Chapter 308: Chen Qiao's Great Victory (4)
It has to be said that Yu Yin is now very different from the Yu Xiaoyi who had no support and no reputation when he was just starting out.
After three bloody battles between Guoqiao Town, Chaoyangmen and Chenqiao, Yu Yin has accumulated enough prestige.
He has risen in the market and is to some extent quite close to the people. With a lot of military achievements and the influence of the prince Zhao Chen behind him, he can naturally gain a foothold. Obtaining Zhao Chen's support is equivalent to receiving the support of a group of neutral ministers in the court. In addition, Yu Yin's previous humility also allowed him to gain a certain number of connections in the military...
I won’t say anything else, but I will talk about Yao Pingzhong.
Even though Yao Pingzhong had lost the battle in Moutuogang, he had to admit that there were also a large number of connections behind this person.
Yao Pingzhong was born into a general and his ancestral home is Wuyuan.
His grandfather Yao Yi was known for his bravery and was appointed as the Tongzhou Tuanjian Envoy.
Yao Pingzhong's eldest uncle Yao Xiong was also a powerful general. Later, he retired as the prosecutor of Sikong and the governor of Fengning Army. After his death, he posthumously awarded the title of Yitong Sansi of Kaifeng and was posthumously named Wu Xian, and had many disciples under his command. Yao Pingzhong's father Yao Gu, now he was appointed as the Hedong General Commander, and he was also a senior official in the court who controlled real power. It can be said that in the Song Dynasty, there were two prominent families in the founding of martial arts. One was the Zong family of Zhong Shidao, and the other was Yao Pingzhong's Yao family. According to the news revealed by Zhu Xuan, Zhao Huan, the official family of Zhao Huan, intends to transfer Yao Gu into the court and also in charge of the Privy Council.
Yao Pingzhong owed Yu Yin a favor, and Zhong Shidao also felt guilty towards Yu Yin.
The support of the two prominent families behind him made Yu Yin no longer have to be restrained in doing things like before. At least, now that he wants to reopen the prince's personal army and form a team, a large number of people will come to join him, just like Zhang Qi.
If Yu Yin was still the former Yu Yin, no matter how many military achievements were made, he might not be able to get to the eyes of Zhang Yan or Di Ke.
But now, it's really different.
A huge force appeared behind Yu Yin.
This force is centered on Prince Zhao Chen and is growing.
Zhao Chen's reputation was getting higher and higher by the publicity of the Song Dynasty Times Weekly. Many neutral officials were inadvertently approaching him.
The greater his strength, the more stable Yu Yin's status will be and the greater the influence will be.
This has become a virtuous cycle. Zhao Chen held the Song Dynasty Weekly in his hands, which was equivalent to controlling the mouthpiece of the Song Dynasty. Such a situation was the result that Yu Yin did not expect when he donated the Song Dynasty Weekly to Zhao Chen.
Anyway, this is a good thing.
The higher the reputation of Yu Yin and the greater the influence, more and more people will come closer.
Especially those talented people who are unsuccessful in the people will come to join us. Di Kedi asked Di Lei to join Yu Yin, which is enough to illustrate this matter.
Di Lei?
Yu Yin has no impression.
But when I heard "Shuo Yue" in my previous life, I knew that there was such a character among the four fierce and eight hammers in Zhu Xianzhen.
He also heard Gao Chong say that Di Lei used a pair of iron maces, so he would not mean Di Lei in Yue. However, when it comes to martial arts, Gao Chong also appreciated it. Being able to defeat Brother Wang Yan means that even if Di Lei is not as good as Gao Chong Yang Zaixing, it will not be too far apart.
"In this way, let him come in two days."
Yu Yin knew that if the prince's personal army was reopened, it would never be as simple as before.
The formation of the Prince's Personal Army was inevitably a bit ridiculous. Basically, it was mainly composed of the team that survived the Chaoyang Gate Battle, supplemented by the Qin Feng army who joined temporarily. Even the title of Prince's Personal Army was on a whim and it was not formal to say it casually. But now, the Prince's Personal Army has become famous. It is said that the Empress Zhu Lian ordered the embroidered girl in the palace to make a big banner overnight and prepare to donate the Prince's Personal Army to the day the Prince's Personal Army restarted. Even if this was just Zhu Lian's personal behavior, there was much hidden behind it! At least, this shows the official recognition of the Prince's Personal Army.
"In the past two days, Zhulu Mansion has been very lively."
"oh?"
Zhu Meng joked: "Many people in the court sent people to inquire and ask about the reorganization date of the prince's personal army.
Yanei also complained to me. More and more people have invited him to drink in the past few days, and the ultimate goal is to hope to join the prince's personal army, which makes him worry. But in my opinion, this guy is enjoying it and quite happy."
Yu Yin was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the meaning.
I think it is some of the children of officials who also want to join the prince's personal army...
However, with Gao Yaoqing's little fox's intelligence, he would not spit easily.
Thinking about it, after Gao Qiu was lifted from the position of Taiwei of the Palace, he resigned from his position as the Grand Marshal in front of the Palace, and Gao Yaoqing became more careful in his work. How to deal with the children of officials, I think Gao Yaoqing had a conclusion in his heart.
Yu Yin didn't need to worry about this, so he laughed and said, "At this time, I will leave it to the yamen to take charge.
Sanlang needs to prepare the roster as soon as possible. When my body recovers slightly, he will report it to the prince in order to complete the formation of the prince's personal army as soon as possible.
Bo Yu had the talent to command the army, so he surrendered to the position of deputy commander of Zhurufu and took charge of the reorganization of the prince's personal military affairs with Sanlang.
Now that Jin Qing’s injury has not healed, I am also ill in bed. I ask Boyu to work hard for reorganizing his personal army.”
