Heizi died, his family was confiscated and his family was exterminated.
There were more than a dozen members of the family, but not one of them escaped the bad luck.
The regime of thieves and bandits has decided to confiscate homes. Who cares about you, men, women, children?
It would be easier to kill them all.
Speaking of which, Kuroko has dark skin and a kind face.
He looks like an honest farmer.
In fact, it's the complete opposite. This guy has too many tricks to count.
That little money-making brain turns around and whizzes around.
In just three or four years, five to six million taels of silver can be produced.
No wonder Luo Xin was surprised.
Zhang Lei and other generals were also frightened.
They originally thought that one or two million sunspots would be good.
It is their own worth to judge others by themselves.
As a result, Zhu opened the market at the end and actually got so many.
When hearing this number, all the generals were shocked.
Everyone felt deeply ashamed.
Zhao Wenbin is the only insider. He has been investigating for several years to find out how much money Heizi made.
Zhao Wenbin also made a lot of money this time by raiding Heizi's house.
The money has gone into the treasury, how did Zhao Wenbin earn the money?
Buy land!
Of Heizi's five million taels, 1.5 million taels were money from the sale of land.
According to the market price, it is probably worth 2.12 million taels of silver.
When Zhu Kaiben went to search his house, Zhao Wenbin said hello to him and said he wanted to buy some land.
Zhu Kaiben thought that it would be better to go back with the money instead of taking the land.
It is not a sale to anyone, and the prime minister is still one of our own, so he happily accepted it.
He also gave Zhao Wenbin a discount and sold it to him for 1.5 million taels.
Of course, Zhao Wenbin also gave Zhu Kaiben a kickback of 150,000 yuan.
Zhao Wenbin bought a piece of land worth 2.23 million for 1.65 million, making a real profit.
Zhao Wenbin was also curious about how Heizi obtained so much money and assets. He secretly asked someone to check it out, and he suddenly became enlightened.
It turns out that Heizi previously visited various places on behalf of Luo Xin.
This guy specializes in picking out rich people, finding some excuses to arrest their fathers and sons, and won't let them go without giving them money.
If you give enough money, you will be innocent; if you give less, you will be beaten severely.
As for the excuses, they are nothing more than donating military pay, paying taxes, collaborating with bandits, and rebelling.
If Song Yang knew about this, it could be summed up in two words: exorbitant payment!
At that time, Li Zicheng made this business bigger and stronger, but in this era, Heizi is the leader in the industry.
After Heizi's death, Anxin's army finally stabilized after some cleaning and rectification.
Things calmed down and the golden autumn season arrived in a blink of an eye.
In recent years, due to the shortage of livestock, the north has also adopted the annual cropping method.
This year's autumn grain production has been severely affected by floods, resulting in severe crop failure.
Zhao Wenbin took out the data and put it in front of Luo Xin.
Luo Xin also had a sad face.
Although money was raised, food was hard to buy.
"Your Majesty, it should be difficult to avoid the food shortage this year." Zhao Wenbin pointed out the formal crisis.
Luo Xin looked at Zhao Wenbin and said: "The Yellow River is overflowing. Is it a fault in the repair of the river embankment or is it a simple natural disaster?"
The Yellow River overflowed and many banks were dammed.
This is what Luo Xin has reported from various places.
Zhao Wenbin said with some sadness: "In some places, officials are inactive and have neglected to take precautions against the construction of river embankments. The students have already sent people to check, and we must find out a group of moths."
Luo Xin asked: "How much grain can these people copy?"
Heizi's incident made Luo Xin a little obsessed with searching homes.
Zhao Wenbin shook his head and said: "My lord, these are just a drop in the bucket."
"Then what should we do?" Luo Xin asked.
The past few years have been smooth sailing, but this is the first famine since taking office.
"Your Majesty! Now is the time when our Anxin Army is strong and strong, why not... go south?" Zhao Wenbin tried to suggest.
Luo Xin was slightly moved after hearing this.
South first and then north is the overall policy in his mind.
Just when to go south remains to be considered.
After Zhao Wenbin proposed it, Luo Xin was a little unsure.
Three generals were immediately recruited.
"Your Majesty, the general agrees to go south first and then north. However... the time this year may not be right. We just ended the war with Boye last month, and the army has been running north and south for several months and is already tired. So the general suggests,
We will consider the use of troops next year." Zhang Lei was the first to express his stance.
Luo Xin nodded, feeling that what Zhang Lei said made sense, so he looked at Ma Wei and Jiang Gong.
"The general also believes that it is not appropriate to go south for the time being. The construction of warships this year has been slow due to floods and the Northern Expedition. Our existing warships may not be suitable for crossing the river. If we start to speed up construction now, we will be able to barely use them next autumn."
Ma Wei expressed his opinion from the perspective of a warship.
Jiang Gong said that there are now 20,000 war horses, and a cavalry battalion of 15,000 riders can be formed.
Soldiers who were originally mainly infantry would take at least half a year to train as cavalry, which would barely allow them to fight on horseback.
None of the three generals support moving south now.
Luo Xin could only ask Zhao Wenbin to find another way.
Zhao Wenbin originally wanted to go south to cause trouble for Song Yang.
As a result, the three generals were not effective.
Now we can't go south, and the food crisis is not far away.
Luo Xin threw the matter of raising food on his head.
Zhao Wenbin thought hard for several days, and finally he came up with a solution.
"My lord, the barbarians in the western regions and the north often encounter severe snowstorms. When they are short of food, they will go to the Daqian border to plunder."
"We can also imitate their method and go grab it!"
Luo Xin was stunned and robbed.
"Who are you robbing?"
"The barbarians from Liaodong, east of Shannan. We eliminated Boye, and the Sumo tribe joined us. But there is more than one Sumo tribe in Liaodong."
"If we rob them, we can survive this year."
"And Shannan East Road borders Huainan Road from Henan to other places. If the cavalry rushes in, grabs a handful and then leaves, it can also replenish our money and food."
The method mentioned by Zhao Wenbin cannot be said to be useless, but it just cannot last long.
"Military advisor, if we want to go south next year, it's best not to alert the enemy this year." Zhang Lei suggested.
Shannan East Road is also Song Yang's base. He is afraid that if he takes action this year, others will step up their defenses.
Luo Xin also nodded and said: "It makes sense. Then go north and search in Liaodong!"
"Prime Minister, besides robbing, is there any other way?"
Luo Xin looked at Zhao Wenbin again.
Zhao Wenbin had no choice but to say: "Then I have to buy it with the gentry, but due to the food shortage this year, I'm afraid the price will be very high."
"Then grab it first. If there is still a shortage of food in the end, we will buy it from the gentry. Fortunately, Heizi stole some money from him!" Luo Xin finally decided.
The reason why Zhao Wenbin didn't talk about buying grain at first was actually because he didn't want to sell it to Luo Xin.
The so-called gentry refers to Zhao Wenbin's class.
Zhao Wenbin himself is a representative of the gentry.
These days, the price of food changes every day. Only the food you hold in your hands is the most valuable food.
Waiting until the price of grain is the highest before selling is the best time to make a profit, so Zhao Wenbin was reluctant to sell to Luo Xin.
The food issue was finally settled, and Luo Xin immediately summoned his confidants to discuss going south.
Everyone has no opinion on this matter.
It was unanimously agreed to go first from south to north.
After deciding on the strategy, Luo Xin waved his hand:
"Everyone, everyone has worked hard this year. Take a good rest for a year. Next year, I will go south with you and dominate the country!"