Next, Wu Feng summoned Liang Chongxin, Cui Wenxiu, and Mo Lun to discuss how to cooperate with each other in order to find clues in the shortest possible time and solve the obstacles to local economic development as soon as possible. Both Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu pointed out that the three largest bandit organizations in Qingyang Province were the "Purple Turban Bandits", "Black Tigers", and "Iron Cavalry Club", but now they have all disappeared, and they have not collected any information about their activities for more than a month, so they cannot take action. Wu Feng turned his gaze to Mo Lun, "Mo Lun, what do you think?"

Mo Lun thought for a while, "Our Intelligence Bureau, Police Department, and Security Bureau don't have any valuable information, but I judge that they should still be in our Qingyang territory and haven't left." ”

"Then what is your basis?" Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu asked in unison.

"According to the information we have, the members of these three organizations are more than 1,000 people, and they have been operating in the northwest for nearly ten years, and the base area is estimated to be located in Qingyang. It is said that the Purple Turban Thieves and the Black Tiger both have more than 2,000 people, and the Iron Riders are' The location of Qingyang Mansion is located on the main transportation route, especially after the Luope people were repulsed, the caravans have increased significantly, and it is the most suitable place for the survival of these bandit organizations that make a living by looting, and if they want to abandon this foundation and build another base, they have to spend a lot of effort again, and I think these people may not be willing to do it, this is the second thing; our dominant position here is not very stable, these bandits must wait for the opportunity to wait and see the situation, this is the third thing。 So I judged that they should still be lurking in our Qingyang territory. Moren peeled back the cocoon and analyzed it carefully.

The three of them were all convinced by Mo Lun's words, but Cui Wenxiu immediately asked, "Then where are these people hiding now?"

"This is just my inference, and it's not necessarily entirely accurate. I don't know exactly where, but if I had known, I would have told you a long time ago, and I would still be selling it here. Mo Lun replied angrily, "However, they are a large group of people, although the area of Qingyang Mansion is very large, there will not be many suitable places for them to hide, and the area on the border with Jinzhou and the Grand Duchy of Luzon has a lot of dense forests and deep mountains, I guess it should be hiding in these areas so that we spent so much energy not to find out." ”

Liang Chongxin asked another question: "How are the provisions of these people replenished? This is not a small amount." ”

Mo Lun also nodded, narrowing his eyes, "I'm also thinking about this issue, one is that there is a hole in our monitoring in Qingyang, the second is that they have stored sufficient supplies, and the third is that they are supplying outside Qingyang through special channels. The first possibility is smaller, and we already have multiple monitoring measures in place, which should leave no loopholes. There is a certain possibility of the second one, but even if it is so, it has been two months, and it must be almost consumed, as long as they appear, they will show their feet. The third type is probably the largest, and if these people are a little smarter, they can get supplies from our neighboring prefectures through irregular channels, because their bases may be on the border of these regions. I also ignored this at the beginning, and this is the only way to keep these guys hidden for so long without being discovered. ”

Wu Feng, Liang Chongxin, and Cui Wenxiu all nodded and agreed with Mo Lun's opinion, he deserves to be born in law, and he is really cautious and does not leak.

"It's good, as long as you find out the crux of the problem, then you can prescribe the right medicine. In addition to continuing to strengthen the monitoring of suspicious targets in our own territory, Mo Lun immediately organized people to go to the neighboring Luzon, Jinzhou, Bonan, Yinchuan, Gaochang and other places to secretly monitor those large-scale local grain merchants, their manpower is so large, and the consumption must be not small, it is estimated that they will find those large-scale businessmen, they want to replenish in other places, and they will not take into account that we will go to those places to find clues, as long as we keep a close eye on these people, we will definitely be able to find clues. In addition, we can send some more men to search the parts of our border with the neighboring areas where the terrain is easy to hide. However, it is necessary to be careful not to startle the snake, and if there are any clues, feedback in time, and Mo Lun is responsible for the specific measures. The troops should step up their training and be ready to go out anytime and anywhere. Wu Feng made careful arrangements.

Just when the investigation was in full swing, on February 20, a special guest came to Qingyang Mansion. This person's whereabouts are secretive, after entering the city from the west gate, he looked around, learned about the local social situation and the military garrison, and finally went to the vicinity of the field to observe the military training of the troops, his actions soon attracted the attention of the Security Bureau, just when he left the field, the personnel of the Security Bureau had firmly focused on him, but to the surprise of the security Bureau tracking personnel, this person actually swaggered to the city guard mansion, and posted a request to see Li Wufeng.

Seeing that he was dressed ordinarily, the reception staff was reluctant to explain his identity, so they just blindly asked Wu Feng to meet him in person, so they reported to Wu Feng, who was discussing with Ling Tianfang what the purpose of the recent abnormal transfer exercise of the Yinchuan Prefecture army was, and how to contact and negotiate with the forces around the Luope people. Fortunately, except for the Chidi people, other forces have permanent offices in Qingyang.

When the reception staff reported it to Wu Feng, Wu Feng also felt a little strange. Could it be that this person had something unsightly to say to himself, Ling Tianfang even thought that it would be a make-up assassin sent by a hostile force. As a precaution, Kang Jianguo, the captain of Wufeng's personal guards, personally checked the whole body of the person who came and found that there was nothing abnormal about this person, but there was a secret letter hidden in his shoes, but the person insisted that this must be opened by Li Wufeng himself.

At the same time that Kang Jianguo reported these situations to Wu Feng, the personnel of the Security Bureau also fed back the information to Wu Feng, and Wu Feng couldn't help but become interested in the visitor, so he ordered Kang Jianguo to bring the person to the meeting room.

