Chapter 330: A Daughter's Plan
How can a person not bow his head under the low eaves? Even Song Yan, the owner of the Song Valve, is no exception; since Liu Chong became emperor, the Song Valve has been under the jurisdiction of Liu Chong, and has nothing to do with Guo Wei. Song Yan also helped Guo Wei when he sent troops, which made Liu Chong very unhappy.
In order to allow Song to survive, Song Yan had no choice but to agree to Liu Chong's request to let all the troops in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun return to Taiyuan, and also accepted Liu Chong's canonization, and now Song Yan is the king of the Northern Han Dynasty. Zhao Jing naturally didn't have to give this unjust money anymore, because Song Valve no longer belonged to the Great Zhou, and Song Yan's dispatch of troops to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun should be supported by Liu Chong, and Liu Chong's unwillingness to support it had nothing to do with Zhao Jing.
The hearts of the people in the world are the most important, and Zhao Jing cares about this very much. After all, in order to win the hearts of the people, Zhao Valve did not know how to send countless gold and silver treasures to Song Valve every month to support them in sending troops to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Now that there is an excuse that everyone in the world can accept, Zhao Jing is very happy.
Originally, Zhao Jing did not plan to continue to give money for a long time, because of the Khitan civil strife, there was no need to continue the matter of sending troops to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. But in order not to offend Song Yan, the money was still given for a few more months, and now Zhao Jing no longer gives money, and Song Yan has nothing to say.
This is a great disaster for the Song Valve, who has almost no income, but with the support of the Zhao Valve, he is still rich and rivals. But now that the situation has changed, there is no doubt that Song Valve will soon decline after he has no income.
Maybe Song Yan can keep some of his power with the title of King of the Southern Han Dynasty, but at most he can only raise a few thousand soldiers and horses, and he can't afford to raise any more. Although Song Valve is not poor now, after having no income, Song Yan must find a way to save expenses and do everything he can to make money.
To fight a war is to fight for money, and without money a soldier will not sell his life for himself, everyone understands this. Song Yan hated himself for cooperating with people like Zhao Jing, and also hated himself for being content with pleasure all these years, not working hard to develop other careers, and attaching all the economic lifelines to Zhao Jing, the number one person in the world, which was originally a mistake.
Song Yan knew that he was not Lei Hong, and if it was Song Wangfu, he was afraid that even a small festival envoy would not take himself seriously. So Song Yan had to find a way to get money.
Now Song Yan can only think of one way, unless Zongxin Yandao's business can take a part of the profits to himself, otherwise Song Valve will fall.
The first person to foresee this crisis was the demon concubine Yaochi, Yaochi came to Guo Wei's side without reservation, helped Guo Wei's family to treat Gu poison, and did not hesitate to stay away from Song Valve and Murong Yanzhao to fight for the sake of Song Yan's future development and a better future for Song Valve.
As a result, Song Yan didn't expect Zhao Jing to have this trick at that time, and he didn't support Yao Chi's behavior. As a result, Guo Wei really became the emperor, and at that time, Song Yan went to Guo Wei for help again, which was just the icing on the cake, and Guo Wei was not grateful. However, Yaochi helped Guo Wei a lot, and also helped to save the life of Queen Yang Shu, otherwise Yang Shu would not have been able to survive Zong Xin's return.
Yaochi's efforts may have been of great help to the Song Dynasty, but Liu Chong's proclamation as emperor in Taiyuan completely disrupted Yaochi's plans. Song Yan was forced to accept Liu Chong's reward due to the situation and became the king of the Northern Han Dynasty. Even if Guo Wei was the emperor of the Great Zhou, it was impossible for him to pay for the prince of the Northern Han Dynasty, and sure enough, it was Liu Chong's old man who made a plan for Yaochi fall through.
Now Song Valve doesn't know how long it can last, and Song Qianqian is also anxious. She didn't care about the Great Zhou Beihan, she just wanted Song Valve to continue to operate, but if she continued like this, Song Valve wouldn't last long at all. The soldiers need money for food, money for weapons and armor, and money for military salaries, grain and grass, so we can't let the soldiers of the Song Dynasty fight hungry.
Although Song Valve is not poor now, it is certain that Song Valve will become poorer and poorer. Unless you can get a lot of income, and Song Qianqian and Song Yan have similar ideas, the most profitable business in the world is Zongxin's Salt Island, if you can find a way to get a piece of the pie in Salt Island, you can sit back and relax.
But what Zhao Kuangyin said was right, Song Valve didn't help the sale of Yandao at all, why did they share the profits of Yandao? Song Qianqian would never lower his status to beg that brother-in-law unless he had to, and now seeing Zhao Kuangyin, he felt that if he could get his share of the benefits, maybe it would be okay.
If you want to take away so much money from someone surnamed Zhao, I'm afraid it's even more difficult than ascending to the sky. However, there will always be some way, and since the relationship between Song Valve and Zongxin is so close, it is not impossible to profit from it.
"The surname is Zhao, you have to pay more money than Li Jing to do business in Datang, and you have to give Guo Wei money to do business in Dazhou, if you want to do business in the Northern Han Dynasty, do you also have to give the money to Liu Chong?" Song Qianqian grasped the key point and stared at Zhao Kuangyin deadly.
Zhao Kuangyin took a deep breath and said, "What do you mean?"
