Chapter 368: Intercession

"Why is it taller than us? Because the materials that flowed to Western Xia in the Great Song Dynasty were mainly copper coins and silk books, while the materials that flowed into China in Western Xia were mainly green salt. ”

"All the profits that flowed into the Great Song Dynasty were obtained by merchants, and these merchants would not use their profits for the construction of Shaanxi."

"During the Renzong dynasty, he severely cracked down and did not allow Ningxia salt to enter the country, which led to rampant smuggling."

"Not only was the green salt not banned, but it also led to the return of Western Xia to the royal family and was used for reckless warfare; And the Great Song Dynasty returned to the merchants and Jiaqiang people, and was used for comfort and pleasure. That's what a proper rival is. ”

"But if trade is kept in our hands, things will take on a different nature—we will use them to refine our soldiers, improve our communications, build forts, and encircle the Tibetan people; It was used to build cement workshops, iron works, and casting and forging workshops. As long as we use the materials obtained in exchange and use them more efficiently than the other side, we have won the economic confrontation. ”

"Da Zhen has been in Guanzhong for a long time, and he should know Mr. Hengqu's theory of 'Qi has no life and death, and it can be studied exhaustively'."

"When this theory is put into the economic field, it can be understood as economic material money, and its flow, like the flow of qi, cannot be stopped by manpower, even if it is barely blocked, there will be problems."

"All we have to do is to participate in it, find out the pattern of flow, and thus get benefits. We want to make it scattered in Western Xia, and scattered is invisible; Make it gather in the Great Song Dynasty, and gather it is powerful. ”

"If you look into the reasoning, you can still find a way to deal with it. For example, the line of Shu banknotes and the substitution of copper coins are one of the measures. ”

"Another example is to improve the salt making process, and you can also get snow salt whose quality is not weaker than that of green salt."

"For example, among the goods exported to Western Xia, we mainly use silk, tea, fine porcelain, fine wine, Buddhist scriptures, and all kinds of exquisite handicrafts."

"Among the imported materials, cattle, sheep, and horses are the mainstay. Green salt is fine, but we don't have to pay for it, we can only trade it for our goods. ”

"What we need to do is to crack down on smuggling and encourage the market."

"We don't want to completely sever the economic relationship with Western Xia, but to make this economic relationship orderly, controllable for the Great Song Dynasty, and beneficial to us."

"If you form an economic community with the surrounding Fan people and prosper together, they will naturally fall to the side of the Great Song Dynasty - because to protect the interests of the Great Song Dynasty at that time is to safeguard their interests. So I don't care how high the price they can sell for when they take the glass mirror to Western Xia, I only earn my own reasonable share. Collect enough taxes. ”

"When we have the conditions, we also have to breed our own good breeds, have our own horse farms, pastures. Military supplies are the lifeblood of a nation's survival, and we must be able to be self-sufficient. ”

An old man turned out from behind the screen and laughed: "Wonderful, this is the golden mean." ”

Su You arched his hand: "I don't know who this is ......"

The old man said: "The old man is Cai Ting, the deputy envoy of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Transport, what Ming Run said just now, Xue Gong knows, and he must be taken as a confidant." ”

Su You hurriedly apologized: "I have sent a letter to the transfer department, saying that the broadcast will start in the next few days, and it is really rude to listen to Xue Gong's dispatch after this while." That's right......"

After speaking, he arched his hand: "Xue Gong must know what this canal on Jingyuan is called." ”

He only glanced at it and said, "This is the Jingshui Canal." In the thirteenth year of the former Qin Jianyuan, Fu Jian took the water and drought in Guanzhong from time to time, and discussed the story of Zheng Guo and Bai Gong of the Qin and Han dynasties, and sent 30,000 people below his princely and wealthy rooms to open the source of the Jing water, dig the mountain embankment, and lead the canal to irrigate the land of the gang, and the spring becomes, and the people rely on it. ”

Su You opened the map, wiped the word Zheng Guo on the map with a red face and a steamed bun, re-wrote the word Jingshui, and shamelessly had nothing to say: "Look at the two of you, this pencil is good." ”

Chong Yu and Cai Ting laughed so much that tears almost came out.

