Chapter Seventy-Seven: The War Begins

After the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce made a decision, it sent someone to Zuixianlou to inform Yingxuan the next day, and distributed a silver medal for an exclusive member of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce, which was engraved with the word Yingxuan.

Subsequently, Ying Xuan ordered Atai to take all the proceeds from yesterday for the preliminary expenses of the Chu State to build the Drunken Immortal Building, and to keep in close contact with the people of the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce as the person in charge of the Drunken Immortal Building of the Chu State.

Although two thousand taels of gold sounds like a huge amount, if you want to build a luxurious and atmospheric restaurant, there is no doubt that it is not enough, and Ying Xuan is expected to invest a month's income in the Zuixian Building.

Yingdu is a thousand-year-old capital, with a rich heritage and many powerful people. If you can cut a piece of meat on them, I am afraid that it will be comparable to the tax revenue of the Song State for a year.

It's just that although this piece of meat looks bright on the outside, it is not so easy to swallow. Therefore, Ying Xuan was willing to take out half of the profits to the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce. Although it sounds like the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce is at a loss, in fact, there is already a lot of profit in this half of the floor.

As long as the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce mobilizes the relationship they have established in the Chu State and helps Ying Xuan to do business in the Chu State steadily, it is expected to get about eight to one hundred thousand taels of silver every year, and can use the Drunken Immortal Building as a springboard to establish a deeper relationship in the aristocratic circle of the Yingdu of the Chu State, and can also rely on the Drunken Immortal Tower's reputation in the Chu State to reach a higher level.

A chamber of commerce like the Tenglong Chamber of Commerce, which can already rival the country, is no longer very concerned about money, and if it can really achieve the expected effect, they are even willing to subsidize the Drunken Immortal Building.

Although Ying Xuan is an archaeologist, he also has a deep understanding of the migration of ancient and modern architectural cultures, and synthesizes the architectural characteristics of various dynasties and modern designs, and begins to design the construction drawings of the Zuixian Tower of the Chu State overnight.

After a few days, Ying Xuan finally designed the interior structure and appearance of the Zuixian Building, and then consulted with the best craftsmen in Bianjing City to see how much it would cost to build this pavilion.

Ying Xuan thought of the five fingers stretched out by the craftsman, and he knew what it meant. Fifty thousand taels! Of course, this cliff is not silver! Ying Xuan spent three days and three nights to design this restaurant, both in appearance and partial installation, the cliff is not comparable to the restaurant in the Song Kingdom, and the price will naturally not be the same as this one in the Song Kingdom.

In the previous life, spending 50,000 taels of gold to build a restaurant can only be said to be average. After all, the dynasties at that time had been unified, and the country's population and land resources were extremely rich, allowing countless merchants to benefit from it and make their families rich. At that time, not to mention 50,000 taels of gold, it was common to build an annex with 100,000 taels of gold.

The Song Dynasty was one of the very few countries in history that developed commerce on a large scale, and the rich Song Dynasty had a tax revenue of more than 100 million taels of silver at its peak. The money spent on building the palace alone is tens of millions of taels every year, which is higher than the annual tax revenue of the Song Kingdom today. Ying Xuan spent 50,000 taels of gold to build a restaurant, which was already a lot of money at this time.

The wealthy royal family picks the expensive ones to buy, and Yingxuan is naturally different, and the selection of materials and furnishings for construction is a price comparison.

For example, in terms of wood, people use red sandalwood, and he uses iron pear wood, and there is not much difference in quality, but if it is to build a restaurant, Ying Xuan can save tens of thousands of taels of silver in the cost of wood.

In other words, once successful, Ying Xuan only needs to spend the price of 50,000 taels of gold, and he will be able to make the illusion of 500,000 taels of gold.

As soon as he thought of this, Ying Xuan hurriedly called Ah Tai over and handed him the design drawings. Just in case, Ying Xuan also kept a copy of himself as a backup after the design drawings were completed.

"I don't know what's going on with my father..."Ying Xuan opened the window and looked into the distance with a blank expression.

There were too many thorns on the way to re-establish the Qin Kingdom, and Ying Xuan also deliberately put Zhang Yi by Ying Ke's side before coming to the Song Kingdom, hoping to help Ying Ke at the beginning of the turmoil.

