"I don't know! Only the manager knows about it...... It's a pity that there are four managers in this battle. ”

Wu Haogu still has no way to give a positive or negative answer. Because he is not the boss of this battle of Lingzhou, and there are too many coaches of this battle of Lingzhou, there are too many things that are not under control.

"So......" Su Zhe paused, "will we fight with the Khitans?" ”

"It's hard to say about small frictions, but big wars won't." This time, Wu Haogu gave the answer, "No matter whether Tao Jiefu can defeat Lingzhou or not, the Khitans will not start a war with us." ”

"How so?" Su Zhe asked.

Wu Haogu smiled: "Because they can't beat the elite of the three straights." ”

"Can't beat it?"

"Da Lang, don't laugh."

Su Zhe and Su Dongpo, who was almost sick, were surprised. Khitans, super fierce! How could you not beat the elite of the three straights of the Great Song Dynasty?

Wu Haogu said categorically: "If you can't beat it, you can't beat it!"

The Khitan people take 500,000 yuan from us every year, and a group of nobles also make a lot of profits from the Jiehe Commercial Market. Therefore, the determination to start a war will not be made easily, and it will only be tested in the Hetao grassland first. When the time comes, he will be beaten by the royal horse in front of the palace, and he will naturally retract it...... Therefore, Mr. Ziyou does not have to make the slightest concession, just teach the Khitans a strict lesson. ”

In the hands of Wu Haogu, who can't fight, there can be a super good at fighting Wan Yan Xian, and those super fierce Khitan people can still be fierce when they meet Wan Yan Xian?

If they really dare to press over with 180,000 soldiers, Wan Yan Xian may not be able to deal with the knights of the Imperial Horse Straight.

But how dare the Khitans do that? The Great Song Dynasty is now out of the Heavenly Khan...... I don't accept it! Could it be that Yelu Yanxi wants to try the knife of the Heavenly Khan?

Moreover, the Khitans take 500,000 yuan from the Great Song Dynasty every year, and their nobles also make a lot of money from the Jiehe Commercial Market, where can they easily start a war? The losses in the war are huge! It must be tempted, and when the time comes, send Yan Xian and Yuma to get it straight, then there will be no then.

Wu Haogu paused and said to Su Dongpo: "Teacher, you just have to rest assured that you are sick." Mr. Ziyou will definitely return Liao with honor, and Hebei will be fine...... At least before the Jiehe River froze, the Khitans did not dare to covet the Jiehe Shang City.

After all, on the water, the strength of the Khitans is not worth mentioning! As for the war in the northwest, it is unknown whether Lingzhou can be attacked. However, Xia, You, Yan and the grasslands between the rivers should be able to be taken, and the Khitan did not dare to enter the Kou.

So winning this battle is certain, it's just a matter of how much to win. ”

Su Zhe frowned, "Isn't it going to be cheap Cai Jing?" ”

Su Dongpo smiled coldly: "Then it depends on whether Lingzhou can be defeated!" ”

……

"Cai Qing, Su Qing, you stay for a while."

At the end of the Chongzheng Palace's summons the next day, Zhao Ji called the names of Cai Jing and Su Dongpo and asked them to stay and continue to ask questions.

The two prime ministers sat on the pestles in the hall, waiting for Zhao Ji to ask. Zhao Ji took out two marked books from a stack of concerts on the royal table, and handed them to Su Dongpo and Cai Jing to watch at the little yellow door standing beside him.

Su Dongpo took a copy and unfolded it first, and it turned out that Lu Yihao proposed that the forbidden army be stationed in Jiehe Shang City and promote Jiehe Shang City to Jiezhou Shangshu.

Cai Jing picked up a copy and opened it, but it was the newly promoted superintendent of the imperial history Zhang Kegong who secretly planted forces in Jiehe Shang City, raised dead soldiers, and plotted against him.

After Su Dongpo and Cai Jing finished reading it, they exchanged concerts with each other and watched them carefully.

"Yesterday, when I and Wu Dalang were having dinner in the Chongzheng Palace, I already asked him what he meant." Zhao Ji's voice was full of doubt, "But he didn't dare to accept the dispatch of Zhijie Prefecture." Cai Qing, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty, only Wu Haogu can do the affairs of Zhijie Prefecture." Cai Jing pondered and said, "If he is unwilling to take over, then it can only be discussed later." ”

Cai Jing was not stupid, he knew that now was not the time to take the Jiehe Commercial Market. Because no one dared to go to the state affairs of the Zhijie Prefecture, Lu Yihao, who put forward this opinion, did not dare to go himself.

Moreover, if this matter is raised when asked by the Chongzheng Palace, it will definitely be unanimously opposed. Even Cai Jing's younger brother Cai Bian will object! Hundreds of thousands of Khitan iron horsemen riding south is not a joke! The political dispute can't really attract the Khitan Iron Cavalry, or everyone will die.

However, Cai Jing still figured out what Zhao Ji meant through Lu Yihao's sparseness. Zhao Ji still wants to turn Jiehe Commercial City into Jiezhou...... And Wu Haogu obviously didn't want to hand over Jiehe Shang City.

This is the opportunity to bring down Wu Haogu! Even if you can't pull it down now, you will definitely do it in the future!

