Seeing the leader of the barbarian clan listening carefully, Xin Wang Zhaozhen smiled and relaxed. He sighed deeply and continued: "In the far north, there are gold and silver mines, and there are also gold and silver mines that can ignite or develop similar gunpowder. Its powerful weapon is oil. On the islands south of the ocean, there are aromatic spices and strange animals. There are also corn. You don't know what corn is, it is a plant that produces more than a thousand catties of grain in an acre. And not afraid of drought."
"You are so sure that investment will produce rewards, and it is common to make ends meet." Barbarian leader Lu Kui retorted: "Once setbacks occur at the beginning of the plan, the blow to your entire assumption will be devastating."
The letter king Zhao Zhen smiled secretly in his heart, and the other party had already stood on his side to think, which showed that he had already told them to walk into the same boat with himself. After all, co-existence, and then get rich together, the temptation to the barbarians is inherent in this matter, and it is almost impossible to resist.
"That's why I need you and my faithful king army, as well as the people of all ethnic groups in the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, plus my experience." He said: "A well-planned and a little luck, everything It’s all about taking risks. You see that individuals’ pioneering and long-distance voyages often fail because they lack a strong support behind them. This support is the army, weapons and tools, and even the support of the entire country and all the civilians."
The letter king Zhao Zhen thought to himself that in fact, some big businessmen actually occasionally spontaneously went to sea for commerce and trade. However, when the ocean is full of enemies, no one dares to invest too much in unknown areas. Therefore, this kind of investment is often a one-off and never returns. As time passes, no one except the real gambler is interested in the ocean or even the northern wilderness.
But this is also because most people do not have a clear understanding of the oceans and new continents and large areas of the north. However, he has an advantage, that is, he knows that his investment will pay off. This is the advantage of Westerners' experience in the coming hundreds of years.
The barbarian leader Lu Kui was silent for a while, and finally he nodded and said: "Well, Xin Wang Qiansui, you convinced me. If you can really do all this, what do you need us to do?"
"It's not what I need you to do," the letter king Zhao Zhen replied: "It's that you have to protect your own fruits, and you will understand. In this world, it is not just me who has ambitions, but other countries and powerful people and northern nomads. Greed, you haven’t really seen it yet."
The barbarian elder nodded. "I understand." He said, "I have to say, Sir, you are the best lobbyist I have ever seen."
Letter King Zhao Zhen smiled slightly. He picked up the two letters from the table and said, "I have one last thing I want to ask you."
"You said." The leader of the barbarian tribe Lu Kui took a breath, and the words before the letter to Wang Zhao Zhen even made him a little excited. If it can be done, it can be said to be an earth-shaking change for the whole world. If Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is the founding father of the Song Dynasty and the largest pioneer of the Song Dynasty, then this believer Zhao Zhen will probably dominate the next brilliant history of the Song Dynasty.
Of course, if he can succeed.
"Send me two letters." Xinwang Zhao Zhen said. "Believe? To whom?" the barbarian elder asked.
"You can walk through the forest along the Fengshui River, from the closest distance to the Maolin Liu's Village in the west. Some of my subordinates are there at the moment." Xin Wang Zhao Zhen replied, "You send this letter. In the hands of a man named Niu Ruidong, the village is full of our people. He is the leader there, so I think you can't make a mistake."
Ru Kui, the leader of the barbarian tribe, took the letter, looked at it, and then asked, "Is there anything else I need to help?"
Letter King Zhao Zhen shook his head: "There is nothing else left, and the rest is only to be proved by time. I have other things, so I won't give it to you, I wish you and I each success!"
The barbarian leader Lu Kui nodded, "Farewell, then." He took the two of them and bowed deeply to the young lord, then opened the door and went out.
At this time, Cui Hu raised his head and watched the barbarian leader Lu Kui leave, and then turned his head and asked, "Thousands of the letter king, have you given the letter to them?" Although this Cui Hu always knew the letter Wang Zhaozhen doesn't leak in his work, but he can't help but worry about strangers.
Because he didn't understand why Wang Zhaozhen trusted the three people he had never met before. Not only did he entrust Baiyue to the other party, he also put the important matters of life and death into the hands of the other party. Even if the other party is a barbarian with honesty and loyalty first, what should I do if this identity is impersonated? What if these barbarians betrayed them for greater benefit
But the letter king Zhao Zhen is naturally not good at explaining the reason to him, because outside he has asked Ji Qianqian to fly the pigeon to send the letter. But on the other hand, he can't say that he has actually been on guard for a long time.
He thought for a while and replied: "Niu Ruidong has actually been in contact with Luo Yue'er by flying birds, and sending a letter to him is not troublesome to think about."
The soldier looked at him. "You know I'm not talking about this," he said, "Believe King Chitose, why do you trust them so much."
Upon hearing his words, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen couldn't help but smile.
"Of course I know what you said, soldier." He replied. "But you have to admit that I know the barbarians better than you, so believe me, they are telling the truth. The barbarians respect the great witch and the saint far beyond your imagination. Send me a letter. Just to test the sincerity of the other party, not to mention that I believe that the leader of the barbarian race will regard this as a test for my belief that the king army will protect their race in the future. For them, everything I have said before is an unprecedented Vision."
