Xianxia version of Water Margin

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The water is in Liangshan, Juyi Hall.

Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao, and Peng Qi knelt side by side under the hall.

Hu Yanzhuo rushed to Jiang Hongfei and cupped his fists and said, "Hu Yanzhuo was captured by a madman and offended the power of the tiger. I hope to beg for forgiveness."

Jiang Hongfei, who had already learned from Hu Yanqing that Hu Yanzhuo and the others wanted to surrender, immediately stepped forward to help Hu Yanzhuo and the others up one by one, and said, "What are you talking about, dear brother? If you don't give up, I won't give up." We are humble, and we are doing justice for heaven together, and we will welcome you all the way. If you don't want to, and you don't dare to stay, I will send you home now."

Hu Yanzhuo pondered for a long time. Seeing that Jiang Hongfei had given him enough steps, he sighed, pushed the gold mountain, poured down the jade pillar, and bowed down in the tunnel: "It's not because Hu Yanzhuo is unloyal to the country. I really admire my brother's loyalty and I cannot tolerate Hu Yanzhuo not being loyal to me." , and today we have a family that is difficult to run away from, and a country that is difficult to surrender to, so I would like to be a small pawn under the tent, and the great sage Wanwangtian will forgive me for the sin of falsehood."

Jiang Hongfei was overjoyed.

On the same day, a banquet was held to celebrate, and at the same time, he sent people to recruit the defeated troops. At the same time, he sent people to send letters to Runing County, Chenzhou, and Yingzhou to move the young and old of Huyanzhuo, Han Tao, and Peng Qi.

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On this day, Du Qian, Jiang Jing, Jiang Hongfei's cheap father-in-law Hu Rong, and Jiang Hongfei's cheap uncle Hu Cheng came to see him.

Jiang Hongfei asked Du Qian and others to come in and asked, "What do you guys want from me?"

Hu Rong and Jiang Jing looked at Du Qian and indicated that Du Qian, the most senior, would speak on the matter.

Du Qian did not give in and said:

"That's it, brother, this time Xie captured the Chengdu Navy and captured a lot of Korean and Japanese seafood. The commander has already sold them all. Don't expect those Korean spiritual weapons, Japanese abalone, sea cucumbers, and shark fins." , kelp and other dried seafood products are still very popular.”

"Furthermore, we have accumulated a lot of spiritual weapons in the treasury of Shuibo Liang Mountain. After conquering Daming Mansion, Kaide Mansion, and Gaotang Prefecture, the spiritual weapons we obtained have piled up like mountains, and it is really difficult to cash them in. Therefore, the leader proposed, How about I Shuibo Liangshan open a sea trade channel to Goryeo and Japan, firstly, open up another channel for the village to earn spiritual stones, and secondly, all these spiritual weapons can be sold to Goryeo and Japan for cash."

Shuibo Liangshan has accumulated a large number of spiritual weapons over the years. A rough estimate is that it is at least tens of millions of coins. This is the price it was processed in the Zhao and Song Dynasties. If all these spiritual weapons were sold to Goryeo and Japan, the price would be It must be over 100 million, or even two to three hundred million, or three to four hundred million.

It's no wonder that the three giants from the Third Division came together to ask Jiang Hongfei for instructions on this matter.

As we all know, Jiang Hongfei has always wanted to engage in maritime trade.

Because this is the most profitable business in the world, bar none.

According to legend, there are many maritime merchants in Quanzhou who are worth millions. The most outstanding maritime merchant has been engaged in maritime trade for more than ten years and has accumulated a fortune of 200 million yuan.

This shows how profitable maritime trade is.

Shuibo Liangshan started out as a bandit, but you can't keep robbing, because there will always be times when there is nothing more to rob.

——Today, in Jeju and Yunzhou near Shuibo Liangshan, and even in Shanzhou, Puzhou, Xuzhou, and Xiqingfu a little further away, the Liangshan heroes have almost conquered the places where they should act for heaven. Now The dignitaries, wealthy families, and gentry near Shuibo Liangshan all learned the lesson. They "reformed" one by one and became "amiable". They took the initiative to reduce the rent to 10% or 20%, or even stopped renting. , harming the countryside, bullying men and women, relying on the strong to bully the weak, taking things by force, buying and selling by force, and bullying and domination of the market have basically disappeared, and the market for Tianxingdao, which was called Shuibo Liangshan, has disappeared for a while.

