Xianxia version of Water Margin

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In order to prepare prisoners for Hua Rong and Huang Rang this time, Shuibo Liangshan had been gathering people since the beginning of winter last year.

——The heads that were severed during the public trial were all frozen by the minions, and they saved one or two thousand.

Plus the hundreds of heads in Qingfeng Mountain.

Plus the leaders Yan Shun, Wang Ying and Zheng Tianshou.

Hua Rong and Huang Rang's military exploits this time are considered solid.

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei arranged for people to manage everything up and down to maximize the benefits of Hua Rong and Huang Rang's contributions.

Qingfengzhai is located at the intersection of Qingzhou's three forks. This three-way road leads to Erlong Mountain, Qingfeng Mountain, and Taohua Mountain. Its location is very critical.

Sun Jing and Zhu Wu both suggested to Jiang Hongfei: "Master, we can't throw away Qingfeng Village. We must let it become my treasure in Liangshan."

Jiang Hongfei thought it was reasonable, so he asked Cao Zheng to bear the name of one of Hua Rong's men who died in the battle, and appointed Cao Zheng to replace Hua Rong as Wuzhi Village of Qingfeng Village. He also found a scholar from Shuibo Liangshan to replace Huang Rang as Qingfeng Village. The Wenzhi Village of the village.

Jiang Hongfei paid for the operation of Qingfeng Village and asked Hua Rong to take them all away when he took office. Three of the Bu Sanjun were transformed and became the garrison of the new Qingfeng Village.

The regular troops of the other two capitals of Bu San Army and the auxiliary troops of Wudu were stationed at Erlong Mountain, led by Jiao Ting.

After screening, training, and political education, the five to seven hundred minions on Peach Blossom Mountain were supplemented by another five hundred garrison troops in Shuibo Liangshan, forming a new infantry army composed of the main army of the five capitals and the auxiliary army of the five capitals, that is, Step five army.

This step of the five armies was led by Li Zhong and Zhou Tong served as deputy commander.

As soon as the Fifth Infantry Army was formed, it was divided into two. Three Duzheng Army and three Dufu Auxiliary Army were led by Li Zhong and were stationed in Taohua Mountain; two Duzheng Army and two Du Auxiliary Army were led by Zhou Tong. , stationed at Qingfeng Mountain.

Since Yang Zhi and Ma Sijun were transferred back to Shuibo Liangshan, there were no experts in Qingzhou. After careful consideration, Jiang Hongfei transferred Guang Hui, who had no ambitions, to take charge.

The above things sound simple, but in fact they are a lot of work.

in short.

It took almost half a year to implement all these things.

Hua Rong got his wish and was promoted to the position of deputy commander-in-chief of Qingzhou's troops and horses, commanding a thousand horse infantry. Like Qingzhou's commander of troops and horses Huang Xin, he became the deputy of Qingzhou Command Department in charge of Qin Ming.

Not to mention how Shuibo Liangshan managed, bribed, coerced, lured, and even assassinated, he made the superiors and subordinates agree that Hua Rong would take away all the original sergeants of Qingfeng Village, and then secretly recruited the Qingfeng Village soldiers with the cooperation of the people in the recruitment department. All the new recruits were replaced by people from the three capitals of Bu Sanjun.

It is only said that after Hua Rong became the deputy general manager of Qingzhou's troops and horses, he actually only had more than 300 infantry troops, which was the original number of people in Qingfeng Village, and the rest were all eaten by everyone.

At the beginning of this year, the thousand horses that Chai Jin gave Jiang Hongfei in return were finally gathered together and sent to Shuibo Liangshan.

During this period, people from Shuibo Liangshan also bought hundreds of spirit horses from Liao Kingdom, Tuomugang and other places.

This allowed Jiang Hongfei to equip Tiefu Tu with one man and two horses and make up for the outstanding horses for the Fourth Horse Army. He still had enough to arm a horse army.

Jiang Hongfei assigned Hua Rong a horse army (i.e. Ma Wujun) and asked Hua Rong to train it himself.

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei assigned Hua Rong two Liangshan garrison troops to complete Hua Rong's thousand-horse infantry.

This makes the number of troops and horses that Hua Rong can actually control become the highest in Qingzhou, more than Qin Ming's, and Huang Xin cannot be compared with Hua Rong.

