Chao Yong really wanted to take out all the money of the rich people in the world and redistribute it, but he didn't come up with anything good for the time being.

Now Shi Qian's spies have spread all over the north of the river, and even after he goes south, he can continue to learn the news of the world.

After he led his troops to the battle, the liquor of the spirits shop was already on the market. Although there are many people who want to be good men, most people are used to drinking low-alcohol alcohol, and they still can't get used to drinking strong alcohol suddenly. In addition, the high price of Haohan sake has not been continuously sought after by the people of Tokyo. Internal sales are not smooth, but external sales are hot.

After the Great Liang repelled the invasion of the Liao State, trade was not banned, but the borders were relaxed a lot, and even the sea ban was lifted, and merchants from the two countries could transport goods by sea. There is not much risk in coastal navigation, and the cost of sea transportation is much lower than that of land transportation, so as soon as the ban on sea routes was lifted, many merchants began to open up routes to travel between the two countries by sea.

Because the border was completely opened, there are several times more Liao merchants in Tokyo today than during the Song Dynasty. As soon as Haohan wine was listed, it attracted merchants from the Liao Kingdom. The people of the Central Plains are afraid of spicy, but the people in the bitter cold land need that spicy energy. Many Liao merchants saw the business opportunity and bought a large number of good Han wine to transport it to China by sea.

The first batch of 100,000 catties of liquor was snapped up by Liao merchants within a few days, and no matter how much was bought at one time, the price was not reduced, which seems to be a common feature of government-run trading. A pound of wine is 500 yuan, and 100,000 pounds of wine is only 50,000 yuan.

Moreover, this year's grain harvest is poor, and it is impossible to brew spirits in large quantities without restrictions. Calculated that the income of the spirits workshop this year is only hundreds of thousands at most.

Xu Guanzhong seems to have a large amount of income, but Chao Yong single-handedly created the ticket number and mirror shop, and each income is tens of millions of dollars, so he really didn't take the income of the spirits shop in his eyes.

However, hundreds of thousands of guan is a drop in the bucket for Daliang, but it is a big expense for the declining Liao State. This is a constant blood draw. Even if the Liao State was in its heyday, it may not be able to bear it, and now it will accelerate its decline. After the fall of the Liao State, the same can be done against the Jin State.

The spirits shop doesn't make much money, but it's more strategic than the mirror. Jingxing's products were also snapped up by Liao merchants, but compared to Yinjing, the future of spirits is more promising. Especially the barbaric Jin people, Ru Mao drinks blood, and they may not take a bath once a year, so it is undoubtedly difficult for them to buy silver mirrors at a high price. But spirits are something they can't refuse.

Chao Yong wants to make perfumes, but there are already perfumes on the market.

Perfumes of this era were distilled with flower dew in a still, and the perfume bottles were glass bottles from Dashi. There may also be people who have distilled liquor in a still, only to find that the spirit is not easy to accept, and the profit is not as good as perfume. That's why I concentrate on making perfumes.

And after making the ticket number and mirror shop, Chao Yong is reluctant to do some small industries anymore.

The two talked for a while, and Chao Yong gave Zong Ze the right to independently elect officials on Zhejiang Road, which was also the power that Chao Gai gave Chao Yong at the beginning.

The next day, Chao Yong led 80,000 troops south to Hangzhou.

The previous time Hangzhou was almost burned to the ground by Fang La's fire, although it has been rebuilt for several months, but the Southern Song Dynasty has limited financial resources. did not invest too much money in reconstruction, coupled with the turbulent situation, Hangzhou was at the junction of the Southern Song Dynasty and Lu Shinang's forces, and the wealthy households in Jiangnan were reluctant to participate in the reconstruction of Hangzhou. lest they be slaughtered by Manichaeism like the rich families of Hangzhou.

After the popularization of Champa rice, there was a saying that Suzhou and Hangzhou are ripe and the world is full, and they can grow food for people all over the world to eat. The Suzhou and Hangzhou regions are naturally rich. Moreover, Hangzhou was one of the first three major cities in the Song Dynasty, driven by thriving overseas trade. Hangzhou is the richest state capital in the south of the Yangtze River.

