Chapter 157: Deterrence [4]
Shi Ying is a good soldier in marching and fighting, and he doesn't know anything about business, but when he heard Cai He say this, he also knows that they occupy a favorable side.
In a battle, the favorable side can create too many chances.
"Gather a few merchants from the Western Regions! If you don't pay for it, you won't want to pass through the north! Shi Ying said, "Block their trade road!" ”
"The people of the Western Regions are extremely shrewd, and they resold grain three years ago, and they want to spit it all out this time!" Cai He was excited, thinking that without using the private treasury, he could also solve the problem of movement and chaos, which was really a big deal!
The daughter of the king of Bac Ninh seems to be weak, but in fact she ...... She is smart and clever, and the first meeting did not disappoint him in the slightest!
"One more point." Fan Lingshu raised his head, still in a light tone, but this time Shi Ying and Cai He looked at her with such contempt as before.
"The Mu Lan army occupies such a unique place in the northern realm, resisting the desolate people and deterring the Chiyun country, so that the people of the Western Regions can come and do business in peace and stability, is it not that there is no reward for creating such favorable conditions for them?"
"What does the young master mean......" Cai He was a scholar and a business brain, and immediately fell into deep thought, and his address to her changed unconsciously, "Do you want to tax the merchants of the Western Regions?" ”
"Taxation is the emperor's business, how can we calculate taxation?" Fan Lingshu smiled faintly, "It's just that if you want to do business safely and worry-free, you have to pay some protection money." ”
"Isn't this what robbers are called!" Shi Ying immediately said, "If you do the things of bandits above board, Mu Lanjun will be laughed at by the world!" ”
Even Mu Yunfei frowned slightly.
Fan Lingshu supported her chin with one hand, and her delicate makeup made her look a little charming, "Who said that we should be robbers in the open?" ”
Shi Ying and Cai He, nerds, were stunned.
Mu Yunfei slapped his thigh and said, "The northern border is our territory, whether there are robbers or not, naturally we have the final say!" ”
"Young marshal, how can this kind of thing be possible?" Shi Ying sank his face, "Won't the reputation of King Beining I be ruined!" ”
"Compared to an illusory thing like reputation, the fate of Mu Lanjun and the entire Mu family is the most important." Fan Lingshu knocked lightly on the table, "After all, the people of the Western Regions are barren, but they have natural ores, spices, medicinal materials, and we have grain, cloth, tea, porcelain and other necessities for life. ”
"In order to survive, the Western Regions will start a war again." Mu Yunfei looked at Fan Lingshu, her eyes flashed with a strange light, how could she be, she was only this age...... How could you think so far?
"Uncle has just quelled the war in the Eight Kingdoms of the Western Regions, and now that the Western Regions are peaceful, what should the million Black Flag Army do? The amount of food and salary allocated by the imperial court to the Black Flag Army every year was so huge that it was impossible for any emperor to raise so many soldiers and horses without a war. ”
Fan Lingshu looked at the floating tea leaves in the teacup, the tea was already cold, and there was no temperature.
"They can choose not to trade with the Xuanyue Kingdom." Shi Ying spoke, but this time, her voice was significantly weaker.
Fan Lingshu didn't speak, this question, Cai He can answer: "If they don't go from the north, they will go around in a big circle to go to Chiyun Country, then they will inevitably pass through the Demon Realm, the danger of the Demon Realm, nine out of ten will not return, who would dare to take such a risk?" ”