"Yuyang County, the largest salt and iron city in Youzhou. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info There used to be a lot of trips every year for merchants from various states to go here in order to buy cheap swords, farm tools, and ironware, which were circulated in all directions. The commercial market outside Yuyang City, Yuyang County, is also the largest commercial market in Youzhou, where dogs and horses, quilts, ironware, salt and even pottery can be sold at a good price as long as the quantity is sufficient. Even if the roads are impassable now, merchants from various counties in Youzhou will still buy goods from here. ”

"Shanggu County, since Liu Gong took over as the state pastor, in order to appease the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes outside the Saiwai and prevent them from plundering the Han people in the border areas, they opened a mutual market here, and sold ordinary utensils such as grain, pottery, cloth, silk and satin to the Hu people at a higher price than the market price of various places under the condition of avoiding smuggling merchants outside the Saiwai, and the indispensable things of the Han people's life were very profitable here. Even if it's just a bronze mirror or an iron urn, you can make money. ”

"Xianbei outside the Saiwai, this road is not easy to walk, because Xuansu County in the north blocks the direct road, and the only road in the county that can go out of the Saiwai is the north of Wuxian City, which borders western Liaoning. Outside the Seychelles, with Suli, we were able to sell the goods directly to him in exchange for what was beneficial to us. Even, through him, he can change the demand for goods of the Saiwaihu people to control the price. ”

Lu Yi opened his mouth to ask questions, but was stopped by Yan Bei and continued to concentrate on changing places.

"Wuhuan is a subject country, directly bordering Liaodong, Yan has met with Qiu Liju, the king of Wuhuan, and Su Fuyan, the king of Qiao, and they know who Yan is. And there is Zhang Gong of Zhongshan, who can ensure the fairness of trade, the Wuhuan people and the Xianbei people are not too much different, they are all lacking in everything, and they have a large number of animal skins and horses, which is a treasure land for us. ”

"Goguryeo, in fact, I don't know the situation in this place very well, the Buyeo people, the Goguryeo people, the Han people and the Louwo people are mixed, today I will beat you and tomorrow you will beat me, but I sent Wang Yi over, and I should be able to learn the news over there before the summer is over." At the moment, the only thing I know is that they are always in the chaos of war, and the armor is not good, and the combat power of the army is low...... But whether we want to fight them or not, it's always good for us to have a restlessness in our neighborhood. ”

Fu Zhu frowned, he knew that Yanbei sent out a few cronies, but he didn't know that Yanbei sent Wang Yi to Goguryeo, what kind of place to do? Listening to Yanbei's meaning is to do business, what kind of business does he do as a general? The people here are all too guarded captains, and this kind of thing is ...... Does it really work?

"Lelang County, in the southeast of Liaodong, every time there was a war in previous years, there were many people who fled to Lelang County for refuge, and there were also many foreigners under the rule, and the people of Lelang County were afraid that they would have to top three Liaodong, and they blocked our way south. I read that the Han book says that there are three countries called Han south of Lelang, and there are small islands in the sea to the south, and there are countries named Wa on them...... I haven't been, but I guess they're all poor and weak, and hopefully they'll have nothing to eat or wear, so we have a better chance. ”

"Jiang Jin is stationed in Xi'an Ping County, and the exploration of Lelang County will soon have results." Yan Bei raised his head and saw that the three of them all looked uncertain, so he said: "Just like I said, I want to set up a horse team that specializes in business affairs, and fill it with 500 to 1,000 disabled people in the army who are unable to fight again, and circulate to communicate with each other. ”

Gao Ran blinked, asking him to ride into battle alone, no one would do better than him; If he wants to lead the army to fight, he is also handy. But what Yan Bei said, he heard it in a fog, and felt that Yan Bei was planning to form a caravan like a pre-war deployment...... He didn't understand.

Not only did Gao Ran not understand, but Lu Yi didn't understand either, and even Fu Zhi frowned, "The general wants to set up a caravan, and don't say whether it's true or not, what are you selling, what does Liaodong have?" ”

Liaodong is such a poor and crazy place, what is there? Even if you have something, you can't sell it for much money, right?

"We have Wu Fort, Tiewu can be used to make farm tools, weapons, iron tools, bows and crossbows, Tiewu still has a lot of places to use, in the future we can make pottery, make gorgeous clothes, and even make stone carvings. On the large coast of southeast Liaoning, we can dry salt and build ships. ”

Frustrated to cover his face with his hands, "Although I haven't been to Tiewu in Xia, but the situation is still somewhat understood, a few days ago, the descendants of the light entrusted people to bring a message saying that they want to make you happy and happy, he finally bought a craftsman in Xiangping with great difficulty, and now Tiewu has four craftsmen!" It's four craftsmen! What do you expect this person to do to fill the hole of 100,000 stone grain and grass every year, I am afraid that the hard-won four craftsmen will hang themselves in Wu Fort that night after knowing about it. ”

The elated Yan Bei pinched his neck, "Four, four craftsmen? ”

"That's a little less, but it doesn't matter, we can continue to recruit, it's really not possible to build a water village in southeast Liaoning first, isn't there a person who crosses the sea from Qingzhou every year to take refuge? Send troops to Qingzhou to pick them up by boat, and send a master book to write down the talents of everyone who gets off the ship, those who have fought wars, those who can build ships, stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths, medical craftsmen, those who are talented and learned, those who can farm, and those who make the best use of their talents, I don't believe it...... No, you still don't understand what I mean, and I'm not saying this just for business! ”

Yan Bei said for a long time before he found out that the three of them never kept up with his vision. As soon as these words came out, the three of them looked at him with no love, you said so much that you were a caravan and a trader, and finally you said that you were not a merchant...... So what are you for?

