Chapter 474: Fear of power but not virtue
While Liang Xiao pursued Beihu, the East China Sea area of the Great Zhou also had a new situation.
Yang Pin, the current commander of the East China Sea, was ordered to lead his troops to guard Yantian.
"General Yang! Toei envoy Taro Sato asks to see! ”
The guards outside came to report, which made Yang Pin a little stunned.
"Dongying?"
"It's the envoy of Izumo Province, and now the country name has been changed to Toei!" The guard explained.
Yang Pin frowned and ordered someone to summon the messenger.
After the Dongying envoy entered the meeting, Yang Pin fixed his eyes.
Dressed as a samurai, with a mustache on his lips, he was now arrogant and without any respect for the suzerain.
"What does it mean that your country changed its name to Dongying and came to the East China Sea of our country again, instead of directly facing the saint?"
Out of courtesy, Yang Pin asked curiously.
Taro Sato raised his head and said, "I visited the general on this trip to know the benefits. ”
"I want to hear and see!" Yang Pin looked at the little man in front of him with interest.
"Wei Junjie, the one who sat at the table, now Beihu is approaching the Great Zhou with the troops of the country, the Great Zhou is by no means an opponent, he is in danger and is about to collapse!"
"As long as your country is willing to cede this piece of land in the East China Sea and give it to China, China can intercede with Beihu. Of course, General Yang can also ...... You know! ”
As soon as Taro Sato's words fell, a sneer rang out around him.
Yang Pin smiled and said: "Is the person who knows the times a Junjie?" What if our country refuses? ”
"Goryeo has been replaced by the Taiji Kingdom, and our country also has a large number of warships approaching the East China Sea, and your country is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it will be defeated, and only by ceding land and paying compensation can you ......"
"Smack!"
Before Taro Sato finished speaking, the Xuan Wei beside Yang Pin had already stepped forward and gave him a crisp slap.
Taro Sato's angry gaze swept across the audience.
"You are already a turtle in an urn, aren't you afraid of death?!"
Yang Pin said unhurriedly: "Your news is lagging behind, the 200,000 elite soldiers of Beihu have been broken by Liang Xiao, the Marquis of Lanling of our country, and now the Great Sima should have led the troops to counterattack the desert." You are a country that is afraid of power but not virtue, and you dare to take advantage of the fire to rob and blackmail me Da Zhou, this revenge, my country will definitely remember it! ”
"Someone! Put him in prison, report to the emperor truthfully, and commit a crime! ”
"How is that possible?"
Taro Sato, who was originally full of confidence, suddenly looked dazed and was sent to prison.
Yang Pin immediately counted the warships and strengthened patrols in the East China Sea to prevent Yantian from being attacked and damaged by the enemy.
The Haikou of Dongying is also known as the "Japanese Kou".
In late autumn, sugarcane has been harvested several times across the country.
Liang Xiao collected sugarcane in sugar mills in the capital and Jiangnan to increase the expansion of sugar production.
The market price of white sugar dropped to 400 wen a catty, which was still higher than Liang Xiao's initial expectations.
Last year and this spring, most of Liang Xiao's white sugar was used to trade with horse merchants in the west, and the supply of white sugar in Dazhou was in short supply.
Therefore, the rich people of this year's Big Week still use sugar as a luxury.
The silver from the two places fell into the silver treasury under Liang Xiao's name like snowflakes, and most of it was transported to the special money bank set up by the imperial court to exchange for silver tickets.
Liang Xiao's sugar harvested the wealth of the wealthy people of the Great Zhou, and strengthened the circulation of silver and silver bills of different denominations, which promoted the economic development of the Great Zhou to a certain extent.
Within a month, Liang Xiao increased his income by nearly 800,000 taels of silver with sugar alone.
Only the moon in the sea is still the top wine in China, and with the low-end wine of Lanling Distillery, the wine industry of the Ram family has been forced into a desperate situation.
Through the newspapers, people all over the Great Zhou already knew that the four great families had boycotted the products of the family as much as possible.
