Chapter 287: The Two Countries Unite
However, with Zhao Rui, who has a huge amount of money, it will definitely not take so long to increase the production of textile machines and ships.
On this day, only a few people paid the money.
Zhao Rui announced the whole city at the right time, and the price of fabric rose to the initial price!
As soon as this news came out, the merchants felt that Zhao Rui was a person who believed in his word, although they advanced the purchase money in advance, but as long as the fabric arrived, they would bring it back to sell, and they would get more profits, which was really a very cost-effective purchase.
At this time, on the second floor of the teahouse, two more merchants rushed up, surrounded Zhao Rui and said with annoyance: "We are a step late in raising money, and we ask the prince to give some grace!" ”
Zhao Rui thought to himself, it was common for him to have some delays, but to change his words for these two people, he couldn't help but refuse, so he rejected their request.
But the two of them still didn't give up, and kept lingering at the door of the teahouse until the afternoon of the next day, when they came to see Zhao Rui again.
But this time they were not two, but became twelve, Zhao Rui listened to them and learned that they had a time difference in the purchase, and just crossed the time period of Zhao Rui's discount, so they were very sorry, and looked forward to whether Zhao Rui could open up the net and do something special for them, otherwise, they would be as sad as if they had lost 100 million.
"Okay......" Zhao Rui finally relented, after all, there was no need to get over the money.
But Zhao Rui did not give them according to the lowest price, but only took a compromise amount between the lowest price and the current price, and collected the payment from them in advance, but even so, these people were more and more grateful to Zhao Rui.
In this way, it was originally a means of promotion, so Zhao Rui did not lose the slightest, and gained the title of benevolence and righteousness. The personal reputation has a very good reputation in Fancheng and even in the whole territory of fabric sales.
At the same time, shipping is too slow, especially at this moment. The ship from Ampang to Fancheng is a big circle, and now is the time for the steam train to appear.
Not to mention the territory of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Rui decided to at least lay the railroad tracks in Jiaozhi, so that the manpower and time saved from Wanya Prefecture or Thang Long to the port of Anbang Prefecture were not half a star.
Zhao Rui sent this proposal to Jiaozhi in writing, although Zhao Rui also wanted to participate and improve efficiency, but Zhao Rui had already figured it out, that was not the most important, the most important thing was not as good as his own security.
The large sale of cloth led to a large outflow of gold and silver from the Yuan and Song dynasties, which would definitely be detected by both sides, and if they could find a strong opponent to deal with them in the first place, then they would also find a stronger one in the future.
Therefore, after Zhao Rui arranged all aspects at the moment, it was the right thing to focus on improving his Dao talisman cultivation.
Zhao Rui found a secluded mansion and practiced in retreat, only receiving and sending some letters on weekdays, except for Zhao Gong and Xiaoyi, he didn't see anyone.
Zhao Rui has made up his mind to put himself into it, and at this moment in the sea of knowledge Zhao Rui is flipping through the parchment scroll, the previous learning, the thunder and lightning talisman, the strong talisman, the golden body talisman, the dancing sky talisman, the water talisman, the earth escape talisman, the rain talisman, the fire talisman and the detoxification talisman that he has only recently learned have turned dark gray, and there are six Dao talismans behind him are bright colors, which are also the goals that Zhao Rui wants to overcome.
They are the Healing Talisman, the Transfiguration Talisman, the Fake Death Talisman, the Evil Talisman, the Tranquilizer Talisman, and finally the Invisibility Talisman.
Zhao Rui looked at it, and suddenly thought of a question that he hadn't thought about before, the invisibility talisman here is ranked last, and it may be considered the most powerful Dao talisman among them, but the talisman handed down by the ancient Zhao family's God of Wealth, is it only so powerful?
At least Zhao Rui didn't believe it, which only covered the use of the five elements and some superficial spells, and the ancestor Zhao Gongming's ability was more than that.
To say that the origin of Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth, is not small, Zhao Gongming, whose real name is Lang, the word Gongming, also known as Zhao Xuantan, Marshal Zhao Gong. "Xuantan" refers to the altar of Taoism, which also has the meaning of protecting the Dharma, and is one of the four generalissimos of Taoism. At the same time, he is the general of the Thunder Department of the underworld and one of the five plague gods.
These names are scary enough, and of course, they are also very capable, otherwise they would not be accepted by Zhang Tianshi as a subordinate to protect the safety of his alchemy.
Therefore, if Zhao Rui wants to understand how powerful the talismans are, he must first learn all these talismans.
Zhao Rui had a goal, and he became extremely focused, during which he devoted himself to the practice of Dao talismans in addition to reading letters and reports, eating and sleeping.
Of course, the difficulty of the Dao Fu is not small, whenever he feels powerless, Zhao Rui will always calm down and run a few Fu Gong Heart Method, the effect of the Heart Method includes the recovery of energy, and at the same time, Zhao Rui has a deeper understanding of the operation and essential laws of the Heart Law.
A major event happened during this period, which can be said to be beyond Zhao Rui's expectations.
Because of the war in Chuzhou, the Southern Song Dynasty became more and more unable to resist, and at the same time, the growing wealth of Zhao Rui's side was also shocking, so Jia Yidao came forward and lost a large amount of silver to exchange for temporary peace with the Yuan Dynasty.
