As soon as the imminent crisis ended, Yang Hao fell ill unexpectedly. He was so sick that he couldn't get out of bed for several days. W     w W                                                                                                      

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CoM Zhang Bozhong rushed from Feng'an to the head of the army, and the news of Yang Hao falling ill was strictly blocked.

The failure on the battlefield caused the Khitans to pay a heavy price. The sixteen tribes that were originally annexed by them regained their freedom. Fourteen of them moved closer to Fengzhou, and eight of them were willing to form a military alliance with Fengzhou. Yang Hao did not agree. These small tribes were very weak and extremely aggressive, and Yang Hao did not want to be dragged down by them. However, he promised to trade and send representatives with these small tribes to establish a relatively stable bilateral relationship.

The Khitans compensated Fengzhou with 1.98 million taels of silver. Of which 400,000 taels were used as pensions for the soldiers who died in battle against the Xining Army, Wutu tribe, and Manhei tribe; 780,000 taels were used to redeem their prisoners, each captive of 100 taels of silver. When the prisoners left, they were allowed to take away their armor and swords and guns, but the bows and arrows must be left behind. The Khitans lacked materials for making arrows, and their ability to produce arrows was very limited, so it was necessary to control the number of arrows.

Zhongshoujiang City was marked as ashes in this war, and the Khitans compensated 800,000 taels of silver for reconstruction. The new Zhongshoujiang City became a stone city, with walls built with huge stones, fortresses, flat-topped stone houses, streets paved with stone slabs, and tunnels crisscrossing under the ground. The city's chief designer was the blue-eyed Gruth. The strict urban defense facilities revitalized the merchants' confidence in this trade route. The reconstruction of Zhongshoujiang City is advancing rapidly.

The Khitans were generally in an era of bartering, and gold and silver were not circulating currencies, but this did not mean that the Khitans had no gold and silver. On the contrary, the Khitans had many gold and silver ingots and silver blocks, most of which were obtained from their robbery of the Tang border towns and other tribes. The war between the two sides was finally over on the day when the one million and nine hundred thousand taels of silver was delivered.

Seven thousand and eight hundred Khitan prisoners left the Tiande Army and returned to their hometown, including their commander Yelu Tiela and the seriously ill Yelu Guluo. One of the captured Khitans insisted on not going back. His name was Yelu Yundeshi, who was only twelve years old at this time. He asked to study at Fengzhou Wubei Academy. His inspiration came from the Qianmai Commander of Weiyuan Camp who was in charge of him. The Qianmai Commander had studied in the Wubei Academy for three months. From his mouth, Yelu Yundeshi developed a strong interest in the Wubei Academy.

When Yang Hao, who was on the sickbed, heard the news, he quickly asked Zhang Lang, who was limping, to tell Zhang Bozhong: agree with Yelu Yundeshi's request and to attract more outstanding Khitan nobles to study abroad as much as possible. Although many people did not understand Yang Hao's true intention of this move and were full of doubts, Zhang Bozhong still carried out Yang Hao's instructions without fail. The most important thing in eliminating the enemy is to eliminate the enemy's inner hatred, and the second is to eliminate him from **. Cultivating a pro-Tang class among the Khitan nobles is far more exciting than killing ten thousand enemies on the battlefield.

In addition to giving necessary punishment to the Khitans, Yang Hao also made certain concessions, such as opening border trade and allowing border merchants to sell Han land goods into the Khitan territory. However, Yang Hao still cautiously restricted iron, salt and some materials used to make weapons. The Khitans sent a delegation to Feng'an, and Yang Hao also sent a delegation to the Khitan. The head of the delegation was Yao Guang, who had been dismissed from military post because he violated the military order. At this moment, his identity was the general manager of the Khitan Branch of Zuogongguan.

Zuogongguan is the original intelligence room, and the reason why he changed his name was all because he was forced to come out. In early April, two soldiers were drunk in the camp in Xinzhou and fought with people on the street. They were turned over by the people to the county government. The county magistrate was instructed by senior officials in Taiyuan to punish the two for serious crimes and paraded in the streets. Some people secretly encouraged the people to attack the Xining army garrison camp.

Yang Hao was working hard to deal with the Khitan that day, and had no time to look south. He had only ordered the garrison to not be idled. The garrison did not move, but the intelligence room was not idle. They attacked the Xinzhou prison at night, rescued two soldiers convicted of serious crimes, and set a fire to burn the Xinzhou Prefecture and the county government to flat ground. The intelligence room thought it was a plan, but he did not know that since the case began, Pei Du had been watching the matter. He wanted to use this to drive the Xining army out of Hedong. How could he let go? Pei Du reported this to Li Ang secretly, and Li Ang was scolding Yang Hao, asking him to cancel the intelligence room and send the perpetrator to the Hedong Department for strict handling.

Li Yan was afraid that Yang Hao would not be able to handle the matter well, so he sent Xiao Mingyue to Fengzhou to supervise the matter. Under this pressure, Yang Hao had to remove the intelligence room and dismiss some of the peripheral personnel. Guan Suo was demoted to the library office, but the intelligence room was already full at the moment and could not be dispersed just by wanting to disperse. Except for the sign of the intelligence room that could not be hung, the rest were still the same. Because the library office was in the left hand of the study room, everyone called the original intelligence room "Left Mansion".

In addition to the fewer people than the original intelligence room, the Zuo Mansion has a more complete internal structure than before. There are four rooms and one office:

around:

The first department, also known as the Intelligence Department, is responsible for comprehensively collecting and analyzing external intelligence.

The second department, also known as the Discipline Inspection Department, is responsible for enforcing family rules, eliminating traitors, and countering espionage infiltration.

The third department, also known as the Operations Department, is responsible for special operations such as assassination.

