Yingzhou.

It has been almost two years since Wang Gan's Blood Lotus Army took Yingzhou. In the past two years, he has managed Yingzhou into the most stable base of the Blood Lotus Sect. All the rich families were killed, all the land was confiscated by the Blood Lotus Sect, and the people who wanted to obtain the land could only join the Blood Lotus Sect, accept the teachings of the Blood Lotus Sect, and accept the rule of the Blood Lotus Sect. In just a few years, the Blood Lotus Sect relied on crazy brainwashing, not only controlling the bodies of the people of Yingzhou, but also controlling the spirit of the people of Yingzhou. It can be said that in Yingzhou now, there are Blood Lotus Army soldiers in every family, and everyone believes in the Blood Religion. Yingzhou is like a country within a country of Wang Gan.

Wang Gan is very satisfied with his current situation, sitting on a state of land, millions of people, and 300,000 strong troops, all of which make him complacent.

It's just that he also has troubles, first of all, the problem of food. Yingzhou was barren and could not afford to raise an army of 300,000 at all, and in order to maintain a strong force, Wang Gan had to desperately squeeze the people of Yingzhou. The current Yingzhou is destitute, the people eat chaff, are poor, and are struggling on the verge of life and death, if there is no Blood Lotus Sect doctrine to brainwash them thoroughly, there will definitely be countless rebellions.

On the other hand, the backbone of the Blood Lotus Sect is greedy, and a small leader can occupy thousands of acres of land, and the limited wealth and resources are concentrated in their hands. As soon as they laid down a small piece of land, these leaders began to live in poverty and luxury, and they also took advantage of the people, which increased the burden on the people of Yingzhou.

The second is the serious lack of strategic resources, especially iron ore, and there is no big iron ore in the entire Yingzhou. This directly led to a severe shortage of weapons in the Blood Lotus Army. So far, only half of the 300,000 troops of the Blood Lotus Sect can have decent weapons, even if Wang Gan forcibly requisitioned the kitchen knives, hoes, and iron pots of the common people to make weapons, it would be far from enough. This is also an important reason why Wang Gan is unable to expand outward. And his first target is Akagi, who once made him sink in the sand, and he is pretentious, and he can't tolerate the stain of Akagi's defeat in his life.

Finally, there is the lack of officers in the Blood Lotus Army. Most of the backbone of the Blood Lotus Sect were from peasant backgrounds, and they didn't know a few big characters, so they didn't even have to think about understanding the art of war. The current combat mode of the Blood Lotus Sect is still in the stage of rushing to the top, and the number of people is better than the number of people, and the 300,000 army is 300,000 bandits, which makes Wang worry. He knew that with the current state of the Blood Lotus Army, once the imperial court freed its hands, it would be easy to exterminate them.

After thinking about it again, Wang Gan planned to take Yunzhou. He is a native of Yunzhou himself, and he is very familiar with Yunzhou. He knew that there were several large iron mines in Yunzhou, especially the iron mines in Chen County, which were not only large enough, but also in good condition. With those iron ores, he could craft enough weapons to arm his army of 300,000. The most important thing is that Yunzhou is too close to the Khitans, and he can trade with the Khitans on a large scale to earn enough military expenses. Even if necessary, he could cooperate with the Khitans and destroy the Yan Kingdom in one fell swoop with the help of the Khitans.

This is the plan for the Blood Lotus to teach troops out of Chicheng after March.

The Jinling Jin family in the capital of Great Chu.

The yard, which covers hundreds of acres, has nothing striking about it other than it looks big. is so unpretentious, and there is no resplendent and copper smell in the mansions of ordinary wealthy businessmen and high-ranking officials. There are no other decorations except for a few openwork doors and windows.

But his own family Jincheng knew that this inconspicuous courtyard itself was a priceless luxury. The green bricks come from Dali, thousands of miles away, and each piece is polished marble. Nabi tile is from Jingdezhen, with the best porcelain master in the world to burn piece by piece, and from a hundred pieces to pick out a flawless piece, the rest are all broken. The window was selected as a high-grade Huanghuali, and the royal engraver of the palace was hired to carve it out one by one. Each one is a work of art worth 100 gold, and there are 999 such windows in the entire Jin family, and each one is not the same. Not to mention the countless celebrity calligraphy and paintings, precious furniture, and various antiques in the courtyard.

Jincheng can't figure out how much this courtyard is worth, and how can the family property that the Jin family has placed for hundreds of years be calculated?

"Yo, isn't this the third Jin of the seventh room? How did you get back? "In the porter, a man with a goatee walked in.

Hearing this, a look of humiliation and anger flashed in Jin Cheng's eyes, this person he knew, although he was also surnamed Jin, but he was the son of the Jin family, and now he was the third housekeeper of the Jin family.

