Mao Xiongjue's self already knew why the king of Gaoyang County came.

Many people in Beiping City know that King Yan likes the King of Gaoyang County a little more, because the King of Gaoyang County is powerful and very similar to Zhu Di.

Originally, this was nothing, no matter how much King Yan liked the king of Gaoyang County, it was impossible to change the son, this was a rule set by Taizu.

But that's no longer the case.

King Yan is likely to rebel, if it succeeds, who will be the crown prince is not necessarily?

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu coming to the door today, Mao Xiong immediately knew that he was going to place a bet, and it was time to return after eating the salt profits of the king of Gaoyang County for several years.

Mao Xiong must be a person with a temperament, otherwise he would not have refused the salt introduction of the Shizifu back then.

He rejected the salt quotation of the Shizifu, which was equivalent to standing on the side of the king of Gaoyang County.

In the past, the king of Gaoyang County didn't react or move, but now he finally waited.

Zhu Gaochu was very satisfied with his attitude, Zhu Gaochu was willing to come in person, and most likely guessed that Mao Xiong was a trustworthy person.

In the past few years, Mao Xiong and Zhu Gaochu have had a close relationship, and mentioned it many times in front of Zhu Gaoxu, meaning that Zhu Gaochu would go to the palace more, pay respects to his parents, and make more friends with generals in the army, such as Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng's generation.

But Zhu Gaoxu only seemed to have dealings with the big-mouthed Qiu Fu before, because Qiu Fu had a big personality and was bold, Zhu Gaoxu thought that such a person was worth dating and had no bad intentions.

Unlike Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, everything is hidden, and people have to ponder to understand what they say, especially Tan Yuan, who is yin and yin, and is full of intrigue and tricks at first glance.

In the past, Zhu Gaoxu watched people make friends, which was actually a taboo in officialdom.

"I heard Zhong Xian say that your son is not at home?" Zhu Gaoxu chatted with him casually at this time.

"Ying'er follows him Mao Xin to do things, and usually comes back very late." Mao Xiong said with a smile.

Mao Xin is his cousin and his important assistant.

"I remember Mao Ying was still young, right?" Zhu Gaoxu was thoughtful.

"Ying'er is not young, she is thirteen years old, but she is far worse than His Highness, when His Highness was thirteen years old, he followed my uncle to the battlefield."

When Mao Xiong said this, he suddenly knelt down again and said, "Your Highness, the little one has a request." ”

"You say." Zhu Gaoxu smiled.

"The little one is not interested in being a soldier, but Ying'er is like my uncle, he likes to dance knives and guns since he was a child, and the little one wants him to join the county palace and follow His Royal Highness in the army, and he can also get an official and a half position in the future, and glorify his ancestors."

Zhu Gaoxu immediately nodded: "Your uncle's small flag has always been empty, and no one inherits it, so it's decided." ”

After that, Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward, learned from his father Zhu Di in his mind, and grabbed Mao Xiong's shoulders heavily: "Shopkeeper Mao, hurry up, in the future, we will be like brothers." ”

"The little ones don't dare." When Mao Xiong said this, he was also excited.

After pulling him up, Zhu Gaoxu motioned for him to take him around the warehouse at home.

"What are you selling?" Zhu Gaoxu watched and chatted with him, and he found that Mao Xiong was a smart person, and many things could be understood without being clear.

"It's mainly salt, but also sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, all daily necessities for the people."

"How much money can I make in a year?" Zhu Gaoxu continued to ask.

"It depends on the situation, about 3,000 to 4,000 taels a year, and the main profit is still salt and sugar, but the amount of sugar is small, it is not easy to get, and it is not easy to save."

"How many warehouses do you have, and how much salt can you store?"

"Just this house, there are two floors next door, if only salt and sugar are stored, it can probably store about 500 quintals."

One load is 100 catties, that is, you can save 50,000 catties.

But if you really store it, you can't use a load, you have to use a bag, otherwise you won't be able to put 500 loads.

Zhu Gaoxu walked a few steps left and right, looked at his small warehouse, and said slowly: "If this king wants to save more than one million catties, and there is a large amount of grain and sugar, is there a way?" ”

"Hiss" Mao Xiong gasped, he was stunned, and hesitated: "As long as there is money, there is a way, but so much money? ”

"The king of money has it, let's contribute money together and hoard it." Zhu Gaoxu said: "If this king is not mistaken, for a period of time in the future, Beiping City and its vicinity will be very short of salt and grain, and even grain. ”

Mao Xiong's face finally changed this time, and Zhu Gaoxu almost said what would happen in the future.

He said in a deep voice: "The little one understands, when you can stock up on as many supplies as possible. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "There are three main hoards, salt, sugar, and grain." ”

In fact, he had been thinking about it before he came.

In history, the Battle of Jingyan lasted for three or four years, and at the most dangerous time, Beiping City was surrounded by regiments and almost broken, but there is one thing that is very strange, in the past few years, the Northern Army has not had a large-scale shortage of food, at least it is not so obvious in the history books.

But there were times when the northern army was short of food, and when there was the most shortage of food, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, could not raise more than 20,000 southern troops, and all of them were directly released.

It is difficult for Zhu Gaochu to understand how the commander of the Southern Army commanded, Zhu Gaochu did not know much about military affairs, and the only memory was all that Zhu Gaochu had before, but if he was in command, he would also know that the Southern Army would take the lead in clearing the wilderness and cutting off transportation, and first destroy all the grain fields in the territory of the Northern Army near Beiping, and all the people would be moved.

Even if you hold Beiping, you will have no food to eat later.

Moreover, there are countless ways to cut off grain, why the imperial court has not been able to cut off the grain of the Northern Army.

The only explanation is that the imperial court may have always thought that as long as the main force of the northern army was defeated, it could win.

This kind of low-level command thinking is only at the battlefield level, and has not yet reached the tactical and strategic level.

In the real big war in later generations, from a strategic point of view, from the economy, people's livelihood, logistics and other aspects to consider the victory or loss of a battle and the process.

Often, before the war is fought, it has to be considered holistically.

After the Jingnan fight, the main salt farms controlled by the Northern Army were near the coast of Jinhai and Yongping, and they were the territories that were repeatedly fought for with the Southern Army, and the Southern Army should not pay attention to these, which made the Northern Army maintain a normal salt supply almost all the time.

Zhu Gaoxu was calculating in his heart that if the Southern Army had not destroyed the salt works in history, he could use it and make a lot of money.

Then the two exchanged for a while, and Zhu Gaoxu also asked, how many buddies do you have.

Mao Xiongdao, there are about more than 30 people who can dare to kill people with weapons, Your Highness rest assured, they are all my henchmen, how many years have they followed me to the north and south, they dare to do anything, and they have blood on their hands.

"Do you know how to ride a horse?"

"Will, we sometimes have to sell salt and sugar to the Mongols, and I have more than 50 horses under my command, all of which are Mongolian war horses."

Zhu Gaoxu remained silent: "There are too few people, you recruit a little more bold and careful, if you can't recruit them, tell this king, this king will send you some people, you will transport more goods in the future, and you will have to prevent robbers on the road." ”

Mao Xiong didn't think about it, and said directly: "Please also ask Your Highness to send some elite helpers, and the wages are small." ”

"Then you first find some places to prepare to stock up, how to operate, let's talk about it." Zhu Gaoxu said: "These things can't be too ostentatious, this king has to report to his father." ”

"But at the command of His Highness."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at him in admiration and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.