Chapter 538: The Envoy

After years of construction, Danyang now has a more prosperous atmosphere than before, rather than a purely majestic city with perfect guarding. The huge city is centered on well-connected roads and huge public gardens made of green trees. At the same time, the sound of the clocks in the bell tower being staggered can cover most of the cities. Now Danyang, administrative districts, commercial districts, and residential districts are relatively obvious, but they also have a sense of mutual infiltration. Ye Tao’s mansion in Danyang is in the intersection of commercial districts and administrative districts.

At the boundary. The villa that was originally by the lake was not suitable for the next family, plus many servants and guards, and finally gave it to Feng Zi, becoming a place where famous celebrities and strategists in Danyang to study and make friends. Starting from Ye Tao's current mansion, it is very close to Tan Weishi's embroidery garden, the Yi Zhan Building of Ye's Workshop, and the Grand Theater in Danyang, which is a very comfortable place. It may be a little far from the palace. Anyway, Ye Tao doesn't like running into the palace so much, so he doesn't care so much.

Even if Ye Tao is low-key, he cannot hide his own traces. Ye Tao who comes to Danyang will naturally attract the attention of many people. Now Ye Tao has completed the great cause of attacking Northern Liao, and the army with the Yunzhou army as the main force has performed extremely well. Now, the border with Yunzhou is Xiling. Yunzhou has no worries about Northern Liao, but has the newly organized New Liao army as a backing. With troops like the Hengjun Camp, and the Blood Qi army and other troops, it can launch an army of nearly 500,000.

Xiling said that this is already an extremely huge force. Although Xiling has worked hard to develop and put a lot of effort into defense over the years, it still cannot catch up with the development pace of Dongping. The former world's largest country is now planning how to deal with the Dongping army. If it really needs to start a battle, Tan Xiaopei will not give up the attack along the way of Xunshanguan. Even if Dongping is to be on guard against Chunnan, it should be fine to free up a hundred thousand troops. Can Xiling hold on to the attack of 600,000 well-trained professional troops?

Some people also think that Tan Xiaopei wanted to discuss with Ye Tao about the southward army of Yunzhou. Persimmons were first to pick the soft ones. In the minds of the people of Dongping, Chunnan is still a relatively weak side. It is not because of the number of troops and equipment. In fact, the difference between these is not very big. But the delicate aura in the bones of Chunnan's army and the internal frictions in the Chunnan court are all difficult to understand. What is even more difficult to understand is that Dongping's ambitions have been clearly seen over the years.

However, Chunnan has always challenged Dongping's patience in various ways. Concubine Lian took the little prince Tan Weizai to live in Chunnan for a long time and did not want to come back at all. This is probably not surprising. Judging from Tan Xiaopei's attitude, although he was dissatisfied with this, he did not make any move. Anyway, he should be treated as a hostage for Concubine Lian and Tan Weizai. Even if Tan Xiaopei doesn't pay attention to them, he will not hurt them because of attacking Chunnan. In that case, he will be the country.

The prestige of the Lord. In the past few years, Chunnan has had quite a conflict with Dongping, both the people and the officials. Dongping has made many concessions to calm the situation. However, these concessions obviously cannot satisfy the people of Dongping, who are increasingly energetic, especially the concessions in trade rules, which have greatly affected the interests of many people. Now, without the worries of Bei Liao, Dongping's territory has been greatly expanded, and its population and land have also been

There are many more, and the potential for war will become more and more advantageous. Dongping also has different opinions on how to deal with Chunnan. After Ye Tao came to Danyang, there were quite a few people who came to visit Ye Tao. He clearly hoped that Ye Tao could support the use of military force against Chunnan. The family and chamber of commerce behind these people will fully support them in all aspects. Ye Tao knew Tan Xiaopei's determination, so he did not completely reject these people, but seriously negotiated some content with these people.

Even though Ye Tao was trying to get sloppy in various ways, the content revealed still made these people overjoyed. At least, they all felt that Ye Tao himself supported the use of troops in Chunnan. Ye Tao also had a rough understanding of how much support he could get once he sent troops in Chunnan. The funds, food, utensils, etc. alone had more than 14 million silver dollars for the initial inquiry. It was almost worth the consumption of the combat against Bei Liao. It seemed that the families in Chunnan had indeed offended the people of Dongping.

Moreover, the most powerful Qihai Trading Company and the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce have not expressed their opinions yet. Mr. Qi is now in Yazhou Xiaoyao, or he lives in Yicheng for a while, but he also privately stated that once the war begins, Qihai Trading Company will fully support it and provide no less than three million silver dollars. The potential of Qihai Trading Company is not only that. The fleet, war fleet, and the Dongping Navy of Yazhou can harass the entire coastline of Chunnan and even carry out large-scale landing operations. Such a strategic price

How can it be measured by silver dollars? The Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce is not inferior. The one they have done the best in recent years is grain trade. As one of the royal trading companies, Jiuzhou Trading Company has not only improved its grain reserves for Dongping in recent years, but also became a grain marketing giant. Not only in Dongping, but even in Chunnan, they are also giants. They not only control the world's largest grain liaison business that covers Dongping and Chunnan, Chunnan, and have also entered the field of grain production. In recent years, they have been carrying out vigorously.