Before the Fangla Uprising, there were many high-rise buildings in Hangzhou, but when Chao Yong led his troops into Hangzhou, it was full of low earthen houses, and many of the houses were scorched black after the fire, which was completely dilapidated.

The Southern Song Dynasty allocated some money and grain to Hangzhou, but all of this money and grain was used to build the city wall. Previously, Tong Guan and Fang La had a big battle and demolished the city wall of Hangzhou. Later, Hangzhou became the forefront of the Southern Song Dynasty's defense against Lu Shibao, and the Southern Song Dynasty had to rebuild the city wall, and the money and grain allocated to the people in the past were also used to build the city wall.

Fortunately, the people can contribute to build the city wall in exchange for some money and food, so that the people in the city can barely survive.

When the army entered the city, the cheers of the people in the city were hoarse. Although there were not as many people as the other cities, the cheers were the loudest.

It is better to be a peaceful dog than to be a troubled person.

People who have experienced the poison of war have more feelings about this sentence. In the past, the people of Hangzhou felt that Huashigang had brought disaster to the country and the people, so that the people had no way to live, and the entry of the rebel army into the city was also welcomed by raising their hands, but when Fang La and the Western Army fought in Hangzhou, the artillery stones continued, and finally Fang La burned Hangzhou to break through, and the Western Army took advantage of the chaos to loot after entering Hangzhou. Only then did the people of Hangzhou know how worthless human life is in times of war.

At the beginning, after Tong Guan led the troops to recapture Hangzhou, he asked the imperial court to allocate money and grain to help the people in the city and rebuild Hangzhou. As soon as the people in the city began to rebuild Hangzhou, news came that Tokyo had been captured by the Great Liang, and then Tong Guan went from Muzhou to Huzhou, and Lu Shisang led the Manichaean army to chase and kill Tong Guan and entered the territory of Hangzhou. Lu Shisang had just crossed the border with his troops, and then turned back, so frightened that most of the defenders of Hangzhou fled, but fortunately, Hangzhou had no money and no food, and Lu Shisang did not want to delay time, so he did not attack Hangzhou. The officials in Hangzhou were all appointed by Tong Guan, and Tong Guan established the Southern Song Dynasty, and Hangzhou was naturally the first state capital to be attached. When the people of Hangzhou continued to rebuild Hangzhou, there was a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River and the Southern Song Dynasty was ineffective.

Many people feared that Hangzhou would be ravaged by war again, so they had no choice but to leave their hometowns and become refugees.

The people who stayed in the city were also shocked three times a day, for fear that Lu Shisang would lead the troops to fight. Beware of Lu Shinang, and heard that Daliang sent troops south, the people in the city can be said to want to cry without tears, fortunately, Daliang defeated the main force of the Southern Song Dynasty in the first battle, forced the Southern Song Dynasty to surrender, and Hangzhou also became the land of Daliang.

Hangzhou has become the land of the Great Liang, and the people in the city have ended the days of three shocks a day, although Lu Shisang is still eyeing Muzhou, but they believe that the Great Liang must be like sweeping away the Southern Song Dynasty, sweeping away Lu Shisang with the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves. At that time, the world was peaceful, and under the tax exemption and exemption of the Great Liang, with their hard-working hands, Hangzhou would soon become a rich city again.

The army arrived in Hangzhou City at noon, and the Hangzhou Zhizhou had already prepared a banquet to greet it.

While the people were feasting and drinking in the city. Suddenly, a loud noise was heard outside the city.

Li Kui jumped up and shouted, "It's not good, Lu Shinang's dog thief is coming to sneak attack, I'll kill him without leaving a piece of armor." ”

Many generals heard the thunderous drums of war outside the city, and they all stood up one after another.

Only Chao Yong, Xu Guanzhong, and the leaders of the water army did not move.

The navy arrived in Hangzhou two days earlier, and had already seen Chaoxin first.