The letter king Zhao Zhen thought for a while and added: “If you can’t put yourself in the perspective of their life values, it’s hard to understand how much they value credibility and loyalty.”
"But." Cui Hu said suspiciously.
"Nothing," Xin Wang Zhao said: "Besides that in itself is a test, I also have a backup method."
"Alternative means?" Cui Hu looked at King Xin suspiciously. However, if you can tell a little about the secrets of Wang Zhaozhen, it means that you are treating him with care. Cui Hu is also a reminder. Otherwise, with such a high status as the King of Letters, why should Cui Hu ask the King of Letters, and how can he explore the privacy and thoughts of the King of Letters Zhao Zhen
"Of course." Xinwang Zhao Zhen said with a smile, and then he asked: "How are the material statistics?"
Cui Hu opened the book in his hand and said: "We have counted the granaries. We have stored almost 5,000 quintals of grain, which is enough to support all of us for three to four months. However, the material warehouses are basically in short supply, and there are far fewer stones, pig iron and wood. It’s impossible to find out the record and the specific outflow direction."
Deficiency is a normal thing. Judging by the ability of the leader of Mo, he is already thankful for not turning Shimen into a deserted place. But the people who really want to thank are the barbarians in the forest, although the former does not necessarily know that there is such a group in the forest.
The letter king Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "The shortage of stone and wood must be solved. Shimen City is not safe now. The walls damaged in yesterday's battle must be repaired and reinforced immediately." He thought of this and couldn't help but rub it. Rubbing his forehead, these tasks were previously done by powerful subordinates. But now, for the time being, he needs to take care of it himself.
How much stone and wood should be, but Xin Wang Zhao Zhen is completely unclear about the way. As for asking the opinions of Ji Qianqian and others, it is a pity that although Ji Qianqian has extensive knowledge, she may not be all-knowing and omnipotent. Especially for this kind of thing, I am afraid that we must consult professional craftsmen or relevant management officials.
But the crux of the problem is that no matter whether it is a craftsman or an official, there is a shortage of everything in Shimen City. The captured Da Song officials were unwilling to do things for him, and secondly, most of them were recruited and deployed from their own troops by the commander Mo, and couldn't answer these professional questions at all. In fact, they don't know as much as Cui Meng, although Cui Meng is no better than Ji Qianqian to get there.
Thinking of this problem, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen felt a headache. He shook his head and said, "In short, how much wood and stone do we have in stock to repair the city walls?"
Cui Hu glanced at him, but replied blankly: "Chitose, in fact, to put it simply, this matter is basically equivalent to nothing."
"What?"
After listening to Cui Hu's words, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen almost jumped out of the chair. He finally put aside the matter at hand and got serious.
"There are two logging yards and two quarries near Shimen City. How can there be no reserves of wood and stone?" He raised his head and said, "Even if there is no stock, as far as I know, even if it is close to the logging in Shimen City. We can control one of the yard and the stone yard, and start construction temporarily, and it will be enough to repair and reinforce the city wall within four or five days."
"Do you know the King of Letters, Qiansui?" Cui Hu asked faintly. He thought that King of Letters Zhao Zhen didn't understand at all.
"Of course I know." Xinwang Zhao Zhen suppressed the question in his heart and asked: "So, what is going on."
"Two reasons." Cui Huda pulled his face down and said: "First, the hard labor in the logging yard is the population or prisoners looted by the leader of Mo, and the guards all ran away when we took down Shimen City. Those were. The prisoners ran away, so no one worked for us. Moreover, the people nearby did not dare to do anything for us."
"Why?" Xinwang Zhao Zhen was a little strange. He didn't know what caused the Shimen City that he had rashly occupied was so unmanageable.
"Because they are afraid of retaliation, in their opinion, you are obviously going to fail if you believe in King Qiansui sooner or later. After all, your enemy is the imperial army of the Song Dynasty, and you, Chitose, are just a wing in external propaganda. Young people who are not rich, I have some connections with Xin Wang Jun." Cui Hu said helplessly.
"It's reasonable." Xinwang Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Then you won't have to embarrass them. Without a sense of security, the people will not follow us. When we can't reveal the true identity, they are naturally. No matter who is following us, people are so realistic. No one will believe the hope of empty words. But it doesn’t matter. The key time to reverse the situation is only recently. As long as the first difficulty is overcome, the power we have established in Shimen will be It will stabilize."
"Then what about the labor in the logging and quarry before this?" Cui Hu asked.
"Aren't there still barbarians?" Xinwang Zhao Zhen said with a smile. The number of barbarians is actually quite large, and they are all good at work.
"That won't work either." Cui Hu said. The letter king Zhao Zhen is a little weird. Could it be that his own use of barbarians will do any harm to Cui Hu or does he have any other opinions? Immediately, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen asked: "Why?"
"Because before that, Chitose still has to snatch back the logging yard." Cui Hu said solemnly. He used to be a guard, but now he is purely a Mr. Accountant. To be honest, Cui Hu has complaints in his heart, but there is no way, who will let him settle accounts and write!
