The dialogue between Sun Xiangfu and Wu Meiniang hit Zhang Mu, Zhang Chong, and the villagers who came to the lake with them to fall into the grass like thunder.

"Brother Zhang, these heroes deliberately gave benefits, let one of you take the initiative to kidnap the Miao people who moved out of the imperial court, but they don't have any good intentions, they just want you to anger the imperial court, so that the imperial court can send a large army to clean you up, in this way, they not only got your original land in vain, but also obstructed the implementation of the imperial court's new policy to benefit the people, which is really vicious."

Over the years, every flood season, there will be some people in the villages, who have been victimized by these heroes and strong, and many of them have died under the butcher's knife of the official army in the past, but many of them are relatives in their township, and every stroke is a sea of blood and hatred!

"These big families are all raised by thieves, it's too black-hearted, big brother, let's gather all the people and horses of the village and kill them in the city"

Seeing that these villagers had been carried away by hatred, Sun Xiangfu had to come forward to stop them, the purpose of his coming was to solve the problem, not to create conflicts, if these water bandits really gathered to attack the city, then, no one could save them.

So, he interrupted the words of the indignant villagers and said, "With your strength, you can't attack the deep mansion compounds of these local heroes, the reason why they are local heroes is because their clan has many people, grouping, and strength, and even the court can't do anything about them for a while, let alone you."

However, this official came on behalf of the imperial court to unite with you and eradicate the cancer of these countries, so you must cooperate with this official and implement a series of plans, at least, first release the abducted Miao people and hand them over to the government for resettlement, so as to ensure that the new policy of the imperial court can be implemented.

In addition, you must let all the leaders of the water village gather here as much as possible, and we will work together to find a feasible way, at least, so that your future life is secure. ”

Now, the Zhang brothers no longer doubt Sun Xiangfu's motives, he is famous, and what he says is for their bitterness everywhere.

Moreover, he only brought more than 200 people and three boats to come over on this vast Dongting Lake, and it was impossible to pose a threat to the water villages and tens of thousands of horses, so Zhang Mu said, "Then please rest in the village where we are waiting for a day or two, and our two brothers will try to inform the leaders of the water villages everywhere and let them come to discuss the matter." ”

After the decision, of course, Sun Xiangfu did not mean to live in their shack with a cold wind, and took Wu Meiniang to live on the ship again, and explained to Zhang Ke that he would send a lot of food, salt, etc. prepared in advance on the ship to the shore and give them to the people of Shuizhai, and try to have a good relationship with them first.

Of course, while waiting, he was not idle, how to settle these bandits, help the samurai develop a series of strategies to fight against local tyrants, and also began to think about it.

"Mei Niang, you said that with such a smart person as your father, how could he not see the inferior methods of the powerful in these places, but instead put this kind of matter that he could have solved by himself to the court, and let His Majesty send me to solve it?"

Sun Xiangfu no longer regards Wu Meiniang as a child now, her thinking is sensitive, and she is even much higher than adults like Zhang Ke.

Wu Meiniang's big eyes rolled, and she replied, "Naturally, it's inconvenient for my father to solve it!" ”

"Inconvenient?"

Her seemingly unthinking answer suddenly made Sun Xiangfu in many ways, what it was inconvenient for a warrior to do was naturally a matter of fighting for power with Li Shimin, as Li Yuan's old ministers, he had always avoided this thing, and it was not difficult to guess who he was avoiding this time.

Zhang Liang, who was the governor of the Yangtze River and the Dongting Lake area, was one of Li Shimin's hardcores, and when he was competing with Li Jiancheng for the throne, Zhang Liang almost lost his life because of his support for him, and he was one of the few henchmen generals who could lead the army for a long time after Li Shimin ascended the throne.

Previously, because he was responsible for the grain price war with five surnames and seven families in the Tanzhou area, he was not beautiful and was demoted by Li Shimin, but within a few months, he was immediately reinstated, which shows that Li Shimin still values him more.

Every time those wealthy families encroach on land, they have to come forward to help clean up the whole thing, which shows that Zhang Liang also has a certain collusion with them, at least, he took some benefits from them.

As the real governor of Jingzhou, the samurai certainly had the power to appease or suppress local bandits, and the reason why he played it to the imperial court seemed to be because he did not want to touch the interests of Zhang Liang, Li Shimin's confidant.

People are too fine, they often think more, warriors are typical too shrewd, if Sun Xiangfu made a plan for him, to make him hard anal Zhang Liang, it is estimated that he will not agree, because he is afraid that Zhang Liang will go to Li Shimin to stab him with a knife.

Therefore, if you want the samurai to attack the local heroes with full firepower, the first thing is to not let Zhang Liang return to the Shannan Province area and become the governor of the navy, which Sun Xiangfu happened to be not difficult to do.

