"Your Majesty, what the minister said about the sixteen states of Yanyun does not mean that he will directly start a big war to attack, this is the next policy, and it is not enough to take it." Ganchi began to instigate and fool.

"It's extreme, it's extreme, it's not advisable to start a big war, it's not advisable." Zhao Shu thought so, and was also a little frightened too much, suddenly starting a war with the Liao State, that kind of thing he would never dare to think.

The emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was so entangled. I want the sixteen states of Yanyun again, and I don't want to go to war with the Liao State. The main reason is that the life is too comfortable, so comfortable that these generations want to forge ahead, but they are unwilling to break the comfortable situation in front of them.

I don't dare to gamble on the comfortable life in front of me to gamble on the sixteen states of Yanyun.

"Therefore, the minister has a plan to accomplish this." Gan Qi swears.

"What a strategy, come quickly." Zhao Shu was a little excited and anxious, he could get back the sixteen states of Yanyun without fighting, if there was really such a good thing, Zhao Shu would wake up with a smile in his dreams, but Zhao Shu then said: "Don't talk nonsense." ”

Zhao Shu's mentality in this matter, in the final analysis, is that he is afraid, wants, and fears.

"Your Majesty listened to the minister's details, and the minister wants to start a war with Liao, but it is not a war of blades, but a war of trade." Ganch came up with a new vocabulary.

"Trade wars? And this kind of campaign? How to fight this battle? What effect can I get?" Zhao Shu entered a state of being fooled.

"Your Majesty, don't underestimate the trade war, if this kind of war is fought well, it will be enough to cause chaos in Liao, the people's grievances will arise, and the people will rise up! Let Liao's internal strife perish. "Ganqi blew a wave, but it is not a blow, the trade war can really achieve this effect.

"What's the answer to this trade war?" Zhao Shu hurriedly asked.

"As long as two goals are achieved, there can be civil unrest in Liao, one is to make Liao's prices rise rapidly, and the other is to make Liao's food shortage. Liao will be in chaos! Ganchi said.

Zhao Shu was a little excited, and after being excited, he returned to reality: "Then what means can achieve these two goals?" ”

Gan Qi organized his language and said slowly: "Just use money, one word, buy." The Khitan people of the year have already learned the customs of the Han people, read the poetry and books of the Han people, and also learned the official system of the Han people, and the Khitan nobles are increasingly fond of enjoyment, drunk and dreaming of death. But I don't know the way to enrich the people, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, prices have more than doubled, and the price of Liao has risen even more. So if you want prices to rise, the way is simpler, that is, spend money to buy, buy in large quantities, and keep raising the price to buy everything. Grain included! ”

"Take the initiative to raise the price to buy all the materials in the Liao country, there are not many people in the Liao country, there is not much production in the grassland, and the main production places are in Yanyun, where the Han people live, Yanyun is only a few million people, and the production of materials is limited, as long as the price is constantly raised to buy the things produced in the Liao country, it will not be long before the people of the Liao country will have a bad life, and the chaos will arise!"

Gan Qi was really vicious, the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State had trade, and it was also an agreement reached by the imperial courts of the two sides, and a field was opened in the border Xiongzhou, where merchants from both countries could trade.

However, there are strict regulations on the materials traded, for example, the Liao State cannot sell a horse to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty cannot sell a pound of iron to the Liao State, and there are many restrictions. All the materials that can be used for war cannot be bought or sold. Therefore, most of the Liao and Song trades were other things, such as the Liao State selling furs to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty selling silk to the Liao Kingdom.

Although this is the case, the trade of the Liao and Song dynasties was also extremely developed.

Ganqi's method is really very simple, because the production of Liao is limited, and the grasslands are full of herdsmen, except for cattle and sheep, there is no production. Yanyun's population is not large, but it is only six or seven million, and its production is also small. Price hikes mean that as long as prices are raised, the people will not be able to survive, and they will naturally have to rise up.

But raising prices is not so simple, Zhao Shu saw the problem and said: "Dao Jian, your method is good, but how can you buy things from Liao?" Xiongzhou Rongchang can't do this. It is border smuggling, and small-scale smuggling is often caught on the spot by the border armies of both sides, and large-scale smuggling is something that does not need to be thought of, and it will not be possible. ”

What Zhao Shu said makes sense. If you want to raise the price of Liao, then you have to buy it on a large scale, but you can't buy it at all, and it is impossible to do this in the official arena of both sides. Smuggling can only sustain a small trade, not on the scale that Ganchi said.

Gan Qi smiled slightly and said the solution: "Your Majesty, smuggling is not impossible!" ”

Zhao Shu waved his hand: "Smuggling must not be successful, even if our border army doesn't care about this matter, the border army of Liao State can't care about it, how can it be possible to let hundreds of convoys come and go freely." ”

"Your Majesty, what if it's a ship? Isn't it possible to carry dozens of truckloads of supplies on a single ship and smuggle hundreds of seagoing ships by sea? "Gan Qi is very sure because he has so many ships alone.

Zhao Shu's eyes lit up, but he was not so excited, and asked, "Where are there so many big ships?" ”

"Quanzhou has, let alone a hundred, five hundred loaded sea ships can be made."

