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The carriage brought by Song Xiance and others was in the front yard.

After taking Li Qingshan and others to feel it, Song Xiance asked someone to open a fine linen bag and said: "Please see, Chief Li, what I brought this time is all high-quality refined salt."

Li Qingshan and others went over to take a look, and their eyes lit up when they saw that the salt was snow-white and delicate. It was indeed the finest refined salt.

The price of refined salt is dozens of times that of coarse salt, not to mention that the quality of this refined salt is better than any other refined salt they have ever seen.

Li Qingshan had never seen much of the world, so he was quite satisfied with the gift of ten stones of refined salt, and said with a smile: "It seems that Marshal Liu really supports us."

"Chief Li, take another look at these knives."

As Song Xiance spoke, he signaled Shengjie Wei to take out the thirty waist knives hidden in the other two carts of general cargo.

Li Qingshan went over and took out one, pulled out the sword and took a look, his eyes lit up again, and he said in surprise: "Could it be the Hundred Steel Sword?!"

Hearing this, Ai Shuangshuang and others gathered around and looked at the other waist knives.

It turned out that the thirty waist knives seemed to be Bailian steel knives.

Suddenly everyone was ecstatic.

Although Li Qingshan now has hundreds of thousands of followers in name, and tens of thousands of troops under his direct command, he really can't find so many good steel knives, because many people don't even have weapons and use farm tools.

Song Xiance couldn't help but chuckle to himself when he saw Li Qingshan and others' surprised expressions.

As far as he knew, although these thirty waist knives were of good quality, they were not Bailian steel knives, but Yibu standard waist knives produced by the Ruyang Arsenal using new technologies.

In terms of toughness and sharpness, it is not much worse than the Hundred Steel Knife, but the time it takes to make one is much less than the Hundred Steel Knife.

After a while, Li Qingshan was overjoyed, and then said: "Dashuai Liu is indeed a famous figure in the world, and he is generous in his actions. After Mr. Song returned, he remembered to thank Marshal Liu for me, and said that Li Qingshan would bear his thoughts in mind."

Song Xiance said: "I will convey Chief Li's thanks, but our commander's support for the Yanzhou Rebels goes beyond these refined salt and steel knives."

Li Qingshan said: "Mr. Song has something to say clearly."

"Our commander-in-chief hopes that the Yanzhou rebels can form an alliance with our Wei tribe, with our Wei tribe as the main force, resolutely resist the Ming Dynasty, overthrow the Zhu Ming Dynasty together, and establish a new dynasty."

After hearing these words, the joy on the faces of Li Qingshan and others immediately disappeared.

Ai Shuangshuang couldn't help shouting: "We are all rebels. You want to give me some gifts just to make my eldest brother recognize you as your master. Are you dreaming?!"

Zhao Xiuxiu and Jia Wangshan also wanted to shout, but Li Qingshan stopped them.

He said: "Mr. Song, this matter is of great importance. How about we discuss it and give you an answer?"

Song Xiance smiled and said: "It's not too late to discuss what Chief Li has to say before we discuss it - our commander-in-chief said that as long as Chief Li agrees to this matter, our army can sell more refined salt and salt to your army at a lower price." weapon.

Leader Li should know that although the ten stones of salt and thirty steel knives brought by Song were precious, they were nothing to the Yanzhou rebels.

It would be of great significance if the Yanzhou rebels could make huge profits from selling refined salt and equip themselves with more sophisticated weapons.

Therefore, I hope Leader Li will carefully consider the matter of forming an alliance. After all, the commander-in-chief just asked your department to take our Wei department as the leader and work together to overthrow Baoming. The request is not too much. "

Li Qingshan absorbed these words for a long time.

After coming back to his senses, he exchanged glances with Wang Linchen, and then solemnly said: "I probably understand what Marshal Liu means, and I will consider it carefully. Come, please invite Mr. Song and the others to go down and have a rest. We will entertain you with good wine and good food!"