It is worth mentioning that in order to ensure that Hua Rong's troops were absolutely loyal to Shuibo Liangshan, Jiang Hongfei specially selected a combat-effective political team to station in Hua Rong's army for a long time.

Of course, the main job of this political team is to turn Hua Rong's original three hundred Qingfengzhai sergeants into Shuibo Liangshan.

Hua Rong's current residence has become a Muslim village. Murong Yanda's expectation for Hua Rong is to wipe out the bandits on the Moslem Mountain and completely eliminate the banditry in Qingzhou.

Let’s talk about Huang Rang.

Huang Rang was transferred to Guangling Salt Affairs to serve as the supervisor of the seventh grade.

The reason why Jiang Hongfei obtained this position for Huang Rang was not only because Guangling was within the control of Sanshan and Qingfeng Village, which made it easier for Jiang Hongfei to operate, but also because Jiang Hongfei was interested in the salt boiling factory here with low output.

Jiang Hongfei clearly knew that living in Shuibo Liangshan by doing justice for the sky would definitely not last forever.

After all, there are always times when there is nowhere to grab.

In fact, there are few places around Liangshanbo where you can do justice to the sky.

One of the reasons why Jiang Hongfei attaches great importance to the development of the second base in Qingzhou is that the heroes of Liangshan will soon come to Qingzhou to do justice for the sky. Otherwise, it will be difficult for Liangshan to survive.

This is not alarmist.

yes.

Shuibo Liangshan has robbed all the rich and powerful people around it, and the heroes of Liangshan can still go far away to do justice for heaven.

But the further you go, the more problems are involved.

For example, due to unfamiliarity with the local geographical environment, the Liangshan heroes could easily be ambushed halfway by the official army or local powerful armed forces;

For example, if the road is too long and the traffic remains unchanged, the Liangshan Army will have to bring a large amount of food and baggage with it, as well as a large number of auxiliary troops to move together. Undoubtedly, this will lose the Liangshan Army's invincible mobility and easily become Passive, in addition, it will become difficult to transport the loot back, and the transportation cost will also become very high;

Another example is that if you are not familiar with the local situation and do not have the help of people who are familiar with the local area, it will be more difficult to do justice for heaven.

etc……

This is actually a problem that is difficult to solve at present.

The reason why the Zhao and Song Dynasties were able to control the prefectures and counties under their rule was because the Zhao and Song Dynasties controlled cities that were at the transportation hub.

At this stage, Shuibo Liangshan has not conquered any city, so it can only be trapped in the area of ​​Shuibo Liangshan by these cities. If it wants to develop outwards, it will not be able to use those convenient land and water passages.

Of course, these problems can definitely be solved, but at most they will be less efficient.

The real problem is that relying on Tianxingdao to make money and food is unstable. If Shuibo Liangshan wants to develop healthily, stably and rapidly, it still needs a stable financial path.

After understanding and investigation, Jiang Hongfei was shocked to find that the salt tax revenue actually reached three-quarters of the tax revenue of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

If you want to sell salt, you must first buy a "salt merchant's qualification". With this qualification, you can buy a "salt guide", which is a certificate for selling salt, and then you can buy salt. All the purchases are at high prices. In the end, these The money will be reflected in the price of salt.

While this makes ordinary people miserable, it also creates a huge chain of economic benefits.

After understanding and investigating, Jiang Hongfei learned that in the eyes of people in this world, real salt cannot be produced by just drying it out.

——A lot of white powder can be obtained by drying sea water, but these white powders are not edible salt. Such salt not only tastes bitter, but can also cause a series of health problems such as diarrhea. If consumed for a long time, it may be life-threatening due to heavy metal poisoning.

Therefore, all the salt in this world is boiled.

Boiling salt in a pot requires people, firewood, time, effort, and extremely high cost, and you can't produce much salt.

It’s no wonder that salt prices remain high.

After all, Jiang Hongfei was also a top student who passed the 985 entrance examination and learned how to use seawater to dry salt.

