"60,000 acres of paddy fields, but it's only about 200,000 yuan, can it be regarded as a big deal?"

Wu Yanen's answer made Wu Haogu a little surprised, the deal of 200,000 yuan is not big? This old man's tone is much stronger than his strength!

"Wu Chengzhi," Wu Haogu frowned and asked, "Could it be that you have a bigger deal to do with me?" ”

"Hehe," Wu Yanen smiled, "There is a bigger deal of it." He paused, "Dongmen, why do you think the old man wants to sell 60,000 acres of good paddy fields?" ”

Wu Haogu was stunned for a moment, he heard Hua Manshan and Ximen Qing talk about the situation of the Wu family in Haizhou, this maritime merchant is very rich! They accounted for a considerable share of the Goryeo-Haeju route, importing large quantities of Korean ginseng and furs into the Song Dynasty every year, and selling salt, silk, tea, ironware, and other items from the Song Dynasty into Goryeo. After hundreds of years of maritime trade, it has long become a huge rich.

200,000 yuan is a huge amount of money in Wu Haogu's opinion, and for the Wu family in Haizhou, it is not particularly much, if you really want to raise it, you can always take it out, and you don't have to sell the land at a low price.

Unless the Wu family in Haizhou is planning a huge deal, so they have to raise a huge amount of capital...... And what kind of business requires so much capital to complete?

Wu Haogu shook his head and looked at Wu Yanen, "I don't ...... in the next place" Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, he had heard someone talk before, the Wu family in Haizhou opened a branch in the Goryeo Kingdom, and someone was a Jinshi in the Goryeo Kingdom and became a big official!

"Does it have something to do with the Kingdom of Korea?" Wu Haogu asked curiously.

"Hahaha," Wu Yanen laughed, "I really can't hide it from Wu Dongmen...... My family is about to make a big deal with Korea. ”

Big deal? Wu Hao Guxin said: What big deal can cost so much money? Ginseng? Fur? Timber? Or something else?

"Hehe, let's talk to Wu Dongmen, the big deal that our Wu family is going to do this time is a big battle between Goryeo and female straight!"

War?

Wu Haogu remembered that he had heard Ji Yi say this, as if the king of Goryeo saw that the Khitans withdrew their troops from the direct subordinate territory of Shengnu, so he coveted the Shengnuzhi tribe south of the Yalu River and wanted to conquer it by force.

He didn't know if there was such a Nüzhi-Goryeo War in history, but one thing was certain, the Goryeo people would never be able to defeat the daughter-in-law.

"There is money to be made in this where Korean people and female straight people are fighting?"

Wu Haogu didn't know much about the affairs of Goryeo, so he asked this question.

Wu Yanen smiled and said, "Don't you just make money? You can also earn official positions and status! He paused, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of Yunwu tea, and then said: "This Goryeo country has learned from our dynasty in many places, and has also implemented monopoly sales on many goods, and has also set up a market and a market. Now that they are going to war with the female Naoto, they naturally have to raise military expenses, purchase iron tools, hoard grain and grass, and buy horses...... The small people of Goryeo were poor, and they did not have much savings in the treasury, so they naturally had to exchange the monopoly rights, the market and the market in exchange for money and materials. At the same time, they will also give land to the wealthy merchants who donated as Goryeo nobles. And my Wu family has long been spreading in Goryeo, so I naturally need the noble status and land of Goryeo. ”

It turned out that the Wu family in Haizhou wanted to profit by supporting the Goryeo Kingdom and giving birth to a daughter! Wu Hao Guxin said: It is estimated that this maritime merchant will die later! With the combat power of giving birth to a daughter, the Wu family is also a transport captain no matter how many things the Goryeo people give!

In history, the rise of female straightened people so fast, perhaps due to the contribution of the Korean State Transport Brigade.

"Hmm, well, I see." Thinking so in his heart, Wu Haogu still nodded frequently on his face, and seemed to understand the Wu family's business experience.

Wu Yanen, who didn't know that the female straight man was super capable of fighting, stroked his beard proudly, and said with a smile: "This female straight man is a lackey of the Khitan, and she is also hostile to our dynasty. ”

"That's, that's." Wu Haogu nodded again and again, thinking: You can always kill a few, right? And even if the Great Song Dynasty is not happy to see it, Goryeo Kingdom will be stunned to hit the steel plate of the female straight man! I don't know why this Goryeo Kingdom was not destroyed by the female straight people? Could it be that he knelt faster later?

"So," Wu Yanen said with a smile, "The old man came to Kaifeng Mansion to find some ways to see if he could find an opportunity to serve the imperial court in the battle between Goryeo and Nuzhi?" ”

The old man originally wanted to speculate on the side of the Great Song Dynasty!

On the one hand, make money from the Koreans; On the one hand, he helped the imperial court collect intelligence, and by the way, he engaged in Song Li's secret diplomacy - maybe the Goryeo Kingdom was quite capable of fighting, and pushed the birth daughter straight and then fought with the Liao State? At that time, maybe it will be Song Li's coalition army to fight the Liao State......

In addition, Wu Yanen also knows that the female straighten's face is quite powerful. If the Goryeo people wanted to go to war with them, it would inevitably cost a lot, and the handicraft industry of the Goryeo Kingdom was very small, so it was difficult to support the consumption of weapons for a long war, so it was necessary to import a large amount of iron tools from the Great Song Dynasty.