The fourth department, also known as the General Affairs Office, is responsible for internal administrative and logistics affairs, and has departments such as administration, logistics, security, and warehouses.

Three rooms:

Finance office, manages internal finance.

Technical room, research, and manage various equipment.

Research room, providing intellectual support for decision-making.

In addition to the four and three rooms in the headquarters, a branch office was set up in important prefectures, and the general manager was in charge. In order to provide sufficient funds to Zuo Mansion and not leave any measures to resist inaccurate orders, Yang Hao established Delong Jade Club and sent blood to Zuo Mansion under the guise of operating jade jewelry. In addition, Guan Suo cooperated with Malida to open a Fuxianglou branch in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places as a cover for carrying out activities.

After lying in bed for half a month, Yang Hao was finally able to walk around. It was already the end of April. The prosperous and green willows in Feng'an City were particularly enchanting, and the Tiande Army, which suffered from the war, was rebuilt. Since the beginning of the year, Guansuo, who had been active in the Uighurs, returned home with a full load. He brought the Uighurs' contract to customize 1,200 sets of heavy armor. According to the existing production capacity of Kurube Company, this heavy armor will be completed and delivered in six batches within three years.

Yang Hao met Guan Suo on the grass by the pond in the back garden. After staying in the Uighur Royal Court for half a year, Guan Suo seemed to have changed a different person, become elegant, and enjoyed it. He was not very concerned about the West Lake Longjing tea carefully cooked by Lu Rui. Yang Hao joked: "Does the barbarians on the grassland now know how to write the word Fengya?"

Guan Suo curled his lips disapprovingly and said, "You can't look at others with the old eyes. Nowadays, Uighurs are gentlemen and all manners are elegant. I feel ashamed when I go, and I lose my face of the glorious Tang Dynasty." Yang Hao took a sip of tea and said, "The whole country is in luxury, which is definitely not a good thing. This time you sold 1,200 pairs of heavy armor. This is an amazing achievement, but I want to know, how did all this come about? Is there a great resistance?"

"The resistance will naturally not be small, but the thrust will be greater." Guan Suo put down the tea bowl, picked up an apricot and chewed it in his mouth.

"To be fair, there are many people in the Uighur court with profound insights and vision. They can see at a glance what the heavy armor defects of the Kurube family are, but this country is already rotten from head to toe. High officials are addicted to extravagance and enjoyment, and they don't care about the future of the country. Mediocre and inaction take the lead, and heroes are indifferent. I am invincible with two magic weapons in my hand, such as wealth and sex."

Guan Suo was proud and said, as if everything was in his control. Yang Hao looked at it and changed the subject and said, "According to your observation for so long, do you think the 'pig farming plan' they made can be realized?"

This is the real purpose of Guan Suo going to the Uighur royal court. Through the continuous deepening of the Uighurs, Yang Hao became suspicious of the plan developed by Zhangxin Khan. He was not doubting whether the plan existed, but whether it could be implemented.

Guan Suo nodded silently: "The Uighurs are a big country. Although the center is rotten, their limbs and bones are still alive. If you sacrifice your life, your strength will still be very fierce."

"This is called the centipede worm that dies without being stiff." Lu Rui interrupted, and Yang Hao looked at her without saying a word. She was having a quarrel with herself in the past two days because of Lu Xiaofeng's affairs. The reason was that Lu Xiaofeng would graduate from the Economics School. A year ago, Yang Hao asked him to enter the school and promised Lu Rui that he would reuse him after graduation. Yang Hao's arrangement was to place him in Yongchang Company, whether it was the headquarters or the newly established branch (subsidiary) company, he would choose the unit and the position he would choose.

Logically speaking, this was a fulfillment of his promise to reuse him, but Lu Xiaofeng's intention was to go to administration, even a small official in the most remote county. Everyone has their own ambitions and cannot force it. Yang Hao agreed to him and placed him at the Third Farm of Hengsai Town, Yongfeng, as a supervisor. Hengsai Town is where Yang Hao started his business. Although he didn't stay there for a long time, he had a deep relationship. It was already a selfish idea to place Lu Xiaofeng there. The Third Farm of Hengsai Town is the third largest farm directly under the Third Farm of the Agriculture and Structure Bureau, and one of the highest management levels. Lu Xiaofeng's previous three supervisors were quickly promoted and his career was bright.

Lu Rui didn't understand Guan Qiao in this, and just felt that it was Yang Hao who sent Lu Xiaofeng so far to endure hardship. He deliberately made things difficult for him and to refute his own face. Therefore, he had a fight with Yang Hao for several days in a row. Not long ago, when she was sick, Yang Hao didn't care enough and felt guilty for her. Therefore, Lu Rui was playing tricks on him at home, so Yang Hao could only give in to her.

"San Sister-in-law said it well! The centipede worm will die without being stiff! That's the reason. Therefore, we still cannot relax at all." Guan Suo said this, and suddenly felt something was wrong in his heart. Yang Hao should decide the final decision of such a big deal. How could he interfere with the situation? In order to alleviate the embarrassment, he turned around and asked Lu Rui: "Xiaofeng is about to graduate? Is there a good place to go?"

Lu Rui glanced at Yang Hao and said in a long voice: "Yes, the third farm in Hengsai Town, to be supervised, there is a bright future in the future."

Guan Suo heard the dissatisfaction in her words and knew Yang Hao’s difficulties. As the helmsman, how could he break the rules he set? So he said to Lu Rui in a negotiating tone: “Didn’t he study economics? How about letting him come to Delong Society? He can not only maintain qualifications but also not waste his major.”

Lu Rui knew clearly what Delong Society does. He was a good deal of both sides, including officials and merchants. This was a real beauty.

"It's good, but..." Lu Rui glanced at Yang Hao without saying a word.
Chapter completed!