Chapter 142: Future Economic Warfare
"Get up."
Lin Chong's voice sounded again, and Zhang Shilang, who was already a little stunned, got up, but found that Lin Chong already had a booklet in his hand, so he continued: "I have written all the specific cooperation here, you can take it back and take a look."
Steward Zhang must have known that the overseas trade of the Great Song Dynasty was strict in the north and wide in the south, and the trade with the Liao State was only allowed to be operated in the field, and the people were embargoed, and it was a capital crime to be caught. But since our Liangshan army is a rebellion, we are naturally not afraid.
There are many good things in our Liangshan army, such as wine, food, spices, spices, spices, tea, sugar, beautiful clothes, silk, porcelain, lacquerware, various daily necessities, soap, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc., as long as you need it in Liao, we can transport it to Liaoguo for you.
And you Liaoguo, in addition to having good war horses, Beizhu (Northern Pearl), gemstones, medicinal materials, furs, cattle and sheep, etc., we also want them.
Go back and tell your master, follow me to have meat to eat, and we will join forces to ensure that the Lulong Zhao family and the other three major families make money and make money.
As for you who think that the big tree of Liao is about to fall, and you want to find another big tree to rely on, I can tell you responsibly that the Song State is absolutely unreliable, and your choice is only my Liangshan Army, as well as the barbaric, cruel, murderous, and Jurchen who slaughtered the city at every turn.
You choose for yourself, I don't care. ”
After the alliance of Song Liaoyuan, although it was called a country of brothers, the real situation was that the two sides were suspicious of each other and guarded against each other, and from the bottom of their hearts, they actually regarded each other as enemy countries.
On the surface, the real battles are no longer fought, but the trade war and economic war in the secret have been fought for more than 100 years.
To sum up, they both need each other and impose embargoes on each other, and consume each other's wealth by exporting luxury goods to each other.
For example, since the Tang Dynasty, tea has been an indispensable drink in the daily life of the northern grassland peoples, but there is no way to grow tea in the Liao realm, so you can only ask the Song Dynasty to buy it.
On the other hand, the Song Dynasty was slack in horse politics and seriously lacked horses, so it was undoubtedly the best choice to exchange tea for horses between the two countries.
However, the Liao State was not a fool, and naturally knew the importance of war horses, not only sold only the worst war horses to the Song State, but also prohibited the export of horses to the Song Dynasty from time to time.
Therefore, the scale of the tea and horse trade between Song and Liao was actually limited.
In addition to war horses, the Liao State did not export many advantageous commodities to the Song Dynasty, mainly based on the delicious meat of the Liao ram (ewes were forbidden to leave the country) and the salt of the Song Dynasty, which was far lower in price.
The Song Dynasty exported much more advantageous goods to Liao, such as exquisite silk, silk, porcelain, lacquerware, spices from Nanyang to remove the smell of mutton, various handicrafts, and even iron farm tools.
And such as silk, silk, porcelain, lacquerware, spices, etc., were not only necessities, but also considered luxuries, because the price was too high, resulting in a large amount of gold and silver flowing to the Song Dynasty.
In response, the Liao State began to import a large number of northern pearls to the Song Dynasty, and the northern gems, especially after Zhao Ji ascended the throne, were extremely luxurious, and the palace ban was also fashioned with northern pearls.
If the top is good, the bottom will be very bad, because Zhao Ji, Cai Jing, Gao Yu and a large number of corrupt officials have been respected, resulting in the price of private Beizhu has also increased more than ten times in just a few years.
It can be said that in addition to trafficking good horses in Liao, selling Beizhu is also a lucrative business.
In addition to these, there were also many profiteers who smuggled sulfur, flame nitrate, and other materials that could be used to make weapons from the Song Dynasty, and books other than the Four Books and Five Classics were smuggled to the Liao State, and they became rich overnight in a short period of time.
Needless to say, Lin Chong would certainly not export these things to the Liao State, but imported fine wine and delicacies, silk silk, porcelain and lacquerware to the Liao State; Imported luxury goods such as Beizhu and hobby products to the Song Kingdom.
While weakening their economy, Liang Shanjun obtained enough excellent war horses and earned a lot of money, which is naturally a good thing.
Zhang Shilang was still a little confused, and after Xu Guanzhong said that, a thought actually flashed in his heart - not to mention, Liang Shanjun and the Jurchen Army are really quite similar.
It is also a corrupt and dark court, the same small number but strong combat effectiveness, and the same has a male lord with strict military discipline.
The only difference is that the Jurchen barbarians are all strong physique tempered by poor mountains and bad waters, the most resistant to hard fighting, and unparalleled in riding and shooting; However, most of the soldiers of the Liangshan Army were farmers who had just put down their hoes, and their combat effectiveness was much weaker.
But the Liangshan army was equipped with advanced equipment, such as the Broken Sword, Cold Forging Armor, the Divine Arm Bow, the improved Catapult, the Eight Ox Crossbow, and the flying fireworks that appeared on the Shangyuan Festival, all of which the Jurchen barbarians did not have;
Moreover, the martial arts of the leader of the Liangshan Army are even more terrifying, Lin Chong alone killed a hundred iron harriers, and the other generals are also brave, if they really fight, the victory or defeat is really uncertain.
At this time, he took Lin Chong's booklet, and before he had time to read it, he said respectfully: "The little one must try his best to persuade the master and do things for Liang Shanjun wholeheartedly." ”
Lin Chong nodded noncommittally and waved him away.
When he left, Lin Chong and Xu Guanzhong glanced at each other, and couldn't help laughing, so they heard Xu Guanzhong say: "Military master, do you think the Lu Long Zhao clan will be willing to cooperate?" ”
Lin Chong smiled and said, "I definitely didn't want to do it at first, but the handle is in our hands, and he can only do what we say."
In the future, when our Liangshan army becomes stronger and stronger, they will take the initiative to offer their loyalty, so we have to be hard to strike iron, and the key is to make ourselves stronger. ”
Xu Guanzhong nodded, agreed, and said: "As long as these two trade routes are passed, I don't have to worry about the fine war horses and military salaries of my Liangshan Army anymore." ”
"What is this, when the time comes, we will earn their good horses and gold and silver, and then increase the price several times, and they will have to rob or exchange grain for our good things.
When the time comes, the Jurchens will rob the Liao, the Liao, the Song, and the common people, and if they can't grab it, they will rob the common people, and the food crisis will suddenly break out, and they will not need to fight, they will be in chaos first.
Moreover, we can also take the opportunity of doing business with the two countries to slowly infiltrate our forces, collect intelligence, buy spies, and lead the way.
When the time comes, once the Jurchens destroy the Liao State and then invade the Song Dynasty in the south, our Liangshan army can send a partial division to smash the Jurchen barbarians' lair by boat, and arrest all the Wanyan and Wu beggars, and see how he fights me! ”
Xu Guanzhong was a little stunned, speaking of which, his wisdom and strategy were actually higher than Lin Chong's, but his vision and way of thinking were far inferior to Lin Chong.
"Is that okay?"
"Why not? As long as the business is done, I have a way to deal with him, and if nothing else, we can even put some chronic poison in the wine sold to them (Jurchens), and they can't test it......"
Xu Guanzhong was a little stunned, and after a long time, he said slowly: "The military master is really a genius, fortunately you are not in the Liao Kingdom or the Jurchen, otherwise I really dare not imagine it......
Just as Lin Chong was about to say goodbye to Xu Guanzhong, go to find Hu Sanniang and then inspect it together, he saw a person rushing over, and when he saw Lin Chong, he immediately shouted: "Military master, something happened in Bianliang City......