"That Geng...... Can you be in the city?"

Wang Song's face was pale, and his voice unconsciously rose a few degrees.

"Wanyan Shouzhong just went to Taiyuan City last month, and I heard that there is a military order in his body."

Young Yunding shook his head and replied, "If he is still here, I don't know how many heads he will have to cut off!"

Yang Zaixing whispered hatefully on the side: "This guy is really lucky!" If he is here, the villain will definitely cut off his head for the prime minister!"

Wang Song nodded. This Geng Shouzhong went to Taiyuan, I am afraid it is related to the southward invasion of the Song Dynasty. It seems that I have to plan for a rainy day.

"Big official, the current leader of the army in Jiezhou City is called Zhang Huai, although he is ruthless to the officials and soldiers, he doesn't bully us ordinary people. Even if you meet people who don't have braids, it's not so embarrassing!"

Zhang Er picked up the conversation on the side and continued: "I heard that his original Shangguan Niu Qing turned out to be a general of the Yisheng Army in Jiangzhou, and was killed by officials of the imperial court, so Zhang Huaicai had to vote for the Jurchens."

Wang Song was dumbfounded, these scholars and doctors really have enough brains. Not to mention the use of literature to suppress martial arts, they also like to point fingers in wars, and laymen guide insiders, what an outrageous thing, these people can do it.

In the eyes of these scholars, there were only the interests of the Great Song Dynasty, not the interests of the country and the nation. Because the interests of the Great Song Dynasty are related to the interests of their own groups.

In history, Yue Fei's unjust case was not that Yue Fei supported too many troops, which undermined the basic national policy of the emperor and scholars to rule the world together and suppress military force with literature.

It is Sima Guang, Kou Zhun, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, Su Dongpo, and then Qin Hui and others at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, which one is not a big landlord with thousands of acres of fertile land!

Fan Zhongyan Qingli New Deal, several of which are: restricting the grace system; prudent hiring of officials; The strict implementation of the imperial examination system was declared a failure in less than a year due to the obstruction and opposition of vested interest groups such as scholars, doctors, big businessmen, and large landowners.

Wang Anshi's reform of the law, the basic one is to crack down on land annexation, so it was jointly attacked by the big landlords headed by Sima Guang, Su Shi and other scholars, not only failed in the reform, but also was infamous through the ages.

"Cynicism", in an instant, these two words popped up in Wang Song's mind.

"Guest, what Second Brother Zhang said is indeed true!"

Another man said: "The Jurchens went south, and the righteous victorious troops in Hedong, such as Li Siben and Geng Shouzhong, took refuge in the Jurchens. Jiangzhou sentenced Xu Changyan to be afraid that Niu Qing would defect to the Jurchens, so he sent troops late at night. Niu Qing was drunk and killed, and all the 4,000 righteous victories under his command were killed, and none was left. The situation at that time was terrible, it was a river of blood!"

Zhang Er nodded and said: "The imperial court killed Niu Qing, and other states and counties also began to kill the righteous victory army, and sometimes even the people were killed. The Fanren fled one after another, and the Yisheng army also turned to the Jurchens. It can be said that this Xu Changyan killed Niu Qing and these people, and it didn't work any bullshit, but forced many people to rebel!"

Wang Lun shook his head and sighed: "No wonder Han'er wants to rebel!" People like Xu Changyan, Bianliang City, including the entire Great Song Dynasty, abound, it is really not enough to succeed, and there are more than failures! ”

Zhang Er looked at these people puzzled, it seems that these salt sellers are also "in Cao Ying's heart in Han", and there are still some Han people's conscience.

"Xianggong, you are a senior official, so you naturally know that this march to fight and appease the refugees is, in the final analysis, the word "money". ”

Seeing that Zhang Er and the others had already walked to the back and beckoned his accomplices to hurry up, Wang Lun whispered in Wang Song's ear:

"The sergeants need silver to support their families, the people need food, and the barracks and tuntian fields need cattle, seeds, farm tools, and other things. In this way, this Xie Zhou has to plan carefully. ”

Hearing Wang Lun's whisper, Wang Song nodded and said: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the soldiers are used to fight, and the adequacy of logistics supplies is related to the success or failure of the war." In the east of the river, the land is barren and thousands of miles of red land, so it is necessary to restore the people's livelihood, recruit displaced people, reclaim the land, increase the income of the army, replenish grain and grass, and the people also have food to eat, which also reduces the burden on the imperial court. ”

"After Jiezhou is taken, you will take up the matter of camping fields and salt relief! This is the foundation of whether our loyal army can grow stronger!"

Wang Song said solemnly.

In the Song Dynasty, people were hired to cultivate the barren fields of the government, which was called camping fields; The use of soldiers to cultivate the barren land of the government is called tuntian.

"Now that it is the autumn ploughing season, you have to try to recruit the people, buy cattle, seeds, farm tools and other things from the south of the Yellow River, cultivate the camps, in short, let the people have enough to eat, and there is still a surplus."

Wang Lun nodded and said in a low voice: "The Jurchens went south, and most of the people were killed. As Xia Guan saw all the way, the corpses of the people were everywhere, and no one cleaned them up. The fertile land is barren, the walls are ruined, and Liao is uninhabited. The Jurchens burned, killed and looted, and the people were in pain and miserable! Whether it is the travel of the army or the livelihood of the people, a large amount of money and food are needed as support. Don't worry, this matter of salt relief and camp farming will be handed over to the lower officials!"

Now he didn't have to worry about the silver, because all his subordinates were included in the ranks of the forbidden army of the imperial court, and the imperial court issued salaries and grain and grass.

