Chapter 360: Weakness

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There is a desert between Xingqing Mansion and Xiliang Mansion, of course, in the Song Dynasty, this desert was far less large than it is now, and if it was a cavalry, it could be passed through in two days and one night. There are many freshwater lakes in the middle of the desert www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion, so you don't have to worry about supplies.

Xiliang Mansion here is very desolate, with a maximum of a few hundred people in a village, but Xingqing Mansion over there is different!

That is the most prosperous place in the party, and it is Li Yuanhao's lair! The ransacking of a village party member here can have no reaction, if he does a few votes in Xingqing Mansion, it is guaranteed to make Li Yuanhao's back hurt!

What made Chen Yuan feel even more tempted was that Xingqing Mansion was the most developed place for the party people's commerce and handicrafts, if he could destroy him! Then after the war, whether Li Yuanhao is in charge or not, the party members have no strength to rebuild their homes by themselves!

This is the war economy! A war can justifiably destroy something in an instant, such as the workshops of those party members! When their workshop was destroyed, they and their followers were unable to rebuild it. At this time, it is the time for Da Song's capital injection, or cooperation, or buyout, or agency. In short, in the process of rebuilding that market, this cake will definitely be redivided!

Chen Yuan felt like a robber, staring at the money in other people's pockets. The current Xiliang Mansion has been stripped by himself, but this person seems to be very poor. Xingqing Mansion has money, but there are still 6,000 bodyguards standing there, if these bodyguards come to support Xiliang Mansion, then things will be perfect!

The news that a Song army had penetrated into the party had reached Xingqing Mansion, and now Li Yuanhao was in charge of his No. 1 think tank, Zhang Yuan, and his most trusted brother, Yeli Wangrong.

The cooperation of this article and martial arts made Li Yuanhao very relieved.

Zhang Yuan originally believed that Yang Lang would be able to solve this little trouble, but in his opinion, the three thousand Song troops could not do anything when they entered the party! In addition to waiting to be arrested by the party members.

But then he received a battle report from Yang Lang, and the troops were not enough, so he asked for support! This battle report was not sent after Yang Lang was defeated by Yang Wenguang, and it had already made Zhang Yuan's face change greatly!

As Li Yuanhao's head, Zhang Yuan saw at a glance how difficult the problem the other party set for him was. There are not many refugees now, and the problem has not yet erupted!

Once you let Song Ren write this question well, you can't solve it yourself! What is needed to solve this problem is strength, economic strength, and this is what the party lacks the most.

If you can't solve it, not only will the war on the front line be affected, but also whether the grand blueprint that is about to be drawn in Li Yuanhao and his Zhang Yuan's hearts can be realized!

If the battle on the front line is going well, it is good to say, he can hold on for a while, as long as he wins the Song army and forces the Song emperor to sue for peace, the victory of the war can cover up all contradictions. At the same time, some compensation can be obtained from the Song Dynasty to fill this loophole.

But now the battle situation on the front line is also extremely unfavorable for them!

Li Yuanhao was not afraid after hearing about Fan Zhongyan, because he knew what Fan Zhongyan was and thought that a gentleman could deceive him, so he once again played his two-faced and three-knife technique, seeking peace with Fan Zhongyan on the one hand, and preparing for a new battle on the other.

Fan Zhongyan is indeed a gentleman, and promised to talk to Li Yuanhao, and agreed that neither side should have any military action in the short term.

Song Jun did this, which made Li Yuanhao very happy! The military mobilization of the party members has never stopped, and Li Yuanhao has transferred a large number of troops from the party to prepare to teach Fan Zhongyan, a benevolent gentleman, a lesson!

Fan Zhongyan seemed to be unaware, and while talking with Li Yuanhao about peace talks, he rebuilt the city wall and temporarily moved all the people on the border inward.

He ordered the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Song Dynasty to strictly guard their positions and not to fight without authorization.

People say that simple defense in the military is a wrong decision, but Fan Zhongyan just did it! Li Yuanhao also thinks that Fan Zhongyan is stupid, how can such a retreat satisfy his Li Yuanhao's appetite?

However, after the soldiers arrived, Li Yuanhao was stunned to find that the 600,000 Song troops were huddled together, and he Li Yuanhao's great ability couldn't find a place to put his mouth out!

He had to wait for the opportunity, but the party's national strength really couldn't afford to drag on the two meals of the nearly 20th National Army!

So he wanted to win by another way, and they said at the negotiating table: "As long as you recognize that the land we occupy now is ours, and give us a certain amount of military expenses for this military operation, and then give us some coins every year every year according to the pattern of the Liao State, we will not fight with each other." We are also like the Liao State, can we recognize your Song Dynasty as the eldest brother? Our king respectfully calls your emperor uncle, okay? ”

Li Yuanhao made three conditions, and he also knew that the Song Dynasty could not agree to all of these three conditions. It doesn't matter, after he takes a breath, he doesn't plan to really stop fighting.

Fan Zhongyan spoke: "Let's talk about these later." Can I promise you that I will ask the emperor, but one thing is certain, before you say the conditions, you must do three things, first, admit your mistakes to our emperor. Second, let Li Yuanhao personally come to Sanchuankou to pay respects to our fallen soldiers. Third, let Liu Ping go, let's forget this matter, and we'll talk about it in the future. ”

This is far from Li Yuanhao's planned conditions for land cession, compensation, and New Year's coins! We'll talk about it again!

