The Kingly Way

Some people say that the three most dirty people in the world are politicians, businessmen, and prostitutes. People say that actors are unrighteous and bitches are ruthless. But in the eyes of many people, there is no difference between businessmen and those prostitutes. They will never hear the truth in their mouths, because all the lies are lies.

However, in the eyes of Chen Kefu, a later generation, although merchants and prostitutes are full of lies, they are just for the pursuit of interests. Compared with them, those who are usually superior, heroes, and heroes are actually the most shameless and dirty people. Because these people's belly is full of trash and rude; similarly, these people are shameless people in the world, because these people's skin is both shameless and changing, and they become faster than chameleons; and like merchants and prostitutes, you will never hear the truth in their mouths.

The bitch is ruthless, the businessman values ​​righteousness, while the politician is full of fraud and betrayal.

No matter who it is, as long as he enters such a large dyeing vat, he will not be able to survive alone. Chen Kefu is no longer a passionate young man of the past. The bloody storms he has experienced in these years, the forest of swords and guns, and the repeated betrayals and deceptions that have long made him beaten into a hero.

A hero must have a ruthless heart, a sharp hand, and a dark belly.

Feng Hua came to like each other. Although he repeatedly mentioned the relationship between the Feng Xian family and the Chen family in Lingnan in the past, he even deliberately relied on the marriage of the two families. However, for Chen Kefu, who had already experienced too many ups and downs and grew up into a hero, these things had too low bargaining chips and had no guarantee at all.

Family, family, friendship, and friendship have long been betrayed by Chen Kefu, and he will no longer easily believe it. If Feng Hua just wanted to rely on those things, he would form an alliance with him. Then although he would agree on the surface, this alliance was just a verbal thing.

However, once the real interests were involved, Chen Kefu had a different attitude. He now has skepticism about those families and family affection, but he believes in the exchange of interests. Only the exchange of interests is the most reliable.

As Feng Hua thought, if Chen Kefu did not ask for the reward, but would respond to all requests and generously agreed to her request, then there would be a ghost. A businessman would not get up early without profit, let alone a more powerful person than a businessman.

15 million stones of grain is not a small number. Even if the grain output in Lingnan is richer than other places, it is also a big number. Although Lingnan has a suitable climate, it has a sparse population. In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, the most prosperous Daye, there were 8.9 million households and a population of more than 46 million. At that time, the national grain output also reached the highest figure in the Sui Dynasty, with a total grain output of nearly 400 million stones of grain. The per capita grain possession of the Sui Dynasty reached more than 1,000 kilograms, which was more than modern people.

However, during the Sui Dynasty, the real grain distribution area was in Henan, Hebei, Hedong and Guanzhong. The area was very large in Jiangnan, including the Lingnan area. Its population was sparse, production was backward, and grain was produced less. The entire Jiangnan, including Lingnan, only accounted for about 20% of the Sui Dynasty. This was caused by the vigorous resumption of production after the Sui Dynasty unified the south.

The nineteen counties in Lingnan are equivalent to about one-third of the entire Jiangbei area. However, the grain output in Lingnan is equivalent to half of the production in Jiangbei area due to the fact that the southern region is ripe for three times a year, such as Jiaozhi, and the annual grain output can reach about 40 million stones.

Apart from the food left by farmers and landlords, about half of the food handed over and the food sold.

In this transaction, Chen Kefu asked for 15 million stones at a time, which was equivalent to all the grains handed over and sold after harvest in Lingnan one year.

Feng Huan thought carefully for a while and finally nodded in agreement with this condition. There was indeed a lot of 15 million grains, but since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains and the North have been turbulent for many years, and even the Jiangnan region has been turbulent. On the contrary, the counties in Lingnan, including the Feng and Xian tribes, and the special geography of Lingnan, have not suffered much impact. Feng and Xian tribes have been the leader of Lingnan for generations, and like native emperors for generations, they have accumulated a large amount of food. Now, 1,500 stones were used to exchange Chen Kefu's 30,000 reinforcements and a batch of weapons and armor. Although it seems that they have lost money, being able to rely on Chen Kefu's mountain can avoid the possibility of Lingnan being destroyed by Jianghan or Nanchen.

Feng Hua was quite satisfied with this transaction, but Chen Kefu was already very happy.

If he only used 15 million stones of grain to exchange for his 30,000 reinforcements, plus 3,000 crossbow machines, 300,000 crossbow arrows, 3,000 sets of Mingguang armor, 3,000 spears, and had to deliver goods to his door. This business didn't seem to be very happy. But if Lingnan publicly left Nanchen, informed the world, and surrendered to Hebei, Feng Xian's two families accepted the appointment of official positions in Hebei, and the court could send local officials and even collect taxes, then this would not be cost-effective, but rather cost-effective.

Chen Kefu had been in the Sui Dynasty for several years, and he was very respectful to the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty. However, compared to his always likes to rely on the rich family property left by me, he always makes a strong sword and a spear. Chen Kefu admires Yang Jian's softness. Yang Jian was originally a relative of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but with his political skills, he finally usurped Zhou and established himself. Moreover, Yang Jian was still in a split world, and finally destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, annexed the Western Liang Dynasty, and pacified the Southern Chen. He even divided the powerful Turkic Empire into two, and defeated the most ferocious beast on the grassland to surrender. This great achievement was enough to be praised by all future generations.

