Chapter 277: The militant who can't stay idle

Zhao Xing snorted and replied: "Casting private money, cutting corners, embezzling public money, deceived superiors and subordinates, attacking Shangguans to inspect... They committed all their sins. In that filthy environment, everyone is a victim, everyone is a perpetrator, and no one is innocent!

Imagine what would happen if we were attacked by someone last night? Thousands of people would flock to us and flood us. Afterwards, the government investigated them. There would be a person who told me about it? No, I don't think they would, because they were all the evil deeds of Baojijian, but they did not see anyone standing up. In other words, they also participated in the evils of Baojijian. As for now, they reported it because I was forcing me to die...

Guangxi is not under the jurisdiction of our Strategic Division. If we supervise in the name of money supervision, we must also beware of their bribery of our supervisors, they must be wary of guerrilla warfare, concealing and concealing income, and they must be wary of making fake accounts... I don’t have so many administrative resources to play hide-and-seek with them, and I don’t want to spend too much administrative costs on them, so I can only punish their team and teach them how to discipline themselves.

In this way, once the new mining supervisor wants to deceive me, he faces the silent monitoring of the entire miner group and tens of thousands of workers. All of this can be done without spending too much administrative costs.

Now I set rules for them and told them that if something goes wrong, I will punish the entire team. In this way, the money supervisors are tampering with each other and he has to worry about the monitoring and delivery of the entire miner team. We just need to sit in Guangdong and turn over their accounts to achieve our management."

After hearing this, Shuai Fan remained silent.

Zhao Xing continued: "Cost and efficiency are the foundation of management. Guangxi is too far away from us and the road is extremely difficult to move forward. We check it once and it takes too much administrative costs and still have time. My approach is the most cost-saving administrative costs - self-discipline. The strength and self-discipline of the team. Although, some of them may be "innocent" killed, it can be determined whether they are innocent or not. If it takes too much energy, I will not be worth the loss.

I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than teach them to manage themselves, and let them know that when sin is rampant around you, you are at least a silent helper. If you want to clear yourself, your smallest effort is to shout loudly! He is not an innocent person who doesn't even want to do this.

Well, it’s time for us to visit the family of the next ‘general’. Supervisor, please lead the way.”

After Zhao Xing inspected Baoji Prison, he did not rush to travel. He continued to maintain his speed and visited his family of generals along the way. He walked slowly, but what he did at Baoji Prison was not slow to spread. When he entered the next prefecture and county, he found that what he did at Baoji Prison had achieved unexpected results. The money Prison in various places either fled as a whole, or the mine Prison was left with only the bare pole left with the mine Prison to greet Zhao Xing with fear. When he inspected the third empty mine Prison, he was surprised to find that the only intact money Prison in Guangxi was the only Baoji Prison he had rectified.

"It just so happens that the Supervisor, how much does it cost to launch a war of clearing out?" Zhao Xing asked with a smile: "Look, they would rather escape than see me. This means they dare not face it, and it means there are indeed no innocent people among them."

Shuai Fan knew what Zhao Xing was asking, and quickly replied: "Sir, this is not a fault for them. There was never such strict supervision in the past, so they stole some copper materials in the court to do private work, and no one dealt with it. Over time, it became a habit. This was a mistake in supervision, the mistake of the court's government, not the fault of the miners. Now they have become mine tyrants and mine thieves, which is not because of the accumulated problems of the government. The mining supervisor did not escape, not because they were innocent, but because they were officials of the court and could not bear to be bandits.

Hehe, let’s talk about it, once the miners escape, they can blame the fugitives. Can the adults continue to investigate?

However, those miners are familiar with local geography. They hide in the forest, and ordinary people cannot find them. Moreover, they may be protected by nearby villages, which our people cannot recognize...

To avoid escaping miners in the mountains and forests, they need to send at least 3,000 soldiers and 2,000 auxiliary soldiers. No matter how they save, they will need one million chunk of military expenditure - do you really want to do this? In this way, we will inevitably be dragged into a lasting and ineffective clearing. If we don’t do it well, we will also offend the local chieftains..."

Zhao Xing shook his horse whip proudly, pointed to the surrounding mountains and forests, reminding him: "The miners are familiar with the terrain, are there any of our 'generals' familiarity? This matter cannot allow the regular army to take action, so he simply adds some family benefits to our 'generals' - allocating 300,000 guan, offering a reward for wanting those scattered miners, notifying all their families, and telling them that every miner, regardless of life or death, will be rewarded for five guan..."

