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Yang Guang was a little restless these days. Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. The Sui army of Liao invaded the Great Sui Dynasty finally vowed to fight. The 300,000 troops went on a war, which was the largest military operation of the court in several years. A prince was in charge, a prime minister commanded the troops, and 300,000 troops were in charge. It shows that the emperor paid attention to this battle. In this battle, he should have been in charge, assisted by the right servant Yang Su, and the commander Shi Wansui and He Ruobi were in charge of the war. But he finally believed Ling Yun's words and did not serve as the commander in the end. Similarly, after secret operations, Yang Su, who had reached an alliance with him, did not participate in the battle.

All the chips have been pushed into the gambling pool, and you can buy them and leave them.

This is a big bet, and it is bet that Yang Liang and Gao Ying will be defeated in the Eastern Expedition. If Yang Liang and Gao Ying are defeated in the bet, then the two brothers, the prince and the King of Han, will be hit hard, and he will reap profits. But if things do not develop as predicted, if Gao Ying wins the Eastern Expedition, he will be hit hard by Yang Guang. Not only will he lose an important opportunity to make contributions and enhance his prestige, he will also be hit hard by the battle to seize the reserve.

This year was not a smooth year for Yang Guang. The general Shi Wansui, who had been swept hard by Fei Dali, was suppressed by the prince and the king of Shu, and was demoted to a civilian. He Ruobi, who had received his gifts, also began to retreat, and his first subordinates became swaying.

Influenced by this, many officials and powerful officials in the court and the local government were waiting and watching, and their attitude towards them was a little unclear. This Eastern Expedition was finally led by Yang Liang. Gao Jin, a group of princes, actually led the troops, and most of the generals who went out to the expedition were from the King of Han and princes, which made many people think that the King of Jin had fallen out of favor. The whole thing was a group of fence-bearing soldiers, Yang Guang cursed in his heart with anger. But even if he was the prince who commanded the forty-four prefectures of the Jianghuai Dynasty, he could do nothing when facing these fence-bearing soldiers.

Yang Guang sat on the couch and remembered the conversation he had with Zhang Heng and Duan Da yesterday.

"Your Highness, Yi Feng is in Huaihuang's movements too much, and he is worried that the wild horse will escape. In just three months, he has already controlled the Tiger Alliance, which is a good thing, but he has trained troops and horses with more than 20,000 people, but he has to be wary of it early. Otherwise, once he loses control, he will regret it at that time." Zhang Heng said at that time. Ling Yun was a chess piece arranged by Yang Guang in the north. Naturally, he was very concerned. Every few days, the news came back. At the beginning, Yang Guang won over Ling Yun's friendship along the way.

Fang Haoqiang still held a supportive attitude. But with Ling Yun's series of actions after he arrived in Huaihuang, Yang Guang began to be a little confused. Ling Yun's power expanded too quickly, and it was completely beyond the estimate. Who would have thought that in three months, he had already raised 20,000 troops from Jiangnan to the northern part of the country? Although he knew in his heart that these 20,000 troops only sounded scary. In fact, they were still some mobs, but even so, this sign made him a little worried.

"Ling Yun is indeed expanding too fast, and Gu is also a little worried. If he attracts Ake's attention, it will be a problem."

"I have a word, but I don't know whether to say it or not." Duan Da said aside.

“But it’s okay.”

Duan Da asked, "So, is your highness worried that Yi Feng will attract the attention of the King of Han when he acts too quickly, or is your highness worried that Yi Feng will be out of control?"

Yang Guang remembered that he hesitated for a long time but did not answer. He asked himself, what was he worried about? Is he afraid that the illegitimate child would act too quickly in the north, attract the attention of the King of Han, and thus lose the function of the chess piece. Or is he not at ease with the illegitimate child, afraid that his strength would expand rapidly, so he lost control of him? This reminded him of Yuan Jiyao who was robbed. He actually felt a little regretful at this time. He did not come from a green forest at the beginning.

The woman took it seriously and knew that this woman was an illegitimate child, but she still did not recover her and allowed her to continue to send her to Chang'an. But in the end, before he entered Chang'an, he was robbed halfway. He always suspected that the person was robbed by Yi Feng, but he could not find any evidence. Therefore, he began to be more wary of the illegitimate child. This led to him not being happy but worried when he heard Yi Feng's series of methods in the Tiger Alliance.