If it is exported in the form of smuggling, the quantity is too large, and the Wu family has to spend a lot of money to dredge, if it can get the permission of the imperial court, then the profit will be big.

So under all kinds of calculations, Wu Yanen came to Kaifeng Mansion in person. Of course, there are many ways for him to go, and Wu Haogu is just one of the inconspicuous ones.

"I see," Wu Haogu thought for a moment and said with a smile, "I understand what Wu Chengzhi meant...... In this way, I will find an opportunity to talk to Deputy Privy Counsellor Cai about this. ”

It's actually Cai Jing!

Wu Yanen originally thought that Wu Haogu could take the path of Tong Guan or Murong forgetting worries for him, but he didn't expect that the other party's path could directly lead to Cai Jing, the privy deputy envoy, which was really overjoyed.

"Then thank you Wu Dongmen!"

"And Mo Yan thanks," Wu Haogu waved his hand, "In fact, there is something I want to ask Wu Chengzhi for below." ”

Wu Yanen said with a smile: "The matter of Wu Dongmen, even if you open your mouth. ”

"Actually, it's not a matter of what's next." Wu Hao Gu Dao, "It's a business matter." ”

"What's the matter?"

Wu Haogu smiled: "Please forgive me, this is a business that cannot be said." ”

"Can't tell?"

"yes, I just can't say it." Wu Haogu looked at Wu Yanen and said, "I want to borrow a warship and a naval leader from your Wu family." In addition, I also want to build a warship in your Wu family's shipyard! ”

The warships and naval commanders that Wu Haogu wanted were naturally used to send aid to the Bohai people. He wanted to ask Ji Yi for help in this matter, but now that he knew that Ji Yi was the devil, he naturally wanted to stay away. The Wu family in Haizhou happened to be sent to the door, so you are welcome.

In addition, he also wanted to learn from a teacher and accumulate experience in building warships and sailors. Isn't there a saying that there will be a century-old navy in later generations? It can be seen that the navy needs to spend time and energy to accumulate, and Wu Haogu has almost no side with the sea except for Hua Manshan, who is a maritime merchant. Therefore, it is necessary to seize every opportunity to learn the knowledge of shipbuilding and naval forces.

"Okay!" Wu Yanen didn't think much about it, so he agreed, "My family can help with this favor, Wu Dongmen, when do you ask someone to ask for a boat." ”

"Then thank you Wu Chengzhi for your help." Wu Haogu paused, "As for the matter entrusted by Wu Chengzhi, can you prepare a letter and deliver it to Deputy Privy Counsellor Cai on your behalf." ”

"The book has already been written." Wu Yanen smiled, took out an envelope from the poster bag he was carrying, and handed it to the arhat maid who was waiting in the middle hall.

The officials of the Song Dynasty could write and say things, and the people could also vote for words, and some of the remnants of the people's discussion of politics were retained. Therefore, Wu Yanen, the bought Chengzhilang, could propose to speculate on the Goryeo-Nüzhi War by himself. It's just that although his family is rich, his influence in the DPRK and China is limited, and if he doesn't spend more money to get through, Wu Yanen's letter may not be delivered to the real speaker.

In the afternoon of the next day, he met with Wu Yanen again, and initialed (not the official contract basis) the contract for the sale and purchase of the field (Wu Yanen gave Wu Haogu a discount again, 195,000 yuan was sold, and the full payment was paid within a year, and it was delivered in installments) After Wu Haogu, accompanied by Ximen Qing, he took Wu Yanen's letter to Murong Forget Worries' mansion.

Although Wu Haogu had already agreed to hand Wu Yanen's letter to Cai Jing, he still found Old Man Murong first and wanted to hear his opinion.

When Wu Haogu arrived at the Murong family's mansion, he found that it had gained a lot of popularity. Servants, female envoys, and sturdy men who don't know where they came from came in and out, and the "face-blind" Wu Dalang also saw a few good-looking little ladies, and he didn't know if it was the daughter or granddaughter of the old man Murong, or the wife and concubine of his old man?

Old Murong went out to greet the second gate, and then led Wu Haogu and Ximen Qing directly into his study. The furnishings in the study are very simple, in addition to the bookcases and bookshelves, there is a long sword hanging on the wall, one long and one short two bows, a full picture of Yanyun painted by Wu Haogu, and there is a collar of armor in the corner - the old man Murong is not a Confucian who can only write moral articles, he also served in the guard traitor army of Nanjing Road before he was admitted to the Liao State Jinshi, and he also commanded the cavalry!

The old man's bookcase is messy with a lot of manuscripts, which record the Liao Han Army's guards and pro-army, the palace tent army, the Western Xia Iron Harrier cavalry, the six classes in the imperial siege, the front army of the Later Zhou Palace, and of course, the formation and training methods of the Youzhou Zhenya Army of the Tang Dynasty and the fifth dynasty.

These manuscripts are all the painstaking efforts of Old Man Murong, and some of them are based on the memories of him and Zhao Zhongge, as well as the military books collected by the Ximen family; Part of it was written by asking the Liang family who followed Empress Dowager Xiao Liang into exile in the Great Song Dynasty; In addition, a large number of documents and historical materials were consulted in the archives of the Privy Council. Now it is necessary to collect the methods of recruiting and training soldiers of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and we can sort out and summarize a "Book of Murong Soldiers" that can be used for actual training and army building.