"Now that Liu Chong is the emperor, I am afraid that it will not be easy for your salt to be transported to the Northern Han Dynasty. There are mountains and no water in the Northern Han Dynasty, and the transportation of salt depends on the power of people and horses. However, all the salt in the Northern Han Dynasty has to go through the south, and we can distribute it. ”
Zhao Kuangyin immediately understood what Song Qianqian meant, it was impossible for Song Valve to directly divide the money, but if he wanted to make some hard-earned money, it was not impossible. Distributed from Baiyunzhuang to all parts of the world, Song Qianqian wanted to take all the salt shipped to the Northern Han Dynasty, but they could profit from it and become the largest salt distributor in the Northern Han Dynasty, although the money earned by doing so was not as much as Baiyunfei, and it was not easy to send people to transport the salt from Datang to Taiyuan.
However, if Song Valve becomes the largest salt distributor in the Northern Han Dynasty, in addition to the principal and taxes, as well as the freight along the way, the money Song Valve makes is still an astronomical amount. Although this money is not enough to support the operation of the entire Song Valve, it can at least alleviate the temporary embarrassment, so that the Song Valve has more time to think of a way, and after a lesson, the Song Valve will naturally think of more ways to make money, and will never entrust his fate in the hands of another person.
Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said: "I can make the decision in this matter, as long as I don't mention the matter of dividing the money." If you Song Valve are willing to do this business, we will not be worried. In this way, you directly send someone to Baiyunzhuang to pick up the goods, I will write a handwritten letter to Bai Yunfei, you don't need to pay for the first delivery, but you have to make up for the money for the first delivery. Do you think that's okay?"
"It would be great if we could do that. Song Qianqian arched his hand and said, "Thank you Brother Zhao for your help, you are much better than my unscrupulous brother-in-law." My conscienceless brother-in-law has three wives, and you only found one now, is this elopement?"
"Don't talk nonsense...... I forgot to introduce, this is Song Qianqian, the eldest lady of Song Valve. Zhao Kuangyin said: "This Zhao girl has the same surname as me, and was captured by robbers when she visited relatives with her mother, and her mother also died of illness, and I was planning to send him back to Puzhou." After all, it is inconvenient for a weak woman to walk the rivers and lakes, and it is easy to encounter danger. ”
Song Qianqian was also taken aback, it was the first time that someone who had known Zhao Valve for so long had seen someone from Zhao Valve suffer such a loss. It is already a great kindness to save a person for no reason, and he is even ready to escort this woman home, Puzhou is thousands of miles away, Zhao Kuangyin is willing to send her home? Could it be that he has taken a fancy to this woman?
Song Qianqian shook her head, this woman's appearance is very ordinary, there is no shortage of stunning beauties around Zhao Kuangyin, and her vision will not be so bad. Of course, this girl is not ugly, but she is just a little short of a beauty. Since he didn't fall in love with this girl, Zhao Kuangyin was completely kind.
There are so many heroes in the world, but it is rare to have a heart like Zhao Kuangyin.
Song Qianqian said: "Little sister admires, I can't imagine that Brother Zhao is the real hero." My little sister has a thoughtful word, I don't know if I should say it or not. ”
"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it. ”
"Zhao Valve is strong, raising 100,000 soldiers, and now he has the income of Yandao, excluding the expenses of Song Valve, it will definitely be better than before. But ......" Song Qianqian said: "Zhao Valve will still fall into the hands of your eldest brother Zhao Kuangji in the end, and you won't get anything." Zhao Kuangji is 8 years older than you, and he is also a wizard in martial arts, so it may not be easy to surpass him in martial arts. You and Zhao Kuangji are not enemies, but they are opponents. Do you think it's appropriate to use your own money to support your opponent's soldiers?"
"Alas......" Zhao Kuangyin raised his glass and drank bitterly, and said with a long sigh: "Do you think I am willing? My grandfather snatched the 10% income from Lei Hong's hand, and I have no right to say a word at all." And after all, I am Zhao Valve's person, and doing so is also good for Zhao Valve. ”
"You can't say that, haven't you been following Zong Xin just to get ahead? If you don't have this money, how are you going to raise your eyebrows in Zhao Valve? I have a way for you to get back that one percent of the income to raise your own soldiers, and Zhao Jing still doesn't dare to say no. ”
"I want to hear about it. ”
Song Qianqian said: "The solution is actually very simple, you can learn from Zongxin, marry Guo Wei's daughter, and take the income of Yandao as a dowry to Guo Wei." Let Guo Wei make a gesture of robbery and force Zhao Valve to take the money. People are under the low eaves, how can they not bow their heads, my father Song Yan will bow his head to Liu Chong's straw bale, does your grandfather dare to be presumptuous in front of Guo Wei?"
"It's a good idea, but ...... Guo Wei has no daughter. ”
"Just let Guo Wei recognize a righteous daughter. Song Qianqian said: "This matter needs you to discuss with Guo Wei, I think Guo Wei has not long opened the country, there must be many places where money is needed, Guo Wei may not care about money before, but now he must have a headache for money." As long as Guo Wei nods and snatches back your 10% of the income, you will also have an explanation in front of Zhao Jing. Guo Wei casually crowned a princess, and you naturally became a concubine, with your own power, as long as you work hard, even if your Attached Horse Mansion is not as good as Zhao Valve, those people surnamed Zhao dare not look down on you. ”
Song Qianqian's words made Zhao Kuangyin very moved, and Guo Wei had a good chance that he would agree to this matter. After all, Zhao Valve's power is too great, and it would be a good thing if he could use this method to control the development of Zhao Valve. The relationship between himself and Guo Wei is also very good, as long as he secretly discusses with Guo Wei, no matter how the money is distributed, Guo Wei will agree. After all, this is money given away for free, and what Guo Wei lacks most now is money.