"Little Four, what is a good idea to make a fortune? Say it. Murong Hanhai saw Hu Xiaosi walking in, and couldn't help but smile: "Why do you get rich every time I see you?" I don't think you should go to the Finance Department. ”

Hu Xiaosi looked at Murong Hanhai with deep contempt for the expression that went into the eyes of the money: "What about me, I think Murong is counting money in everything you are doing now." We're playing art now, you know? Art. After finishing speaking, he saluted Li Xuanqing and said with a smile: "But it is also essential to make a fortune." Recently, the Xuanying Wei Jiangnan Branch pondered a new deal, but it was blocked by Zhu Quanzhong. ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately deflated and said, "Then what are you talking nonsense about?" I don't know if Tiance Mansion is short of money this year? ”

"Okay, okay, Xiaosi, are you planning to compete with Zheng Fan again?" Li Xuanqing stopped everyone's verbal criticism of Hu Xiaosi, and said thoughtfully: "Now that Zhu Quanzhong has taken Xuzhou, and he still uses the righteousness of the imperial court, I heard that in addition to the fierce battle in Xuzhou, the rest of the place is basically a rumor, and a lot of good things should be caught, right?" ”

"My lord is wise, I intend to unite with Yang Yi's National Guard to form a secret smuggling team, specializing in the first line of the canal, starting from the territory of Sun Ru and Qian Biao in the south, running through the entire Central Plains, and arranging perfect concealment and response measures along the way. At the same time, an entire intelligence transmission network was developed using this smuggling route. Do you think this counts as making money? Hu Xiaosi said with a triumphant smile: "It just so happens that Xiaohu and their Flying Eagle Brigade are preparing to transfer manpower to the south to exercise their adaptability to combat in the tropics. Therefore, there is the escort of the soldier king of the Flying Eagle Brigade, which is absolutely safe and reliable, and it is profitable. I said, how about a few of you merchants? Do you want to take my road and dump goods south? I can waive the processing fee. ”

As soon as Hu Xiaosi finished speaking, everyone at the scene immediately understood this guy's thoughts, on the one hand, smuggling money, grain and materials from there to supplement the needs of the north, and on the other hand, trafficking the booming industrial products of Tiance Mansion to the south through this channel. This is much better than the previous Xu family taking the South Mountain Road or passing through the Bianliang area at a high cost. It's just that there are a lot of problems here, as far as Li Xuanqing knows, there is a hard flaw, the canal at the end of the Tang Dynasty is actually not the same as the route of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in later generations, and it is different in the Central Plains. If it were replaced by a canal in later generations, Li Xuanqing might have started to implement it a long time ago, but the current situation. Besides, I heard that the canal in the Luoyang section has been silted.

"My lord, Xuan Yingwei has received definite news that Zhu Quanzhong has partially replenished the army with some of the prisoners of the First Battle of Xuzhou, and all the rest have been escorted to Bianzhou and Luoyang, the eastern capital. His military advisor Xie Tong also plans to imitate the style of our canal repair, and re-repair the canal in the territory of the Xuanwu Army. This is a godsend for us. Hu Xiaosi took out a piece of information from his arms and handed it to Li Xuanqing with a smile.

Li Xuanqing glanced at Cen Tianshi, who was handed to him, and said with a smile: "Okay, how long does it take for you to set up the secret whistle and prepare for it?" ”

"The arrangement of the Xuan Ying Wei itself has been completed. Xiaohu is no problem on his side, I came to ask the lord to give Yang Yi an order, and when the time comes, we will form a joint agency, the National Guard will be responsible for the transportation within our territory, and Xuan Yingwei will be responsible for the transportation along the way, I estimate that half a month is enough. I've already asked Zhao Si to come back from the south. Hu Xiaosi obviously had already thought about everything, so he answered everything, and even the person in charge had been transferred back.

"Okay, order me to give it to you in a moment." Li Xuanqing nodded and said to Murong Hanhai: "Murong, you immediately secretly organized a group of merchants, with your five wealthy businessmen as the backbone members, selected our industrial varieties, and then docked with Xiaosi, this line is worth our investment." Smuggling has always been the lowest-cost business, and it is a matter of letting it go. Let's rob Zhu Quanzhong's money to develop our economy. ”

"I think you have to keep this matter a secret, don't make it more difficult for Xuan Yingwei." Cen Tianshi took Li Xuanqing's words and said, "It's best for you to choose special people to run in with Xuanyingwei's people." ”

Murong Hanhai glanced at each other, they all saw the joy in each other's eyes, hurriedly bowed down to receive the order, and then hurriedly went back to prepare, how many of the industrial products of each family can meet the foreign trade regulations of Tiance Mansion must be sorted out overnight, and all cities along the canal need to set up stations to facilitate shipment at any time. After a few people summed up, they decided to divide labor and cooperate, the Murong family was responsible for screening industrial varieties, Xu Xingxia was responsible for setting up wharves along the way, and several others also began to set up stations on road transportation. In addition, several joint ventures have also set up special transportation companies headed by the Yelujia and Xujia - the Northern Transportation Company and the Canal Shipping Company, and began to specialize in transporting all kinds of large-scale bulk commodities.

