Chapter 248: The Lost Land

Coming out of the Peony Building in Qujiang Pond, Xu Qing was already frightened into a cold sweat, what Princess Pingyang said just now, once it was heard, Xu Qing would not be able to escape the charge of rebellion. However, Xu Qing got on the thief ship just now, and when he knew about it, it was too late to regret it. can only go to the black with Princess Pingyang.

Back at the Xuanwu Gate, Xu Qing didn't say a word about going out, and at this time, those black-clothed people appeared in Li Yuan's imperial study, and they told Li Yuan all the details of Xu Qing's journey from the Xuanwu Gate to the Peony Tower, and even found a thatched house on the street to pee, how long he had been peeing, and what changes had occurred after peeing, all of which were reported to Li Yuan one by one.23 But when Li Yuan heard that it was Princess Pingyang in the Peony Building, he breathed a sigh of relief, since it was Pingyang and Xu Qing meeting, it would be fine. Li Yuan only has two certain things in his heart, first, Xu Qing, this kid will never rebel when I am here, and he will not have the courage to have two hearts. Second, no matter when, Princess Pingyang will never have two hearts for his father.

Before there was no assignment, Xu Qingfeng's rituals and halberds were all stationed in the Xuanwumen army. The current guards of Xuanwu Gate, with Li Yuan's appreciation, have also improved their food a lot compared to before. I used to eat the pancakes all day long, but now I have meat in them. In the past, the soup was only bone, but now there are meat slices and egg drops. Therefore, those subordinate rituals said to Xu Qing one after another, we won't do this ritual, and we will be ordinary soldiers here.

Xu Qing smiled and said, "Okay, then let's play physical training, you are qualified, just stay." ”

This practice, no one wants to stay in Xuanwumen anymore.

However, Xu Qing still took the initiative to invite some people to stay in his army, who were nothing more than people with special skills. For example, the one who can read the characters clearly from a thousand feet away, and those who can't make a hard bow but can use a catapult, and who can't ride a horse, but can build a carriage. Xu Qing caught him and asked, you can't ride a horse or fight, so why did you come to martial arts. Instead, he replied that he didn't know that he was originally repairing a car in the county office, and one day the county lord suddenly sent someone to find him and let him come to Chang'an.

Xu Qing sighed, since he has a skill, then stay here.

Time flew by, and the competition of the last thousand people began at this time. Li Yuan personally took hundreds of civil and military officials to pay tribute to the Taimiao, take the five-color Tu'an Quartet, and then in front of a thousand students, Jia En said that he would take a hundred more people. In the voice of gratitude, the final competition of Wuju began.

The senior officers of the fifth rank and above in the court were present to watch, and the military generals above the fourth rank participated in the capital governor competition. 1,000 people, randomly match opponents, play in pairs, the winner enters the next round, and the loser is eliminated and stays in place for the time being. Of course, the conspiracy will be compared to the strategy of the battle, and some will be compared to the tongue debate. The remaining 500 people basically enjoyed the official position of this martial arts, and in order to ensure the cultural level of the battalion generals and guard generals, a screening competition was held again.

Through written examinations, tests of officialdom etiquette, etc., the last 300 people will be selected. Those who are eliminated will be awarded official positions on the spot, and they are really lacking, unlike Xu Qing's previous selection, and they have to wait for the appointment and dispatch of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. The officials of the martial arts are awarded relatively small, and all of them are eight-rank and nine-rank officials.

In the end, apart from letting Xu Qing be present, it didn't have much to do with him. Taiji Hall roll call, after the decision of three hundred people came out, this Jinshi was born, the same Jinshi was born, the champion list looked at the flowers, the top three with big red flowers, wearing big red robes, arranging palace flowers, riding horses and boasting the street. This is just the process, the ranking of martial arts, still to be tested in the end.

---- Cangzhou

It has been more than half a month since Xu Qing sent a letter last time, and at this time, Cangzhou is in the midst of a storm of sharp drop in grain prices. Immediately after all kinds of things fell in price, the Luonan merchants who came to Cangzhou made a lot of money, carrying a lot of cheap goods, and went to Luoyang, the eastern capital. A few days ago, I heard that the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce was established, and it seemed to be very lively, but Zhao Luqin had no intention of caring about the noise of these clowns. Because I don't care, your Qinghe Chamber of Commerce has our model, but it doesn't have our core technology, and there is no trade route to the Liaodong grassland and Goguryeo. Prices in Hebei have plummeted, and the establishment of 10,000 chambers of commerce is not enough, unless you can persuade everyone to stop producing in a short period of time, or send these products outside Another reason is that they are busy with another thing.

Not long ago, a merchant ship from Liaodong came with the news that it had sailed southeast of Baekje in Silla for seven or eight days, and there were many islands in its sea. The people above have not yet been unified in the country, and according to legend, they are the wild seeds left behind when Xu Fu crossed to the east. Originally, a barbarian land, a place where Wang Hua couldn't be opened, Qin Shi and Zhao Lu couldn't look down on it. But I heard that there are no other products on those islands, but there is a lot of gold and silver, and someone has gone up before, and a pound of Kaiyuan Tongbao can be exchanged for the same weight of silver. The locals are not in pursuit of copper, but they are very interested in the exquisite shape of Kaiyuan Tongbao.

