Dunant said with some regret: "It's a pity that the maritime merchants in Jiangnan have divided our considerable profits, according to Erguan, if it weren't for those maritime merchants, our profits would have increased by at least fifty percent!" ”

Yang Peng was stunned, "An increase of fifty percent, isn't it ten million?" Dunant nodded vigorously, "That's all, that's the least!" He smacked his mouth, hugged his fists and said: "King Yan, there is something that my subordinates want to ask you for, can we use the escort navy to suppress the merchants in Jiangnan?" Those merchants only have some guards hired by private individuals, and if we do it, they won't have any resistance!! ”

Yang Peng couldn't help but be moved, but then he felt that everyone was Chinese, and it seemed too unauthentic to play the black hand in order to grab the overseas market! Slowly shaking his head, "No, we can't do that!" You can't do it to your own people for a little money! ”

Dunan shook his head and sighed: "King Yan is sometimes too merciful!" Yang Peng smiled: "It's better to be kind to your own people!" ”

Dunan said with a smile: "The subordinates made a bet with Erguan to bet on whether King Yan would agree to our suggestion, Erguan thought that King Yan would definitely agree, but his subordinates said that King Yan would definitely not agree." Now it seems that this bet was won by his subordinates. Yang Peng smiled: "You fat man is very smart!" What is the bet, I want to divide it in half! Dunant became depressed, stretched out two fat fingers and said, "It's just two copper coins!" Yang Peng stretched out his right hand, "Bring it!" Dunan was like a deflated ball, his fat hand touched it in his arms for a while, and he took out two copper coins, glanced at Yang Peng pitifully, and took out a copper coin with his other hand and handed it to Yang Peng's hand, looking at it with a blank look. Jiang Li and Wang Kai couldn't help but laugh when they saw him like this.

Yang Peng took the copper coin into his arms, walked to a coffee table and sat down. glanced at Dunan and said, "I don't agree with using force to deal with Jiangnan merchants, but you have to come up with a solution for me in this matter, it is best to be beneficial to those merchants, and it is also beneficial to us Yanyun!" ”

Dunan said with a smile: "My subordinates have already guessed King Yan's thoughts, so I have already come up with a way on the way, and I am about to ask King Yan for instructions." Yang Peng didn't speak, waiting for the following, Dunan continued: "At present, the maritime foreign trade in Jiangnan is purely a personal business behavior, and the government does not ask anything except for collecting taxes at the port, which gives us an opportunity!" Just now, King Yan said that he wanted to establish bases along the sea route, and his subordinates felt that they could use these bases to manage all overseas Han merchants, including Jiangnan maritime merchants, and even not limited to Han merchants, but also merchants from other countries! We can protect them, collect taxes from them, and attract the maritime merchants of Jiangnan to the ports we control, so that we can also prosper our trade and economy in Yanyun! This is the idea of his subordinates, I don't know what King Yan thinks? ”

Yang Peng pondered for a moment, smiled and glanced at Dunan, "I knew that you could come up with a good solution, fat man!" This method is very good, and it is good for everyone, and it can be counted in one fell swoop! ”

Dunan sighed, "That's not good for everyone, it's very bad for the imperial court, my subordinates roughly estimated that if this plan is successfully implemented, within three years, the imperial court's tariff income will be reduced by more than half!" It's really hard for subordinates to imagine how the luxurious life of the royal ministers can be maintained with so much money reduced. Dunant gloated when he said this.

Yang Peng smiled: "Then it's not something we should take care of!" ”

Dunan suddenly remembered something, took out a report from his arms, walked in front of Yang Peng, presented it to Yang Peng with both hands, and said: "This is the recent situation report in the Lianghuai region, please take a look at it." "Yang Peng took the report, opened it and looked at it, only to see that the first page listed several big data: 'Population: more than 8.76 million; Taxes: five million six hundred seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-six taels of silver; Total grain output: 131400000000 catties, of which a quarter is produced by government farms' After these big data, there are also industrial and commercial conditions, urban construction, agricultural infrastructure construction, etc., in short, the basic data of people's livelihood are here.

