Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 418 Song Jiang's Adventurous Scheme to Conquer Khitan 【Subscription】

On a rainy day in June, a light four-wheeled carriage drove into Yidu City under the escort of a team of cavalry.

Inside the carriage, Song Sanlang was wearing unlined clothes, sweating profusely.Don't think that if it rains today, he won't be hot.

Driving into the city gate, although it was raining, none of the shops on both sides of the street were closed.There was a seductive aroma coming from the restaurants and restaurants, and there was the evocative voice of a singer singing. Although the bustling market was not as usual, Song Jiang's guards on both sides of the vehicle were too dazzled to see it.

Song Jiang was also looking around and found that Yidu City was more prosperous now than when he went south.

However, his mind was not on this prosperous market at all, but on the mansion that symbolized Qilu's power.

As early as when he was still training in Songjiazhuang, Jeju, he heard battle reports one after another. The Fangla army captured Jinling City, and the Liangshan army also captured Yangzhou in the south and Cangzhou in the north.Suddenly they were face to face with the Liao Kingdom.Lu Qian set up the Huainan Province, and Guo Yong, the former censor of Zuodu, was the first governor; Chen Guan, the former governor of Huainan, was promoted to the middle of the court as the Minister of Rites, stationed in Cangzhou, and faced the Liao Kingdom directly.The position of the prefect of Cangzhou is still vacant, and Chai Jin is only temporarily appeased. The latter followed Lu Qian's idea and set up a large warehouse in Niguzhai to connect the north and the south. This is not a questionable place.

The former is purely a trade zone, and the rules and regulations are completely different from the old ones, and everything is handled according to the transaction.To carry out the law of the Liangshan Army, you must not buy or sell by force, you must not fight, and you must not commit murder or hurt others. Everything is like a market in the hinterland. The rules and regulations seem to be impartial, but in fact it is true and false, and the benevolent See you.

When this news came out, countless people discussed it.Most people are not optimistic about it, because the Liao people are arrogant.And it's even worse because it's close to the Liao Kingdom.

But Song Jiang felt that this trade zone was feasible.Because the rules here are much easier than those in the trading market. You must know that in the trading market between Song, Liao, Song and Xia, the government has limited trading rights, and small merchants need ten people to make a guarantee, and each time they bring half of the goods to the other party's trading market. .The big merchants were arrested, waiting for the other party to come to pay tribute.

There are officials to assess the grade of goods, solicit delivery, and collect dental taxes.The trickiness here is too big.Moreover, both parties to the transaction must be mediated by officials, and no direct contact is allowed.

Under such shackles, Zhao Song can still collect 50 million guan in commercial tax a year. It can only be said that the mutual trade between each other is really frequent.

And now this trade zone does not seem to have much insurance, but it is free.Merchants from the two countries have face-to-face conversations and get what they need. As long as they pay taxes and abide by the law, they can flow smoothly.And the business opportunities inside are too great.

For food, Lu Qian took out bags of food and took out the food that the Liao army was in short supply.As far as Song Jiang knew, just like that, the Liangshan Army easily exchanged thousands of war horses from the Liao Army on the opposite side.

But when Song Jiang set off from Yuncheng to the east and arrived in Jinan, he heard another news.But Daqi reached an agreement with the Liao Kingdom, and [-] shi of grain was exchanged for a war horse from the Liao people.Immediately I sighed: What a huge profit.

In the Song Dynasty, this good horse was like a luxury car in the later generations. It was expensive, and a qualified war horse was worth a hundred guan.

You must know that the height of the first-class horses I love is four feet seven inches, and there are six grades for buying horses from four feet seven inches to four feet two inches.That is, between 1.5 meters and 1.3 meters five in later generations.This height is not low. "Zhou Li" records: "A dragon above eight feet, a scorpion above seven feet, and a horse above six feet." In the Spring and Autumn Period, one foot was about 23 centimeters in later generations, and six feet was about 140 centimeters. It is about 14 palms.In the Han Dynasty, horses with a shoulder height of more than six feet were prohibited from leaving the customs.Therefore, a horse of such a height can really be called a war horse.Liang Shanjun's standard for buying horses was four feet and five inches, which was half an inch higher than 140 in conversion.

And it's up to you whether you like it or not.

