The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 147 Zhang Bin’s caution

At this time, Chen Yuanda came all the way to Qingzhou. The boat he took passed the Yellow River and passed Anping State. Chen Yuanda saw that with the arrival of May and June, the Yellow River, which had completely thawed, was busy in a different way. There were quite a lot of boats going back and forth. busy.

In particular, I saw an official fleet flying from one side of the Yellow River to the other, flying a flag with the Chinese character "Zhang", and the ships along the way avoided it.

Zhang Song and Yang Man in this official fleet.

Zhang Song was generally responsible for some of Liu Tai's official industries, such as the Yahang for human trafficking, the Salt Hall for buying and selling salt, or the granary responsible for purchasing grain from outside, etc.

Although Liu Tai is responsible for the planning in these aspects, when it really needs to be implemented, Zhang Song needs to step forward to implement it.

Although Zhang Song couldn't understand some of Liu Tai's operations, what Zhang Song knew was that his industry was getting bigger and bigger.

Even Zhang Song himself can't understand the various interlocking interests.

But what Zhang Song knows is that as long as he needs something, as long as it is available in the industry, it can be produced quickly after reporting it to Liu Tai, which is quite convenient. Therefore, Zhang Song still needs to continue to be in charge of Yuanyan. County.

After all, it has gradually become a no-care zone in the entire Jizhou, and almost all kinds of material circulation are gathered there!
At this moment, the person who is really responsible for being a lobbyist is Yang Man. After all, compared to others, although Yang Man has certain abilities, because he comes from a noble family and is good at talking, and can deal with various wealthy families, he is allowed to go out. Be a messenger.

If Shi Le really killed Yang Man, although Liu Tai would be very angry, he wouldn't feel bad at all.

But Liu Tai felt that Shi Le would not do such a stupid thing, for the simple reason that it would not be good for Shi Le.

Especially with the arrival of May and June, the wheat harvest in Liu Tai's collective farm began to increase, while Shi Le fell into famine.

There was no way, Shi Le only pacified the place in the middle of last year. Even though Zhang Bin tried his best to replant grain, after completing the land reclamation this year, it was still in a state of stagnation.

It was impossible for Zhang Bin and Shi Le to ask people to search for winter wheat seeds where they were stored, and then replant them in autumn and winter, so they could only postpone till spring plowing, and then let people reclaim the land to obtain food. The harvest is still early.

The method Shi Le used at this moment was Cao Cao's military garrison method. After all, this was an effective method that history had proven.

During this period, Shi Le was really short of food, so whether he was a member of the Jie tribe or a Han Chinese, Shi Le tried his best to encourage farmers to grow mulberry trees.

In fact, the Jie people mainly raise horses and livestock, but because they are more or less Chineseized Zahu, and the main way of Chineseization is to work for Han landlords, they also know a little about farming skills.

Now that Shi Le has turned around and become the leader, many Jie tribe members have somewhat ascended to heaven.

However, Shi Le may have found that his Jie clan has gradually become unruly.

At this time, Zhang Bin insisted that it was easier to manage just one clan than to manage all kinds of strange ethnic groups, so he persuaded Shi Le that if he only improved the status of his own people, he would never be able to win the acceptance of all clans, and would instead cause conflicts between the two sides.

Therefore, Shi Le chose to expand the concept of the Jie tribe and call all foreign miscellaneous people Chinese, and they all belong to the Jie tribe.

This method of integration is very easy for the alien races in the grassland to accept, because there is no so-called loyalty in the grassland. They just join whoever is stronger, so they have no objection to Shi Le's acceptance.

Under such circumstances, the Jie tribe is basically a bit like the general concept of Hu in non-Han and Hu times, absorbing all miscellaneous Hu except Han people, Huns and Xianbei people under the concept of Jie.

For a time, a large number of foreigners who had fled to the Central Plains for various reasons flocked to Shile.

And this is why Shi Le was obviously just from the Zahu tribe whose name he had almost never heard of under the Xiongnu, but in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of Jie people suddenly appeared.

Because for many Zahu people, the Huns and Xianbei people despise them. Now there is a tribe called Jie among the Zahu people that is very prosperous, so everyone just goes over there.

Of course, with a large number of foreign miscellaneous people taking refuge, the food in Xiangguo County will naturally be insufficient.

However, Zhang Bin understands better that these alien races cannot give up casually. As long as Shi Le survives this level, not to mention the flying dragon in the sky, at least he has some foundation. Even if he faces Liu Tai and Wang Jun, he will have a few points. The cost of turnover is divided.