Yang Peng was very surprised and said: "I remember the last time I went to Lianghuai, the population of Lianghuai was only five million, how long has it been, and it has skyrocketed so much?" ”

Dunan said with a smile: "The people who originally fled to Jiangnan have returned, so the population has naturally skyrocketed!" Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "Okay, the more people, the better, and it's best that the people who originally lived in Jiangnan also come over." Dunant nodded vigorously, "That's what my subordinates think too!" Yang Peng looked at the report and thought: "The data from all over the country have been counted, and the situation of the two of you is the best!" ”

Dunan said with a smile: "The land of Lianghuai is fertile, the population is large, and it is close to the sea, and the people of Lianghuai are good at business and farming, so the economic development is naturally better than other places!" ”

Yang Peng said jokingly: "Why don't you say that my policy is good?" Dunant suddenly realized, "Yes! "A pat on the fat head," the subordinates are really confused! What I said just now is simply inverted, those reasons are all trivial, and the most important thing is that King Yan's policy is good! The people all said: There is food and clothing, and it all depends on King Yan. Jiang Li couldn't help laughing, feeling that this Dunan has the ability to do it, but it's too funny!

Yang Peng smiled, and then thought: "Now the total population of our Yanyun has exceeded twenty-six million, which is five or six million more than the last statistics. The fiscal revenue is more than 26 million, but the expenses are even greater, more than 30 million, if it were not for such a rich harvest of overseas trade, our treasury would not be empty for a long time. In addition, there have been bumper harvests of grain in various places, which is better than previously expected, but after deducting all expenses, I am afraid that there are not many that can be used as military rations! ”

Dunan is a good person, and when he heard Yang Peng's words, he guessed Yang Peng's intentions, and hugged his fists and said: "As for the matter of military rations, my subordinates have also considered it on the road." In the current situation, it will probably take almost a year to raise enough military rations. However, the subordinates thought of a solution, originally this method did not work, but with the huge benefits brought by the second level, this method can work! Yang Peng looked at Dunan, "What can you do?" ”

Dunan was about to answer, when a secret guard rushed in and reported: "King Qiyan, the envoy of Western Xia has come to meet you." Yang Peng was a little surprised, because according to the intelligence he got not long ago, the domestic situation in Western Xia was tense, the tension between the prince of Western Xia and the emperor of Western Xia, and the civil war was about to break out. These thoughts only flashed in his heart, and he said to Yin Kill: "Bring the Xixia envoy in." The secret guard answered and ran down.

Dunan frowned and thought: "The envoy of Western Xia suddenly came, I am afraid that the situation in Western Xia has changed greatly!" Yang Peng nodded, got up and walked to the top to sit down, while Dunant walked to the left and stood.

A moment later, the secret guard led a man dressed in a Western Xia official uniform in. Yang Peng recognized the person at a glance, it was the cronie who followed Li Qingxia that day, Li Xu. As soon as he saw him, Yang Peng had some judgments in his heart.

The secret guard hugged his fist at Yang Peng and said, "The envoy of Western Xia has arrived!" Then he retreated. Li Xu saluted Yang Peng, "Great Xia envoy Li Xu pays a visit to His Royal Highness King Yan!" Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Presumably your princess has completed the prerequisites I proposed?" Li Xu said: "Exactly, Her Royal Highness the princess of that day is now the female emperor of our Great Xia!" This envoy is here, firstly, to inform Yan Yun of this matter, and secondly, to ask King Yan to abide by the previous agreement! ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "Since the emperor of your country has completed the prerequisites I proposed, the gambling contract will naturally begin." You go back and tell the emperor of your country that she should be careful in the next two years! ”

Li Xu said: "Now that our Great Xia Kingdom is united under the leadership of the new emperor, we will definitely be able to deal with any threat!" We are waiting for the arrival of King Yan! Yang Peng smiled slightly, and couldn't help but have some expectations in his heart, he wanted to see how that Li Qingxia dealt with him. Li Xu bowed and said: "The mission of the envoy has been completed, if King Yan has no orders, the envoy will retire!" Yang Peng nodded. Li Xu bowed to Yang Peng again and withdrew from the hall.

