After listening to Wu Haogu's comments, Zhang Shangying could only smile bitterly.

Did the forbidden army of Kaifeng Province have to dress as merchants and craftsmen? They were meant to be! Their forbidden army is well pretended!

Wu Haogu continued: "As far as I know, although there are few people in the forbidden army of Kaifeng Mansion who can fight, they are actually full of talents. There are not only businessmen who can do business, but also artists who are proficient in various crafts, strong men and knights who walk the rivers and lakes, and ruffians who wander the market. It can be said that there are people in all walks of life.

Moreover, after all, these forbidden troops are Bianliangzi, and they have been favored by officials for generations, and this loyalty still exists. If the court is willing to use them, someone will definitely sacrifice their lives to repay them. ”

Zhang Shangying thought to himself: This martial artist can really say it! But it's not bad, isn't the Kaifeng Mansion Forbidden Army just a variety of people, but there are no soldiers?

However, in Wu Haogu's view, this forbidden army in Kaifeng can't be fought, but it's not really unusable, it's good to use them to develop production, and there are people in all industries in Kaifeng Prefecture.

If Wu Haogu can pull one or two thousand families to the Jiehe Commercial Market, then all walks of life can be established in a very short period of time. This makes the Jiehe Merchant Market look like that!

But the question is, how do you get them?

Jiehe Shang City doesn't seem to be a good place, it's so close to the Liao country, who knows when the Liao people will go crazy and call over? What to do? Wu Haogu thought about it, but he only flickered.

How to fool it? Fortunately, Wu Haogu still has a bit of talent for flickering.

If you want to fool people from the good Kaifeng Mansion to the Jiehe Commercial Market, you must have a lofty ideal - to fight for the liberation cause of the Yanyun people!

There must also be a bright future - Yan Yun can be promoted and make a fortune after recovery!

Of course, there must also be tangible practical interests - there must be a yamen who seems to be very reliable to be their superior and pay them money! These two thousand families can't let Wu Haogu pay to subsidize them.

"Do you want to set up an office like the Imperial City Division in Jiehe Business City?" Zhang Shangying asked.

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "Zhongshu, how can the Imperial City Division be a yamen?" And if you want to use it, naturally you can't hang the sign of the government office in the Jiehe commercial market, otherwise the Liao people will know. ”

That's right! Zhang Shangying thought about it and felt that Wu Haogu, a fortunate villain, was still a bit of a doorway.

"Let's talk about it."

Wu Haogu continued: "The idea of the lower officials is to engage in dozens or hundreds of trading houses secretly controlled by the north room of the Privy Council, scattered in all walks of life. The shopkeepers, stewards, and associates of the firm are all from the Kaifeng Forbidden Army, and they are all members of the Privy Council, and they secretly set up a spy department to take charge of this matter. ”

The Privy Council sounds big! In this way, people are fooled into the game.

"Then he used the merchants as a cover to collect information from the Liao, Goryeo, Bubu, and Shengnuzhi countries, buy internal responses, and provide financial support to the Bohai people."

Engage in a whole bunch of comptoirs to cover up espionage? Zhang Shangying had a feeling of brightness...... Why didn't anyone think of this before?

Zhang Shangying asked Wu Haogu with interest: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Yes, yes." Wu Haogu said with a smile, "As far as the officials know, the Khitan nobles are superstitious and superstitious about Buddhism......"

Speaking of this, Wu Haogu couldn't help but glance at the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva offered in Zhang Shangying's Buddhist Hall.

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Shangying waved his hand.

It is true that he is a disciple of the Buddha, but how can it matter to worship the Buddha as an official?

Wu Hao Gu said: "So the lower officials still want to build a big temple in Jiehe City, and then invite the Zhishen monk of the Great Xiangguo Temple to preside over it, and then train some fake monks who can be spies...... In the future, if you send it to Liao, you may be able to see miraculous results. ”

The idea of using Buddhism to infiltrate the Liao State has long been known to Wu Hao. It's just that he doesn't have a monk to appoint, so he can only keep it in his heart. This time the establishment of Jiehe Commercial City is a big opportunity, and many things that could not be done before can now be done.

Zhang Shangying stroked the beard under his chin and said with a smile: "No wonder Cai Yuanchang always praises you for having a way, it seems that this is the case today." ”

"The book has won the prize."

Wu Haogu smiled secretly in his heart: It seems that Zhang Shangying has been fooled by himself! The cadres of the new party like them are still easier to fool than the old party figures - they want to do things, and they can do things well, and there are ways!

"So where did the money for the espionage department's personnel to settle in Jiehe Shang City, as well as the money for building the temple, come from?" Zhang Shangying asked, "Even if you open a hundred commercial banks, each of them invests 1,000 yuan, you need 100,000 yuan, right?" That temple didn't have one hundred or twenty thousand, and it couldn't be taken. With so much money, it may not be easy for the Privy Council to take it. ”

The matter of money is naturally difficult to defeat Wu Haogu!

He thought for a moment and said, "You can borrow 100,000 yuan from the Jiehe Business City Chamber of Commerce to settle the expenses of the personnel of the Espionage Division to settle in Jiehe City." In fact, their entry can make the Jiehe Commercial Market prosper quickly, and it is also cost-effective to lend 100,000 yuan to the Chamber of Commerce. As for the question of repaying the money, it can be returned by the Jiehe City Bosi in installments.