But to go far away and come back again and again is too time-consuming and labor-intensive. It plays an extremely limited role in the development and growth of Shuibo Liangshan at the current stage. It seems that water from far away cannot quench the thirst of nearby people.

Therefore, if Shuibo Liangshan wants to continue to develop and grow, it must produce and make money on its own.

Produce it yourself?

Since the current territory of Shuibo Liangshan is either too small or is still under development, it really does not have the conditions for its own production and can only barely maintain the self-sufficiency of the people under Shuibo Liangshan.

And make money yourself?

In fact, Shuibo Liangshan has been doing it for a long time. This is the path that refined salt has taken, and the effect of refined salt on making money is very good.

But if Shuibo Liangshan wants to develop better, it must open up more financial opportunities, and it cannot put all its eggs in one basket.

Maritime trade is a very good new way to make money.

Previously, the reason why Jiang Hongfei did not engage in maritime trade was because the Dengzhou navy robbed the Northeast Asia route of the Maritime Silk Road.

Regardless of Shuibo Liangshan transporting some people, food, etc., the Dengzhou navy was forced by Shuibo Liangshan's strong military strength and did not dare to rob.

If this were replaced by Shuibo Liangshan transporting a large amount of property, do you think they would do it?

After all, sake makes people happy, and money moves people's hearts.

Don't think that Jiang Hongfei is wrongfully accusing the Dengzhou navy.

Not really.

After Sun Li conquered the Chengdu Navy, he seized a large amount of Korean furs, elixirs, Korean spiritual weapons, and Japanese abalone, sea cucumbers, shark's fins, kelp and other dried seafood from his military camp.

——The furs and elixir were left in Shuibo Liangshan, and other things. Jiang Hongfei asked Hu Cheng, who was in charge of Shuibo Liangshan's foreign trade, to try selling them to see if there was a market in the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

What is even more surprising is that Sun Li stole millions of dollars of property from several generals of the Chengdu Navy.

——This does not include the family assets that these admirals of the Cheng Dynasty have hidden in Dengzhou City or other places, otherwise there must be more.

Jiang Hongfei sent someone to interrogate several generals of the Chengdu Navy and learned that they often disguised themselves as pirates to rob maritime merchants, and sometimes he would also play a guest role as a merchant to trade with Korea and Japan, which was how they each accumulated so much wealth.

A small naval force of several hundred people "made" so much money just because they occupied the main channel of maritime trade. If Shuibo Liangshan were to engage in maritime trade, how could it be any worse?

In fact, one of the reasons why Jiang Hongfei chose to occupy Liuqiu in the first place was that it was convenient for maritime trade.

But opening up land in Liuqiu was more difficult than Jiang Hongfei imagined. In the past few years, Jiang Hongfei had spent millions of manpower and tens of millions of money on flying to Liuqiu, but Li Jun and the others didn't even dare to hand over the exam paper he gave them. , let alone engage in maritime trade.

In addition, Shuibo Liangshan has robbed enough in the past few years, and selling refined salt has also made a lot of money.

Jiang Hongfei put the matter of maritime trade on hold.

Now with the destruction of the Dengzhou Navy, the entire northern area of ​​the Jiaodong Peninsula, especially the coastal areas, is already under the control of Shuibo Liangshan.

By the way, if Shuibo Liangshan starts to engage in maritime trade, it can also occupy Shamen Island and make it a supply station for the Liaodong Peninsula.

All in all, at the current stage, although Shuibo Liangshan does not yet have the conditions to develop the South China Sea route of the Maritime Silk Road, the conditions for developing the Northeast Asia route of the Maritime Silk Road are basically mature.

Therefore, Hu Cheng's proposal is not unreasonable.

Jiang Hongfei asked: "Do those spiritual weapons have a market in Korea and Japan?"

Hu Cheng said excitedly: "Not only that, the Koreans, especially the Japanese, have never seen such a good spiritual weapon. This is because the Zhao and Song Dynasties not only wanted to whet the appetite of the barbarians to do this business for a long time, but also In order to prevent the greedy barbarians from invading our country, we prohibit the sale of very good spiritual weapons to outsiders. If we, Shuibo Liangshan, are willing to sell these fine spiritual weapons to Korea and Japan, they will definitely be wiped out. "

Afraid that Jiang Hongfei would not agree, Hu Cheng added: "Japan, known as Lingshi Island, is rich in spiritual stones; and Korea is surrounded by high mountains and dense forests, rich in elixirs. A single maritime trade transaction can generate more than ten times the profit."

