Zeng Hao was happy and successfully established a rear base on the Liaodong Peninsula.

The military and civilians in Duli Town are more than 5,000, and their livelihoods are mainly fishing and overseas commerce.

In fact, the Liaodong Peninsula is vast and sparsely populated. Duli Town is more than 2,000 miles away from the capital of the Bohai Kingdom. It is difficult to walk on the mountain road on the way, and it takes one month to ride a horse back and forth.

After stationing for half a month, people came to ask for a meeting this day, saying that they were subordinates of Wang Shifan.

Zeng Hao met with the visitor and saw a Confucian scholar walking in. His wrinkled face gave people a false impression of being inappropriate.

"Wen Xizheng is humble and greets the general." The visitor bowed respectfully.

"What are you here?" Zeng Hao asked.

Wen Xizheng said respectfully: "I was ordered to pretend to be an envoy of the Bohai Kingdom. Lord Wang Shifan promised that he would be the governor of the great emperor and the emperor who succeeded.

Zeng Hao said: "You have made contributions, and your promise to serve as the governor is too high."

Wen Xizheng said: "If it weren't for the governor, the lowly person would not be able to seek wealth and honor in danger."

Zeng Hao said: "If the king has faith in his words, your contributions can be fulfilled."

Wen Xizheng asked: "When will the general be captured by the Jiaodong Peninsula?"

Zeng Hao said: "Do you want to serve as the governor of Jiaodong Peninsula?"

Wen Xizheng nodded and said, "I am humble to my hometown Laizhou, and I want to return home in glory."

Zeng Hao nodded and said, "It takes time to seize the Jiaodong Peninsula, so you can't be too hasty."

Wen Xizheng said respectfully: "Wait patiently."

Zeng Hao said: "If our army does not fool you, the Jiaodong Peninsula is likely to have a tug-of-war, that is, the Xuanwu army counterattacks and we evacuated from sea. Therefore, you run away as the governor of Laizhou and are ridiculed."

Wen Xizheng was stunned for a moment and responded: "I am willing to wait for a long time."

Zeng Hao said: "I said I won't fool you. You can go to the southern Sichuan Army to become an official first. I cannot guarantee that you will serve as the governor, but I will recommend you to be transferred to the governor of Laizhou in the future."

Wen Xizheng thought about it and said, "I am familiar with Jiaodong and Liaodong, and I am willing to stay under the command of the general to do things."

Zeng Hao smiled and said: "It's better for you to stay and do things. I will guarantee you to serve as the governor of Laizhou in the future."

Wen Xizheng saluted respectfully: "I pay homage to the general."

Zeng Hao nodded and said, "Be my aide first to join the military. If you really have the ability, I recommend you to be hereditary of the military envoy."

"Thank you General." Wen Xizheng thanked.

"Sit down and talk." Zeng Hao said.

Wen Xizheng walked over and sat on a simple wooden bench.

Zeng Hao asked: "Do you have any suggestions?"

Wen Xizheng said: "The general's troops are enough to capture the Jiaodong Peninsula. Could it be that the time is to wait for Xuanwu's army to have no time to look east?"

Zeng Hao nodded and said, "The King of Heroes's strategy is step by step. When the Xuanwu army has no time to look east, we send troops to seize the Jiaodong Peninsula, and then we send people to surrender to the Xuanwu army."

Wen Xizheng nodded clearly.

Zeng Hao also said: "The strategy of the King of Heroes is not only aimed at the Xuanwu Army, but also the long-term layout of the Khitan, with the intention of uniting the Bohai Kingdom to curb the Khitan into the Turkic Huns in history."

Wen Xizheng suddenly realized and blurted out: "No wonder he pretended to be the royal family of the Bohai Kingdom."

Zeng Hao said: "Don't talk nonsense. The king of heirs is really the grandson of Prince Da Guangsheng. Da Guangsheng married a noble daughter of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an as his wife."

Wen Xizheng was stunned and whispered: "Really?"

Zeng Hao said unhappily: "The emperor is only one step away from the emperor, how can he recognize relatives indiscriminately?"

Wen Xizheng nodded and said, "If it is true, it may cause domestic strife in the Bohai Sea."

Zeng Hao was surprised and asked: "The King of Heroes is just the grandson of the King of the Sect. Is it as for causing internal strife?"

Wen Xizheng said: "My subordinates pretend to be the prince of the Bohai Kingdom and have learned about the situation of the Bohai Kingdom.

The Bohai King decades ago had many sons, many of whom went to Chang'an to study and live. The Bohai King died and the sons had no time to return. The Bohai King's younger brother inherited the throne."

Zeng Hao nodded and said, "You mean that your uncle usurped the throne of his nephew."

Wen Xizheng said: "I don't know if the king passed the throne and the princes returned to Bohai Kingdom, so they naturally did not accept Uncle Wang's throne. The successor king might become the foreign aid of those princes."

Zeng Hao nodded and said, "Can you dare not refuse to obey if the King of Bohai cannot do it?"

Wen Xizheng replied: "It is said that it cannot be. Not only are there many mountains within the royal family, but the ruling authority in the court is mostly controlled by the nobles of the right surname."

Zeng Hao whispered: "Aristocrat of the right surname?"

Wen Xizheng said: "The nobles and noble groups that were inherited from their ancestors' military merits, Gao, Zhang, Yang, Dou, Wu, and Li.

