Section 262 A handful of copper coins
The merchants retreated, and Liu An turned his head: "Fan Si, write a letter to Qiongya for his teacher, telling them that the salt field is not limited."
"yes!"
"I will write to Mr. Feng again, telling him that the Liao Kingdom will soon restrict the Liao people from selling horses, and ask Mr. Feng to prepare a solution in advance. Please allow Mr. Feng to arrange for you to collect cows in unlimited quantities."
"Yes!" Fan Zhongyan said to Liu An after writing: "Teacher, the student wants to make up for it."
"speak!"
"Can you send someone to do it carefully and encourage the Liao people to steal horses?"
"Okay!" Liu An himself didn't expect this. Fan Zhongyan was only thirteen years old, so he was really amazing.
Zhao You didn't understand, and Zhao You asked, "Fourth brother, who can the Liao people rob? If they rob our horses, won't we have trouble?"
"Your Highness, the Liao people go to steal the horses of the Jurchens and go to the horses of the Mongolian tribes."
"But what are the benefits for us?"
"The Jurchens and Mongolia all regard the Liao people as their mortal enemies. When one day the Liao people could not hold on, it would be when our Song Dynasty raised another army to take back all the sixteen states of Yanyun." After saying that, Fan Zhongyan bowed to Liu An: "Teacher, what the students said is correct."
Liu An nodded: "Yes, but that may be the time when we destroyed Liao. I know there is a secret warehouse in the court, originally named Fengzunku, and now it is an internal warehouse. I guess there should be a lot of money."
How much money is in this in-house warehouse? People who know it in the court do not exceed the number of palms.
Liu An was already very satisfied with this battle against Liao. He won Datong City and a quarter of Youzhou. These were all small. The real big head was that Liu An was respected by the military.
And, when Zhao You looked at Liu An's glittering eyes, it was endless worship.
At the same time, it also made Liu An discover that the civil servant group of the Song Dynasty was not all cowardly, but also cruel.
Of course, there are also very treacherous ones.
For example, Wang Sizong in Yunneizhou at this time.
After personally seeing the first batch of copper ingots refined from ores, this Song Dynasty's No. 1 poisonous tongue did something very awesome.
Inside the prisoner-of-war camp.
Wang Sizong squatted under a tree, looking at his Liao army's thousand households with a cold face, and called him Meng'an by the Liao army.
Wang Sizong grabbed a handful of copper coins and scattered them in front of this person.
Then the second one.
The third hand.
"Second B, think about who threw you on the battlefield and let you die, who brought you back to heal your wounds and let you live. What my little Tanhua wants is not a prisoner of war, but a warrior."
The Khitan man still didn't say anything and had a cold face.
Wang Sizong would not give up like this and continued, "I know that there are 300,000 Datong Army and 70,000 prisoners of war in Datong City. There should be no less than Qingzheng who fled. However, according to the detailed works of Shangjing and Zhongjing, these people were not found hiding there."
Shihua B finally spoke: "The main general was killed in battle, the deputy general was captured, all the nobles were killed, all the generals were killed, and those who were in the army would become slaves when they returned, and they were waiting for the opportunity."
This time, Wang Sizong scattered a handful of silver beans on the ground: "Why are you waiting for?"
"Or go west and seize the territory that the grassland tribe can give itself a survival place. Or have the opportunity to go south and grab Datong and have a chance to survive."
"Come here, serve wine and food." Wang Sizong sat side by side with Room B this time.
The wine and food that had been prepared long ago were delivered. The room B, which had only been half injured, was directly filled with half a bottle of wine, grabbed a piece of mutton and started gnawing.
Wang Sizong said from the side: "Xiao Yi, look at my Song army, who has military pay, and has also given military uniforms and weapons. They have pensions when they die, and someone is cured when they are injured. You called these people and surrendered them in secret."
"benefit!"
"A hundred people surrender. If you send someone to my warehouse to carry the money, you will be rewarded as much as you carry."
"How do you place these people?"
Wang Sizong's old face, like a tree bark, was already smiling: "I don't care about the placement of this matter, but with my little Tanhua's methods, these people are of great use, and you are of great use."
Shihua Yi stared at Wang Sizong: "You don't say anything at all, I'm not easy to deal with!"
Wang Sizong thought for a moment and said, "Let me tell you this, is Xiao Tanhua cruel enough?"
"He is the eagle on the grassland, and even King Liang was defeated by him. He is very powerful."
"Right, Xiao Tanhua has a job, Xizhou, Liugu, Dangxiang is preparing to hold a competition. He does not use weapons but only fists and feet. He will fight until one side cannot stand up. He is making this job. At present, Xizhou is not satisfied with it. They only send 5,000 elite soldiers. I will give you three thousand troops, and the rest will be won by fists."
Room B's eyes were a little shiny.
Wang Sizong lowered his voice and said, "Every thousand people protect two ships of copper a year."
"How big is the ship?"
"Five hundred materials!"
"Done."
One material from the Song Dynasty corresponds to the displacement of 0.33 tons, and five hundred materials are close to two hundred tons. If converted into copper coins, it is 50,000 jin.
Then, every 10,000 people have a net income of 100,000 yuan per year, which is a huge wealth for the poor and miserable Liao people.
The per capita annual income of the Liao people is only a few cents of money. Compared with the income of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty who earned more than 40 cents of money per month, and the income of outstanding masters who earned more than 40 cents of money per month, they were too poor.
"Drink less, the injury has not healed yet." Wang Sizong gently patted Room B, laughing and rubbed his hands and walked back. He was about to write a letter to Liu An.
To deal with these Liao people, not only will there be a group of young and strong people, but there will be many more horses.
But what does Liu An need for cavalry?
After Wang Sizong asked about this in the letter, he burned the newly written letter directly, and then took the new paper and wrote another letter.
He intends to pretend to be confused.
In fact, it is not only Wang Sizong who pretends to be confused.
Zhang Qixian is actually a master who pretends to be confused. Not only can he pretend, but he is also ruthless.
At night, Liu An came out of the yard where Zhao You was resting after confirming that Zhao You had fallen asleep. More than ten officials had reported it with official documents. Anping Bo Liu An took good care of His Highness King Zhou, etc.
Standing at the door of Zhao You's yard, Zhang Qixian had been waiting here for half an hour.
"Mr. Zhang!"
“Are there any midnight snacks?”
"Of course! I don't know if Mr. Zhang likes it."
"It's very good." Zhang Qixian accompanied Liu An to another courtyard with a smile.
There are already late-night snacks here, and there is no one except Liu An and Zhang Qixian.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Qixian said: "In this case of corruption, only a few fish and shrimp were caught. I was a decent minister to capture a few eighth-rank officials. It was a bit ridiculous if this matter spread."
"I have one plan! No, two plans."
"As long as it works, one trick is enough."
Liu An poured wine for Zhang Qixian: "One of the first plan is to measure the land."
Liu An just mentioned this, and Zhang Qixian and so brilliant thought of a specific plan in an instant. Zhang Qixian slapped his head gently: "Why did you forget such a big thing?"
Chapter completed!