Wang Yun arched his hand and said, "I don't know what difficulties the adults have encountered? Is there a place where grass people can help? ”

What he has seen and heard in Xiangyang these days, with Wang Yun's experience in intrigue and immersion in officialdom for many years, he can naturally distinguish which sentence is true and which sentence is false, and how can he not know what the people want, at least in Xiangyang, the people are all towards Liu Xin. Although Wang Yun can't see the height of "those who win the hearts of the people win the world", Liu Xin is deeply supported by the people, and he has the identity of a clan member of the Han family, if he wants to be the emperor, it will definitely be easy to be accepted by the people of the world. Unconsciously, Wang Yun's attitude has quietly changed.

Wang Yun behaved so enthusiastically, which surprised Liu Xin. However, Liu Xin was known as the king of stealing back then, and he had his own stunts. Not only is he good at observing words and feelings, but his ability to disguise himself is absolutely first-class, even if he doesn't do it deliberately, it is difficult for others to see through his mind. Of course, his set against Ma Yun was completely ineffective.

After listening to Wang Yun's words, Liu Xin's face was not shocked, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried, but said lightly: "Don't worry about these things, Lord Wang has a way to deal with it, and he will naturally say that he knows with Lord Wang when the time comes." ”

Wang Yun was a little disappointed, he was not willing to be deposed as a common man and depressed for the rest of his life, he also ranked three points, Yang Biao and Huang Wan were living more nourishing than in the past, he was unwilling. However, although Liu Xin said that he didn't have to worry about it, he still called him Lord Wang, and obviously didn't treat him as a commoner, so he would have a chance to recover.

Liu Xin saw that Wang Yun's face was cloudy, and he had already guessed what he was thinking, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "Lord Wang, you go home and wait patiently, within these few days, Liu will definitely accompany Miss Minchan to your house." ”

Wang Yun was overjoyed and said: "The grass people are waiting for the adults to come at home!" ”

After two days in a row, Liu Xin did not go to visit Wang Yun, he did not intend to hang Wang Yun's appetite, but it was approaching the end of the year, and some more important things needed to be dealt with urgently.

The Phantom organization lurking in Xuzhou suffered serious damage in the war, not only did many secret spies die, but even the ten carrier pigeons assigned to them were also lost. There was no way to do it, and many people were unable to eat during the flight, and even the rats in the holes were dug up and eaten. And those secret spies dressed as ordinary people, mixed with the fleeing crowd, the pigeons they carry with them have naturally become a delicacy in the eyes of others, how can they be spared.

It is almost impossible to restore the Phantom organization in Xuzhou to the scale and level of two years ago in a short period of time, but fortunately, none of the core figures of the Phantom in Xuzhou City have suffered major casualties, the basic framework is still there, and they can barely maintain their operations, and what they lack most now is funds and personnel.

It's easier to do with money. A few days ago, Liu Xin launched a campaign to donate money and materials to the refugees in Xuzhou, and the original intention was only to enhance the cohesion of the people in the counties under his rule. The result was beyond his expectations, and the donation activities were carried out very enthusiastically, and in just a few days, a large amount of money, food and goods were received, which saved Liu Xin a lot of expenses. In this way, Liu Xin can free up enough funds to support the reconstruction of the Xuzhou Phantom.

However, it is much more difficult to replenish personnel. Because secret agents are different from other personnel, they not only need to master special skills, but also need to go through rigorous training, and more importantly, they require a high degree of loyalty. Liu Xin has always attached great importance to intelligence work, so the Phantom Headquarters in Xiangyang has been recruiting, looking for and training qualified secret spy candidates. However, before that, Liu Xin had already asked Fu Zhi to transfer most of the personnel to the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River. Because there are millions of people there at once, it is inevitable that there will be the fine work of other princes mixed in, and professional secret agents are needed to screen it.

In fact, other princes did not attach as much importance to intelligence work as Liu Xin, and some people would not even go out to a few teams of scouts to inquire about the military situation until before the war, and it was almost impossible for such a situation to be planted in the fleeing crowd. However, Liu Xin can't take it lightly, because he has high hopes for Jiangnan.

Liu Xin knew that for a long time, China lacked precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper, so in later generations, he even set up a special army to be responsible for exploring and mining gold throughout the country. Although Liu Xin and Ma Yun vaguely remembered the general locations of some important mineral deposits, with the technical level at that time, it was very difficult to explore or mine. Even if these deposits could be found and mined, they would cause significant resource costs and environmental damage.

If you don't want to get these resources by mining them yourself, you just have to ask for them. There are two ways to claim it, one is to plunder by force, and the other is to gain from trade. Although Liu Xin attaches great importance to the construction of military power, he is not essentially a person who pushes power, so on these two roads, he is more inclined to achieve his goals through trade means, which is also the main reason why he wants to rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate and reopen the Silk Road.