In this era, many of the goods of the Zhao and Song Dynasty were well-deserved high-end goods and sought-after goods in international trade, especially the exquisite silks and spiritual artifacts of the Zhao and Song Dynasty. They were snapped up outside, while many others were traded with the Zhao and Song Dynasty The small country can only make up for its trade deficit by selling the most basic resources, such as spiritual stones from Japan and ginseng from Korea.

If you do this again and again, you can indeed make a lot of money.

Hu Cheng knew that Jiang Hongfei liked to collect grain, so he went on to say: "Korea and Japan also have a lot of grain. If I am short of grain in Liangshan, I can buy some from his two families."

It can be seen that Hu Cheng is very concerned about maritime trade.

But think about it, Shuibo Liangshan’s current development momentum is so good, who doesn’t want to lay more ground on his future status?

But then again, if you really want to engage in maritime trade, you still have to prepare for the water in Liangshan.

First of all, Shuibo Liangshan needs to strengthen the route from Liangshanbo to Qingzhou.

Regardless of the fact that this Jishui-Beiqinghe route needs to pass through three prefectures, Yunzhou, Qizhou, and Zizhou, before reaching Qingzhou, it has passed through many transportation hub cities.

In fact, Shuibo Liangshan has already cleared all the checkpoints on this route.

For example, Qizhou City is the largest hub city on this route.

The intelligence department in Shuibo Liangshan has mastered all the evidence of corruption and perversion of the law by officials from the prefecture down to Qizhou. It is guaranteed that if the evidence of any one of them is released, the Zhao and Song Dynasties will definitely confiscate their families, interrogate their clans, and assassinate ascetics. Island, so there is no reason why the officials in Qizhou would not listen to Jiang Hongfei's greetings.

The situation in Yunzhou is similar.

As for Zizhou, it had already been annexed by Qingzhou, which was secretly controlled by Shuibo Liangshan.

Don't forget, Jiang Hongfei snatched Li Qingzhao from Yuzhou.

To be honest, the strategy formulated by Jiang Hongfei is to surround the city from the countryside.

Otherwise, given the importance of the Jishui-Beiqinghe route, Jiang Hongfei should send people to knock down all the hub cities along this route.

But first, Jiang Hongfei didn't want the Zhao and Song dynasties to think that he was starting to attack the city, and then regarded Shuibo Liangshan as the target of attack before Longhu Mountain, Fangshan, and Manichaeism.

Secondly, these cities actually don't have much oil and water, and if they are conquered, they won't be of much help to Shuibo Liangshan.

The Song Dynasty was no better than the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, local state capitals were rich in wealth.

The Song Dynasty seemed much more miserable.

In the Song Dynasty, there were transshipment envoys on every road, and their task was to continuously transport taxes and taxes from various states, excluding expenses, to Kyoto, at least to a few important distribution cities, such as the companion capitals of the Zhao and Song dynasties. Another example is Kaide Mansion, which almost became Beifu.

During the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, both capitals of the Tang Dynasty were lost, but the states and counties behind enemy lines were able to fight on their own. A big reason was because the states and counties had money and food.

As soon as the Jin people invaded, most states and counties in the Zhao and Song Dynasties did not put up the appropriate resistance. This had a lot to do with the national policy of the Zhao and Song Dynasty to strengthen the weak branches. The Zhao and Song Dynasty not only gathered military power, but also financial power. , local states and counties have no money and no food, how can they organize an army?

But be poor, most of these cities at transportation hubs are capitals of a state, and their wealth is certainly not comparable to that of private villages like Zhujiazhuang. Although taxes other than expenses must be paid, they cannot be deposited like later generations. The bank will do. They want to save money and food and see how many times a year they can transport it to Kyoto.

There is a time difference here.

In other words, before the money and grain are shipped out, although they do not belong to the state capital, they are stored in the state capital.

Therefore, as long as the intelligence is accurate enough, you can still make a fortune by attacking these cities.

But then again, the general direction of development and growth of Shuibo Liangshan has not changed. Jiang Hongfei still pursues a low-key development policy, so he basically will not mess with the state capital.

——The main reason is that Jiang Hongfei does not want Shuibo Liangshan to become the number one target of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Therefore, although several hub cities on the Jishui-Beiqinghe route are not completely under the control of Shuibo Liangshan, this can only be done for now.

