A few days after Li Buqi arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, he personally took Zhao Sheng out to inspect, and the first stop was Qinfeng Road. Now that Qin Fenglu is in charge of the Pang family, this old fox naturally understands the stakes of getting close to Zhao Sheng, so in addition to showing due respect to Zhao Sheng, the prince, and Li Buqi, the envoy of the Five Roads, he is lukewarm, and he also hints that he remains neutral and will not drag Li Bu back.

Pang's assurances are still credible. With Pang Ji's assurance, Li Bu gave up and was relieved, and asked Pang Ji to call the main officials in the border areas to listen to the report and order everything to be the same for the time being, but he gently tapped these officials in his words, telling them not to make money too hard.

On the way to Jingyuan Road, Zhao Sheng asked strangely: "Teacher, I saw the barren fields and the people in poverty along the way, but the border generals still drove the people to run for them and make money in the name of occupation and archery to help defend them. In this way, the people will not be able to recuperate, and the government will have no tax revenue, but I am afraid that in a few years, without the Xixia people, Shaanxi itself will collapse. But why did the teacher only say a word to those side generals, like scratching the itch in his boots? ”

Li Bu didn't abandon a smile, and said in his heart that you just saw a little fur and couldn't help it, Too young, too simple Tucson ah.

He replied to Zhao Sheng calmly: "Now the border generals almost all drive the people to make profits, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and it is impossible to reverse it immediately." I can't do it even if I put down my cruel words, wouldn't I slap myself? And it's urgent, if there is a side general who is afraid in his heart, what should he do if he really votes for Xixia? ”

Moreover, there is a reason for this, and it cannot be generalized. Back then, even a figure like Fan Wenzhenggong, who had no time to make a living for the country, used the minister's money to let people run for profit, and as far as I know, he also wanted to send the people to soldiers. This is all because the military expenditure allocated by the imperial court is actually insufficient, but the war still has to be fought, so the border generals can only be allowed to return to Yi Yi to make profits to make up for the lack of military spending. Insufficient military spending is a common phenomenon, even Fan Wenzhenggong can't avoid it, do you still expect a small deployment or something like that to be solved by an officer? If this opening is blocked, and the problem of military spending cannot be solved, then there will be chaos. ”

Furthermore, those who drive the people to profit are not to be generalized. For example, Fan Wenzhenggong did not make profits for himself, but used all the money he earned on military affairs, collecting money for the country, but taking the blame for the country. So it's not a problem to drive the people, the problem is that some people make money to enrich themselves, as long as they control these people. Therefore, although this matter is urgent, it must be done step by step, and the fundamental solution is to solve the military expenditure first. ”

Zhao Sheng nodded again and again when he heard this, and finally said: "No wonder the teacher pays special attention to the economy, and even the martial arts school has to set up an economics subject." ”

Yao Gang said on the side: "Brother Sheng only needs to listen and watch more in Shaanxi, and don't be in a hurry to talk when something happens." Now there are people waiting for Brother Sheng's handle, and there must be no mess, so everything should not be rushed. ”

Zhao Sheng was busy and said that he was taught.

Since then, in Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road, Zhao Sheng has been like a good gentleman in front of people, and he is as enthusiastic as everyone, especially Jingtai and the two brothers of the Zhihuanzhou family, who are even more respectful. Only when he turned his back on people did he ask Li Buqi about the doubts in his heart.

Along the way, Li Buqi felt that Zhao Sheng was obviously much calmer, it seems that Yao Gang has taught him the imperial technique in the past few years, and he has not talked about it in vain. In the end, Li did not abandon him, Zhao Sheng sent him to Yanzhou, and handed him over to Zhang Kang.

Zhang Kang was originally born in Confucianism, but later became one of the few officials in the northwest who could stand alone, and he could face Yuan Hao's repeated victories, which shows that his talent is not bad. Later, Zhang Kang and Teng Zijing were involved in the case of "embezzlement of minister's money", although Fan Zhongyan vouched for him to save him from prison, but his career has been bumpy since then. Later, even Fan Zhongyan fell, and Zhang Kang had no one in the court, and he couldn't turn over when he saw it. If it weren't for Li Buqi's strong recommendation of Zhang Kang to fight in Hebei, and then speaking for Zhang Kang after the war, Zhang Kang would never have returned to civilian duty and served as the envoy of the Yanyan Road.

