Chapter 44 Stationed in Xiangtan

The military arrangement of Changsha City has been very perfect, and it can be described as solid and leaky. With this strong city, Shi Bin and others began to plan the development of the entire Tanzhou.

In the hall, Shi Bin sat in the main seat, and the other six people stood in two columns, listening to Shi Bin's arrangement, but they didn't expect the big brother to fall off the chain, and he didn't know where to plan next.

After all, Xiangtan, Yueyangnan, Yiyang, and Loudi have little strategic value in Loudi, and the rest of the places have good military value.

Knowing Shi Bin's confusion, Liu Xiao, who usually doesn't talk much, said: "Big brother, little brother thinks it's good to be stationed in Yueyang South. ”

Shi Bin also felt that Yueyangnan {Xiangyin County} was good, but he still wanted to hear specific opinions, so he motioned for Liu Xiao to elaborate. After all, he was once a hero on Dongting Lake, and he must be very familiar with this piece and know its strengths and weaknesses.

"This Xiangyin County Xiangzi two waters run through the whole territory, down through Dongting Lake, into the Yangtze River, out of Wusongkou, located in Changsha, Yueyang, Yiyang three centers of the three centers, is a very important bridgehead, must be firmly grasped in the hands of the big brother. And once Yueyang is captured, Xiangdong is basically completely in the hands of the eldest brother. However, this is the land of three seedlings, the residents are not yet obedient to education, and the economy is backward, and there is a shortage of grain and grass. The advantages and disadvantages are very obvious, and only the eldest brother is asked to decide. ”

Shi Bin was very satisfied after hearing this, felt that Liu Xiao was reasonable, and smiled and thanked him for being so conscientious.

"What do you think of Yiyang?" Shi Bin asked.

"Xiangyin is indeed good, but it is not in the jurisdiction of the eldest brother for the time being, and it is difficult to garrison there is no city. Yiyang is located in the north of Hunan, which is the barrier of Changsha, and the north is connected to Huarong County to Jingzhou, and it will be much easier to contact the Jia family. However, they are scattered in ethnic minority areas, the people are sparse and not easy to tame, the economy is backward, and there is a shortage of grain and grass. Li Chao said on the side.

Knowing that the eldest brother will definitely not develop south to Tuloudi, Wang San said: "Xiangtan is a self-built county town in the west of the Xiangjiang River, and the water transportation is developed, and the main part is an old street along the Xiangjiang River, and there is a market every one to two miles of this old street, which is called "total", and Xiangtan is divided into one to eighteen total from the first-class canal of Xiangjiang Village to the stone brain of Yaowan Street. There must be plenty of grain and grass, and most of them are Han people, which is easy to educate. ”

And Shi Bin just read Ouyang Xiu, a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, and one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, "Xiangtan County Xiu Medicine Master Academy Buddha Hall Record". It records that Li Qianzhi, a merchant from Xiangtan, sailed in Zhenzhou (now Yizheng, Jiangsu) in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River by merchant ship, and that "Jia Jianghu" and "Jia Qi earned tens of millions of dollars per year", which shows that Xiangtan's commerce is quite developed. In this way, the stationing in Xiangtan is a situation where the grain and grass are not worried, and the advance can be attacked and retreated.

Hearing the introductions of the brothers, Shi Bin understood that stationing in Xiangtan was the most important task at present. So he began to ask how to go to Xiangtan to develop. There is a city in this Xiangtan, and the hilly area is easy to defend, and the required troops do not have to be too many, but they must be elite soldiers. In order to increase the power of grain and grass, it is indispensable, and economic development must also go hand in hand, so it must be carefully considered.

"Brothers, how do you think this Xiangtan should develop?" Shi Bin asked.

Zhao Gang jumped out and said: "Big brother, little brother thinks that since this Xiangtan is so developed, it should be made more developed, and we must make every effort to develop water transportation and agriculture." Anyway, there is a city, although we are not afraid of being smaller, we don't just want to be a mountain king, but to follow the big brother to break into the world. This made everyone feel high.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Zhao Gang said even more arrogantly: "This Xiangtan is just a temporary place in Hunan, there is really a crisis, just stick to it and wait for help." ”

This Zhao Gang is a man who has always been straightforward, and his thoughts will not be too thorough, but this point is well said, but it still needs to be improved. But in order to encourage him, Shi Bin still loudly praised Zhao Gang's idea as very correct, and he was also both civil and military.

After praising Zhao Gang, he changed his words again and asked: "This aspect must be considered, but other aspects are also invited to think about the brothers together." ”

Li Chao, the commander of the navy, thought for a while and said: "Big brother, Xiangtan has developed water transportation, and there are naturally many merchant ships, but now there are many bandits in troubled times, I am afraid that they need to be guarded." ”

This proposal was affirmed by everyone, Li Chao was very happy, and continued: "Changsha must definitely leave at least one battalion of naval troops to guard, and the battalion under the command of the junior brother and Liu Commander may not be enough. ”

Hearing this, Shi Bin frowned, and everyone guessed when they saw him like this. Liu Xiao even rubbed him with his elbow, suggesting that he was too stupid to say this. After all, it is a big taboo for me to propose to increase the power to command the army, not to mention saying in front of everyone, what if someone stabs a black knife?

Seeing that there was suddenly silence below, Shi Bin laughed: "Brothers, don't be nervous, I'm frowning just because of the lack of food, grass and troops." The navy army costs more money and food than the army, and I'm afraid we are powerless. ”

Regardless of whether Shi Bin's words are true or false, at least with his temperament, he will not do things like yin and yang. Therefore, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Li Chao was still scared and sweated.

