Chapter 354: Jin Xia and Song have their own actions
After Jin Jun learned that Zhao Shuo had received a large amount of grain, Wanyan Wu begged for a moment and thought of the killing of the reconnaissance fleet a few months ago. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
At that time, Wanyan Zonghan came to report that Zhao Shuo was expanding ports in Laizhou and Dengzhou during this time to build ships.
Regarding Zhao Shuo's move, Wanyan Wu begged to guess that Zhao Shuo was likely to make a big move next. So, he secretly sent a scouting ship to get to the bottom and find out.
But the end was sad, and the scouting ships he sent were all wiped out, and none of them returned.
This matter was obviously done by Zhao Shuo. But Zhao Shuo didn't say anything about this matter, the national strength of Jin Guo is not as good as Zhao Shuo now, Zhao Shuo didn't pursue it, and Wu Qimai gritted his teeth and admitted it. After all, it was Jin Guo who took the initiative to send ships to spy on Zhao Shuo, and Zhao Shuo could not be blamed for being destroyed.
Later, there were many internal things in the Jin Kingdom, and Wanyan Wu Qimai gradually forgot about it. And today, thinking about Zhao Shuo's actions during this time, I am looking at the situation where gambling is prevalent in Jinguo. Wanyan Wu Qimai felt that he might have been confused by Zhao Shuo.
Zhao Shuo alleviated social contradictions through gambling and attracted the attention of neighboring countries. In private, Zhao Shuo's fleet went to sea and sailed, and I don't know where to get food, which completely lifted the crisis.
"It's a good trick to repair the plank road and darken the plank road." After Yan Wu begged to buy, he could completely understand what Zhao Shuo was doing in the past few months.
"Zhao Shuo, Zhao Shuo, although you got food, you can also solve the urgent need, I don't believe that you can transport back a year's worth of food at once." Wanyan Wu Qimai got up and paced, his eyebrows locked. "This kid will definitely still be selling grain, and he will definitely go again."
After pacing for about a quarter of an hour, Wanyan Wu Qimai clenched his fists and made up his mind. "This time, no matter how big the price is, I will find a place for you kid to buy food."
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In Western Xia, when he learned that Zhao Shuo had bought grain, Li Qianyuan immediately thought of Li Yuanhao. The last time he sent Li Yuanhao to Luoyang to negotiate with Zhao Shuo, it was actually for the purchase of small cannonballs. But after Li Yuanhao went, Zhao Shuo told the news of the end of the Gaochang Uighur War, and in order to confirm the authenticity of the news, Li Yuanhao hurriedly returned to Western Xia.
The information given by Zhao Shuo was accurate, and after confirming it, Li Yuanhao was surprised and informed Li Qianyuan that Zhao Shuo could get the news of the Uighur war in Gaochang in Luoyang within three days.
Li Qianyuan naturally didn't want to believe this kind of thing, if it were someone else, he would have punished him for the crime of bullying the monarch a long time ago. But the person who spoke was Li Yuanhao, the one who inherited the name of loyalty in Western Xia - Yuan Hao. It can be said that Li Yuanhao was the most loyal courtier in Western Xia. Such a person would never deceive him.
Shocked, stunned, and then admired.
Now that Western Xia has established a military alliance with Zhao Shuo, Li Qianshun feels that this is the most correct thing to do at the beginning.
After admiring, Li Qianshun wanted Li Yuanhao to go to Luoyang again to talk to Zhao Shuo about the small cannonball. But at this time, Zhao Shuo began to vigorously promote the art of gambling.
Everything Zhao Shuo does is far-sighted, which has long been verified. As a result, Li Qianshun put down his plan to let Li Yuanhao go to Luoyang, and sent a group of people to Chang'an and Yan'an to learn gambling skills and the gambling system established by Zhao Shuo.
Although his subordinates suffered a complete defeat, after returning, according to the method designed by Zhao Shuo, Li Qianshun practiced it in the newly expanded Uighur land of Gaochang. Does it work? Although many people are addicted to gambling, the government has indeed obtained a batch of valuable food.
Overall, the study was a success.
Li Qianshun was very happy, and in addition to being happy, he received the news that Zhao Shuo had bought a large amount of grain.
This time, he was not calm. Thinking about what Zhao Shuo did, he realized that Zhao Shuo's implementation of gambling was likely to be a delaying measure. All this is to buy time for food.
"Zhao Shuo, Zhao Shuo, it seems that if Daxia wants to exist, he will be able to fight with you if he is undecided."
After sighing, Li Qianshun made a holy decree and sent Li Yuanhao as an envoy again. Because Zhao Shuo has returned to Chang'an, this time Li Yuanhao's trip is much shorter than the last time. He had only two purposes this time. First, strive to negotiate a small cannonball deal with Zhao Shuo. Second, ask where Zhao Shuo bought the grain, or can buy some grain from Zhao Shuo.
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Unlike Jin Guo and Xixia's statements, Zhao Gou was quite direct this time. Zhao Shuo bought grain and distributed it mainly to Qi and the area north of the Huai River. From this point of view, it is unlikely that this grain was purchased by the Western Xia and the nomadic tribes in the west, nor from the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau in the north, and the most likely state of Jin could not have had such a large amount of grain.
Zhao Shuo opened up the port and built a warship, and Zhao Gou heard the wind. Now it seems that Zhao Shuo is likely to send a fleet of ships to buy grain from overseas.
Thinking of this, Zhao Goulai emerged in the sea - an international - Li Dynasty. The envoys of the Li Dynasty came to the Great Song Dynasty many times, and they wanted the Great Song Dynasty to send troops to help quell the civil strife, and as for the conditions, they could agree to anything. Even that envoy proposed to annex the Li dynasty to the Great Song Dynasty.
Although the conditions were attractive, Zhao Gou had never seen the slump of Shang Li Chao. In his opinion, the Li Dynasty belonged to a wild land, and the people were not civilized, so he disdained such a territory. What he wanted was fertile land in the north, and he didn't like the barren countries in the south.
After the envoy left, he sent people to follow him, and these people wandered around the city of Lin'an for several days, visiting many of the ministers of the court. But because Zhao Gou had already made up his mind, and no minister wanted to touch his head at this time, these envoys returned in vain, and finally left in a huff.
Many days later, Zhao Gou received news that several refugees had crossed the Huai River in the middle of the night and fled to Zhao Shuo.
At that time, Zhao Gou didn't care, after all, there were only a few refugees, and staying in the south would still burden her, and going to Zhao Shuo would save him trouble. At that time, he also thought about how good it would be if all the refugees went to Zhao Shuo.
At first, I thought it was a good thing, but now Zhao Gou has always been annoyed. Not long after the refugees went, Zhao Shuo implemented a gambling strategy, and after a few months, he got a large amount of food.
Obviously, all of this is related, and the main point is the Li Dynasty.
"Someone, ask Liu Guangshi to come to see me." Zhao Gou, who had figured everything out, gave an order to Gonggong Li beside him.