Shuai Fan nodded and said, "The family of the thousand 'generals' can organize a search team of six or seven thousand people no matter what. Now, the escaped miners are not afraid. They either surrender or they will be killed by the locals. Hehe, in this way, the family members of the 'generals' can also directly interfere in local affairs. When the 'generals' retire and take over as local inspections, it will be natural."

Generally, after the mutiny, soldiers fled into the mountains and forests, they would have to suffer for at least twenty years. Zhao Xing allocated a reward equivalent to one-third of the war cost, easily solved this hidden danger, and was naturally proud. After the Baoji Supervisory Bureau was handled, he still followed the original itinerary and slowly inspected the remaining money supervisor, and then arrived at the simple port of Qinzhou, Guangxi, a small seaside town.

It was June. With the help of Zhang Dun, the young emperor Zhao Xu finally abolished Empress Meng and changed Liu Jieyu to the queen, and immediately announced a general amnesty for the whole world - the only one who did not forgive the Yuanyou Party members.

After Su Shi and others learned the news, they believed that the young emperor was unwilling to pardon their old demotions. In this way, they might not be able to return to their hometowns for life, so they began to purchase real estate in Lingnan, preparing to die from old age... Fortunately, after 300,000 people gathered by Zhao Xing, the entire Guangnan East Road had a lot of fertile land, so that the demoted officials could buy enough land to support their families at a low price.

In the same month, the second bridge of Fenghu, Huizhou was built, and the people ran around to tell each other and killed chickens to celebrate. Dongpo's "Two Bridges Poems" recorded the grand occasion at that time. "The elders gathered happily, and there was no empty building in their pots. They did not disperse for three days, and they killed all the chickens in Xicun."

Since then, Huizhou Fenghu Lake has also been called "Huizhou West Lake" or "South West Lake"

The wide embankment is called the "Huizhou Sudi". In modern times, Huizhou Fenghu, Hangzhou West Lake and the two West Lakes built by Chen Gongchuan, Vietnam are called the "Four Great West Lakes in the World", and those Sudi are also called the "Four Great West Lakes in the World".

Also in this month, Zhao Ji was granted the title of Duanzhou as King Duan. Gao Qiu officially became the aide of King Duan.

The Anyuan City on Guangnan West Road, which was entered by Zhao Xing, is the modern Qinzhou Port, and the commander of the military commander of Guangnan West Road, Zhang Tian, ​​the commander of the Light Vehicle Commander, was waiting for Zhao Xing in the small city. When he saw Zhao Xing arrive with a large group of people, he smiled and asked diligently: "Brother Zhao, I haven't gone anywhere in the past six months, just stay in Anyuan City. I have built the dock you want. When will your later payment arrive?"

Zhao Xing waved his whip and said leisurely: "Don't worry, I still owe you 100,000 yuan. What's the 100,000 yuan in small money?"

After saying that, Zhao Xing waved his whip, pointed to the opposite side of the sea, and asked again: "Zhang Qingche, do you know what is opposite?"

Zhang Tianyi straightened his stomach and replied: "I know, the opposite is Jiaozhi Country."

Zhao Xing sighed with a stern face: "The answer is wrong - you should say that opposite is Jiaozhi mahogany, the best iron ore and coal ore in Asia, and countless gems, grain, tortoiseshell, ivory, peacock feathers - and a large market for tea silk."

Zhao Xing waved his whip again, pointed behind Zhang Tian, ​​and said, "At our feet, we are the most suitable city for building a port on Guangnan West Road. In front of this Anyuan City, there is a deep bay, which is the best deep-water port in this sea area. There is a narrow bay in front of it to block the wind and waves, so that boats in the port can avoid the invasion of typhoons. If two forts are built at the bay entrance, one left and one right, the entire bay can be shielded - to build a port here, even if our relationship with Jiaozhi deteriorates in the future, we will not be afraid of their navy coming to attack.

What is behind us? As far as I know, it is the huge copper ore ore in Dali State. Compared with the copper ore in Dali State, all the copper reserves combined by the four major coins in the Song Dynasty are like a child who has not grown up.

In addition to Dali, behind this port is the entire Guangxi. Guangxi is densely forested, with many mountain and wild game and rare treasures. Because they cannot be transported, they cannot be sold at a good price. The countless gem and jade ore can only be passed on to the villagers to make some valuable decorations. Once transported, they will be transported to the capital. Each of these things is worth tens of thousands of yuan.

The roads in Guangxi are difficult to walk, with dense forests, and many small roads are left without anyone walking in three to five days, and big trees grow on the ground. It takes eight months to transport Guangxi's properties to the capital. I don't know how much manpower and material resources are to be consumed. But with this port, it's different. Guangxi only needs to transport all the properties to this port, load them on a ship at the port, and transport them to the capital only takes about ten days.

