Cai Boyu, who had calmed down, thought for a while about Zhao Zhen's words and said: "Official, we already know the crux of the problem, so can we avoid such a thing?" ”

"Avoid? I think this is a difficult thing to avoid, because people's greed is unlimited, land is wealth in the final analysis, and merchants have a lot of money in their hands to buy land, and they don't care about the way or method, they just blindly buy land.

You see, the original grain made money, but I made the factory even more profitable, and all the merchants basically gave up getting wealth from the land, and invested their brains in the factory business, because there was more wealth here.

But what about now? Once these bad years were encountered, the grain produced by the land began to be valuable again, and the merchants quickly set their sights on the land again, and even did not hesitate to trade with the Tangut people when the people of the Great Song Dynasty did not have enough to eat, which was dominated by human greed. ”

Cai Boyan looked at Zhao Zhen and said cautiously: "Official, is it because we are hoarding food because of ......?"

The corners of Zhao Zhen's mouth twitched, and he really wanted to imprint the soles of his feet on Cai Boyu's fat face, did this guy's brain twitch?

"I hoarded food for the needs of sending troops, in order to arouse the anger of the people, and to let the people of Western Xia see that my Great Song Dynasty was also short of food! The good thing you said is that I also plan to make a fortune in the country, but am I still short of money? ”

With Zhao Zhen's words, Cai Boyu's eyes lit up, it turned out that because of these, he began to worry that the official family planned to use this grain to make a fortune after seeing that the grain was continuously transported from the train into Beiping Mansion, and the grain price in Beiping Mansion had not decreased, but now it seems that this is not the case at all...... He was relieved, and he could go home and explain to Miao Yuan.

"Hasn't the official family been doing anything to Xixia all along, waiting for this opportunity? I heard that the sheep of Xixia also froze to death a lot, and suffered heavy losses, and I am afraid that the food is not enough for the people of Xixia to eat, I don't know if Xixia can survive this winter......"

Zhao Zhen looked to the west, showed a cold smile and said: "Of course I can't hold on, if I guess correctly, this time the cold is a catastrophe for the Western Xia, I don't supply food to the Western Xia, the Liao Dynasty is now taking care of itself, the Tubo people have always only cared about their own internal fighting, and the Western Xia has no hole cards and assistance this time!" What about those tribes? When to promise to move inward? ”

Cai Boyu looked at Zhao Zhen with admiration, and only nodded after seeing his hairiness and said: "Your Majesty, as expected by the officials, at the beginning, some of them still bet on both sides, but when they saw that there was no surplus grain in the Western Xia court, they quickly agreed to move inward and annex.

From Huanzhou, the nearest shrimp village of the Dingbian Army is the first to belong to the Fan Department, and the benefits are also the most, they are very happy and thorough, with all the people and cattle, sheep and horses all moved inward, because the road was opened early, it only took about three days to arrange the temporary residence on Qinfeng Road, and then it will be placed on Guangnan West Road! ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Very good, the more ahead, the more you have to choose a good place to settle, Guangnan West Road is located in the south, warm and humid, there are many fertile fields, when the time comes, you can focus on taking care of them, and divide enough fertile land for them to use." ”

Cai Boyu praised again and again: "Your Majesty Shengming, these people will definitely tell others if they get benefits, and other tribes will be faster." I don't know what kind of official position Your Majesty is rewarding this Yuanyuan? ”

This shrimp touch village is obviously the first person to eat crabs, so naturally he wants to give him a good position, Zhao Zhen thought about it and said: "Then give him the title of Guangnan West Road Guishun Envoy, ranking on the top three products!" To send is to arrange, to receive those party departments, he is the first and the most credited. ”

This position is not low, has a fairly high reputation, and there is nothing to send in the body, although it can only arrange the party and the Tibetan department, but it is a great errand for him, and then return to the Great Song Dynasty to move to the Tibetan department to his position, the official family is enough to give him face.

"Your Majesty! In this way, the people who touch the shrimp village will be convinced! ”

After Cai Boyu finished speaking, he asked cautiously: "Official, when will we start cleaning up Western Xia?" ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at him and Sancai, the eyes of these two people were shining with excitement, obviously this is not only the two of them thinking so, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty has this idea from the people to the officials, and then to the forbidden army, taking advantage of his illness to kill him is not to say, this opportunity in front of him is the best opportunity for the Great Song Dynasty.

Nodding slightly, Zhao Zhen said: "Don't worry about this matter, it's time to close the net, but my Great Song Dynasty's net collection must be foolproof, I forced Shang Jia to give up transporting grain to Western Xia before, and now I should find an excuse to tell the Western Xia envoy that our Great Song Dynasty's grain is not enough to eat!" ”

What was the state of Western Xia? No one knows better than Cai Boyu and Zhao Zhen that the current Western Xia is completely half-dead, and once the Great Song Dynasty completely cuts off the food supply to the Western Xia, it will be a huge disaster.

The Great Song Dynasty has always maintained a supply to Western Xia, but it has always been insufficient, it can be said that in places other than Xingqing Mansion, the grain of the Great Song Dynasty is not fully supplied at all, and those who have been bought will naturally get food, but they have begun to move to the Great Song Dynasty! That is to say, no matter how much grain they obtained, they had already left Western Xia, and not a single grain of grain would flow into Western Xia's hands.

Cai Boyu was full of excitement, he saw the emperor's means of turning the clouds and rain, everyone thought wrong, the official's wool plan was not to use goats to rob the grassland of the horses with the Tanguts, but to cut off the food of the Tangut people.

When a country puts such an important thing as food in the hands of others, isn't it left to the Great Song Dynasty?

Cai Boyu quickly expressed his worries: "Official, if the Liao people reflect it, what should happen if the soldiers press the border?" "This concern is not unreasonable, the Tangut people have not lived a hard life, they will use the simplest way to solve the problem, the sword in their hands, the horses under their hips......

Zhao Zhen coughed and said: "Seek his own affairs in his position, and do not seek his politics if he is not in his position!" You have never paid much attention to the things you have never paid much attention to and are not very good at when marching and fighting, you just need to help me take care of it, and not allow a grain of grain to flow into the realm of Western Xia! ”

Cai Boyu nodded again and again: "It's the minister's fault, the minister retires!" He didn't want to mix with him, he was the cheapest, and asked questions that shouldn't be asked, but he was really curious about how the Great Song Dynasty could prevent the attack of Western Xia.

Nowadays, the focus of the defense of the Great Song Dynasty is in Yanyun, especially Beiping Mansion and Datong Mansion, which can be described as an impregnable wall, but the defense against Western Xia is much worse.

Zhao Zhen naturally wouldn't tell Cai Boyu that what he saw was a superficial phenomenon, the two trump cards of the Great Song Dynasty, the Beiwei Army and the Firearms Battalion, had already gone to Yongxing Military Road and Qinfeng Road, and the city defenses of Yanzhou and Hongzhou had been renovated.

Yongxing Military Road, Qinfeng Road started with Yan'an Mansion and Weizhou, and all the areas north began to carry out the policy of clearing the wilderness, thanks to the prosperity accumulated by the Great Song Dynasty for so many years, even if the people moved south, the imperial court also had money to resettle, so that after Li Yuanhao's cavalry went south, all they got was a barren and a group of fortified cities.