After the general left, Li Yang looked at the map on the table and the distribution of troops, the current situation is that the coalition forces are camped along the area of Shuangma Mountain-Dadian Mountain-Cuishan-Tianyan Mountain, half of the territory of Changwei Kingdom and the only road to the outside world are controlled by the coalition forces, and the Manjiang army relies on the complex topography of the dense forest of Xiangshan to confront the coalition army, and the two armies are in a stalemate in this area, waiting for each other to make a move

I recall that the general just said that I should go and find out if Ah Cha Lan has the intention of surrendering, in fact, he didn't just want to end this war that shouldn't have happened through peace, but the general couldn't show a posture of wanting to negotiate peace because of his face, and wanted the barbarian Jiang people to put forward the will to negotiate peace first, so that the priority was clear, but if he could really end this war through diplomatic means, it would be better

This time I can't get it to the Manjiang capital for a few days or more, and the one who can convince these commanders at home is Brother Long, thinking of this, Li Yang came to the camp where Longchuan lived with a pot of wine, and he stood at the door: Brother Long, have you slept

"Not yet, come in."

After entering the camp tent, Li Yang shook the wine pot in his hand towards Long Chuan: Brother Long drank two glasses

Long Chuan was interested when he saw that there was a drink of wine: Okay, it's just right to relieve fatigue

Long Chuan took out two wine bowls and placed them side by side on the wooden pier, Li Yang sat on another wooden pier and tore the wine seal open and put it into the wine bowl to half a bowl of wine

Li Yang: Brother, this wine is very strong

Long Chuan: If you don't get in the way, you can come, why can't you be reluctant

Li Yang: Brother, look at what you said, brother, I'm afraid that you will drink too much

Ryukawa: It's okay, just get there

When the wine was full, Long Chuan picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, then blinked and said, "Ah, this wine is good, but unfortunately there is nothing to drink."

Li Yang pretended to be mysterious and took out two palm-sized dried fish from his sleeves: Brother, this is the dried sea fish that my wife Hengyan dried, I don't know what kind of fish this is, and I will eat one when I am hungry at night

Before I could finish speaking, Long Chuan took a dried fish from my hand, then stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it: Well, don't say it's delicious, you can get me a few dried fish when I go back

Li Yang: Okay, no problem, brother, let's go two

"Let's go one"

Li Yang picked up the wine jug and filled the wine bowl with wine: Brother brother, I am going to the Manjiang Capital tomorrow, can you bother the old brother at home to help take care of it for a few days

Long Chuan: Why did you suddenly think about going to the Manjiang Capital?

Li Yang: Brother, didn't I go to the Manjiang Capital once before?

Long Chuan: "Hmm", I know about this

Li Yang: The general ordered me to go to the Manjiang capital to find out if Acha had any intention of surrendering

Longchuan: "Oh, what's going on, now that the two armies are deadlocked, you have to be more careful when you go at this time, you don't have to bring more people, and you can take care of anything."

Li Yang: It would be safer if I didn't have to go by myself

Long Chuan: The general ordered you to find out what Acha was talking about, and it seems that this battle will not last long

Li Yang: I feel the same, but there is one thing I don't understand, I have advised Acha and the general to end this war through diplomacy, and Achea told me that the time has not yet come to negotiate peace with the coalition forces, and the general is not willing to negotiate peace and insists on fighting this battle, and if the two sides can negotiate peace earlier, there will not be so many people dying for no reason

Long Chuan picked up the wine bowl and gestured to take a sip first: Brother, you are not in the officialdom and do not know the mystery of this

Li Yang looked puzzled: Please also ask my brother to teach

Long Chuan: War is just a means between countries to achieve the goal, no matter how tragic the war is, how many people will eventually end the war by diplomatic means, the dominant side in the war will have the initiative and the right to speak, put forward favorable conditions for themselves, Ah Cha Mo told you that the time to negotiate peace has not yet arrived, he wants to use war to seek some kind of benefits for the barbarian Jiang people, the general insisted on fighting this battle, one is to deter those who have anti-righteousness, and the other is the opportunity to promote peace talks between the two sides only by having an advantage in the war

Now all the troops of the coalition army are blocked at the gate of Changwei country, the general feels that the time is ripe for peace talks, brother, the success of your trip is related to the trend of the entire war situation, if the two armies stop the army can avoid unnecessary casualties, in case the negotiation is not close to the time when the coalition army and the barbarian Jiang rebels fight to the death

Li Yang: "Oh, I understand, thank you brother for your advice, brother, this bowl of wine, brother respects you."