A month has passed, and the latest situation over there has not yet reached Song Guolai, and after dealing with the matter at hand, Ying Xuan has a sense of worry.

It's not that Ying Xuan is worried that this trip to Ying Ke will be in vain, now that there are many countries, the weak eat the strong, and the nine major families are all on the side of the approval of the restoration of the Qin State.

It's just that Ying Xuan understands the characteristics of the family too well, even if he wants to restore the Qin State, whether it is the family on the island or the nine families in Xiqi, he will definitely fight for the interests of the family at all costs.

The power of the Win clan is weak, and if you want these clans to be vassals, you can only tolerate them everywhere. And once they take a step back, these clans will take two steps forward, and if this continues, not only will the majesty of the royal family be gone, but I am afraid that when Ying Xuan returns to Qin a year later, the influence of the royal family will only be left in the palace.

This is something that Ying Xuan understands in his heart, and Ying Ke knows it even more in his heart! But he had no choice, the current situation had to rely on the family's energy to stabilize the situation, even if he knew that this would increase the family's influence in the Qin State, Ying Ke had to do so.

Because the Qin State was located in Xiqi and the road was far away, it took a long time for the news to reach the Song State. Even if the situation in Xiqi is stabilized at this moment, it will take at least a month for Ying Xuan to get the news.

However, the people of the whole city did not care about the affairs of Xiqi, and even they did not know that the Qin State had been allied with their country.

Yue Fei led 100,000 male divisions to launch a surprise attack on Shuiyang County along the sea and land, which happened three days ago, and now the news has spread to Bianjing City, and it immediately caused a sensation in the whole city.

In recent years, the Liao State has repeatedly crossed the border to burn, kill and loot, making the people on the border of the Song State miserable. Yue Fei's surprise attack can be described as very happy.

The Song court quickly sent the battle-hardened Captain Yang Ye Yang to lead an army of 80,000 all the way north, and joined forces with Yue Feili to kill Shuiyang County.

This matter was directly slapped in the cabinet without much grace, and Wang Boyan and the other lords and the party knew that Zhao Kuangyin was furious at this moment, and they did not want to touch this bad head.

This battle is imperative!

When more than a dozen building ships and dozens of large, medium and small warships docked on the shore, 100,000 Song troops quietly went ashore in the night.

However, the 100,000-strong army is really a lot of people, and even if they try their best to restrain it, the movement caused is not small. Every once in a while, it attracted the prying eyes of a patrol team of 100 people.

"Whoosh~"

Tens of thousands of arrows converged into a large net, ruthlessly pounced on the hundred-man troops, and suddenly turned hundreds of people into a hornet's nest.

"All of them quickly went ashore, and the generals above the rank of lieutenant quickly put their troops in order!"

Yue Fei's voice was not loud, and he could only carry out within a radius of 100 meters. But soon someone raised the banner, and the order was issued at once.

"Zhang Xian! Ben Shuai ordered you to lead an army of 10,000 and take the Burning City before dawn! ”

"The last general commands!" Zhang Xian stepped forward and shouted.

"Yang Zaixing! This commander ordered you to lead an army of 20,000 and take Tianyang City before dawn! ”

"The last general commands!"

"The other generals will take Tianshui City tonight with Ben Shuai!"

Tianshui City is an important city in Shuiyang County, and behind the high walls of the city, there are more heavy guards. If Yue Fei hadn't taken Shuiyang County overnight, he would have gotten the news early tomorrow morning and all the cities in Shuiyang County would have come to their aid.

At that time, Yue Fei's main force would be entangled by the forces of Shuiyang County. As long as Shuiyang County can entangle Yue Fei for ten days, as soon as the army of Liao Court arrives, Yue Fei's army of 100,000 will be unable to fly.

Another result was that Yue Fei's army of 100,000 took the three cities overnight. Relying on the situation of the three cities as horns for each other, they can resist the reinforcements of the Liao Court in a short time, and they can also draw out part of their forces to help Yang Ye take Hainan Pass.

In this battle, the Song army did not have an advantage in numbers, not to mention that it was not a local battle, and Yue Fei's fighting style was indeed the most simple, direct and effective.

Half an hour later, the 100,000 army that had been reorganized was divided into three routes and slaughtered towards the three cities.