Everyone laughed, do you need to ask? In addition to being used to cast money, what else can it be, is it used to cast Buddha statues?

Yang Yuanqing saw that everyone was smiling, and he knew that everyone understood in their hearts, and he also smiled: "Yes, I am considering minting money, although the imperial court said that it would embargo Fengzhou, but in fact it can only ban the official, and not the private trade, we can cast the five plants of Kaihuang and go to Bashu and Guanzhong to buy tea and other goods." ”

Shao Wenjin, the county magistrate of Jiuyuan County next to him, asked: "But we don't have a mother mold, if we can mint money?" ”

Zhang Qian knew one or two, and hurriedly explained to everyone: "The money mold is in charge of the Shaofu Temple, and there is no need for the mother mold, as long as you can get a pair of sub-molds, you can cast a large number of them, in fact, there are many private money on the market, all of which are imitations, but they are easy to identify, if you can get the official model of the Taifu Temple, then we can create the real Kaihuang Wuzhu money, which is unrecognizable." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "I have already asked someone to get Zimo, now on the road, it will be delivered in two days, and a few money casters will also come together, now I want to appoint a money caster, who is fully responsible for the matter of minting money, which envoy is willing to recommend himself?" ”

If you don't consider the oil and water in the coinage, this is definitely a chore, you need to start from scratch, everything has to be explored slowly, time-consuming, laborious and spiritual, success is good, if it fails, the responsibility is heavy, everyone was silent for a while, at this time, Jiuyuan County Lord Bo Weizheng raised his hand and said: "Chief, I am willing to take over this matter." ”

It has been almost two months since Wei Zheng came to Wuyuan County to serve, and there is still a month to expire in the probationary period, Yang Yuanqing is ready to use him as a judge of military discipline supervision, in charge of the review of military discipline supervision, but he took the initiative to ask for money, Yang Yuanqing thought about it and agreed, "Okay! I'll give you fifty craftsmen and a hundred soldiers, how much money do you need to apply for yourself, and I'll give you a month to make me a Kaihuang Five Plants. ”

Wei Zheng gave a deep salute, "Obey orders!" ”

At this moment, a personal soldier rushed over, "Chief, urgent information in the capital!" ”

He presented an intelligence bamboo tube, which was sent by the intelligence agency in Beijing, the thin bamboo tube was red, sealed with wax, Yang Yuanqing took the bamboo tube and unscrewed it, poured out a roll of silk paper, and unfolded the intelligence, he hurriedly looked at it, and was secretly surprised in his heart, but he smiled quietly at everyone: "Speaking of private trade, I think of a thing, not long ago, a big businessman from Bashu came to Fengzhou, he planned to exchange tea and sugar for Dali peach wine, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was 30,000 quintals of tea, which could be sent at the end of the year at the latest, which was a charcoal in the snow, I'm going to send a detachment of cavalry to pick me up. ”

Cui Junsu, the county next to him, understood, he smiled slightly: "I can do it here, if there is anything urgent, just go and get busy!" ”

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Yang Yuanqing hurried back to the military office of the governor's mansion and called several high-ranking officials of the governor's mansion into the meeting hall together, including Changshi Du Ruhui, Sima Zhang Ting, judge Li Jing and staff member Huang Fuxu.

"What's wrong, sir?" Seeing Yang Yuanqing's serious expression, Du Ruhui couldn't help but ask with some concern.

"I just received urgent information from the capital, and the saint removed Wei Siyun, the Taishou of Lingwu County, and ordered Boling County Taishou Qiu and served as the Taishou of Lingwu County, and ordered Qu Tutong to be the ambassador of the Guannei to arrest and lead an army of 50,000 to suppress bandits in the Guannei, and the imperial court's actions were really fast."

Du Ruhui pondered for a moment and then smiled: "I don't know if the governor found the article here, these two orders of the saint are aimed at the southward expansion of Fengzhou's forces, which shows that he is already very clear about what we have done, since it is clear, but he did not directly send the army to fight, nor did he remove the six county guards, but like the governor, he came to the pass in the name of suppressing bandits, and the six governors only transferred one person, and it was not a recall, which shows that the saint does not want to turn his face with the governor, which shows that he is still afraid, If we want to solve the problem of Toyoshu's southward expansion in a relatively moderate way, then we will have more room for it. ”

The emperor next to him also smiled: "Du Changshi sees the problem very thoroughly, I fully agree, in addition, I want to add one more point, the purpose of the saint is not necessarily to force the Fengzhou forces back, I think it is more likely to prevent us from continuing to expand south, that is to say, his removal of Lingwu Taishou is just a test to see if we will withdraw because of this, if we are afraid, withdraw the army back to Fengzhou, then it is logical for him to send a large army to enter Guanbei, maybe the Guanbei Governor's Office will be established to clamp Fengzhou, if we are tough and do not withdraw the army, I don't think Qu Tutong's army will enter Kanbei to avoid war with us, which is very subtle, depending on how we grasp it. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Both of them have very good opinions, but I think that although Qu Tutong's army will not enter Yanchuan County to avoid a head-on conflict with us, he is likely to enter Lingwu County or Yan'an County, especially Lingwu County, which is the largest grain-producing area in Guanbei, once Qu Tutong's army enters Lingwu County, he can solve the problem of army supply on the spot and can confront us for a long time, so I consider sending troops into Lingwu County to stop Qu Tutong's army." ”

"What about Yan'an County?" Zhang Ting asked.

Du Ruhui smiled and said, "Sima Zhang didn't understand what the chief manager meant!" The governor just wants Qu Tutong's army to go to Yan'an County and give us Lingwu County. ”

Zhang Ting suddenly slammed his fists and said: "Yes, this is indeed a great opportunity to seize Lingwu County, exchanging Yan'an County for Lingwu County is really a good deal." ”

"In fact, I don't even want to give him Yan'an County, but to take care of his face, I still let him stay first, and then I will force him away."

