Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 128 The Best of Both Worlds
The military camp in the west of Luzhou City.

Regarding the city defense of Luzhou, Luo Youdu has already made arrangements.

Pan Mei led the Imperial Battalion Division to be stationed in the Luzhou government office, Cao Bin was in charge of the city defense of Luzhou, and Shi Shouxin and Zhang Xiong were stationed in the military camp in the city.

As for some of the original defenders of Luzhou, Shi Shouxin, Cao Bin, and Zhang Qiong were defeated by Shi Shouxin, Cao Bin, and Zhang Qiong in Dongfei River, and some of them learned that Zhou Bing had entered the city and fled in all directions.

Luo Youdu did not forcibly search and arrest, but issued a notice to Anmin, and did not specifically pick out these stragglers.

He knew that once the soldiers were sent to search from house to house, the ban would not be maintained.

What Luo Youdu wants is long-term, not short-term victory, let alone immediate victory.

Everyone felt that Nantang was vulnerable, but only Luo Youdu knew that the centipede was dead but not stiff.

Southern Tang didn't act that weak. As the strongest existence in the Ten Kingdoms, they just didn't react. They sent "Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Young" like Liu Yanzhen and Huangfuhui, and directly met opponents like Luo Youdu and Zhao Kuangyin. I was caught off guard.

As long as they hold their temper and resist desperately.If Shouzhou does not fall for a day, the battle of Huainan will be fought.

During the chaotic war, the Southern Tang Dynasty will also emerge a group of generals who are truly capable of fighting.

At that time, it is time to test Zhou Jun's strength.

Everything Luo Youdu did today was for future consideration.

Came to Zhang Xiong's camp.

Originally, Luo Youdu thought that Zhang Xiong's camp would be a mess, but he was a little surprised that Zhang Xiong actually arranged more than [-] peasants and soldiers properly.

It's not good, but it's not messy at all.

Zhang Xiong's two sons Zhang Zhong and Zhang Xiao greeted him.

The two boys were not afraid of tigers as newborn calves, with a knife on their waists and leather armor, with excited expressions on their faces.

"I've seen all commanders!"

Luo Youdu smiled and said: "Good job, the camp is in order!"

Zhang Zhong said ashamedly: "It's Daddy, he went to Shidu School, and Shidu School arranged for someone to teach Daddy how to do it."

Zhang Xiao said aggrievedly: "School Shidu even forced daddy to drink three bowls of wine..."

Zhang Xiong is an authentic farmer, he can't even eat enough, and he has never drank alcohol.

"Erlang!" Zhang Zhong shouted with a serious face.

Luo Youdu said with a faint smile: "School Shidu probably gets bored drinking alone, and wants to find someone to drink with."

He didn't mean to give Zhang Xiong a head start. The army is a jungle that preys on the weak. This bit of suffering and grievance is unbearable. It's better to go home and farm.

"I'm looking for your father, stay in the camp."

Zhang Zhongdao: "I'll report."

"No need!" Luo Youdu took a look at what Zhang Xiong was doing, waved his hand, and let them go about their business.

Walk into Zhang Xiong's tent.

Luo Youdu saw that Zhang Xiong was lying on the ground writing, and what he wrote was "A, B, C, D, E, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui..."

This is the content of Liujia.

Liujia is an enlightenment book for children in this era, the foundation of literacy.

Zhang Xiong was unaware of Luo Youdu's arrival.

Luo Youdu squatted down on one side, looked at the crooked handwriting, and said, "That's right, Zhang Du has a heart."

Hearing the sound, Zhang Xiong found Luo Youdu beside him, and hurriedly got up and said, "I've seen Commander Du! Commander Du laughed."

Luo Youdu said: "It's ridiculous to study hard. But your literacy doesn't mean much now. It's better to let someone who can read read it to you. During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a general in the Shu Kingdom, Wang Ping. Learned a thing."

Zhang Xiong was a little surprised, and said: "It turns out that the ancients also used this trick..." He said with a straightforward smile: "I used to like to listen to stories told by speakers, so I asked someone to read them to me because I wanted to live up to the trust my brothers had placed in me. Art of war. It’s not the time yet, so I’m thinking about learning to write by myself.”

Luo Youdu immediately looked at Zhang Xiong with admiration, and said, "Sit down and talk, I'll ask you something."

Zhang Xiong sat down on the side in a dignified manner, and said: "Commander, please speak."

Luo Youdu signaled him to relax, and said with a smile: "I looked through Luzhou's government affairs files and found a policy called 'Bo Zheng', tell me about it."

As soon as Zhang Xiong heard the word "Bozheng", he became angry, and said indignantly: "I don't know who gave the bad idea to the animal whose conscience was gnawed by the evil ghost. This life is hard to live, and they forced us to use corn , silk cloth in exchange for salt and tea. I don’t have any cloth in my hands. A family only has three sets of clothes. Which rich family used it to decorate corpses."

"Tea is still useful. It can enhance the flavor when you boil it, drink it, or eat it with rice. Salt is really useless. Eating too much of that thing can hurt your body. There is so much salt in my house that there is no place to store it. Some of it is directly It fell into the ditch."

Luo Youdu said with burning eyes: "What if I collect salt at a low price?"

Zhang Xiong suddenly got up and said: "No one else knows, but everyone in my family will be grateful for the great kindness of Commander Du."

Salt has been a way for the court to make money since ancient times.

Jianghuai has been a land of salt production since ancient times, and Huaiyan became famous as early as the time of King Helu of Wu.

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the salt department has often accounted for one-third to one-half of the country's entire fiscal revenue, and the Lianghuai salt department has accounted for the top income of the national salt department.In the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the Lianghuai salt tax revenue accounted for [-]% of the total salt tax in the country.

It can be seen that the huge profits of Huainan salt tax.

But when it came to Nantang, it turned out to be a burden, which has to be said to be a great irony.

There is no other reason. Finding the root cause is actually something that the Guo family made.

The annual output of salt in Lianghuai is huge, and the largest sales place is the northern Central Plains.

But starting from Guo Wei, he realized that the Li family in Jiangnan was uneasy and kind, and worried that Jiangnan would control his lifeline.

I would rather rise in the price of salt than eat Huai salt.

Without the consumption of the northern part of the Central Plains, Huai salt can only be sold to remote areas with insufficient population, such as Nanping and Nanhan.

Shu, a big country second only to the Central Plains and Southern Tang, had its own well salt, and also refused to enter Huai salt.

With such a blockade, the Huai salt, which has never been worried about sales, has nowhere to sell, and it accumulates more and more.

As a last resort, they came up with a policy of extensive requisition, forcing the people to exchange the accumulated salt for rice for silk cloth, forcing everyone in the Jianghuai area to complain.

Hearing Zhang Xiong's words, Luo Youdu immediately felt relieved, stood up and said, "It won't hinder you from practicing calligraphy. I'll give you some military books later on. How much you can comprehend depends on your own ability. Remember, books are dead. Human beings are alive, and they must be supplemented by experience, so that they can learn and use them flexibly.”

Zhang Xiong couldn't stop nodding, expressing his understanding.

Luo Youdu strode towards the government office. Southern Tang did not have the ability to sell Huaiyan to the Central Plains, but he himself had the ability.

That being the case, why not collect the useless salt from the people of Jianghuai and transfer it to the northern part of the Central Plains?

It is the best of both worlds to win the hearts of the people and money.

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