Of course, Song Huizong wanted to destroy Western Xia!

He's a saint! A small Western Xia can't be destroyed, what else can you talk about the Holy Monarch?

And the soldiers and horses have not moved, and he also understands the principle that grain and grass go first. It's just a grain reserve of 8 million stones...... When will I get it together?

The good mood is gone all of a sudden! Zhao Ji frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Not to mention the suppression of Western Xia, the lack of food in front of the Northwest Army must always be solved as soon as possible." What are your best plans? ”

"Your Majesty, if you want to make up for the food reserves in front of the Northwest Army, there is no other way but to speed up the transshipment." Prime Minister Han Zhongyan said, "Fortunately, now that Jiehe Commercial Market has just been established, there is one more waterway for transporting grain than before. Or the edict can be ordered to Jiehe City, the six road shipping envoys to cooperate, starting next year, to transport more than one million stone rice grain to Luoyang Baibo every year. It will then be shipped west by land, and after a few years, it will be able to alleviate the lack of food in the northwest. ”

The next speaker was Vice Prime Minister Fan Chunli, a native of Shaanxi who had a good understanding of Shaanxi's barren land and poor people's livelihood, so he did not approve of launching a new war in the northwest. However, he still proposed a more feasible method of accumulating military rations.

He said to Song Huizong: "If Your Majesty wants to speed up the accumulation of grain and grass in the northwest, the only way is to reduce consumption. Today, the Western Army has more than 200,000 soldiers, and even if it does not fight, it consumes millions of stone of grain and grass every year. Shaanxi's annual income can only supply half of it, and the rest is all dependent on various routes to transport and use, which is extremely difficult to accumulate. If the western army can be reduced to 100,000 people, the required military rations can be halved, and the number of 8 million stone can be collected within a few years. ”

The Western Army was a professional soldier, and the food and salary they received had to support not only themselves, but also their families. So behind a Western soldier is often a family waiting to eat! And most of the Western soldiers are forbidden troops, and they are also paid by the forbidden army. For military rations alone, a soldier has to receive as much as one stone and seven buckets to two stones in a month! The consumption of more than 200,000 troops can be imagined.

If there were more than 200,000 forbidden troops who consumed food there, the military food reserves on the northwest edge were very sufficient.

"But do you want to cut off the 100,000 Western Army?" Song Huizong's brows still did not open, although he had the idea of disarmament, but it was not the Western Army with relatively strong combat effectiveness that he was ready to cut - among the 500,000 forbidden troops of the Great Song Dynasty, only about 50,000 elites of the Western Army were not "pretended" soldiers...... If you rashly cut the Western Army, in case of trouble, I am afraid that it will be difficult to clean up.

"It's not about layoffs," Fan Chunli said, "and 100,000 of them can be transferred to Luoyang Baibo to set up camp." ”

"If 100,000 western soldiers are transferred," Zhao Ji asked again, "will the northwest frontier defense still be stable?" ”

Fan Chunli said: "As long as there are government soldiers available on the Sixth Route in the Northwest, the Northwest Frontier Defense will be as stable as a rock." ”

The proposal to set up government soldiers was first put forward by Fan Chunli's father Fan Zhongyan! Of course, Fan Chunli has studied the government soldiers. Moreover, after Ji Yi arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, he immediately put on a recital of "Shangshu begging to abolish the armor and protect the soldiers of the government", and after Zhao Ji read it, he sent it to the political hall and the Privy Council for the deacons to study.

And Fan Chunli thinks that this method can be completely feasible, at least in Shaanxi Sixth Road!

If we can organize 100,000 soldiers in Shaanxi, plus 100,000 elite western troops, and at the same time establish a new forbidden army camp in Luoyang Baibo, and place 100,000 forbidden troops transferred from Shaanxi, then the defense of the northwest and even Hebei and Hedong can be guaranteed.

