"Not bad. Seed Master Min looked at Zhao Kai: "Lord Wang, you will definitely encounter some unpleasant things when you do this now, are you sure you still insist on doing it?"

"If we stop now, what will other people think of us, and what if they all follow suit?" Zhao Kai sneered and said: "In the Dingbei Army, in fact, the biggest problem is my brother-in-law, Yue Fei and the others are just bewitched by him, as long as Yue Fei resigns, I am not ready to use it again." ”

Seed master Min Moran, if Yue Fei and the others go to Runzhou, Song Huizong will probably be overjoyed, and Zhao Kai's no longer use it is actually just talking. Master Min said very simply: "Lord Wang, you are usually busy with military and political affairs, we rarely chat, the future of the Dingbei Army is not determined by the victory or defeat of a battle, or by any martial arts master, but by whether the top and bottom can work together." ”

Zhao Kai looked a little excited when he heard this, usually the seed master Min is not majestic, most of them are kind and pleasant, and now he is worried that Yang Zhi has become so bold, which shows how much Yang Zhi has accumulated prestige in the minds of these people, and even elders like the seed master Min are willing to come forward for it. Zhao Kai no longer concealed his dissatisfaction: "I understand, it is those ordinary soldiers who can really decide the outcome of the war, but we can't always be like this, I need to change, do you understand?"

"But for the sake of change, I ruined my foundation and gave up a good situation, is it worth it?" Seed Master Min finally understood why Zong Ze was always so anxious, the superior was too thoughtful, and it was not a good thing for the people below. Zhao Kai shook his head, he knew in his heart that from the moment Yang Zhi killed Yan Sangtian, everything was irreparable, otherwise he would lose face.

"What's more, it doesn't matter if it's worth it or not?" Zhao Kai laughed: "This king is telling you this to let you understand that when I feel that it is worth it, the life of a general is not worth pity." ”

"I see. Planter Min nodded, since everyone had opened up their words, there was no point in arguing, and even his own advice was superfluous. Zhao Kai thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate, and explained: "Just like now, what is the purpose of our doing this this time? two, to take back the power of the army, and the second, to help the Great Song Dynasty through this difficulty, now that the Western Xia has been suppressed by us, our purpose has been basically completed, what else is there to worry about? The Western Xia wants to recover his breath, don't think about it without ten years, not to mention, we will not watch him make a comeback." In the same way, I can't wait until the time behind me to make people think that I am a rabbit and a dog cooking, and a bird is hidden. ”

"The prince is right, but it will take at least five or six years to eliminate Western Xia, so there is no need to rush for a while, and there will be an opportunity to clean them up in the future. Seed Master Min did not change his original intention, Zhao Kai could only say: "Master Plant, I understand, this time let you come forward, it is a very difficult thing; in fact, I am also like this, I have learned a lot in this war, understand that the means are not the end, sometimes we can easily defeat the other party, but we can't do this, in fact, many generals also think so, this is a good opportunity to strengthen my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Kai's efforts to render the atmosphere failed, and the seed master Min did not back down: "It's a pity, Lord Wang, you can't think that the people below are too timid." Like me, Zong Ze, Yang Zhi, and even Xu Huiyan, are you a timid person?"

Zhao Kai shook his head again and again, none of these people are timid, and even many people can be described as bold; needless to say, Yang Zhi of Qinzhou even dares to use his resignation to blackmail himself.

Both of them were actually worried about Yang Zhi's reaction, but Yang Zhi seemed to have a tacit understanding, and he didn't write or make remarks for the sake of Yue Fei and others, which was a bit like going with him.

Yang Zhi understands the fears of these tribes that they will be marginalized if they do not settle, but grazing is a big problem. Yang Zhi made it very clear that the Department of Horse Husbandry could set up six horse husbandry supervisors in Dingzhou, Weizhou, Weizhou, Youzhou, Dingbian and Longzhou. In addition, weaving workshops were set up in Longzhou, Yanzhou, Weizhou, and Qingzhou to settle a large number of displaced people, and Zhao Kai was in favor of this move, which was a place that could accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people, which was enough to reassure those who were willing to become Han Chinese, and had enough warning effect for the tribes that had not yet been attached.

If it is not a beast, why dance with wolves, Yang Zhi opened a soap workshop in Qinzhou, and the tribes and soldiers of various ethnic groups in Longyou mainly eat cattle and sheep, and the consumption of livestock is large, and animal fat is almost worthless, plus grass and wood ashes, spices. Yang Zhi didn't know where to look for trona, although he knew that trona was an evaporative salt mineral, but the salt in Jiezhou did not form a large area of alkali desert, and he couldn't even find a piece of glassy luster column.

But Youzhou has solved this problem, and there is no need to put the ashes of the grass and trees burned in the basket, and the ash water is poured with water, which is the grass alkali that the folk have always said, and the soap can wash the clothes is to use its strong alkalinity. Yang Zhi still knows this, some plants, especially those that grow in saline-alkali land, can absorb more sodium ions in the soil, and the ash burned from them contains more alkali, for example, a tree called Poplar heterophylla in Xinjiang can be used to extract alkali, but now the whip of the Western Regions is beyond its reach, and if you want to do this, the labor cost is an astronomical amount.

Mu Pu was transferred by Yang Zhi to take charge of this business, the soap is for the high-end market, the soap is for the mass market, Yang Zhi's purpose is still very simple, this is the army's controlled products, grain, tea, cattle and sheep, war horses, cloth, gold and silver can be exchanged, that is, it is not denominated in copper coins; it quickly occupied the markets of Hedong and Bashu, Guanzhong, and Hebei, and Zhang Jun and others just wanted to stop it, but under the pressure of the people, they could only let the soap and soap flow to Henan and Jiangnan.

At present, there is a synthetic detergent on the market, which is to mash and grind natural honey locusts, add spices and other substances to make an orange-sized ball, which is specially used for washing the face and bathing the body, commonly known as soap balls. The manufacturing method is almost public, and there are several records in the medicine books that are similar: "Honey locust grows in the high mountains, the tree is tall, the leaves are like sandalwood and honey locust leaves, it blooms in May and June, the pods are three or four inches, fat and fleshy, there are several sunspots in it, as big as a finger, not round, there are white kernels, and it is edible." In October, the pods are picked, boiled and mashed, and the white flour and incense are used as pills, and the body is bathed, and the dirt is removed and greasy, which is better than the honey locust. ”

In fact, for the people at the bottom, this is the commodity that competes with the soap produced by Yang Zhi's workshop, and the competition is a price.