Hangzhou Zhizhou hurriedly explained: "It was the sound of the tide letter in Zhejiang (Qiantang River), not the sound of war drums. ”

Li Kui glared at Hangzhou Zhizhou and said, "What Chaoxin?" It's obviously the sound of war drums, you have to dare to coax us, be careful that I cut off your donkey's head. ”

Chao Yong glared at Li Kui. Said: "Don't be rude, sit down." ”

Hangzhou Zhizhou was frightened by Li Kui's vicious appearance and took a step back, saw Li Kui sit down, and then said: "Zhejiang Chaoxin comes twice day and night, and it is not against the time. Because of not being trustworthy. It is called tide letter. Today is the 16th of October, and the day is not yet three o'clock. ”

Li Kui saw that Chao Yong and the others nodded, and knew that he had no knowledge, so he didn't care, and shouted: "This tide letter is very moving, why don't we go to the riverside to have a look." ”

Hangzhou Zhizhou said with a smile: "Now that I go out, the tide letter will pass, and the general will see the time." Tonight or tomorrow during the day, you will see the tide letter again. It's a pity that the general came late, and the tide letter in August is the most spectacular time of the year. The great poet Su Dongpo once said that the tide of August 18 is spectacular in the world. ”

Li Kui ate a bowl of wine and said, "It's late, you said that the tide letter in August has a bird use." Let's talk about the tide letter in October. ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said, "You shut up and eat and drink, and then rudely drive you to the barracks." ”

Hangzhou Zhizhou also prepared wine for the soldiers of the three armies, but Hangzhou withered, and the soldiers could only eat one bowl per person. However, the wine banquet in the yamen is full of wine.

Although Li Kui felt that this wine was as light as water, it was not as strong as a good man's wine. But some are better than nothing. Hearing that Chao Yong was going to drive him to the barracks, he hurriedly closed his mouth and ate wine.

Chao Yong smiled: "I also heard the name of the tide of the Qiantang River, although I missed the tide on August 18, but it is not bad to look at the tide in October." Tomorrow, the whole army will go to see the tide together, so as not to regret that everyone will not see the tide of the Qiantang River when they come to Jiangnan. ”

Xu Guanzhong hurriedly said: "It is the time of the battle, and it is not appropriate to let the soldiers of the whole army go to play. ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Master Lu's soldiers and horses are still in Tonglu, Muzhou, and there are still more than two hundred miles away from here, so it is impossible for them to come to Hangzhou without knowing it." ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "The prince is invincible, and there are probably not many people in the world who dare to come to pick the prince's tiger beard." However, the crown prince set this precedent, and it is inevitable that some people will follow suit in the future, which is not a blessing for the court. ”

When Chao Yong heard this, he also had to consider the consequences. After thinking about it, he arched his hand and said, "Thank you for reminding the military advisor, the previous discussion is abandoned." When the world is swept away, the day of the class teacher, I will take all the soldiers to watch this tide letter, and tomorrow the whole army will be pulled out and wiped out by Lu Shibao. ”

Xu Guanzhong saw that Chao Yong could still listen to the advice, and he also arched his hand and said: "The prince can listen to the advice of the contrary, honesty is the blessing of the Liang and the blessing of the world." ”

After the destruction of Western Xia, the prince's prestige was in full swing, and his power became heavier, and after the invention of the spaceship, the prince directly changed from the god of war to the god of heaven, and almost no one dared to question the prince's decision.

Xu Guanzhong also knew that as long as the prince was alive, no one would be able to shake the beam, but the descendants of the prince might not be as powerful as the prince. For the sake of the future generations of the Great Liang, the crown prince must also lead by example, at least he cannot set some bad precedents for future generations.

The banquet was half-hearted, and Chao Yong let everyone disperse.

Early the next morning, the soldiers and horses of Daliang came to Tonglu County, Muzhou via Fuyang.

However, on the fourth day, the army entered the territory of Tonglu County and settled in a place twenty miles away from Tonglu County.

Under the prevention and control of An Daoquan and a group of imperial doctors, the soldiers and horses of Daliang did not produce plague. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the temperature in the south of the Yangtze River drops after winter, in short, the Liang soldiers did not feel any discomfort. Moreover, the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang took the Southern Song Dynasty lightly, and Chao Yong did not hesitate to reward. The officers and soldiers of the three armies were each rewarded with ten yuan of money, which was not much money for the generals, but for ordinary soldiers, it was an extra salary of more than three months, which was also a lot of wealth.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies are all shouting to kill the enemy, otherwise there will be no such good opportunity to make money after retiring. Ordinary people's monthly wages are only the same money, for people who have no skills, a soldier with three silver dollars a month is undoubtedly the best job, if you are promoted to a ten-thousand, you can send five times a month, and a centurion of ten times a month needs good martial arts. Ordinary people can rise to the rank of Ten-Commander with some hard work. But getting to the rank of centurion requires more than just hard work.

