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The wind was bitterly cold, and everyone had to go into the forest, and chose a shelter from the wind to take shelter for the time being.

And they spread their felts on the ground, and gathered up their lichens and withered grass, and raised a fire. They all took tin pots, filled them with snow, and roasted them on the fire.

Some people are so hungry that they just pick up the bread and stuff it into their stomachs, regardless of the dryness. And Tan Zong, a reckless man, directly forked a cured meat, forked it on the fire, and roasted the meat by himself.

Everyone saw Tanzong dressed as a bald monk, but they couldn't help it, and they were already surprised Li Chongjiu asked Li Hu: "Dad, this time, the manager of Lin, and the steward of several merchants said that they want to join the shares, and they want their own family to do the shares, what do you think?" ”

Li Hu heard Li Chongjiu say this suddenly, pinched his beard, and said: "Xiao Jiu, I don't see this matter in a hurry, and we are not in a hurry to use money at the moment, in the past three years, the dart game has also saved millions of money." So let's put this thing aside and talk about it when we want to use the money. ”

Hearing Li Hu say this, Li Chongjiu said: "Didn't you say that you want to open a dart game in Huaihuang Town right now?" ”

Li Hu smiled and said: "There is this plan, but now this money, if it is enough to open a dart bureau, if it is a dart bureau under construction in Mayi County, it can be dealt with now, as for opening a few more, Dad feels that the current step is too big, Xiao Jiu I know that you are in a hurry, I can see that the business of the dart game has been good in recent years, but you can't be in a hurry." ”

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Dad is right, you really can't be too anxious, but my plan is to rebuild this Huaihuang town and turn it into the foundation of our Li family, if the millions of dollars to build the city are not enough." "Base Place!" Li Hu suddenly changed color and asked, "Xiao Jiu, our Li Family Dart Bureau, after all, is just a trader, what do we want to do with the land, this is a rebellion!" You can't do that. ”

Yes, from a commercial point of view, it is Li Hu's plan to establish a dart bureau, but Li Chongjiu wants to build a city here, which is definitely not a commercial consideration in Li Hu's opinion.

Seeing that Li Chongjiu didn't answer, Li Huzheng said, "Xiao Jiu, I know you have ambitions. But people can't be dissatisfied, and now that the dart game is peaceful, what's not good, why follow those homeless people. ”

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "If you build a city by yourself, it is still not enough to talk about separating the world, if you are worried that the imperial court will pursue this matter, you can rest assured that within ten years, the imperial court will not have that mind." ”

Seeing Li Hu's look of disbelief, Li Chongjiu said: "At present, the world is in turmoil, and this year the sage conquered Goguryeo for the third time, but more than half of the troops recruited were lost, so the matter of conquering Liao was hastily completed. The situation in the imperial court is precarious, and it can be said that it is too busy to take care of itself. ”

"So it goes without saying that the imperial court is now enterprising the grassland, and it is good to be able to barely hold the line of the Great Wall, so these six towns, the imperial court will definitely not restore and send troops to defend them. We subdued a ruined town and traded with Mobei here, what's not to do? ”

Li Hu listened to Li Chongjiu's words, touched his beard, and said with a smile: "Also, you see I'm all confused, we are not killing officials and rebelling, nor are we kings here, but we are just building a city." Li Chongjiu saw that Li Hu had figured out this link, and said: "But Dad, do you understand the advantages of Huaihuang Town and building a city here?" ”

Li Hu nodded and said: "Of course I know, it takes three or four hundred miles to find the Xi tribe from the Great Wall in Yanmen County. ”

Li Chongjiu said: "Dad, you are right, but there is another point, not only Yanmen County, Shanggu County out of the grassland, but also here." Li Hu nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't expect this, it is indeed a good place." ”

At present, the situation in the steppe, needless to say, the Eastern and Western Turks have the greatest power, there is no doubt about it, but the Turks are barbaric and martial, and for them, it is definitely more convenient to use their hands to rob than to trade.