A large amount of grain was piled up in the Cangzhou trade zone, and they could be exchanged for horses if they wanted it.If you don't want to hand over horses, but also need food, that's fine.Take a knife and a gun to compete? !Does the Liao Kingdom still have the strength to come south to make trouble?
As far as Song Jiang knew, the jade unicorn who had been stationed by the waterside had already led a fine horse towards Cangzhou.At the same time, his trip to Yidu, and his future future is also related to the rest of Cangzhou.

"Brother Wu, walk slowly, and take a few steps with me..."

"The coachman stops." A voice sounded from outside the carriage, "Brother Lu? I haven't seen you for a few days, but are you okay? Why are you staying here?"

"My little brother went to Tianlu Pavilion to study yesterday. I didn't want to forget the time. When I came out, it was already raining. The notes in my arms couldn't withstand the rain, so I had to stay nearby for one night. I got up early today, and I took advantage of the rain to stop. Return to the residence. I saw the signboard in the bookstore again, and I have been stranded until now. Now, I can’t find a car or horse.”

"So that's it. Did Brother Lu get the mock test paper collection of the Imperial College? Brother Wu and I drank a few drinks yesterday. We got up late today and went to three bookstores to get a copy." Another voice came loudly.

"If you don't get it again, it's my bad luck that brought me this bad luck..."

The carriage rolled over the stone slab, interlaced with Song Jiang's carriages and horses.Through the window, he could still clearly see the youthful faces of three young men of about the same age in the two small old-fashioned red-covered two-wheeled carriages.

"It's indeed the scholar who will refer to this year's science." Song Gongming heheed inexplicably.

Tianlu Pavilion is a library, which stores many classics, most of which were obtained by the Liangshan Army from conquering various places. There should not be too many classics in Tokyo City and Yingtianfu City.It can be said to be vast and overwhelming.Nowadays, many people from Qilu Shilin are soaking in it all day long.

But the set of mock test papers accurately exposed the other party's identity.After confirming the other party's identity, he suddenly felt a sense of pride and superiority.

Scholars, what will happen if you pass the scientific examination?Not like you are below me?And I think that back then, Song Jiang also studied poetry and books, but he was not even qualified to apply for reference.Without Liang Shanbo, Hei Sanlang narrowed his eyes. For a moment, he thought of Shi Wenbin and his experience as an escort in Yuncheng County. How boring it would be!

After arriving at the guest house for a day of rest, the next morning, the sky had cleared up.Song Jiang strode out of the room in a black official robe.Taking a deep breath of fresh air, Heisaburo felt his whole spirit lifted.There are still some drops of water falling from the eaves of the vestibule, and the flowers in the flower garden are covered with crystal water droplets.The rain makes the flowers more tender.

Song Gongming, who was dressed in an official robe, was getting darker, but his whole demeanor was also more solemn.Wearing a beam crown on his head, a jade belt around his waist, and a long sword, people forget that he is short in a trance.

Lu Qian was an official system, civil officials Shangxuan, military officials Fufei.All according to the Han system.

There are no red, green, blue, or purple, and there will be no beasts in clothes.Civil and military officials are all equipped with swords, and they choose according to their own choice.Except for disarming soldiers when entering Fengtian Hall, all the people in the Hall of Martial Arts had weapons hanging from their waists.

"The minister Song Jiang pays homage to the king."

In the Wenhua Palace, Lu Qian summoned Song Jiang here.This hall is smaller than the Hall of Martial Arts, and it was built together with the Hall of Martial Arts.And the purpose is also very clear, it is the place to meet civil servants and convene important cabinet ministers to discuss matters.

"Get up quickly, Gongming. I made a mistake in the past, which taught you to mourn, and you will regret it afterwards. Is your brother still in good health?" Seeing the pillar of energy above Song Jiang's head, Lu Qian was satisfied.No matter what this guy did before, he is still loyal to him now.It seems that his performance in front of Chao Gai was not in vain, this Hei Saburo believed it to some extent.It's not in vain that Lu Qian pulled Song Gongming out of Jeju, and once again set up an example of his loyalty.In this way, Lu Qian's tone of intimacy has increased to another level.At the same time, it was really decided that he would go to Cangzhou to take up the post.

Still don't call this "timely rain" Baoyi, but he is the censor for everything.It's so embarrassing, and it's so blatant.

