Lin Fu did not show a clear attitude in front of Zhao Qinmin, and asked people to send him to Guanyi to rest, leaving Lin Mengde and Qin Chengzu behind.
Under the bright candle, the three people continued to discuss the previous topic. Lin Mengde smacked his lips and said: "If you break the money, it will probably be intercepted by the various governments..."
"Zhe Cao Yin was originally meant to be sent to the capital. Now that Yanjing is besieged, each government will pay the full amount of Zhe Cao Yin to the county magistrate when they are full! This is the Zhe Cao Yin from Hailing and Huai'an Prefectures.
, we all have to detain them, the Huaidong Army is not a stepmother," Lin Fu said, "What each family can think of is the two Huai salt and silver..."
"The Lianghuai Salt and Iron Division, Zhang Yan, is the one who clearly controls the Lianghuai salt and silver," Lin Mengde said. "Master Gu can count on us taking advantage of the convenience of controlling the Lianghuai salt area to influence the flow of the Lianghuai salt and silver!"
The issue of salt and silver to protect grain has been temporarily suspended, and the Lianghuai Salt District is surrounded by Huaidong. Even if Huaidong is not greedy for the Lianghuai Salt and Silver, its influence on the flow of Lianghuai Salt and Silver will not be as great as that of the Lianghuai Salt and Iron Division.
Down.
Frequent wars have sharply reduced the sales area of salt merchants. Even so, the Lianghuai salt silver is still maintained at more than 1.8 million taels every year. The most important thing is that unlike the two payments of Cao silver in summer and autumn, salt silver is paid almost every month.
There is income. Especially since the Jinhai grain road has been suspended since February, the Lianghuai Salt and Iron Company has intercepted nearly 500,000 taels of salt and silver.
As long as the Prince Ning's Mansion, the Dukes of Jiangning, and Lianghuai Salt and Iron Envoy Zhang Yan make a joint decision on this amount of money, they can immediately divide the spoils, and from now on, almost 150,000 to 60,000 taels of silver will be credited to the account every month.
Zhao Qinmin's words were very cryptic, but the meaning conveyed by Gu Wuchen through him was very clear: if Huaidong reaches out to embezzle salt and silver from the Lianghuai River, it will definitely become the target of public criticism. They hope that Huaidong can support the flow of salt and silver from the Lianghuai River to Qingzhou.
Although Qingzhou and Huaidong are connected by the same air and come out of the Dongyang line, Qingzhou is the frontier of the east road guarding the Hehuai River, and it can also support Yan and Hebei heading north from Qingzhou. Huaidong supports the key flow of salt and silver from the two Huaihe Rivers to Qingzhou.
Establishing a strong military base in Qingzhou can silence the mouths of others in Jiangning.
Lin Fu looked at Qin Chengzu.
Qin Chengzu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's too late for Qingzhou. Huaidong can obtain today's 60,000 elites. This is the foundation that you have gradually laid since King Qin of Yannan in the ninth year of Chongzhou. It is to give Qingzhou a million taels of silver.
How useful will it be to rush out 30,000 to 50,000 troops and horses? Rather than supporting Qingzhou, it is far better to invest this money in Huaisi..."
The Qingzhou Army focuses on transporting troops, mainly assisting in Laijiao river transportation and other tasks. It has no 20,000 horsemen or soldiers, and lacks necessary training. Only Gu Siyuan's troops can be called elite, with only 3,000 or 4,000 soldiers.
At this time, it is too late to invest money in Qingzhou.
As long as Liu Miaozhen can use it for her own use, the 30,000 soldiers and horses she has retained under her command will already be the foundation of an elite army. They can replenish their armor and food in a short time, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. Moreover, starting from Liu Miaozhen and below, the Red Coat Army can recruit
There are also many generals who are good at fighting, far more than those in Qingzhou.
Furthermore, once the Liang family cannot support the front line in the river, plains, and Jinan, and the captives cross the river, Henan will be empty.
In addition to the east road, the middle road faces Huaixi. From Haosi and Shouzhou to the south to Luzhou and Dongyang, there are empty areas with empty troops. All the way to Chaotiandang, only Dongyang is guarded by more than ten thousand soldiers and horses.
