After Nguyen Phucbaum explained, Zhou Shixiong had an idea in his mind. Zheng Du was obviously at a disadvantage in the fight between his two uncles and nephews. If he expressed his kindness, he might get some benefits. "Uncle, who has the hope of the Zheng family?" Zhou Shixiong didn't know what the situation would be in the future of the Northern Dynasty, so of course he would ask Nguyen Phucbaum for advice.

"According to the principle that Zheng Du can plot against Zheng Song, his scheming and methods are first-class. Zheng Zhuang cannot beat the old fox. But many people are not optimistic about Zheng Du because he is old. As long as Zheng Zhuang can last until the day Zheng Du died, Zheng Zai is no match for Zheng Zhuang." Ruan Phucbao looked like he was giving advice, and Zhou Shixiong wanted to complain.

"Uncle, I have met Zheng Lisheng, the second son of King Ping'an, and I think this person is very talented. Why did King Ping'an choose his youngest son Zheng Zai instead of making Zheng Lisheng the prince?" Zhou Shixiong always felt that heroes like Zheng Du could not make the mistake of having a child's love. The reasons for the legendary legitimate son and illegitimate son could not convince Zhou Shixiong.

"Zheng Lisheng's mother is an NV slave, and was given to Zheng Song by a maritime merchant. Later, for some reason, she was rewarded to Zheng Du. You understand!" Ruan Phucbao was a vulgar expression that even men knew, and winked at Zhou Shixiong. Zhou Shixiong really wanted to say that I understand nothing!

In fact, Zhou Shixiong really understood that Zheng Lisheng was probably born at a strange time, which made the old fox Zheng Du suspected of his bloodline. In addition, he did not look like Zheng Du at all, so it was normal that he could not get Zheng Du's favor.

"Uncle, should I sell this share or not?" Zhou Shixiong asked what he should know, and he should return to the original topic and see what Ruan Phuc Bao plans.

"Selling, there is actually no possibility of not selling. You think, if he gets angry with Zheng Du, as long as he blocks Shenglong Mansion and prohibits caravans from entering, our trade route will be destroyed by 70%. To be honest, if Zheng Du is absolutely not enough, it would be so small!" Ruan Phucbao said and admired Zheng Du. Zhou Shixiong thought that it had nothing to do with me anyway, just like you to appreciate it.

However, Ruan Phucbao's words reminded Zhou Shixiong that if he continued to increase his investment in Shenglong Mansion, he could not control Shenglong Mansion. There would never be only one thing that people were choked. It would be too late to find a way. "Uncle, there are so many sea ports in the Northern Dynasty in Vietnam, so we may not necessarily go to Shenglong Mansion. See where there is a suitable port and will it be safer to open a trade route."

Ruan Phucbao shook his head and raised his hand to point to the south, "There are several places suitable for building ports in Guangning Mansion in the south, but the road is not smooth, and there are few maritime merchants who stop in Guangning, and they cannot manage bulk goods. There is no way to do anything with a good port." Zhou Shixiong understood the truth that he liked to gather in business. It seems that it is impossible to avoid Shenglong Mansion and do business for the time being.

"Uncle, have there been any abnormal movements in the Daiyi tribe during this period?" Ruan Phuchou came to support the Daiyi tribe with great fanfare. Although it was a little late, I believe Nong Feigao would not miss this opportunity.

"Nong Xiaogao is very powerful. He seemed to see through Ruan Phuchou couldn't do anything to Lang Shan Mansion. When he heard that Xuan Guang's mansion sent troops, he sent Nong Xiaozhi to our mansion as a hostage. It was not until the news of Xuan Guang's mansion's defeat came that he sent someone to take Nong Xiaozhi back." Ruan Phucbao found someone who he admired again. Zhou Shixiong didn't expect that Nong Phucbao was self-aware!

"What is the news about Xuan Guang Mansion?" Zhou Shixiong was surprised by Nong Xiaogao's honesty. He didn't believe Nong Xiaogao would obey his oath honestly, but was just waiting for an opportunity.

