Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 37: Prostitution for free (please read and vote for me)

Pingzhou is not only an important part of the Yanyun Land, but its location also makes it a "must battleground for military strategists."

Even when the late Jin Dynasty emperor was still alive, although he tried to return part of the Yanyun land to the Song Dynasty, he did not return Pingzhou because of the importance of its geographical location.

When the Liao Kingdom was still there, it operated in Pingzhou for two hundred years. A large number of cavalry were stationed there, and there were a large number of horse farms within the territory.

After the Jin people came over, they quickly regarded Pingzhou as the "Nanjing" of their country, which was enough to show that they valued it.

If the Song Dynasty takes Pingzhou, it will be able to truly operate a northern Xinjiang defense line with fewer gaps, but even if it does take it, it is difficult to say whether this northern Xinjiang defense line will work.

The Jin people are now trying their best to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, but when they are about to use their troops against Zhang Jue, the Jin people's sentries often wander around Jizhou. Several times, their subordinates' sentries told Liu Ling that they I met a golden sentinel a few miles outside the city.

Even the victorious army would not dare to provoke the Jin people at this time.

The war was about to begin, but there had been no movement from the Song people. Zhang Jue's envoys came to Yuyang to ask for help, but Liu Ling shied away, saying that he had no authority, and sent them to the front line to find Guo Yaoshi for an accurate answer. Guo Yaoshi was probably also playing ball. .

Until the war started in Pingzhou, Liu Ling never received the news that he would lead troops to Pingzhou to support.

He is busy doing business here:
  Sell ​​food,

Human trafficking.

The two major crimes that would have made him eat peanuts until his stomach bloated in later generations seemed irrelevant at this time.

Because the Jin people were about to "attack", the merchants in the north were panicked. In addition to the soaring price of food, a large number of other things were being sold at low prices, including livestock such as cattle and sheep.

The dignitaries everywhere, because of the previous large-scale migration of the Jin people to the people of Yan, were afraid that their wealth would not be protected if the Jin came over. They would rather sell their property at a low price than run away quickly. The merchants under Liu Ling were I took advantage of the situation and bought a lot of good things at low prices.

A lot of food in the treasury was also quietly sold, because Guo Yaoshi had already won the battle on the front line. As long as he calculated the food he needed for this journey, Liu Ling could use the rest at will as long as he was brave enough. , he made a lot of money while taking advantage of the highest price of food.

Those grain merchants regarded Liu Ling as an idiot and a money-giving boy, and they were all waiting to see his jokes.

And at this time of chaos, Liu Ling also made a move that people judged as even more idiotic.

Because of the previous Xiao Qian rebellion and the current war in Pingzhou,

Bei'an, Ze, Tan, Jing, Ying, and Pingping Prefectures all produced a large number of refugees. The Jin Dynasty moved the people to their own country. Although the superiors required that the people be resettled and the people who migrated should do their original errands, However, there were always some minor flaws in the implementation, resulting in many people fleeing afterward.

The human trafficking business here is booming, and because of the request of a wealthy man, many traffickers even secretly brought thugs to rob people under the rule of the Jin Dynasty. Many were killed, so much so that Wanyan Zongwang once again wrote a letter asking Liu Ling to stop it. This kind of behavior.

The tone of the letter was one part warning, two parts exhortation, and the remaining seven parts were unclear, as if he had regarded Liu Ling as his subordinate.

Liu Ling took out the letter and placed it in front of Yaoshi Guo.

In front of him was a handwritten letter written by Wanyan Zongwang to Medical Master Guo. Apart from the differences in names and wording of some sentences, the two letters expressed similar meanings overall.

If a few nice words could make the Ever Victorious Army surrender, then Wanyan Zongwang wouldn't mind packaging himself as a licking dog. But now that the two of them have received letters with almost the same content, it has undoubtedly had the opposite effect, which is equivalent to two people. Everyone knew that Wanyan Zongwang was treating them like stupid dogs.

Pharmacist Guo casually glanced at the contents of the letter and chuckled.

"How many people did you buy?"

"Not much."

Pharmacist Guo tapped the table with his index finger, picked up the tea cup, and warned slowly before drinking tea:
  "more specific."

"Only ten thousand people."

Pharmacist Guo spit out all the tea with a pop. As if he remembered something, he immediately asked: "Where did you get so much money?"

"Look, what you said is all the property that I earned by myself. Now I see that the people are pitiful. I just want to give them some money to help them. I want to take them to Zhuozhou to live a good life. It's just a little money to sprinkle water on. Worth mentioning.”

"If you buy 10,000 people, even if one person is worth a thousand dollars, that's tens of thousands of dollars spent."