What Fan Chunli said seemed to make sense, and Zhao Ji turned his head to look at Zeng Bu again.

Zeng Bu immediately got up and played: "In the past, what Tang Taizong relied on was elite military recruitment and a huge number of government soldiers, both of which were indispensable.

Therefore, the minister believed that after the successful trial of the Lantian Prefecture soldiers, it was feasible to set up 100,000 government soldiers on the Sixth Road in Shaanxi, and at the same time transfer 100,000 Western troops to garrison Baibo. However, the soldiers of the White Wave also need to be refined and rectified, and they must be made to become strong soldiers. ”

Following Fan Chunli's train of thought, Zeng Bu led the problem to military training again.

"It would be nice if it could really be like this......" Zhao Ji felt that Zeng Bu's words were right, he pondered for a while, and then asked the two privy councillors for advice, "An Qing, Jiang Qing, in your opinion, can you transfer 100,000 western soldiers?" ”

An Tao nodded and said: "At present, the northwest is relatively stable, and there are 100,000 elite soldiers to handle various dangerous fortresses and cities, which is enough to deal with." If you can build a large number of soldiers to support, you can draw out 100,000 forbidden troops to deal with the rest of the place. ”

Jiang Zhiqi said: "The soldiers of the Great Construction Mansion, refining the forbidden army is the right way to strengthen the army. The so-called knights in front of the palace and the soldiers in front of the palace are too expensive, even if they are elite, they are not of great use, and please stop at the same time. ”

Jiang Zhiqi knocked on and off after a while, and pulled out the knights and "house slave warriors" who were strongly promoted by Wu Haogu, Gao Yu and Pan Xiao'an, the three "traitors". And Zhao Ji also felt a little annoyed because of the previous "knights" and "warriors" who caused a lot of disputes. Then he bowed his head and said, "Let's stop when you point over there...... Knights are limited to 1,000 families, and the warriors in front of the palace are limited to 3,000 people.

As for the transportation of grain from the north to the south...... Do you still have any suggestions? ”

"The minister has advice," An Tao said, "only when the responsibilities and rights are clear can we succeed, and the same is true for the transportation of grain from the north to the south." The minister thought that this matter should be fully entrusted to the operation of the Jiehe City Shipping Division. It can be ordered to transport 1 million stones of grain to Baibo Wharf before the canal freezes next year without delay. ”

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, he knew that An Tao and Wu Haogu didn't deal with each other much. Why is it so easy to talk now, and all of a sudden he handed over the big deal of purchasing and transporting 1 million stone rice grain to Wu Haogu?

The cost of grain transferred from the Southeast Sixth Road to Baibo Wharf is much more expensive than buying it in Luoyang, at least two taels of one stone, one million stone is 2 million yuan, and if you use tea and salt to pay the bill, it is the face value of 2.7 million yuan......

With this kind of business, Wu Haogu can make a lot of money, right?

……

Wu Haogu was on the same night, when he and Gao Yu were with Zhao Ji for dinner in Yanfu Palace, he knew that he was about to win the big deal of "Northern Grain and Southern Transportation".

"Your Majesty thinks too much," Wu Haogu certainly wouldn't tell Song Huizong that he wanted to "shoddy" and buy Northeast wheat to replace Huainan wheat, so he said to Zhao Ji with a smile, "The minister's Jiehe City Bosi can't make a lot of money...... However, the Jiehe Commercial Market can make some money. ”

"How?"

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "For the Boundary River City Bo Division, Gangyun is not profitable...... The cost of purchasing and transporting a million stone rice noodles is not cheap. The 2.7 million yuan of tea and salt is only enough for the cost. The current merchants are all profiting from the two-eight-point loading method, and if they rely on freight alone, no one will do it. ”

"Twenty-eight points?" Zhao Ji didn't quite understand.

