"Mr. Zhang did not agree," Han Yun said disappointedly.?

When he was young, Wang Ju visited Zhang Fangping and implicitly said that a small impotence would cause chaos. He hoped that Zhang Fangping could use his talents to play a supporting role in Xining's reform in the future. In the end, Wang Ju was disappointed. However, it may be because of Wang Ju's admiration for Zhang Fangping during this visit. Later, Wang Ju's actions made Zhang Fangping dislike him, but he did not make harsh criticisms.

Therefore, the two have little conflict.

Like this time, Zhang Fangping came to the door, not accusing him, but also with kind reminders.

It cannot be said that Zhang Fangping is wrong. If he really enforced the Qi Shang Tax rudely, the end would be very miserable. After all, the current Song Dynasty is different from the Qin State during Shang Yang's reforms.

Zhang Fangping retired for a long time and was able to withstand the loneliness of Songzhou?

However, Zhang Fangping finally refused.

"He did not reject me, but did not like these important officials in the court, because he was an old school, and most important officials in the court were new parties. But if he had to continue to hold on to this kind of party-black idea, no matter how talented this person is, he would not be able to reuse it."

Besides, Zhang Fangping is old, not Zhang Fangping during the reign of Emperor Renzong.

When people get older, their wisdom and reading are deeper. However, some people are content with enjoyment and shamelessness, while others are content with success.

Zhang Fangping is not content with enjoyment, but he is also content with the kind of conservative success.

So there is no need to win over.

The income on the other side is divided into seven categories.

The first category is various spices and jade, which are the earliest main income on the other side. However, now it has become mainly spices with short planting time and fast harvesting, such as pepper and pepper. As for coral tortoiseshell and sandalwood trees that grow slowly, they are all protected. This type of income is declining.

The second type is "arms". The food is now divided into several pieces and fights each other endlessly. It is the best time to sell arms. If the Crusaders continue to fight in the future, they may be able to sell these arms to Europeans. This income will increase rapidly, and may even be sold to the Indian countries, Japan and Goryeo in the future.

The third category is reselling. The porcelain, silk, tea and paper from the Song Dynasty were resold to the cannibals, Japan and Goryeo.

The fourth category is various candied fruits and cane sugar. Candied fruits are mainly sold to the Song Dynasty, while cane sugar is mostly sold to Japan and Goryeo. Especially now, Japan is very rich, with only various types of wood and silver, which is equivalent to a trade of 60,000 yuan. Therefore, some luxury goods can also be sold in large quantities to Japan. However, what Hu Wangji expected was that cane sugar was sold well in Dashi, and some may have been resold to Europe.

The fifth category is various minerals, including carbohydrate, copper and iron. The main trading target was the Song Dynasty. However, except for carbohydrate, the sales of various metal minerals were gradually shrinking, and there was nothing else. The population on the other side increased, so it was also needed. Or some of them were processed into vessels.

The sixth category is various animal husbandry and fishery products, various pickled beef, mutton, sea fish, and various leather products and wool products. This category is rising, especially cattle, because it has many excellent pastures and its reproduction is relatively fast. Now the other side can export more than 100,000 heads a year, and more than 90% are sold to the Song Dynasty.

The seventh category is various utensils and products, such as perfume, positive air paste, pendulum clock, and other utensils, such as pressure cookers, not pressure cookers. The principles are similar, but the workmanship is a little rougher.

So Wang Ju said that the other side is currently very dependent on the Song Dynasty.

If the Song Dynasty's economy collapsed, it would have a serious impact on the other side.

The pot on the stove is this kind of pressure cooker. It was impossible for the scene in the Water Margin in the Song Dynasty. When Wu Song passed Jingyanggang, he could order beef in a small winery, so much beef came. But because of the appearance of the other side, beef can be officially popular among the people. However, the amount of beef is still very small. If you want to meet the needs of the people, unless the other side can provide 400,000 beef cattle a year, you don’t know which year it will be.