The Yuan Dynasty also agreed with the Song Dynasty to resist Zhao Rui, and they first united to boycott the purchase of fabrics from Fancheng.
So Fancheng suddenly changed from lively to deserted.
The two parties have achieved political goals, but it is the people who suffer, Fancheng Rongchang has no business, I don't know how many rich people who have invested a lot of money can not recover their costs, and at the same time, the people who come to do hawker business are also bitter, not to mention those merchants who have already made fabrics on Zhao Rui's side.
But Zhao Rui still made arrangements with great generosity and used smuggling channels to deliver the cloth to the merchants.
Although Zhao Rui is in an enemy country, his reputation is extremely high among the people on both sides.
Zhao Rui's later fabric sales were suddenly gone, and Zhao Rui only had one word for the response to this: "Hit!" ”
The final use of cloth is still people, since they don't let the people buy it, then Zhao Rui simply builds their city, and when it becomes his own city, then the people in the city can naturally buy and sell at will.
Zhao Rui ordered to attack the two countries at the same time, whether it was the Southern Song Dynasty or the Yuan Dynasty, he felt that Zhao Rui was crazy, but after he really took down a few cities, he felt that Zhao Rui was definitely not just talking.
Those guns and ammunition are like firing without money, how can ordinary troops have any resistance, the Tartar soldiers are fierce in nature, and they can be better, but the Southern Song Dynasty was even more miserable.
Another thing was that Arjuna's way to fight against Champa was unexpectedly slow, and Zhao Rui only thought that his troops were insufficient, and sent Fang Hongbin to rush to support with troops and firearms.
After Zhao Rui captured Xiangfan, although the pace of the Yuan Dynasty to the south stagnated, but Borkin was not idle, on the one hand, he recovered other tribes of the Mongol tribe, on the other hand, in April, he conquered Goryeo nine times, this time he successfully hit Jeju Island, and Goryeo became the eastern province of the Yuan Dynasty.
In this sense, the power of the Yuan dynasty was actually growing. The Southern Song Dynasty, by contrast, was more sad, given by Zhao Rui's encroachment in the west and ongoing rebellions in the southeast, which seemed to have become more organized and planned, often leading to the defeat of the Song army.
If Zhao Rui had stayed in Xiangfan honestly before, the Yuan Dynasty might not have launched an attack immediately, after all, Xiangyang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Zhao Rui still has the advantage of firearms, which is not so easy to get along with.
But now Zhao Rui is actually waving his army north, which makes the Yuan Dynasty court a little unbearable, why, a cloth seller wants to grab territory with Zheng Zheng Iron Cavalry who has traveled all over the world? Let him take it, where will the face of the Yuan Dynasty go?
It took half a month for the Yuan Dynasty to mobilize the army, and the Yuan Dynasty called the troops of the Song Dynasty at the same time, which made it longer, but in such an obvious transfer of troops, Zhao Rui was still like no one else, and he could fight as he wanted.
Several small county towns north of Fancheng have been taken by him, and the first big city Tangzhou has become the only way for Zhao Rui, so it has become a must for the Yuan army and the Song army who rushed to help to keep Tangzhou and defeat Zhao Rui's siege team.
In the midst of the changes, a big war is just around the corner.
Zhao Gong arrived at Zhao Rui's retreat, pushed open the door, and there was a burst of refreshing sandalwood, and the indoor table was bright and bright, obviously cleaned by Xiaoyi every day.
Zhao Rui was like an old monk in a fixed position, sitting upright on the soft couch, and he couldn't even see the abnormal movement of his body caused by breathing.
As soon as Zhao Gong wanted to speak, Zhao Rui had already opened his eyes, and a pair of eyes were like starlight in the dark night, even in the daytime, they also emitted a shining light.
"Zhao Gong, have you brought everything back?"
Because of the urgency of the battle, Zhao Gong was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with the siege battle, although the heavy rain in Jiaozhi hindered the trip somewhat, but he still eliminated all difficulties at any cost, and finally returned to Fancheng the day before the siege.
Zhao Gong's clothes were stained with sweat, the dust on his forehead had long been mixed with sweat, and he was slightly panting, which was a little overdrawn from the long journey.
Although he has been by Zhao Rui's side, but the sentence just now, Zhao Gong really can't feel that Zhao Rui said it, although his voice has not changed, but the kind of calm and calm that is revealed is something that Zhao Gong has never experienced.
Young master, he has changed, just like a different person.
"Young master, now the Yuan army has sent a large number of troops and the support of the Song Dynasty, and the strength is 500,000, and their strength will never defend the city, and they will definitely go out of the city to fight us to the death! Although we have the help of firearms, if we are not careful, if there is a problem in the connection, it is still extremely dangerous, after all, the speed of the Yuan army's iron cavalry is too fast. ”
"Huh...... Articulation issues? Rest assured, it won't be ......"
Although Zhao Rui only said lightly, Zhao Gong felt extremely relieved when he heard it, as if the young master also had a soothing ability in his words.
The next day, before the big war.
Zhao Rui, who had been in retreat for nearly three months, appeared in front of everyone for the first time, except for Zhao Gong and Xiao Yi, everyone else had a strange strangeness.