"What's the matter?" Xinwang Zhao Zhen said amusedly: "Could it be that the logging yard and the quarry are not under our control?" He clearly remembered that the nearest logging yard and quarry were only a few miles away from Shimen City. , Could it be that the soldiers who had escaped from Shimen City so quickly regrouped outside the city
In the impression of this young Xinwang, Song Jun seems to have not had such high combat effectiveness and tactical literacy.
Cui Hu shook his head and answered his question. "No, but as far as we know, one of the two logging yards and the two quarries have been occupied by scattered bandits. The remaining logging yard was also abandoned a year ago. ."
"Bandits?" The letter king Zhao Zhen asked suspiciously: "Where are bandits so powerful? Don't bandits live in the mountains and forests? When was it so powerful?"
"There are many bandits." Cui Hu paused and said, "Master Wang Zhiyi's guard guessed that it might have been a gathering of a large number of disintegrated soldiers and green forest people who flew here during the Song and Jin wars."
"Leader Mo does not pay attention?" Xin Wang Zhao Zhen was a little depressed, couldn't help but knuckles and knocked on the table, and said, "That's the source of his property..."
But he stopped suddenly, because he thought of something, he was a little speechless. He suddenly realized that even though the eagle dogs under Mo commanded rampantly in Shimen City, it was a mess when it came to fighting power. Even leading a group of jianghu swordsmen without tactical cooperation can kill them so much, not to mention the deserters and green forest squadrons who may have experienced bloody battles in the north.
We must know that in the war, the green forest heroes may not even be able to fight with the unnamed armed forces. As for those deserters and green forest ringleaders from the north, I am afraid there are also officially formed Northwest Army soldiers. Even the ringers, their combat effectiveness is also very powerful. Commander Mo has to rely on his eagle dogs to resist these powerful dragons. It is estimated that just defense is enough to make him headache, not to mention offense.
The letter king Zhao Zhen couldn't help but patted his forehead lightly, and cursed the incompetent in his heart. But this realization also reminded him himself. Although these bandits seemed to him invulnerable, he also had to realize that this place was still controlled by Zhao Gou after all. The army with the strongest combat effectiveness in this place is nothing but Zhang Jun's army. Not the army under Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong. It is precisely because he has experienced the most glorious time of Believing in Wang Jun that his own vision has been raised so high, so the current chaos of war seems to him to be like a little kid.
Thinking of this, the young King Xin stood up, and the soldier holding the account book looked at him strangely, a trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes and said, "Lord?"
"Come with me." Xinwang Zhao Zhen said: "Let's go and meet someone."
"Anyone?" Cui Hu was startled slightly, his thoughts were a little bit unable to keep up, but the prince ordered that he could only do so, and immediately followed the letter Wang Zhao Zhen to walk forward.
Soon the two walked out of the study and walked silently on the corridor on the north side of the mansion one after another. But the letter king Zhao Zhen looked at the soldier holding the ledger and seemed to want to say something. He just put it back after a while and then took it back. He turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
"It's nothing," Cui Hu replied, looking at the empty corridor in front of him, "It's just that the relic of the gold marble is still with me, my lord."
"That's right." Xinwang Zhao Zhen patted his forehead: "I remember this thing too, what did you ask me last time?"
Cui Hu lowered his head and fumbled in his pocket for a while and then took out a small object. He watched Xin Wang Zhao Zhen stretch out his hand and opened his palm, with a prismatic gold token lying in the palm of his hand. The letter king Zhao Zhen looked at the heavy token that looked like a Jin Shuo, and couldn't help being startled slightly. He immediately blurted out, "It turns out that it is this. The golden marble is really lucky." He paused, "No, It should be said that I was really lucky."
The warrior girl looked up at him suspiciously. "This thing is in the Kingdom of Jin. It is a symbol of status and a good thing using tricks." Xin Wang Zhao Zhen looked at the gold medal carefully, as if he was afraid of misunderstanding, and said: "He can be used to mobilize the army."
"Assemble the army?" Cui Hu repeated with some surprise.
The letter king Zhao Zhen retracted his gaze. He cast his gaze on the side of the corridor and landed on a willow tree in the courtyard. He shook his head and said, "I don't know how to explain it to you. Anyway, if we make good use of this token, we can even To swindle the Golden Army city, capture the Golden Army army, and defeat the Golden Army."
He couldn't help but wonder if he should just go and get a big deal? But after thinking about it, this token may be used in the future, and I am afraid I have no time to go to the front line now. Besides, there is still a truce, and it seems that I can't use this token anymore.
Facing the willow tree, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen suddenly felt some mood, and suddenly stopped leaving. "What's wrong?" Cui Hu asked: "Xin Wang Qiansui."
The letter king Zhao Zhen shook his head and didn't answer. He swung a sword to the left, and the wind made a sound of'whooping'. The sound of the long sword'brushing' passed through the center of the courtyard. The light and sparkle in the light, they tore the layers of the vortex, the sword wind swept them, and then both of them watched the willow tree fall with countless pieces of paper and fallen leaves in a daze.