"I'm Li Wufeng, if you have anything to say, you can say it now. Li Wufeng looked at the visitor with a smile on his face. This is a middle-aged man who looks very ordinary, and from the looks of it, he should have nomadic blood, with yellowish skin, black eyes, but some naturally curly hair, a hooked nose and thin lips, and at first glance he belongs to the strong-willed type.

People were also a little surprised, the young man in front of him was so young, but the arrogant momentum exuded from his body made people judge that he was the master here. "I am from the Western Tengger Grassland, my name is Kalong, and I am a messenger sent by Muruya, the king of our Chidi. ”

Wu Feng and Ling Tianfang exchanged glances knowingly, trying their best to hide the joy in their hearts, they really just wanted to sleep when someone sent a pillow, just now they were talking about how to send someone to contact the Chidi people, in the blink of an eye, the envoy of the Chidi people was already sitting in front of him, it seemed that the Chidi people must have the same idea as themselves, this can be used well.

Wu Feng pretended to be surprised, and hurriedly beckoned someone to take a seat, "Oh, it turns out to be a friend from afar, please take a seat." ”

Caron then took out the secret letter and handed it to Wu Feng with both hands, "This is a secret letter from our king to your lord, please check the seal before you look at it." ”

Wu Feng is also very cautious, secretly using his hands to prevent poison on the secret letter, took the secret letter, looked at the sealed fire paint, after unpacking, there was only one page inside, and only one sentence was written on it: "There is a Caron to your land, and the plenipotentiary represents me to negotiate relevant matters." Muruya", which also has a lifelike wolf's head imprint.

After reading it, Wu Feng handed the secret letter to Ling Tianfang, Ling Tianfang glanced at it, nodded, and handed it back to Wu Feng.

When the attendant brought the tea, Caron took a sip and placed the teacup on the table.

Wu Feng also carefully observed this person in front of him, who could be selected as a special envoy by Chidi, and the plenipotentiary representative of Muruya came to negotiate, and he was definitely not a person, looking at his posture of drinking tea, he should be from a noble family. Nomads are accustomed to drinking brick tea, bitter tea, Tuo tea and other strong and heavy teas, which are very different from the green tea and flower tea preferred by people in the eastern continent and the traditional black tea preferred by people in the middle and western continents. Because the staple food of nomads is mainly beef and mutton and cheese, and they like to drink cow and goat milk, they must drink strong tea every day to relieve oiliness, otherwise people will get sick. Therefore, ordinary herdsmen are accustomed to drinking those brick tea, bitter tea, Tuo tea and other tea leaves, while other tea leaves feel that the taste is too light and tasteless. Only their aristocrats enjoyed the same habit of drinking green tea as the inhabitants of the Eastern Continent. And this person can be seen from the tea drinking posture and the attitude towards tea tasting that he has been drinking green tea for a long time, so it can be concluded that he was born in the Chidi aristocracy.

"This is the best green tea produced in Jiangnan County of our empire - bird's tongue, from the shape of the tea leaves looks like the tip of a bird's tongue, and I also brought it back from Yanjing Zhongzhou, Mr. Special Envoy, it tastes good, right?" Wu Feng also deliberately didn't ask about Caron's intentions, and instead talked to him about the tea ceremony.

"It's light and fresh, with an endless aftertaste, and it really lives up to its name. Half-closed, he nodded with great enjoyment, as if he was still savoring.

"Your Excellency, if you like it, I can give you some of it, but it's not much. Wu Feng rubbed his chin and said with a slurp.

"Dignity of the house, can't you send more? You still don't know what I'm here for. Caron also replied with a pretentious gesture.

"Everyone understands people, Mr. Caron's intention, and we also know that it is easier to talk only when people who understand, don't you say, Mr. Caron?" Ling Tianfang interjected quietly.

Glancing at Ling Tianfang carefully, it seemed that this person was not easy to match, "Oh, that's just right, I hope our conversation can satisfy both parties." A smile also appeared on Caron's tense face, it seems that these two guys are old and cunning things, and if you want to wait for them to speak, I don't know when to wait. "Then we can get to the point. ”

Wu Feng also nodded, "It's okay, as for the tea ceremony, it's not too late for us to talk about business and then come back to discuss slowly." ”

"Our king wants to know about you and see if we can form an alliance against the Ropes. Caron gets straight to the point and gets straight to the point.

"Then what does your king want to know?" Wu Feng asked very casually.

"Your overall strength, especially the strength of the army, the support of the people for you, and the state of defense facilities. "Caron cherishes words like gold.

"The attitude of the common people, I believe that Mr. Caron has already understood, the combat effectiveness of the army, last year's war has been verified, and in terms of defense facilities, Mr. Caron has also seen that we are stepping up construction. Ling Tianfang's understatement was a few words.

"With all due respect, the support of the common people is indeed very high, but I don't completely know the strength of your army, last year's war had a big accidental surname, and it doesn't mean anything, as for your defense, it can now be said to be equal to zero, if the enemy attacks, there is no ability to resist at all. Caron's words were scathing.

Wu Feng also felt that the person in front of him spoke very sharply, and even he felt a little difficult to hear, but after thinking about it carefully, he was looking at the problem on behalf of the other party, and he could see it more clearly and thoroughly, which was the way it was, but many times he didn't want to think about the bad side.

"What does Mr. Ecaron mean?" Ling Tian asked vaguely.

"I want to know exactly what you are doing, and I will decide whether or not to form an alliance with you. Caron's tone was firm.

It seems that this man is a difficult fellow, and I don't know if he is dissatisfied with this little possessions. If not, the covenant may be in vain. Wu Feng and Ling Tianfang exchanged glances with each other and nodded, "Okay, let's think about it, Mr. Caron can take a rest first, and then reply to you after we discuss." ”

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