"Zi'an, when Master Miao saw the reply, he saw that it was the person you sent, he immediately asked me in politely and asked you about a lot of things, including marriage. Zi'an. To be honest, is the gentle lady who often comes to the inn the eldest princess?" Ge Shaohua asked.

Now several people know the identity of King Xu, Li Wan, Zhang Shi, and Sun Mian.

But there is only one person who knows Zhao Niannu's identity, Li Wan, but he won't say even if he beats him to death.

The main thing is that no one dares to think about it.

Moreover, Wang Ju's behavior was calm and without fear, which made everyone neglect.

However, as long as you think about it, you can still think of many doubts from the words and behaviors of Zhao Xu and Zhao Niannu.

Miao Jizong's behavior was also strange. He kept asking Wang Ju's marriage. Can Ge Shaohua not doubt it?

"Brother Zishen, don't ask," Wang Ju said embarrassedly, but he was thinking in his heart, could Miao Jizong have heard some news? That's not, after all, Zhao Niannu is not young, can he really never get married in his whole life?

"In addition, the capital was hit by an unprecedented flooding..."

"Don't talk about the capital and the court, just talk about the northwest and Qingzhou." Wang Judao. Most of those things have nothing to do with Qingzhou, and Ge Shaohua may not be able to hear them if they are useful.

"I have heard only this. The first thing is that the official rewards Ouyang Gong for being a wise man. If Ouyang Gong had not recommended Sun Gong to come to Qingzhou, there would not have been this great victory."

Ge Shaohua is in a better mood now. When he heard this news, he almost turned a little angry and crooked his nose.

"And what," Wang Ju felt relieved. For example, in the future, Cai Ting came to Dashun City. Cai Ting was the first contribution, but others also made great contributions. However, the historical records recorded the names of several soldiers. Or, for example, Wang Ji, who was not even qualified to be a biography of ministers in the Song Dynasty. However, in the Battle of Qingli, how many Wang Ji emerged?

"Sima Gong also learned about the migration of Qingzhou from somewhere. Sima Gong seemed to have written a book saying that the archers in the western border knew the mountains, rivers and roads, and were brave. Jingyuan and Qing were all vassals. Liangzuo often threatened with soldiers, and those who violated the conflict were killed. Now the government has taken the initiative to support the archers to retreat to the mainland. If the Western Xia invasion, the traffic will be unobstructed and the border will be in danger."

What Sun Mian gave was not Lu Bu, but just verbal orders.

Sima Guang was in the capital, so he couldn't hear clearly.

Moreover, Huanqing has made great contributions recently, so some Sima Guang is not easy to say.

So he got this painless melody, but the result was not reported. If Ge Shaohua hadn't been to inquire with sincerity, he would have almost no idea.

This is the news that Wang Ju needs the most.

He lowered his head and thought, not knowing how much Sima Guang would exert. In addition, would Zhao Xu understand his intention?

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Zhao Xu was indeed confused.

Wang Ju's secret letter only wrote a line of words, offering horses to King Ying and His Highness the Princess of Yue.

There is nothing left.

Miao Jizong was also confused, but he was Zhao Niannu's grandfather. Zhao Niannu went to Yanzhou to find him. Therefore, he learned some inside information and brought the horse to Zhao Xu and Zhao Niannu.

Two good horses, but Zhao Xu and Zhao Niannu were not Zhao Shu who was tragic at the time. What kind of horse they wanted could not get?

Therefore, Zhao Xu was puzzled.

This is not the gift of bamboo paper, but it is also called gift giving. However, the purpose is that Renzong attaches importance to civil affairs and once gave Wang Ju a cart of books. When the bamboo paper comes out, more people will be able to afford paper. It is not to give gifts seriously.

Moreover, although he is King Ying, he is the crown prince. The future king is rich all over the world. He cares about the gifts given by his subordinates or those who care about it, but he is mostly a fool.

What is the purpose of Wang Ju sending two horses for no reason?

He was not convenient for him to come forward, but his teacher could come forward, so he asked Han Wei to send his subordinates to Huachi County to inquire.

Han Wei went to the palace to report: "Your Highness, Mr. Ouyang and Mr. Sun are suspected of deceiving the emperor."

“Why?”

