Chapter 550: Reacquainting Gao Yuan

This old man can climb this black ice platform, be able to speak so calmly and casually in front of King Qin Wulie. Naturally, in Great Qin, there can only be one person, and that is Li Ru, King Qin Wulie's teacher. His academics are fully supported by King Qin Wulie. Under this, a Great Qin Kingdom was created that dominated the world. Even if the other six countries cooperated together, they could only form a stand with it. Such a person, however, does not seek power or wealth. All he seeks is that his academics can form a dominant family in the world. Naturally, he is very free and easy in front of the powerful King Wulie of Qin.

Li Ru is almost successful, at least in his own opinion, he is almost successful. He has created an extremely powerful Qin State. Once Qin State sweeps the world, his own teachings will naturally be spread along with Qin State's iron heel. spread all over the world, thus completely defeating other schools of thought.

So he is very proud.

But a person as arrogant as him can't help but pay attention to his junior brother. He knows his junior brother very well. He is a proud person like himself. After he lost to him, he was willing to hide his name and stay in the dark. For decades in Yuyang County, he served as a dispensable master under a county guard with little future, and was unwilling to reveal his identity. But now, he actually came out of the mountain, and the person who went to Fuzuo was actually just a nouveau riche living in a remote place.

Yes, in Li Ru's view, Gao Yuan is indeed a nouveau riche, and not a very powerful one. Such a person with a shallow foundation may become a bit of dust in the next wave. In the endless storm, it was quickly blown away by the rain and wind.

Although Gao Yuan is famous all over the world, in Li Ru's view, Gao Yuan's current achievements are far less popular than Ye Jing'er's words under Nanshan: When my hair reaches my waist, you will come and marry me. Through the ages.

But his junior brother actually went, and that Gao Yuan was also a wonderful person. As soon as the little-known Jiang Jiaquan came to him, he immediately assumed a high position. It seemed that this Gao Yuan was also a man who knew what he was doing. Being able to promote the little-known Jiang family to the position of his deputy at once, this Gao Yuan is actually a very courageous person.

Zhongli is a knowledgeable person. He personally went to Liaoxi and Fufeng. Naturally, he treated Gao Yuan and the Eastern Expedition Army under his command. Have the most intuitive understanding. So he asked directly.

King Wulie of Qin was also very interested. Although he had been instructing Hei Bingtai to collect Gao Yuan's information, these written things were naturally not as concrete as those in person like Zhongli.

Zhongli nodded, silently reviewing what he saw and heard in his mind, and then raised his head and looked at the two people. One of them was the Great Qin Supreme. One is the emperor's master, and a word from anyone can change the trend of a person or even a dynasty. Now both of them began to pay attention to a person who was thousands of miles away and not very powerful. They didn't know whether this person was lucky or unlucky.

But it's none of his business,

All he has to do is tell what he sees and hears. Express what you are thinking in the most objective tone, and do not bring your own likes and dislikes. Because your own likes and dislikes are very likely to bias decision-makers, leading to deviations in policy formulation.

Once a deviation occurs, it is impossible to correct it in a short period of time.

As the leader of the Black Ice Platform, able to sit still for decades without moving, and even being granted a title due to his merit, Zhongli naturally has his own set of rules for doing things. It was this code of conduct that allowed him to gain the trust of the two people in front of him.

"Your Majesty, Master Li, if you want to use the simplest sentence to describe the current Fufeng, Liaoxi, I would like to use four words, prosperous." Zhongli spoke.

King Qin Wulie and Li Ru looked at each other. It was not easy to be worthy of Zhongli's evaluation.

"I'm going to Fufeng in western Liaoning. It's just a matter of excitement. I want to meet the hero with long hair that reaches his waist. I want you to marry me! By the way, I want to see the Nanshan Plum Blossom that is famous all over the world. "At this point, Zhongli couldn't help but laugh, and King Qin Wulie and Li Ru also smiled knowingly.

"But in the end, I felt that my trip was worthwhile and I gained a lot. At that time, Gao Yuan had not yet obtained Liaoxi County. He also went to Donghu to fight, but I did not get what I wanted. I will judge based on some intelligence and information. "Going far away, I'm afraid it's hard to come back, and I can't help but feel a little regretful. Of course, it turned out that I was wrong about all this."

"Gao Yuan's trip has been planned for a long time. It's ridiculous that everyone in the Yan Kingdom didn't even accurately judge Gao Yuan's own strength, and didn't even know how many soldiers he had under his command, so they wanted to plot against him. It's really ridiculous. "Speaking of this, Zhongli's face became a little mocking. Although the Yan people didn't figure it out, and he himself didn't figure it out, there were some other reasons, because after all, the Qin people didn't regard Gao Yuan as an opponent at all. Not much manpower and material resources were invested in him, but the Yan people regarded him as their formidable enemy, yet they still made such a fatal mistake. They really lost unjustly.

