Late at night.

The door of Zhuo Lou is closed, and you can still see the dim light through the gaps in the doors and windows.

In the hall, Han Zhen and Xiao Worm were eating and drinking.

Where can I eat enough at that wine banquet just now?

Therefore, after sending Ma Yanmin and the others away, they came downstairs to set up a table again, and called Nie Dong and Shi Wenhui over.

"The county magistrate killed well, these big gentry rely on their reputation in the Shilin, and they are fearless, which is really hateful. This time the Wang family was destroyed, and it had the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, and in the future, those family valves were afraid that they would pick up their tails and be people. ”

Shi Wenhui himself is a scholar, and he knows best what virtues these high-ranking families have.

Han Zhen's approach made him feel extremely relieved, and he took a glass of wine and drank it all.

Hearing this, Liu Qi immediately stopped doing it, and retorted: "My uncle's family is different, very low-key, and never gets involved in these messy things. ”

"Who is your uncle?"

Shi Wenhui couldn't help but be stunned.

Liu Qi replied, "Xie Ding." ”

"Xie Ding? Oh, it turned out to be the Fuyang Xie family. The Xie family has been poor for many years, it is indeed different, even if I lose my words, I will punish myself. ”

Shi Wenhui said, drinking another glass of wine.

Han Zhen picked up a piece of sauced beef and stuffed it into his mouth, and asked, "Little worm, how did you do it?" ”

Xiao Worm replied: "According to Second Brother Han's request, he has now adopted twenty-three children, all of whom are around twelve or thirteen years old, and they are clever. ”

"Hmm!"

Han Zhen nodded and ordered: "Take care of them first, and when you are free for a while, I will teach them personally." ”

"Good!"

Worm nodded.

The three Nie Dong on the side were silent, just as if they hadn't heard.

Even if his curiosity is as strong as Liu Qi, he is also interested in eating vegetables at the moment, without asking.

When he was full of wine and food, Han Zhen took the tea handed by Xiao Worm, took a sip, and ordered: "After the two of you go back tomorrow, start to reorganize the army, and send troops to Shouguang the day after tomorrow!" ”

Sending troops to Shouguang?

The eyes of the two of them lit up suddenly.

Liu Qi hurriedly asked, "The county magistrate wants to beat Zhang Wanxian?" ”

Han Zhen said lightly: "This person has been stumbling for a while, it's time to clean up." ”

Zhang Wanxian is definitely going to fight.

He didn't want to fight a decisive battle with the Western Army, and there was an anti-thief force behind him.

Moreover, Zhang Wanxian was entrenched in Shouguang and Changping counties, blocking the official road, so that the refined salt business could not be smoothly spread to Weizhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou.

Of course, none of this is the point.

The most important thing is that Shouguang County is next to Guangling Salt.

Guangling is the largest salt producing area in the entire Jingdong East Road, surrounded by countless large and small salt households, and the annual output of sea salt is tens of millions of catties.

Second only to Huainan Road.

Since ancient times, salt and iron have been the most profitable industries, especially in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the salt tax accounted for almost 40% of the entire Song Dynasty's tax revenue!

The reason why it is so profitable is because of the system of salt prisons in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Northern Song Dynasty did not produce salt, and did not set up any government-run salt-making workshops, but set up salt supervisors in various salt-producing areas, directly demarcated a group of salt households, let these salt households make salt, and then took coarse salt from them at a very low price, and then sold it to salt merchants.

Zhu Ji went to Xinzhen some time ago to talk about the coarse salt business, so he knows the cost of coarse salt very well.

According to him, the government salt supervisor gives Xinzhen salt households a subsidy of more than 30,000 yuan every year, but they are required to pay nearly 120,000 catties of salt, which is equivalent to the cost of only 0.4 wen yuan per catty of salt. After the government received 0.4 wen, it only reversed the hand, and the price of selling it to salt merchants was often forty or fifty wen, making a profit of more than 100 times.

In addition, a few years ago, Cai Jing came up with the salt introduction method, and salt merchants who want to sell salt must first buy salt at a high price.

In this way, he made an extra profit from the salt merchants.

This came and went, and the imperial court earned at least two or three hundred times the profit.

In contrast, the refined salt sold by Han Zhen, excluding the cost and labor, the profit is only ten or twenty times, which is simply a small thing.

As long as Guangling Salt is won, a number of salt factories will be built, and more advanced salt drying methods will be adopted, and assembly line operations will be used, and it is no exaggeration to say that the annual output of coarse salt can be increased by at least five times.

At that time, relying on coarse salt and refined salt alone, there will be tens of millions of incomes.

Hearing that there was a battle to be fought, Nie Dong immediately came to his senses and proposed: "County magistrate, it is better for the last general to return to the barracks immediately, and the troops can be sent tomorrow." ”

"What's the hurry!"

Han Zhen snorted lightly and explained: "This matter still needs the cooperation of the armed guards as a bait. Liu Qi! ”

"The last general!"

