Shang Guo, Fu Yan.
With Han Jingtong's constant persuasion and promises, except for King Shang, almost everyone in the court supported him.
The army has already been assembled, grain and grass have been transported, and a lot of food is continuously transported from Liao State.
It has to be said that Han Jingtong's power in Liao State is pretty good.
King Shang had just succeeded to the throne, and just dealing with internal affairs had already consumed a lot of energy.
Among the hundreds of vassal states, there are only a few kings who are ***.
Except for Xingguo, because Xingguo is the farthest away from Xia State, Xia State is strong or weak, and it makes no difference to him. But Liao State and Shangguo are different. The two countries are also bordering each other. Once the two countries become strong, it will not make any difference to him. What a good thing.
Although King Liao is usually low-key, he is definitely not an idiot. He can even be said to be a wise king, with excellent civil and martial arts.
When Xia Guo tried his best to avoid war, acted as a peacemaker, and changed many ways of doing things, he felt something was wrong.
No matter what is wrong, abnormal monsters, Xia people are tigers and wolves, because of the crude military merit system, the soldiers of Xia Kingdom are very brave and good at fighting.
It can even be said that on the battlefield, the soldiers of Xia State fought without risking their lives.
Such an aggressive country has now turned into a sheep. Do you believe it if I tell you?
After a large number of Anzi dispatches, although the information obtained was limited, in general, King Liao already understood that the Xia Kingdom was accumulating strength and recuperating.
He hesitated.
Instinct told him that this was not good news, but the country of Liao was the most severely constrained vassal state by powerful families.
It can be said that the power of the domestic clans has almost reached a level that can compete with the royal power.
The king is smart and his subordinates are not stupid either.
Under the advice of Han Jing and other foresighted ministers, he must be firmly tied to Shang Guo and launch a war.
The purpose of this war is not to destroy the Xia Kingdom, because everyone is not a traitor. Under the current circumstances, the Xia Kingdom cannot be destroyed.
Everyone is about the same size, and King Xia is not incompetent. He has many talented people and a large army under his command.
But it can play a weakening role. Only by weakening the Xia State can the Liao State and the Shang State feel at ease.
This is also a reason that Han Jingtong is good at taking advantage of. Those who are in power in Shang State are not fools. They have money, power, food and land. If they are destroyed by Xia State, nothing will be lost.
Another reason is that all those in power in Shangguo have no way to avoid the problem.
The Liao State has a vast territory. Even if the Xia State launches a large-scale attack and cannot defeat the Xia State, it can still rely on its vast territory to tie up Xia State's logistical supplies.
Once the logistical supplies are cut off and the country is clear, let alone a war, we will starve you for three days to see if you die.
Everyone understands many truths, and every era understands them, but they are expressed differently.
Yang Qian also understood that in his opinion, among all the vassal states, the Liao state was the least threatening, but it was the hardest bone to crack.
This is the benefit of having a large country.
In the past life, many small countries clamored that they were developed countries. Haha, without enough land, you can only say that you are a developed country rather than a powerful country.
Why is Lao Maozi's land so big but they refuse to give up any land? They even think that their land is not big enough and they are afraid of being beaten by the Mongols.
Later, when the Mongols were weak, they developed a tradition. As long as my territory is large enough and I can't defeat you, why can't I withdraw?
When I retreat to the farthest place, the coldest place, you can pursue me again if you have the guts.
This is also the benefit of the large land area.
Therefore, Yang Qian's established strategy is that if I don't want to fight now, it is best to cultivate for two or three years. He is still young and will not be fifteen in another three years.
At that time, with strong soldiers, strong horses, ordnance, there might be breakthroughs, and the fight would be smoother.
Of course, Shang Guo had prepared far more than that. The total amount of logistics for a big battle was astronomical.
Character.
At this time, it was time for Wang Shushu to start performing.
At this time, Shang Guo doesn't care where your food comes from. As long as you have it, the Fuyan court will buy it at full price, or even at a premium. Being rich means being arrogant.
Wang Shushu began to sell grain and grass with all his strength. Of course, Yang Qian was not a prostitute. This was not to support the enemy. Wrong, it was consuming part of the old grain. After all, too much grain and grass was not a problem.
Besides, Chen Liang is not delicious, and making Shangguo soldiers feel uncomfortable eating can also disturb their military morale.
Imagine that after fighting for a day, the battle has not been won yet, and there are wounds all over the body. The old robe is still bleeding next to it, and there is no breath.
As a result, the food in my mouth still has a musty smell, which I can't stand.
There is also copper and iron. Iron has its own use, and copper has its place. Only when these two things are sufficient can the army be mobilized.
Otherwise, without armor, it would be the same as running naked on the battlefield, and you might get scratched by arrows and get scratched.