Jiang Hongfei still remembers clearly: the first step is to dry out the coarse salt; the second step is to re-integrate a large amount of coarse salt into the seawater, so as to obtain saturated concentrated salt seawater; the third step is to take out about one-fifth of the salt left and right seawater, and dry the remaining seawater to obtain purer coarse salt; in the fourth step, pour these coarse salts into the one-fifth of the concentrated salt seawater left in the third step, and fully Stir and then pour out the seawater. What remains at the bottom of the container is refined salt without impurities.

By the way, potassium carbonate needs to be added to the concentrated salt seawater to react with calcium and magnesium ions to form a precipitate, which is then filtered out.

At this step, Jiang Hongfei happened to know an ancient method that could replace it.

The reason why Jiang Hongfei knows so much about drying salt is not only because Jiang Hongfei learned to dry salt from seawater when he was in school, but more importantly, because there is a salt drying factory in Jiang Hongfei's hometown. Jiang Hongfei often went there to play when he was a child, and even helped adults dry salt. So I am very familiar with this process.

In short, Jiang Hongfei knows how to make salt.

But because this is the Xianxia version of the Water Margin world, Jiang Hongfei is afraid that his method of drying salt will not work.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei specially took people to the beach and first built a small salt drying field for a test.

The results proved that the salt produced by Jiang Hongfei was purer and of better quality than the salt cooked by the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei brought Huang Rang to Guangling Salt Bureau as the supervisor, making it a private salt factory in Shuibo Liangshan.

As for how to sell, Jiang Hongfei is not worried at all.

Not to mention anything else, the territory controlled by Shuibo Liangshan alone is enough for Jiang Hongfei to earn all of Shuibo Liangshan's current expenses.

Jiang Hongfei can also summon salt merchants who want to make a fortune in the arena.

By the way, isn't Li Jun, the Hunjianglong, a salt merchant? There's no telling if I can catch him.

Moreover, Jiang Hongfei can also provide salt leads to partners.

——Just ask Chao Gai to borrow Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian to make a batch.

In short, the cost of the salt produced by Jiang Hongfei is extremely low and the quality is excellent. It can be delivered to your door within the area controlled by Shuibo Liangshan. As long as Jiang Hongfei makes a little profit, he will definitely not worry about no buyers!

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Hujiazhuang.

A tall and beautiful girl of eighteen or nineteen years old, neatly dressed, riding on a green-maned horse, carrying a pair of sun and moon swords, dancing like a dragon and a snake, walking on the school grounds. The two swords in her palms were shining with cold light. After dancing, jade flakes floated in the wind, and qiong flowers scattered in the snow.

Not long after, the girl flew down from the green-maned horse that turned into a streak of blue light and galloped at full speed. She didn't see any movement. A rope flew out from her body, and was firmly and accurately attached to it. It was still running at high speed. The green-maned horse.

Then, the girl's waist struggled, and the green-maned horse, which seemed to have endless momentum, was stopped on the spot by her!

The golden hairpin on the cicada's temples is pressed twice, and the phoenix shoes and precious stirrups are stepped on diagonally. The chain armor is lined with red gauze, and the embroidered ribbon is stretched across the waist. The frost knife chopped down the heroes indiscriminately, and the jade fiber captured the fierce generals alive. Naturally beautiful begonia flowers, Yi Zhang Qing should be the first to take action.

This woman is one of the three female generals in Liangshan in "Water Margin", nicknamed "Yizhang Qing". When Liangshan gathered for justice, she ranked fifty-ninth and was named Hu Sanniang, a comet.

At this moment, Hu Sanniang is in the competition, practicing her martial arts and magical powers.

Hu Sanniang's brother, Hu Cheng, son of Hu Rong, the owner of Hujiazhuang, nicknamed "Flying Tiger", came back from outside in a hurry.

Although Hu Cheng looked very busy at first glance, when passing by the school grounds, Hu Cheng still stopped and praised: "Well, well, my little sister's strength is really getting better and better."

After hearing this, Hu Sanniang sheathed her swords, looked at Hu Cheng with her Jian Shui eyes, and asked: "Brother, with my martial arts and magical powers, can I fight with the Liangshan bandits in the future?"

At this time, Hu Rong happened to come out of the room. Hearing Hu Sanniang's arrogant words, he couldn't help but educate Hu Sanniang: "You are a girl, don't always think about fighting and killing. The water in Liangshan is now in the rivers and lakes." The limelight is so intense that even Grand Master Cai doesn’t dare to provoke it, so how can you provoke it?”

