"Salt business?" Yang Zhi had been in this business in Bianliang before, and now that the old thing was brought up again, Zhao Kai felt that he could guess something, and showed interest: "In detail." ”

Yang Zhi listened to the movement outside the tent, and said slowly: "The prince can take the initiative to apply to go to Jiangnan to develop salt fields, Jiangnan is initially decided, even if the government actively helps the people, but the bureau will be re-established sooner or later, and the people's livelihood is definitely poor. ”

Yun Wang Zhao Kai laughed: "Okay, I believe there is no problem with this, which piece of land are you in?"

Yang Zhi said lightly: "When I was living in Yangzhou, I valued the piece of Xiuzhou Huating. ”

Zhao Kai thought about it and understood: "Between Haiyan County and Huating, there are ownerless fields, even if some lands are now claimed to have owners, they are not recognized by the government. This is easy to do, if I am strong, I will let them expand, and the ordinary people will spend money to buy it, Yang Zhi, I will handle this matter later, you teach me the method of drying salt, but I am unwilling, and this king will be in Xiuzhou for a lifetime?"

Master Xin and Cao Wanchu looked at Zhao Kai with a little surprise, only to know that these two people were able to stand out this time, not by luck, they were in Saibei, and when it came to the areas south of the Yangtze River, they knew everything about it, and they didn't even need to check the map, so you can imagine how much effort they spent in advance.

Yang Zhi smiled slightly and said: "The prince thinks too much, even if we take the sixteen states of Yanyun, the situation of the confrontation between the north and the south has not changed, but the Liao country has been replaced by the Jin country, and we have changed from hoping to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun to keeping the sixteen states." It is difficult to have long-term peace between countries, especially the Jin State, which has lost the land of Han Fu, and the financial and material resources must be tight, and it is their only hope to go south to seek relief. And our head in the north will not change, yes, the general trend is the same as before the Northern Expedition. ”

Yang Zhi didn't do it again, but Zhao Kai and the three of them understood that even if the army in the clouds obtained Youzhou, it was Tong Guan and the prince's people who were in charge of Youzhou in the end, then once there was a war in the future, it would be the current chaos, and Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, would have a chance to make a comeback. It's just that no one is allowed at this time, and it may be a year or two, or ten or eight years, or even longer. Zhao Kai took a breath: "Obey your fate." ”

Yang Zhi and the three of them were suddenly shocked. Yang Zhi and Cao Wanchu were both born in the family of eunuchs, and Master Xin was familiar with the allusions of the Great Song Dynasty, and they all knew that Zhao Kai's four words were not the helplessness of ordinary people, but a story in the palace back then, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin once saw his nephew Zhao Heng sitting on the dragon chair playing, so he stepped forward and asked Zhao Heng if he wanted to be the emperor? Zhao Heng said four words, that is, obey fate, Zhao Huan is the later Song Zhenzong.

It's just that the three of them are smart people, no one asked Zhao Kai, and they didn't answer the following words, Cao Wanchu didn't even take the initiative to go outside the tent to inspect the salute, Yang Zhi and Master Xin got up to say goodbye, as if they didn't hear anything; Master Xin went to arrange for someone to deliver the letter, and Yang Zhi went back to rest by himself.

Second, the 20,000-strong army marched out, with Yang Zhi in front and Wang Ping in the lead, and marched straight to Zhuozhou; the army slowly passed through the Taihang Mountains like a long snake, stayed at Bauhinia Pass and Baoma Pass for two nights, and arrived in Yizhou at the third evening. The scouts and the seed division came back to deliver the news, but no trace of the Liao army was found along the way; Liu Tao had already waited in Yizhou on behalf of Tong Guan, and the seed master held a banquet in the Yizhou Mansion to entertain King Yun, accompanied by Li Gang, Seed Master Dao and others, and at the banquet, Li Gang once again asked about the battle plan.

Seed Master Dao knew about Master Xin's letter, raised his glass and said: "Let's go one more time, let's go to Zhuozhou, see what information Guo Yaoshi has and where Yang Weizhong's men and horses have arrived Again, from the time we approach Zhuozhou, the Liao army can attack us with fast horses at any moment before we reach Youzhou." It's just that Youzhou can make an adjustment, and when the 5,000 people in the seed division recuperate for a long time, they attack Youzhou with Yang Zhi, and Wang Ping leads 10,000 horses to stay in Yizhou to protect King Yun. ”

Li Gang opened his mouth, 15,000 people went to fight Youzhou? Liu Tao asked worriedly: "If you encounter the Liao army, it will be a very dangerous thing. ”

The seed master shook his head and said: "Xiao Gan will not choose to launch an attack on our march, when marching, he is often on high alert, and it is not easy to succeed. In Zhuozhou, there is only Qigou in the southwest of the city, between the Juma River and the grain river in the north and south, once encountered, the two sides can not retreat at all, only to fight to the end. Cao Bin, Mi Xin and others fought with the Liao general Yelu Huge, and they were defeated by the Liao light cavalry to cut off the grain route, and now Zhuozhou is in the hands of Guo Yaoshi, and it should be unharmed. ”

Only then did Li Gang understand why the Seed Master Dao and others were worried about Guo Yaoshi, and let Yang Weizhong 10,000 people go north in advance to cover the flanks; but when Yang Zhi crossed the South Juma River, he found that there was a village of the Song army, stationed with more than 50 cavalry and more than 200 fleeing Shengjie troops, it turned out that they were Wang Yu's subordinates, and the team had dispersed when the Liao army was chasing, and these people were ordered by Guo Yaoshi to be stationed in Zhuozhou because they brought a large amount of grain and grass.

Yang Zhi asked the more than 200 victorious troops: "I'm Yang Zhi, we are going to Youzhou, do you still have the courage to fight against the Liao army?"

Shengjiejun are all military children raised by Tong Guan, they are not very old, they are all angry when they hear Yang Zhi's words, and a centurion stepped forward: "General Yang, a general is incompetent and tired to death of thousands of troops, it's not that we can't fight, it's true, those eight lambs are too afraid of death." ”

Yang Zhi interrupted the centurion's words: "Don't comment on the boss, since you can fight, then listen to my orders, all those who are willing to stay and fight together stand on the left and line up, commanded by this centurion, and those who are unwilling to fight stand on the right, leave the war horse, walk from the side of the road, and cross the river back to Xiongzhou by themselves." What's your name, and can you command these people?"

"The last general, Niu Gao, can command these people, and the victorious army is lined up. There were a few soldiers who neither left nor lined up, still arguing with other people, Zhang San led people over, and immediately stripped off the armor of several people and removed them from the team; Niu Gao was stunned, Zhang San said coldly: "The big war is coming, you can't waste time for a few thorns, for the sake of a thousand people, you are willing to die for one person, Niu Gao, count the number of people immediately, and those who don't want to fight will disappear in thirty breaths." ”

More than 30 Song soldiers stood on the side of the road in embarrassment, and after Niu Gao finished ordering people, the first thing Liang Juewu arranged was to eat, and the second thing was to help Lizhai. Niu Gao discovered for the first time that the people of the Canglang camp were very particular about setting up a village, carefully connecting the carts with iron chains, and placing them at the crossings and roadsides; Niu Gao asked Zhang San: "Is there any news about the Liao army?"