Sending away the white-haired tiger with a smile on his face, Du Qian sighed with some emotion: "How can Wang Qing be so virtuous, can make this good man die for him!" ”

"He's just getting the head start!" Wang Lun shook his head and smiled, over the past year or so, he has taken the lead in many ways. The generals under Wang Qing in the original trajectory, such as Sui Qi and Yuan Lang, did not know how happy they were on Liangshan at this time. There are also Wen Huanzhang, Xiao Jiasui, and Wang Jin, who originally had nothing to do with Liangshan, and at this time they performed their duties like a fish in water.

"Yes! It's a pity that Jinghu Lake is too far away, otherwise how could you miss this hero? Du Qian said regretfully, and suddenly remembered that there were only one hundred and ten people around him that day, and they dared to follow Wang Lun to occupy the mountain as the king, until the cottage had 40,000 troops at this time, and he was in charge of money and food, and he was also considered to be in a high position, but he was walking on thin ice every day, and the obvious contrast between the two couldn't help but make him sigh.

Jiang Jing thought that Du Qian was reluctant to let Ma Qian move, and persuaded him: "Brother Du family, as the saying goes, a twisted melon is not sweet!" The prestige of our cottage is getting bigger and bigger, and there will only be more and more people throwing themselves into the mountain, so why do you care? ”

When Du Qian heard this, he smiled at Jiang Jing, didn't explain, and laughed at himself: "There are more and more people throwing themselves into the mountain, no one will be unhappy, but the burden on your shoulders is heavy!" ”

When Wang Lun saw this, he shook his head and smiled, and said, "Brother, you are blaming me!" ”

Du Qian smiled and said: "The little brother goes out for a walk at this time, and pulls a brother up and down the mountain at will, who doesn't say that the elder brother has far-sightedness, and he can take one step and see three steps?" I still remember the night when we went down the mountain to avenge Li Si, when the cottage was about to be opened, my brother had an idea at that time, and we broke Xixi Village. I still remember how Song Wan was so shocked that his jaw was about to fall when he saw the five hundred taels of gold ingots dug up by Baozheng's family. ”

When Du Qian said this, a rather immersed smile appeared on his face, Jiang Jing looked at Du Qian with some fascination, and listened to him continue:

"We made our fortune by fighting these unkind bullies, but you also know it. Now these thieves and thieves don't dare to harm anyone. Let's say that our cottage is now a big business, and it is not possible to live by beating one or two strong households. The younger brother also knew that the elder brother was so busy for the cottage that he couldn't turn around, but no matter what, the elder brother had another idea, and the younger brother had more money on hand! You can't just think about the seller all day long! ”

"As soon as the sea trade opens, I'm afraid that there will be no money to come?" Jiao Ting saw Du Qian's anxiety for the first time, and he couldn't help but speak.

Du Qian spread his hands. Said helplessly: "My brother, even if Wang Qing comes with money, I don't know how long it will take!" Our goods are still owed on credit in the hands of Fanren, and after so long, we haven't even seen a shadow of money! First of all, I believe that the profits of this sea trade are huge, and I also support this way of making money, but the key is that the return of money from this sea trade is too slow. But isn't it that the far water can't save the near fire? ”

Seeing that Du Qian was joking, he was in a hurry as he spoke, it seemed that the cottage account was really urgent, and Wang Lun didn't say much at the moment. just beckoned Hu Cheng over, and asked him in front of Du Qian: "Have you seen the goods I pulled back from Dengzhou?" How much can it be worth? ”

"At that time, my brother ordered to prepare gifts for several heroes in Jinghu. The younger brother went to see it, and it was roughly estimated that it would be no less than 300,000 guan, at most 400,000 guan! Hu Cheng replied.

"What!? Two warehouses for sea goods. Filling more than 20 boats to the brim, is it so worthless? Jiao Ting said incredulously, obviously there was a gap with his psychological price.

"Brother Jiao Ting doesn't know, the people who run private merchants in Goryeo in this Shandong border know that selling things to Goryeo is called sea trade, and selling things from Goryeo is called sea trade, but it depends on luck, and if you are unlucky, you will earn two hard-earned money, which is better than nothing!" Hu Cheng shook his head and said,

"What he sold back was nothing more than lacquer, green ware, bronze ware, ginseng, poria cocos, pine nuts, hazelnuts, pine flower medicinal materials, etc., where can the value be compared with our porcelain, silk, and books? And the condition of these things is the most important, and the good condition is not necessarily there every time, so it depends on luck, let's just say that our seizures in Dengzhou this time, although they can't be said to be defective, but the color is not much stronger! ”

In this era, many of the goods of the Great Song Dynasty were well-deserved high-end goods in international trade, and many other small countries that traded with the Great Song could only make up for their trade deficits by selling their most basic resources, and it was clear that Goryeo was one of them.

"Pick up some precious medicinal materials and leave them for your own use, and release all the rest to make up for the cottage expenses, if there is no more input, the Du Qian brothers are afraid that they will not be able to sleep at night!" Wang Qing has been coming and going for a few months, but he is not busy! Wang Lun became enlightened to Hu. Hu Cheng smiled at Du Qian when he heard this, and nodded in response.