Zhang Kang embezzled the minister's money in order to supplement the military expenses, and tied it up to Teng Zijing, a cadre of Qingli. Some people in the DPRK and China are just trying to make Teng Zijing's case an ironclad case, and they will not let Zhang Kang go.

Now that Fan Zhongyan has died, although many Qingli party members have returned to the capital to hold important positions, they are still a minority in the court, and it is difficult to speak for Zhang Kang. What's even worse is that Zhang Kang was only brought to accompany Teng Zijing in the eyes of the Qingli Party at that time, and he had no direct relationship with the Qingli Party, so no one helped him. Therefore, if Zhang Kang wants not to continue to sink, he can only rely on Li Bu to give up. Therefore, there will be no problem with Zhang Kang's position.

Zhang Kang has been working in Yanyan Road for two years, and has been exploiting oil for Li Buqi, and has arranged many places for the students of Qingyuan Academy, and the cooperation between the two sides is very good. Li Buqi and Zhang Kang agreed in Yanzhou that Li Buqi would gradually solve the problem of military spending, while Zhang Kang restrained the border generals to reduce the number of people who were transferred to serve in the name of archers and husbands, so that Zhao Sheng could have the conditions to organize and train the "militia." With the militia, Zhao Sheng has a stage to intern as a leader. Li Buqi even chose the general under him, this person is called Qu Zhen, although he is only a small prison now, he is indeed a rare brave general. Li Buqi felt that if Yao Gang was left to assist Zhao Sheng, there should be nothing wrong with Zhao Sheng's side.

As for providing military expenses for Yan Yanlu, it was not a big problem for Li Buqi. The feudal departments on the border of northern Shaanxi and the Song and Xia dynasties produced a lot of wool, and the border of Shaanxi originally used wool, camel hair to roll felt and weave cloth for a living, but the wool and camel hair that had been treated with simple technology in that era had a smell that was difficult to remove, and it was oily, and it was difficult for the Central Plains people to accept, so the sales of woolen fabrics were not large.

However, Li Buqi didn't use quicklime and edible alkali to make caustic soda, which can wash off the grease and dirt on the surface of wool and camel hair, and the hair becomes soft and fluffy and has no peculiar smell. The technique of weaving cloth from this wool has been well established at the Royal Proving Ground, and experimental production began several years ago. The autumn and winter clothes of the students of the Wubei Academy are cut with this woolen cloth, and the products of the past two years are not only straight, but also strong and warmer, and have begun to open up sales channels in the capital.

The wool quality of the sheep raised in the Central Plains is not as good as that of the Northwest sheep and Inner Mongolia sheep, and the sheep raised in the Northwest are more concentrated, so it is most cost-effective to purchase wool in Shaanxi. There is nothing else here on Yanyan Road, except that there is no shortage of coal, and there is enough cheap fuel to burn lime and fine wool, so it is most suitable to put the wool weaving factory here.

When Li Buqi arrived in Yanzhou, the second batch of woolen cloth had already been woven, and there was no need to transport it out, and it was sold at the border between Linfu and Liao, and at the edge of Yanyan Road and Huanqing Road, so it can be seen that the woolen cloth is not worried.

Now the merchants on the Yanyan Road bought cattle, sheep, horses, and wool from the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms, and sold woolen cloth, spirits, leather products, and glassware to the Western Xia and Liao States.

There was an abundance of coal on the Yanyan Road, which was very important for Li Buqi's strategy against Western Xia. Li Buqi can use cheap fuel to build a meat factory, a leather factory and a wool washing yard here. With the workshop, you can not only earn a lot of money, but also can diverge the border domain by purchasing raw materials - you can purchase some wool for those who are close to the Great Song Dynasty, and the price of wool cloth sold to them is also lower, and those who are close to the Western Xia do not want his wool, which reflects the difference between relatives and alienation, and can also allow the tribes that are close to the Great Song Dynasty to develop, suppress the tribes that are close to the Western Xia, killing two birds with one stone.