Jiangnan, Yangzhou.

Yang Guang was flipping through the secret information from the north on the bookcase, and his brows furrowed more and more. Yang Guang successively sent no less than 2,000 men and horses to the dam to follow Yi Feng's side, in addition to Sima Dejiao, Yang Wei and other officers of the Jin Palace's personal guards on the surface, they also entered all corners of Huaihuang through various ways, some pretended to be merchants, some pretended to be craftsmen, some joined the low-level soldiers of the Wuzhou Army, and some were just an inconspicuous nostalgic people, and even acrobatics, singing and dancing, Qinglou Kabuki, Yahuan Xiaowu, etc., Yang Guang worked hard. After Yi Feng unexpectedly gained a foothold on the dam and expanded rapidly in a way he had not expected, he also paid more and more attention to this sharp blade against his brother Yang Liang's back.

The information he was holding was sent back by Sima Dejiao, and several tribes of Tiele moved and went south one after another, and Yi Feng actually led 20,000 Wuzhou soldiers and horses to the north at this time, which Yang Guang did not expect. He didn't expect that in less than a year, Yi Feng, who had pulled up a team of tens of thousands of horses, not only did not fearfully hold on to asking for help, but took the initiative to attack north. After the initial surprise, Yang Guang admired Yi Feng more and more in his heart. Yi Feng went north at this time, it was by no means reckless, Yang Guang, who had an excellent Zanhua Advisory Staff Group, also had a very good military quality, he quickly understood Yi Feng's intention to go north, he did not passively wait to be beaten, and at this time he went north, obviously to rescue Xi and Khitan, the two Tibetan tribes who had long been attached to the imperial court. The so-called lips are dead and the teeth are cold, although the power of Xi and Khitan is not strong. But as long as Yi Feng can support them at a critical time, they will definitely work hard for their homeland. In this way, Yi Feng is under the banner of rescuing the two Tibetans. was able to make the greatest use of the Liangbo people to help him repel the southbound Tiele people, ostensibly to help the Liangfan, but in fact to solve a crisis for him, to protect the border trade market of the emerging Huaihuang Zhuzhen City from being destroyed by the war.

In his report, Sima Dejiao gave a detailed report on the details of the various units of Yi Feng's northbound troops, explaining that Yi Feng's new army, which was originally composed of the Jin Wangfu's northbound guards as the backbone, was already not to be underestimated, especially mentioning the longbow and arrow array of the Wuzhou army, as well as their newly built chariot battalion and the hoplites they equipped with iron plate armor. According to Sima Dejia. After receiving the support of the ordnance craftsmen of several large families such as Shan Xu Su Cheng Wang of Henan, Yi Feng had secretly established an extremely strong ordnance workshop. They even made better coke from coal dug out of the ground, which was better for iron and steel than charcoal. It is highly likely that Yi Feng has already mastered a very beneficial method of steelmaking. Not only has the output of steelmaking been greatly increased, but the quality of the steel is also better. On this basis, the Huaihuang Army has begun to mass-produce cavalry knives, horse swords, steel plate armor, iron arrowheads, etc. A report handed in by Yang Wei also shows that in the past period. Yi Feng quickly integrated the forces on the dam. With the establishment of Huaihuang Border City, Yi Feng made a lot of money. In particular, Yi Feng has several unique commodities in his hands, which are extremely popular and almost monopolistic and have extremely high profits, such as dam salt, dam sugar, dam wine, dam paper, dam iron, etc., which are providing a lot of money for Yi Feng.

Yi Feng also used these commodities to reach a salt introduction method with many merchants in the Central Plains, allowing those merchants to transport grain to Huaihuang in exchange for the purchase and distribution rights of various supple commodities in Huaihuang. With this method, the most important problem of food supply on the dam was successfully solved. Yang Wei claims until now. Yi Feng has set up about 30,000 soldiers and horses, of which about 10,000 town garrisons are stationed in the forts of each town, and the other 20,000 or so are elite battalions that concentrate on hoarding and training, with sufficient military pay and sophisticated equipment. These 30,000 soldiers and horses are all standing troops that are out of production, and the practice is to train troops for five days every seven days. And according to his observations, the Yifeng Wuzhou Army is still in constant expansion.

