"What are you looking at?"

Jiang Shijun followed her gaze.

"Looking at my father, it seems that during the period when he was left out, he improved okay." Ye Lanming said lazily, she knew Liu Yan's temper, if it weren't for Father Ye's sincere repentance, she would definitely not pay attention to him.

"I've heard of that." Jiang Shijun said slowly.

"Didn't Uncle Ye chop wood in the kitchen before? It turned out that he had been doing a good job, some time ago, because he was studying food recipes, so there was an urgent shortage of manpower, and Uncle Ye was also driven to learn to cook, but he didn't expect that he was very talented in cooking, and all the dishes were handed over to him to be able to do a good job at one time, and he could improve it himself, so the two gradually reconciled. ”

"That's why."

Ye Lanming suddenly realized, no wonder.

"Are you upset?"

Jiang Shijun looked at Ye Lanming's face and asked a little cautiously.

"No, I'm not upset."

Ye Lanming was stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted, she said with a smile: "Although I really don't look down on him and don't have any family affection for him in my heart, but he is my mother's husband in the end, and I have no right to let my mother get married, and I won't object if she wants to continue to live with him." ”

As a qualified daughter, she respects any choice of her mother very intimately, and it can't affect her anyway.

"Let's go, my mother is busy, let's not bother her, just go shopping and go back, it's spring ploughing after the year, and I don't know if the craftsmen in the manor have got those farm tools out."

Ye Lanming said, pulling his sleeve.

The two of them continued to walk forward, and Liu Yan, who was busy, looked at Father Ye in a daze beside him, pulled his sleeve and said, "What are you thinking?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I seem to see Lan Ming." Father Ye came back to his senses and said.

"Seeing Lan Ming, what's strange about it, the food street is opening today, she will definitely come over for a visit." Liu Yan said with a normal face, she looked at Father Ye very calmly: "Lan Ming is a person with big ambitions, the two of us can't be her help, but we can't be her drag, what she wants to do in the future, you are not allowed to interject, you just need to agree, you know?" ”

"I know that I will never interfere with Lan Ming's work." Father Ye hurriedly assured that he was not blind and deaf, he had also heard of Ye Lanming's exploits during this time, how could he dare to interfere with her decision, and what he had to do now was to save Liu Yan's heart.

He knew in his heart that it seemed that the relationship between the two people had broken the ice, but Liu Yan looked at him and had no friendship.

"If you understand, then keep working."

Liu Yan listened to Father Ye's reassurance again and again, before turning her head, her task today is very heavy, to analyze the flow of customers, the popularity of those snacks, and the improvement of those snacks, she is very busy, but she has no time to fight with Father Ye.

Fortunately, he is now a very knowledgeable person, which saves a lot of heart.

The two of them walked slowly and leisurely, and soon walked from the street to the end of the street, and happened to meet the old general Mo and his party, he and He steward were mostly very low-key, dressed in gray linen clothes, their hair was tied with a turban, and they were dressed as poor people, only the old general Mo was holding a boy in his right hand, and if you looked carefully, wasn't this the child she saved on the road?

"Desert ......"

Just as she was about to scream, Old General Mo interrupted her, "I'm just coming out to take a look this time." ”

He smiled kindly, no different from the usual sixty-year-old.

"It's called Sister Ye."

He said to Zheng Xiaoye beside him.

"Sister Ye is good."

Zheng Xiaoye obediently opened his mouth and shouted.

Ye Lanming listened to this almost greeting, and a hint of foreboding appeared in her heart, it would not be what she thought.

"Hello, I haven't seen you for many days, and I've grown taller again."

Ye Lanming said politely, and then changed the topic: "What do you think of the construction of my food street?" ”

Walking side by side with General Mo and General Mo, Ye Lanming asked with a smile.

"Excellent, not at all what I thought it would be."

General Mo said slowly, his eyes are vicious, and he can naturally see what can be driven behind this food street.

"But just one food street isn't enough." He said.

"Don't worry, since there is already one, it is not difficult to build another one." Ye Lanming said with a chuckle.

"What are your plans?"

Old General Mo asked curiously.

"This is not the place to talk, let's find a place."

Ye Lanming didn't hide it, and said generously that she took two people to a restaurant, which was very stylishly decorated and had a very obvious style.

"Rifle Restaurant? This restaurant is also your house? ”

Steward He raised his eyebrows and asked.

"This place intersects with the food street bookstore, how can a person who loves money like me not build a restaurant here." What Ye Lanming said is a matter of course.

