Chapter 69 Money and Food from the Eastern Capital
Xiahou Chunmo, who got up and paced, rubbed the fine yarn on the edge of the pavilion, fluttering in the wind, with a soft texture, as if it had a unique silk rhyme and beauty in the eastern capital.
In particular, the goose yellow embroidery with flowers and patterns on the brocade is more luxurious and noble, and it is not available to princes and nobles.
Fang Chu, who was shoulder to shoulder, said casually: "This name is Luo Huangqi, which is one of the precious silks in the Eastern Capital, because it is made of spring silkworms raised by Po Luosang, who is nourished by the Luo River.
Silkworm silk delicate and silky flowers, woven by the ingenious silk of the Eastern Capital, the texture is exquisite, sparse and suitable, and the needle embroidery edge sewing is more ingenious, so its quality is better than the silk produced by the dragon mulberry and the autumn rain mulberry leaves. β
Xiahou Chun nodded lightly: "Su Wen Luoqi, Shu Jin, and Su Juan call me the Three Uniques of Dajing, and today Fang is well-known." β
Although there is a lot of Taikang silk, it is not available to all the people, and the rest are all flowing to the family class of Taikang City.
Ordinary people are still mainly dressed in plain clothes, and the 'Jinjiang Silk Forest' that Xiahou Chun saw when he first entered the Eastern Capital was just a drop in the ocean.
If it is said that the eastern capital is rich, then Xijing Taikang is noble, and the two squares of Shenluo's 'southern wealth and northern wealth' are in contrast to each other.
He sighed, "I don't know when I will be able to dress everyone in Dajing." β
Yang Zhongti twisted a small white glazed blue color pot, handed Xiahou Chun a printed mosaic cup, and said with a smile:
"Any war between the two countries is nothing more than men and horses, money and grain, people and horses come from grain and grass, with money and food, people and horses are naturally at your fingertips, and Your Highness does not have to worry about people and horses."
He raised the porcelain pot in his hand and said with a smile: "The eastern capital is rich in rose, ceramics, gold, silver and jade, etc., and the trade is developed, and the wealth is rival the country, and it is nothing to support a few wars, and it will not even hurt the muscles and bones." β
Xiahou Chun glanced at Yang Zhong, who was intent on atonement for his sins and was attentive, and glanced at the patterned cup in his hand, thoughtfully.
The people of Dongdu are rich, extremely rich.
This place sits on the supply and demand of millions of people in Guanzhong, and countless silk embroidery, ceramics, gold and jade, carvings and inscriptions from this place have been brought into Taikang.
The eastern capital is fed back with noble calligraphy and paintings, famous posts, legal symbols, etc., as the Luohe hub in the transfer of Guanzhong, while transferring money and grain to Xijing, it naturally also bears the responsibility of proclaiming the imperial edict, six edicts and government documents to all the states of the province.
Taikang is in the imperial capital, and the eastern capital is rich in the commoners.
Wei Boyu's heart in addition to the Tao can be seen by the sun and the moon, and there is no need to repeat it, Yang Zhong and Fang Chu are all cronies of the emperor and queen, and they are out-and-out royal hardcores.
As for Liu Yu, it was because of his promotion to Feihuang Tengda, and now although he is also implicated, it can be regarded as a grasshopper on the same rope, and life and death are the same.
He suddenly chuckled, looked up into the distance through the hazy light veil, and said leisurely: "So, this palace is now sitting on the wealth of the Eastern Capital?" β
"Your Highness is happy at this time, I'm afraid it's too early." A flat voice rang out.
Xiahou Chun turned to look, and the person who spoke was that Junyan.
I saw that his face was handsome, the top of his willow eyebrows was deliberately described, and he was sitting upright under his chest and body, and he had been listening for a long time.
He was only concerned about reminiscing about the old days before, and almost forgot about this one, he couldn't help asking, "I don't know who this is?" β
Fang Chu waved his hand and said with a smile: "I haven't introduced it to Your Highness yet, this is the beloved daughter of our left-behind adults, Miss Sun Fengwei Kong." β
Handsome eyebrows and eyes, looking forward to Shenfei, his eyes are indifferent, there are three points of unruliness and six points of nobility, and the rest is calm and indifferent everywhere.
