Chapter 427: News from Home

At night, in the room of the inn Cui Daoshu.

Li Jilong went home, and the two brothers sat opposite each other and chatted casually.

"Old Seven, I don't have time to ask you during the day, how is the situation at home?"

"I'll tell you the good news, my sister-in-law is pregnant."

"Oh? That's a good thing! Big brother is really good, he must have hit it with one shot! Hahaha! ”

"After Lao Zhao Youhou, the people on Qishan Island are very happy, and now the sister-in-law is angry, and she takes the dog around the island every day, as if she is declaring her existence."

"Sister-in-law can be regarded as raising her eyebrows now, how are the others? Didn't the second brother and your sister move? ”

Cui Daoshu shook his head: "They haven't moved yet, the second brother and Da Lang have reclaimed wasteland in Taiwan, planted Champa rice, corn, potatoes, and peppers, and opened up a lot of salt ponds, and began to dry salt in large quantities." ”

Du Dalei patted his thigh: "It's good now, if these crops can be harvested in Taiwan smoothly, we don't have to worry about food, and we have to spend money to buy food." ”

Cui Daoshu nodded: "Yes, we have to vigorously develop Taiwan, and there can be no shortage of food." Lao Wei led people to build a kiln factory by the Danshui River, built a blast furnace, built a hydraulic forging hammer, and began to burn coke and cement. ”

"Haha, Lao Wei is engaged in industry, but his specialty, when will he start steelmaking? The order of the Great Song Dynasty is very anxious. ”

"I guess it will be soon, and it won't delay things. This time, I have already brought some of the weapons stock of Qishan Island, you can hand it over to Zhao Kuangyin, so that he can rest assured. ”

"Then the relationship is good, I will go to Zhao Guangyi tomorrow and tell him the good news."

"Zhao Guangyi? Is this in his hands? ”

"Yes, Zhao Guangyi is now the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, Li Jilong's father has a very strong relationship with him, and Zhao Kuangyin asked him to be responsible for trading with us."

"How is he? Is it good to deal with? ”

"It's okay, this guy is still very young, and he doesn't look like a very old and cunning man."

Cui Daoshu thought about it and said: "Lao Du, I brought a lot of goods this time, if we can open up Zhao Guangyi's door, we can sell them in Bianliang City." ”

"That's no problem, I've already bought three shops, enough for you to toss. In addition, I have negotiated with Pan Lou about the sale of spirits, and they will be the general agent of Bianliang City, and we will sell all the Wuliangye to Pan Lou, and then they will wholesale to other restaurants in Bianliang City. We'll save a lot of money. ”

Cui Daoshu nodded: "You are very powerful, you have been in Bianliang City for more than a month, and you have done so many things, I really didn't expect it!" ”

Du Dalei said very stinkily: "That's natural, my old Du is out of the horse, everything is not a problem, haha!" ”

Cui Daoshu asked again: "What is the situation of Li Jilong now?" Is there any nurturing value? ”

"Lao Du, now that his father has been demoted, his family is at a low point. At this time, we will show favor to him, and it will definitely be good in the future. In a few years, his father died, Zhao Kuangyin would feel very guilty about his family, and his sister would be married to Zhao Guangyi by Zhao Kuangyin, and Li Jilong would be the emperor's brother-in-law in the future. ”

Cui Daoshu snorted: "We don't necessarily want Zhao Guangyi to be the emperor, this guy is a mess in the war, if the Great Song Dynasty falls into his hands, he will be bullied by the Liao State." It is best for us to interfere in the political situation of the Great Song Dynasty and let Zhao Kuangyin live for a few more years. ”

Du Dalei smiled: "That's more than ten years later, what we have is time to play with them, no hurry, no hurry." ”

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On the morning of the next day, the personnel brought by Cui Daoshu began to take over the affairs of Bianliang City in an all-round way, and several staff officers also disguised themselves and walked around Bianliang City, and began to understand the deployment of Bianliang City.

Du Dalei and Cui Daoshu didn't have anything to do, so they took Li Jilong and walked around Bianliang City leisurely.

The three of them were followed by a large number of dogs, including the guards of the Li family, the guards of Qishan Island, and several officials of Kaifeng Mansion.

A group of people walked mightily on the streets of Bianliang City, causing passers-by to look sideways, and they all hid from them.

After a morning of shopping, everyone was a little tired, so they found a restaurant and rested for dinner.

After the meal, while everyone was tasting the fruit, a servant came over and said:

"Mr. Du, Lord Fu Yin has returned from the palace, and he said that he will let you go to the palace to meet in a while."

Du Dalei nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, let's go after a while." ”

After more than an hour, everyone rested, got up and walked out of the restaurant and walked towards Kaifeng Mansion.

In Zhao Guangyi's study, Du Dalei introduced Cui Daoshu to Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Guangyi looked at this polite son, and nodded secretly, it seems that this Cui Daoshu is definitely a talent cultivated by the family, not an ordinary businessman! He is full of extravagance and is very in line with the etiquette norms, and the thousand-year-old inheritance of the Qinghe Cui family is really full of heritage!

"Cui Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, everyone should sit down."

