The drunk General Ma slept comfortably, and his body was wiped out by the fatigue caused by the rush.

At this time, it was already the second day after he arrived in Xinpingbao.

The people below called Qingshui to wash him and brought him breakfast.

General Ma, who had eaten and drunk enough, said to the servant who was packing up the leftovers: "Where is your Lord Liu? Haven't you woken up yet?"

Before he got drunk yesterday, he and Liu Heng drank a lot. They got drunk by themselves and thought Liu Heng was drunk like him.

"Reply to the general, my lord has just woken up not long ago and is now using breakfast." The servant said respectfully, then picked up the tray containing the bowls and chopsticks and walked out.

General Ma stood up and said to the personal soldiers beside him: "Let's go and see Liu Heng with me."

There are war soldiers on every gate of the guardian's mansion.

As soon as General Ma came out, someone came to lead the way for him, and some soldiers also sent letters to Liu Heng.

Along the way, General Ma was taken to the side hall.

The subordinates presented him with hot tea.

Not long after, Liu Heng walked in from outside the house, and at the same time he clasped his fists at General Ma and said, "I'll wait for you for a long time."

"I have just arrived, and I have drunk a lot yesterday, brother. I heard from the servants that I had just sobered up." General Ma put down the cover bowl in his hand and said to Liu Heng with a smile.

Liu Heng shook his head and sighed, "I am really ashamed to say that the officials still run a winery. Unexpectedly, after drinking a few glasses, he got drunk first, which disturbed the adults' enjoyment of wine."

He walked to the empty seat on the side and sat down.

"Haha, I am like you, drunk and unconscious, and I don't even know how to return to the room." General Ma Lanxu laughed.

Liu Heng smiled and said, "If you like the sorghum brew you drank yesterday, please ask someone to prepare a few more jars for you to send to the mansion."

The sorghum brew at the banquet was distilled twice more than the ordinary sorghum brew, which had a higher degree and made a stronger drink.

"Don't hurry up and drink it at any time. Let's talk about the serious matter first. I wonder what you are thinking about, brother?" General Ma asked Liu Heng.

Liu Heng knew that he was talking about the construction of a pier on the grassland, so he said, "Even if the Xiaguan is not building a pier, the King of Shunyi will probably not give up."

What Taiji in Tumote wanted was the business road of the tiger flag, forcing the tiger flag to exit the grassland. The Dunbao matter was just a matter of solving it by the way, and it was also an excuse for the Mongolians.

"It is definitely not enough to just stop building a pier fort." General Ma said, "The construction of a pier fort on the grassland has offended the King of Shunyi, so it is best to give some benefits to the King of Shunyi to apologize. I believe that I will not care about this thing if I have a wealthy person with a pier fort.

As he said that, he looked at Liu Heng.

Whether things can be accomplished depends on whether Liu Heng will decide. Although he is the general of Datong and Liu Heng is just a guerrilla general under his jurisdiction, this guerrilla general is even more powerful than him, and he has no means to restrain him. When speaking, he is naturally not confident.

Liu Heng shook his head with a smile and said, "Sir, it's not your good friend to refute your face. You really have no way to retreat."

"Brother, you are now a guerrilla general on the East Road of Datong. There is no need to make a fuss with King Shunyi. Once King Shunyi sends the construction of a pier on the grassland to the capital, the matter will be serious." General Ma persuaded him kindly.

Liu Heng shook his head again and said, "Not to mention how much money the forts on the grassland cost, the only thing that King Shunyi wants the tiger flag to withdraw from the grassland is that the Xiaguan cannot accept it. Once he really leaves the grassland, the losses here will not be the Xiaguan's own business."

He vaguely reminded General Ma in front of him.

Many officials in Datong were involved in the smuggling business of the Tiger Banner and the grassland ministries. Even if they did not directly get the dividends, they received a private respect because of the smuggling relationship between the Tiger Banner and the Mongolian ministries.

General Ma frowned.

Cutting off money is like killing a parent. Even if he can give up the benefits given by the tiger flag, others may not be willing to give up this benefit.

Moreover, he knew very well that not only the officials here in Datong accepted the respect of the tiger flag, but also officials in Xuanfu accepted the benefits of the tiger flag. Otherwise, the Fan family would not have cut off the business of the state governments in just one or two months and returned to Zhangjiakou.

Although he was a general in Datong, he had always had some connections for so many years. He knew clearly through some relationships by the Tiger Banner's suppression of the Fan family in Xuanfu.

"The Mongolians need the Ming Dynasty's grain tea. It would be of no benefit to them to force the tiger flag out of the grassland. Will there be any misunderstandings in the middle?" General Ma looked at Liu Heng and said.

Liu Heng smiled faintly and asked, "Do you know how many months ago the Mongolian army invaded the border?"

"I heard that, but at that time I was still in Yulin, and General Datong was Lord Zhang." General Ma nodded, with a confused face on his face, and he didn't understand why Liu Heng suddenly mentioned this matter.

Liu Heng said: "The commander of the Mongolian army who violated the border at that time was Su Nang. He was the child of Khan Biji and his grandmother was the third lady. In Tumot, he was also a powerful lord in the area."

"This Su Nang official knew that when the third lady was still alive, he had competed for the throne of Khan with the current King of Shunyi." General Ma said.

As the children of the generals, the elders in the family have always been military generals from the nine sides. Bu Shitu and Su Nang compete for the right-wing Mongolian Khan, such a big deal, is not a secret for the children of the generals.

Liu Heng continued: "In order to force the tiger flag to withdraw from the grassland, this Su Nang led a large army to appear in Xinpingbao area, forcing Governor Liu and General Zhang at that time to hand over the Xiaguan and tiger flags, otherwise he would attack Datong."

"King Shunyi and Su Nang Taiji are different, because they should not have done anything to force the tiger flag to withdraw from the grassland." General Ma said hesitantly.

Liu Heng sneered, "What's the difference between the Mongolians? They are the same greed. Seeing that the tiger flag made some money, they wanted to grab the money."

"This..." General Ma choked.

He knew better about the greed of the Mongols than the ministers in the court when dealing with the Mongols for generations.

Liu Heng looked at General Ma in front of him and said, "Sir, do you think the officials can retreat? Even if the officials are willing to retreat, will those people related to smuggling agree to the officials to retreat?

General Ma held the cover bowl in his hand and said nothing.

As Liu Heng said, he knew that the tiger flag could not give in. There were too many benefits involved. If he was the general in Liu Heng's position, there would be no possibility of giving in.

"Is there really no possibility of giving in at all?" General Ma asked again without giving up.

Liu Heng pursed his lips and said, "To be honest, the Xiaguan has recently taken down the conditions proposed by King Shunyi. One of the conditions is that the goods with the tiger-shaped flag can only be sold to Han merchants on the grassland, and must be sold at the price on the horse market two years ago."

As soon as General Ma heard this, he knew that there was no room for negotiation.
Chapter completed!