After all, in this era, any general who fights in a war will not do anything with the arrowheads. Those who have a conscience will use rusty arrowheads.
If you have no conscience, just use gold juice, which is going in the direction of killing people anyway.
A large amount of equipment was pulled out of the armory. Some armories were in disrepair and the ordnance pulled out was rusty.
Many people may think that in this era of frequent wars, how can there be rust, but this is not the case.
To make weapons rust, it may only take a rainy season and a hole in the roof.
Finally, under Wang Shushu's instigation, Guo Chong used his power to directly block the transportation arteries of Shang and Liao when important national events were approaching.
As long as it is copper or iron, all will be detained.
Now he only does three things. The first is to hang out in front of the king, flatter him, and give some suggestions that are neither salty nor salty.
Second: Copper and iron that control traffic arteries.
Third: Control the tenant farmers who are not from the scholar-bureaucrat family, and do not even cultivate the fields, but go directly to mining and smelting iron.
In the context of this era, once a war breaks out, men will inevitably be drafted into the army, leaving only the old, weak, women and children. Using them to mine and smelt iron has almost squeezed everyone to the limit.
But, there is no way. If you want to make money, you can't do it without being ruthless. Besides, people like Guo Chong come from the bottom. He doesn't need to be considerate of others. What he needs is that he will not become the bottom again in this life. people, that's enough.
After Wang Shumao handed over the task of selling grain to Xiao Wu, he secretly began to purchase copper and iron in the market. As long as there was any goods, they would be swept away almost instantly.
There is an unwritten rule in the army. Naturally, a large amount of copper and iron raw materials are stored in the country's warehouses, but they are also limited.
When these raw materials are used, quartermasters must also start purchasing copper and iron on the market. Due to environmental factors, some people sell copper and iron, while others sell iron ore directly.
The purchased copper and iron must also be analyzed and classified according to the quality and smelting technology to see where the copper and iron of different qualities are most suitable to be placed.
But when the quartermaster arrived at the market and took a look, his heart dropped.
The copper and iron on the market are cleaner than those licked by Nima dogs.
He immediately became anxious, but it was impossible for him to report to his superiors whenever he encountered difficulties. This would make him look very incompetent.
After thinking for a moment, he ordered his subordinates to go to other cities to purchase copper and iron.
Although it takes a long time and does not include free shipping, it is still better than not being able to buy it.
But everyone is smart, and due to the weirdness of the raw materials on the market, many speculators have begun to follow suit and quietly purchase copper and iron.
Some scholar-bureaucrat families felt that this matter was feasible and began to acquire it. However, when they realized that they wanted to acquire it, the market in Fuyan had long been out of copper and iron, but they refused to give up.
Although I don’t know who it is, if others eat meat, the scholar-officials must eat big meat.
Thinking of this, I don’t want to find out
Who is it? Immediately dispatch people to other cities to purchase copper and iron. No matter how much it costs, they will take it directly.
But when his men came back, the quartermaster's face turned green.
Almost all the surrounding cities have been sold out of copper and iron. Even an idiot would know there is something wrong with such a ridiculous thing.
In addition, his subordinates told him that in some markets, he saw such-and-such a butler and a butler.
The quartermaster immediately shut up. It turned out that it was those powerful families who did it. In this case, he really had no choice.
The only thing he can do is to use his unique skill - money making ability.
If someone buys copper and iron, someone will naturally sell it on the market. Sure enough, it only takes a few days. ..
A batch of good-quality copper and iron appeared in the world, but the price was five times higher than before.
What can the Quartermaster do? Anyway, the money spent was not his own, but if he did not purchase the planned copper and iron, he would be beheaded.
Fu Yan, Guo Mansion.
"Hahahahaha~~~~!"
Guo Chong sat on the desk without any rules. There were more than twenty large boxes randomly placed next to him. The boxes were filled with coins and gold cakes.
"I didn't expect it to be so easy to make money!!!"
Wang Shushu cupped his hands and said.
"Prime Minister, I'm very happy."
Guo Chong's eyes glowed green.
"Haha, I'm glad, but don't you think my mansion is too empty?"
The corner of Wang Shumao's mouth twitched fiercely.
This villain's appetite is really huge. The amount of one military purchase allowed Guo Chong to earn a family's decades of accumulation, but it still couldn't feed him.
However, it doesn't matter, all his wealth belongs to the king, so let him be happy for a while first.
"Hahahaha, Prime Minister, this matter is easy to handle. As long as the war begins, we will be able to continuously earn wealth. Oh, that's wrong. Of course, the Prime Minister will be able to continuously earn wealth."
"I'm just a businessman, I just want to make a little bit of money."
Guo Chong nodded with satisfaction. His friendship with Wang Shushu was just for money. As for friendship? How much is friendship worth?
He only listened to Wang Shumo's words about making money and compliments, and didn't listen to a word of other words.
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