"If you are a businessman, Shanggu and Yuyang are enough, Yuyang is the largest commercial market in Youzhou, and Shanggu is the largest mutual market. The others are basically losing money, but they have to be done, they have to be done. If this thing is done well, Liaodong will be able to afford 100,000 male soldiers in a few years! ”

Yanbei's words were very big, he simply praised Haikou, and the whole person almost lay on the sheepskin map regardless of the image, pointed to Xianbei and said: "Xianbei outside the Saiwai are fighting each other, and they fight every year, and the war itself is a huge costly thing, and it ...... The benefits are greater! In short, how can he repay me for selling him two thousand foot soldiers for half a year when his tribe is facing war? If he wins, will each of these foot soldiers come back riding a horse, is it too much? If I want to buy slaves from rival tribes, is the price low? And those war profits, we lack food, buy back cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs, do you know that it will be cheaper than in Han? ”

Can the battle still be fought like this? Can a merchant still do that?

"Merchants are not buying and selling, that is the most inferior, don't you know that Qin Lu Buwei used merchants to change countries? Will a good general just wait for the enemy to come? A good general must control the battle by himself, and a good businessman is the same. What if there is no sale? Take control of buying and selling, and you only need to do very little to control the big situation! ”

Yan Bei said these words with a frenzy on his face, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he reached out to grab something. But none of the three of them could interject, so they could only stared blankly at what was waiting for him.

"If you steal a tribe's cattle and sheep and horses, your warriors will have no horses to ride on, no food to use, and their power will be weakened, and they will not survive the tribal battles that precede the cold winter...... If the horse farm is burned down, the price of horses in the surrounding counties will rise; Before the war, the price of food and weapons was like an arrow shot; Buying Goguryeo's master book will allow you to control their government! ”

After saying this, Yan Bei glanced at the three of them with some weakness, and seeing the thick doubt in the eyes of the three of them, his tone also weakened and whispered: "Okay, except for the fact that grabbing horses will defeat the tribe, the rest of Yan has not tried yet, but I think it should be feasible, so I want to try...... What do you think? ”

After seeing Yan Bei's breath, he sighed and asked softly: "General, you don't want to be a businessman and a general, it's really condescending." ”

"Fu doesn't know about businessmen, but the truth in the world is basically the same, and Fu thinks that what the general said may be really possible." Frustrated, he felt that he actually believed Yan Bei's words, and laughed self-deprecatingly, and then said: "What you said is too big, success or failure is in two words." These things have taken too long, and if we don't solve the problem of money and food at the moment, we won't be able to survive this winter. ”

Yan Bei smiled and waved his hand: "No, at least we still have some money in our hands, if the grain harvest is not enough, we can first deduct the taxes paid to the state capital, and then go to Xianbei to buy some sheep and pigs back, it should be enough." ”

"By the way, since the general wants to expand the iron Wu, the oak forests in the southeast of Liaodong can be used as bows and crossbow spears, and there are also iron mines in Qianshan, which can be used. However, the most effective thing in a short period of time should be the salt field in southeast Liaoning, which can be set up and sold as soon as possible. ”

Hearing Fu Zhu say this, Yan Bei applauded and laughed, "That's right, the first caravan will be set in Xianbei and Xiangping, selling salt blocks to buy livestock and animal skins. There should be salt and iron officials along the coast of Wenxian County, which is the closest to Xiangping, and send troops to fence off the salt works there, and the soldiers will take care of the salt, and Xiangping will also set up a salt market. ”

"This ...... General, is this inconsistent with the law? ”

Emperor Guangwu changed the salt and iron system, and the salt officials in the places with more salt production and the iron officials in the places with more iron production were all in charge of the tax revenue of the salt and iron city, so he was frustrated that no one directly fenced off the salt farm. Yanbei behaved like this, and he was no different from a traitor with an official seal, and he directly ignored the laws of the imperial court.

"It's okay, have you ever seen a state capital that doesn't care about the county?" Yan Bei waved his hand and said with a smile: "Yan understands Liu Gong, at this time and at that time, it is not easy for the state capital." Therefore, Liu Gong should also understand Yan, this time and that time, Yan is not easy. ”

After that, he smiled slyly, patted his frustrated shoulder and said, "Okay, this matter is settled, the herald has a good rest for a day, and we will go home tomorrow!" ”