It is true that the attack on Jiaozhi in front of it is a golden opportunity, and if it goes well, it will expand the territory for thousands of miles, add a few state capitals, and there will be no problems at all in dozens of counties. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the poor economic situation of the Great Song Dynasty and the constraints of the Manchu Dynasty made Wang Ningan have to be careful, and he must use the least investment to get the most generous returns. Otherwise, once he fails, he can't afford it, and the forces that he has gathered with great difficulty will also be lost because of his recklessness.

So don't look at Wang Ningan's momentum on the surface, the pomp is very big, and the scenery is infinite. But in reality, he was very conservative and careful. Of course, his conservatism is completely different from the conservatism of civil servants.

Even if you use a small amount of strength, you can do a lot of things, the key is how to use the chips in your hand well, which Wang Ningan is full of confidence!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that not only can he not attack the Li clan at this time, but on the contrary, he should find a way to reveal the news to them so that they can be prepared."

"What?"

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he was also startled, and couldn't help but say: "This, this is too inappropriate, right?" "Well, he was going to say that he was lacking in virtue.

Li Rizun ran to the Great Song Dynasty to show loyalty, and the Great Song Dynasty didn't help at most, how could he still stick a knife in the back, if this was spread out, how could he be a person?

I have to say that even Zhao Zhen still has many thoughts of convincing people with virtue, and the state of etiquette can't do such a tasteless thing.

After thinking about it a little, Zhao Zhen found that betraying the Li family was not good for the Great Song Dynasty.

"The Li clan is strong, if they take the opportunity to destroy the Li clan and the Chen clan and unify the Jiaozhi, they will definitely become a big trouble for the Great Song Dynasty, and we can't raise tigers for trouble!"

Wang Ningan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of this that the minister thinks that he should inform the Li family. ”

Zhao Zhen's face sank, "Wang Qing, I don't want to hear you go around in circles, hurry up and say, what are you going to do?" ”

Wang Ning'an's face was full of admiration, "Your Majesty is wise, Weichen's careful thinking can't be hidden from Your Majesty, I plan to ......"

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Li Rizun is the third son of Li Foma, is considered a very talented one among the many princes, Wang Ningan proposed to canonize Li Rizun as the king of Jiaozhi, and then give Li Rizun a will, allowing the two sides to trade and trade, and this trade scope is not only Jiaozhi, including Dali and Cham.

Zhao Zhen was not very familiar with the situation in the southwest, so he asked people to find a map and study it carefully.

Dali is rich in products, very rich, but there is no outlet to the sea, the north of the Shu Road southbound, the best trade direction is to the east, through Jiaozhi to the sea.

However, before Dali, 200,000 horses attacked Jiaozhi, and failed miserably, and now Dali is like a beast in a cage, very painful, and there is no way out.

If Li Rizun was given the right to trade, in order to fight against the powerful Li clan, he would definitely pull Dali and open the seaport as a common trade route between the two countries.

Although the Li clan is strong, once Dali intervenes, they will definitely be in a weak position.

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a long time, and finally understood Wang Ningan's train of thought.

"You informed the Li clan of the news, did you give them a thought, thinking that the Great Song Dynasty would pull them along?"

Wang Ningan bowed, "Actually, it's not impossible." The territory of the Li clan borders the Great Song Dynasty, and if the southwest border is to be peaceful and recover the lost land, it is necessary to settle the Li clan. At present, the Great Song Dynasty does not have the ability to fight in the 100,000 mountains, so he can only play some tricks to give some sweetness, and in the territory of the Li family, there are still two things, and Weichen is determined to win. ”

"What?" Zhao Zhen said curiously.

"Copper and iron!"

Wang Ningan replied honestly, he had read some information in his previous life, and this time he went south, and he also spent some effort, and he found that the northern part of Jiaozhi was definitely a big treasure trove.

There are two of the most important resources here, and it happens that they are both located in Lao Cai, the first is iron ore, which is rich in goethite, with an average iron content of between 43 and 55 percent, and in some sections, it can even reach an astonishing 87 percent.

Only with good iron ore can we make good steel, and with good steel, we can make sophisticated weapons, this simple truth, without Wang Ning'an's words, Zhao Zhen can also understand.

What's worse is that there is also a copper mine here, Wang Ningan has read the news of later generations, Lao Cai has 120 million tons of copper reserves, one of which has 56 million tons of copper mines!

What kind of concept is this, even if only one percent is mined, it can alleviate the fatal money shortage of the Great Song Dynasty.

After listening to Wang Ning'an's introduction, Zhao Zhen couldn't be calm anymore, he even wanted to send troops directly and take down Jiaozhi, the huge benefits of copper and iron made this benevolent emperor completely tear his face, what benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and wisdom, get out of the way first!

It's real to take this piece of fat in your hands!

Compared with Wang Ning'an, Zhao Zhen has been tortured by the word "money shortage" for decades, and he is about to vomit when he sees these two words. In order to solve the money shortage, the Great Song Dynasty came up with countless methods, the iron money was issued, and the Jiaozi was also made, but no matter how it was tossed, it just couldn't catch up with the speed of economic development, and there was a serious lack of currency, which had become a rope around the neck of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Zhen wanted to break free too much!

"Wang Qing, I want to move troops! No matter what, I'm going to make a cut! The madness and blazing heat in Zhao Zhen's eyes startled Wang Ning'an.

"Don't, don't!"

