1102: These 9 States and 4 Seas, I Want 0 Out of 0 (1)

"Brother Cheng—"

Knowing that there was a tough battle to be fought next, Yang Si ate a good meal to replenish his morale, and went to the "battlefield" with high spirits.

The corner of Cheng Jing's mouth twitched slightly, wondering if he should accept Yang Si's "approach".

Nie Xun on the side looked at Cheng Jing in surprise, with question marks clearly written in his eyes——

When did Cheng Jing become Yang Si's senior brother?

No, why are Liu Xi's tent and Huang Song's tent inextricably linked, either brothers or senior brothers or nephews?

Poisonous!

Cheng Jing's eyes darkened, and he responded obediently.

Compared with Yang Si's enthusiastic attitude, Cheng Jing's reaction seemed a little indifferent.

Yang Si wasn't angry either, she still had a smile on her face, and she was determined to use her hot face to stick to other people's cold ass.

"I heard Mr. Chang mention my senior brother. See you again after many years. Senior brother really looks like a dragon and phoenix. I like it very much at the first sight."

Yang Si was an orphan adopted by Mr. Yuan Jing when he was young. Although he was not brought back to Langya County to be raised, his identity is not a secret.

Cheng Jing is Mr. Yuan Jing's first apprentice, and Yang Si called him "senior brother", which is also reasonable.

"Junior Brother Yang is not bad, and he lives up to his master's many years of teaching."

Cheng Jing's smile was not on the inside.

Nie Xun was tricked, and Cheng Jing didn't dare to get too close to Jiang Pengji's tent.

However, Yang Si is thick-skinned enough to act out a scene of two people by himself.

Cheng Jing: "..."

There are so many dramas.

Although the teachers came from the same school, but in the face of the conflict of interests, neither of them showed mercy.

Cheng Jing tried his best to fight for Huang Song's due interests, not only the territory of Chenzhou, but also a large number of gentry, family members of court officials, captured generals and soldiers, grain storage warehouses and arsenals at various passes... He has considered almost all the places where loopholes can be exploited. Yang Si's side is similar, not only to extract oil and water from Huang Song's side, but also to ensure the benefits that have already been eaten.

The Dongqing imperial family moved their capital to Chenzhou, taking away a large number of nobles and nobles from Dongqing.

Although King Changshou took some of them away, the gentry talents left behind are still considerable, almost able to support half of the imperial court.

These are priceless treasures, far more valuable than land.

If it wasn't for Jiang Pengji's side taking a different route, this part of the interest cannot be given up no matter what.

The gentry, officials and family members, captured soldiers... these can all be given up as appropriate, but grain storage and weapons are more sensitive.

Yang Si wanted to falsely report the figures and secretly swallowed some of them, but Chenzhou was first occupied by Huang Song, and there were detailed records on his side.

As long as he proofread the account books, Cheng Jing can see how much Yang Si has falsely reported.

Even if Yang Si wants to play tricks, Cheng Jing can still keep most of the benefits.

On the contrary, Jiang Pengji has never been involved in the second county of Cangzhou, and she doesn't know the situation in the second county.

Even though Meng Heng has been included in her account, Meng Heng doesn't know the situation in Cangzhou, so he can't help much.

Therefore, it was difficult for Yang Si to judge how much Cheng Jing had concealed and falsely reported.

In this situation, Yang Si can only rely on his own ability and intuition to judge and grasp the bottom line.

After some negotiations, Yang Si seemed to be in high spirits, but in reality she was so hungry that her chest was stuck to her back, and her mind was muddled.

"Huang Bogao is really treacherous, just send Cheng Jing, and add Nie Xun—"

Already at a disadvantage, Yang Si played one against two.

If it weren't for Yang Si himself to be a scheming old driver, he wouldn't have been gnawed to the bone by Cheng Jing and Nie Xun.

"Thanks a lot."

Wei Ci smiled and brought food to Yang Si, and the food table was full of his favorite food.

As long as there is delicious food, Yang Si's bad mood will also improve.

After barely eating three full points, Yang Si had the energy to care about other things.

"My lord, what do you mean by this? You want to leave the gentry behind?"

Yang Si looked around and saw that there was no one else around, so he confidently whispered to Wei Ci.

The relationship between the two is very good, and they can talk freely, even if they talk about some "rebellious" things, Yang Si can still pull Wei Ci out of the tank.

The lord has coveted Wei Ci for a long time, this is a "gold medal for avoiding death"!

Jiang Pengji secretly instructed Yang Si that if Huang Song wanted to take away the local gentry talents from Cangzhou Second County, he would take them away if he could.

Of course, if Huang Song wants to take away these talents, he must exchange them with equivalent benefits.

Wei Ci picked out the bones of the braised fish, and said, "My lord has the Golden Scale Pavilion, and we can select available talents almost every one or two months. Although they are not top-notch, they are more pragmatic and reliable. Furthermore, the students of the Golden Scale Academy It’s not bad, there’s no need to hold on to the gentry.”

Before Wei Ci put down his chopsticks, Yang Si had already brazenly snatched the plate away, acting as if he was protecting food.

"In this way, the lord's ambition is not small." Yang Si smiled.

He also came from a poor background, and his background was very low, so he naturally didn't want a group of high-ranking but ineffective gentry to point fingers at him.

The lord's actions won his favor.

"It's good to say this in private, don't shout it out." Wei Ci reminded.

It is a fact that the lord seldom appoints gentry, but she cannot let the outside world clearly know her rejection of gentry, so as not to provoke resistance.

Yang Si smiled and said, "Si is not a three-year-old child, how can he not know the severity?"

Wei Ci secretly sighed.

Abandoning the gentry and giving up the support of this part of the forces, the road to the crown will inevitably be difficult.

Who let the gentry occupy nearly 60% of the wealth in the world?

The remaining 30% belonged to the royal family, and only 10% belonged to the common people.

Because Cheng Jing and Nie Xun kept half of the interest, Huang Song's complexion improved a lot.

Next, as long as the two forces hand over smoothly, the Battle of Cangzhou can be brought to a successful conclusion.

Yang Si brought the account book to see Jiang Pengji, who was making a sand table.

There are not only rolling mountains, hills, and cities on the sand table, but also obvious rivers and border lines.

Yang Si saw that representatives of Beijiang, Chongzhou, Maruzhou, Cangzhou, Hujun and other places had all planted a miniature flag.

A strange animal head was drawn on the flag.

Two black ears, two black eye sockets, as if being stuffed twice, the big face is all white...

Look... No matter how you look at it, it looks like an iron-eating beast that Wei Ci has been holding a cat all day long.

"Jingrong is here?" Jiang Pengji raised her head, put down the tools in her hand, and patted the sand in her palm, "How is the matter going?"

"Fortunately, life is not humiliated."

Saying this on the mouth, I feel a little empty in my heart.

Yang Si didn't have a specific concept of the wealth of Cangzhou Second County, so he could only make a rough judgment based on the tax revenue of previous years.

Although I don't know how much profit to fight for, it is definitely 40%!

Jiang Pengji flipped through the account book, and the numbers in it were all above her bottom line.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Jiang Pengji showed a satisfied smile.

If you do a good job, you will naturally be rewarded.

But apart from food, Jiang Pengji really doesn't know that Yang Si has other hobbies.

After thinking about it, I feel that it is better to reward food.

In addition to money, Jiang Pengji gave Yang Si the cooking pot from her own house, and she could cook whatever she liked, if there was not enough food, ask her to reimburse her.

Yang Si looked at the sand table, the sand table made by the master was very amazing, as if the entire landscape was shrunk and placed on the table.