Wang Shibian smiled bitterly: "The other party had already guessed this move, Yang Chong's right chief Shi Lingjing said, as long as we don't open the gate of Luoyang, they will continue to attack, and in the end, how much territory Luoyang has is mainly based on the actual area." ”

Zhang Tongren took a breath and said, "Yang Chong wants to imitate Li Mi's story and beat back Luocang and Yanshi, and Luoyang will be under their surveillance at that time." ”

There was no Yang Tong in Luoyang City, and there were no reinforcements from Jiangdu and other places outside the city, Wang Shichong paced back and forth for two steps, and made up his mind to say: "I can defeat the first Li Mi, and I can defeat the second Yang Chong, so I will do what Shiheng said, and first promise to come down and drag, Tong Ren, you go to guard the Yanshi; Wang Xuan should go back to Luocang. ”

Four days have passed, and the Hexi Army is still in contact with Wang Shibian, but Xingluocang fell into the hands of Xu Shiji, and the armies of the Hexi Army seem to have begun to prepare, and it is estimated that they will be raised within a day or two; Dong Jun, the defender of Heyang, passed on a piece of news, a very bad news, Dou Jiande was ambushed by Song Jingang in Baiya City, and the 50,000 army suffered one-third of the casualties, and it has returned to Liyang for rectification.

Wang Shichong is a veteran of the battlefield, and he knows that after this battle, it is already difficult for Dou Jiande to go south again; Immediately sent Guo Zigao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to accompany Wang Shiban to Yizhou to sue for peace. This time, Yang Chong personally met with the two and answered Wang Shichong's request very clearly, Luoyang City must allow the military and household officials sent by the imperial court to supervise; As for trade, it is open on all sides, but it is like a crushing field, and it can only be officially traded with each other.

Wang Shichong agreed, pleaded guilty, and even sent his son Wang Xuanshu to Chang'an as a hostage; Yang Chong really withdrew his troops, and Shi Daqian's Zuo Tunwei and Yang Gongqing's newly compiled Right Imperial Guard, a total of 50,000 troops, returned to Chang'an together. Xu Shiji was left as the general of the left imperial guard as the governor of Xingyang, Chenliu, Liyang County, Ji County, and Dongjun Junma, and Li Jing was the governor of Xiangcheng, Yingchuan, Nanyang, and Huai'an as the general of the right Tunwei, and the five counties of Hanoi, Wei County, Shangluo, Hongnong, and Henan were assigned to Chang'an.

Meng Haigong, Xu Yuanlang and Yang Chong couldn't take care of it for the time being, but they just asked Xu Shiji for 10,000 Zheng Jun, who surrendered, to help Song Jingang train the right Xiaowei in Hanoi County, and the false name of the left Xiaowei was given to Qu Tutong; Wang Yaohan is Wang Bodang's elder brother, and Shan Xiongxin and Xie Yingdeng are also good friends, and he has always kept in touch with Yang Chong, and specially came to visit Yang Chong once, Yang Chong appointed him as the prince of Hejin County, and gave the first house in Chang'an.

On the way back, Su Dingfang was still asking about it, Cui Minshou explained: "Wang Yaohan and Shi Derui are different, he doesn't care about the territory, what he hopes most is to be transferred to Chang'an, but now Chen Liujun can't do without him, Guogong does this, so that he can justifiably send his family to the rear and live a worry-free life." ”

Su Dingfang patted his head, he was still too young, and the family members of the county prince plus the mansion were not a worry-free life; When he arrived in Shaanxi County, Yang Chong met with Zhang Jin and others, appointed Cui Shu as the county guard of Shangluo and Zhang Gongjin as the county guard of Henan, and transferred Chen Zhiluo and Qian Jie and 5,000 elite soldiers to return to Chang'an with Hu Ben Lang and Hu Ya Lang.

