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- Chao Yong really wants to take out all the money of the rich in the world and redistribute it, but he hasn't come up with anything good yet.
Now Shi Qian¡¯s spies are all over the north of the river. Even after he goes south, he can continue to get news from all over the world.
After he led the troops to the expedition, the hero liquor from the liquor shop was already on the market. Although many people want to be good men, most people are used to drinking low-alcohol alcohol and are still not used to drinking strong alcohol suddenly. Coupled with the high price of Haohan Liquor, it has not been continuously sought after by Tokyo people. Internal sales are not smooth, but external sales are booming.
After Daliang repelled the Liao invasion, it did not ban trade. Instead, the border was relaxed a lot. Even the sea ban was lifted. Merchants from the two countries could transport goods by sea. There is not much risk in offshore navigation, and the transportation cost by sea is much lower than that by land. Therefore, as soon as the sea route was lifted, many businessmen began to open routes to travel between the two countries by sea.
Because the borders are completely liberalized, there are several times more Liao merchants in Tokyo than during the Song Dynasty. As soon as Haohan wine was put on the market, it attracted Liao businessmen. People in the Central Plains are afraid of spicy food, but people in bitter cold places need that spicy kick. Many Liao merchants saw business opportunities and bought large quantities of Haohan wine and transported it to the country by sea.
The first batch of 100,000 kilograms of brewed wine was snapped up by Liao merchants within a few days, and no matter how much they bought at one time, the price would not be reduced. This seems to be a common feature of government-run business. One catty of wine costs five hundred, and one hundred thousand catties of wine only costs fifty thousand guan.
And this year's grain owed, it is impossible to make large quantities without restrictions. Calculated, the income of the spirits house this year is only a few hundred thousand yuan at most.
It seems that Xu Guanzhong already has a large amount of income, but Chao Yong single-handedly created the ticket shop and the mirror business, each of which has an income of tens of millions, and he really does not take the income of the liquor shop seriously.
"A few hundred thousand guan is just a drop in the bucket for Daliang, but for the declining Liao Kingdom, it is a huge expenditure. This keeps drawing blood. Even in the heyday of the Liao Kingdom, it may not have been able to bear it, and now its decline will be accelerated. After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom can be dealt with in the same way.
The spirits shop does not make much money, but its strategic significance is higher than that of the mirror shop. The products of Jingxing were also snapped up by Liao merchants, but compared to Yinjing, the future of spirits was more promising. Especially the barbaric Jin people, who eat raw hair and drink blood, and may not take a bath once a year, it is undoubtedly difficult to get them to buy silver mirrors at high prices. But hard liquor was something they couldn't refuse.
Chao Yong wanted to make a perfume, but there was already one on the market.
The perfume of this era was distilled from floral dew using a still, and the perfume bottles were all glass bottles from Dashi. Perhaps some people have used distillers to distill liquor, but found that spirits are not easily accepted by people, and the profit is not as good as perfume. That¡¯s why I concentrated on making perfume.
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The two talked for a while, and Chao Yong gave Zongze the power to independently select Zhejiang Road officials. This was also the power Chao Gai had given Chao Yong.
The next day, Chao Yong led 80,000 troops south to Hangzhou.
Previous time, Hangzhou was almost burned to the ground by Fang La. Although it had been rebuilt for several months, the Southern Song Dynasty had limited financial resources. Not much money was invested in reconstruction. Coupled with the current turmoil, Hangzhou was at the junction of the Southern Song Dynasty and Lu Shinang's forces, and the wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River were unwilling to participate in the reconstruction of Hangzhou. To avoid being slaughtered by Manichaeism like the wealthy people in Hangzhou.
After the rice in Champa was popularized, there was a saying that when Suzhou and Hangzhou were ripe, the world would be full. It could grow food for people all over the world. Suzhou and Hangzhou are naturally rich. Moreover, Hangzhou was one of the first three major shipping companies in the Song Dynasty, driven by prosperous overseas trade. Hangzhou is the richest state capital in the south of the Yangtze River.
Before the Fangla Uprising, there were many high-rise buildings in the city of Hangzhou. However, when Chao Yong led his troops into Hangzhou, they were filled with low mud houses. Many of the houses were still charred black after being burned, showing signs of dilapidation.
