Zhao Ta drank tea, and after explaining a few words to Huang Gu, he went into the room and lay down.

After a long time, I heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance outside, and after a while, Huang Gu came in to report: "Childe, Jiang You, the secretary of the ministry, is here." ”

Zhao Ta said: "What did he say? ”

Huang Gu said: "I didn't mention the will, I only talked about visiting the sick." ”

Zhao Ta thought about it, in addition to the decree of comforting the army, Emperor Daojun must also have a holy decree for him alone.

He said, "Go and ask him, since he is visiting the sick, but he can bring gifts." ”

Huang Gu returned to the gate, looked at Jiang You and said with a smile: "The prince asked Jiang Shangshu, if you are visiting the sick, can you bring gifts?" ”

Jiang You was stunned when he heard this, gift?

Where did the gift come from...... In addition to giving things to the official family over the years, even if Cai Jing celebrated his birthday banquet, he only wrote a calligraphy and painting to bring it over, and never really gave gifts to others.

He looked at Huang Gu and recognized the guard in front of him, isn't this the little Erlang of the Huang Shang family, since he was a child, he has been wandering around in the halls under the Editing Academy, he is not good at studying, he dances with guns and sticks all day long, he is far less successful than his brother, looking at this boss, how can he be a guard? Sure enough, it's a lot of tools.

Jiang You groaned, although this Huang Erlang is not angry and only acts as a guard, but he is also a guard next to the prince, even if he is a cronie, it is better to ask carefully.

He said: "Huang Erlang ......"

Huang Gu hurriedly saluted and said, "Does Jiang Shangshu recognize you?" ”

Jiang You snorted: "When this official was a writer in the Editorial Academy, you ran around all day long, and you also knocked over my inkstone, how could this official not recognize you, a little man of the Huang family!" ”

Huang Gu scratched his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Jiang Shangshu never forgets it, and he even remembers the things when he was a child......

Jiang You said: "Erlang, let me ask you, how is the prince's injury now?" ”

Huang Gu said: "It's hard to say this, anyway, the prince is still lying on the couch to recuperate, and he is tired of getting up." ”

Zong Ze grinned when he heard the words in the back, and said secretly in his heart, the prince brought these two guards, and Ouyang Bei saw that he was dishonest when he was in Dengzhou, but this Huang Gu usually feels very honest, and he looks more honest and reliable than that Ouyang Bei, how can he lie and not even blink his eyes.

Jiang You nodded and said, "This is my negligence, I didn't bring any gifts from Tokyo, this is ...... I don't know what good things can be bought in Luzhou? ”

Huang Gu shook his head and said: "Jiang Shangshu, there have been several battles before and after this Luzhou City, and all the merchants who sell valuable utensils have run out, where are there any good things to buy, but adults, you can't always carry a fruit box and two jars of soju to visit the prince......

Jiang You thought to himself, there is nothing wrong with King Qi picking up gifts for gifts, as a prince, leading the troops to rehabilitate, and now he is injured and can't get out of bed, don't care what he is doing in Luzhou, it is always impossible to come to the door empty-handed.

But where is the gift now? He did receive a lot of filial piety before he came, all of which were sent by those officials who came to Luzhou to take office, but the filial piety was collected in Tokyo, and he didn't bring it out at home, and he didn't have much gold and silver with him, so he couldn't take it out at all.

Jiang You couldn't help frowning, and at this time, a personal attendant behind him said: "My lord, the Yang family brother on the road ......"

When Jiang You heard this, he suddenly remembered that there were two brothers among the officials sent to Huaixi this time, and it was the relationship between the household department, but the relationship was not too tough, so he stammered on the road and gave him a pearl of the South China Sea.

But although the pearl is good, it is necessary to be emergency at the moment, Jiang You thought about it slightly, and then took out the box containing the pearl, and said: "Huang Erlang, this official has a South China Sea treasure pearl here, just to make a gift for the prince, you send it in." ”

Huang Gu took the box, opened it and glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Lord Jiang, please wait a while, I have to ask the prince, after all, the prince is sick now, and he has to be happy." ”

Although Jiang You was slandered in his heart, he didn't show anything on his face, and nodded: "Erlang go, the official is waiting." ”

Huang Gu ran in with the box, and when he arrived in the room, he held it to Zhao Ta and said, "Childe, that Jiang You gave him a bead, and I don't know which one bribed him." ”

Zhao Ta opened the box and looked at it, and said with a smile: "It is indeed a valuable good thing, even if there is silver in the market, it may not be able to buy it." ”

Huang Gu said: "Childe, then I will reply to Jiang You according to your instructions." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, Huang Gu walked outside the door of the mansion and looked at Jiang You and said, "Jiang Shangshu, the prince of the gift is very happy when he sees it, and he says that Jiang Shangshu has a heart." ”

Jiang You said: "Then did the prince allow the official to visit the mansion?" ”