Yang Guang was a little confused, he didn't believe how Yi Feng did this. To raise a soldier, you must have food, money, and food and pay to become an army. A barren place outside the Great Wall on the dam, the original green forest of Yifeng, actually gathered no less than 300,000 people in less than a year, although this is a little surprising and nothing, after all, the world is still peaceful after the founding of the Great Sui, but the war is not less, the population of various ethnic groups on the border is mixed, and the population is already quite a lot, but it is just that it is scattered and not subordinate to each other in the past. But Yi Feng compiled these 300,000 people into his own roster, and he also pulled up an army of more than 30,000 people from it, and they were all elites who were no less than the imperial court soldiers from various signs.

As for Yi Feng's border market, he made a lot of hot-selling goods, easily solved the problem of money, and thus solved the most important food problem, which really had to make Yang Guang even more impressed by this illegitimate child.

Some people have money and food, and then Yi Feng is very smooth, and there is also a large army.

Yang Guang didn't want to think about it anymore, he had received too much information about the dam during this time, and from this massive amount of information, he had already come to a conclusion that Sima Dejiao and Yang Wei did not lie to themselves. Although he didn't understand the reason, Yi Feng was indeed very good, and he already had an important force that made him have to look sideways.

He put down the secret letter and summoned the guards to invite him to the princess. Xiao Meiniang came over soon, and seeing Yang Guang's worried appearance, she stepped forward to help her husband knead her shoulders and neck while asking softly, "What's the king's troubles?" Yang Guang smelled the charming fragrance emanating from his wife's body, his heart was much more comfortable, he smiled, and said: "Gu was still too underestimated Yang Gao at the beginning, do you know, he may be much richer than Gu now, and he is strong and strong, and he has more than 30,000 elite soldiers under his command." Pei Li told sù Gu, now in Huaihuang, the people there privately gave Yang Gao a name, do you know what it is? ”

When Xiao Meiniang heard her husband call the illegitimate son by the name Yang Gao, her heart ached slightly. "What's it called?"

"Nine-headed Jiao!" Yang Guang said, Xiao Meiniang didn't hear what her husband was thinking at the moment from his words.

"Isn't it called White Horse Silver Spear Yi Saburo?"

"Yes, it turned out to be a white horse silver spear. Now it has immediately changed into a nine-headed Jiao. Jiao, the dragon has no horns. He is now in the wilderness. It can be regarded as a dragon getting water. ”

Xiao Meiniang heard it now, and her husband's words also implied concern about this illegitimate child getting out of control. She pretended to be casual and said: "The concubine just received a reply from Chen Guiren today, in which Chen Guiren likes the golden snake given to her by the king very much, and she also mentioned something by the way. According to her, now the second sage is very concerned about Yi Feng, and a few days ago, His Majesty Xià personally summoned the prince into the palace to inquire about Yi Feng. The prince said something to His Majesty. I heard that it seems that he provided His Majesty with some characteristics of Yang Lin, etc., by the way, he also focused on mentioning a jade pendant engraved with the word Yi Feng. It was the thing he gave to Concubine Yuan back then. In short, now the second sage seems to believe that Yi Feng is Yang Lin, the eldest son of the crown prince and the princess Yuan. ”

"What?" Yang Guangmeng turned his head, his cervical vertebrae clicked, and there was a look of disbelief in his eyes. "What do you want to do?" If there is anyone in this world who knows Yi Feng's life experience best like him. That's the crown prince. As early as sixteen years ago, the crown prince already knew that Yi Feng was the son of him and Concubine Yuan. It was the prince who secretly started to cause a car accident when the concubine went home to save her relatives. At the beginning of the year, Yi Feng's attack on Jiangnan was also planned by the prince's Black Iron Guard. He never thought that now, when things began to spread to his father and queen mother, Yang Yong would actually play such a play. actually took the initiative to recognize Yi Feng as the eldest son of Donggong Yan.

"The prince's position has become more and more unstable recently, according to the concubine's body. The prince's move is very profound. The concubine heard that the concubine married the prince was arranged by the two saints, and when the concubine entered, His Majesty was still the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Later, on the day when Emperor Zhou was enthroned and proclaimed emperor, Concubine Yuan also happened to give birth to Yi Feng. This is not only the prince's son-in-law, but also the eldest son, and at the same time, he is also the first grandson of His Majesty at that time, and the eldest grandson. It is said that at that time, His Majesty was very fond of the newly born eldest grandson, and personally gave the name Yang Lin. Not only that, but he even planned to directly appoint him as the emperor's grandson, but at that time, even the crown prince had not yet been officially established as the crown prince. At the beginning, everyone thought that Yi Feng had died, and the second saint was also sad for a while. Concubine Yuan also had a bad relationship with the prince since then, and the two never came out again, and then the prince gave birth to ten sons in a row, but all of them were concubines, and even the eldest son of the concubine was born with the prince and the Yun family in the palace name. Speaking of which, the prince is not loved by the two saints now, and he has no descendants with the prince, and it has a great relationship with the love of the concubine. Xiao said slowly.

