Liu Liangzuo blocked the trade route to Luyi and Runing, but after all, Liu Liangzuo only occupied a few county towns northwest of Fengyang Prefecture, and could not block the long border between Ming and Shun.

Gao Yihuan wants to transport the materials over or out, it's not impossible, it's just that it will increase the cost of transportation.

Selling things to the Fan family this time is a sure profit, and it doesn't matter if the transportation is troublesome.

After Gao Yihuan finished the general plan, Liu Heizi immediately asked: "Brother Gao, just say what you need your brother to do!" ”

Gao Yihuan said: "Brother Liu, there are three things you have to do now, the first is to prepare the materials that can be mobilized, I will let people register first, and then all of them will return to Germany and be transferred to Nanzhili." The second thing is very critical, the Jin merchants will definitely transport the materials back to the north after purchasing them, and they can only take the Shandong road. Brother Liu, you are close to Shandong, and you need to send someone to find out the route of the Fan family's business, but remember not to startle the snake. The third thing, Brother Liu needs to gather the soldiers and horses, after we robbed the caravan, the soldiers will be divided into two ways, Brother Liu will fight Bozhou, I will fight Yingchuan, and then we will meet Shouzhou. ”

After listening to this, Liu Heizi nodded, "Brother Gao, don't worry, I will never let you down." ”

After Gao Yihuan had a brief meeting with everyone, everyone transferred troops, prepared materials, and was responsible for investigating the news, and they were busy.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was sitting in the study, listening to Gao Xinghao's report, "Second brother, we have 180,000 stones of grain in Runing, 15,000 pieces of cotton cloth, 200,000 catties of fine iron, and porcelain and tea, which have not yet been counted. ”

When Gao Yihuan returned from Xiangyang, Zhang Xianzhong was attacking cities and plundering land in central Hubei.

The western army was divided into two routes, one to capture Jingzhou and Yiling, and the other to attack Yuezhou.

At this time, Jingzhou and Yiling had fallen into the hands of the Western Army, He Tengjiao fled without a fight, retreated to Changsha, the situation in Huguang was already quite critical, once Zhang Xianzhong took Yuezhou, Changsha would probably not be protected.

In this way, the entire vast part of the lake will be occupied by Zhang Xianzhong.

This made the Jiangxi governor Lu Daqi's men and horses dare not move, and Huang Degong of Anqing and Wuhu must also monitor Zhang Xianzhong.

Gao Yihuan had insight into this and knew that the only enemy he faced was Liu Liangzuo, at most plus Ma Shiying, and some officers and soldiers in Xuzhou, so he had a certain degree of certainty and dared to sell the materials.

This time, Gao Yihuan can produce at least 6,000 elite soldiers, and Liu Heizi can produce 10,000 people, and a total of 20,000 horses can be pulled.

They even dared to fight the Tartars, and if they taught Liu Liangzuo a lesson, the problem was naturally not big.

If the things sold can't be snatched back, Gao Yihuan will have to lose blood, but with the backing of Gao Liu's coalition army, and by surprise, it is not to directly hit the city, but to intercept and kill halfway and recapture the materials, there should be no problem.

"Food is very important, just in case, leave 100,000 stones, and the rest will be transported to Nanzhi and sold to Fan Yongdou." Gao Yihuan groaned and sneered: "Lao Tzu wants to see how much appetite he has." ”

Gao Xinghao smiled, "Second brother, I have made a preliminary estimate that after leaving 100,000 stone of grain, the remaining grain and materials, when converted, should be worth 500,000 taels of silver." ”

Gao Yihuan smiled slightly, in this way, not counting the seizure after the city was conquered, not counting Liu Liangzuo's family wealth, Lao Tzu can earn 500,000 taels just by selling things.

"How much does Liu Heizi have, has it been estimated?" Gao Yihuan touched his beard under his forehead.

"Second brother, what General Liu can take out is about 150,000 taels!"

Gao Yihuan was shocked when he heard this, "He actually has so many?" ”

Xinghao smiled, "Second brother, you don't know, the coal mine in Yongcheng is a hen that can lay golden eggs, and General Liu not only sold it to us, but also sold the coal to Nanzhi." I heard Ji Guofeng say that the coal in Yongcheng is very scarce in the south, and when the weather is cold, the dignitaries and nobles in Nanjing are willing to buy coal from Yongcheng for heating, and the water in the canal is blackened by the ships transporting coal. ”

Gao Yihuan didn't expect that a carboniferous mine would make so much money.

Runing and Nanyang, in fact, also have a lot of minerals, it seems that it is time to mine them themselves.

"Outside of the horse, how much can Yang Wenchang come up with?" Gao Yihuan then asked.

Xinghao said: "It should not be less than 600,000 taels of materials."

Gao Yihuan calculated in his heart that just to buy materials, the Fan family would need to spend more than 1.2 million taels of silver.

In addition, the Fan family should have invested tens of thousands of taels in the shops in various counties, and there must always be some silver in the shops.

Gao Yihuan roughly estimated that the Fan family would lose at least 1.5 million taels this time.

This made Gao Yihuan's heart dark for a while, dare to cut off Lao Tzu's financial path and make him unable to kill the turtle grandson?

"Alright. Xinghao, you can go to work. Gao Yihuan waved his hand, and then said to the guards outside: "Go, call Yang Wenchang to me."

Happy and proud, soon after withdrawing, Yang Wenchang came to the outside of the study.

Yang Wenchang is a gentry in Luyi, originally the main business is a landlord, the side business is a small business, there are two small shops, but since he set up Gao Yihuan's smuggling network and made a fortune, the family's more than 100 acres of land were handed over to the eldest son to manage, and he and the second son specialized in smuggling and became one of the main businessmen of the Luyi merchant gang.

At this time, Gao Yihuan asked him to come in and sit down, and asked the soldier to pour him a cup of tea, and then said, "Old Yang! This time, Liu Liangzuo cut off our trade route, do you have any inspiration in your heart? ”

Thinking about it, he felt distressed, what else could he inspire, he shook his head, his face was dazed, "Please also ask General Gao for advice." ”

Seeing this, Gao Yihuan felt a little bored, this guy had no progressive ideas at all.

He didn't bother to give instructions, so he simply said his intentions directly, "Refined iron and cotton cloth, these are important things for war preparation, and they are in the hands of others, and they can be broken when others say it, which is equivalent to taking the lifeblood of the general." Therefore, I hope that you will learn from the lesson, start your own workshop, weave and smelt, and master your own sources. ”

Refined iron is used to make weapons, and cotton cloth is used to make armor, both of which are extremely important strategic materials.

These things cannot be produced by themselves, and they are all smuggled, which is actually quite dangerous, and once the trade routes are cut off, the logistics will collapse immediately.

The smuggling trade allowed the merchants of Runing and Luyi to accumulate a lot of money, and Gao Yihuan felt that it was time for the merchants of Runing and Luyi to open workshops.

Yang Wenchang was a little worried when he heard this: "General, smelting and weaving all need skilled craftsmen, and the things we make are definitely not as good as the things in Jiangnan, and I am afraid that the cost of producing them ourselves is not only higher than that of purchasing, but also inferior to others." This is certainly unsustainable. ”

These Gao Yihuan naturally knew, and he waved his hand a little impatiently, "You can rest assured, as long as the workshop is built, Ben will give priority to purchasing from you, and will not let your workshop go out of business." ”