After Xiao Chongjie led the remnants of the army back to Yuanzhou from the front, the situation had stabilized with the efforts of Zhao Xin and his second brother, the economy had recovered, and business travel continued, faintly having the appearance of a heyday hegemon. Zhao Xin was not greedy for power, nor did he want to show his face, and when his eldest brother returned home, he gave him the post of Jiedu envoy, and he commanded the Yuanzhou army.

But Zhao Xin soon found out that the eldest brother was not at ease, and he was very ambitious, not only installed cronies in the Yuanzhou army to replace the original officers, but also used the identity of the eldest son to deceive his father and squeeze out the second brother, bribe officials, and quickly put him in the air, and grasped the military and political power of Yuanzhou. Then he stopped a series of reforms formulated by Zhao Xin, restored the old system, and wantonly amassed wealth to expand the army, with great ambitions to make contributions in this troubled era and revive the Bali Xiao clan.

Dezhou City defeated the Jurchen army with only the power of one state, and forced Yelu Xian to retreat and wait for reinforcements, which has never happened since the Liaojin War. Whether it was the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi who took refuge in Jiashan, or the Tianxi Emperor of Yanjing and Xiao Chala of Xijing, even the local powerful and hereditary lords of the private city, and even the Jurchens who were defeated by them all wanted to get this strong reinforcement.

In this troubled world, everyone knows that there is nothing more important than profit and survival, and Texas will definitely wait for the price to sell when it has this opportunity, and to let it belong, or even just form an alliance, it will have to pay the price. Now although the group of people in Dezhou is headed by Yelu Yu, the former important minister of the Liao State, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is just a big banner to fool the people, and it is still two little-known people who hold the real power - Zhizhou Qiao Kun and Jiedu make Han Quansheng.

Now that they all understand that it is only useful to have a relationship with these two people, and everyone is either rich or noble, who will know these two people, according to legend, the two 'ignorant things' not only let the envoy of the Xijing Left-behind Mansion sit on the cold bench. And he did not continue to chase and defeat the retreating Yelu Xianye, and killed them all. It makes people feel that their attitude towards the Jurchens is ambiguous, and they cannot understand their purpose. And now that my sister may be familiar with them, isn't it a good thing that fell from the sky...

"Big brother, I have been living in the Song Kingdom since I left my hometown for many years, and I have just heard their names, how can I meet them!" Zhao Xin knew that her eldest brother repeatedly asked her why, which not only made her feel embarrassed, but also made her helpless, and denied it again.

"Since you don't know them. Then why did you stop me from clashing with those people just now, knowing that they killed people without blinking? Xiao Chongjie sneered and said, the more his sister denied it, the more he felt that there were ghosts in it.

"Me and them..."Zhao Xin was speechless for a while, and just now he was in a hurry to say that he was gone, but he didn't expect to be caught by his brother.

"I don't have anything to say, Fifth Sister, you don't want to contact them, do you want to help me, or do you have other plans?" Xiao Chongjie asked. He also knew that his actions in Yuanzhou had caused dissatisfaction among his family, and the reason why he took Zhao Xintong to Xijing to attend the meeting was also because he was worried that she would join forces with her second brother again to seize her power. Now my sister is refusing her 'kindness', and it seems that she has left a hand.

"Big brother, I can't hide it. I have had a conflict with their leaders, and I have a personal vendetta. Those who were ordered by him to be chased and killed had no choice but to flee back to Yuanzhou, let them know that I am here. It's only going to cause trouble for Wonju! Zhao Xin sighed and said, she had seen that her eldest brother was hostile to him, and she didn't want her brother and sister to lose harmony when the enemy was present, so she hid the cause and said the consequences.

"Huh?!" Xiao Chongjie exclaimed in surprise, it turned out that this was the case, "Fifth sister don't have to be afraid, although they are strong in Texas, but our Yuanzhou is not easy to bully, the eldest brother will definitely protect you, one day we will be strong and strong to destroy this trouble!" ”

"Big brother, let's not provoke them, that person is so powerful that it is beyond your imagination, Texas is just a chess piece in his hand!" Zhao Xin said with a wry smile, declining the eldest brother's kindness to avenge her.

"Really?" Listening to his sister's words, Xiao Chongde was depressed for a while, no wonder Texas didn't even put West Kyoto in his eyes, it turned out that he had such great strength, he wanted to dominate Xijing Dao, and this Texas became a huge stumbling block in front of him, but they didn't surrender to Liao, and they were enemies of the Jurchens, what did they want?

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In the evening, Zhao Yong set up a banquet in the mansion to entertain the prince, of course, this can only be regarded as a small-scale dinner, plus Qiao Kun and a few chief officers of the Kryu Army are only about a dozen people, according to the old rules, a long table is enough.

"The boss is really a genius, after you came, Texas not only defeated the Jin army, but also the people's hearts were attached, and his subordinates have been operating for many years but they are not as good as your ten days!" As soon as the banquet began, Qiao Kun got up and said that after the implementation of the army and a series of 'benefiting the people' policy, the hearts of the people in the city have changed greatly, and he is much better as a governor.

