The current situation is so embarrassing.

But after thinking about it carefully, Wu Lizhen did not completely believe Yelu Lijun's words.

If nothing can be done, why are you sent to replace the third prince?

Take the blame?

So Wu Lizhen smiled bitterly and said, "Fifth Prince, don't keep it in your mouth. Tell us quickly, what can you do? This time is really not delayed!"

"Hahaha!"

Yelu Lijun finally lost his stern face, and he laughed, "Actually, Marshal, you all overlooked a very important thing! A hundred years ago, when we were in the war, how sufficient logistics was needed? No! Don't we all pick up food on the spot?"

Zupuguz next to him was shocked: "Your Highness, are you talking about... robbing the food of the people here?"

Yelu Lijun said, "No? Now they are taking two-thirds of the autumn harvest one after another. Isn't it too much, right? The current Liaoxi Corridor is not considered our territory!"

"But..." Wu Lizhen said: "It is precisely because we did not plunder the common people that they are more honest now! If we do this, it will be easy to force them to surrender to Dakang again, which is not conducive to our future rule!"

"You're thinking too much about this." Yelu Lijun said: "If we don't plunder their food, we won't even have the opportunity to rule the western Liaoning Corridor. How can we talk about future rule?"

His words were very misleading, but they left everyone speechless.

Wu Lizhen and the others are really not kind-hearted, they want to treat the Holy Mother of the enemy country.

In fact, including Yelu Feiyang, they just wanted to win over the people as soon as possible, so that they could quickly realize their potential in the next few years and become another granary and base for Shiwei.

Therefore, even if it is so difficult, they did not burn, kill, loot the people on a large scale.

But what Yelu Lijun said is also right now.

If you don’t conquer Ningyuan and Jinzhou, you will have no future.

Without the future, you still talk about the development of the western Liaoning Corridor?

"But their food is still far from enough!" Wu Lizhen remembered what Yelu Feiyang said before and said, "There are only one million people in the western Liaoning Corridor. When we attacked Jinzhou Forewar City, many people gradually retreated to Shanhaiguan. There were only about 300,000 people left here, and the land area for cultivation was not much. Even if we got it, we could only spend ten days and half a month!"

"Ten days and half a month are a good supplement." Yelu Lijun was not unprepared. He looked at everyone and said leisurely: "Besides, don't just look at the common people. Are there a group of fat sheep around us? They are so fat!"

"ah!?"

"Your Highness can't do it!"

"No, Your Highness!!"

A group of people, including Wu Lizhen, couldn't help but take a breath and hurriedly dissuaded them!

No one is a fool.

What Yelu Lijun said was the businessmen who were doing business in a radius of hundreds of miles between the Liaohe River and the Linghe River!

These merchants transport goods from Dakang or other places to sell them here, and then buy their specialties from tribes such as Shiwei, Qiyan, Bohai, and Baekje, and sell them to Dakang or Nanyang Island countries.

After going all the way, they not only made enough money by themselves, but also allowed the goods to be circulated greatly, making everyone get what they need, and the senior executives of each tribe were living more and more happy.

Not that no one was more jealous of their wealth, but whenever such a thing happened, Shi Wei would make the most fierce reaction. He slaughtered more than a dozen tribes and more than one hundred and thirty groups of horse thieves, which shocked everyone and made the side generally safe.

This is not because the Shiwei people are righteous and moral, but because they know that once the lives and property of these merchants are not guaranteed, they will not come to do business again.

As a result, all the supplies from Northeast China cannot be sold quickly, and all kinds of supplies and luxury goods from Dakang cannot be brought in.

In the end, they will become the same as before, just like a local bun, and their quality of life has greatly declined. What else is the point?

It is precisely because of such a deep-rooted idea that Yelu Feiyang just asked them to give them two donations before, and they did not lose too much after the spread. Generally speaking, the merchants were not very conscious of resisting and were willing to continue doing business with Shi Wei after the war ended.

But now looking at Yelu Lijun’s meaning, it is obvious that he wants to raise his butcher’s knife and slaughter these fat sheep!

How can this be done!?

If you do this, wouldn’t all the previous efforts be wasted?

Seeing that they all opposed it, Yelu Lijun was not angry either. He smiled and raised his hand to calm the scene down.

Then the fifth prince said, "I naturally considered what you thought. Although I had a bad personality and a bad temper, I was not a fool. Of course, I knew the importance of these businessmen to us. But I had no choice!

Think about it, after more than four months of war, more than 300,000 people were killed or injured, of which more than 50,000 were killed or injured in our headquarters. If we even conquered two cities, we would have to lose more than 100,000 people! How tragic is this?