Of course Li Yuanhao didn't do it, Fan Zhongyan said again: "If you don't do it, it's okay, let's just consume it, from today on, I won't have a grain of grain into your party, and you don't even think of a tea brick!" ”

Li Yuanhao thought that this was an angry sentence and didn't take it to heart. Then, Lord Fan issued a very strict policy: if the Song Dynasty caravan entered the party, whether it was a business or not, it would be regarded as a rebellion and punished the nine clans! If the merchants of the Song Dynasty had dealings with the merchants of the party, no matter what they talked about, they would be regarded as treason and punished by the three clans!

This trick is ruthless! During the war, the price of goods was originally high, and Fan Zhongyan cut off all the trade between the Great Song Dynasty and the party, and also made quotas for the trade of other neighboring countries, which led to the price of the party's cloth increasing fivefold in just ten days! The price of tea has increased tenfold! The prices of almost all materials are soaring, and even the price of Li Yuanhao's gun used in the war is rising wildly!

The little money that Li Yuanhao stored in the treasury was worthless in the blink of an eye!

For half a month's money, 100 wen can buy a bag of rice. Half a month later, 500 wen can't buy a bag of rice! After the party members woke up, they suddenly found that with Fan Zhongyan's words, their money had turned into scrap metal overnight!

There is no need to guess, this method was said by Chen Yuan to Fan Zhongyan in the letter.

Chen Yuan promised to give those merchants a rich reward, and promised to give 500 yuan to each of the soldiers who died in battle! Where does all this money come from? The small village that relied on grabbing party items estimated that it would have to rob it for a lifetime!

Therefore, he wants to pull Li Yuanhao's wool this time! And unplug it all at once!

Those businessmen in the Great Song Dynasty were also very cooperative, and after a few big merchants took the lead in not going through the party project, those small merchants naturally had no way out.

If the party wants to buy those much-needed goods, there is only one way to go, and that is to buy them from Mongolia.

Does Mongolia have one? Of course. Because where is Chen Sheng.

Whether you buy something or sell something, I'm afraid you just don't have a choice! Fan Zhongyan ordered the border trade to be closed, and the Liao State was too busy to take care of itself when it fought the war, and the Uighurs and Tibetans were originally counting on the Song Dynasty's alms, and the Song Dynasty said that if they didn't sell it to you, they wouldn't sell it to you. If Li Yuanhao wants to buy something, he must buy it from Mongolia!

Those merchants who played this war game with Chen Yuan finally saw a huge return! They transported the goods from Liaodong to Mongolia, and sold them before Chen Sheng, who had already negotiated a price with the leaders in Mongolia.

A piece of cloth can earn 140 wen from selling it to the party from the Great Song Dynasty. Now I go around in a circle and sell it from Mongolia to the party, earning 800 Wen! Excluding tolls, profits have also nearly tripled!

Of course, the most profitable is Chen Yuan, who not only collected a batch of materials to sell, but also took a certain share of the "benefit fee" from other merchants.

When Chen Yuan left this strategy for Fan Zhongyan, he was afraid that the upright Fan Zhongyan would abandon it, and then he would lose a lot of money.

Fortunately, Fan Zhongyan and Chen Yuan had the same opinion, and they did not think of defeating the party members immediately through military means, they both chose to attack by other means! In addition to using this method taught by Chen Yuan, Fan Zhongyan also issued a wanted warrant: "No matter who you are, if you can kill Li Yuanhao, you will be named the envoy of the Western Regions!" Bounty! ”

This order is not like a gentleman can give it anyway, so you can see how much Fan Zhongyan hates Li Yuanhao in his heart! Chen Yuan's method was naturally used by him.

Fan Zhongyan and Chen Yuan are clearly putting on the way of a gentleman, and the other is secretly unscrupulous, Zhang Yuan is very anxious!

In total, the party has prepared more than 800,000 yuan for this war, which is all the wealth that the party can loot. In addition, in the early stage of the war, Li Yuanhao grabbed a lot from the Great Song Dynasty, adding up to about 1.3 million, Zhang Yuan originally thought that he could support the party to carry out this war to the end.

But now, it used to be enough for a soldier to spend 500 wen, but now it takes at least three times! The more than 1.3 million in his hand can only be used as the previous more than 400,000!

It's already hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and suddenly another one smashes the pot, how can you let Zhang Yuan not worry!

Yeli Wangrong looked at Zhang Yuan's frowning brows, and stomped his feet anxiously: "My Lord Zhang!" You're going to say something, what should I do now! ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head slightly: "We must fully support the king to win the battle, only if the king wins, can we force the emperor of the Song Dynasty to agree to our request." ”

Yeli Wangrong hurriedly knocked on the table with his hand: "Of course I know!" But the Song army is obviously here to make trouble, they specifically pick out the weak places of our troops, Lord Yang Lang's letter is very clear, these guys have a few villages a day, let us have thousands of food a day, if they are given a month, the entire Xiliang Mansion will be disturbed by them! ”

Zhang Yuan smiled bitterly: "How can I not know? It's just that we have too few soldiers and horses in our hands, and there is not enough food and grass, and this soldier and horse will need food and grass as soon as they move, and now, I really can't come up with the money. ”

Yeli Wangrong knew that Zhang Yuan was telling the truth, in the past two days, he had heard the voices of the underground people, and the soaring prices had made the already poor life of the party members even worse, and the people were discussing: "The king said that there would be a good time to fight the Song Dynasty, but the war was fought, why can't we live this day?" ”

(To be continued)