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing smiled again: "Actually, I only want three counties, one is Yulin County, which is our eastern gate, especially along the Yellow River in the north, but don't worry about it here, this is our natural sphere of influence, if the imperial court garrisons troops, it will not be able to be supplied, and the imperial court will not take it away; The second is Yanchuan County, where the iron ore is strategically significant and must not be lost; Finally, Lingwu County, not only is the land rich here, the population is large, but more importantly, this is the throat of Fengzhou, someone stuck in the throat, our life will be sad, if the imperial court garrison 50,000 troops in Lingwu County, then we can't move at all, and the saint also knows this, so he replaced Wei Siyun, it is a matter of Fengzhou's survival, I would rather fight with Qu Tutong than take a step back. ”

At this time, Li Jing asked: "Does the chief mean that he is ready to directly send troops to Lingwu County?" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "In fact, I have just ordered Su Lie to lead 10,000 cavalry and rush to garrison Lingwu County. ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "The boss is so courageous, let me talk about the new Taishou Qiuhe!" I am very familiar with this person, he has a very good relationship with my father, he was the first general of the right military guard, because of Yang Liang's rebellion was sent to guard Puzhou, served as the Puzhou assassin history, but was Yang Liang's army pretended to be a woman, captured Puzhou, he fled over the city wall at that time, and later served as the general of the left prison guard, soon impeached by the imperial history, reappointed as the history of the assassin of Daizhou, the great cause of three years, the holy inspection of Yanmen, he was transferred to Boling County because of the meritorious service, was transferred to Boling County Taishou, this person is exquisite, very good at seeing the wind and making the rudder, and in his bones is extremely greedy for bribes, his son Qiu Xinggong is good, He is a fierce general, and I don't know why the Holy Lord sent him to be the Taishou of Lingwu County, maybe I think he was born as a general of the Right Guard. ”

Speaking of this, Li Jing stood up and said with a smile: "I am willing to ask for my life and talk to this Qiu Taishou." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded and said, "Li Yuanjun might as well tell him, either accept my five hundred taels of gold, or he leaves, and Lingwu County will guard me Yang Yuanqing!" ”

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Lingwu County is another fertile place in the north of Guannei in addition to the Hetao Plain, that is, the Ningxia Plain of later generations, there are many rivers and canals here, the water source is abundant, as early as the Western Han Dynasty, the imperial court began to develop this area on a large scale, the water surface of the Lingwu County section of the Yellow River is wide, irrigation and reclamation, the hard work of the ancestors has made Lingwu County become a ditch vertical and horizontal, rice and fish fertilizer, melons and fruits are fragrant, and the scenery is beautiful.

Lingwu County originally had a garrison of 8,000, but in the second Goryeo, 5,000 soldiers were transferred, so that only 3,000 soldiers were left, and after Taishou Wei Siyun signed the joint defense agreement in Guanbei, the command of these 3,000 county soldiers was taken away by Fengzhou, and the 3,000 county soldiers were also transferred to Yanchuan County for reorganization for a month in the name of training.

Wei Siyun had been transferred back to the imperial court, and Xintai Shouqiu He was on his way to his post, at this juncture, a cavalry team of 10,000 people was rushing from the north to Lingwu County, which was the 10,000 Fengzhou cavalry sent by Yang Yuanqing to actually occupy Lingwu County.

If Yang Guang acquiesced to his control of the six counties in Guanbei, then Yang Yuanqing would also save some face for the imperial court, and indirectly control Lingwu County by controlling the county soldiers, and everyone would be okay on the surface.

But Yang Guang's counterattack forced Yang Yuanqing to tear his face, it is really the geographical location and strategic position of Lingwu County that are too important to Fengzhou, as Yang Yuanqing said, Lingwu County is the throat of Fengzhou, once Lingwu County is stuck by the imperial court, Fengzhou will not be able to move.

There is no reason to talk about the most vital interests, either there is a fierce battle, or the army of the imperial court is far away from Lingwu County, and there is no third way to go.

The overseer of 10,000 cavalry is Su Lie, he led the army into Lingwu County, did not stay, but continued to go south, two days later, the army arrived in Lingwu County, Huile County, 10,000 cavalry set up a large camp in the east of Huile County, and there are 3,000 county soldiers in the county, and the captain of the 3,000 county soldiers is called Liu Zhi, who is Yang Yuanqing's personal army.

Three days after Yang Yuanqing's cavalry rushed to Lingwu County, a team of more than 100 cavalry escorted the new Taishou Qiu and slowly came from the east, Qiu He squinted at the wind and sand, the yellow dust was long, and his eyes were full of annoyance and worry.

Qiu He is sixty years old this year, full of worldly affairs, frankly speaking, he does not want to come to Lingwu County, he knows the danger of Lingwu County Taishou, but Yuwenshu recommended him, he knows very well in his heart, it is because of the three years of the great cause Yuwenshu asked him for 50,000 yuan in relocation fees, and he did not give it, so he left today's disaster, which made his heart full of annoyance, but helpless, he could not help himself.

At this time, he had already seen Huile County from a distance, and it was finally coming, Qiu He Changchang breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment, an attendant shouted: "Envoy, look over there!" ”

Qiu He looked in the direction of his hand, and was stunned for a moment, only to see that there was a military camp a few miles away, with dozens of tents, surrounded by high wooden fences, and a large red flag fluttering over the camp, and a black eagle was vaguely printed on the banner.

Qiu He's face turned pale, and he reacted, it was the Red Eagle Battle Banner of the Fengzhou Army.