Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 107 Get all your horses

Compared to the Song and Jin countries, which had a bad climate every year, the Yan region could even be considered to have good weather to a certain extent.

The Sixteenth Year of Yanyun was not all racecourses. On the contrary, many of them were agricultural and mulberry fields. Due to years of war, large areas of barren fields can be seen outside many cities and villages, but the human habitation among them has been cut off. .

On the official road, you can occasionally see a large number of caravans passing by in a hurry. Somewhere north of Shunzhou, Wanyan Zongbi stopped his horse. Behind him was a Jin army and a large number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians.

The sentry rider hurried back to report a few words, and then several caravan stewards wearing blue silk clothes rode up to him.

After several people paid their respects, the head steward said: "My master has sent fifty thousand shi of food in advance, but there is one request."

"What tricks does Liu Ling want to do again?" Wanyan Zongbi asked coldly. After hearing that 50,000 shi of food had been transported, and it was probably not far away, Wanyan Zongbi even wanted to lead his army to kill them and rob them all. Come.

But considering that there would be more transactions in the future, Wanyan Zongbi had no choice but to hold back his thoughts.

"The master said that this time there are 10,000 shi of food, which he has given as a gift."

"Then thank your master for me." Wanyan Zongbi said noncommittally.

"In addition, he also wants to ask you, Green Alum, if the king is interested in purchasing it."

Wanyan Zongbi was stroking the horse's mane. When he heard this, his movements froze and he said in a cold voice: "The Song Dynasty and our Kingdom of Jin have already made an agreement to pay 1,500 baskets of alum material every year. If Liu Ling wants to sell it. "

"The price is very cheap," the steward bowed humbly: "My master said that no matter how much the private purchase of alum material costs, he will only sell it for 30%. If the king buys it, he can resell it to the country and get ten times the profit in an instant. .”

"Is your Marshal Liu so kind-hearted?"

"My master just has a small request; Daijin has banned the sale of horses to the south this year. My master hopes that you, or Wanyan Dutong, can make a small opening, as long as five hundred horses are allowed to flow into Yandi every year. Warhorse, at the end of this year, my master is willing to give you two thousand baskets of alum material."

When setting a price with Tong Guan, Liu Ling asked for a vitriol mine for no other reason than green vitriol. The Fengsheng Prefecture was handed back to the Song people. I remembered it later, so I renewed it:
  In addition to annual coins, people in the Song Dynasty needed to pay another 1,500 baskets of green vitriol every year.

There are no alum mines in the Kingdom of Jin, so Liu Ling's proposal made Wanyan Zongbi immediately realize the huge benefits behind it, and he suddenly became excited.

but.
  "No." He shook his head, "The ban on horses was personally ordered by our emperor. Since Liu Ling was kind enough to send food this time, I will not let him suffer. At most, I will send the money over in a few days. It's just It is absolutely impossible to trade aluminum materials privately with you or even open the horse market."

As if anticipating Wanyan Zongbi's refusal, the merchant smiled slightly and said, "Since this is not possible, even a villain can understand it. I will definitely explain it to the master when I get back. However, the master has one more thing that I want to tell you one last time. one time."

Wanyan Zongbi frowned slightly, holding back his temper and waiting for him to speak.

"From now on, my master is willing to purchase cattle and sheep in the Northland. No matter what the market price is, the purchase will be tripled."

Wanyan Zongbi was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard wrongly, "Three times?"

"Yes."

"Is Liu Ling so worried about having so much money?"

"Then do you agree or not?"

Wanyan Zongbi thought carefully for a while. Except that Liu Ling's brain was broken, he couldn't think of any other reason for the other party to do this.

"Why don't you agree?" He snorted coldly and asked with some worry: "Are there no other conditions?"

"No."

"What about the number of cattle and sheep?"

"There is no limit. We can collect as much as we want, but it must be cattle and sheep produced in Dajin, because if we resell them to the Song Dynasty, we can still make a profit. The main thing is that my master wants to continue to be friends with General Wanyan .”

Wanyan Zongbi thought tangledly for a while, but he was still very young after all, and was far from the level of the army commander who would lead the army to attack the Song Dynasty a few years later. After thinking for a while, he felt his head hurt and his heart became cruel, and he said:
  "I want four times that."

"If you dare, I promise you on behalf of the master. In addition, you can keep 30% of the profit from the cattle and sheep sold."

Wanyan Zongbi was stunned for a while, feeling that the sun in the sky had suddenly lost its power, and felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.

Liu Ling is not a fool, and he must have his reasons for doing so.

In fact, as long as Liu Ling stated this condition, the chiefs, clan chiefs, and herdsmen in the Kingdom of Jin would go completely crazy and start raising cattle and sheep desperately. How could it be his turn to be Wanyan Zongbi?

but.
  "Do you agree?" The caravan manager's voice was like a devil tempting him in his ears. Wanyan Zongbi shuddered. He thought about it, but couldn't think of anything weird, so he nodded and said, "Since Liu Ling treats me like this Okay, then I still have two hundred horses here, including two sacred horses, which were given to my brother by the emperor of our country, and he gave them to me in turn.

Give all the sacred horses and war horses to Liu Ling for me, and thank your master for me. "

"Did Wanyan Zongbi give me his horse?"

Liu Ling patted the war horse's buttocks. There were two war horses, one red and one black. They were both tall horses. The red fur was smooth and the color was like burning coals. The black horse had a docile personality and was not annoyed even if his butt was patted. He turned around and rubbed his head. He rubbed Liu Ling's hand.

Liu Ling's white horse snorted disdainfully at them, acting like a first-come, first-served boss.

"Good minister, come and pick one."

The value of BMW in this era is even higher than the value of "BMW" in later generations.

After hearing Liu Ling's words, Han Shizhong trembled all over and looked at Liu Ling in disbelief. He should have declined politely, but at this time, Han Shizhong couldn't help but stepped forward and looked between the two horses.

He asked for the red one. Liu Ling stood in the distance and watched him get on his horse and gallop away. Next to him, Gao Feng and other generals almost stared out of their eyes.

They wanted it too, but no one dared to ask.

As if noticing their expressions, Liu Ling pointed to the remaining black horse.

"In this battle, whoever wins the first battle first, in addition to the horse, I will reward you with an additional ten thousand guan.

For every Xia soldier killed by an officer, he would be rewarded with a thousand yuan; for killing a Xia officer above the rank of corps commander and below, he would be rewarded with ten thousand yuan and promoted to one rank; for killing a Xia army general, he would be rewarded with one hundred thousand yuan and promoted to the third rank. "

Liu Ling took a sip of tea and said casually: "Post the reward so that everyone can see it."

"promise!"

After the military deliberations were completed and everyone dispersed, an announcement was made from outside that Chen Liang was asking for a meeting.

"Invite him in."

"Commander." After Chen Liang bowed and saluted, he replied: "The Jin people agree to all the requirements and will withdraw their troops to the Great Wall."

"Where's the news about Zhang Dungu in Pingzhou?"

"Zhang Dungu replied and said he was willing to serve as commander-in-chief, but the Jin people were urging him to surrender. There was a serious food shortage there, so..."

"So you want food, right?"

Liu Ling thought for a while and replied: "There is also a horse farm in Pingzhou. Tell him that five stones of grain can be exchanged for a horse. How much grain can be exchanged depends on how many horses he can give me. If he can also send all the cavalry under his command, I tell him that I recommend that he can be granted a title as a marquis by the Song people. If the Jin people dare to attack Pingzhou in the future, I will lead my army to support them personally."

(End of this chapter)