Two or three hundred thousand guan was a large amount for Liangshan in the past, but at present, it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket. But it's better to have an account than not to have a account, I saw Du Qian shake his head and sigh, and said: "One day I was crazy and poor, Lao Tzu broke the Jeju city and asked Uncle Zhang to borrow some money to spend!" Even if he provoked the Zhao Guan's family to drive the expedition in person, Lao Tzu ignored him, slapped his ass and left when the time came, and went to Jeju Island to continue his leisure! ”

"Then you're not looking for the wrong person, where does Uncle Zhang have money at night? Besides, Jeju is just a small state with four counties, not to mention not much money and grain, and there are transshipment envoys who keep sending them to Tokyo, but when they are defeated, if they are lucky, they will just be sent back to Beijing when they are released, I am afraid that they will be an empty shell! Wang Lun shook his head and said.

The Song Dynasty was not as rich as the Tang Dynasty, and the local state capitals of the Tang Dynasty were rich, while the Song Dynasty was much more stumbling. During the Song Dynasty, there was a transshipment envoy on each route, and their task was to transport a steady stream of taxes from the various state capitals to Tokyo, except for expenses. During the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, both capitals were lost, but the states and counties behind the enemy were able to fight their own battles, and a big reason was because the states and counties had money and food in their hands. As soon as the Jin invaded, most of the states and counties of the Song Dynasty did not make due resistance, which had a lot to do with the national policy of the Song Dynasty (not only to collect military power, but also financial power).

However, the poor are poor, at least it is the capital of a state, and the wealth is certainly not comparable to that of Zhujiazhuang and other folk villages, although taxes other than expenses have to be paid, but they are not deposited in the bank as in later generations, he wants to save up money and grain, and see how many times a year it is transported to Tokyo, there is a time lag in it. In other words, before the money and grain were shipped, although they did not belong to the state capital, they were deposited in the state capital.

Everyone listened to Wang Lun's words, they were a little surprised, in the past, the cottage pursued a policy of low-key development, and basically would not mess with the state capital, at this time, seeing Wang Lun joking along with Du Qian's words, and also made a detailed analysis, could it be that the attitude of my brother is a little loose now?

Seeing everyone's strange eyes, Wang Lun smiled, and did not explain, he has only exchanged views with Wen Huanzhang on this matter, and when Xiao Jiasui comes back, he is going to invite two more military advisors to discuss the future action guidelines of the cottage: Should we fight the state capital? When is the time to fight?

The benefit of attacking the state capital is obvious, that is, it will greatly improve the financial situation of the cottage. Money is a good thing! Now the development of cottages is inseparable from making money everywhere, otherwise the shipyard at this time will not stop work because of the lack of wood, and Du Qian will not have to cry poor here. Soon after, the great immigrants needed cattle for each family, which added up to a large expense. Copycat to imitate bows and crossbows, make leather armor, the cost of raw materials is huge! In short, the future development and future of Liangshanbo cannot be separated from the word money no matter what.

The harm of attacking the state capital is also obvious, that is, exposing one's strength to the imperial court prematurely. It's a pity that the strategy of Taoguang Yanghui may have been more effective in the past, but judging from the current leaders of the three states on the edge of Shuibo, it is a bit of an ostrich tactic. The famous minister Zhang Shuye will definitely not hide Liangshan's true strength from the imperial court, and Cheng Wanli will not hide it from Tong Guan, but Hou Fa, who lost his troops and generals, must not dare to lie to his brother Hou Meng.

Therefore, Wen Huanzhang tends to be targeted on this issue, and it is not appropriate to overstimulate and force the imperial court to make a move with frequent and crazy sieges, but when he encounters a suitable opportunity, he no longer has to be patient and shrink back.

Wang Lun also agrees with Wen Huanzhang's point of view.

In the original trajectory, Song Jiang broke Gaotang Prefecture, which attracted Gao Yu's revenge, and then Hu Yanzhuo led a chain of horses to kill. Later, Song Jiang broke the Daimyo's mansion, which also attracted Cai Jing's revenge, so there was Guan Sheng's expedition later.

These important ministers of the court are more like raising troops for personal revenge, such as Song Jiang earned Qingzhou (killed Murong's family), made trouble in Huazhou (killed Su Taiwei), broke Lingzhou, and later attacked a state with Lu Junyi for the first place in the cottage, but in the end, it did not attract the revenge of the imperial court.

However, Wang Lun also noticed that in fact, there is also a problem with the frequency of breaking the city, that is, Song Jiang attacked these state capitals in a few years, on average, once or twice a year, and retreated immediately after beating the state capital, and never occupied the state capital, this discovery gave Wang Lun a great inspiration, and I don't know if it is because of this, although the traitors in the DPRK and China can't help Song Jiang for a while, they have never treated him as a dish.

It seems that he can learn from this Song Zhisi how to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger to deal with the imperial court, how to break his state capital, and make him think that you are just a disease of ringworm and scabies, which is not enough to trouble.

This matter belongs to the strategic transformation of the cottage, Wang Lun feels that it is better to communicate with the three military divisions under his hands, make all the ideas and preparations, and then start to consider the change, otherwise, he can go all out in Dengzhou and return the city in one go.

I believe that the views of the two military advisors should be similar to Wen Huanzhang, after all, the three Taishou with different backgrounds on the edge of Shuibo are not simple people, and it is unreliable to expect them to hide and bully their subordinates like the previous dumb officials.

Since it is unreliable, it simply does not place hope, and it just so happens that the cottage finance can only be stable by walking on two legs. (To be continued......)