31 Although Zhou Dao felt slim, he still wanted to go to the county to ask. hasn't gone yet, Bai Ye is here.

Zhou Dao told Bai Ye about this, and Bai Ye asked, "Can you get so much cash now?" Zhou Dao thought for a while, "Originally, there was some savings in rice milling, but in the winter, two new water mills will be built, and there are some things that cost money, and some money is not available." Zhou Dao thought to himself, "There are your people in this account, you don't know if you have money or not?" "Well, the new water mill can't be delayed, and it will have to be another year. I'm betting that he won't be able to fight here, what should we do, we just can't delay making money. Hehe" Bai Ye laughed, "In this way, the collected grain money will come from me, so I will do it." ”

"No, no, how can this money let you out." Zhou Dao hurriedly waved his hand. "Since it's everyone's business, what yours and mine, you're not happy." Bai Ye pretended to be unhappy. "Bai Ye, that's not what you said, even if it is a partnership to do business, there is a fixed number, the public is public and private is private, and there is no reason for you to pay for it privately." Zhou Dao paused slightly, "Besides, I haven't finished talking just now, although the money for the mill is not enough, but I still have a chicken coop, and the chickens have begun to be slaughtered." If there is not enough money in the account, we still make up for it according to the three or seven openings. Even if this mill house is big for the New Year, I'm afraid it won't be red, what do you think, Bai Ye? Bai Ye listened with a smile, pointed at him with his hand and said, "You kid, you still have a hand here." After saying that, he smiled and said, "Well, the money is not in a hurry in advance, I'll go and inquire, who the hell is given this number, you don't care about this matter, the one who requisitions the grain dares to eat on Lao Tzu's head, when I am in vain?" His face was a little gloomy, "I told you before, I'll do the mess outside." With that, he left.

Two days later, Zhou Dao still went to the county seat to find Mr. Xu. He carried two more boxes of snacks into Xu Wei's house. "Alas, it's good to come, we don't talk about those false courtesies, we have something to say." "I'm a little embarrassed to cause some trouble to my husband." Zhou Dao laughed with him, and Xu Wei shook his hand generously. Zhou Dao told him about the grain requisition, and Xu Wei twisted his long beard and meditated, "Your identity has not yet been registered, and the time for the first three years has not yet arrived." Although you have to pay food and serve in the local area if you live in the law for more than a year, the rule is that the dead are alive, and this article is generally not implemented, not to mention that this side is the West Fourth Road, located in a war-torn place, and even the five soldiers prohibited by the court: The court prohibits it endlessly, not to mention your ambiguous identity? ＂

Zhou Dao had heard that the so-called "five soldiers" were: bows, arrows, knives, short spears, and shields. Xu Wei groaned slightly, and then continued: "Besides, you have five mills, how can you be qualified to be the first class of large grain households in this county?" Not to mention other livelihoods, they often have hundreds or thousands of acres of fertile land, not mountains and forests, but fertile land. You've been groomed, there's no doubt about it. As for who hacked you, you have to think for yourself. "Holy shit, I'll just say there's weirdness in this." Zhou Dao hated itchy, but when he thought about it, someone had paid a hundred yuan to buy his head, so there was nothing strange. "It seems that I still have to ask Bai Shoucheng, he knows who wants to buy my head." Zhou Dao said. "Well, since Bai Shoucheng said that he has a way to requisition grain, why don't you take a look and talk about it? Seeing that the New Year is coming to an end, this batch of grain will be requisitioned, and it will have to pass the New Year, and there is no defense against it. ＂

Zhou Dao nodded after hearing this, and asked Xu Wei about his views on the war.

