(Lack of energy, only one chapter.)

Cheng Gui was ordered by Ma Xing, the pacification envoy of Shaanxi Road, to go to tell Yu about hiding flowers and hemp. Before going, he stopped by Dingbian City, Shentangbao and Yanzhou to deal with some matters.

In fact, it is about the issue of control of Yanzhou.

I originally thought that winning Yanzhou would give Shaanxi Road an important financial source. The natural salt lake here and its annual output are really mouth-watering. Ma Xing is even thinking about how to use this money to improve training.

More troops.

Unexpectedly, the dream came to nothing.

Xiao Ding took Yanzhou, but the control fell into the hands of the party members.

According to Xiao Ding's report, these salt lakes were the rewards he promised to the party members, otherwise they would not be willing to send troops.

This made Ma Xing furious but helpless.

Now is not the time to deal with the Dangxiang people. Next, we will fight Li Xu. After taking care of Li Xu, we will have to deal with the Liao people. The Dangxiang people are all the targets to win over.

If you really have to fall out with them, the gains outweigh the losses.

Ma Xing was ready to swallow this bitter pill, but he had to figure out some of the issues here that he couldn't understand. For Ma Xing, he could suffer a loss, but he had to suffer it on the bright side.

Cheng Gui came here this time. He was very thoughtful and discovered many unusual things.

There are probably many unknown secrets between Xiao Ding and the party members.

A large number of Xiao Ding's cronies resigned from the military and joined the Tibetan army. Xiao Ding's explanation was that he must control the Tibetan army to a certain extent, otherwise when a war breaks out, the Tibetan army suddenly disobeys orders.

They are trying to cause trouble. And these people are all righteous men of the country. For the sake of the imperial court, they did not hesitate to sacrifice their dignity and military status. They deserve great praise.

But Cheng Gui had to think a little more. Is Xiao Ding really unable to control the Tibetan army?

If Xiao Ding can control the Tibetan army, in other words, Xiao Ding can actually effectively control the party members. If Xiao Ding can do this, what does the matter in Yanzhou mean?

Every time he thought about this, Cheng Gui couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

Xiao Ding wants to be Li Xu's second?

Cheng Gui thought this idea was a bit ridiculous.

Xiao Ding is completely different from Li Xu. His roots are in Bianliang. The Xiao family has been an important official of several generations of emperors and Song Dynasties. His father is the contemporary financial minister. His brother is known as the seed of reading. He will have a Jinshi at his first sight.

As for his family background, it is the time when his Xiao family is blooming! With the ability that Xiao Cheng has shown now, he will definitely grow up in the future. With such a Xiao family, what reason does Xiao Ding have for him to do these things?

"Yangwei, tell me the truth. Xiao Ding can't completely control these two Tibetan soldiers? They are Tieyaozi and Bubazi!" Sitting opposite Tuoba Yangwei, Cheng Gui asked in a deep voice.

Tuoba Yangwei had studied under a pseudonym in Jingzhao Mansion for many years, and Cheng Gui was his classmate and good friend at that time. Later Tuoba Yangwei returned to Hengshan, and the two sides continued to write letters.

Tuoba Yangwei laughed loudly: "De Qian, you don't trust Xiao Changqing Luo?"

Cheng Gui shook his head and said, "I'm just restless and trying to show off my power. You have to tell me the truth and don't lie to me."

Tuoba hummed a few times: "Have I ever deceived you over the years? But think about it carefully, are you worthy of me? If I fall in love with Li Xu, what will happen to you? But in the end,

The court still doesn't take us seriously, right? Ma Xing is a little better than Zhang Kuo and won't exploit us anymore, oh, no, it's because Xiao Ding is here now."

Cheng Gui was a little embarrassed: "No matter what, it seems you were right not to turn to Li Xu now, right? Li Xu is already a grasshopper after the fall, and he won't be able to jump around for a few more days!"

"It's impossible to tell." Tuoba hummed in awe: "Sui De is in chaos. I don't think the Liao people on the Nanjing Road will give up such a great opportunity. This time Xiao is going to dig out Li Xu's lair. This time

It’s a lonely throw, and it’s easy to lose everything!”

"We can't control the Hebei Road, but it can indeed quickly solve the northwest problem. Mr. Cheng even put his life on the line and went to see that barbarian Yu Zanghuama. As long as he surrendered to him, everything would be solved."

Cheng Gui said, "To be honest, I'm more worried about Xiao Ding now."

