Gan Qi, the new envoy of the two roads in Hebei, patrolled the border on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Gan Qi's official position is nothing, but this grace has let many people know Gan Qi's status in the emperor's heart.

It is to let all the officials in the court know Gan Qi's status in the eyes of the new emperor.

The threshold of Ganqi's house has almost been broken.

In the past, most of the people who came to Ganqi's house to meet Ganqi were young scholars, but now there are more officials than scholars.

An official in his forties and fifties called Mr. Gan when he saw Gan Qi, which made Gan Qi avoid.

Then Ganchi began to be away from home, and whoever came to see him would say that he was not home.

And Gan Qi went out early every morning and hid in Di Qing's house, and Di Qing has now moved back to the city, because Di Qing has become an official, a privy deputy envoy, and a very big official.

This time, Gan Qi was going to take Di Qing to Hebei with him, all the way to Hejian Mansion.

Gan Qi asked for this official title, and he also had the idea of purging the Hebei border army, which is now that the army in Hebei has not fought for decades, it has been rotten, and it will not work if it is not rectified, and those that should be reduced must be reduced, those who should be trained must be trained, and those who should be reorganized must be reorganized.

Gan Qi's purpose is very simple, that is, to make an army in Hebei that can really fight, and this task will be entrusted to Di Qing.

Gan Qi actually deceived the emperor a little, or did not make it clear to the emperor.

If you want the sixteen states of Yanyun, the trade war is just the beginning, and it will eventually have to be warned. No matter how successful the trade war is, no matter how chaotic the territory of the Liao State is, it is impossible for the Liao State to send the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to Gan Qi.

The trade war is only to make Liao's internal turmoil and consume Liao's national strength. If you want to occupy a territory, war is still the last resort.

Di Qing is also an important support for Ganqi.

In the early stage of the trade war, there was still a lot to prepare, such as dispatching ships to the Bohai Bay, the north of the Bohai Sea is Tianjin, that is, the Xijin Mansion of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and the south of the Bohai Sea is the line of Cangzhou, Hebei. These two places will be the battlefields of the trade war. And the ships will keep going back and forth between the two places.

Manpower, material resources and money, these are all ready, and the trade war can really begin.

Di Qing wants to patrol the border with Gan Qi, this matter is not difficult to operate, it is normal to inspect the armament situation, and it is normal to take Di Qing with him, when Gan Qi told the emperor, the emperor immediately agreed.

Money, this is a difficult thing for Ganqi, Ganqi has been running around lately, he has run all his properties, and all the accounts have been settled. One purpose is to raise money, the more the merrier, and the more money, the greater the chance of success in the trade war.

When the Pu family raided the house, there were more than 2 million yuan in cash, and the money saved by Gan Qi himself, as well as the money transferred from various industries, added up to more than 800,000 yuan.

Gan Qi felt that it was still not enough, so he borrowed money from Sister Zhao again, and borrowed more than 100,000 guan from Sister Zhao, and borrowed more than 1 million guan from many merchants in Bianliang. For example, Fan Lou, Yuxian Lou, and Shengxing Yaxing, these places have lent money to Ganqi.

Who made Gan Qi a red man in front of the emperor now? Gan Qi opened his mouth to borrow money, more or less to express it, if it is less, he can't take it, starting with 350,000 yuan, as long as Gan Qi comes to the door, he will definitely not return empty-handed.

Together, Gan Qi already has a huge sum of more than four million yuan.

Accompanying Gan Qi on patrol was Li Ming of the Imperial City Division, with more than 1,000 soldiers under his command, which was sent by the emperor to escort Gan Qi.

Gan Qi himself also transferred some tax collectors from the Third Division Yamen, two or three hundred elite Western Army soldiers, or Shi Honglei and Zhi Kexing to lead the team.

And some of Ganch's own henchmen. Gan Qi also brought a large number of bookkeepers, who were also capable people drawn from various industries.

Spend more than 4 million yuan to disrupt a social price system with a population of six or seven million. This is a difficult task, and if you really have to spread it out, you can't get a share of the money of a single population.

But Ganchi set off anyway and went to Riverhouse.

Hejian Mansion is an important administrative office in the north of Hebei Province, the most important logistics town on the border line, Cangzhou is east of Hejian Province, and Bohai Sea is outside Cangzhou.

The land between the rivers is also a prosperous and wealthy land, relying on the grain-producing areas of the North China Plain and the prosperous trade of the Liao and Song Dynasty fields in nearby Xiongzhou. So it's also a very prosperous place.

The seat of Hejian Mansion is Hejian City, Hejian City is very majestic and tall, far taller than Quanzhou City, decades ago, this was still a battlefield, and the city must be tall.