Compared to his elders, Yang Guang was very literary and had great martial arts. He destroyed Yiwu, destroyed Tuyuhun, invaded Linyi, broke through the ball, attacked the Khitan, and went east to goguryeo. If it weren't for the failure of the last three campaigns of Goguryeo, and even suffered internal and external difficulties in the end, he wouldn't have died so early.

In the same way, Yang Jian always used the smallest force to achieve the greatest results every time. He planned before fighting, and everything was better than the decisive battle. Yang Jian acted and planned first, and using troops was just the final cleaning of the battlefield.

However, Yang Guang was completely the opposite. He was always a militant force. Although he could win for a moment, he won because he did not grasp the overall situation well. Victory is a small victory, and defeat is a big defeat.

In history, Emperor Wu of Han once defeated the Huns and forced them to flee far away from the desert. From then on, he did not dare to violate the majesty of the Han family again. However, after decades of war with Liu Che, nearly half of them defeated the Huns. In the end, he destroyed all his accumulation.

Yang Jian was different. He used a relative of the foreign country to usurp the country, unify the north, and finally unified the Central Plains, and then fought against the grassland, splitting the powerful Turks and even fighting against the civil war. He relied on more of his strategy, and this was the case in the world, and in the court.

Chen Kefu's troops are getting stronger and stronger now, and the territory he has captured is getting bigger and bigger. He has been thinking about these things. How powerful Yang Guang was, but in the end, he was defeated in one day. Shibi Khan of the Eastern Turks was also powerful, but he was defeated in one battle. Even closer, Yang Ming, Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, these people once had the strength not much inferior to him. But one by one has gradually fallen behind him.

Combining vertically and connecting horizontally, separating strongly and weakly, and fighting far and attacking near.

No matter how strong a person is, he cannot withstand a group of wolves. There are still many powerful people in the world today. Although Chen Kefu had long had the will to wipe out all the separatist rulers, he could not be enemies with everyone. Not only could he not be enemies with everyone, he also had to do his best to pull everyone to his own side. Even if it is true or false, it must be like this.

No matter how strong the fist is, after it is hit, you will inevitably have a chance and will be difficult to recover your strength for a while. Therefore, the military strategy is full of military tactics. If you accumulate and wait for the momentum, the time when you are attracted and not launched is the real strongest time.

This is what Chen Kefu is like now. His fists have been raised, but he has not been hit. Instead, he uses the momentum he has accumulated to intimidate and win over other weaker forces, let them drive forward, drive tigers and swallow wolves, and he sits on the wall to watch the fight. At the lowest price, he can achieve the greatest gain.

The situation in Hedong is like this, the situation in Hebei is like this, and the situation in Shandong and Huaibei is still the same. Only when the opponents fight one by one can he attack quickly, clean up the battlefield, and then defend quickly.

Taking advantage of the situation and power not only hit others but also weaken the strength of the opponent.

After the deal was negotiated, the ally of Lingnan unexpectedly also brought about the ally. Hebei and Lingnan are one in the southernmost part and the other in the northernmost part, and there will be no direct conflict of interest for the time being. This transaction is equivalent to an alliance between the two sides. Lingnan can strengthen its own strength with the help of Chen Pojun's power and military weapons, so as to fight against Yang Ming in the west and Chen Shen in the east, so as to achieve the goal of separatist rule in Lingnan, and then make further plans.

Chen Kefu is also similar. He has a long and close attack, using Lingnan to restrain and restrain Yang Ming and Chen Shen, and even used weapons produced by Hebei's outstanding military workshops in exchange for the rich food and cloth in Lingnan. Both sides have obtained what they gain, a win-win situation.

"I forgot to talk to Your Highness about something. I wonder if Your Highness knows Shen Luoyan?" Feng Hua, who had been in a deal and was in a much better mood, was no longer worried at this time, and he couldn't speak freely. As soon as he relaxed, he finally remembered the purpose of urgently asking for Chen Kefu tonight.

Chen Kefu smiled when he heard this, "Miss Feng is talking about the daughter of Shen Faxing, the head of the Shen family in Jiangnan?"

“That’s right.”

"I guess the girl should also know that Shen Faxing is the uncle of the Queen Mother, and Luo Yan is the prince's cousin. A few years ago, I met her in Wagang, but I didn't know her identity at that time. I heard that she is also in the league and seems to be in contact with the heroes from all directions, as if she is planning a major event."

Of course, Feng Hua knew what Shen Luoyan was planning. When she first came to Mengjin, she was with her. When she remembered a rumor, she looked at Chen Kefu and smiled, "I heard that the Shen family once asked Emperor Chen of Nan to marry Miss Shen to Your Highness, but I don't know why Your Highness refused such a beauty?"

"Is this what you are going to say?" Chen Kefu replied coldly.

"Your Highness is annoyed." Feng Hua covered his mouth and smiled, "I was originally going to inform you. According to my news, the girl Shen would touch the water camp in the early morning of this day. As for whether to come to meet her lover or to save her allies, I don't know."

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