I saw him clenching his fists and arching his hands, and said with a smile: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." β
Talented women.
This is Xiahou Chun's first impression when he sees this woman.
He waved his hand and smiled, "Miss Sun is polite." β
After a pause, he asked intently, "According to Miss Sun's intentions, could it be that this matter is still repeated?" β
Sun Fengwei, who was dressed in military uniform, lowered her eyebrows, and after bowing, her starry eyes flowed, and after considering her sentences, she said slowly:
"The wealth of the eastern capital is famous far and wide, and there are not a few people in the city who have hundreds of millions of family fortunes, and there are countless millions of family owners. But this wealth is not a left-behind mansion, let alone a Dajing official mansion, but a wealth hidden in the people and in the city. β
She raised her eyes to look at Xiahou Chun and said seriously: "If Your Highness wants to snatch war money and food from them, it may not be easy. β
She smiled lightly, and said with a burning gaze, "Of course, if His Highness dispatches the Thousand Cavalry Battalion above the Luo River and the Zhaoyi Army outside the city to plunder, it may be possible." β
Fang Chu changed color and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about." β
The eyes of the rest also glanced at Xiahou Chun as if they were nothing, implicitly scrutinizing and observing.
Xiahou Chun looked at her with interest, and after hearing what she said, he smiled dumbly, waved his hand and said, "Miss Sun doesn't have to be tempted, this palace has never had this thought, and it will not be in the future." β
After staring at Xiahou Chun for a moment, Sun Fengwei's face eased, she got up and saluted him, and smiled apologetically: "Fang is Fengwei Meng Lang, I misunderstood His Highness, and asked His Highness to surrender." β
The atmosphere in the pavilion is slightly slower, the bubbling tea rises, and the fragrance of tea overflows.
After some greetings, Sun Fengwei said calmly: "I can't hide it, His Royal Highness said 'the enemy is outside the country', and Feng Wei also thinks so."
However, the matter of money and grain cannot be decided by just a few words, which must involve the supply and demand of all materials, money and grain inside and outside the Eastern Capital. β
Fang Chu raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, Sun Yatou thinks that with the strength of your father and uncle, you can't prepare tens of thousands of soldiers' money and food?" β
Xiahou Chun subconsciously glanced at Fang Chu, could it be that this persuaded that Sun to stay behind?
He was amused.
If it is barely reasonable to say that Yang Zhong 'rebelled and returned' because of Emperor Jing's 'will', Wei Boyu was engulfed by him, or that he came in the name of 'destroying Dao slaves', it is understandable, then what about Liu Yu?
When Emperor Jing's cronies were in danger, did he really still have the will of 'one glory and one loss'?
These treacherous thoughts swirled in Xiahou Chun's mind, and his face was silent, glancing at everyone casually, as if he was not surprised by Sun Yuanhui's great help.
He asked himself, is his own prince of the East Palace, who is similar to the 'Doomsday Yellow Flower', really so charming?
He temporarily kept these thoughts in his heart, and after a little silence, he said to Sun Fengwei and Yan Yue: "Miss Sun's meaning, could it be that in this eastern capital, there is still a third force to stop us and the other emperors?" β
Sun Fengwei shook her head slightly, "Fengwei is not questioning the prestige of Uncle Shi and her father, but people's hearts are selfish, not to mention a place like Dongdu, where the style of businessmen prevails?" β
She stared at Xiahou Chun and said meaningfully: "Please forgive Feng Wei for not being in a situation, if His Highness does not have a perfect strategy, it may be difficult to prepare money and food in this capital with His Royal Highness's prestige alone." β
Xiahou Chun bowed his head and said: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and what Miss Sun said is a serious word." β
Sun Fengwei smiled lightly, and then said softly: "What's more, there are still many light and dark forces inside and outside the court, waiting for His Highness to make a mistake at all times to give you a fatal blow." β
She said meaningfully: "Your Highness has been high in Chenhuan, and you should know that people's hearts are still separated from their stomachs. β
A trace of coldness flashed in Yang Zhong's eyes, Fang Chu was displeased, and said after waving his sleeves: "What, isn't my niece suspicious of our ill-intentioned intentions?" β
Isn't this obvious enough, if it weren't for a loyal and patriotic man like Wei Boyu, he would also think that you were playing a trick on the master, Xiahou Chun muttered secretly.
