"The old man has also heard a little about the affairs of the north, although the world is important, but the prince should also pay attention to your body. Lu Rongweng said slowly.

"Alas-" Zhao Huan sighed, pointed to the case, and said: "These are all urgent official documents sent from the north, the money and food in the army are in an emergency, but Tong Guan's old thief took the opportunity to fill his own pockets, and he came to urge the king to send food every day." This king has been requisitioned from all over the world, but the water is far from the fire, how can he solve this urgent need for a while?"

"The crown prince summoned each other, isn't it so simple for these two people?" Lu Rongweng pointed at Shangguan Yun.

"Shopkeeper Lu has been in charge of Jiangnan 72 business for many years, and he really has insight into the world. To tell the truth, the state capitals in various places have been unable to raise enough money and food, and this king plans to borrow some money from the Lu shopkeeper, and after the Liao is destroyed, the king will return it from the military rations.

"This ......" Lu Rongweng hesitated a little: "Although I still have some belongings in my business, I must know that the whole body is moved by a single hair, and the march and battle need not be a small number......"

Zhao Heng didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and said: "Shopkeeper Lu, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Jiangnan has been a rich land, and nearly half of the money and grain collected by my Great Song Dynasty came from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Your business has been based in Jiangnan for many years, and if you talk about family belongings, it is not an exaggeration to say that you are rich in the world. ”

Lu Rongweng's face changed slightly, he paused, waved his hand and said: "This is a bad statement, if you want to say that you are rich in the world, it must be the Luoyang Chai family." His Chai family has been in charge of the national treasury for the royal family for many years, and he has made a lot of money by going to sea and traveling to the sea, so why does the prince have to borrow three liters of gold from a poor family?"

Zhao Huan's face was gloomy, and he said, "Chai family, hmph, it's just okay not to mention it." In the past 100 years or so, how could my Great Song Dynasty treat him badly? Now when he was using his Chai family, Chai Lang told his father that the Chai family had been in deficit for a long time and could not withdraw money and grain. My father ordered him to raise money and food for military funds no matter what, but Chai Lang actually said that he couldn't raise cash, and he wanted to offset it with the ancestral residence of the Chai family in Luoyang, isn't this to embarrass my father?"

Lu Rong Weng Qi said: "Your Majesty will let him be so arrogant in the Chai family?"

Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "Father and Emperor are thinking about the love between the two ancestors, so I don't plan to pursue it." Shopkeeper Lu, if you listen to the conditions of this king, I don't know if you are willing to withdraw money and food?"

Lu Rongweng's eyes lit up, and he said, "What are the conditions?"

Zhao Huan stood up, walked to the hall with his hands behind his back, and said word by word: "There is no Chai family in the world." ”

Lu Rongweng pondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid the world will talk about it." ”

Zhao Huan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Lu misunderstood, what this king said is not a day's work." ”

Lu Rong Weng Qi said: "Oh, how do you say this?"

Zhao Huan said: "The Chai family is short of national funds, unable to control the world's money and silver, this king should be collected by the royal family, and the border customs and commercial ports, going to sea and other matters, this king is also handed over to others to operate, not more than ten years, his Chai family is not today's Chai family." ”

"Is this true, won't Your Majesty ask?" Lu Rongweng's eyes were blazing, and his hands trembled a little.

"This king has mentioned it to his father, but his father did not say that it is impossible. ”

"Okay, even if it is a risk for the survival of the business, the old man has to raise all the needs for the imperial court. ”

"It's not to let the shopkeeper Lu make such a risk, he will succeed every day, and the seventy-two firms in Jiangnan will become the first in the world, these money and grain, maybe the shopkeeper Lu doesn't want the king to return it, hahaha......" Zhao Huan laughed.

Bai Cong'e listened to it for a long time, and this matter had nothing to do with him, and he asked, "I don't know why the prince summoned Bai to come?"

Zhao Huan stopped laughing and said, "Lord Baizhai, it's only because you have repeatedly opposed the government that this king has been summoned." ”

Bai stood up suddenly, glanced around, and did not move much, he clenched his fists and said: "Bai is reckless, just to beg for food, it is inevitable to do something inappropriate. The prince asked the deceased to invite him many times, and Bai expected that the prince did not want Bai's head, but also asked the prince to make it clear. ”

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "Don't be suspicious of the owner of the white village, this king does need the help of the master of the white village, so please invite me many times." ”

Bai Congqi said: "I don't know what it is? ”

Zhao Huan sat down at the back of the case again and asked, "Does the lord of Baizhai know about the major events that happened in the north?"

Bai Cong'e looked at Lu Rongweng, and saw that he was drinking tea by himself, and when he saw that look, he seemed to have nothing to do. Bai Cong'e said: "What the prince is referring to, could it be that the army's grain and grass were burned?"

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Bai Cong'e was puzzled: "Is it also for this matter that the prince summoned Bai?"

Zhao Huan still nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Bai Cong'e sneered: "Although Bai is in charge of the Ninety-Nine Water Village in Dongting, there is no money and food in the Water Village, and there are not many people and horses, so I am afraid that it will not be able to fulfill the prince's wishes." ”

"The lord of Baizhai is humble, although there are not many people in Dongting Ninety-nine Water Village, there are also twenty or thirty thousand. In addition to the old and young women and children who live in Gulou Village and Aoshan Village, there are at least four or five thousand strong men in Huangcheng Village, Yunxi Village and Zhutan Village, and there are many people who are strong in martial arts.

Bai Cong'e felt a chill on his back, and sat back on the chair, unable to speak.

Dongting Water Village is half fishing and half bandits, usually fishing for a living, if you meet profiteers, rich and wealthy households, this is put on the battlefield to rob a bit.

Although the imperial court has sent troops to encircle and suppress it many times, every time someone reports the news, the officers and soldiers are just pretending. Unless the state government sent personnel to supervise the war, Shuizhai fought with the officers and soldiers in a real fight, but only arrested a few people to resist the crime, and after a short time, it was bailed out with silver money, and Shuizhai naturally did not damage the muscles and bones.

Listening to Zhao Huan, the imperial court already knows everything about Dongting Water Village, if he sends a large army to surround Gulou Village and Ao Shan Village, he is afraid that the old and young people of Dongting Water Village can only surrender.

"The lord of Baizhai should be suspicious, this king just wants to invite Dongting Water Village to go north and help the imperial army to destroy Liao. Seeing that Bai Cong'e didn't say a word, Zhao Huan smiled.

Bai Cong'e breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Although Dongting Water Village is against the imperial court, it has never fought head-on, although there are many people in the village, most of them are old and weak women and children, and if they are not used to land warfare, how can they help the imperial army to destroy Liao?"

Zhao Huan sighed: "Although there are no less than one million soldiers and horses in the Great Song Dynasty, all the generals are stuck in the art of war books and will not use them flexibly. The Liao army was extremely fast, never fought head-on, and retreated at the touch of a button every time. The slightest slackness of our army led to heavy losses, and every day it was overwhelmed, but it was helpless, so that it suffered defeat after defeat. You are good at sneak attacks, and you are a martial artist, far from being comparable to ordinary soldiers......"

Bai Cong'e hurriedly said: "The prince wants to come to the way of others and give him his body?"

Zhao Huan nodded and smiled: "That's right, this king only needs you 2,000 men and horses, and after going north, he will attack the Liao army, and when the Liao army is exhausted, the main force of our army will fight to the death with him, and on the day of success, the court will never treat you badly." ”