It's easier to build a temple, and let Daxiangguo Temple fund it. Not to mention 120,000, even 120,000 can't be difficult for the monks of Daxiangguo Temple, right? ”

"Hehe, you really have a way!" Zhang Shangying touched his beard and smiled, "The matter of the Spy Division, the old man went to discuss with Zhang Xianggong and Zeng Shumi. Chongdao, prepare after you go back, and we will go to Cheongju on the fifth day of the ninth month. Li Daguan would take the envoys of the Liao State to meet with us and discuss the business of the market. ”

"Oh," Wu Hao Gudao, "by the way, how is the Jiehe City Ship Division in charge of Zhongshu formed?" How many officials are there? How many overseers? There are also ...... such as the prison officer, the supervisor of the text, the Confucian officer, the hand division, the post division, the capital official, the special warehouse, the special scale, the guest division, and the front and back lines."

The promotion officer of the Jiehe City Bo Division must be Zhang Shangying, and he will soon be the transfer envoy of Hebei East Road. And Wu Haogu is now the official of the Jiehe City Ship Division, and he is the official who actually controls the City Ship Division. But apart from the two of them, there is no third person in Jiehe City now, and there is no government office. So Wu Haogu was a bare-bones official during this time, and he didn't even have a place to work.

In addition, Wu Haogu also planned to promote a person from the Ximen family to be an official in Jiehe City, which was promised to go out in order to get Ximen Qing in order to get him.

Zhang Shangying smiled, as if he had seen through Wu Haogu's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Chongdao, don't you have someone who wants to protect you?" ”

Wu Haogu did not hide it from Zhang Shangying, and said: "But there are people who want to be promoted, and they are all people who can be used by Jiehe Business City and Jiehe City." ”

Zhang Shangying asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"I want to protect two officials." In addition to the people of the Ximen family, Wu Haogu also wanted to bring Lin Chong with him.

"Give you the dispatch of two prison officers," Zhang Shangying said, "one is a prison for Lumen, one is for water gate, and you can also guarantee two third-class loans." ”

Because the Jiehe Commercial Market is located on the edge of the Jiehe River, the corresponding city naturally has a water gate - of course, it is not a real water gate, but a "gate" concept. The so-called "water gate" is actually an anti-smuggling fleet on the water. There are gates to be guarded at the "Prison Gate", but there will also be anti-smuggling teams. The members of the anti-smuggling team became the forward and backward lines.

"Then thank you for the book."

Wu Haogu pondered while thanking him, Lin Chong already had three classes of borrowed posts, that is to say, he could still guarantee another third-class loan, and he could also give it to the people of the Ximen family, and as for the dispatch, he could find another way.

Zhang Shangying said again: "In addition, the palace will also send an official to work, and the first one must be Li Zhong." You know him well, you should be able to get along well. ”

……

Coming out of Zhang Shangying's mansion, Wu Haogu's whole person became much easier.

The opening of the Jiehe Commercial Market seems to be the overall situation! With this commercial market, I have such a place to play in this era. And it is also a very good piece of land that can gather a lot of manpower and financial resources in a short period of time.

With the territory, he can really prepare some strength for the Heavenly Tilt that may happen in the future.

After returning home, he found Ximen Qing, who had a big belly, and Lin Wancheng, the "bodyguard head" in the house.

After listening to Wu Haogu's words, Ximen Qing was also relieved...... There are two officials and one dispatch, and the Yanggu family can also explain it.

Ximen Qing said with a smile: "Da Lang, now the Ximen family in Yanggu is really going to be prosperous." ”

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "Qing'er, Jiehe Commercial Market still has to rely on the manpower of the Ximen family and the Chai family. ”

"Hmm." Ximen Qing said, "The slave immediately wrote to the eldest father and the eldest father of the Chai family, asking them to gather twenty or thirty capable sons to help the officials. In addition, the Murong family, the Chai family, and the Zhang family also have some children available. ”

"Dong Weng," Lin Wancheng also said, "The old man also has a few old brothers in the Kaifeng Forbidden Army, and they are all capable. ”

"Okay, okay, call them all." Wu Haogu smiled and nodded.

Jiehe City's dispatch is limited, and there are not many people at all. But the people's servants under the "city government" of Kejieheshang City need a lot! In the future, these positions will definitely have to be carefully selected, and there will be civil service examinations, but for now they can only be used by private individuals. It's good to find more old men, on the one hand, you are old and do things steadily; On the one hand, in the future, it is necessary to let them retire and then call new people to go up.

"Then thank you To-on." Lin Wancheng stood up and saluted, and went happily.

"Official," Ximen Qing suddenly showed a hint of surprise at this time, and said in Wu Haogu's ear: "Nu just diagnosed my sister's pulse, it's a happy pulse!" ”

It turned out that Pan Qiaolian's "eldest aunt" in August did not arrive on time, and Ximenqing knew that there was a "play" after knowing it, so she hurriedly diagnosed Pan Qiaolian and found that Pan Qiaolian was pregnant.

"Joy?" Wu Haogu was also surprised, and laughed, "Eighteenth sister? That's great! This is a double happiness! Eldest sister, where is the eighteenth sister? Take me to see each other. ”