"Is there really so many big ships in Quanzhou?" Zhao Shu was a little unconvinced.

"Your Majesty, the minister has just returned from Quanzhou, and he has seen it with his own eyes, how dare he talk nonsense? It is true that Quanzhou can make up the required ships in one place. ”

Zhao Shu's eyes really lit up this time, he was excited, and said: "The law of genius is also, it is really the law of genius!" Dao Jian is really the capital of Tianzhong, I went to Quanzhou, and I was able to come up with such a unique strategy, God bless the Great Song Dynasty! ”

Zhao Shu thought that it was after Gan Qi went to Quanzhou that he came up with such a good strategy. In fact, this thing is too simple for Ganqi, and it is the most basic and low-end means in the trade war. However, this simple method is still more than enough to deal with the Liao State.

Zhao Shu was excited, but there was still a realistic problem in front of him, which made Zhao Shu's excitement not last long, and he fell into a tangle again: "Dao Jian, how much does this cost?" ”

How much does it cost to disrupt the price system in a region of several million people?

Ganchi himself did not calculate how much it would cost, because the level of sociology and economics of the era was too low to calculate.

However, it will definitely need a huge amount of money to support it.

Gan Qi said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, the minister will find a way to deal with the money." ”

Gan Qi obviously knew that the imperial court would not be able to come up with this money, because even if the commercial tax rose sharply, it would only maintain the temporary prosperity of the imperial court, and there would be no debts on the expenses, and there would be money to spend.

There's not much money left over for anything else, and it's unlikely that a trade war can be sustained.

Even if the imperial court had the spare money to support this trade war, Gan Qi would not be able to get the imperial court's money nine times out of ten. If you want to get a huge amount of money from the Sansi Yamen, you have to take this matter to the court to say, if you take it to the court, it will inevitably cause an uproar and a voice of opposition.

It's okay to let Gan Qi fool the emperor alone, but if you let Gan Qi fool the entire court, Gan Qi doesn't have this ability yet.

And if this matter is really discussed on a large scale, it will inevitably leak the rumors, as long as the rumors leak out, the Liao State will be prepared, and Gan Qi will fail nine times out of ten.

This kind of thing has to be moistened silently, quietly enter the village, and don't shoot. Don't leak any rumors.

So Ganchi was left on his own.

The emperor didn't believe that Gan Qi could get such a large sum of money that was completely uncountable, so he said, "Dao Jian, where are you going to get so much money out?" ”

"Your Majesty, this matter is to be supported by money, but it is not necessarily a matter of losing money." Business operation, lose money and pay it back? Gan Qi is not going to be a fool, but whenever he starts a trade war, he wants to make money, where can he lose money?

"Still making money?" Zhao Shu was so shocked that his jaw was about to drop.

"Yes, you can make money. The way to make money is to buy low and sell high. ”

"Aren't you going to drive up prices? Do you need to keep buying supplies at a higher price? How can I still buy low and sell high? ”

"Your Majesty, for example, the price of a pound of grain is five cents. The first time the minister increased the price to ten yuan to buy, the price of grain rose to ten yuan, but the second time the minister increased the price to twenty yuan a pound and then purchased, the price of grain rose to twenty yuan. The third time the minister increased the price to 30 yuan a pound of purchase, at this time he bought half of the grain bought for 20 yuan a pound in his hand, is the principal of the second purchase back? Half of the grain was withheld. The fourth time, the minister increased the price to 40 yuan to buy, and then sold half of the grain purchased for the third time, and so on, the minister did not have less money in his hand, but there was more and more grain, and the grain on the market would become less and less, and the price of grain would soar. ”

Gan Qi said this sentence a little twistedly. If you want to do this, you need a lot of money to enter the market in the early stage, but Gan Qi can get the funds to enter the market, and two or three million yuan is not a problem. When the Pu family raided the house, the money confiscated from the Pu family was this number.

Zhao Shu was a little dizzy, and was entangled by Gan Qi's twists and turns, and touched his head and asked, "Dao Jian, I ...... I don't seem to have understood the reasoning yet. ”

This method is actually the basic principle of the big market makers in the stock market to harvest retail investors.

One dollar to buy a batch, and then take the initiative to raise the price to two, sell one piece, and then take the initiative to raise the price to three, the two pieces were sold, the money was repeatedly smashed in it, and the price continued to rise, until the price could not be maintained, the dealer withdrew, and the retail investors cried.

Ganch's method is similar in principle, but there are differences, and stock market makers don't really hoard stocks. Ganchi still has to hoard food supplies, and he won't sell everything he buys. As long as Gan Qi doesn't lose money, he earns food and supplies in hand. In this way, the shortage of domestic materials in Liao can be aggravated, and the prices will be very high, and the food and materials in Ganqi's hands will be sold by the Great Song Dynasty, which is the money earned.

The Great Song Dynasty, with a population of 100 million, consumed the materials of the land of Yanyun with a population of millions, which was a very simple matter.

Population and size are also one of the key points of this trade war.