"Visionary." Steward He praised.

"Of course, after all, making money is my first hobby."

Ye Lanming said to the two of them with a smile, there was something in the words.

"A few guest officers, please, are you eating or lodging?" The shopkeeper greeted him very warmly.

Jiang Shijun gave him a wooden sign and looked at it: "Go to the Tianzi No. 1 box." ”

Looking at this token, the shopkeeper's face became a little more respectful, "A few adults, please." ”

This is the unique mark of the Ye family, and with this wooden card, all the Ye family's properties can be treated as VIPs.

The group sat down on Tianzi No. 1, and Ye Lanming personally poured tea for General Mo and Steward He.

"This is a special roasted tea, two of you can try it." Ye Lanming poured a cup of tea for the three of them.

"This tea is different from what we usually drink."

Looking at the clear and translucent tea, the tender green tea leaves slowly drifted at the bottom of the water, and a refreshing tea fragrance slowly drifted away.

Old General Mo tasted it, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"Delicious!"

"This is a newly researched tea, but it has not yet been promoted, and it will be promoted again when there is an opportunity in the future."

Ye Lanming said slowly.

Steward He's heart moved, "Where do you want to promote." ”

"This thing is a high-end product, who would drink tea in ordinary people? Of course, where there is money to sell. ”

Ye Lanming said with a smile.

"It's still early to sell tea, I won't talk about this today, but today I will take this opportunity to talk to the two of you about spring plowing and grassland after talking about the food street."

When it came to business, Steward He and General Mo had a straight face, "Please speak." ”

Steward He looked around the box and frowned slightly.

"Don't worry, Lord He, the box is made of special materials, and no one will eavesdrop." Jiang Shijun looked at Steward He's face and said immediately.

Hearing that no one was eavesdropping, he was relieved.

"A food street can't digest the supply of raw materials in Mocheng, so I hit the idea to Zhen'an City."

As soon as Ye Lanming opened his mouth, he was shocked and General Mo was taken aback.

"You're going to build a food street in Zhen'an? Difficult, very difficult, Zhen'an City is not barren than Mocheng, very rich, the forces in the city are intertwined and complex, there are many snakes on the ground, even the city lord can't suppress their arrogance. ”

General Mo frowned and said that he had been adjacent to Zhen'an City for many years, and he naturally knew some of the movements of Zhen'an City.

"It is said that the lord of the castle is an extremely weak man?" Ye Lanming asked curiously.

"It's not weakness, it's powerlessness, it's so far away from the capital, how can the local wealthy families let the people in the capital take care of them?" He shook his head and said.

"The citylords of the past dynasties have either been elevated, either assimilated or died."

"I see."

Ye Lan knew that everything was due to the fact that Dayan was weak and had lost control over the place.

"In that case, wouldn't it be more convenient for me to do things?"

Ye Lanming's smile is bright, the capital can't manage it, isn't it just right? She was worried that she would be discovered by the capital if she moved too much, but now it's just right.

"I plan to go to Zhen'an City in the next year, and strive to make Zhen'an City and Mo Cheng stand together." Ye Lanming looked directly into General Mo's eyes and said boldly.

"It's a lot of risk, it's hard to get things done." General Mo frowned and said that the situation in Mocheng had just improved, and he didn't want trouble at this time.

"General, the benefits outweigh the risks." Jiang Shijun, who was sitting quietly, opened his mouth without a smile.

"You say."

Old General Mo knew that he was Ye Lanming's confidant, and said in a deep voice.

Jiang Shijun froze and explained in a deep voice:

"First, Zhen'an City is stuck in the rear traffic arteries of Mocheng, all businessmen who come to Mocheng have to pass through Zhen'an City, and now the Mocheng economy has not developed naturally, there is not much of a big problem, but if it is later, the Mocheng economy has developed, and many businessmen come to Mocheng, which will inevitably alarm Zhen'an City, and I am afraid that the news will leak at that time."

"Second, if Mocheng is brought over now, not only can the two cities take care of each other, but they can also provide cover for Mocheng. Some things that shouldn't appear in Mocheng can be handed over to Zhen'an City, such as the coal that is still hidden......"

Coal has been mined for a long time, but because it is too conspicuous, it has not dared to sell or give it to the people, and now only a small part of the coal is sent to Zhuangzi for the development of glass weapons.