"The battle ahead is unknown, but I don't think there's anything to worry about. First of all, Yu Shuai sat in the battle, he and the Mongols were old in the war, although this point cannot be said to be perfect, but it is still relatively reassuring. Secondly, this time the Mongols attacked, and a few months before and after, my Great Song Dynasty can be said to have made sufficient preparations. He came deliberately to attack, and I was prepared and defended, and I was evenly matched. No, it should be said that we have a geographical advantage. These roads under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Zhifu are all mountains, the mountains are high and the roads are steep, and the dangers are heavy, and the layer-by-layer defense is natural, even if it is defeated in two battles, it will not form an irreparable breakthrough. Finally, and I think the most important point is that the Mongol army did not come directly for our Great Song Dynasty, if Mongolia attacked the Song Dynasty, why should it be close and seek far, his route to attack the Song Dynasty was to cross the river and attack by water, except for the central and eastern roads in the north, which had to cross the river and attack by water, and the land route was only connected to the west. The north of the West Road is Lizhou Two Road, the west of the West Road is Chengdu Fu Road, and the south of the West Road is Tongchuan Fu Road. That is, the three sides of the west road are lofty mountains and mountains, and what is the significance of his Mongolia not attacking the Song Dynasty from the north, but detouring to the south and then attacking the Song Dynasty? Isn't it that the Song army will not fight on Chengdu Fu Road and Tongchuan Fu Road? Moreover, with such a long-distance lone army going deep, it is almost impossible to supply in the rear, once he can't break through the Song army and form a stalemate, then he will definitely die. I think the court also planned to do so, wanting to drag him and drag him to death. ＂

Xu Wei took a sip of tea and said, "It's just that the Mongols don't know the possible consequences of attacking the Song Dynasty from the south by detouring?" No way, they have only one goal now, Dali Kingdom. Although the Duan family of Dali has a hundred years of foundation, but at present, the monarch is weak and the minister is strong, the lord Duan Xingzhi ascended the throne for a few years, Prime Minister Gao Taixiang should be the word of the minister, and the Gao family has self-respect, and the tribes of Dali are self-contained, that is, this is a good time to break Dali, but the mountain is high and the road is dangerous, and the outcome is unpredictable. What Mongolia wants is to conquer Dali, and there is such a place in the south that can be self-sufficient and replenished, and at the same time lengthen our defense line and form a north-south attack on the Great Song Dynasty. Mongolia attacked Dali, if the Great Song Dynasty watched from the wall, in vain trying to compete with the fishermen for profit, it would be dangerous! Xu Wei finished speaking in one breath, as if he was not explaining the current situation to Zhou Dao, but expressing his chest directly and relieving the sullenness in his heart. After listening to this, Zhou Dao opened his mouth slightly, and then got up and said to Xu Wei, "Incisive, taught." Xu Wei did not avoid it, and generously accepted this challenge.

"If that's the case, wouldn't Da Song be dangerous?" Zhou Dao asked. "It's always dangerous. But this time it shouldn't be, it's not like a decisive battle, and it's hard to say in the long run. He sighed and shook his head, as if to shake off those losses, "The Mongols are afraid that it will not be so easy to destroy the Song Dynasty, and my Great Song Dynasty is not a paper paste, hundreds of years of foundation, the Liao State has tried, the Jin State has also tried, he Mongolia wants to try, just come." Xu Wei's face was indifferent but calm, showing a little pride. The imperial court issued a clear document, because of the war, I Sichuan four years after the ban on the five soldiers, the conditional place can also restore the bow and arrow club. Speaking of this, Xu Wei laughed self-deprecatingly, "I'm afraid that before the Mongols invade, we will mess up first." Looking at Zhou Dao's puzzlement, he explained, "You know the south spring well not far from here. Zhou Dao shook his head and said he didn't know. It is a big town, there are a lot of salt wells, and there are many rich households, and the pressure on the grain this time is too heavy, and the fight over there is first, and the battalions of Shaoxi Mansion have all driven over. ＂

"Ah, you're fighting on your own? Zhou Daocha was on the side of his mouth, and when he heard Xu Wei's words, he didn't swallow the water, and asked with his mouth open. "Well, there's a fight. Xu Wei glanced at him sideways, making a fuss.