Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "Liu Mou's army is very strict, no one in his subordinates dares to say a word, rest assured, as long as the Li family doesn't say it, who knows what connection Liu has with your Li family, from now on, you will declare to the outside world that Liu's army suddenly attacked Xiangwu City and killed Yu Wenhua and his brothers, Yu Wenhua and his civil and military officials, Yang Yu, as well as a group of palace maids and eunuchs, all taken captive to the west, Longxi County was ownerless for a while, and you let Lord Li take the post of Taishou"

When Yu Wenhua occupied Longxi Palace, he strictly sealed the news that Empress Xiao was still alive, and even the vast majority of the palace maids and eunuchs in Longxi Palace did not know about this matter, and Liu Ziqiu naturally kept it secret, and it was impossible to tell the Li family

Li Changshan muttered: "This can also prevaricate the past, but if Yang Xuangan's army goes all the way west, how can the Li family be neutral?"

"Hahahaha, Liu believes that this little thing is not easy to catch for the Li family," Liu Ziqiu smiled and waved his hand, "And Yang Xuangan's target will not be staring at the west now, presumably the old lady also knows"

If it is not for the belief that Yu culture and it is difficult to become a great weapon, the Li family will definitely not choose to cooperate with Liu Ziqiu, Liu Ziqiu knows this very well, Liu Ziqiu knows it better, he is a small person from the beginning, I am afraid it will be difficult to enter the eyes of these thousand-year-old families, in their eyes, they may only be a temporary substitute, the real master in their minds may be Yang Xuangan or Li Yuan, but Liu Ziqiu does not care about the true thoughts of the Li family, this is just an exchange of interests, using the Li family to contain Yang Xuangan, to lay a solid foundation for himself, to win time, and the Li family can alsoTaking this opportunity to completely control Longxi, Liu Ziqiu, the Li family, and even Yang Xuangan should be able to accept such a result, if the Li family is not able to keep Longxi neutral and form a buffer between Hexi and Guanlong, then the Li family is not qualified to be called a great family

Sure enough, Old Lady Li laughed when she heard this: "Since Lord Liu thinks so highly of our old man of the Li family, dare not obey his fate."

Liu Ziqiu arched his hand and said, "You Liu still have something to trust."

If Liu Ziqiu refuses to evacuate Longxi, and even continues to send troops to attack the surrounding counties of Longxi, then the Li family and Liu Ziqiu are completely tied together, just like the situation when the Li family helped Yu Wenhua and the situation, and now Liu Ziqiu took the initiative to withdraw the army, which is equivalent to giving the Li family a second choice, you can choose to continue to cooperate with Liu Ziqiu, or you can choose to take refuge in Yang Xuangan, and the space for cāo suddenly increased greatly, of course, with the jīng of the old lady Li, I am afraid that I am afraid that the possibility of choosing to watch on the wall is greater, but all the prerequisites are based on Liu Ziqiu's withdrawal of troops

Who would spit out the fat in the mouth, in the past, the Li family didn't dare to have this extravagant hope, but now Liu Ziqiu took the initiative to give the Li family hope, and the old lady Li wished that Liu Ziqiu would leave early, and he naturally agreed to what he proposed: "Lord Liu, please talk about the Li family, and spare no effort."

Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "When the first emperor was here, he once sent more than a dozen caravans to invite them to the west, and now these caravans have returned, and at this time they are on the way from Xiping to Jincheng, and they are going to enter Longxi, from Longxi to Xihai, this section has their own Liu, and they guarantee their safety, but from Longxi to the east, I am afraid that there will be many obstacles along the way, and it is inevitable that the old lady will be asked to dredge the passage more conveniently."

"The caravan is back," the look of surprise on Old Lady Li's face flashed, and she immediately regained her composure, and said, "At the beginning of the year, there were indeed more than a dozen caravans assembled in Longxi, and hundreds of carts were magnificent, but I didn't expect that Rì would finally come back today."

Merchants belong to the last class, especially in the eyes of the family, in fact, most of the important trade routes are in the hands of the family, after all, in the conditions of this era, to organize a caravan, involving the source of goods, vehicles, customs clearance documents, and many other matters, but also must deal with the local government, to guard against possible bandits, bandits, if there is no strong family as a backing, any caravan will be difficult

For the family, others often only see their superficial scenery, but they don't know how much money they need to maintain such a scenery, for example, the gold and silver wine vessels used in today's banquet are worth a lot of money, and those girls who accompany wine, singing and dancing are also raised at home since childhood, and they are selected in every way** This can be done in front of the guests, and there is such a big family business, but also to prevent others from worrying, it is necessary to have a guard, it is even more essential, that is also a lot of expenses, and the cost of the local government is also not a few, as for a large family, hundreds of people eat and drink, but second

