When Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, came back, the prince and the prime minister Wang Hao personally went to the ten-mile long pavilion to greet them, and the welcome array was huge, enough for tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to go out of the city. Zhao Kai was accompanied by only a 500-strong guard, all of them in the Western Xia chain armor, riding on a horse, the weapons glowing with cold light, extremely powerful; the two horses of the master and Zhao Kai were parallel, Cao Wanchu followed behind the two, and the four military flags were waving behind the three, fluttering in the wind.

The people cheered along the way, and the crown prince Zhao Huan was relieved when he saw it from afar, and Lan Congxi behind him whispered: "These five hundred horsemen are the guards of the Seed Master Dao, which are ready to be incorporated into the Flying Dragon Battalion of the Forbidden Army. ”

Wang Huang, who was side by side with Zhao Huan, was suddenly stupid, the forbidden army was five hundred, and the dead soldiers were five hundred, this was to stage the rhythm of Xuanwumen; on the contrary, Zhao Huan had already been mentally prepared for this, and sneered: "Look what he said when he saw his father." ”

Zhao Huan stepped forward slowly, Zhao Kai jumped off the horse directly, saluted Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan held Zhao Kai and said: "There is the third brother Lao running around in Yanyun, and the foolish brother is really ashamed." ”

Zhao Kai stood firm and said with a smile: "The eldest brother is in charge of the country, so such a trivial matter should naturally be gone by the younger brother." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the ministers around them stepped forward to salute, Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai looked like brothers, which made Wang Hao and others feel terrified, realizing that the crown prince Zhao Huan was no longer the only young man, and Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, had a lot more murderous energy. The seed master came over and gave a salute to Zhao Huan, Wang Hao and others, and Zhao Huan and both of them said a few words of welcome, and then returned to the city together under the deliberate reminder of the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

The Zhao Huan brothers were not able to enter the city with the car because Zhao Kai insisted on riding on the white horse of the divine horse, which was the original Yeluchun's mount and the trophy intercepted by Yeluning. Li Bangyan joked: "King Yun, this is the horse of the anti-thief Yeluchun." ”

Zhao Kai said with a smile: "Li Xiang is really well-informed, I just want people to see that I can't even keep my horse if I go against the sky." ”

Li Bangyan was stunned for a while, and walked against the sky, Zhao Kai's statement is correct, but from another angle, he is alluding to Bianliang's Zaifu, and there will definitely be unexpected scenes in the future. Ye Mengde laughed secretly, Zhao Kai only had a few unpopular friends such as Yang Zhi, Yang Shi, and Deng Su, which made the bigwigs work hard, and now there is a kind of support from the teacher and several states, and it has reached the point of worship among the people, and the bigwigs are afraid that it will be even more uncomfortable in the future.

Five hundred rode through the Xuande Building and followed the officials of the military department to the West Street to the barracks, Zhao Huan and his entourage crossed the royal street, entered the Xuanyou Gate, and came to the Zichen Palace; regardless of whether they went outside the city to greet them, today the Manchu Dynasty civil and military came the most together, and some officials who had taken a few months of leave were sick and went to the palace, just so as not to miss a grand event. A feast had been set up in the main hall, and after everyone was seated, Song Huizong's eyes were full of appreciation, and he asked Zhao Kai kindly: "What does San Lang want?"

Even if there is a scheduled postponement of the reward, Song Huizong Zhao Ji has to ask, not asking is equivalent to taking all the things done by Wang Huang and those people below, and finally bearing the attack of public opinion, Song Huizong is not so stupid, so as soon as he opened his mouth, Song Huizong asked Zhao Kai what to do next?

Zhao Kai Shili said: "I want to produce salt, subsidize the amount given to Jinguo, relieve the country's worries, and hope that my father will give me a piece of land." ”

"Where do you want. "Song Huizong doesn't care, when Yang Zhi promised to give salt in Pingzhou, Song Huizong guessed that Zhao Kai and Yang Zhi would definitely want to re-mention the salt business; But there are not many places where salt is produced in the Great Song Dynasty, nothing more than Cangzhou, Dengzhou, Chengdu, and Jiezhou, which part does Zhao Kai want?

The ears of the crown prince Zhao Huan and the others were pricked up, and Zhao Kai smiled slightly and said: "Xiuzhou, including the island at the mouth of Xiuzhou, from Huating County to the north of Haiyan County in the south, can help me transfer 10,000 refugees who can't be resettled in Jiangnan now, and I will ask them to be salt workers." ”

Most of that area is deserted, and there doesn't seem to be any city in his memory, but Song Huizong still understands the balance of power in the court, so he asked the prime ministers on the side: "Ladies and gentlemen, is it feasible?"

Everyone was dumbfounded, the prime ministers all looked at Empress Zheng and Liang Shicheng one by one, if they want to refute it now, it's really hard to say, no one is familiar with the situation over there, King Yun Zhao Kai has definitely done his homework, but it won't work if he doesn't answer, and it's a joke in the court when it gets out. Li Bangyan had an idea and called out Shen Boyi in Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, he was the eldest son of Shen Kuo, the former third envoy, and the eldest brother of Shen Chong of Gutongyuan.

Shen Boyi left the table and walked to the center of the main hall to briefly introduce to Song Huizong: "The place that King Yun wants belongs to Xiuzhou, most of which is an ownerless area, and there were originally people farming on it, but after the establishment of Xicheng, most of the landlords were expelled, and now it is said that there are only fishermen. Xiuzhou under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing, Haiyan, Huating, Chongde four counties, good at the benefit of lake and sea fish salt, the Han Dynasty Jiangnan region set up salt officials only Haiyan County, five generations of Qian Biao had levied migrant workers to excavate to the salt iron pond of Xiasha, in order to transport salt and iron.

Now there are many small-scale salt farms in that area, and there is no shortage of experienced salt workers, but in the Fangla Rebellion, many salt farms have stopped working, and King Yun's idea is very good, and salt should be produced there. The salt produced in Haiyan County is white and fine, and the quality is not inferior to the green salt of Western Xia, but because of the cost, the output has not been high. ”

Shen Boyi's meaning is obvious, the plan is feasible, whether he can make money or not is the matter of King Yun, the rest is whether the prime ministers will give this convenience; Wang Hao and others immediately found themselves in the trap, if they didn't give Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, Song Huizong would definitely force the court to implement Zhao Kai's plan, in case he missed, the person who refuted today would definitely take the blame. These people are scheming, and they are all worried that King Yun said this on purpose, just to brush up their reputation and get rid of their opponents.

After Shen Boyi finished speaking, Song Huizong smiled and asked him to return to his seat, Yang Zhi had instigated Zhao Kai to deal in salt, there must be a better way; Wang Hao, Zhang Bangchang, and Li Bangyan began to discuss, and Bai Shizhong asked suspiciously: "King Yun, do you need the imperial court to allocate funds? You must know that the money for the Jin State has not yet been settled." ”

Zhao Kai said with a wry smile: "Lord Bai, didn't Wang Xiang prepare 62 million taels, this matter can't be too child's play, I really think that when the time comes, I can not give salt, and then fool people, and the big countries have such thoughts, that is, they are ready to turn their faces and fight." Father, I can't control the major affairs of the imperial court, I can set off for Xiuzhou tomorrow, I only need the early purchase of land and the cost of immigration, counting from the days when people and money are in place, pay one million catties of salt in half a year, and strive to reach four million catties of salt a year within three years. ”