"The real battle in Qingzhou is not what Sun Mian wrote in the memorial. The Xixia people invaded and plundered the five groups, and Sun Gong just ordered the three armies to defend the fortress and not to send troops. Only one county in Huachi County sent troops, and the three battles did not support Qingzhou, which was completely a victory achieved by the officers and soldiers of several battalions in Huachi County themselves."

"It's actually like this. Why do the officers and soldiers of several battalions of Huachi County have such combat effectiveness?"

"Wang Ju also made a slightly overstepping move."

“Tell me.”

"After he went to Huachi County, he immediately inspected the army and drew bows and shot arrows on the spot, which shocked the three armies."

"What's the brute force about this? He was just a child in Wangjiazhai and won a beautiful victory."

"It's not this. In order to inspire morale, he asked his father's family and the Zhu family in Yanzhou to come forward, and use funding to buy a large amount of sheep and pigs to slaughter each month to increase morale food. He also used training methods to provide different rewards according to rankings and progress rankings. The two items alone cost more than 4,000 guan a month. In addition, a battalion of foreign cavalry was recently organized to buy Xixia war horses from the border. It was precisely because of this battalion, coupled with the original battalion of foreign cavalry in Liyuan Fort, he won three great victories."

"I have also heard of this, but it was agreed by the Western Prefecture, including the instructor of Zhao Zhong."

"It's good, but this camp of foreign cavalry has been expanding its army, and it has expanded to more than 800 people. It seems that it is still selecting strong foreign cavalry to expand. When the ministers found out, they seemed to plan to expand into a large foreign cavalry camp with nearly a thousand people."

"This is impossible. Although the system of the unofficial army is not as strict as the ban on cavalry, the force of a battalion will not be allowed to exceed 500 people."

"That's true, so there are only 500 Fan Luo troops in Huachi's stunning faces, and the rest are gathered for training in the name of a strong horse."

"Do those foreigners want to?"

"If it is the treatment of a strong horse, they will definitely not want it, but their treatment is the same as that of a regular family. Even when they are trained, they are rewarded with those who are progressive and those who are ranked high, but these money is also funded."

These are easier to find out.

After all, as Han Wei said, it is indeed more capable. To put it seriously, it is equivalent to raising a private army.

Therefore, Wang Ju simply put all the expenses openly and let everyone see.

"Wait, let me calculate their expenses, except for the horse's plan."

"Your Highness, horses cannot be excluded. At the beginning, the hundreds of horses were all funded. After the three victories, a large number of war horses were seized, which only enriched the new tyrant cavalry of four or five hundred people at that time, enriched the foreign cavalry in Liyuan Fort. In addition, the Poche army in Liyuan Fort was transformed into a cavalry reserve horse, and the rest was dedicated to Qingzhou, so Sun Mian had to allocate various cavalry battalions. Later, the war horses that expanded the army were still exchanged for war horses from Xixia. The imperial court issued an edict to give a second-class horse thirty stagnant money, but there was no way to buy a horse, so the imperial court recently changed the edict and gave a third-class horse thirty stagnant money."

"Why is this edict?"

"The Sansi also has the algorithm of the Sansi. When they calculate it, they calculated according to the actions of Mr. Xue. The merchants used horses to exchange salt banknotes, then used salt banknotes to seal salt to the border area for sale, exchanged the money for sale, and then exchanged supplies with foreigners for horses. Therefore, a second-class horse really only costs thirty stakes. However, after Yu Zanghuama joined the Western Xia, the Xixia Qingshen attacked the Qinwei area, and then used this method to exchange horses for horses. Therefore, after my third brother moved to the Sansi envoy, he lowered the horses one level and added five stakes."

But I still couldn't buy a horse, but Han Wei didn't know how effective this edict was.

"So how valuable is the normal second-class war horse?"

"More than fifty taels."

"That is, every time Wang Ju gets a horse, the Zhu and Li families will lose 20 trump cards. Where did the two families get so much money?" Zhao Xu asked suspiciously.

Simple, a thousand horses will lose 20,000 trump cards.

Furthermore, the funding for food and rewards is more than 3,000 yuan per month and more than 40,000 yuan per year.

In addition, he raised 500 foreign cavalry, and each of them planned to be 40 jin a year, but another jin a year was 20,000 jin a year.