Yang Guang's heart moved, "Are you saying that the crown prince wants to use Yi Feng to stabilize his position in the East Palace?" ”

"It's very likely." Xiao struck while the iron was hot, "The prince recognized Yi Feng at this time, in addition to the father and son finally being able to recognize each other again, which touched people's hearts, it also brought a great change, the prince has a son-in-law, and this son-in-law is still the eldest grandson, who was once very liked by the two saints, and intends to be the emperor's grandson." ”

"But even if the second saint believes that Yi Feng is Yang Lin back then, he has been living in the people for sixteen years after all."

"As long as it is proved that Yi Feng is Yang Lin, then he is still the eldest son of the crown prince and the eldest grandson of the Son of Heaven. Moreover, Yang Lin was loved by the two saints back then, and now Yi Feng, don't you also say that he is very good. Maybe the second saint will look at the eldest grandson who has been lost and recovered, and the already hesitant heart to change the reserve will disappear because of this. ”

It's not impossible, Yang Guang took a breath of cold air, and his heart became uneasy. There is an extremely important system in the patriarchal inheritance system, that is, the establishment of heirs is not based on virtue, and the establishment of children is not based on virtue. Under normal circumstances, there is a grandchild, and there is no grandman. And among the sons-in-law, they are the elders but not the young. Yang Yong has been the prince of Sui for so many years, and the most important thing is that he is the eldest son. Yang Guang only has five brothers, and all of them are brothers of the same mother, and they are all sons, so there is no dispute between the sons of the emperor, in this case, whoever was born early is the heir of the empire. Really compared, among the five brothers, everyone is better than the eldest Yang Yong, but because Yang Yong is the eldest son, he is the prince.

Now, the Son of Heaven has begun to have some heart to change the reserve, the main reason is that the prince has no heir, the eldest son is a concubine Yehe illegitimate son, plus Yang Yong's own talent is not good, and Yang Guang has been planning, so he has a little idea of the Son of Heaven to change the reserve. Just as Queen Dugu said back then, the prince's eldest son, Changning Wang Yan, was not only a concubine, but his mother was originally just the daughter of a lowly craftsman, and she was also an illegitimate daughter in the outer room. In addition, Yang Yan's mother Yun was not only from a low background, but also Yang Yong was just a woman outside at the beginning, and she was able to enter the palace after she became pregnant outside, and she was crowned a very low-grade prince concubine. Therefore, after the birth of this eldest son, the empress and the emperor have always doubted whether this is a royal species. If it is not a royal species, even if it is only a 1 in 10,000 possibility, there is just a trace of suspicion, and the world of the Great Sui will not be handed over to him in the future. And he is the eldest son of the prince, if the prince inherits the unification in the future, a hundred years later, the world is likely to be passed on to Yang Yan, who may be a wild seed.

Yang Guang has always used this as a breakthrough to win the crown prince's position, so as to win support in front of the queen.

But now that Yang Yong actually recognized Yi Feng as the eldest son of him and Concubine Yuan, then things were really not good. In this way, Yang Yongke has an eldest son, an eldest son who is very satisfactory to the Son of Heaven and his wife in all aspects.

Obviously, it is very likely that Yang Yong admitted that Yi Feng was Yang Lin, the son of him and Concubine Yuan, in front of the Son of Heaven. He wanted to use this eldest grandson of the Son of Heaven to consolidate the position of the East Palace, which was now becoming more and more unstable. "Seeing that he is not like such a smart person, he can't think of such a plan."

"The prince is indeed not smart, but the king should not forget jì, the left servant has always supported the prince, this is an old fox."

Yang Guang didn't expect things to take such a turn, he squeezed his wife's hand, "What do you think we should do?" ”

In order to win the storage position, he worked hard, and it can even be said that he took a great risk, and now he has come to this point, but unexpectedly, in the end, such trouble occurred.

"The prince is now a drowning man, and when he encounters a straw, he will also use it as a lifeline, and now he regards Yi Feng as his lifeline, but I am afraid that he will not let go lightly." Xiao Meiniang thought about it several times in her heart, but finally stopped at the point and did not say anything further. But looking at her husband's anxious frown, she felt that her goal had been achieved. (To be continued......)