"Third, it is related to the grassland, the continuous war has made the population of Mocheng extremely sparse, the supply of soldiers is insufficient, and fresh blood is needed to fill it, and Zhen'an City is just right."

"Fourth, it is still about the grassland, although it is officially prohibited, but there are still caravans in private to trade with the grassland people, there must be someone in Zhen'an City to command this caravan, we need the strength of this caravan."

When I said it earlier, General Mo and Steward He were still listening carefully, and when they heard about trading with the grassland people, they couldn't help it!

The steppe people are their enemies for generations, how can they trade with them!

"Don't the two adults want to completely exterminate the steppe people?" Jiang Shijun looked at the ugly faces of the two people and asked.

"It's my lifelong wish to defeat the steppe people, but what does this have to do with the steppe people's trade?" Old General Mo said in a deep voice.

"Assimilation ......"

Ye Lanming slowly said two words.

"The reason why the steppe people repeatedly invade is that the living conditions are difficult, they can't survive, and they can only live by robbing other tribes."

"This other race is us, if their living conditions are better, and the people at the bottom are close to us, what will happen?"

"If they need us to supply them with their daily necessities, then what confidence do they have to fight us?"

Ye Lanming said with a chuckle.

When General Mo heard her theory, his heart was pounding, and he vaguely felt as if he had opened up a new world.

"Economic control and cultural aggression are much better than simple war, war consumes manpower and financial resources, and the people and money are lost, and these two are soft knives to cut meat, moisturizing things silently, and when they react, the overall situation has been decided, and they are powerless."

Ye Lanming smiled treacherously, and the old general Mo stared at Ye Lanming deadly, and said solemnly: "Please tell me in detail." ”

Ye Lan explained her plan to the two of them in detail, and the two people who listened to it kept gasping.

This is really a damaging method of fern roots.

In fact, her method is also very simple, starting with those caravans, selling the daily necessities needed by the grassland people at a low price, before because Mocheng did not agree, so these caravans are sneaky, and the scale of sales is not large, if this channel of Mocheng is opened, then the scope of sales can be greatly increased.

In exchange for the special products of the grassland people, and to ensure a long-term and stable supply, in the long run, will the grassland people still grow their own food? Even if they can grow their own crops, the yield will be greatly reduced, and they will instead plant the crops they buy at a high price, so that under the subtle influence, the grassland people will completely lose their food autonomy, and can only rely on them for food supply, and become a subsidiary area of Dayan or Mocheng.

The second is to spread the Dayan culture, subtly change the living habits of the grassland people, so that their living habits are close to the Central Plains people, until their own cultural characteristics are completely annihilated, when they all speak the language of Dayan and use Dayan characters, even if they do not admit it, they actually become a part of Dayan.

The only drawback is that these two strategies need to be implemented for a long time, not overnight, at least for a few decades to succeed, and once the grassland people have a fierce man from the sky to see through their strategy, decades will be in vain.

"Poison scheme, really poison scheme."

Old General Mo digested Ye Lanming's words, and couldn't help sighing, he looked at Ye Lanming in surprise: "I don't know how you came up with this strategy, it's really a last resort." ”

Listening to General Mo's praise, Ye Lanming smiled and said nothing, she was just standing on the shoulders of giants, if it weren't for those bizarre experiences, she might have died on the way to exile.

"Just follow the plan you said, even if it is divided into decades, I will completely eliminate the hidden danger of the grassland people."

In the end, General Mo Lao ordered, since there is such a plan, then why not? He was never pedantic.

"This is just a brief plan, the specific detailed plan needs to be discussed in detail, and a short battle is inevitable, and it is best to defeat the invading steppe army."

Ye Lanming said solemnly.

"This is natural, the army has almost cultivated, and the defense facilities outside Mocheng have also been built, if the grassland people come again, I am sure that most of them will be left." The old general Mo said firmly, his eyes full of murderous energy.

Before, there was no money, no food, grass and no equipment, so he avoided the grassland people, but now that all the reserve materials are complete, he will let the grassland army go and never return!

"I almost forgot, I said so much, I forgot to show you this good thing."

Ye Lanming patted his head and said with a smile.

She turned her head to look at Jiang Shijun: "Ask someone to bring the wine and give you a taste." ”

Jiang Shijun pulled the rope hanging next to the wall, the small bell rang, and soon after, a shopkeeper knocked respectfully on the door with a jar of wine, and quickly retreated after putting the jar on the table.

