Fu Song

Chapter 97 The Temptation of Trading

(Finally, I got an appointment for a painless colonoscopy. It will be turned over for half an hour next Tuesday. For this, I even quit smoking. I checked my throat again, and it's fine.)
In order to make the clan suffer a little less crime, Ye Liqi moved quite fast.

On the third day after being released by Xiao Cheng, he brought a group of clansmen and dragged a truckload of good wood to replace them.

In three days, the castle has changed a lot.Large tracts of forest were cut down, and after the ground was set on fire, it was dark and it was very tempting to look at.And several brick and tile cellars have already been built, and the mud embryos have been made, and they are being dried outside in the shade. After a few days, they can be put into the cellars for burning.

Of course, there are also constants.

For example, the name Heda was still tied to the roof of the castle.

While waiting for Xiao Cheng, Ye Liqi had already seen a lot of things.

The captives of the Weiming clan were all wearing shackles, and two people shared one, and they did heavy work, such as digging stones and carrying them.As for the captives of the Yeli family and the Xifeng family, not only were they not handcuffed, but they also did light work.Just now, he saw his own group of people, lining up to turn over the ground with their buttocks pouted.

"Patriarch Yeli, you came so early!" Just as he was watching, Xiao Cheng had already greeted him, wiping his hands with a handkerchief as he walked, "I just followed the master craftsman to see a few cellars that had just been erected. , but I neglected the patriarch."

"Don't dare!" Ye Liqi said with a smile: "Xiao Xianxing, I brought [-] trucks of wood this year, all of which are well-dried wood, but stone materials, which are always not prepared in the clan. For a while, it was indeed not together.”

"It doesn't matter, as I said, it's fine!" Xiao Cheng glanced at the things that Ye Liqi brought, "According to our earlier agreement, how many people can you redeem with the things you brought this time?"

"Forty!" Ye Liqi stretched out two fingers.

Xiao Cheng nodded: "Patriarch Yeli is sincere and loves the people of the tribe. Although he can only redeem forty items, I will spare you ten. This time, you can bring back fifty people."

"Thank you Xiao Xianxing!" Ye Liqi was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly: "So, next time I come back, I can bring more things and redeem all of them at once."

"There's no need to be in such a hurry!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Next time you come over, Patriarch Yeli might as well use half of the things for replacements, and half of the things for trade, so that you don't have to run around empty-handed, right?"

"trade?"

"Yes, you can exchange livestock, fur, etc. with us for everything including food. Patriarch Yeli, let me tell you this, as long as you want, we can get it for you." Xiao Sincerely.

"Anything can be changed?" Ye Liqi said in surprise.

"If you can come up with the best warhorse, I can exchange good iron for you." Xiao Cheng also lowered his voice and said, "Of course, such a thing can only be done quietly."

The two laughed tacitly.

"Xiao Xianxing, what are you going to do with these people from the Weiming family?"

"We're going to settle the fields here in Shentangbao, build houses and fortresses, all of which will require a lot of manpower. I saw that these guys from the Weiming family are big-bodied, and they are very good at work. Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "When these are all fixed, we will consider whether to let them go."

Ye Liqi suddenly understood that Xiao Cheng had no plans to let these people go back at all.

"The Weiming one is a big clan. If they are dispatched with all their strength, they will be able to gather at least [-] elites!" Ye Liqi said: "If you invite other clans, there will be more people."

Xiao Cheng snorted coldly: "Patriarch Yeli, you might as well send a letter to the Patriarch of the Weiming Clan for me, if he bothers me again, I'll chop off the heads of these seven or eight hundred prisoners first. In addition, those tribes that are similar to you, I think it's best not to get involved in this muddy water. The main force of my eldest brother is not far from here, and if the Weiming tribe really wants to make a scene, I can't say it. The only thing I have to do is to ask for reinforcements from the horse appeasement envoy. No matter how good the fight is, you will suffer anyway, don’t you think?”

Of course it is.

Ye Liqi said silently in his heart.

"The villain understands. After the villain goes back, he will contact the villain's best friend. If you can do business with Xiao Xianxing and make money, why do we have to fight back and forth to hurt the peace, don't you think?"

"Patriarch Yeli is a sensible person!" Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "Don't worry, I won't let you run errands in vain, you can bring ten more people back, it's the reward I paid you in advance, and come to my temple later. I will give you a commission for every additional clan you trade with the castle. How about half of the trading profits?"

Ye Liqi happily took his people away.

He thinks it's been rewarding.

As a small clan, he has no interest in the matters that the big clans plan to do.Every day he was thinking about how to keep the clan from being annexed, how to make more strong men in the clan, how to make himself a little stronger, or to find a better backer.

As for who this backer is, it doesn't matter.

