In Song Wen's heart, what he cares most about is whether he can have a big fortress that he can completely control! Just like Zengtou City and Zhujiazhuang... As long as you have money and people with food and equipment, you can secretly raise thousands of soldiers and horses.
!A proper little local emperor...
Song Wen stood up, solemnly raised his hands and said: "Since I have been supported by the Lord Registrar, Song will do his best to share the Lord's worries and solve the problems for the people of Taoshan County... As long as Song can clean up the village soldiers in Qingshan Village, the Chief Registrar will
Your Excellency, please take care of my worries... it is our duty to suppress the bandits!"
A word of worry vaguely brings out Song Wen's relationship with Sun Xianwei and the Daqingshan thieves. It is also testing whether Master Meng wants to fully investigate Sun Xianwei's guilt...
Chief Meng nodded and said with a smile: "Taoshan County is lucky to have the capital of Song Dynasty... As for worries about the future, alas! Sun County Lieutenant should also be able to guard the city and clean up the place. In addition... although the local officials do not have to observe the three-year rule,
It’s a rule of thumb, but Sun Xianwei may have to change places to serve the court..."
Song Wen suddenly felt a little more confident, and continued: "I have heard a little about the Daqing Mountain thieves' humble position. They held nearly five hundred people and more than a hundred soldiers hostage. The three thieves' leaders occupying three hills are very arrogant, and they can't do it."
The information is extremely well-informed. Once there are state troops passing through Daqingshan or intending to suppress bandits, they will immediately move around... The place where the four roads meet really makes it difficult for the government to coordinate and work together to exterminate them, so... I am afraid it will take a long time to prepare.
It is possible to succeed in one battle!”
Chief Meng frowned, and Song Wen continued: "The rural soldiers in Qingshan Village are not yet experienced enough, and they are also short of food, grass, and equipment. Therefore, humble positions require time, and there are sites and camps where soldiers and horses can be trained... Since the county government has money and food
If it's not enough, I'd probably have to open a few shops for a humble job and then use rural soldiers as escorts to do business in other places. Firstly, they are trafficked and used to raise soldiers, and secondly, they can train the rural soldiers to accumulate experience and courage."
Chief Meng hesitated for a moment and asked with a hint of dissatisfaction: "If I give you the 400 acres of mountain land behind Qingshan Village, the 300 acres of slope land on the west side, and the area near the river valley, will it be enough for you?"
Song Wen was overjoyed... "Thank you, sir, for your help. It's enough!"
"It's easy to start a business. All the official procedures can be simplified...but you have to give me an accurate time! How long will it take to start the war against Qingshan Village?"
Song Wen's eyes flickered... "One and a half years, no more than two years at most! Within these two years, the subordinates will use the caravan as a guide to gradually block the routes in and out of Daqingshan for the refugees, and they can even recruit the refugees to work in the fields before them.
Or you can work in a workshop to support your family. This way you can prevent the Daqingshan thieves from growing further... Secondly, it can also give you one more political achievement of taking care of and settling the refugees to share the worries of the imperial court!"
Master Meng's eyes lit up! This Song Wen... is indeed a smart man who has worked for the hidden minister Liang Shi in Chengdu. This idea is really not simple! It seems that if he can really support him to grow big quickly, then he can use him
The hope of gaining merit and promotion is huge! Coupled with the fact that this kind of character is good at dancing, there will be no less practical benefits that he can get in the future! Not bad...it is indeed good!
Chief Meng nodded with a smile, patted the armrest of the seat and stood up... "I have indeed seen the right person! Song Wen... train your troops well and save money and food. If you can really annihilate them within a year and a half,
The thieves in Daqingshan will recruit a few more groups of refugees... I will at least guarantee you a county inspection position!"
Song Wen stood up and bowed his hands in salute: "Please wait and see!"
"Okay! Hahahaha... You go down and get ready. Taoshan County... and the county captain, I will make arrangements! You don't have to worry..."
"I understand, I will resign now... Your Excellency, please rest early. Anyone in Taoshan County can live without you, but I am indispensable to you!"
"Hehehe...go!"
Quietly, the rural soldiers in Qingshan Village seemed to have fallen silent after shocking Taoshan County. Taoshan County was still very poor, but the few thieves and scoundrels from the county town to Qingshan Village had become more honest. Then
Gang Leng Tou Qing really dares to kill people. Who dares to get into trouble?