Yang Jian from Duli Town was born into the noble Yang family. The nobles intermarried for generations, and the royal family formed a ruling class."

Zeng Hao nodded.

Wen Xizheng also said: "The Bohai Kingdom was behind barbarians, but the ruling class highly advocated the Confucianism of the Tang Dynasty and loved the poems and songs of the Han people. Over time, the generals' strong and good fighting ability was wiped out."

Zeng Hao asked: "How much military power can the Bohai Kingdom have?"

Wen Xizheng replied: "I don't know, there should be 100,000. It is said that it is mainly defending against the invasion of Khitan, and the general occupying Duli Town. The possibility of the Bohai Kingdom sending troops to the Liaodong Peninsula is very small."

Zeng Hao said: "I said that the strategy of the King of Heihe has united with the Bohai Kingdom, so we try our best to avoid quarrels with the Bohai Kingdom, strive for harmonious governance of Xuantu County, and gain benefits through trade."

Wen Xizheng casually said: "The Bohai Kingdom respects the Tang Dynasty and hopes that the Tang Dynasty will support the enemy."

Zeng Hao said: "The Bohai Kingdom respects the Tang Dynasty, and because the Tang Dynasty recognizes the existence of the Bohai Kingdom, if it becomes a crisis of national destruction, the Bohai Kingdom will inevitably turn against each other."

Wen Xizheng nodded in agreement.

Zeng Hao asked: "Are you from Jiaodong Peninsula?"

Wen Xizheng nodded and said, "My subordinates have been staying in Penglai County, Dengzhou. News came from Wendeng County. My subordinates guessed that the King's navy might have rushed across the sea."

Zeng Hao asked: "Are you willing to go back? Be responsible for the situation of the scout Xuanwu Army."

Wen Xizheng nodded and said, "I will receive the order."

Zeng Hao nodded, thought for a while, and said, "You risked your visit to Yuancheng, Weizhou, and met Yang Liyan, the prefect of Daming, and contacted business matters."

Wen Xizheng hesitated for a moment and nodded, "I will receive the order."

Zeng Hao said: "You have seen ten large sea ships. They do not belong to the navy, but are crowdfunded by many merchants. The navy needs to pay remuneration for transportation. If the accident is damaged, the government will compensate you."

Wen Xizheng was unexpected.

Zeng Hao also said: "The successor king rose to the southwest, and the hostility was mainly inland vassal states, and he had no spare energy to develop the naval navy.

In that year, the king of Hei captured Fujian in Lingnan, built a building guard and a chamber of commerce, and handed it over to a eunuch to develop.

The eunuch lived up to the expectations of the Heiwang King and developed into a 20,000 naval army. During this period, the Heiwang King did not allocate funds."

Wen Xizheng nodded and said, "That eunuch has made great contributions."

Zeng Hao nodded and said, "The King of Heroes will not treat him badly. I am grateful for his hard work and plan to recommend him to be named Prince in the future."

Wen Xizheng was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and advised: "It is best for the general not to recommend it. It is suspected of collusion, which may cause disgust of the king of heirs."

Zeng Hao said: "The King of He has always treated his meritorious officials well. It is not easy for the military generals to become bigger in the southern Sichuan military system. The most important thing is that the King of He is young and strong."

Wen Xizheng nodded.

Zeng Hao said again: "Let me tell you the truth. Most of the Liangzhe area has become the territory of the Hero King, so our military supplies can be continuously flowing."

Wen Xizheng's face changed and was incredible.

Liangzhe is a famous large granary and a treasure land that attracts attention in the world. I have never heard of the Southern Sichuan Army occupy Liangzhe.

Zeng Hao said: "The Qian family territory is still in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the Southern Sichuan Army controlled most of the territory. The King of Hei was unwilling to cause a civil war between the two Zhejiang provinces and took advantage of the Qian family's low-key transitional rule."

"The King of Hei controls Qian?" Wen Xizheng blurted out.

Zeng Hao nodded and said, "How did you occupy it in the future? Now Hangzhou, Yuezhou, Suzhou, Changzhou, Huzhou, and the coastal states in eastern Zhejiang are all governed by the emperor's officials and guarded by the southern Sichuan army."

Wen Xizheng nodded and said, "So, the King of Hei has the ability to occupy the entire Jiangnan."

Zeng Hao said: "The war consumes a lot of money and food, and the soldiers of the Huainan Army are brave and good at fighting."

Wen Xizheng nodded.

Zeng Hao said again: "When two tigers fight, once we start a war, the Huainan army will inevitably go south with heavy troops, causing the Huainan defense line to weaken, and the Xuanwu army will take advantage of the opportunity to advance to Huainan Road."

Wen Xizheng was stunned.

Zeng Hao said again: "Huainan Road falls into the hands of Xuanwu Army, and it is greatly difficult for us to compete for it."

Wen Xizheng nodded and said, "I can only wait for the opportunity when Xuanwu Army has no time to move south."

Zeng Hao said: "The successor king made a strategy to Jiaodong, Liaodong, and created opportunities step by step."

Wen Xizheng nodded and said, "The general needs to make profits from maritime merchants, and his subordinates have a suggestion."

"You said." Zeng Hao responded.

Wen Xizheng said: "General, the Liaodong Peninsula is suitable for the development of boiling salt, with dense forests and low cost."

Zeng Hao nodded.
To be continued...