The Li family lives a life of spending money every day, and the income from the land alone can no longer meet the operation of the family, and the Li family naturally has several caravans of their own, and the largest one is among the dozen or so caravans that went to the West at the beginning of the year. Li Changfeng's two old brothers surprisingly remained consistent in this matter, so they used a lot of resources of the Li family, who knew that the entire caravan had been gone for more than half a year, and there was no news since then, Li Changshan and Li Changfeng were anxious in their hearts, but on the surface, they had to be calm, and now that the caravan is back, not only Li Changshan, but even Li Changfeng is overjoyed, but Li Changshan doesn't want Liu Ziqiu to see his inner thoughts

"Yes, they all came back, although they lost a lot of manpower, but after all, they all made a lot of money, and if those Western goods were transported back to the place, I was afraid that the value would go up one by one," Liu Ziqiu didn't seem to notice Li Changshan's joy, and said lightly: "This trade route has made money, and there will be more caravans between the East and the West in the future, if the old lady does this well, the merit is immeasurable, and it will also benefit the Li family a lot in the future."

Li Changshan's eyes lit up, in the past, the West Sea was controlled by Tuyuhun, and the trade route to the west was cut off for many years, and Longxi could not see the importance of it, in fact, Longxi was also the only way for the caravan, and now Longxi will all be under the control of the Li family, if you make good use of it and use it skillfully, the status of the Li family in the seven families will rise significantly, and he couldn't help nodding and said: "Lord Liu, rest assured, the old man will definitely coordinate all parties before tomorrow summer to ensure that the trade route is unimpeded."

Of course, he understood that this trade route was equally important to the West Sea

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "Don't wait until next summer, Liu has already opened a market and shops in Weiding City, and many businesses can be done this winter, if you have any way, you can help introduce some caravans to the West Sea, otherwise the market that Liu worked so hard to get out will not look good."

Although the family is a whole, everyone has their own interests, just like Li Ran, these cousins may also have their own businesses, but the scale of their respective businesses cannot be too large, and they are not enough to maintain a caravan to go to the west, but as long as Liu Ziqiu firmly holds Hexi Road in his own hands, their small caravan can successfully reach Weiding City

The West Sea is rich in cattle, sheep, horses and all kinds of furs, and there is one thing that is also very tight, that is, green salt, for the Mobei grassland, the most lacking is salt and iron, but the West Sea wasteland is not short of salt, only lack of iron, on the contrary, the quality of green salt from the West Sea is much higher than that of sea salt, in the Central Plains, only high-ranking officials and nobles can enjoy iron, which is a commodity strictly controlled by the imperial court, even if the West Sea, Heyuan and other counties have been included in the territory of the Great Sui, but they are still strictly controlled, but in addition to the lack of iron, there are many things lacking in the West Sea, such as cloth, such as silk, and various medicinal materials, which are urgently needed by Liu Ziqiu, these things are not illegal to be trafficked to Weiding, but it solves Liu Ziqiu's big problem and prospers the economy of the West Sea, and these small caravans can also obtain several times the usual benefits, which can be described as a win-win situation

Sure enough, Li Liran and the others were all happy, and it took a long time for Li Rongqing to put away his smile and pretend to be reserved: "Since Lord Liu has an order, Xiaomin and others should do their best, and Xiaomin will go to visit relatives and friends to see if anyone is willing to go to Xihai, and it will not disappoint Lord Liu."

Liu Ziqiu nodded at this time, arched his hand towards everyone again, and said: "Then Liu will leave everything, please leave everything to you, you will stay."

Having said that, Li Changshan and Li Changfeng, the two old brothers, still insisted on sending Liu Ziqiu out of the gate, and Li Changfeng asked in a low voice when Liu Ziqiu pulled the saddle and got on the horse: "Look at Lord Liu, he is not yet thirty years old."

Li Changfeng's question was a little abrupt, but his hair was all white, if Liu Ziqiu's identity was ruled out, he was just a junior in front of him, and it was reasonable for him to ask like this

Liu Ziqiu knew what Li Changfeng meant and smiled: "Liu is indeed not in his thirties, but he is also a person with a family and a job."

There is no reason for a top family like the Li family to let their granddaughter be a concubine, and Liu Ziqiu just wants to cut off Li Changfeng's thoughts

Li Changshan has already seen through his eldest brother's thoughts, looking at Liu Ziqiu's back gradually moving away, he snorted coldly and shook his sleeves into the house, if nothing else, Li Beiqing will be his successor, but who will succeed Li Beiqing after Li Beiqing is the family affair of the Li family, but Liu Ziqiu successfully intervened in the family affairs of the Li family by appointing Li Jian as the Taishou of Longxi, which made Li Changshan very unhappy, Li Changfeng did not get a response from Liu Ziqiu, Li Changshan was still a little proud in his heart

Li Changfeng was also silently thinking in his heart at this time, how far Liu Ziqiu could go, if Liu Ziqiu just wanted to settle in a corner, then his granddaughter would definitely not be able to give him a concubine, but if Liu Ziqiu and Yu Wenhua, Yang Xuangan and others had the same big mind, and they could succeed, Mingyue would not suffer a loss if Mingyue followed him, Li Changfeng patted his head lightly, and he was destined to not be able to sleep tonight