The Silk Road was a commercial route, but the goods exported were not limited to silk. Liu Xin knew that there were three items that would definitely be loved by the Western aristocracy, so that they could exchange a large amount of real money for the Han Dynasty. These three commodities are silk, porcelain and tea, and Jiangnan is or will soon become an important source of these three commodities, and many of these technologies need to be kept secret. is related to the economic lifeline of the Han Dynasty, how can Liu Xin not be careful?

Therefore, in the matter of reorganizing Xuzhou's secret spy, Liu Xin can only do to transfer money and materials and adjust the existing personnel, and it is precisely because of the overstretched personnel that it took Liu Xin two days of energy, and he can only barely ensure that Xuzhou Phantom can complete some basic tasks.

Finally dealt with all this, Liu Xin was about to ask someone to invite Minchan, but when he saw Fu Yu hurriedly walking in, he arched his hand and said, "Lord Qi, there is news on the grassland." ”

Liu Xin's expression froze, and he hurriedly asked, "Oh, tell me quickly, what the hell is going on." ”

As early as when the Phantom Spy was formed, Liu Xin emphasized that it was necessary to pay attention to recruiting some people from the steppe nomads, so there were not only Huns and Qiang, but also Xianbei and Wuheng people among the phantoms, as well as people of some other nationalities, and even some people from the Western Regions. However, most of the foreign ** that the phantom can recruit are engaged in business, or engaged in relatively lowly occupations, and it is not easy to collect important information within those ethnic groups. Therefore, the news that Fu Zhu brought in a hurry at this time could only be transmitted back by Hu Chuquan and them.

After Hu Chuquan and his party left Xiangyang, they walked very fast until Chang'an. Although it has snowed a few times, the standard of construction of this road is very high, and the counties along the road have organized many people to clear the snow, and the road is naturally unimpeded. Now in the counties and counties under Liu Xin's rule, the people will not be at home as usual in the winter season, and there are many things to do in the market. Although the snow clearing is organized by each county, all the funds required are allocated by the Jingzhou government treasury and never delayed, so there are still many people who are willing to participate in the snow clearing. The smooth flow of roads can ensure that the caravans coming and going from various places will not be affected, and the prosperity of commerce can increase the tax revenue for the government, so these costs seem to be a lot of burdens on the surface, but in fact they are very worthwhile.

However, after Chang'an and continue west, the road is not so easy. On the one hand, most of the roads there have only one foundation, which is not as easy to walk as the roads in the south. On the other hand, the snow here is also much heavier than in the south, making it particularly difficult to clear. What's more, the Silk Road to the Western Regions has not yet been reopened, and at this time, it is somewhat redundant to vigorously organize the people to clear the snow. Liu Xin has never liked to do loss-making business, so naturally he will not spend more effort in this regard.

The speed of the road slowed down, but Hu Chuquan and the others had time to calm down and discuss how to deal with Yu Luo and them after they went back, as for the ideas and conditions proposed by Liu Xin, they had been accepted by Hu Chuquan and the others, and there was no need to think about it anymore.

According to the blueprint that Liu Xin planned for them, all tribes belonged directly to the Han Dynasty, and all the Huns would also become the subjects of the Han Dynasty, and they were all equal to each other. Therefore, Chiwul no longer sees Huchuquan as a big man that his small tribe must rely on, but as a partner on an equal footing. Therefore, for Hu Chu Quan, Chi Wule no longer has the awe of the past, but said with a smile: "Brother Hu Chu Quan, according to the humble opinion of the younger brother, we should not rush to see Yu Fu Luo after we go back, but should try to contact more tribes first." ”

These days, Hu Chuquan has long been accustomed to the change in their titles, and he is now concerned about the interests of his tribe, especially the key is that this tribe is forcibly occupied by him, if he can't get the greatest benefits for this tribe, his prestige in the tribe will plummet, and it is difficult to say whether he can keep the position of the leader of the tribe in the end. For the sake of a few more allies, Hu Chuquan no longer minds these former subordinates calling him brothers.

Hu Chuquan frowned and said, "I also know that we should contact more tribes, but the conditions that Lord Liu gave us are there, and there are only six tribes that enjoy the most preferential treatment, even if you count the tribes with trade guarantees, there are only twenty." But in the entire Xiongnu steppe, there are hundreds of tribes, large and small, how can they deal with these twenty tribes. ”

Gu Tu'an said with a smile: "We can unite several small tribes into one big tribe, in this way, won't the strength be stronger, and it will be much easier to deal with Yu Fuluo." ”

Along the way, he had already discussed with Chiwule, both of their tribes were too weak, even if they got the most favorable terms, the benefits they could obtain in the future were very limited, since this was the result, it was better to benefit everyone, and their tribe would also take the opportunity to grow, as long as they could continue to sit in the position of the tribal leader.