Chapter 278 Tranquilization

Yang Wenguang offered a plan, and Liao Chen used a simple plan to invite you into the urn. introduced the arrogant Luo Baonan into the ambush circle, Yang Wenguang gave an order, and in the rumbling sound, the rolling stones fell, blocking the mouth of the valley. Eight hundred crossbows appeared on both sides of the valley, and the glittering arrows showed a terrifying edge reflected in the sunlight.

"Put!"

"Whoosh! Sou! ……”

The dense sound of breaking the sky is like a ** bee flying in the ears.

The black-pressed arrows and crossbow arrows are like locusts, covering the sky.

The barbarians couldn't resist it, and the arrows shot by the strong crossbow and hard bow were as easy as plunging into the barbarians' rudimentary shields and armor. The brute screamed and fell in a pool of blood.

Luo Baonan understood at this moment that his previous victory was just a return to the light. In desperation, Luo Bao drew a knife and killed himself. His subordinates saw that Luo Baolan was dead, and they no longer had the will to fight, so they surrendered one after another.

Although there are still guards in Xia Anhua Prefecture, in this case, those guards still dare to resist? Yang Wenguang's camp of Ruishi had not yet arrived at the city gate, and these guards had already opened the city gate and sent people to ask for surrender.

After the good news received Zhao Yu's case, Zhao Yu immediately gave an order, and Xia Anhua Prefecture was removed, along with the surrendered Si'en Prefecture, the two prefectures were merged into Si'en County. Under Zhao Yu's butcher's knife, no one dared to express the slightest objection to this, not even Si'en Prefecture, which had just surrendered, and they were already frightened by the combat effectiveness of the Song army.

Meng Hanyang of Anhua Prefecture in Zhong's Anhua Prefecture stole chickens and rice, and it was the time when his vitality was greatly damaged, but even so, it took a month to calm down Anhua Prefecture.

The main Anhua man haunts the mountains, which makes people unable to guard against it. The Guangjing army was just that, although it was in a hurry to face the enemy, but after the initial panic, it immediately overpowered the other party. The Anhua man who called the sneak attack could not steal chickens and rice, but the baggage teams responsible for transporting food and armaments were different.

Especially in the mountains, a porter can only carry about half a stone of grain, which is enough for one person to eat for about 14 days. And that's not even counting the losses on the road. Assuming that the delivery takes two days, the porter returns two days, and the arrival at the camp can take ten days. A thousand soldiers would need a hundred porters to transport them.

But in order to keep the porters from being attacked, a certain amount of escort is required, and if fifty soldiers are to be escorted, five more porters will have to be added. With the elongation of the battle line, it is naturally impossible to transport it to the front line in two days, which requires the establishment of military stations, which must be garrisoned by personnel, and sufficient mobile soldiers must be sent to escort the baggage team.

It can be said that the combat effectiveness of Zhong'anhua Prefecture is not strong, and what is strong is the topography of Zhong'anhua Prefecture. It is also thanks to Zhao Yu who resolutely sent troops, otherwise this An Huaman would not know when he would be able to calm down.

On the first day of taking Zhong'anhua Prefecture, Zhao Yu ordered all the captives to build an official road on the basis of the original road to march.

Zhang Mozhi of Shang'anhua Prefecture was shocked and hurriedly sent someone to ask for surrender.

Zhao Yu didn't want to agree, but Gongsun Xuanxu offered advice because of his illness. "It is not a one-time achievement to control barbarianism, and Shang'anhua Prefecture is more dangerous than Zhong'anhua Prefecture and Xia'anhua Prefecture, the land is poor and the people are widowed, and attacking it is not conducive to governance. Moreover, the prince has even destroyed the four prefectures of Si'en Prefecture, Fanzhou, Zhong'anhua Prefecture, and Xia Anhua Prefecture, even if it is the prefecture that has surrendered, he can't help but panic. It is happy to have enemies in the world, but it is the most unwise! If the prince tolerates Shang'anhua Prefecture, Zhang Mozhi will definitely be very grateful to the prince. And the other fetters have also settled down, whether the prince will use razing to control razing or razing in the future, it will all be because of the prince's thoughts! ”

It was precisely because of Gongsun Xuanxu's advice that Zhao Yu accepted the surrender of Shang'anhua Prefecture, but insisted that an official road must be built, and at the same time, a pass was built at the junction of the original Zhong'anhua Prefecture and Shang'anhua Prefecture.

Although Zhang Mozhi knew that as soon as this official road was built, if he wanted to rebel, he would have to face the Song army that quickly counterattacked. On the other hand, the existence of the pass, even if the Song army can't react, the pass is blocked in front.

It's just that people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, even if Zhang Mozhi knows, what can he do? I had no choice but to agree.

Compared with Zhang Mozhi's promise, Zhao Yu was even more sad about the death of Gongsun Xuanxu. Gongsun Xuanxu couldn't survive after all, this Taoist strategist followed Zhao Yu in the second year of Ming Dao, and after offering his last strategy, he died in the world.

In order to commemorate Gongsun Xuanxu, Zhao Yu named the pass newly built at the junction of Zhong'anhua Prefecture and Shang'anhua Prefecture as Xuanxu Pass.

Zhenning Prefecture, Zhizhou, Wenzhou, Sishun Prefecture, Mikunzhou and other prefectures that participated in the rebellion also ordered people to be sent to ask for surrender after Shang'anhua Prefecture surrendered.

Zhao Yu did not mean to kill them all, but there was a condition that was necessary, the local natives must contribute to the construction of the official road to Longshui City.