The actions of the five wealthy businessmen naturally had Murong Hanhai to worry about, and at this time, Hu Xiaosi took out a piece of information again after seeing them leave, and his face became serious, "Lord, this is the countermeasure taken by the Xuanwu Army after the end of the Youbei War. ”

Li Xuanqing took it and was stunned, and then sighed: "It seems that this Xie Tong is really a good hand, and he has been able to see through our strategic moves many times." This person has such a unique vision, it can really be said that he is extremely smart. ”

Cen Tianshi came over and frowned after reading the information: "The other party's idea is the same as ours, and it is a long-distance and close-range attack." It's just that in this way, the road for them to aid Xichuan is much more convenient than ours, and if the Yangtze River waterway is unblocked, it will definitely be possible to directly transport materials from the Yangtze River to the Zigui area, which is now under Wang Jian's jurisdiction. If we start from Hanzhong and need to cross these mountain roads in the Qinling Mountains, it will inevitably be difficult for logistical supply at that time, and we will face the situation of being alone. ”

Li Xuanqing shook his head and said: "It's not enough to be alone, it's just that Xie Tong may change Zhu Quanzhong's mind in this way, if the other party goes west to fight Yang Xingmi and the small princes and small feudal towns around him regardless of Xuzhou, then our strategy of long-distance and close attack will come to naught." With Yang Xingmi's strength, it is difficult to compete with the Xuanwu army. ”

"I have already informed Yang Xingmi of these situations, and I don't know what his countermeasures will do at this time." Hu Xiaosi said a little helplessly: "Do you want me to let the people of the Dragon Group find a chance to slaughter Xie Tong, so that it can be a hundred." ”

"You are the next step, can you really think that Zheng Fan is a fool?" Li Xuanqing glared at Hu Xiaosi and then frowned and said: "At this time, we should find a way to divert Zhu Quanzhong's attention, so that he can misjudge the strategy of the southern route or at least reduce his attention to Huainan and even Luzhou and Wankou City on the north bank of the Yangtze River, so that we can force Sun Ru, Yang Xingmi and Qian Biao at the mouth of the Yangtze River to join forces to fight for us for a period of time." ”

"Why don't we see if we can fight another economic war?" Cen Tianshi understood what Li Xuanqing meant, this was to lay the groundwork for himself to take Sichuan, and to firmly contain Zhu Quanzhong in the south when he was implementing the strategy in central Sichuan, so as not to let the other party covet the north of the Yellow River. Otherwise, with Zheng Fan's pervasive joint means, it is difficult to contact any tribe in the north to contain the main force of the Tiance Army next time.

"Economic warfare?" Li Xuanqing shook his head after muttering a few words: "The continuous economic war is not suitable. Not to mention, Xie Tong has already figured out some ways to deal with economic warfare. Let's just say that it is only May at this time, and once the economic war starts, the people at the bottom will inevitably suffer the most. If we turn our heads at us and incite the people to hate the Tiance Mansion, the gains will outweigh the losses. ”

"My lord, if you want me to see it, it's better to take two steps and one step. He used smuggling to encroach on the new strength growth brought by Zhu Quanzhong's occupation of new territory, and at the same time used the dumping of industrial products to destroy the other party's market, drawing Zhu Quanzhong's attention from the south to the north. With Yang Xingmi's mind, he could naturally guess that this was an opportunity for him. Hu Xiaosi frowned and said a little unwillingly. Originally, the canal smuggling route was only developed to expand his economic strength, but at this time, he wanted to be a shield for others, how could he be willing.

"Yes, it would be good if the navy was formed at this time, we could perform the leapfrog tactic from the sea, land from the southern coast, and open another battlefield directly from the south." Li Xuanqing also shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Forget it, don't add new tasks to the canal trade route just yet. The situation in the Bianliang area, you Xuan Yingwei decide how to deal with it yourself. Let the Flying Eagle Brigade postpone its journey to the south, and stay in Bianliang to assist you. Also, find a way to find out if there is a suitable admiral or something in the south. The growth of naval talents trained by ourselves is too slow, and the navy is still a technical branch, and there is no way to achieve it quickly. Li Xuanqing thought about it and still didn't agree with Hu Xiaosi's suggestion.