"Uncle Jin is good." Despite this, Jincheng still bowed respectfully.

Although Jincheng is a member of the Jin family, he has always been disliked by the head of the Jin family because he is not a long house and his mother is a slave. After all, he is the product of a man's drunken and promiscuous sex, and since he was born, he has marked the indecent stain of an upper-class man. Therefore, even if he goes home, he can only wait in the gatehouse at the side door, and if he wants to see his uncle, he has to wait for half a day for a subordinate to receive it.

"I heard that you have brought wealth to the Jin family, and today the head of the family is happy, make an exception to see you, and come with me." As if he hadn't seen Jin Cheng, the third housekeeper said with a mocking face, biting the "splashing wealth" extremely hard.

Walking on the road, even Jincheng has a feeling that Grandma Liu has entered the Grand View Garden. If you look closely, this big courtyard has changed a lot more than he remembered, carved beams and painted buildings, the golden splendor can no longer be described, as far as the eye can see, the prosperity of the Jin family is comparable to the palace.

When did the Jin family, who has always been diligent and thrifty and low-key as their family motto, become like this?

"I don't have to waste such an elegant yard, there is a smell of copper." Jin Cheng secretly slandered himself.

Even the servants in the past were wearing silk and satin, and there were young children of the Jin family, who were surrounded by a group of maids and laughed and scolded. Looking at their overly drunk bodies, Jin Cheng was a little relieved. Compared with them, although their three sons have strange tempers, but if they talk about ability? Hum!

The head of the Kim family

Room.

This is probably the only room in the Jin family that is consistent from the inside, of course, from the outside, it looks simple and abnormal. But Jincheng also knew that just the inconspicuous screen in front of him was enough to buy a large courtyard with six entrances and six exits.

Jin Fangduan, the current head of the Jin family, sat behind the desk, an old man of about 70, but he was well maintained, his face was ruddy, his hair was still black and shiny, and he was only in his fifties from the outside. The standard Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, looks very handsome. The point is that there is a strong sense of wealth and nobility, and there is no philistine and vulgarity of businessmen at all. He had been looking at a dossier, and although he hadn't seen him for more than ten years, he didn't seem interested in seeing how his nephew was doing.

"I heard that you have a big business to tell me, what business? Go ahead. Still burying his head, Jin Fang said suddenly. The voice was majestic and hoarse, with a little tiredness and old age.

Although Jin Fang was rude, Jin Cheng didn't dare to be presumptuous, he quickly withdrew his gaze from his uncle, lowered his eyebrows and said, "I don't know if the head of the family knows about Chicheng and Yexian in Yunzhou in the northwest of Dayan?" ”

"Is that the Akagi where Dayan found Xiangrui? Bordering the Khitan State? "He is worthy of being the head of the family of the richest merchant in Dachu, as such a rich and noble person, he even directly controls half of the economy of the four countries, but he can even know about a small county town thousands of miles away.

"Exactly, uncle, there Dayan is going to open a tea and horse market with the Khitan Kingdom." Jin Cheng's demeanor was more respectful, the head of the family is the head of the family, if he doesn't accept it, he suppressed his excitement and whispered.

Jin Fang raised his head suddenly, his eyes were shining, and there was no bleakness of an ordinary old man at all, "Is this true?" ”

"It's true, my nephew doesn't dare to deceive the head of the family." Jin Cheng nodded solemnly.

Jin Fang's face suddenly became excited, and he was sure that this Jin Cheng would not dare to lie to him no matter what. Jincheng said that the tea and horse market will open, then it will definitely open. I don't know where Kaneshiro got the news, but it doesn't matter at all.

Having been in business all his life, Jin Fang certainly knows the significance of opening a tea and horse market. That represents the exchange of massive goods and the circulation of massive amounts of real money. Especially now that the Khitan Kingdom is in full swing, those Khitan nobles have mountains of gold and silver in their hands. Silk, porcelain, tea, etc. from the Central Plains are the favorites of those old men, especially tea is a necessity.

In the early years, Jin Fang also ran through the grassland, and the silk, tea, etc. from the Central Plains were transported to the grassland, and the profit was four or five times or even more than ten times. The cattle, sheep, war horses, and leather brought back to the grassland will be more than ten times more profitable to the Central Plains. This back and forth, as long as you succeed once a year, it is enough to make a person rich overnight.

Moreover, now that the Central Plains is chaotic, the market has shrunk in a large area, and the chaebols of various countries have taken advantage of the chaos to rise, the Jin family's business in the Central Plains has been greatly challenged. Now, this Jincheng has found a clear way for the Jin family, which makes the Jin Fang have to be very happy.