Tuoba Yangwei looked at Cheng Gui with squinting eyes and sneered: "Are you afraid that I will collude with Xiao Dinghang? I won't even surrender to Li Xu, but I am willing to succumb to a little guy like Xiao Ding in his twenties?"

"I only look at the facts." Cheng Gui said, "That's why I'm here to ask you today, what's going on with Tie Yaozi and Bu Bazi?"

Tuoba said with a cold snort: "You are right. These two troops are indeed taking orders from Xiao Ding."

Cheng Gui's expression suddenly changed.

"But, this can only happen with the acquiescence of Ren Duozhong and I." Tuoba said with a powerful smile: "Xiao Ding thought that he could completely control this team by sending some officers to it.

The army? Of course not. As long as I give the order, they will immediately abandon Xiao Ding and come back to me."

Cheng Gui licked his lips for a long time before saying: "I guess that's the case. But if that's the case, why don't you obey the bachelor's order? Then you can't help but look at the face of this young man Xiao Ding."

Tuoba burst into laughter and said, "Deqian, when you were studying, you cheated me a lot, and now you want to cheat me again?"

Cheng Gui's face turned red: "My family was poor at that time, and you were a wealthy man. Naturally, I had to defraud you of some money to support my family. To show my prestige, a bachelor's status is so noble. After pacifying the northwest, I must return to Bianliang to worship Xuanma.

Come on, you have such a strong backing and you don’t need it, why would you stick to Xiao Ding?”

Tuoba shook his head in awe: "De Qian, because I don't trust you!"

"You don't even trust me?" Cheng Gui said with a serious face.

"If it's a personal matter, I can trust you." Tuoba said with a smile: "But when it comes to official matters, it's not necessarily the case. And over the years, I have finally understood that the scholars of the Song Dynasty, regardless of

Whether they are princes, generals, ministers, or ordinary scholars, they don't think highly of us foreigners. They have no psychological burden to plot against us. Deqian, you think highly of me, but do you really think highly of all party members? You are

Don’t you also think that those who are not of my race must have different minds? People in the party can take advantage of them, but they cannot rely on them."

Cheng Gui suddenly became speechless. He knew the ability to show off his power, and these words really went straight to the depths of his heart, making him almost unable to defend himself. He wanted to lie, but in front of this old friend, he was really embarrassed.

I can't afford this face.

Because this is shameless.

He can't do it yet.

After a long while, he said: "So, you trust Xiao Ding very much? Do you think he is different from us?"

"To be precise, it's brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Cheng!" Tuo Ba exhaled heavily: "Deqian, you may not understand this feeling, but I can clearly feel that the Xiao brothers look at us

, it’s really no different from you Song people, this feeling is very mysterious. Observe their words and their actions, I don’t trust them, who can I trust?”

Cheng Gui shook his head regretfully, knowing that it would be difficult to convince Tuoba to show off his power.

"Actually, putting this aside, when it comes to the simplest and most direct issue of interests, can you give us what Xiao Ding can give us?" Tuoba Yangwei continued: "Before the war, Xiao Ding said that we would give Yanzhou's natural salt lake to us.

We paid for it, and after the war was over, he gave it to us. Would he be willing to replace it with your Bachelor Ma? During the battle, he gave our Tibetan army the same importance as his Guangrui army and Dingbian army.

, Can Bachelor Ma do it? I remember that the Tibetan army has always played a role in consuming the enemy's arrows, rocks and cannons among the armies of the Imperial Song Dynasty."

"Yangwei, your views on us are too extreme!" Cheng Gui smiled bitterly.

"It's not that I have an extreme view of you, but what you have done over the years has chilled us." Tuoba said with authority: "So, I would rather trust this young man, Xiao Ding, than you, Bachelor Ma, because

Once I'm tricked by you, Master Ma, I won't be able to get out."

"What happens next? You never know when Xiao Ding will be transferred!" Cheng Gui asked.

"So what if he is transferred away?" Tuoba Yangwei suddenly laughed: "If someone makes me unhappy, I can go back to the past at most. So what if Li Xu is gone? Hengshan has millions of party items, which is not a waste of money.

Bullied by others."

Cheng Gui had a headache, so it would be really difficult to get rid of Xiao Ding in the future, otherwise if these party members turned against him, things would not look good again.