At this time, Yang Man came to visit Zhang Bin and expressed his desire to further build a salt hall in Xiangguo and sell cheaper salt. He also hoped to buy horses at a high price. He hoped that Zhang Bin could get Shi Le to agree to this.

Zhang Bin was a little confused about Yangman's move, but he still reported the matter to Shi Le and let him make a decision.

"What does Liu Tai mean? Do you want to befriend me?" Shi Le was a little confused when he heard Zhang Bin's words.

Zhang Bin saluted Shi Le, and then said, "It should be to ask us for directions to see what the relationship between us and Wang Jun is. There is a branch of merchants here. I won't talk about the details, but I have a rough idea.

For us, it is more specific about how we should make decisions.

Liu Tai bought a large number of horses from us at a high price, probably because he was planning to use Guan Zhongchu's strategy of buying deer against us, hoping that we would put a lot of manpower into raising horses. "

"Chu is buying deer?" Shi Le was a little confused when he heard Zhang Bin's words.

Zhang Bin explained: "Guan Zhong specifically raised the price to purchase sika deer in order for Qi to defeat Chu.

The Chu State spent a lot of manpower and financial resources on purchasing sika deer, even to the point where a deer could be worth a hundred taels of gold, causing the people of the Chu State to put down their farm work and go all over the mountains and fields to capture live deer.

At this time, Guan Zhong asked his minister Xi Peng to quietly purchase and hoard grain from the people of Qi and Chu:

Chu State made five times more money than usual by selling live deer; Qi State purchased and hoarded surplus grain five times more than usual.

Then, he ordered the border with Chu to be closed, which caused the price of rice in Chu to skyrocket. The King of Chu sent people everywhere to buy rice, but they were all cut off by Qi. The Chu refugees who fled to Qi accounted for as many as ten percent of the country's population. Four.The vitality of Chu State was severely damaged, and it surrendered to Qi State three years later.

This is the story of Chu's purchase of deer. When Liu Tai entered Qi, he also remembered Guan Zhong's plan! "

"Thank you for your analysis!" Shi Le nodded with understanding after hearing Zhang Bin's words, and then said, "Then why did Liu Tai build the salt hall in our territory? The price of sea salt in Qidi is quite cheap, this is not Liar!"

"I don't know about this either." Zhang Bin couldn't help but frown when he heard Shi Le's words.

This is natural. After all, this kind of thing has never happened before in this era by suppressing local technology development through product dumping.

Under such circumstances, Liu Tai expressed his desire to establish salt halls to sell low-priced salt in places such as the Yellow River Ferry and Xiangguo County controlled by Shi Le. Even people like Zhang Bin could not see Liu Tai's purpose.

Zhang Bin only vaguely felt that Liu Tai's plan was definitely not a good thing, but he didn't know what the problem was.

After all, it is impossible for anyone to judge a problem that has never occurred before. Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, who would have thought that short selling could be done reasonably and legally after the refinancing of restricted shares. I have never seen it in my life.JPG
Diao Ying, who had been gradually marginalized since Zhang Bin arrived, now said, "No matter what, buying salt at a low price is beneficial to us. Why don't you just let me keep an eye on this salt hall. If there is anything detrimental to us, It must be destroyed!" Shi Le heard Diao Ying's words, thought for a moment and turned to Zhang Bin, "How do you feel, Marquis You?"

Zhang Bin couldn't say no in the end. After all, at least now, it seemed that Liu Tai wanted to give up the salt in exchange for the horses.

In these troubled times, food is important and salt is also important, but even so, Zhang Bin thought for a while and said:

"Liu Tai wants to exchange salt for horses. I think we can change it slightly. We trade horses with him and only receive grain, not salt.

As for the Salt Hall, unless Liu Tai agrees to this deal, then we will allow the Salt Hall to establish a business in our sphere of influence! "

In Zhang Bin's view, there is really no problem with the salt industry, but the most important problem is the horses. After all, he cannot let himself repeat the overturn like that of the Chu State. All the people went crazy to raise horses. Then no one went to farm.

It is stipulated that only food can be exchanged for horses, ensuring that at least one's own power will not be turbulent due to lack of food.

Zhang Bin added at this point, "The general needs to actively encourage farmers and mulberry trees and expand military camps, so that we can have worry-free food for at least a year. In this way, no matter what Liu Tai does, we can be invincible." !”

"I understand!" Shi Le nodded after hearing Zhang Bin's words, "I'll leave this matter to you, sir."

