Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 424 Countermeasures
"Don't be afraid, General." Xie Jue smiled happily and said, "Xie doesn't have any requests yet."

Zhao Hao groaned in his heart.

Not now, but in the future?

Xie Jue laughed again, and said, "General, don't panic, Xie is not an ungrateful person, the general's life-saving grace this time..."

Zhao Hao thought to himself, I'm panicking?She interrupted Xie Jue with a calm expression: "I'm going to save Miss Su."

You are just passing by...

Xie Jue's expression darkened, he stared straight at Zhao Hao and said, "General saving Yue'er is more important to Xie than saving my life!"

Zhao Hao was slightly stunned, Xie Jue had already returned to his calm expression, and continued: "We came here together, it is said that those who meet have a share, and I will not be greedy for the golden cave, but the general has a special status. Don’t get involved in this matter, I’ll send people to dig out the gold, and every year, no matter how much you dig out, I’ll give you 80 cash in cash, plus 80 dans of grain.”

Zhao Hao's expression changed, and he said, "That place is not worth so much money."

Although the gold cave is made of natural lumps of gold, it is easy to mine, but it still needs to be refined to become gold that can be exchanged for money and preserve its value. Moreover, when he went in to see it, there were many natural gold nuggets at the entrance of the cave, but inside it gradually Reduced, hundreds of meters away, there is no shape.

From this point of view, the gold in the cave is also limited. Although it must be more than 80 gold, it cannot reach 80 gold per year...

Plus 80 dans of grain!
Xie Jue raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said, "Of course I can't get that much out of that place, but if I exchange the gold in that place for a field, I can get so much out of it."

Zhao Hao was taken aback.

Xie Jue continued: "The few boxes left by the King of Jin, I will make a discount of 180 million guan, and you and I will split half and half, and put the money into the famine fundraising centers in Dingzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou, Jinzhou." middle."

"Recruitment?" Zhao Hao was puzzled.

"Yes, although there are many mountains in these places, there are also many plains. It's just that during the previous dynasty, wars were raging, and the population went south, and the fertile land became wasteland. After the founding of this dynasty, this area is where the Herong people handed over. There are also many wars, no one dares to come, and those wastelands are even more desolate."

Xie Jue's voice paused for a moment and said: "I think with the general's ability, I will be able to persuade the local officials to sell those wastelands to Xie at a low price. , People who can no longer go to the battlefield can also be sent over."

"You want to open up wasteland?" Zhao Hao asked in surprise.

There are indeed many plains in the places Xie Jue mentioned, but those places have been deserted for a long time, and the war a hundred years ago changed the course of the rivers, so that there is a severe shortage of water.

Moreover, after all, this is a border land, but whoever is willing to travel thousands of miles to come to a decent family...

and many more.

Can get by...

If Cai Bing really implements the new law, then many families will be unable to survive!

Seeing the change of Zhao Hao's face, Xie Jue smiled and said, "I'm afraid the general doesn't know that in order to develop agriculture and increase food production, the emperor of this dynasty once promulgated a decree, that is, if someone is willing to go to the wilderness to open up wasteland, he will be exempted from the penalty of five years." The annual tax will be reduced by half for another three years, this law has been issued by Emperor Gaozu, no matter when or under what circumstances, this law cannot be abolished!"

Zhao Hao suddenly understood.

No matter how powerful Cai Bing was, he could not shake the decree left by Gaozu himself. As long as these fields are defined as land for reclamation, then these fields will not be affected by the new law for at least eight years.

And eight years...

Cai Bingzhifa didn't survive even three years in his previous life.

The most important thing is that the military rations of the frontier army are only in short supply because it is too far away from the food production area, and the transportation cost is higher than the price of food. When all the costs are added up, a load of food to the frontier army is equivalent to two or three times. One load, the court calculated the price of military rations based on this will be extremely high.