Gao Yu knew about this, and said with a smile: "It's eight points of grain transportation and two points of private goods...... The income from eight-cent grain transportation is just to protect the capital, and if you want to make money, you have to rely on those two cents of private goods. However, this two points of private goods Da Lang can't be earned, after all, Da Lang himself is not a businessman, he has to contract out the business of Gangyun. ”

Because the Gangchuan is tax-free, these two private goods can go all the way to Kaifeng Mansion tax-free, which is enough to make the Ganggang merchants who run the canal make a lot of money.

"I see," Zhao Ji nodded, "Da Lang, can you do this trading world?" ”

"Of course you can!" Wu Haogu smiled, "And wrap it up on me...... However, this year is the first year, and the imperial court can give some capital to the Jiehe City Bo Division, otherwise the minister will not be able to pay it out. ”

"The capital is naturally going to be paid," Zhao Ji said with a smile, "How about the transfer of 2.7 million face value allocated to Jiehe City?" ”

"I'm afraid it's hard to make a move for a while, right?" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "It would be nice if you could give half of the salt and tea, and half of the silk silk." ”

"Okay," Zhao Ji nodded, "I just take care of it." ”

Wu Haogu didn't think of taking control of Jieshen Alley, and then using Jieshen Alley to implement the silk standard - he didn't play finance in his previous life, and he didn't know much about the financial industry in the current Great Song Dynasty, of course, he couldn't compare to Lu Jiawen, who was in charge of the Urban Yi Division.

He said, "Your Majesty, this money must be given to the minister immediately...... In this way, the minister can leave Kaifeng Mansion as soon as possible to arrange the purchase.

By the way, won't Your Majesty let the Southeast Sixth Road Shipping Division participate? ”

"What? Do you need them involved? ”

Wu Haogu shook his head and said: "No need, but if they don't participate, the minister will have to set up a cargo station in Haizhou to hoard the rice and grain he bought." Please also ask Your Majesty to send an edict to set up a point in Haizhou in Xujiehe City. ”

Zhao Ji waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is natural...... If you are not allowed to go to Haizhou, how can business be done? ”

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, officials with positions in positions were not allowed to run around the world. Wu Haogu is the secretary of Jiehe City, so he can't help but go to Haizhou with orders. And now that Jiehe City can set up a grain station in Haizhou, then Wu Haogu naturally has the right to go there to check.

"Da Lang," Gao Yu was a little uneasy, "If there is no participation of the Sixth Route Shipping Division, can you raise 1 million stone rice grain in Haizhou?" ”

"It's not very difficult," Wu Hao Guyi waved his hand and said with a smile, "The Haizhou Wu family's more than 60,000 mu of irrigated land alone has an annual output of 15 to 200,000 stones. How can you not make up 1 million stones? ”

Wu Haogu didn't want to buy 1 million stone rice grain in Haizhou at all, in addition to the more than 100,000 stones produced by his own more than 60,000 acres of paddy fields, he would buy more than 100,000 or 200,000 stones at most, and just make up 300,000 or 400,000 stones.

For the rest of the part, he plans to place orders with Ma Zhi and Zhang Jue this winter. According to Wu Haogu's knowledge, there has always been a surplus of grain in the Tokyo Province of Liao, and many people with the right surname of Bohai and the Han people as well as the Khitan nobles have stored grain in the Zhuangzi of the Tokyo Road, and what is lacking is the capacity of the sea.

Therefore, Wu Haogu also has to book sea ship capacity with the Wu family in Haizhou. Of course, just a few pieces of cloth can not be exchanged for the Wujiahai ship in Haizhou, Wu Haogu has to provide them with real weapons (through them to sell to the Goryeo) - this is actually a trade cycle, using weapons to exchange for gold, silver and copper coins in the hands of the Goryeo, and then use the gold, silver and copper coins exchanged from Goryeo to buy grain in Liaodong, and use Liaodong grain to exchange for silk silk in the Song Dynasty, silk is the last thing to pay, but Wu Haogu can get it in advance......