Hou Fangyu and his group were placed in a small village, about two miles away from Yang Qiu's camp.

This arrangement is a bit strange.

If it was because Yang Qiu was unwilling to let Hou Fangyu see the reality of his camp, in the next three days, Yang Qiu invited Hou Fangyu and his group to visit his camp and specially arranged several exercises to ask Hou Fangyu for guidance.

The army led by Yang Qiu was still remarkable at least during the exercise. Although the equipment was a bit simple compared to the Tang army, overall, whether it was fighting skills or combat literacy, it could be considered the best choice. It can be seen that Yang Qiu still put a lot of effort into this army.

The army in Qianzhou is no less than any elite force in the south. If we only endure hardships, these Guizhou men may be stronger.

During the visit to the military camp, Yang Qiu even arranged for Hou Fangyu and others to visit some local villages, and even prepared meals for these farmers to entertain guests from the north.

The food is very good.

Although it is mainly made of coarse grains, it is full of food and meat. All kinds of wax products have different flavors.

Under an extremely huge white duo tree, a short-legged dining table was set up. Yang Qiu, Hou Fangyu and others sat around the table. The owner of the house, a simple old man, was serving diligently in a patched piece of clothing.

"We are very different from the northern ones." Yang Qiu smiled and held a piece of thick, bright-colored bacon and put it in the small plate in front of Hou Fangyu. "These bacons are probably rare in the north."

"It's really rare!" Hou Fangyu nodded with a smile.

"Fusioning is a must-do thing for us in winter, and there are many things to pay attention to. We must choose good pine and cypress branches to smoke. We cannot see fire when we see smoke. After we make this, we will bring a fragrance of pine and cypress. Please try it!"

Hou Fangyu picked up the piece of bacon from the plate, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it heavily, and after a moment, he nodded repeatedly: "It's not bad."

Yang Qiu laughed: "Looking at the general's appearance, he is also an expert in eating this kind of meat. All you need is to eat this kind of meat is to chew it in one bite, and you can enjoy it by chewing it in your mouth. Eating thinness alone will inevitably be boring. Eating fat alone will not help but be greasy. Only in this way can you be fragrant but not greasy."

"Last winter, I ate it in the western part of Xiangxi." Hou Fangyu wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "The meat jelly they made is also a great choice. He chose the hind legs of the smoked pig, and first put it on the fire to barbecue and remove the hair. It looks black, but it is scraped and washed in water. The bright yellow color comes out immediately. Put some spices, salt and some sauces they made by themselves, and cook on the fire for half a day. After nightfall, he hangs it under the eaves and takes it down the next day and it becomes meat jelly. That taste, tsk, I also specially asked my chef to come to Xiangxi to learn this kind of production technique!"

"We have this method here, but the season is wrong now, so we can't make it." Yang Qiu smiled reluctantly. "If you finish the dish of fumigation before June, after June, last year's fumigation will taste much worse."

"Yes, the heat of summer still has a great impact on the taste of this frying wax." Hou Fangyu said with a smile.

After dinner, Yang Qiu accompanied Hou Fangyu and his group to take a walk in the village to digest food. At this time, most of the people in the village were also eating. Many people were sitting under the eaves or sitting by the door, eating while watching Hou Fangyu and others curiously.

The food in these people's bowls looks pretty good, and almost everyone can see large pieces of meat in the bowl.

After walking down, the village was filled with chickens and dogs, and the pigs were eating cows, and they looked like a paradise. The people here seemed to live extremely comfortable and freely.

When I returned to the small village where I was stationed, it was already evening.

The few I visited today are local big villages, unlike the small village where Hou Fangyu and others stationed, there are only a dozen families in total.

"What do you think about today's incident?" Hou Fangyu looked at Jin Yunzhi and several generals with smiles.

"It's really good here!" A general nodded and said, "It looks very wealthy. Compared with the territory of Xiangxi, it looks completely different."

Jin Yunzhi burst into laughter.

"Has Jin Yuanwailang seen the clue?" Hou Fangyu asked.

"The arrangement was very clever, and it was indeed a matter of heart, but it was still revealed!" Jin Yunzhi said: "Actually, there are many flaws. Let me tell you one thing. Have you noticed that the children in the village have eaten?"

Several generals in the room shook their heads.

"If it was as rich as Yang Qiu said, those children would not be like this when they were eating meat and chewing bones." Jin Yunzhi sighed: "Those children not only ate the meat cleanly, but also chewed the bones. Think about it, would it be like this if they were a family that often ate meat? That child is not precious. For all the meat in the house, the first one is for the person who earns money from the head, and the second one is for the children, right?"