Huang Gu said: "Get in, get in, the prince said, if Lord Jiang doesn't have a holy decree on him, go directly to his bedroom." ”

Jiang You immediately retracted the foot that had just stepped out when he heard this, and said, "Erlang, what did the prince say about this?" ”

Huang Gu said: "The prince said, if Shangshu does not have a holy decree on him, then please come in, he also wants to talk to Shangshu about the war, but if Shangshu has the official decree on him, then don't go in first." ”

Jiang You wondered when he heard this: "Why is this?" This official does carry the will of the official family to the prince. ”

Huang Gu said: "The prince said that Shangshu brought the holy decree into the door, so should it be read or not?" If it is read, then he can't get up in bed and can't accept the order, Jiang Shangshu also despises the official's family, and even takes the prince to lie down to receive the order, and he is guilty of being rude together. ”

Jiang You frowned when he heard this: "This ......"

Zhao Ta is right, since he brought the will, it must be wrong to see Zhao Ta not reading, but if he reads, Zhao Ta is injured and can't get up, so he can't lie down and receive the order, right?

To read or not to read, that's the question.

Jiang You suddenly fell into deep thought, this problem seemed to be a little unsolvable, unless he didn't enter the door, what he did after entering the door was wrong.

After a while, he took a deep breath and said: "It's still the prince who thinks about it, and the lower official is worried, Erlang returns to the prince, the lower official does have a holy decree on him, since the prince is inconvenient to receive the decree, then the lower official will come to visit another day, and please don't blame the prince." ”

Huang Gu said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, then I'll go back now, Master Shangshu is easy to go." ”

Jiang You felt aggrieved in his heart, no one saw it, the holy decree was not read, he lost a pearl in vain, he didn't even enter the gate, how did he think about it, it was not a taste, he always felt that something was wrong.

He stood in place and hesitated for a while, then looked at Zong Ze, who hurriedly spoke: "Since the prince is not healed from his injuries and cannot accept the order, I also ask Lord Shangshu to go with the lower officials to eat and rest, and the lower officials have already prepared the wine and food and the mansion." ”

Jiang You nodded, reached out and touched his beard, and said, "Lead the way ahead." ”

After the group walked away, Huang Gu turned out from behind the door of the mansion, glanced at the back in the distance, and said to himself: "After so many years, I still remember the incident of overturning the inkstone, but it is also a ...... with a small heart."

Zhao Ta sat on the couch and played with the pearl, this bead is bigger than a pigeon egg, round and smooth, slightly shining, it is indeed a good thing.

In the past few years, he has handled a lot of treasures, but most of them have been put in broken jade cabinets and sold at a price one or two percent lower than the market.

The city of Tokyo is prosperous, and business comes from all over the world, and it is the most rich and wealthy city in the world, with the largest population, and the most lively and extensive city in the day.

Zhao Ta exchanged many jewels and jade for silver coins, which were initially only sent to Fujian Road, and later began to be sent to Longyou.

Both places must operate, and this business is not to make a living in business, but to raise people, horses, and build weapons.

Originally, even if Huang Jue controlled the maritime affairs in Fujian, and even if he was close to maritime trade, and even did not hesitate to go to sea to be a pirate at home, he was still overstretched.

There is no other reason, Fujian does not raise horses, if it depends on Huang Jue's reversal, it is enough to raise people, not to mention tens of thousands, at least 18,000 is no problem.

It's just that the mountains of Fujian have been making utensils, but this is a big money maker, and it's an endless thing.

Just like a ballista, Zhao Ta only gave the drawings and the names of the materials, and asked Huang Jue to find someone to research and manufacture it by himself, and he couldn't come to teach it in person.

But with only one ballista, it was already difficult to see, and it took a long time to study and figure it out to build it, and it was limited to the scarcity of materials, and it has not been possible to manufacture it on a large scale.

The whale tendon used in the ballista can actually be replaced by other materials, but the boiling process is more complicated, if it is not for Zhao Taqin's on-site teaching, it will depend on the craftsmen Huang Jue to find to explore, I am afraid that it will not be completed in the year of the monkey.

The important thing is the damage to the material, Zhao Ta really can't afford to waste it, every material is money, especially the twist used in the ballista, once it is boiled, it can no longer be used.

However, the mass production of ballistas can be pushed forward, but other manufacturers cannot be delayed.

Therefore, the building of tools in the mountains of Fujian has been going on, and he has no way to go there, so he can only give method drawings and material names, and everything can only be explored by Huang Jue.

Although it is just some blades and armor, it still costs money, but fortunately, things like iron are less wasted and can be reused, so that they can always persevere.

However, the drawing method given by Zhao Ta is not the same as the standard equipment made by the current Great Song Dynasty Ordnance Supervisor, and it is even more complicated than the Imperial Weapons Institute, which is known for its high-quality products.

Therefore, the progress is extremely slow, but fortunately, there are many mountains in Fujian, as long as you follow the steps, it is just a process of accumulation of quantity and time.

