It was indeed because he was digging for money from his wallet. After thinking about this, Xiang Zhen couldn't help but feel silent.

"If you want to do something big, how can you not be able to give up a little money!" Xiang Xun suddenly laughed again: "Silver and money are just external things. If you give up money, you can accomplish something, even if you give up more money, I am willing to throw it out. Do you still understand the principle that the money will be spent and come back again after it is spent, don't you understand?"

Xiang Zhen nodded and said, "Of course, the most important thing in this world is power. A real man should not be without power for a day. As long as he has power and power, even if the money is gone, it will be easy to gather again."

"Not bad!" Xiang Xun said: "That navy commander is really the iron hook Pan Motang who was rampant on the sea back then?"

“That’s right!”

"Since you are a pirate, is it possible to bribe?" Xiang Xun asked: "It doesn't matter if the offer is high."

"The key is that this person doesn't offer any price!" Xiang Zhen shook his head and said, "I used the opportunity to place them, and I tried it without a single response."

Xiang Xun snorted coldly: "Pan Motang is not easy to win over, what about the other navy generals?"

"The Tang army naval army has extremely strict military discipline." Xiang Zhen said helplessly: "They don't get off the ship at all. Pan Motang asked us to deliver all the daily necessities to the ship, and even the food was made by them themselves. We were completely unable to get in touch with the people with weight in their navy, and we could not find a way to buy their people."

"Guangzhou Port is also a prosperous place. These sailors have been trekking on the sea for so long, but now they can't hold back and get on the shore and have fun?" Xiang Xun was a little disbelief.

"Master-in-chief, when I came back from Wuyi, I told you that the Tang army under Li Ze's rule was so strict that it was unkind. Have you also seen the Tang army Cao Dian I brought back?" Xiang Zhen said.

"I've seen it." Xiang Xun sighed to the sky, "but if we promote such a charlatan across the entire army, it's a pity that it won't take long to cause a mutiny."

"Li Ze used high military pay and various military preferential policies to maintain such strict military discipline. Once soldiers are expelled from the army for violating discipline, what they lose is that they are unwilling to bear, so we really can't do it if they can do this. But my father can completely implement it among our personal army." Xiang Zhen whispered: "Our personal army is only more than 20,000 people, and the money is still affordable."

"I'm afraid those officers are used to being idle and mutiny will not happen, but passive resistance is inevitable." Xiang Xun smiled and said, "Do you want to give it a try?"

"As soon as I think of everything I saw in Wuyi, I feel a little cold, but at the same time, I am extremely envious. That is the real iron army. Father, I met the Right Qianniu Guard in Wuyi and the Zuo Qianniu Guard in Zhenzhou. It's not that I have the ambition of others and destroy my own prestige. They are really better than us." Xiang Zhen said.

"Nothing can be done overnight," Xiang Xun warned.

"Severe illness requires strong medicine!" Xiang Zhen took a deep breath: "Father, have you forgotten the thousand Tang army Zuo Xiaogu who came from Pinglu?"

"How could you forget? Didn't Li Ze use this matter to destroy Qin Zhao, Jin Shiyuan and others in an instant? Hey, didn't you make them your own personal soldiers?"

"I am going to use them as whetstones. Father, please allow me to pull up our former personal troops one by one to compete with them. This army is not the most powerful combat power among the Tang army. If we can't even defeat this army, what else can those generals say? They live with my Xiang family, and they will not know how powerful they are."

"Since you have made up your mind, then do it!" Xiang Xun thought for a while and waved his hand: "Even if there is any mistake, it is not impossible for me to wipe your butt again."

Xiang Zhen was overjoyed and stood up and bowed deeply: "Thank you, father."

"What's there to thank? You, my father and son are one. In the future, the Xiang clan will want you to support it. You are willing to take on things, dare to take on things, and be able to take on things, I'm not too happy!" Xiang Xun smiled.

"Father, what requests did Wu Yi make this time?" Xiang Zhen stood up, filled Xiang Xun's teacup and asked softly.

"I haven't discussed the general direction today, but the people below talked about a lot of things." Xiang Xun said: "The main thing is the business transactions between the two sides. Their supply and marketing cooperatives have to set up a branch here to specialize in the transactions between the two parties."

"What do they want?"

"They want sugar, tea, tung oil, hemp, brown, etc. Of course, the most important thing is food!" Xiang Xun said: "Our side asked them to exchange materials with weapons, animal skins, horns and oxen tendons, war horses and other materials."

