"Then dare to ask Lord Fang how he plans to cooperate with my sect?" Zhao Ai'er asked unhurriedly, although her tone was very flat, but the trace of excitement in her eyes could not be hidden, Fang Zhiwen didn't know if she was excited about the Taiping Dao being able to cooperate with the forces of the Fengning family, or if she was excited about the realization of her own ideas, this woman was not simple anyway.

"It depends on what your sect needs the cooperation of, in fact, a certain is not very familiar with the situation in Jizhou, and the people of the Yuan family did not say it carefully that day, they just took the person away."

Fang Zhiwen's casual answer contained a wealth of information, which required Zhao Aier and Zhang Jiao to quickly figure out what Fang Zhiwen wanted to convey, otherwise they wouldn't even be able to figure out the other party's intentions, which was not very embarrassing.

Fang Zhiwen said this vague and seemingly informative sentence, but in fact, there is only one meaning, that is, to wait for the price and sell.

Zhao Aier is known to be quick and wise, and almost instinctively grasped Fang Zhiwen's thoughts, but Zhang Jiao seemed to be a little slower, Fang Zhiwen would not look down on Zhang Jiao because of this, Zhang Jiao is a character known for his charm, not for his wisdom, otherwise the good situation of the Yellow Turban would not disappear in an instant.

"Oh, that's the case, the poor road will say it bluntly, I also teach apologetics and protectors, but these protectors are all from farmers, and they don't know how to fight formations, so I don't know if adults can train one or two on their behalf?"

Fang Zhiwen had to praise again, Zhao Ai'er is really not a simple woman. The training of the army on behalf of the Yellow Turban forces is precisely aimed at the lack of formal military training of the Yellow Turban forces, and what is even more interesting is that this requirement is still a very important temptation. Training the apologetic private army on behalf of him, this is a rebellion, will Fang Zhiwen do it and dare to do it?

Once Fang Zhiwen dares to cooperate with Taiping Dao militarily, will these cooperation contents be unintentionally revealed? Will Fang Zhiwen become the mortal enemy of the clan overnight?

From the perspective of negotiation, Zhao Aier has put forward a plan, whether Fang Zhiwen accepts it or not, Fang Zhiwen should highlight his ideas, which also allows Zhao Aier to gradually find out Fang Zhiwen's bottom line and plans. It is a clever response at the negotiation table, this seemingly excessive request is actually very useful, not to mention that this request was said by Zhao Aier. It does not represent the final attitude of Taiping Dao, and Zhang Jiao on the side can deny it at any time.

A somewhat excessive request, which can not only see Fang Zhiwen's final positioning of Taiping Dao, but also test Fang Zhiwen's chips and ideas, and kick the ball to Fang Zhiwen's side. If Fang Zhiwen is not careful, he may be caught in a trap by Zhao Aier.

But it's clever!

"Yes, soldiers are being recruited in Lenan City, as long as they are qualified soldiers. It doesn't matter if he comes from a farmer's background or if he is from a family. It doesn't matter, the important thing is to enter the army. You have to keep the rules of the army. ”

Fang Zhiwen's response is also very interesting, he did not respond to Zhao Ai'er's request, but it can also be seen as a response, Le Nan is recruiting, and regardless of his background, then the people of Taiping Dao can naturally participate, your Taiping Dao people will be mixed into the army for training, whether they will be deserters in the future, or they will retire normally, and finally go to Taiping Dao to participate in the uprising, anyway, it has nothing to do with Fang Zhiwen, even if Taiping Dao insists on relying on Fang Zhiwen, I am afraid it will not be able to climb.

From another point of view, Fang Zhiwen did agree to help Taiping Dao train the army, from this point it can be seen that Fang Zhiwen really has no hostility towards Taiping Dao for the time being, and even encourages the development of Taiping Dao, which also shows that Fang Zhiwen is not a staunch Hanchen, at least, he is definitely not a loyal royalist, as for his relationship with the clan, it is not clear from this answer.

There is also the last sentence of abiding by the rules, which means to warn Zhao Ai'er that once he enters the army, he can only be regarded as a soldier, not a person of Taipingdao, and the military law is strict, so don't say that Fang Zhiwen is ruthless when the time comes.

Zhao Ai'er asked a good question, and Fang Zhiwen answered a clever one, this time it was a tie.

"Oh, how many soldiers are you going to recruit?"

"One or two thousand is no problem, but I'm afraid I can't afford to raise it."

"I have a donation from some kind-hearted people in Taiping Road, in order to help the adults guard the border fortress and protect the peace of the people of my Han Dynasty, I am willing to donate some to the adults as military funds."

"The army has its own provisions, so you don't need to wait for the people to worry about it."

"Yes, there is no army to guard the border, how can there be a peaceful life, adults must not refuse."

"How can a soldier, the important weapon of the state, be controlled by a private person? If you want to do business with Fengning City, then you are welcome, Fengning City is rich in cattle and sheep, and Lelang is rich in wood and iron, and your religion can go to trade at any time. Speaking of which, has your religion always relied only on donations? Don't have your own property? If a certain soldier knows that if he wants to achieve his goals, he needs to support and support a strong army, and he needs to have a large population engaged in production, and he needs to generate taxes and food. ”

Fang Zhiwen's words have two meanings, one is to resolutely refuse the donation of Taiping Dao, or for the price paid for training the army, this kind of thing without a price is very weird, although Fang Zhiwen emphasized that only Taiping Dao needs to trade in Fengning normally, but who dares to reach out to take this kind of good thing easily?