With so many people killed and injured, how to do the aftermath? Now we have all founded the country! We are no longer the nomadic tribes before. It is necessary to provide these soldiers with pensions. Can it be possible if we don’t give them?

Not only them, but also the rewards from the vassal tribe. Didn’t my third brother do this beforehand? I can’t win, they won’t be able to get any benefits!”

He said a lot in one breath, but did not stop: "In the end, we won this battle and won the land in the western Liaoning Corridor, which is of great benefit to the entire Shiwei! But what direct benefits are there for those in the court?

No! So they are very angry now and need us to give them some benefits in advance. For example, if we want to buy food, weapons, cattle and sheep, we have to buy what they have at a high price! Otherwise we can have good fruits to eat?"

"So you decided to sell these merchants?" Wu Li Zhen said leisurely.

"If you can solve these problems, I can't do it." Yelu Lijun spread his hands and said.

Wu Lizhen wanted to speak but stopped.

He understood that with Yelu Lijun's character, it was definitely impossible to be so open and simple.

On the one hand, Yelu Lijun must have wanted to win this war and pick the fruits of victory.

But on the other hand, Yelu Lijun must also want to gain allegiance from the army, and at the same time, he can feed the thousands of businessmen with private pockets, and a little bit of property is all astronomical wealth. Will the fifth prince be willing to let it go?

The rest of the people in the tent didn't speak either.

They may not necessarily agree with Yelu Lijun's words, but they all want to capture the two cities in front of them and complete the task smoothly.

If you want to do this, then the necessary money, food, and weapons must not be missing.

But the court no longer issued these things!

No, it’s not that you won’t send it out!

It was given to me before, but it was burned by Dakang's group of beasts!

So you can't say that the court doesn't give any help, just let it be.

Put yourself in your shoes and everyone thinks that if they are important officials in the court, they will also murmur in their hearts and are unwilling to continue to make large-scale contributions.

After figuring this out, everyone's anger was also eliminated.

Yelu Lijun kept checking everyone's expressions and found that everyone's faces were a little relaxed, and he also breathed a sigh of relief.

If these people learn three things and refuse to agree to this plan, it would be a real problem!

"Don't worry, we won't do this." Yelu Lijun said slowly: "The merchants complained and hated afterwards, and we couldn't blame us for coming... Maybe they will come to do business in the future."

"Your Highness, what you mean..."

Wu Lizhen suddenly realized, "No wonder you have been winning over that group of vassal tribes during this period!"

The two of them immediately outlined the context of the matter.

Yelu Lijun wanted to plunder the wealth of the group of merchants, but he would not take action by himself, but chose to let this group of vassal tribes take action.

The reason for taking action is too simple, just find a few.

Although this is a bit like stealing the bell, it is better than breaking the blame for yourself.

"Well, this matter will be implemented today and tomorrow. At that time, in addition to purchasing various materials for the court, we will have a share of the money we get." Yelu Lijun said: "Thank you for half a year and don't bring any things back to your home. What does that mean?"

The expressions of the generals present suddenly became richer.

Even Marshal Wu Li Zhen's face relaxed a lot.

They are all from Shiwei. They were still grazing around a hundred years ago, and they paid attention to the prejudice of the weak.

It's almost the same now.

No one can avoid the preference for money.

If you can build the Liaoxi Corridor this time and make a lot of money, you can take it home to your wife and parents and elders, that would be really good!

By then, the family will be more prosperous and prosperous!

"It's OK, but don't hurt anyone's life!" Although Wu Lizhen agreed in his heart, he still reminded: "If you kill someone, you will be completely out of the blue! We can't lack this group of businessmen!"

What he said is reasonable.

If it weren't for the favorable location of such a large plain between the Linghe and the Liaohe River, those merchants would have to cross Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan and Jinzhou came to do business with Shiwei, which was a long journey and a great deal of hardship.

So there were very few merchants coming, causing various prices to soar, and at the same time, Shi Wei's things could not be sold.

The lack of transactions made the Shiwei people have had enough, otherwise they would not have been so fierce and fair in order to maintain this commercial area.

"Don't worry!"

Yelu Lijun smiled and nodded: "I have told them that whoever dares to kill someone, then I will kill them a hundred-man team!"

For the Shiwei people, this group of vassal tribes are just tool people.

Kill if you violate the order, there is no problem!

...

They said it lightly, but the merchants in the area between the Linghe River and the Liaohe River ushered in the darkest days of their lives.

Overnight, countless Bohai, Qiyan, Baekje, and Xi cavalrymen rushed into one town after another and carried out crazy robbery.

They are not just robbing the richest businesses, but robbing all kinds of businesses, one by one, and none of them are missing!
To be continued...