Ten days, you have to walk eight months after the past, which also means that your time cost has been reduced from 240 days to 10 days - a total of twenty-four times, you say, what a huge fortune this is."

Zhang Tian Youran was fascinated: "My brother Zhang Yong controlled a wharf in Mizhou, so he could make money every day. Lord Zhao meant that I could also control this wharf in Guangxi and enjoy its benefits."

Zhao Xing nodded solemnly: "I don't know what the situation is like in Guangxi, but I am in Guangdong and am ready to move the Jingliu Fushi to Hong Kong County in Linhai. After you have built the official road to Anyuan City in Guangxi, I suggest you move the Jingliu Fushi's yamen to Anyuan City as well.

There is a lot of shipbuilding wood in Guangxi, and Anyuan City is close to Jiaozhi. After the road connecting Guangxi is repaired, this city is a place where gold is gained every day. Anyuan City is another small town of thousands of households. When your comforting yamen is moved here, you will be the one who decides everything in the city. Wouldn't it be better to be restrained by the various yamen in Guiyang?"

Zhang Tian pondered for a moment and shook his head gently: "Although what your brother outlines is beautiful, Guangxi is a Zhenzhou (i.e., the front-line military prefecture). My tutor's yamen is located in Guiyang, which is convenient for the central deployment of troops. When I arrive in this remote place, if there is something wrong in Guiyang, I will not be able to get there. Besides, it is really simple and there are only a thousand households. The officials in my yamen have lived in Guiyang for a long time, so how can they get used to staying in this remote small county?"

Zhao Xing raised two fingers and continued to induce things in a row: "The first problem, I will solve it for you: I have recently surveyed the road. The big river flowing through my Guangzhou and entering the sea is called the "Xijiang River, but after leaving Guangzhou and entering your Guangxi, it is called another name. This river travels through the entire Guangxi and enters the Dali Kingdom, and merges into a lake near Shanchan Prefecture of Dali Kingdom. I like to call it "Kunming". The birthplace of this Xijiang River - that lake, I like to call it Dianchi Lake.

Don't ask me the origin of these two geographical nouns. I like this - you can use it as a "military code". My Lu Qiao and his assistant Shan E are surveying the Xijiang River. I need you to use the command of the Jingliu Office to cooperate with Shan E to plan the entire Xijiang River. I plan to build many dams along the Xijiang River, imitating the way Qin Shihuang built the Lingqu Canal to increase the water level and allow large ships to pass through the upstream of the river.

However, the times are developing, and Qinhuang built dams simply cost money. The dam I built was to bring a pair of hydraulic stamping equipment. In this way, each dam is equivalent to a money-making farm. In order to make the hydraulic stamping machine run normally, the boss of the dam will maintain the dam by himself. I will not spend any money on maintenance.

In the early stages of renovating this river canal, I planned to use the name of building a hydraulic press to gradually build it up against the current without attracting attention, and continue to build it to the Guangxi border. With this river channel, if you have something to do in Guangxi, I can send troops from Guangzhou and directly pounce on the border of Song Dynasty in Guangxi, and even go straight into Dali. How about it, are you interested?

You must be interested. The dams in Guangxi belong to you. Each dam can be stationed with a commander soldier. The dam is more than enough to earn money to support a commander. If something happens in Guangxi, your soldiers can be mobilized along this river to ensure that they are quick and unexpected."

Zhang Tian thought for a while and replied: "Brother Zhao, I am not worried about Dali. Dali is weak, and the powerful minister Gao Shengtai competes with the king for the throne, and is exhausted from dealing with domestic affairs and has no power to expand externally. But the opposite Tubo is unstable and has been in conflict with me every year. During the war in the Qing Tang Dynasty, Tubo kept entering Guangxi to harass, which made people tired of dealing with it. But why did I hear Brother Zhao frequently talk about Dali here... Could it be that Brother Zhao has an idea?"

Zhao Xing pointed to the territory of Dali and replied: "The output of each copper mine in Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road is too small. I plan to gradually abandon the two mining prisons in the next few years and merge all the mining matters into one mining prison. In the future, each mine will only take care of ore, and the smelting matters will not be their control. This Anyuan City is the Guangxi minting prison I selected, and it is also the only minting prison in my Guangdong and Guangxi in the future.

After the merger of the money supervision company, although the cost of transporting ore increased, the cost of transporting copper coins by sea was greatly reduced. After deducting the two, I had more money left and balance. All the money minting matters were merged into one place, which greatly reduced my administrative costs. So I was imperative to do this.