"Hehe, in fact, this is all your work, I'm just adding fuel to the fire!" Zhao Ta smiled and waved his hand, not taking credit.

"The boss is too modest, the Jurchens attacked the city and seized a large area of land, but they rebelled, and the boss didn't use swords and guns to let everyone return to their hearts, which made me puzzled, and asked the boss to teach!" Qiao Kun Shili said, he is a successful businessman, he thought that with the prestige he had saved in Texas, he could be a good governor, but the reality was so cruel that many people did not buy his account.

"Envy and power!" Zhao Ta took a sip of wine and said, "There is no humanity in the face of violence, and who is not afraid in the face of blood?" Swords and guns can conquer the world, but blind killing can only temporarily make people submit, and blood can only increase hatred; Grace at the right time can bring people's hearts together, after all, a stable and peaceful life is what the people need most. That's all I know, and the truth can only be slowly experienced by you! ”

"Boss, after I arrived in Texas, I knew the righteousness of the newly recruited soldiers, and said that the Han people were a family, but there were few people who could be recruited, and some people still ran to the Khitan people to be our enemy, and then they had to form a new army only by forcibly recruiting young and strong, but when they arrived on the battlefield, it was still a plate of scattered sand, even if they were punished by military law, it was difficult to stabilize the battle formation, and they were defeated after the worst. But now, after the introduction of the 'medal system' and the law of conferring fields, recruits have flocked to the country, and military discipline has also changed greatly, and they are bent on fighting! Zhao Yong also expressed his doubts at this time.

"As the saying goes, no profit is not early, although it is very important to be reasonable, but if you want people to follow the Krup army to the battle, it is far from enough to rely on great reason and persuasion. War is realistic and bloody, and it can attract people to join us, and it can only be a tangible benefit in this troubled world! Zhao Ta thought for a while and said.

Although these words will make them feel sad for the idealistic and aspiring 'revolutionaries', it is true that even in the Red Army in those years, the reason why many people joined the army was to be able to eat enough, have money to spend, and no longer go hungry.

"Oh, I see!" Zhao Yong said suddenly, "Back then, we opened a canal in the house, and we couldn't recruit people, so the prince let me carry a few baskets of money at the door of the house, as long as I signed up and cashed it out immediately, I recruited all the people in the morning. ”

"Yes, yes, there is! Thanks to the boss's tricks, I remember Brother Yong, you also pretended to be Huazi to spread gossip in various villages! Qiao Kun also remembered the incident back then, when he was just a little steward, and the prince was still a child, "Boss, there was a conflict between the Han and Khitan people a few years ago, wouldn't it be that you secretly used the means?" He suddenly remembered that two things were different in size, but they were the same.

"Huh!" Zhao Tan smiled but did not answer, beckoned everyone to drink a glass of wine and said, "Do you know why I went to great lengths to open a canal and repair a reservoir back then?" ”

"It's to transform the fertile land, collect more grain, and let everyone have enough!" Zhang Pu preemptively said that although they did not catch up with the construction of the canal and dam, they knew the importance of the reservoir to the people of Zhuangzi.

"No, it's to defend against bandits, and the main canal Pegasus is sad, just like the moat outside the city!" Zhang Ting waved his hand.

"It's to increase the income of the house, you don't know the embarrassment of the house back then, all the income in the house is only more than 200,000 yuan a year, which also includes the boss's salary and the rewards in the palace, and the expenses in the house are very large, 10,000 yuan can make the chief manager unable to sleep, and he doesn't want to increase his income, how can there be today in the house!" Qiao Kun said.

Everyone nodded now, feeling that Qiao Kun was reasonable, things can't be done without money, and now 10,000 yuan is not a big deal for any of them, but there was no such a big business at that time, everyone was careful with their budgets, and they could enjoy a few dollars in their hands for several days.

"You're right or wrong, my original intention was to keep the people in the Zhuangzi!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Stay!?" Repairing the canal and keeping people are two things that are not related to cattle and horses, but the prince was connected, and everyone looked at the prince in dismay.

"Yes, at that time, there was very little land in our house, and the tenants paid the rent and grain, but they couldn't eat enough, and they were ready to leave after the year!" Zhao Ta said slowly, "Think about it, if everyone leaves, our Zhuangzi will not have what it is today, let alone today's Kryu Army, at most you are in charge of the house, accompany me to walk birds and fight dogs, and be a dog's leg, so what we are doing now is to keep people!" ”

Everyone fell silent for a while, when the prince exhausted the financial resources of the house to build the reservoir, turning the barren land into thousands of hectares of fertile land, just to keep these people in the Zhuangzi, now I want to come to the prince has begun to arrange today's situation.

In the days that followed, the prince relied on these people to build a workshop, organize a caravan, and set up a pro-army, and now as long as it is within the reach of the house, whether it is business or the army, they are the backbone, they are loyal to the prince, never abandon, and even sacrifice their lives. (To be continued.) )