When Yang Shidao talked about rebuilding the Silk Road, he already understood the reason why Li Kuan asked him for a cement business.

The rebuilding of the Silk Road represents not only commercial exchanges, but also the ability of the Tang Dynasty to transport troops and control the Western Regions.

If the family did not have the heart to rebuild the Silk Road, then Li Shimin of Chang'an City and Li Kuan here could suspect that the family wanted to cede land in the Western Regions and no longer move forward.

This situation is something that neither he, Li Shimin, nor Li Kuan, wants to see.

At first, Zhou Wenli did not react to Li Kuan's thoughts.

So much so that now he is covered in a cold sweat, and he keeps sighing in his heart that Master Yang is timely.

Li Kuan looked at Yang Shidao, and said softly with a smile: "Then thank Yang Gong first, so that my dying cement factory can survive again." ”

"I just don't know how long it will take to set foot on the reopening business, you know, I have accumulated too many finished products here, he needs to consume it, I'm afraid it will be bad, and it will take me longer to return to the cost when the time comes, which is not happy."

Yang Shidao nodded and replied with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is indeed a qualified businessman who has controlled the cost to the extreme. ”

Faced with the mockery in Master Yang's words, Li Kuan didn't care.

Seeing that Li Kuan didn't speak, he still had the attitude of asking just now, Yang Shidao sighed in his heart, this is not a little time to ease, so he can only take care of himself and say: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, let the workers of the cement factory go to the government office tomorrow to dock." ”

Li Kuan nodded with satisfaction, that's right.

Li Kuan got up and saluted the two of them and said goodbye, not planning to stay here any longer.

After sending Li Kuan away, Yang Shidao and Zhou Wenli breathed a sigh of relief.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Zhou Wenli said with difficulty: "I really didn't expect that this guy would be so insidious that he almost answered wrong." ”

Yang Shidao shook his head and said calmly: "It's not that he's insidious, it's that you didn't react." ”

"He has been here for a long time, and the time we have been in control of the Western Regions is also short, and the rebuilding of the Silk Road should have been put on the agenda, but we have been delaying, so he naturally wants to ask."

Yang Shidao felt that he understood Li Kuan's approach, and if it was him, he would do the same.

You have so many families, living together in the Western Regions, and you don't say anything at all, who can rest assured of you.

Zhou Wenli looked at Yang Shidao and sighed, he was still not as good as a character like Yang Shidao.

The other party is worthy of being a big man in the face of the Yang family.

Yang Shidao turned around and found a random place to sit down, and his smile regained on his face, and the whole person looked much gentler.

Zhou Wenli waved his hand and asked his subordinates to tear down the leftovers of him and Li Kuan and replace them with new pastries and tea.

"You are not in the government office to handle government affairs today, why do you have time to come to me?"

Zhou Wenli was very curious about this.

In normal times, Yang Shidao basically stays in the government to deal with government affairs.

He didn't think that Yang Shidao saw Li Kuan coming to him, guessed that he was in trouble, and came directly to save him.

Yang Shidao took a sip of tea and said softly: "I came to discuss something with you, after all, you are now one of the spokespersons for the retirement of the family." ”

These words made Zhou Wenli's face bitter, I really don't want to talk to you about this.

Just because of my identity, Li Kuan almost killed me just now, and now you come here because of this sentence, I want to ask you a word, are you poisonous.

Not only do I not make any money now, but I haven't planned enough benefits for my family, and now I'm almost putting myself in it.

Aren't you going too far?

Yang Shidao didn't care about Zhou Wenli's thoughts, and said to himself: "I want to get the King of Chu back to Chang'an Tang." ”

"I don't want him to stay here anymore."

"Even if you don't let him go back to Chang'an Datang, you have to let him go to Dingxiang, the Western Regions, you definitely can't let him stay."

Raising his eyebrows, Zhou Wenli heard a deep fear from Yang Shidao's words.

What's going on, Li Kuan's other backhand was discovered, causing Yang Shidao to be jealous of him?

Zhou Wenli didn't understand much.

That's all he can think of.

There's no way, Li Kuan, who usually likes to keep exploding his back hand.

In other words, he likes to hide his hole cards too much, and anyone who targets him will be easily restrained by his hole cards.

"Give a reason."

"As far as I can see now, Li Kuan, the king of Chu, is here, and his identity is a kind of protection for us."

"After all, he is here, which means that our actions are under the surveillance of His Majesty."

"If he leaves, I'm afraid there will be a group of people who will suspect that we got him away, and then if he is alone in the Western Regions to do something dark and invisible."

Zhou Wenli directly said what Li Kuan was doing to them at this stage.

Frowning, Yang Shidao sighed: "You're right, and Li Kuan is here, for us, he is also the existence of the military power that suppresses Hou Junji." ”

"But have you ever thought that we can find a way to replace his role here, but now in our rear, there is no big man who is willing to do business with our family?"

Yang Shidao rubbed his temples, the real problem was here, behind them, there was no one who was really willing to do business with them.

Zhou Wenli was stunned, what do you mean by this?

With a wry smile, Yang Shidao said in a deep voice: "Rebuilding the road to the Western Regions is not only to reassure Your Majesty, but also to allow our goods to be transported back to Datang for sale. ”

"However, our current main force has left Datang, the old, weak, sick and disabled in Datang, they are unable to fight for our interests at all, the share of some commodities in Datang is already small, Datang itself is not enough, if there is no one who is willing to support us, how can we get it?"

Yang Shidao expressed his helplessness.

Zhou Wenli suddenly realized and smiled bitterly: "So the only thing we can rely on now is the King of Chu?" ”

"Those people from the three provinces and six ministries, as well as those local officials, have they all begun to cut off contact with us now?"

Zhou Wenli said that what about the protégés accumulated by their family?

Are they reluctant to continue to support it?

Yang Shidao shook his head and sighed: "You have to know one thing, after we leave, there is too much power vacuum in the territory of Datang at this time, and without us as a backer, those former protégés also need to think about where they are going to go." ”

"They will form a new political force based on their connections with other officials, and they will not have the energy to deal with us at this time."

"They also need to protect themselves."

(End of chapter)