One hundred Buddha statues are nothing, and there is no need for Wu Haogu to paint, just write a note to Du Wenyu, and she can let her grandfather Du Yongde get it in a few hours - some of the little painters in Kaifeng Mansion rely on this mixed rice to eat, and the ones who paint better are only a few things.

However, after these Buddha paintings produced by Kaifeng Mansion were brought to the Liao Kingdom, they were good things to give away. If you see the official, you will send one, and you will not be wrong.

One thousand taels of gold is not a small amount, and gold in the Song Dynasty was not a currency in circulation, and its value has been fluctuating between every 20 and 30 taels. During the Yuan Fu period, the price of gold was around 15 yuan. In other words, Ximen Qing asked Wu Haogu to bring 15,000 yuan worth of gold and set off with her.

Wu Haogu knew that of course this huge amount of money was not squandered by Ximen Qing personally - if Ximen Qing wanted to squander it, Wu Dalang would not say anything. If you want to be a junior, can you still be afraid of spending money?

However, in this era, there are not many people who go to Liao to squander with money, Kaifeng Mansion is a good place to squander, according to Ma Zhi in Liao, there is nothing to eat and play, and it is difficult to spend money if you have money.

So Wu Haogu still asked: "Eldest sister, what is this thousand taels of gold ......?"

Ximen Qing had already packed his bags, then sat down opposite Wu Haogu with a smile, and asked rhetorically: "Da Lang, the slave sees that you have been a lot more clever these days, so let's guess one." What is the use of the slave asking you to prepare this gold? ”

Gold...... It's money, money can be spent, and it can also be invested.

Going to Liaoguo to spend money is to find guilt and invest? What are the good projects in Liao?

Wu Haogu thought for a while, looked at Ximen Qing and asked, "Go to Liao to do business?" ”

Ximen Qing smiled: "It's a bit right, it can also be said to be a deal." ”

Isn't that exactly a sale?

Wu Haogu thought to himself: It's a sale, it's not a deal, what is that?

Looking at Wu Dalang's thoughtful appearance, Ximen burst out laughing: "Da Lang, look at your ability to do business, how come you don't know about the big deal of the Warring States wealthy merchant Lu Buwei?" ”

Lü Buwei?

Of course, Wu Haogu knew about Lu Buwei, he had seen it in books and on TV. This is a strange thing!

"Eldest sister," Wu Haogu looked at Ximen Qing, "You mean there are strange goods?" ”

"There are no strange goods," Ximen Qing smiled, "but there is one in the future!" ”

Invest in a knot?

"Second Brother Ma?" Wu Haogu actually has this idea, but it coincides with Ximen Qing.

"Eldest sister," Wu Haogu asked, "This money is for Second Brother Ma?" ”

Ximen Qing nodded, "Can you give it up?" ”

"What is reluctant!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Just with money, Second Brother Ma can become the envoy of the Liao Kingdom?" ”

There are two types of festival envoys in the Liao State, and there are two types of festival envoys as officials, one is the festival envoy sent to the tribal leader. The head of the small tribe is usually sealed as a king, and the head of the big tribe is the king, such as the king of the southern courtyard and the king of the northern courtyard or something - the king of the southern courtyard is the official son of Xiao Feng in Jin Daxia's pen, but it is not very different, Xiao Feng's king of the southern courtyard seems to be in charge of Nanjing Road. And the king of the southern courtyard in history is actually a northern official, who is in charge of the six Khitan courts. In addition, there is a king in the north who is in charge of the five courtyards.

It is impossible for Ma Zhi to get his hands on the festival envoys of these tribes, and he is not a minority.

However, there are also many Jiedu envoy states in Liao, and the states of Liao are divided into levels, in descending order: Jiedu State, Observation State, Defense State, and Thorn History State. And the Jiedu envoy of the Liao State, basically referring to the Jiedu envoy of the Tang Dynasty, is not a fictitious (the Liao State also has a virtual title of the Jiedu envoy), but it really has military power.

All large state festival envoys usually have other military names, and are in charge of both military and civil affairs, and are called military festival envoys of a certain state.

For example, Suzhou at the top of the Liaodong Peninsula has another military name of the Anfu Army, and the Jiedu envoy is called the Suzhou Anfu Army Jiedu Envoy, and there are also deputy envoys of Jiedu, Tongzhi Jiedu envoys and marching Sima, military judges, and secretaries.

This Suzhou Anfu Army belongs to the jurisdiction of Nannuzhi, that is, the Tanghe Division of Mature Women. However, because most of the residents are Han Chinese and Bohai people, they also belong to the Nanmyeon official series.

Wu Hao had inquired about this place with Huamanshan a long time ago, and knew that it was the big port of Tokyo Province in Liaoguo, an important town for trade between the Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo, and also an important town for coastal defense!

Of course, Liao also has coastal defense! On the territory of the Suzhou Anfu Army, there is a town Donghaikou Great Wall, also known as Suzhou Pass, only 10 miles long, built in the waist of the Luda Peninsula, the narrowest place.

The purpose of building this "Great Wall" is said to be to prevent the Nüzhi people of Liaodong from coming and going with the Song Dynasty, and it is also said to be to block the trade between the Bohai Kingdom and the Central Plains, maybe it's both?

In the original history, the Song-Jin Maritime Alliance was also carried out through Suzhou Pass.