Two shops were bought by Song Wen, one dealing in grain and the other dealing in cloth and medicinal materials. People from the prefecture and the Shuaisi came down to inspect Taoshan County's military achievements in suppressing bandits and left with great satisfaction.
The chief registrar and the county lieutenant were all commended, and it is said that a reward of 500 guan was specially allocated. However, Song Wen did not see a penny. He only received a bronze waist medal from the capital of Taoshan County, plus an old horse.
horse.
The old horse was thrown to the grain dealer to pull the cart. Song Wen left An Chun to look after the county's property and took the village soldiers back to Qingshan Village.
There is a sense of confidence in Qingshan Village now... Although he is not a regular army, his husband is also a real official in the imperial court. The Qingshan Battalion can now go out to practice with the entire army with their chests held high and their heads raised swaggering.
In fact, the profits of these newly opened businesses are very limited. Song Wen's purpose is only to control the collection of materials, especially grains that can be used to brew spirits in large quantities... The official sales of liquor in the Song Dynasty are strictly controlled, and Song Wen has already begun to make plans to open another restaurant.
It was a cover for his moonshine brewing.
Old Ghost Wang had a good life, and his two young followers had learned to be smooth-tongued and smart. Song Wen planned to place the three of them in Taoshan County, firstly to take over An Chun's business, and secondly to collect information and communicate with the county government.
two officials dealing with each other.
Old ghost Wang is also a little eager to try. He has been cheating and abducting for most of his life. It is really a bit frustrating to be a teacher in a small village.
Fortunately, Song Wen now has no shortage of accountants. Sun Mou and his old mother are living here happily. Several low-key commercial firms outside will deliver their account books every three months. Sun Mou will check them carefully before reporting the profits and losses to him.
Song Wen.
Song Wen looked a little ugly today, sitting on a chair and playing with the short knife that Brother Yelu Shan left for him...
"Mr. Sun, it seems that excluding the newly opened businesses in Taoshan County in the past six months, the other four commercial banks have only made a profit of more than 900 yuan?"
Sun Mou nodded and replied stammeringly: "If...if...if we include...the money that Daming Mansion spent on making arrangements...I'm afraid we will still lose three hundred taels!"
Song Wen sighed...
It’s so difficult! The people I sent out to do business were all the older teapot turtles who followed me from Wazi Street. These people are good at picking up and sending people, but when it comes to large-scale business
Trading is no longer possible.
Loyalty is just that, Song Wen doesn't believe it if they don't secretly take advantage of the situation... But after all, it's better than those who rashly hire people on a temporary basis.
After thinking for a long time, Song Wen felt that he had to change the status quo...otherwise, all the capital he had saved so easily would be wasted little by little!
"Erlang...how many of the men who came out from Bianliang with me are still in the village?"
"Brother, there are more than thirty of those people. They are older and their work is a bit difficult...but..."
Song Wen sighed. These people were all the old people who followed him on Wazi Street. They were afraid of being liquidated by Zixuan Tower so they followed him out... Now it was impossible for him to open a brothel, so it would be a bit awkward for these people to do anything.
Song Wen asked doubtfully: "But what? They didn't have any complaints last time I chatted with them?"
Li Erlang shook his head: "It's not a complaint. There were seven or eight older ladies who left Bianliang with my brother. These people knew some tricks, and now they have become seven couples... I want to find an opportunity.
Tell your brother that you want to get married, start a business and live a good life!"
"Oh my god...these turtle guys will never be able to live without these ladies in their lives!"
The next day, Song Wen asked Li Erlang to call all these people into his small courtyard. There were a bunch of people standing there, a group of men and a group of women, all of them looked downcast and a little guilty. Song Wen said with a smile:
"My wife is already here, so what's there to be embarrassed about? Are you worried about starting a family and starting a career?"
Several young turtle masters looked at each other, and then they all knelt down and said to Song Wen: "Mr. Lang... we are really ashamed of you. We can't even take care of the crops after leaving Bianliang... This one
I'm a country soldier at this age and I can't keep up with those good young men! I can't share my worries with my husband and I have to let him spend money to support me... How can I have the nerve to mention this kind of thing to you?" This chapter has been completed!