General Wang Zheng was very happy, smiling just like Maitreya Buddha. He was happy to have found a new way to make a fortune. The Wang family was powerful and controlled a huge amount of land, but it was under the control of the family chief and he could not control it at will.
Nowadays, civil and military officials have too many things to take care of in order to get promoted and make a fortune. General Wang is short of money. If he wants to use money, he has to sell the grain given to him by his family into gold, which is very troublesome.
Since taking command of Jiyuan City, General Wang Zheng's mind gradually became clear. He realized that there was nothing more profitable than investing in a business.
He has already gotten involved in six major business gangs, including the Salt Gang, the Horse Gang, the Tea Gang, the Grain Gang, the Sugar Gang and the Cloth Gang. However, these traditional industries have been operating for many years and their profits are getting smaller and smaller.
The department store gang showed him huge business opportunities.
"Xiao Zhang, tomorrow, you will make a list of the existing goods for me, and send another batch to the general's house. I will take it to the superiors for review." General Wang Zheng ordered, "You must choose it yourself.
Make sure everything is of impeccable quality.”
"Okay, general, please rest assured." Zhang Yi smiled and nodded.
From General Wang, Zhang Yi saw a microcosm of the Kingdom of China, which was that no official was corrupt and was extremely corrupt.
Zhang Yi knew very well that once a country's generals start doing business, the country will be completely hopeless.
In less than five years since the rise of the Kingdom of China, it has become corrupted and degenerated at an alarming rate. It seems that it has reached the late stage of the feudal dynasty, which is really shocking. Zhang Yi thought, if he were Liu Kai, he would have to solve not only the land issue, but also the land issue.
There is a corruption problem.
Fortunately, he is not Liu Kai.
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"Xiao Zhang, you are from Songjiazhai, why are you not named Song?" General Wang asked curiously.
"I was originally a villager in a mountain village near Songjiazhai. A knowledgeable old man in the village taught me how to read and write, and then I went to Songjiazhai for development," Zhang Yi said.
"You are very lucky, Xiao Zhang. In my old China, an illiterate person could not become an official." General Wang said, "Xiao Kang gave me two books. I asked the shogunate staff to read them, and he said they were both good.
You might as well compile more books. Now that the king is setting up a school, there is a shortage of such books. Although the profits are small, but the quantity is large, it is still a lot of money."
Zhang Yi couldn't laugh or cry, and General Wang didn't let go of this little money. But as long as he could spread cultural knowledge, Zhang Yi was happy.
"General, please rest assured that running a school is a good thing. We are willing to provide books at the lowest price and support education." Zhang Yi nodded.
"Education? Hahaha, Xiao Zhang is really interesting and can speak many new words." General Wang laughed and asked, "How much do you know about the situation in Mopan City?"
"I heard that a group of new people have emerged in Mopan City. The leader is named Zhang Yi. Coincidentally, his surname is also Zhang. However, the surname Zhang is a common surname in the Mopan City area, just like the surname Wang is a common surname in the northwest region." Zhang
Yi said something to dispel General Wang's suspicion and said that his name was Zhang Ping.
General Wang nodded, not doubting that among the hundreds of Chinese surnames, the ones with the most common surnames are Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, and Chen.
"Zhang Ping has a good name, and he sounds like a good guy, unlike Zhang Yi, the new bandit leader," said General Wang. "He has great ambitions and has conquered many fortresses, but I haven't heard much about him recently.
"
This is the reason why Xiaolong started to do secret work. If the copycats who originally favored Liu Kai did not come to General Wang to ask for money and food, his ears would naturally be blocked.
In addition, it is difficult for people who are not from the Mopan City area to infiltrate. The terrain is complex and there are many copycats. The spies sent by General Wang in the past were all killed by the bandits, so General Wang simply did not waste this effort.
King Liu Kai was not interested in Mopan City and took a defensive stance. General Wang Zheng naturally had no enthusiasm and focused all his energy on getting promoted and making a fortune.
"Yes, at first we thought Zhang Yi was going to attack Songjiazhai, but we didn't know that he had no such plan. Instead, he opened up wasteland and farmed in Mopan City and developed with peace of mind." Zhang Yi said, "We learned that the people of Mopan City said that he
It’s good to say that he is a person who yearns for peace and has no thoughts of expanding his power externally.”
"That's your personal opinion, Xiao Zhang," General Wang sneered. "In troubled times, heroes emerge. Anyone who can kill the overlord General Cao is definitely not a good person. Fortunately, he did not expand, otherwise I would have sent troops to kill him earlier.
go!"
"I think, General Wang," Zhang Yi looked at him and said, "Maybe you can discuss a peaceful path with Zhang Yi, where both sides put down their weapons and develop together."
"A joke, is it possible?" General Wang raised his head and laughed wildly. "Your idea is too childish, Xiao Zhang. If it were General Cao, the king might consider it and forget about that little Zhang Yi. What skills does he have?
Is he worthy enough to sit down and talk with us?"
"That's it, brother Xiao Zhang, just do your business well," Wang Kang advised. "If Zhang Yi dares to threaten Song Jiazhai, my uncle will immediately send troops to attack Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi is not General Cao.
I heard that he just took advantage of the large number of people to sneak attack General Cao, and it was not a big deal."
"That's right, Xiao Zhang. From now on, I, Wang Zheng, will protect the Song family village. You can spread the word," General Wang also drank too much and said boldly, "Let's do a good job in business. This is the most important thing.
.When the king gives the order, I will lead the elite troops to attack Mopan City!"
Zhang Yi and Xiao Han looked at each other, both shocked.
"Does the king have any plans to attack Mopan City?" Zhang Yi asked hurriedly.
"Not yet," General Wang said with a hint of drunkenness. "The king has long ignored Mopan City, a small city. It is a poor and barbaric place. All the people living there are savages, except the Song family.
Xiao Zhang from the village, hahaha."
Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he had no plans to fight for the time being. No wonder General Wang thought so. The Mopan City area was indeed backward and backward, but this was all in the past.
However, General Wang is too arrogant and ignorant. If Liu Kai is also such a person, he will have to fight with swords sooner or later.
In the subsequent chat, Zhang Yi learned more about the situation. Generally speaking, Liu Kai was a man who relied on force to make his fortune. His policy was to use force to build a country, and his goal was to unify China with powerful force.
The actual situation is the same as Zhang Yi's analysis. Liu Kai encountered a bottleneck in development, and the pace of military conquest gradually slowed down, and now he is struggling.
Zhang Yi was opposed to Liu Kai's policy. Conquest by force would only bring a more serious disaster to the Chinese people struggling in the wasteland world.
Maybe one day, he can have a good talk with Liu Kai.
"General Wang, is it not easy to meet the King Liu Kai?" Zhang Yi asked.
"Of course, hahaha," General Wang laughed, "Do you think anyone can see the King? To tell you the truth, even if I want to see the King, it is difficult!"
The road to meeting and negotiating is blocked and impassable.