Yang Chong demanded that like Li Jing and Xu Shiji, the list of materials allowed to be traded drawn up by Cui Minshou and others be distributed to the army and counties, and Henan and other three counties should establish a armor protection system, and cooperate with patrol troops to seize smuggled materials on both sides; Yang Xuanfei participated in a similar blockade operation in Jincheng County, referring to the list and said: "The trade between the two sides is limited to the most basic material exchange, so even if the ordinary people participate, in the end, it will be cheaper for Wang Shichong's army, Guogong means that he is willing to flee Luoyang from Luoyang, and in my opinion, he can launch some plans to reclaim in Shangluo to attract the people of Luoyang." ”

Shangluo is already the hinterland of Yang Chong's territory, but after Zhu Cang's man-eating demon king's toss, the population has decreased by seventy percent, and a large number of fields in each county are deserted, just according to the population that escaped from Luoyang. This passage made Cui Shu and others look at Yang Xuan's award with admiration, Yang Chong did have this plan, but they Yu Xuan and Ling Jing explained for several days before they understood the key, Yang Xuan's award took less than a stick of incense, it can be seen that economic warfare has always been the strength of Yang Chong's officials.

Cui Shu arched his hand and smiled: "Lord Yang is really excellent in both military and political affairs, and I hope that Hongnong County will support him a lot in the future." ”

Yang Xuan's award was praised when he heard it, and he was humble and even said that it was easy to do; Yuan Hongshan suddenly appeared under the account and said: "Guogong, if the rich merchants leave Luoyang, can they not limit their money, but if they exceed a certain amount, they can ask to come out with a corresponding number of craftsmen." ”

Yang Chong was silent for a while, Yang Chong and Ling Jing restricted the people of Luoyang from leaving with the total amount of money, just because Luoyang had gathered a lot of wealth in Yang Guang, if Luoyang's gold, silver and jewelry were allowed to flow out, it would be more than enough to buy Henan and other counties, and the treasures of the Luoyang Palace were all from the imperial court. Once they let go, they will inevitably be used by Wang Shichong to exploit loopholes, and those with huge wealth will not be able to track down by the government as long as they go through a few tosses, and they may go where to buy the rebels.

However, craftsmen are a very attractive angle for Yang Chong, Yang Guang has moved 4,600 households of various craftsmen to settle in Luoyang, which is a rare wealth in this era. Yang Chong quickly sorted out his thoughts, and then asked Yuan Hongshan: "Will Wang Shichong allow the rich merchant to leave with the craftsman?" ”

Yuan Hongshan said with certainty: "Wang Shichong is a Hu person, he has the wealth of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, if it is an official of the Shi clan, he will definitely not let him go, but the rich merchants will definitely let him go, because the Hu merchants in Luoyang City are no less than Chang'an." Craftsmen are even less valuable in Wang Shichong's eyes, as long as the rich businessmen do a good job, it should not be a problem. ”

Zhang Xingcheng, who was appointed by Yang Chong as the head of the household department, came forward and said: "Wang Shichong is indeed this character. ”

"It's not enough." Yang Chong thought about it and said: "In this way, Zhang Shilang will not return to Chang'an for the time being, and first set up a government-run Lingbao Money Village in Lingbao County, as a branch of the bank, Zhang Jin, Yang Gongqing, Xu Shiji, Cui Shu, Yang Xuanxian, Wang Yaohan, Zheng Yuancong, Liu Deyu, Cheng Yanjin, Shi Daqian, Dong Axing, He Bawei Twelve people can each be half of the shares, and the household department accounts for forty percent of the total. One is in charge of the gold, silver and jewelry from Luoyang, and the other is the loan to Tuntian in Shangluo County. ”

Zhang Xingcheng still has some understanding of the bank in Chang'an, and has analyzed a lot of information, and immediately calculated: "Guogong means that all the value-added parts that come out of Luoyang City are registered and stored, and then collected at Lingbao Money Village or Chang'an Bank, and a preservation fee and a non-local fee can be charged." However, according to the regulations of the Ministry of Household for bank banks, a large amount of investment is required, at least 30,000 yuan per person at one time; If the 12 shareholders are unwilling, they will find someone else. ”

(End of chapter)