The Southern Song Dynasty allocated some money and grain to Hangzhou, but all of it was used to build the city wall. Previously, there was a big battle between Tong Guan and Fang La, which tore down the city wall of Hangzhou to pieces. Later, Hangzhou became the forefront of the Southern Song Dynasty's resistance to Lu Shinang. The Southern Song Dynasty had to rebuild the city wall. The money and grain previously allocated to the people were also used to build the city wall.
Fortunately, the people can contribute to building the city wall in exchange for some money and food, so that the people in the city can barely survive.
When the army entered the city, the people in the city cheered hoarsely. Although there were more people lined up to welcome him than in other cities, the cheers were the loudest.
"I would rather be a peace dog than a person in troubled times."
People who have experienced the torment of war feel this sentence even more. In the past, the people of Hangzhou felt that Hua Shi Gang was causing harm to the country and the people, leaving the people with no way to survive. They also welcomed the entry of Fang La's uprising army into the city. However, when Fang La and the Western Army fought in Hangzhou, artillery and fire continued, and finally Fang La burned Hangzhou to break out.After the Western Army entered Hangzhou, they took advantage of the chaos and looted. Only then did the people of Hangzhou realize how worthless human life is during times of war.
After Tong Guan led his troops to recapture Hangzhou, he asked the court to allocate money and food to help the people in the city and rebuild Hangzhou. Just as the people in the city began to rebuild Hangzhou, news came that Tokyo had been captured by Daliang, and then Tong Guan went from Muzhou to Huzhou. Lu Shinang led the Manichaean army to hunt down Tong Guan and entered the territory of Hangzhou. Lu Shinang had just led his troops across the border, and then turned back, frightening most of the Hangzhou defenders to flee. Fortunately, Hangzhou had neither money nor food, and Lu Shinang did not want to waste time and did not attack Hangzhou. Hangzhou officials were all appointed by Tong Guan, who founded the Southern Song Dynasty. Hangzhou was naturally the first state capital to surrender. While the people of Hangzhou were continuing to rebuild Hangzhou, there was a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River and the Southern Song Dynasty was unable to provide relief. Lu Shinang took the opportunity to lead his troops northward, captured Muzhou and Wuzhou, and approached Hangzhou.
Many people are afraid that Hangzhou will be ravaged by war again, so they have no choice but to leave their homes and become refugees.
The people who stayed in the city were also frightened three times a day, fearing that Lu Shinang would lead his troops to attack. When I was on guard against Lu Shinang, I heard that Daliang was sending troops southward. The people in the city were almost in tears. Fortunately, the main force of the Southern Song Dynasty was defeated in the battle of Daliang, forcing the Southern Song Dynasty to surrender, and Hangzhou became the land of Daliang.
Hangzhou has become the land of Daliang, and the people in the city have finally ended the days of being frightened three times a day. Although Lu Shinang is still watching covetously in Muzhou, they believe that Daliang will wipe out Lu with the force of the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves just like it wiped out the Southern Song Dynasty. Teacher bag. Then the world will be at peace, and with Daliang's tax exemption and labor service, and with their hard-working hands, Hangzhou will soon become a prosperous city again.
The army arrived at Hangzhou City at noon, and the magistrate of Hangzhou had already prepared a banquet to welcome them.
When everyone was having a banquet in the city. Suddenly a loud noise was heard outside the city.
Li Kui jumped up and shouted: "No, that thief Lu Shinang is here to attack. I'm going to kill him without leaving any trace of him."
Hearing the sound of war drums thundering outside the city, many generals stood up one after another.
Only Chao Yong, Xu Guanzhong and the navy leaders did not move.
However, the navy arrived in Hangzhou two days earlier and had already seen the Chao Xin.
The governor of Hangzhou hurriedly explained: "That was the sound of tide signals in Zhejiang (Qiantang River), not the sound of war drums."
Li Kui stared at the governor of Hangzhou and said: "What kind of news? It's obviously the sound of war drums. If you dare to coax us, be careful I'll chop off your donkey's head."
Chao Yong glared at Li Kui. He said: "No need to be rude, please sit down."