After Song Xiance and others were taken away, Li Qingshan and others also returned to Juyi Hall.

Li Qingshan first sighed: "Thankfully, we thought that Marshal Liu was stingy before, but we didn't expect that he would be willing to give us a share of the huge profits from selling salt, and he would also be willing to sell us such a good weapon."

Ai Shuangshuang and others blushed for a moment when they thought of their previous remarks.

These people had only been active for two or three months. Although they had little experience, they still retained some of the simplicity of ordinary people.

Wang Linchen said: "If Liu Wei can really sell us refined salt at a lower price, he is really generous, I'm afraid he won't give us much profit.

But in any case, it is beneficial and harmless to us to form an alliance with the Wei tribe. "

Li Qingshan said distressedly: "But we had planned to wait until the momentum grew stronger to try to persuade the imperial court to appease us."

After hearing this, several people couldn't help but get entangled.

Before they started the uprising, they actually thought about being recruited.

Just like Ai Shuangshuang, despite looking like a "fierce general" on the outside, he was actually very afraid of the Ming Dynasty court in his heart. Otherwise, we would not think that it would be considered powerful if Li Zicheng and others were not killed after being pursued by the Ming army for more than ten years.

The reason why Wang Linchen, who was a scholar, joined the gang was that he hoped to start his official career and enter the officialdom by being recruited.

Therefore, when he saw the entangled expressions on several people's faces, he said: "Chief, in fact, forming an alliance with the Wei tribe does not affect our acceptance by the imperial court, and it may even help."

"how do I say this?"

Wang Linchen said: "With the help of the Wei tribe, we can grow our power faster and make our troops more powerful. In this way, the imperial court will be more willing to recruit troops if they are afraid of us.

In addition, we can also get more information about Liu Wei by forming an alliance with the Wei tribe.

After being recruited by the imperial court, they can use this information to perform meritorious deeds, and even help the imperial court to annihilate Liu Wei. In this way, we can wait just around the corner to be granted the title of wife and son! "

After hearing this, Li Qingshan was slightly stunned, "Wouldn't this be betraying a friend?"

Although Li Qingshan's boldness and righteousness are not entirely true, they are not entirely false either. He is indeed very arrogant and somewhat righteous.

Now that I think about this matter with the thinking of Jianghu people, I feel that it is too unjust.

Wang Linchen said: "Chief, didn't you all start the rebellion just to be recruited one day and become an official and give you the title of wife and son?

Therefore, we are not on the same side as the traitor Liu Wei. How can we be considered betraying our friends? "

At this time, Jia Wangshan said: "Brother, I think the military advisor is right. We are not betraying our friends, but we are saying that we are in Cao's camp and our hearts are in Han!"

The others thought this metaphor was strange, but didn't say anything.

Li Qingshan was persuaded, but he did not agree immediately, so he said: "Let me think about it."

After the others dispersed, Li Qingshan came to see Song Xiance alone.

"What is Mr. Song's official position with Marshal Liu? Is he a military advisor?"

Song Xiance was so proud of his face that he was embarrassed to say whether he was good enough as a military advisor, so he said, "That's right."

Li Qingshan smiled and said: "Then Mr. Song must be a well-informed person."

Song Xiance felt very comfortable being flattered and said with a smile: "I have indeed gained a lot of knowledge after working with the Marshal."

"Does Mr. Song think that the Ming Dynasty is really going to end?" Li Qingshan asked tentatively.

"Of course it will be over!" Song Xiance said without hesitation, "Now that most of Henan is not owned by the Ming court, and Chief Li blocks water transportation, Zhu Ming's country is not far from collapsing!"

Song Xiance thought that his words were passionate, but Li Qingshan was not moved at all.

Because in Li Qingshan's perception, the Ming army was quite powerful. If he didn't think so, he wouldn't go two or three months without attacking a city.

Second update.