Dunan didn't know that there was a gambling contract between Yang Peng and Li Qingxia, and at this time, the envoy of Western Xia had left, so Dunan couldn't help but ask: "King Yan, I don't know what kind of gambling contract you have with the female emperor of Western Xia?" Yang Peng told him about the gambling contract. Dunan frowned and said: "This was originally a clever plan, and it was very likely to plunge Western Xia into a civil war, but, but why did this Li Qingxia suddenly sit on the throne?" ”

Yang Peng frowned and said, "This is also where I am confused. Just a month ago, news came from Western Xia that the prince of Western Xia and the emperor were at loggerheads, and it has only been a month, and the situation has changed so dramatically, which is really surprising! I look at the previous confrontation between the prince of Western Xia and the emperor, I'm afraid that it was a ploy used by Li Qingxia! Sandpiper and clam compete for fisherman's profit, this Li Qingxia is really not simple! Dunant nodded sympathetically.

Yang Peng pondered: "This woman is too surprising, I can't be careless, the sooner I use troops against Western Xia, the better!" Looking at Dunant, "Fat man, you just said that there is a way to solve the problem of military rations in the short term, what is the solution?" ”

Dunan said with a smile: "This method of subordinates is actually very simple, and it is not worth mentioning to say it!" Yang Peng's eyes widened, "Stop talking nonsense, say it quickly!" Dunant answered, and told him his plan. At the same time, in a courtyard near the Yanwang Mansion, Erlongton, the envoy of the Liao State, visited Yelu Guanyin: "Xiaguan Erlongton meets the princess!" When Ya Yin Guanyin heard this title again, she couldn't help but sigh very emotionally: "Princess, no one has called me that for a long time!" Erronton said excitedly: "In the hearts of the subjects of Liao, you will always be our princess!" ”

Ye Yu Guanyin sighed and shook his head, "I am no longer a princess, I only have one identity now, and that is the concubine of King Yan!" Elronton's expression was so distressed that he didn't know what to say for a moment. Ya Kannon glanced at Erronton and asked, "Is the Great Liao Kingdom okay?" Ellonton said: "Back to the king, the Great Liao Kingdom has finally returned to peace, with the Empress Dowager in charge of the military and government, and everything is gradually on the right track!" ”

Ya Kannon nodded, bowed his head and pondered. Erunton glanced at Ya Yu Guanyin and said, "The first reason for Xiaguan's trip is to congratulate the King of Yan on the birth of his son, and secondly, to thank the King of Yan for rejecting the proposal of the Mongols to unite with Yanyun to invade our Great Liao. ”

Ya Yin Guanyin didn't ask about the world in the past few months, and only concentrated on being the wife of the king of Yan, so he didn't know that the Mongols had intended to unite Yanyun to invade Daliao, so he suddenly heard what Erronton said, was taken aback, and asked, "The Mongols once fought this idea?" Erronton was a little surprised when he saw that Ya Yin Guanyin looked unaware, and then he told him what he knew, and when Ye Yu Guanyin heard that Yang Peng had rejected the Mongols' request because of his own reasons, he was so moved that he couldn't help himself. calmed down his thoughts for a while, nodded and said, "It turns out that what's going on, eldest brother, he has never told me." ”

Erlongton hurriedly said, "Presumably, King Yan is afraid that the king will worry. Ya Yu Guanyin smiled softly. Erronton saw the appearance of Ya Yu Guanyin, he was stunned, he had never seen the cold and strong side of Ye Yu Guanyin, and he never dreamed that Ye Yu Guanyin of the Great Liao Kingdom would show such a gentle expression, at this time, where is the Ye Yao Guanyin of the Great Liao Kingdom who is rampant in the world and makes the Song people frightened, it is clearly a beautiful woman who loves her man. At this moment, Erlongton really felt that the original Ya Yin Guanyin no longer existed, and the current Ye Ye Guan Yin was just a concubine of King Yan.

