Chapter 797: Two Old Foxes

In fact, this gathering is also a gathering of redistribution of interests, Lin Zhao is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the army of the Son of Heaven, with the will of the Son of Heaven, although the rank is not as good as the governor and the general soldier, but in the Naturalization City, he is already the supreme existence.

The Tumo River is a place where the rivers converge, and the irrigation of the fields is very convenient, although the fields produce only one season, they can still be called fertile fields, and there is an advantage here over other places on the grassland, because it is close to the mountains, and there are also several coal mines that are easy to mine, so there is no shortage of fuel, and the manure of livestock can be used to fertilize the fields, and there is fertilizer and water, and there is a lot of natural production.

There is land and grassland, and once you stand and operate, you will accumulate a wealth that is like a flood of wealth in three or five years.

At that time, Tumut Khan occupied the city of Guihua, relying on the trade with the Ming State, accumulating huge wealth, and Altan Khan also had the capital to penetrate the defense line of the Great Wall of the Ming State and crisscross the capital.

Taizu and Emperor Taishang of the Great Zhou Dynasty also came to Guihua City many times, and saw that the fertile land here was no less than that of Hetao, so they firmly occupied this place, and constantly deployed the positions of the six major tribes of Mongolia.

But knowing that Lin Zhao led five hundred brocade guards to occupy this place and gather the hearts of the army, he had the certainty of returning the thousands of hectares of fertile land here to the imperial village.

In fact, Lin Zhao alone relied on five hundred elite soldiers, even if he defeated the Kobdo family, he might not be able to occupy a dominant position.

The key is that when he set out, he had already sent a letter to Yangzhou and ordered the local wealthy merchants to march to Guihua City for all their business trips that had passed through the north for a long time.

At this time, Naturalization City not only had the military strength controlled by Lin Zhao, but also nearly a hundred wealthy businessmen gathered, not only that, but even the Jianghu gangs such as the White Lotus Sect, the Cao Gang, and the Salt Gang, which had been suppressed and dealt with by Lin Zhao in Yangzhou, also sent people here.

Because in the years in Yangzhou, although Lin Zhao suppressed them, it was also a period of large-scale development of their industry under Lin Zhao's arrangement.

Among the major business groups, he has countless "pro-Lin factions".

In fact, the Lin family merchant group he formed was the most powerful merchant group in the Great Zhou.

It's just that it's always low-key, and few people in the official face know about it.

This banquet is to tell many powerful and merchant groups that in addition to Huangzhuang, there are fertile fields suitable for irrigation on the grassland, and they are allowed to open farms, and at the same time they are required to establish armed merchant groups.

Whoever followed the brocade clothes and guards, Lin Zhao organized manpower, sent them to those who knew how to train and prepare, and sold them to weapons at a low price.

The merchants were very careful, and many people pragmatically asked how to arrange the production of the fields, and listened to Wang Tong's meaning, the fields in the naturalized city may become public fields, that is, the production is left to the farmers for their own use, and the rest is handed over to the palace.

But in reality this is not possible.

Guihua City is far away from Chang'an, and there is no smooth waterway, so it is impossible to send hundreds of thousands of grain from dumped land to Chang'an.

Therefore, according to Lin Zhao's plan, there will be no grain for the palace every year, and only the fullest grain will be selected every year to symbolize the surname, and the grain in the Naturalization City will be purchased by the grain merchants in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and the silver taels after the trade will be sent to the capital according to the proportion.

However, merchants who are qualified to do business in Naturalization City must register with Jinyiwei, and only registered merchants can do business in Naturalization City, and they can seek the protection of the Jinyiwei garrison in Naturalization City, otherwise, they will be regarded as illegal.

In order to be registered, you need to pay a security deposit, and then you have to bear obligations, such as relief for certain things, such as the merchant's escort being called up in case of emergency.

Of course, this is just preliminary planning.

If the general army arranged by the imperial court is proficient in the army, and will not reject industrial and commercial matters, nor will they be too greedy, then the relevant policies will also be inclined to the general military government.

Think about how much fertile land there is, the purchase and sale of production must be a huge number, to be able to do a good job in this business, there is also a large amount of money profits flowing in it, everyone is interested in this.

All in all, Lin Zhao established a relatively complete industrial and commercial system to ensure that all those who moved closer to the imperial court and were related to Jinyiwei could make money and take benefits.

Only in this way will there be more and more Han people, and will they form enough suppression on the Chahar Department and the Tumut Department to ensure the absolute rule of the Great Zhou over the Suiyuan area.

According to Lin Zhao's instructions to the emperor, if all goes well, this criterion can be extended to other frontier regions, and maybe it can expand the territory of the Great Zhou.

On February 18, the will of the imperial court came, accompanied by the new governor of Suiyuan and the general army of Suiyuan.

It's okay for the governor of Suiyuan, but the new Suiyuan commander-in-chief, Lin Zhao knows this person.

Although I haven't seen it, it has been famous for a long time.

It is Sun Shaozong's brother, "Zhongshan wolf" Sun Shaozu.

He originally served as a guerrilla in the Black Liao Army, but because he was on vacation in Beijing, he was noticed by Emperor Xiaode, and he was directly promoted to the chief soldier of Suiyuan and took office as soon as possible.

This is good, but it is just a vacation, and the result is that he jumped directly from the fourth rank to the general soldier of the second grade, which can be described as a rocket-like promotion, Sun Shaozu was overjoyed, and expressed his deep gratitude to Lin Zhao for his indirect assistance.

That night, Lin Zhao held a private banquet and invited the general soldier Sun Shaozu to come over for a talk, and at the same time asked him about the news of the DPRK and China.

"Lin Dutang is really a natural asset, and the whole court and the central government are very appreciative of your various actions in the Naturalization City, especially the rumor that Kobudo sang and danced at the banquet, which is even more popular in the city, and many storytellers have also made up this matter into a joke and told it at various family meetings. Quite a few theater troupes are rehearsing this show. ”

"But relying on His Majesty's heavenly might, it's just a fluke. But speaking of which, it is really rare that the Qingliu civil officials in the DPRK did not attack our warriors for messing around and talking about their own interests in vain!"

Lin Zhao shook his head and sighed.

Sun Shaozu laughed and said: "If you want me to say, our martial artists are born to stand opposite the literati, when will they be able to look at us pleasing to the eye? But Your Majesty Shengming, the Naturalization City belongs to the frontier, if those literati talk about it in vain, if they are sent here, wouldn't life be worse than death?"

"What Brother Sun said is extremely true. Lin Zhao smiled and nodded.

The two laughed for a moment, Sun Shaozu restrained his smile, stood up and arched his hand to Lin Zhao: "Speaking of which, Sun still has one more thing to thank Lin Dutang." ”

Seeing him so polite, Lin Zhao also stood up and saluted back, and said with a smile: "Mr. Sun is polite, Brother Ling and I have similar interests and friendships, our Sun and Lin families should also communicate more, why do you need such a big gift." ”

Sun Shaozu didn't care about it, and after giving the salute, he sat down again, and sighed: "Don't hide it from Lin Dutang, my Sun family was once down, I was fortunate to go to a good wife, but my younger brother is still in his twenties, no one cares about this matter, and he is weak and sick, and his brother's life will be even more delayed. ”

"Brother Sun is polite, Brother Shao and I are also friends, so it is right to worry more. What's more, with Brother Sun's knowledge, I should know that I am also pulling my cousin out of the sea of suffering, and I would like to thank Brother Shaozong for his righteous action. Lin Zhao said with a smile.

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

At the same time, I had a judgment on the other party in my heart: "Old fox!"