Paying attention to the young Yingjie is fake, thinking about how to kill himself is the real thing, saying things against his will in a serious manner, and his official position is promoted, and his face is getting thicker and thicker.
It is so difficult for the Li family and the Chen family to come to this point, so don't expose some lies.
Seeing that he was willing to be the governor to share his worries, Li Yi decided to show him some face.
Chen Chong didn't continue this topic anymore, sat down opposite him, and asked, "Your goal this time is the King of Shu?"
Li Yi shook his head and said, "You've got it wrong, it should be the King of Shu's goal is me."
"The result is the same." Chen Chong looked at him and said, "They want to attack Yongxian, and their goal is you, and your goal is them, as well as the traitors they planted in Shuzhou, they are not your opponents, but if When the two sides fight, the people of Yong County will be the first to suffer, and you are at the end of the year, if you can't control it, big things will happen."
"Catching a turtle in a urn, closing the door and beating a dog, what's the big deal?"
"Catch the turtle in the urn, close the door and beat the dog?" Chen Chong looked at him, shook his head and said, "Since you have already made arrangements, I won't say more."
He changed the subject and said: "About the cancellation of the curfew you said last time, opening up business, attracting businessmen from the two countries to settle down, reducing tariffs, and reducing part of the agricultural tax, there are still some details that need to be discussed before the official implementation..."
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"One hundred thousand taels?" Fang Yu looked at the man in purple, frowning and asked, "Did they really say that?"
They can take out one hundred thousand taels, but this amount of money is not a small amount for them. The holy religion needs money to expand its believers and plan operations, although if this operation is successful, it will be able to bring interest Earn it back, but now that he is going out for a hundred thousand taels all at once, he still needs to think carefully.
The envoy in purple nodded and said, "Yes, they said one hundred thousand taels of silver, not a penny less, otherwise, our sincerity is not enough, so there is no need to talk about cooperation..."
While Fang Yu hesitated, a voice came from the side.
The king of Shu came over and said disapprovingly: "Isn't it just one hundred thousand taels of silver? If they want it, they will give it to them. Then Li Yi has a rich family. After the matter is completed, he will be rewarded ten times and a hundred times. What are you worried about..."
Fang Yu pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then give them one hundred thousand taels..."
He lowered his head and looked again, with a trace of doubt on his face, he murmured: "Why can't two hundred and fifty people work, but two hundred and sixty people can do it, just ten more people, is there any difference?"
"It's only ten people, it doesn't matter if there are more or less, don't care about these details..." King Shu shook his head and asked, "What else did they say?"
Fang Yu continued to look down, and said: "They said that they should choose to attack during the New Year's Day. At that time, the opponent's vigilance is not high, and it is easiest to succeed. They also found the most concealed and safest route..."
"That's a good idea." The King of Shu nodded and said, "Those bald heads are not stupid. We just take advantage of this time to prepare well. Show me the route..."
Fang Yu handed him a marked map.
The King of Shu looked at it, nodded and said: "Yes, this road is almost all in the mountains, without passing through the village. Although it is a bit difficult, it is hidden enough. The west gate is directly opposite the west gate when you go out of the mountain. It is the most dilapidated, and the guards are also the weakest. If someone cooperates with the inside and outside, and opens the city gate in advance, we can drive straight in... "
Seeing this, the King of Shu patted the table suddenly, and said with a smile: "These bald heads are quite familiar with the defense of Yongxian County. It seems that they are not the wrong people to find them!"
Behind him, a man nodded approvingly.
In the two days before the New Year's Eve, everyone was preparing for the New Year. Even the guards guarding the city were absent-minded. It was the time when their vigilance was at their lowest...
Even His Royal Highness the King of Shu praised the chosen route, and he couldn't go wrong after thinking about it.
Those bald heads are indeed educated bandits. They have ideas, insights, and are very caring and thoughtful...
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Shuzhou is the last inhabited place in the west of Jingguo.
In the minds of the people of Jingguo, Shuzhou represents remoteness and poverty. Because it is located at the junction of Jingguo and Qiguo, people who don't know Shuzhou will always feel uneasy living here. The country will call at any time.
In fact, this is completely groundless worry.
Shuzhou is adjacent to a land of chaos, with endless mountains. Even though it is bordered by Qi State, if Qi State wants to use this place as a breakthrough to attack Jing State, the inconvenient transportation will drag down the entire army.
This is also the reason why although Shuzhou is adjacent to Qi State, there have been only bandits and no military disasters here for decades.
It is precisely because of this that the city wall of Shuzhou does not need to be built as high or thick as it is two feet high enough, and the government will not spend extra money to repair the city wall, because it is completely unnecessary.
Yong County, West City Wall.
The city wall on the west side of Yong County is already very dilapidated. Of course, this is only from the outside. The city wall rammed layer by layer with black soil or loess is still very strong and durable.
Lao Fang didn't understand what my uncle and he were doing here today. The place was dilapidated, except for the mottled city walls and low houses. There was nothing to see, let alone anything interesting.
Li Yi picked up a branch and wrote and drew on the ground.
Lao Fang looked at it for a while, and finally couldn't help asking: "Master, what are you painting?"
Li Yi pointed around and said, "Tell me, how about building a few shops here?"
Lao Fang looked around, and then he understood what Li Yi was painting, and squatted down to look carefully, shaking his head and said: "Even if you want to open a shop and build a workshop, there is no need to build a house as high as the city wall. , Moreover, these shops are surrounded by a circle, which looks like an urn, which is not good-looking... "
Li Yi threw away the branch, and said, "You don't understand, this is called a business circle, a business circle, a business circle, don't form a circle..."
Uncle is rich, so he can do whatever he wants, but he doesn't care, and asked casually, "When will it be built, I will arrange the manpower."
"Start now, it must be completed within three months, and the store will open during the New Year's Eve."
Old Fang was surprised: "So urgent?"
"difficult?"
"It's not that difficult." Lao Fang shook his head and said, "It's just a matter of finding more people and spending more money. I'll make arrangements. I'll guarantee the completion of the task within two months."
Li Yi nodded and said, "It's okay to spend more money, as long as you can finish it earlier."
"as long as you are happy… "
Lao Fang shook his head. He didn't know what a business district was, but he was sure that my uncle only knew some miscellaneous tactics of war, and didn't know what a Wengcheng was at all.
Wengcheng, as the name suggests—is a city like an urn.
Make a circle around the city gate and build a small city as high as the city wall. Only those important cities do this, so that when a strong enemy invades, as long as the two city gates are closed, the enemy can be killed. Trapped, forming a trend of "catch a turtle in a urn"...
At that time, whether to choose to ambush soldiers in the city, or let the archers shoot cold arrows, pour boiling oil, and throw stones on the city wall, depends entirely on the mood...
Shuzhou is not a strategically important place. What does my uncle spend so much effort building an urn city? Are you still worried that Qi's army will not be able to attack from here after crossing the mountains
There is an urn, but there is no turtle...