Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 346
After leaving Fangshi, Kang Fujin planned to see King Lingwu.

With less than half a month left before the Spring Club Fair, he had already sent people to Lingzhou to transfer a batch of goods to the north.

Of the eight counties in Lingzhou, only Fang City in Huaiyuan County has been designated as the only place for bulk transactions.

However, I heard that after this year's fair, next year's spring trade fair may be changed to around the cold food festival, so as to make use of the big river water transportation to facilitate the transportation of merchants and goods.

Trading commodities with gold and silver is no stranger to Confor Gold.Because Helong under the Tubo rule used this, and now Dunhuang still trades with gold and silver, and rarely uses silk.

Of course, it is mainly silver, and gold is relatively small.

According to businessmen from the Western Regions, all countries are short of gold nowadays, but more and more silver mines are being developed, and silver is relatively abundant.

Kangfujin once did business with Uighur merchants in Gaochang, and the "currency" was mainly silver bowls, silver bottles, and silver plates.Shengdou Xiaomin even used gold and silver, such as "a silver bowl for the price of a cow".But the silver bowls are not easy to divide, and sometimes grains have to be used to make up for the price difference, which is very different from the silver coins cast in Shuofang Town.

Hearing that this was the idea of ​​Shao Dashuai, Kang Fujin was very moved.It doesn't matter whether the silver dollar is minted or not, it is used for keeping accounts, and there is no need to have it.

Put one in the market for everyone to see, it is enough to act as a "scale".When everyone trades, write down "buy something for [-] yuan" and "sell something for [-] yuan" on the account paper, and finally settle the settlement together. It doesn't matter whether there are really silver dollars.

"Hey, if it weren't for the burden of a lot of things on my body, I would have to run my business well this time." On the way to the Lingwu County Prince's Mansion, Kang Fujin sighed.

He is a businessman, but not purely a businessman.Dashuai Zhang of the Guiyi Army and the King of Lingwu County are married, but there are some things that are inconvenient to be said publicly, and they still have to go through his private channel, such as the matter of Zhang Huaiding.

Kang Fujin soon arrived at the county palace, waiting for his own soldiers to pass on.

Shao Shude happened to be in the mansion today.He was taking a bath, and after hearing the maid's brother Shu's report, he patted the Tibetan talented girl Wang's bare back, and got down from her rear hip.

"What is Kang Fu Jin doing here?" Two Sogdian girls from the Cao family and the Kang family came forward together, cleaned it up carefully for him, and then brought the robes.

"Kang Hao hesitated and hesitated, and didn't make it clear." Geshu replied.

"Hmph! It must be something wrong with the Guiyi Army." After putting on his robe, Shao Shude walked to the front hall under the guard of his own soldiers.

"Greetings to the King of Lingwu County." Kang Fujin said with a flattering smile.

"What's the matter here?" There was a vulgar picture of a tiger descending the mountain hanging in the hall, and Shao Shude's tiger-skin chair was under the picture.

"Dunhuang Zhang Pushe wanted to send his younger brother Zhang Huaiding to Lingxia as a hostage in order to express the closeness between the two towns. I don't know..." Kang Fujin asked cautiously.

Shao Shude laughed when he heard this.

Sending a close relative as a hostage is generally an expression of obedience.But can sending Zhang Huaiding serve as a hostage?

There are quite a few hostages in the mansion!

Li Jiong, the son of Li Xiaochang, Dongfang Fu, the son of Dongfang Kui, Zhao Ye, the son of Zhao Jian, and Meng Zhixiang, who just came the day before yesterday—the one who came here day and night to be a hostage during Chinese New Year, this child is also a hard-working person.

"Since Zhang Pushe wants to send quality, let's do it." Shao Shude said indifferently.

Most of Zhang Huaiding failed in the political battle, there is no doubt about it.

Without the support of General Suoxun, the Yin family and the Li family would probably not take a stand, and the Sogdian clans such as the Cao family and the Kang family were on the side of Zhang Huaishen, and Zhang Huai's trip was gone.

"What else is there?" The soldiers handed over an official letter, and Shao Shude asked while opening it.

