Of course, Poly Dexing, which is in preparation, has a background, and there is never a shortage of people with backgrounds in Kaifeng Mansion, so there will be corresponding umbrellas behind all kinds of money-making big deals.

Collusion between officials and businessmen has never been a problem in Kaifeng Province.

And the surname Xiang of the person standing behind Poly Dexing is the two brothers of the current Queen Mother Xiang, Xiang Zongliang and Xiang Zonghui!

They were the first to notice Christie's singing business, and they were almost always there when Christie's was selling paintings and calligraphy. I have seen more big scenes of 100,200,000 transactions in one day, how can I not be tempted? Now Christie's charges five commissions on two days, which adds up to 10 percent! In addition, there will be some appraisal fees.

In other words, among the 200,000 transactions a day, Christie's has to draw at least 20,000!

This business is not an exaggeration to say that it is making money every day!

Because the two brothers of the Xiang family have a queen sister, they are just messing around in the officialdom and can't hold real power, so they can only spend their energy on "family property management" - it is really a business, not corruption and bribery. The Xiang family has no real power now, and the emperor doesn't like them, where can they be corrupt?

There are two main directions for Xiangjia's operation, one is land! The Xiang family owns a large area of land on Hebei East Road, more than half of which is not in the official account books, that is, land that does not have to pay taxes - Hebei East Road was "washed" by the Yellow River and more than 100,000 hectares of land, most of which were "washed" into the name of the wealthy family.

Xiangjia's second industry is the gold and silver silk shop and the supporting pawnshop. There is also a very richly built Xiangjia gold and silver silk silk shop on Jieshen Lane, which is the property of the Daimyo Xiangjia.

However, the Xiang brothers did not directly come forward to "open a bank", but operated a gold, silver, silk and silk shop through two domestic slaves, Xiang Bao and Xiang Li.

And now, the Xiang brothers are eyeing the huge profits of the singing and selling bank, and Xiang Bao and Xiang Li have come forward to set up Poly Dexing, ready to compete for business with Christie.

For this reason, Xiang Zongliang and Xiang Zonghui also found Wu Haogu's opponent Chen Youwen. Although his painting skills cannot be compared with Wu Haogu, his appreciation skills are stronger than those of Wu Haogu's father and son.

And he has always been the leading figure in the Kaifeng Mansion Calligraphy and Painting Shop!

"Chen Dengshi, my brother doesn't need you to do any errands in Poly, you are now a civil official, and you are still on assignment, so you are not suitable for trading."

In the guest hall of Xiangfu's mansion, Xiang Zongliang said to Chen Youwen, who came to visit: "But you have to help with the calligraphy, painting, literature and entertainment that Poly has to do...... My brother didn't ask you to help in vain, and we will take care of your festival with Wu Haogu. ”

"That's right," Xiang Zonghui also smiled, "where are your two sons now?" It's all gone? Let them all come to Poly, one for each of them...... By the way, when Wu Haogu doesn't do the edict and grows up, let Chen Bao go to the Hanlin Painting Academy as a student, okay? ”

Chen Youwen was overjoyed and said: "Okay, good, Youwen thank you two for observing." ”

Xiang Zongliang and Xiang Zonghui's current military officials are both observers, one is an observer in Xiangzhou and the other is an observer in Lizhou, so Chen Youwen called them "observers".

Since returning from Liao, Chen Youwen has already fallen a little fond of Wu Haogu, a sworn enemy. He first entrusted Wu Haogu's fortune to become an official - it is very difficult for an unborn person to become an official, Chen Youwen only changed an official last year, and he became an official again this year...... This official movement is a civil official who was born as a jinshi, and most of them can't compare!

And now because of Christie's prosperity, he has married the two brothers of the Queen Mother...... It's good now, I'm no longer afraid of being implicated by Zhao Tieniu.

Of course, if you want to protect yourself from the two brothers, Chen Youwen still has to work hard, no matter how you want to make Poly do the same as Christie's, and the money is rolling.

And the most ideal result is that Wu Haogu really died in the chaos of Yanjing. Chen Youwen said in his heart: Wu Haogu, Wu Haogu, you will die, so that I can really sit back and relax.

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"Ahh

Wu Haogu suddenly sneezed a few times at this time, and none of the brushes in his hands were steady, and they were also shocked on the paper.

He touched his nose and frowned, "Why did you sneeze for no reason?" You won't suffer from the wind chill, right? ”

As soon as he thought of the wind and cold, the scene of Ximen Qing treating him and feeding him medicine that day came to his mind...... Who would have thought that this Ximen Xiaoyi would be a female streamer, and now she has become her own concubine, which is really like a dream.

But I don't know what Pan Qiaolian will think of this dream, is it a spring dream? Is it a nightmare?

Wu Haogu shook his head slightly, tightened the clothes he was wearing, and then buried his head in the rice paper he was writing.