"The lord is looking for naval talent? There is a candidate for Tianshi, but his recent situation is not very good. Cen Tianshi heard Li Xuanqing instruct Hu Xiaosi to go to the south to search for admirals, and suddenly remembered something: "Does the lord remember the battle of Baijiangkou a hundred years ago?" ”

"Sir, do you still recognize the descendants of the navy back then?" After hearing Cen Tianshi's words, Li Xuanqing and Hu Xiaosi turned back at the same time.

"When Tianshi was in Chang'an, he once met the descendants of Liu Renliang, the commander of the Baijiangkou Water War. This person's name is Liu Tong, the fifth grandson of Liu Renliang, and he once talked about a little old thing when he was in Chang'an, but I don't know if he still has the ability to fight a water war, after all, it has been too long. Cen Tianshi smiled bitterly: "Actually, there were some sailors in Chang'an, but the war has been going on for too long, so I'll ask Yang Qiu to check it out immediately, and send all the useful ones to Yingzhou." ”

Cen Tianshi's words made the two of them gradually calm down, and their joy for this descendant of Liu Renliang also decreased a lot, especially the new iron-hulled ship led by Li Xuanqing is about to be put into service, and the weapon system specially made by the Equipment Department for naval warfare has also begun to be tested, and the previous experience in water warfare is really not so useful.

After figuring this out, Li Xuanqing made an astonishing decision and began to urgently transfer Guo Chongtao, who had emerged in the Battle of Cangzhou last time, to Yingzhou to stand by, along with one of his guards.

"Lord, you don't really plan to form a scout, do you?" Hu Xiaosi was taken aback by Li Xuanqing's order.

"Our ships and weapon systems are basically very different from those of previous warships, and many weapons are appearing for the first time, and the experience of previous water warfare has not had as much impact on us as before. In this case, it is better to start from scratch and form a new type of navy. Li Xuanqing smiled slightly and said: "You immediately give an order to the General Staff to formally establish the Navy Department, with Guo Chongtao as the acting director of the Navy and the guard of the training fleet, and the Tiance Army Navy in Yingzhou." ”

Li Xuanqing's words also made the two nod helplessly, anyway, in the current situation, the navy basically doesn't need to dispatch too much, so there is no opinion. However, this newly established naval department made the two of them vaguely understand that Li Xuanqing should revise the army establishment again.

"Alright, little four, you go and get busy with your trade routes. Mr. Cen and I are going to Yingzhou to assist Guo Chongtao in setting up the Navy Department. Then let's go back to the Chang'an base camp. Li Xuanqing didn't explain much, and changed the topic and continued.

"Then I should also go to Bianzhou, compile the layout of the southern line, and then return to Chang'an from the eastern capital." Hu Xiaosi nodded and said, "I think I'll take the time to go to Sichuan to have a look." Maybe you can provoke Wang Jian and Li Maozhen to fight. When the time comes, we will be able to save effort. ”

"You're really afraid that the world won't be chaotic." Li Xuanqing was also a little helpless about this guy's character, and after sending him away, he began to pack up with Cen Tianshi and then transferred to Yingzhou.

This is the first time Li Xuanqing has come to Yingzhou, and he can't remember clearly. After Cen Tianshi arrived in Yingzhou, he began to check the government affairs in Yingzhou by the way, while Qiaoxi and Li Xuanqing immediately went straight to the shipyard. At this time, Yingzhou has long changed its appearance with the support of the rear railway line, and several industrial parks have risen in the east of the city, with steel smelting and forging as the main link, connecting hundreds of large and small manufacturers.

"Big brother, why don't I let the BMW factory start producing bicycles." Qiaoxi pulled Li Xuanqing to the vicinity of the shipyard, and the two walked as they walked.

"Do you have the right rubber wheels?" In other words, how did the bicycle wheel in history work? Li Xuanqing was a little distressed, he was just an ordinary person in the later life, and it was impossible for him to remember so much knowledge.

"The rubber will not be possible until Brother Xu's fleet arrives in the South Seas. But I can build a coal chemical plant in Bingzhou and see if I can make plastic using the soil method. I can remember the chemical equation. Qiaoxi couldn't remember, but she soon came up with another way.

"That's fine. I'll first ask the logistics department to send some technicians to Chang'an, and you can test it first to see if it works. If it is feasible, it will be directly launched, and it just so happens that the railroad has also begun to be built in the state. Li Xuanqing was a little unsure whether the sulfide in later generations was a product of coal chemical industry, so he planned to try it.

"Wow, big brother, look, that's our iron ship." Before Li Xuanqing's words were finished, Qiaoxi suddenly pointed to the steel monster under construction in the huge semi-enclosed dock in the distance.

"Is this an iron-hulled ship?" A trace of heat flashed in Li Xuanqing's eyes, and he walked up quickly with Qiaoxi.