Zhao Pu said embarrassedly: "Third Highness, if it's not a straw bag, does he need protection?" Look at Li Congjia, the third highness of the Southern Tang Dynasty, that is a first-class martial arts master, he is already very low-key if he doesn't kill people, and he doesn't need anyone's protection at all." Only Li Hongmao's straw bales need to be protected, and only he can afford this price. ”

"How do you know Li Hongmao? Can't you collude with foreign enemies?" Although Tianya doesn't care about the government, he is also the king of the Great Zhou Qi, and as Guo Wei's only own son and Chai Rong's younger brother, how can he not worry about people like Zhao Pu colluding with foreign enemies? Although Zhao Pu usually does not show it, his influence is far greater than that of Fan Zhen and Li Chongjin.

Zhao Pu's current official position is the envoy of Yongxing Festival, as well as the upper reaches of Weishui, from Weinan to Fengzhou, and even Chang'an are all under Zhao Pu's indoctrination, but Chang'an has too many forces for Zhao Pu to intervene.

is not only Zhao Pu's official position, he is also the leader of the Ao Gang, controlling all the import and export business of Yandao. He is the first person to handle the money earned by Yandao, although there are restrictions on Lei Tianxin, but Lei Tianxin's control of Yandao is naturally far inferior to Zhao Pu, and so far Lei Tianxin still can't enter and leave Yandao at will. Zhao Pu's monthly income may be more than that of the Manchu Dynasty combined.

The most important thing is the cavalry of the forbidden army, because the cavalry of the forbidden army are all members of the Ao Gang, and their original allegiance was originally the gang leader Zhao Pu and the backstage boss Zong Xin, and later Guo Wei was included in the forbidden army to protect the emperor's safety at any time. But now that Guo Wei is dead, it is a question whether they will be loyal to Chai Rong, but there is no doubt that they will be loyal to Zhao Pu.

Tianya didn't dare to imagine what the result would be if Zhao Pu was opposed. The cavalry of the forbidden army may even directly kill the eldest brother Chai Rong, what will happen to the Great Zhou at that time? He must also ascend the throne and become emperor, otherwise there will not even be a person to be the emperor.

Zhao Pudao: "Your Royal Highness, Salt Island is on the boundary of the Southern Han Dynasty, and if the salt from Salt Island wants to be transported to the Great Zhou, it must pass through the Southern Han Dynasty and Chu. Now that Ma Chu is not there, the Southern Tang Dynasty is unstable, and Li Hongmao was sent as the king of Chu to govern the Chu realm, and as the leader of the Ao Gang, can Xia Guan and Li Hongmao not have any communication? Fortunately, Li Hongmao is a straw bag, and he only collects a part of the toll from Yandao, so the salt from Yandao can be transported to all parts of the world, and if the Southern Tang Dynasty has the intention to suppress it, we can only bypass the transportation of sea salt from the other end of the Southern Han Dynasty to the Great Zhou, and then we will waste more manpower and financial resources. ”

Tianya nodded and said, "Oh~ That's not a straw bag, after all, Nantang also needs salt from Yandao, which is mutually beneficial." ”

"How can things be so simple? If the Southern Tang Dynasty had suppressed the economy and transportation of Yandao earlier, then the financial strength of the Great Zhou would also be greatly affected, and perhaps the attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty would have been postponed for several years. As a result, Li Jing is also a straw bag, taking a little small profit to let Yandao develop, and now Yandao is the most profitable business in the world, and the money earned is nothing more than being transported to Lei Wangfu, and most of Lei Hong's money was borrowed by the first emperor, and the first emperor never paid it back. The first emperor used the money in army construction and the livelihood of the Great Zhou people, which not only activated the economy of the Great Zhou, but also increased the military of the Great Zhou several times. Although Zhao Pu does not often go to Salt Island, he is well aware of the development of Salt Island and the surrounding trade routes.

Regardless of whether Chai Rong unified the world or not, Zhao Pu would not admire him, because Zhao Pu knew best who paved this road, and Zhao Pu probably knew who Zongxin paved the road for.

Zhao Pu knew Zong Xin for a long time and was not much different from Tianya, although Zhao Pu was rarely by Zong Xin's side, but Zong Xin also taught Zhao Pu some knowledge of economics. The most important point of the economy is circulation, rich people have to keep spending money, so that others can also make money, after others have money, they will spend money again, so that rich people will earn this money back.

The economy circulates in the hands of everyone, and everyone will become rich, so that the economy of the whole society will progress.

Zongxin didn't have the strength to spend so much money, so he asked Guo Wei to spend the money. Guo Wei invested his money in the construction of the army and the prosperity of society. Of course, the soldiers will spend money when they have it, and their consumption will eventually go back to Zongxin's hands.

Although Zhao Pu only learned some basics from Zongxin, he knew who was the biggest contributor to the prosperity of the Great Zhou today. Only by spending money without regard to Zongxin will everyone in the world make money, and only after making money, will these people spend money again.

If Zongxin made money from the business of Yandao, he saved the money again. Then he will be very rich, but all the people of the Great Zhou will be poor, even the emperor. This is not a good thing for Da Zhou, and it is also not good for Zongxin.

Zhao Pu admired Zongxin's understanding of the economy very much, and also admired Zongxin's bold behavior. As for Guo Wei, who is also a chess piece in Zong Xin's hand, he is helping Zong Xin spend the money. And Chai Rong is only inheriting Guo Wei's path and continuing to move forward towards this right one.