But he came down to recruit troops, and the silver taels he needed went to sea, so he couldn't help but have a headache.

If the salt solution can be fully recovered, the annual output will be at least seventy or eighty million catties, and the minimum amount of money will be more than one million, which is enough for him to raise an army of 100,000.

If the fields are successful, the grain can be guaranteed, and the great cause of resisting gold will be guaranteed to some extent.

Since the Tang Dynasty, salt relief has been the lifeblood of the country. In the Song Dynasty, 2~3% of the national finances were needed to solve the salt. In particular, the military quarters of the northwest frontier defense must rely on the benefits of salt relief. To this end, the Song Dynasty also set up a special Shaanxi Road Salt Relief and Disposal Division to deal with salt relief. It's just that now that the Jurchens are raging, Song Ting has already been unable to take care of it.

"When the army goes north, this official will leave you a group of men and horses, which will be dispatched under your command, and by the way, protect your safety."

Hearing Wang Song's words, Wang Lun's heart was hot, and he bowed solemnly and said, "Thank you for your love!"

Everyone walked for more than an hour, and the salt flats of Dongchi immediately came into view.

When everyone passed through the East Pond, they saw that the radius was more than 100 miles, and it was white. On the salt flats by the east pond, densely packed, countless ragged salts are pouring salt on the beach, and the prepared salt is piled up on the salt field, and then it will be bagged and stacked and sent to various places.

However, it can also be clearly seen that many of the fields along the beach are in a mess, and the waste is broken everywhere, and there is no salt, which is a pity.

Seeing that Wang Song looked carefully, Zhang Er introduced: "Daguan, this anti-salt was originally made into salt by exposure to the sun, and it has a bitter taste, which is also known as bitter salt. Later, the people discovered a new method, that is, the method of reclamation and watering. The salters reclaim the land for the furrow, pour the brine into the furrow, and use the wind and sun to dry it into salt, and the salt is white like alum. Although it is not as good as the green salt produced in Yanzhou and Xiazhou in Western Xia, it is also bitter and the difference is not much. ”

Wang Lun looked at the salters who were sweating and working hard, and sighed: "How difficult the people's livelihood is, the people work hard just to eat!" Compared to it, I am very lucky, very lucky!"

Wang Song nodded, full of hot and rustic air, his back burned in the sky, and he didn't know the heat when he tried his best, but he regretted that the summer was long. A grain of salt, a drop of sweat. Liu Zongyuan's hometown can also make such good salt, and it also affects the national politics of the Great Song Dynasty so much.

"You asked the brothers to wait by the salt flats now, and you went to Jiezhou City with us, met with General Zhang, handed over the silver, and took the salt stickers from the government. Let's have a meal in the city, and then we can come out and fill the salt. ”

Wang Song nodded, Wang Lun took out a bag of money, handed it to him and said, "This is half of the fixed money, you count it, give it to the brothers first, and you will have a large share later!"

Zhang Er was overjoyed, arranged for the brothers to divide the money, and waited in the salt flat, while he took Wang Song and others to Jiezhou City.

Running back and forth like this, it will definitely not be transported to the river during the day, at least until night. All told, the brothers' wages for two days were properly paid.

Where did Wang Song think of the little Jiujiu in Zhang Er's heart. At this time, he admired the foot strength of the ancients.

From the Shushui River to this Jiezhou City, there are forty or fifty miles of road, all relying on the footboard, and it takes two or three hours, that is, more than half a day in the later generations. These people are leisurely, and even Wang Lun doesn't feel tired.

Thinking of the forbidden troops in the city of Tokyo, they had to hire people to eat old food and bedding when they took some dry food and carried bedding, and complained so much that they abandoned the pass and fled. I don't know where they got their sense of superiority and dared to insult the Han of the Yisheng Army.

It is no wonder that the righteous victorious army wants to rebel, being pressed on the head all day long by people who are worse than themselves, and no one will feel good about it.

There are also those scholars and doctors, all of whom are powerless, have no military knowledge, but are jealous of the virtuous and capable, but they command thousands of troops and horses, isn't it ridiculous!

Wang Song stopped in front of one house after another, these are the warehouses where the salt is stored, and through the open door, you can see that inside the warehouse, there are all stacked sacks of salt, I don't know how many.

When I came to a bunch of salt packets, I grabbed a handful of white salt, looked at it carefully, and it was crystal white, with almost no impurities, which was really a good antidote to salt.

Thinking that Wang Song and the others were special merchants who came to buy salt, the sergeant on patrol did not come forward to inquire. These antidotes are silver in the eyes of the merchants, but they are not farts in their eyes, and they are all white flowers.

"Brother Wang Lun, what do you say is this white flower?"

"Xianggong, isn't this just the silver of white flowers."

Wang Song and Wang Lun laughed, and Zhang Er next to him just scratched his head, puzzled.

For Wang Song, the restoration of salt, the salt profit is huge, and the salary and rewards in the army can be settled, relying on the appropriation of the imperial court alone, it is just a drop in the bucket.

Everyone walked for about an hour, and finally saw the north gate of Xizhou from a distance, the city gate was bustling, and many people were waiting in line to enter the city.

It was still about a mile away from the city gate, but Wang Song and the others stopped, sat down at the tea stall next to it, and began to drink tea slowly.

Zhang Er saw that the salt seller's house was not busy, so of course he was happy to be idle. Under the greeting of Wang Song and others, they also drank tea together.

Of the hundreds of men beside Wang Song and others, only a few followed Wang Song, and the others went to the door as usual.