The fiery red sun broke free from the entanglement of the white clouds, and a few white clouds in the sky, like jasmine flowers with gold edges, rushed out of the cracks in the clouds. Gradually, the morning veil shattered, swirled, swirled, and rose like wisps of light smoke, casting golden sunlight on the hillside.

Outside Chaoge City, Li Jing Shi Niang was bidding farewell to King Shou and others.

Because at this moment, the position of the chief soldier of Chen Tangguan has been vacant for a long time and cannot be delayed. Li Jing, who had just been married a few days ago, was asked to go to Chentangguan to take office, so this is the current scene.

"I'm really sorry, I hope Shi Niang don't blame me for being an elder brother, it's really that Chen Tangguan is too critical at this time, and the Dongyi people have repeatedly violated the border, and they need their brother-in-law to go to the town. ”

"The third brother doesn't want to say such things, he is idle anyway, and it is just as I want to go to office early. ”

Zixin nodded and continued: "When you get there, if you have any difficulties, I will solve them for you, believe me, in a few years, I will personally go to Chentangguan to see the scenery over there." ”

Of course, Li Jing knew what Zixin meant, he was telling himself not to forget the agreement of the three people, sooner or later one day he would drive a personal expedition and crusade against Dongyi.

"Brother, you should know the relationship between my Dashang and the Dongyi clan, which is incompatible. Zixin looked at the display of about a thousand Dongyi slaves who were also dressed in stubbornness not far away, and frowned slightly.

"You have to remember this, if you are not of my race, their hearts will be different, and the only people you can rely on in Chentangguan are the sons and daughters of my big merchants. Those Dongyi people, it's better for you to use less, sooner or later they will betray you. Just like their ancestor, the traitor Dayi, betrayed the Emperor of Heaven. This is the inferior nature that they have had since ancient times, and they don't know what loyalty is. ”

Li Jing took one last look at the majestic Chaoge City, the political center of the Great Shang. When I think about the uneasy feeling I felt when I left the city seven years ago, I have a different feeling in my heart.

A few days earlier, Li Jing had already said goodbye to some friends in the city. It was Wen Taishi who was unable to come to see him off because he was busy with official business, and he also drank several times the wine at Li Jing's mansion the night before yesterday.

The only regret is that Li Jing did not find Shiji Niangniang from beginning to end, and she has contributed a lot to the fact that she can have today and be able to sit smoothly in the position of the chief soldier. Li Jing wanted to formally thank her in person, but he didn't wait for her to return, so he had to give up and find another opportunity in the future.

Li Jing rode a horse and walked in front, and a large group of people and horses marched towards the song city. There were about 3,000 men and horses in this counterpoint, and in addition to more than 1,000 slaves, there were also 2,000 well-equipped Great Shang Forbidden Army. It is the lineage that Zixin prepared for Li Jing, so that no one can be used after Li Jing arrives at Chentang Pass. The forbidden army and the Dongyi slaves were far apart, glaring at each other, and it is estimated that if it weren't for Li Jing, they would have been able to fight directly.

At this time, Li Jing didn't care about this, he was really discussing with Jin Wu how to deal with Dongyi, the old enemy of the Great Shang.

Li Jing has done a lot of work on the grievances of these two families, and he can be regarded as having some understanding.

This Dongyi is just a general term for the eastern tribes of the human race, and it is not actually an uncivilized barbarian. They have also experienced the rule of at least three generations of Heavenly Emperors of Fuxi, Shaohao, and Dijun, and in terms of bloodline, they are actually no worse than the current so-called direct descendants of the Heavenly Emperor, the Dashang royal family, and the Xiqi Ji clan.

When Emperor Di Jun turned into ten days, causing a catastrophe in the world, Emperor Jun originally had a general Hou Yi, who was ordered by Emperor Yao, to shoot and kill for nine days to save the people from fire and water. This is indeed the work of the great hero, but it is always a fact to shoot the old master.

Moreover, the Shang people always believed that the Emperor of Heaven was only temporarily turned into ten days, and one day he would return, and there was no need to use the tyrannical method of direct shooting.

And this Hou Yi is the ancestor of the current leader of the Dongyi clan, and the grievances between the Shangyi and Yi clans came from this. Although Zixin had instructed Li Jing not to trust the Dongyi people, in fact, there were some disdains in Li Jing's heart.

Strictly speaking, Li Jing at this time can no longer be regarded as a strict businessman. It is not possible to think that the interests of the Shang clan are the interests of the entire human race, and the enemies of the Shang clan are the enemies of the entire human race, as Zixin did.

In his opinion, the Dongyi and the merchant are both human races, and there is no difference in their essence. Especially after Jin Wu changed the attitude of those Dongyi slaves towards him very smoothly, Li Jing's mind changed a little.

I no longer agree with what Zixin said before that he wants to crusade against Dongyi. Although I don't know what method Jin Crow used, the attitude of those Dongyi people has indeed changed, and it is entirely possible that they will rely on Jin Crow to continue to change like this. In this way, we can solve the Dongyi problem peacefully without wasting a single soldier.

As for Zixin's own remarks about the inferior nature of the Dongyi people, that they are unreliable, Li Jing is even more inappropriate. These remarks can still deceive ordinary people, but Li Jing does not believe this kind of remarks at all.

Of course, it is one thing to reduce killings and wars, but more importantly, it is the sentence that Jin Wu said that the Dongyi people can become their most faithful believers. For the sake of his own Shinto practice, Li Jing was also unwilling to kill and injure the Dongyi clan and do such a thing that damaged his foundation.

Although Jin Wu and Li Jing did not mention it explicitly, they both understood it in their hearts. As the only golden crow in this world, it is impossible to say that it has nothing to do with that Emperor Dijun. And being able to change the attitude of the Dongyi people, the descendants of the Emperor of Heaven, so simply illustrates this point.

It's just that the stakes are very high at this time, and both of them feel that now is not the time to find out, so they are very tacit.

Of course, Li Jing was also a little skeptical at first, whether this golden crow had malicious intentions towards him. But then it soon lost this layer of doubt, first, it has been with itself for nearly twenty years, although in some aspects of its own opinion, but all for its own good. Although the golden crow has always hidden something from herself, Shi Niang also knows the existence of this golden crow, which also shows that this golden crow should be her own person.

If Li Jing's guess was right, he felt that his exercises and magic weapons might have a lot to do with that Heavenly Emperor. It should be a matter of course for him to receive such a great favor to settle the hatred between the two ethnic groups of his descendants.

Therefore, considering all factors, Li Jing disagrees with Zixin's proposition. This kind of disagreement, which is only conceptual at the moment, will soon form a reality, and no one can predict what kind of outcome it will be in the end, and who will compromise or break the net.