The West Road goes from Nanyang to Xiangyang, along the Han River to Jingzhou and Jiangxia. They are all hollow areas that were completely hollowed out by the Changle bandit army...
From the perspective of strategic balance, we must defend the Hehuai River and the Huaihe River. What is more urgent to strengthen at this time is the middle road and the west road.
In Qingzhou, considering that the Liang family cannot support the situation, it may be better to abandon the plain areas that are easy for cavalry to enter and exit, and temporarily withdraw the troops and horses into the hilly areas in central Shandong such as Yishan, Mengshan, and Taishan, with Huaisi on their backs
, Yi Shu, engage in guerrilla and tug-of-war operations with the Donghu people - through small-scale, long-term containment operations, while growing and strengthening themselves, it is appropriate to consume the strength of the Donghu people as much as possible, and then look for opportunities to counterattack.
Huaidong's overall concept of resisting the Donghu people was also a strategy of using Huaisi as the main battlefield and containing them from the flanks.
Even if the lower reaches of the Yellow River were to be used as the main battlefield on the east route, with Gu Siyuan's troops as the main body, they would not be able to support a heavy army group in a short time.
Qin Chengzu was on the same page and opposed Huaidong and supported the flow of salt and silver from the Huaihe River to Qingzhou.
Even if all the salt and silver in both Huaihe Rivers is given to Yue Lengqiu, Tao Chun's troops can be brought back. Based on the Changhuai Army, a heavy army group of 50,000 to 60,000 people will be established in the west of Huaihe, with the Central Road and the West Road
It is better to block the Donghu people from going south than to invest money in Qingzhou.
Lin Mengde frowned and said: "At the beginning of the year, we were fighting for the governorship of Hailing, and there was a estrangement. This time we rushed to the east of Zhejiang, and we didn't even hear a word. If we persuade Lord Gu to give up Qingzhou at this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to understand...
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Lin Fu waved his hand and said: "I will think about this again, you go back and rest first!"
Lin Mengde and Qin Chengzu returned. Lin Fu sat in the quiet room for a while and then left the Dongya. As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he said to his attendant Chen Hualian: "I'm going to the city to drink tea..."
Chen Hua Lian raised his head and looked at the sky. The moon was already at its zenith. The master wanted to go to the city to meet his young lover. So he sent someone to the mountain to report back. Don't let the three ladies wait in a hurry - so he took him with him.
The guard followed Lin Fu into the city from the west gate and went to Tingfeng Teahouse.
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Su Mei put on her clothes and went to the side hall. She saw Lin Fu sitting on the couch and drinking tea slowly. She was angry and happy at the same time and said: "It doesn't matter what time it is. How can I come to drink tea on this day? I'm not afraid."
To be seen gossiping?"
"It doesn't matter what other people say!" Lin Fu said with a smile. With his current status, he is no longer afraid of other people's irresponsible remarks. He just doesn't want Su Mei to enter the house as a singer and wrong him. When he sees it,
Xiaoman yawned and poked his head out from behind, and asked with a smile: "Why are you here in the middle of the night?"
"Ah!" Xiaoman covered his lips with his hand, smacked his red lips, and said with a sense of grievance, "Sister Yue'er wants me to avoid you these two days, so I can only hide and talk to sister!"
Liu Yue'er said that it was the etiquette that wives and concubines do not compete for favor. When Lin Fu returned to Chongzhou for the first time, according to etiquette, he was not allowed to have sex with his concubines for the first three days.
Of course, Lin Fu didn't care whether these things existed or not, but Liu Yue'er always pulled Xiao Man behind to avoid him. It was fine if Xiao Man didn't meet Lin Fu. How could he not express his resentment now?
Su Mei pinched Xiaoman to stop her from talking nonsense, and asked Lin Fu: "Is there something bothering you?" She knew that even if Lin Fu was thinking about this, if he didn't encounter something that upset him, he would
I won't bump into him in the middle of the night on the first day back to Chongzhou.
It's May, and the weather is getting warmer now. Xiaoman is a concubine, and Su Mei doesn't shy away from Lin Fu, both wearing light clothes. The two sisters' faces complement each other under the lamp, and they are extremely beautiful, and Lin Fu is crazy.
Looking at it foolishly, he said: "After taking a sip of tea, I have nothing to worry about anymore, so I just wanted to talk to you for a while..."
