Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"The other party said it himself."

"The other party will tell you about this kind of head loss?"

"He wanted to cooperate with Caomin for a long time. Caomin knew many tea merchants in the south, and they all got tea quotations. Later, Caomin found out that after the tea was transported to the north, it passed through Zhang Jun's hands first."

Lu Qingliu glanced at Zhao Guan's house and saw that Zhao Guan's house didn't say anything, so he continued: "Later, that person talked with me about the sale of silk. In the first half of this year alone, he asked for [-] bolts of silk."

"And all of them were transported to the north?"

"Yes."

"It also passed through Zhang Jun's hand?"

"Yes."

"How can you be sure that it passed through Zhang Jun's hands?"

"Caomin sent someone to deliver the goods, and asked about it."

"Then how can you be sure that it is Jin Guoxizuo who is contacting you?" Zhao Ning asked carefully, "Maybe it's just an ordinary businessman, just like you, who wants to make money."

"Caomin also thought so at the beginning. Just over two months ago, the other party found Caomin again." Lu Qingliu said in surprise, "Guess what, he had a showdown with Caomin! He said he was a golden man. , as long as Cao Min cooperates with him, it is guaranteed to make a lot of money."

"How to cooperate?" Zhao Ning was indeed interested. He didn't expect that he would have such an unexpected harvest when he went south.

Secret operations are difficult to find, they are hidden very deeply. In this era, it is much more difficult to detect secret operations than in the 21st century.

Regarding what Lu Qingliu said, Zhao Ning held an attitude of neither doubting nor believing, and listened to him.

"He asked the grassroots to come to the south and spread the words that the imperial court would increase taxes on the south, and asked the grassroots to teach people to set up newspapers in Jiangling Prefecture, Hongzhou and other places, and also gave the grassroots 500 guan as hard work fees. As long as it goes well, This year there will be a big deal of [-] guan.”

"Why did he ask you to spread the word about raising taxes in the South, and why?"

"Cao Min doesn't know either, that's what he said." Lu Qingliu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and the cold sweat on his forehead, crying mournfully, "He also said that the Kingdom of Jin urgently needs a lot of tea and silk, which can make me a lot of money. I have worked with him for a long time.”

"What's his name?"

"He didn't say his name."

"Didn't say your name?"

"I didn't say it."

"That is to say, I asked you to find him, but you couldn't find him?"

"Caomin really can't find him, but when he wants to find Caomin next time, Caomin can help the court catch him."

Lu Qingliu almost said directly: Your Majesty, grass people are still useful, you can't kill grass people now.

Zhao Ning asked again: "You said before that your people transported the tea to the north, and the people who came to pick up the goods were Zhang Jun's people?"

"Yes Yes."

"Then what does your Excellency mean, that Zhang Jun also has contacts with the Jin people?"

"Yes! There must be!"

Chapter 503 Villagers Rush? (Second more)

"If there is no solid evidence, don't talk nonsense. It is a serious crime to slander the court officials."

Lu Qingliu originally planned to say that he had conclusive evidence, after all, it had been confirmed that the goods were handed over to Zhang Jun, but Zhao Guanjia said again: "I suddenly remembered, you really didn't buy land here."

Lu Qingliu was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, and said quickly: "Your Majesty is wise!"

"But you're collaborating with gold thieves, collaborating with enemies and traitorous countries, and destroying your clan, isn't it too much?"

"No... not too much..." Lu Qingliu felt like falling into an ice cellar again, but he still said, "But Caomin can help His Majesty find more secret works of the Kingdom of Jin."

"So you want me to spare your life?"

"Cao Min is willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty." Lu Qingliu knew that Zhao Guan's family had let go, but this did not mean that he was completely safe.

"What if I let you go and you turn around and run away?"

"Caomin can be regarded as a person with a lot of wealth in Yingtian Mansion. Where can Caomin go?"

"Compared to life, those family properties are nothing, you can turn around and hide."

"Your Majesty! Caomin has only one hobby in his life, which is to make money. Caomin wants to live a luxurious life when he makes money. Without money, Caomin is like those people outside who can't eat enough. He might as well die! Caomin knows that The hardships of life, Caomin grew up in a poor family, and his mother starved to death, Caomin swore that he would not live like that!"

"You can hide in the Kingdom of Jin, aren't you doing things for the Kingdom of Jin?"

"When the grass people hide in the Kingdom of Jin, the grass people are no longer useful. The Jin people are tigers and wolves. How can they pity the grass people?"

After a moment of silence, Zhao Ning said, "You know everything."

"Whatever His Majesty asks the Caomin to do, the Caomin will do!"

There was another silence, and after a while, Zhao Ning said: "It's getting late, Mr. Lu should go back quickly, it's not safe when it gets dark."

When Lu Qingliu heard this, tears flowed out of him in excitement, he had saved his life.

"Caomin thank you, Your Majesty!"

He turned and walked out quickly, but after taking a few steps, he walked back again.

"What?" Zhao Ning asked, "You don't want to live anymore?"

"No, no! Caomin just has doubts. If those secret agents from the Kingdom of Jin find Caomin again and ask Caomin what is going on in the south, how should Caomin answer, please show Your Majesty."

"Whatever the golden man asks you to do, you do it."

"This……"

"Otherwise, how can we catch more secret agents of Jinren?"

"Yes! Your Majesty is holy! The grassroots leave!"

