Chapter 23 I want to
Wang Ju generals Zhu Qing and Ge Shaohua called out, but Zhu Qing did not return to Yanzhou, but was inquiring about the news. The three of them sat down, and Wang Ju thought to himself that there were still fewer staff. There are many people working at home now, but Ye Long Meesheng and Quan Er's eldest son cannot be regarded as staff.
It is the person who executes it, but cannot be considered a person who plans it.
However, it is too late to call a staff member now. Besides, he has a very small position and a person who is really capable will not join him for the time being.
Wang Ju told the story.
"It's a good thing to add the third battalion, Zi'an," said Ge Shaohua.
It is still time to transfer the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion. Although it is impossible to train into an army like last year, it can be trained for five or six months in time. Besides, these officers and soldiers are not without foundation. In addition to the few soldiers who are old, weak, sick and disabled, many soldiers can still take action. To add the third battalion, even if half of the strong men and horses are drawn at the critical moment, Huachi County can still have more than 7,000 troops available.
Then Huachi County's troops will be quite considerable.
Ge Shaohua calculated the strength of the troops and Zhu Qing calculated the money, and he was also surprised: "If Mr. Cai came forward and bought wine pounces in Jingzhao Mansion, the sales volume of Jingzhao Mansion alone would be immeasurable."
Adding all the population of Fuyan Road and Huanqing Road, including most of the foreigners who are not registered, is less than half of the population than Jingzhao Prefecture.
"Manager Zhu, no, Mr. Cai said that he could use his relationship to allow us to steam wine and buy wine in Jingzhao Mansion, but not sell it in Jingzhao Mansion."
Cai Ting is not a fool.
Buying grain to make wine in Jingzhao Mansion is not a big problem, and buying wine to make wine is not a big problem. Cai Ting has a little bit of it. Everyone will also buy this account. But selling wine in Jingzhao Mansion. That problem comes, involving the interests of many wine merchants. How much face does Cai Ting have to sell to solve it?
Zhu Qing sat down with some anger and said, "If that happens, Qinzhou and Weizhou will not do it anymore."
By the same token, the wine administrations of each prefecture have regional protection policies. Jingzhao Prefecture cannot do it, and Qinwei's side cannot do it.
Wang Ju's eyes lit up and he said, "This is a solution."
"What's the solution?"
"Manager Zhu. Look at the map," Wang Ju took out the map of Shaanxi and pointed to the map and said: "It seems not far from Qingzhou to Weizhou, but only one Yuanzhou, but it is actually a rugged mountain road. And because of the three Ding Ding, there are bandits in many mountains and forests. It seems not far away, but transportation is difficult and costly. Looking at the Wei River channel, the Wei River gradually becomes silted. Only smaller ships can be used for navigation, but as long as it is a ship, the transportation cost is very low. Moreover, the Wei River is not only open to Jingzhao Prefecture, but can always reach Baoji. From Baoji to Weizhou, there is only one Longzhou, and the road is wide and seems far away. The actual transportation cost is even lower than those from Qingzhou to Weizhou."
"Minister Wang, I thought of it just now, but the government does not allow sales."
"It's okay, we don't sell it to the Han people and soldiers, but only to the foreign people. Besides, it's not how much money we make from wine, but how much money we trade with the foreign people and make it back and forth, which makes the profits."
"This method is good, but the government may not agree."
"The governor of Weizhou is Wang Su."
Zhu Ge is still confused.
"Wang Su was also a gentleman during the Qingli New Policy, and Mr. Cai was a good friend of Mr. Fu."
Zhu Qing and Ge Shaohua understood, and this climbed a little far. Besides, were Wang Su and Han Qi close or were they close to Fu Bi? But Wang Ju heard a rumor that when Fu Bi was prime minister, he transferred Wang Su to Kaifeng Prefecture as the prefecture of Kaifeng.
This is a very interesting position. If you can be promoted, then after serving as the prefect of Kaifeng, you will immediately become the minister of the three corps. For example, if Kou Zhun and Lu Gongbi and others are not transferred for a long time, there will be no hope of becoming the minister.
Fu Bi went down to defend Daxiao, and Han Qi was the prime minister. Wang Su was not moved, so he felt unhappy and didn't even handle official duties. He was impeached by the imperial officials and was out of Xuzhou. He was transferred to Weizhou because of a police officer in the northwest. When the people of Weizhou heard that Wang Su was coming, they crossed the border to welcome Wang Su. Moreover, Wang Su was good at managing the army in Weizhou, and the soldiers were happy to listen to it. This was also the reason why Xixia did not plunder on Jingyuan Road. Wang Su himself also said a crazy sentence: "I am here, and the enemy will not dare to offend me!"
This is also a minister, whose abilities are far above Cheng Kan.
What about Ouyang Xiu is far inferior to Wang Sulai.
If this is the case, Wang Su should be closer to Fu Bi.
At least this little thing, Wang Su would give Cai Ting some face.
Wang Ju said again: "Besides, who is the signing of Weizhou?"
"Mr. Zhang." Zhuge and the other two were very happy. Who is Mr. Zhang? Zhang Zai, Wang Ju's teacher.
"It's really good news in this way. Although the freight costs increase, it's not food, but wine. Four or five kilograms of grain can be turned into one kilogram of wine, which is only one-fourth or fiveth of the cost of transporting grain. Besides, the wine and millet in Guanzhong are cheaper than in the border areas."