Zhang Bin heard Shi Le's words, shook his head and said, "I'm not good at negotiation, why not let Diao Youshi go?"

"Oh." When Shi Le heard Zhang Bin's words, he looked at Zhang Bin in surprise, because this matter looked like a job, and he might even get a kickback. He didn't expect that Zhang Bin would just push it to him. Got Diao Ying.

Zhang Bin really couldn't tell what Liu Tai was planning, and it was hard for him to refuse Liu Tai's interests. After all, salt was cheap and he was in short supply, so how could he refuse.

And Zhang Bin knew very well that a person like Liu Tai could never forget his grudges with a smile. At least before Wang Mi's death came to an end, in Zhang Bin's judgment, he could not see any benefits Liu Tai had given him. Backhanders and hazards.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Bin felt that it would be better not to take over the matter himself.

Maybe I can see it more clearly if I observe it with the eyes of a bystander, so I let Diao Ying take over here.

Diao Ying took over the task with a smile, and then started a long bargain with Yang Man.

Of course, Yangman was able to carry out the mission very well, and his etiquette was impeccable.

But when it came to bargaining, Yang Man was no match for Diao Ying. After all, Diao Ying was more or less fighting for his own interests and was naturally very active. Yang Man could almost only retreat to the bottom line and stick to it.

And Diao Ying also understood that after testing Yangman's bottom line, he gave up when he felt good.

Otherwise, if Liu Tai were replaced by another person, he would probably be more difficult to deal with. If he continued to pull slowly like this, he was afraid that the benefits he would gain might not be as great as this time.

So Diao Ying quickly came back with a price that Shi Le was satisfied with.

For example, Liu Tai was allowed to build salt halls in Xiangguo and Dunqiu. One was his capital and the other was close to the Yellow River.

But Diao Ying also got the lowest price for salt on the market, and Yangman also agreed to exchange grain for horses, and everything was under control.

While Diao Ying and Yang Man were arguing over this petty profit, Shi Le looked at Zhang Bin and said seriously:

"It seems that Liu Huben has also received the news about Wang Jun and I's trading, otherwise he would not have sent Yangman over to directly propose the construction of a salt hall on our boundary. He is wary of me. This salt hall should be trying to detect us. News!"

"It's better to put these salt halls in the open than to send out detailed work in private!" Zhang Bin sighed, "At least Liu Tai didn't want to fight with us before Wang Jun was dealt with!"

"Then can we join forces with Wang Jun to destroy Liu Tai!" Shi Le suddenly asked Zhang Bin.

"Ming Gong?!" Zhang Bin did not expect Shi Le to say such words suddenly.

Shi Le said: "The envoy sent by Wang Jun was right at least in one thing. Liu Tai is too young.

At such a young age, he has played almost all the famous players in the world. If there is a chance, he must not be given another chance to take off!

Otherwise, if he defeats Wang Jun, we may have to face this little tiger ourselves! "

Zhang Bin was silent for a moment after hearing Shi Le's words, and then said slowly:
"Unless General you and Wang Junbing are united, Liu Tai will not give us a chance.

Because Liu Tai never trusts us, he will definitely be on guard.

In contrast, I believe that if we wait for the opportunity to take action against Liu Kun or Wang Jun, we will have a better chance of success.

Because Liu Kun is weak and Wang Jun despises us.

But Liu Tai, even if he has a life-and-death battle with Wang Jun, he will definitely send an army to keep an eye on us! "

"Damn it!" When Shi Le heard Zhang Bin's words, he couldn't help gritting his teeth and hammering the table hard.

"However, if the general wants to destroy Liu Tai, he can inform Wang Jun, and we can organize a small force to put pressure on Liu Tai at the border and disperse Liu Tai's soldiers.

Even if Liu Taizhen unfortunately suffers a loss at the hands of Wang Jun, he can also let this group of soldiers directly invade the three counties of Jizhou. It would be even better if Liu Tai could be intercepted and killed! "Zhang Bin said slowly.

"Oh!?" Shi Le narrowed his eyes in thought after hearing Zhang Bin's words.

Zhang Bin said, "Yuan Yan has become a shield between us and Liu Tai, and it also gives us the confidence to sit back and watch the storm.

At least before Liu Tai got rid of Wang Jun, even if he wanted to take action against us, it would not be easy. At least Yuan Yan represented the Han Dynasty, and we and Liu Tai were both ministers of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, if we want to expand, we must either attack Liu Kun or Wang Jun. Please let the general think deeply. "

"I understand." Shi Le couldn't help but take a deep breath, but nodded.

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