Pharmacist Guo placed the tea cup heavily on the table and said in a deep voice:

"I remember you were just a commoner in Yanjing City, but now you are extravagant?
  General Liu,
  Then I would like to congratulate you on getting rich. "

Without waiting for Liu Ling to answer, he stood up, and the momentum on his body slowly surged over him. “Say, how much of the grain and grass left in the treasury have you sold?”

Pharmacist Guo started his career as a military leader, so he didn't know how to drink soldiers' blood and take empty pay. Now that he was pressed, it was actually for the sake of...
  "The general did sell part of it."

Liu Ling quickly stood up and said with a smile:
  "But in the end, I will get rich, and I have to rely on your Buddha's face to take care of me. How can I forget you?"

He clapped his hands and shouted: "Come on, bring up the gift I prepared for Mr. Guo!"

Zhang Wu stood at the door and bowed and saluted. After a moment, he led a group of soldiers, each of whom was struggling to hold a box. There were about a dozen larger boxes.

Even if the Jin people requested to relocate the wealthy people under the rule of several prefectures including Yanjing, the relocation standard was "households with a net worth of more than 150 yuan", and all of them had to be relocated to the territory of the Jin Kingdom, there were still many Thanks to connections, money and food, people luckily stayed in the local area.

Now that the Jin people were suspected of attacking the Song Dynasty, these people had no choice but to continue fleeing south. Most of their belongings were bought at low prices by merchants, that is, Liu Ling's caravan.

Liu Ling walked up to a box and deliberately kicked it twice without actually kicking the box. He then pulled out his knife and slashed at the box twice. The box soon made an overwhelming sound, and as his body broke, Pieces of silver ingots and jewelry flowed out from the gap.

When Medical Master Guo saw this scene, he couldn't help but breathe heavily. He walked over and stood side by side with Liu Ling.

money,
  It's all money!
  Liu Ling explained for a while. Although Medical Master Guo knew the reason, another idea quickly appeared in his mind.

Compared with Liu Ling who knew the history, Pharmacist Guo judged based on his own experience and perspective that it was impossible for the Jin people to go to war with the Song Dynasty at this time. They needed to digest the land and population of the Liao Kingdom and the money and food of the Song people, and also It takes some time to recuperate.

Zhang Jue's rebellion only gave them an opportunity to continue blackmailing the Song Dynasty. If the latter could be tougher, the Jin Kingdom would definitely give in in the end.

As long as the Jin people do not actually attack, the price of food will fall rapidly after the war. Most of the remaining people in Yanyun land are poor and cannot digest so much food. The Jin people are now very rich, and the ever-victorious army is backed by Da Song, this extremely generous nanny, would never be short of food.

In order to preserve some wealth, those grain merchants could only sell grain at low prices again. Liu Ling only needed to pay a very small amount of money to replenish all the grain he had sold previously. But in the process, Liu Ling's wealth quickly increased countless times by flipping the same amount of grain back and forth between his left and right hands.

It's like taking advantage of the war to get countless benefits for nothing.

This is called making war fortune.

Pharmacist Guo was shocked at Liu Ling's method of making money, but he still maintained a calm face, looking at the treasures as if they were not worth mentioning.

"I want 30% of whatever you earn this time. I will help you cover up this matter."

"You're welcome, I'll give you 40%. In fact, if the people under my command don't want to eat, I will give them all to you. This business is actually difficult to do. I just want to wait for the time when I sit in Zhuozhou to have more people under my rule. Some, in the future, this little money and food will be enough to support the soldiers and the people.

Also, let me ask you a question, should I cover up this kind of thing? "

Pharmacist Guo smiled and said,

"Why do you think there will be so much money, food and soldiers to spare this time?

Do you really think everyone in Song Dynasty is stupid?
  Whether it was Tong Guan and others, or the border troops, or even those officials from the Xuanfu Department of Yanjing, they could actually have a hand in the incident. This was the rule of the Song people. "

Looking at Liu Ling who was silent, Pharmacist Guo added:

"Don't worry, I don't want you in vain. As for your caravans, after two months, they can go to the Song Dynasty to do business. That is the real place to make money.

Now that Zhang Linghui is dead, the Song people will not be able to find anyone to oppose me in the short term. I will help you discuss with the Song people about the armor and food for your soldiers and horses, and ask for a quota equivalent to the regular soldiers of the Ever-Victorious Army. , if there are any left among his subordinates, they will all be given to you. "

Liu Ling took a step back and said solemnly: "General, thank you so much, Mr. Guo for your love!"

Pharmacist Guo waved his hand and said:

"You go out first, I want to rest here for a while."

After Liu Ling left, Pharmacist Guo hesitated for a moment and squatted down in front of the boxes.

He stretched out his hand, picked up an agate bracelet, brought it close to his nose, and smelled the scent of powder.

Previously, it might have been worn by the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family, but now it had to be sold at a low price. Pharmacist Guo took a deep breath, looked at the boxes stacked around him, and murmured: "This kid is really good at being a good person. "

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