The magistrate of Hangzhou was so frightened by Li Kui's ferocious appearance that he took a step back. When he saw Li Kui sitting down, he said: "Chaoxin from Zhejiang comes twice day and night, and it does not violate the time. Because he does not break his promise, it is called Chaoxin. Today is October 16th. , The day will come together at three o'clock."
Seeing Chao Yong and others nodding, Li Kui knew that he was out of touch, so he didn't take it seriously and shouted: "There is quite a lot of news coming from the tide. Why don't we go to the riverside and have a look."
The magistrate of Hangzhou smiled and said: "Now the Chaoxin has passed when we go out. The general wants to see the time. We can only see the Chaoxin again tonight or during the day tomorrow. It's a pity that the general will come later. The Chaoxin in August is the most spectacular of the year." At that time. The great poet Su Dongpo once said that the August 18th tide was the most spectacular in the world. "
Li Kui ate a bowl of wine and said, "It's too late. You said the tide news in August is of no use. Let's talk about the tide news in October."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "Shut up and drink. If you are rude again, I will drive you to the military camp."
The governor of Hangzhou also prepared drinks for the soldiers of the three armies, but Hangzhou was in a state of decline, and the soldiers could only eat one bowl each. But the banquet in the Yamen is full of wine.
Although Li Kui felt that the wine was as light as water and not as strong as Haohan wine. But eating something is better than eating nothing. When he heard that Chao Yong was going to drive him to the military camp, he hurriedly closed his mouth and drank.
Chao Yong smiled and said: "I also heard the name of the Qiantang River's tide. Although I missed the tide on August 18, it's not bad to see the tide in October. Tomorrow, all the soldiers in the army will go to see the tide, so that everyone will not miss the tide in the future. It¡¯s a pity that I haven¡¯t seen the Qiantang River tide since I came to Jiangnan.¡±
Xu Guanzhong hurriedly said: "It is the time of war. It is not appropriate to let all the soldiers go to play."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Master Lu's troops are still in Tonglu, Muzhou. They are still more than two hundred miles away. It is impossible for them to come to Hangzhou unnoticed."
Xu Guanzhong said: "The prince is invincible in all battles, and there are probably not many people in the world who dare to stroke the prince's beard. But if the prince sets this precedent, it is inevitable that others will follow him in the future, which is not a blessing to the court."
When Chao Yong heard this, he had to consider the consequences. After thinking for a while, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, military advisor, for reminding me. The previous discussion has been abandoned. When the day comes when the world is wiped out and the army is in charge, I will lead all the officers and soldiers to observe this news. Tomorrow, the whole army will set off to wipe out Lu Shinang."
Seeing that Chao Yong could still listen to honest advice, Xu Guanzhong raised his hand and said: "The prince can listen to honest advice that is unfavorable to his ears. Honesty is the blessing of Daliang and the blessing of the world."After the Xixia was wiped out, the prince's reputation and power became stronger and stronger. After the invention of the spaceship, the prince directly changed from the god of war to the god of heaven. Almost no one dared to question the prince's decision.
Xu Guanzhong also knew that as long as the prince was alive, no one could shake the beam, but the prince's descendants may not be as powerful as the prince. For the sake of the future of Daliang for generations to come, the prince must set an example and at least not set some bad precedents for future generations.
After the banquet was over, Chao Yong sent everyone away.
Early the next morning, Daliang soldiers and horses came via Fuyang to Tonglu County, Muzhou.
Within four days, the army entered Tonglu County and set up camp twenty miles away from Tonglu County.
Under the control of An Daoquan and a group of imperial doctors, the plague did not occur in Daliang soldiers and horses. Of course, this is also related to the lower temperature after the winter in Jiangnan. In short, the Daliang soldiers did not feel acclimatized. Moreover, Daliang soldiers and horses easily defeated the Southern Song Dynasty, and Chao Yong did not hesitate to reward him. The officers and soldiers of the three armies were each rewarded with ten guan of money. To the generals, ten guan of money was not much, but to the ordinary soldiers, it was more than three months of extra pay, which was also a considerable fortune.