Su Mei and Xiaoman sat down next to him.
Xiaoman had just woken up from sleep and dozed off against Lin Fu's shoulder. He wished he could cuddle up in his arms. After struggling for a while, he curled up on the soft couch and fell asleep with his thigh as his pillow.
Lin Fu then told Su Mei in detail what was discussed in Dongya just now.
"This is a difficult matter after all, and I can't help you make up your mind," Su Mei said softly, "Jiang Ning is wishful thinking that the Cao family will send troops from Tongguan to restrict the Donghu people from leaving Jinzhong and heading south to Hezhong Prefecture. If the Cao family is in a hurry
Tu Chuandong, what should I do?"
"Alas," Lin Fu sighed softly and said, "Li Lingzhi is dim, and many people can't see it as clearly as you. Cao Yiqu is an ambitious man - if he can win Guanzhong but not Sichuan and Chongqing, he has no hope in the world. Cao Yiqu must be able to
If you don't reach out to Sichuan East, you have to have a lot of patience!" As Lin Fu spoke, his hand went towards Xiaoman's chest, which was unconsciously leaning into his arms, and he held one of the tender pigeon-like breasts.
Playing with it. Xiaoman was very sleepy. After struggling for a few times, he couldn't get away, so he moved his body as he pleased and fell asleep in a more comfortable position.
Su Mei pretended not to see the small movements in Lin Fu's hands and said: "Guanzhong has been in decline since the previous dynasty. Cao Yi Canal has the intention of building a canal in Guanzhong to defend itself, but when building a canal in Guanzhong, it is impossible to build a sea wall to defend Huaidong - Listen to Miss Song
He said that Shewenzhuang was not an impatient person, but he fell into Huaidong's scheme, and it was the She family that had no choice but to seize this opportunity! There was no Huaidong eyeing the Cao family, maybe the Donghu people would indulge them.
The Cao family goes to get Sichuan East!"
It is said that stupid team members are not as good as pigs, so Huaidong considered the problem of holding the Donghu people's iron hoof southward on the east road alone. The Cao family obviously had neither trust nor confidence in Jiangning, but they wanted Guanzhong to block the westward advance of the main force of the Donghu people.
The road to Guanzhong alone is obviously not enough - if the Cao family really wants to take eastern Sichuan without telling them, the situation will only become more complicated...
Lin Fu didn't want to think about complicated things at this time and asked: "It's getting late, how about I sleep here for a while and go to Dongya to handle official duties before dawn?"
Su Meijiao's face turned red, she pushed his shoulder and said, "Xunniang probably knows a little bit about Zhao Qinmin's intention to come to Chongzhou. If you don't go back tonight, what will Xunniang think? It's hard to be a man in this world, but you don't know.
It’s even more difficult to be a woman…”
Lin Fu thought about it, slapped Xiaoman awake in his arms, and asked her: "Are you staying here, or are you going back to the mountain with me?"
Naturally, Xiaoman wanted to stay in Lin Fu's arms and not get up and be favored by him. Before she could reply, Su Mei pulled her over and said, "Let Xiaoman stay with me here. You can go back to the mountain quickly."
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Gu Junxun sat in his boudoir and watched for half the night. He heard Juan'er come in and say that Lin Fu had gone to the city to drink tea after the East-Min meeting. He looked at the crescent moon outside the west window and felt panicked. Zhao Qinmin came to Chongzhou this time.
I brought her a letter from home, asking her to persuade Lin Fu to support Qingzhou more from her pillow.
Gu Junxun understood to some extent that Huaidong was mainly supporting the Red Coat Army of Huaisi on the northern front, and it was difficult to support Qingzhou. Being sandwiched between Huaidong and her father and brother, it was very difficult for her to be a human being, so she could not hold back and did not mention it.
This issue.
Gu Junxun sat absent-mindedly in front of the window for a moment, then ran over and took a look at his daughter who was in the same room with Cai'er. Then he went back to the room and took off his clothes to sleep. He felt more and more uncomfortable, and tears rolled down his cheeks. Lin Fu was silent.
I didn't even notice the sound coming in.
Lin Fu looked at the wet marks on Jun Xun's fair cheek under the moon, stretched out his fingers and gently touched her face, and asked, "Why are you crying?"