"Jiehe Shang City was built by the first emperor for the Liao War," the sick and crooked Su Dongpo coughed at this time, "Since the construction of the second year of Yuanfu, it has been less than six years, and it is not easy to have today's scale." It's just that Wu Haogu is inevitably impatient and radical in doing things, and the interests of the business market are huge, and it is not easy to balance all aspects. Besides, after all, the merchant market is under the knife of the Khitans, and anyone there has to raise some life-saving guards. Zhang Kegong's mansion in Jiehe Commercial City is actually heavily guarded.

Therefore, if you want to investigate carefully, you can always find the handle. ”

His words are also damaging enough, clearly referring to Zhang Kegong and Wu Haogu using their power to slander because of conflicts of interest.

"That's right," Zhao Ji nodded slightly, "Zhang Kegong's family is also a shareholder of Jiehe Commercial City, right?" ”

"There are still people in the Zhang family who are elders of the Shang City," Su Dong rambled, "and his family and the martial family have always been at odds, and they are the two factions in the Jiehe Senate." ”

"Why are they not at peace?" Zhao Ji asked.

Su Dongpo said: "Businessmen, they are fighting for profit. ”

Cai Jing said: "But Zhang Kegong is a scholar. ”

Su Dongpo said with a smile: "The shareholders of the commercial market, the veterans, also open more than a dozen businesses and hold real estate worth hundreds of thousands...... Is this also a doctor? ”

"That's not Zhang Kegong's industry, but Zhang's Jiangmen's industry."

Su Dongpo said: "There are not many children in the Zhang family, Zhang Kegong's share is not small, right?" The minister knew that he had just bought a house in Kaifeng Xinxi City, worth 100,000 yuan! ”

Hearing Su Dongpo say this, Zhao Ji also felt that Zhang Kegong's purpose was suspicious.

However, how much strength Wu Haogu has in Jiehe Shang City, it is best to send a reliable person to check.

……

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shangyuan Festival.

On the night of the Shangyuan Festival, Kaifeng Mansion was still shrouded in cold.

In the evening, there was also a sleet that caused the temperature to drop sharply.

Wu Haogu was wearing a loose cotton robe, holding a "Wenqu Xing" newspaper in his hand, leaning on a bed covered with fur. There is also a charcoal stove burning inside the house, so that no cold air can penetrate through the house.

The long articles in the "Wenqu Xing" newspaper are all touting Gao Taiwei. This is all written by the compilers of the "Wenqu Xing" Xunbao according to Wu Haogu's instructions - Wu Haogu can't fight, and Tong Guan is disabled and strong, so he is not suitable for touting, so Gao Yu has become a famous general with all kinds of halos. Under the wonderful pen of flowers, it is simply the reincarnation of Li Weigong!

This time, no one will write Gao Yu as a traitor who doesn't learn and can only play football, right?

Wu Haogu suddenly laughed, history is really written by the victor! Now Gao Yu is the winner, so history will say good things about him.

"Why is the lord laughing?"

Ximen Qing asked outside the door, lifted the thick curtain and walked in. She had only returned to Kaifeng Mansion from Jiehe Shang City two days ago, and it was Wu Haogu who had someone summon her when she was in Xiangzhou.

"Because the great work is about to be completed, my heart is happy, so I laugh." Wu Haogu smiled and beckoned to Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing turned around and picked up a covered bowl from the tray held by a little maid behind him, and handed it to Wu Haogu.

The jade-colored porcelain bowl exudes heat, and it is a little hot to touch. When the lid is lifted, inside is a bowl of clear, fragrant lamb noodles. There are not many noodles, which is the appearance of two or three bites, and two pieces of moderately fat and lean mutton.

This is Wu Haogu's supper, Wu Haogu put the bowl on the desk in front of him, took the chopsticks again, and ate them one bite at a time. After a while, he finished eating and drank the soup again.

"When you're full, you'll have the strength to work." Wu Haogu put down his chopsticks and looked at Ximen Qing with a smile, his eyes moving on her most plump chest. Ximen Qing was originally very plump, but now because he gave birth to two sons, his figure is even fuller than before.

Meimu glared at Wu Haogu with anger and disgust, but sat down beside him and leaned up softly. The martial arts family now has an unwritten convention, whoever has the turn to serve Wu Haogu has to be responsible for serving supper, first serving the martial arts officials with supper, and then using his body to serve.

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Let's talk about business for a while, at the latest in summer, Jiehe Business City will feel the pressure." Can you, a woman, control the situation? ”

Ximen Qing blinked, "It's true that the slave is a woman, but with the help of Mr. Murong and Brother Anguo, how can they not control the situation?" And our strength is also enough, there are 800 people in the fake child group, 200 war slaves, 200 people in Jiehe Baozheng, 600 people in the water patrol, 100 police patrol knights, and more than 300 older students in the knight academy, who are also able to fight. In addition, the slave also recruited 1,000 naval archers from the Dadu Protectorate, all of whom could shoot. ”

"There are 3,000 of them." Wu Haogu smiled, "You can also take advantage of the tense situation to pull Bao Ding out to practice...... 200 Baozheng can support at least 100 teams and an army of tens of thousands of people! ”

"Hmm." Ximen Qing responded, "With Mr. Murong here, tens of thousands of troops will definitely be able to train." It's just that the court is ......"

Wu Haogu smiled: "It's okay, the imperial court doesn't have to worry." A small commercial market carrying hundreds of thousands of Khitan iron horses, how can it not have a little protection? ”

As he spoke, Wu Haogu had already stood up and twisted Ximen Qing's cheek, "Eldest sister, it's not too early, let's go to the warm pavilion together......