After he entered the court as an official, he was relieved in silver, and Fujian could be maintained, but there was Longyou asking for money, and Longyou naturally did not have the geographical convenience of eating the sea by the sea, and the building was not successful, but Longyou wanted to raise horses and accumulate soldiers.

It's also a money-burning business, and Longyou is not like Fujian, he can't be completely in charge, after all, there is a Xihe Road watching from the side, Liu Suiyun wants to be careful if he wants to do things that hide from the sky and cross the sea, and the horse farm is easy to say, but it is even more difficult to accumulate troops.

Longyou is not as good as Fujian, and after raising soldiers, Fujian is thrown into the sea to be pirates.

On the right side of Longyou, food, weapons, and shelter are restricted everywhere, but with strategic depth, it is impossible for Zhao Ta to give up a place that can be used as a base.

Grain, meat, food, if you have silver, you can always buy it by going back to the countries of the Western Regions several times, and you can also go deep into the place where Shufan is, and find a way to build it, the only thing is a weapon, which is too difficult to get in Longyou.

Without the geographical advantages and convenience, it is impossible to build nature, even if the Fujian there is a scale, it cannot be transported to Longyou, the mountains are high and the water is far away, and Luzhou can not be checked at all.

If you want to develop your own armed forces in Longyou, weapons are the biggest shackles.

Longyou has a fixed quota for the imperial court every year, but those are far from enough, after all, the government soldiers themselves have to be used, Liu Suiyun can't do too much even if he does accounts every time, and the weapon is not considered a consumable if he doesn't fight, and he has made a lot of it.

Zhao Ta thought that there was no other way, probably he still had to rely on grabbing, or buy it from the Western Xia Uighurs little by little without a trace, and finally asked for money.

The one million taels of silver shipped to Fuzhou this time, Zhao Ta originally wanted to give it to Longyou, after all, Fuzhou had given a lot before, and there was a way to get money, which could still be maintained now, but Longyou was a Pi Xie who only ate and did not vomit.

But this time there was too much silver, and there was no way to send the ninth and tenth commanders so far, so they gave up and temporarily transported it to Fujian and sealed it in the mountains.

At the same time, Zhao Ta also brought a secret letter to Huang Jue, which was naturally about the previous extermination of the Pu family in Guangzhou.

This Pu family is not a Han lineage, originally a seafarer from Dashi, hundreds of years, half merchant and half thief, across black and white, back and forth to the seven seas, accumulating countless gold and silver, is the largest force in the East China Sea and the South Sea.

Originally, Zhao Tan wanted to let it go for a few years, but seeing that the Pu family had begun to get involved in Quanzhou, he couldn't help but think of the things of the future, the Pu family knelt down to Meng Yuan, killed the old master, slaughtered civilians, and almost killed Quanzhou into a bloody and empty city, and the Quanzhou clan and innocent people were killed and injured by tens of thousands of people.

Eat Han grain, enjoy Han Lu, get Han Grace, use convenience, turn around viciously and devour, and the rich wolf is not poisonous.

Yes, Zhao Ta didn't want to wait any longer, and it was imperative to destroy the Pu family, and he didn't have to wait for Zhu Chongba in later generations to do it.

And after destroying the Pu family, Wanguan's family wealth, commercial berthing and shipbuilding, and the operation of the southeast, he no longer has to worry about money and grain, as long as he manages Longyou with his heart.

Longyou depth, is the best strategic rear, with the southeast of the money, financial resources, capital northwest strong troops, complementary short and long, two lines of development, is Zhao Tan since childhood thinking about the strategic way.

He was playing with the pearl in his hand, and kept thinking in his heart, the destruction of the Pu family would probably have to wait for Fang La's move, the situation was the most chaotic and unnoticeable at that time, he asked Huang Jue to be ready at all times in the secret letter, as long as there was a mess in the two Zhejiang, he would do it immediately!

At this time, Huang Gu came back from outside, looked at Zhao Ta and said, "Son, Jiang You was taken away by the Zongjian Army, so I don't know if he will come again tomorrow." ”

Zhao Tan smiled and said: "Come on, I won't see him easily anyway, by the way, you go and tell Zong Ze and let him scare and scare this Jiang You, just say that the thieves in the city have not been completely cleared, and they will not wait for an opportunity to retaliate, so let him go out as little as possible day and night." ”

Huang Gu said: "Childe, what if he doesn't believe it?" I think this person is a delicate person, and I still remember the incident when I knocked over his inkstone when I was a child. ”

Zhao Ta said: "If you don't have a delicate mind, how can you be on such an errand now, he doesn't believe that it is easy to do, you go to his residence at night, deliberately mistake him for me, shout and kill to save Wang Qing, cut off a strand of his hair and come back." ”

Huang Gu smiled and said: "Childe's plan is very good, and his subordinates will do it." ”

(End of chapter)