Twenty-two large-scale farms have been established in Chunnan, controlling 7% of the grain output and 11% of the grain stock in Chunnan. They have begun to transport a large amount of grain back to Dongping. Once the war begins, the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce declares that they will burn all the grain in each warehouse in Chunnan and plunder all the crops in the fields regardless of whether they are mature or not. The Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce's business style has always been extreme and ruthless, and Ye Tao believes that they will definitely do this.

The losses suffered by the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce were nearly 5.5 million silver dollars, and they also promised to provide the army with 4.5 million silver dollars worth of materials including food after the war started. Jiuzhou Trading Company alone would take out 10 million silver dollars... On the one hand, the strong support of these giant merchants and other aristocratic tribes added confidence in their future advance, but they also felt huge pressure. The statements of these forces clearly pushed Dongping to a position of having to fight. Then, let's fight. That's what Ye Tao thought.

The king of Northern Liao finally gave up resistance and even gave up the opportunity to extend the history of Northern Liao by a famous name for one year, and completely chose to obey Dongping. In Ye Tao's opinion, he was very brave. He had to defeat his obsession with power and his last trace of madness in order to choose such a path that was cruel and humiliating for him but more favorable to most people. The royal family in Chunnan did not see such characteristics, without a trace of it. The Chang family was so arrogant that it was unreasonable, and the concubine of Lian, Chang Ling, and the two princes competing for the throne were the same. Even this arrogance did not actually be

There is no place to support it. Such an opponent may choose a path that will die together at the last moment, which is not good for anyone, but such an opponent can only give Dongping a greater chance than the rationality of the Northern Liao king. The Northern Liao king can trust Gaosen Banner after suffering repeated losses, and Gaosen Banner also repays such trust with death. Although the Eastern Route Army was defeated in the end, it is still a very wise choice to choose Xie Bo'an to command the troops. The Northern Liao kingdom, even at the last moment, still chose the path of learning and development. The Northern Liao airship group did make Dongping very uncomfortable for a while

Although this is considered to be Ye Tao's intentional indulgence, it did consume a large amount of war funds from Northern Liao. But what if Northern Liao had obtained airship technology even a year ago? What if they wholeheartedly raised the number of airship groups to another level? Thinking of this situation, Ye Tao felt a little scared. But Chunnan had received quite complete technical support from Dongping, but Chunnan's airship team is still half-dead. According to those who had been instructors of the airship team, they were playing... The generals were not very knowledgeable and had no strong desire to learn. The soldiers' abilities were at best able to operate airships skillfully.

The performance of Le’s tactical actions is very average. God knows that Chunnan actually had the opportunity to have a duel with Dongping, as long as they were willing. Back then, when the two countries were still in their honeymoon period, almost all the military technology of Dongping, except for the latest airships, super heavy crossbows, ignition bombs and Mars bombs, and Hellfire Sprayers, were opened to Chunnan. All they needed was to improve the army's technology and morale and cooperate with sufficient rigorous training. At that time, the officers who assisted Chunnan in training the troops did not hide their own interests at all, but Chunnan missed such an opportunity.

If nothing unexpected happens, Ye Tao will work with Tan Weiming to command the battle against Chunnan. Ye Tao is responsible for the Eastern Route Army, and at the same time coordinates the harassment and attacks at sea, and organizes landing operations. Tan Weiming will command the Western Route Army, with Zhuomang as the deputy, assembles the main force of the ground army in Dongping, advance steadily, and gradually occupy it. But whether this was before or after the attack on Xiling is not completely confirmed. Based on all the information about Chunnan, Ye Tao will work with Tan Weiming, Zhuomang, Zou Shuangwen, and Tan Weixin who will never be absent in the mansion,

Dai Yun and his team compiled a "Strategic for Operations against Chunnan" which includes logistics preparations, political and diplomatic preparations, mobilization, operations and aftermath. The document with a total of more than 1.9 million words was included in all relevant contents, and copied them by several people in person, and finally sent them directly to Tan Xiaopei's desk. Anyone who is qualified to read this document in detail will feel the tremendous power and confidence, and will inevitably feel that when the war comes together, Chunnan has absolutely no luck to look forward to.