"Now it seems that Gao Yuan knew that Zhou Yuan Ning Zicheng had the intention to deal with him, so before sending out troops, he had already sent another army across the grassland, crossed the Liao River, and reached the Hetao to prepare for his return, even if Zhou Yuan was destroyed When I tried to plot against Dong Hu, he was able to come back safe and sound with prior arrangements."

"Speaking of Gao Yuan, we have to talk about his army. Your Majesty, Gao Yuan's Eastern Expedition Army is the most powerful army I have ever seen!" At this point, he stopped and looked at King Qin Wulie.

"Oh?" King Qin Wulie was really interested. "How does it compare to General Li's army?"

General Li was naturally Li Xin. Li Xin led the Qin army and swept across South Korea in less than half a year. The troops he led were naturally the elite of the Qin army.

"Zhongli dare not hide it. It is only strong, not weak." Zhongli said seriously, "Although I didn't see the army that Gao Yuan led out to the expedition, I saw his remaining troops and the subsequent attack and defense of Jishi City. Their equipment, their morale, and some combat details that I learned later, this army is definitely not weaker than our Qin army. If there is any shortcoming, it is that their number is too small. Gao Yuan's troops, so far, will not exceed 20,000 people."

"Is this an accurate number?" King Qin Wulie asked.

"Yes, I will not make the mistakes of the Yan people." Zhongli smiled.

King Wulie of Qin nodded, "No matter how strong the army is, it must have a strong government and endless logistics, otherwise it will be like water without a source and a tree without roots. Don't worry too much about this. My Qin army swept the world, and the strong armies we encountered were countless, but they all fell under our iron hoofs in the end."

"Your Majesty is right. This is the second point I want to say. Fufeng, the foundation of Gaoyuan, is thriving. This place was originally a remote place in Yan State, sparsely populated and poor. This was my impression of Fufeng before I went there, but I really After arriving there, I saw a completely different scene. "

"The people there are very rich and busy. Endless fertile fields, stacked workshops, and endless caravans, a prosperous scene. "Zhongli said seriously: "If I didn't know that this was in Fufeng, I would really think that I had arrived in a big city. Fufeng used to be just a small county town, but now, they have expanded to a state city comparable to the United States. The population has almost doubled tenfold. "

"But this is not the point. I have been in Fufeng for a long time. The people there, both officials and civilians, support Gao Yuan. In Fufeng, there is no King of Yan, only Gao Yuan. Fufeng, Juliguan, Chima and other places have been connected into one piece. There, the Xiongnu and Yan people live in peace, and it can even be said that the relationship between them is quite close. I saw with my own eyes that the Xiongnu actually opened workshops and businesses there. In these businesses, many Yan people worked for them, and the local officials did not treat these Xiongnu people differently. In other words, In Gao Yuan's ruling area, they also regard the Xiongnu as their own people. "

Li Ru's face changed slightly, and he snorted, "Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. Gao Yuan's move will definitely cause him harm in the future. Once the Xiongnu become strong, they will definitely turn against him. At that time, he will have to bear it. The Xiongnu can be used, but they must not be trusted, let alone taken as confidants. I heard that most of the cavalry under Gao Yuan's command are composed of Xiongnu. Once they become powerful, Gao Yuan will not be able to control them. "

King Wulie of Qin was more interested in what Zhongli said about the loyalty of the Fufeng people to Gao Yuan. As the highest ruler, he was very concerned about how Gao Yuan gained such support from these people. He was able to win people's hearts and achieve such a high level. Naturally, he had his own unique way.

"Fufeng has no conscription, no corvée, extremely low agricultural taxes, and extremely high commercial taxes, but the main control of commerce is the Sihai Trade, and the Zhengdong Army is the largest shareholder of the Sihai Trade. "Zhongli said slowly. "The people there have their own houses, meat to eat, clothes to wear, and are extremely rich."

"No corvée, no conscription?" King Wulie of Qin looked at Zhongli in shock. As the ruler of Qin, he certainly knew how heavy the corvée of the Qin people was.

"Yes, in the jurisdiction of the Eastern Expedition Army, no matter what you do, the people go to work, not only provide food and accommodation, but also get wages. Of course, this wage is not high, but for the people during the slack season, it is an additional income. And with the prosperity of Fufeng's business, this wage is gradually increasing, because if the income in the workshop or other places is higher, the people can freely choose where to work, and the Eastern Expedition Army does not force them."

King Wulie of Qin and Li Ru looked at each other, and both saw shock in each other's eyes. (To be continued...) ()