Sun Fengwei smiled, her chest was tied and her eyebrows were light, which made people indistinguishable between male and female, she turned her head and smiled apologetically:
"Uncle Shi misunderstood, Feng Wei didn't mean to offend your predecessors, but just to raise all the things of the soldiers, the lives are ruined at every turn, and the blood is shining to the sky, you can't be negligent, no matter how cautious and cautious you are, you can't be too cautious."
Xiahou Chun waved his hand to uncover this topic, looked at Sun Fengwei intently, his eyes showed appreciation, and he seconded the proposal:
"The major affairs of the country are enshrined in Rong. Soldiers, big murderers. Although Miss Sun is a woman, she is also a woman who does not let her eyebrows be shaved, and she wants to come in time, and her appearance can be expected. β
He paced a few times and said thoughtfully: "Miss Sun's meaning is that if the palace goes north to defend against the enemy, it can find some ways to make a fortune from rich countries, so as to attract rich merchants and magnates in the eastern capital to invest money and send grain, so that they can make a profit?" β
Sun Fengwei smiled and nodded: "Yes, as the saying goes, if you want to take it, you must give it first." Since they are businessmen, if they have a way to make a fortune, they will naturally miss it. Your Highness may be able to write more about this. β
She glanced at Liu Yu and said leisurely: "In addition, Your Highness should not live up to the good intentions of your predecessors." β
Fang Chu couldn't hold back any longer, and deliberately coughed lightly, signaling to this open-mouthed Nizi again and again.
However, the girl seemed to be born with her elbow turned outward, Sun Fengwei turned a deaf ear, and smiled at Xiahou Chun: "Take Uncle Fang Shi, there is an elder in the clan who His Royal Highness has to pay homage to in person. β
Xiahou Chun climbed up the pole and suddenly smiled: "What Miss Sun said is Lord Fang of the Nankang Army?" β
Fang Chu frowned slightly, "Niece and nephew, although you came on behalf of your father, you didn't let your Highness talk nonsense in front of you. β
Sun Fengwei hummed obediently, and then said no more, Xiahou Chun chuckled, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, Miss Sun's knowledge is extraordinary, not an ordinary woman can attain, what she thinks and thinks is thoughtful, and it is a good strategy." β
There was a look of regret on his face, "It's a pity that Miss Sun is in the boudoir, otherwise the palace will definitely ask the girl to be the staff of the palace." β
He smiled sly, "Plotting is between square inches, and winning is thousands of miles away." β
Yang Zhong interjected at the right time: "This matter is not impossible. β
Xiahou Chun glanced at him lightly, and he smiled without saying a word, which is called a meaningful one.
Sun Fengwei smiled lightly, and Fang Chu had to sit down, standing between the two.
Liu Yu on the side raised his eyes, and without waiting for Sun Fengwei to pick it out, he said calmly: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, after this trip to the north, if you have any needs, you can explain to my Liu clan that the clan will do its best to solve problems and solve problems with your Highness." β
The Liu clan actually showed his heart, so fast team?
Fang Chu raised his eyebrows, blaming Sun Fengwei and glaring at him, let us talk more, now it's okay, our chips have been bet on the surface, and we will see how your father cleans you up when we go back.
Xiahou Chun was also moved, the Liu family of the Nine Great Families of Dajing was willing to help him, which was really unexpected.
As the Liu family that is comparable to the nine major families such as the Boling Cui family, the Fan Yang Lu family and the Langyuan Wang family, although it is not as prominent as the Xiahou and Xiao families, nor is it as 'protΓ©gΓ©s and officials all over the world' as the Langyuan Wang family, and there are no generations of generals like Fan Yang Lu, but they have people.