That is to say, as long as Suzhou Pass and the "Land of Luda" south of Suzhou Pass can be firmly controlled in the hands of the pro-Song Han warlords of the Liao State, then the Great Song Dynasty or Wu Haogu himself will be able to obtain a support point that will change history in the future Liao State Rebellion.

Oh, it's not that you want to renew Da Liao's life...... But as long as this stronghold exists, it is equivalent to a knife in the back of the Jin people.

At the same time, Suzhou Pass can also become an important trading base, and the furs, horses, and eagle harriers of Liaodong can be exchanged for silk, porcelain, and tea from the Central Plains through Suzhou Pass. With trade, it was easier for the Suzhou Anfu Army to survive with the support of the Great Song Dynasty (or Christie) after most of Liaodong and Western Liaodong fell.

It seems that this money can be invested! Wu Haogu immediately made up his mind...... This capital must be invested! If 15,000 is not enough, then give 30,000 to 50,000, even if you burn 350,000, you have to burn Ma Zhi to make a Suzhou Anfu Army Festival envoy, even if it is a deputy envoy with real power.

This is a strategically valuable venture capital!

Wu Haogu was thinking about it, but Ximen Qing saw that he didn't speak, and thought that he was thinking about whether this investment was worth it.

So she told Wu Haogu about the Ximen family's plan, and she said eloquently: "Da Lang, don't hide it, my family has been looking at the Liao country for a hundred years, and I know that its nation has decayed, and chaos is inevitable. With the strength of our dynasty now, taking advantage of the chaos to restore Yanyun in the north must be nine out of ten, and the Yandi wealthy clan can take the opportunity to rise, and the future is not under the Western Army Jiangmen and Fuzhou Folding, right?

My Yanggu Ximen family, your Luoyang Baibo martial family, can also share one or two. The official position of this gate can be hereditary. Although the hereditary military attache of Jiangmen is not as good as a civilian official, it is difficult to get a jinshi after all. ”

Ximen Qing, no, it should be the Ximen family who originally fought this idea! They want to speculate on the future Yanyun War, so that their family will change from a smuggler to a generational general.

It is true that the Great Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, but the many years of the Song-Xia War did fight a number of generals, such as the generals of the Zhuang family, the generals of the Yao family, the generals of the folded generals, and so on. Although this honor is not as good as a civil official, it also has hereditary wealth and official positions! It's better than the Simons, who are now merchants who rely on smuggling to make a good living, right?

And if he can get the status of the Yan army or the Liao army, this merchant can still do it. Those generals of the Western Army, who are not doing business? With Jiangmen as the backstage, the smuggling business can continue.

But to speculate on the Yanyun War, the capital of the Ximen family is not enough. Her family is not Lu Buwei, don't look at the heroes of Liangshan, they are very neat, but it is impossible to ask the Ximen family to invest tens of thousands or even more money. Those Yanyun Han people and wealthy families are not short of dozens of thugs, what they lack is money, and it is a lot of money!

But Wu Haogu showed Lu Buwei's hand! He is rich, and he has hooked up with Duanwang Zhao Ji, and it seems that he has joined Cai Jing's loyal party......

Wu Haogu understood what Ximen Qing meant, although he didn't believe that those Han clans could really block the iron hooves of the Jurchens in the future, he was still willing to invest.

"Good! I'll pay for it! He laughed, "I'll go and prepare the gold tomorrow and take it on my way when the time comes." ”

……

"Brother Liangji wants to borrow money?"

Almost at the same time, Ma Zhi also made a similar request to Ji Yi - to borrow money.

"...... you want money"

"Buy an official!" Ma Zhi said.

"Do you still need to buy it?" Ji Yi didn't understand it for a while.

Isn't Ma Zhi the son of the four major families of Yanyun? Shouldn't his officials be reincarnated based on their ability? Why buy it? Could it be that there is something wrong with Ma Zhi's identity?

"I have the official position in name now!" Ma Zhi said, "It's not a secret, a certain family is now the military envoy of Daliao, the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu, and the regular attendant of the inspection school." But these are all vain and useless. If you want to have a real job, especially if you want to do it, you have to spend money. ”

Of course the Liao State is corrupt!

Can Jeruyan roll a state of privy envoys by rolling the dice, can he still hope that there is no official beard?

"What kind of official position can you buy?" Ji Yi asked with interest.

"The maximum you can buy is the state army festival envoy!" Ma Zhi smiled and said, "Our Liao State's state military envoy is a world election official, and ordinary people can't buy it no matter how much money they pay." However, a certain family is from the four major families of Yanyun, and they are qualified to buy the envoys of the state army...... Of course, you have to buy it at the next level. ”

In the Liao State, all positions that hold the real power of the military and government, such as the prime ministers of the north and south, the privy envoys, and the envoys of the festival, cannot be done by taking the Jinshi examination, and they must be reincarnated by their ability, and Ma Zhi's ability to reincarnate is not bad.

Ma Zhi's family is one of the four major families of Yan, although it is not as prominent as the Han and Zhao families, but it is also one of the few Han families who are eligible to participate in the world election. In history, Ma Zhi's uncle Ma Renwang also achieved such a high position as the Southern Privy Envoy during the Tianzuo Emperor period, and was a very favored high-ranking official.

Therefore, as long as Ma Zhi can get the support of the big donor, he is qualified and has the way to buy a state military festival envoy!