When Zhang Yan heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.
He stepped forward and bowed and sang: "Please rest assured, I will never let down the entrustedness of the entrusted person."
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The formation of the Prince's personal army quietly kicked off.
Yu Yin did not put too much effort into this matter, and Zhu Meng said and others were responsible for everything. There was no need to go too hard to deal with the need for the soldiers. Gao Yaoqing drew 300 Jun Rongzhi from the front office of the Palace, and 800 Zhang Qi's subordinates and 300 soldiers from the Di Ma camp, which had exceeded 1,000. Yao Pingzhong was also very happy and drew 800 elite cavalry from the guards' personal army and presented them to Yu Yin. At the same time, Zhong Shidaoze ordered people to relocate another 500 good horses from Tiansijian and gave them to Yu Yin as gifts. With these two big men in the army, Zhu Meng said that there was no obstacle to selecting military soldiers, and quickly formed a 3,000 army and started training under the leadership of Zhang Qi.
For Yu Yin, everything seemed very smooth...
Time passed by inadvertently, and before I knew it, it was almost the end of February.
Yu Yin welcomed another good news, and Liu Qing and Li Dayin's westbound caravan returned from Xizhou and brought back a lot of wealth.
Guanyin Lane Yufu is being expanded.
As Yu Yin's status improved, the original mansion seemed a little narrow.
Fortunately, Yu Yin bought 70% of the land in Guanyin Lane at a low price, which also gave him enough space to expand.
At the end of February, Yu Yin, persuaded by everyone, agreed to expand on the original basis, and construction of Guanyin Lane broke ground.
It turned out that all the houses were demolished and re-planned and designed.
For this reason, Yan Nu also specially invited experts to explore Feng Shui and design. The entire project ended, which took about three months. Anyway, many small workers are idle in Kaifeng. The wages are not too high, and the entire project is only 7,000 guan. For Yu Yin, it is nothing. However, because the construction of Guanyin Lane started, Yu Yin had to temporarily move out of Guanyin Lane. He found an idle house near Xishuimen as a place to live.
After Liu Qing and others returned to Kaifeng, they came to the door soon.
"Uncle Master, this time I'm going to be big, I'm going to be big!"
Liu Qing seemed very excited and shouted excitedly as soon as he entered the door.
Yu Yin smiled and said, "Why did the high-ranking official lose his composure? So how could he be so angry?"
Liu Qing then calmed down and smiled embarrassedly. She sat down with Li Dayin and explained in detail the harvest of this trip to the west with Yu Yin.
Now in Xizhou, there is indeed a shortage of materials.
The food and supplies sent by Liu Qing and others were like a timely help, which made Yelu Yuliyan very happy.
She even summoned Liu Qing and others in person and praised her. Yu Liyan told Liu Qing and Li Dayin that she would ensure that the trade routes between them were smooth in Xizhou. She also hoped to increase trade efforts.
A large amount of food and supplies have received generous returns.
At the same time, Yu Liyan also wrote a letter asking Liu Qing to bring it to Yu Yin.
In the letter, Yu Liyan told Yu Yin that she agreed with Yu Yin's previous plan to change weapons and armor. She also expressed her willingness to coordinate with Xixia to assist in the trade. The content of the letter was very simple. However, Yu Yin could see the deep longing hidden in it.
Yu Liyan hinted to Yu Yin, hoping that he could go to Xizhou as a guest in his spare time.
After reading the letter, Yu Yin didn't say anything, she just put it away and put it in her arms.
"What are the benefits for the two high-ranking officials this time?"
"The small diary had a rough calculation on the way. If the goods to be sold to the southeast were not included, the income from this trip would be about 400,000 guan. When all the goods in Lao Li took over, it should be about 700,000 guan."
Yu Yin was shocked when he heard this.
Seven hundred thousand coins?
In just a few months, I have earned 700,000 yuan?
Yu Yin invested 100,000 guan in it, which means that after deducting the principal, he would earn nearly 200,000 guan.
Such huge profits made Yu Yin shocked.
No wonder Liu Qing still remembers this even though he knows that the risk of traveling west is very high.
Li Dayin said: "Xiao Di will set off to turn back to Hangzhou tomorrow and start processing the goods in his hand.
But I don’t know what plans does the official position have next? This trip to the west was very successful. When should we proceed next time?"
"Official Liu, what do you think?"
Liu Qing said: "This time, thanks to the strategist of the outside world, it was a smooth journey.
Xiaodi thought about trying to strike while the iron was hot and increase his efforts. But he didn't know..."
Yu Yin is no longer a small person that Liu Qing and Li Dayin can fiddle with.
More importantly, from this trip to the west, the two of them saw Yu Yin's huge energy in Xizhou.
Yu Yin said in a deep voice: "It is natural to increase the intensity, but I have no objection.
Next time I trade again, I will still invest 100,000 guan. The 200,000 guan of the profit will be delivered as soon as possible. I will be of great use. In addition, I agreed with my old husband that the Luoyang Zong family will also participate in the future. There is also the father-in-law, who is quite interested in this. I estimate that the two of them can invest about 300,000 guan, and you can arrange it as appropriate.
In addition, I have some friendship with the Wuyuan Yao family.
The Mobei trade route cannot be ignored. I am considering how to open the Mobei trade route... Official Liu has been to Mobei and I think he is familiar with it. You might as well make a charter and I can make a decision as soon as possible. This transaction is very successful, but the next transaction will become bigger and bigger. You two should prepare early... I hope the caravan will set off next time before the beginning of summer. In this way, you can return before the winter. I wonder what you two want to do?"
After hearing this, Liu Qing and Li Dayin couldn't help but take a breath and looked at Yu Yin, not knowing how to answer for a moment!
Chapter completed!