Ya Yu Guanyin showed a worried look and said to Elonton: "You just said that the Mongols want to unite with Yanyun to invade Daliao, although the eldest brother refused, but the Mongols will definitely not stop there, do they have any actions now?" ”

Elundon shook his head, "I haven't found it yet. But the princess doesn't have to worry, the king of the protector led 300,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed on Shangjing Road, even if the Mongols invaded, they would definitely not be able to please him! ”

Ya Yu Guanyin frowned, "I remember that Shangjing Road has a garrison of 500,000 troops all year round, why is there only 300,000?" ”

Elunton said: "That's right, the Empress Dowager passed down an order to order my Great Liao Kingdom to concentrate its forces and prepare to counterattack the Japanese people entrenched in the south of Goryeo, so 200,000 of the 500,000 troops on the Shangjing Road were transferred to the south. The subordinates also had another purpose for this trip, that is, they wanted to negotiate with King Yan on this matter. ......" Seeing Ya Yin Guanyin bowing his head in contemplation, he stopped talking.

Ya Yu Guanyin shook his head gently, "How can you raise an army to fight back against the Japanese people at this time?" Our army fought with the Yanyun Army before, suffered heavy losses, and the loss of national strength was great, at this moment, we should stop the war and recuperate! He raised his head and glanced at Elunton, and said angrily: "Han Derang and the others are all resourceful people, didn't they persuade the Empress Dowager?" ”

Ellonton said: "This, the lower official is not clear!" Ye Yu Guanyin said angrily: "This is simply chaos, in this way, if the battle goes well, it will be fine, but if you lose, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Ellonton said, "Well, it doesn't seem that the Japanese are so difficult to deal with!" Ya Yin Guanyin shook his head, "You haven't been in contact with the Japanese people, so you don't know!" The Japanese are greedy, cruel, and very cunning, how easy is it!! Back then, I led my army to fight fierce battles with the Japanese people, and on several occasions I was almost defeated by the Japanese people! These guys, as long as they seize the opportunity, will attack wildly, and if they are not fully prepared, they are very likely to turn victory into defeat! Now the situation in the Great Liao Kingdom is not good, and it should not be at war with such an enemy at this time! ”

Erunton didn't think so, but he didn't dare to refute Ya Yin Guanyin's words, so he said: "This matter was decided by the Empress Dowager, and our subordinates dare not disobey the will of the Empress Dowager!" ”

Ya Yin Guanyin sighed and smiled bitterly to herself: "I'm not a princess anymore, so what do I care about so much?" Although he thought so, he still couldn't let go, and finally made a decision in his heart, and said to Elunton: "I will write a letter, and you can bring it back and forward it to the Empress Dowager!" Elronton answered.

Ya Kannon got up and walked behind the bookcase, and Naren immediately came over to sharpen the ink. When the ink was finished, she lifted the brush and dipped it in ink and wrote on the letterhead. Elronton stood below and waited.

After a few moments, Ya Kannon wrote a letter, blew the ink dry, folded it, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Naren beside him. Naren took the letter, walked underneath, and handed it to Erunton. Ya Yin Guanyin advised: "Give this letter to the Empress Dowager!" "Yes!" Elronton bowed in agreement.

Ya Yin walked down around the bookcase and asked, "I'm afraid you didn't just come to see me, right?" Ellonton hurriedly said, "The princess is wise! Xia Guan took the liberty to come to see the princess, and wanted to ask the princess to talk to King Yan about it and deal with the Japanese people together. Ya Yu Guanyin frowned and said, "With my current position, I can't get involved in these things, so I can't help you!" Elronton was surprised, "Princess......

Ya Yu Guanyin waved his hand, "You don't need to say it anymore, I have my principles." When Elundon saw that Ya Yin Guanyin's attitude was resolute, he didn't dare to ask for it anymore. Ya Yin Guanyin looked at the sky outside, although it was still very noisy and lively outside, but it was already very late, so he said to Elunton: "If it is late today, you can go to meet the eldest brother tomorrow!" Erronton also planned to do the same, answered, and then bowed: "The lower official has been bothering the princess for a long time, if the princess has no orders, the lower official will leave!" Ya Kannon nodded, "You go." Elundon bowed to the goddess of mercy again, and prepared to leave.