"It can be considered a fair transaction. Now Li Ze has basically controlled the southern and northern deserts, and has a large number of foreign populations under his jurisdiction. These people cannot farm and have poor skills, but they are all good at raising livestock. Things like skins are not cheap in them, but when they come to our side, they are expensive." Xiang Zhen said: "But my father, this supply and marketing club is not just about doing business. If they are asked to set up branches here, they should be more careful."

Xiang Xun laughed: "You can't help but underestimate ourselves too much. This is Guangzhou. Even if he is a dragon, he has to keep it on my side. If you want to cause trouble on my territory, you will be unable to find yourself."

"That's right!"

"In addition, Shenglong Money House also wants to start a business here."

"This should be refused!" Xiang Zhen said directly: "When Wuyi, Han Qi, Xue Ping and others talked about their Ministry of Revenue and a Money Bank, which they did not understand at all and could not get into the hands. However, they highly praised these two parts. When Xue Ping left, he warned me that if the cooperation between the two parties succeeded, he must be careful of Wuwei Money Bank. This Shenglong Money Bank is just another name for Wuwei Money Bank outside. Xue Ping said that this money bank is the one who eats people and does not spit bones. If he is eaten and accommodated, it is impossible to escape."

"So alarmist? Isn't it just a money house? I have asked the subordinates to agree to let him open the business. With our Xiang family's own money house, we keep his business light, and it will not be able to run it in three to five months."

"Father, it's not that simple. Since the two sides have so many large-scale business cooperation, they must have to go through Shenglong Money House, so how could they be squeezed out by us?" Xiang Zhen shook his head.

"Let's watch it, just be careful." Xiang Xun disagreed, "It's just a money house. We are not the north here, we have the final say here!"

Seeing that my father was stubborn and talking about these things together in a package of things, it was obviously impossible to refuse in one go, and now I can only do this.

"I heard that a few days later, Mr. Zhang will give lectures at Qiwu Academy for one day?"

"It's not one day, it's ten days." Xiang Xun said: "Mr. Zhang is famous. During the meal today, someone asked this invitation. No matter who Mr. Zhang is now serving, his academic achievements are still very admirable. It is a grand event for him to teach us for ten days. Son, civil and military skills are indispensable! Li Ze of the North has gone far in this regard. We are beyond the reach of the world. A Wuwei Academy is now almost going to capture the talents of the world."

Xiang Zhen said, "Father, it's still time for us to catch up now. In the past, even if we opened the door of convenience, no one would vote for us. But it would be different in the future. There will always be loyal and patriotic people who will come to us. After a long time, Li Ze's face will inevitably be exposed. By then, those who are like his father will definitely receive more support."

"This is the reason why I strongly advocated sending Lan Yatou to Wuyi. We, Xiang, need this name and this stage!" Xiang Xun said: "You were reluctant at the beginning. Lan Yatou is your eldest daughter and my eldest granddaughter. If you love her, will I not love her? Besides, this time I go, I am not going to endure hardship."

"Even if you don't endure hardship, life will definitely be difficult." Xiang Zhen sighed: "When Xue Ping was demoted, the emperor wanted to send a gift, but he had to deceive Tian Lingzi to break out. Obviously, he was not even free to move. Father, I thought that when I sent a group of people to Wuyi, I thought that Li Ze would not refuse, right?"

"How many people can you send? One thousand or ten thousand?"

"Five hundred people." Xiang Zhen whispered: "If there is something wrong in the future, maybe she can still protect Lan Yatou and escape alive."

"When you really want to go, you say you have five hundred people, or five thousand people, how can you escape from heaven?" Xiang Xun sighed, "Forget it, you are just your father's intention, and you are just your heart. I will talk to Mr. Zhang about this."

"Thank you, father!" Xiang Zhenxi said.

Xiang Xun turned around and looked at the huge map on the wall and said, "Now Li Ze occupied the northern land, Zhu Wenxiong was in the Central Plains, and was trying to develop southward. Our Xiang family now has a southeastern land. Next, as long as we can include Jiangnan, Hunan and other places in our pockets, we will have the capital to compete with the two families. Time is endless. When we see Lan Yatou off, we should do it."

"Yes, now Zhu Youzhen has taken Wuning, and the next step will be Huainan and E Yue. Once we take Jiangxi, we will face him head-on."

"I always have to face it. What's the difference between getting earlier and later?" Xiang Xun smiled and said, "Don't forget that we are the descendants now and the most loyal guardians of the Tang Dynasty. If Lan Yatou has children in the future, that is the future Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Only then did our Xiang family really make a breakthrough."
Chapter completed!