Unlike the Great Zhou, many people on the Southern Tang side still like to save money, so that the Southern Tang is rich but the money is only in the hands of a few people. In terms of total financial resources, the Great Zhou Dynasty was naturally inferior to the Southern Tang Dynasty, but the economy of the Great Zhou Dynasty was more prosperous than that of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the speed of currency circulation was much faster than that of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Zongxin once gave Zhao Pu a small example, an ordinary worker unloading goods at the dock and earning 20 yuan a day. He spent ten yuan to buy half a roast chicken, five yuan to buy a pound of wine, and the rest of the money to buy rice and vegetables, almost all the money he earned in a day.

But because he consumed, the merchant needed to go to the stock, and the next day the ship carrying the goods arrived at the dock again, and the person had a job again, and continued to unload the ship.

But if this person is not spending today, the merchant does not need to buy goods, then the ship carrying the goods does not need to dock at this dock the next day, and he will lose his job and spend the day idle. Although he did not spend it, he saved 20 yuan to live on for several days, but he lost a lot of job opportunities because of it.

Zhao Pu also understands the importance of economic circulation from this smallest example, perhaps as Zongxin said, people nowadays like to save money, so he may save more and more money in his hand, but it also hinders the circulation of the economy, and his living standard is far inferior to that of people who consume every day.

Zongxin's idea is very reasonable, and at the same time very bold. Because many people's inherent consciousness is to save more money and spend it when necessary, even if it is a simple life.

It is also a loss that Zongxin is selling salt, because he is not afraid of losing business, and he has enough confidence to change the living habits of ordinary people.

In fact, the economy is still so much, but everyone is richer than before, which is also the result of Guo Wei's efforts to help revitalize the economy and prosper the market.

If the Southern Tang Dynasty had suppressed Yandao earlier, the Great Zhou would never have developed so well. Now that the two countries are in conflict, it is too late for Li Jing to regret it, because he also needs money to fight, and the taxes paid by Yandao through the Chu border are also very important to him.

Because of this, Li Hongmao has also become very rich. Because the first person to handle all the taxes in Yandao is Li Hongmao, and Li Hongmao also made a lot of money because of it.

Li Hongmao is rich, but at the same time, he also causes a lot of trouble. This is also the reason why Li Hongmao needs someone to protect him, because some people are jealous that he has made so much money, but they dare not oppose him openly.

As long as Li Hongmao dies, it will be a good thing for the entire Jiangxi region. Because most of the taxes collected by Li Hongmao from Yandao were still handed over to the imperial court, his biggest task when he came to Jiangxi was to disintegrate the Jiangxi forces, and he could not let them develop so unscrupulously, otherwise it would directly threaten Li Jing's royal power.

The Xijiang Festival made Yang Ying, the king of Zhennan, naturally dissatisfied with this state, and Yang Ying had been assassinated several times, but these assassins did not succeed.

Of course, Yang Ying knew that this was Li Jing's plan, and first sent Li Hongmao to occupy Chu and divide half of Jiangxi's forces, and then find someone to assassinate him. As long as Yang Ying dies, Li Hongmao will be able to cover the sky with one hand in Jiangxi, who would dare to say a word to him?

As long as this state is reached, half of the forces in the entire Southern Tang Dynasty will return to Li Jing's hands.

Yang Ying knew who sent the person who assassinated him, but he only dared to endure and did not dare to speak out, after all, it was the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, unless he wanted to rebel, he had to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Li Hongmao is just a straw bale, but he is not a fool. He also knew that Yang Ying wanted his life, but he didn't dare to make a move now. Once Yang Ying makes a move, then the two sides will not die.

At this time, the Great Zhou has sent troops to the Southern Tang Dynasty, although the Zhou army was blocked out of Shouzhou, but people with a little military literacy know very well that as long as Shouzhou is broken, then the entire Jiangnan region will open the door for the Zhou army, and who can stop the Zhou army from unifying the world at that time?

At this time, any side of the force was very important, they not only had to hold Shouzhou, but also had to prevent the Zhou army from bypassing Shouzhou and directly attacking Sizhou, Haozhou and other places. If the Zhou army succeeds, then the Zhou army's defense line can directly encircle Shouzhou, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken.

Until the critical moment, Li Jing couldn't show the last hole card, that is, the Southern Tang Water Army. At this time, it was necessary to stalemate with the Zhou army, and only resisting the offensive of the Zhou army was the best choice.

Li Jing is still very rational, at this time the weather is cold and winter, the effect of the naval attack is not great, and at this time the Zhou army occupies the pontoon bridge, can attack and retreat, and the naval army is limited by the water level, if the naval army loses, the Zhou army can almost ignore Shouzhou and directly enter Jinling.

Therefore, Li Jing wants to delay the time, and the Zhou army will retreat in the spring of next year, otherwise he will be able to kill them without leaving a piece of armor. As long as the navy is not limited by the water level, the Zhou army will definitely not be able to resist the might of the Southern Tang navy.

It's a critical moment, and some people like to take advantage of it. For example, Yang Ying, the king of Zhennan, if Yang Ying sent someone to assassinate Li Hongmao at this time, in order to protect the Jiangshan Sheji of Tangnan, Li Jing would not investigate the matter thoroughly. After delaying for a while, it is impossible for Li Jing to settle accounts with Yang Yingqiu.

So this is also Li Hongmao's most dangerous moment, not to mention a thousand taels of gold, even if it is ten thousand taels of gold to protect him through this half a year, it is negotiable, as long as the person who protects him has real materials, Li Hongmao will never mind giving more money.

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