After reading the documents, Tan Xiaopei didn't say anything more. As the king of the country, he naturally could not have known what kind of power the people who went to lobby Ye Tao represented. He could also feel this surging fighting spirit. Although Tan Xiaopei was worried that the war against the Northern Liao Dynasty had just ended not long ago, and it was a bit rushed to start the war. Perhaps it was suspected of being a powerful military force, but it had reached this point and could accelerate the process of unification of the world. Tan Xiaopei ran to the Tan family's old nest, Jiangshan Fort. After being silent for three days, he wanted to meet Ye Tao at Jiangshan Fort.

It was only one day from Jiangshan Fort to Danyang. It took a flight to arrive in one morning. When Ye Tao came to Jiangshan Fort, he was also a little surprised. Jiangshan Fort was not built into a castle with a more kingly atmosphere as he thought, but always retained the pure fortress temperament. Due to the advancement of construction technology and materials, the exterior of Jiangshan Fort is now all made of the new city wall bricks from the Shijia, which are fire-resistant and corrosion-resistant. Due to the stable shape, the appearance of the city wall is also neat and beautiful.

Guan. The originally scarred bricks and stones were moved to the newly built ancestral temple of the Tan family and turned into the foundation and exterior wall. Apart from the main passage, the paved bluestone, the entire ancestral temple courtyard was also filled with these stones with terrible wounds, just trying to be as flat as possible. This was Tan Xiaopei's decision, but it received support from the entire Tan family. The Tan family, no matter when it was time, must remember that their foundation was achieved through generations of struggle.

Tan Xiaopei was waiting for Ye Tao in a courtyard behind the ancestral hall. There were several large trees that were hundreds of years old in the yard, supporting a huge shade, and below were three simple tombstones.

"Don't think it's strange... this is my selfish intention. This is my brother..." Tan Xiaopei said lightly. Although he showed a hint of sadness, he was indeed more proud. "The Tan family has completely emerged in my generation. Others can forget it, but I can't forget it. Just a few decades ago, the brothers were fighting for Dongping. I don't want to be the king, but the position of the king was still on my shoulders after all. My eldest brother, second brother, and younger brother, all died on the battlefield. If Zhuomang hadn't tried to save him, I might not have survived. But in the end, I still came to this point... Now, no one can stop Dongping's footsteps."

"Your Majesty, it's time to end. It depends on whether you have made up your mind." Ye Tao was not too infected by Tan Xiaopei, but said readily.

"Yes, it's time to end." Tan Xiaopei laughed. He took a jar of wine from the servant standing on the side, took a big gulp of himself, and then spilled the wine on the graves of the three brothers. "Do you know, the three graves are empty. The really collided with the army, crushing everyone into mud, where can the corpse be found? It's time to end. You won't laugh at me, old man, right?"

The king ridiculed himself for his youth. If he met other ministers, he would probably say something about congratulations and blessings, and things like that for thousands of years. But for Tan Xiaopei and Ye Tao, everyone knows that such words are unnecessary. The king and minister like them would no longer need this set of false rites. Ye Tao tilted his head and said, "Anyway, it's only two or three years. We will be in a military service and destroy Chunnan Xiling. I can rest well and go around to play. Your Majesty, you want to raise a good life, but it's time."

"Well, but before that, I have something to ask you." Tan Xiaopei said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, if you have anything, just give me instructions." Ye Tao felt a little uncomfortable when he asked Tan Xiaopei to speak in this tone of request. Anyway, this is his father-in-law.

"Go to Yuhang and bring Wei Zai and Chang Ling back." Tan Xiaopei paused and said firmly: "You have the full responsibility to deal with it, at any cost, and you don't have any other concerns. Of course, you must not have any trouble yourself."

Ye Tao thought about it and said seriously: "Abide by the order." After bringing Chang Ling and Tan Weizai back, the war started. There is no doubt about this, and it is not easy to bring these two people back? With the careful work of the secret spy, there is no chance, and I am afraid that they will not be able to see the two of them at all. Sending important officials over there is a fear of not being able to bring them back, and the fierce means will offend Chang Ling and Tan Weizai. Although this mother and son may be "prosperous" in Dongping for a long time in the future and cannot cause trouble, for the ministers, letting them offend the imperial concubine and the prince is worried after all. Only people like Ye Tao can go over and talk about things to solve. No matter when, no matter whether Ye Tao is on duty or traveling around freely in the future, Chang Ling will definitely not have the courage to retaliate against Ye Tao for this matter. In addition, he is also in the extremely delicate reality of the Spring and Southern Dynasties, Juxian Wang

Chang Hongquan was extremely dissatisfied with the situation in Yuhang. It has been four months since the death of the old king of Chunnan. The counselor Jiang Yan, who left a blood letter of the country, died of illness after crying and leaving behind a blood letter of the country, was carefully arranged and established a secret organization that is still inconclusive in the Dongping Intelligence Bureau. It will definitely become a thorn in the eye in the war of unification in the future. However, Jiang Yan, who was already in poor health, exhausted all his efforts.

