at the same time,

At the Qunleyuan of the Guguo Hotel in Guangzhou, Zhou Huaian, who was ordered to come forward to contact him, also met Qu Rong, an envoy from the Annan Protectorate. This was a middle-aged man with thin eyes, narrow face, three beards, and rough and dull skin. He was wearing a round-necked orchid-like cage shirt. When he first saw that he had a shrewd and merciful smell.

"The young envoy has seen the Void Judgment, and I have heard that the talented envoy is finally seen now. It is indeed a very beautiful and extraordinary person..."

As soon as the other party met, he took the initiative to compliment him with a very low attitude and identity.

"I dare not take responsibility, but I did my best and did some small things... I don't deserve any praise."

Zhou Huaian became slightly alert in his heart. As the saying goes, he just met before but had nothing to do, either a traitor or a thief, at least he had the purpose of seeking something.

"The verdict is too humble. Who doesn't know that the current situation and situation of your army are mostly inseparable from the noble officials..."

Qu Rong continued to compliment when he beat the snake and followed the stick.

"Even if a family is in a remote village, there are some people who have heard of it... What's more, the envoys and local governments punish the powerful, help the poor and the weak, and help the poor and the poor. Even the business trips that come and go are also known as oral sex."

"You are such a good lobbyist who is good at speaking..."

Zhou Huaian was slightly moved. The amount of information in his seemingly routine compliments was quite large, but he couldn't just be led by the other party in the rhythm of the conversation.

"But no matter how much these unreasonable cheap words are, what's the use of saying them?... Can you make a profit from nothing?"

"I just want to ask what Guifang wants to do and what he wants to get from it..."

"It should be so..."

The other party also changed his words seriously.

"I just want to communicate with Canton and get their own benefits."

According to his next statement, the Annan Protectorate now has 13 prefectures, 39 counties and 32 resident states. Jiaozhou, located on the Honghe Plain in northern Vietnam in later generations, is its capital and heartland. Since the Rinan County of the Qin and Han Dynasties, it has been rich in rice, wood, silver and copper mines. Now it has a household registration of more than 100,000, which is also an important port and shipbuilding base in the South China Sea area;

However, because the local area has a relatively single product structure and lacks key bulk biological resources such as salt, iron and cloth, the garrison under the Annan Protectorate needs to transfer clothes and food from Guangzhou from sea to continue to maintain it. Since it is now possible to conspire with the rebel army in the name of surrender, it has become this kind of mutual trade relationship and state.

As for the current governor of Jiaozhou, Gao Xiu, was the consul of Gao Pian, the governor of Huainan, but Wu Naizu was very talented and weak. It was entirely because Gao Pian stayed behind the team back then that he was able to firmly hold the key position of the governor of Jiaozhou. However, now that Jiaozhou is connected to the mainland, the sea and land of the mainland are cut off, and the people under his command are panic and fleeing, so no one takes him seriously anymore and begins to find another way out.

This envoy Qu Rong is the representative of the forces actively seeking foreign aid and support. Because there are only a handful of professional talents in the rebel army in terms of trade and trade. Therefore, after the General's Office initially negotiated and confirmed the principled subordinate relationship, most of the follow-up operations of the nature of communication and interaction require Zhou Huaian to implement and confirm it one by one.

For example, the short-growing rice produced in the local area is quite cheap, and even if it is transported from sea to Guangzhou, it is cheaper than the rice price in most local areas. This is unconsciously good news for the grain and grass reserves and food processing industry of the Rebel Army. However, the other party hopes to exchange coarse salt and sucrose produced in Fanyu, Gaoyao and other places along the coast of Lingdong. It would be better if there were further deep-processed refined products;

There is also the need to import iron products. In addition to traditional gold, silver and wealth, the other party can even use local local households and slaves as a means of payment. However, Zhou Huaian also proposed other products, such as open-air carbonite and specific types of wood in Jiaozhou.

It should be noted that the two main groups of salt and iron alone have always been the main control of the imperial court, and specialized in setting up various salt and iron envoys and local patrols and customs offices at all levels to carry out bans and circulation control. Even these local tyrants are subject to many restrictions and can only secretly operate and sell some privately. However, now after the rebel army occupying most of the Lingnan area, there is obviously no such constraints or considerations.

As long as you can get the resources you want and even share the benefits, these local forces hiding behind "sponsible private trade" have no moral integrity or lower limits. Therefore, once the preliminary intention that both parties can accept, what is left is a consultation on the specific quantity and price.

