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The commercial market in Qingcheng was not affected by the earthquake in the Ming Dynasty. There were more merchants from the Ming Dynasty than before, and the types of goods they brought were also more diverse.
Not only that, many Han people from the border areas also came spontaneously to seek a living on the grasslands.
"Proprietor, the deputy director and Master Chen are outside the door asking for an audience." One of Liu Heng's guards came in from outside the house to announce.
Liu Heng raised his head, looked at the guards in front of the door, and said, "Bring the deputy director and Master Chen in!"
The guard retreated.
Soon, Li Shuheng and Chen Xunping entered the house together.
"Subordinate, please see the proprietor."
Li Shuheng and Chen Xunping saluted Liu Heng respectively.
Among them, Li Shuheng saluted with his hands clasped in fists, and Chen Xunping beside him put his right hand horizontally on his chest and performed a military salute with a tiger-shaped flag.
"Brother Shu Heng, second brother, what's wrong with you two? When you come to my place, you have to let people enter the house and salute you. We brothers don't need to be so different. When you come to my place from now on, just come in directly." There are not so many messy rules." Liu Heng complained.
At the same time, he stood up from his seat, picked up the teapot on the side, got two glasses of water, and handed them to two people respectively.
"The etiquette cannot be discarded." Li Shuheng took the tea cup and continued, "If it weren't for your unwillingness, proprietor, I would have called you my lord from now on."
"Yes, you should call me Lord." Chen Xunping, who was beside him, nodded in agreement.
Liu Heng waved his hands towards the two of them and said: "There is no such thing as a lord or a lord. Our Tiger Flag is just a business. It's not like we set ourselves up as a king and want to rebel. No matter what we call lord, please sit down!"
Moved two people to their seats.
And he walked back behind the table, moved the chair out, placed it in front of the table, and others sat on it.
"Our Tiger Banner has an army of 60,000 to 70,000 people, and we also own such a large piece of land on the grassland. The vassals in the imperial court in various places are far inferior to you, the proprietor. If it were anyone else, I am afraid that they would have become the king and established themselves long ago." Li Shuheng said.
Liu Heng looked around at Li Shuheng and Chen Xunping, and finally asked: "The two brothers came to my place together, must they have something to do?"
Li Shuheng lives in the yard next door and comes to his place every now and then, but Chen Xunping is different.
As the first combat division commander, Chen Xunping was stationed in Bansheng City with the army. Although it was not far from Qingcheng, he had nothing to do and rarely left the military camp to come to Qingcheng to see him.
"Nothing can be hidden from the proprietor." Li Shuheng sighed softly.
Calling me "proprietor" means it's business.
Liu Heng sat up straight in his chair, waiting for the next words.
Sure enough, I heard Li Shuheng continue: "Earth dragons have turned over in many places in the Ming Dynasty. The proprietor should have received the news, right?"
Liu Heng nodded.
Li Shuheng added: "Now the main energy of the imperial court is on Liaodong, and it is not fully committed to relieving the victims. Even if the imperial court distributes some money and food, it is all divided by the officials below, and it is difficult to really fall into the hands of the victims. Therefore, it belongs to I think this is a good opportunity for our Tiger Flag."
After speaking, he looked at Liu Heng.
"Brother Shu Heng, do you mean that we take the initiative to attack the court?" Liu Heng rubbed his chin with his fingers.
Li Shuheng nodded and said: "Now is the best time for us to take action. We can take advantage of the disadvantages of the court's disaster relief and send troops to capture Xuanda and other places. At the worst, we can capture Datong."
Although the Tiger Character Banner had this large area of land left by the Tumote tribe, as a Han Chinese, he wanted to take over the land within the Ming Dynasty.
"Second brother, are you here for this too?" Liu Heng turned his head and looked at Chen Xunping.
Chen Xunping nodded and said: "Our Tiger Flag has strength, but the court is incompetent. This is a good opportunity for our Tiger Flag to show off its skills. As long as the proprietor agrees, my subordinates promise to capture Datong within half a month. "
As he spoke, his eyes sparkled.
Liu Heng tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat, looking thoughtful.
At this time, both Li Shuheng and Chen Xunping looked at Liu Heng quietly, waiting for Liu Heng to make up his mind.
After a while, Liu Heng asked: "Are many people with this idea?"
"Many, most of the people in the First Battle Division hope to fight back to Datong." Chen Xunping spoke first.
Li Shuheng said: "Proprietor, in this situation, even if we don't take the initiative, the imperial court will take action against us sooner or later. The expansion of the border army camps in Datong and Xuanfu is obviously to deal with our troops. Wait for two After the local soldiers and horses are trained, I’m afraid it’s time for the imperial court to take action.”
The imperial court increased the border troops in Datong and Xuanfu. The local officials knew who to guard against, and so did the people of the Tiger Flag.
"I believe that our soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag can capture Xuanda, and with various types of cannons, we can easily capture any city in Xuanda." Liu Heng looked at the two people in front of him and said, "But Have you ever thought about what we should do after we take it?"
Chen Xunping scratched the back of his head and said, "We can occupy it as soon as we capture it. What else should we do?"
"It's not that simple." Liu Heng waved his hand gently and said immediately, "Although Xuanda and other places were not as severely affected as Luanzhou, there are still many homeless people. If these people are ignored, it will easily happen. If there is chaos, it is inevitable that someone will take the opportunity to launch a rebellion and want to secretly take advantage of the Tiger Character Banner and the imperial court."
Chen Xunping said with a solemn expression: "Whoever dares to cause trouble, I will lead an army to destroy them."
"Don't wait for me to finish." Liu Heng pressed his hand to Chen Xunping and continued, "What I just said is only one of them. The other is that once the imperial court loses Xuanda, the imperial court will have no danger to defend it. In order to guard against our tiger-character flag, If they attack the capital, the imperial court will definitely gather a large army to counterattack, which will only create opportunities for the Liaodong slave thieves to attack Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan."
"This!" Chen Xunping choked.
As a person from Liaodong, his hatred for the slaves and thieves far exceeded those of the officials in the imperial court, and he was naturally unwilling to let the slaves and thieves take advantage of him.
Li Shuheng on the side said: "But even if we don't take action, the court will take action against our tiger flag. Once the court takes action, we will be passive."
He frowned slightly.
Although he did not want to give the slave thieves a chance to deal with the Ming army because of the tiger-character flag, he saw such a good opportunity to attack the Ming Dynasty and was unwilling to let it go.
"For us, every day we gain more strength, we seem to have a good opportunity to attack the Ming Dynasty. But if we take Xuanda, we will have nothing more than the name of becoming kings on our own. The good thing is, if we don't take action, the victims will just wait for the court to provide relief, and if they don't wait, they will only hate the court," Liu Heng said.