Back then, when Yanjing was competing, the other nine major families were also not to be outdone, and they all rubbed their hands and stretched out their minions and tentacles to the entire Dajing.
The rest of them all cared about their official positions, financial power, and fame and fortune, but the Liu family found their own way and chose to build a bridge to open an inn.
At the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu issued an iron decree that the transportation of land, rivers and seas, the profits of salt, iron, gold and silver, and the collection of taxes and grains must be autocratic by the imperial court, and private individuals must not be contaminated. If it is heavy, the family will be exterminated, and the head will fall to the ground, and it will not be tolerated and connived.
But over the past hundred years, the laws of the past have gradually been gnawed away, including this 'benefit of continental land transportation' has long been quietly broken.
And the Liu family is in control of the land transport station in a state near the north of Heluo, involving hundreds of thousands of people's clothing, food, housing and transportation, of which the profit is more than 100 million.
And the reason for this situation is also the name of the 'Eight Royal Families'.
The Liu family is one of the families with different surnames who were crowned kings during the Taizong period.
Fang Chu muttered to himself in his heart, it was really a lot of courage.
The gentleman's Ze, the third generation and beheaded, since the Taizong period was named the king, the Liu family has passed three generations, and the prince is no more.
Now that the prince is going north, the Liu family has jumped out to announce that he will help his town army defend against the enemy, and the political demands behind it are already self-evident.
Facing everyone's complicated gaze, Liu Yu smiled reservedly, hugged his fist towards Xiahou Chun and said: "Although the money and food are sufficient, how to calm Youyan is really a headache. β
Everyone nodded slightly, Xiahou Chun pondered for a while, and it was naturally not surprising that the Liu family had a request, this person who came to think of it was just an outpost.
If he really wanted the Liu family to help, he had to go to the Liu family's base camp in person and meet the family member in person to count, and it could not be regarded as giving him a reassurance.
After exhaling lightly, he raised his eyes and asked, "I wonder how much you know about Youyan?" β
Wei Boyu frowned slightly, his face was a little cold, and he said coldly: "As far as Wei knows, the situation in Youyan seems to be stable, but in fact, it has long been crumbling.
Since the establishment of the Dongyan Army, there have been many acts of bullying and bullying the market, not only insulting the officials and abusing the subordinates, but also the soldiers are arrogant and domineering, and it is not uncommon to run rampant in the countryside and bully men and women. β
Fang Chu frowned slightly, rubbed his eyebrows, and said with a headache: "The Dongyan Army was originally selected from the elite soldiers of the Youyan Sanzhou City Defense Battalion, with a full quota of 30,000 at the same time, and is now stationed in Youzhou Yanjing, guarding the hundred counties of Youyi Wei Sanzhou. And stationed in the local area for many years, it has long been colluded with the powerful forces of the landlords. β
He paused and sighed, "In addition, the Taikang party struggle has intensified in recent years, and they are actually ready to move. β
Xiahou Chun raised his eyebrows and said thoughtfully: "In this way, the Dongyan Army seems to have signs of decoupling. β
The female woman Sun Fengwei wanted to speak and stopped, and Fang Chu sighed secretly.
Xiahou Chun said softly: "Miss Sun might as well speak up if she has something to say, there is no need to see outside." β
Sun Fengwei thanked her, and after a little hesitation, she gritted her teeth and said: "Feng Wei once accidentally saw a letter from her father's study, in which she said that she wanted to exchange the land of Hedong Zelu and Luzhou for her father's support, and seek the position of 'jiedu' in the imperial court!" β
She glanced at a few people and added again: "His people said frankly that after the matter is completed, they will echo with the Zhaoyi Army and jointly put pressure on Taikang, so as to change the history of assassination to the state pastor and hold the power of a state." β
She paused in her tone and said slowly: "The signatory is none other than Shen Ling, the current commander of the Dongyan Army. β
The pavilion was quiet for a moment, and the wind and rain stopped.
The pin drop can be heard.