He was now sitting on a wooden boat that Lin Chong had hired in Cangzhou. This Lin Jiaotou is like a fine person, he carries his yellow stalk with him everywhere, and he also brings a lot of gold leaves (all of which were kept by Wu Haogu for him), so everyone became his "entourage" after entering the Song Dynasty. He came forward to buy mules and horses in a small town on the edge of the Jiehe River, rode all the way south to Cangzhou City, hired a boat in Cangzhou City, and went all the way to Chaijiazhuang along the Fuyang Shui-Wudi River.

On the way to Chaijiazhuang, Wu Haogu began to prepare his own recital and a proposal for the construction of a "lighthouse city". Among them, the latter was prepared for Murong to forget his worries...... I don't know if this old man has arrived in Chaijiazhuang now?

If he had arrived in the Song Dynasty safely, then the city of Lighthouse would have to fall on his incorruptible tongue.

The reason is that Wu Haogu has already thought a lot, first of all, to attract talents and funds from the Liao State to enter the Song State - on the way to Cangzhou, Wu Haogu has a further understanding of the Yanyun clan through exchanges with Zhong Ge'er. Although these families generally value military force over literature, the real power in the clan is not military leaders, but politicians of noble blood. After all, it is not the era of chaos in the world, and the military leaders are also unambitious figures among the Han people in the Liao State, and they can completely win over a group!

In order to achieve this goal, Dengta City must adopt a more flexible policy in civil management that is different from that of other places in the Great Song Dynasty. Otherwise, those Liao figures would not have been able to enter the country at all, let alone be recruited and appointed by the Great Song Dynasty through the channel of Lighthouse City.

The second is to use the lighthouse city and the north city of Xijin to grab business, so as to hit the economy of the Liao State. Because Xijin Beishifang is now the starting point of the overland Silk Road and the center of international trade in Northeast Asia, it contributes a lot of tax revenue to the Liao State every year.

In order for Lighthouse City to be commercially competitive, it is necessary to adopt special policies in terms of business and tax administration. The system of buying and buying must not be implemented in Dengta City, nor can all kinds of monopoly monopolies, otherwise what if the merchants of Liao State do not come?

The third is to operate the lighthouse city as a large base for collecting intelligence and infiltrating the Liao State. Because this stronghold would be completely open to the Liao, but outside the sphere of influence of the Liao court elites, it would provide a safe haven for participants in Liao's internal political disputes.

This, of course, required the Great Song court to set up a special intelligence agency to carry out the mission of infiltrating and collecting intelligence against the Liao State......

Finally, and most importantly, the city of Lighthouse was to be used as a large base and storage place for the invasion of Liao. Fighting wars and logistics, this is especially true for the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty who saw money and opened their eyes. If they don't eat well and use it well, and then reward them viciously, can they fight?

Therefore, the most headache in the war is the logistics problem!

In Wu Haogu's vision, the logistical problem of cutting Liao can be solved by Beacon City.

For this reason, the lighthouse city should occupy a relatively wide area, and it must be larger than the three squares of Beishi, Nan'an, and Dong'an in Xijin Prefecture, and it is best to be as large as the city of Xijin Prefecture, so that it can be opened, and it will be good to garrison troops in the future.

At the same time, the city of Lighthouse should have some defensive capabilities and the possibility of transforming into a fortress. Only in this way can the city of Lighthouse serve as a stronghold for the Northern Expedition...... Or there is an important support point to resist the southward movement of the Northern Army!

Since the current Jiehe River is the only way for grain to be transported from the Tokyo Province of Liaoguo to the province of Yijin, once the city is operated as a "free city", it will completely become a transit point for sea and inland shipping.

In other words, all the grain that is transported from Tokyo Road will be unloaded at the port of Lighthouse City and then transported to Setsu Province by river boats! Relying on the advantages of a grain transit port, Lighthouse City can be operated as a grain trading and distribution center...... This meant that the Great Song Dynasty could secretly hoard military rations in Lighthouse City through grain trading.

You can use the money to buy grain from the Tokyo Road of Liaoguo for the Northern Expedition army! This alone saved hundreds of thousands of people on the East Hebei Road from the pain of transporting them - if it had been done properly, the East Hebei Road would not even know that there was a war!

In addition, if slavery can be allowed (the source of slaves is of course Liao) to exist in Lighthouse City, then even the cannon fodder for the Northern Expedition to Liao will be available - directly liberate slaves from the army, maybe 100,000 people can be obtained in an instant, even if they can't be used as regular soldiers, there will be no problem as auxiliaries to transfer military rations and build castles.

Moreover, these slaves from the Liao Kingdom must have bitter hatred for the Great Liao, and they must have worked harder than the utility soldiers of the Song Dynasty when they really went to the battlefield......

In other words, as long as this lighthouse city is managed well, then it can use Liao's own strength to attack the fourteen states of Yanyun in Liao.

Great Song ...... With some money and fifty or sixty thousand elites of the Western Army, everything will be fine.

"That's amazing!" Wu Haogu looked at the strategies on the rice paper, he was really impressed, and said to himself, "How can there be such a clever strategy in the world?" Zhuge Liang can't think of it, right? It's so clever that I came up with such a clever plan......"