Since the imperial court in the southeast has blocked information, the Japanese pirates in northern Jiangsu still don't know that the imperial court has found out their details, so Zhao Jun still has a lot of time.
Considering the difficulty of marching in winter, the news from the court was that it would be sufficient to set off before spring.
Sufficient preparation time allows everyone in Yunzhou County to prepare well.
In several subsequent meetings, Zhao Jun proposed that the Ping Japanese Army could not walk on one leg, and it would not work just to rely on the court. Asking them to do logistics was no different from letting rats manage the granary. Yunzhou County must prepare for the Ping Japanese Army. Another logistical support route, or even several.
In the end, Zhao Jun made a final decision and agreed that the person in Yunzhou County who could bring the greatest help to the Japanese army in the pass was Feiyun Trading Company.
If Li Dingguo needs supplies after entering the customs, he can go to Feiyun Trading Company to help mobilize them. With the Feiyun Order given by Zhao Jun, Feiyun Trading Company will unconditionally help the Japanese troops mobilize food and grass.
In addition, in terms of intelligence, Guan's secret guard base can provide him with information.
Basically, the major counties and cities in the pass, especially in the north, are now under full control of the secret guards and have quite complete intelligence proposals. Even the intelligence that the Imperial City Division can collect is probably not as complete as the secret guards. On the way to Northern Jiangsu, , local relevant information, the Japanese army can rely on the intelligence network of the secret guards.
In addition, Feiyun Trading Company is only a trading house after all, and its mobilization capacity is limited. When there are always times when there is a lack of strength, Feiyun Trading Company can provide for the daily marching consumption, but after the Japanese army and Japanese pirates fight against each other, Feiyun Trading Company's ability may not be enough. It was not enough to support the Japanese army.
This is also because the foundation of Feiyun Trading Company in the south is unstable. The southern generation has always been serious about xenophobia. If northern trading firms want to enter, they will be squeezed out by local trading banks. Therefore, even if Feiyun Trading Company is in the south, it can only be said that it is Once you get a foothold, the help you can provide is limited.
Therefore, in northern Jiangsu, we must find another way to help the Japanese army to provide supplies.
When everyone was frowning, suddenly a director of the Yunzhou Yamen Taxation Department suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, when I was sorting out tax documents this month, I accidentally discovered a tax payment document that may be helpful to this matter."
Everyone was stunned.
How can tax payment paperwork help?
Aren't they discussing how to transport wartime supplies to the Japanese troops?
How can this tax payment document help?
Tax payment documents, as the name implies, are documents that record tax payment status.
It is the tax summary of the local government or the duties that need to be paid on goods entering and leaving Yunzhou County's sphere of influence. It will eventually be sent to Yunzhou County for archiving, usually once every six months.
This junior official is the head of the Document Cabinet who is responsible for archiving tax documents.
Although he was confused, Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Tell me."
The official immediately replied: "Your Majesty, since Yunzhou County established a business relationship with Shendu, many businessmen in my Yunzhou area of influence have gone to Shendu to do business. Some people are closer, and some are far away. Far, far away, when Xianguan was sorting out tax documents for the first half of the year a few days ago, he found such a day's tax payment records.
Fang Ji Dry Goods Company paid the customs duty of fifty loads of salted fish at the border between Shendu and Tianyun countries. According to the customs policy of Tianyun people's customs tax policy of 10 and 3 taels on imported goods, a total of 2,300 taels of tariffs were collected.
The source of the goods is a small suba in the southernmost part of Shendu, called Atelia. It is close to the sea and is the main salt production area in Shendu country. His salt comes from there. "
As soon as this little official talk was finished, everyone immediately understood what he meant. Zhao Jun immediately called Wang Huaien and gave a few instructions. Wang Huaien nodded and left, and soon came back, but this time he already had two volumes in his hands. map.
Zhao Jun nodded and ordered someone to set up a large blackboard behind him. He also ordered someone to draw chalk on the blackboard according to the two maps in his hand, and then he waited quietly.
Among the maps in Zhao Jun's hands, one is the official topographic map of the Song Dynasty, and the other is the body poison topographic map discovered by the secret guards.
After the war with Shendu, the secret guards have been continuously infiltrating the entire territory of Shendu, and information from various places in Shendu has also continued to converge towards Yunzhou County. However, Zhao Jun did not pay much attention to it after the truce with Shendu. That's the thing.
After being reminded just now, Zhao Jun asked Wang Huai'en to go to the secret guard to get the latest map.
After a subordinate with decent painting skills drew both maps on the big blackboard, the clear terrain suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone's eyes suddenly lit up!
Why do you think that is?
Just look at the map on the blackboard and you will know. According to the combined map, the poisonous Atelia used to be a branch of the Yunling Mountains, and the direction he corresponds to is Subei County.
The place corresponding to Atria in Subei County is part of the main Yunling vein and the Bohai Bay.
According to official records in Northern Jiangsu, when you cross the Bohai Bay and go eastward, you encounter the extension of the Yunling Mountains. There is no human presence. Therefore, even though Shendu and the Song Dynasty are separated by the Yunling Mountains, the two sides have never been in contact. Pass.
Even the sea route in the southeast has always been heading towards the Japanese country. The danger at sea is too great. Since there is a stable route, no one insists on driving to the east where no one has ever set foot, regardless of the danger.
This also means that Yunzhou County can bypass the Yunling branch through Atlia and enter the Bohai Bay, and then quickly support the Japanese troops in northern Jiangsu from the sea.
Zhao Jun even thought divergently that if this route is used well, it may not only be used to transport military supplies, but Yunzhou County can also use this outlet to reach into the south of the Song Dynasty, and even go out to sea to seize ocean trade. Huge benefits!
Moreover, northern Jiangsu is so miserable, and there are so many poor people in the four southeastern counties. There are a lot of people who can't survive, otherwise there would be no Fang La rebellion.
The actual situation is that almost all the people in the four southeastern counties who could not survive rebelled, but they were suppressed by them. Fang La had an accident.
It just so happens that Yunzhou County now has food and a large area of control, but no one. If you want to rely solely on Song Shengsheng of Yunzhou County, it will take who knows how many years until the next batch of people grow up.
If you can attract people in the southeast, you can pretend to have discovered mountains of gold and silver and attract people to go gold mining.
This was used to fool local officials and forces.
Thinking about it later, the more Zhao Jun thought about it, the more benefits he got!
Immediately, he issued an order: "Immediately send a message to Wang Cezhi and tell him that the king requires the establishment of several ports for the Tianyun Kingdom in Atlia. The ports are all Tianyun Kingdom concession areas and are the territory of the Tianyun Kingdom. Let King Shendu agree."
This is when Jiang He suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this is tantamount to letting Shendu cede the territory. Can King Shendu agree?"
Zhao Jun said coldly: "He has no right to choose. If he doesn't agree, I, Yunzhou's 300,000 troops, will teach them how to write the word "agree"!"
Jiang He was stunned and immediately understood that his prince wanted to rob him by force. He didn't say anything more. After all, Yunzhou County did have this strength now, but then he asked another question.
"Your Majesty, it's easy to talk about the port, but we don't have a ship. Even if we start building it now, it's too late. Shipbuilding is not something that happens overnight. We don't even have a shipyard. We want to build a ship in a short time, especially a ship that can go to sea. Totally impossible!"
Everyone frowned!
Zhao Jun said indifferently: "As long as it is a problem that money can solve, it is not a problem.
Since we can’t make it in a short time, let’s buy it first! "
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(End of chapter)