"Brother Zishen said that if the management is improved, the cost may not increase much, and it can even be kept equal."
"And, Zi'an no longer has to worry about food."
"Yes," Wang Ju said. After all, that is a big loophole, and it is easy to be caught by political enemies in the future.
"But that way, Manager Zhu, then you will be busy."
"Minister Wang, don't worry. As long as Magister Wang can achieve success, I will be happy no matter how busy I am." Zhu Qing said, and then asked again: "What should I do if there is no alcohol ban on the other side of the mountain?"
"You can't even ban private salt, so can you ban alcohol?" Wang Ju snorted coldly: "You can inquire about the information immediately. I'll go to Qingzhou City again. I'll deal with this matter when I come back."
Wang Ju rode his horse to Qingzhou again.
"Only sell foreign people?"
"Tao Gong only sells the French people. The actual target is the Tubo people." Although the Tubo people began to decline, just east of Chiling, to the Xihe area, there were 700,000 to 800,000 people with bans and Qiang people, with a population of no less than that of Xixia. This is also a very broad market.
"If that happens, not only will Wang Sugong be there, but also Li Shengong in Qinzhou, I can ask for it."
"That would be great."
"Wang Ju, I ask you, how many war horses did you hand in hand last year?"
"More than a thousand horses."
"This Sun Mian is damn."
“Why?”
"I checked it and only half of the war horses were assigned to the cavalry of each battalion, and the remaining war horses were gone."
"No matter how greedy you are, you can't be greedy for this horse. How much effort did I put into getting a horse last year?"
"The old man deserves his sins, and he returns with a lot of money and dies halfway."
"Half Sun died?"
"The court will not ask, God will be retribution." Cai Ting said angrily. There were several reasons for the excitement. As Wang Ju said, the special terrain has a small defense surface, which is conducive to the defense side. There are also many strong people who can also use it. It seems that Wang Ju has a developed intelligence network in his hand, which can obtain the trend of the Western Xia invasion in advance, so as to clear the walls and fields in advance. In addition, it is this cavalry.
Because of the insufficient number of horses, the cavalry's performance was hindered.
However, Wang Ju bought many war horses and seized a large number of war horses. In his opinion, although the cavalry of more than ten battalions of Huanqing Road cannot be said to have all the horses, at least most of them have horses. If these cavalry of more than ten battalions perform well, they will play a big role.
However, after he checked, he was so angry that he wanted to impeach, but he heard that Sun Mian died halfway. He couldn't cause trouble for a dead person.
Cai Ting said again: "Wang Ju, sit down and talk."
"Thank you Mr. Cai."
"Come on, have tea."
A maid made tea for them, and Cai Ting said, "Since you have this plan, let's discuss it. If you ask the Zhu and Li families to come forward, but the shop is so big, there must be insufficient staff, right?"
"If even Qinzhou is spread out, there will definitely be insufficient manpower."
"In this way, I will choose a few smart and capable clerks in Gyeongzhou and cooperate with a group of people. Can you accept it?"
The official fell, Wang Ju was stunned.
"You don't have to worry. If you talk about money and silk, I am in a high position and there is enough money. If you don't greedy for this money, will I still be greedy? I am not just for the sake of the Huanqing Road army to be stronger. In addition, I have nothing to ask for. I want to get more war horses from Tubo. Although time is very tight, it is better to have a horse in my hand than not. At least I want to equip all the more than ten battalions of cavalry so that everyone has horses."
"That's probably going to take a lot of horses."
"Well, the cavalry alone lacks more than a thousand war horses. The infantry battalion needs less than a big horse. Scouts and reconnaissance, generals command, and even if there are horses, even ten generals equipped with horses. They take the lead in charging into battle and their morale will be strong. If they calculate that, they will lack more horses. But I don't force it, and I will get as many horses as I can get."
"It seems that Mr. Cai also wants to play a big ticket."
"What's the biggest vote?"
"If you can fight back, you can fight back. If you can beat it, you'll be the best to beat it."
"Don't you want it? You think I want it even more."
Wang Ju laughed loudly and said after laughing: "If that's the case, it's better to train in the rear. Please ask Mr. Cai to continue to show weakness on Huanqing Road. The enemy is careless and there is an opportunity to take advantage of it."
"That's inevitable, but I wonder how much money is needed in Huachi County?"
"The more you have, the better. The lower officials also want to change armor and weapons to the soldiers and eliminate inferior armor as much as possible."
"In this way, if I send more people to help, can I withdraw some of the money..."
"This..." Wang Ju was embarrassed. The time was short. If Cai Ting came last year, then it would be possible to get Cai Ting's support and a lot of manpower and material resources. However, now it is only half a year before autumn. How much money can you make?
Cai Ting said again: "I still have some extra money in my hand, and I have also withdrawn 5,000 guan to invest in it. I will even ask Wang Su and Li Shen to send someone there to help."
"That's OK, but Mr. Cai, if he really does this, there will be people in the court who are gossiping."
"Remember, it has nothing to do with you, nor has it to do with me. This is a good deed by the Zhu family and the Li family."
Where is the 100,000 army? How can Cai Ting not be in a hurry?
But Wang Ju is about to be poured out. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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