Chapter 23 Rearmament
This is the winter of the third year of the Great Song Dynasty and the third year of Liao Tianqing. The Jurchen Wanyan was plunged into a brief period of grief because they had just lost a benevolent Dubo. However, they were all faintly excited, because they had a brave Dubo Fierce.
The Jurchens already have the heart to rebel against Liao and stand on their own, but at this time, the high-level leaders of the Liao State are still in a dream and do not know how to wake up. When Ah Xibao, the minister in charge of Jurchen-related affairs in the northern part of the Liao State, heard the news of Wu Yashu's death, he came to ask why he didn't report the funeral.
Before leaving, Ah Xibao heard a tall horse screaming in front of Wu Yashu's door, but it was Wu Yashu's favorite rider, and he looked very good! He looked at it for a moment before leaving.
Yang Yingqi watched coldly, and said in his heart: "Wu Ya tied up Ah Guda but didn't report it, this is not a 'Liao State Festival Envoy'. The Jurchen antipathy is already obvious, this Khitan envoy has a pig's head! I haven't heard the danger yet! Still beating the idea of the dead man's horse! ”
A few days later, Ah Xibao came again, but this time he came directly at Wu Yashu's mount, and he wanted to take it away when he saw that he liked it. Seeing that the Liao envoy who had always been used to being powerful and blessed was so rude, the eldest brother was still in mourning, and he was going to ask for the relics of the deceased, and the nameless fire burned three thousand zhang, and he was about to kill when he got up. Zongxiong and Zhe Yanchong hurriedly grabbed it and whispered advice.
Zong Han stepped forward to coax Ah Xibao to stop, and suddenly the horse screamed sadly, and both ears had been cut off by Zong Xiong. Ah Xibao was taken aback, only to see Zongxiong holding two bloody ears and said: "This horse is sick, so cut off its ears, the sick horse is ominous, it is better to keep it for the funeral of the late father." ”
Ah Xibao listened to it sullenly and went back.
In the old case, the Jurchen Wanyan Department elected its own leader, and then accepted the canonization of the Liao State and became the Jiedu envoy of the Liao State. But after the death of Wu Yashu this time, the appointment of Aguta was delayed, so the Jurchens became more centrifugal to the Liao State.
Zhi Yanchong and others held a meeting, and Yang Yingqi said: "Du Bo Jilie has the heart of rebellion and self-reliance, what do you think?" ”
Zhi Yan said: "We have an enmity with Liao, and we have a relationship with the Jurchens. If there is a war, you should be in the front. ”
Aru said: "Not bad! ”
Xiao Tienu and Ouyang Shi were the most war-loving, and they also echoed together.
Cao Guangbi said: "If you want to fight the Liao, I have no opinion." ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "But you have to be prepared." ”
Yang Yingqi said: "There are three preparations. The first is the training of personnel, which we have not slackened. The second is the gathering of grain, grass, materials and weapons, and the Jurchens sent troops to each ministry to prepare their own grain, grass and weapons, and it will take some time for us to be ready. The third is intelligence, in the past few months, me, my second brother and Mr. Di have trained ten people who can draw maps. I will find a way to place these people in various caravans to collect information about the lands of Liao. ”
Yang Yingqi knows some standardized knowledge of mapping, Cao Guangbi is good at reconnaissance, and Di Yu is quite familiar with the key points and terrain outlines in the northeast. Of the ten people they trained, five of them had already gone out with Zhao Guan's merchants, while the other five were still waiting for orders.
Zhao Guan actually saw some clues about Yang Yingqi's actions, but he also turned a blind eye and closed one eye. As for the future direction of Northeast China, these outstanding businessmen have a sense of smell that is a hundred times sharper than that of the Liao bureaucrats. In their opinion, in the near future, the Jurchens may become their new backstage.
The fourth year of the Great Song Dynasty and the fourth year of Liao Tianqing -- this year was destined to be an eventful year, but the first half of the year was surprisingly quiet. After inquiring about the itinerary of the Liao lord, Yang Yingqi couldn't help but sigh that he and Song Huizong were simply a natural pair: "Both of them are so artistic, and they are so unsuitable to be an emperor - especially the emperor when the mountain rain is coming!" ”
In March, the glazed house made a glaze of quite high purity, and the style of glazed products became more and more abundant, and Zhao also admitted that the glazed products of the Han Department could compete with the glazed products transported by the Persian ships. Yang Yingqi asked Zhao Guan to keep the origin of the Han Liuli secret, because he didn't want the bureaucrats of the Liao State to come and blackmail after hearing about it. Of course, Zhao Guan agreed-he couldn't wait to monopolize the marketing of the entire Han Dynasty!
After less than half a year of doing business with the Han Ministry, Zhao Guan's status in the Zhao family has risen sharply - from the original fourth-ranked steward to the most important one for Zhao Lumin. In return, Zhao Guan brought a large number of tea and books to Yang Yingqi through various means, Yang Yingqi was overjoyed, tea outside the Great Wall is expensive and cheap, with tea, he has a steady stream of cattle and horses!
In May of this year, Hanbu Village welcomed an "uninvited guest". The man called himself Liu Cong, and his brother Liu Jie was a well-known wealthy businessman in the Yanyun area and Zhao Lumin's biggest rival. It turned out that Zhao Guan did things secretively, but after all, he couldn't hide from his competitors. As soon as Yang Yingqi heard about Liu Cong's origin, he immediately knew what he was coming to do, and he was secretly happy in his heart.
Sure enough, Liu Cong had done kung fu before he came. He not only brought tea and books, but even invited five famous doctors from the Central Plains with a lot of money. Yang Yingqi had to admit that Liu Cong's move made him very excited-he couldn't even refuse! Hanbe needs a good doctor so much.
However, he still said to Liu Cong: "Although Zhao Lumin and I don't even have a verbal agreement, after all, we tacitly acquiesce that he exclusively sells our glass products." If you want a piece of the pie, you have to let him know anyway. Isn't it true that a person who does business pays attention to a letter? ”
As a result, Yang Yingqi had not sent anyone to inform the Zhao family, and Zhao Guan came the next day - it turned out that he had already heard the news when Liu Cong was on the way. When the two met, Liu Cong grinned and smiled, but Zhao Guan stared at him unfriendly!
Yang Yingqi played a round and said: "Don't do this. There is no end to the money in the world. Only when everyone is harmonious can they make money. ”
Zhao Guan had never been able to get Yang Yingqi's promise to let him operate Liuli exclusively - not even verbally, so he had long thought that Yang Yingqi was probably waiting for this day. Fortunately, Yang Yingqi did not do too much, he just suggested that the types of glazed products should be separated, and the two companies should each operate several kinds, so as to avoid vicious competition. Yang Yingqi opened a list and said: "This is the variety of glass we produce now, which ones do we want to operate, and the two of them will negotiate." In terms of share, the Zhao family came first, and they had an old relationship with our department, accounting for sixty and a half. The Liu family came later, but its intentions were very sincere, accounting for thirty and a half. In the future, I will hand over Liuli's business in Daliao to the two of you, as long as the two of you don't do anything to be sorry for the Han Department, I will definitely not let the third one get involved. ”
After seeing the list, Liu Cong felt that it was already a great gain to be able to win three and a half percent this time; And Zhao Guan, knowing that monopoly was no longer possible, saw that his own share was nearly twice as much as that of the Liu family, and also accepted Yang Yingqi's proposal. Then the two almost quarreled over the kind of things, until Yang Yingqi intervened to mediate.
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