Zhao Shu didn't understand what Gan Qi said, so he was so anxious that Gan Qi directly picked up the pen on the imperial case, and began to write and draw on a blank piece ......of paper, and said while writing: "Your Majesty, please see, it's like this pile is 100,000 catties of grain, and the price of grain is five yuan, and the minister buys it at the price of ten yuan."

Zhao Shu looked at the picture drawn by Gan Qi, listened to what Gan Qi said, used his brain to think, and asked a question from time to time.

This scene is as if elementary school parents are tutoring their children with homework.

After a long time, over and over again, drawing and writing without believing it, Gan Qi directly picked up a stack of paper on the imperial case, used the paper as a material, and asked Li Xian to get some copper coins, and demonstrated it repeatedly......

It was getting dark, and Li Xian personally came in to take charge of the lamp.

Zhao Shu really figured it out and said, "Oh...... It turns out that this is the case, the things in Dao Jian's head are really not what mortals think, this is...... The wisdom of the gods! ”

Gan Qi, who was already exhausted and exhausted, waved his hand and said weakly: "Your Majesty has won the award." ”

"Eh, the person who can come up with such a complex strategy is really not something that can exist in the mortal world, Dao Jian, are you really an immortal reincarnated in the mortal world?" The more he figured out the truth, the more shocked Zhao Shu became.

Gan Qi wanted to pretend to be a ghost in front of Zhao Shu, saying which god he was descending from, anyway, people in this era also believed in this thing. But at this time, Gan Qi really didn't have the strength to fool anymore. No matter how foolish he is, if Zhao Shu wants to ask Gan Qi about some immortal things, he has to use his brain to make it happen.

Forget it, Gan Qi shook his head: "Your Majesty, the minister is a mortal, where is the reincarnation of an immortal." ”

Zhao Shu was a little disappointed, disappointed that Gan Qi was not an immortal, if only an immortal descended to earth......

Zhao Shu was also a little tired, and said: "Dao Jian's method is clear, you can do it, I will fully support you behind your back, and if you have any requirements, don't hesitate to mention it." ”

"Your Majesty, although this matter is here, but if it is really done, it will require countless manpower and material resources, as well as convenience in all aspects, and the minister will have to go to Liao State to handle it in person, so many things still need Your Majesty's help." Gan Qi said this, it is also easy to say this matter, the truth is here, and it is extremely difficult to do.

How to buy materials from Yanyun in large quantities has to be sneaky, which is a big difficulty. Many flawless operations are required.

"Do you want Dao Jian to go to Liao in person? This...... I'm afraid it's not appropriate, if there is a ...... in case" Zhao Shu hesitated a little again, he only had Gan Qi by his side at this time, if Gan Qi had three long and two short in Liao, the loss would be too great.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Yanyun is originally a place for Han people, and when a Han person appears in Yanyun, it is inconspicuous among millions of people, as long as you keep a low profile, you will be foolproof." Gan Qi really decided to do it, and there were other purposes for doing so.

Zhao Shu thought about it.

Gan Qi persuaded again: "Your Majesty, if this matter is successful, Yan Yun will be in hand, Your Majesty will be the greatest emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

When Zhao Shu heard this, he nodded and made up his mind: "Okay, you go and do it, I will fully support you in Bianliang." ”

"The minister is still missing a name when he does this, and the minister needs His Majesty to seal an official position." Gan Qi made a condition.

"What kind of official position is it?"

"Hebei's east and west roads are under the jurisdiction of the two routes, and the government and military affairs are under the jurisdiction." Ganqikou opened very big, Hebei East and West Road, in fact, Hebei East Road and Hebei West Road, Hebei East Road is probably the eastern part of Hebei and Shandong in the later generations. Hebei West Road was a part of western Hebei and Shanxi in later generations, and both roads also included a part of northern Henan.

The territory is very large, and it is also an area bordering the Liao and Song dynasties.

Ganchi wants military power and power in this place.

Zhao Shu hesitated slightly, this authority was too great.

Gan Qi immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants military power, because once the prices of Liao soar and materials are scarce, Liao will inevitably open its borders and buy materials from our Great Song Dynasty." In order to prevent this, the minister must mobilize all the forbidden troops on the two roads in Hebei to patrol the border and inspect smuggling. ”

"Makes sense. But this official authority is very great, if it is arbitrarily sealed to you, I am afraid that there will be a cloud of admonitors in the court, and your grade is still far behind......" Zhao Shu nodded.

In order to dispel Zhao Shu's doubts, Gan Qi said: "Your Majesty can give the minister a temporary official position, temporarily send the envoy of the Hebei and Hebei roads, and only say that the minister will inspect the armament situation of the border town on behalf of His Majesty." There is such a name, and it is not abrupt. ”

Zhao Shu thought for a while and said, "I just registered and sent my henchmen to inspect the armament situation of the border town, this reason is reasonable. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Shu patted the case with his hand and said excitedly: "That's it!" I wish Dao Jian this and return to the court with victory. ”

"I also wish my Great Song Dynasty to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun. I wish Your Majesty a fame through the ages! ”

Zhao Shu listened to Gan Qi's words, looked ahead, and was excited: "I invite you to eat and drink." ”