Liu Qi responded with a fist.

Han Zhen ordered: "Tomorrow, I will lead the cavalry battalion, bring the state government's dispatch documents, and go to take over the Wuwei and Zhenhai Second Army." If Luo Sha cooperates, he will spare them his life, and if they don't cooperate, they will be killed! ”

"The last general obeys!"

Liu Qi's eyes were full of excitement.

Han Zhen looked at Nie Dong again: "Nie Dong! ”

"The last general!"

"The day after tomorrow, lead 1,500 foot soldiers, go into battle lightly, go out day and night, catch up with the Wuwei army, and go around to the rear of Shouguang."

Then, Han Zhen explained the general plan again.

After listening, Nie Dong and Liu Qi pondered for a moment, and nodded in agreement: "This plan is very good!" ”

Han Zhen advised: "Of course, the battle situation is changing rapidly, and the plan can never catch up with the changes, so you can adapt to the situation when you wait." ”

He didn't want to play micro-.

There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people.

Besides, one of them is a veteran of a hundred battles in the Western Army, and the other is a future anti-gold general, so he doesn't need to be pointed out by others at all.

The army of the Northern Song Dynasty was spoiled by civilian officials in this way.

Every time the Great Song Dynasty mobilized troops to the outside world, the civil officials of the Privy Council would discuss the battle plan and then present it to the emperor.

The emperor selects a set of formation maps and sends them to the front-line generals.

The military attaché leading the army must arrange the troops in strict accordance with the battle formation chart issued by the Privy Council, and must not change it privately.

Isn't that fucking bullshit?

The battlefield is the place most affected by the butterfly effect, and often a small arrow can change the course of a war.

Therefore, generals should deploy different tactics at all times, according to the changes in terrain and weather.

Drawing up a battle formation in advance and requiring the army to strictly enforce it is pure cerebral palsy behavior.

Of course, there is a reason why the civil officials of the Northern Song Dynasty like to play this set.

Its source is the god of Gaoliang River, the first generation of micro-gymnastics masters, Zhao Er.

Even, in the fourth year of Yongxi, Zhao Er also gathered dozens of civil officials and worked with him to make the famous "Pingrong Wanquan Array".

Look at the name of this array, it is Pingrong again, and it is Wanquan, it is really mighty and domineering.

After Song Zhenzong succeeded to the throne, Zhao Heng carried forward the micro-exercises, and sent dozens of array maps during the Xianping period alone.

At this point, the emperors and civil officials of later generations were out of control.

Even Zong Ze taught Yue Fei a few pairs of formation diagrams from time to time, but fortunately, Yue Fei was clear, and he accepted the formation diagram with a smile on the surface, and turned his head to arrange the military formation according to his own ideas.

"The last will be saved!"

Nie Dong and Liu Qi responded in unison.

Han Zhen called again: "Shi Wenhui! ”

"What does the county magistrate command?"

Shi Wenhui hurriedly put down the teacup.

Han Zhen explained: "You are a native of Shouguang County, and you are familiar with the Dare to Blaze Army, this time I will let you join the army as a record and go on the expedition with Nie Dong." After laying Shouguang and Changping, he was temporarily appointed as the magistrate of the two counties, appeased the people's hearts, and collected the fleeing households. ”

"The subordinate obeys!"

Shi Wenhui's face was solemn and he got up.

He knew that his true test was coming.

These two days are just talk on paper, and this is the litmus test of his talents.

"It's not too early, let's go."

After arranging the matter, Han Zhen slowly stood up.

Nie Dong and the three of them followed him out of the restaurant and walked towards the mansion.

……

……

Following.

The news of the destruction of the Wang family spread in the county town.

Although Zhao Ting put all the blame on the remnants of the Dare Blazing Army, it still aroused the suspicion of some readers.

On the second floor of a tea shop in the north of the city, several scholars sat in front of the window, holding a tabloid in their hands.

A scholar with a thin face said indignantly: "What a dare to blaze the remnants, this matter must have been done by Han Zhen!" ”

"Brother Wenyang's words, I don't dare to agree."

As soon as the words fell, another scholar who was a little wealthy retorted: "I look at what Han Zhen has done since he entered the city, how can he be called a wise lord, how can he do such a violent act. ”

"The affairs of the Wang family are full of loopholes, not to mention how the dare to blaze the remnants can hide in the Wang family, let's just say that from the destruction of the Wang family to the present, even a single dare to blaze remnants has not been caught, which is obviously strange."

"If you say so, then why are the Su family and the Ma family fine?"

“……”

Such discussions can be found all over the county.

But it can't make any waves.

Zhao Ting's identity as a governor is still very useful in the end, and Han Zhen's various behaviors after entering the city are very popular with the people.

After all, the skeptics are only a small number of people, and the vast majority of the people and scholars are convinced of the statement that they dare to blaze the remnants of evil.

Two ox carts stepped on the morning light and walked slowly and leisurely in the direction of the palace.

(End of chapter)