Moreover, this beef may be marinated thoroughly, it is very fragrant and chewy, but if there is no pressure cooker made from the other side, then cook it slowly.

Now the beef in the pot has smelled like a burst of fragrance. Qiong Niang took it off the coal stove and let it cool. She took out another pot and put it in hot water, ginger, seasonings, and poured the beef and soup into the pot. However, remember that the ginger must be large enough, and no salt can be added, otherwise it will be salty.

It's really salty.

After a while, the fragrance came out.

"Brother, please use it." Wang Ju said.

The two of them had just talked about it for a long time, mainly talking about the situation in the south.

In fact, Wang Ju's biggest helper was not Zhang Dun, but Zhang Yu. The biggest problem of the Song Dynasty was not internal conflicts, but in fact, it was the north. Two powerful enemies were approaching, and the court had to feed a large number of various types of troops, so it would have to generate at least six or seven thousand qians of expenditure every year. If there was a large-scale war, the expenditure would be even more amazing.

The nomadic peoples in the north cannot solve it unless they truly enter the era of hot weapons. However, the problem is that the Song Dynasty not only had strong enemies from the north, but also strong enemies from the northwest. If Xixia is taken down, it is not necessary to mention the embarrassment of the people on Shaanxi Road. The pressure of the entire Song Dynasty will be immediately alleviated, whether in terms of military or financial terms.

As for Huangzhou, let’s get to the bottom of it.

Moreover, the Western Xia was not really impossible to solve. Without mentioning the current situation, the Song Dynasty in history not only captured the entire Hehuang, but extended its power to the Western Regions. If the Jin people had not gone south, the Western Xia would have never existed for fifty years. In fact, at that time, the entire Hengshan Mountain, Tiandu Mountain, Huizhou and Quwu Mountain were all occupied by the Song Dynasty. These sinister ones were occupied by the Song Dynasty together, what else could the Western Xia play? However, the Jin people came.

Think about it, how many detours the Song Dynasty took in another time and space, and could still achieve such achievements.＝(?

Of course, the Western Xia was not so easy to destroy. Moreover, the Liao Kingdom is now a lean camel bigger than a horse, and even Wang Ju couldn't figure out whether the Liao Kingdom would send troops to help.

If you want to take over Xixia safely, Wang Ju must rely on Zhang Yu.

And it is really good now. It is easy to get a thousand troops, but it is hard to find a general. Under Wang Ju's intentional arrangement, Zhang Feng's military talents have been well tempered, and at least they can reach his peak level in history.

The two continued chatting while eating wine and meat.

Because next, Wang Ju will hand over an important task to Zhang Yu.

"Brother Zhifu, after you go to Weizhou, you must use the fastest time to familiarize yourself with the enemy and terrain on the front line of Jingyuan Road. Understand the situation of the soldiers of the three armed forces of Jingyuan Road. If you like that general, you can ask me. I will transfer them to Jingyuan Road next year. Or all the generals and soldiers are cowards, even if they cannot train well, you can ask me. I will immediately use other generals and soldiers to rotate them."

"Zi'an, with the strength of Jingyuan Road, I'm afraid I can't avenge the court."

"Brother Zhifu, you are wrong. It is not to let you lead the Jingyuan Road army deep into the enemy territory, but to a large-scale shallow attack."

"Oh, let's hear it."

The two were in Wang Ju's study room, and the stove was also placed in the study room. Wang Ju took out a map from the bookshelf next to him, pointed to a place and said, "Build the city here."

Zhang Feng looked at it and said, "If the city is built here, the people of Xixia must have gone crazy."

"That's. Otherwise, how could a large-scale shallow attack come from?"

"But it is still very difficult. Although it is not very far from the front line, it is surrounded by enemy territory. And now the morale of all the soldiers in Shaanxi is safe, so you must not ignore it."

