After saying this, Yang Chendong also patted Luan Xiaochen's shoulder. How did he not know that the poor foundation had become the biggest obstacle to outward expansion? Just as Luan Xiaochen was worried about, if the rear was unstable and the front was fighting, and suddenly a stab in the back, the consequences would be unimaginable. In this regard, he naturally knows in his heart, and he doesn't need Luan Xiaochen to remind him, he also has to stabilize and lay the foundation first. Of course, if it is possible, he will fight two battles to play a deterrent role, so as to gain more time and space for development, and he will not talk to Luan Xiaochen about all this for the time being, there is actually an assessment problem involved in this.

Yang Chendong's stop was more than a month, he had to wait for the latest news from Fan Yuhai from the Security Bureau, and he had to wait for Leng Feng and the auxiliary troops to completely pacify Laos with the cooperation of General He Guang, and the overall situation would be settled. During this time, the news that the Lancang Kingdom had been captured by mercenaries finally crossed the rainforest and reached the Northern Ming, Southern Ming, and Min Dynasty.

Among the three forces, the one who reacted the most and inspired was of course Zhu Qizhen, the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Because Beiming is far away, it is beyond the reach of the whip if he wants to take care of it, and even if he is angry, he can only choose to ignore it first.

King Min is because he is still consolidating his position. Following Nanming's example, he was also recruiting and training soldiers, and he couldn't stop Yang Chendong's growth at all.

Nanming is different. Originally, this country belonged to Zhu Qizhen, in his opinion, whether it was Zhu Qiyu of the Northern Ming Dynasty or Zhu Huixuan of the Minwang family, they were all their own thieves. It was they who robbed themselves of their wealth and their territory. But in any case, their struggle is their own family's business, and the mercenaries are foreign enemies.

In such a state of mind, when he heard that the mercenaries had taken the Lancang Kingdom after destroying Jiaozhi, he was of course furious. In the palace, he was furious, and although the only person who confided in him was Cao Jixiang, the chief eunuch, he was still angry.

"What does he want to do? Don't you know that the Lancang Kingdom is also one of the countries that Taizu has set for non-conquest? Doesn't he know that the Lancang Kingdom is still the Lao Xuanwei Division of my Ming Dynasty? He even said that he would occupy it, what reason did he have? ”

He yelled like a madman, not caring about how terrible he was at this moment. After shouting this, Zhu Qizhen looked at Cao Jixiang on the side and asked loudly, "Big companion, what reason does he have?" ”

"Your Majesty." Cao Jixiang's face was apprehensive, a look of being shocked by the emperor's might, it can be seen from the calm words of his answer to the question, he is not really afraid in his heart, "Not long ago, the Lancang Kingdom just sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Hanoi City together with Fan Yuhai, the famous general of the former Jiaozhi, but it was not defeated, but I heard that the mercenaries in this battle killed and injured many people. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhu Qizhen has a picture I don't know.

In fact, when the news was reported at the time, he also clapped his hands and said come and see, in his opinion, it is a good thing that mercenaries have losses, at least it proves that they are also human beings and will die. But now, he didn't even think about it. On the contrary, after listening to Cao Jixiang's answer, he said with a discouraged face, "This Payasai is also right, what to do to provoke the mercenaries, give them the excuse to attack, alas." ”

A sigh has already shown Zhu Qizhen's attitude, that is, he can only pinch his nose to admit this matter. In fact, it is not okay not to admit it, who made the mercenaries the victors? The victor has the right to do anything with condescension.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." Seeing that Zhu Qizhen didn't seem to be so angry, Cao Jixiang tried to speak.

"If you have anything to say, I will forgive you."

"Your Majesty, Emperor. In fact, Your Majesty, the current actions of the mercenaries are not a bad thing for us, the larger their territory is, the more people will be invested, and the fewer mobile troops will be. And when they expand to a certain extent, they will inevitably have an unstable foundation, and at that time our new army should also be trained, and it is time to counterattack in a big way. At that time, as long as the mercenaries are defeated, won't what they have now become the Ming Dynasty and the emperor in the future? ”

Cao Jixiang said as he observed Zhu Qizhen's face. As a eunuch, he was originally to solve problems for the emperor, so how to restore the emperor's strong confidence is one of his responsibilities as the leader of the eunuchs.

