In the barracks of the city of Urn to the north of Kanmengan, Wanyan Keni, the general of the local army, was sitting upright on a thick leather chair in the yurt room that belonged to him, holding a document in his big hands, carefully reading some of the latest news on the table.

A native of Yanzhou, he joined the imperial army at an early age, but maintained some nomadic traditions, preferring to live in a warm and comfortable cowhide felt house and sit on a huge leather chair made of sheepskin blankets.

He is one of the very few Yanzhou natives who can read, and he does not have to rely on marching staff officers like other generals, which is also one of the reasons why he can stand out and be reused by the imperial court.

Wanyan Keni perfectly inherited the tall and strong Yanzhou people, as the general of the Xiong Zhen army in this place, he likes to wear a sheepskin hat with goshawk feathers as an accessory, and usually wears it, but also prefers the traditional service of Yanzhou people, bright colors, cold and frost resistance, and does not like to wear the standard armor issued by the imperial court.

Some people say that Xiong Zhenjun, a group of locals, is not even willing to change their clothes, that is missing the old master, and if there is an opportunity, they will inevitably rebel in the future.

Yanzhou as the last piece of land captured by the Liangguo Iron Cavalry, the previous hundreds of years has been the territory of the Jin State, when the two countries went to war, I don't know how many Yanzhou children were buried on the battlefield, horse leather shroud, just in the battle of Yanran Lake, it was slaughtered by the Liangguo general at that time more than 100,000, which also led to the relationship between the Yanzhou people and the Liangguo court has been very poor, even with the Xiong Zhen army composed entirely of locals have been discriminated against and guarded, the armament of the whole army, in the Nine Army, is the worst.

Decades have passed, under the unremitting efforts of the Liangguo Imperial Court, whether it is to call on Jiangzhou scholars to come to the border as officials, to benefit the people, or to reduce taxes and encourage trade, under the welfare policy, the people's hatred and rejection of the imperial court have also been diluted a lot by time, but Xiong Zhenjun is still not taken seriously, and the reasons are very complicated, so I will not show it here for the time being.

It is only said that this general soldier is Yan Keni, who has a big face, but has two fancy mustaches, extremely round eyes, and is known as the 'Tiger Eye General', in terms of appearance alone, it is very different from other states, and it is not handsome and handsome, but in Yanzhou, which advocates force, just such a powerful figure is already quite popular with local women.

Just when Yan Keni frowned and looked at the latest military information presented in his hand, there was a sudden noise outside, and before he could open his mouth to get angry, suddenly a soldier ignored the report, directly lifted the bright blanket hanging upside down at the door of the yurt, and broke in in a panic.

"General, General, the little prince you mentioned is here, but we just stopped him at the door! General, what are we going to do? Do you want to send him away?"

Wanyan Keni put down the scroll in his hand suddenly, his eyes were slightly condensed, and the soldier who was shouting loudly was frightened to silence instantly, he thought for a while, and finally sighed and said, "Let him in!"

"But, didn't you say it before, General。。。。。。 ”

The little soldier wanted to say something, but Wanyan Keni waved his hand directly and said, "Go and invite people over, don't grind here anymore, hurry up!"

"Ah, yes!"

Xiao Bing also understood that these things were not for him to talk about, so he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, then held the hilt of his knife and hurriedly ran out again.

After a while, Gu Xuan and Jing Long, under the leadership of the soldiers outside, walked briskly to Wan Yan Keni's yurt.

Gu Xuan first took the initiative to hand over all the weapons he was carrying to the soldiers at the door who were still struggling whether to ask for weapons from them, and then lifted the tapestry and walked in directly.

As soon as he entered the warm yurt room, he glanced at it casually, and noticed that after the table, the chief soldier Wan Yan Keni, who had already stood up, collided their eyes in the air, and hurriedly saluted each other.

Gu Xuan first saluted and said, "I've seen General Wanyan!"

Wanyan Keni held a pair of big hands, and also clenched his fists and said loudly: "See the prince!"

Just when the two sides began to look at each other, Jing Long, who was standing on the side, suddenly said coldly: "General Wanyan, but let us wait!"

When this sentence came out, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward, Gu Xuan glanced at him reproachfully, and was about to apologize, but Wanyan Keni on the other side broke the silence, with an expression full of indifference, and laughed: " Oh, Lord Wang, you also know, we are a border city, there are many official duties, the little cubs who defend the country on the other side are usually not small, recently Hulan Ranch lost horses again, I have no staff officers to rely on, these things are piled up, I am really busy, I was thinking of going to see the prince after finishing the matter at hand, but I didn't expect the prince to take the initiative to come。。。。。。 ”

In front of this person, Gu Xuan couldn't stand up to the prince's shelf, so he quickly interrupted the other party's chatter, and said directly: "It's okay, in fact, let's talk about it, we are disturbing the general, since the general's official business is busy, then I won't beat around the bend, just make a long story short." ”

"I'm sure the Kamagori Sho also told you, I'm here to borrow troops this time. After facing Yan Keni, Gu Xuan directly went straight to the point and said, "My subordinates have discovered a hidden mineral near the king's fiefdom!"

"Minerals?"