Copper for gold and silver, this is big business! This place where the king can't be turned into a king is really ...... Qin Shi and Zhao Lu are not pedantic people, and such a big profit makes them more excited. Hurriedly checked the classics, only to find that the place, actually called Wa, is recorded in the Three Kingdoms, at that time, the Three Kingdoms recorded a group of wild people. But according to the description of the merchants of Liaodong, there are now countries in that place, but each country is very small and not unified.

Zhao Lu and Qin Shi were so smart that they could see the huge benefits at a glance. As the so-called snipe and clam fight, and the fisherman profits, Zhao Lu and Qin Shi were thinking, why not provoke the two countries to fight, and then help their people in exchange for gold and silver?

No, since their countries are small, why don't they send people to occupy them directly. Don't occupy it all first, first lay a bridgehead, and then send troops into it, and then map its entire territory. Then you can let their people dig for me gold and silver, grow food for me, and weave cloth for me. Anyway, overseas, on that small island across the sea, as long as it is done strictly, it will not be transmitted to the Central Plains for hundreds of years. Wouldn't it be beautiful to wait until the gold and silver were dug up somewhere, and then let the people of the Central Plains go in and establish an overseas country?

However, this matter could not be told to the imperial court, and once the imperial court learned that this was originally a big director, it would become a small clerk. Qin Shi stared at the Liaodong merchant and said, "Who are you, why did you learn about this, and why did you tell us about it?" ”

The Liaodong merchant smiled and said: "The two Fang Bo asked this, and the villain guessed that the two must have known the huge profits in this?" ”

Zhao Lu and Qin glanced at each other, and said with a straight face: "Bold, tell me who you are, and dare to guess the official!" ”

The Liaodong merchant laughed loudly, took out a secret letter from his bosom and said, "Two Uncle Fang, please look at ......"

The two of them exclaimed after seeing it: "You are the envoy of the King of Bohai!" ”

The Liaodong merchant nodded and said, "Yes, I am indeed a special envoy. I don't want to hide it from the two lords, but only my king and I know about the abundance of gold and silver in this land. My king knows that the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce is the time to use money everywhere, so why not take advantage of this to make a lot of money? ”

Zhao Lu said vigilantly: "Well, the two of us have nothing to do with the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce...... "It's one thing to let the Chamber of Commerce develop, but the collusion between officials and businessmen can do something else."

The Liaodong merchant lowered his voice and said: "Alas, why do you hide it from me, this is a token left by Lord Xu Qingxu, and you can check it." ”

There is a token of Xu Qing, okay, everyone is a family. Since it's a family, let's talk about the proportion of this share, can I have eight and you two?

The adults laughed......

In the past few days, Qin Shi and Zhao Lu have ten thousand things in their hearts, and finally discussed with the envoy. The Bohai State contributed in the name of the royal family, and this side invested in the name of the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, first prepared some large warships, and the profits obtained later were divided equally between the two parties. The initial plan is to use the Central Plains products in hand first, and then make a sum of money from the land, and first "gain" their trust. After that, find out the distribution of their forces, find a coastal one, the most annoying one, and find a passable reason to destroy it. Then they transported troops from Liaodong to build an impregnable fortress, and then provoked war and made a big deal again. Finally, occupy its country, enslave its people, and enjoy endless profits.

A book of ten thousand profits!

In addition, the wonder of this land is that it is separated by the sea, and other people basically do not have this opportunity to know that some fishermen who have sailed far away can go. Go to that place, you can plunder as much as you like, of course, Qin Shi and Zhao Lu are still more influenced by Confucius's king-like thoughts, what they want is just to go to that place to seal the land and build a country, while educating the local people and benefiting them, while taking away their worthless silver.

This matter involves a wide range of things, of course, there are less than five people in Liaodong who know about this matter, and only the most core people in the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce know, but none of them can make this decision, because they know that no matter how much power and prestige they have in the Chamber of Commerce, this Chamber of Commerce is another person's after all, and that person is Xu Qing. As long as Xu Qing said a word, everything they have now will become a thing of the past.

Therefore, this matter should also ask Xu Da to guide him.

But how to contact Xu Qing? In the past, when discussing locust plagues and other things, Xu Qing used secret letters, but this matter was too important, and secret letters did not seem safe.

The two of them combined and pulled Zhan Zeng into the gang.

Zhan Zeng, you seem to have been an official for a full year, a few of our younger brothers discussed something with you, when you go back to Beijing to report on your work, can you talk to Xu Da about something?

What's the matter?

Buying and selling......

So, Zhan joined the gang. The two knew that Xu Qing would most likely agree, so they began to plan to organize a fleet. In summer, the sea is rough, and in autumn there are many winds, so you can only safely reach Waji by boat in winter. The plan was like this, and everything was brought to Xu Qing with Zhan Zeng's convoy back to Beijing to report on work.

And Chang'an, the list of martial arts emperors is wide open: "Nine years of martial arts, martial arts jinshi, first place in the first class, Ma Zhaorui!" ”

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I've passed level 4