131. The little fox is mighty
The battle is very boring, especially in the Lingnan Mountains, which are densely forested, and the complex terrain alone is a headache.
For this reason, Chen Qian sighed a lot.
As a result, after Feng Xuan saw it, he directly gave Chen Qian an idea: "Too many trees? Just cut it. ”
"Cutting down trees?" Chen Qian frowned after hearing this, "This is indeed a method, but it is inevitably too slow." What's more, we are here this time to quell the chaos, how can we have the energy to cut down so many trees? ”
Feng Xuan was not worried at all: "What is this?" Feng has already seen that many of the trees here are of good quality, very suitable for building houses and building furniture, if they are cut and sold, naturally there are many people who are willing to help us cut down trees. ”
"This ......" Chen Qian is not good at doing business at all, let alone studying wood. He looked suspiciously at the surrounding woods and asked uncertainly, "Can these trees really be sold?" But will anyone buy it? ”
"How could it not be? Feng has already repaired a letter and ordered someone to send it to the capital, as long as His Majesty sees it, the marshal will wait to count the silver. ”
Chen Qian's eyebrows were raised, and he suddenly understood what Feng Xuan meant.
They are now fighting in Lingnan, and if these trees are really sold, they will definitely benefit from them.
It's just that he couldn't figure it out: "If these trees can be sold for money, why don't the local people ......?"
Feng Xuan smiled slightly: "The natives here live by the forest, and they live by hunting on weekdays, and they reject outsiders, so naturally they will not cut down trees and sell them for silver." So he was guarding Baoshan but didn't know it, but lived a difficult life. ”
When Chen Qian heard this, he couldn't help but sigh deeply, and suddenly felt a little sympathy for the people here. It's just that as soon as he thought of his grandfather who had died in battle on this land, as well as those soldiers, the sympathy in his heart suddenly faded.
Now that the natives are in turmoil, he and the natives here are enemies, and it is not a good thing to sympathize with the enemy.
So he settled down and put the matter aside for the time being.
It was Feng Xuan, who glanced deeply in the direction of the capital, calculated the time, and felt that the letter should be about to arrive.
As he expected, Gao Zixin did receive a letter sent by Feng Xuan. It's just that just when he received the letter, he also heard a message-
A rumor suddenly appeared in the capital, saying that Gao Zixin sent troops to attack Lingnan in order to take the opportunity to kill the king of Lingnan.
As soon as this rumor appeared, it spread quickly under the deliberate spread of people with good intentions.
As soon as Jin Yiwei, who was in charge of intelligence, received the news, he immediately investigated it in the capital, and at the same time reported the matter to Gao Zixin as soon as possible.
As soon as Gao Zixin saw Jinyiwei's report, he sneered directly: "Gao Haichong, Gao Hairen!" If you want to use public opinion to deal with me, you are still too tender! ”
So, in the afternoon of the same day, all parts of the capital were posted on the emperor's list.
The content of the imperial list is quite simple, but the person in charge of writing the manuscript is a talent, first wrote that the Lingnan natives committed rebellion, the life and death of the king of Lingnan are unknown, and Gao Zixin sent troops to attack Lingnan just to save the king of Lingnan.
Then, he remembered with great sorrow the fact that General Chen Wei was killed by the local natives in the past when he conquered Lingnan. Finally, it was also specially written that a group of vicious bandits had recently been mixed into the capital, so that the people could be careful and beware, and if they encountered suspicious people, they could report to the official messenger secretly, and once it was verified, there would be a reward.
As soon as the imperial list was posted, the people immediately surrounded it curiously, and when someone read out the content of the imperial list, the people were immediately excited, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.
They don't care if Gao Zixin wants to kill the King of Lingnan, but there is a group of vicious bandits in the capital, which threatens their lives!
No one can not care!
So soon, the "nails" who secretly mixed into the capital quickly became street rats by sewing the orders of Gao Haichong and Gao Hairen. Those new faces were soon reported, and as soon as Jin Yiwei caught people, he also pulled out a lot of old nails that had taken root for a long time, which can be described as a happy event.
Gao Haichong and Gao Hairen want to make trouble for Gao Zixin, but what is the capital? The capital is Gao Zixin's territory, how can they succeed?
However, although many people have been arrested, Gao Zixin is still not at ease.
He thought for a moment that the best way to extinguish the rumors was to launch new ones.
So Gao Zixin waved his pen and simply decided to build a Tibetan museum. As for how to build it......
Gao Zixin directly asked the Ministry of Industry to engage in a public bidding, whether it was wood or bricks needed to build the Tibetan Museum, all of them were tendered from the private sector.
He gave an order, how dare the Ministry of Works not listen?
At first, the people in the Ministry of Industry were still a little worried, but after they opened the bidding according to Gao Zixin's requirements, the Ministry of Industry went up and down, plus the household department up and down, and they directly grinned to the root of their ears.