It is precisely because of the large salary of Daliang that many people have been attracted to join the army.

Chao Yong took Xu Guanzhong, Li Kui, and Sun An around the camp, and was very satisfied with the high morale of the soldiers.

Sun An said: "Morale is available, and tomorrow we can go all out and defeat Master Lu." ”

Sun An was forced to surrender by Shi Wengong in Hedong that day, so he listened to it in front of Chao Yong's tent, Tian Hu's wall fell and everyone pushed it, and Sun An did not get any opportunity to make contributions. The current rank official is still Chao Yong, who originally looked at Sun Anqi and Yu Xuanang, and his martial arts are not inferior to Shi Wen Gongfeng. I didn't get a real job. This time I went south to hold back my strength to make a contribution, so that I could get a real job in the future.

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile: "I'm afraid that Lu Shisang will attack tonight." ”

Li Kui glared and said, "How do you know?" ”

Xu Guanzhong didn't care, and said with a smile: "The prince is invincible, although Lu Shicang has the advantage of soldiers and horses, but he must be weak in his heart." You don't have to use trickery to win. While our army was not firmly established, we attacked the camp. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "The military advisor is reasonable, then we will sit and wait for the Lu division to come tonight." ”

After nightfall, Chao Yong and Xu Guanzhong played chess in the big tent of the Chinese army, not Go, but chess, which was also a little different from the chess of the Song Dynasty, and was a modern chess brought by Chao Yong. In fact, the development of chess in the Northern Song Dynasty is very close to modern chess. Therefore, after Chao Yong got the modern chess out, with the aura of the prince, he quickly replaced the original chess.

The two generals in front of the tent, Deputy Sun An'an stood aside and watched. Li Kui sat down and slept soundly, snoring from time to time, which made the brows of those who fell into the wind furrow even more. He couldn't read chess and wasn't interested.

"Newspaper. Shi Bao, Fang Jie asked to see. ”

Although Xu Guanzhong came into contact with chess later than Chao Yong. But the chess strength is higher than Chao Yong.

Chao Yong saw that he was losing the wind again, and when he heard the report of the soldiers at the door, he immediately pushed the chessboard away, and said with a smile: "Let them in." ”

Xu Guanzhong also got up proudly and stood aside.

The prince is smart and reacts faster than him, but he doesn't want to work too hard, just as a game, and every step he takes, he has to consider the next ten steps, naturally there are more wins and fewer defeats.

Shi Bao and Fang Jie came in and saluted with their fists.

Chao Yong also saw from the haggard faces of the two that they hadn't achieved much, and said: "It's good to do your best, we have to wait for Master Lu to come to the palace, and you don't have to stay up late after running for many days." ”

Shi Bao shook his head and said, "We heard that Master Lu was going to attack at night, so we rushed back overnight, but we didn't expect the prince to be prepared." ”

Li Kui had also woken up, and when he heard Shi Bao say that Lu Shisang was really going to attack at night, he said with a smile: "The military advisor is much more accurate than the one who sells hexagrams, it seems that I can kill it tonight." ”

Xu Guanzhong was also accustomed to Li Kui's nonsense, ignored Li Kui, and said with a smile: "What do the two generals have gained?" ”

Fang Jie said indignantly: "It's just that a few people left quietly, and the others knew that Lu Shisang had killed the Holy Aunt, not only did they not want to avenge their aunt, but they also wanted to help Lu Shisang resist us, which was really ungrateful." If it weren't for Brother Shi Bao pulling me, I would have come back a long time ago. ”

Shi Bao explained: "The Great Liang did not allow them to preach, and they were unwilling to give up Manichaeism, so they could only accompany Lu Shisang to continue their journey. There were a few brothers who didn't despise Master Lu as a person, but they didn't want to help us kill the brothers in the sect, so they left quietly. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Since they want to give it a go, then I will fulfill them, you go down and rest first." ”

Fang Jie hurriedly said: "They want to stop me from avenging my aunt, who is my enemy." Please allow me to join the war. ”

Shi Bao watched Fang Jie speak, so he had no choice but to follow: "Shi Bao is also willing to participate in the war." ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Then you go to wear it, come to the tent and listen to it." ”

After the two of them had been gone for a short time, they came in full clothes.