Another meaning is that it is suggesting that Taiping Dao establish normal trade relations in Fengning City, and it is also questioning the self-sustaining ability of Taiping Dao and the code of conduct of Taiping Dao.

"My lord, do you dare to ask what the army recruited by your Excellency in Lenan has planned?"

Zhao Aier first asked her the question she was most concerned about, as for Fang Zhiwen's question about the development model of Taiping Dao, this is up to Zhang Jiao to answer, this kind of programmatic thing, Zhao Aier is not good at acting on her behalf.

"The army is naturally meant to fight, what else can it be used for? There are many thieves in Lelang, and there are even robbers from Goguryeo, and of course there are bandits who cross the border from Liaodong, so it can be said that the thieves are swarming, and the army recruits them, so they naturally want to exterminate these nasty bandits, hehe. ”

Zhao Ai'er completely understood, why Fang Zhiwen didn't need Taiping Dao to pay the price of training the army on his behalf, he wanted to use the Taiping Dao army to fight Gongsun Chan and Goguryeo, thinking about it, Zhao Ai'er even had a feeling of throwing himself into the net, this Fang Zhiwen didn't plan to deceive the people of Taiping Dao to be cannon fodder from the beginning, right?

Speaking of which, Lelang is sparsely populated and indeed lacks soldiers, in fact, this problem also exists in Fengning and Miyun, if Taiping Dao is willing to send someone to help Fang Zhiwen fight, Fang Zhiwen must be very willing, maybe when Zhao Aier made this request, Fang Zhiwen was already smiling in his heart, right?

Thinking of this, Zhao Ai'er couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, and her momentum naturally dropped a lot, this well-known Fang Zhiwen really didn't get along, although he was already very cautious, he finally fell into the trap and automatically stretched out his neck to Fang Zhiwen, which was really pitiful and ridiculous, and Fang Zhiwen cautiously showed a smug look, obviously deliberately hitting Zhao Ai'er.

Although Zhang Jiao is almost in a hurry, he still has no shortage of intelligence, and if he still can't figure out such obvious circumstances and facts, then he is really not suitable to be a leader.

"Lord Fang is really scheming, Lao Dao admires it! However, there are many believers in Taiping Dao, but there is no shortage of people, but I also ask Lord Fang to spare human life, and it is a good thing to eliminate thieves. ”

Zhang Jiao's words were very atmospheric, and he directly admitted the loss in front of him, but he also issued a warning to Fang Zhiwen, and his momentum was not weak at all.

"A certain soldier should abide by the laws of war, and Mr. Zhang does not need to worry about this. It's a question from a certain family just now, is it okay for Mr. Zhang to explain a little bit? ”

In fact, Zhang Jiao may not have thought carefully about Fang Zhiwen's problem, but most of Zhang Jiao's subordinates are from poor backgrounds, and there are not many who can do business, and there are even fewer scholars, and Zhang Jiao and his brothers have been running and preaching for decades, and these brothers are experts in preaching and recruiting believers, but in terms of management, war and strategy, the Zhang brothers are actually quite weak.

Even in terms of diplomacy, although Zhao Aier is an expert-level figure, Fang Zhiwen is still the first to really cooperate with the surrounding forces, which also shows that Zhang Jiao does not have a correct understanding of the surrounding forces, or in other words, the overall positioning of Taiping Dao is very vague, and even vague to the point of completely seeing the surrounding forces as opponents, this kind of behavior of treating all people as opponents is definitely suicidal.

In today's conversation with Fang Zhiwen, Zhang Jiao's biggest gain is that Fang Zhiwen knows that there is a fundamental opposition to Taiping Dao, and still chooses to cooperate with Taiping Dao at this stage.

Now Fang Zhiwen once again raised a question of how Taiping Dao is self-sustaining, and hit the weakness of Taiping Dao, the reason why Taiping Dao has been secretly low-key development for so many years can be said to be a strategy, it can also be said to be a kind of helplessness, Taiping Dao is a rising force, and if you want to develop in a place controlled by the clan, you can only survive in the cracks, although there was a strong support from a certain force at the beginning, but now, because Taiping Dao is already a behemoth, the forces that originally supported Taiping Dao, Now they are more afraid of the Taiping Dao, and even try to infiltrate and divide the Taiping Dao.

Although Fang Zhiwen only asked about the economic potential of Taiping Dao, this economic potential does not exist in isolation, but involves the structure, program and line of this organization, which can be said to be a certain aspect of the whole, and the lack of economic self-sustaining ability will also be reflected in strategic naivety, as well as military defects, etc., and even need to reflect on the problem of organizational structure.

Fang Zhiwen's problem really hit Zhang Jiao's core weakness, if this problem is not solved, Zhang Jiao's organization is always just a group of chaotic people, a group of rabble, as a leader, even if Zhang Jiao is arrogant, he can see clearly the problems he needs to face, in terms of ideals and program, maybe Zhang Jiao can deceive himself, but in front of the real money and food army, what kind of lies are pale.! ~！