Therefore, except for a few large caravans controlled by the scholars who had a long-term cooperative relationship with the Turks, the basically smaller caravans did not trade with the Turks, but chose to set off from Yanmen County and Shanggu County to find the Xi people and the Xi people to do business.

Xi people have always been hospitable, do not have much scheming to make transactions, and are not very wary of the shrewd calculations of merchants, so they are in harmony with the plans of profiteers, which is quite a bit of the taste of stupid money and quick coming. But any caravan that trades with the Xi people, as long as they don't encounter horse thieves or the like on the road, can make two or three times the profit, which is the least, and ten times more is also available.

Li Chongjiu took a bamboo cane and stood in a fairly flat snowfield, and said, "Dad, look here, it is Huaihuang Town." ”

Li Chongjiu poked a spot in the snow, and Li Hu walked over and looked carefully. Li Chongjiu said: "The southwest of Huaihuang Town is Yanmen County from which we came, to the south is Shanggu County, and to the southeast is Zhuo County. ”

From the sketch drawn by Li Chongjiu, it can be seen that a zone like Huaihuang Town is the most ideal at the moment.

First of all, it has been the default sphere of influence of the Northern Dynasty since the Northern Wei Dynasty, where the six towns were located, where the heavy troops were hoarded, so that the grassland departments did not dare to go south to graze horses. At present, although the Great Sui Dynasty has declined, but the tiger power is still there, without more than ten or twenty years of effort, the grassland people will not leave sheep and horses here to graze.

And now that the imperial court has failed to conquer Liaodong three times, and the power of the imperial court has declined, it would be good to be able to hold along the Great Wall.

So along the Great Wall, there happened to be such a gap, which can be regarded as a borderland.

Even if Li Chongjiu said in the future, there will be a certain powerful force in Yanmen County, Shanggu County, and Zhuo County, but according to the Chinese's consistent style of first securing the inside of the Central Plains, under the premise that there is no internal unity within the Central Plains, Li Chongjiu is very relieved about this.

Huaihuang Town is very safe for the Central Plains Dynasty. Listening to Li Chongjiu's analysis, Li Hu couldn't help but nodded, but still said: "Xiao Jiu, you are right, I originally had this idea in my heart, but I couldn't say it vaguely, but when I heard you mention it, it became clear all of a sudden." You can put it on the south side. ”

"But the gap between the grassland tribes and the court you are talking about is only a few years, and when it is more than ten years, if the court declines in the future, and the tribes on the grassland come over? I've heard that the Turks are as fierce as tigers, coming and going like the wind, what if they come here to plunder? ”

"You must know that to establish a sub-dart bureau, the investment is less than a million dollars, and the establishment of a city, not counting the back, we have invested at least 10 million dollars in front, if the Turks come to plunder, it will not be a loss. I can't see it, I can't do it. ”

Li Hu is still quite thoughtful in his consideration.

Li Chongjiu is now in the south of Huaihuang Town, respectively marked Yanmen, Shanggu, Zhuojun, and then turned to the north, this is the direction of the grassland, Li Chongjiu said: "The west of Huaihuang Town is Turkic, the northeast is the five tribes of the Xi nationality, and the north is the Xi people, and the west of the Xi Department is the Khitan, Murowei, and Yao, and near the sea is Goguryeo." ”

The Turks were not mentioned among these forces, because the Turks really wanted to send troops, and no place along the Great Wall, or even north of the Yellow River, was safe, especially when the national power declined at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Otherwise, Xue Ju, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Li Rail, Gao Kaidao and others, and even Li Yuan would have to be vassals to the northern Turks.

However, for the Turks, Huaihuang Town is just a fly meat at the moment, and it will not come all the way. Don't talk about the Khitan, Murowei, and Yan Ya if they are too far away, not to mention Goguryeo on the edge of the sea.

Therefore, the only forces that can really affect Huaihuang Town are Xi and Xia. Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Dad, you are right, this court, the gap that the grassland tribes have no time to take care of, but a few years, but a few years, isn't it enough?" In a few years, the city has already been repaired, and the soldiers and horses are ready, and when the time comes, are you still afraid that others will invade? ”;