"Politics is a transaction. Here, there is no warmth, no personal friendship, and only naked interests. Of course, this has nothing to do with personal morality. On their own standpoints, everyone is right." Cheng Wuben smiled and said to Qin Feng.

Before this war that concerns the future of the Taiping Army was about to break out, Qin Feng was not very at ease with the situation of Qin. It was a huge hidden danger. If he didn't understand their attitude, Qin Feng really didn't dare to act rashly. You must know that now in Dengxian, the Qi army is also waiting silently. As long as he fails, the Qi army will invade.

If that was the case, he would have nothing. Therefore, without full confidence, he would rather give up. Now that Cheng Wuben has returned, the news he brought back finally made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, for teaching me a good lesson!" Qin Feng sincerely told Cheng Wuben.

"No need, you will mature slowly in the end." Cheng Wuben smiled. "In fact, compared to Luo Yishui, you have done well enough. Luo Yishui is the real naive one. Therefore, his failure is inevitable."

"What price did we pay?" Qin Feng asked.

"The Taiping Army doesn't have to pay anything!" Cheng Wuben smiled and said, "Because Kaiping County is already in the hands of the Qin army, with our current strength, we cannot take it back."

"You just said that political transactions do not involve personal friendship, let alone warmth. You wouldn't tell me that you impressed them with your friendship with them, right? It's not that the Taiping Army has paid, so is there someone else who has paid?" Qin Feng said lightly.

"General Qin is very smart, and the price is paid by Da Chu. Of course, Li Zhi also had to consider whether the price he would pay would be equal to his gains if he really sent troops to fight the Taiping Army? If the losses were heavy, what would be beneficial to him? Wouldn't you let Wu Jian pick up the bargain?" Cheng Wuben laughed.

"What has the State of Chu paid?" Qin Feng asked.

Cheng Wuben looked at Qin Feng with a smile: "General Qin, are you going to pay back this account?"

Qin Feng shook his head abruptly.

"That's it. Since you are not prepared to return it and are not ready to accept the favor, then why is it necessary to know?" Cheng Wuben said calmly.

"Although I don't want to know, I also know that the price paid by Chu State is absolutely small, why do you help me like this?" Qin Feng stared at Cheng Wuben.

"Because you are the prince consort of our Great Chu, hahaha!" Cheng Wuben laughed loudly, and even the monk on the side couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Qin Fenghu raised his face and glared at Cheng Wuben, "Shuai Cheng, this is not funny at all."

"Okay, it's not funny!" Cheng Wuben touched his thick beard and said, "Killing Wu Jian and Luo Yishui will help you to take over the Kingdom of Yue, which will be helpful to our Great Chu."

"Aren't you afraid that I will bite back then? You know, I'm full of hatred for Min Ruoying." Qin Feng said coldly.

Cheng Wuben spread his hands and asked, "General Qin, let me ask you, if you control Yue State, will you become a pawn of Qi State?"

"Of course not!" Qin Feng said: "My destiny is up to me, how can I let others control me?"

"That's right, but the Yue Kingdom is the pawn of the Qi people. If you control the Yue Kingdom, you will not become their pawn. With your nature, you will even want to take back the territory that Yue Kingdom once owned. That is to say, if you gain power, you will eventually turn against the Qi people. And this is what we want." Cheng Wuben seemed very frank, "But even if you control the Yue Kingdom and want to fight against the Qi people, it is obviously a stone to touch the Qi people. Now the Qi people don't touch you because in Gaohu, they are still in a stalemate with our Great Chu. They don't want to open another battlefield, because once they can't take it quickly, the Chu State will launch a large-scale counterattack, and the Qin people will not miss this great opportunity, and of course they will also take action. With the strength you show now, it is obviously impossible to defeat you quickly."

Qin Feng nodded slightly.

"I think the people of Qi must be looking forward to your failure now, so that they will launch a large-scale advance and completely destroy you." Cheng Wuben smiled. "Since you can't resist the Qi people alone, what else can you do besides forming an alliance with us? At that time, the alliance of Qin, Yue, Chu, and the Three Kingdoms will be successful, which is the best thing for our Great Chu."

"It sounds like you have no hope for Luo Liang to win!" Qin Feng said.

Cheng Wuben smiled bitterly, "I have been on the eastern border for twenty years and have been deeply aware of the strength of Qi people. Luo Liang did not take Gaohu at the first time. We have already lost more than half of this war. Now, I only hope that we can lose less. This is also the reason why our Great Chu is willing to pay the price to let Qin watch the situation on the wall in this battle."