I know that the copper ore production in Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road is not enough, but there are a large number of copper ore overseas, such as Dali. Their copper ore is transported to coastal areas, which is even cheaper than the copper ore we produce ourselves. Therefore, in the next step, I plan to sell all the low-grade copper ore in various places to the public and let them cast copper ware and other items by themselves, so as to reduce the price difference between copper and copper coins. If I want to do this, I must take the Dali copper ore in my hands.

There is another benefit to taking over Dali. Dali has three rivers leading to the sea: one is the Hong River, which enters the sea adjacent to Guangxi through the Shenglong Mansion of Jiaozhi. Controlling that river is equivalent to controlling the lower Jiaozhi Kingdom; and the other two rivers - the Lancang River and Nujiang, are even more important. They flow through several countries along the way until they flow into the Indian Ocean. During the Han Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, the Dashi merchants once entered Xianglin County through this river, which is now Dali, and thus paid homage to our court. At that time, Dali still belonged to our county.

Taking over Dali is equivalent to restoring the border between the Han and Tang dynasties, and Dali is actually not difficult to conquer. The people there admire the Han and Tang culture and have a sense of identity with our rule. In the past, there was poor, and the officials appointed by the court had to plunder the people, making it unbearable. However, if the waterways were built and all minerals were developed, it would be a rich place.

We can use some means to let local chieftains manage the local area for us. As long as we change the ruling methods slightly to reduce the harm of corrupt officials, on the other hand, to improve the living standards of local people, I believe that the people will not have much resistance to our rule.

Think about it, Dali is really a piece of fat, and for Zhang Qingche, this is a great achievement in expanding territory. If you make this great achievement, the court will reward you a lot. In the family, your status will definitely surpass Zhang Yong and Zhang Cheng. It is not complicated to do this. I just need to follow my instructions to move the Transport Office here, and make a concentrating on developing Anyuan City and paralyze the enemy. When we are ready, we will break into Dali and complete this expansion of territory."

Zhang Tian blinked and asked again: "What about Tubo? What about Guangxi Fushima Shishimashima moved from Guiyang, what should Tubo do?"

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "The matter of Tubo has made Chengdu Prefecture worry. You leave a deputy in Guiyang. In the past few years, you have to focus on managing Anyuan City... I think after the Battle of Qingtang, Tubo has not had the courage to provoke the Song Dynasty within three to five years. When we take Dali, it will form a situation of attacking Tubo from north to south. We have the final say whether we want to fight Tubo or not."

Zhang Tian suddenly realized: "No wonder you wanted to recruit 6,000 soldiers from Guangxi, it turned out to be prepared for this."

Zhang Tian wanted to say something, Zhao Xing waved his hand: "These people were not prepared to invade Dali. They will follow the ship to the South China Sea as navy soldiers. There are countless wealth and countless slaves in the South China Sea. If we want to develop in Guangdong, we must snatch back all the wealth nearby.

By the fall of this year, the 'General' will form an army, and I will be preparing to test the Nanyang islands on a small scale. When I enter the Indian Ocean again next year, I will take a look at the entrance of the Lancang River (Mekong River). If there is a chance to attack from two groups, it will be even more effortless to take over Dali."

Zhang Tian hesitated, and Zhao Xing casually drew a map of Guangxi on the ground and continued to explain to Zhang Tian.

There is only one corner at the junction between Guangxi and Tubo. When Tubo invaded, most of the Guangxi troops entered the country for cooperation in defense due to Chengdu Prefecture's request. As long as Zhao Xing explained it clearly, Zhang Tian had already understood this truth. He turned around and looked at Guiyang, and finally made up his mind and replied: "Do it, although Guiyang is good, we can make the decision on Anyuan City. As long as we operate it carefully, it will be no problem to surpass Guiyang within three to five years..."

Zhao Xing reminded meaningfully: "The key is that this place has a lot of money and is not noticeable. As an official of the court, no one wants to stay in Lingnan, a "pointing place" for a lifetime, so making money is the most important thing. Guangdong, Guangxi and foreign trade are under my control. I allow you to trade with Jiaozhi merchants in Anyuan City. If you don't say it, I won't say it. No one in the court knows that Guangxi has opened a port.

I allow you to trade with Jiaozhi, because I want to move a steel mill and a shipyard to Qinzhou. You and I work together to build Anyuan City into a military camp. With a shipyard and a steel mill, plus your trade and trade, I think Anyuan City's annual income is not a problem. In this way, the officials who come with you will not treat you unfairly.

A few years later, we have almost done our plan. We will find a good opportunity to send troops to capture Dali. If you return to the country with military merits, you can still earn a lot of gold and silver in this land and that war. Why not do it?"
Chapter completed!