Yu couldn't stand it anymore. Now the prince and the second prince are competing for throne, and neither side is sure to kill the other party, but they have enough strength to prevent the other party from ascending the throne. Ye Tao went to Yuhang in person to have sufficient decision-making authority and judge what to do, which is the most beneficial to Dongping. If Ye Tao thinks that it's best to go directly to war, the army and follow-up troops on the border are actually ready at any time. Without Tan Xiaopei's instructions, Ye Tao will understand these things by himself.

"How many people are you going to bring?" Tan Xiaopei asked with interest.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about this, leave it to me for the treatment. I think Concubine Lian and the little prince will not submit so easily... Anyway, if I bring them back, Your Majesty will have to punish him. It's better to really not know, right?" Ye Tao said frankly.

"Haha," Tan Xiaopei laughed heartily: "Weizai and Weiming and Weiran are brothers after all. I know everyone doesn't like it, but after all... Weizai is still young, no matter what, I don't want anything to happen. The brothers can live together... it's good to live."

Ye Tao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely live up to my entrustedness. However, other things should be prepared."

"Yes... someone cares more than me. This matter is really troublesome." Tan Xiaopei knew that what Ye Tao said was the issue of preparing for the emperor's ceremonial war. After destroying the Northern Liao Dynasty, some people even began to persuade him to advance, hoping that Tan Xiaopei would directly call himself emperor and change his rank. But Tan Xiaopei knew very well that he would never do such a thing without solving Chunnan Xiling. Before, Tan Xiaopei didn't even think about this matter. The emperor's ceremonial war and related things were not ready in a short time. That whole set of things was so complicated that it could cause any mentally normal person to collapse. But now it is still necessary to prepare, and it is impossible to get it done in a few years. Starting to prepare the ceremonial war and ceremony can also make those ministers with lofty ideals let go of their hearts. When the time comes, their contribution will be inevitable.

Ye Tao was fully committed to the mission to Chunnan, and the news was confirmed a few days later. When the news reached Yuhang, it immediately aroused the vigilance of many people. The relationship between Dongping and Chunnan has not changed much in recent years. At least on the surface, it has always maintained a passionate and friendly ally relationship. But what about privately? Chunnan has been together with Xiling in order to fight against Dongping, and the main goal of Chunnan's intelligence agency is Dongping. The relatively mobile household registration system that Dongping now adopts has also given the secret spies many opportunities. Now, Dongping conquered Bei Liao and turned the huge territory and population into its own strength. To talk about national strength, although it has not surpassed Chunnan and Xiling, it has an overwhelming advantage to deal with any country alone. It is normal that Dongping's relationship with Chunnan must be corrected. And Ye Tao, the sanctioned envoy, may have come for this? Some people speculated like this.

However, the meaningless rumor attack against Ye Tao some time ago led to further feud between the two countries, and this matter was still stuck in the hearts of many people. Many people were quite dissatisfied with the small group of ignorant ignorants in Chunnan's high-level ignorant and constantly challenging the bottom line of Dongping. But there was no way, and the intelligence agency was still in the hands of these people. Ye Tao came to Chunnan, even if it was just because of this matter, he would probably not give Chunnan any good face. He would inevitably put forward many requirements and restrictions on Chunnan, and completely change the original attitude of Dongping to tolerate everywhere. Not to mention that Chunnan is still in an extremely complicated period now. Ye Tao definitely has various ways to intervene in the struggle between the two princes. Maybe Ye Tao would have to observe the throne ceremony. Some people also speculate this way.

How to deal with Ye Tao and how the two countries that have changed their strength and status in the future will get along with each other, which has become a real problem before the ministers in Chunnan.

Ye Tao naturally did not rush to set out, but carefully considered his strength and position, and then sent out a series of orders. Chunnan's secret spies stirred up trouble in Dongping, and Dongping's secret spies lurked in Chunnan, and there were also quite a few people. Many intelligence lines were even buried for more than ten years, and the intelligence work in Chunnan has never been what Ye Tao was mainly concerned about. Naturally, he did not have chess pieces like Kong Xinhua before, or Sun Boping, who is known as the shadow prime minister in Xiling. The lines buried by Nie Rui in Chunnan also have people who are in high positions now. But since it is Nie Rui's achievements, Ye Tao may not want to use them, especially some more adventurous uses. How bad is it to destroy others' layout?

But Nie Rui had no scruples. He knew what Ye Tao was going to Chunnan. He didn't care how much damage the power in his hands would be. He just hoped that Ye Tao could retire successfully. Ye Tao and the people around him would not suffer any losses. Such a talented person and the strong team around him were not easy. Nie Rui, after having a conversation with the king of the country, Nie Rui set out to Chunnan in person. This news is naturally kept secret. In any era, the intelligence leader is the most valuable goal of local intelligence agencies, and the struggle in this regard is often the most bloody.
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