If we can cultivate land in these border states, not to mention the amount of grain, even the transportation cost and manpower can be saved by more than half.

"It's just that it takes time to reclaim wasteland, and it won't be effective immediately, and we need money and food now." After hesitating for a while, Zhao Hao said bluntly.

Cai Bing submitted the memorial ten days ago. If they want to avoid being blamed, they have to express their attitude as soon as possible. It is best to send the memorial over now.

Then, the batch of military pay at the end of the year will be completely hopeless.

Although he had already expected that there would be no hope, Duke Zhen might still have illusions.

Of course, the most important thing is that the war is about to start. At this time, there is indeed a shortage of money!

"King Jin's box of gold is estimated to be 5 taels, plus the silver, it's no problem to exchange it for a million guan, you can take all of that." Xie Jue thought for a while and said, "I'll think of a way to get some food for you." You send it over."

Tapping his fingers on his knees, Xie Jue's lips flicked a trace of coldness, and he said, "It seems that Bei Rong will definitely attack next spring. Has the general thought about making good use of it?"

Zhao Hao made a gesture that you can say what you want, there's no need to be tight-lipped.

Xie Jue was a little upset.

Just thinking about that bastard Cai Bing, and thinking about the tragedy of Aye City being chased by the Rong people, he swallowed his anger again.

The voice said slowly: "The general should be able to figure out who sent someone to collude with the Rong people to leak out the shortage of military supplies in the frontier army, and he should also be able to imagine where the Rong people will attack first when they hear this news. "

Zhao Hao frowned slightly and nodded: "I know this well."

In the previous life, apart from Wucheng, Fengcheng, Weicheng, and Xucheng were all attacked by Rong people.

These places are all places where the military rations are the least and the military strength is the most severely damaged due to various reasons.

He was a bit confused at first, even though Tong Guan knew that the military rations were insufficient, but it was impossible to know which specific places had the most insufficient military rations. How could the Rong people know so clearly.

When I first heard Ma Xiao say that, I understood.

In this life, apart from Wucheng and Xucheng, he personally led people to deliver the military rations he mobilized, while the other two cities were handed over to Lord Zhen Guo for handling.

Logically, at this time, Lord Zhen should have gone from Fengcheng to the border city, but now, Lord Zhen appeared in Dingzhou.

In other words, he didn't go to Windy City at all!

But at this time, he wanted to mobilize food and send it to Fengcheng, but it was too late.

Therefore, considering what happened in his previous life, he still knows where the Rong people will attack.

However, if the spies around Duke Zhen are not found out and eliminated, all of this is full of variables.

Xie Jue nodded and said: "So, then, has the general thought about taking advantage of the situation? Let Cai Xiang and Han Xiang know how powerful they are?"

Zhao Hao's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered that the person who exchanged coarse grains with him for refined grains once specifically mentioned that Tongzhou was behind Fengcheng, and the prefect of Tongzhou was Han Xiang's nephew.

The man also said that it's not good for the general to be so passive, and it's better for people to know the importance of the frontier army.

After wandering around for a few times with a single thought in his mind, Zhao Hao asked, "Master Xie wants to say, use Fengcheng as a trap to lure soldiers in?"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Hao shook his head with a smile and said, "Although this method is good, the people of Tongzhou are also the people of our Song Kingdom. As a guard, I must not do such a thing on purpose."

Xie Jue looked at him slightly moved.

Unexpectedly, at such a time, Zhao Hao would still put responsibility first and put the people first.

That's right, letting the soldiers enter the pass will let the magistrate of Tongzhou and the old men of Qin know how powerful they are, but this time he has seen how the Rong people treat the Song people. Once those people enter the pass, they must burn, kill and loot. If no one is left alive, Tongzhou will be devastated, and I don't know how many people will die.

With a serious look on his face, Xie Jue sat up straight, and said in a deep voice, "It was Xie Jue who made a slip of the tongue!"

(End of this chapter)