Because, Sun Xiangfu is more optimistic about the war of the Tang Dynasty against Goguryeo, and even if Goguryeo is finished, the war in the east is not over, Silla and Baekje will also be wiped out, and even, to start attacking the Wa Kingdom, this series of wars will be dominated by the naval army, Zhang Liang, as one of the main generals of the naval army, within three or five years, don't think about coming back.

Of course, those who can't come back may also have the government soldiers in Jingzhou, so it is definitely not possible for the samurai to attack the local tyrants and strong people, and they can only use economic and political means implicitly.

"Mei Niang, do you know what Daddy's greatest ability is?"

"Doing business!"

Wu Meiniang, who was playing with Sun Xiangfu's telescope, looked like a child at this moment, but even this kind of brainless answer seemed to be very accurate.

"Yes, your father's greatest ability is to do business, Jingxiang Land, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, water transportation can radiate half of the entire Tang Dynasty, and this waterway transfer company will be handed over to your father to take care of, and it will definitely be able to play its role." Sun Xiangfu agrees with the Tao very much.

The Yangtze River waterway in this period of radiation of the state and county, although not as rich as the Grand Canal waterway radiation of the state and county, but also very dense, at this time one of the important towns of Jingzhou Jiangling, is the later Wuhan, that is the entire central port freight transfer station, the south of the Tang Dynasty to develop, the Yangtze River water transport must be developed, and the Yangtze River water transport to develop, there must be a large enterprise to drive the development of the entire water transport business, activate the local economy.

Hearing a new term, Wu Meiniang stopped playing with the magical telescope and asked curiously, "What is a waterway transfer company?" ”

"It is an industry that can collect the output of all the people, pull it to the place where it is in demand, sell it, and can transport all the materials that the people need and sell it to the people. With its existence, it will be easier for people to make money, and it will be easier for them to get what they need, such as salt, which will be very cheap in the future."

The benefits of revitalizing the whole area are not finished in a few words, first of all, this kind of entry and exit is more, and the information of the common people will not be so closed, like these people who have fallen into the grass, if they know that Guanzhong is now short of labor, as long as the limbs are healthy and strong, go there, and they can earn consistent money every month, why should they go to this deserted place to live a poor life!

Wu Meiniang listened to Sun Xiangfu's narration with big eyes without blinking, and when he gave dozens of examples, and said a little dry, she obediently poured a cup of hot tea into his teacup, and then said, "Uncle Sun means that this waterway transfer company can make a lot of money." ”

"Well, that's right, and it's going to make it rich for all the people on both sides of the Yangtze River, as well as in the towns near the many tributaries."

With the current shipping technology, ordinary people's small boats do not dare to run in the Yangtze River, and they do not have the ability to run long distances.

Sailing against the current usually requires a large number of boatmen, or slender men, and only big businessmen or the imperial court have the ability to run freight on the Yangtze River waterway.

However, in the future, the shipyards in Weinan will produce a large number of boats that can sail against the current, and when these boats are supplied to the waterway transfer company, then the water transportation of the entire Yangtze River can be activated, and even open to all civilians.

The Yangtze River is much wider than the canal, can go bigger boats, down the river, when exporting goods to the outside world, the speed is much faster than the Grand Canal, 'thousands of miles of Jiangling in one day' such verses, is in the Yangtze River boat, the most intuitive speed embodiment, from Shuzhong, to the central Jingxiang, and then to Yangzhou, to the north of the Grand Canal to transfer goods to Luoyang, Guanzhong, or continue down the river, to the mouth of Suzhou and Hangzhou, very fast, convenient.

These people who are willing to be water bandits must have some ability to sail on the water, and it is very suitable to gather them together as the basis of the Yangtze River waterway transfer company, and if they are handed over to the samurai who are good at business, he will definitely be able to use this resource to create huge benefits for the shareholders who invest in this project.

Of course, the benefits aside, in addition to stimulating the economy, this water line can also allow the samurai to have more ways to operate when they fight against local tyrants.

Didn't you disobey the orders of the imperial court, then, my brother won't help you sell your family's output, and besides, if you sell things to you, I will only accept cash, and it is impossible to grow copper coins in your fields!

You have to do water transportation yourself, you can! Did you get a boat?

If you rely on primitive ships, then your speed will be very slow, you need to raise a large number of boatmen, slender men, the cost is large, not competitive, do you sell what you produce yourself, just to exchange for some of the living goods you need?

Whether in ancient times or in modern times, ordinary people buy things, they like high-quality and low-priced, high-priced brand goods, which is something that people who are rich to a certain extent, besides, they do not have a brand, and some are just the hateful eyes of ordinary people towards them.