"The north is poor in supplies, so we have to have a place to spend money!" Shang Zhong smiled and stuffed the account book into his pocket, "By the way, someone recently saw grassland rangers in the northern grasslands. There were not many people. But it comes from a wide range of sources!”
"It's normal. No matter how big the personnel transfer is, if we don't notice it, those leaders will not be unjust if their heads are removed at night. As long as it doesn't affect us, we don't need to take care of it!"
Qinggu Tun is less than 20 miles away from the border market, only 30 miles away from the border in a straight line, and only 60 miles away from the nearest grassland tribe. It can be touched by a war horse in half an hour of running. The grassland discovery It's normal if you notice it, and it's abnormal if you don't notice it.
"Don't worry, I understand. If those guys weren't as frightened as rabbits, I would have invited them over to take a closer look!"
The troops sent to the grasslands to lobby in the early days have returned.
But the news brought back was not very good, and people hesitated to mention it. Wu Qiong's chief Zhan Tao even discovered traces of the Jurchens.
Obviously, in terms of wooing the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom, they were faster than the Wu Dynasty.
This discovery not only awakened Beidian Wanhufu's idea, but also cast a shadow over the opening of the futures market as scheduled.
"Beidian Wanhu Mansion has not taken any action yet, which means that the situation is still under control. It's disgusting to be a wallflower, but if you want to be a wallflower and have no brains, you won't be able to do it!"
The North Hall Wanhufu is one of the four military halls of the Wu Dynasty. It nominally controls the soldiers and horses of Zhuozhou, Guangchang, Changshan, Zhending, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang and seven counties.
But in fact, the Wanhu Mansion in Beidian can only manage more than 9,000 troops on a daily basis, most of which are cavalry. They are responsible for the security work of the seven counties in the North. Except for the Yamen located in Guangchang County, they have no fixed residence and can be dispersed. The patrolling cavalry lived in the seven county guards all year round, and all supplies and baggage were subject to the constraints of the local guards.
Only during wartime can the Beidian Wanhu Mansion be upgraded to a united front organization responsible for the seven counties in the North under the imperial edict.
All joking aside, Beidi Wanhufu is definitely the people in the north who most want to start a war. Only by starting a war can they take power.
Now that no news has been spread, it can only mean that the wallweed on the grassland is far from getting out of control.
Since it's not out of control, Fang Fang and the others should do whatever they want.
Just as Fang Fang thought, the Wanhu Mansion in Beidian, far away in Shangqu, was always paying attention to the movements of the grassland, and now some news left them confused.
There are smart people in this world, and naturally there are stupid people, and there are even smarter people who are temporarily blinded by interests.
Drought in the Huaihe River, Xuzhou opened the film. From different positions, you can naturally see different things and get different answers. Under the beating of the Jurchen of the Jin Kingdom, Yanshan Three Guards, Yinshan Seven Institutes, many people are ready to make a move , the Mongolians deep in the grasslands are also determined to go south.
It seemed that the Jurchen of the Jin Kingdom only needed to light a fire herself, and then they would throw in the firewood and jointly ignite a thousands-mile-long beacon front.
However, all this came to an abrupt end for some unknown reason!
"Is this related to the futures those boys are working on?"
“You don’t shiver when you make money, you shiver when you don’t make money!”
They are barbarians and unjust. Their actions are all for survival. They are afraid of death. If they can get what they want through peaceful means, they will naturally not be willing to use force.
"Continue to pay attention. I don't need to figure out what they are thinking. I just need to make them afraid to do something!"
Niu Zhang, the leader of ten thousand men, is somewhat numb at the moment.
The court became weird, and the savages on the grassland also became weird.
What is trembling but not trembling, what is not beneficial, in Uuchang's view, it is just a side influence, a local influence, large-scale opening of household markets, it is not that no one has done it before the warrior, the appeasement policy of certain dynasties has lowered household markets. , dared to sell anything, and could sell anything. At that time, there were no grass barbarians living peacefully with the Han people?
Wealth and interests are only the main contradiction between Wu Dynasty and Cao.
The living environment in the north and south of Kyushu is the core conflict between the grassland aliens and the Han people in the Central Plains. The Wu Dynasty blocked the way south from the grassland. It would be fine if everyone behind the Wu Dynasty was as capable of fighting as the Wu Dynasty, but Wu Dynasty’s neighbor, the Song Dynasty, In the Later Tang Dynasty, the neighbors of the Song Dynasty, one suffered from rickets and the other was lame and old. How could the people in the northern grasslands tolerate this?
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Twenty-two days have passed, and with the last snow and dew three days ago, the climate in the Northland has begun to rise rapidly.
The ice melted and the snow fell from the heights.
The stubborn grass sprouted new teeth at the base of the wall and between the gaps in the road. More and more people began to walk out of the room. Before the overseas merchants could go north, caravans from all over the Wu Dynasty entered the seven counties of the North one after another.
The streets and markets in the city are bustling, and outside the city, lambs have fallen to the ground and calves are ready to give birth.
If the Jurchens had not already launched troops to attack Yuyang, the frontline battle was only six or seven hundred miles away from Guangchang, and the scene here could be described as a prosperous age.
"There is news from Yu Xianke that Hushi will be opened during the Empress Dowager Period for ten days. He asked us if we need a venue. If so, we can have a few places and publicize it well!"
"not needed for now!"
Fang Fang flipped through the Beiditang newspaper sent over by the filing department this morning and shook his head, "Futures are bulk transactions. What we want to do is deal with the big producers, but the grassland herdsmen. Whether the household market participates or not does not affect my transactions!"
Fang Fang was not qualified to read all the newspapers in the whole territory. He could only see the newspapers in Northland, but this newspaper recorded a lot of news.
The Jin people are attacking. It's not so much an attack as it is a pretense. No one is stupid enough to launch troops on the snowy, muddy mountain roads and plains. If they really want to fight, they will have to wait at least another half month. The sky is dark. No, it may be delayed until after mid-April.
The three guards of Yanshan and the seven guards of Yinshan have united to drive away the envoys of the Jin people seven days ago. It seems that they will not follow this wave.
If these ten people don't follow the Jin people, then their choice has been made clear, that is, they don't know when people will come, so all the equation has to do is wait.
However, there is still a small piece of news that attracted the attention of the equation. The great Khan of the Mongolian Onen River Qiyan tribe died of illness in November last year, and the new great man was his eldest son, Borjijin Temujin.
Borjijin Temujin is another name that is both familiar and troublesome. As for whether it is what Fangfang expected, this name definitely requires Fangfang to be careful.
Unfortunately, the Onen River is too far away from Guangchang, and the Qiyan Tribe itself is considered a large tribe among the Mongols. The Wu Dynasty Documents Department could only pay attention to it, and it was already at the limit of its capabilities, and could not do anything it wanted to do.
"What we have to do now is focus on setting up the stage as soon as possible. We don't have to worry about other things."
"learn!"
Xiaohu nodded, "Since there's nothing wrong, I'll go to Shiliting. If anything happens, just ask someone to find me!"
"Go ahead and keep a close eye on it. As long as there is something we need, just buy it directly. It doesn't matter if the price is higher!"
Shiliting is outside the city. Caravans coming from the direction of Julu will pass by Shiliting. Qinggu Village has passed by. The cost of four thousand people is not a small sum. Instead of searching one by one in the market, it is better to block the road. Intercept directly buys the things and then drives the people back. If it's quick, these caravans will come in half a month.
The price they gave may not satisfy them, but in terms of turnover, they feel they are making a profit.