After everyone sat down, Du Dalei opened his mouth and said: "Lord Fu Yin, my seventh brother came this time and brought some of the ordnance on the order, almost 20% of the order, it can be transported into the city tomorrow, please send someone to receive it." ”

Zhao Guangyi was very happy and surprised: "Mr. Du, it's only been a month, and you have shipped ordnance, how did you produce it in such a short time?" Can the quality of ordnance be guaranteed? ”

Du Dalei smiled: "You don't have to worry, these ordnance are our inventory, and there is absolutely no problem with the quality." After you receive it tomorrow, send someone to check the quality. ”

Zhao Guangyi relieved his mind at this time, "Then there are two Laos, let's transport the ordnance into Bianliang City tomorrow." ”

So Zhao Guangyi relaxed and chatted happily with the two.

Du Dalei ran the train with his mouth full, began to talk nonsense from all over the world, and told Zhao Guangyi and Li Jilong about the customs and customs of the West thousands of miles away, and bluffed the two.

Dong Laxi talked for more than an hour before Du Dalei and Cui Daoshu said goodbye.

At noon the next day, everyone transported the ordnance into the city and handed it over to Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Guangyi eagerly asked his subordinates to finish counting the ordnance, and then sent someone to inspect the quality of the ordnance.

Three days later, Zhao Guangyi found the two of them in Kaifeng Mansion and warmly entertained them.

"Two, the quality of this batch of ordnance is very good, and the generals and non-commissioned officers of the forbidden army are very satisfied. In order to get this batch of ordnance, several generals of the forbidden army almost fought, and then they went to the imperial brother, and they were scolded by the imperial brother fiercely, and they were honest, haha. ”

Cui Daoshu smiled and said: "As long as you are satisfied, we will never fool customers with shoddy ordnance." That kind of business won't last long, don't you? ”

Zhao Guangyi nodded: "Young Master Cui is elegant and elegant, and the official admires him very much." When will the rest of the ordnance be delivered? ”

Cui Daoshu secretly thought about it for a while, and said: "Lord Fu Yin, about three months, it won't be more than four months, and the rest of the ordnance will be delivered." ”

Zhao Guangyi calculated, "In this way, if you can send the remaining ordnance over before August, the Great Song Dynasty will place another batch of orders, and the quantity will be doubled." Well, you can transport the ordnance to Yangzhou for handover, and you don't need to transport it to Bianliang. Anyway, the autumn tax of Lianghuai will start to be collected in September, so use the money to pay for your goods at that time. ”

Cui Daoshu and Du Dalei glanced at each other, and they both understood Zhao Guangyi's intentions. It seems that at the end of the year, the Great Song Dynasty will make a move on Houshu.

There is no need to transport these ordnance to Kaifeng, that would be too troublesome. If it is transported to Yangzhou, it can go straight up Hubei along the Yangtze River, and then the army of the Great Song Dynasty can change its clothes in Hubei, and it will be able to attack Houshu immediately.

Cui Daoshu remembered that the later Great Song Dynasty only took more than 60 days to destroy Hou Shu, and the Shu lord Meng Chang surrendered, and the Great Song Dynasty made a fortune in Shu, gold and silver treasures, ordnance and food, which was enough for the Great Song Dynasty to fight several big battles.

If the Great Song Dynasty can get the armament of Qishan Island, it will definitely be like a tiger with wings, and it is estimated that it will be easier to take Houshu, so for the general trend of the world, is it good or bad?

Zhao Guangyi saw Cui Daoshu bowing his head and thinking, obviously thinking about whether the ordnance could be delivered on time, so he tasted the tea slowly, and was not in a hurry to urge him.

After a while, Cui Daoshu raised his head and said, "Lord Fu Yin, there is no problem at all, before November, we will definitely deliver the goods on time." ”

Zhao Guangyi was very happy: "Yes, yes, this official represents the Great Song Dynasty, thank you Cui Gongzi and Mr. Du." ”

Du Dalei and Cui Daoshu hurriedly stood up, and even said, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." ”

and Zhao Guangyi finalized some details, and the two of them resigned.

In the carriage, Du Dalei asked: "Old Seven, will it be disadvantageous for us if we support the Great Song Dynasty like this?" ”

"Lao Du, I've thought about it carefully, there shouldn't be any problem. Our goal at this stage is to compete for supremacy at sea, and we will not go deep into the mainland to compete with the Great Song Dynasty. Besides, if they are given some cold weapons, Da Song will not stir up any storms. After all, we will develop in the direction of * in the future, don't you know, Lao Wei has now begun to lead people to start researching muskets and artillery. It is estimated that in a few years, our army will become a pure * army. ”

Du Dalei couldn't help but speak: "Lao Wei is too hard, right?" He wants to make steel again, he wants to develop industry, and now he has started to study again*, can he physically stand it? You won't get tired, will you? ”

Cui Daoshu shook his head: "We don't listen to him if we persuade him!" He said that there was no time to wait, and that he must study muskets and artillery as soon as possible, and equip the convoy as soon as possible. ”

"Then you let Ah Mei take care of him, don't let him get tired."

Cui Daoshu smiled bitterly: "Ah Mei is having a lot of fun in Taiwan, the two of them are busy with each other, and no one cares about anyone." ”