Just like Qu Rong, the Qu family, who was born in Hongzhou, Xiazhou, was one of the great families. There were many fields, forts and tribes in the local area, and they drove these thousands of slaves and local households to be considered one of the few powerful people in the local area. If they were under the rule of Zhou Huaian, they would probably be able to kill the fat pig again and also provide a practical education for personal explanations.

After only after negotiations, Zhou Huaian suddenly remembered a case online. If he remembered correctly, someone in the Qu family, a native of Annan, would start to seize power, and since then he has been in the Annan Protectorate's Mansion for three generations, and it was not until the Five Dynasties that he was destroyed by the Southern Han regime. It would not be the Qu family in front of him.

"I don't know, you can know a person from Qu Chengyu..."

Zhou Huaian suddenly asked without hesitation.

"That's my subordinate... the verdict actually knows its name..."

Qu Rong responded in surprise, but he felt a little sweaty in his heart. Could it be that the minions and ears of these thieves had already reached Jiaozhou? This is even more impossible to take it lightly.

"I just heard that he is quite capable..."

Zhou Huaian exposes the past in a mysterious and light manner.

Sure enough, Qu Chengyu was in history, because Huang Chao's army fell from Lingnan and separated Annan and hung alone, leading the Hongzhou wealthy family Qu family to rise while taking advantage of the time. In the end, he gained dominance and advantage in the local power struggle. In 905 AD (the second year of Tianyou of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang Dynasty), he claimed to be the governor of Jiaozhou and asked for an order in the court. At that time, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang Dynasty was out of reach and appointed Qu as the governor of Jinghai Tongpingzhangshi. Since then, he began to imitate the separatist of the mainland vassal states.

The Qu family, a native of the late Tang Dynasty, became the history textbook compiled by Vietnamese monkeys in later generations, and was recognized as the origin of the so-called Jiaozhi independence; and it once caused a lot of controversy and misunderstanding on the Internet. However, for Zhou Huaian, this was just a few thoughts in the flash.

"This is roughly the case. Since the rebels said the same thing, I would like to ask the previous question.

Zhou Huaian suddenly tentatively.

"But I don't know what the messenger Qu and his family want to get from it this time..."

“Authentic,”

Just when Qu Rong's expression changed suddenly, he showed a guessed smile again.

"I hope I can get some friendship and kindness from the magistrate..."

Although most people may not be able to like the rich people in Annan as a small member of the rebel army, as Zhou Huaian’s private wish, they can invest and place bet first; they do not seek any control or long-term influence, as long as they can ensure that they have a relatively friendly force and serve as a transit place and partner for long-term trade.

It would be even better if we could establish our own intelligence collection channels. You should know that the rebels' understanding and investment in this regard were almost blank, that is, in random mobile warfare, they would temporarily send some spies and spies to the cities that were about to attack. Now, by reopening maritime trade and attracting trade, some spies can be released to the outside world.

Among them is the Fujian maritime merchant family who has been connected, Solomeng, who was born in the past, as a price and exchange for exclusive benefits for this area for a period of time; he will regularly collect some public information and information for Zhou Huaian, including the latest imperial court newspapers in Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, and even Wenzhou and Mingzhou where his family has been active.

After all, as the largest money bag in the court and the important place for blood transfusion to prolong life, the importance of the Southeastern paths is extraordinary; if a wedge can be inserted into it, it can also be seen to a certain extent.

According to the news that Zhou Huaian has now grasped, although the Tang court was still in a state of difficulty and was already in twilight, there were still some loyal ministers and generals who fought and ran hard to survive;

For example, in the court, the eunuchs led by "Da'an Lingzi" was in power, and under the rampant treacherous slander, some people called "prime minister of the time" Zheng Ting and "economic minister" Wang Duo, who were trying hard to maintain the authority of the court. In addition, Cui Anqian, Zeng Yuanyu and others, who had been in charge of the main force for a long time, were killed in the hands of the surging peasant uprisings, and were full of blood debts committed by the hands of the intrigue and storm of the vassal states.

With their efforts to promote and select, new generals such as Zhang Zimian and Li, either behind the generals or frontier generals, stood out from their achievements in suppressing and pacifying various places, causing heavy damage and bloody lessons to the rebels who have repeatedly setbacks.

Gao Pian, known as the last famous general and the pillar minister of the country in the late Tang Dynasty, had just begun to cultivate immortality while serving as the governor of Huainan. He had not yet gone further and further on the road of dying to pretend to be a god or a ghost in the future. Just as Huang Chao's army was constantly frustrated and turned south to Lingnan, he continued to arrange troops and generals in Jiangnan to make the pursuit, but he was able to give up because of the obstacles of the court.
Chapter completed!