However, the two of them hid in Tonglu and hidden, and they had to beware of being betrayed, but they were a little tired, and they didn't watch Chao Yong and Xu Guanzhong play chess, but sat opposite Li Kui and closed their eyes to recuperate.

At the third watch, there was a shout of killing at the gate of the camp, and Li Kui immediately jumped up, picked up two board axes and was about to go out to kill.

Chao Yong and Xu Guanzhong have long since stopped playing chess, and are holding Shen Kuo's Mengxi pen talk, which involves astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and many other disciplines, which is also helpful for Chao Yong to write physics.

"No hurry, let them in."

Chao Yong stopped Li Kui, put down the book in his hand unhurriedly, and then got up and walked out.

Xu Guanzhong, Li Kui, Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie hurriedly followed.

Outside the big tent, 10,000 soldiers and horses had been gathered, standing quietly in the dark.

When the sneak attack soldiers and horses entered the sight of everyone in the big tent, Chao Yong shouted: "Raise fire." ”

At the sound of the order, several torches were lit together and thrown into the tents in front of them.

"Canopy"

The tents were all hidden in the fire-starters, and as soon as the sparks were lit, flames erupted, and several extraordinarily large bonfires immediately illuminated the camp.

Gao Keli, the Tai Sui god who took the lead, saw the war horse suddenly rising in front of him, and he stood up with a neigh, and Gao Keli hurriedly clamped the horse's belly to appease the war horse. The Ma army behind was afraid of bumping into Gao Keli, so he could only urgently restrain his horse, causing a mess.

"Don't panic, kill Chao Yong, and Daliang will be defeated."

Zhang Jinren, the thunderbolt god next to him, saw Chao Yong in gold armor in front of the big tent, shouted, and led the soldiers and horses to kill.

"Kill"

Li Kui saw that there were still people who dared to kill Chao Yong, so he screamed and killed him with a board axe.

Li Kui's rush led the formation.

Hua Rong was afraid that Li Kui would lose, so he had to wave his soldiers and horses to meet him.

Although Li Kui was the first to rush to kill, his two legs couldn't outrun four legs after all.

Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie, who moved later, all grabbed him in front.

Sun An greeted Zhang Jinren, Fang Jie greeted Gao Keli, who had just pacified the war horse, but Shi Bao killed a general he didn't know.

As soon as the battle was engaged, the left and right sides of the camp also shouted and killed, and the soldiers and horses who were so frightened that they turned around and fled.

Sun An and Zhang Jinren didn't fight, the sword in his left hand pushed away Zhang Jinren's steel spear, and the sword in his right hand swung violently, and a good head rose to the sky.

Gao Keli saw Zhang Jinren's tragic death, and turned his horse to escape, but Fang Jie caught up from behind and dismounted with a halberd.

The wind splitting knife in Shi Bao's hand that splits gold and jade is even more invincible.

Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie are the three of them who specialize in picking the enemy to kill, but Li Kui is a meat and vegetarian, and he kills people when he hits them, although they kill all small soldiers, but they kill a body of blood, like a ghost. Everywhere they went, the soldiers and horses of Jiangnan retreated one after another, and their power was greater than that of Sun An and the others.

Under the cover of the three lines of soldiers and horses in the camp, the soldiers and horses of the night attack did not last long, and they were all driven out of the camp.

Shi Bao took the lead in killing at the gate of the camp, and as soon as he reined in his horse, he saw Li Kui rushing over from the side, killing outside the camp, and hurriedly shouted: "The prince has an order, and he must not chase and kill out of the camp." ”

Li Kui heard Shi Bao shouting, so he retreated stupidly.

Although the soldiers and horses of Daliang did not chase and kill, the defeated soldiers still did not dare to stay, and escaped from the camp, so they abandoned their armor and ran back. Before he could catch his breath, he heard a cannon sound on the flank, and a troop of soldiers and horses stabbed out diagonally.

The ambush outside the camp was Shi Wengong's troops, and they scattered and fled with one face.

Shi Wengong did not chase after him, and collected the troops and returned to the camp after killing and dispersing the rout.