However, because of the maritime trade, large-value commodities will inevitably be carried on this route, and it must be reorganized.

The relevant officials in these hub cities should be warned and replaced.

The same goes for all the forces along the way. Those who are not under control will be destroyed to prevent them from doing bad things.

For example, we can no longer keep the big household in Toyota Town.

This Toyota Town is located seventy miles southeast of Kouzhou, and its power can extend to a section of Beiqing River.

There are three to four thousand families in this town. There is a family called Su Dahu, who gave birth to three children. The eldest son is called Su Liang, the third son is called Su Yi, and the middle one is a daughter named Jinniang.

The three brothers and his sister are all powerful qi practitioners, especially Su Jinniang, who is the most proficient. She can ride a horse and shoot arrows. She is good at using a moon wheel fire tip spear and seven flying forks on her back. Take people immediately, and you will hit every target.

Like Zengtou City, thousands of people gathered in this big house. They erected fences in the town, built watchtowers, recruited troops and horses, and accumulated grass and grain. They once raised the banner of "Serve the Country Loyally", and every day He drilled men and horses, taught the art of war, and determined to fight against Shuibo Liangshan.

——Earlier, when Shuibo Liangshan was not strong, people all over the world clamored that they would soon attack Shuibo Liangshan in order to eat up Mao Jiantu’s sincerity.

There is a teacher in his family, whose surname is Hong and whose given name is Yan.

Teacher Na Hong also intercepted a cargo ship docked in Liangshan.

At that time, Shuibo Liangshan really did not have the ability to conduct expeditions.

Moreover, Shuibo Liangshan soon became famous. Su Dahu saw that Shuibo Liangshan was not easy to mess with, so he quickly put away the banner of "loyalty to serve the country" and no longer mentioned antagonizing Shuibo Liangshan. Obviously, he did not want to provoke Shuibo Liangshan again. Bo Liangshan.

The feud between the two families also stopped at that time.

But the matter is not over yet.

The intelligence department of Shuibo Liangshan learned that Lin Chong accidentally entered the White Tiger Hall and was assigned to Cangzhou. When passing by Chai Jin's village, there was a coach named Hong Yanhong who had made a bet with Lin Chong and lost to Lin Chong.

Because of this, Hong Yan was shameless and left in anger. He went to Su Dahu and became Teacher Hong there.

Hong Yan was angry that Lin Chong defeated him and made him lose face. He also left the rich and powerful Chai Jin, thus forming a grudge against Lin Chong.

Later, when Hong Yan heard that Lin Chong had gone to Liangshan, he hated Wujiwu and Shuibo Liangshan, and then instigated the big households to fight against Shuibo Liangshan.

If the rich man had found out that he couldn't offend Shuibo Liangshan, he had Hong Yan tied up, sent to Shuibo Liangshan, and then compensated for the losses suffered by Shuibo Liangshan, the feud between the two families would have been resolved.

But the wealthy host was so blind that he always kept Hong Yan, and did not say anything about compensating for the damage to Shuibo Liangshan. He didn't even say an apology. He wanted to let this matter go by without mentioning it. In the future, depending on the situation, we will decide whether to be enemies with Shuibo Liangshan.

In other words, Su Oto has been waiting and watching.

If the Zhao and Song Dynasties launched a large-scale attack on Shuibo Liangshan, Su Dahu might send troops to help the Zhao and Song Dynasties attack Shuibo Liangshan.

To take a step back, if Su Dahu sent troops to cut off the Jishui-Beiqinghe route at that time, cutting off the connection between Shuibo Liangshan and Qingzhou, making the Liangshan army unable to transport grain, grass, baggage and troops back and forth, it would still be enough for Shuibo Liangshan to drink a pot.

Now that Liangshan is about to engage in maritime trade, it is necessary to sort out the important route from Jishui to Beiqinghe. At the same time, it is also necessary to scare the monkeys so that all parties along the way will not dare to think of ships in Liangshan.

Of course, in order to engage in maritime trade, Liangshan must do more than just this. At least the hole left by Chengdu Navy and Pinghai Navy must be filled by Liangshan Navy, right?

In short, the conditions for engaging in maritime trade, mainly the Northeast Asia route of the Maritime Silk Road, are mature for Shuibo Liangshan, but some details need to be resolved.

And the first detail that needs to be solved is to eliminate the big households with thunder...

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