After Lu Qingliu left, Zhao Ning said to Jing Chao: "You send someone back to the capital, and ask Gao Qiuan to insert someone next to Lu Qingliu and closely monitor him."

"Yes!"

After a short rest, Zhao Ning met Gao Shunlin, Marquis of Du Yu.

Holding Gao Shunlin's account book, he asked, "What is the origin of this Xie Wende who bought [-] mu in Changlin?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Xie family is a well-known wealthy family in Jiangling Mansion, and Xie Wende's father, Xie Zhongren, is a co-prefect of Jiangling Manor."

"Buying [-] mu in one go, I think this is not a small sum."

"To tell you the truth, those who can buy fields are basically family members of officials, or have a deep relationship with officials."

Gao Shunlin looks like a fair and upright official now.

"I see, for the sake of your meritorious service in reporting, you should be the Zhijun."

Gao Shunlin was stunned for a moment, and immediately knelt down: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will die!"

There is no way, the time is too short, and I can't find a more suitable person.

Send someone back to rectify it.

Zhao Ning didn't stay in Changlin. After letting Gao Shunlin take the position of Zhijun temporarily, he quickly went all the way south and entered Jiangling Mansion.

The bill in his hand is full of weight.

The big landlord who bought the land in Changlin involved more than a dozen people.

If this knife goes down, it is estimated that a large number of people will die.

On May [-], Zhao Ning arrived at the boundary of Jiangling Prefecture.

Looking around, there are endless fields.

The wheat is golden, and the farmers are in the fields harvesting, and in some places the harvest is over.

But the rice fields are still green.

In other places, farmers are working hard to open up wasteland.

This area is full of lakes, and looking up, the ponds are connected into one piece.

There are fishermen fishing in the lake, and children swimming in the hot sun.

This place, before the Tang and Song Dynasties, was still Yunmeng Guze, which is a large connected lake.

It is said that Dongting is eight hundred miles away, and Dongting Lake was only a part of Yunmeng Guze before Tang and Song Dynasties.

In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, almost half of Yunmeng Guze disappeared. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, most of the Jianghan Plain was exposed, forming a dotted array of small lakes.

This is why Hubei Province in later generations has the title of Province of Thousand Lakes.

It is also the reason why during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, although Chu State was big, it always wanted to go north.

Zhao Ning couldn't help feeling that this is indeed a good place to develop a granary.

If this place is fully developed, at least a quarter of the grain of the Song Dynasty can be supplied.

No wonder there was a proverb in the Ming Dynasty: Huguang is well cooked in the world.

Huguang here refers to Huguang Province. Huguang Province is not the two lakes and Guangdong. Huguang Province refers to Hubei and Hunan.

As for the proverb "Su Changshu is the best in the world", it comes from the Southern Song Dynasty, when Zhao Gou moved to the south and vigorously developed the Jiangnan area.

In Zhao Ning's grand strategy, economic crops will be promoted in the Jiangnan area to cooperate with the grand voyage trade.

The great voyage trade in this era was monopolized by the Arabs, and the profits were very lucrative.

As for the western strategy, it is natural to develop Sichuan and Sichuan.

Having said that, Jiangling Prefecture is densely populated and commercially developed, so it will definitely be the center of the central region in the future.

What was the status of the Jinghu two roads in the Song Dynasty in the past?

Records in Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan":

Jinghu South Road is 65 shi, and Jinghu North Road is 35 shi.

Look at Jiangnan East Road, 99 shi, and Jiangnan West Road, 120 shi.

Liangzhe Road 150 million stone.

These are sent to Tokyo, not the food left in the local area.

Compared with this, there are really few Jinghu Roads, but it did become the granary of the world in the Ming Dynasty.

Only by transforming here can Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhe Road be able to develop economic crops with peace of mind.

Moreover, because Jinghu North Road is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, grain can go down the Yangtze River and enter the canal in Jiangningfu (Jinling), so it can be transported by water.

Zhao Ning walked forward enthusiastically, attracting the attention of many people.

At this moment, there was a sudden knocking of a gong in front of him.

As soon as the common people heard the sound of the gong beating, they immediately came out of the wheat field and began to gather at the place where the gong was beating.

"Folks, the Wangjia Village next door has come to rob the river again. Last month, they robbed us of 1000 acres of land. The debt has not yet been settled, so they all took up arms!"

A little fat man shouted in a rough voice: "Let them know how powerful our Xiejia Village is!"

"Also, everyone should be ruthless as soon as possible. With official Xie guaranteeing us, it is nothing to kill some people! But if you dare to touch our land and water, they will die!"

His words incited everyone in an instant.

Chapter 504 Killing people with a list! (third change)

The crowd rushed towards the village like a torrent.

In the impression of people in the 21st century, the ancients must have been submissive at ordinary times, afraid of this and that, they were sheep domesticated by Confucianism.

However, don't forget that China is the country with the most peasant uprisings.

The history of ancient China is a history of wars of blood and fire.

Even in the enslaved Qing Dynasty, there were various private struggles among the people.

In the Song Dynasty, folks, especially in the countryside, except for armor and war horses, it was very common to have knives.

The Song Dynasty was another dynasty with clubs everywhere.

Why do those people who live a good life like to play clubs?

That's right, I learned from Song people.

Many people said that Xiaotian sent Tang envoys during the Tang Dynasty to express their respect for the Tang Dynasty.

Japan does respect the Tang Dynasty, but Japan most admires the Song Dynasty, and even sent folk women to the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years to borrow seeds from the people, just to go back and improve the race.