"Zhang Pushe said that if the commander-in-chief goes out this year, he would like to send three thousand troops to help." Kang Fujin said again.

"Forget it, Zhang Pushe will keep an eye on Qingtang Tubo for me. Shuofang's army is more than 3000, not short of these [-]."

The Heyuan Army's [-]-step cavalry has already headed to Qingtang City, led by Li Renjun.

The envoy of the Jishi Army is Guo Qi, and the army has [-] infantry and [-] cavalry.The personnel have also been settled. After the four towns of Fufang and Yandan have been rectified, [-] infantry have been selected and sent, and they are on the way to Huizhou, "escorted" by the Zhenwu Army all the way.

After the Heyuan and Jishi armies were dispatched to Shan and Kuo prefectures, Shao Shude breathed a sigh of relief.Not long after defeating those Tubo, and the four tribes of Tuoba, Bai, Yang, Luo, and Liang sent over to restrain them, plus [-] cavalry from the two armies, the Tubo people should not dare to make trouble again in a short time, old man Honestly pay tribute.

The Shunyi Army has also recently increased to 7.65 infantry and 3.95 cavalry.After such a purge, the Shuofang Army had 11.6 infantry and [-] cavalry, with a total strength of [-], ranking second in the country.

However, the information from the Department of Listening and Watching that I just saw mentioned that Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Rong assembled "one hundred thousand cavalry".

Shao Shude was not very interested in what Wang Rong would do with his troops, but he had [-] cavalry?Must be bragging!
The cavalry and cavalry infantry add up to about 4 cavalry, and [-] professional cavalry is impossible. If Marshal Shao had not recruited the Fan tribe, there would be less than [-], half of which were auxiliary soldiers with weak combat effectiveness and scattered in various places.

Chengde's horse administration is doing well!

He remembered that in the history of Hedong's attack on Chengde, several generals died, which took many years.

Regardless of how Li Ke used his father and son to govern the internal affairs, the combat effectiveness of the Hedong Army was first-class, but the heavy casualties in Chengdezhen showed that the capital of the three towns in Hebei was indeed strong enough.

If it is really like what Le Yanzhen advocated back then, the three towns are allied with blood, would Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong really dare to attack Hebei?

"Kang Hao guesses, do you have any contacts in Hedong?" Shao Shude asked suddenly after playing with the information in his hand for a while.

"Yes, there is, that is..."

"That's good." Shao Shude said: "Don't worry, there is no need to do too many dangerous things. Let the merchants from Hedong come to Lingxia more often. If possible, I will hold a market in Linzhou, and hold transactions every year during the Cold Food and Autumn Festivals. Yes. Over the years, Lingxia has also bought a lot of iron materials from the east of the river, so she should be able to trust our reputation."

Conforkin understood as soon as he heard it.

A businessman is probably the person in the world who knows how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.Just like Kang Fujin himself, because Shazhou has been plundered by Gaochang Uyghurs for many years, he feels very insecure, and he is prepared to "receive" a lot of silver dollars after the Huaiyuan Fair, and store them in the military envoy's office.In the future, I will find a way to buy land and houses, and transfer some of my property to Lingzhou to avoid being looted by the Uighurs.

The situation in Hedong these years has not been very good.

It's not because the weather is not going well, but because of years of fighting, the gentry, businessmen and people have been exploited severely.In addition, under Li Keyong's rule, the Hedong Army, which had a poor military discipline, became more and more disabled, even plundering its own prefectures and counties, which is really a bit too much.

If you are a merchant from Hedong, don't you want to transfer part of your property to Lingxia?

It's just that the Lingwu County King already wants to reach out to the east of the river?so bold?
Kang Fujin didn't dare to think, what would be the result of the collision of two powerful and powerful feudal clans?Small people like them, most of them can only be crushed to death.

He suddenly regretted it again, is it really safe to transfer part of his property to Lingxia?
Seeing Kang Fujin's tangled face, Shao Shude sneered, making him get out of the way.

Guessing blindly, worrying about gains and losses, the nature of businessmen!
Attacking Hedong?No, not now.