When Jin Yunzhi said this, a general in the room slapped his thigh: "That's the reason. The fool in my family always bites the place with a lot of meat when he chews his bones. He is too lazy to work hard to bite in places where it is difficult to bite. He has been taught a lesson by his grandfather for many times, but he remains unchanged. His grandfather has suffered a hard-earned life and knows that every bit of food is hard to come by. It seems that the people here are not as rich as we see."

"I'm not rich at all!" Hou Fangyu said coldly.

The military general was a little puzzled: "What does Yang Qiu play with us mean?"

"Isn't this simple? He is telling us that they are in harmony and have a wealthy family. Since they are very rich, they naturally support the ruling class led by the Yang family. Since they are very rich, they can collect more taxes and have more financial resources to develop military equipment and run the army. They have both force and people's hearts. This is what Yang asked to show us." Jin Yunzhi smiled and said, "This is a warning to us that if we want to use force against them, we must think twice."

The general sniffed his nose.

"Who do you want to deceive these tricks? What is fake is fake, and can you even call the white ones black ones? If our spies are vegetarians?"

"He just wants to bargain with us at the negotiating table." Hou Fangyu smiled and said, "But this is good news. From another perspective, they still don't want to be enemies with us head-on. It's understandable to fight for some benefits for themselves at the negotiating table. If you want to compete for interests, it means that you have the sincerity of the negotiation!"

The general nodded repeatedly: "What the general said is, my wife also said that those who bargain with you are the ones who really want to do business with you, and the ones who really want your goods."

"But General Hou is afraid that the four chieftains headed by the Yang family in Qianzhou want too much, and they conflict with the fundamental national policy of our Tang Dynasty. It is difficult to achieve a good result in this negotiation." Jin Yunzhi shook his head and said, "The Yang family of Bozhou, Tian family of Sizhou, Xi'an family of Shuidong Song family, and a group of Shuidong Song family have been in the area for hundreds of years, and have been passed down for more than ten generations. They are deeply rooted in this area. The local people have become accustomed to their rule. Almost everyone thinks that obeying their rule is a natural thing. Moreover, they are far away from us before, and their economic exchanges are very few, and limited trade is also controlled by these four chieftains. The local people have no idea what the outside world looks like. These four chieftains are their god! This is exactly the capital of their negotiations with us."

Hearing Jin Yunzhi say this, the generals were a little dissatisfied: "The sky is high and the emperor is far away? Hehe, what about Tubo? We have destroyed it. No matter how strong Qianzhou is, is it that Tubo is strong?"

"That's different!" Jin Yunzhi said: "Although Tubo and Qianzhong are not on the same level as the strength, you think about it. Although it only took His Majesty the Emperor to destroy Tubo, how many years did it take for the real layout? It's almost ten years!"

The general was stunned.

"We really have no foreshadowing to Qianzhong now." Jin Yunzhi continued.

Hou Fangyu smiled: "It's true that this is true, but one force breaks Baihui. In the face of absolute power, any fancy will be vulnerable. There may be trouble in the middle, but it will never stop our steps. It is of course better if we can talk, and if we can't talk, then fight."

Just as he was talking about it, a soldier pushed the door and whispered a few words in Hou Fangyu's ear. Hou Fangyu's face suddenly became cold.

"I told you why Yang Qiu placed us in this place? It turned out that he was doing this."

"What's going on?" Jin Yunzhi asked.

"Another mission came to another village less than three miles away from us. Guess who they are?" Hou Fangyu smiled.

"Southern Alliance, Xiang family!" Jin Yunzhi blurted out. "They want Gong to have an alliance with Qianzhou, for fear of Qianzhou's rebellion."

"It's a pity that Yang Qiu doesn't do business." Hou Fangyu Senran said: "Do you want to use this to suppress me? Hahaha, it's great, Hou Sen, all the staff gather!"

"General Hou, what are you going to do?" Jin Yunzhi said in horror.

"What else can you do? I will destroy this messy mission? It's so close to us that it's not dirty our eyes. Jin Yuanwailang, you are a civil servant, just rest in the village." Hou Fangyu waved his hand.

After receiving the order, Hou Sen ran out excitedly.

"General Hou, how many of them have?"

"It is said that there are four or five hundred people!" Hou Fangyu said.

"What?" Jin Yunzhi's face turned pale.
Chapter completed!