To say that in order to prevent the southern invasion of the Liao Kingdom, the Great Song Dynasty also exhausted its means, and there were no towering mountains on the border to rely on, so the Great Song Dynasty thought of a strange trick, planting all kinds of thorny plants on the border line, with thorny trees everywhere, and over the decades, the border line was planted into a thorn line, and this trick was used to block the pace of the Liao army.

The person who came up with this kind of trick is also a genius.

But this can stop the march of the large army, but it cannot stop the smugglers from wanting to make money.

When Gan Qi arrived in Hejian Mansion and met officials of all sizes, the first thing he did was to patrol the border.

Take a look at the thorny jungle on the border line and take a look at the Yongchang in Xiongzhou.

Xiongzhou is a big city, a border town, here is the only place where there is a road leading directly to Liaoguo, so Xiongzhou City is built to be particularly powerful, four or five zhang high wall, heavy troops are stationed here.

The Xiongzhou guard general is named Zhao Zi, and he is accompanying Gan Qi to check the field at this time.

To say that Zhao Ziqi is an old acquaintance with Di Qing, he led troops in Shaanxi back then, but Di Qing was the orthodox leading general, and Zhao Zi was responsible for all the capture and suppression of bandits in Shaanxi at that time. It is also used under Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi.

Zhao Zi is also a capable person, and it was with him that he wiped out all the bandits in Shaanxi and the nearby state capitals in one fell swoop, and also quelled the rebellion.

Zhao Zi saw the young Gan Qi, but he didn't have any sense of respect, just cooperated with the attitude of work. Take Gan Qi to inspect the field, Rong means to discuss, that is, the meaning of the shopping mall.

Xiongzhou's field is huge, and there are a lot of people doing business here, mainly Han people, Han people in Liao and Song Dynasty. Secondly, there are also Khitans, and even people on the grassland.

It is a treaty port between the two countries, and all the business of the two countries will be settled here.

Gan Qi walked in front and looked around, looking at all the traded goods in the yard seriously, and even holding a pen to record.

followed by Di Qing and Zhao Zi.

Although Zhao Zi didn't have any respect for Gan Qi, a young man, he had a lot of respect for Di Qing.

Zhao Zi walked with him, walked for a while, and said to Di Qing: "Why did Di Xianggong run an errand in front of a descendant? ”

Zhao Zi didn't have any bad intentions, he just wasn't angry, and he wasn't angry for Di Qing. He didn't know very well what happened in the capital, he just felt that a person like Di Qing, and an official in such a high position as a privy deputy envoy, should not follow a young man on an errand.

Di Qing smiled and said, "Do you know who he is?" ”

"Gan Qi Gan Daojian, he has become my superior, I still don't know who he is?" Zhao Zi said.

"Have you heard of him?" Di Qing asked again.

"I've heard that in recent years, great literary talents, who have written poems and articles, I seem to have heard one or two songs. Di Xianggong, how can you not understand what I mean? With Di Xianggong's status, how can he walk behind such juniors? Zhao Zi didn't look down on Gan Qi very much, but felt that Di Qing was wronged.

"Haha...... This son's ability, it won't take long for you to know, don't be wronged for me, there are some things that are inconvenient to say, but I am willing to walk behind him. Di Qing stroked his beard and said.

Zhao Zi was a little surprised, looked at Di Qing, and then looked at Gan Qi, who was carefully recorded in front of him, and then asked: "Di Xianggong, is this really here to patrol the border?" Patrol doesn't need to record the transaction so seriously? Could it be that the officials in Tokyo still want to know the details of the bargaining market? ”

Di Qing shook his hand: "No, this time, although I don't know the details, but I can be sure that there must be a big plan here, you just have to obey the order." ”

"Alas...... Di Xianggong, originally I wanted to be perfunctory, but the Shangguan who came in the past passed it after such a perfunctory time. But since Di Xianggong said so this time, I naturally won't slack off, just treat him seriously. "Zhao Zi can be regarded as selling Di Qing's face.

Di Qing patted the veteran Zhao Zi on the shoulder and said: "I can't help you perfunctory, Gan Qi is not someone you can send perfunctory, this time you have to reorganize the army, you have more than 20,000 men under your command, right?" There is one of your laborers. ”

Zhao Zi heard that Di Qing also asked about the people, raised his head and asked, "Isn't the imperial court going to transfer troops to fight?" ”

"I don't know this, but this time, Gan Jingluo has a word to entrust, to train all the people and horses on the two roads in Hebei, this is not a casual talk, he has put forward the idea of training, the old and weak are eliminated, the young and strong are strictly trained, the armor and ordnance are supplemented, and the soldiers can be warned." Di Qing obviously trusts Zhao Zi very much, and when they worked together in the past, the two obviously had a friendship.

"Huh...... It's so simple to say, how can you raise the old and weak? Strict training, what about the diet? Armor ordnance, astronomical figures. Where can it be done in one sentence? If it worked, wouldn't I have done it myself? Zhao Zi looked helpless, and there was some disdain. probably thinks that this kind of young man has not seen much of the world, and the slogan is loud and loud, and he can't do anything if he really implements it.