Although through Xing Zhoulai's narration, he learned that Li Keyong is now humbly listening to the opinions of his staff and focusing on expanding to Hebei, but Shao Shude is not worried that Li Keyong will be in great trouble.

The three towns in Hebei are not so easy to fight, especially with Zhu Quanzhong watching from the side. Li Keyong will inevitably attack for many years, waste people and money, and finally get nothing.

Moreover, the three towns of Hebei are now very worried about Hedong's ambitions.Xingzhou Mengqian sent envoys to accept hostages, and Zhenwu Juncheng just reported that there were envoys from Youzhou who rushed to Lingzhou, saying that Li Kuangwei, the Jiedu envoy of Youzhou, sent envoys to Xiazhou City with gold and silver.

Today's me is like Zhang Xueliang during the Central Plains War, with envoys from all walks of life coming here one after another.

Well, that's great!

"Bring Fushi Chen and Suishi Zhao." After thinking for a while, Shao Shude decided to discuss the strategy with the two of them.

Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng were resting at home. When they heard the commander's call, they hurriedly changed their clothes and rushed there.

"You two, a certain person wants to save Datong Helian Duo, what impact will this move have?" Shao Shude asked straight to the point.

Chen Cheng glanced at Zhao Guangfeng, and immediately "rushed to answer" and said: "Commander, the three states of Datong are extremely important, and we should protect Helianduo."

"Oh? What's the reason?" Shao Shude asked.

"If there is no Helianduo, how can I contact Youzhou Town?" Chen Cheng asked back: "Zhenwu Army City can go directly to Yunzhou, and from Yunzhou to the east, it can reach Yuzhou. Now Weizhou is guarded by Yan General Liu Rengong. As long as Yunzhou is not lost , our town can connect with Hebei through Yunzhou. If Yunzhou is lost, Li Keyong can go deep into the grassland and cut off the channel between me and Youzhou. Messenger communication is quite inconvenient and harmful to the overall plan."

Chen Cheng's meaning is very clear, even if he doesn't plan for Hedong now, he must keep the communication line with Youzhou.After all, there is no other route except the passage of Yunzhou.Henan is Zhu Quanzhong's territory, and Hedong is Li Ke's territory, so it is unlikely that people from Shuofang Town will be allowed to pass through.

"However, in the Huayue Temple alliance in the past, I have clearly separated the boundary with my brother-in-law. Now I want to protect He Lianduo, is it not a promise?" Shao Shude asked.

"Marshal, I think it's impossible." Zhao Guangfeng said suddenly: "If Li Keyong attacks Datong, Youzhou Town may join in, but Chengde and Weibo Towns will only sweep their own way, not at all. Sending troops. In the three towns of Hebei today, Luo Hongxin is unable to go out to fight. Wang Rong only wants to protect the environment and the people. For this reason, he often bribes Li Keyong with gold, silver, silk, and grain. Kuangwei still has great ambitions and is willing to send troops for Helian Duo. To protect Datong is actually to protect Youzhou. Li Keyong's intention to plot Hebei is known to the world, and Li Kuangwei will not let Hedong swallow any of Datong or Chengde. town."

This relationship is really fucking complicated!Shao Shude thought to himself.

He also wanted Li Keyong to be used as a shield to harass and contain Zhu Quanzhong, to buy himself time and seek benefits, but he kept a hand on Li Keyong, trying to keep Datong Town, so that he could link up with Youzhou at any time and unite to suppress Hedong.

Li Keyong is not stupid, and he has capable people under his command, so he can naturally see this.

This guy has a bad temper, if he gets entangled, many things can't be done.

"Let's wait for the envoy from Youzhou to come. In addition, let Li Hang go to Yunzhou, I want to find out about Helian Duo." Shao Shude said: "This matter must be cautious. The most important goal of this town now , or Guanzhong. According to Zhongguan Han Quanhui's report, the sage is running out of time and may die at any time. Jingyuan Cheng Zongchu has also been in a daze these days. If he is not safe, he will go west with the sage. We have to do Get ready. This month, let the soldiers relax first, and next month, they will have to practice hard."

(End of this chapter)