It seems that the bamboo paper is selling well, but the workshop is not owned by Zhu and Li families. Adding up the contract shares between Zhu and Li families and Wang Ju is just aligned with the Gao family. Maybe the Zhu and Li families have this wealth, but are willing to spend all their money?

"Those two companies took out a lot of money, but not all the money was taken out by those two companies. Wang Ju used some methods in the middle."

"What means?"

"He first joined forces with the officers and soldiers to investigate and ban private merchants and coerced Qingzhou merchants not to operate private salt, at least private salt must not pass through Huachi Road."

"Can you pass?" Zhao Xu asked suspiciously.

Wang Ju once explained this private salt interest to Zhao Xu.

I can only tighten it, and I can't stop it!

That's why he talked about two strategies in front of his father and mother. The first strategy was to ban mutual markets immediately. The second strategy was to force low-priced salt to dump it on the border to suppress the sales of green salt. The economy forced Xixia to bow its head.

This low price is the cost price. After calculating the freight and salt production costs, the court dumped it at the border without profit.

But the father was a little worried, afraid that Xixia would be really in a hurry and launch a real invasion, which would make the Song Dynasty worse. Therefore, after hearing this, it was a good idea to agree with it and did not implement it.

If Wang Juqiang bans private salt, it will cause controversy if he doesn't do it well.

"After passing, Sun Mian was tough on the border. It happened that the Poche Army was instructed to collude with private salt merchants. Sun Mian was sentenced to the death and punished several merchants. Wang Ju asked the Zhu family's manager to use this opportunity to negotiate with the merchants of Qingzhou. They only had 10% profit. In addition, they encouraged them to buy horses, even sent officers and soldiers to escort them, and sent troops to wipe out the bandits in Ziwu Mountain. At the same time, the Xinfan Cavalry Camp was stationed outside Huachi City, where they must pass. Both soft and hard, and those people had to agree."

At first, he did not agree to suppress the bandits, but Han Wei sent his disciples to inquire, and it was impossible for him to find out all the inside stories, so he said it together.

"Does private businesses have so much profit?"

"It's not only a private businessman, but also a very difficult spirit. Your Highness, try it." Han Wei carefully poured out a glass of soju from a small wine pot and let Zhao Xu drink it.

Zhao Xu didn't care too much. The Song Dynasty had strong wine, about 20 degrees Celsius. But no matter how strong the wine was, it was just a small glass. So he suppressed his neck and drank it, then choked and coughed, and said loudly: "What kind of wine is this?"

"Although it's hard to drink, the northwest Tianzhai is frozen, so this kind of wine will be very warm after drinking it."

"I understand that the profits of wine and profit merchants, coupled with some donations, have these economies."

"It's basically the case, but there are some methods, such as the training rewards, which are not given to the soldiers, but to their families, nor to their money and silk, but to their rice, grain and tea according to the needs of various places. If the foreigners lack tea, they promise to give them tea. If the family members of the capital are short of daily necessities, they give them money and rice and grain. Therefore, they will give them more than 3,000 guan a month, and the family members of the officers and soldiers have indeed received more than 3,000 guan, but the actual contribution is only more than 2,000 guan."

This is easy to understand, and it is nothing more than saving costs and costs.

But Wang Ju made some mistakes unless he had a reason to do this. Although he used the so-called donation method in disguise, he also used his heart to serve the country. Therefore, Han Wei finally said: "Although he was trying to strengthen the army, this method is not very good."

"The two grandparents are just asking?"

"Xixia threatened, but the imperial court had limited military strength and financial resources, so they were eager for Wang Ju to do so."

Anyway, they have made great contributions and can push the responsibility to Wang Ju even if they make mistakes. Why not do it?

Zhao Xu was pondering and said, "No, he would not make such a bad mistake."

"I think so." Han Wei was also puzzled. This kid was very tough in his methods. He heard that he was interrogating the prisoners in Ziwu Mountain, but the prisoners did not confess, so he cut his head one by one. In the end, the bandits brought the confession out and still cut off his head. He went to the battlefield himself and heard that he had killed several Xixia people, and the three armies were afraid of it. But they were just tough in their methods, but they were careful and meticulous, so they would not leave this handle easily.

However, Zhao Xu was even more puzzled. What did this have to do with offering two horses? Do you expect him to say a few good things for him?

Zhao Xu finally heard some truth about Qingzhou, but he still couldn't figure it out.r1152

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