At this moment, the Feifeng female guard outside the door raised her voice and sang: "King Yan has arrived!" Ya Yin Guanyin couldn't help but show a look of surprise, but Erronton was startled, seeing Ye Yu Guanyin hurriedly go out to greet him, he hesitated a little and followed out.

When I came to the hall, I saw a tall and heroic young man in civilian clothes striding over accompanied by a female general, it was Yang Peng, the king of Yan who now frightened many people, and the female general beside him was the female general of Feifengwei, Jiang Li.

"Big brother! Ye Yu Guanyin sang happily, then ran up and hugged Yang Peng's arm. The two looked at each other and smiled, and their affection and sweetness were all in their words. Jiang Libai, who was following behind Yang Peng, said: "My subordinates have seen the princess!" Ya Yan Guanyin's whole body and mind were on Yang Peng's body, and he didn't notice her at all, so naturally he didn't have any response. I saw Ye Yu Guanyin say to Yang Peng with joy on his face: "I thought that the eldest brother would not come over tonight!" Yang Peng sighed, "You, how nice it would be if you lived in the palace!" Ya Yin frowned, "I don't want to stay with those women!" Yang Peng felt a little helpless, feeling that Ye Yu Guanyin was good at everything, but his temper was too stubborn, but he didn't want to force her because he loved his wife, so he let her live in this courtyard outside the palace.

Yang Peng noticed Erronton, who was bowing down and standing at the bottom of the steps, and felt a little surprised, "Who is he?" Yari Guanyin glanced at Erronton, "He is an envoy sent by the Great Liao Kingdom, Erronton. Erlongton hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Erlongton, the envoy of the Great Liao, has seen His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Yang Peng nodded and glanced at him, "I didn't expect the envoy from the Liao Kingdom to come too." Ye Yu Guanyin glanced at Yang Peng, "Don't get me wrong, the reason why he came to see me first was because he wanted me to talk to my eldest brother first, and then he came to see my eldest brother again, and things would be easy to do." Erronton couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when he saw Ya Yin Guanyin's outspokenness. Yang Peng said softly to Ye Yu Guanyin: "Big brother has never doubted you, and there is no way to talk about misunderstanding!" Yayo Guanyin reciprocated with a gentle look.

The two walked into the hall arm-in-arm, and the others followed. Yang Peng walked to the top and sat down, Erlongton formally met Yang Peng, and then said: "On behalf of Her Majesty the Empress Dowager of our country, I would like to extend my most sincere greetings to King Yan!" At the same time, thank King Yan for refusing the Mongols' righteous deeds! Yang Peng glanced at Ya Yu Guanyin, and Ye Yu Guanyin smiled gently. Yang Peng said to Elonton: "You also take me to extend my most sincere greetings to the Empress Dowager and His Majesty the Emperor of your country!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness King Yan!" Yang Peng smiled and asked, "What did you ask Guanyin for just now?" Erlongton hurriedly said: "This envoy is confused, please forgive King Yan!" Yang Peng smiled: "You didn't do anything wrong, you don't have to apologize." Say, what's the matter? ”

"Yes. Yes, about the Japanese people. The Empress Dowager of our country decided to use troops against the Japanese people, so in addition to thanking His Royal Highness King Yan, I also want to ask His Royal Highness King Yan to unite with our country to fight against the Japanese people! ”

Yang Peng knew this in his heart and asked, "Are you going to use troops against the Japanese people?" "Yes. The Empress Dowager has issued an edict, and the army and baggage materials are being assembled, and it is expected that a counterattack will be launched against the Japanese around March! Yang Peng frowned and glanced at Elronton, "With all due respect, it is really inappropriate for you to use troops against the Japanese at this moment!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.