"Come on—tonight, our brothers won't get drunk and won't return"

Li Yang, who likes to sleep lazy on weekdays, doesn't know what's wrong today, he has just woken up when he realizes that it is a little bright, he looks at the time outside, and he thinks about squinting on the bed for a while, but he can't sleep with his eyes closed, and he is a little uncomfortable, so he sat up from the bed mountain, and thought that he was going to the Manjiang Capital Department today, he simply packed up the things he wanted to bring, and after breakfast, he asked people to invite the commanders of the battalions and Hai Thunderbolt Longchuan to the camp tent

When everyone arrived, he told everyone about going to the Manjiang Capital Department, but he didn't say what he was going to do, but just explained to everyone that during his absence, the affairs in the militia were temporarily decided by Hai Thunderbolt Longchuan

When the two brothers Li Zuo and Li You heard that I was going to the Manjiang Capital, they came over with a smile: The Great Commander, our two brothers, would like to accompany you to go together

Iron Mountain: The two brothers would like to go with me

Li Yang looked at the two brothers and then at Tie Shan, remembering that Ah Cha had warned himself that Tie Shan wanted to kill me: This time, you don't need so many people to just go with me, Li Pingping and I can just go with me, you stay at home, you should train and train, you should build a camp, build a camp, build a camp, and do everything

"It's the Grand Commander"

Li Yang bowed to Longchuan: My brother is tired

Ryuchuan: Don't worry

Arrange everything properly, the two brothers left the Tianyan Mountain camp with a package on their backs, Li Yang held a weed in his mouth, put his hands into his sleeves, and took a leisurely little square step, Li Pingping hung a pair of pumpkin hammers on his waist, holding a chicken leg in one hand, and followed me all the way. Seeing that his brother's dress is no different from ordinary people, it is difficult to associate him with the two generals who lead the troops

As soon as he entered the dense forest of Xiangshan, he walked for nearly a thousand meters, and a group of barbarian ginger warriors with wooden masks rushed out of the grass and surrounded the two brothers: "Who are you who dare to break into our wild ginger holy land, Xiangshan dense forest?"

Seeing this, Li Pingping picked up the pumpkin hammer hanging on her waist and was about to go up to them, Li Yang pulled Li Pingping and arched her hands to this group of barbarian Jiang warriors: Li Yang, the head of the Li family in Xia Alan County, came to visit King Achalan today and took a few of our brothers to see him

The barbarian warriors looked us up and down: "We can take you to King Acharan, but you must hand over the weapons you carry with you."

Li Yang: "Haha", I understand the rules

Then I looked at Li Pingping: the third child gave them weapons

Li Pingping swayed and handed over a pair of pumpkin hammers with a very reluctant look, and as soon as the ginger warrior took the pair of pumpkin hammers, he fell to his head, he didn't expect this pair of pumpkin hammers to be so heavy

Li Yang: Do you have to blindfold me when I go to the capital?

Warrior Ginger: You don't have to be around here, a few of them will take you there

After saying that, two brute ginger warriors made a gesture of please to the two of us: Come with me

Under the leadership of the barbarian ginger warriors, we walked all morning before coming to the place where Achalan encamped, and when we arrived outside the camp, the barbarian ginger warriors asked me and Li Pingping to wait here and let him in to report, after the barbarian ginger warriors reported a word, Dorjee came out of the camp to greet us, and he began to complain to me when we met, "Li family master, you are not interesting enough, if I don't retreat, I will be burned to death by the fire."

Li Yang showed a simple smile: The Dorjee brothers' military orders are like a mountain, but I don't want to meet your soldiers, I can't force you back with dozens of rounds of arrow rain, so I have to set fire to the mountain and force you back, where the Dorjee brothers are offended, I am here to make amends for you

Dorjee punched Li Yang in the chest, the strength was not too big, but it was not small, "Even if you make amends to me," after speaking, he made a gesture of invitation to me and Li Pingping with his hand

Dorjee led me and Li Pingping to Ah Cha Lan's tent, and as soon as I entered the camp, Ah Cha Lan enthusiastically opened his arms and walked towards me, out of politeness, I also opened my arms to greet him, and he briefly hugged him, "Li family master, don't come to harm."

Li Yang: Thanks to King Acharan, everything is fine

Ah Cha Mo put his hand on my back, and then led me to the chair and motioned for me to sit down: "Master Li, if you have anything to do at this juncture, you can tell me directly."