"Deqian, I know your court's strategy. Defeating Li Xu is only the first step. We will have to fight with Bei Liao in the future. Our party members are good at riding and shooting, so they are also included in your plan. Speaking of which, if

If Xiao Ding comes to lead the army, we will naturally have no problem, but if the person is replaced, don't blame us for being perfunctory. Only a general who cherishes the lives of our party members will be respected by us. He just wants to take the lives of our party members.

Come and pile up the merits, we can send him to the underworld to find the Lord of Hell to receive the reward!"

"I understand what you mean by showing off your power." Cheng Gui nodded: "In other words, you only recognize Xiao Ding. Does the Renduo family also mean this?"

"Of course." Tuoba said with a mighty smile: "If you don't believe it, you can go talk to him. There are dozens or hundreds of party tribes in Hengshan, you can just ask any one."

Cheng Gui felt very heavy.

In the past, the Tuoba tribe and the Renduo tribe had many conflicts, and the two sides had always fought fiercely for influence in the Hengshan Party. Now, because of the Xiao brothers, they were able to make peace and work together. This was very important to the Song Dynasty.

, I really don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse!

The most important thing is that they trust each other so much that he can't do anything about it!

Even if they had a conflict, they would probably go to Xiao Ding to resolve it as soon as possible.

It seems that it is impossible to weaken Xiao Ding's influence from the party members!

After leaving Tuoba City, Cheng Gui already had a clear understanding in his heart.

Xiao Ding was very generous to them. Of course, in Cheng Gui's view, this was the magnanimity of the Song Dynasty! The carts of snowflakes and salt in Yanzhou were all the same yellow copper coins!

There is nothing the party members can do, so they have to tap their own potential.

Standing on the wall of Shentang Fort, Cheng Gui looked at the wharf under construction at the intersection of the two rivers, and at the fertile fields being cultivated in the distance. Is Dingbian City more than just a military city?

Xiao Ding vigorously moved the Dangxiang people and some Song people out of Hengshan and settled around the two rivers, and all of these people were registered. Now the entire Dingbian City has nearly 100,000 residents. It can be upgraded to a state.

Even if it's just a lower state! The higher authorities will have to send a magistrate to the state and set up a whole set of management teams.

Xiao Ding was in charge of the military and was responsible for attacking Li Xu. He no longer had to worry about civil affairs.

Just do it!

Cheng Gui laughed proudly and wrote to the bachelor in the evening. This matter will take time to operate. Upgrading Dingbian Town to a state requires the approval of both governments. Of course, once it is done, Xiao Ding will naturally With such a great achievement, this position needs to be improved one more level.

However, in Cheng Gui's view, being promoted to Xiao Ding's official position is nothing. With this person's ability, it is only a matter of the length of time that he will be ranked in the horizontal class in the future.

"Take your time, take your time, first Dingbiancheng, then Yanzhou, and completely separate civil and military affairs step by step." Cheng Gui said.

"Cheng Chaofeng." A familiar voice came from beside him. He turned around and saw Miao Shou standing next to him with a smile on his face.

"How did you do in contacting the old department?" Cheng Gui asked. A deputy envoy of the Hengshan regiment without his own strength is of course just a decoration, and he is not qualified to cause chaos to others.

"Some came back." Miao Shou said with a smile: "But Ren Duozhong refused to give me food and salary! I went to find Xiao Ding, but Xiao Ding said that it was none of his business. If I go to him again, I will disappear. He said that he was preparing to attack Li Xu, so he had no time to spare."

"I will write to the bachelor and solve part of it for you, but in the end you still have to solve this matter yourself. If you can't solve it at Renduozhong, what use are you in Hengshan?"

"Yes, I will definitely be able to solve it. Cheng Chaofeng, when you go to Duanzhou this time, ask my Ade to follow you to serve you. His bow and horse skills are very good."

"It is very dangerous to meet Yu Zang this time." Cheng Gui frowned. Miao Shou didn't mention it earlier because he just saw this, but now he has changed his mind. Obviously Because he couldn't open up the situation here, he could only let his son follow him to get some credit.

"Ade is not afraid of danger. It's time for him to weather the storm. Besides, with Cheng Chao Feng planning the maintenance, it is natural that he will be auspicious in times of trouble and turn misfortune into good luck!" Miao Shou vigorously flattered him.

"Forget it, let him follow! But this time the person leading the escort for me is Tuoba Fenwu. Later, you can ask Miao De to report to Tuoba Fenwu!" Cheng Gui said.
Chapter completed!