Hu Rong is sworn brothers with Zhu Chaofeng, the owner of Zhujiazhuang, and Pu Tiandiao, the owner of Lijiazhuang, Li Ying.

Although he was called "Tai Gong", Hu Rong was actually only over forty years old, five or six years younger than Zhu Chaofeng, and only a few years older than Li Ying.

Hu Sanniang was a little dissatisfied and said: "I have nine materialized attribute spiritual roots, eight strengthened attribute spiritual roots, and the other three attribute spiritual roots total ten. My martial arts are also superb. Pick out the three heroes of the Zhu family individually. Which one is my opponent? He wishes I'm not afraid of anyone in the family village except Teacher Luan, so why can't you teach me how to capture Jiang Yan, the leader of the thief?"

Hu Rong shook his head: "You are too much of a frog in the well. If Jiang Yan is easy to get along with, how can we people be worried all day long, for fear that if he is not careful, he will knock down Dulong Gang and all us men will be killed? Were all the women like you kidnapped by him and taken to Liangshan Mountain?"

Although Hu Sanniang also thinks that what her father said makes sense, but since newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, Hu Sanniang will inevitably think: "If I can capture Jiang Yan, then won't the danger of our three villages be solved?"

Recently, a kind of refined salt that is both good and cheap has been produced near Liangshanbo.

Hu Rong keenly sensed a business opportunity to make a fortune, so he asked Hu Cheng to investigate the source of this batch of refined salt.

At this time, seeing Hu Cheng returning from the investigation, Hu Rong really had no time to waste words with Hu Sanniang, who was still just a child.

After giving Hu Cheng a wink, Hu Rong turned around and returned to the house.

Hu Cheng saw it and immediately followed him.

"How's it going? Have you heard about it?" Hu Rong asked Hu Cheng who was standing in front of him after sitting down on the Grand Master's chair.

"I heard about it, and it's the same as my father guessed. This refined salt is indeed released by Shuibo Liangshan. Shuibo Liangshan is currently looking for bulk traders in the rivers and lakes. The price is given, and the profit margin is huge. If we can get a batch, As long as you flip it, you will definitely make a lot of money. If you can cooperate for a long time, it will be difficult not to make a fortune." Hu Cheng said excitedly.

"What? Are you tempted?" Hu Rong looked at his son and asked.

"It's so profitable. It's such a rare opportunity." Hu Cheng said, rubbing his hands.

"Then just do it." Hu Rong said with a smile.

"But this refined salt comes from Shuibo Liangshan..." Hu Cheng was very moved, but he still couldn't help but hesitate.

"Business is business, think about what to do next, don't get entangled in it." Hu Rong educated.

Although Hu Rong said so, Hu Cheng still hesitated: "If Zhujiazhuang knew about this..."

Hu Rong hated the iron and said: "Do you think his family will let go of this easy-to-get benefit?"

"Father is saying that his family will also buy this refined salt from Shuibo Liangshan?" Hu Cheng said in surprise.

"I will definitely buy it. Who can see a big piece of fat passing by their door and not take a bite?" Hu Rongyan said confidently.

"However, if my guess is correct, the Zhu family will probably be more secretive, and the Li family will probably be more high-profile." Hu Rong said.

Hu Cheng thought for a while and asked with some uncertainty: "Father, what you mean is that the Zhu family will only make this money, and the Li family will use this to establish a relationship with Shuibo Liangshan and make good friends with Shuibo Liangshan?"

Hu Rong nodded appreciatively: "My family's purpose is to protect themselves, which is different from the Zhu family who only want to use the Liangshan bandits in exchange for fame."

Hu Rong further explained: "The reason why my family formed an alliance with the Zhu family is to avoid being attacked by Shuibo Liangshan. If there are other ways to avoid being attacked by Shuibo Liangshan, why wouldn't my family do it?"

Hu Cheng understood: "Eggs cannot be put in one basket."

Hu Rong smiled and said, "You can teach me."

Hu Cheng said simply: "My son will go to Shuibo Liangshan in person to see if there is a chance to meet this great sage..."

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