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Chapter 227 The liquor war

As he said that, Cai Ting got off.(

This is a kind of recognition and a kind of helplessness. If you want to repel the Xixia people, it seems that Wang Ju is indispensable.

Looking at his left back, Quan Er's eldest son said, "Dalang, it's really good, much better than that grand grandson."

Wang Ju smiled slightly, and his smile was even more relaxed than Cai Ting.

Quan Er's eldest son was happy, but he didn't know the difference between Cai Ting coming and not coming.

Until now, Wang Ju's first big stone fell to the ground. There were two stones. The second stone was that Cai Ting could not overdo it, which scared the Xixia people so much that they dared not come. Maybe someone in the court was happy, but he was sad. The third stone was that he should not overload the hatred value. After all, the Xixia people would have 100,000 troops once they had a military force. It would be enough to siege Dashun City with 50,000 troops. The rest would not attack Rouyuan Village and concentrate on attacking Liyuan Fort. This is not scary. I am afraid that siege Liyuan Fort would not be able to use 50,000 troops to siege Liyuan Fort. One 20,000 to 30,000 troops would be enough. The remaining 20,000 to 30,000 troops would be detoured to attack Huachi Town. Then I would usher in a devastating crisis.

But no matter what, the first level and the most important level passed through.

So he looked at the craftsmen and said, "Mr. Cai is very satisfied, and I am very satisfied, so I will announce that you will reward each of you twenty pieces of silk."

More than a hundred craftsmen and apprentices cheered immediately.

Wang Ju looked at the West, where there were three forts, Dashun City, Rouyuan Village, and Liyuan Fort in the West.

Everything I did was for the three forts.

…………

Zhu Qing continued to escort goods with the merchants and came to the border.

The border is quiet.

Zhu Qing's eyes jumped a few times, but he still walked out of the crowd and clapped his hands.

However, no one came out.

Zhu Qing looked around worriedly. Just as he was looking around, teams of Xixia people came out and surrounded them.

"What are you going to do?" another manager asked loudly.

"Stop talking," the two soldiers pushed the manager aside and began to search the goods. When they found Zhu Qing's side, they finally saw a jar of wine. One person said, "It's it."

These soldiers quickly surrounded, opened the carriage, and inspected one by one. Then they pushed the cars with the wine jars out separately. Then a general said, "My leader has an order. From then on, the Song Dynasty will prohibit the selling of this kind of liquor from entering the country, otherwise it will be investigated."

The other goods did not move, but took more than 500 jars of wine together with more than 30 cars and livestock pulling the carts.

Seeing them leaving, the officials and servants of each family surrounded him in a daze and asked strangely: "Why should you ban alcohol?"

"It's so unreasonable. They say banned it. Have I caught their green salt?"

Some really care about it, while others are gloating, and the profits of this soju made them jealous.

Zhu Qing shook his sleeves and said, "Without wine, there will be no weapons and horses. Last year, the Xixia people might have plundered the city of Qingzhou."

"Manager Zhu, don't get angry. Go back and report to Magistrate Wang. Fortunately, they are not moved."

Zhu Qing rode back to Huachi County with a dark face.

After hearing this, Wang Ju patted Zhu Qing on the shoulder and said, "Manager Zhu, they are right. I'm happy if nothing happened to anyone."

"Some people are gloating about the tragedy of the county magistrate Wang."

Wang Ju laughed: "Manager Zhu, think about it, when we changed horses, did the people on the other side of the mountain really not know what these horses were used for? It is natural for merchants to pursue profit. How many people will be truly patriotic? There is one thing I have not told someone that there are many literati and literati now, and if they don't pay attention, they will be very difficult in the future."

"Someone?"

"You may know someone who is very important next year."

Wang Ju didn't say it, and Zhu Qing didn't ask.

Wang Ju continued: "In fact, even my father and Dongweng are hard to say patriotism. They can only say that they will leave room for work, not as unintentional as some businessmen. The problem is not big. They have lost 20,000 kilograms of wine, and the cost of livestock and vehicles is only 1,000 jin. Manager Zhu, even your life is worth more than a dozen jin of money."

"That's right, there are not tens of thousands of yuan, so I can't kill me," Zhu Qing also laughed and said, "That's all for this loss, what should I do in the future?"

"I have a way, not to fight military wars or economic wars. I have tens of millions of ways to make Xixia lose badly." Wang Ju comforted: "But you can't hurry for the time being, I have to send someone to check it out. You go back and rest first."

"good."

"Zi'an, it's probably the bad idea that Song Ji came up with."

"It's probably, Brother Zishen, I'm thinking about one thing. The small king of Xixia recruits down-and-out literati on the border. What if I also find a few down-and-out literati and create some illusions and give them an excuse to join the other side of the mountain?"

"This seems to be a solution..." Ge Shaohua thought for a while and said, "But it may not be appropriate. First, they may not be able to escape the interrogation of the Xixia people, and they must be interrogated, including Jing Xun and Song Ji. Second, they may not be able to be reused, and it is not worthy of being reused. If they are reused, their official positions may be higher than those of Zi'an. How can they ensure their loyalty when enjoying wealth and honor there?"

