Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 716 Return of the Trade Fleet
Wuyue was attacked, and there were not many soldiers in the counties and counties in the south. Therefore, King Qian Chu of Wuyue could only send a letter to the generals Song Chengli and Sun Chengyou outside Jinling City, ordering them to withdraw to Wuyue and King Qin to rescue them.

In addition, Qian Chu, king of Wuyue, wanted to borrow troops from the Song army, but Cao Bin refused, because the Song army attacked the remaining cities of the Southern Tang Dynasty in three ways, and stalemate with the Tang army at Hongzhou, Xinzhou, and Shezhou, and did not capture them quickly. , there is no soldier to send to aid Wu Yue, so Wu Yue can only save himself.

Therefore, the generals Song Chengli and Sun Chengyou led [-] troops, retreated quickly, and rushed to Hangzhou City.

These news were sent back to Yitong City. After Su Chen got the secret report, he smiled slightly. He was not in a hurry to go out.

As the saying goes, Mu Xiuyu will be destroyed by Lin Feng, this time, Su Chen is not in a hurry to expose himself prematurely and show his personal ability, which will easily attract the attention of all parties.

Moreover, Su Chen doesn't pay much attention to his military achievements now, because his goal is farther away, and he puts his opponents on Cao Bin, Pan Mei and others, and those are the ones he wants to deal with.

As for the Wuyue soldiers, General Lu and the other Heiyun generals were assigned to deal with them in the early stage, and they trained troops by the way. When they attacked Hangzhou City, Su Chen planned to send troops to the north to take down Hangzhou City in one go, and welcome Yang Linger to Hangzhou to restore the country.

The current task is to develop secretly, continue to strengthen, build the system and system, and formalize the team, which is conducive to long-term development.

Teams led by Lu Chaoqun, Wei Dongqiang, and Qi Ying have unclear rules, mobs, and few advisers and scholars around them.

Therefore, Su Chen is not in a hurry to compete with Lu, Wei, Qi and the others for military merits. He plans to lead the army northward in the spring of the next year, and unsheath his real sharp blade.

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On this day, after two months of waiting, the sailing team finally returned.

Leading the team was Tao Lin, the business manager of the Bai family, and several sailors, Du Yuhou, to the Sixteen States of Youyun for trade, and brought porcelain, tea, spirits, soap, silk, etc. Therefore, the trade went smoothly, and a lot of strategic materials such as horses, cattle and sheep, gold, silver and bronze wares, wool, and cowhide bands were exchanged.

Su Chen led the people to the pier, and seeing the herds of strong horses, he couldn't help being happy.

Seeing that Su Chen brought people to greet him, Tao Lin took the initiative to report: "I tell the general, this time Tao has lived up to his entrustment and brought back a thousand horses, five hundred cattle and sheep, and a lot of wool, tendons, etc. , for the general to check."

Hearing this, Su Chen said with a smile: "Great, it has exceeded my expectation, can the ship only hold it?"

Tao Lin shook his head and said, "Some of them can't fit. We bought a few more big boats at the wharf in Youyun Sixteen States, and only then did we bring these animals back."

Su Chen was very happy to see a thousand horses being driven down in groups, because they could be assigned to the Shence Army as cavalry.

The things of cattle and sheep can properly improve life, and regularly improve the diet of soldiers and nourish the body.

As for wool, it can be used to make woolen sweaters, and tendon and cowhide can be used as materials for bows and arrows.

In ancient times, beef tendon and raw cowhide were often used for bowstrings, reed stalks and bamboo were used for arrows, bronze and iron were used for arrowheads, and waterfowl feathers were used for arrow feathers.

Su Chen asked people to transport the materials and bring them back to Citong City. Most of the gold, silver and jewels were handed over to the internal treasury for checking, registered in the register, and handled things according to the rules.

The success of the maritime trade this time brought a new trade window to the Fuguo Army. Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and others were also very surprised when they heard the news. trade.

"Yixuan, this method is very good. Through sea trade, you can trade with the Liao Kingdom, buy war horses, cattle and sheep, and transport porcelain, tea, books and scripts from the south to make profits and exchange for strategic materials. Second, we can assimilate the Khitan people so that they can be more docile and less barbaric, which will also weaken the Khitan people's threat to the Central Plains in the future."

When Xu Xuan saw Su Chen, he couldn't help but praise him.

Su Chen smiled and said: "Well, this is the importance of trade. When it is circulated, each needs to be exchanged. Farming and food are the foundation, and trade and economy are also very important. This flight to the north to Youyun Sixteen States is just the beginning Next, in addition to Liao, places like Goguryeo, Nanyang, Tianzhu, etc. will also send fleets to trade, and use our porcelain, tea, liquor and other daily necessities in exchange for some strategic materials and gold and silver jewelry to fill the treasury. Meet military needs."

"This idea is so good, why didn't we think of it before!" Many people lamented that the Tang State had never thought of this before, which led to the decline of national power and the emptiness of the national treasury. , making people's lives miserable.

In ancient China, it was a feudal society where officials were the standard. The fixed thinking was that of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce. Reading is the most promising. You can become an official and make a fortune. Therefore, all things are inferior. Only high-level reading can enter the Hanlin if you pass the imperial examination, and you can become an official. .

Agriculture is fundamental. Without farming, there would be no food and taxes, which would easily lead to famine. Therefore, feudal society was also an agricultural society, which remained unchanged for thousands of years. Relying on the old farming methods, farmers stayed on the land and stayed in their villages for generations. Relying on COFCO, it has supported the high-ranking officials and dignitaries from generation to generation.

And doing business is at the bottom of the list and is not taken seriously, because businessmen give people the impression that they are ungrateful for profit, speculative, buying low and selling high, which is not really fair and profitable, but there is a difference in price, or some special products. To get rich, once there are too many merchants, the number of non-farmers will decrease. Once there is insufficient food, many people will starve to death, causing a catastrophe. Therefore, the imperial court is suppressing the scale of business for the sake of stability, and does not allow too many people to be merchants. .

The relationship between farming and business requires a certain degree and an internal and external cycle. If you don't understand economic principles and simply consider the interests on the surface, it will be difficult to play well.

Su Chen is very clear that he can't just rely on stimulating domestic demand, and can't just rely on local people's consumption, because the population of Zhangquan is small, and the daily necessities such as porcelain and liquor are limited, and they can't be exchanged for war horses and military supplies out of thin air. They can only rely on foreign trade , Send the continuously produced porcelain, liquor, soap, etc. to different places in exchange for local surplus materials, so that the external circulation of the economy can achieve a surplus, which can bring huge wealth.

Now that Su Chen has achieved the first step, next, he will definitely strengthen the management of the Shipbuilding Department, build more fleets, and then conduct trade with Goguryeo, Fusang, Dongyang, Tianzhu, and Baiyue. Come on, develop the navy!

The navy belongs to the inland rivers and lakes, while the navy is going to the ocean. The real formation of an army on the sea is more complicated than the navy, and it is only possible to know more about monsoons and navigation.

As for these, Su Chen can give some suggestions, obtain more resources from the outside, and strengthen his magic strategy army.

(End of this chapter)