on his face, pondered for a long time, and then nodded and said, "Okay, you go on." ”

"Putting the two aside, there's a dog that bites people, and it's the most urgent." Wang Huan agreed, and then said: "That is the Ming general soldier Zeng Ying who occupied Chongqing, this person was originally a subordinate of He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, with tens of thousands of troops, and great ambitions, I heard that he effectively imitated the meaning of the former Shu Meng Zhixiang, but he was ambitious, but he suffered from no money and no food, and could not strengthen his strength, if he knew that my stone pillar had a silver mine, he would definitely be the first to attack us with the geographical advantage of being close to the water, this person was ruthless, and he would not take into account the identity of the same Ming courtier, and he would definitely send troops to attack. ”

Ma Chongming was speechless, he was so focused on the eyes of the money, he didn't think about the additional problems caused by the opening of the silver mine at a deep level, and then he heard Wang Huan pick it out, and then he remembered that the previous imperial court opened the mine, which was heavily guarded by heavy soldiers to prevent theft and robbery. There are countless big and powerful private gold and silver mines, all accompanied by bloody rain and bloody wind, that produced silver ingots, there is no piece without dripping blood, that is still in the era of peace and prosperity, now the world is chaotic, the stone pillar soldiers are few and weak, at this time the news of digging out the silver mine broke out, that is not like a child wearing a gold crown and silver to take away on the night road all over the strongman?

Qin Liangyu nodded approvingly and said, "What you said is reasonable, Matou Man, do you understand?" ”

Ma Chongming nodded mechanically, his mouth opened and closed, but he didn't know what to say.

Qin Liangyu looked at Wang Huan and said solemnly: "That's why you want to build a city and build a wall in Wanshou Valley to block the only way to enter the stone pillar from the dry road, thinking that the stone pillar is a barrier." ”

She continued: "Establish a city here, but also settle the displaced people, Wanshou Valley is more than ten miles in circumference, the terrain is flat, you can farm the land, and there is no big problem in placing 100,000 people, and the terrain here is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is indeed a good place to build a city, so out of the valley, the soldiers can go west into Shuzhong, attack Chongqing in Chongqing along the Yangtze River, and go north to Rongcheng CD and then map the whole Sichuan, child, am I right?" ”

One law is all over one hundred laws, Qin Liangyu has been on the battlefield for a long time, and she understands Wang Huan's following words in a few words, but she speaks more thoroughly than Wang Huan himself.

Wang Huan bowed down convincingly and said: "The stepmother is very ambitious, and she said what Wang Huan thought in her heart. ”

Qin Liangyu groaned for a while, and shouted to Ma Wannian, who was waiting at the door of the lobby with his ears open, "Hurry up and invite your two uncles to come to discuss the matter!" ”

Ma Wannian was thrilled when he heard it, and was suddenly called by his grandmother, so he hurriedly agreed to run errands, and after a while, he invited Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming.

The two sat down in the hall, first listened to Wang Huan talk about the opening of a silver mine in Tubao Village, and then Qin Liangyu briefly introduced the future situation, both of them were shocked and felt very tricky.

Wang Huan said his proposal again, and the two thought about it for a long time, and felt that this was the only way to ensure the peace of the stone pillar, and they both agreed.

"Auntie, in addition to Wang Huan building a city in Wanshou Valley, my Tusi City must also recruit and train troops in case of contingencies." Qin Yiming frowned.

"That is, that Zeng Ying and the thieves are my defeated generals, as long as there are 3,000 soldiers and horses, I will keep these two thieves from stepping into my stone pillar for half a step!" The burly Qin Gongming said in a rough voice.

Qin Liangyu smiled bitterly and sighed: "It's a pity that my stone pillar is doing his best for the country, and the young and strong in the territory are all out, and I only have five hundred people in the standard camp, and I have divided two hundred to Wang Huan, and the rest of these people are afraid that it is not enough to block the edge of the thief." ”

Qin Yiming got up and said: "When this stone pillar is in danger, I can't take care of it much, please ask my aunt to order, all the leaders in the territory, the clan over thirteen years old, and men under fifty years old, all should be conscripted into the army, and handed over to my brothers and two for strict training, and strive to train a combatable soldier as quickly as possible!" ”

He looked at Wang Huan again, and said with hope: "As for Wanshou Valley, I suggest that Wang Huan be responsible, I believe that the person who can consider the danger of the stone pillar from the silver mine in front of him will have great wisdom and will not let us down." ”

Wang Huan was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "If you can build a city and Tuntian, you will definitely be able to recruit more displaced people to attach, as long as you extract strong men from them and train them into an army, Wanshou Valley will be free to protect itself." ”

Qin Gongming also said loudly: "Okay, Wang Huan, you just have to work seriously in that bird valley, I am your backing, don't be afraid of anything, that Zhang Xianzhong and Zeng Ying are here, I will give him a good look!" ”

This man's tone was rude, full of the true character of a soldier, but it was a heart of love, Wang Huan also bowed to him gratefully: "Wang Huan thanks General Qin for his kindness, he will definitely work hard." ”

Qin Liangyu looked at everyone with a smile, and said slowly: "Since everyone thinks that a city should be built in Wanshou Valley, then it will be handed over to Wang Huan to do it, the silver ore output of Tubao Village, the income of the previous year, is also disposed of by Wang Huan, and it is counted as the funds for building a city, do Matou people think this move is feasible?" ”

Everyone looked at Ma Chongming, the fat man sat on the chair with a sad face, unwilling, but he was even more afraid that there would really be officers and soldiers and thieves to rob the silver, so he had to respond with a bitter face: "It's all up to Qin Xuan's consolation envoy to arrange, I have nothing to say." ”

Wang Huan said with a smile: "The Matou people don't have to be depressed, this city is built to attract the people, it is inseparable from a large amount of grain, there is a shortage of grain in the territory, most of the output of this silver mine has to fall on the head man, relying on you to go outside to buy grain and come back, the profit is ......."

When Ma Chongming heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, yes, just having money can't be eaten, and you have to spend it, the difference profit from this grain sale, hehe, compared with digging silver ore, is also considerable, it is really a lost harvest.

So he puffed up his chest and responded in a glorious voice: "What kind of profit, it is my duty to be able to contribute to the death of the consolation envoy, don't talk about money or not, cheesy!" I, Ma Chongming, will definitely take on the responsibility of buying and selling grain, and the counselor will not push it to others. ”

He is not the only grain merchant in Shizhu, and such a statement shows his profiteer temperament, and everyone in the hall wants to laugh but it is inconvenient to laugh, and it is very hard to hold back.

But in this way, even if the matter of Wanshou City is settled, and he finally has a place to settle down, Wang Huan must be in his heart, and he clenched his fists and breathed a long sigh of relief.