"What if Mr. Cai comes forward?"

"Mr. Cai has enough status, but there is another restriction. This is different from the wild monk Wang Song of Zhong Shiheng. This lurking time is very long. However, when our dynasty is moved in a few years, let's call the prefect of Qingzhou. In the eighth year of Jiayou, it was Han Jiang, in the first year of Zhiping, Sun Changqing, in the second year of Zhiping, from Sun Mian to this spring, now it is replaced by Cai. In just a few years, four prefects were replaced. Cheng Gong stayed in Yanzhou for several years, which is an exception. Therefore, the border policy lacks continuity. If several states on the border are relocated, the hidden scholars can still be controlled. If they are transferred back to the Central Plains or Jiangnan, those chess pieces will not be controlled. Unless it can affect the official family, the official family will be presided over by the official family. But it is very difficult to affect the official family..."

Wang Ju touched his chin. This year he would not affect the "official family", but what about next year?

Ge Shaohua said again: "Actually, Zi'an, you have done a good job. If you make a few more military achievements, make political achievements, and then launch that math book, you will be a versatile talent in civil and military affairs, and maybe you will be able to influence the official family. But you are too young, including this design that will allow Mr. Cai to come to Qingzhou. How much energy did Zi'an spend on Zi'an? If you keep up with your age and directly serve as the governor of Qingzhou, why would you be so troublesome?"

Although Cai Ting came to Qingzhou, it seemed much better than the previous two magistrates. However, Ge Shaohua was still very suspicious, at least he believed that Cai Ting's military talent was far less than Wang Ju's.

Wang Ju smiled bitterly.

"Zi Shen, you underestimate Mr. Cai too much."

In terms of military value, in Wang Ju's eyes, Cai Ting is the highest military value of the civil and military in the Song Dynasty, not Wang Shao and Zhang Feng. When these two people grow up, they will leave Cai Ting far behind. However, these two people are growing, and Wang Shao is about to catch up with Cai Ting, but they are not yet able to reach Cai Ting's height.

Zhong Yan is not good either. Zhong Yan at its peak is not as good as Cai Ting now. Don’t look at Zhong Yan’s reputation. Whether it is defeated by the five-way defeat in Xia or the tragedy of Yongle City, Zhong Yan has the responsibility.

You, you can't do it either.

Don’t look at the prestigious battle in Huachi County, with a small county and few troops. On Huanqing Road, there are many troops and large places. If you give it to yourself, you will immediately have a flaw, and you won’t have a golden finger. Once you are not careful about the details, the enemy can be further amplified, which will eventually lead to a great defeat.

Just one acre of three parts of the land, just right for yourself to manage it.

But Ge Shaohua's statement is reasonable.

It is a great opportunity, but my age and official position are restricted and I can't use it anymore.

Thinking of this, he looked at the Helan inkstone again. If this Helan inkstone is used well, it will also make the people of Xixia fatal. But by the same token, he does not have enough official positions and the wealth in his hands. It is a good plan, but it cannot be used immediately.

"Zi'an, what are you going to do?"

"It's easy to deal with. Think about it, why don't they dare to hurt people and don't touch other people's wealth?"

"The Xixia side needs our dynasty's supplies."

"Not only that, just like our dynasty, this private business involves too big a circle of interests. Xixia is a semi-feudal system... Half is the imperial concentration system of our dynasty, and half is the alliance system of all ethnic groups. Except for a few chiefs, the remaining chiefs have certain autonomy. Most of the people participating in private business are influential figures of all ethnic groups over the other side of the mountain. At the same time, there is a military service system. Except for a few permanent soldiers, the remaining soldiers are mostly from their tribes. Officials in our dynasty dare not investigate Qingyan strictly, so do they really dare to completely ban private business?"

“They only banned alcohol.”

"Our court only bans green salt."

“The green salt market is bigger.”

"By the way, it's this market. If I give them a large enough market, will that little leaf dare to forcibly ban it? In fact, there are many forms of war between the two countries. Military war is just one of them, including diplomatic wars, commercial wars, and currency wars. If Xixia wants to ban shochu, then I might as well give them a shochu war."

"Sauce War?"

"Yes, I will give this young boy a vivid education class soon, but before that, I must understand the situation."

“This is easy to understand.”

"Well, don't use the people over there, and don't use the White Army. Just ask carefully when trading in other private businesses."

But Wang Ju also neglected the power of the sour wine. When he sent someone to inquire about the news, Cai Ting called him to Qingzhou and said as soon as he met, "Is sour wine banned in Xixia?"

"Don't Mr. Cai know too?"

"How can I not know about such a big thing?"

"What's the big deal?" Wang Ju asked Cai Ting to make a fool of himself. Maybe it was a big deal for him, but on Huanqing Road, it was a big deal?

"This is a bit troublesome." Cai Ting said embarrassedly.

Wang Ju was even more confused and asked strangely: "Mr. Cai, what is the official who is not sure about it?" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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