Wang San stood up and said: "Big brother, don't worry, this Tanzhou is the land of fish and rice, and there will be no shortage of grain and grass, but I am afraid that the silver money will indeed have to find another source." ”

After hearing this, Shi Bin said loudly: "Reasonable, you really have to find another source." Is there a way for a virtuous brother? ”

This is a very important and very difficult thing to make money, when there is nothing to do, I feel that the silver is useless, and once I have something to do, I feel that the silver is not enough.

In the eyes of Li Chao and Liu Xiao, the best thing is to use the water army to exterminate the water bandits in Dongting Lake, and if there is a chance, they will also make a cameo appearance as the water bandits.

Maybe he angered the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, and he could also use a knife to kill people and help Shi Bin get rid of these guys who disobeyed the control.

Wang San, a cautious guy who is used to playing side balls, said to himself: "Smuggling can probably supply fifty percent of military expenses." It would be nice if our water army could 'dart'. ”

Indeed, Hunan has developed waterways, and there must be many water bandits in such troubled times, and it is impossible to ensure the safety of merchants by relying only on the guardians or dart masters of those merchants.

"We can sign contracts with all merchants who have business dealings with Tanzhou to ensure the safety of their waterway merchants, so that we can not only train the water army but also have a close relationship with the local people, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." Wang San continued.

These words made everyone praise Wang San as "Zhiduoxing", so it was decided that Changsha and Xiangtan would each leave a battalion, and the two would stay behind, and one battalion would take darts, which would be carried out in turns on a monthly basis.

thought that the discussion was over, but at this time, Yi Jun stood up again and said, "Big brother, little brother also has a way." ”

Seeing that this tomb robber also had a way, everyone was very surprised. I didn't expect such a tomb robber to be a staff officer.

"We are very rich in all kinds of minerals in Tanzhou, we can vigorously open mines and sell these refined minerals to various places."

This is indeed a good method, sell the minerals everywhere, and then buy back the items you need to expand your strength.

Shi Bin added: "But the good ore mined and the good quality items can be used by ourselves, and the export products only need to be of good quality." ”

But Wang San immediately said that he did not agree with this idea, because since ancient times, it has been a "salt and iron official camp", although he himself has engaged in smuggling, but it is only a small share of smuggling, and it will not affect the interests of others.

Nowadays, if you want to use the army to smuggle it, it is a lot of money, and the cake is so big, it will definitely seriously affect the interests of others, and if you break in so ignorant without consulting with anyone, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses. Losing money is a trivial matter, and I am afraid of losing this hard-won official body.

Few people want to hear this, after all, it is contrary to the ear. But the fact is that there is an ordinary town where there are chambers of commerce to manage foreign merchants.

If those merchants dare to enter the local business circle without consent, they will definitely be squeezed out, and even lose all their money.

So everyone decided to start with the chambers of commerce in Changsha and Xiangtan, not to mention directly joining the smuggling profiteering circle, at least to integrate into the local business circle, not to be excluded.

After deciding on these measures, we began to discuss who would guard Xiangtan.

Wang San is brave and resourceful, and Shi Bin relies on it the most, so it is the most suitable to guard Xiangtan. But as soon as he left Shi Bin, he lost an important staff officer, so this made Shi Bin a little dilemma.

He himself is actually a mountain man and a scholar, and he doesn't know anything about the army except for a few hidden guns.

What's more, he, the commander of Tanzhou, is not only good at fighting and training with a gun, but also has some complicated issues such as officialdom entertainment and factional teams. If he is alone, it is estimated that it will not be long before he will be reorganized and have to be transferred out of Tanzhou.

Therefore, Wang San had to stay by his side, so he ruled out the idea of sending Wang San to guard Xiangtan.

Zhao Gang is a brave general, but he has no strategy, and is only suitable for charging into battle to guard the pass, and cannot be stationed in areas where military and economic must be taken into account.

Yi Jun is not strong in wits and bravery, and he is not suitable for guarding Xiangtan.

Li Chao and Liu Xiao fought in the water, and they were the best candidates to guard Xiangtan in Tanzhou for a long time. The two are brave and strategic, but Li Chao takes the initiative and is the best candidate to guard Xiangtan. Zhao Gang led a battalion of men and horses to assist Li Chao. After thinking about this, Shi Bin ordered the two commanders to march out and guard Xiangtan.

It seemed to them that things were ready and that they would be ready in two days. But before the meeting ended, Shi Bin suddenly thought of a very important question: Where is Jia Ling going?

If this crazy girl knew that she had sent troops to Xiangtan, would she also be clamoring to go? What if she wants to go alive or dead?

Before he could come up with a countermeasure, Jia Ling broke in like the wind, and asked with a smile in front of everyone: "I heard that you are going to send someone to Xiangtan to guard and do some business?" ”

At this time, Shi Bin was very unhappy, and before anyone was sent out, Jia Ling came over. If he knew who was the woman with the long tongue, he would have cut off the man's tongue so that he could have a long memory.

"Yes." Shi Bin knew that he couldn't hide it for long, so he simply confessed.

"Shall I go with your men?" Jia Ling said expectantly.

Shaking his head a little helplessly, Shi Bin smiled: "This Hunan is not as good as Hubei, the people are fierce, be careful of your life。。。。。 ”

Before she finished speaking, Jia Ling was already glaring angrily, looking like she wanted to fight with him.

Knowing that this eldest lady's temperament is a smooth donkey, he didn't just say no, but just euphemistically said that he was not ready over there now, and once he was ready, he would take her over to play immediately.

Although he suspected that this was Shi Bin's delaying tactic, his words were also reasonable, so he warned: "Hurry up and get ready, I don't want to wait too long." If I knew you were playing me, huh。。。。。。 After saying that, another gust of wind left.

Looking at this unruly girl, Shi Bin secretly decided to find fault and teach her a lesson.