"The Xuanguang Mansion has lost more than 2,000 troops this time. Nguyen Phuchou will not be able to recover his vitality in the past or two years. The most important thing is that his vanguard general Chen Deliang was killed. It will be difficult for the Xuanguang Mansion to find a second general who can fight like Chen Deliang. If it weren't for the fact that my soldiers were really useless, I would take this opportunity to kill into Xuanguang Mansion and pay the head of Ruan Phuchou to pay homage to my father!" The more Ruan Phuchou drank, the more he felt that the wine in his mouth was wrong, and he could be sour and bitter. In fact, he himself understood that what was sour is he bitter, and he was incompetent.

As he said, if there were thousands of strong soldiers in his hand, it would not be a problem to take down Xuanguang Mansion with the help of Xiangzhou's troops. The problem was that he had no, let alone thousands of strong soldiers, not even a thousand. He collected 4,000 troops to set up defenses in Pingjia, an important town in northwest of Liangshan, and waited for the Xuanguang Mansion army to attack. The Xuanguang Mansion's army surrounded Pingjia, and the defenders in the city dared to go out of the city to fight. However, the Jinyiwei and Yebukuo of Xiangzhou had only more than 1,000 people, and they had been ambushing outside the city to look for fighters, and finally went down.

Nguyen Phu Bao had the courage to go to Ping Jia to take charge this time. He saw the difference between his subordinates and the guards in Xiangzhou. The world is far away! Therefore, he was very jealous of Zhou Shixiong. No matter whether they are population or land, the territory of Xiangzhou is not as strong as a county in Lang Sang Prefecture, but the army from Xiangzhou is shockingly strong. Nguyen Phu Bao believes that these troops can defeat the army of Xuan Guang Prefecture and deal with the miscellaneous soldiers of Lang Sang Prefecture.

Zhou Shixiong could feel Ruan Phuc Bao's defense, but he couldn't think of why Ruan Phuc Bao was guarding against him. Did he do something that made Ruan Phuc Bao feel dangerous? Ruan Phuc Bao drowns his sorrows quickly. Zhou Shixiong ordered someone to arrange for his uncle to rest and go back to the study to think about it.

The next morning, Zhou Shixiong took the opportunity to pay his respects to his mother-in-law and asked about his suspicion. Ruan Phuket Ajiang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Your uncle is timid and afraid of things that may threaten him. I guess he saw your subordinates brave and good at fighting, and was worried that you would be unfavorable to him."

"Where does this start?!" Zhou Shixiong wanted to take control of Lang San Mansion, but he never thought of capturing Lang San Mansion as his boss. He also thought about how to support Ruan Phucaud as his puppet, but he didn't expect Ruan Phucaud to have taken the initiative to alienate him.

"Oh, this is the disease that your uncle had when he was a child. It will be fine after a while." Zhou Shixiong didn't believe Ruan Phuket's words. He always felt that the two brothers and sisters were calculating him. As for what he was calculating, he couldn't think of it for the time being, but in short, he felt something was wrong.

"Since my uncle is worried that I will hurt him, I will transfer the troops in the villa today. I guess my uncle will be more relaxed." Zhou Shixiong couldn't figure out what the two brothers and sisters were calculating him, so he asked them to retreat and advance and they opened the card.

"Why are you? It's a misunderstanding. Who can protect Tiaotiao and me if you transfer the troops in the villa?" Ruan Phuket Ah Jiang firmly refused to allow Zhou Shixiong to transfer the troops and even talked to him about Li Jie. Zhou Shixiong was a little bad when he insisted, so he could only skip it and not mention it.

Zhou Shixiong found that he had a very serious flaw. He was at a loss when he encountered intrigue. This was the case in the capital, and the same was true when he came to Lang San Mansion. After thinking about it, he couldn't find a solution. Zhou Shixiong had to use the wisdom of the masses to call Liu Wang, Zhou Si and Ma San to ask them to help them find an idea.