It’s not that Zhang Shi was afraid, but the truth.

"Brother Hui, you have neglected one thing, that is, the people of Xixia got a lot of armor."

Among the several expeditionary forces, Li Xian's army suffered the least losses, while in terms of military achievements, Zhong Yan's Northern Second Route Army and Liu Changzuo's Southwest Route Army were the most outstanding. If it weren't for the large-scale injury of these three troops to the Xixia army, after the defeat of Yongle City, the Shaanxi Road in the Song Dynasty would have been miserable.

However, the entire Battle of Xia was hot and confused. When winter came, they were confused. Zhong Yan's two armies, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, collapsed, so the Xixia people obtained a large amount of armor. However, this army was better, especially the strongest main army, Gao Zunyu's central army, who were drowned in the cold water of the Yellow River. Therefore, the large number of excellent armors prepared by the military weapon supervisor in the early stage were mostly obtained by the Xixia people.

Xixia also has excellent armor. Xixia crossbow, cold forged armor, and Xia Guojian, but due to financial and technical limitations, the output has not been very high.

It was precisely because of the obtained armor that the advantages of the armor of Song Jun were wiped out at once.

In particular, many divine arm bows were also obtained by the people of Xixia. Fortunately, under the guidance of Wang Ju, the arrow manufacturing technology was higher. It was not that Xixia could not imitate it, but that it was more difficult to imitate it.

Zhang Qi smiled bitterly.

"But it's okay. This time I brought you a good thing from the other side," Wang Ju originally wanted to say that the times have changed, but he did not say that although the cannons can exert power, they still have many limitations. In other words, muskets are either in the distance or out. It is estimated that most of them are the level of muskets in the late Ming Dynasty and cannot completely replace cold weapons.

Although under his guidance, the Bifang has a relatively fast research degree, sulfuric acid and nitric acid are produced in the laboratory, and the original electricity is also known, but it is just a product of the laboratory and is still very far away from promotion.

"It's not only this thing, but the Bifang has made improvements to various smelting and casting technologies in recent years, which has further reduced the production cost of the arbor. I'll take you to take a look tomorrow."

"Oh." Zhang Feng's eyes lit up, and Wang Ju said good things, that must be good things.

He was mainly in the south and hurried into Beijing, so he did not hear any relevant news.

"In addition, in addition to familiarizing yourself with the local terrain and soldiers of the three armies, you can use the next year to recruit more border troops and train them to combat effectiveness."

"Zi'an, this is difficult."

Think about it, how many Ding Zhuang were killed by the Xixia people on the entire Shaanxi Road, especially in the marginal areas. If you want to recruit new border troops, you can't recruit them from Guanzhong, you can only recruit them from the marginal areas.

Zhang Shi's cautious attitude made Wang Ju very satisfied.

Don’t think that you will be proud and complacent after winning a few battles. In that case, dealing with the powerful Xixia will only lead to another crushing defeat.

But by the way, Zhang Feng and Wang Ju use their troops similarly, and they are both good at careful planning, not the kind of military use of Li Jing and Wang Shao.

"Brother, this is true, not only that, especially the families of these martyrs, which made the three armies even more frustrated. Therefore, I moved people from Shaanxi Road. Some people in the court once opposed it. In fact, the cost of moving people from Shaanxi Road is even higher."

So many people have to be responsible for their food and drink all the way, and not counting. They also have to hire ships from the Wuzhang River or the Bian River to transport them to places close to Shandong, then get off the ship, and lead them step by step toward Mizhou. Moreover, they are not ordinary immigrants, most of them are family members of martyrs, and they must be treated well along the way.

Then, after the other side had settled them, they immediately asked someone to write letters for them and bring their hometowns. Although the post office was established and the letters of ordinary people were convenient for ordinary people to communicate, the post office was really bad and the charges were extremely expensive. For example, from Mizhou Huiyi to Shaanxi Road, the charges were at least two or three hundred cents. Even if the transportation cost was high now, it could not be as high as this.