"If Your Highness is worried that Yi Feng will lose control, my subordinates think he is a little too worried. Although Yi Feng now controls the Tiger Alliance, he is just a leader of the Green Forest, with a group of shrimp, soldiers, crab generals, and a group of mobs. If he dares to have a two-minded heart, not to mention that his two women are in the hands of His Highness, and His Highness really wants to deal with him, he will just raise his finger and even do it himself, and he can destroy him in one sentence. Therefore, my subordinates think that as long as there is no definite evidence that he has a two-minded heart, he should actually win over it. After all, Your Highness is his father, and he will be grateful if he gives some favors. Besides, Yi Feng's performance is indeed beyond expectations, but there is no need to worry. On the contrary, it is something worthy of happiness, and it can play a more role. Please think twice."

While thinking there, the guard general Yu Zan walked over gently, "Your Highness, Yu Wenji is back."

Yu Zan is a brave guard. He is the younger brother of Yu Juluo, the chief supervisor of Fengzhou, Gongzhu State of Gaotang County. Both Yu Juluo and Yu Zan once followed him to pacify Chen and performed very well. Especially Yu Zan, as his personal guard general, during the rebellion in Pingjiangnan for ten years, a group of rebels assassins raided into the camp. Yu Zan was calm in the face of danger and personally led the guards to fight to the death, not allowing the assassins to cross him. Therefore, Yang Guang relied heavily on Yu Zan. Even though Yu Zan was sued several times and was cruel and willing to drink and beat and scold his soldiers, he did not investigate in the end.

"I am so proud of your highness." Yu Wenhe came forward to worship.

"Get up, it's been a hard journey." Yang Guang smiled gently and helped Yu Wenji up. Although Yu Wenji had the name of a frivolous young man, Yu Wen Shu and the Yu Wen family were their own firm supporters. This time Yu Wenji went to the north, it was also hard.

Yu Wenji stood up and hurriedly said, "It is an honor for you to serve Your Highness."

Yang Guang gave Yu Wenhua and his seat, and said, "I was very pleased and happy to hear that Ling Yun was doing things in Huaihuang. But the specific situation is not clear. Can you tell Gu in detail about Ling Yun’s journey north and after he arrived in Huaihuang?"

Yu Wenji stood up again. "Bei Zhi was about to report the details to Your Highness, but Rong Beizhi gave this gift list to Your Highness first." When he came back south, Ling Yun not only asked him to bring a thousand war horses and a large number of jewelry and other items back to Yangzhou to give to Yang Guang. He also specially prepared a generous gift for Yu Wenhua and his father and son, one hundred war horses, a hundred young female slaves of the Xi people, and a sum of gold and silver jewelry. This made Yu Wenji very satisfied, so when he came back, he immediately took out the gift list that Ling Yun gave to Yang Guang.

"A thousand excellent war horses, gold, silver and gold, pearls, sable fur and ginseng waiting for ten carts!" Yang Guang took the gift list and saw it. He couldn't help but be surprised. It was not that Yang Guang had never seen money, but that he was surprised that Ling Yun had already given himself so many gifts as soon as he arrived in the north. One thousand war horses. War horses are not the same as ordinary horses, especially the ones seized on the war horses were trained. An ordinary horse may be worth twenty or thirty stagnant coins, and an excellent untrained war horse may be worth forty or fifty stagnant coins. And one is an excellent war horse that has been trained. Sometimes it can double its value. A thousand such excellent war horses can be used to equip cavalry directly without spending a lot of time to train. Moreover, there are gifts of ten carts.

"Your Highness, those ten carts of wealth are all good things, worth less than 100,000 guan." Yu Wenhe added a sentence at the right time. In fact, it sounds like 100,000 guan is scary, but in fact it is not worth so much money in Lingyun. Many things are all stock items of the Tiger Alliance, some gold, silver, jewelry, jade, pearls, etc. Although the value is not low, it is dirty and not easy to sell. It is sold to merchants for one tenth of the price. There are also ginseng, mink and other items, which are very expensive in the Central Plains and are actually not expensive in the northern border. If it weren't for this, Lingyun wouldn't have given them so generously. On the contrary, he wouldn't have exchanged much money for his own money, so it would be better to give them to Yang Guang.

One thousand war horses and ten chariots of treasures, the price on the surface is worth 200,000 guan.