Su You handed the map to Cai Ting in a curtled manner: "In the past few days, the head of the canal has been surveyed, and I am ready to use a two-month period to build a new section of the canal from the upstream position of the head of the canal, divert the water of the Jing River, reopen the Jing Water Canal, and restore the title of the land of abundance in Jingyuan." This map, please hand it over to Xue Gong as the deputy envoy. ”

Cai Ting said with emotion: "Unexpectedly, Tanhualang is not only outstanding in his articles, but also proficient in practice, which is really rare." ”

Su You said with a smile: "The miscellaneous chores of the case, Kuizhou Bianye, are indeed quite exercised, but this attention is put outside, and it is still sandwiched inside, and I haven't even figured out the name of the canal." ”

Cai Ting said with a smile: "Do a good job of big things, it doesn't matter if there are small problems." But I'm afraid it's your Dasu, and if you want to complain about your literary and ideological blockage, it's hard to have a good work, right? ”

Su You waved his hand: "Does my nephew dare to care about his uncle?" I don't trust him, it's good if the people are not careful! ”

Cai Ting laughed: "Ouch! Da Su has a beautiful beard, I really forgot that you are the elder! ”

A few people laughed, and Cai Tingcai said: "I have seen Ming Runzhi, but the old man and Xue Gong have a division of labor, and the supervisor is military. Mingrun, what is your intention in sending Liu to join the army to repair and hoard Anzhai? ”

Su You glanced at him: "Without him, after checking the map, I found that the Zhenrong army was too thin, so I decided to set up a village on the west side of the Zhenrong army, and the Zhenrong army was sandwiched against Longguan, forming a horn to consolidate the northern periphery of Weizhou City." ”

He sighed and said: "Mingrun, your idea is good, if that place can be established, it will naturally be the best choice." ”

"But Mingrun, you are from the southwest, you don't know the geography of the northwest, and the place you chose has a huge flaw."

Su You asked, "What's the flaw?" ”

He said, "There is no water source! Once you are surrounded, you will be in chaos for three days, Mingrun, have you considered it? ”

Su You said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, it is located at the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain, Liupan Mountain is full of forests, and the groundwater is very rich." ”

He exclaimed: "Sinking a well? That's going to have to go through the rocks! ”

Su You arched his hand and said: "There is a precedent for this matter, and when Kao Zhongping was ordered to open Qingjian City, wasn't it the same?" ”

This is an allusion to the father of Chong Shiheng.

At that time, the western frontier was in use of troops and the garrison was insufficient. After checking the topography, Chong Shiheng suggested using the ancient Kuanzhou City, two hundred miles northeast of Yanzhou, to restore the abandoned fortress to resist the sharpness of Western Xia.

This city is a success, the right can stabilize the situation of Yan'an, the left can lead to the corn of the east of the river, and the north can be used to take the old land of Yin and Xia.

The court agreed to this suggestion and put him in charge of the project.

While fighting with the Tangut people, Chong Shiheng built city defenses, but due to the danger of the land and the lack of water, everyone thought that it would not succeed there.

The craftsmen of the company dug the well and finally got the spring water. After the city was built, it was named Qingjian City, which became an important camp for the Song Dynasty to defend Western Xia and protect Yan'an.

He arched his hand and said: "How much manpower and material resources did my father spend on the completion of Qingjian City?" Mingrun, can you have me clear? ”

At that time, when the ground was dug to 150 feet, it came across a layer of stone, and the masonry thought that it was impossible to chisel through the stone, and it was my father who ordered him to pay a hundred dollars for a crushed stone, and finally got the spring water. Where is the financial strength in Weizhou now? It's not easy to do......"

Su You smiled: "It's not easy to do, but it's not impossible." ”

He said: "That Liu joined the army, he was a veteran of the Western Army, he fought with his father back then, and his father took pity on him for his old age, and gave him a judicial errand to join the army, which can be regarded as a pension." ”

"Mingrun, a man in the army, has a rough temperament, maybe there is something offended between words, I will sue him for him, and you will spare him from this errand."

Su You asked, "Oh? You also think I'm punishing him? ”

He smiled bitterly: "Isn't it? ”

Su You said with a smile: "You think so, then there is nothing wrong, but I specially sent him to build the city after knowing the background of Liu's joining the army." ”

Now Cai Ting is interested: "But why?" ”

Su You arched his hand and said: "Deputy envoy, big quality, when I first came to Weizhou, I saw that the armament was relaxed, and all kinds of people from the Han Dynasty came in and out at will. ”

"It is conceivable that this Weizhou city defense has long been leaking like a sieve, so the officials of Weizhou City, I can fully trust, except for the general sentence Cai Zhizheng, there is really only Lao Liu."

After speaking, the thief smiled and said: "Of course, if you don't lose your country, you can't lose your home, you can make some mistakes with the enemy's intelligence, and I don't care about acting in a play, it happens to be connected with the one we did in Zhenrong military exercise, this thing has a name, it should be called - serial." ”

Cai Ting squirted out a sip of tea with a "poof": "Yes, it is said that Su Mingrun is naturally benevolent, and the old man thinks that he must be a pedantic person, and he will pull me to make peace because of the great quality, it seems that this will not be able to be reconciled, so I will continue to play my faint old man." ”

Suddenly felt a little sympathetic, this baby is also a family heirloom treacherous and cunning, but he has the name of "Little Hidden King" outside.

Now I can't help but admire Su You a little, it turns out that in the civil service team, there are also obscene people like Lao Tzu...... Oh no, such understanding!

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