"That's good." After Li Yuan praised him, he turned to Feng Ang and said, "Aiqing has a good son, and I have decided to crown this son as a loyal general, plus an earl." This Westport firm is doing well, and everyone is on the next level. ”

Feng Ang immediately got up and thanked Feng Zhidai together.

General Zhongwu is a fourth-rank military attaché, which also represents the Xigang firm becoming a royal firm, which officially has military power, commercial power, and most importantly, the right to conquer within the scope of foreign approval.

"Full drink!" Li Yuan swept away the haze of the Chang'an Rebellion and raised his glass boldly.

That night, Feng Ang came to the place where Liu Mu rested.

As soon as he entered the house, Feng Ang smiled.

Liu Mu was sitting alone on a low stool and throwing one piece of paper after another into the fire, and Feng Ang sat next to Liu Mu and snatched the stack of papers that Liu Mu was about to burn.

This is a Huairou assimilation plan.

The page on the cover was not burned, and Liu Mu was still a little reluctant in his heart.

On the cover it is written, Annan monkey training plan.

Feng Ang put a jar of Annan's local fruit wine in front of Liu Mu: "Brother, you're not wrong. You are a very good strategist. I was impressed when you first arrived in Lingnan, and I have talked a lot with the saints in the past few days, and I also know many things that ordinary people don't know. ”

"For example?" Yanagi asked rhetorically.

"For example, in the current Chang'an Rebellion, if you are not in it, it is still unknown what the outcome will be. But I believe that the saint may not know everything, and in my opinion, I must have a secret that no one knows. But I won't mention this today, just talk about the battle of Youzhou, the battle of Bingzhou, and the battle of Shuofang. Big brother respects you. ”

"Okay, drink it." Liu Mu held the large bowl and poured the bowl of wine into his stomach.

Feng Ang put down the wine bowl and folded the cover and put it in his arms: "You also said, it's a monkey." You can't do anything to a monkey like you do to a human, and you can't be under a steel sword. ”

Liu Mu was taken aback, Feng An's words were too classic.

Feng Ang said: "I haven't put forward any opinions on your ideas before, even if I don't approve of Huairou's plan and don't oppose it, the excuse I gave my subordinates is that you have just arrived in Lingnan, and you are a benevolent person, so I want to give you this face." ”

"What about the truth?"

"I can't figure out the attitude of the imperial court, although Jiaozhi is still a place in the Tang Dynasty, but this is not a place in the Tang Dynasty. The use of foreign troops is inappropriate without a reasonable explanation. ”

Liu Mu didn't understand it now: "At that time, you were preparing to fight with heavy troops. ”

"No, it was just defense at that time. By the way, look at your attitude. ”

"And now?"

"Now, what do you say? Drink to your heart's content. Feng Ang laughed and held the wine bowl, some words no longer need to be said. The Tang Emperor had already released Feng An, a tiger, and it was obvious that Feng Ang was ready to make a big move.

Feng Ang wants to attract all the contradictions within Lingnan to Jiaozhi.

Lingnan is stable, there is money to earn, and it is a win-win situation.

More importantly, Feng Ang offered his loyalty and bravery to the Tang Emperor, and in the future, the top nobles of the Tang Dynasty will have a place for his Feng family.

After three bowls of fruit wine in a row, Liu Mu asked, "Ready to storm Aizhou?" ”

"No, there's no hurry. This monkey is also to be subdivided into the monkey king, the monkey head, the obedient monkey, and the restless monkey. Let's take a moment to clean up the restless monkey first, your manual, brother, I have read it more than ten times, isn't it the meaning of control? ”

control, control; collar, territory.

Feng An's understanding is that it is a territory outside the territory that is under the control of the party.

"Deeper than that. As early as the time of our Han Dynasty, there was a large country in the far west that was not smaller than the Han Dynasty and had a weak national strength, and they called themselves the Roman Empire. They extended their power to the inferior states and states, plundering and enslaving everything in the area, not limited to resources, property, and people. ”

Willow Wood uses Rome as an example, and in fact speaks of the East India Company's style of work.

Feng Ang listened carefully and nodded silently: "It sounds like Huairou is still a good move." ”

"That's right." Liu Muxin said that Feng Ang finally understood what he meant.

But Feng Ang said again: "However, it's not too late to be obedient and then Huairou, Huairou is aimed at obedient and honest monkeys." ”

"Well, you win." Liu Mu knew that Feng An's method was cruel, but it was more effective.

Two days later, Liu Mu and Feng Ang came to a new market in the west of Jiaozhou City, where merchants from all walks of life in Lingnan had gathered, there were too many raw materials, but the raw materials were not easy to preserve, and they would be shipped to Chang'an after primary or deep processing, and ordinary businessmen were very concerned about this kind of business.

Liu Mu and Feng Ang changed into the same clothes as ordinary merchants, and each brought four guards to the market.

Not long after entering the market, Feng Ang pointed not far away: "Look there, that's an obedient monkey." And over there, I'm from the Tang Dynasty. ”

Liu Mu looked in the direction that Feng Ang pointed out, and his first reaction was whether Feng Ang pointed out the wrong point, or said the opposite.

Because the former is the color of Han clothing, the latter is a style with strong national characteristics.

"That looks like a Han person, but they are friends, and everything is learning from the Central Plains and imitating the Central Plains. Even they thought that Jiaozhou was their capital, and they had the idea of establishing a country before the Sui Dynasty. ”

After listening to Feng An's explanation, Liu Mu nodded in understanding.

Feng Ang pointed to the person wearing a foreign costume again: "That's a Panyu Yi person, although he said that he rebelled several times and made trouble for Lingnan several times, he is still a Lingnan person." Like Wenjing, the Panyu Yi people who occupied a piece of land in Aizhou and established themselves as kings were only a minority. Now, now that they have money to make, they won't rebel again. ”

"Yes, yes." Yanagi nodded again.

Feng Ang took Liu Mu closer and heard the two of them arguing fiercely in words he didn't understand.

Feng Ang translated for Liu Mu: "They speak the local dialect of Jiaoren, which is actually not much different from the Central Plains dialect, but the pronunciation is weird, and you will definitely understand it after listening to it for a long time." ”

Under Feng An's translation, Liu Mu knew that the two sides were bargaining.

In order to obtain the purchase price of indigo grass, the author organized hundreds of people to go into the mountains and forests to collect a large number of things, and then went to the market to find the corresponding merchants to sell different plants.

"The new rule is that the Westport firm is responsible for purchasing all kinds of pre-processed goods, and then paying according to the price of different grades. And this gathering and primary processing work is separated, and the Xigang merchant eats meat and let other people drink the soup. There are also some smart people among the authors, who understand that only by being obedient can they earn money. ”

After letting Liu Mu finish reading this place, Feng Ang took Liu Mu to the depths of the market.

There are some high-value items traded here, such as fine medicinal herbs.

And then there were slaves.