"Huh?" Zhu Qizhen seriously considered Cao Jixiang's words, and after a while, his face finally turned cloudy and smiled, "Yes, what the eldest companion said is very right." As long as we are strong enough to defeat the mercenaries, then theirs will be ours from now on. Haha, yes, yes, I am going to train the new army with all my strength now, as long as the army is strong enough, who will dare to disobey at that time? Hahaha. ”

seems to have figured it out, Zhu Qizhen was not angry about this matter, but he didn't even send someone to reprimand Yang Chendong for the superficial work, but devoted all his energy to training the new army, and even took out another three million taels of silver from the treasury for this purpose. By trading the population, the current Nanming really has some silver.

Beiming is too far away to participate in anything. Nanming has his own little Jiujiu, and because of his own strength, he has to admit everything. While consolidating the foundation, King Min had some ideas, such as trying to contact Yang Chendong. But Zhu Huixuan's idea was quickly dissuaded by the courtiers.

According to the meaning of these courtiers, the mercenaries are now in the limelight, and it is difficult to get any benefits from uniting with them, so it is better to wait for them to lose the battle under arrogance, and at that time to unite with them, the price to pay will be much smaller.

Following the advice of his courtiers, Zhu Huixuan was bent on stabilizing his territory and did not send anyone to contact the mercenaries.

The major forces in the north did not make the slightest movement, all of which was expected by Yang Chendong. But the fact that several countries around Laos did not move at all, which made him a little puzzled.

Supposedly, the mercenaries are so powerful that the Ava dynasty in the northwest (Burma), Siam in the west (Thailand), and Phnom Penh in the south (Cambodia) should also react, at least send someone to contact them.

It is okay to recognize the mercenaries' sovereign leadership over the Lancang Kingdom, or to establish diplomatic relations directly, but why is there no movement at all?

It's like if you occupy a county seat, and the nearby county town shouldn't be ignored. So this was very abnormal, and it wasn't until the news came from the Security Bureau that Fan Yuhai was secretly talking with the generals of the three countries in Siam, that Yang Chendong figured out the reason.

"Haha, Fan Yuhai, not bad, not bad." said two good things in a row, showing that he was in a really good mood at this moment. Hearing this, Hu Mang and Yang Er on the side showed doubts in their eyes.

Who is Fan Yuhai? That is the remnant of Jiaozhi, and if it weren't even for this person, there would not have been the previous attack and defense battle of Hanoi City, where Leng Feng and the auxiliaries were all dead brothers. Such a person is definitely an enemy, the kind of person who must be killed when they meet, but why does the young master still say that he is good?

Yang Chendong's idea was actually very simple, because this Fan Yuhai had led the troubles to the Lancang Kingdom before, which gave the mercenaries the opportunity to send troops. Now that he is bringing the waters of calamity to Siam, isn't this still creating an opportunity for him?

Before, Yang Chendong had thought about whether to let Fan Yuhai go. Of course, this release does not mean not to eliminate him, but to eliminate him later, so that he can introduce more countries into this bureau and create enough excuses for him to attack. In fact, when he entered the Lancang Kingdom, Yang Chendong thanked him in his heart.

What he never thought was that this Fan Yuhai seemed to know what he was thinking, and he was connected with the general of Siam so quickly, and he was also connected to three countries, and this person was really his bosom friend.

I was happy to have an excuse in my heart, but Yang Chendong would not attack immediately.

War is not just words. Every time a battle is fought, there are too many things involved, including intelligence, terrain, troop comparison and deployment, logistical support, food, grass and ordnance, military morale, people's hearts, and so on.

If any of them are not prepared, that could lead to the defeat of the war. Especially now that the army is still pacifying the foreign army in Laos Province, without enough troops, Yang Chendong will not make any decisions lightly.

"Order the Security Bureau, don't be afraid to spend money, and find a way to know more about the other party's situation." After saying this to Hu Mang, Yang Chendong put the matter aside, even if he was going to fight, he had to wait for Luo Po and Wu Sheng to free their hands, and now wait and see what happens. For this period of time, let's help my future uncle take care of the situation in Laos Province first.

The will of the people is the foundation of a country. In order to be able to stabilize and gather the people's hearts as soon as possible, Yang Chendong is ready to bring the model of "Yang Bao" to Laos Province.

The previous Yang Bao had been wandering around the Jingshi and nearby in Beiming. Because of the traffic and the situation, although Yang Bao was issued very early, its development was indeed very slow, especially after Yang Chendong left the Northern Ming Dynasty and went to the south, Yang Bao even reached the situation of suspension of publication for a time. Who knows if they are gone, will someone take action against them?

Laos Province is different, this is Yang Chendong's territory, it is his final say, if you want to publish Yang Bao here, you will not be constrained in any way, but will get the full support of the local government.

If you want to gather people's hearts, you must first let others know who you are and what you want to do. And what did it do for them?