"Very good, I'll feel relieved if you say that, but Cheng Shuai, you have to understand that one day, I will face Min Ruoying on the battlefield." Qin Feng said.

"I understand." Cheng Wuben smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. But when you really become the lord of Yue, you will find that personal feelings sometimes seem insignificant in the face of national affairs. What you carry will far exceed the hatred in your heart, so I am not worried about this. When you really face the Emperor against His Majesty, I guess there is only one possibility, either Qi was destroyed by Chu, or Qi was destroyed by you, but in my opinion, this is almost impossible in a short period of time."

"There is nothing impossible in the world!" Qin Feng stood up and said. "Let these things be put aside first and let us fight the battle in front of us."

Cheng Weigao stood on the red city wall, looking at the fiery sword flag gradually fading away, and his five-scented array in his heart was not sure what it felt. After Qin Feng talked with him for a long time, he thought about it and finally decided to join in. In other words, he betrayed the Yue Kingdom.

Because Qin Feng told him frankly that his purpose was to replace Yue Kingdom.

Yue Kingdom is now full of holes and is terminally ill. In Cheng Weigao's opinion, there is indeed no future, or changing a master can make Yue Kingdom better.

A new person has a new look. If someone changes his appearance, he may be able to change his old appearance? He has been in Yongping for many years and really doesn't want Yongping to fall into war. When the war comes, the people will always suffer.

Luo Yishui sent troops to attack Yongping County, which was a few days ago. This made Cheng Weigao very nervous. Not only because of Luo Yishui's reputation, but more importantly, he understood the current situation of Luo Yishui. Luo Yishui did not take down the richer Zhongping, so he could only look at Yongping County. Once Yongping County fell into his hands, what followed would inevitably be heavy taxes and grain. How could a mere Yongping County raise the tens of thousands of troops that Luo Yishui had to survive? What's more, Luo Yishui had to fight with the emperor, and the money would have to be spent as much as flowing water. Where did this money come from? Of course, it was to exploit the people of Yongping County.

But the Taiping Army is different. They have complete logistics, rich Shayang County and Taiping City as their backing. There is also a big tycoon, Chu, who followed him to spend money and control Yongping County. Then the people can still live a good life.

Yesterday, when he expressed to Qin Feng that he was willing to join the Taiping Army and was still in office as the county magistrate of Yongping County, Qin Feng was very happy, which was from the bottom of his heart, which made Cheng Weigao very pleased, because it proved that he was not dispensable.

Next, Qin Feng talked with him about the reform in Shayang County, remeasurement of land, clarifying taxes, reforming commercial taxes, abolishing checkpoint taxes, and opening up trade routes, which surprised Cheng Weigao. Some things he wanted to do but could not do, for example, when measuring soil, he spread out acres of dimes, but now it is different. In the face of the military power of the Taiping Army, no one dared to jump out and oppose it. More importantly, behind Qin Feng's series of policies, it was not to beat the original rich gentry to death, but to open up a new path of wealth for them. This is a moderate change rather than a violent revolution.

This is also more in line with Cheng Weigao's personality. The violent revolution not only hurts others, but also hurts oneself.

When the army goes to war, it is time for him to move and do something. He is not worried about the victory of the Taiping Army at all, because an army with strict military discipline will definitely be invincible. What's more, these days, besides these mighty armies, he has also seen many great masters who have never seen in his life. Needless to say, Qin Feng, there is also the woman in black who has been following Qin Feng silently, Cheng Wuben, and the young master with a scar on his face.

Seeing the last military flag disappearing in his eyes, Cheng Weigao turned around and walked towards the county government office. When he wanted Qin Feng's army to turn around successfully, he saw a different Yongping County.

The Baoqing Camp in Jiangshangyan and the miners' camp in Lufeng have been set off for several days. Now, with Qin Feng's personal military camp, the little cat's Panshi Camp is leaving Yongping County with Qin Feng's personal military camp, while Chen Jialuo's Tiger Camp is moving in another direction. Although the direction is the same, it is closer to Kaiping County. Although Li Zhi promised not to intervene in this war again, he must be careful of everything. Chen Jialuo's task is to advance towards Zhongping County while also paying attention to the Qin army. Once the Qin army has abnormal movements, Chen Jialuo will set off defense on the spot, and Qin Feng will also give up this war and retreat to Yongping County.
Chapter completed!