The construction of a Tibetan museum is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and may even be passed down through the ages. Who doesn't want to make a splash in it? Who wouldn't want to use their own bricks and timber?
Therefore, as soon as the public bidding was opened, everyone worked hard and desperately lowered the price, just to be selected.
Therefore, as soon as the bidding ended, as soon as the Ministry of Industry counted it, it was found that this bidding directly saved half of the budget! As soon as such news came out, how could Tobe be unhappy?
Not only that, Gao Zixin also asked someone from the Ministry of Industry to send a message to the selected timber merchant, suggesting that the other party could go to Lingnan to buy timber.
This time, Gao Zixin saved a lot of silver, and by the way, he also solved the trouble that there were too many trees in Lingnan and the mountains and forests were too dense.
So, when there was no war, Feng Xuan and others started to buy and sell timber.
Not all the local natives wanted to rebel against the imperial court, and there were always some who were timid and did not dare to follow the others to coax at all. At first, they were very worried that the imperial army would kill them together, but when they learned that they would be fine as long as they did not resist, they were immediately relieved.
As soon as the timber merchants arrived, and these people learned that they could sell silver by cutting down trees, some people were immediately tempted and followed the imperial army to start buying and selling timber.
As soon as the silver of Baihuahua arrived, these people didn't want to rebel against the imperial court.
When the natives in other places heard the news, their hearts gradually wavered.
Gao Haichong and Gao Hairen never expected that they finally joined forces and found such a big trouble for Gao Zixin, but the battle hasn't been fought yet, and people's hearts are about to be scattered!
Gao Hai, who was far away in Daning, was so angry that he vomited blood again, and Gao Hairen, who was secretly hiding, also began to panic in his heart, and kept sending people to encourage those native leaders, for fear that the other party would change his mind.
However, the matter is far from over.
The imperial army simply did not leave, and was directly stationed and started a timber business. And as the timber was kept coming away, and the natives had more and more silver, the other merchants came at once, like sharks that smelled blood, with grain, salt, cloth, and spices.
The local natives mainly rely on hunting to make a living, and the way of life in many places is still very primitive, so there is not only a shortage of food, but also a lack of salt, cloth and various spices.
As soon as the merchants came with their goods, the silver in the hands of the natives was soon exchanged for grain and cloth.
It's just that this time, some people gradually panicked.
If the tree is cut down, how will they live in the future?
Feng Xuan knew the news and immediately wrote another letter to Gao Zi Xinxiu.
So it didn't take long for Gao Zixin to send a team of people over and start a new round of flickering. The central idea is only one - if you want to get rich, build roads first!
Let's fix the road first, and then Your Majesty will help you make a fortune!
In order to increase the persuasiveness, these people also deliberately mentioned the multi-treasure building that is making money every day, especially focusing on mentioning that one of their relatives who used to be around is almost poor as pants, and no one wants them, but since they entered the multi-treasure building as a buddy, not only have they lived in a good house, but the matchmaker is about to step on the threshold!
The natives are fierce, but they don't have so many eyes, and they are soon brainwashed by the bright prospects mentioned by those people. So without saying a word, I started to build the road very simply!
In order to make a fortune in advance, these people work very hard, and they don't even have to pay their wages, as long as they are given food, and they can't wait to take turns working day and night.
Feng Xuan immediately ordered the spies to spread the news that these natives had made a fortune far away throughout Lingnan, and when Gao Haichong heard the news, he was so angry that he couldn't get out of bed.
Even Gao Hairen, who was much younger than him, was so angry that he beat his chest and sighed, he had been the king of Lingnan for so many years, and he actually guarded Baoshan without knowing it, so he didn't think about cutting down trees and selling them for money, but he was poor for so many years!
Even the leaders of the natives, who had gathered together and were ambitious enough to make a big move, began to shake in their hearts.
Originally, they relied on the dense forests of Lingnan Mountain, poisonous miasma and mosquitoes, and did not take the army of the imperial court in their eyes.
As a result, they all prepared their positions and laid traps all the way, but the army of the imperial court did not fight when they came, but took the local people to start a timber business, how did they fight?
Is it possible to fight yourself?
Joke, those troops cut down a forest when they went to a place, and they also instigated the local natives to help them cut down trees and build roads.
But if you don't fight, do you have to sit back and wait to be killed?
The leaders of the natives were very entangled, but on the other hand, those natives who had taken refuge in the imperial court counted the silver one by one and squinted their eyes.
They didn't care what the consequences of doing this would cause those rebellious natives, they only knew that after taking refuge in the imperial court, their lives would be much better!
I used to not have enough food for three days, but now I can fill my stomach at once. And those who are officials can say that their lives will be better in the future than now!
It's so good that they can't even dream of it!
Fools know what to choose!