If Li Xu is reliable, he can kneel in front of Li Xu and call the other party a king. If Da Song is reliable, it will not prevent him from kowtowing in the direction of Bianliang, long live the mountain.

Everything is about survival.

Anyway, Li Xu has not yet succeeded in rebelling, Hengshan Zhufan is still in a mess, and most of the tribes are still undecided.

The immediate loss is absolutely not to be eaten.Look at the name Heda. He used to be a majestic man. Now he is half-dead and tied to the top of the fort to show the public. He is still injured by the sun and rain. How many days he can live is unknown.Next to him, there were already two more rows of heads. According to the introduction, these soldiers of the Weiming clan refused to accept the discipline and were killed on the spot with the intention of rioting.

The day after the Yeli family left, Xifeng Ada also brought people.

Therefore, the scene that Xiao Cheng and the Ye Li family performed yesterday will be performed exactly the same today.Xifeng Ada returned happily with the redeemed group of subordinates. Before leaving, he swore and swore that he would definitely do things for Xiao Cheng in the future, and would invite more tribes for him to come to the castle to trade.

The performance of the two patriarchs Ye Chu and Xi Feng has opened the eyes of Luo Gang, Xin Jian, He Zheng and others. This is a vivid portrayal of a mother who has milk.

"This is their way of survival!" Xiao Cheng said: "It's not easy for anyone! We were fortunately born in the Great Song Dynasty, and we are the people of the Great Song Dynasty, so we can bear a lot less anger. To be precise, apart from the anger of the Liao people, we Needless to say who is angry. But these party members are much more pitiful. They often suffer from splint gas, and they are not good at being human. In order to survive, it is not wrong to have both sides. If you can get the best benefits from both sides, you are a competent person. the patriarch."

"What about this one, is it a negative teaching material?" Luo Gang pointed to the name Heda tied to the top of the fort.

"It can't be said." Xiao Cheng smiled: "They saw a way, and they risked their entire net worth. Such people, when they win the bet, can be called a long-term vision, and when they lose the bet, they are called Short-sighted, tribal sinner."

Luo Gang pouted, "Are you right?"

"That's how things are in the world!" Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "Okay, everyone, stop gossiping, and get down to business. Next, if the Yeli and Xifeng clans are not just empty words, there will be some days when they don't talk. The better-off clans came to trade with us, and the most important commodities to trade at first must be food. Yuting, you can handle this matter. I have prepared the caravan for you. Brands go to Yan'an Prefecture and other places to buy food and daily necessities in large quantities, we are not bad!"

"Such a large-scale purchase will affect the local grain prices, I'm afraid Ma Fu will not give up!" Luo Gang hesitated.

"He won't care. Even if he does, he will only take out the food from Changping Warehouse to stabilize the price of food, because he knows what we are doing!" Xiao Cheng said firmly.

"That's good. To be honest, I'm really afraid of Ma Xing."

"By the way, when you pass through Dingbian City, please urge Miao Shou and Miao De and his son. Where is the civil servant who is recruiting for us? If I don't see anyone again, I will sue him."

"I'm good at this!" Luo Gang laughed.

"Actually, in addition to Ye Li and Xifeng, I also sent some other people to Hengshan. They have businessmen who have gone this way, and some monks. They are quite respectful." Xiao Cheng smiled and said, "Let's do a number of tricks and bring some of these small tribes over first."

Everyone nodded.

"Xin Jian, He Zheng, the most important task for the two of you during this time is to prevent the Weiming tribe from jumping over the wall, and come back to us again. The military must be prepared to fight the enemy for two or three more battles. "

"Go ahead and rest assured." The two generals cupped their hands together. "We will definitely make all preparations, and rely on the shrine castle, we will definitely not let them take half a cent of the advantage."

"Of course, if the Weiming clan really dares to attack, we will pull these prisoners to the top of the fort and behead them in rows to show them." Xiao Cheng sneered.

"Chongwen, according to your current method, I'm afraid these prisoners won't survive for long, right?" Luo Gang glanced at the prisoners who were working in the distance under the surveillance of his soldiers, and said with some pity. "Is it too much?"

"It's over?" Xiao Cheng said: "If we lost a few days ago, what do you think our end would be like? I'm afraid it would have already become the food of this beast in the mountains!"

"Repaying grievances with virtue can influence them!" Luo Gang argued unconvincingly.

"Repaying grievance with virtue, why repay virtue?" Xiao Cheng dismissed, "Repaying virtue with virtue, and directness with directness. And Yuting, this is not only a matter of grievances between the two sides, but also related to the country's major policies. , personal moral quality is not worth mentioning. Some people, their personal moral quality is flawless, can be called saints, but as far as the country is concerned, sometimes such people are sinners of the country and the nation. Not too often, right?"

Luo Gang was immediately speechless.

(End of this chapter)