Wanyan Keni originally wanted to go around slowly with this little prince, and shake the matter of borrowing soldiers, so as not to offend others, but he didn't expect the other party to directly say the reason for coming, and his expression moved at the moment, and his mind was also alive, and Pu Dingbo's advice was directly forgotten by him, but he blamed the other party in his heart, why didn't he tell him these important news at all, and he would definitely find trouble with this old dog Pu when he turned around.

Gu Xuan saw that the other party was interested, so he quickly nodded and said, "That's right, and it is iron ore and tin ore that can be used to make weapons, and there are even more valuable ores in the depths!"

In addition to tin ore, copper ore, iron ore, etc., which can cast ordinary weapons, there are many strange ores in various parts of the Canghai Realm, such as the jade that Gu Cang likes to hold in his arms all year round for warmth, and the kind of strange ore that can be buried in the ground and can make the entire back garden warm like spring on a cold winter day, as well as the sea tide stone in the Four Seas Mansion that can simulate the environment in the sea, these strange ores have their own wonderful uses and huge value, and a whole vein that can be mined, no one will not be impressed.

"This kind of thing should be reported directly to the imperial court. Wanyan Keni said, "This is the best use of things, what does the prince think?"

Knowing that you want to monopolize this batch of minerals in the name of the imperial court, Gu Xuan secretly scolded the old treacherous and cunning, but his expression was solemn: "This place is near the king's fiefdom, and it was also discovered by my subordinates first, it should be my private property, why bother to report to the court, this king is here today, just to enjoy this batch of minerals with the general." ”

Wanyan Keni's face sank, and he said, "Joint development?"

Gu Xuan nodded and said, "Isn't it beautiful to divide this batch of minerals into fifty-fifty shares?"

"What's the use of asking for so many minerals, can I sell them?" Wanyan Keni said solemnly, "The imperial court strictly prohibits the smuggling of these things. ”

He is different from Pu Dingbo, Pu Dingbo does not seek merit but no fault, as long as Kan Meng'an is fine, the others are not considered at all, Pu Dingbo has his own principles, and he will not give in on matters of principle, but Wanyan Keni's mind is much more complicated, although this kind of thing is said to be a felony of losing his head, but as long as you can give me a reason that I am satisfied with, I don't mind violating the rules and regulations of the imperial court, now he has an interest, but he doesn't want to show it too early and let the other party occupy the initiative in the negotiation.

But since Wanyan Keni didn't mention the consequences of borrowing troops, Gu Xuan knew that the matter had already been completed, and the rest was just a matter of profit distribution, so he said bluntly: "Although the Xiong Zhen Army is also one of the nine armies of the empire, but in the territory of Yanzhou, there is still a bloody army on the head, not to mention the others, this Hulan Ranch is the territory of the general, but can you give a horse to the general?"

Wanyan Keni was said to be in the sore spot, and was silent for a long time, and then said coldly: "What do you mean, Lord Wang?

Gu Xuan didn't have stage fright, and explained calmly: "The general misunderstood, what good will it do me to provoke your contradictions?" I just want to clarify the interests and disadvantages for the general, it is true that Yanzhou is the last state to be incorporated into my Daliang, and the imperial court can't treat you the same as the Lixue Army, but that's also because the military merits of the Lixue Army are far stronger than the Xiong Zhen Army, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the imperial court has nine armies, where can there be so much money and armaments, so all aspects must not be evenly distributed, and the general can be self-sufficient, even if it is to share the worries of the imperial court. ”

Even if this is said in Yan Keni's heart, the nine armies of the Liang State, millions of people, and they are all required by elite standards, even if there are six states in the Liang country to support, there is not so much treasury silver, even if no matter how much the province can't be saved, their Xiong Zhen army is composed of Yanzhou locals, and Yanzhou is the last piece of land that was merged into the Liang country, and the relationship with the imperial court has been poor, it is normal to be discriminated against and wronged, and the good things are given to you, what should you do if you rebel?

The court is not a good hall, resources will naturally be inclined to the absolutely loyal side, for the superior, you can be incompetent, but you must not be two-faced, on the contrary, even if you are capable, not my people, why should I fight for resources for you?

He finished Yan Keni is actually a good mix in the Xiong Zhen army, at least he can be entrusted with the important task of guarding the border city, but as he said, it has only been how many years since the founding of the Liang State, and now it is still about military merits and qualifications, as long as the combat function of the Xiong Zhen army is higher than that of the blood army, and the achievements have been made, the imperial court will naturally tilt the resources over, weapons, armor, grain and grass, war horses, and silver, all of which will be satisfied.

Thinking of this, he forgot all about Pu Dingbo's advice, after all, it was his greatest wish to seek well-being for his subordinates, and it was also what he should do as a general, and he and Pu Dingbo were not the same kind of people.

In his heart, he also wanted the imperial court to see, and began to really attach importance to Yanzhou, and give the people of Yanzhou an equal treatment, these are what they need to fight for, but the imperial court has indeed given all the good things to the blood army over the years, even if they can't share much of the people guarding the border city, let alone other people, if they can really get this batch of minerals, it will be tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow.

Therefore, Wanyan Keni was still moved after all.

"Fifty-fifty shares? The prince just said that he wanted to borrow troops, and it seems that he is planning to do that business, so how can he divide it into fifty-fifty, I want eighty percent!"