The old god Di Qing is here: "Money? Isn't it all about money? What Gan Jing has is money, and he used to be promoted by having money. ”

Zhao Zi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Can you still buy a red robe with money?" ”

"Haha...... The New Commercial Tax Code, his masterpiece. ”

"Oh? It turns out that the new commercial tax law was made by this person, and he really has some talent. This law is very good, and it has only been implemented in Xiongzhou for less than a year, but it has also made the yamen make a lot of money. No wonder this person is already wearing a red robe at a young age. It's just that there are 100,000 forbidden troops in Hebei, and the Xiang army is not counted, and it really wants to be purged, but it is not a matter of 180,000, and the court is afraid that it will not be able to come up with so much money. Zhao Zi's opinion of Gan Qi has improved a lot, but he still doesn't believe in anything about purging the army.

"The court can't take it out, but he can take it out!" Di Qing was walking behind Gan Qi while walking Zhao Zi to play.

"Can he take it? How can it be? Zhao Zi waved his hand again and again.

"We'll see." Di Qing was still selling Guan Zi to play, but when he saw Gan Qi in front of him, he suddenly stopped and turned his head back, Di Qing smiled again: "General Zhao, your hard days have come." ”

Sure enough, Gan Qi turned around and walked in front of Zhao Zi, and he had already spoken: "General Zhao, from tomorrow onwards, the inventory of the Rongchang and Song merchants will not be allowed to sell salt, tea and cloth, and not a single grain of grain will be allowed to leave the country." ”

"What?" Zhao Zi thought that he had misheard, and said: "Gan Jingluo, is this what the court meant?" ”

If you want to talk about food, there is still reason. But salt, tea, and cloth are not allowed to leave the country, so it makes no sense, the things of trade, these are the main things, and the merchants are mainly reliable to make money from the Liao country.

"Well, salt, tea, cloth, and grain are not allowed to be sold, but my Great Song Dynasty merchant sells these materials to the Liao people, and immediately takes them to prison." Ganchi said it again in earnest.

"Gan Jingluo, so...... I'm afraid it's not a boiling of public resentment, those merchants ......" Zhao Zi was worried.

"What's wrong with the merchants? If they have any opinions, just ask them to come to me. "Gan Qi doesn't understand the truth, those who can do export business in the field are all people who have backers behind, at least those who have local power in Xiongzhou, and if they cut off the way for these people to make a fortune, it will naturally cause public resentment.

Zhao Zi glanced at Di Qing, and saw Di Qing's face full of smiles, so he could only nod his head and say, "Obey the order." Salt tea and cloth are not allowed to be sold, and I don't know what to sell in this field......"

Gan Qi also replied seriously: "If you sell porcelain, you can sell ceramics." ”

Zhao Zi is face is wry smile, if he really wants to do this, his pressure will not be small, but fortunately, there is a Gan Jingluo behind him who can be used as a shield.

"The troops in the camp must be sent out to patrol the border to strictly prevent smuggling, but if there are smugglers, they will all be arrested and imprisoned, and those who are worried about resistance will be punished on the spot! Dead and wounded are not counted. ”

Gan Qi's methods are very ruthless, that is, to put an end to smuggling at the border, and not let a pound of materials be transported from the border to Liao. This is the basis for the success of the trade war.

Zhao Zi's complexion changed, and this order was a little scary. If the smugglers are caught, those people will definitely resist, and where will they obediently wait to be caught? That is to say, once the smuggling is discovered, the law will be corrected immediately, and there will be no casualties.

Zhao Zi thought to himself, these smugglers, after all, are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, even if they break the law and smuggle, they will not all be killed.

"What? Can't get started? Ganchi asked.

Di Qing also made a round on the side: "Gan Jing doesn't know a little, General Zhao is not a person who can't do it, he used to suppress thieves in Shaanxi, and it was powerful." ”

Gan Qi nodded: "That's good." However, those who smuggle and resist the law will be killed on the spot. ”

Ganqi's order was much clearer.

"Alas...... The last general will obey the order! Zhao Ziyi arched his hand and sighed.

"All the state capitals on the border have passed this order, and this order can directly cross the yamen of the state capital and pass it to the military generals everywhere. In a few days, I will return to Beijing, and then Di Xianggong will carry out this order, and strictly supervise the local state capitals to act in accordance with this order. Gan Qi wants to arrange these things for the time being, and let Di Qing strictly enforce them, he is not going back to Beijing, but going to sea.

Di Qing now has the title of deputy envoy, so he still seems to give the order: "Obey." ”

Zhao Zi saw Di Qing's appearance, and immediately gave his hand: "Get the order!" ”

"Let's go, go back to the camp and order troops!" Gan Qi is in a hurry.