There must be brave men under heavy rewards. The soldiers of the three armies are all screaming to kill the enemy, otherwise there will be no such good opportunities to make money after retirement. Ordinary people's salary per month is only one thousand dollars. For people without skills, being a soldier with three guans a month is undoubtedly the best job. If you are promoted to ten captains, you can get five guans per month. The ten-gun centurion needs good martial arts. Ordinary people can be promoted to captain of ten if they work hard. But wanting to be promoted to centurion requires more than just hard work.
It is precisely because of Daliang's generous salary that it attracted many people to join the army.
Chao Yong took Xu Guanzhong, Li Kui, and Sun An around the camp and was very satisfied with the high morale of the soldiers.
Sun An said: "The morale is usable. We can make a big effort tomorrow to defeat Lu Shinang."
Sun An was forced to surrender by Shi Gong in Hedong that day, so he listened to Chao Yong's command in front of Chao Yong's tent. Tian Hu's wall was overthrown by everyone, and Sun An did not get any opportunities to make achievements. Chao Yong's current rank is still the same as when he saw Sun An's weapons as impressive and his martial arts skills as good as Shi Gongfeng's. Didn't get a real job either. This time when I went south, I was also holding back my energy to make achievements so that I could get a real job in the future.
Xu Guanzhong smiled and said: "I'm afraid Lu Shinang will attack tonight."
Li Kui stared and said, "How do you know?"
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Chao Yong nodded and said, "What the military advisor said makes sense, so let's just sit back and wait for Master Lu's troops to arrive tonight."
After nightfall, Chao Yong and Xu Guanzhong played chess in the Chinese army tent. The game they played was not Go, but chess. It was also somewhat different from the chess played in the Song Dynasty. It was a modern chess imported by Chao Yong. In fact, the development of chess in the Northern Song Dynasty was very close to modern chess. Therefore, after Chao Yong invented modern chess, he quickly replaced the original grand chess with the aura of the prince.
In front of the tent, the two generals and Deputy Sun Ping stood watching. Li Kui sat below and slept soundly, snoring loudly from time to time, which made the person who was at a disadvantage frown even more. He doesn't understand chess and has no interest in it.
"Report. Shi Bao, Fang Jie wants to see you."
Although Xu Guanzhong came into contact with chess later than Chao Yong. But his chess skills are higher than Chao Yong's.
Chao Yong saw that he was at a disadvantage again. Hearing the announcement from the soldiers at the door, he immediately pushed the chessboard away and said with a smile: "Let them in."
Xu Guanzhong also stood up proudly and stood aside.
The prince is smart and reacts faster than him, but he doesn't want to work too hard and just treats it as a game. Every time he takes a step, he has to consider the next ten steps. Naturally, he will win more and lose less.
Shi Bao and Fang Jie came in dusty, clasping fists in greeting.
Chao Yong also saw from the haggard faces of the two that they had not achieved much results, and said: "Just do your best. We have to wait for Lu Shinang to come and join us. You don't have to stay up late after running around for many days."
Shi Bao shook his head and said: "We heard that Lu Shinang was going to attack at night, so we rushed back overnight. Unexpectedly, the prince was already prepared."
Li Kui had also woken up. When he heard Shi Bao say that Lu Shinang was really going to attack at night, he smiled and said: "The military counselor's calculations are much more accurate than those of the divination dealers. It seems that I can kill him tonight."
Xu Guanzhong was also used to Li Kui talking nonsense, so he ignored Li Kui and said with a smile: "What do the two generals gain?"
Fang Jie said angrily: "It's just that a few people left quietly. Others knew that Lu Shinang killed the holy aunt. Not only were they unwilling to avenge the aunt, they also wanted to help Lu Shinang resist us. They are really ungrateful. If it weren't for Shi Brother Bao took me, I have been back a long time ago.¡±
Shi Bao explained: "Daliang did not allow preaching, and they were unwilling to give up Manichaeism, so they could only accompany Lu Shinang to continue. Several brothers despised Lu Shinang as a person, but they were not willing to help us. He killed his brothers and left quietly."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Since they want to give it a try, then I will help them. You can go down and rest first."
Fang Jie hurriedly said: "If they want to stop me from avenging my aunt, they are my enemies. Please allow me to participate in the war."