Wang Ningan hurriedly waved his hand, "Your Majesty, the minister has a better way, without moving a knife or a sword, you can get the copper and iron in your hands." ”

"What are you going to do?"

"We nominally support the Li family and Dali, form an all-round pressure on the Li family, and then secretly trade with the Li family, in order to compete with the Li family, the Li family will definitely develop copper and iron ore and expand trade with the Great Song Dynasty, so that we can use the hands of the Li family to achieve the goal without much effort."

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said: "It's not good, Wang Qing, have you calculated, how many goods can a small Li clan consume, through normal trade, when can he accumulate enough copper, the money shortage of the Great Song Dynasty is worse than a day, we can't afford to wait!" ”

"Your Majesty, if you can't wait, you have to wait!" Wang Ningan didn't intend to compromise, he said cautiously: "Jiaozhi is like a pot of soup, the bones and seasonings are thrown in, if you want the soup to taste, you must simmer slowly, and you can't be in a hurry at all!" As far as the minister knows, the copper and iron ore in Lao Cai has not been developed much at present, and it is a wild land, full of insects and snakes, and swarms of tigers and leopards. If you don't know the terrain and are not familiar with the climate, you will not only be difficult to get the effect, but you will also lose your troops. ”

"Weichen thinks that he can attack inside and outside, use both soft and hard, use the manpower and financial resources of the Li clan to develop the mine, and then it is not too late for us to send troops to pick peaches, Your Majesty must be patient!"

Seeing that Zhao Zhen still had some regrets, Wang Ningan continued: "Your Majesty, the copper mine in Jiaozhi still needs time, but the copper mine in Dali is already ripe, just waiting for us to get it." ”

Finally, Zhao Zhen became interested again, "Wang Qing, what are your plans?" ”

"Your Majesty, the bureau has been laid out, as long as we are willing to trade, Li Rizun and Dali have long coveted the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, and they will send them over with copper in their hands, plus the Li family, the annual supply of tens of millions of catties of copper ore is not a problem."

"Huh?" Zhao Zhen opened his mouth wide and said in horror: "There will be so many?" ”

The third division has repeatedly estimated that the current annual currency gap in the Great Song Dynasty is about 5 million. Ten million catties of copper ore can be made into about 1.5 million copper coins, some people want to ask, isn't there a shortage of 3.5 million yuan?

Whoever wants to ask this question must have never studied economics, and money must not only calculate the quantity, but also calculate the speed of circulation, and if money can be circulated three times a year, 1.5 million guan can be used as 4.5 million guan.

In other words, as long as the economy is running normally, this 10 million catties of copper can solve the money shortage of the Great Song Dynasty.

Of course, you can't do that.

Because the money supply is abundant and the economy will develop faster, Wang Ningan has long seen the ability of the Great Song Dynasty people to create wealth, maybe in three or five years, the currency needed is 3 million, 5 million, or even 10 million, and the copper ore needed at that time is hundreds of millions of catties.

But it doesn't matter, Wang Ningan is confident, as long as the trade route is opened, it is like the second vein of Rendu, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty will be doubled, and there will be no problem at all to protect the stable source of copper ore.

Now for the last question.

"Wang Qing, where is so much copper going to be transported to Bianjing, is it going to go to Shu or Guangxi?"

"If you don't take it, these two roads are difficult, and if you want to build the road, it will not only cost a lot, but also the transportation volume is too small. Weichen thought that he wanted to go through the Red River in Jiaozhi, relying on the combined transportation of the river and the sea, to transport the copper ore to the Great Song Dynasty, which was the most labor-saving, and a big ship could withstand the power of tens of thousands of cattle and horses, which was the best. ”

"In this case, it's all in the hands of the Jiaozhi people! I'm worried that they will find out about the Great Song Dynasty's plan and will go back on their word and cut off the supply of copper ore. ”

"So the Great Song Dynasty needs to expand the water division, and have a strong deterrent force, if they dare to cut off the copper mines of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty can destroy their country, destroy their homes, and destroy their seeds!"

Wang Ning'an's words were loud and full of momentum.

Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment, then suddenly laughed and was relieved.

Okay, that's what you want!

Those civil officials in the court are afraid of being conservative and have no enterprising spirit at all, and after a long time, Zhao Zhen will inevitably be infected with this problem.

Think about it carefully, what is there to worry about, just a small barbarian country, if you dare to fight the idea of the Great Song Dynasty, you will not be able to eat and walk around!

What disappointed Zhao Zhen the most about those civil officials was that they didn't have the heart of a strong man, no courage, no bones, and some of their ingenuity was used in infighting!

This is what he admires about Wang Ning'an, by the way, and his nephew Zhao Zongjing!

"Wang Qing, accompany me to this stupid boy's house to have a look."

Zhao Zongjing pointed to his nose and said in surprise: "Your Majesty is going to the minister's house?" ”

"Well, I heard that your daughter-in-law gave birth, and the child is almost a month old, and my uncle hasn't seen the child yet." Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Accompany me to have a look, and by the way, let me also see who fascinated your kid so much that he doesn't even want the prince." ”

God, Zhao Zhen is going to admit Lan'er, and he has finally come to the bitter end, and he can see the moon when the clouds open!

Zhao Zongjing was overjoyed, but this girl's brain didn't know what to pretend, so she put on a straight face and corrected: "The official, the minister and Lan'er really love each other and stay together for a lifetime, she didn't confuse the minister!" ”