Some powerful prefectures were also ordered by Zhao Yu to send a certain number of barbarians to serve in the Guangjing army. On the one hand, it weakens the combat effectiveness of these feudal states, and on the other hand, it increases the combat effectiveness of the Guangjing Army. As for whether these barbarians will defect in the future, Zhao Yu said that there is no pressure at all.

Barbarians are also people, after expanding their horizons, they don't have to work hard to fill their stomachs, and after having a family, who wants to go back to the deep mountains and old forests to live a bitter life?

Besides, Zhao Yu has never seen a pig run, and he has also eaten pork. How can you not know some of the methods of pyramid schemes? MLM is hateful, but you can't deny that their methods are really good. Especially for this era, it is very simple natives.

In addition, Zhao Yu unexpectedly recruited. Where does the money come from?

But it was Anhuaman who found three mines, an iron mine, a coal mine, and the last one was a copper mine. No matter what kind of mine it is, it is all silver taels of white flowers and bright gold.

Zhao Yu filled the captives into the mines, and the iron mines and coal mines were included in the government, but the copper mines were obtained by Zhao Yu under his own name. Coupled with the original copper mine in Rongzhou, now the money village under Zhao Yu's name can already produce 50 copper coins. And they are all delicate copper coins with clear handwriting and round money, which are no different from official coins at first glance.

In fact, Zhao Yu's private coinage is less than the money in charge of adding 20% copper, but the reason is no different from official money. It relies on the lost wax method.

At present, the Song Dynasty used the mother money sand turning method, the so-called mother money sand turning method is to use clay pottery or molding sand, etc., appropriately mixed with other mixtures as cohesive materials, and the cohesive materials are placed in the upper and lower two frames to form a pair of "sand boxes" to make a refined coin mold - mother money.

In the sand box printed out of the coin cavity, launder, pouring mouth, often the upper and lower sand boxes each print its half, after printing out the mother money, the upper and lower sand boxes as they are, in order to complete the coin cavity production process. It is also commonly used to use the vertical stacking method similar to Fan Casting, where the sand boxes of multiple frames of prefabricated coin cavities are overlapped, and their pouring ports are connected to complete the casting process of multiple frames by injecting molten metal at one time.

Therefore, the mother money sand turning method can produce a large number of copper coins at one time, and compared with the hard model coins used in the Qin and Han dynasties, the surface of the copper coins produced is much less burr and rough, and the output is also larger.

The lost wax method is more advanced, simply put, it is to cast a mold and apply insect wax to the mold. When the molten copper falls into the mold. The worm wax will turn into a wisp of green smoke. The copper water is wrapped with insect wax before cooling, not only will it not stick to the mold, but the smooth surface of the insect wax will not appear uneven and burr in the casting process.

Of course, the lost wax method is also more expensive and not yet mature. It is also thanks to the fact that there are many old forests in the deep mountains of Guangnan West Road, and the price of this insect wax is not very high when the raw materials are sufficient.

And it is of the same value, but when it comes to cost, Zhao Yu's private money is about half a percent cheaper than official money, don't look at half a percent. No matter what dynasty it is, finance is a profiteering industry, the cost is reduced by half percent, and the profit does not know how much it will increase.

And Zhao Yu minted the copper coin, not slowly circulating in the market. Instead, they were directly taken to Guangyuanzhou and other places rich in gold to buy gold and red gold, and then transported to Hangzhou by sea ship. This change of hands is immediately a doubling of the profits. And although gold is not a hard currency stipulated by the government, it is a very precious metal among the people.

Especially now that commerce and trade in the Song Dynasty are becoming more and more developed, copper coins obviously cannot keep up with the development of commerce. A copper coin is about five to four grams, take the minimum value, a piece of four grams, the consistent money can be four kilograms, eight catties of weight!

And in Qingzhou, to buy a Qingzhou silk that is a specialty of Qingzhou, it also takes 800 yuan to buy a large amount! Let's say you buy 10 horses, you need 8 dollars! But it's sixty-four pounds! If you buy a hundred horses, well, just the cost of carrying copper coins and hiring bodyguards is enough to buy a few more Qingzhou silks.

Gold and silver, on the other hand, are light to carry and affordable. One tael of silver is equivalent to two pieces of money, and in the Song Dynasty, one catty and sixteen taels, one tael of silver is just more than thirty grams!

When Zhao Yu's gold arrived in Jiangnan, he didn't need to exchange it at all, he could buy things directly, and those merchants were happy to trade with gold. Otherwise, just counting copper coins is enough to count people's fingers and feel that they are not their own.

In addition, Zhao Yu also opened a money bank in Hangzhou for the exchange of copper coins and gold and silver, which was another lucrative investment. As for whether anyone wants to move crooked thoughts, then you have to look at the strong men at the door who are obviously from the military. With Zhao Yu as a backer, this money village not only has a military guard, but also is equipped with war horses, crossbows, armor, and military standard weapons that are not allowed in the people.

The local government has a psychological understanding, on the one hand, it is the silver of the white flowers as a bundle of interests, and on the other hand, the mountain of Zhao Yu is too big and too heavy. Until now, no one has been able to move him. And you know all this equipment, but you have to get the proof!

There is no evidence to raid Zhao Yu's money bank, and he said that you don't need to wear this black gauze hat, and secretly Zhao Yu doesn't know what revenge to come.

Therefore, from top to bottom, Hangzhou is very wise to open and close its eyes to this. (To be continued.) )