Chapter 51: Trade Sniping, Plotting Expansion
Hunt stayed here for five days before leading his men out, and it was only then that the caravan of the Aubrey family slowly arrived. That's right, they were late for a long time this time, probably to avoid those caravan people, but Ying Zihan didn't say anything to ask them, so there was no big contradiction between the Qin people and the Aubrey family.
The next step was for the Yulin army to return to Chaoge, and after Ying Zihan and Bai Ling and others considered it, they sent an additional cavalry from the Xuance battalion at the pass. In this way, they will not only have defensive capabilities, but also greatly improve their reconnaissance capabilities and mobility. Half a month made people forget the unpleasant things that happened with the caravans before.
On this day, Ying Zihan was talking to Guan Yi about various human geography in the East in Taichuguan, and then received a report from Ino.
"Your Highness, during this time, the time of the trade between the Caravan of the Aubrey family and us has been repeatedly postponed, and this time they plan to buy our wine directly with gold coins, and did not bring the goods we agreed on before, and now I have detained their goods and have not distributed them, Your Highness has asked us how to deal with this matter. Eno asked
"What is the reason for the Aubrey family to do this, and how do they explain it?" said Ying Zihan with a frown.
Ino said angrily: "We spent money to buy a few people from the other side, and the result was similar to what they said. Attempts were made to restrict the caravans from entering our territory, and the Aubrey family's caravans were subjected to various checks on the way, forcing them to abandon the idea of bringing goods to our territory, and finally had to use money to buy our wine. ”
"Huh," Ying Zihan didn't expect that someone would target him, probably the previous batch of guys who returned in vain. Thinking unsuccessfully, Ying Zihan suppressed his anger and asked, "Do you know who is having trouble with us?"
After hearing this, Ino lowered his head and replied, "I heard that it is the Antonio family. Of course Ino knew what the name meant, but Ying Zihan didn't know. He asked, "What is the origin of this family?"
Ino began to explain that the Antonio family was so powerful that even the royal family had to give them three points of face, and Ying Zihan suddenly felt that trouble was coming. According to Ying Zihan's temper, if he could, he would have wiped out this bullshit family a long time ago, but he couldn't do it. After struggling for a while, Ying Zihan said to Yinuo: "The goods are still sold, but the price is raised, you go down first." "Fortunately, the living materials in Yingzihan's territory must be sufficient now, otherwise he will really have the urge to blow up.
At this time, Ying Zihan remembered the task released by the system again, if he owned the salt mine and iron mine after destroying the two territories, he would not have to worry about these in the next few years. Thinking that he was being restricted, Ying Zihan's anger became more and more intense, and Guan Yi helped him calm down.
Originally, Ying Zihan wanted to wait for the Dawn Empire to start a war with other countries, but now it seems that he can't wait, so he held an emergency meeting in the evening.
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Wang Jian's Northern Army also returned to Chaoge with the Yulin Army, but Ying Zihan disbanded the Northern Army. Ying Zihan selected the most elite soldiers from the 2,000 people of the Northern Army and the 3,000 people of the Tiance Battalion of the Yulin Army to form a 500-strong Tiger Battalion, the battalion was Yang Xixi, and the deputy battalion was Shen Yan. However, except for the war period, Yang Xixi will not stay in the barracks. Ying Zihan is now cultivating Yang Xixi more and more like a personal secretary.
The remaining soldiers of the Northern Army left 800 soldiers stationed in Chaoge, led by Wang Jian, who was responsible for the defense of Chaoge. Then send 300 soldiers to garrison the pass for a long time, Ying Zihan has deployed 1,000 goblins to build camps at the checkpoint, and the remaining 500 soldiers are evenly distributed to various villages and towns, responsible for the defense work in peacetime and the training of the military cantonment. Wang Jian's original character was hard-working, so he had no complaints when he was sent to guard the city. This time, he received the news of an emergency meeting and immediately arrived, speaking of which, he had not yet attended the meeting chaired by Ying Zihan.
Bai Ling, Yang Yuan, Yang Jian and others also arrived quickly, because Ying Zihan had held so many meetings, but this was the first emergency meeting. So, of course, no one dares to slack off.
After coming, they hurriedly found their place to do a good job, looking at Ying Zihan's gloomy face, they were all wondering what was going on, Ying Zihan, who has always been a child's temper, was so unhappy.
Ying Zihan, who had been silent when Ying Cheng, who came last, took his place, spoke: "Ino, you tell everyone about the current situation." ”
Everyone looked at Ino, and then Ino told everyone everything one by one, telling everyone that now the trade in the territory is restricted, and the other party's power is very strong. When everyone heard this, they were very angry and asked to lead troops against the Antonio family. But Hunter, who knew that the Antonio family was powerful, suggested figuring out the reasons and then taking a long-term view.
Ying Zihan ignored everyone, but looked at Ino and asked, "Why did this family target us?"
Ino glanced at Hunter and said, "I heard that the other party sent a prayer post, but I waited for four or five days and didn't reply, so I left the ...... angrily."
Hunter was suddenly a little embarrassed, and wanted to say something but was interrupted by Ying Zihan. Ying Zihan looked at everyone and said, "Don't dwell on these reasons now, we have to find a way to break this predicament." Now the development of our strength has reached a bottleneck, unless the land and population increase, otherwise the strength will not have a big development in the short term, do you understand what I mean?"
The people present are all human spirits, and naturally they hear the potential meaning of Ying Zihan, that is, to fight others, Ying Zihan's current territory can be well defended because of its geographical location, but the outside world can also block their trade to balance them, but if the empire is to blame it after sending troops, it will be a big trouble...
Glancing at the rest of the people, Hunter stood up and asked for his life: "Your Highness, I am willing to be the vanguard of this expedition, and the place where the horse's hooves have stepped is Qin soil." ”
Without waiting for Ying Zihan to open his mouth to fight the jungle, Ying Cheng stood up again and persuaded: "Your Highness, although the victory of this dispatch is in sight, the Antonio family will definitely take this opportunity to attack us again, and then the results of our enduring for so long will surface, it is too unfavorable......"
"Okay, I've already made a decision," Ying Zihan told everyone to listen to the order quietly: "Our development must be rapid, and now that everyone's attention on the mainland is attracted by the demon tide, we must quickly expand our territory." This time, let's take Viscount Hall, their backer is the church, we won't have much problem if we eliminate him, and then we can use this territory to slowly encroach on Viscount Merlin's territory. When we develop, even if the Heilin Principality dares to attack, we don't have to worry. ”
"There is no name for the teacher," Yingcheng continued to admonish.
"It's a very simple question, and you don't have to worry about it. Ying Zihan said in an unquestionable tone. Ying Cheng sighed and sat down. Ying Zihan didn't think so, it was naturally very simple to make an excuse, just make up one. However, in order to block the mouths of some people, Ying Zihan began to formulate a plan with his subordinates.
(This is a chapter that I didn't finish last night, and I didn't write it because I had a stomachache.) By the way, this is the collection to reach 300 plus more, today's update in the evening. )