Chapter 075 on paper

Chen Tianyu said in his heart: "It turns out that Huai'an is the county seat of Huaiyin at this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" asked again: "Then Huaiyin County is three or four hundred miles to the southwest and northwest, is there another city each?" ”

Xue Boyi said: "To the northwest is Xuzhou City, and to the southwest is Haozhou City. Xuzhou is located at the junction of the north and south, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, but since the Jingkang Change, the Jin people have repeatedly gone south, and Xuzhou has also fallen into the hands of the Jin people. Twenty years ago, after our Great Song Dynasty destroyed Jin, we failed to recover Xuzhou, and it is still under the control of the Mongols. As for Nahao Prefecture, like Huaiyin, although it is still in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty for the time being, it is located on the front line of the war, and it is also precarious. ”

Chen Tianyu said: "Oh, in this way, except for Xuzhou, which is a peaceful place, the other two places are not peaceful!" Just now I thought about it, this time we will go to the north for development, and the preferred foothold should not be too close to Jiankang City, nor too far. If it is too close, it is still under the control of the Great Song Dynasty and cannot garrison troops; If it is too far, it is inconvenient to transport personnel and materials. And we are not like the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty, which has heavy infantry to resist cavalry, so we need the city as a cover. So I chose these three places and wanted to choose one of them as a place to stand. But Huaiyin and Haozhou are both war-torn places, and it doesn't hurt to garrison troops, but if you want to develop, it's not very suitable. From this point of view, it seems that only Xuzhou is more feasible. ”

Xue Boyi said: "Well, what Chen Gongzi said is extremely true, according to the current situation, only these three places are more suitable, and Xuzhou is the best." However, although Huaiyin and Haozhou are war-torn places and are not conducive to development, they are also of some use to us. ”

Chen Tianyu said curiously: "What is the use of a place of war? ”

Xue Boyi said: "In a war-torn place, people will inevitably be displaced, and we happen to need manpower, so we can gather displaced people here for our development needs." Not only did they not even have enough to eat, but they were also very vulnerable to being captured by the Mongols and sent to the battlefield as meat shields, so as long as we were willing to take them in, let them have land to plant, food to eat, and no worries about their lives, it would be a great favor to them. Therefore, the displaced people found from these places are more loyal and reliable than the local people in Xuzhou, and they can choose some of them to enrich our army. Although these homeless people are not as well-known as those selected from our village, they are no problem as a peripheral force. In the future, if we were to engage in a field battle with the Mongols or the northern powers, these peripheral forces would be useful. ”

Chen Tianyu's eyes froze, and he said: "Well, Brother Xue is right, the reliable manpower we found from near the village is not easy to come by, so naturally it can't be used as a meat shield in front to resist the cavalry." These outcasts were trained, armed with armor and swords, and could be used as melee troops. ”

Xue Boyi nodded, and said: "Gathering displaced people in war-torn places to develop manpower and enrich the army is only one of the uses. The second use is that if we really set Xuzhou as a foothold, we still face a problem. ”

Chen Tianyu said: "Most of the problems that Brother Xue said refer to how to capture Xuzhou? ”

Xue Boyi said: "Chen Gongzi is wise, that's what he is referring to!" This time we went to the north, we could only bring 200 people at the beginning, and there were no siege equipment, and we wanted to forcibly capture Xuzhou, which was a fool's dream. But if they are stationed outside the city, once the local tyrants find out that we are a threat to them, they will send troops to exterminate them, and we will not be able to resist them. ”

Chen Tianyu pondered for a while and said, "Problem, indeed problem!" ”

Xue Boyi said: "Therefore, Huaiyin and Haozhou, the two war-torn places, the second use for us is that once we can't get Xuzhou, we can also choose one of these two places as a transition, and when our strength reaches a certain level, it's not too late to take Xuzhou." But if that's the case, our development plans will have to be put on hold. ”…,

Chen Tianyu nodded and said: "Well, according to what Brother Xue said, taking Xuzhou as the first choice and these two places as an alternative is a foolproof strategy." ”

Xue Boyi said with a smile: "Is it a foolproof strategy, it's too early to say, we are talking on paper now, and we can't do it." We must go to the field to investigate clearly, so that we can know ourselves and know our opponents, and we will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Now that the ten strong men have almost been trained, after Chen Gongzi has arranged the affairs here, we will take them and set off for the north. ”

Chen Tianyu said with a smile: "Brother Xue's words are exactly what I want!" I guess it will take another seven or eight days to complete my work here, and then we'll set off. ”

Xue Boyi said: "Okay! ”

The two chatted for a while, and Chen Tianyu found that it was getting late, so he stayed in this village after eating.

The next morning, Chen Tianyu woke up and came to Xinzhuangzi, took the ten kilograms of monosodium glutamate, and went to Xu's shopkeeper's shop.

When I saw the shopkeeper Xu, I saw him with a smile on his face, and said to myself: "Yesterday, I went to the street to inquire, and there happened to be a store called 'Zuixiao Tower', which was doing a loss, and was looking for someone to transfer it. I spent 800 taels of silver, and I brought people to collect it, and I happened to go there today to try the effect of this MSG. ”

Chen Tianyu thought to himself that this was the best, saving the need to build a building and find people, which was not only extremely troublesome, but also time-consuming. "Then we'll go now?" ”

Shopkeeper Xu said: "Okay! He took him out of the door together, walked about three or four hundred meters on the street, and arrived at the "drunken tower".

Chen Tianyu saw the three big words "Zuixiao Building" on the door of this restaurant, and said with a smile: "Look at this name, this must be good wine, but the food is not very good, no wonder it has to be reversed!" ”

Shopkeeper Xu said: "Chen Gongzi is right, the dishes in this house are indeed far inferior to yesterday's 'Guiyun Pavilion'. Although this house was accepted by me today, the chef Xiaoer has not changed, which is just to verify the ability of Chen Gongzi's monosodium glutamate. As long as Chen Gongzi's MSG is good, this business will inevitably flourish. ”

Chen Tianyu said: "Okay! "After thinking about it, since everyone knows that the dishes of this "drunken Xiaolou" are not good, there may not be many people who will come to eat them today, even if they have a magic weapon such as monosodium glutamate, they have to wait until the business improves, but they don't know when to wait. His eyes rolled a few times, and he thought of an idea, and said: "It seems that this 'Drunken Tower' has been open for some time, and everyone's reputation has already been formed. ”

Shopkeeper Xu asked, "What extraordinary means?" ”

Chen Tianyu said with a smile: "It's just four words: 'come and eat for free'." ”

Shopkeeper Xu said curiously: "What kind of means is this?" If we don't want money, we won't lose a lot, why do we open this restaurant? ”