Li Yang: King Achalan is here to discuss some business matters with your ministry this time

Ah Chalan: Master Li, should you have to change people with us this time?

Li Yang hurriedly shook his hand: King Achalan, you misunderstood, the business I said is the kind that can make money

Ah Cha muttered, "Oh, that's it, then you can tell it."

Li Yang: Before King Acharan, your tribesmen used to make money by selling things on weekdays

Ah Cha thought for a while: wood, fur, herbs, fruits, coal, iron ore, kerosene, probably enough

Li Yang: That's not much

Dorjee: The head of the Li family, King Acharan, just said a rough idea, and I'll give you a detailed explanation

Acha: Tell him more about Dorjee

Dorjee: Wood has Nanmu - Zinan - Golden Silk Nan - Yellow Sandalwood - Rosewood - Black Iron Wood - Red Iron Wood - Purple Oil Wood - Pine - Elm - Camphor - White Birch - Oak Wood, among which the price of Golden Silk Nan - Black Iron Wood and Red Iron Wood is the highest, and the fur has rabbit skin - deer skin - wild boar skin - wolf skin - bear skin - rhinoceros skin

The medicinal materials include Codonopsis-Panax ginseng-Panax notoginseng-Piercing Dragon-Round beads-Deer antler-Ganoderma lucidum-White peony-Angelica-Atractylodes-Licorice, etc., and the fruits are peach-orange-pear-apple-hawthorn-round date-dog date, two coal mines, two iron mines and stone quarries have been occupied by the government

Nanmu - pine - elm - camphor wood is the indispensable wood for the construction of warships, which will play a role in guaranteeing the development of fishing industry for the expansion of the water division in Alan County, Nanmu - black ironwood - red ironwood is the best material for making spear handles and arrows, rabbit skin and deer skin made of leather clothing can be used to keep out the cold, and wild boar skin - wolf skin - rhinoceros skin - bear skin is relatively rough can be used to make leather armor, in the iron ore - medicinal materials - kerosene This is a strategic material, the resources of Chang Weiguo will be very important to the future development of Alan County

Li Yang: In the future, King Achalan will make domestic timber-fur-herbs-kerosene-iron ore in Changwei, and our Alan Chamber of Commerce is willing to earn at 60% of the market price

Ah Cha looked at me in disbelief: "Master Li, you're not joking with me

Li Yang: As much as Changwei produces these goods, our Alan Chamber of Commerce will earn as much as possible

Ah Cha Lan couldn't make up an accurate idea for a while, so he asked Duo Ji to invite Elder Hu Naji over, and the three of them discussed on the side for a while, Ah Cha Lan came up with an accurate idea: The price of 6 percent of the Li family master is too low, you have to give at least 8 percent, we just calculated the account for you, and you can still earn 2 percent of the profit

Li Yang: This is not the case with the account of the king of Achalan, these goods are not immediately sold after I earn them, some goods may have to be backlogged in hand for a long time, doing business is inevitably competing with peers, sometimes we can only sell at a price of ninety percent, if we want to make money, we have to sell the goods to other places or even other countries, and remove the tariffs along the way, the guys have to get wages, plus all the way to eat, drink, Lasa and miscellaneous expenses, I can't earn a few dollars

Hu Naji: We barbarian Jiang people can't let our friends suffer, and the head of the Li family can't be low

Li Yang: The price of Acha Lan King is not low, the barbarian Jiang people only need to prepare the goods and sit at home and wait to collect the money, unlike us who have to bargain with people when we run from south to north, and it is not so simple to go to other places to do business

Dorjee: The head of the Li family now has 20,000 taels of silver fur in our hands - 10,000 taels of silver for wood and 10,000 taels of silver for herbs, all of which we savored with great difficulty before, I don't know if the head of the Li family is interested

Li Yang: If these goods are calculated according to 6 percent, then I will want them all

Acharan: Sixty percent of the price is too low

Li Yang: There are buying and selling, otherwise I will give you sixty percent of the goods that your department buys from our Alan Chamber of Commerce

Ah Cha Muan: Master Li, what goods do you have?

Li Yang: Grain-ironware-farming tools-furniture-salt-porcelain-clothes-wine-weapons-armor-fishing boats-war ships

Changwei people are many, land is scarce, food is very scarce, there are people who starve to death every year, when Ah Cha Lan heard that there was food, his emotions became a little excited: We have to change grain, salt, iron, farming tools

Li Yang: I'll give you 500 yuan for each load of grain, and I'll give you 60% of the rest of the goods, so it's fair

Hu Naji: Can you give us cheaper food, Master Li?

