Chapter 44: Hunting the Stars
Luda is extremely talented in martial arts, and he is not stupid, but after all, he is still too straight, so many of Zhao Di's thoughts will not be too clear with him.
However, for Shi Qian, Zhao Di sometimes clearly informs his intentions on some things, because Zhao Di's positioning of his two disciples is different, and Shi Qian will definitely involve many things in the dark world in the future.
Although Zhao Di didn't pay much attention to this Liangshan army, since Luda was willing to contribute to his integration, of course Zhao Di would not interfere, and everything would be decided by Luda himself.
The means of training have all been thrown out, Zhao Di did not come to the martial arts field again for half a month, and the rest of the time was Luda's plenipotentiary Zhao Di participating in the training, until the end of the one-month training period, Zhao Di appeared on the martial arts field again to personally verify the training results of the entire army in this month.
Of course, the situation of this Liangshan army is only unsatisfactory, but Zhao Di didn't say much, all he wanted was that this army could follow orders, so after the verification was over, Zhao Di left without saying a word.
The whole army has ended, and Zhao Di is going to officially start the operation.
Before coming to Liangshan, Zhao Di asked Li Gang for some official information about the Great Song Dynasty, the most important information was the various trade records and trade route maps between the Great Song Dynasty and its neighbors, followed by the information on the garrisons on each trade route, as well as the information that could be collected on the surface of the troops and garrisons of neighboring countries on these trade routes.
The information that Zhao Di asked for was very detailed for Li Gang here, after all, in Li Gang's opinion, Zhao Di was trying to calculate how to make money for him in an all-round way.
There are three countries adjacent to the Great Song Dynasty, namely the Great Qin, the Great Zhou and the Great Shang, the three major Shangzhu countries, the national strength of the three countries is extremely prosperous, even in the eight Shangzhu countries are also ranked highly, and although the Great Song Dynasty is also one of the eight Shangzhu countries, but it can only accompany the last seat, and even need to pay tribute to the three major countries every year to be able to barely maintain their status as the Shangzhu country, otherwise it would have been divided by the three kingdoms long ago.
However, although the Great Song Kingdom was not strong in force, it was an extremely prosperous country with an extremely prosperous economy, and the annual trade tax was enough to support the tribute to the three countries, so it barely maintained the current situation.
In fact, Zhao Di didn't say a sentence before, that is, his 'biological father' is indeed not suitable to sit on that dragon chair, because Zhao He is an extremely tough and upright person, if he sits on the throne, I am afraid that he will face a situation of being attacked by the three great powers, and the national strength of the Song State is simply not enough to support it, and it is really possible that the country will be destroyed directly.
Zhao Di even guessed that his upright 'father' was probably because of this reason, so he would not be able to support the entire courtiers, and in the end he could only become a victim in exchange for the promise of the Three Kingdoms not to attack!
However, at that time, 'Zhao Di' was still too young, and many of them had no way to understand the inside story, so all this was just Zhao Di's own speculation.
Zhao Di didn't care about that first, he had already turned over the materials that Li Gang had prepared for him these days, and he already had a general plan in his heart.
The place where the Great Qin Dynasty borders the Great Song Dynasty is the capital star domain that belongs to the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Di gave up directly, after all, he is not ready to return to Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, so there are only two options left, the first is the Qiongxing Domain bordering the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the second is the Taixing Domain bordering the Great Shang Dynasty.
If you start in the Qiongxing Star Domain, it's not impossible, but it is estimated that Li Gang may not agree, after all, this is under his rule, and once something happens, he will be the first to come out and take responsibility, so the only place left to go seems to be the Great Songtai Star Domain.
However, the trade routes of the Taixing Domain are not so easy to plunder, because the Taizhou Thorn Shi Lang of the Taixing Domain is not like Li Gang, he is an authentic military background, and was awarded the title of third-class Jinghai Marquis by the first emperor, this person is very good at governing the army, and it is not so easy to make small moves under his rule.
Zhao Di chose to come and go, and finally chose the location near the territory of the Great Shang Dynasty, roughly near the Great Shang Min Star Domain, and only by attacking here could it be possible to avoid the spying of Shi Lang's army.
The location has been chosen, and the rest is the question of how to loot and what to rob, this is the most critical, after all, robbery is a technical job, but don't rob things that are not as good as the financial resources consumed by yourself on a trip, then Li Gang is afraid that he will be the first to take him accountable, and it will be absolutely impossible to trust him in the future.
Zhao Di carefully checked the trade data of the Taixing Domain over the years, and found that the Taixing Stone produced by the Taixing Domain was the largest and most valuable special spiritual object of the Taixing Domain in all trade.
Taixing Stone is the basic spiritual object of refining the magic circle, the consumption is very large, every year the Taixing Domain can produce hundreds of millions of Taixing Stone, is one of the most important resources of the Great Song Dynasty, the trade income of Taixing Stone alone can occupy one-tenth of the national tax income of the Great Song Dynasty, after all, this is a state-owned mineral resource, almost all the income is owned by the state, and it is precisely because this income is too important for the Great Song Dynasty that Shi Lang will be sent to guard the town.
Zhao Di's final chosen target was the Taixing Stone, because only by looting a batch of Taixing Stones could it be possible to complete the task entrusted by Li Gang.
However, Taixing Stone is not so easy to rob, and such an important resource must be escorted by heavy troops.
Because of this, Zhao Di chose to start in the Minxing Domain, because outside the Minxing Domain, the Great Song escort army would be handed over to the army of the Great Shang.
The trade of the Taixing Domain of the Great Song Dynasty is all the trade routes within the territory of the Great Merchants, because in this way the Great Merchants can collect tariffs, which is also an alternative tribute from the Great Song Dynasty to the Great Merchants, and the trade tariffs of the Taixing Domain alone for a year are not a small amount, you must know that the trade of the Taixing Stone is tax-free in other countries, because this is the core resource trade, if other countries do not give tax exemption, the Great Song Dynasty can even directly cut off the trade with the other party, so that the other party has no stone to use, and only the Great Shang Dynasty dares to collect the tariffs of the Taixing Stone so grandiosely。
However, after the transportation of the Tai Xing Stone into the territory of the Great Shang Country, it will also be fully responsible for the Dashang military, which can be regarded as a show for outsiders to see, so the safety of this Star Stone in the territory of the Great Shang Country is extremely stable.
Of course, Zhao Di didn't dare to enter the territory of the Great Shang Kingdom to rob the Taixing Stone, so he could only choose to do it outside the Minxing Star Domain, which would avoid a lot of trouble.
However, even if the location is planned, but if it is really implemented, it is still not so easy, you must know that the escort of goods can be carried out by the army of the big merchants, and the army of the big merchants may be slack, but it is not so easy to solve them, just with this ragtag army in his hand, Zhao Di does not feel that there is any chance of winning, so he needs to find another way.