"According to the kindness of the Marquis to Lang San Mansion, Ruan Phu Bao should not treat the Marquis like this. Besides, Ruan Phu Bao has no benefit to the Marquis, but will instead attract revenge from the Marquis. Even if Mrs. Ruan Phu Bao is a very wise man, it would not be possible to make such a mistake." After hearing Zhou Shixiong's suspicion, Liu Wang first expressed his opinion. He did not believe that the Ruan Phu Bao brother and sister dared to plot against Zhou Shixiong.

"Mr. Liu's statement is very correct, but he doesn't dare but not. Maybe the prefect just wanted to ask the marquis to help him train troops, but he was afraid that the marquis would take the opportunity to control his army, so he stopped talking." Zhou Si's statement was very special, and Zhou Shixiong felt that there was a possibility.

"It is well known to all the people who want to train troops. Whether it was the encirclement and suppression of the Tayy tribe or the later resistance to the three tribes coalition forces, and then to Xuan Guang's mansion to attack the Lang Sang Mansion, everyone knew that the Lang Sang Mansion did not have an army that could fight. As the head of the mansion, Lord Nguyen Phu certainly needed a strong soldier, but he was indecisive, which made the Marquis misunderstand." Ma San's statement was a misunderstanding. Zhou Shixiong could not let this misunderstanding ferment and look for Ruan Phu A Jiang again.

"Mother-in-law, do you want me to help him train troops?" Zhou Shixiong must get the support of Nguyen Phuc, otherwise the business run by Xiangzhou in Lang Sang Prefecture and the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty would have no foundation, and it would be ruined if there was a little trouble. This was definitely not what Zhou Shixiong wanted to see.

"I have this idea." Ruan Phuket did not go around with Zhou Shixiong. He knew a little bit about this son-in-law. He had a stubborn temper. It was not good to play around with him.

"Mother-in-law, although I don't understand the affairs of the Li Dynasty and the Vietnamese Dynasty, they have constant struggles and there are many frictions between the various prefectures. Sooner or later, this situation will be the whole jiāāo-tung, which is probably something that everyone can see. You are right!" It is very simple for Zhou Shixiong to train troops in Lang Sang Mansion, but Zhou Shixiong hopes to get benefits from the jiāo-tung's luàn. It is not enough to train an army to protect Lang Sang Mansion. He needs Nguyen Phucpa to be more fighting spirit or **, and be prepared before the jiān game breaks out.

"Ziqi, what do you want to say?" He clearly said that the soldiers were training, so why did he go to the dispute between the Li Dynasty and the Vietnamese Dynasty?

"How many soldiers are needed to defend Lang Sang Mansion? If you want to resist the attack of the Xuan Guang Mansion, it is not enough to have ten thousand soldiers. But I believe that my uncle recruited less than ten thousand people. If he only trained a few thousand people, once a large army attacked Lang Sang Mansion, thousands of people would not have any effect. Practicing would be a waste of training." What Zhou Shixiong said seemed very reasonable. At least, Ruan Phuc Ah Jiang, who is good at government affairs, did not find any problem with his statement.

"Can you recruit ten thousand soldiers? Even if you recruit so many people, you can't raise them!" He is worthy of being an internal affairs talent, and the first thing he calculated is how much money he made.

"It's okay to barely raise ten thousand soldiers. As long as my uncle issues a conscription order to the four major clans, they can raise six or seven thousand people out. Just as my mother-in-law said, raising so many soldiers is very costly and food. This is a business that only invests and does not produce, and it is a business that loses money!" Zhou Shixiong followed Ruan Phuc Ajiang's words and compared training to business, which is a business that loses money.

"Since it's a business, of course there is a profitable business. Can Ziqi show your uncle a clear way?" Ruan Phuket Ajiang heard it. It was not that Zhou Shixiong didn't want to help train troops, but wanted his elder brother to train more troops. As for why, I believe there will be an answer soon.
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