Li Yang: The price I gave was not profitable, so I really couldn't get it low

Ah Cha Lan discussed it with the two of them: Okay, Master Li, then we will settle this business, when can you transport the grain to us

Li Yang deliberately made a look of embarrassment: Oops - now that the road to the capital is blocked by the coalition forces, when the grain will arrive depends on when the road can be opened

Ah Cha Lan was also anxious about this: then how to fix it

Li Yang sighed lightly, "Hey, if this road can't be passed in winter, it will be a disaster."

Hunaji and Dorjee's faces instantly gloomy after hearing this, because they know better than anyone that now food is the weakness of the 100,000 people of Changweiguo, and this one does not need to be beaten, as long as it is dragged out until winter, the people of Changweiguo will starve to death, Acha Lan-Hunaji-Duoji, you look at me, I will see that you were stunned for a long time and did not speak

Li Yang: I have a way, King Achalan, I don't know whether to say it or not

Ah Cha Lan: If the head of the Li family has anything to say, you might as well say it directly

Li Yang: In this situation, it is better to consider negotiating peace with the coalition forces, as long as the road is opened, I can send the first batch of grain within three days, and in the future, no matter how much food Chang Weiguo needs, our Alan Chamber of Commerce can provide it, and I guarantee that in the future, everyone in Chang Weiguo will be able to eat enough and make money

Ah Cha Lan was very resolute and rejected my suggestion, while Elder Hu Naji and the leader of Dorjee stared at me without saying a word, I don't know what I was thinking, it was time to show my ability to have a three-inch tongue: Ah Cha Lan King Guibu This time the army was caused by corrupt officials colluding with profiteers to persecute and oppress the people, and the national capital did not know about it before sending troops to quell the rebellion, the bane of the whole thing is the county order of Xiangshan County and those profiteers who are not benevolent to the rich, and now the two armies plus tens of thousands of people are fighting here because of the evil things done by this group of scum, In all fairness, King Acha said that these soldiers who were fighting in front of him had a grudge against each other

Seeing that Ah Cha Mu didn't make a sound, Li Yang took advantage of the situation: Ah Cha Lan King Chang Weiguo didn't want to seek justice for the people under his rule this time, and it was not a secret that the new commander of the coalition army was the younger brother of the current king, Lei Caiguan, who had given the general what had happened to your department before coming down, and the general Lei Cai learned that your department was very important to this, and ordered Zuo Yushi Yu Tianlu Yu to lead the imperial front division to go to Ningbo Mansion to thoroughly investigate the matter, and I believe it will not take long to have a result

Achalan: The head of the Li family is serious

Li Yang: There is no disjuncture

Ah Cha Lan: If the general can really give us a fair hand, I, Ah Cha Lan, am willing to lead my troops to negotiate peace with the general Lei Cai

Li Yang originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to tell Xu Yi's official position, but as soon as he remembered that Master Sun had specially told him to calm down before leaving, he swallowed back the words in his mouth, and whether the peace proposal was successful or not depends on Lord Yu's side

Li Yang: King Achalan has retired first, and I will inform you as soon as there is any news, and you will see if the two armies can be in a stalemate stage for the time being before there is no result

Achan: As long as the coalition forces don't attack us, we barbarians won't be the first to use troops

Li Yang: King Achalan is really fast-talking, and I admire him

Hu Naji: Master Li, you have brought good news to us barbarian Jiang people, you actually came here to stay here for a night, and celebrate with everyone in the evening

Acharan: Yes, let's stay here for the night, let's go

Before I could speak, Li Pingping rushed to answer on the side, "Okay-good", I just reacted, this time he hasn't seen his beloved Du Chalan, if he goes back like this, my brother should be sad, so I followed: Then it is better to be respectful than to obey fate

At the dinner, Li Pingping finally fulfilled his wish and sat at a table with Du Chalan, usually the best food, he was stunned this time, he didn't move his mind all in Du Chalan, the next morning Ah Cha Lan - Hu Naji - Dorjee and Du Cha Lan and his party sent me and Li Pingping all the way out of the camp, originally I wanted to go to see Meng Ang and tell him about the peace between the two sides, but I imagined that the county order of the county was probably related to him, and I dispelled this idea