Seeing Fang Jie talking, Shi Bao had no choice but to follow suit: "Shi Bao is also willing to participate in the war."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Then you go and wear it. Come to the tent and listen to it."
Not long after the two left, they came over fully dressed.
However, the two of them were hiding in Tonglu East and had to be careful of being betrayed. However, they were a little tired. Instead of watching Chao Yong and Xu Guanzhong play chess, they sat opposite Li Kui and closed their eyes to rest.
At the third watch, a cry of killing came from the gate of the camp. Li Kui immediately jumped up, picked up two axes and was about to go out to kill.
Chao Yong and Xu Guanzhong have stopped playing chess and are reading Shen Kuo's Mengxi Bitan. Mengxi Bitan covers astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and many other subjects. It is also helpful to Chao Yong in writing physics.
¡°There¡¯s no rush, let them in.¡±
Chao Yong called Li Kui, put down the book in his hand slowly, then got up and walked out.
Xu Guanzhong, Li Kui, Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie hurriedly followed.
Ten thousand soldiers and horses have gathered outside the big tent, standing quietly in the darkness.
When the attacking soldiers and horses entered the sight of everyone in the tent, Chao Yong shouted: "Raise the fire."
With an order, several torches were lit together and then thrown into the tents in front.
"Canopy"
Those tents all had fire starters hidden in them. When a spark caught fire, flames burst into flames that were ten feet high. Several extra-large bonfires immediately illuminated the entire camp.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The cavalry troops behind were afraid of hitting Gao Keli, so they had to rein in their horses urgently, causing a huge chaos.
"Don't panic, if you kill Chao Yong, Daliang will be defeated."
Next to him, Zhang Jinren, the god of thunder, saw Chao Yong in golden armor in front of the tent, shouted, and led his soldiers and horses to kill him.
"Kill"
Li Kui saw that there was still someone who dared to kill Chao Yong, so he shouted and killed him with an axe.
Li Kui's charge set the stage in motion.
Hua Rong was afraid that Li Kui would make a mistake, so he had no choice but to wave his troops and horses to meet him.
Although Li Kui was the first to charge, he could not outrun four legs with two legs.
Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie, who were behind, all jumped in front of him.
Sun An greeted Zhang Jinren, Fang Jie welcomed Gao Keli, who had just calmed down his horse, but Shi Bao went to kill an unknown general.
As soon as the battle started, there were loud shouts of killing from the left and right sides of the camp. The soldiers and horses who were surprised by the surprise attack turned around and fled.
Sun An and Zhang Jinren were fighting at odds. The sword in his left hand pushed aside Zhang Jinren's steel spear, and he swung the sword in his right hand fiercely, and a big head shot up into the sky.
Seeing the tragic death of Zhang Jinren, Gao Keli turned his horse to escape, but Fang Jie caught up with him from behind and knocked him off his horse with a halberd.
The wind-splitting knife in Shi Bao's hand, which can split gold and break jade, is even more invincible.
Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie specialize in picking enemies to kill, but Li Kui does not care about meat and vegetables, and kills people when they bump into them. Although they are all small soldiers, they are covered in blood, like evil ghosts. Wherever they went, Jiangnan soldiers and horses retreated one after another, and their power was even greater than that of Sun An and the others.
Under the cover of three groups of soldiers and horses in the camp, the soldiers and horses who attacked at night did not last long before they were all driven out of the camp.
Shi Bao was the first to fight to the gate of the camp. As soon as he reined in his horse, he saw Li Kui rushing from the side to kill outside the camp. He hurriedly shouted: "The prince has an order not to chase and kill people outside the camp."
Li Kui heard Shi Bao yelling, and then he retreated angrily.
Although Daliang soldiers and horses did not pursue them, the defeated soldiers still did not dare to stay. After escaping from the camp, they abandoned their helmets and armor and ran back. Before he had time to take a breath, he heard a cannon fire from the flank, and a troop of soldiers and horses shot out diagonally.
The person in ambush outside the camp was Shi Gong's troops. As soon as they met, they killed the defeated soldiers who had abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in all directions.
Shi Gong did not pursue him, he killed the scattered troops and then returned to the camp. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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