"Fine wine? Do you have my treasured wine in this wine? ”

General Mo said curiously, he is also a good wine person, he has collected all kinds of fine wine over the years, he doesn't believe that the wine Ye Lanming took out is as good as his!

"You can taste it."

Ye Lanming chuckled, uncorked the wine jar, and gave General Mo and Steward He a bowl of wine, this batch of relief has not been brewed for a long time, only a few months, not to mention the low degree, and it has not been brewed for a year, only about thirty degrees, but even if it is such a degree, it is enough for General Mo and Steward He, after all, the wine in their hands is at most ten degrees, otherwise how can there be a thousand catties of beautiful talk?

It is because the brewing process is immature, and the alcohol content is very low, if you change to a high degree of liquor in the 50s, it is estimated that two bottles will be drunk.

"What kind of drink is this?"

When the clear wine came into the eyes of the two people, General Mo and Steward He were full of amazement, even if they hadn't drunk it yet, the two of them could see that this wine was extraordinary.

"Taste your own wine."

"Do you want to try it too?"

Ye Lanming looked at Zheng Xiaoye, who was stunned, and asked with a chuckle.

"I want to drink." Zheng Xiaoye nodded embarrassedly.

"You can only drink a little, this wine is easy to get drunk." Ye Lanming took a small cup and poured him a little.

"Thank you, Sister Ye." Zheng Xiaoye thanked him very politely, which made Ye Lanming's heart soft, and the polite human cub was the cutest.

General Mo took a sip first, and as soon as the wine entered his mouth, the spicy stimulation filled his mouth, but this was only temporary, this spicy soon went down, converted into mellow aroma, the wine entered the stomach, the stomach was warm, and it was indescribably comfortable.

"Good wine, really good wine."

With just one sip, General Mo fell in love with liquor, drank this glass of wine heroically, and then poured another glass by himself.

He Guan Shi also tasted it, his reaction was exactly the same as that of General Mo, scrambling to pour the wine, Zheng Xiaoye looked at his grandfather's gaffe, tasted it curiously, and then made a bitter face, too spicy, really too spicy.

"You're still young, and the alcohol is too high for you."

Ye Lanming looked at Zheng Xiaoye, who was choking, and smiled very unkindly, Jiang Shijun knew that her bad taste had come up again, so he shook his head helplessly, and poured a cup of tea for Zheng Xiaoye, "Drink a cup of tea to taste." ”

Zheng Xiaoye took the teacup, slurped and drank it, and finally eased up, but his little face was still red.

"Lan Ming, do you want to sell this wine to the prairie people?"

After drinking a few glasses, Steward He felt warm all over his body, and he had a kind of comfort that was usually in his blood, and he knew Ye Lanming's thoughts after a little thought.

"Sell this wine to the prairie people, and destroy the heavens."

General Mo immediately widened his eyes and said bitterly.

"The grassland people are afraid of cold, and they are in a cold environment for most of the year, and once they are exposed to liquor, they will never quit."

Ye Lanming did not deny what he said, and explained slowly.

Just kidding, if it wasn't for the grassland people, why would she go to such great lengths to get the liquor out? Wouldn't it be nice to get some other luxuries?

"It's a bargain for them."

Old General Mo looked at the wine jar distressedly, muttered, and then he looked up at Ye Lanming expectantly: "Lan Ming, do you still have any wine, I will pay for you." ”

After drinking Ye Lanming's fine wine, he only felt that the fine wine he had treasured before was all rubbish!

Steward He also raised his head and looked at Ye Lanming with blazing eyes, and the desire in his eyes was self-evident.

Ye Lanming looked at the two old drunkards and smiled dumbly: "Tomorrow, I will ask the people from Zhuangzi to send you a batch." ”

"Okay, it's a word." Old General Mo immediately responded, for fear that Ye Lanming would regret it.

After negotiating everything, Ye Lanming invited them to a big meal, and after eating, they slowly went home.

No one thought that the grassland return plan that shocked later generations was actually set in this inconspicuous restaurant, and the bloodless strategy is also known as the most vicious and easy-to-use strategy, Ye Lanming proposed a series of methods that were organized into theories in an orderly manner, and were widely used in the wars of later generations, and made great contributions to the expansion of the land for the later dynasties, after hundreds of years of cultural assimilation, all the ethnic groups on this continent tended to be unified, even if they were still divided into several dynasties, but they used the same language, the same script, The same kind of writing flows in the blood, deeply condensed into the same civilization.

Just wait for one great man to unify all the dynasties.