After a conversation full of intimacy, Song Jiang's loyalty suddenly rose to a higher level.He had heard Chao Gai say this in Huainan earlier, and then Lu Qian went home to retire temporarily as his servant of the Ministry of War, and what was written in the document was also very sincere.Now that Song Jiang and Lu Qian met like this, feeling Lu Qian's attitude, he felt more at ease.

"When Cangzhou takes office, the focus is on the northern land rather than the other soldiers and horses in Hebei. The latter are rotten like wood and mud, and they are not worth mentioning." Tong Guanbu, who has only a little strength, has already rushed to the daimyo, and even Zhang Suodu brought his troops followed.What else does the Cangzhou Department have to fear?

Are you afraid of the Baoding Army and the Forbidden Army garrisoned in Qingzhou?ridiculous.

As Lu Qian spoke, he asked someone to hang up a new topographic map, which was the border of Liao and Jin. "Now that the Khitan has been severely injured by Jurchen many times, and has lost the important iron-making land in Liaodong. Food, fodder, soldiers and armor are scarce, and they are asking for me. Our army is short of horses, so we are asking for him. Cooperation will benefit both."

Song Jiang looked at the map in front of him and was taken aback, "Nanjing Road is the foundation of the Liao Kingdom, how did that generation kill so much?" It was never expected that Khitan would be defeated so badly, and the Jurchens were called to fight on Nanjing Road. The gate is open.

"There should be three or two years to prepare for the war. This Jurchen is a small clan, and the whale has swallowed the land of Liaodong. If the snake swallows the elephant, if there is no time to absorb and digest it, how can it move again?" Lu Qian pointed at Yizhou. "Based on Khitan's background, there will be three or two years to recuperate. How can we not pull out a strong army? Even if we can't destroy Jurchen for a while, we should be able to resist it. It's a pity that the sky wants to destroy Liao, and this year there is a severe drought in Liao , all the states are famine, a bucket of millet is worth a few horses of silk, and the common people have reached the miserable situation of plundering people for food."

"In this way, all the men from various states rose up, and half of Nanjing Road was in chaos." Nahuo Sixth Brother captured Haibei Prefecture, and then went to Yizhou (west of Naiman Banner of the Zhelim League) to protect the return of King Xi of Liao. Defeated.But we can also see the chaos in Liaodi.The latest news is that some soldiers and civilians on the border between Liao and Jin have turned to the Jurchens.

"It's true that Khitan will be destroyed." Song Jiang listened to Lu Qian's narration, and it involved a lot of important information in the North, all of which were obtained through the hard work of the spy department, and also obtained from Cangzhou.Hei Sanlang suddenly felt that this Khitan, this Daliao, this great enemy who suppressed the Northern Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, was really about to end.

"There is a shortage of food in the North, and refugees will flood into Cangzhou sooner or later. If you want to come to Liao Army, they will not stop you. If you work in Cangzhou, the trade field is one of them. Gathering refugees and knowing the reality of Liao is the second. Traffic Liao People, although the Ministry of Rites is the main thing, you have to try to do it. People say that the tree falls and the monkeys scatter, don't you know that the golden wind is not moving before the cicadas are aware of it." Like Zhao Liangsi and others, Lu Qian never believed that Khitan only this one.

Song Jiang Weiwei obeyed and praised Lu Qian for taking precautions.But in his heart, he felt that he should come up with a plan that would make even Lu Qian stand out, so that he could show his abilities.Returning to the hotel, shutting the door and thinking hard all night, he went back to the palace the next day to see Lu Qian.

"Your Majesty, I received a letter from the officials of the trade zone last night. Although the Khitan is down and out now, it is still savage to the people of the Central Plains. Those people have been suppressing the Central Plains for a hundred years, and they are arrogant. Even if they are defeated by the Jurchens, they are not in principle among me." Heart-wrenching." This is a kind of thinking that although I have been angry outside, your father is still your father.Song Jiang summed it up well.

Not long after the trade zone opened, there were many Khitan people making trouble.Even when the two countries traded food and horses, those Liao soldiers were very arrogant.Xu Ning, who sits there, has a good temper, but he doesn't give up on this point, but this trade zone is for business after all, so it's not legal to fight like this.

"The minister thought hard for a long time at night, and came up with a plan that would destroy the spirit of the Liao people and destroy the spirit of the Liao people."

(End of this chapter)