Today's Ram's liquor industry can only survive in some towns and villages where the control of the imperial court is weak.
This year, after deducting 30% of the profits handed over by Liang Xiao, Canghai Yueming has increased Liang Xiao's income by more than 3 million taels, and the rest of the wine has also increased by more than 4 million taels.
At night, Duan Yunyi returned to his bedroom from his sister's dormitory, looking at the newspaper on the table and falling into a trance.
"The moon black geese fly high, fleeing in the night, wanting to chase away the light horseman, and the snow is full of bows and knives!"
This is a newspaper that was published at the same time in Yanzhou and Beijing today, and it became popular one day, and the people all celebrated.
Even Duan Yunyi couldn't help muttering to himself, his eyes blurred.
"On this trip, he even thought about the ending of the Beihu people a long time ago......
She liked this poem very much, and she felt extremely relieved.
If it weren't for the disaster of moving the capital, her father would not have been greatly stimulated, and later became ill.
Perhaps, it is her father who writes a good story with Liang Xiao today.
The letter sent by Liang Xiao mentioned that he had decided to hand over the liquor industry to the imperial court, and in the future, it would be run by the imperial court.
She knew that Liang Xiao had the intention to set a good example for the subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty and let the people understand that he had no intention of becoming the new family gatekeeper, but she was not in a hurry to agree.
In her opinion, Liang Xiao has his own way of doing things, and the salt reform alone will increase the treasury by at least 20 million taels of silver, so that he can earn some wine money every year.
Moreover, he can also provide a steady supply of liquor taxes, which the imperial court has collected in eight months this year than in the previous two years combined.
What's more, he is destined to become a member of the royal family, and his children will definitely become the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future......
Zhuge Hui and other old ministers also supported her opinion, at least this year, there is no need to accept the property of the meritorious hero, otherwise it may chill the hearts of the subjects of the Great Zhou.
What makes her happiest is Lanling Bookstore and Big Sunday.
The promotion of cheap books and the promotion of newspapers have invisibly changed the country, and the family's monopoly on knowledge has been gradually broken by Liang Xiao.
Now, she only hopes that Liang Xiao can return safely.
If he returns safely......
Duan Yunyi, who had already hid in the quilt, was beating faster.
This night, in her dream, she saw him talking and laughing again, and he was full of spirits.
In Monan, Liang Xiao led the troops to pursue every day, and at the same time sent a message to Yanzhou with flying pigeons and flying horses, calling on the Great Wall Mouth to send troops to respond and attack the Northern Hu Wangting.
The desert is bitter cold, and the environment is extremely harsh.
During the break, Liang Xiao would chat with the soldiers every day and do a good job in ideological work.
In this era, such a comprehensive thinking on military governance is completely a dimensionality reduction attack.
Of course, military orders are like mountains, and military laws are strict and cannot be trampled on.
The soldiers found that their marshal put down his body and was approachable, but he was even more respectful.
can lead yourself to make contributions, and you can also be kind to yourself, and even gossip with yourself......
Who can not love such a marshal?
Mu Lingxiao, Gongsun Wuji and other generals also felt that they had benefited a lot.
Even if it is really difficult to practice, with Liang Xiao as an example, they can try it in the future, at least they must love soldiers like children.
"The marshal has an order: the time has come, the cavalry array, assault at full speed, and annihilate the enemy army!"
Early in the morning, Liang Xiao sat in the Chinese army, and he was relieved to see the generals and colonels meticulously executing their orders.
These generals are the future loyal generals of the Great Zhou.
What I can do now is to lead them to make meritorious achievements, and then win peacefully and triumphantly.
The soldiers of the Great Zhou army were well fed and their morale was high.
On the other hand, the Beihu army had just been chased and killed by Liang Xiao for a round, and they were frightened.
Emperor Feng, who is over half a hundred years old, was originally proud of his black hair, but now he is gray-haired and has no eyes.
These two months are like years!
"Your Majesty! Liang Xiao launched a general attack! ”