This is indeed a gift. Yang Guang's concept of Yi Feng changed a lot. He had always been a little suspicious of Yi Feng, but at this time it disappeared with this gift list. If Ling Yun had really had a second thought, how could he give him so many gifts? You know, although Ling Yun controlled the Tiger Alliance, how much money could the Tiger Alliance have? Besides, Ling Yun has now trained more than 20,000 troops and horses, and there is still a 100,000 population in the alliance, and he must have a lot of money, but he can give so much money to himself at once. This is his attitude.

"Hey, this child is the first to Huaihuang, and he also needs money everywhere. Why did he give all his family's assets to the orphan at once?" Yang Guang was happy and called Ling Yun a child directly. "Tell me about Ling Yun's Huaihuang."

"Yes, Your Highness." Yu Wenji also gained a lot of benefits from Ling Yun, so at this time, he tried his best to help Ling Yun speak when reporting.

Yang Guang sat there and listened quietly, listening to Ling Yun made friends in Hebei, Henan, fighting with Zhang Sheng and others in Huaihuang, how to lead a group of mountain villages and green forests to defeat the Baye Gu Jingqi in Mobei, how to defeat the Xi slave soldiers, how to withdraw the village and merge the fort, and Ling Yun planned to establish a border city in Huaihuang, and prohibit his subordinates from robbing again, etc.

"Your Highness, when Ling Yun came, I asked me to tell Your Highness that Huaihuang was located between several forces and training an elite soldier would have great effect. Whether it was monitoring the Han King of Bingzhou or protecting the northern border, it would be of great use. However, training and raising troops would require a lot of money. Ling Yun said that he knew that Your Highness also needed money, so he did not plan to ask Your Highness for money, but solved it himself. He planned to use the unique position between several forces in Huaihuang to build Huaihuang into a border market. In this way, the money obtained from the market can not only be used to raise Huaihuang's troops, but also provide your Highness with a source of wealth every year. Ling Yun said that if the Huaihuang border market can be built, it can provide at least 100,000 jin of money in the first year, and it will increase year by year in the future. Three years later, it can even provide your Highness with more than 200,000 yuan in wealth every year."

The so-called "If you want to take it first, you must give it first."

If Ling Yun wants to get support from Yang Guang, of course, he has to let Yang Guang see the benefits. A thousand horses and that fortune are just stepping stones. What really impresses Yang Guang is the wonderful future prospects. How can Yang Guang not be moved by an investment of 100,000 and 200,000 yuan a year? You must know that the three elements of rebellion are: military, money, and public opinion. The most important thing is money. Where can the troops come from without money? Without money, public opinion comes from without money.

Sure enough, Yang Guang was already quietly moved when he heard this. In order to win over Yang Su, he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, and in order to win over Shi Wansu, he spent more than 100,000 yuan. He Ruobi and others were given tens of thousands of yuan gifts at any time. He really spent money like water, and the base in Hongzhou, training private soldiers and making equipment, and the money was spent. If it weren't for the full support of the Yuwen family and his wife, Xiao family, and the successful last time, he also brought the Shen family over, with the financial support from these wealthy families, how could he have been so smooth? But the more money, the better. The so-called "a little cent can do something". If he had enough money, he could win more support from officials and nobles.

However, Yang Guang is also a shrewd person, so he quickly calmed down. He slowly looked at Yu Wenhua and a few times, and then said, "Is there anything Lingyun that needs Gu's support?"

Yu Wenhe hurriedly said: "Yi Bingcao entrusted his rank to ask His Highness to help him dispatch some food. In addition, to establishing a border city in Huaihuang, he also needs support from the court. Oh, Yi Bingcao said that you don't need to trouble Your Highness to pull out the food. They only need His Highness to help them open up the joints of food out of seclusion, and they will pay for the price to buy the food."

"Grain." Yang Guang nodded, "Yes, Huaihuang is not engaged in reclamation, and it does require a lot of food." Yang Guang was not unhappy when he heard Lingyun ask for food, but was very happy. He found that he had another weapon to control Lingyun and Huaihuang Town, that is, food. Huaihuang does not produce food, and of course the people on the grassland do not produce food. Huaihuang has more than 100,000 people. If a border city is established and the troops are trained in the future, their food needs will be more. Lingyun thought it would be difficult for him to buy food from the pass. It would be difficult for the pass to leave the pass without the permission of the court. Lingyun could only ask himself to help buy food, and there was no other way.
Chapter completed!