Therefore, the prices set by Wang Anshi and Zhang Dun made Wang Ju speechless.

However, with correspondence, although the fees are more expensive, it is indeed convenient for the people, and the lives of postmen at various post stations have been improved. At the same time, the court has successfully placed many veterans or disabled soldiers.

However, the problem arises. If the relatives of immigrants from Shaanxi Road know the safety of their relatives, they have to have a letter every one or two years. This fee alone is not a small number. If life on the other side is stable, they may have to send money, which will cost a lot of money.

Of course, although a lot of money was spent, as the money and letters were exchanged, the people of Shaanxi Province became stable. At least in their hearts, they might not be able to imagine what the other side is. They also thought it was the territory of the Song Dynasty and the court had settled it properly, so what else could they say?

But because it is too far away, it will at least be rioted until next year or even the next year, so Wang Ju asked Zhang to take action again. If you think it is too early, that would not work. People's hearts are not stable. How can you use troops on a large scale?

Wang Jujiang briefly explained the situation and said: "Shaanxi Road is still turbulent this year. Fortunately, Xixia took the initiative to send envoys to discuss peacekeeping. Although the people of Xixia are very credible, at least they will not invade on a large scale next year. Then the commotion and embarrassment on Shaanxi Road will be improved next year. At the same time, since I returned to the capital, I have transferred a large amount of grain to Shaanxi Road, which is also conducive to the stability of Shaanxi Road people. Brother Zhifu, do you understand?"

"I understand, Zi'an, you have gradually created many good conditions."

"It can't be said that it's good. I can only say that Shaanxi Road gradually stabilizes and is unstable, so you can't come to the Grand Battle. Therefore, you don't have to worry about food, grass, and armor. Moreover, Mr. Cai (Cai Ting) has laid a good foundation on Jingyuan Road. Yu Zhenrong Army and other places have reclaimed a large amount of military farmland. You can use these military farmlands to place all the archers into border troops."

The establishment of a formal Poche Army also means that the imperial court has to pay them formal salaries every year. At least like the Poche Army in Zheng Baiqu, they have to pay more than a dozen chunks of military salaries and other small subsidies every year. If they are generals, their salaries will be even greater.

Therefore, Wang Ju said again: "You don't have to worry about these compensations. I can get as much salary as I can recruit from the treasury. At the same time, I may also withdraw an additional five million trump cards next year for your dispatch, or for rewarding soldiers for training and preparation, or for the cultivation of military farms, purchasing livestock, increasing the income of border troops, or for buying intelligence and building forts."

But there is one thing: you cannot stuff everyone into the recruits. It’s just Zhang Shi, so there is no need for Wang Ju to remind you.

"And the head of Xihe Road is Miao Su, so there is no problem with him. As for the head of Huanqing Road on the side of Jingyuan Road, it doesn't matter. Although he is a civil official, it doesn't matter. He cannot be called a famous general in military terms, but his military talent is no less than Guo Kui. What I worry about is that he is arrogant. You have to look at the situation after going to Weizhou. If he cannot cooperate with you and communicate with each other, then I will replace him and Liu Changzuo in the Secretariat."

That is to say, Zhao Feng was transferred to Yanzhou and Liu Changzuo to Qingzhou. Then Zhang Feng would be transferred to Miao Su on the left and Liu Changzuo on the right, and these two tiger generals and Zhang Feng would undoubtedly add another chance of victory.

It cannot be said that Wang Ju has made good efforts. The outcome of this battle the following year can even determine whether Wang Ju can really annihilate the Western Xia after going to Shaanxi. Therefore, Wang Ju worked hard to create various favorable conditions for Zhang Ju.

The cautious expression on Zhang Qi's face gradually faded. After drinking a glass of wine, he asked, "Zi'an, I'll be sure of this, but if this is the case, it will cost a lot of money." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!